Select FIRST letter of actor’s first name…
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Barbara Hershey
• aka Barbara Seagull
• Faith: apparently Secularism
• Birth name: Barbara Lynn Herzstein
• Ex-Husband: Stephen Douglas
• Ex-Partners:
David Carradine (resulting in a son),
Naveen Andrews
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Barbara Stanwyck …DIED age 82 (1990)—Congestive heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
• Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholicism), ex-Protestant (Dutch Reformed)
• Birth name: Ruby Catherine Stevens
• Ex-Husbands:
Robert Taylor (actor)
and Frank Fay (actor)
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Barbra Streisand
• Faith: Liberal Judaism
• Worldview: Progressive Liberalism (activist), LGBT supporter
• Husband: James Brolin
• Ex-Husband: Elliott Gould
• Ex-Partners:
Don Johnson (actor),
Ryan O'Neal (actor),
Jon Peters (producer),
Richard Baskin (producer, director),
James Newton Howard (composer),
Peter Jennings,
Liam Neeson (actor),
Jon Voight (actor),
Peter Weller (actor, director),
Richard Gere
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Barry Pepper
• Birth name: Barry Robert Pepper
• Wife: Cindy Pepper
BD Wong
• Worldview: Leftism (activist), Homosexualism (activist)
• Birth name: Bradley Darryl Wong
• Spouse: Richert John Frederickson Schnorr
• Ex-Partner: Richie Jackson
Bella Thorne
• Faith: Liberal Christianity
• Worldview: Pansexualism, Polyamory, LGBTQ+, Liberalism
• Birth name: Annabella Avery Thorne
• Partner and Fiancé: Mark Emms
• Ex-Partner and Ex-Fiancé: Benjamin Mascolo
• Ex-Partners:
Matthew Tyler Musto (aka Blackbear),
Derek Ryan Smith (aka Mod Sun),
Tana Mongeau
Beau Bridges
• Faith: Christianity; “He has stated that if the script calls for his character to say God's name in vain, he will ask the director if he can change the line.”
• Birth name: Lloyd Vernet Bridges III
• Father: Lloyd Bridges
• Brother: Jeff Bridges
• Son: Jordan Bridges (actor)
• Wife: Wendy Treece
• Ex-Wife: Julie Landfield
Ben Affleck
• Faith: Apparently Secularism, although he has some affinity to the teachings of Buddhism
• Worldview: Progressive Liberalism (activist), Gay marriage supporter
• Birth name: Benjamin Géza Affleck-Boldt
• Brother: Casey Affleck
• Wife: Jennifer Lopez
• Ex-Wife: Jennifer Garner
Ben Cross …DIED age 72 (2020)—Cancer
• Faith: apparenly rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ / Freemasonry (active, eventually becoming a Grand Steward), raised in Christianity (Roman Catholicism, the faith of his mother)
• Birth name: Harry Bernard Cross
• Wife: Deyana Boneva
• Ex-Wives:
Penelope Butler
and Michele Moerth
Ben Foster
• Faith: Transcendental Meditation (attended the Maharishi School of Enlightenment), raised in Judaism, described his parents as “free-spirited, Vietnam-protesting hippies”
• Birth name: Benjamin A___ Foster
• Brother: Jon Foster (actor)
• Wife: Laura Prepon (actress)
• Ex-Partner and Fiancée: Robin Wright
• Other Ex-Partners include: Antje Traue (actress) and Ellen Page (actress)
Ben Kingsley
• Faith: Christianity (Friends/Quaker)
• Birth name: Krishna Pandit Bhanji
• Wife: Daniela Lavender (actress)
• Ex-Wives:
Angela Morant (actress),
Alison Sutcliffe (director),
Alexandra Christmann
Ben Stiller
• Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholicism) and Judaism (raised in both faiths and is married to a Catholic woman and is raising his family the same way)
• Worldview: Progressive Liberalism (activist), reportedly considers Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to be his “hero”
• Birth name: Benjamin Edward Meara Stiller
• Wife: Christine Taylor (actress)
• Ex-Partner: Jeanne Tripplehorn
Benedict Cumberbatch
• Faith: Agnosticism with a little interest in Buddhism
• Worldview: Progressive Liberalism; Socialism; LGBT+ and same-sex marriage supporter and activist; Feminism
• Birth name: Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch
• Father: Timothy Carlton Congdon Cumberbatch (actor)
• Mother: Wanda Ventham (actress)
• Wife: Sophie Hunter (actress, director, playwright)
Benicio Del Toro
• Faith: Secularism, Agnosticism, raised in Christianity (Roman Catholicism)
• Birth name: Benicio del Toro Sánchez
• Ex-Partner: Kimberly Stewart (resulting in one child)
Benjamin Bratt
• Birth name: Benjamin George Bratt
• Wife: Talisa Soto (actress)
• Ex-Partner: Julia Roberts
Bernie Mac …DIED age 50 (2008)—Sarcoidosis complicated by pneumonia
• Faith: Jesus Christ, reported member of House of Hope Church, Chicago
• Birth name: Bernard Jeffrey Mccullough
• Wife: Rhonda Gore
Bette Davis …DIED age 81 (1989)—Breast cancer
• Birth name: Ruth Elizabeth Davis
• Faith: Secularism (but not Atheism); rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ • Her mother was in Christian Scientism, and so was Bette, for awhile. Her father was an Atheist, and his father a Baptist deacon. Bette’s maternal grandmother was also an active Baptist Christian.
• Worldview: Liberalism
• Daughter: Barbara Davis Sherry (Pentecostal Christianity convert, ex-Agnostic)
• Husband: Arthur Farnsworth (died 1943)
• Ex-Husbands:
Harmon Oscar Nelson,
William Grant Sherry,
and Gary Merrill (actor)
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Bette Midler
• Faith: Secularism, but not atheism. Says “Men and religion are worthless.” Ethnically Jewish and raised in Judaism
• Worldview: Progressive Liberalism activism (outspoken), Feminism
• Daughter: Sophie von Haselberg (actress, producer)
• Husband: Martin von Haselberg
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Betty Hutton …DIED age 86 (2007)—Colon cancer complications
• Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholicism), ex-Lutheran
• Faith: Elizabeth June Thornburg
• Sister: Marion Hutton (actress)
• Ex-Husbands:
Ted Briskin,
Charles O'Curran (choreographer),
Alan W. Livingston,
Pete Candoli
• Ex-Fiancée: Perc Westmore
Betty White …DIED age 99 (2021)—Stroke
• Faith: Atheism; rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ
• Birth name: Betty Marion White Ludden
• Husband: Allen Ludden (died 1981)
• Ex-Husbands:
Dick Barker
and Lane Allen (talent agent)
Beverly D'Angelo
• Birth name: Beverly Heather D'Angelo
• Ex-Husband: Don Lorenzo Salviati
• Ex-Partners:
Al Pacino,
Milos Forman (director)
and Anton Furst (production designer)
Beyoncé
• aka Beyonce
• Faith: Secularism, raised United Methodist
• Worldview: Progressive Liberalism (activist), Liberal Feminism, LGBT activism, BLM, Critical Race Theory, promoter of self-love and self-empowerment
• Birth name: Beyoncé Giselle Knowles
• Husband: Jay-Z (Progressive Liberal billionaire, rapper, hip hop artist, record producer, entrepreneur)
Bill Cosby
• Faith: claims Christianity (Protestant), raised Methodist and Baptist
• Birth name: William Henry Cosby Jr.
• Wife: Camille Hanks (producer)
Bill Murray
• Faith: Secularism, raised in Christianity (Roman Catholicism)
• Worldview: Progressive Liberalism
• Birth name: William James Murray
• Ex-Wives:
Margaret Kelly
and Jennifer Butler
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Bill Nighy
• Faith: Unknown, raised in Roman Catholicism
• Birth name: William Francis Nighy
• Daughter: Mary Nighy (actress and filmmaker)
• Ex-Partner: Diana Quick (actress)
Bill Paxton …DIED age 61 (2017)—Stroke following surgery for aortic aneurysm
• Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholicism)
• Birth name: William Archibald Paxton
• Wife: Louise Newbury
• Ex-Wife: Kelly Rowan
Bill Pullman
• Faith: reportedly Christianity
• Worldview: Progressive Liberalism
• Birth name: William James Pullman
• Son: Lewis Pullman (actor)
• Wife: Tamara Hurwitz
Billy Bob Thornton
• Faith: Apparently Secularism, reportedly Agnosticism, raised in Christianity (United Methodist)
• Worldview: Liberalism, but believes celebrities shouldn’t get involved in politics
• Wife: Connie Angland
• Ex-Wives:
Cynda Williams (aka Cindy Ann Williams),
Angelina Jolie,
Melissa Lee Gatlin,
Toni Lawrence (actress),
Pietra Dawn Cherniak (Playboy model)
Billy Boyd
• Birth name: William Boyd
• Wife: Alison McKinnon
Billy Burke
• Birth name: William Albert Burke
• Ex-Wife: Pollyanna Rose (actress)
• Ex-Partner: Neve Campbell (actress)
Billy Connolly
• Faith: Atheism
• Worldview: Liberalism
• Birth name: William Connolly
• Wife: Pamela Stephenson (actress)
• Ex-Wife: Iris Pressagh
Billy Crudup
• Birth name: William Gaither Crudup
• Wife: Naomi Watts
• Ex-Partners:
Mary-Louise Parker (resulting in one child)
and Claire Danes
Billy Crystal
• Faith: Judaism, but anti-Israel
• Worldview: Progressive Liberalism (activist)
• Birth name: William Edward Crystal
• Wife: Janice Goldfinger
Billy Dee Williams
• Faith: “I believe in everything including astrology and tarot cards. All of it is just another way for people to try and tighten the link to the spirits in our universe.”
• Birth name: William December Williams Jr.
• Wife: Teruko Nakagami (in an “open marriage”)
• Ex-Wives:
Audrey Sellers,
Marlene Clark (actress)
• Ex-Partners: reportedly numerous women; “I’ve been philandering my whole life.”
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Billy Ray Cyrus
• Faith: Liberal Christianity
• Worldview: Liberalism
• Birth name: William Ray Cyrus.
• Daughter: Miley Cyrus
• Ex-Wives:
Cindy Smith
and Tish Finley (producer, manager)
Billy Zane
• Faith: Unclear, raised in Christianity (Greek Orthodox)
• Birth name: William George Zane Jr.
• Sister: Lisa Zane (actress)
• Partner: Candice Neil (model)
• Ex-Wife: Lisa Collins (actress)
• Ex-Partners:
Leonor Varela (actress),
Kelly Brook (actress)
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Blake Lively
• Faith: apparently Secularism, although raised in Christianity (Southern Baptist)
• Worldview: Progressive Liberalism (activist)
• Birth name: Blake Ellender Brown
• Father: Ernie Lively (actor and acting coach)
• Brother: Eric Lively (actor)
• Husband: Ryan Reynolds—an Agnostic
• Ex-Partner: Penn Badgley
Blythe Danner
• Faith: Christianity and Transcendental Meditation, raised Pennsylvania Dutch Quaker
• Brother: Harry Danner (actor)
• Husband: Katherine Moennig
• Niece: Gwyneth Paltrow
• Husband: Bruce Paltrow (died 2002, director, producer)
Bob Balaban
• Faith: Judaism
• Birth name: Robert Elmer Balaban
• Wife: Lynn Grossman
Bob Hope …DIED age 100 (2003)—Pneumonia
• Faith: Roman Catholic convert five years before his death
• Birth name: Leslie Townes Hope
• Wife: Dolores L. DeFina (aka Dolores Reade and Dolores Reade Hope) (reportedly a devout Catholic)
• Ex-Wife: Grace Louise Troxell
• Ex-Partners:
Rosemarie Frankland,
Marilyn Maxwell,
Ursula Halloran,
Barbara Payton,
Sandy Vinger,
Doris Day,
and reportedly many others / According to biographer Richard Zoglin, Hope was privately an avid womanizer and adulterer.
Bob Hoskins …DIED age 71 (2014)—Pneumonia
• Faith: Agnosticism; rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ
• Worldview: Liberalism
• Birth name: Robert William Hoskins
• Wife: Linda Banwell
• Ex-Wife: Jane Livesey
Bob Newhart
• Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholicism); educated at Catholic schools and graduated from the Loyola University Chicago (Catholic); his sister Mary Joan was a nun
• Birth name: George Robert Newhart
• Wife: Virginia Quinn (died 2023)
• Father-in-law: William Tyrell Quinn (actor)
Bob Saget …DIED age 65—Cause unknown
• Faith: Raised in Judaism, apparently rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ
• Birth name: Robert Lane Saget
• Wife: Kelly Rizzo
• Ex-Wife: Sherri Kramer
Bobby Cannavale
• Faith: Unknown, raised in Christianity (Roman Catholicism)
• Birth name: Robert Cannavale
• Ex-Wife: Jenny Lumet (actress, daughter of director Sidney Lumet)
• Partner: Rose Byrne (actress)
Bonnie Hunt
• Faith: Unclear, educated in Roman Catholic schools
• Birth name: Bonnie Lynne Hunt
• Ex-Husband: John Murphy
Brad Dourif
• Faith: Unknown
• Birth name: Bradford Claude Dourif
• Daughter: Fiona Dourif (actress, producer)
• Ex-Wives:
Janet Stephanie
and Jonina Dourif
Brad Pitt
• Faith: Undecided “spirituality;” still searching as of 2020; ex-Agnostic/Atheist (“I called myself an Atheist for a while, just kind of being rebellious. I wasn’t really. But I kinda labeled myself that for a while. It felt punk rock enough.”); raised in Christianity (Southern Baptist) / Brad’s parents are reportedly Christians attending a Charismatic church.
• Worldview: Progressive Liberalism, Humanitarianism
• Birth name: William Bradley Pitt
• Partner: Ines de Ramon (ex-wife of Paul Wesley — actor, director, producer)
• Ex-Wives:
Jennifer Aniston
and Angelina Jolie
• Ex-Partner and Ex-Fiancé: Gwyneth Paltrow
• Other Ex-Partners include:
Robin Givens (actress),
Juliette Lewis (actress),
and Jill Schoelen (actress)
Brad Renfro …DIED age 25—Heroin overdose
• Faith: Unclear, possibly Christianity—responded to an altar call
• Birth name: Brad Barron Renfro
• Partner: Unnamed (one child resulted)
Bradley Cooper
• Faith: Unclear, raised in Christianity (Roman Catholicism)
• Worldview: Progressive Liberalism (activist)
• Birth name: Bradley Charles Cooper
• Ex-Wife: Jennifer Esposito
• Ex-Partners include:
Irina Shayk (one child resulted),
Zoe Saldana (actress),
Suki Waterhouse (actress)
Bradley Whitford
• Faith: Secularism, raised in Christianity (Quaker/Friends)
• Worldview: Progressive Liberalism (activist), Climate Alarmism (activist)
• Wife: Amy Landecker (actress
• Ex-Wife: Jane Kaczmarek (actress)
Brandon Routh
• Faith: apparently Secularism, raised in Christianity (Methodist)
• Worldview: Liberalism
• Birth name: Brandon James Routh
• Wife: Courtney Ford (actress)
Brendan Fraser
• Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholicism)
• Birth name: Brendan James Fraser
• Partner: Jeanne Moore
• Ex-Wife: Afton Smith
Brenda Vaccaro
• Birth name: Brenda Buell Vaccaro
• Husband: Guy Hector
• Ex-Husbands:
Martin Fried,
William Bishop,
Charles Cannizzaro
• Ex-Partner: Michael Douglas (7 years)
Brendan Gleeson
• Faith: Unclear, possibly Secularism, raised in Roman Catholicism
• Sons:
Domhnall Gleeson (actor)
and Brían Gleeson (actor)
• Wife: Mary Weldon
Brian Cox
• Faith: Unclear, raised in Christianity (Roman Catholicism)
• Worldview: Liberalism
• Birth name: Brian Denis Cox
• Wife: Nicole Ansari
• Ex-Wives:
Lilian Monroe-Carr
and Caroline Burt
Brian Dennehy …DIED age 81 (2020)—Cardiac arrest due to sepsis
• Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholicism)
• Birth name: Brian Manion Dennehy
• Wife: Jennifer Arnott
• Ex-Wife: Judith Scheff
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Bridget Fonda
• Faith: Secularism
• Birth name: Bridget Jane Fonda
• Father: Peter Fonda
• Aunt: Jane Fonda
• Grand-Father: Henry Fonda
• Husband: Danny Elfman
• Ex-Partner: Eric Stoltz
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Bridget Moynahan
• Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholicism)
• Worldview: Progressive Liberalism
• Birth name: Kathryn Bridget Moynahan
• Husband: Andrew Frankel
• Ex-Partners:
Tom Brady,
Scott Rosenberg
Brie Larson
• Faith: Unclear
• Worldview: Progressive Liberalism, Social and Political Activism (transgenderism, gender equality, Women’s March on Washington participant, diversity advocate, advocate for sexual assault survivors), Endorsed the “defund the police” movement
• Birth name: Brianne Sidonie Desaulniers
• Ex-Partner and Ex-Fiancé: Alex Greenwald (singer)
• Ex-Partner: Elijah Allan-Blitz (actor, filmmaker)
Brittany Murphy …DIED age 32 (2009)—Pneumonia, anemia and multiple legal drug intoxication
• Faith: Christianity (Protestant), but married Monjack in a Jewish ceremony
• Birth name: Brittany Anne Bertolotti
• Husband: Simon Monjack (screenwriter, director, producer)
• Ex-Partners and Fiancés:
Jeff Kwatinetz (talent manager)
and Ashton Kutcher
• Ex-Partner: Joe Macaluso
Brittany Snow
• Birth name: Brittany Anne Snow
• Ex-Husband: Tyler Stanaland
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Brooke Shields
• Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholicism)
• Birth name: Brooke Christa Shields
• Husband:
Chris Henchy (screenwriter, producer)
• Ex-Husband: Andre Agassi (producer)
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Bruce Campbell
• Faith: Secularism
• Birth name: Bruce Lorne Campbell
• Wife: Ida Gearon
• Ex-Wife: Christine Deveau
Bruce Dern
• Faith: Unknown
• Worldview: Unclear
• Birth name: Bruce MacLeish Dern
• Daughter: Laura Dern
• Wife: Andrea Beckett
• Ex-Wives:
Diane Ladd
and Marie Dawn Pierce
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Bruce Greenwood
• Faith: Unknown
• Birth name: Stuart Bruce Greenwood
• Wife: Susan Devlin
Bruce Lee …DIED age 32 (1973)—Cerebral edema, and allergic reaction to the tranquilizer meprobamate
• Faith: Atheism; rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ
• Birth name: Lee Jun-fan
• Son: Brandon Lee
• Daughter: Shannon Lee
• Wife: Linda Emery (aka Linda Emery Lee Cadwell)
Bruce Willis
• Faith: Agnostic, Secularism, ex-Lutheran
• Worldview: Leans toward Moderate Conservatism and Libertarianism
• Birth name: Walter Bruce Willis
• Daughter: Rumer Willis
• Wife: Emma Heming (actress)
• Ex-Wife: Demi Moore
Bryan Cranston
• Faith: Secularism
• Worldview: Progressive Liberalism (activist), Abortion supporter
• Birth name: Bryan Lee Cranston
• Father: Joseph Cranston (producer, actor)
• Daughter: Taylor Dearden (actress)
• Wife: Robin Dearden
• Ex-Wife: Mickey Middleton
Bryce Dallas Howard
• Faith: Existentialism
• Worldview: Liberalism, Secularism
• Father: Ron Howard
• Grandfather: Rance Howard
• Husband: Seth Gabel (actor)
Buddy Hackett …DIED age 78 (2003)—Natural causes, primarily stroke and severe heart disease
• Faith: Unclear, of Jewish descent; apparently rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ
• Worldview: Liberalism
• Birth name: Leonard Hacker
• Wife: Sherry Cohen
Buddy Ebsen …DIED age 95 (2003)—Respiratory failure caused by pneumonia
• aka Frank Ebsen
• Faith: Unclear; raised in Christian family; in his youth he attended a small church in Belleville, Illinois; in 1945, moved by the singing of The Lord’s Prayer, he remarked to his wife Nancy, “Never let me lose faith in God, in myself, or in people.”
• Worldview: Conservative
• Birth name: Christian Ludolf Ebsen Jr.
• Sister: Vilma Knott (actress)
• Wife: Dorothy Knott
• Ex-Wives:
Ruth Cambridge
and Nancy Wolcott McKeown
Burt Lancaster …DIED age 80 (1994)—Heart attack, following 1990 stroke resulting in partial paralysis
• Faith: Atheism, Humanism; ultimately rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ (although he was raised in Protestant Christianity)
• Worldview: Progressive Liberalism (outspoken activist), ACLU (supporter and fundraiser)
• Wife: Susan Martin
• Ex-Wives:
June Ernst
and Norma Anderson
• Ex-Partners:
Jackie Bone (he split due to her religious conversion), Shelley Winters, Joan Blondell (actress), and many others, both male and female
Burt Reynolds …DIED age 82 (2018)—Cardiac arrest
• Faith: Unclear, apparently a combination of Secularism and Christianity
• Ex-Wives:
Loni Anderson
and Judy Carne
• Ex-Partners:
Dinah Shore
and Sally Field