1,371 Popular Actors

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  Hal Holbrook …DIED age 95 (2021)
  • Faith: Secularism, not a Seventh Day Adventist as sometimes reported; no evidence of membership in any church / He was critical of the Bible. He did not share his wife Dixie Carter’s Christian faith, but he respected it and her, saying, “Dixie was very much a real Christian. She didn’t talk about it or preach about it: she just lived it.” It appears that he rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the end. No evidence found that he ever became born-again in Christ.
  • Worldview: Left-leaning registered Independent; praised Socialist Senator Bernie Sanders for his “honesty”
  • Birth name: Harold Rowe Holbrook Jr. (born in Cleveland, Ohio, USA)
  • Children: 3
  • Wife: Dixie Carter (a Christian from a Republican family; died 2010)
  • Ex-Wives:
  —Ruby Elaine Johnston (resulting in daughter Victoria Holbrook, and actor son David Holbrook)
  ​—Carol Eve Rossen (resulting in daughter Eve Holbrook, aka Evie)
  
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  Haley Joel Osment
  • Faith: Apparently Secularism; raised in Roman Catholicism; no public evidence of current church membership, regular practice, or statements about any adult religious beliefs
  • Born in Los Angeles, California, USA
  • Worldview: No record of political party affiliation, campaign endorsements, political donations; no known activism; has a history of alcohol abuse, DUI, and drug possession (cocaine)
  • Children: none
  • Father: Michael Eugene Osment (actor)
  • Sister: Emily Jordan Osment (actress, singer)
  
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  Halle Berry
  • Faith: Secularism, but accepts that a god exists— “I believe in god. I just don’t know if that god is Jehovah, Buddha or Allah.”
  • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism (activist), Environmentalism
  • Birth name: Maria Halle Berry
  • Children: 2
  • Partner: Van Hunt (photographer, musician)
  • Ex-Husbands:
  —David Justice
  —Eric Benét (singer/songwriter)
  —Olivier Martinez (actor, resulting in son Maceo-Robert Martinez)
  • Ex-Partner: Gabriel Aubry (model, resulting in daughter Nahla Ariela Aubry)
  
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  Hank Azaria
  • Faith: apparently Secularism; of Jewish descent, and had a bar mitzvah (privately tutored rather than through formal Hebrew school), although he described his family as “aggressively unobservant;” does not currently practice Judaism and is not a member of a synagogue
  • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism; (Democrat member and donor); his public activism is more focused on social causes, education, recovery, and cultural issues
  • Birth name: Henry Albert Azaria (born in New York City)
  • Children: 1
  • Wife: Katie Wright (former actress, non-Jewish; resulting in son Hal Azaria)
  • Ex-Wife: Helen Hunt (actress)
  • Ex-Partner: Julie Warner (actress)
  
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  Harold Perrineau
  • Faith: apparently Secularism; no confirmed church attendance, evidence of conversion, or faith-based advocacy in his public profile; No public declarations of affiliation with any religion; appears to be somewhat spiritually open or theistic in a general sense
  • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism leaning; No evidence found of involvement in politics
  • Birth name: Harold Perrineau Jr. (aka Harold Williams, born in New York City)
  • Children: 3
  • Wife: Brittany Robinson Perrineau (former actress, model, resulting in actress/model daughter Aurora Robinson Perrineau and daughters Wynter Aria Perrineau and Holiday Grace Perrineau)
  
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  Harold Ramis …DIED age 69 (2014)—Complications of autoimmune inflammatory vasculitis
  • Faith: Secular Humanism with strong interest in Buddhism, although raised in Judaism
  • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism; Democratic Party (member, supporter, donor); described himself as having a countercultural outlook; anti-establishment sensibility
  • Birth name: Harold Allen Ramis (born in Chicago, Illinois, USA)
  • Children: 4
  • Wife: Erica Mann (Buddhist, resulting in sons Julian Arthur Ramis and Daniel Hayes Ramis)
  • Ex-Wife: Anne Plotkin (resulting in author daughter Violet Isadora Ramis, aka Violet Ramis Stiel)
  • Ex-Partner: Amy Heckerling (director, resulting in daughter Mollie Heckerling, aka Mollie Israel—raised by Heckerling and her Neal Israel)
  
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  Harrison Ford
  • Faith: Agnosticism, Tibetan Buddhism (following the Dalai Lama) / Ford comes from a Jewish and Catholic background.
  • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism (outspoken and close friend of Pres. Bill Clinton), Said “I don’t know of a greater criminal in history” than Donald Trump; Environmentalism (activist)
  • Birth name: John William Ford
  • Children: 5, with 1 adopted
  • Wife: Calista Flockhart (resulting in an adopted son)
  • Ex-Wives:
  —Mary Marquardt (resulting in 2 sons)
  —Melissa Mathison (resulting in a son and a daughter)
  • Ex-Partner: Carrie Fisher
  
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  Harry Anderson …DIED age 65 (2018)—Cardioembolic cerebrovascular accident (stroke) complicated by influenza
  • Birth name: Harry Laverne Anderson
  • Children: 2
  • Wife: Elizabeth Morgan
  • Ex-Wife: Leslie Pollack (resulting in daughter Eva Fay Anderson and a son Dashiell Anderson)
  
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  Harry Connick Jr.
  • Faith: Christianity (Roman Cathlicism—devout), his father was Catholic and his mother was raised Jewish
  • Birth name: Joseph Harry Fowler Connick Jr.
  • Children: 3
  • Wife: Jill Goodacre (model, resulting in daughters Georgia Tatum Connick, Sarah Kate Connick, and Charlotte Connick)
  
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  Harry Dean Stanton …DIED age 2017 (91)—Heart failure
  • Faith: Agnosticism, rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ
  • Worldview: Personal Independence, Buddhism-influenced introspection, Music
  • Children: 1-3 (He mentioned possibly having “1 or 2” or “2 or 3” children from brief out of wedlock sexual relationships. Stanton had a reputation in Hollywood circles as a “womanizer” in his younger years, particularly during his hard-partying phase in the 1960s–1970s while rooming with Jack Nicholson and associating with the Laurel Canyon scene.)
  • Ex-Partners:
  —Rebecca De Mornay
  —Maggy Bly
  —Debbie Harry (singer)
  —and others
  
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  Harry Lennix
  • Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholicism), studied at Quigley Preparatory Seminary South (Chicago) to become a Catholic priest (“I think that in some ways there is no more important thing in my life outside of family and God.” “…The truth is more important to me than anything—my personal wealth or health or any of these things.”)
  • Worldview: Leans socially and culturally conservative; Skepticism toward Hollywood’s political echo chamber; Publicly disagreed with Obama’s policies; He has criticized the secularization of culture and what he sees as dwindling faith in God as roots of modern problems; Deep commitment to African American cultural institutions; Emphasizes personal responsibility, education, and spiritual grounding over purely political activism
  • Birth name: Harry Joseph Lennix III (born in Chicago, Illinois, USA)
  • Children: none
  • Wife: Djena Graves (business executive)
  
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  Harvey Keitel
  • Faith: Secularism, formerly Judaism; of Jewish descent
  • Worldview: Secular Humanism
  • Children: 3
  • Wife: Daphna Kastner (actress, resulting in son Roman Keitel)
  • Ex-Partners:
  —Lorraine Bracco (actress, resulting in actress daughter Stella Keitel)
  —Lisa Karmazin (resulting in son Hudson Keitel)
  
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  Hayden Christensen
  • Faith: apparently Secularism, but considers himself “spiritual” / Grew up attending church, but has not identified himself as a follower of Jesus Christ / Says he attended a Roman Catholic school in his youth / “My dad became very Protestant towards later parts of his life” / “I’ve always been a fan of gospel music and grew up with it” / “I’m always cautious about people who have faith in organized religion because most times I think their intentions are good but they’re sort of misguided.” / The mother of his daughter is Catholic and her father Jewish. Rachel Bilson has reportedly turned down requests to appear seminude in men’s magazines, saying that she feels that her body “is sacred” and “not there for the whole world to see” (2006).
  • Birth name: Hayden Christopher Christensen (born in Vancouver, British Columbia)
  • Brother: Tove Christensen (producer, actor)
  • Children: 1
  • Ex-Partner/Ex-Fiancée: Rachel Bilson (actress, resulting in daughter Briar Rose Christensen)
  
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  Hayden Panettiere …DIED age 36 (2026)—cardiac arrest, overdose
  • Faith: Primarily Secularism with some confused personal spirituality; culturally Catholic but rarely attended church; generally kept her spiritual beliefs private as an adult; not an atheist; believed in a higher power/energy, karma, and hope for an afterlife; said she hoped “to God that there is an afterlife” rather than simply disappearing; spoke of praying to God during certain traumatic times (birth of daughter, drug addiction treatment); religion did not appear to guide her professional and life choices; apparently rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the end
  • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism (a ctivist), Bisexualism (announced in 2026), Animal Rights (activist, PETA), Victims of domestic abuse (advocacy)
  • Birth name: Hayden Lesley Panettiere (born in Palisades, New York, USA)
  • Mother: Lesley R. Vogel (actress)
  • Brother: Jansen Panettiere (actor, died of cardiomegaly coupled with aortic valve complications at age 28 in 2023)
  • Children: 1
  • Husbands: none
  • Ex-Partners:
  —Wladimir Klitschko (Ukrainian boxing champion; Eastern Orthodox; resulting in daughter Kaya Evdokia Klitschko who lives with her father and was baptized as a baby)
  —Milo Ventimiglia
  —Brian Hickerson (actor, real estate agent)
  
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  Hayley Mills
  • Faith: Raised in a Church of England and Presbyterian-influenced household; early in life she attended a Billy Graham event and found it inspiring, but she declined invitations to join a church; accepts the existence of God, seems to lean toward Christianity, but has had strong interest in Eastern religions (Hinduism, Hare Krishna, karma); self-described “seeker” who “has concluded that, for her, organized religion is irrelevant” (per 1997 People interview)
  • Worldview: Vegetarianism; no significant record of political affiliations, endorsements, campaigning, or high-profile activism
  • Birth name: Hayley Catherine Rose Vivien Mills (born in Marylebone, London, England)
  • Children: 2
  • Parents:
  —Sir John Mills (actor)
  —Mary Hayley Bell (actress)
  • Sister: Juliet Mills (actress)
  • Brother: Jonathan Mills (writer, producer)
  • Partner: Firdous Bamji (actor, writer)
  • Ex-Husband: Roy Boulting (filmmaker, resulting in rock band singer/guitarist son Crispian Mills)
  • Ex-Partner: Leigh Lawson (filmmaker, resulting in stage actor/director son Jason Lawson)
  
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  Haylie Duff
  • Faith: Liberal Christianity (“I am a Christian, but I also don't really see myself as a religious person. I see myself as more of a spiritual person. There are a lot of things that I do agree with in Christianity and things that I don’t agree with. I’m not a regular churchgoer, but I do think that I have my own beliefs that I feel strongly about.”)
  • Worldview: Charitable Activism, Animal Rights (activist)
  • Birth name: Haylie Katherine Duff (born in Houston, Texas, USA)
  • Children: 2
  • Sister: Hilary Duff
  • Children: 2
  • Ex-Partner/Fiancé: Matt Rosenberg (resulting in daughters Ryan Ava Erhard Rosenberg and Lulu Gray Rosenberg)
  
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  Heath Ledger …DIED age 28—Cardiac arrest brought on by acute intoxication from the combined effects of oxycodone, hydrocodone, diazepam, temazepam, alprazolam, and doxylamine
  • Faith: Atheism; Secularism, rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ
  • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism; LGBTQ (supporter); Indigenous Australian youth (supporter); Anti-war activism; No formal political party affiliations
  • Birth name: Heath Andrew Ledger (born in Perth, Western Australia, Australia)
  • Children: 1
  • Ex-Partners:
  —Michelle Williams (actress, resulting in daughter Matilda Ledger)
  —Lisa Zane
  —Christina Cauchi
  —Heather Graham (actress)
  —Naomi Watts (actress)
  
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  Heather Graham
  • Faith: New Age, Transcendental Meditation, raised in Christianity (Roman Catholicism)
  • Worldview: Climate Alarmism (activist); Advocate for Children International (an NGO)
  • Birth name: Heather Joan Graham (born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA)
  • Sister: Aimee Graham (actress)
  • Ex-Partners:
  —Heath Ledger
  —Yaniv Raz
  —Matt Dillon
  —John de Neufville
  
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  Helen Hunt
  • Faith: apparently Secularism; mixed Jewish and Methodist/Christian heritage; has shown more personal interest in her Jewish roots, though she is not known for being active in Judaism
  • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism (vocal longtime supporter), Liberal Feminism, Black Lives Matter (campaigner, supporter)
  • Birth name: Helen Elizabeth Hunt (born in Culver City, California, USA)
  • Children: 1
  • Father: Gordon Hunt (writer, director, actor)
  • Uncle: Peter H. Hunt (director)
  • Children: 1
  • Partner: Jeffrey Nordling (actor)
  • Ex-Husband: Hank Azaria (actor)
  • Ex-Partner: Matthew Carnahan (filmmaker, resulting in daughter Makena Lei Gordon Carnahan)
  
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  Helen McCrory …DIED age 52 (2021)—Cancer
  • Faith: “I am not religious;” Had a mixed Christian background, but was not a practising Christian as an adult; attended a Church of England boarding school where pupils went to church every day; As a teenager she declined confirmation, saying she was not ready to commit. / She did not marry in a church. Appears to have rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the end
  • Worldview: Progressive, left-leaning; Liberal Feminism (vocal); took her daughter to the Women’s March; Mental health (supporter); Arts education (supporter)
  • Birth name: Helen Elizabeth McCrory (born in Paddington, London, England)
  • Children: 2
  • Husband: Damian Lewis (resulting in daughter Manon Lewis and son Gulliver Lewis)
  
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  Helen Mirren
  • aka Dame Helen Mirren
  • Faith: Atheism
  • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism, Liberal Feminism, Environmentalism, Nudism, Pro-Israel
  • Birth name: Helen Lydia Mironoff (born in London, England)
  • Children: none biological, 2 stepsons
  • Husband: Taylor Hackford (film director, resulting in actor stepson Rio Hackford)
  • Ex-Partner: Liam Neeson
  
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  Helena Bonham Carter
  • Faith: Secularism, facetiously self-identifies as “Jewish Catholic”
  • Children: 2
  • Partner: Rye Dag Holmboe
  • Ex-Partners:
  —Tim Burton (resulting in son Billy Raymond Burton and daughter Nell Burton)
  —Kenneth Branagh (begun in adultery)
  
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  Henry Cavill
  • Faith: “I believe in God.” / Raised in Roman Catholicism, attended Catholic school and participated in church activities. No reports suggest he has left Catholicism. We have found no clear evidence that he is following Jesus Christ, studying the Bible or has been born-again.
  • Worldview: Silent on issues like elections, identity politics, or Israel; not self-identified with any ideology, party, or movement
  • Worldview: Silent on issues like elections, identity politics, climate activism, or Israel; not self-identified with any ideology, party, or movement
  • Birth name: Henry William Dalgliesh Cavill (born in St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands)
  • Children: 1
  • Partner: Natalie Viscuso (television executive, resulting in daughter Belle)
  • Ex-Partner: Ellen Whitaker (Hollywood executive)
  
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  Henry Fonda …DIED age 77 (1982)—Heart disease compounded by prostate cancer
  • Faith: Secularism, Agnosticism, lapsed Christian Scientist; rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ
  • Worldview: Leftist Liberal (activist); Democratic Party (member)
  • Birth name: Henry Jaynes Fonda (born in Grand Island, Nebraska, USA)
  • Children: 2 biological and 1 adopted
  • Son: Peter Fonda (actor)
  • Daughter: Jane Fonda (actress)
  • Grand-daughter: Bridget Fonda
  • Wife: Shirlee Mae Adams
  • Ex-Wives:
  —Margaret Sullavan (actress)
  —Frances Ford Seymour (aka Frances Seymour Brokaw, resulting in actress daughter Jane Fonda and actor son Peter Fonda)
  —Susan Blanchard, aka Susan Jacobson (socialite; formerly his mistress, resulting in adopted daughter Amy Fishman)
  —Afdera Franchetti (Italian baroness)
  • Ex-Partner/Fiancée: Shirley Ross (actress, singer)
  
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  Henry Ian Cusick
  • Faith: Unclear, raised in Roman Catholicism; attended Catholic schools; in 2003 when he played Jesus Christ in the film “The Gospel of John” he said he began going to Mass more often; there is no clear public evidence that he is currently an active practicing Catholic or a church member
  • Birth name: Henry Ian Cusick (born in Trujillo, Peru)
  • Children: 3
  • Wife: Annie Cusick Wood (resulting in sons Eli Cusick, Lucas Cusick, and Esau Cusick)
  
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  Hilarie Burton
  • aka Hilarie Burton Morgan
  • Faith: Self-identifies as a Christian; raised in a United Methodist Church where she was active, but she also now embraces a broader spirituality that incorporates elements of witchcraft, magic, mysticism, nature-based practices, and cross-cultural spiritual traditions
  • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism (vocal activist), Abortion Rights (activist)
  • Birth name: Hilarie Ros Burton (born in Sterling, Virginia)
  • Children: 2
  • Husband: Jeffrey Dean Morgan (resulting in a son Augustus Morgan, aka Gus Morgan, and daughter George Virginia Morgan)
  
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  Hilary Duff
  • Faith: Has Christian roots and eclectic spirituality; her sister Haylie Duff is a Liberal Christian
  • Worldview: Charity suppport, Gay Rights (supporter), LGBTQ+ (supporter), Women’s Rights (supporter)
  • Birth name: Hilary Erhard Duff
  • Children: 4
  • Sister: Haylie Duff
  • Husband: Matthew Bair, professionally known as Matthew Koma (singer-songwriter; of Jewish heritage but appears to be secular and only culturally Jewish; marriage resulted in daughters Banks Violet Bair, Mae James Bair, and Townes Meadow Bair)
  • Ex-Husband: Mike Comrie (ice hockey player, resulting in son Luca Cruz Comrie)
  • Ex-Partners:
  —Aaron Carter (actor)
  —Joel Madden (singer)
  —Jason Walsh (personal sports trainer)
  
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  Hilary Swank
  • Faith: Secularism, but not an atheist
  • Birth name: Hilary Ann Swank
  • Children: 2
  • Husband: Philip Schneider (entrepreneur, resulting in twins: daughter Aya Schneider and son Ohm Schneider)
  • Ex-Husband: Chad Lowe
  • Ex-Fiancé: Rubén Torres
  
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  Holly Hunter
  • Faith: Secularism, leaning toward Agnosticism, rejects Christianity because it is “exclusionary”
  • Birth name: Holly Paige Hunter (born in Conyers, Georgia)
  • Children: 2
  • Partner: Gordon MacDonald (actor, resulting in twin sons Claude MacDonald and Press MacDonald)
  • Ex-Husband: Janusz Kamiński (cinematographer)
  • Ex-Partner: Arliss Howard (actor, writer, director)
  
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  Holt McCallany
  • Birth name: Holt Quinn McAloney (born in New York City)
  • Mother: Julie Wilson (singer, actress)
  • Wife: Nicole Wilson (actress)
  
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  Hope Davis
  • Faith: Unknown
  • Born in Englewood, New Jersey
  • Children: 2
  • Husband: Jon Patrick Walker (resulting in daughters Georgia Walker and Mae Walker)
  
• Howard Deutch
  • Faith: Unclear, raised in Judaism
  • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism
  • Birth name: Howard Roy Deutch
  • Children: 2
  • Wife: Lea Thompson (resulting in actress daughters Madelyn Deutch and Zoey Deutch)
  • Uncle: Robert Walden (actor)
  
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  Hugh Dancy
  • Birth name: Hugh Michael Horace Dancy
  • Children: 3
  • Wife: Claire Danes (resulting in sons Cyrus Dancy and Roman Dancy, and a daughter)
  
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  Hugh Grant
  • Faith: Secularism
  • Worldview: Liberalism, but varies
  • Birth name: Hugh John Mungo Grant
  • Children: 5
  • Wife: Anna Elisabet Eberstein (producer, resulting in son Felix Chang Hong Grant and daughters Lulu Danger Grant and Blue Grant)
  • Ex-Partners:
  —Elizabeth Hurley
  —Tinglan Hong (resulting in daughter Tabitha Xiao Xi Grant and son John Mungo Grant)
  
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  Hugh Jackman
  • Faith: Liberal Christianity, avid practitioner and promoter of Transcendental Meditation since his 20s, when he participated in the School of Practical Philosophy, a philosophical system of Hinduism promoting meditation of which he is member / Raised in a strict Anglican (Protestant) household / Jackson’s father is reportedly a devout, born-again evangelical Christian, saved through a Billy Graham crusade.
  • Worldview: Strongly supports LGBTQ+ Rights; Climate Alarmism (activist), Progressive Liberalism; Liberal Social Causes; Philanthropy
  • Birth name: Hugh Michael Jackman (born in Sydney, Australia)
  • Children: 2 adopted and 2 miscarriages
  • Current Relationship: Sutton Foster (actress, singer, dancer, twice divorced)
  • Ex-Wife: Deborra-Lee Furness (actress, producer, resulting in adopted children— son Oscar and daughter Ava—and 2 miscarriages)
  
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  Hugh Laurie
  • Faith: Atheism (outspoken), parents Presbyterian
  • Birth name: James Hugh Calum Laurie
  • Children: 3
  • Wife: Jo Green (resulting in sons Charlie Laurie and Bill Laurie, and daughter Rebecca Laurie)
  
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  Hugo Weaving
  • Faith: Unknown
  • Worldview: Liberalism
  • Birth name: Hugo Wallace Weaving
  • Children: 2
  • Nieces: Samara Weaving (actress, model) and Morgan Weaving (actress)
  • Partner: Katrina Greenwood (resulting in actor son Harry Greenwood and artist daughter Holly Greenwood)
  
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  Humphrey Bogart …DIED age 57 (1957)—Esophageal cancer which metastasized
  • Faith: Secularism, lapsed Episcopalian; descended from the Christian Mayflower passengers John Tilley, Joan (Hurst) Rogers, Elizabeth Tilley, and John Howland; apparently rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the end
  • Worldview: Liberalism
  • Birth name: Humphrey DeForest Bogart (born in New York City)
  • Children: 2
  • Wife: Lauren Bacall (actress, resulting in son Stephen Humphrey Bogart—author, producer, and businessman, and daughter Leslie Howard Bogart)
  • Ex-Wives:
  —Helen Menken (actress)
  —Mary Philips (actress)
  —Mayo Methot (actress)