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  Madeleine Stowe
  • Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholicism)
  • Birth name: Madeleine Marie Stowe Mora
  • Husband: Brian Benben ​(actor, comedian; resulting in a daughter)
  
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  Mads Mikkelsen
  • Faith: Agnosticism, Secularism (“I have nothing against God. I do not believe, even if I find it cool if he exists. However, I hate religion.”)
  • Birth name: Mads Dittmann Mikkelsen
  • Brother: Lars Mikkelsen (actor)
  • Wife: Hanne Jacobsen (choreographer, resulting in 2 children)
  
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  Mae Whitman
  • Faith: Unknown
  Worldview: Pansexualism • Mother: Pat Musick (voice actress)
  • Birth name: Mae Margaret Whitman
  
• Maggie Grace
  • Faith: Unknown, attended Christian schools from kindergarten through 9th grade
  • Birth name: Margaret Grace Denig
  • Husband: Brent Bushnell (entertainment company CEO, resulting in a child)
  
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  Maggie Gyllenhaal
  • Faith: Judaism
  • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism (activist), Abortion supporter (Planned Parenthood), ACLU supporter
  • Birth name: Margalit Ruth Gyllenhaal
  • Father: Stephen Gyllenhaal (director)
  • Mother: Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal (screenwriter, director)
  • Brother: Jake Gyllenhaal
  • Husband: Peter Sarsgaard (resulting in 2 daughters)
  
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  Maggie Q
  • Faith: Buddhism, raised in Christianity (Roman Catholicism)
  • Worldview: Veganism, Animal Rights (PETA activist)
  • Birth name: Margaret Denise Quigley
  • Partner: Unnamed
  • Ex-Partner/Fiancé: Dylan McDermott (actor)
  • Other Ex-Partners:
  —Justin Long
  —Brett Ratner (producer, director)
  —Daniel Henney (actor)
  —Daniel Wu
  
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  Maggie Smith …DIED age 89 (2024)
  • Faith: Christianity, became more vocal about her faith in her latter years / When “I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator.”
  • Birth name: Margaret Natalie Smith
  • Husband: Alan Beverley Cross (playwright, died 1998)
  • Ex-Husband: Robert Stephens (actor, resulting in sons Toby Stephens and Christopher Larkin Stephens)
  
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  Malcolm McDowell
  • Birth name: Malcolm John Taylor
  • Children: 5
  • Nephew: Alexander Siddig (actor, director)
  • Wife: Kelley Kuhr (resulting in 3 sons)
  • Ex-Wives:
  —Mary Steenburgen (resulting in daughter Lilly and son Charlie McDowell, director, writer)
  —Margot Bennett (publicist, actress)
  • Daughter-in-law: Lily Collins
  
• Malin Akerman
  • Faith: Buddhism, Transcendental Meditation
  • Birth name: Malin Maria Åkerman
  • Half-Sister: Jennifer Åkerman (singer, model)
  • Husband: Jack Donnelly (actor)
  • Ex-Husband: Roberto Zincone (musician, actor; resulting in a son)
  
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  Mandy Moore
  • Faith: Secularism, ex-Catholic
  • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism (activist), Liberal Feminism (activist)
  • Birth name: Amanda Leigh Moore
  • Husband: Taylor Goldsmith (resulting in sons August Harrison Goldsmith and Oscar Bennett Goldsmith and daughter Louise Everett Goldsmith)
  • Ex-Husband: Ryan Adams
  • Ex-Partner: Zach Braff
  
• Mandy Patinkin
  • Faith: Self-described as a “JewBu”—“Jewish with a dash of Buddhist” and “spiritual but not religious,” raised in Conservative Judaism
  • Birth name: Mandel Bruce Patinkin
  • Wife: Kathryn Grody (actress, writer; resulting in sons Isaac and Gideon)
  
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  Margaret Colin
  • Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholicism)
  • Worldview: Pro-Life (activist)
  • Husband: Justin Deas (actor, resulting in sons Sam and Joe)
  
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  Margot Kidder …DIED age 69 (2018)—Suicide by self-inflicted drug and alcohol overdose
  • Faith: Atheism; rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ
  • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism (activist), Environmentalism (activist), LBGT supporter (activist)
  • Birth name: Margaret Ruth Kidder
  • Children: 1
  • Ex-Husbands:
  —Thomas McGuane (writer; resulting in daughter Maggie McGuane)
  —John Heard Jr. (actor)
  —Philippe de Broca (director)
  • Romantically linked to: Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau in early-1980s
  
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  Margot Robbie
  • Faith: apparently Secularism, although raised in Christianity
  • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism, Liberal Feminism, Gay marriage (activist), LGBT supporter, Environmentalism
  • Birth name: Margot Elise Robbie
  • Husband: Tom Ackerley (director, resulting in a child)
  
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  Maria Bello
  • Faith: Unclear, raised in Christianity (Roman Catholicism)
  • Worldview: Liberalism, Liberal Feminism, Bisexualism, Lesbianism
  • Birth name: Maria Elena Bello
  • Spouse: Dominique Crenn (a woman)
  • Ex-Partners:
  —Dan McDermott (resulting in a son)
  —Clare Munn (a woman)
  
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  Mariah Carey
  • Faith: Liberal Christian (Episcopalian)
  • Worldview: Liberalism, LGBT supporter (honored by GLAAD, she has a large Gay fanbase, and is recognized as a Gay icon and her song “Hero” is regarded as an anthem among the Gay community)
  • Children: 2
  • Ex-Husbands:
  —Tommy Mottola (producer, record executive)
  —Nick Cannon (actor, comedian; resulting in twin sons Moroccan and Monroe)
  • Ex-Fiancé: James Packer
  • Ex-Partners:
  —Derek Jeter (baseball player)
  —Luis Miguel (singer)
  
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  Marilyn Monroe …DIED age 36—Suicide or murder
  • Faith: Atheism; raised in Christian-Scientism (Church of Christ, Scientist); rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ
  • Birth name: Norma Jeane Mortenson
  • Ex-Husbands:
  —James Dougherty
  —Joe DiMaggio
  —Arthur Miller
  • Ex-Partners:
  —Marlon Brando
  —John F. Kennedy
  —others
  
• Marion Cotillard
  • Worldview: Environmentalism and Climate Alarmism (activist)
  • Partner: Guillaume Canet (actor, director; resulting in son Marcel and daughter Louise)
  • Ex-Partners:
  —Julien Rassam (actor)
  —Stéphan Guérin-Tillié (actor, director)
  
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  Marisa Tomei
  • Faith: apparently Secularism, raised in Roman Catholicism
  • Children: none
  • Ex-Partner: Logan Marshall-Green (actor, director)
  
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  Mark Blum …DIED age 69 (2020)—Complications associated with COVID-19 due to underlying health problems
  • Faith: apparently Secularism; of Jewish descent; apparently rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ
  • Wife: Janet Zarish (actress)
  
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  Mark Hamill
  • Faith: apparently Secularism, although his father Bill was a “staunch Roman Catholic”
  • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism (outspoken)
  • Birth name: Mark Richard Hamill
  • Wife: Marilou York
  • Ex-Partner: Anne Wyndham (actress; resulting in sons Nathan Elias and Griffin Tobias, and daughter Chelsea Elizabeth)
  
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  Mark Harmon
  • Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholicism)
  • Birth name: Thomas Mark Hormon
  • Father: Tom Harmon (football player)
  • Mother: Elyse Knox (actress)
  • Sister: Kristin Harmon (actress—died 2018; former wife of actor/singer Ricky Nelson)
  • Niece: Tracy Nelson (actress)
  • Wife: Pam Dawber (resulting in 2 sons)
  
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  Mark Ruffalo
  • Faith: Unclear, raised in Christianity (Roman Catholicism), father is Baha’i and his grandmother a “born-again Christian”
  • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism (activist), Socialism, Globalism, Environmentalism (outspoken activist), Pro-Abortion, LGBT supporter
  • Birth name: Mark Alan Ruffalo
  • Wife: Sunrise Coigney (resulting in 3 children)
  
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  Mark Rylance
  • Faith: apparently Agnosticism and Secularism; quote: “In a way, I think science is the modern religion, and at times, I despise it as much as I despise other religions because it really will only accept stuff that fits its masculine ability to define the world.”
  • Worldview: Socialism, Globalism, Pacifism (activist)
  • Birth name: David Mark Rylance Waters
  • Sister: Susannah Waters (writer, director)
  • Wife: Claire van Kampen (director)
  • Step-Daughter: Juliet Rylance (actress, producer)
  
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  Mark Strong
  • Faith: Unclear, raised in Christianity (Roman Catholicism)
  • Birth name: Marco Giuseppe Salussolia
  • Wife: Liza Marshall (producer; resulting in sons Gabriel Strong and Roman Strong)
  
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  Mark Wahlberg
  • Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholicism) and says it is “the most important part” of his life
  • Worldview: Moderate Liberalism, Gay marriage supporter
  • Birth name: Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg
  • Brothers:
  ——Donnie Wahlberg (actor)
  —Jim Wahlberg (producer)
  —Robert Wahlberg (actor)
  • Wife: Rhea Durham (model; resulting in 4 children)
  
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  Marlon Brando …DIED age 80—Respiratory failure from pulmonary fibrosis with congestive heart failure
  • Faith: Native American spirituality and some Christian Scienticism; rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ
  • Worldview: Liberalism, Bisexualism, Black Panther Party supporter, Civil Rights activism, Native American rights activism
  • Birth name: Marlon Brando Jr.
  • Sister: Jocelyn Brando (actress)
  • Children: 11 or more
  • Ex-Wives:
  —Anna Kashfi (actress, resulting in son Christian Brando)
  —Movita Castaneda (actress, (resulting in children Miko Castaneda Brando and Rebecca Brando)
  —Tarita Teriipaia (actress, (resulting in son Simon Teihotu Brando and daughter Tarita Cheyenne Brando)
  • Ex-Partner/Fiancée: Josanne Mariani (actress)
  • Other Ex-Partners include:
  —Sandy Campbell (homosexual actor), and other men
  —Marilyn Monroe (actress)
  —Katy Jurado (actress)
  —Rita Moreno (actress)
  —Cynthia Lynn (resulting in daughter Lisa)
  —Reiko Sato (actress, dancer)
  —Tarita Teriipaia
  —Jill Banner (actress)
  —Maria Cristina Ruiz (his housekeeper; resulting in daughter Ninna Priscilla Brando, and sons Myles Jonathan Brando and Timothy Gahan Brando)
  
• Marlon Wayans
  • Faith: Unclear, raised in Jehovah’s Witnesses family
  • Birth name: Marlon Lamont Wayans
  • Ex-Partners:
  —Angela Zackery (resulting in 2 children)
  —Brittany Moreland (resulting in 1 child)
  
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  Martin Freeman
  • Faith: apparently Secularism, ex-Catholic
  • Worldview: Socialism, Liberalism
  • Birth name: Martin John Christopher Freeman
  • Ex-Partners:
  —Amanda Abbington (actress, resulting in a son and a daughter)
  —Rachel Mariam
  
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  Martin Landau …DIED age 89 (2017)—Hypovolemic shock with metabolic acidosis, intra-abdominal hemorrhage and diffuse atherosclerotic vascular disease
  • Faith: Judaism; rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ
  • Birth name: Martin James Landau
  • Ex-Wife: Barbara Bain (actress; resulting in daughters Susan Landau Finch and Juliet Landau)
  
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  Martin Lawrence
  • Faith: Liberal Christianity
  • Birth name: Martin Fitzgerald Lawrence
  • Ex-Wives:
  Patricia Southall (resulting in daughter Jasmine Page)
  Shamicka Gibbs (resulting in daughters Iyanna Faith and Amara Trinity)
  • Ex-Fiancée: Lark Voorhies (actress)
  
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  Martin Sheen
  • Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholicism), but reportedly says he believes in reincarnation
  • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism (activist), Climate Alarmism (activist), Environmentalism, Pacifism, Pro-Life
  • Birth name: Ramón Gerardo Antonio Estévez
  • Wife: Janet Templeton (actress; resulting in sons Emilio Estevez, Ramon Estevez, Carlos-aka Charlie Sheen, and daughter Renée Estevez)
  
• Marton Csokas
  • Birth name: Marton Paul Csokas
  • Ex-Partner: Eva Green
  
• Mary Elizabeth Winstead
  • Husband: Ewan McGregor (resulting in son Laurie)
  • Ex-Husband: Riley Stearns (filmmaker)
  
• Mary McCormack
  • Birth name: Mary Catherine McCormack
  • Brother: Will McCormack
  • Husband: Michael Morris (director, producer; resulting in 3 children)
  
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  Mary McDonnell
  • Faith: Unknown, raised Roman Catholic
  • Birth name: Mary Eileen McDonnell
  • Ex-Husband: Randle Mell (actor, resulting in son Michael and daughter Olivia)
  
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  Mary Steenburgen
  • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism (activist)
  • Birth name: Mary Nell Steenburgen
  • Husband: Ted Danson
  • Ex-husband: Malcolm McDowell (resulting in 2 children, including son Charlie McDowell, a director/writer who married actress Lily Collins)
  
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  Mary Tyler Moore …DIED age 80—Complications from pneumonia and complications related to diabetes
  • Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholicism)
  • Worldview: Conservative-leaning
  • Husband: Robert Levine (cardiologist)
  • Ex-Husbands:
  —Richard Meeker (resulting in son Richard Carleton Meeker Jr.)
  —Grant Tinker (TV executive)
  
• Mary-Kate Olsen
  • Sisters: Ashley Olsen (twin), Elizabeth Olsen
  • Ex-Husband: Olivier Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa
  • Ex-Partners:
  —Heath Ledger
  —Nate Lowman
  —and others
  
• Mary-Louise Parker
  • Faith: Transcendental Meditation
  • Ex-Partner/Fiancé: Jeffrey Dean Morgan
  • Ex-Partner: Billy Crudup (resulting in son William Atticus Parker, relationship ended due to Crudup’s adultery during the pregnancy)
  
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  Matt Bomer
  • Faith: Apparently Atheism, also practices Transcendental Meditation, raised in Christianity
  • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism, Homosexualism, LGBTQ activism
  • Birth name: Matthew Staton Bomer
  • Spouse: Simon Halls (Hollywood publicist)
  
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  Matt Damon
  • Faith: Agnosticism, Secularism
  • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism (activist), Environmentalism (activist)
  • Birth name: Matthew Paige Damon
  • Wife: Luciana Bozán Barroso (Luciana Bozan Barroso) (resulting in daughters Isabella, Gia, and Stella)
  • Ex-Partners:
  —Minnie Driver
  —Winona Ryder
  —Odessa Whitmire
  —Skylar Statenstein
  
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  Matt Dillon
  • Faith: apparently Secularism, raised in Christianity (Roman Catholicism)
  • Birth name: Matthew Raymond Dillon
  • Brother: Kevin Dillon
  • Ex-Partners:
  —Cameron Diaz
  —Roberta Mastromichele
  
• Matt LeBlanc
  • Birth name: Matthew Steven LeBlanc
  • Ex-Wife: Melissa McKnight (model, resulting in daughter)
  • Ex-Partner: Andrea Anders (actress)
  
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  Matthew Broderick
  • Faith: Buddhism, Reiki
  • Worldview: Liberalism
  • Father: James Broderick (actor)
  • Mother: Patricia Broderick (born Patricia Biow) (playwright)
  • Wife: Sarah Jessica Parker, married in an Episcopal ceremony officiated by Matthew Broderick’s sister, Rev. Janet Broderick Kraft (marriage resulted in son James and twin daughters, Marion and Tabitha)
  • Ex-Partner: Kyra Sedgwick
  
• Matthew Goode
  • Birth name: Matthew William Goode
  • Wife: Sophie Dymoke (resulting in 2 daughters and 1 son)
  
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  Matthew McConaughey
  • Faith: Christianity (nondenominational Protestant, often speaks publicly about his faith), raised a Methodist, married his Brazilian-American wife in a private Catholic ceremony
  • Worldview: Has not disclosed his political party, but seems to be Conservative-leaning; Human and Animal Rights activism
  • Birth name: Matthew David McConaughey
  • Wife: Camila Alves (model, designer —resulting in sons Levi and Livingston and daughter Vida)
  
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  Matthew Perry …DIED age 54 (2023)—Acute effects of ketamine overdose, combined with buprenorphine, causing loss of consciousness and subsequent drowning in hot tub, after a long history of drug and alcohol abuse and medical problems including coronary artery disease
  • Faith: possibly Christianity
  • Worldview: Liberalism
  • Birth name: Matthew Langford Perry
  • Father: John Bennett Perry (actor)
  • Ex-Fiancée: Molly Hurwitz
  • Ex-Partner: Lizzy Caplan
  
  
  “The Truth About Matthew Perry’s Encounter with God Before Death”

  Length: 10 minutes
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  Maura Tierney
  • Faith: Unclear, raised in Catholic family
  • Birth name: Maura Lynn Tierney
  • Ex-Husband: Billy Morrissette (actor, director)
  
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  Maureen O'Hara …DIED age 95—Natural causes
  • Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholicism)
  • Worldview: Conservatism-leaning (activist), staunch Republican
  • Birth name: Maureen FitzSimons
  • Husband: Charles F. Blair Jr. (died 1978)
  • Ex-Husbands:
  —George H. Brown (annulled)
  —Will Price (director, resulting in daughter Bronwyn Bridget Price)​
  • Ex-Partners:
  —Anthony Quinn
  —Enrique Parra
  
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  Max von Sydow …DIED age 90 (2020)
  • Faith: Unclear, raised in Christianity (Lutheran) and attended a Catholic school, became an Agnostic (or Atheist), and late in life said he changed his mind and now believed in the afterlife / However, as we are not currently aware of any public or private evidence that he truly repented of his sins and humbly committed his life to the Son of God, it appears that he ultimately rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
  • Birth name: Carl Adolf von Sydow
  • Wife: Catherine Brelet (documentary filmmaker)
  • Ex-Wife: Christina Inga Britta Olin (actress)
  
• Maya Rudolph
  • Birth name: Maya Khabira Rudolph
  • Partner: Paul Thomas Anderson (filmmaker, resulting in 4 children)
  
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  Meagan Good-Franklin
  • Faith: Liberal Christianity (Seventh-day Adventist)
  • Birth name: Meagan Monique Good
  • Husband: DeVon Franklin (producer, Progressive Liberal Seventh-day Adventist preacher, author, motivational speaker)
  
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  Meg Ryan
  • Faith: Non-Christian, follower of New Ager Eckhart Tolle, Buddhism leanings, raised in Christianity (Roman Catholicism)
  • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism, Environmentalism
  • Birth name: Margaret Mary Emily Hyra
  • Children: 2 (1 biological and 1 adopted)
  • Son: Jack Quaid (actor)
  • Ex-Husband: Dennis Quaid (resulting in son Jack Quaid
  • Ex-Partner/Fiancé: John Mellencamp
  • Ex-Partner: Russell Crowe
  
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  Megan Fox
  • Faith: Liberal Charismatic Christianity (Pentecostal), ex-Catholic
  • Worldview: Liberal leaning, Bisexualism (“One of my favorite things that I get called, is being like, a bi icon and that is one of the things I am the most proud of!”)
  • Birth name: Megan Denise Fox
  • Ex-Husband: Brian Austin Green (actor, resulting in sons Noah Shannon, Bodhi Ransom and Journey River)
  • Ex-Partner/Fiancé: Machine Gun Kelly (aka MGK and Colson Baker) (resulting in a child lost to miscarriage)
  
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  Megan Mullally
  • Worldview: Liberalism; Opposed Religious Freedom Law; Bisexualism (self-declared)
  • Husband: Nick Offerman (actor, producer)
  • Ex-Husbands:
  —James Thomas Hines
  —Michael A. Katcher (talent agent)
  
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  Mel Brooks
  • Faith: Secularism, Atheism; of Jewish descent
  • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism
  • Birth name: Melvin Kaminsky
  • Wife: Anne Bancroft (died 2005; Marriage resulted in son Max Brooks)
  • Ex-Wife: Florence Baum (dancer, resulting in 3 children)
  
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  Mel Gibson
  • Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholicism), believes people without faith in Jesus Christ can (and possibly will) go to Heaven
  • Worldview: Conservatism-leaning
  • Birth name: Mel Colmcille Gerard Gibson
  • Brother: Donal Gibson (actor)
  • Children: 9
  • Partner: Rosalind Ross (writer —resulting in son Lars Gerard Gibson)
  • Ex-Wife: Robyn Denise Moore (resulting in daughter Hannah, and 6 sons: twins Edward and Christian, William, Louis (Louie), Thomas, and actor Milo Gibson)
  • Ex-Partner: Oksana Grigorieva (pianist, songwriter —resulting in daughter Lucia)
  
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  Melanie Griffith
  • Faith: Secularism
  • Mother: Tippi Hedren (actress)
  • Ex-Husbands:
  —Don Johnson (actor, resulting in daughter Dakota Johnson)
  —Antonio Banderas (actor, resulting in daughter Stella)
  —Steven Bauer (actor, resulting in son Alexander Griffith Bauer)
  • Ex-Partner: Ryan O'Neal (actor)
  
• Melanie Lynskey
  • Birth name: Melanie Jayne Lynskey
  • Husband: Jason Ritter
  • Father-in-law: John Ritter
  • Ex-Husband: Jimmi Simpson
  
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  Melissa George
  • Faith: Unclear
  • Birth name: Melissa Suzanne George
  • Ex-Husband: Claudio Dabed (actor, director)
  • Ex-Partner: Jean-David Blanc (resulting in children Raphaël and Solal)
  
• Melissa Leo
  • Faith: Secularism—“I have no religion.”
  • Birth name: Melissa Chessington Leo
  • Ex-Partner: John Heard (resulting in a son)
  
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  Melissa McCarthy
  • Faith: Apparently Secularism, raised in an Irish-Catholic family and graduate from a Catholic academy
  • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism; Pro-abortion
  • Birth name: Melissa Ann McCarthy
  • Husband: Ben Falcone
  
• Melora Hardin
  • Birth name: Melora Diane Hardin
  • Father: Jerry Hardin (actor)
  • Husband: Gildart Jackson (actor, writer)
  
• Melora Walters
  • Ex-Husbands:
  —Dylan Walsh (resulting in 2 children)
  —Alex Vendler (cinematographer)
  
• Mena Suvari
  • Worldview: Veganism, Environmentalism
  • Birth name: Mena Alexandra Suvari
  • Husband: Michael Hope (resulting in son Christopher)
  • Ex-Husbands:
  —Robert Brinkmann (cinematographer)
  —Simone Sestito
  
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  Meryl Streep
  • Faith: Agnosticism, raised Presbyterian; “I follow no doctrine. I don’t belong to a church or a temple or a synagogue or an ashram.”
  • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism (activist)
  • Birth name: Mary Louise Streep
  • Husband (separated 2017): Don Gummer (resulting in son Henry Wolfe and daughters Mary, Grace and Louisa)
  • Partner (deceased): John Cazale (actor)
  
• Mia Farrow
  • Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholicism)
  • Worldview: Liberalism, Socialism, Environmentalism
  • Birth name: María de Lourdes Villiers Farrow
  • Mother: Maureen O'Sullivan (actress) • Father: John Farrow (filmmaker)
  • Ex-Husbands:
  —Frank Sinatra
  —André Previn
  • Ex-Partner: Woody Allen
  
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  Mia Wasikowska
  • Faith: apparently Secularism
  • Ex-Partner: Jesse Eisenberg
  
• Michael C. Hall
  • Birth name: Michael Carlyle Hall
  • Wife: Morgan MacGregor
  • Ex-Wives:
  —Amy Spanger (actress)
  —Jennifer Carpenter (actress)
  
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  Michael Caine
  • Faith: Secularism, raised Protestant by his mother; his father was Roman Catholic
  • Worldview: has referred to himself as a “left-wing Tory”
  • Birth name: Maurice Joseph Micklewhite
  • Brother: Stanley Caine (actor)
  • Wife: Shakira Baksh (actress and Muslim)
  • Ex-Wife: Patricia Haines (actress)
  
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  Michael Cera
  • Birth name: Michael Austin Cera
  • Wife: Nadine Cera (resulting in a son)
  
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  Michael Clarke Duncan …DIED age 54—Heart attack
  • Faith: reportedly Jesus Christ
  • Ex-Partner: Omarosa Manigault
  
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  Michael Douglas
  • Faith: Judaism (Reform)
  • Birth name: Michael Kirk Douglas
  • Father: Kirk Douglas
  • Mother: Diana Dill
  • Wife: Catherine Zeta-Jones (resulting in son Dylan Michael and daughter Carys Zeta)
  • Ex-Wife: Diandra Luker (resulting in son Cameron)
  • Ex-Partner: Brenda Vaccaro
  
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  Michael Ealy
  • Faith: Christianity (Baptist)
  • Birth name: Michael Brown
  • Wife: Khatira Rafiqzada (Afghan-American entrepreneur, resulting in a son and daughter)
  
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  Michael Fassbender
  • Faith: Secularism; self-described lapsed Roman Catholic
  • Wife: Alicia Vikander (resulting in 2 children)
  • Ex-Partner: Sunawin Andrews
  
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  Michael Gambon …DIED age 82 (2023)—Natural causes following bout with pneumonia
  • Faith: apparently Secularism, raised in Christianity (strict Roman Catholicism and was an altar boy)
  • Worldview: Liberalism
  • Birth name: Michael John Gambon
  • Wife: Anne Miller
  • Mistress: Philippa Hart
  
• Michael J. Fox
  • Faith: Unclear, but he participates in his wife’s faith in Reformed Judaism and attends Synagogue, as do his children
  • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism (activist), Health activism (Parkinson’s disease)
  • Birth name: Michael Andrew Fox
  • Wife: Tracy Pollan (resulting in son Sam and daughters Aquinnah, Schuyler, and Esmé)
  
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  Michael J. Pollard …DIED age 80 (2019)—Cardiac Arrest
  • Faith: apparently Secularism; appears to have rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ
  • Birth name: Michael John Pollack Jr.
  • Ex-Wives:
  Beth Howland (actress)
  Annie Tolstoy
  Mindy Jasmine
  
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  Michael Landon …DIED age 54 (1991)—pancreatic cancer (exocrine adenocarcinoma)
  • Faith: Judaism (self-identified); raised by his father in Judaism and had Bar Mitzvah, but in adult years Michael was not known as observant or religious; his mother was Roman Catholic; Michael appears to have ultimately rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ
  • Worldview: Conservatism
  • Birth name: Eugene Maurice Orowitz
  • Children: 9
  • Wife: Cindy Clerico (makeup artist; resulting in daughter Jennifer Rachel Landon and son Sean Matthew Landon)
  • Ex-Wives:
  —Dodie Levy-Fraser (resulting in adopted son Mark Fraser Landon and Josh Fraser Landon)
  —Marjorie Lynn Noe (resulting in adopted daughter Cheryl Lynn Landon, daughters Leslie Ann Landon and Shawna Leigh Landon, and sons Christopher Beau Landon and Michael Landon Jr., the latter converted to Christianity, as did his mother
  • Daughters include: Jennifer Landon (actress)
  
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  Michael Lerner …DIED age 81 (2023)—Complications from brain seizures
  • Faith: apparently Secularism, of Romanian Jewish descent; appears to have rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ
  • Birth name: Michael Charles Lerner
  • Wife: Deborah Lerner
  
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  Michael Keaton
  • Faith: apparently Secularism, raised in Roman Catholicism
  • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism (activist, supporting the political campaigns of Barack Obama, Hilly Clinton and Joe Biden)
  • Birth name: Michael John Douglas
  • Ex-Wife: Caroline Margaret McWilliams (actress, resulting in son Sean Douglas)
  • Ex-Partner: Courteney Cox (resulting in daughter Dexter Keaton)
  
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  Michael Madsen
  • aka Maykl Madsen
  • Birth name: Michael Søren Madsen
  • Sister: Virginia Madsen
  • Ex-Wives:
  —DeAnna Morgan (resulting in sons Kalvin, Luke, and Hudson Madsen)
  —Jeannine Bisignano (resulting in sons Christian and Max, both actors)
  —Georganne LaPiere (half-sister of singer/actress Cher)
  • Ex-Partner: Dana Mechling (resulting in daughter Jessica)
  
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  Michael Nyqvist …DIED age 56—Lung cancer
  • Faith: Secularism; rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ
  • Legal name: Rolf Åke Mikael Nyqvist
  • Wife: Catharina Ehrnrooth (scenographer)
  
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  Michael Peña
  • Faith: Scientology
  • Worldview: Liberalism
  • Birth name: Michael Anthony Peña
  • Wife: Brie Shaffer (resultin in son Roman)
  
• 
  Michael Pitt
  • Faith: Atheism
  • Birth name: Michael Carmen Pitt
  • Ex-Partners/Fiancées:
  —Asia Argento (actress)
  —Jamie Bochert (model, musician)
  
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  Michael Rapaport
  • Faith: Judaism (Ashkenazi Jewish)
  • Birth name: Michael David Rapaport
  • Sister: Claudia Lonow (actress)
  • Wife: Kebe Dunn
  • Ex-Wife: Nichole Beattie (producer, writer; resulting in 2 sons)
  
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  Michael Shannon
  • Faith: Secularism
  • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism
  • Birth name: Michael Corbett Shannon
  • Wife: Kate Arrington (actress; resulting in daughters Sylvia and Marion)
  
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  Michael Sheen
  • Faith: Secularism
  • Worldview: Liberalism (activism)
  • Birth name: Michael Christopher Sheen
  • Partner: Anna Lundberg (actress, resulting in 2 daughters)
  • Ex-Partners:
  —Kate Beckinsale (resulting in daughter Lily Mo)
  —Rachel McAdams
  —Sarah Silverman
  Lorraine Stewart
  
• 
  Michelle Monaghan
  • Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholicism)
  • Birth name: Michelle Lynn Monaghan
  • Husband: Peter White (graphic artist; resulting in a son and a daughter)
  
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  Michelle Pfeiffer
  • Faith: Secularism, ex-Breatharian cult member
  • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism (activist)
  • Birth name: Michelle Marie Pfeiffer
  • Sister: Dedee Pfeiffer (actress)
  • Husband: David E. Kelley (writer, producer —resulting in son John Henry Kelley II, and adopted daughter Claudia Rose)
  • Ex-Husband: Peter Horton (actor, director)
  • Ex-Partners:
  —John Malkovich (adultery, while married to actress Glenne Headly)
  —Fisher Stevens (actor, producer)
  
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  Michelle Rodriguez
  • Faith: Secularism, reportedly Atheism, ex-Jehovah’s Witness
  • Worldview: Liberalism, Environmentalism, Bisexualism
  • Birth name: Mayte Michelle Rodriguez
  • Ex-Fiancé: unnamed Muslim boyfriend
  • Ex-Partners:
  —Zac Efron
  —Cara Delevigne (actress)
  —Kristanna Loken
  —Halston Sage
  
• Michelle Trachtenberg
  • Faith: Unclear, parents are Jewish
  • Birth name: Michelle Christine Trachtenberg
  • Ex-Partner: Jason Segel
  
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  Michelle Williams
  • Faith: apparently Secularism, completed 9th grade at Santa Fe Christian Schools in San Diego, but “disliked going there as she did not get along well with other students”
  • Birth name: Michelle Ingrid Williams
  • Husband: Thomas Kail (theater director, resulting in 2 children)
  • Ex-Husband: Phil Elverum (musician)
  • Ex-Partner: Heath Ledger (resulting in daughter Matilda Ledger)
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  Michelle Yeoh
  • Faith: Buddhism
  • Worldview: Liberalism, Activism in many areas
  • Birth name: Yeoh Choo-Kheng
  • Husband: Jean Todt
  • Ex-Husband: Dickson Poon
  
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  Mickey Rooney …DIED age 93—Natural causes
  • Faith: Christianity-convert, reportedly became a born-again Christian in the late 1970s, and was a fan of Pat Robertson
  • Birth name: Joseph Yule Jr.
  • Children: 9
  • Wife (separated): Jan Chamberlin
  • Ex-Wives
  —Ava Gardner
  —Betty Jane Phillips (aka B.J. Baker; singer; resulting in 2 sons)
  —Martha Vickers (actress, model; resulting in a son)
  —Elaine Devry (actress; resulting in a son and a daughter)
  —Barbara Ann Thomason (aka Carolyn Mitchell; actress, model)
  —Marge Lane
  —Carolyn Hockett
  
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  Mickey Rourke
  • Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholicism)
  • Birth name: Philip Andre Rourke Jr.
  • Ex-Wives:
  —Debra Feuer (actress) —Carré Otis (Carre Otis, actress)
  • Ex-Partner: Anastassija Makarenko
  
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  Miguel Ferrer …DIED age 61—Throat cancer
  • Faith: Secularism; rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ
  • Birth name: Miguel José Ferrer
  • Parents: actors José Ferrer and Rosemary Clooney
  • Cousin: George Clooney • Wife: Lori Weintraub
  • Ex-Wife: Leilani Sarelle (actress)
  
• Mika Boorem
  • Faith: Unknown
  • Birth name: Mika Sue Boorem
  • Ex-Partners:
  —Anton Yelchin
  —York Alec Shackleton
  
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  Mike Connors …DIED age 91 (2017)—Leukemia
  • Faith: Unknown
  • Worldview: Conservatism
  • Birth name: Krekor Ohanian
  • Wife: Mary Lou Willey
  
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  Mike Myers
  • Faith: Leans toward New Age and Deepak Chopra, raised Liberal in Christianity (Episcopalian)
  • Worldview: Liberalism
  • Birth name: Michael John Myers
  • Wife: Kelly Tisdale
  • Ex-Wife: Robin Ruzan
  
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  Mila Kunis
  • Faith: apparently Secularism, background Judaism
  • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism, Abortion supporter (reportedly makes monthly donations to Planned Parenthood)
  • Birth name: Milena Markovna Kunis
  • Husband: Ashton Kutcher
  • Ex-Partner: Macaulay Culkin
  
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  Miles Teller
  • Wife: Keleigh Sperry
  
• 
  Miley Cyrus
  • Faith: Agnosticism or Atheism, with interest in Tibetan Buddhism and Hinduism, ex-Southern Baptist
  • Worldview: Liberalism, Veganism, self-described “Queer” and Bisexual, LGBTQ activism
  • Birth name: Miley Ray Cyrus
  • Ex-Husband: Liam Hemsworth
  • Ex-Partners:
  —Nick Jonas
  —Justin Gaston
  —Josh Bowman
  —Patrick Schwarzenegger
  —Stella Maxwell
  —Kaitlynn Carter
  —Cody Simpson
  
  
  “What Happened to Miley Cyrus’ Faith?”

  Video by Living Waters (a Christian Answers team member)

  Length: 12 minutes
• 
  Milla Jovovich
  • Faith: Liberal Christianity, Yoga, Meditation, raised in Russian Orthodox
  • Worldview: Liberalism, LGBT activism
  • Birth name: Milica Bogdanovna Jovovich
  • Husband: Paul W.S. Anderson (film director/writer)
  • Ex-Husbands:
  —Shawn Andrews (actor)
  —Luc Besson (filmmaker)
  
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  Millie Bobby Brown
  • Faith: Unclear, her family is reportedly some combination of Christianity and Judaism
  • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism
  • Birth name: Millie Bobby Brown
  • Husband: Jake Bongiovi, son of Jon Bon Jovi
  
• Milo Ventimiglia
  • Worldview: Lacto-vegetarianism
  • Birth name: Milo Anthony Ventimiglia
  • Ex-Partners:
  —Alexis Bledel
  —Hayden Panettiere
  
• Mimi Rogers
  • Faith: Unknown, Ex-Scientologist; father was a Scientologist of Jewish descent and her mother an Episcopalian
  • Worldview: Liberalism (supporter)
  • Birth name: Miriam Ann Spickler
  • Husband: Chris Ciaffa
  • Ex-Husband: Tom Cruise and Jim Rogers
  • Ex-Partner: Emilio Estevez
  
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  Mindy Kaling
  • Faith: Hinduism
  • Birth name: Vera Mindy Chokalingam
  • Ex-Partner: Unnamed (resulted in a son and daughter)
  
• Ming-Na Wen
  • Faith: Buddhism; attended a Catholic school as a youth
  • Birth name: 溫明娜
  • Husband: Eric Michael Zee
  • Ex-Husband: Kirk Aanes (screenwriter)
  
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  Minka Kelly
  • Faith: Secularism
  • Worldview: Liberalism
  • Birth name: Minka Dumont Kelly
  • Ex-Partners:
  —Trevor Noah
  —Taylor Kitsch (actor)
  —an unnamed young man (resulting in an aborted child)
  
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  Minnie Driver
  • Faith: New Age Eastern meditation
  • Worldview: Liberalism
  • Birth name: Amelia Fiona Jessica Driver
  • Partner/Fiancé: Addison O'Dea (filmmaker)
  • Ex-Fiancé: Josh Brolin
  • Ex-Partners:
  —Matt Damon
  —Timothy J. Lea (writer, producer; resulting in son Henry)
  
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  Mira Sorvino
  • Faith: Christianity (Liberal Protestant), ex-Atheist
  • Birth name: Mira Katherine Sorvino
  • Father: Paul Sorvino
  • Brother: Michael Sorvino (actor, producer)
  • Husband: Christopher Backus (actor, director, screenwriter)
  • Ex-Partner: Quentin Tarantino (filmmaker)
  
• Mischa Barton
  • Faith: reportedly Christianity (Roman Catholicism)
  • Worldview: Liberalism
  • Birth name: Mischa Anne Marsden Barton
  • Mother: Nuala Quinn-Barton (producer)
  • Ex-Partners:
  —Brandon Davis
  —Cisco Adler
  —James Abercrombie
  —Jon Zacharias
  
• Missi Pyle
  • Birth name: Andrea Kay Pyle
  • Ex-Husbands:
  —Antonio Sacre
  —Casey Anderson (filmmaker)
  
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  Molly Ringwald
  • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism (activist), but has spoken out against Cancel Culture
  • Birth name: Molly Kathleen Ringwald
  • Husband: Panio Gianopoulos
  • Ex-Husband: Valery Lameignère
  
• Molly Shannon
  • Faith: Unclear, raised in Catholicism
  • Worldview: Liberalism
  • Birth name: Molly Helen Shannon
  • Husband: Fritz Chesnut
  
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  Monica Bellucci
  • Faith: Agnosticism, ex-Catholic
  • Birth name: Monica Anna Maria Bellucci
  • Ex-Husbands:
  —Vincent Cassel
  —Claudio Carlos Basso
  • Ex-Partners:
  —Nicola Farron (actor)
  —Nicolas Lefebvre
  —Tim Burton (filmmaker)
  
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  Montgomery Clift …DIED age 45 (1966)—Heart attack brought on by occlusive coronary artery disease, aggravated by drug addiction, effects of dysentery and chronic colitis, and underactive thyroid
  • aka Monty Clift
  • Faith: Secularism, raised in Christianity (Protestant); appears to have rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ; parents were Quakers
  • Worldview: Liberalism, Homosexualism
  • Birth name: Edward Montgomery Clift
  • Known Ex-Partners:
  —Roddy McDowall
  —Truman Capote
  —Jack Larson (actor)
  —William LeMassena (actor)
  —Jerome Robbins (choreographer)
  —Lehman Engel (composer)
  —Donald Windham
  —Sandy Campbell
  —and others
  
• Moon Bloodgood
  • Faith: Unknown
  • Worldview: Liberalism
  • Birth name: Korinna Moon Bloodgood
  • Husband: Grady Hall (resulting in a daughter)
  
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  Morena Baccarin
  • Birth name: Morena Silva de Vaz Setta Baccarin
  • Husband: Ben McKenzie
  • Ex-Husband: Austin Chick (director, screenwriter, producer)
  
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  Morgan Freeman
  • Faith: Zoroastrianism, Agnosticism or Atheism
  • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism
  • Ex-Wives:
  —Jeanette Adair Bradshaw
  —Myrna Colley-Lee