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  Pam Dawber
  • Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholicism)
  • Birth name: Pamela Dawber
  • Husband: Mark Harmon
  
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  Pam Grier
  • Faith: Self-describes as “spiritual,” apparently liberal Christianity, raised Catholic and later baptized as a Methodist
  • Birth name: Pamela Suzette Grier
  • Cousin: Rosey Grier (actor, singer, Protestant minister, former football player)
  • Ex-Fiancé: Kevin Evans
  • Ex-Partners:
  —Freddie Prinze
  —Richard Pryor
  —Jimmie Wheeler
  —Don Cornelius
  —Wilt Chamberlain
  
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  Pamela Anderson
  • Faith: Atheism, Secularism
  • Birth name: Pamela Denise Anderson
  • Children: 2
  • Ex-Husbands:
  —Tommy Lee (musician, resulting in sons Brandon Thomas and Dylan Jagger)
  —Kid Rock
  —Rick Salomon
  —Jon Peters (producer)
  —Dan Hayhurst (bodyguard)
  • Ex-Fiancé: Marcus Schenkenberg
  
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  Pat Morita …DIED age 73 (2005)—Kidney failure
  • Faith: apparently Secularism
  • Birth name: Noriyuki Morita
  • Children: 3
  • Wife: Evelyn Guerrero (actress)
  • Ex-Wives:
  —Kathleen Yamachi
  —Yukiye Kitahara
  
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  Patricia Arquette
  • Father: Lewis Arquette (actor)
  • Father: Cliff Arquette (actor, comedian)
  • Sister: Rosanna Arquette (actress)
  • Brother: David Arquette (actor)
  • Children: 2
  • Ex-Husbands:
  Nicolas Cage
  Thomas Jane (resulting in daughter Harlow Olivia Calliope Jane)
  • Ex-Partner: Paul Rossi (musician, resulting in son Enzo Rossi)
  
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  Patricia Clarkson
  • Faith: apparently Secularism, ethnically of partial Jewish descent
  • Worldview: Liberalism, pro-LGBTQ
  • Birth name: Patricia Davies Clarkson
  
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  Patricia Heaton
  • Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholicism)
  • Worldview: Pro-life
  • Birth name: Patricia Helen Heaton
  • Husband: David Hunt
  • Ex-Husband: Constantine Yankoglu
  
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  Patricia Neal …DIED age 84—Lung cancer
  • Faith: Christianity
  • Worldview: Liberalism
  • Ex-Husband: Roald Dahl (author)
  • Ex-Partner: Gary Cooper (actor)
  
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  Patrick Dempsey
  • Faith: apparently Secularism, lapsed-Catholic
  • Worldview: Philanthropist toward support of people affected by cancer (his mother Amanda died of ovarian cancer in 1997)
  • Birth name: Patrick Galen Dempsey
  • Wife: Jillian Fink
  • Ex-Wife: Rocky Parker
  
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  Patrick Stewart
  • Faith: Atheism
  • Worldview: Globalism, Socialism, Secular Humanism (patron of Humanists UK), Assisted suicide advocate
  • Wife: Sunny Ozell
  • Ex-Wives:
  —Sheila Falconer
  —Wendy Neuss (producer)
  • Ex-Partner: Lisa Dillon (actress)
  
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  Patrick Swayze …DIED age 57—Pancreatic cancer
  • Faith: Buddhism, Scientology and New Age; rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ
  • Brother: Don Swayze
  • Wife: Lisa Niemi (actress)
  
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  Patrick Warburton
  • Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholicism), raised in a reportedly “very religious” “conservative” Catholic family
  • Worldview: Both Conservative and Liberal, depending on the issue
  • Wife: Cathy Jennings
  
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  Patrick Wilson
  • Faith: Unclear, quoted as saying, “I grew up in the South and went to church a lot.” “I am fascinated with religion or things that people believe in and question that. I think it’s interesting.” “If somebody wants to go to church because they like the ritual of it and want to sit in silence for a while one time a week, then that’s great. If someone wants to go because they believe…Jesus rose after three days, then that’s great, too.” “I’m a spiritual person.”
  • Worldview: Unknown (does not talk about his political views)
  • Birth name: Patrick Joseph Wilson
  • Brother: Paul Wilson (actor)
  • Wife: Dagmara Domińczyk (actress)
  • Sister-in-law: Marika Domińczyk (actress)
  • Brother-in-law: Scott Foley (actor, director)
  
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  Patty Duke …DIED age 69—Sepsis from a ruptured intestine
  • aka Anna Duke-Pearce
  • Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholicism), dabbled in Christian Science, Buddhism, Judaism, and Unity Church
  • Children: 2 biological, 1 adopted
  • Husband: Michael Pearce (resulting in adopted son Kevin Pearce)
  • Ex-Husbands:
  —Harry Falk Jr. (director)
  —Michael Tell (resulting in son Sean Astin)
  —John Astin (actor, director —resulting in son Mackenzie Astin)
  • Ex-Partner: Desi Arnaz Jr. (actor)
  
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  Paul Bettany
  • Faith: Atheism, raised in Roman Catholicism, and sometimes attended Methodist and Church of England
  • Father: Thane Bettany (actor)
  • Children: 2
  • Wife: Jennifer Connelly (resulting in a son and daughter)
  
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  Paul Giamatti
  • Faith: Atheism
  • Birth name: Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti
  • Ex-Wife: Elizabeth Cohen
  
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  Paul Newman …DIED age 83—Lung cancer due to heavy smoking
  • Faith: Agnosticism, his father was Jewish and mother Christian Scientist and Roman Catholic; rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ
  • Birth name: Paul Leonard Newman
  • Son: Alan Scott Newman (actor)
  • Daughter: Melissa Stewart Newman (former actress)
  • Wife: Joanne Woodward (actress, relationship began in adultery)
  • Ex-Wife: Jackie Witte
  
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  Paul Rudd
  • Faith: Reformed Judaism
  • Birth name: Paul Stephen Rudd
  • Wife: Julie Yaeger
  
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  Paul Sorvino …DIED age 83 (2022)—Natural causes
  • Faith: Unknown
  • Birth name: Paul Anthony Sorvino
  • Daughter: Mira Sorvino
  • Wife: Dee Dee Sorvino (actress and Republican political pundit)
  
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  Paul Walker …DIED age 40—Car crash
  • Faith: Christianity (non-denominational); attended Village Christian School (Sun Valley, California); ex-Mormon church member (raised in LDS); “I’m a Christian now… I’m always around nature. I look at everything and think, ‘Who couldn’t believe there’s a God? Is all this a mistake?’ It just blows me away.”
  • Worldview: Founded the humanitarian aid nonprofit charity Reach Out Worldwide
  • Birth name: Paul William Walker IV
  • Brother: Cody Walker (actor)
  • Daughter: Meadow Walker (actress, model)
  • Ex-Partners:
  —Jasmine Pilchard-Gosnell
  —Rebecca Soteros (resulted in a daughter)
  
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  Pedro Pascal
  • Faith: Agnosticism
  • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism, Leftism, LGBTQ supporter
  • Birth name: José Pedro Balmaceda Pascal
  • Brother: Lux Pascal (born Lucas Balmaceda Pascal, and now a transgender “actress” and transgender activist whose partner is José Antonio Raffo)
  
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  Penelope Ann Miller
  • Birth name: Penelope Andrea Miller
  • Ex-Husband: Will Arnett
  
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  Paula Patton
  • Faith: Christianity
  • Birth name: Paula Maxine Patton
  • Ex-Husband: Robin Thicke (singer, songwriter, record producer)
  
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  Penélope Cruz
  • aka Penelope Cruz
  • Faith: Unclear, raised in Christianity (Roman Catholicism)
  • Sister: Mónica Cruz (actress)
  • Birth name: Penélope Cruz Sánchez
  • Husband: Javier Bardem
  • Ex-Partner: Tom Cruise
  
• Penn Badgley
  • Faith: Baha'i
  • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism, LGBT activism, Black Lives Matter movement
  • Birth name: Penn Dayton Badgley
  • Wife: Domino Kirke
  • Ex-Partners:
  —Blake Lively
  —Zoë Kravitz (Zoe Kravitz)
  
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  Pete Postlethwaite …DIED age 64 (2011)—Pancreatic cancer
  • Faith: apparently Secularism
  • Worldview: Liberalism, Climate Alarmism
  • Birth name: Peter William Postlethwaite
  • Wife: Jacqueline Morrish
  
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  Peter Boyle …DIED age 71—Multiple myeloma, cardiovascular disease
  • Faith: Unclear, raised in Christianity (Roman Catholicism)
  • Birth name: Peter Lawrence Boyle Jr.
  • Wife: Loraine Alterman
  
• Peter Coyote
  • aka Hosho Jishi
  • Faith: Zen Bhddhism, ordained as a Zen Priest (2015); of Jewish descent
  • Worldview: Leftism (activist); a founding member of the Haight-Ashbury counterculture community; former member of the Free Family Black Bear Ranch commune; Conservationism; Climate Alarmism (activist)
  • Birth name: Robert Peter Cohon
  • Ex-Wives:
  —Marilyn McCann
  —Stefanie Pleet
  
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  Peter Dinklage
  • Faith: apparently Secularism, self-described lapsed Roman Catholic, attended Catholic prep school
  • Worldview: Liberalism, Enivromentalism, Vegetarianism
  • Birth name: Peter Hayden Dinklage
  • Wife: Erica Schmidt
  
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  Peter Falk …DIED age 83 (2011)—Pneumonia, with complications of Alzheimer’s disease
  • Faith: Judaism
  • Birth name: Peter Michael Falk
  • Wife: Shera Danese
  • Ex-Wife: Alyce Mayo (actress)
  
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  Peter Finch …DIED age 60 (1977)—Heart attack
  • Faith: Buddhism; rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ
  • Birth name: Frederick George Peter Ingle Finch
  • Children: 4
  • Wife: Eletha Barrett (resulting in daughter Diana)
  • Ex-Wives:
  —Tamara Tchinarova (ballerina, resulting in daughter Anita)
  —Yolande Turner (née Yolande Eileen Turnbull, actress, resulting in daughter Samantha and son Charles Peter)
  • Ex-Partners:
  —Vivien Leigh (actress, adultery)
  —Shirley Bassey (adultery, resulting in daughter also named Samantha)
  
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  Peter Fonda …DIED age 79 (2019)—Respiratory failure due to lung cancer
  • Faith: Atheism; rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ
  • Birth name: Peter Henry Fonda
  • Father: Henry Fonda
  • Sister: Jane Fonda
  • Daughter: Bridget Fonda
  • Wife: Margaret DeVogelaere
  • Ex-Wives:
  —Susan Jane Brewer
  —Portia Rebecca Crockett
  
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  Peter Gallagher
  • Faith: Unclear, raised in Christianity (Roman Catholicism)
  • Birth name: Peter Killian Gallagher
  • Wife: Paula Harwood
  
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  Peter O'Toole …DIED age 81 (2013)—Natural causes
  • Faith: Atheism, ex-Catholic; rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ
  • Birth name: Peter Seamus O'Toole
  • Ex-Wife: Siân Phillips (actress)
  • Ex-Partner: Karen Brown (model, actress)
  
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  Peter Sarsgaard
  • Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholicism)
  • Birth name: John Peter Sarsgaard
  • Wife: Maggie Gyllenhaal
  
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  Peter Stormare
  • Faith: Mysticism and Secularism, not a Christian, and says he doesn’t necessarily believe in a god. “But there is something out there, a big force that created all this. I get asked whether I believe in aliens and UFOs, and I say, yeah, because it’s more fun to believe…” When he was young, he participated in Baptist meetings in Sweden. However, since that time he says he developed psychic powers and “a strong spiritual side, both inherited from his mother, who he has said was a medium, and who supposedly inherited that ability from her own father.”
  • Birth name: Rolf Peter Ingvar Storm
  • Wife: Toshimi Stormare
  • Ex-Wife: Karen Sillas (actress)
  
• Peter Vaughan …DIED age 93—Natural causes
  • Birth name: Peter Ewart Ohm
  • Wife: Lillias Walker (actress)
  • Ex-Wife: Billie Whitelaw (actress)
  
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  Peter Weller
  • Faith: Unknown, raised in Christianity (Roman Catholicism)
  • Worldview: Liberalism (activist)
  • Birth name: Peter Frederick Weller
  • Wife: Shari Stowe (actress)
  • Ex-Partners:
  —Ali MacGraw (actress)
  —Barbra Streisand (actress, singer)
  
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  Philip Seymour Hoffman …DIED age 46—Acute mixed drug intoxication
  • Faith: Secularism; rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ
  • Worldview: Liberalism
  • Ex-Partner: Mimi O'Donnell
  
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  Phoebe Cates
  • aka Phoebe Cates Kline
  • Birth name: Phoebe Belle Cates
  • Husband: Kevin Kline (resulting in son Owen Joseph Kline and daughter Greta Kline)
  
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  Pierce Brosnan
  • Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholicism); reportedly attends mass but loves “the teachings of Buddhist philosophy,” which he referred to as his “own private faith”
  • Worldview: Liberalism, Environmentalism (activist)
  • Birth name: Pierce Brendan Brosnan
  • Children: 3 biological, 2 adopted
  • Wives:
  —Keely Shаye Smith (resulting in sons Dylan and Paris)
  —Cassandra Harris (actress, died of cancer 1991 —marriage resulted in actor son Sean Brosnan)
  
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  Piper Perabo
  • Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholicism)
  • Worldview: Leftism, LGBT advocacy
  • Birth name: Piper Lisa Perabo
  • Husband: Stephen Kay (actor, writer, director)
  
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  Polly Bergen …DIED age 84—Emphysema and natural causes
  • Worldview: Liberalism (activist), Liberal Feminism, Abortion supporter
  • Ex-Husbands:
  —Jerome Courtland (actor, director)
  —Freddie Fields (producer)
  —Jeffrey Endervelt
  
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  Powers Boothe …DIED age 68—Cardiac arrest, pancreatic cancer
  • Faith: raised in Christianity (Church of Christ)
  • Worldview: Conservatism, Philanthropy
  • Birth name: Powers Allen Boothe
  • Children: 2
  • Wife: Pamela Cole (resulting in children Parisse Boothe and Preston Boothe)
  
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  Priyanka Chopra Jonas
  • Faith: Hinduism
  • Birth name: Priyanka Chopra
  • Husband: Nick Jonas (singer/actor)