American theatre managers and producers

American actor and filmmaker (1915–1985)

American actress, comedian, author and television personality

Melvin James Brooks is an American actor, filmmaker, comedian, songwriter, and playwright. With a career spanning over seven decades, he is known as a writer and director of a variety of successful broad farces and parodies. A recipient of numerous accolades, he is one of 28 entertainers to win the EGOT, which includes an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony. He received a Kennedy Center Honor in 2009, a Hollywood Walk of Fame star in 2010, the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2013, a British Film Institute Fellowship in 2015, a National Medal of Arts in 2016, a BAFTA Fellowship in 2017, and an Honorary Academy Award in 2024.

American film director, producer and actor (1881–1959)

Harvey Weinstein is an American former film producer and convicted sex offender. In 1979, Weinstein and his brother, Bob Weinstein, co-founded the entertainment company Miramax, which produced several successful independent films including Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989); The Crying Game (1992); Pulp Fiction (1994); Heavenly Creatures (1994); Flirting with Disaster (1996); and Shakespeare in Love (1998). Weinstein won an Academy Award for producing Shakespeare in Love and also won seven Tony Awards for plays and musicals including The Producers, Billy Elliot the Musical, and August: Osage County. After leaving Miramax, Weinstein and his brother Bob founded the Weinstein Company (TWC), a mini-major film studio. He was co-chairman, alongside Bob, from 2005 to 2017.

Romanian-born British–American actor and film producer (1902–1988)

American actress

American actor and producer

American librettist, lyricist, theatrical producer, and director of musicals (1895–1960)

American film producer

American former actor and comedian

American film producer and director (born 1946)

American businessman

American writer and director (1887-1995)

American playwright, screenwriter, and actor (1906–1963)

American film producer

American theatre producer and director (1928–2019)

American theatrical impresario (1867–1932)

screenwriter, film producer

American journalist, novelist, essayist and poet (1890–1957)

American writer (1889-1961)

American theatrical producer, impresario, director and playwright (1853-1931)

American film and theatre producer, and writer (1916-2010)

American actor (1929–2025)

American actress, theatre manager and producer (1893-1974)

American theatre and film producer

American film, television and theatre producer

American actor (1864–1943)

American actor, dancer, singer, producer

American film executive (born 1954)

American theater director and producer (1919-2011)

American composer (1898-1946)

American showman (1879-1950)

American actress

American theatrical producer (1856–1915)

Norwegian politician (1817-1890)

American actor, stage actor and television actor (1930-2016)

American theatrical producer, director, playwright, librettist and actor (1889–1968)

actor, producer and activist (born 1937)

American television and theater director (1920-1997)

American actor (1946–2022)

actress (1868-1940)

American director (1904-1977)

American theatrical producer (1890-1969)

American actress (1903-1994)

American composer (1928-2014)

American director and producer (1888–1941)

Film, TV and theatre producer, screenwriter (1937-1999)

American actor, comedian, vaudeville star, theatre manager, and producer (1867-1941)

American theatre director and producer (1902-1986)

American actress

American actor (1918-1957)

American film director and screenwriter (1906–1976)

Welsh actress (1929–2013)

American playwright and theatre impresario (1838–1899)

Film producer, screenwriter, actor (1925-1998)

actor, producer, screenwriter (1870-1952)

American producer and director

American pornographic actor (1943-1987)

American theatre producer (1871–1953)