Lisa Lopes (1971–2002), former rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, and dancer Sidney Lumet (1924–2011), former film director David Lynch (born 1946), film director Jeanette MacDonald (1903–1965), former actress and singer Stephen Macht (born 1942), actor Abby Mann (1927–2008), former film writer and producer Melanie Mayron (born 1952), actress Adam Mazer, writer and Emmy winner Bob McAllister (1935–1998), former children's television personality Andrea McArdle (born 1963), singer, actress, Broadway's original Annie Joan McCracken (1917–1961), former dancer and actress Paul McCrane (born 1961), actor and musician Rob McElhenney (born 1977), actor and creator of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Andrew Repasky McElhinney (born 1978), film director, writer, Museum of Modern Art artist Adam McKay (born 1968), director and writer Mary Lou Metzger (born 1950), singer, The Lawrence Welk Show David Mirkin (born 1955), writer and director Silas Weir Mitchell (born 1969), actor Katherine Moennig (born 1977), actress Kelly Monaco (born 1976), model and actress Natalie Nevins (1925–2010), former singer, The Lawrence Welk Show J. J. North (born 1964), actress Clifford Odets (1906–1963), former playwright, director, and screenwriter Leslie Odom Jr. (born 1981), actor and singer Ana Ortiz (born 1971), actress, Hilda Suarez on Ugly Betty Daphne Oz (born 1986), author, television host on The Chew Holly Robinson Peete (born 1964), actress Lisa Peluso (born 1964), actress, Saturday Night Fever Gervase Peterson (born 1969), contestant, original season of Survivor Teddy Pendergrass (1950–2010), former R&B and soul musician, lead singer for Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes Robert Picardo (born 1953), actor Noam Pitlik (1932–1999), former actor, television director, and producer Jack Polito (born 1941), animator Jon Polito (1950–2016), former actor, Miller's Crossing Joe Renzetti, musician, Oscar-winning film composer, The Buddy Holly Story Adele Ritchie (1874–1930), former singer Matt Robinson (1937–2002), former Sesame Street actor James Rolfe (born 1980), creator and star of Angry Video Game Nerd internet series and film director Lisa Roma (1892–1965), former operatic soprano and music educator J. D. Roth (born 1968), actor and game show host Bob Saget (1956–2022), former actor, comedian, and game show host Mathew St. Patrick (born 1968), actor Diane Salinger (born 1951), actress Camillia Sanes, actress, The Shield Jessica Savitch (1947–1983), former local and national news broadcaster, NBC Bill Scott (1920–1985), former voice actor, voice of Bullwinkle J. Moose, Mr. Peabody, and Dudley Do-Right Vivienne Segal (1897–1992), former actress Susan Seidelman (born 1952), film director, television director, Desperately Seeking Susan and Sex and the City