The following are people who were either born, raised, or have lived for a significant period of time in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Actors, directors, screenwriters, and producers A–M Lexi Ainsworth (born 1992), actress (General Hospital) Suzy Amis (born 1962), actress Erika Anderson (born 1963), actress Lou Antonio (born 1934), actor Royce D. Applegate (1939–2003), actor (seaQuest DSV) Gene Autry (1907–1998), actor, musician, Major League Baseball team owner Nicki Aycox (1975-2022), actress (Cold Case) Marshall Bell (born 1942), actor (G vs E) William Boyd (1895–1972), actor (Hopalong Cassidy) Gary Busey (born 1944), actor (The Buddy Holly Story) T. V. Carpio (born 1981), actress, singer Irene Champlin (1931–1990), actress (Flash Gordon) Greyson Chance (born 1997), singer Lon Chaney Jr (1906–1973), actor (The Wolf Man, Of Mice and Men) Lonny Chapman (1920–2007), actor Maree Cheatham (born 1942), actress (Days of Our Lives) Kristin Chenoweth (born 1968), Tony Award-winning actress (Wicked) Danny Cooksey (born 1975), actor, voice actor (Diff'rent Strokes) Candy Clark (born 1947), actress (American Graffiti) Larry Clark (born 1943), filmmaker (Kids, Ken Park), photographer Patrick Cranshaw (1919–2005), actor (AfterMASH) Joan Crawford (1906–1977), Academy Award-winning actress Burr DeBenning (1936–2003), actor Michael Dolan (born 1965), actor Richard Erdman (1925–2019), actor Blake Edwards (1922–2010), director, writer, producer, The Pink Panther, Breakfast at Tiffany's Glenda Farrell (1904–1971), actress (Torchy Blane) Kay Francis (1905–1968), actress James Garner (1928–2014), actor (The Rockford Files, Maverick, The Great Escape, The Notebook) Bill Hader (born 1978), actor, writer, comedian (SNL) Sterlin Harjo (born 1979) Native American filmmaker Van Heflin (1908–1971), Academy Award-winning actor Mark Holton (born 1958), actor Darla Hood (1931–1979), actress (Darla from The Little Rascals), Leedey Clint Howard (born 1959), actor (brother of Ron Howard) Jean Speegle Howard (1927–2000), actress, mother of Ron Howard Rance Howard (1928–2017), actor, father of Ron and Clint Howard Ron Howard (born 1954), director, producer, actor Ben Johnson (1918–1996), Academy Award-winning actor Jennifer Jones (1919–2009), actress (The Towering Inferno, Duel in the Sun) Olivia Jordan (born 1988), actress, beauty pageant winner Christian Kane (born 1974), actor, singer (Leverage) Wright King (1923–2018), actor, native of Okmulgee Heather Langenkamp (born 1964), actress (A Nightmare on Elm Street) Jason London (born 1972), actor (Wildfire) Dick Lowry (born 1944), director Thad Luckinbill (born 1975), actor (The Young and the Restless) Terrence Malick (born 1943), film director April March (born 1935), burlesque dancer James Marsden (born 1973), actor (X-Men) Rue McClanahan (1934–2010), actress (The Golden Girls) Hayley