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West Virginia has produced some of the most memorable stage and screen stars of the last 100+ years. Here are a few notable one.
Born Virginia Ruth Egnor in Yawkey (Lincoln County), Dagmar grew up in Huntington and went to Huntington High School and Huntington Business College.During World War II, she moved to New York City with her husband, where she began modeling and act...
Dru was born in Logan, but her family later lived in Clarksburg and Wheeling, where she went to high school before moving to New York City at age 16.She worked as a model and dancer before moving to Hollywood with her first husband, singer Dick Ha...
This Morgantown native had a difficult childhood marked by family struggles and poverty. As a kid, he escaped his problems through comedy, magic, and ventriloquism. In high school, he performed with friends and became class president.After attendi...
Born Milton Supman, Soupy Sales grew up in Huntington and became a popular comedian known for throwing pies and making people laugh.He graduated from Huntington High School and earned a journalism degree from Marshall College (now University). He ...
Born Ralph Pierre LaCock in Clarksburg, he grew up in Wheeling, Huntington, and later New York City—the sister of future film actress Joanne Dru. By age 15, he was touring as a singer and later changed his name to Peter Marshall. He returned to Hu...
Cassidy was best known for playing Lurch, the tall and spooky butler on The Addams Family TV show. The Pittsburgh native grew up in Philippi. By age 11, he was already 6-feet 1-inch tall and eventually grew to 6 feet 9 inches.Cassidy went to West ...
Denver was best known for playing Gilligan on TV's Gilligan’s Island and Maynard G. Krebs on The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis.The New York native grew up in California and went to Loyola University in Los Angeles. He became famous in the late 1950s ...
This Hinton native graduated from Charleston High in 1952. He started college at Princeton to study medicine but dropped out and joined the Army. While serving in Germany, he discovered a passion for acting.Chandler trained in New York City and go...
This Morgantown native is best known for his roles on the TV shows Dark Shadows and Falcon Crest. He earned degrees from West Virginia University and a doctorate in drama from Southern Illinois University.Selby has acted on stage, including Broadw...
As a kid, this Beckley native helped at his father’s café. His parents were Greek immigrants. As a teenager, he played drums in a rock band called The Teen Tones. He graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in 1960 and studied theater at West Vir...
This Loudendale (Kanawha County) native was best known for playing Berta, the housekeeper, on the TV show Two and a Half Men for all 12 seasons. She was nominated twice for Emmy Awards for this role.She first studied law but switched to history ed...
This Huntington native is known for playing unusual characters, like Billy Bibbit in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and Grima Wormtongue in The Lord of the Rings movies.His mother introduced him to theater, and he later studied at Marshall Univer...
This Houston native grew up in Charleston. As a child, she loved the arts—dancing with a local ballet group and acting in community theater.She graduated from George Washington High School in 1990 and went to Denison University. After college, she...