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| 1 | Michael Douglas (1944â), actor and producer (Jewish father) <sup> [link]</sup> | 44641 |
| 2 | Bob Dylan (1941â) singer-songwriter, author, musician and poet, also appeared in several films<sup> [link]</sup> | 22955 |
| 3 | Barbra Streisand (born 1942) singer, songwriter, actress, and film director.<sup> [link]</sup> | 11485 |
| 4 | Rob Reiner (1947â) actor, director, producer, writer, political and anti-tobacco activist; son of Carl Reiner, who directed and co-wrote the classic and acclaimed âmockumentaryâ film This Is Spinal Tap (together with fellow Jewish screenwriters and Spinal Tap members Harry Shearer, and Christopher Guest), and who is acclaimed for his films Stand by Me, When Harry Met Sally..., and A Few Good Men. <sup> [link]</sup> | 10208 |
| 5 | Harrison Ford (1942â), actor<sup> [link]</sup><sup> [link]</sup> | 9955 |
| 6 | Paul Simon (born 1941), singer, songwriter | 5797 |
| 7 | Larry David (1947â) Emmy-winning writer, director, comedian, actor, producer, co-creator of Seinfeld and creator of Curb Your Enthusiasm<sup> [link]</sup> | 5713 |
| 8 | Christopher Guest (1948â) comedian, screenwriter, composer, musician, film director, actor, and Spinal Tap member <sup> [link]</sup><sup> [link]</sup> | 4900 |
| 9 | Richard Dreyfuss (1947â), actor<sup> [link]</sup> | 4881 |
| 10 | Andy Kaufman (1949â1984) Avant-garde comedian<sup> [link]</sup> | 4709 |
| 11 | Goldie Hawn (1945â), film actress, director and producer<sup> [link]</sup> | 4183 |
| 12 | Kevin Kline (1947â), stage and film actor | 3980 |
| 13 | Bette Midler (1945â), singer, actress, and comedian, also known as The Divine Miss M<sup> [link]</sup> | 3949 |
| 14 | Henry Winkler (born 1945), actor, director, producer and author (Happy Days)<sup> [link]</sup> | 3244 |
| 15 | Billy Crystal (1947â), actor, writer, producer, comedian and film director<sup> [link]</sup> </ref> | 2692 |
| 16 | Judith Light (1949-), actress best known for her role on Who's the Boss? | 2451 |
| 17 | Gilda Radner (1946â1989), comedian and actress (Saturday Night Live)<sup> [link]</sup> | 2429 |
| 18 | Art Garfunkel (1941-), singer & songwriter | 2426 |
| 19 | Lewis Black (1948-) stand up comedian and actor | 2371 |
| 20 | Peter Coyote (1941â), actor and author<sup> [link]</sup> | 2265 |
| 21 | Frank Oz (1944â) real name Richard Frank Oznowicz, acclaimed English-born film director, actor and puppeteer. As a puppeteer his characters have included Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, and Sam the Eagle on The Muppet Show, and Grover, Cookie Monster and Bert on Sesame Street, and most notably Yoda (who he realized as a puppet, voiced and controlled) | 2173 |
| 22 | Barbara Hershey (1948â), actress, known for her many film roles | 2128 |
| 23 | Peggy Lipton (1947â), television actress and socialite (The Mod Squad)<sup> [link]</sup> | 2038 |
| 24 | Harold Ramis (1944â), director, actor, writer, and producer | 2007 |
| 25 | Scott Glenn (1941â), actor<sup> [link]</sup> | 1965 |
| 26 | Jeffrey Tambor (born 1944), film/television actor (Hellboy, Arrested Development)<sup> [link]</sup> | 1958 |
| 27 | Madeline Kahn (1942â1999), actress of film, television, and theater<sup> [link]</sup> | 1821 |
| 28 | Jessica Walter (born 1941), film/television actress (Arrested Development)<sup> [link]</sup> | 1630 |
| 29 | Harry Shearer (born 1943), actor, comedian, writer, voice artist, musician, author and radio host. He is known for his long-running role on The Simpsons, his work on Saturday Night Live, and for being a founding member the comedy band Spinal Tap <sup> [link]</sup><sup> [link]</sup> | 1612 |
| 30 | Brent Spiner (born 1949), actor (Star Trek: The Next Generation)<sup> [link]</sup> | 1565 |
| 31 | Wallace Shawn (born 1943), actor and writer<sup> [link]</sup> | 1442 |
| 32 | Lainie Kazan (1940â), actress and singer<sup> [link]</sup> | 1413 |
| 33 | Albert Brooks (1947â), stand-up comedian, director, screenwriter, actor<sup> [link]</sup> | 1399 |
| 34 | Richard Belzer (1944â), stand up comedian, writer and actor<sup> [link]</sup> | 1322 |
| 35 | Richard Lewis (1947â), comedian and actor<sup> [link]</sup> | 1250 |
| 36 | Garry Shandling (born 1949), comedian and actor<sup> [link]</sup> | 1236 |
| 37 | Nell Carter (1948â2003), singer and film, stage, and television actress<sup> [link]</sup> | 1152 |
| 38 | Gabe Kaplan (1945â), actor, comedian, and professional poker player<sup> [link]</sup> | 1075 |
| 39 | Lesley Ann Warren (born 1946), stage, film and television actress<sup> [link]</sup> | 1028 |
| 40 | Dan Hedaya (1940â), character actor<sup> [link]</sup> | 822 |
| 41 | Paul Michael Glaser (1943â), actor (Starsky & Hutch)<sup> [link]</sup> | 698 |
| 42 | Bob Einstein (1942-), writer and comedian known as Super Dave. | 631 |
| 43 | Robert Klein (1942â), stand-up comedian and occasional actor<sup> [link]</sup> | 529 |
| 44 | Bob Balaban (1945â), actor and director<sup> [link]</sup> | 496 |
| 45 | Ricky Jay (1948-) is an professional sleight-of-hand artist, actor, and author | 496 |
| 46 | Anson Williams (born 1949), actor (Happy Days)<sup> [link]</sup> | 447 |
| 47 | Richard Masur (1948â), actor<sup> [link]</sup> | 434 |
| 48 | David Proval (1942â), actor (The Sopranos)<sup> [link]</sup> | 422 |
| 49 | Richard Kline (1944â), actor and television director<sup> [link]</sup> | 389 |
| 50 | Peter Riegert (1947â), film/television actor<sup> [link]</sup> | 364 |
| 51 | Bonnie Franklin (1944â), actress<sup> [link]</sup> | 292 |
| 52 | Stephen Macht (1942â), actor<sup> [link]</sup> | 251 |
| 53 | Richard Elfman (1949â), film director, writer and actor Elfman, Richard and Bright, Matthew. Forbidden Zone DVD, Fantoma, 2004, audio commentary. ASIN: B0002LE9QS</ref> | 212 |
| 54 | Sherry Lansing (1944â), former CEO of Paramount Studios and actress<sup> [link]</sup> | 211 |
| 55 | Michael Lembeck (1948â), actor and director<sup> [link]</sup> | 143 |
| 56 | Judy Kaye (1948â), singer and actress<sup> [link]</sup> | 67 |
| 57 | Zoë Wanamaker (born 1949),-born English actress<sup> [link]</sup><sup> [link]</sup> | 5 |
| 58 | James Caan (1940â), film, stage and television actor<sup> [link]</sup> | < 5 |
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