Kevin J. Foxe Kevin J. Foxe was the executive producer of the $35,000 independent film The Blair Witch Project that made $140 million in 1999. With some detective work from Famous Mormons fans, we received information that Kevin had been baptized. I received the...
Byron Foulger He began performing with stock and repertory companies after graduating from the University of Utah. A man of meek, edgy countenance, his short stature and squinty stare could be used for playing both humble and shady fellows. Although predominantly...
Aaron Edward Eckhart While at Brigham Young University, Aaron Eckhart performed in the Mormon-themed film, Godly Sorrow. He served a Mormon mission in the Geneva Switzerland Mission. Aaron is not a practicing Mormon at this time Talking to Entertainment Weekly...
Isabelle Collin Dufresne “Ultra Violet” Isabelle Collin Dufresne “Ultra Violet” was an artist, author and both a colleague of Andy Warhol and one of the pop artist’s so-called superstars. She also worked for and studied with the artist...
Laraine Day Laraine was born in Roosevelt, Utah, the daughter of a prominent businessman. She became interested in acting when the family moved to California. She achieved her greatest popularity playing the part of Nurse Lamont in the Dr. Kildare series. She was...
Mitch Davis He was 27 years old with two kids when he started film school, 29 years old with three kids when he left. He was hired out of film school by Walt Disney Productions. Mitch left Disney to take a job as VP of development for a company that had an output deal...
Keene Curtis He is best known for his work on Broadway. He played Daddy Warbucks in Annie, and Albin in La Cage Aux Folles. He also appeared in Nightwatch, You Can’t Take It With You and Hamlet. He has also appeared in more than forty television dramas and...
A.J. Cook Andrea Joy “A.J.” Cook was born on 22 July 1978, in Oshawa, Ontario, and spent most of her life growing up in Whitby. She has three siblings: Nathan, Paul, and Angela. In the second grade, she was declared legally blind because of severe astigmatism and wore...
Erin Chambers Erin was in the movie “The Singles 2nd Ward” as the red head that was getting married to Kirby Heyborne’s character. She has also been on ER, Bones, Days of Our Lives, Without A Trace, Drake and Josh. and more, see the IMDB link to the...
Edwina Booth Edwina Booth was an actress in the 1930’s. Her real name was Constance Woodruff, great granddaughter of President Wilford Woodruff. She was a virtual unknown when MGM chose her for the female lead in the early talkie adventure film “Trader...
Michael Birkeland Michael Birkeland. Also credited as: Michael Burkeland; Michael Birkeland. Actor and standup comedian who had a small role in “The Creator’s Game” (1999), a major role (5th billed) in the Latter-day Saint-themed feature film...
Don Bluth Animation Director and Producer Perhaps the biggest name in feature-length animation since Walt Disney. Don Bluth served a mission to Argentina and graduated from BYU. His filmography includes The Rescuers (1977), Pete’s Dragon (1977), The Secret of...
Brady Bluhm Christopher Robin in some Winnie the Pooh movies. Brady served a mission in Concepcion Chile He has made appearances on Star Trek Voyager, Murphy Brown, CSI and...
Billy Barty Billy appeared in over 200 films in the 70 years of his career including vaudeville, television, commercials, stage roles and nightclub appearances. He is perhaps the most recognizable of all little people. He was 3-feet, 9-inches tall. He worked very hard...
Corbin Allred Corbin got his first big break appearing in Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993). He starred in Teen Angel in 1997. He left the movie business behind for two years while he served a mission to Australia. More recently, Corbin has starred on “Touched...
Amy Adams Amy Adams, who grew up in a Mormon household in Castle Rock, Colo., the middle child of seven. Amy Adams was raised Mormon until she was 11, when her parents divorced. She never practiced after that. She thinks her sunny disposition may have emerged from...
Fay Wray Despite her Mormon ethnicity and family background, she was not a baptized member of the Church. By the time she was born, her mother was no longer a churchgoer. Even in her youth, she considered herself a non-member, growing up among Latter-day Saints. ...
Mike Weir Although you may find articles online that state Mike Weir is LDS he is not a member of the church. He did attend B.Y.U. Weir made the less obvious choice, opting for the Mormon university with a strict dress code and policies against drinking Coke, coffee...
Roseanne Barr Roseanne was born to a Jewish family in Salt Lake City, Utah. From the age of 6 until she was 16 years old she was also active as a Latter-day Saint; however, because of conflict with her grandmother, she was not actually baptized. In later years she...
Steve Martin The rumors regarding Steve Martin’s membership in the Church seem to stem from a ring he wore in a television interview in 1996. Some apparently thought that it was a CTR ring. Many people asked his public relations people many times, but they...
Larry King Larry King is an agnostic Jew, but he attends church occasionally with his wife, Shawn King, a “devout Mormon.” He has been friendly to the Church in the media, and he has interviewed President Gordon B....
Jewel She was born in Payson, Utah to Mormon parents. According to Jewel, she was “raised a Mormon until the age of eight.” She moved to Alaska with her father when her parents divorced, but the question of her own baptism remains a...
Melissa Harris-Perry Melissa Victoria Harris-Perry: Television Host, Writer, professor, and Political Commentator. Melissa’s Ancestors were Mormons as discussed here Harris-Perry: Don’t dislike Romney because he’s a...
Tom Hanks Born in California, Tom Hanks grew up in what he calls a ‘fractured’ family. He moved around a lot, living with a succession of step-families. No problems, no abuse, no alcoholism, just a confused childhood.His step-mother, Winifred Hanks, was a...
