Nebraska Coast Connection

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ENTERTAINERS
Wesley Addy, actor, Omaha
Adele Astaire, actress, dancer, Omaha
Fred Astaire, actor, dancer, Omaha
William B. Baird, puppeteer, tv performer, Grand Island
Ward Bond, actor, Benkelman
Marlon Brando, actor, Omaha
Bob Cain, newscaster, O'Neill
Johnny Carson, entertainer, Norfolk
Dick Cavett, entertainer, Gibbon/Lincoln
Montgomery Clift, actor, Omaha
James Coburn, actor, Laurel
William Cody, entertainer, North Platte
Ken Darby, composer, producer, Hebron
Sandy Dennis, actress, Hastings/Lincoln
Anthony Dexter, actor, Superior/Talmage
David Doyle, actor, Omaha
William Dozier, talent agent, producer, Omaha
Leslie Easterbrook, actress, Kearney
Constance Eberhart, opera singer, York
Nelle R. Eberhart, songwriter, Atkinson
George Erwin, jazz musician, trumpeter, Falls City
Ruth Etting, singer/actress, David City
Joe Feeney, singer, Grand Island
Henry Fonda, actor, Grand Island
Edmund "Hoot" Gibson, actor, Tekamah
Tompall Glaser, singer, Spalding
Rodney Grant, actor, Macy
Coleen Gray, actress, Staplehurst
Howard Greer, fashion designer, Lincoln
Howard Hansen, composer, conductor, Wahoo
Wynonie Harris, jazz musician, drummer, Omaha
Leland Hayward, theatrical, film producer, Nebraska City
Neal Hefti, composer, arranger, Hastings
Marg Helgenberger, actress, Fremont
Joseph Henabery, film director, Omaha
Barbara Hendricks, opera singer, recitalist, Lincoln
Michael Hill, film editor, Omaha
Lewis R. Hunter, tv producer, author, Guide Rock
David Janssen, actor, Naponee
Katie Kelly, television critic, Albion
Hazel G. Kinscella, composer, writer, teacher, Lincoln
Rollin Kirby, cartoonist, illustrator, Hastings
Harley Jane Kozak, actress, Lincoln
Swoosie Kurtz, actress, Omaha
Harry Langdon, actor, Omaha
Rodrique La Rocque, silent film actor, Omaha
Harold Lloyd, actor, Burchard
Preston Love, bandleader, Omaha
Margaret F. Lynch, actress, writer, Lincoln
Charles F. Lowe, tv producer, Steele City
Pierce Lyden, actor, Wauneta/Naponee
Irish McCalla, actress, pin-up, Pawnee City
Gordon MacRae, actor, singer, Lincoln
Dorothy McGuire, actress, Omaha
Randy Meisner, country rock musician, Scottsbluff
Alton Glenn Miller, musician, conductor, North Platte
Howard B. Mitchell, conductor, cellist, Lyons
Richard A Moores, cartoonist, tv producer, Lincoln
Jimmy Murphy, comic strip artist, Omaha
Fred Niblo, film director, York
Nick Nolte, actor, Omaha
Lucille Norman, actress, singer, Steele City
Harry R. Owens, composer, bandleader, O'Neill
Paul Revere, musician, Harvard
Sharon Kay Ritchie, performer, McCook/Grand Island
Ann Ronell, composer, music director, Omaha
Shirley Ross, actress, singer, Omaha
Lillian "Red Wing" St. Cyr, actress, Winnebago
Joan Micklin Silver, film director, screenwriter, Omaha
Julie Sommars, actress, Fremont
Jeri Southern, singer, pianist, Royal
Charles "Skip" Stephenson, comedian, tv show host, Omaha
Matthew Sweet, singer, songwriter, Lincoln
Inga Swenson, actress, Omaha
Lyle Talbot, actor, Brainard
Robert Taylor, actor, Filley/Beatrice
Weldon "Jack" Teagarden, bandleader, trombonist, Chappell
Megan Terry, playwright, Omaha
Frank Tirro, composer, music educator, Omaha
Janine Turner, actress, Lincoln
Leon Varkas, dancer, choreographer, York
George Wagner, wrestler, actor, Seward
Glenn Wallichs, co-founder Capitol Records, Grand Island
Charles Weidman, dancer, choreographer, Lincoln
Mary K. Wells, actress, tv writer, Daytime Emmy '85 '88, Omaha
Paul Williams, singer, composer, actor, Omaha
Roger Williams, pianist, Omaha
Donald H. Wilson, radio announcer, Lincoln
Julie Wilson, actress, Omaha
Irene Worth, theater actress, Fairbury
Paula Zahn, tv show host, newscaster, Omaha
Darryl F. Zanuck, producer, founder 20th Century Fox, Wahoo
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