Virginia Entertainers

Caressa Cameron, Miss America 2010

Virginia's entertainers encompass a wide range of musical genres, pop up between television and the silverscreen, and even wear sparkling crowns ...

Musicians | Actors | Other Entertainers

Musicians

» Pearl Bailey - (1918-1988) Newport News; singer
» Maybelle Carter - (1909-1979) Nicklesville; country singer
» June Carter Cash - (1929-2003) country singer, married to Johnny Cash
» Patsy Cline - (1932-1963) Winchester; country singer
» Ella Fitzgerald - (1917-1996) Newport News; singer
» Kate Smith - (1909-1986) Greenville; singer

» Today's Musicians

Actors

» Warren Beatty - (1937- ) Richmond; movie actor and director, Academy Award winner as director of "Reds"
» Joseph Cotten - (1905-1994) Petersburg; movie actor  
» Shirley MacLaine - Richmond; stage and screen actress, Academy Award winner  
» George C. Scott - (1927-1999) Wise; movie actor, Academy Award winner for "Patton"  
» Blair Underwood - (1964- ) Tacoma, Washington; moved to different states before settling in Alexandria, VA. actor, "LA Law"
» Spencer Christian - Charles City; former TV weatherman for ABC's "Good Morning America"
» Katie Couric - (1957- ) Arlington; anchor, CBS Evening News
» Tim Reid - (1944- ) Norfolk; TV actor, director "WKRP in Cincinnati," "Simon & Simon," " Sister Sister"
» Willard Scott - (1934- ) Alexandria; TV weatherman, NBC's "Today Show"

Other Entertainers

» Kylene Barker – Galax; 1979 Miss America
» Nicole Johnson – Virginia Beach; 1999 Miss America  
» Robert Porterfield – founder of the Barter Theatre in Abingdon, the State Theater of Virginia
» Bill "Bojangles" Robinson – (1878-1949) Richmond; dancer, stage and screen actor in early 1900s 
» Caressa Cameron - Fredericksburg; 2010 Miss America

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