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Behind the Screen: How Gays and Lesbians Shaped Hollywood, 1910-1969 by William J. Mann

Andrι van Duin (born February 20, 1947)

Ada Dwyer Russell (February 1864 - July 4, 1952)

Aiden Shaw (born February 22, 1966)

Alain-Philippe Malagnac d'Argens de Villθle (1951 - December 16, 2000)

Sir Alan Bates (February 17, 1934 - December 27, 2003)

Alan Cumming (born January 27, 1965)

Albert Mol (January 1, 1917 – March 9, 2004)

Alec Mapa (born July 10, 1965)

Alec McCowen (born May 26, 1925)

Alice Dodd (born 1970)

Andrew Rannells (born August 23, 1978)

Anthony Creighton (1922 – March 22, 2005)

Anthony Forwood (October 3, 1915 – May 18, 1988)

Anthony Perkins (April 4, 1932 – September 12, 1992)

Antony Hamilton (May 4, 1952 – March 29, 1995)
 

B.J. Turner (March 20, 1949 - August 1, 1993)

Beatrice Lillie (May 29, 1894 – January 20, 1989)

Bette Bourne (born September 22, 1939)

Bette Midler (born December 1, 1945)

Brad Davis (November 6, 1949 – September 8, 1991)

Bryan Batt (born March 1, 1963)

Buck Angel (born 1972)
 

Carol Leifer (born July 27, 1956)

Cary Grant (January 18, 1904 – November 29, 1986)

Casey Donovan (November 2, 1943 – August 10, 1987)

Cesar Romero (February 15, 1907 – January 1, 1994)

Chad Allen (born June 5, 1974)

Charles Laughton (July 1, 1899 – December 15, 1962)

Charles Ludlam (April 12, 1943 – May 28, 1987)

Charles Macaulay (September 26, 1927 - August 13, 1999)

Charles Nelson Reilly (January 13, 1931 – May 25, 2007)

Charlie Condou (born January 8, 1973)

Charlie David (born August 9, 1980)

Charlotte Saunders Cushman (July 23, 1816 – February 18, 1876)

Cherry Jones (born November 21, 1956)

Cheyenne Jackson (born July 12, 1975)

Chris Colfer (born May 27, 1990)

Chris Salvatore (born May 22, 1985)

Christopher Biggins (born December 16, 1948)

Christopher Meloni (born April 2, 1961)

Christopher Sieber (born February 18, 1969)

Clark Gable (February 1, 1901 – November 16, 1960)

Cookie Mueller (March 2, 1949 - November 10, 1989)
     

Dack Rambo (November 13, 1941 – March 21, 1994)

Dan Bucatinsky (born September 22, 1965)

Danny Kaye (January 18, 1913 – March 3, 1987)

Danny Pintauro (born January 6, 1976)

Danny Roberts (born July 19, 1977)

Darren Criss (born February 5, 1987)

David Burtka (born May 29, 1975)

David Drake (born June 27, 1963)

David Hoyle (born September 19, 1962)

David Hyde Pierce (born April 3, 1959)

David Oliver (January 31, 1962 - November 12, 1992)

Denholm Elliott (May 31, 1922 - October 6, 1992)

Denis O'Hare (born January 16, 1962)

Diane Murphy (born June 17, 1964)

Sir Dirk Bogarde (March 28, 1921 – May 8, 1999)

Douglas Lambert (July 7, 1936 - December 16, 1986)

Dudley Stevens (August 8, 1935 - January 23, 1993)

Eleonora Duse (October 3, 1858 – April 21, 1924)

Ellen DeGeneres (born January 26, 1958)

Emlyn Williams (November 26, 1905 – September 25, 1987)

Eva Le Gallienne (January 11, 1899 – June 3, 1991)
     

Farley Granger (July 1, 1925 – March 27, 2011)

Fausto Bara (January 21, 1952 - February 10, 1994)

Frankie Howerd (March 6, 1917 – April 19, 1992)

Fred Sadoff (October 21, 1926 - May 6, 1994)

Frederick Combs (October 11, 1935 – September 19, 1992)
     

Geoffrey Burridge (1948 - September 30, 1987)

George Nader (October 19, 1921 - February 4, 2002)

Glenn Scarpelli (born July 6, 1966)

Gordon Heath (September 20, 1918 - August 27, 1991)

Graham Chapman (January 8, 1941 – October 4, 1989)

Graham Payn (April 25, 1918 – November 4, 2005)

Greg Rikaart (born February 26, 1977)
 

Hal Sparks (born September 25, 1969)

Harvey Fierstein (born June 6, 1952)

Heath Ledger (April 4, 1979 – January 22, 2008)

Hedy Lamarr (November 9, 1913 – January 19, 2000)

Helmut Berger (born May 29, 1944)

Holly Hughes (born March 10, 1955)

Howard Brunner (August 20, 1940 - November 12, 1991)

Howard Rollins, Jr. (October 17, 1950 – December 8, 1996)

Hugh Paddick (August 22, 1915 – November 9, 2000)

Ian Charleson (August 11, 1949 – January 6, 1990)

Sir Ian McKellen (born May 25, 1939)
         

Jaason Simmons (born July 12, 1970)

Jack Kenny (born March 9, 1958)

Jack Larson (born February 8, 1928)

Jack Plotnick (born October 30, 1968)

James K. Lyons (October 8, 1960 – April 12, 2007)

Jamie McGonnigal (born August 6, 1975)

Jean Acker (October 23, 1893 – August 16, 1978)

Jean Marais (December 11, 1913 – November 8, 1998)

Jeanne Eagels (June 26, 1890 – October 3, 1929)

Jeremiah Sullivan (September 22, 1935 - December 12, 1993)

Jillian Armenante (born July 5, 1968)

Jim J. Bullock (born February 9, 1955)

Jim Nabors (born June 12, 1930)

Jim Parsons (born March 24, 1973)

Jimmie Shields (died 1974)

Jodie Foster (born November 19, 1962)

Joe Dallesandro (born December 31, 1948)

Joe Mantello (born December 27, 1962)

Joey Stefano (January 1, 1968 – November 26, 1994)

John Barrowman (born March 11, 1967)

John Benjamin Hickey (born June 25, 1963)

John Dall (May 26, 1918 – January 15, 1971)

John Fraser (born March 18, 1931)

Sir John Gielgud (April 14, 1904 – May 21, 2000)

John Glover (born August 7, 1944)

John Inman (June 28, 1935 – March 8, 2007)

John Megna (November 9, 1952 – September 5, 1995)

John Moffat (1956 - May 16, 1995)

John O'Callaghan

John Partridge (born July 24, 1971)

Jos Brink (June 19, 1942 – August 17, 2007)

Josephine Hutchinson (October 12, 1903 – June 4, 1998)

Joshua Berg (born 1992)

Dame Judith Anderson (February 10, 1897 – January 3, 1992)

Judy Holliday (June 21, 1921 – June 7, 1965)

Junior Durkin (July 2, 1915 – May 4, 1935)
       

Kate Clinton (born November 9, 1947)

Keith Christopher (April 27, 1957 - February 23, 1998)

Keith Prentice (February 21, 1940 – September 27, 1992)

Kelly McGillis (born July 9, 1957)

Kenneth Nelson (March 24, 1930 - October 7, 1993)

Kerwin Mathews (January 8, 1926 – July 5, 2007)

Kirsten Vangsness (born July 7, 1972)
 

Laird Cregar (July 28, 1913 – December 9, 1944)

Lance Loud (June 26, 1951 – December 22, 2001)

Larry Kert (December 5, 1930 - June 5, 1991)

Laurence Harvey (October 1, 1928 – November 25, 1973)

Laurence Olivier, Baron Olivier (May 22, 1907 – July 11, 1989)

Lawrence Lott (1951 - January 24, 1991)

Lea DeLaria (born May 23, 1958)

Leonard Frey (September 4, 1938 – August 24, 1988)

Leslie Cheung (September 12, 1956 – April 1, 2003)

Lisa Kron (born May 20, 1961)

Liza Minnelli (born March 12, 1946)

Louis Edmonds (September 24, 1923 – March 3, 2001)

Luke Macfarlane (born January 19, 1980)

Luke Striffler (born December 7)
   

Maren Kroymann (born July 19, 1949)

Margaret Cho (born December 5, 1968)

Mark Stevenson (1950 - March 16, 1994)

Marlene Dietrich (December 27, 1901 – May 6, 1992)

Marlon Brando (April 3, 1924 – July 1, 2004)

Martin Smith (June 26, 1957 - November 5, 1994)

Matt Doyle (born May 13, 1987)

Max Rhyser (born July 11)

Matthew Montgomery (born March 16, 1978)

Meredith Baxter (born June 21, 1947)

Michael Cashman (born December 17, 1950)

Michael Jeter (August 26, 1952 – March 30, 2003)

Michael Kearns (born January 8, 1950)

Sir Michael Redgrave (March 20, 1908 – March 21, 1985)

Michael Urie (born August 8, 1980)

Micheαl Mac Liammσir (October 25, 1899 – March 6, 1978)

Mitchell Anderson (born August 21, 1961)

Mlle Raucourt (March 3, 1756 – January 15, 1815)

Moms Mabley (March 19, 1894 – May 23, 1975)

Nathan Lane (born February 3, 1956)

Neil Patrick Harris (born June 15, 1973)

Nick Adams (born June 10, 1983)

Sir Nigel Hawthorne (April 5, 1929 – December 26, 2001)
 

Ona Munson (June 16, 1903 – February 11, 1955)

Ondine aka Robert Olivo (June 16, 1937 - April 28, 1989)
           

Pat Bond (February 27, 1925 — December 24, 1990)

Patrick Bristow (born September 26, 1962)

Paul Swift (August 18, 1934 - October 7, 1994)

Peter Glenville (October 28, 1913 – June 3, 1996)

Peter Paige (born June 20, 1969)

Portia de Rossi (born January 31, 1973)
   

Ramσn Novarro (February 6, 1899 – October 30, 1968)

Randolph Scott (January 23, 1898 – March 2, 1987)

Randy Stone (August 26, 1958 – February 12, 2007)

Richard DeFabees (May 30, 1947 - November 18, 1993)

Richard Rorke (1953 - July 3, 1993)

River Phoenix (August 23, 1970 – October 31, 1993)

Robert Joy (born August 17, 1951)

Robert La Tourneaux (1945 – June 3, 1986)

Robert Moore (February 1, 1927 – May 10, 1984)

Rock Hudson (November 17, 1925 – October 2, 1985)

Roddy McDowall (September 17, 1928 – October 3, 1998)

Ron Richardson (January 27, 1952 – April 5, 1995)

Ron Vawter (December 9, 1948 – April 16, 1994)

Ronald Magill (April 21, 1920 – September 6, 2007)

Ronnie Kroell (born February 1, 1983)

Rory O'Malley (born December 23, 1980)

Rosie O'Donnell (born March 21, 1962)

Roy London (March 3, 1943 – August 8, 1993)

Rupert Everett (born May 29, 1959)
         

Sal Mineo (January 10, 1939 – February 12, 1976)

Sandra Bernhard (born June 6, 1955)

Sarah Paulson (born December 17, 1974)

Sean Maher (born April 16, 1975)

Sheila James Kuehl (born February 9, 1941)

Sherry Glaser (born June 6, 1960)

Simon Callow (born June 15, 1949)

Simon Woods

Stephen Sapuppo (October 17, 1959 - February 19, 1993)

Stephen Spinella (born October 11, 1956)

Stephen Wallem (born June 14, 1968)

Steve Callahan (born August 8, 1967)

Steve Sandvoss (born June 23, 1980)

Steve Tracy (October 3, 1952 – November 27, 1986)
   

Tab Hunter (born July 11, 1931)

Tallulah Bankhead (January 31, 1902 – December 12, 1968)

Taylor Mead (December 31, 1924 – May 8, 2013)

Tim Campbell (born September 27, 1975)

Timothy Meyers (August 31, 1945 - March 14, 1989)

Tito Renaldo

Tom Bridegroom (April 22, 1982 - May 7, 2011)

Tom Lenk (born June 16, 1976)

Tom McBride (October 7, 1952 − September 24, 1995)

Tom Tryon (January 14, 1926 – September 4, 1991)

Tom Villard (November 19, 1953 – November 14, 1994)

Tommy Kirk (born December 10, 1941)

Van Johnson (August 25, 1916 – December 12, 2008)

Victor Garber (born March 16, 1949)

Vittoria Schisano (born November 11, 1983)
 

Wade Nichols (October 28, 1946 – January 28, 1985)

Wally Cox (December 6, 1924 – February 15, 1973)

William Haines (January 2, 1900 – December 26, 1973)

Wilna Hervey (October 3, 1894 – March 6, 1979)

Zachary Quinto (born June 2, 1977)
     
               

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