Guess who live's in Maine

The listing of famous Maine People.
 From born in Maine Celebrities
to just People that live here and are famous. 

Linda Lavin Born in Portland, Maine, Linda is a stage and screen actress.
She appeared in the TV show “Barney Miller” before she became
 Alice Hyatt for the hit show “Alice.” which ran from 1976 to 1985.
 She has received four Emmy Awards, and a Tony.

John Ford 1894 -1973 Born in Cape Elizabeth, John Ford is the six time  academy award winning director of Amercian film classics such as:

“The Grapes of Wrath”, “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance”,
“Stagecoach” and many others.

 Stephen King Born in Portland, Maine and now residing in Bangor, King is the prolific author of horror and suspense novels. 
Some of his most well-known work includes “Carrie”, “The Stand”, “Shawshank Redemption”, 

Don McLean  Don sang several hits including Vincent (Starry Starry Night), Castles In The Air, and his most popular  song AMerican Pie. Noel Paul Stookey 1937 – Present Best known as “Paul” in the group Peter, Paul and Mary. Lived in Maine while raising his three daughters Liz,  Anna and Kate. He and his wife decided to move back to Blue Hill in 2005.  Kirstie Alley  Famous actress but more recently known for her outstanding performance on Dancing With The Stars. Kristie also worked with Jenny Craig. Kristie has a home in Islesboro, an island in Maine’s Penobscot Bay. John Travolta Best known for his singing and dancing in the movie Grease  –the actor has gone on to star in many movies. John owns several houses. One of them is in Islesboro, an island in Maine’s Penobscot Bay. Martha's Skyland estate Martha Stewart  Known for her daily television show, The Martha Stewart Show,Martha Stewart Living magazine, and online flower store. Martha owns a lakefront home in Bar Harbor Maine and enjoys visiting  it throughout the year.

Howard “Howie” Carr, Jr. 1952 – Present
Born in Portland, Maine Howie Carr is an American journalist,
 author, and conservative radio talk-show host based out of Boston,
Massachusetts. Carr was a columnist for the Boston Herald
 and has also written a best-selling book, The Brothers Bulger.
 E.B. White 1899 – 1985Most well known for Charlotte’s Web and Stuart Little,
the noted American writer E.B. White spent much of his post-New York
adult life in Brooklin, Maine where he died at the age of 86 in 1985.
Other books by White include The Trumpet of the Swan and 
The Elements of Style. White was a long-time contributor to 
The New Yorker and won a Pulitzer Prize for his work.
Pussy Galore and her husband own the second largest summer house on
the island of Islesboro, which is in Penobscot Bay midway down the Maine coast
The largest used to belong to Kirstie Alley, who acted in the TV show “Cheers” 
and, incidentally, produced so much household waste at her Islesboro place that
 her staff kept 14 garbage cans queued up by the back door, 
which seemed to say a lot about wealth -- a subject that held great fascination for
me at the time of my first visit to Islesboro more than 30 years ago.
Alley was married to her second husband, Parker Stevenson 
(Richard Stevenson Parker, Jr.) on December 22, 1983. 
They divorced in 1997. Alley and Stevenson share custody of their two children,
 William True and Lillie Price.
Also Rogers and Hart  They had homes here to and the Actor 
Robert Powell. There are so many Famous people from here
 and living here.

Don't forget the Rockefellers




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