Become an Actor in Mississippi!
Think major movies and TV shows are only filmed in Hollywood, CA or New York city? Think again. Mainstream motion pictures and television shows are filmed
across the country and around the world. No matter where you live, your chance to appear in a movie or on TV is closer than you might think.
Filmed in Mississippi
The following films and/or television shows have been filmed in whole or in part in Mississippi.
A Time to Kill (1996)
Barb Wire (1996)
Crossroads (1986)
Double Jeopardy (1999)
Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)
Mississippi Burning (1988)
Mississippi Masala (1991)
My Dog Skip (2000)
O Brother, Where Art Thou (2000)
Pretty Baby (1978)
Stone Cold (1991)
The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993)
The Chamber (1996)
The Client (1994)
The Insider (1999)
The Ladykillers (2004)
The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)
Walk the Line (2005)
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Mississippi Film Commission / Film Office
Mississippi Film Office
P.O. Box 849
Jackson, Mississippi 39205
Tel: 601-359-3422
Tel: 601-359-3297
Fax: 601-359-5048
wemling@mississippi.org
bblack@mississippi.org
www.visitmississippi.org/film
Major Cities in Mississippi
Jackson
Gulfport
Biloxi
Hattiesburg
Greenville
Meridian
Tupelo
Southaven
Vicksburg
Pascagoula
Notable Citizens / Famous Celebrities
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This is a list of famous and notable people who were born or lived in
Mississippi.
Earl W. Bascom
Texas Rose Bascom
Weldon Bascom
James Best, Roscoe P. Coltrane on The Dukes of Hazzard
Lacey Chabert
Michael Clarke Duncan
John Dye
Morgan Freeman
Vivica A. Fox
Lynn Hamilton
Jim Henson: creator of The Muppets
Don Jeffcoat
James Earl Jones
Diane Ladd
Daniel Curtis Lee
Tom Lester, Eb from Green Acres
Gerald McRaney: star of Major Dad TV series
Mary Ann Mobley
Parker Posey
Evelyn Preer
Beah Richards
Eric Roberts
Stella Stevens
James Michael Tyler: best-known as "Gunther" on Friends
Ray Walston
Sela Ward
William Nakia Yelland
Jimmy Boyd
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