Screenwriter/director Nora Ephron wrote about her unhappy marriage to Carl Bernstein in the novel Heartburn (later a movie with Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson)
Fictional detective Nero Wolfe is a book and fine food lover from Meontenegro
Were you a Minnesota insurance salesman who got in a heap o’ trouble? - Yes, from Fargo (the TV show): Lester Nygaard, played by Martin Freeman
Were you a costar of Hellcats of the Navy? - Nancy Davis, later Reagan
Was your adoptive “dad” very sorry to see you go? - I’ll rephrase
DQs:
Best known for the creative arts?
Born since 1964?
IQs:
You are a fictional character created since 1950. Was your adoptive “dad” very sorry to see you go?
Did JFK call you to wish you a happy birthday on the day he died?
Did you play “Mr. Big” on Sex and the City?
Nero Wolfe. (A popular person, evidently - I see two others have asked about him since I did. :))
David Niven.
Correct - but I asked about him before you answered astorian’s question, so I didn’t know that was who he meant.
DQ1: Known for the Arts?
One DQ reserved.
IQ1: Did you lead expeditions aboard Fram?
IQ2: Dd you build a ship out of shittim wood?
IQ3: Were you the last of the Julio-Claudians?
You are a fictional character created since 1950. Was your adoptive “dad” very sorry to see you go? - Norbert the baby dragon, whom Hagrid was sorry to lose.
Did JFK call you to wish you a happy birthday on the day he died? - FDR’s first VP, John Nance Garner.
Did you play “Mr. Big” on Sex and the City? - Yes, Chris Noth.
DQs:
Won a major award in his field?
One DQ reserved.
IQs:
Did you have to change a line in your stump speech when some wondered if you were referring to your wife?
Did everyone know you by another name even though your birth name was Thelma?
Did your future father-in-law throw you repeatedly out of a bar?
Polar explorer Fridtjof Nansen.
Correct.
Correct.
DQ1: European? No, wait…
Three DQs reserved pending answers to “European?” and “Alive?”
IQ1: Were you a Corsican artilleryman before moving on to a bigger job?
IQ2: Did you supposedly discover the Philosopher’s stone and become immortal?
IQ3: Were you Alicky’s husband?
Which, it seems, got snuck in there while I was writing my post…
DQ1: Best known for fiction?
DQ2: Born west of the Rhine?
DQ3: Born south of Vienna (48°12′N)?