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Eve Plumb, the actress and painter most famous for playing the role of Jan on The Brady Bunch (1969), began acting professionally in 1966, appearing in TV commercials. The child actor began getting parts on series television in 1967.
Her place in TV history was cemented when she landed the role of Jan Brady, the middle of three daughters in a mixed family that also featured three sons, in the TV sitcom "The Brady Bunch". The show, which debuted in 1969, ran for five seasons and spawned numerous spin-offs. While Plumb declined to reprise the role of Jan in the first spin-off, the TV variety show The Brady Bunch Variety Hour (1976), as she did not want to sign a five-year contract (the show was canceled after nine episodes), she did appear as Jan in the subsequent spin-offs featuring the original cast: the TV movie The Brady Girls Get Married (1981), the short-lived sitcom The Brady Brides (1981), the TV movie A Very Brady Christmas (1988), and another short-lived TV series, The Bradys (1990).
Though she has worked steadily in TV since a child, her only other major role was as a teenage prostitute in Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway (1976).
In the 1990s, Plumb began painting, fashioning for herself a second artistic career. She works out of a studio at her Laguna Beach home.- Actress
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After growing up in Chamblee, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta, GA, Susan moved to New York when she was 18. She started acting classes as well as modeling for Elite, and landed several commercials while auditioning. Within a year, Susan was cast on "Loving", a daytime drama for ABC. As soon as her contract ended, she did her first film and then moved to Los Angeles to begin a career in prime time television as well as film.- Actress
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Dana Kimmell was born on 26 October 1959 in Texarkana, Arkansas, USA. She is an actress, known for Friday the 13th: Part 3 (1982), Days of Our Lives (1965) and Texas (1980). She has been married to John Anderson since 18 September 1982. They have four children. She was previously married to Mark Plambeck.- Actor
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With a prolific career both in front and behind the camera as well as in the recording studio, Michael Damian has starred on an award winning daytime drama, earned a #1 hit record on Billboard and been nominated for a Grammy for his starring turn on Broadway. He has also written and directed 12 films. Damian has just completed the second installment of his High Strung dance film franchise with the feature film High Strung Free Dance starring Thomas Doherty and Jane Seymour, which Damian co-wrote, directed and produced. He also served as Co-writer//Director on the holiday romantic comedy A Princess For Christmas starring Sam Heughan and Roger Moore. Damian has directed 3 films for 20th Century Fox, Flicka 2, Flicka: CountryPride starring Clint Black and Marley & Me: The Puppy Years. He also served as Co- writer/director/producer of the feature film Moondance Alexander released by 20th Century Fox and he wrote and directed the two romantic comedies, The Sweeter Side Of Life and Love By Design. Damian also co-wrote, directed and produced the indie crime comedy Hot Tamale and the television pilot Red Eye for Europe's largest Television network TF1. Damian's on camera work includes his eighteen-year run as Danny Romalotti on The Young And The Restless and his recurring role on The Facts Of Life. On the theater front, Damian's starring turn in the title role of the Broadway production of the Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice musical, Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, broke box office records in both Los Angeles and on Broadway and earned Damian a Grammy nomination. In addition to his Broadway career, Damian has released five albums and has had eight Top 40 hits including the #1 single "Rock On", which earned him gold records worldwide. He won the BMI Song-writing Award for his hit single Was It Nothing At All and also wrote and produced tracks on Flicka 2 & 3, Marley & Me:The Puppy Years and A Princess For Christmas soundtracks.- Actor
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Kevin Spirtas started his career as a stage actor on Broadway, and then worked his way into film and television. Starting in 1995, he began using the name Kevin Spirtas professionally. He is known for starring in the films Friday the 13th: The New Blood (1988), as Nick, and The Hills Have Eyes Part II (1984), as Roy, and for his runs on Days of Our Lives (1965) and Winterthorne (2015). He co-created and stars in a web soap opera called "After Forever", where he plays a gay character, something that feels right for the openly gay actor.- Actor
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Woody Brown was born on 21 February 1956 in Dayton, Ohio, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for The Accused (1988), Flamingo Road (1980) and Dominion (1995).- Actor
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Loren Lester, a native of Los Angeles, currently resides in New York City. Most recently he was in the National Tour of the Tony-winning Broadway musical The Band's Visit.
He began his career as a teenager and has accumulated more than 40 years of film, stage and television credits. In his early years, he played the evil hall monitor "Fritz Hansel" in the cult classic film Rock 'n' Roll High School and he recurred for five seasons as "Roy" on The Facts of Life opposite Nancy McKeon.
Since then. Loren has appeared in more than 200 TV shows including The Orville, Curb Your Enthusiasm, I'm Dying Up Here, NCIS, The Closer, Bones, Gilmore Girls, Cold Case, Criminal Minds, Castle, Two and a Half Men, Las Vegas (starring James Caan), Notes from the Underbelly (directed by Barry Sonnenfeld), and Side Order of Life (directed by David Paymer).
He recurred for three seasons on the HBO hit comedy series Hung, directed by Academy Award winner Alexander Payne, and the Nickelodeon series Victorious.
His favorite film role was in the Wes Craven suspense thriller Red Eye (starring Rachel McAdams)
As a voice-over artist, Loren is best known for creating the roles of "Robin" and "Nightwing" on Batman: The Animated Series (aka Batman: The Animated Series and The New Batman Adventures (aka The Adventures of Batman and Robin).
Loren is a graduate of Occidental College's theater department and has starred in dozens of plays and musicals. Loren and his wife, actress Kelly Lester, are the proud parents of three actress-daughters: Jenny, Lily and Julia Lester (star of High School Musical: The Musical: The Series on Disney+)- Actress
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Tall (5'10"), lovely, statuesque Seattle native Jean Elizabeth Smart was born on September 13, 1951. The second of four children born to a teacher and his wife, she developed an early interest in acting and attended the University of Washington following her graduation from Seattle's Ballard High School. She attained a BA degree in fine arts there.
Jean's first professional season was with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival where she went on to perform in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing" and "A Moon for the Misbegotten," among others. During the late 1970's she built up a strong resume in regional theater with such companies as the Seattle Repertory Theatre ("Equus," "Fallen Angels"), ACT ("A Christmas Carol"), Pittsburgh Public Theatre (as Lady Macbeth), Alaska Repertory Theatre ("Terra Nova"), and Alliance Theatre ("A History of the American Film"). Her first significant break came with a starring role in the potent, critically-acclaimed lesbian drama "Last Summer at Bluefish Cove," which earned her an Off-Broadway Drama Desk nomination in 1980. She capped this honor with a Los Angeles Drama Critics award in 1983 when she repeated her triumph on the West Coast.
Jean made a highly auspicious Broadway debut in 1981 playing Marlene Dietrich in "Piaf" starring Jane Lapotaire, and it was the subsequent TV taping of that show, Piaf (1984), that brought about major Hollywood interest. A regular on the short-lived sitcoms Teachers Only (1982), Reggie (1983) and Maximum Security (1984), Jean hit pure gold in her fourth attempt as the delightfully ditzy Charlene Frazier on Designing Women (1986). The show was an instant hit and it was here that she would meet future husband Richard Gilliland, who played the recurring role of co-player Annie Potts' boyfriend J.D. for several seasons.
Feeling confined and fearing typecasting, Jean left the show in 1991 to find more challenging work. She drew major acclaim, giving a chilling portrayal of a true-to-life serial killer in the TV movie Overkill: The Aileen Wuornos Story (1992), long before Charlize Theron copped an Oscar for her equally chilling cinematic version. In other TV movies, Jean earned strong applause for her roles as a mentally challenged woman in The Yarn Princess (1994); as a concerned rural mother in Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings' classic The Yearling (1994); as an attorney involved in a high-profile murder case in Undue Influence (1996); as a wife who discovers her longtime husband is gay in A Change of Heart (1998); co-starring with real-life husband Richard Gilliland in Audrey's Rain (2003) as new parents after her sister commits suicide; and as an FBI profiler in Killer Instinct: From the Files of Agent Candice DeLong (2003).
On stage, Jean she earned a Tony nomination for her delightfully madcap part in the Moss Hart/George S. Kaufman classic comedy farce "The Man Who Came to Dinner" opposite Nathan Lane. The Broadway show was later made as a TV movie, The Man Who Came to Dinner (2000), with both Lane and Smart.
Having made her debut with a small role in the crimer Hoodlums (1980), films would never be as strong a venue for Jean as the stage or TV. She did, however, show off her versatility in both comedy and drama with secondary roles with such films as Flashpoint (1984), the Goldie Hawn vehicle Protocol (1984), Fire with Fire (1986), Project X (1987), Mistress (1992), Edie & Pen (1996) and The Odd Couple II (1998). Jean topped the decade off well with two independent films -- earning an Independent Spirit Award nomination for her role as Sarah Polley's ill-natured mother in Guinevere (1999), and first-billed in the mother/daughter road trip dramedy Forever Fabulous (1999) co-starring Jennifer Elise Cox.
Remaining extremely busy into the millennium, Jean went on to win bookend Emmy awards for her guest appearances on the sitcom Frasier (1993) and earned two more Emmy nominations for her potent perms in the crime drama 24 (2001) starring Kiefer Sutherland. She also graced a host of other series with regular/recurring roles on the romantic comedy In-Laws (2002); the crimer The District (2000); the family comedy Center of the Universe (2004) (co-starring John Goodman); the animated program Kim Possible (2002) (as the voice of Dr. Ann Possible); the mystery comedy Samantha Who? (2007) starring Christina Applegate; the revamped crimer Hawaii Five-0 (2010) (as the governor); the crime dramedy Harry's Law (2011); the dark thriller Fargo (2014); the action sci-fi drama Legion (2017); and the detective series Mare of Easttown (2021).
More recent films include Youth in Revolt (2009), Barry Munday (2010), Hope Springs (2012), Waking (2013), Warren (2014), Miss Meadows (2014), The Accountant (2016), Life Itself (2018) and Brampton's Own (2018).
Diagnosed with juvenile diabetes at age 13, Jean has played an active part over the years in public awareness. She has two children with her late husband Richard, son Connor and adopted son (from China) Forrest.- Actress
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Geri Jewell was born on 13 September 1956 in Buffalo, New York, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Deadwood (2004), 21 Jump Street (1987) and The Facts of Life (1979). She was previously married to Richard Pimentel.- Director
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Chip Fields was born on 5 August 1951 in the USA. She is a director and actress, known for The Amazing Spider-Man (1977), Menace II Society (1993) and Blue Collar (1978). She has been married to Erv Hurd since 20 August 1994. She was previously married to John Randolph.- Actor
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Actor Todd Bridges has seen and done it all. Todd has lived and worked amongst some of the most famous and influential individuals in the world. For over twenty-five years, he has victoriously survived a rapidly changing business. He experienced his second rise to fame, as "Juice" on The Young and the Restless (1973). Todd's career began and rocketed when he was only six years of age, forcing his family to relocate from a quiet, friendly neighborhood in San Francisco to the fast-paced stardom of Los Angeles, California in the early 70s. His mother, actress Betty A. Bridges, and father, the late James Bridges, Sr., came to Hollywood in search of the American dream. Betty went on to work quite a bit as an actress while James Sr. became one of the first prominent black Hollywood agents. Betty later became one of Hollywood's greatest managers and acting coaches, whose list of clients (soon to become stars) included her oldest child, Jimmy Bridges, her daughter Verda Bridges, Todd (of course), Nia Long (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990), Love Jones (1997)), Regina King (Jerry Maguire (1996)), Lamont Bentley (Moesha (1996)), and Aaron Meeks (Soul Food (2000)).
It all began one day while watching Redd Foxx display his comic genius on Sanford and Son (1972). Todd, then six, realized his dream of becoming an actor. He exclaimed excitedly to his mother, "I want to do that", pointing to the television set. He had asked on his own to enter a business which, during that time, was very limited for black artists. Nevertheless, Todd went on to make some remarkable strides in the industry, pioneering the way for other young, black actors. His first job was a Jell-O commercial, which starred the entire Bridges family. He later accomplished over 60 national commercials. Todd was the first black child actor to become a recurring regular on the hit series, The Waltons (1972), and Little House on the Prairie (1974) with the late great Michael Landon. He went on to guest star on Barney Miller (1975), which eventually gained a spin-off show, starring Abe Vigoda. The spin-off was titled Fish (1977) and Todd became a series regular for four years. Norman Lear, who spearheaded the success of Tandem Productions, with such shows under his belt as The Jeffersons (1975), Good Times (1974), All in the Family (1971) and The Facts of Life (1979), sought to create a new type of show that would cross the racial boundaries set in Hollywood in the early years of television. He began with the new kid in town, Gary Coleman, and a TV veteran, Conrad Bain, from the hit show, Maude (1972). The wheels were spinning and Diff'rent Strokes (1978) was born. The show originated with a wealthy white businessman who adopted his housekeeper's black child after she passed away. There was only one problem. Who would the creators find to match wits with the sassy Gary Coleman? Conrad Bain then suggested the creation of an older brother character to keep up with "Arnold's" wisecracks, a strong young actor capable of bouncing the ball back in his court. No one portrayed such qualities as Todd Bridges.
Diff'rent Strokes (1978) was introduced to American audience in the fall of 1978. With the new concept of a racially-mixed cast, the producers and creators were unsure how the viewers would react. To their surprise, the show was a complete success and ran strong for eight years. Todd Bridges became an international celebrity and household name by the age of 15. During his success with "Diff'rent Strokes", Todd guest starred on such shows as The Love Boat (1977), The Facts of Life (1979), Hello, Larry (1979), Battle of the Network Stars VI (1979), Circus of the Stars #6 (1981), and many, many more. An even bigger opportunity came when he was chosen to portray the role of Chicken George's grandson in the historical television miniseries, Roots (1977), where his performance is still applauded to this day.
After "Diff'rent Strokes" ended its long run in 1986, things became difficult for Todd. All of a sudden, no one would hire him due to his being typecast as "Willis Drummond". He began to experience turbulent times, which would later lead to drug addiction and trouble with the authorities. There would be a pause in his career and his life for nearly ten years.
Todd Bridges has been clean and sober for twenty-six years. He is a working actor, director, and producer and is well on his way to the rebirth of a promising television and motion picture career. Together, Todd and his brother, James Jr., have partnered to establish their own production company, "Little Bridge Productions".
His recent film credits (as an actor) include _1210 Camille Street_ with Faizon Love (Friday (1995), The Replacements (2000)), Frat (), _Hollywood Horror (2000)_ with Tia Mowry and 'Tamara Mowry' (_"Sister Sister" (1994)_) and A Testimony. He also recently completed a feature film in Utah called The Climb (2002) for Billy Graham's production company. He directed, produced and starred in the short film about his life, Building Bridges (2000), for TBN. He also directed, along with his brother, a full-length feature film titled Black Ball (2003) (aka Full Circle), starring Lisa Sweat (wife of R&B singer Keith Sweat), Stoney Jackson, De'aundre Bonds, his wife Dori Bridges, and a host of other great names. His directorial credits also include the feature film, Flossin (2001), the life story of his pastor and childhood friend, Pastor Ernest Johnson. On a more personal note, Todd is a proud husband and father. He has been married, since 1998, to his wife, Dori Bridges, and they have one son, Spencir Bridges. Todd has traveled the nation speaking to over 6,000 kids per day in high schools, middle schools, and churches warning about the dangers of drug use, negative peer pressure, and proclaiming Christ Jesus!- Actor
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Seth Green has starred in numerous films and television series including the Austin Powers trilogy, The Italian Job (2003), Without a Paddle (2004), Party Monster (2003), Can't Hardly Wait (1998), Old Dogs (2009) and dozens more, including starring roles in Sexy Evil Genius (2013), The Story of Luke (2012) and Yellowbird (2014). He's portrayed Christopher Guest in Netflix's National Lampoon origin film, A Futile and Stupid Gesture (2018), and he starred opposite Katie Holmes and Michael Caine in Dear Dictator (2017). Green made his feature film directorial debut with Changeland (2019) starring Green, Breckin Meyer, Brenda Song, Macaulay Culkin, Clare Grant and Randy Orton. He is the co-creator/executive producer/primary voice talent and a writer/director on Robot Chicken (2001), 2010 & 2016 Emmy® Award-winner for Outstanding Short Format Animation Program. Green has voiced Chris Griffin on Family Guy (1999) since the series' inception. Green has been singled out for many Emmy voiceover nominations for Adult Swim's Robot Chicken. The show, the network's highest-rated original program, and their specials have won numerous Annie Awards for writing and producing, including one for Green for directing. In 2011, Green and his partners created Stoopid Buddy Stoodios, a full-service animation studio with many other projects including: Crackle's SuperMansion, Adult Swim's Hot Streets (2016) and WWE's Camp WWE (2016). In December 2017, the company signed a two-year first-look deal with 20th Century Fox Film to develop animated and live-action projects. Green has always been fascinated by space travel and has done a PSA for NASA and designed the CASIS patch for ISS U.S. National Laboratory missions for research to benefit life on Earth.- Actress
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Mayim Bialik grew up in San Diego and got her first acting job (Pumpkinhead (1988)) when she was just 12 years old. A number of TV roles followed until in 1990 she was cast in Blossom (1990), the role which made her famous.
By 1993, while Blossom was still airing, she had already won a deferred place at Harvard and was also accepted by Yale but chose in the end to attend UCLA. She was awarded her Bachelor's degree in 2000 and began reading for a PhD in Neuroscience (studying Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in adolescents with Prader-Willi syndrome) which she eventually completed in 2007.
She continued working throughout her studies and was a regular on US TV screens, becoming a Prime Time face again in 2010 when she began her regular appearances as "Sheldon's friend who is not his girlfriend" in the hit series The Big Bang Theory (2007).- Actor
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Scott Bryce was born on 6 January 1958 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for As the World Turns (1956), Murphy Brown (1988) and Deception (2013). He has been married to Jodi Stevens since 26 October 2003. They have one child.- Actress
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Juliette Lewis has been recognized as one of Hollywood's most talented and versatile actors of her generation since she first stunned audiences and critics alike with her Oscar-nominated performance as "Danielle Bowden" in Cape Fear (1991). To date, she has worked with some of the most revered directors in the industry, including Martin Scorsese, Woody Allen, Lasse Hallström, Oliver Stone, and Garry Marshall. Whether lending dramatic authenticity or a natural comedic flair to her roles, Lewis graces the screen with remarkable range and an original and captivating style.
Lewis was born in Los Angeles, Californa, to Glenis (Duggan) Batley, a graphic designer, and Geoffrey Lewis, an actor. By the age of six, she knew she wanted to be a performer. At twelve, Lewis landed her first leading role in the Showtime miniseries Home Fires (1987). After appearing in several TV sitcoms including The Wonder Years (1988), she made her move to film, starring with Chevy Chase in National Lampoon's National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989) and with Jennifer Jason Leigh in the drama Crooked Hearts (1991). At 16, Lewis starred opposite Brad Pitt in the critically acclaimed television movie Too Young to Die? (1990), catching the attention of Martin Scorsese, who cast her in his thriller Cape Fear (1991). Her powerful scenes with Robert De Niro captured the quiet complexities of adolescence and earned her an Oscar nomination and Golden Globe nomination for "Best Supporting Actress". Her auditorium scene with De Niro went down in movie history as one of cinema's classic scenes.
Lewis next worked with Woody Allen in Husbands and Wives (1992), playing a self-assured college coed with a penchant for older men and, particularly, her married professor. She quickly followed suit with a succession of starring roles in a variety of blockbusters and critically acclaimed projects including Kalifornia (1993), Romeo Is Bleeding (1993), What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993), and Natural Born Killers (1994), Oliver Stone's controversial media satire about two mass murderers who become legendary folk heroes. Lewis's other credits include the Nora Ephron comedy Mixed Nuts (1994), with Steve Martin and Adam Sandler; the sci-fi action film Strange Days (1995) with Ralph Fiennes and Angela Bassett; Quentin Tarantino's vampire tale From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) with George Clooney; The Evening Star (1996) with Shirley MacLaine; the Garry Marshall-directed The Other Sister (1999), and Todd Phillips' Old School (2003), co-starring opposite Luke Wilson, Vince Vaughn, and Will Ferrell as well as Starsky & Hutch (2004). In addition to her film career, Lewis has continued to add roles to her growing list of television credits with a performance in Showtime's My Louisiana Sky (2001), for which she secured an EMMY nomination, and a starring role in the Mira Nair-directed HBO's film Hysterical Blindness (2002), alongside Uma Thurman and Gena Rowlands.
After a six-year hiatus from film to pursue her burgeoning music career exclusively, Lewis announced her return to acting with a handful of upcoming movies. Juliette starred alongside Elliot Page, Marcia Gay Harden, Kristen Wiig and Jimmy Fallon in the comedy Whip It (2009). The film was released by Fox Searchlight on October 2nd, 2009. Directed by Drew Barrymore, the film tells the story of an ex-beauty pageant contestant that leaves her crowns behind after joining a roller derby team. Lewis plays "Iron Maven", the star of a top derby team. Next, she joined the cast of the acclaimed European animated thriller Metropia (2009), as the voice of "Nina". She also appeared in the romantic comedy The Switch (2010), opposite Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman, and Patrick Wilson. The film tells the story of a single mother (Aniston) who decides to have a child using a sperm donor. Juliette plays "Debbie Epstein", the best friend of Aniston's character. Lewis also appears in Sympathy for Delicious (2010), Mark Ruffalo's directorial debut. The film follows a paralyzed DJ, struggling to survive on the streets of LA who turns to faith healing and mysteriously develops the ability to cure the sick. Juliette plays "Ariel", costarring alongside Orlando Bloom, Mark Ruffalo, and Laura Linney. The film took home the US Dramatic Special Jury Prize at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. Most recently, Juliette Lewis appears in the indie-drama Conviction (2010), which stars Hilary Swank, Melissa Leo, Minnie Driver, and Sam Rockwell. She plays "Roseanna Perry" in the true story of an unemployed single mother (Swank) who saw her brother begin serving a life sentence in 1983 for murder and robbery. The role has won Lewis praise from audiences and critics, alike, for her performance, with USA Today saying, "Juliette Lewis has an indelible role" and the San Francisco Chronicle saying "Her character work should be studied in schools. Just remarkable". In addition to Conviction (2010), Lewis also makes a cameo in Todd Phillips's comedy, Due Date (2010), starring Robert Downey Jr., Michelle Monaghan, and Zach Galifianakis.
Beginning in 2004, Juliette took a hiatus from acting to embark on a musical journey. After six years, two full length albums and countless high profile tours and festival gigs with her band, 'Juliette & the Licks', Juliette set out on a solo career. Releasing "Terra Incognita" last fall, the album has taken her all across the world from Europe to Japan to Turkey, Australia, North America and Canada. For more information on Juliette Lewis' music, please visit her MySpace page. Juliette Lewis resides in Los Angeles.- Actress
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Helen Hunt began studying acting at the age of eight with her father, respected director and acting coach Gordon Hunt. A year later she made her professional debut and afterwards worked steadily in films, theatre and television.- Julie Piekarski was born on 2 January 1963 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. She is an actress, known for The Facts of Life (1979), Diff'rent Strokes (1978) and Merry Christmas, Elijah. She was previously married to John Probst.
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Meredith Scott Lynn was born on 8 March 1970 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Hollywood Homicide (2003), Legally Blonde (2001) and Forces of Nature (1999).- Actress
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Lauren Tom is an Obie Award-winning actress, known for her roles as a dutiful daughter in the film The Joy Luck Club, as Ross's girlfriend, Julie, on the classic NBC sitcom Friends, and most recently as Mrs. Tran on Supernatural. Lauren also lent her voice talents on the animated series Futurama as the much loved character of Amy.
Recently, Lauren starred as a series regular in Andi Mack on The Disney Channel from 2016-2019. She also can be seen in the series, Guillermo Del Toro's Trollhunters and 3Below.
Next up, Lauren can be seen in a recurring role in the Amazon series, Goliath, alongside Billy Bob Thornton.
She has also appeared in the films, Grandma with Lily Tomlin, Bad Santa, In Good Company, When a Man Loves a Woman, Mr. Jones, With Friends Like These, Catfish in Black Bean Sauce, and Manhood.
On television, Lauren was a series regular as Mai on the ABC series Men in Trees, NBC's DAG as Delta Burke's secretary, Ginger Chin and on ABC's Grace Under Fire with Brett Butler. She also did a recurring stint on Showtime's series Barbershop.
On Broadway, she has appeared in A Chorus Line, Hurlyburly and Doonesbury, and has worked with directors such as Peter Sellars and Joanne Akalaitis at the Goodman and Guthrie Theaters, the La Jolla Playhouse and the Kennedy Center.
Her one-woman show, 25 Psychics, an engaging, humorous look at her quest for inner peace premiered at HBO'S U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen. The show received Dramalogue Awards for Best Performance and Best Direction.
Lauren's other voice work can be heard in the animated series King of the Hill, Codename: Kids Next Door, Teacher's Pet, Rocket Power, Max Steel, Batman, Superman, Kim Possible, Baby Clifford, American Dragon and the animated home video Mulan II...
She has also published personal essays in Brain, Child Magazine, East West Woman, Strut, Freshyarn.com, and is currently writing a book based on these essays.- Actor
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Robert Hooks was born on 18 April 1937 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. He is an actor, known for Trouble Man (1972), Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) and Passenger 57 (1992). He has been married to Lorrie Marlow since 15 June 2008. He was previously married to Yvonne Hickman and Rosie Lee Hooks.- Actor
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Greg Bradford was born on 14 August 1955 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for Zapped! (1982) and Let's Do It! (1983).- Julie Anne Haddock was born on 3 April 1965 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress, known for The Facts of Life (1979), The Great Santini (1979) and Boone (1983). She has been married to Eric Becker since 1997. They have one child.
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Peter Fox is also a writer whose play Acts Of God was recently published by Samuel French Co. He has also written and directed the CINE Golden Eagle Award winning short film "The Sorrowful Mysteries Of Boomer Pastor". Peter was a member of the Alliance Repertory Theatre in Los Angeles where he served as the Artistic Director for 16 years while also teaching directing at UCLA. He is a graduate of Harvard University with a concentration in Anthropology. He now lives in Ojai where he has been a member of both Theater 150 and The Art Center Theater. You can see his art work at www.peterfoxart.com .- Actor
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Reb Brown was born on 29 April 1948 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Space Mutiny (1988), Uncommon Valor (1983) and Yor: The Hunter from the Future (1983). He has been married to Cisse Cameron since 8 September 1979.- Grant Wilson was born on 25 August 1954 in San Francisco, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Doin' Time on Planet Earth (1988), The Powers of Matthew Star (1982) and Happy Days (1974).
- Erik Moses is known for Diff'rent Strokes (1978), Hill Street Blues (1981) and Trapper John, M.D. (1979). He has been married to Elayne since 25 April 2009. They have three children.
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Clark Brandon was born on 13 December 1958 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Skeeter (1993), Fast Food (1989) and Dark Secrets (1992).- Actress
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Felice Schachter was born on 17 November 1963 in Queens, New York, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for The Facts of Life (1979), Zapped! (1982) and Diff'rent Strokes (1978).- Denise Halma is known for Private Benjamin (1980), The Greatest American Hero (1981) and Square Pegs (1982).
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Holly Gagnier has established herself as a versatile actress on both coasts, appearing on stage, screen and television. She is best-known for her long stints on Days of Our Lives (1965), in the ground-breaking role of young teen mom "Ivy Jannings", for which she won the soap opera award for breakout new star. She went on to play "Cassie Callison" on One Life to Live (1968), and appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show (1986) as one of daytime's most popular stars. She has appeared in films opposite Adrien Brody, Scott Caan, Mark Hamill and Eric McCormack. She starred in the cult classic, Girls Just Want to Have Fun (1985), as the conniving nasty "Natalie Sands". An accomplished professional dancer, Holly did all her own dancing in the film. Holly was a series regular on Baywatch (1989) (you won't find her in a bathing suit though, she was the quirky performance artist "Gina Pomeroy"), recurring roles on Middle Ages (1992), Pacific Blue (1996) and as a young teen, opposite Lynn Redgrave, on House Calls (1979). She has appeared in over 70 guest-starring roles, from comedy, Friends (1994), Wings (1990), Guys Like Us (1998) and Dream On (1990), to drama, ER (1994), House (2004) and Crossing Jordan (2001). Miss Gagnier took several years off to raise her daughter and has recently began to work again. She completed the shorts Simone (2011), Sarah's Wish (2012) and Billy and the Hurricane (2009) for which she won three consecutive best actress awards in a short at the Playhouse West Film Festival. Her project, Waiting for Goldblum (2010), which she wrote, produced, and directed, was a nominee at the 2010 Hollywood Mockfest film festival. She most recently was seen on Private Practice (2007), and the season finale of Ringer (2011), recent features include The Son of an Afghan Farmer (2012). She is a member of Playhouse West Repertory Theater, as well as an original member of the Playhouse West Comedy Improv troupe. She is most proud of her mentor-ship program, where she guides young actors on their career path.- Actor
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It all started when Dan took the stage as a Grandpa in a school production at aged 9. Then he moved onto doing Shelley Berman imitations at his Bar Mitzvah. Oh, then let's not forget a temple production of Man of La Mancha, in which he portrayed Don Quixote (the shortest Cervantes on record). During one performance, one of his 2 inch heels fell off, along with half of his beard. Yet he gamely continued singing and limping, all the while swiping his hands across his face in an attempt to re-adhere the darned thing. Now that's perseverance- something he learned from his Dad. So it was of course ironic that when he finally turned pro, after all those years playing mature gentleman, that he would end up playing teenage juvenile delinquents while he was well into his 20's. Now that he genuinely has matured, physically and otherwise, he's much happier playing villains (Hacker), and nasty dictators (Napoleon in Le Jeu Des Soldats and Last Days of Toussaint L'Ouverture). It's great being able to get up in the morning and not have to put white out under the eyes to look 17 in Happy Days. Dan believes that acting is a noble profession, especially in that moment of magical connection between the actor and the audience. And that is why he loves doing it for its own sake, for its own intrinsic value. He also maintains a strong commitment to his family, for when the chips are down, they are the ones you can truly rely on.- Actress
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Jami Gertz was born on 28 October 1965 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Twister (1996), The Lost Boys (1987) and Still Standing (2002). She has been married to Antony Ressler since 16 June 1989. They have three children.- Actor
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Peter Reckell was born on 7 May 1955 in Elkhart, Indiana, USA. He is an actor, known for Days of Our Lives (1965), Knots Landing (1979) and Venice the Series (2009). He has been married to Kelly Moneymaker since 18 April 1998. They have one child. He was previously married to Dale Kristien.- Tom Fitzsimmons was born on 28 October 1947 in San Francisco, California, USA. He is an actor, known for The Paper Chase (1978), Great Performances (1971) and Swashbuckler (1976).
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The original MacGyver (1985) and Stargate SG-1 (1997) star was born on January 23, 1950, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His father, Stuart Anderson, was a teacher at a local high school and his mother, Jocelyn, was an artist who was talented in both sculpting and painting. He and his three younger brothers (Jeffrey, Thomas, and James) grew up in Roseville, a suburb of Minneapolis. He developed a love for sports, music (especially jazz) and acting.
As a teenager, Anderson dreamed of becoming a professional hockey player as a teenager. But, at age sixteen, he broke both of his arms in separate incidents, the second of which was so bad that he had to be hospitalized for three months, putting paid to the dream of becoming a hockey player. He went hitchhiking on the open road via a 5,641-mile bicycle trip from Minnesota to Alaska. Although accompanied by several friends at the beginning of this trip, he traveled the last thirty-three days alone. This experience gave him a more centered sense of direction in his life.
After studying drama at St. Cloud State University and at Ohio University (without completing his degree), he briefly moved to New York before settling in Los Angeles, where he worked as a juggler and a street mime and in a Renaissance-style cabaret. He worked briefly in Marineland, where his jobs included holding fish in his mouth for killer whales to leap up and snatch. Subsequently, he appeared in plays and formed a rock band called "Rick Dean and the Dante" with his friend Carl Dante in which he sang and played the guitar.
His big break came in 1976, when he was cast in the popular daytime drama General Hospital (1963) as Dr. Jeff Webber. He continued to play the role for five years until he felt it was time to move on to prime-time drama. He made numerous guest appearances in series such as The Facts of Life (1979) and The Love Boat (1977) and was cast as the star in two CBS series, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1982) and Emerald Point N.A.S. (1983), but both lasted just one season.
His next big success came in 1985, when he won the role as the title character in the ABC adventure series MacGyver (1985). He was cast because the producers were impressed by the lack of pretension he showed at his audition. As he is nearsighted, it was necessary for him to wear his glasses for the reading. The series lasted seven seasons and ran for 139 episodes. It was hugely successful throughout its run and has continued to be popular all over the world. He reprised his role in two TV movies, MacGyver: Lost Treasure of Atlantis (1994) and MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday (1994), both produced by his own production company, Gekko Film Corp, which he co-founded with Michael Greenburg.
Having made a huge impression in Ordinary Heroes (1986) as a blind Vietnam veteran struggling to rebuild his life in the United States. After "MacGyver" ended he moved on to such made-for-television movies as In the Eyes of a Stranger (1992), Through the Eyes of a Killer (1992), Beyond Betrayal (1994), Past the Bleachers (1995) and Pandora's Clock (1996). He returned to series television in 1995, when he was cast as Ernest Pratt/Nicodemus Legend in Legend (1995), an adventure series that aired on UPN. He served as executive producer of the series, in which one of his co-stars was his close friend John de Lancie. His character was a dime novelist (Pratt) who took on the persona of the protagonist in his novels (Legend). The series was primarily a comedy, a blend of the western and science fiction.
He found major success again when cast as Colonel (later Brigadier General) Jack O'Neill in Stargate SG-1 (1997), an adventure/science fiction series based on the blockbuster Stargate (1994) starring Kurt Russell and James Spader. The series began filming in Vancouver on February 19, 1997, and premiered on Showtime on July 27, 1997 and on Fox Friday nights. The series has remained extremely successful since then, eventually resulting in the creation of a spin-off series, Stargate: Atlantis (2004), in 2004, and the now-canceled video game "Stargate SG-1: The Alliance" in 2005. Both series aired on the Sci-Fi Channel. He appeared, sporadically, in the latest spin-off series, Stargate Universe (2009). His role in the SG-1 series was substantially reduced in its seventh and eighth seasons, which culminated in his departure from the series in 2005.
Never married, he had dated many women including such actresses as Teri Hatcher, Lara Flynn Boyle, and Sela Ward as well as German ice-skater Katarina Witt. Since 1996, his partner has been Apryl A. Prose, mother of his only child, Wylie Quinn Annarose Anderson (born August 2, 1998).- Actress
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Rosanne Katon was born on 5 February 1952 in New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for Motel Hell (1980), Bachelor Party (1984) and St. Elsewhere (1982). She has been married to Richard Walden since 9 January 1984. They have one child.- Louis Welch is known for The Car (1977), A Wedding on Walton's Mountain (1982) and Beyond Westworld (1980). He has been married to Michu Case since 12 May 1983. They have three children.
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Steven Anderson was born on 24 November 1955 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor and director, known for When a Stranger Calls (1979), Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989) and The X-Files (1993).- Actor
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Shawn Stevens (born April 5, 1958) is an American film, television and stage actor, singer and entrepreneur.
Life Overview Shawn Stevens was born Shawn Perry Stevens in Morristown, New Jersey April 5, 1958, the first child of Gary Kieth Stevens, a carpenter, pilot and construction contractor, and Gladys Edna (Chich) Smith, a homemaker. Stevens lived in Morristown, New Jersey until his family moved to Burbank, Ca. in 1969. Stevens is the oldest of 3 children. He has a sister Jodi Beth (Blatz. b/1961) and brother Gary Kieth Jr. (b/1963). Stevens was raised Church of Christ and converted to Mormonism at age 19. Stevens married Kaylene McLaws in 1984 and together they have 4 children, Tauren-Ashlee (Tucker b. 1985), Shawn Kory (b. 1989), Perry Christian (b. 1981) and Vince Kayson (b. 1993). Shawn has 1 grandson and is expecting a 2nd in the summer of 2014. Shawn is uncle to actor/musician Kelly Blatz (One Square Mile, Aaron Stone, April Showers, and Prom Night).
Jersey Boy Stevens' parents were very young and still in high school (Bernard's High, Bernardsville, New Jersey) when he was born and Shawn attended his parents' high school graduation. In his infancy Shawn spent a great deal of time with his maternal and paternal grandparents and extended family who all lived in the vicinity. From his paternal grandmother (Stevens' father's father passed away in 1961 when Shawn was 3 years old) and great-grandparents, Stevens developed a deep abiding faith in God. Stevens' great grandfather, Eddie Grindley, was a Church of Christ minister who founded several Christian summer camps (Camp Shiloh in Mendham, N.J and Camp Hunt near Hubbardsville, New York) primarily for inner-city youth from the boroughs of New York City. The singer/actor Pat Boone was a close family friend during these years. Through his maternal grandparents, who were Methodists, Stevens was schooled in music and the arts. Stevens' grandmother Alberta May (Trebilcock), or Nana, was a piano player while his grandfather Vince William Smith (a U.S. Navy Veteran of WW2) was a Wall Street banker, violinist and painter. Stevens' first exposure to live theater came when his Nana would take him to the nearby Papermill Playhouse in Milburn New Jersey to see children's plays and musicals, his favorite being The Frog Prince. Stevens also remembers seeing Raymond Burr in a live stage production and his first trip into New York City to see the world premiere of The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964 starring Debbie Reynolds who Shawn would later meet while in high school) at Radio City Music Hall with The Rockettes opening the show.
As a child, Stevens remembers his first performance opportunity came in kindergarten (at South Street Elementary in Morristown New Jersey) as a clown in a school variety show. Shawn noticed that the older boy who was playing the "strong man" had left his bar bells on the stage. Not wanting to see the show ruined by the prop being left on stage, Shawn rushed out to center stage and retrieved the fake weights with one hand. To his amazement the audience broke out in laughter and applause. Stevens bowed and 'a ham was born'. Shawn knew that this was what he wanted to do with his life. Stevens would follow up his New Jersey elementary school acting "career" with portrayals of The Mighty Oak in The Oak and the Reed and as a Dwarf in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Stevens also developed a love for singing and would enjoy singing holiday and patriotic songs when prompted by his teachers. Stevens remembers singing America the Beautiful in front of his 2nd grade class. When funding was cut for music instruction in school Shawn jumped in and prevailed on the teacher to let him take over. Shawn remembers teaching his classmates songs like Born Free and Edelweiss. Stevens would also conduct acapella hymn singing (Church of Christ does not have instrumental music) in his church congregation as early as 10 years of age.
The Wonder Full Years When Stevens was 10 his family moved to California so his father could pursue career opportunities. Stevens felt that this was fortuitous for his desire to have a performing career as well. (Shawn remembers his parting words to his friends when driving away from his home as "watch for me on TV!"). Within months of landing in Burbank, California (home of Walt Disney, Universal, Warner Bros. and NBC Studios) Shawn had hand written a letter to Walt Disney introducing himself, and with the help of a friend's father (who worked at Disney) delivered the letter to Mr. Disney's office. Although this didn't lead to a personal meeting with Mr. Disney, the letter was passed off to the head of the Disney children's casting office and a meeting was granted. He was told to get some more experience and to be in every local and school production possible and that the time would come. That's all Shawn needed to hear. That summer, Shawn's elementary school, Thomas Jefferson Elementary, was making a film as a summer activity of The Wizard of Oz. Shawn wanted to play his favorite character, The Cowardly Lion, and the audition criteria was whoever made the best costume got the part. Shawn and his mom set about dyeing pajamas, attaching fake nails to socks and fashioning yarn to make a wig and mane. Their efforts paid off and Shawn was in his glory that summer hamming it up in front of the 16 mm camera. Through another family friend that year Shawn heard about a local theater, The Glendale Centre Theatre, in neighboring Glendale, California that was casting a production of Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Shawn auditioned and was cast as The Spirit of Christmas Past, a role generally played by an adult. This production played to a sold out house of 350+ patrons nightly for 6 weeks. Shawn had found a home! Stevens remained the resident young male actor at GCT through his adolescence and teens, oft times taking the bus to and from the theater, performing in every play possible including The Remarkable Mister Pennypacker, I Remember Mama, Up the Down Staircase, Turn 'Round West Wind and the annual A Christmas Carol, maturing into multiple roles (Shawn's wife and children would later appear in the production making it a family affair. Life would come full circle!) Stevens was simultaneously highly involved in his junior high school (John Muir Jr. High) and senior high school (Burbank Senior High, class of 1976) drama, choral music and, even, band departments (Shawn took up playing the bass drum) where he sang barbershop, men's, mixed, and madrigal music (Shawn was awarded Best Male Vocalist for 4 straight years), played in marching band, and played leads in such plays as Barefoot in the Park, Bad Seed, David and Lisa (directed by classmate Tim Burton) and, his personal favorite, portrayed Prof. Harold Hill in Meredith Wilson's The Music Man. Other high school musical highlights including Shawn receiving a vocal scholarship to Idyllwild School of Music and the Arts, where Shawn won the coveted opportunity to sing the school Alma Mater at commencement, and participation in the Southern California and All-State Honor Choirs, the latter directed by Roger Wagner (of the world famous Roger Wagner Choral). Not one to waste time during his summer breaks from high school, Shawn participated in the Teenage Drama Workshop at California State, Northridge where he would study musical theater. Another alum from this program, who would become a great friend, is the award winning actress Mare Winningham (Amber Waves, Hatfields and McCoys).
Adversity and Opportunity At age 13 Shawn had back to back removal of his tonsils and appendix and, when his mother offered him a treat for having endured going under the knife, asked if he could have voice lessons. He began taking voice lessons, with an emphasis on musical theater. (He would later study with Seth Riggs, Nolan Van Way and David Craig.) As a side note, Shawn had several illnesses during his teen years and was forced to miss school for extended periods of time. Although he did keep up with his schoolwork from home he also used this time to watch the many classic movies that used to play on television during the daytime and evenings. He would develop a deep respect and admiration for the great actors from the golden age of film and would put many of the great scenes and monologues to memory. Henry Fonda, Orson Welles and Jimmy Stewart were among his favorites and he was overjoyed at the prospects of meeting and perhaps working with them someday, which he was able to accomplish. He even met Debbie Reynolds by whom he had been mesmerized as a youth while watching her onscreen at the Radio City Music Hall in The Unsinkable Molly Brown. Again, his young life had come full circle!
On The Road During his senior year of high school, Stevens auditioned for and was invited to join the singing group "The Young Americans' where he participated in their summer repertory group "Torchlite Musical Theater" in Petosky, Michigan. During his first summer away from home he played a variety of roles in the musicals George M., Oklahoma, GODSPEL, and The Music Man. Stevens was also invited to tour with the group in a 9 month, 165 city, 48 state tour which he says was one of the most grueling experiences of his life.
(Shawn's only post high school educational experience came in the form of a semester at Los Angeles Valley College where he participated in the musical Fiddler on the Roof in the role of Perchik.)
After landing back in L.A., Stevens auditioned for a role which was to change the course of his life. A family friend knew of a director who was looking for a young man to play the lead in a low-budget independent feature. The film was called "No Place to Ride" and was a thriller about 3 friends being terrorized by a crazed killer while dirt biking in the southeastern badlands of Utah. Shawn was offered the part and was off to Utah (Kanab) for 6 weeks. It was while in Utah that Stevens had the opportunity to witness Mormonism at work and where he developed the desire to investigate the LDS Church further when he returned to Los Angeles. This led to his becoming a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon) in 1977 at age 19. (About this time Shawn also signed with personal manager, Bonnie Larson (also LDS), who would groom Shawn and place him with noted theatrical agent Arnold Soloway at The Artist Group.) Shortly after becoming a Mormon and setting out on his new faith journey Shawn was offered the leading role of Jimmy in the LDS landmark musical "Saturday's Warrior", with which he toured the western United States for the next year.
Big Break Stevens' big break into television came in the summer of 1978 when he landed the leading role in the William Blinn (Brian's Song, Roots, 8 is Enough, Starsky and Hutch) penned and produced series "The Mackenzies of Paradise Cove" for ABC. The series was filmed entirely in Hawaii and co-starred Clu Gulager (The Virginian), Sean Marshall (Pete's Dragon) and Keith Coogan (Adventures in Babysitting). Although the series only lasted 1 season, it was enough to catapult Stevens into the spotlight. Shawn was quickly picked up by the teen magazines and in 1980, at the non-teen age of 20, was named the most popular "Teen Idol" by Laufer Publications (Tiger Beat, Teen Beat) due to the tremendous amount of fan mail he received at their offices. Shawn would continue to dominate the covers and pages of teen targeted publications through the mid 80's.
Career Stevens continued to work on television and in films (see filmography) continuously throughout the early and mid '80's. He appeared in a wide variety of genres and acting styles including soaps, sit-coms, afterschool specials, episodic, and mini-series' and would appear as himself on game shows, talk shows, and telethons. Shawn would eagerly use his "celebrity" status to participate in charitable causes such as being a national spokesman for the March of Dimes' Walk America and also serving as host for 4 years of the Miss Teen USA Pageant. One of Shawn's most rewarding experiences was when he was invited to be the guest of honor and perform at a fundraiser for the Morristown N.J. chapter of Birthright. He was surprised to have the date proclaimed "Shawn Stevens Day" in his hometown and to be given the Key to the City by the mayor. In addition to acting, Shawn was simultaneously pursuing a singing career. He was featured as a singer in numerous live events across the country and on television. It was while singing on the soap opera Search for Tomorrow (Shawn's character sang live 2 to 3 times a week) that Shawn caught the attention of iconic record producer Michael Lloyd (Shaun Cassidy, Debbie Boone, Leif Garrett, and The Osmonds) and was signed to a recording contract with Warner/Curb Records. Not one to rest on his laurels, Shawn always had the dream of giving back and starting a children's theater like the one that had inspired him as a child. In 1983 Shawn turned the dream into a reality when he founded The Children's Theater of Los Angeles with the assistance of Magic Castle founder Milt Larsen. Mr. Larsen also owned the historic Variety Arts Theater in downtown Los Angeles which became the home of the CTLA. The inaugural production of the CTLA was an original musical called I Will which followed a group of children into the Tudorian world of William Shakespeare. Although a critical success, the show lost money and the support of backers and Shawn was forced to reconsider his foray into the world of children's theater. The theater company closed after it's second production, Big Time.
Focus on Family In 1983 Shawn met the love of his life, Kaylene McLaws, (a fashion designer within the garment industry) at church and after a year's courtship they were married June 16, 1984. Together they have 4 children (Tauren-Ashlee b. 1985 (married Dylan Tucker 2012), Shawn Kory Albert b. 1989 (married Mallory Peterson 2011), Perry Christian Garack b. 1991, Vince Kayson Clark b. 1993) and have one grandchild, Shawn Jeremiah, and are expecting a second, Jack Dylan, in the summer of 2014. In 1987 Shawn participated in an LDS missionary film called "Our Heavenly Father's Plan" and, after searching his conscience, decided to voluntarily put his professional career on the shelf so as to allow the film to serve its purpose worldwide. Shawn also took this as an opportunity to pursue other interests and focus on his family and personal growth.
Second Act In 2012, after 25 years offstage, Shawn was given the opportunity to audition for the legendary 50's and 60's doo wop group The Diamonds (Li'l Darlin', The Stroll) and was invited to perform with them during a 4 month engagement headlining the world famous Palm Springs Follies. During this experience Shawn remembered how much he missed and loved performing and, with the love and support of his family, decided to set about returning to his passion. Shawn will be appearing in the T.C. Christensen penned and directed feature The Cokeville Miracle to be filmed the summer of 2014 and has several other projects in development including reality show concepts and theatrical productions.- Actress
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Joyce Bulifant was born on 16 December 1937 in Newport News, Virginia, USA. She is an actress and director, known for Airplane! (1980), Dirty Love (2005) and American Playhouse (1980). She was previously married to Roger Perry, Glade Bruce Hansen, William Asher, Edward Mallory and James MacArthur.- Todd Hallowell was born on 16 April 1966 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Otherworld (1985), The Facts of Life (1979) and Hill Street Blues (1981).
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David Wysocki was born on 23 November 1958 in Miami, Florida, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Gold Dust (2020), General Hospital (1963) and Days of Our Lives (1965). He has been married to Lisa Trusel since 1 November 1986. They have four children.- Actress
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Beverly Nero is the daughter of Grammy Award-winning pianist/composer/conductor, Peter Nero.
A composer in her own right, Nero and Margot Rose co-wrote the title song for Del Shores cult-hit feature, Sordid Lives (2000) (performed by Olivia Newton-John in the film), soundtrack, and series Sordid Lives: The Series (2008).
In 1978, Nero moved to L.A. to study with Joan Darling, her creative inspiration and life-mentor.
Fluent in American Sign Language, Beverly has been affiliated with the Tony Award-winning "Deaf West Theatre" since 1993 and is a proud consulting staff and board member. Nero is also an active acting/writing/producing member of Neo Ensemble Theatre.- Actor
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Scott Strader was born on 12 January 1961 in Orange County, California, USA. He is an actor and manager, known for The Karate Kid (1984), Jocks (1986) and General Hospital (1963).- Actress
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Molly Ringwald was born in Roseville, California, to Adele Edith (Frembd), a chef, and Robert Ringwald, a blind jazz pianist. Her ancestry includes German, English, and Swedish. She released an album at the age of 6 entitled, "I Wanna Be Loved By You, Molly Sings". She is the youngest daughter of Bob Ringwald. At age five she starred in a stage production of "Alice in Wonderland", playing the dormouse.- Actor
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Jermaine Jackson is an American singer from Gary, Indiana, and a member of the Jackson family which has been active in show-business for generations. Jermaine himself has been active as a singer since his childhood. He was both the second vocalist and the bass guitarist of the pop band "The Jackson Five" from 1964 to 1975. He rejoined the renamed group in 1983, and has remained with it through several breakups and reunions. He also had several top-30 hits of his own in a solo career.
In December 1954, Jackson was born in Gary, Indiana. The city was founded in 1906 by the United States Steel Corporation, and was primarily known as a center for the steel industry. It is located within the Chicago metropolitan area, at a distance of 25 miles (40 km) from downtown Chicago. Jackson was the fourth child born to Joe Jackson (1928-2018) and his wife Katherine Jackson (1930-, born under the name Kattie B. Screws). Joe was a guitarist for the band "The Falcons", and Katherine was a pianist and singer. Neither of them had a particularly lucrative career, and Joe worked at times as a steel mill worker.
Along with some of his brothers, Jackson practiced his own songs with his father's guitar at an early age. Their mother taught them to sing harmonies, and they founded their own band in 1964. Joe realized that his sons could become more successful than he ever was, and started training them under a strict regimen.
"The Jackson 5" signed a contract with Steeltown Records in November, 1967. In January 1968, they released their first single under the title "Big Boy". In 1969, the band signed a new contract with Motown Records. Motown had been one of the leading record labels of the 1960s, and was better able to promote their songs. Jackson started a romantic relationship with Hazel Gordy, daughter of the Motown founder Berry Gordy (1929-). The couple were married in 1973.
"The Jackson 5" became Motown's main marketing focus in the early 1970s. Their name has used on an ever-increasing number of merchandise, and they were even used as the main inspiration for a Saturday morning cartoon by the animation studio Rankin/Bass. However, the Jackson siblings were increasingly displeased with Motown's practices in the field of royalties. They were earning only 2.8% of royalties from Motown. In June 1975, the band signed a more lucrative contract with Epic Records. But Jackson remain loyal to Motown and left the band.
Jackson had already enjoyed solo success with his 1972 cover of the song "Daddy's Home", which had sold sold over one million copies. His subsequent solo hit songs were "That's How Love Goes", "Let's Be Young Tonight", "Bass Odyssey", "Feel the Fire", "Let Me Tickle Your Fancy" , "Let's Get Serious" , "Dynamite", "Do What You Do" , and "I Think It's Love". Jermaine decided to rejoin the renamed band "The Jacksons" in 1983, and worked on their album "Victory".
In 1984, Jackson and his brother Michael released the duet song "Tell Me I'm Not Dreamin' (Too Good to Be True)". It received a lot of airplay. It peaked at 6th place on the Radio and Records' Top 40 chart, a chart based solely on airplay. It also reached the 1st place on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart. However, there was a legal dispute between the record labels Epic and Arista over who owned the rights to this song. Due to this dispute, the song had only a limited distribution on records. Jermaine and Michael both provided guest vocals on the hit song "Somebody's Watching Me" (1984) by Rockwell.
In October 1984, Jackson and Pia Zadora collaborated on the duet song "When the Rain Begins to Fall". It was only moderately successful in the United States, but became a smash hit in Europe during 1985. It topped the charts in Austria, Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and West Germany. Cover versions of the song by other singers have also enjoyed chart success, decades following the song's initial release.
In 1989, Jackson released the single "Don't Take It Personal". It peaked at 64th place on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart, and on the 1st place at the R&B chart. This was his last song to rank highly at any chart. Also in 1989, "The Jacksons" released the studio album "2300 Jackson Street". Despite receiving critical praise, the album peaked at 59th place on the Billboard Top Pop Albums. Disappointed with their declining commercial success, the band disbanded. This has remained their final studio album.
Jackson's music career declined during the 1990s, though some of his stage performances managed to attract crowds. In 1997, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with other members of "The Jackson 5". In 2001, "The Jacksons" reunited for two performances at Madison Square Garden. They were celebrating the 30h anniversary of Michael Jackson's debut performance as a solo singer.
In 2007, Jackson was a contestant at the "Celebrity Big Brother UK". He acted as a peaceful mediator between his arguing housemates, receiving attention from the press. While staying in the United Kingdom, Jackson voiced support for an anti-racism campaign which was financed by the magazine "Searchlight". In 2008, Jackson served as a guest judge for the music show "Australian Idol". That same year, he was invited as the guest of honor at the "Muslim Writers Awards" in Birmingham.
From December 2009 to January 2010, Jackson and several of his brothers appeared in the reality television series "The Jacksons: A Family Dynasty". The series in part focused on the plans of the brothers to relaunch their music careers, and in part on their reactions to the then-recent death of their brother Michael Jackson. The series only lasted for 6 episodes. Plans for a second season ended in development hell.
In 2011, Jackson published the memoir "You Are Not Alone: Michael Through a Brother's Eyes ". It focused on his memories concerning his deceased brother Michael. In 2012, "The Jacksons" reunited for their first concert tour in decades. Their tour lasted from June 2012 to July 2013. Jackson had previously refused to collaborate with his brothers for a 2011 tribute concert in Cardiff.. He reportedly felt that the concert capitalized on the publicity for an ongoing manslaughter trial, which was based on the suspicious death of Michael Jackson. .
In October 2012, Jackson released his solo album "I Wish You Love". It was his first solo album since 1991, and consisted mostly of cover song renditions of previous Jazz hits. The album was produced by the French singer David Serero through his private record label. Jackson and Serero also recorded the duet song "Autumn Leaves". They performed together in the musical "You Are Not Alone: The Musical" (2013).
In 2015, Jackson was in the news for his private life. In November 2015, his third wife Halima Rashid was arrested on charges of domestic violence. She had reportedly been abusing Jackson during their marriage. Rashid herself filed a petition for divorce in June 2016. Jackson had no children with Rashid, but had fathered 7 children from previous relationships.
By 2022, Jackson was 67-years-old. He has not released any new records or singles since 2015, but he has at times provided stage performances of various songs. He has never fully retired, and he retains a cult following due to his fondly recalled songs. While often overshadowed by his brother Michael, Jackson himself has had remarkable endurance as a performer.- Jere Fields was born on 2 July 1959 in Onslow County, North Carolina, USA. She is an actress, known for Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985), ABC Afterschool Specials (1972) and Body Slam (1986).
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DARRELL FETTY... BIO ...wrote and produced with Leslie Greif History Network's successful miniseries Texas Rising, which won three Emmys, New York Film Festival Gold Medal Awards, Golden Reel awards, online film & television awards (Best Visual Effects and Costume Design) and the National Cowboy and Western Heritage award for Outstanding Television Feature. Directed by Oscar-nominated Roland Joffe and starring (among others) Bill Paxton, Kris Kristofferson, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, and Olivier Martinez, Texas Rising earned the Screen Actors Guild "Best Actor in a TV Movie/Miniseries for Ray Liotta and the Women's Image Network award "Best Actress in a Drama Series" for Cynthia Adai-Robinson. Greif & Fetty's Hatfields & McCoys miniseries for History, starring Kevin Costner and directed by Kevin Reynolds, was the highest rated entertainment cable telecast of all time, earning Emmy, Golden Globe, and Producer Guild Nominations for Darrell as well as sixteen Emmy nominations (with five wins) and two Golden Globes as well as Screen Actors Guild, Satellite, TCA, Critics Choice awards, and numerous other media and film industry nominations and awards for the miniseries. Darrell was originally inspired to tell the true version of this legendary feud by his first wife Carolyne McCoy, a descendant of both Hatfield and McCoy ancestors. Darrell partnered with Executive Producer Leslie Greif when both were just starting out in the film business and their journey to make the definitive Hatfields & McCoys was a years-in-the-making labor of love. Darrell graduated at the top of his class from one of the last one-room schoolhouses in the nation at Balls' Gap, West Virginia. Of course, he was also at the bottom of his class, since he was the only kid in sixth grade. As a teenager, Darrell went from playing piano for a church choir to singing and playing in Rock bands and acting. At Marshall University, he was active in theatre, WMUL TV & radio and the Parthenon newspaper. He was still in college when he created and fronted "The Satisfied Minds," recording artists for Plato Records. After graduation from Marshall, Darrell headed west. He soon got a job in the mail room of American International Pictures, working his way up to Story Analyst during the era of that storied company's dominance in low-budget horror, "Blaxploitation," and biker movies. He was also trying to kick start an acting career by auditioning at every opportunity for Los Angeles theatre and student film productions, eventually landing roles at the Mark Taper Forum and Hollywood's Ford Amphitheatre and in short films for, among others, Bob Gale and Robert Zemeckis (Back To The Future, Forest Gump), USC film students at the time. Darrell continued his music career by joining the L.A. band "Pacific Ocean" with actor/singer Edward James Olmos (Miami Vice, Blade Runner, Academy Award nominee for Stand And Deliver). Their adventures during those early days have been chronicled by his band mate Steven "Rusty" Johnson in the book Walk Don't Run from Kalisti Publishing Co. Darrell's other musical endeavors include composing songs for TV and movies and a stage collaboration with poet/writer James Kavanaugh called "Street Music,"a musical staged in San Francisco and Beverly Hills. Darrell's first paid acting job was as a teenage bully on Room 222, one of television's first high school dramas. He went on to guest star in over one hundred roles on episodic TV (Happy Days, Starsky & Hutch, Kojak, Streets Of San Francisco, Hawaii Five-O, Facts Of Life, thirty something, One Day At A Time, Fantasy Island...to name few) as well as a number of television movies and mini- series (Gangster Chronicles, James Michener's Centennial, Murder Ordained, Elvis And The Beauty Queen, etc.).Darrell also had prominent roles in the feature films Endangered Species, Blood Beach, Stunts, The Wind And The Lion with Sean Connery and Candace Bergen, and writer/director John Milius' surfing epic Big Wednesday. Darrell starred in several TV network pilots, including one about a rock band for CBS/Universal called Friends, (a title later used for a rather more successful series). After Friends, Darrell began writing a screenplay intended as a starring vehicle for himself. The script, optioned but never produced, led to more writing jobs (TV's Simon & Simon, Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer) and feature development deals. During this time, he teamed with MTV director Francis Delia to write music videos for recording artists Adam Ant, The Ramones, Jefferson Starship, Michael Murphy, The Blasters, and The Bangles. Darrell married actress/model Joyce Ingalls (The Man Who Would Not Die, Deadly Force, Paradise Alley) in 1984. After the birth of their sons Derek & Tyler, Darrell turned to writing full-time, taking a staff job on the NBC series- Tammy Lauren was born on 16 November 1968 in San Diego, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Wishmaster (1997), Mork & Mindy (1978) and Homefront (1991). She has been married to Guri Weinberg since 31 January 1997.
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Dan Frischman was born on 23 April 1959 in Whippany, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Kenan & Kel (1996), Get Crazy (1983) and Masked and Anonymous (2003).- Actor
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Scott McGinnis has over twenty-five years experience in the Entertainment industry with dozens of credits to his name. He began his career as an actor, performing in Network TV Series and theatrical films co-starring with Actors Sean Penn, Nicolas Cage, James woods and Paul Reiser (McGinnis is best known by Star Trek fans as Mr. Adventure in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock. He then moved into directing, with his first Feature Film starring academy award nominee Virginia Madsen at The Roger Corman Studio where the careers of Francis Ford Coppola, Jack Nicholson, Martin Scorsese, Ron Howard, Peter Bogdanovich, Joe Dante, James Cameron, John Sayles, Curtis Hanson and Robert Towne (to name a few) were started. His second feature film was nominated for "Best Film (1995) International Fantasy Film Awards. He was the co-creator of 360 Entertainment leading the development team producing films with partner Robert Patrick for Paramount and Warner Bros. home video. One of these productions led to a Saturn Award for Best Home Video Release. He then directed over twenty-five episodes of network television with Producers like, Joss Weadon (The Avengers) Shawn Ryan, David Greenwalt (Grimm), John Landis and The Walt Disney Company. He also produced and directed two reality TV pilots for MTV and Turner Networks.- Actor
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Veteran stage and TV actor David Ackroyd was born on May 30, 1940 in Orange, New Jersey, the son of Arthur, an insurance adjuster, and Charlotte (nee Henderson) Ackroyd. He studied at Bucknell University in Pennsylvania where he received his BA in 1962 as a ROTC student. Following his graduation he appeared in community theater productions while serving in Arizona with the military. He then focused on the arts as a career after enrolling at the Yale Drama School where he earned his Masters of Fine Arts in 1968.
Ackroyd garnered early credits at Yale Repertory Theatre (for three seasons) and Williamstown Theatre Festival (for six seasons). He also found challenging and varied stage work outside the U.S., in Taiwan, Russia, Poland, Germany, France, and the former Czechoslovakia. Dark and handsome, he extended his stage career onscreen in the early 1970s, beginning with the daytime soap operas The Secret Storm (1954) and Another World (1964). He progressed to prime-time work as Gary Ewing in Dallas (1978) until Ted Shackelford successfully took over the role when the character moved front and center with the spin-off drama Knots Landing (1979).
A durable guest star for decades on such popular TV series as Lou Grant (1977), Trapper John, M.D. (1979), St. Elsewhere (1982), Cagney & Lacey (1981), MacGyver (1985), Highway to Heaven (1984), Doogie Howser, M.D. (1989), Murder, She Wrote (1984), Walker, Texas Ranger (1993), and Xena: Warrior Princess (1995), Ackroyd had recurring roles as Dr. Boyer in AfterMASH (1983) and Dr. Bart Langley in A Peaceable Kingdom (1989). He provided strong support in the two-part TV special The Dark Secret of Harvest Home (1978) (starring Bette Davis) as well as such made-for-television movies as And I Alone Survived (1978), Women in White (1979), Deadly Lessons (1983), When Your Lover Leaves (1983), The Children of Times Square (1986), Hell Hath No Fury (1991), The Fear Inside (1992), and Against the Wall (1994) and four exceptional mini-series (The Word (1978), Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder (1987), Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story (1987), and Windmills of the Gods (1988)). Ackroyd also appeared in feature films, including The Mountain Men (1980), The Sound of Murder (1982), Wrestling with God (1990), Dark Angel (1990), Love, Cheat & Steal (1993), Dead On (1994), Raven (1996), and No Strings Attached (1997).
Prone to playing intelligent, upscale types or white-collar professionals (senators, doctors, lawyers, etc.), David continued to prevail on the stage with potent performances in 'Unlikely Heroes' (his 1971 Broadway debut), 'The Rivals', 'Juno and the Paycock', 'Hamlet' (as Rosencrantz), 'Private Lives', 'Children of a Lesser God' (replacing original star John Rubinstein), 'A Soldier's Play', 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?', 'Six Characters in Search of an Author', and an 2003 off-Broadway appearance in 'It Just Catches'. A well-seasoned narrator in documentary stories for the History Channel, he has sometimes utilized his well-modulated vocals for such animated cartoons as 'Johnny Quest' and 'Captain Planet and the Planeteers'. Much of his most recent professional work has been voice work.
Long married to wife Ruth Liming, a college admissions officer, the couple has two daughters, Jessica and Abigail. He is a professor of drama at Flathead Valley Community College (Kalispell, Montana) and a founding member of the Alpine Theatre Project which produces plays for the Whitefish Theatre Company.- Jimmy Baio was born on 15 March 1962 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for Soap (1977), Joe and Sons (1975) and Matt Houston (1982).
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David Raynr was born on 17 March 1961 in the USA. He is an actor and director, known for Colors (1988), Spiritual Warriors (2007) and Whatever It Takes (2000).- John P. Navin Jr. was born on 24 July 1968. He is an actor, known for Vacation (1983), Jennifer Slept Here (1983) and Explorers (1985).
- Ben Marley was born on 1 June 1957 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Apollo 13 (1995), Jaws 2 (1978) and From the Earth to the Moon (1998).
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Born and raised in Coventry, Rhode Island, Peter Frechette earned a B.F.A. in Theatre from the University of Rhode Island before moving to New York City to pursue acting there on stage. He earned Tony Award nominations for his performances in the play Eastern Standard which played on Broadway, and the off-Broadway production of Our Country's Good. Additional stage credits include Night and Her Stars, and The Destiny of Me.
He moved to Los Angeles in the late 1970s to pursue acting in the movies and on television where his first movie role was a minor part in playing a T-Bird gang member in Grease 2 (1982), which used the singing skills he learned on Broadway to good measure. From then on, Frechette acted in many acclaimed guest TV spots on shows such as L.A. Law (1986), Picket Fences (1992), and Thirtysomething (1987) (which gave him an Emmy Award nomination for best guest appearance). He appeared as a regular on the shows Dream Street (1989) and Profiler (1996).- Actor
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John Mengatti was born on 21 September 1954 in New York, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for Tag: The Assassination Game (1982), For Love and Honor (1983) and NYPD Blue (1993). He was married to Lisa Nash-Jones. He died on 26 March 2023 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
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Grant Cramer was born on 10 November 1961 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Lone Survivor (2013), The November Man (2014) and Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988). He has been married to Olga Cramer since 17 July 2010. They have one child.- Actress
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Megan (pronounced Mee-gan) has two children, a daughter, Lyla, and a son, Russel. Megan comes from a showbiz family: father Ted Follows, mother Dawn Greenhalgh, and sister Samantha Follows are all actors; her other sister, Edwina Follows, is a producer and writer; and her brother Laurence Follows is a producer. Has done many commercials, the first of which was at the age of 9. Has appeared in many theatrical productions, including "Romeo and Juliet", "The Effects of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds", and "Seven Lears: The Pursuit of the Good." Won two Gemini awards for her performances in Anne of Green Gables (1985) and Anne of Avonlea (1987). Megan met her husband, Christopher Porter, while filming Deep Sleep (1990), where he was a gaffer.- Actor
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D.W. Brown was born on 30 June 1961 in the USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), The Haunting in Connecticut (2009) and On the Inside (2011). He has been married to Joanne Baron since 31 August 1985.- Actress
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Lisa Lucas was born in 1961 in Arizona, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Heart and Souls (1993), The Adams Chronicles (1976) and The House Without a Christmas Tree (1972).- Actor
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Thomas Byrd was born on 18 May 1960 in Florida, USA. He is an actor, known for Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983), Young Guns (1988) and Young Guns II (1990).- Susan Rinell was born in Burbank, California, USA. She is an actress, known for The Stone Boy (1984), The Rules of Marriage (1982) and The Wild Life (1984).
- Dean Simone is a film/television/commercial actor, screenwriter and film maker. Dean's new film GAME DAY, which he co-wrote, co-produced and starred in, has recently been released on Amazon to critical praise. He's had a long acting career where he has worked with many great talents... Michel Gondry, Jon Voight, Billy Bob Thornton, David E. Kelley, Mickey Rourke and Hoyte van Hoytema to name but a few. Simone has appeared in numerous Super Bowl commercials including his portrayal of JIM BEAM, kicking off a two year global campaign. He also performs throughout the world as the lead singer of The Smokin' Cobras, a band that has performed from Dodger Stadium to Tokyo, Japan. Born in New Jersey, Dean Simone now makes his home in Southern California. He's a family man and a proud Catholic.
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Nicolas Coster, a veteran actor or "Actor's Actor', his training began back in his teens at The Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London, RADA. Nicolas learned his craft doing theatre, studying with Strasberg and Milton Katselas(He was later picked by Milton to substitute for him). Nicolas Coster has performed in many Broadway plays. "Happy Birthday Wanda June", "Twigs", "SeeSaw", "Harold Pinter's "Otherwise Engaged" and "The Little Foxes" with Elizabeth Taylor (with runs in the US and in London at the Victoria Palace Theatre)}. Nicolas was the only actor picked to substitute for Sir Laurence Olivier in "Beckett". These are just a few of his theatre credits. In the 70's and all through the 1980's there wasn't a channel you could not find Nicolas Coster appearing as a guest star on a popular TV series. He chased Jaclyn Smith around a football field in the series "Charlie's Angels", Nicolas wrestled in a fight with Sammy Davis Jr. in Tom Selleck's "Magnum PI", he had a stint in the series "Wonder Woman", "Incredible Hulk", Nicolas had a recurring role playing Blair's dad on the popular show "Facts of Life", He enjoyed playing opposite Bonnie Franklin in "One Day at a Time'. Earlier in his career, He even was in the "Green Hornet" with the legendary Bruce Lee and so many more guest starring roles ... Nicolas had a role on the series "Sheriff Lobo" with Nell Carter. Nicolas has a fan club called "Nick's Chicks" they are loyal fans of his time spent doing Soap Operas. "Secret Storm" was one of his first, his role later as Robert Delaney on "Another World" was hugely popular. He had stints on "All My Children"playing along side Susan Lucci and the patriarch Lionel Lockridge of "Santa Barbara" the soap which later aired in Europe as a night time series. In Russia, "Santa Barbara" was the first soap to be aired in that country it was a huge success and played as a night time series as well. His body of film includes many famous father roles, "How I got into College", "Betsey's Wedding", "Risky Business", "Just You and Me Kid". Playing different roles in film, Nicolas has been privileged to work with Robert Redford in "All The President's Men", with Gregory Peck in "MacArthur", "Reds" with Warren Beaty. Most recently, He has been on acclaimed shows like "The Young Pope" with Jude Law and popular Showtime and HBO projects. Nicolas has won a few Daytime Emmys with the drama "The Bay". Nicolas showed his comedy talents playing the lead in a Super Bowl Coke commercial and later the reprisal of his lead role but a new spin they made him British, in "Zero Sugar Coke" commercial which played internationally and highlighted his ability for a British accent. Nicolas Coster is continually working and is a true artist.- Actor
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While he's never been a typical leading man, Crispin Glover has distinguished himself as one of the most intriguing personalities in the movie business. His unusual characters and personal projects have inspired a cult-like following that has dubbed him both madman and genius.
The son of actress and dancer Betty Glover and actor Bruce Glover, Crispin Hellion Glover was born in New York City and raised in Southern California. He was named after the Saint Crispin's Day speech in Shakespeare's Henry V. His middle name, Hellion, was also used by his father. Crispin picked up his father's trade while still in elementary school--by age thirteen, he already had an agent scouting out parts. A lead in a stage production of "The Sound of Music" (starring Florence Henderson) led to guest spots on the TV shows Happy Days (1974), Hill Street Blues (1981) and Family Ties (1982), which in turn led to roles in made-for-TV movies. The adolescent Glover felt "confined" by TV work, however, so he opted to stick to movie parts. He made his big-screen debut in the teen hi-jinx movie in My Tutor (1983), then followed up with a supporting role in Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984).
Glover's most defining Hollywood moment happened the next year, when he appeared as George McFly (Michael J. Fox's father) in the instant classic Back to the Future (1985). The underdog character struck a chord with moviegoers. Oddly enough, the actor delivered one of his favorite performances around the same time--playing a small-town kid obsessed with Olivia Newton-John in the indie The Orkly Kid (1985)--but the smaller film was completely overshadowed by his commercial success. Glover did, however, receive critical praise for his next indie role, a starring turn as a high-strung murder witness in River's Edge (1986). Glover and the producers did not come to a financial agreement for him to reprise the role of George McFly in Back to the Future Part II (1989). The producers brought the character back to life by splicing together archived footage and new scenes (using an actor in prosthetic makeup). Glover, who hadn't given permission for his likeness to be used, sued the film's producer, Steven Spielberg, and won. The case prompted the Screen Actors Guild to devise new regulations about the use of actors' images.
In 1990 Glover teamed up with fellow eccentric David Lynch to play the maniacal Cousin Dell in Wild at Heart (1990). He filled the next decade with similarly quirky, peripheral roles, including a turn as Andy Warhol in The Doors (1991) and a cameo as a train fireman in Jim Jarmusch's Dead Man (1995). His small but memorable appearances in films like What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993), Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1993) and The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996) often outshone the main action.
When he's not stealing scenes from Hollywood hotshots, Glover pours his considerable energy into other creative endeavors. He wrote his first book, "Billow Rock", before age 18, and since then he's gone on to create a library of peculiar titles (several of which have been published through his family's Volcanic Eruptions press). Among his most famous volumes are "Rat Catching" and "Oak-Mot", both Victorian-era stories updated with macabre illustrations and cut-up text. In 1989 he released an album of spoken word readings and cover tunes (including a rendition of "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'") entitled "The Big Problem [does not equal] the Solution. The Solution = Let it be."
In 1995 Glover began shooting his directorial debut, What Is It? (2005), a surreal film populated entirely by actors with Down's Syndrome. He tours with the film and its sequel It Is Fine! Everything Is Fine. (2007) and his show, "Crispin Hellion Glover's Big Slide Show," which is a one hour dramatic narration of eight different profusely illustrated books. The artist in Glover has been said to be inspired by "the aesthetic of discomfort," a theme which seems to have been carried over into an artistic public performance on David Letterman's NBC show in 1987, Glover emerged wearing a wig and platform shoes, then delivered a swift kick toward Letterman's head that prompted the producers to cut to a commercial. Late 2000 saw him hitting the multiplex with roles in Nurse Betty (2000) and Charlie's Angels (2000), and the titular Willard (2003). He re-teamed with Back to the Future director Robert Zemeckis as Grendel in Beowulf (2007) and has worked with Johnny Depp for the third time in Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland (2010). Other Glover projects loom on the not-too-distant horizon.- Barbara Stock was born on 26 May 1956 in Downers Grove, Illinois, USA. She is an actress, known for Spenser: For Hire (1985), Dallas (1978) and Murder, She Wrote (1984). She has been married to William G. Dunn since April 1988. They have one child.
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Heather McAdam was born on 24 January 1968. Heather is an actor, known for Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990), Sisters (1991) and Touched by an Angel (1994). Heather has been married to Todd Kessler since 4 September 2011. They have three children.- Actor
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Gary was nominated for Best Actor for the Canadian series "Wild Roses" for the CBC at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival in 2009. The show was also nominated. Born and raised in Newport News, Virginia.. He is a proud uncle, and son of Joe and Bev...and has 9 nieces and nephews. Gary moved to Los Angeles in 1979, but always considers Virginia his home. For the last 14 years he has split his time between the States and Canada. Gary is now a dual citizen, and enjoys the time he spends in the great white north. He has been teaching acting for the past 15 years, doing seminars in the US and Canada, and just finished teaching a semester at the University of the Arts in San Francisco. He enjoys his "frustrating" time on the golf course, playing in numerous charity events every year, and still swings a pretty mean tennis racket. A big sports fan...he cheers for the underdog...Cowboys - Joe Tores team in New York City...and the house that Jerry West built.- Actress
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Deborah Harmon was born on 8 May 1951 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She is an actress, known for Bachelor Party (1984), Used Cars (1980) and Just the Ten of Us (1987).- Actor
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Kyle Heffner was born in Chicago, Illinois. His parents noticed his acting ability early and enrolled him, at 11 years old, in a well-respected children's theater, The Jack and Jill Players. After a few plays he began working as a professional in commercials and educational films. His passion for acting took him to Northwestern University. After receiving his degree, he set out for Los Angeles in his grandfather's Ford Granada. Kyle's L.A. angel turned out to be Garry Marshall, who put Kyle to work in Young Doctors in Love (1982), Marshall's directorial debut. "Doctors" was produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, which led to Kyle's portrayal of Richie Blazik in Flashdance (1983). Heffner has appeared in over a dozen films since then, including Runaway Train (1985), The Woman in Red (1984), When Harry Met Sally... (1989), High Crimes (2002), and The Hallmark MOW's Family Plan (2005) and Wishing Well (2009). Rounding out his career are numerous national commercials and dozen's TV guest-starring roles which include "Curb your Enthusiasm" (2004), "Seinfeld" (1990), Gideon's Crossing (2000), Suddenly Susan (1996)), and LA theater such as "In Heat" (2008) at the Lost Studio.- Director
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Kevin Rodney Sullivan was born in the USA. He is a director and producer, known for How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998), Snowfall (2017) and This Is Us (2016).- Jon Caliri was born on 28 January 1960 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA. He is an actor, known for Square Pegs (1982), V (1984) and You Again? (1986).
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Laura Summer is a classically trained actor, best known for originating the voices of Janine Melnitz in The Real Ghostbusters, Druisllia and Minerva, The Garfield Show, Patamon for the Digimon franchise, Hello Kitty, and many more. She has voiced hundreds of hours of film and television for clients that include Disney, ABC, Warner Bros., Fox, Sony, Cartoon Network and Netflix.
Laura has appeared on camera in more than 100 television commercials alongside Paul Newman, Luciano Pavarotti and Seth Green. On stage, she's performed at The Actor's Studio, ELT, Westbury Music Fair and West Bank Theater; made audiences laugh in appearances with Jean Smart, Bill Maher and Patton Oswalt; and helped bring Estelle Parson's vision to life in Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra.
Having studied and trained with Joan Darling, Michael Howard, and Susan Batson, Laura credits their influence for her discipline, professionalism, and joy she brings to all her work.- Rhoda Gemignani was born on 21 October 1940 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. She is an actress, known for The Man Who Wasn't There (2001), Ghostbusters (1984) and Who's the Boss? (1984).
- David Tiefen is known for The Facts of Life (1979), Beyond Adversity (2021) and The Food That Built America (2019).
- Joel Brooks was born on 17 December 1949 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for Stir Crazy (1980), Indecent Proposal (1993) and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993).
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Owner of New Sky Park Entertainment, Rebel Girl Films & Night Sun Post Jenna Barlow Grodsky (AKA Jennifer Barlow) is an award-winning writer/director/television show creator who produces, develops and edits for various networks including CBS, NBC Sports, A&E, Nat Geo Wild, Tru TV, VH-1, MTV and Fox Reality. Hailing from San Francisco, Grodsky's roots are in dance and theater. By the age of eleven, she had toured internationally with San Francisco Ballet Celeste, guest-starred with the Bolshoi Ballet, and booked her first professional play, "Carousel" at the Hyatt Theater in Oakland, California. Upon making the leap to Hollywood, Jenna's acting career was mostly rooted in sitcoms and comedy, although she earned praise for her dramatic portrayal of "the other woman" in Garth Brook's award-winning music video, The Thunder Rolls. Jenna made her debut as a writer with "My Father's Vodka" an interactive multimedia comedy, loosely based on her own bar dancing experiences. "My Father's Vodka" was presented at the world famous Roxy Theater on Sunset Blvd. by movie/music mogul, Lou Adler ("Rocky Horror Picture Show"). Jenna also wrote and performed sketch comedy with The Third Floor, Los Angeles and created Phat Chix, an all-girl sketch comedy show, backed by Ed Weinberger ("Taxi") and performed at The HBO Showcase Theater. Teaming up with another William Morris client, Barlow Boccaccio Productions was formed and the partners were responsible for creating and launching three successful television series in two years ("Stringers," "Expedition Wild" and "Sex Decoys"). Grodsky continues to work both in front of and behind the camera, with thousands of hours of editing under her belt. Her latest film "Empire Queen" was just released on Amazon Prime; Jenna edited and produced this humorous fantasy adventure. As for some trivia, Grodsky is notably the first female to pilot the enterprise on a Star Trek television series. Having survived her late husband, Lee Grodsky, she is also known and often credited as Jennifer Barlow.- Actress
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Pert, blue-eyed, dimple-cheeked Joan was born Joan Leslie Freeman in Council Bluffs, Iowa, one of two daughters of a Brink's Express Guard and a homemaker. She spent her early education at the (now defunct) Catholic Villa Cabrini Academy in Burbank and later attended John Burroughs High School, graduating in 1959. Joan began on both screen and stage as a child performer and toiled for several years in minor or nondescript supporting roles. In 1961, she made her breakthrough as the waitress Elma in the TV series Bus Stop (1961), adapted from the play by William Inge. As a newly minted starlet, she now received a respectable weekly paycheck of $500, as well as commensurate promotional build-up from 20th Century Fox.
In 1962, Joan had back-to-back leading roles in a couple of AIP films: the dystopian drama Panic in Year Zero! (1962) and the gothic horror Tower of London (1962) (as Lady Margaret Stanley). She also co-starred as Elvis Presley 's love interest in the musical Roustabout (1964) and later appeared in the supporting cast of the comedy western The Rounders (1965). Already nominated as "Most Promising New Star" by the magazine Photoplay, Joan joined a gaggle of other hopefuls as a Hollywood Deb Star in 1963.
However, real stardom never came to pass. Perhaps this was due to a measure of ambivalence Joan had about her acting career. As late as 1961, she was quoted saying that she wished to become a certified practicing account (having earlier studied accountancy at San Fernando College). It is unclear as to whether she was ever active in that profession. On the screen, Joan continued to act --primarily in television guest spots-- well into the mid-80s, including repeat appearances as different characters in The Virginian (1962) and Lassie (1954). Her final role on the big screen was as Mrs. Jarvis, the 29th victim of Jason Vorhees in Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984).
Joan was first married to Frank Beetson Jr., a one-time costume supervisor at John Wayne's independent production company Batjac. This union ended in divorce four years later. Her second husband (from 1976) is the second feature director Bruce Kessler, an ex-Formula One racing driver. Kindred spirits as avid explorers, Bruce and Joan Kessler have acquired a huge reputation in the sailing community and circumnavigated the globe on more than one occasion.- Actress
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Pamela Adlon comes from an acting family and began her career in television in 1983. She has appeared in many popular TV shows, including as a voice actress in a number of animated TV series including, most famously, King of the Hill (1997) for which she won an Emmy for her role as Bobby Hill.- Actor
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The son of Tony Award winning lighting and set designer H.R. Poindexter and opera singer Sue Ann Poindexter, he began acting in college, then appeared in summer stock in his native Texas at the Dallas Summer Musicals, as well as the St. Louis MUNY, Atlanta's Theatre Under the Stars and The Kenley Players in Ohio. First jobs in Los Angeles were with Franklin R. Levy and Catalina Production Group (which included a young producer named Leslie Moonves), as both an actor and production co-coordinator. He has continued to produce theatre and film concurrently with work as an actor, also working as a Casting Director, 2nd Unit director and associate producer. He won an Ovation Award for his performance in "Reefer Madness", and has been nominated multiple times - most recently for co-authoring the new rhythm and blues musical, "The Devil You Know". He was lead singer and songwriter for the band "The High Lonesome" in the early '90's, playing throughout the Southwest before landing a recording deal with local indie label, Spark Records. Their music, as well as additional songs he's written, have been featured in many films and TV shows. He's in the process of writing the new Texas Roadhouse Musical "Cadillac Jack's". He continues to produce and develop theatre in Los Angeles and New York - most recently as an Executive Producer on Broadway's "The Cher Show" and the upcoming "Saved By The Bell, The Musical".- Actor
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Dan Peterson grew up in a small town in Southern California. He was adopted at birth and through a weird series of events tied to the Manson Murders, was connected to his Hollywood birth parents. He attended UCSB in Business and Quantum Statistical Analysis and after finishing school he ended up in Hollywood to pursue an acting career. His career started out at a nightclub in Los Angeles called "Chippendales". As he has been quoted "it is all about timing" he was tall dark and handsome with blue eyes and a mustache. It was the time of "Magnum PI and Tom Selleck" He soon became the "face of Chippendales". Called Mr. Chippendales by the owner Steve Banerjee. He traveled the world representing Chippendales as a model and spokesperson. Soon after he created a calendar company with a business partner and actor, Wolf Larson (Tarzan). Skin Deep became a successful company that competed with the famous Chippendales Calendar. His close relationship with Steve Banerjee ended as scandals started to break Chippendales apart. Dan Peterson became a well-respected Photographer and is to this day. The knowledge he learned early on about film and working as a model and actor created a perfect fit. Still, in front of the camera from time to time, he feels the most comfortable shooting and spending time with his family. He is also a respected USATF Track and Field Coach and Official, also World-Ranked in Track and Field Throws. He lectures about longevity and practicing healthy behaviors and attitudes through scientific analysis.- Writer
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Larry Wilmore was born in Los Angeles and grew up in suburban Pomona. He graduated from Damien High School in La Verne in 1979. He studied theatre at California State Polytechnic University but dropped out because he wanted to get his Actors' Equity Association card and begin his career as a stand-up comedian. He began his acting career in the 1980s on shows like The Facts of Life (1979) and Sledge Hammer! (1986) but was then always miscast.
He got his behind-the-scenes career started on Into the Night (1990) as a writer. He also wrote for a sketch comedy, In Living Color (1990), and a sitcom, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990). He created (with Eddie Murphy and Steve Tompkins) and produced The PJs (1999), a prime-time animated series. He also created and executive produced The Bernie Mac Show (2001), which won him an Emmy for writing. He executive produced Whoopi (2003), a sitcom developed by Whoopi Goldberg. He was a consulting producer on the first three seasons of The Office (2005). He is also an executive producer on Black-ish (2014).
In 2006, he began appearing on Comedy Central's The Daily Show (1996) as the Senior Black Correspondent. His many guest starring roles on various TV shows include Mr. Brown, a diversity consultant on The Office (2005), Dr. Roland on Accidentally on Purpose (2009), The Boss on Love Bites (2011), Mr. Forristal on Happy Endings (2011), and the voice of Principal Larry on Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero (2014). He has also appeared in movies, including I Love You, Man (2009), Dinner for Schmucks (2010), Vamps (2012), and Date and Switch (2014).
After Stephen Colbert left Comedy Central and The Colbert Report (2005), Larry was announced as the host of the new show, titled The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore (2015). Since the beginning of 2015, he has hosted, been one of the executive producers, and one of the writers on the show. He is also the host of 2016 White House Correspondents' Association Dinner (2016). In 2009, he wrote a political humor book, "I'd Rather We Got Casinos: And Other Black Thoughts".- Actress
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Most recently known for her recurring roles in the television series Veep (2012), How I Met Your Mother (2005), My Name Is Earl (2005), and The New Adventures of Old Christine (2006), Nancy Lenehan is a Los Angeles based actress who enjoys working in television, film and on stage.
Among her many credits, favorite projects include the films Pleasantville (1998), Catch Me If You Can (2002), The Savages (2007), and the TNT project Door to Door (2002). Her many television credits include regular and recurring roles on Little Britain USA (2008), Worst Week (2008), and the TBS comedy, People of Earth (2016).- Actor
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Taliesin Jaffe is a Los Angeles-based actor known for his roles in film, television, animation and video games, as well as the massively popular hit show and media brand, Critical Role.
Critical Role has become one of the most popular storytelling and world building independent media companies in the world, and Taliesin plays a pivotal role within the company as a co-founder, primary cast member for the flagship show and executive producer of The Legend of Vox Machina animated series which will air exclusively on Amazon Prime Video.
Taliesin began his career as a child actor appearing in films such as Mr. Mom as Kenny Butler, 2010 as Christopher Floyd, and Explorers as Ludwig Müller, and television series including The Facts of Life as Danny Slater, St. Elsewhere as Jimmy Hassett and She's the Sheriff as Kenny Granger. Since then he has worked as an ADR director for projects such as Hellsing, BECK, Street Fighter IV, and Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3.
Taliesin has also worked as a voice actor, lending his voice to characters such as Blanka in Street Fighter, Darion Mograine in World of Warcraft, Thancred in Final Fantasy XIV, Basil Hawkins in One Piece, Ga'nar in Lords of War, The Flash in Injustice 2 and Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe, Aaron Terzieff in Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn, Edward 'Edge' Geraldine in Final Fantasy IV, plus countless others.
Taliesin is the recipient of two Young Artist Awards for his roles in Child's Cry and The Facts of Life. He has also been nominated for three additional Young Artist Awards as well as a BTVA Anime Dub Movie/Special Voice Acting Award for his role in Fairy Tail: Priestess of the Phoenix.- Actor
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"A native of Brooklyn NY, and an Entertainment Industry veteran, with a career spanning more than 30 years, Peter Parros stars as ' David Harrington ' of "Tyler Perry's The Haves and The Have Nots" (OWN TV). Parros is also known for his longtime role as ' Dr. Ben Harris ' of "As the World Turns" (CBS), as ' RC3 /Reginald Cornelius, III ' , of the popular TV Series "Knight Rider" and as 'Officer Gus Grant ' of "The New Adam 12" Series. Parros' work has earned two NAACP Image Award nominations.
His TV Guest Star credits, include "Seinfield", "Castle", "CSI: Miami", "Law and Order", "Royal Pains", "Hangin' with Mr. Cooper", "Charles in Charge", "Star Trek: The Next Generation", "The Facts of Life" and "New York Undercover", Parros' film credits include "Death Before Dishonor " and "Real Genius".
A member of the Writers Guild of America West, Mastermedia International , the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, and the Black Documentary Collective, in 2004 Parros also became a member of the Executive Advisory Board of Heritage Luminaries for the New Jersey Black Cultural and Heritage Initiative Foundation.
Parros has written and co-written movies, including "Something to Sing About" and "The Climb" which was voted "Best Picture" at the International Family Film Festival (2002) and International Christian Visual Media Awards' "Best Picture" . Additionally, in partnership with LaPhonso Ellis, Parros founded "Ten Talents Productions ", producing Christian Entertainment , including the "Kidz of the King Adventures" animated DVD and comic book series.- Actor
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Rob Stone was born on 22 September 1962 in Dallas, Texas, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Mr. Belvedere (1985), Blue Angels: Around the World at the Speed of Sound (1994) and Planet. On. Fire.. He is married to Melissa Chan Stone.- Actor
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Tom Wilson is a creative artist whose professional career has explored almost every imaginable artistic discipline, blending them into a unique and very individual declaration of a life in the arts. A man of fervent but private faith his whole life, the last few years have been interesting, with hundreds of invitations to speak at conferences and retreats, as well as the opportunity to record the music that he began playing in church in the 1970s. Tom has enjoyed a successful career as an actor, writer and comedian for over 20 years. He has more than 50 films, television shows and comedy specials to his credit, and has appeared on talk shows with everyone from Johnny Carson to Jay Leno to David Letterman to Regis Philbin and Kathie Lee Gifford. As a voice-over actor, he has worked in dozens of animated series, including many episodes of Nickelodeon's SpongeBob SquarePants (1999). As a comedian he has been a regular performer at the world-famous Improv and Comedy Store since the day he arrived in Hollywood. His self-written one-man show, "Cowboy Tommy," boasted a series of sold-out engagements. He continues to act in movies and television, and he performs comedy and music at theaters across America. As a writer and producer, he's written for several prestigious literary magazines, as well as for Universal Studios, Disney, Fox and Film Roman studios, and produced a groundbreaking series of debates for Canadian television called "The Seven Deadly Sins", which examined cultural values and the role of the arts within them. As an avocation, he is a photographer and painter, with a photograph in the permanent collection of the California Museum of Photography and paintings on the walls of the guest bedrooms of many close personal friends (or, as artists like to say, "in many private collections.") Actor, comedian, writer, musician, and artist - Tom Wilson has transcended the limitations of pop-cultural celebrity to become an artist of honesty, gravity and grace. Thomas is a graduate of Radnor high school in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he was known for his comedic personality.- Bruce Penhall was born on 10 May 1957 in Anaheim, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Do or Die (1991), Body Count (1986) and Enemy Gold (1993). He has been married to Laurie Penhall since 13 July 1985. They have four children.
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Ellen Wheeler was born on 9 October 1961 in Hollywood, California, USA. She is a producer and actress, known for Another World (1964), As the World Turns (1956) and Guiding Light (1952). She has been married to Shannon Lowell Comp since 18 December 1992. They have two children. She was previously married to Tom Eplin.- Robyn Bernard was born on 26 May 1959 in Gladewater, Texas, USA. She was an actress, known for Simon & Simon (1981), General Hospital (1963) and Tour of Duty (1987). She died on 12 March 2024 in San Jacinto, California, USA.
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Paul Tompkins is known for Hollywood Photos of Katie Mills (2006), American History X (1998) and Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987).- Actor
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Ernie Sabella is an American actor and singer from Westchester County, New York who is widely known for voicing Pumbaa the Warthog, Timon's best friend from The Lion King franchise except for the 2019 reboot. He also acted in Mouse Hunt, That's So Raven, In & Out, Cheers, and Seinfeld. He is married to Cheryl, a computer programmer.- The child of professional dancers, Kim Darby began her career studying dance with her father, as well as Nico Charisse. At fourteen, she was granted special admission to Tony Barr's acting workshop at Desilu Studios on the Paramount Pictures lot. He wrote later that it was her remarkable openness, honesty, emotional readiness and focus that convinced him to bring her into his adult class. These traits have become the signature of her work in a career that has now spanned a period of more than forty years.
As a teenager, she earned her first acting roles in episodes of television shows, including Mr. Novak (1963), Dr. Kildare (1961), The Eleventh Hour (1962), Star Trek (1966) and The Fugitive (1963). Her reputation continued to grow with more work in film and television.
She was twenty-one when producer Hal B. Wallis saw her in an episode of Run for Your Life (1965) and decided to offer her the coveted role of "Mattie Ross", opposite John Wayne's "Rooster Cogburn", in True Grit (1969). The classic western earned Wayne his only Oscar and made Kim Darby a film star.
Ms. Darby went on to star in a variety of productions, receiving a Golden Globe nomination for her work in Generation (1969), and an Emmy Nomination for her role in Rich Man, Poor Man (1976). Her feature films include The Strawberry Statement (1970), The Grissom Gang (1971), Better Off Dead (1985) and Mockingbird Don't Sing (2001); television movies include The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd (1974), Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (1973) and Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb (1980).
Still acting, since 1990, she has also been teaching her craft and is asked to give seminars at universities and film schools throughout the country. Her own training and lifelong experience over the last four decades has provided her with a rich perspective as well as a diverse collection of skills which she enjoys sharing with enthusiastic students. - Bruce Solomon was born on 12 August 1943 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for Night of the Creeps (1986), Foul Play (1978) and Auto Focus (2002). He has been married to Pamela Kath since 8 September 1981. They have one child. He was previously married to Stephanie Glass.
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Jeff Cohen was born on 25 June 1974 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is a legal representative and actor.- Actor
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Dark-haired, usually-mustachioed American actor with a cheeky grin, who achieved pop culture status through his portrayal of the kooky patriarch "Gomez Addams" in the hit TV series The Addams Family (1964), John Astin was born on March 30, 1930 in Baltimore, Maryland. He studied mathematics at Johns Hopkins University, but he discovered a passion for the theater and began to perform in minor plays and do voice-over work for commercials. He first got noticed thanks to a small role in West Side Story (1961), then appeared in several other films before being cast as "Gomez Addams". While "The Addams Family" was initially a huge hit, its popularity petered out after two years, and Astin moved on to other work including the offbeat Bunny O'Hare (1971), playing a grizzled but not- particularly-bright gunfighter in the Western spoof Evil Roy Slade (1972), an appearance in the Disney comedy Freaky Friday (1976) and dual roles in National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985).
He has since lent his comedic talents to numerous appearances as "Dr. Gangreen" in several corny "Killer Tomato" movies, and has contributed his voice to recreate "Gomez Addams" in the animated series The Addams Family (1992), then played "Grandpa Addams" in the successful TV series The New Addams Family (1998). In addition, Astin has contributed voices to several animated shows, and he still appears in films regularly.