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Marty Adams was born on 12 September 1981 in Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada. He is an actor and writer, known for Saw IV (2007), The Second City Project (2015) and Hemlock Grove (2013).- Actor
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Considered by many to be the greatest hockey player of all time, Bobby Orr revolutionized professional hockey. In his years with the Boston Bruins, he epitomized grace and elegance in the way he played and such was his talent that it remains difficult, if not impossible, to quantify his impact on the sport. But for all of the superlatives heard in all of the retrospectives, and for all of the awe still generated by the recorded images so expertly captured by WSBK-TV in Boston, perhaps Orr's greatest legacy was in the inspiration he provided to those thousands of youngsters across New England who filled ice rinks and outdoor skating ponds in the years of the Big, Bad Bruins.- Terry Crisp was born on 28 May 1943 in Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada.
- Canadian writer Douglas Leader Durkin was born on 9 July 1884 in the small town of Parry Sound on the eastern shore of Georgian Bay, an inlet of Lake Huron in south central Ontario. Early in life he abandoned the notion of becoming a missionary after acquiring an appreciation for literature and in time taught literature at Brandon College, the University of Manitoba and Columbia University.
In 1918 Durkin published a book of poetry entitled "The Fighting Men of Canada". His first two novels, "The Heart of Cherry McBain" (1920) and "The Lobstick Trail" (1921), were dramas set in the rugged terrain of Northern Manitoba. In 1921, after moving to New York, Durkin left his wife and sons and discarded his academic career. It was during this period that he wrote "The Magpie" (1923), a story set in post-war Winnipeg that is considered by some to be his best work.
In 1944, he married his long-time companion; Norwegian-American author Martha Ostenso, whom he had known since she was a high school student in Manitoba. Durkin early on saw her potential as a writer and began to work as her mentor. She later followed Durkin to New York and in time collaborated with him on the writing of her award-winning novel, "Wild Geese" (1925). An earlier work by Durkin was very similar to "Wild Geese" and it is thought that Durkin and Ostenso were afraid that the Dodd Mead First Novel Award committee might have disqualified the book if he was listed as co-author.
Durkin and Ostenso married after his first wife passed away. By then the couple had collaborated on a dozen or so novels and a number of short stories. Durkin and Ostenso lived and worked primarily in Brainerd, Minnesota and in Hollywood, California, where they became friends with such stars as 'Douglas Fairbanks Jr' Mary Pickford' and Henry Fonda. Douglas Durkin passed away on 4 June, 1967 at Seattle. He was survived by two sons from his first marriage. Martha Ostenso preceded him in death on 23 November, 1963 - Michael Bennett Leroux was born on 7 November 1976 in Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada. He is an actor and producer, known for Did You Hear Jake and Courtney Broke Up? (2014), Backed Up (2009) and Halfsies (2018).
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Director/Producer Melanie Jeffrey began her film career working as a Production Assistant on Deepa Mehta's feature film, Fire (1996). While finishing her degree, Melanie also worked on corporate videos, commercials, and music videos. She graduated from York University's B.F.A. (honours, cum laude) in Film Production in 1999. Melanie is a member of L.I.F.T. and continues to work in the independent film community in Toronto. When she is not Camera Assisting, Melanie works on the script for her next short film. "Missed" is Melanie's directorial debut.