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David Gene Gibbs Miscellaneous Crew, Star Trek: Insurrection | |
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Roy Scheider Actor, Jaws Lean, angular-faced and authoritatively spoken lead / supporting actor Roy Scheider obviously never heard the old actor's axiom about "never appearing with kids or animals" lest they overshadow your performance. Breaking that rule did him no harm, though, as he achieved pop cult status by finding, fighting... | |
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Jim Varney Actor, Toy Story Jim Varney became interested in theater as a teenager, winning state titles in drama competitions while a student at Lafayette High School in Lexington, Kentucky. At age 15 he played Ebeneezer Scrooge in a local children's theater production of "A Christmas Carol", and by 17 was performing professionally in nightclubs and coffee houses... | |
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Arthur Miller Writer, The Crucible The son of Polish-Jewish immigrants, Arthur Miller was born on October 17, 1915, in New York City. His father manufactured womens coats, but his business was devastated by the Depression, seeding his son's disillusionment with the American Dream and those blue-sky-seeking Americans who pursued it with both eyes focused on the Grail of Materialism... | |
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Lewis Arquette Actor, Best in Show | |
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Brian Aherne Actor, I Confess Brian Aherne was an Oscar-nominated Anglo-American stage and screen actor who was one of the top cinema character actors in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. Born on May 2, 1902 in King's Norton, Worcestshire, England, Aherne performed as an actor as a child. At age 18 he made his debut as an adult with the company that would evolve into the world-famous Birmingham Repertory Theatre... | |
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Billy Rose Soundtrack, The English Patient Broadway impresario Billy Rose was born William Samuel Rosenberg on September 9, 1899, in The Bronx, New York. Known as "The Little Napoleon of Showmanship," the diminutive Rose made his name and his legend as a producer, writer, lyricist, composer, director and theatre owner/operator, as well as the husband of "Funny Girl" Fanny Brice... | |
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Dave Van Ronk Soundtrack, No Direction Home: Bob Dylan | |
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Eduard Franz Actor, The Ten Commandments Born Eduard Franz Schmidt in Milwaukee, WI, this stern-faced character actor had originally planned to be a commercial artist, but a stint with a local theatrical troupe set him on the road to an acting career. In 1925 he moved to New York City and joined up with a Greenwich Village theatrical group... | |
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J.C. Quinn Actor, The Abyss J.C. Quinn- Was born in Philadelphia. Studied acting in New York and spent 17 years on Stage before moving to Hollywood to act in films. | |
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Laura Ingalls Wilder Writer, Little House on the Prairie Born Laura Elizabeth Ingalls in Wisconsin in 1867, she spent her childhood as a "pioneer girl, " settling in Wisconsin (twice), Missouri, Kansas, Minnesota, Iowa, and South Dakota by the time she was twelve years old. Her family stayed in South Dakota, or Dakota Territory as it was known, and in 1885... | |
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Ron Leavitt Writer, Married with Children | |
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David Anthony Pizzuto Actor, Skytanic An actor since the age of 7 as well as a musician, singer, songwriter, David Anthony Pizzuto was also a location scout/photographer, location manager, producer, writer, and, in addition to being a divemaster and deep breath hold diver, was also a retired therapist. When asked by a reporter why he had so many areas of accomplishment... | |
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Traudl Junge Self, Blind Spot. Hitler's Secretary | |
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Robert Clothier Actor, Piper Maru Clothier enlisted in the Canadian army at age 18, and was injured in a plane crash south of Vancouver just as the war was ending. Shortly afterward, Clothier studied Architecture at the University of British Columbia, and then moved to England where he studied theatre. He was a sculptor and prominent Canadian stage and television actor... | |
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Edgar Wallace Writer, King Kong | |
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Anne Dyson Actress, The Princess Bride | |
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Alex Haley Writer, Malcolm X Alex Haley served in the United States Coast Guard during the Second World War, Korean Conflict, and Cold War, and was the first African-American Coast Guardsman in the modern era to reach the rank of Chief Petty Officer. This paved the way for many other black men and women to rise into the senior enlisted ranks in the naval services... | |
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Curt Hennig Self, WCW World War 3 Curt "Mr. Perfect" Henning earned his nickname for "being perfect in the ring". As a matter of fact after almost two years of competing he was undefeated in 150 straight wrestling matches. His streak was halted on December 1, 1989 in Austin, Texas when Terry "Hulk" Hogan pinned "Mr. Perfect". A decade later... | |
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Max Pécas Director, La main noire | |
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William Rose Writer, The Ladykillers | |
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Arnold Manoff Writer, The Big Break | |
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José Lewgoy Actor, Fitzcarraldo | |
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Alexander Pushkin Writer, Onegin Born to noble parents (his father Sergei was a retired major, and his mother, Nadezhda, was the granddaughter of an ennobled Ethiopian general) on the 26th of May, 1799 in Moscow, Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin became involved with a liberal underground revolutionary group that saw him exiled to the Caucasus... | |
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Da-bin Jeong Actress, He Was Cool Born and raised in Seoul, South Korea, Jeong Da-bin, whose real name is Jung Hye-sun, was mostly known for playing ever cheerful and effervescent every girl roles. Known primarily for playing schoolgirl types, she gained quite a popular following in Taiwan as well particularly for her roles in numerous "Korean wave" miniseries... | |
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Betty Phillips Actress, 2012 | |
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Phil Olafsson Actor, Mighty Joe Young The "other" Super Swedish Angel. Born in 1908, Phil Olafsson was a professional wrestler. The most famous wrestler with the title Super Swedish Angel was Tor Johnson; it is said that they once had a wrestling match to determine which one would be allowed to keep that moniker. Phil's only movie appearance was in Mighty Joe Young. Phil died in February 1974, at the age of 66. | |
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Robert Le Ray Actor, The Battle of the Rails | |
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Hal Taliaferro Actor, Red River American actor who starred in silent Westerns under one name, then moved into character roles and bit parts under another. Born Floyd Taliaferro Alderson in Sheridan, Wyoming, and raised on a ranch in Rosebud County, Montana, he became an expert horseman. He served in World War I, then traveled to California... | |
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David Knapp Actor, The Pledgemasters | |
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Matthew Boulton Actor, Sabotage | |
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Darren Rydstrom Camera and Electrical Department, Starship Troopers | |
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Herbert Evans Actor, All for a Husband | |
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Werner Hinz Actor, The Longest Day | |
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Michael Lipton Actor, As the World Turns | |
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Paul Mounet Actor, Macbeth | |
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Charlie Wilson Thanks, Charlie Wilson's War | |
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Gloria Lloyd Roberts Self, Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius | |
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Will Jason Director, Movie Pests Songwriter ("Penthouse Serenade"), composer and author. After high school he wrote songs for a number of lesser Hollywood films, collaborating with Val Burton. He joined ASCAP in 1933, and his other popular-song compositions include "Isn't This a Night For Love?", "And the Big Bad Wolf Is Dead"... | |
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Stephen Morehouse Avery Writer, Our Little Girl Stephen Morehouse Avery was born in Webster Grove, Missouri, the middle of three sons born to Charles M. and Jessie Avery. Both his parents were native Missourians and had married in 1890. Stephen's father supported his family working as a cashier at a local office of a life insurance company. Avery... | |
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Bill Sherwood Director, Parting Glances | |
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Ann-Marie Gyllenspetz Actress, Ole dole doff | |
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Marion Carney Actress, Daughter of the West | |
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Ralph Murphy Director, Las Vegas Nights | |
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George Jackson Producer, New Jack City | |
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Meade Roberts Writer, Summer and Smoke | |
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Albert Steinrück Actor, The Golem | |
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Henry C. DeMille Writer, Men and Women | |
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Yabo Yablonsky Writer, Victory | |
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Kirk Browning Director, Liberty Weekend | |
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