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Murphy Cross, a 2007 Tony Award-Winning Producer/Director/Co-Creator of the multi-award winning "Jay Johnson: The Two and Only", was born June 22, 1950 in Havre de Grace, MD. She studied dance with Bobbi Smith and holds a BFA in Dance from University of North Carolina School of the Arts. After performing on Broadway (1970's and '80's) in "Bubbling Brown Sugar", Pal Joey", "Division Street" and the original production of "A Chorus Line", she co-starred with Lee Remick in "Torn Between Two Lovers" and guest starred on many other television shows including Cheers (1982), Night Court (1984), and a celebrated two part episode of Taxi (1978) playing Louie's blind blind-date. She is also known for her film characterizations in Annie (1982), Perfect (1985), and Victim of Love (1991). Murphy's extensive choreographic credits include: TV's Roseanne (1988), It's Garry Shandling's Show. (1986), "Howie Mandel's Summer Special" and Deadwood (2004). She has directed and/or choreographed dozens of theatrical productions across the country. As a partner in Tony Award-Winning WetRock Entertainment she continues to develop theatrical events for stage and screen that inspire. She is a 2016 alum of UCB and can be seen in the Christmas 2015 episode of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (2015) and Funny Or Die's "National Park Dating Site".

Ed Bakey was born on 13 November 1925 in Havre de Grace, Maryland, USA. He was an actor, known for The Sting (1973), The Philadelphia Experiment (1984) and Centennial (1978). He was married to Anita Susemihl Bakey. He died on 4 May 1988 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Grace Karman Graham got her start at MTV and Propaganda Films after moving to LA upon acceptance into The American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Karman is known for her work in acting, production finance, wardrobe and the art department on 'Sisters' (1989), 'Chicago Hope' (1994), 'Nash Bridges' (1996), Fincher's iconic 'Fight Club' (1999), 'Prison Break' (2005), 'Dear John' (2010), 'Eastbound & Down' (2011) American Horror Story' (2011) and more as well as working on staff at 20th Century Fox (Feature Films), ABC TV and Netflix.

Cal Ripken was born on 24 August 1960 in Havre De Grace, Maryland, USA. He is a producer and executive, known for The Fan (1996), WWE Raw (1993) and Marvel & ESPN Films Present 1 of 1: Genesis (2014). He has been married to Laura Kiessling since October 2018. He was previously married to Kelly Ripken.

Ultra Naté was born in 1968 in Havre de Grace, Maryland, USA. She is an actress, known for 54 (1998), Formula 51 (2001) and I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997).

Jim Stanek was born on 5 August 1971 in Havre de Grace, Maryland, USA. He is an actor, known for Bella (2006), Brooklyn Sonnet (2000) and No Matter What (2011). He is married to Beth Stanek. They have three children.

Cassandra Waldon was born on 17 October 1962 in Havre de Grace, Maryland, USA. She died on 25 September 2019 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

Michelle Sasser was born on 9 October 1966 in Havre de Grace, Maryland, USA. She was an actress, known for Blue Velvet (1986). She died on 24 September 2004 in Greenville, North Carolina, USA.

Strikingly sexy and shapely blue-eyed blonde beauty Julie Ann Peterson was born on September 29, 1964 in Havre de Grace, Maryland. Her mother was a dental hygienist and her father worked for the United States government. Her parents divorced when she was 16. Julie graduated from Aberdeen High School in Aberdeen, Maryland. At age 17 Peterson and her mother moved to Alaska, where she worked as an accountant for her mother. Julie was featured in the "Girls of Alaska" pictorial in the February, 1986 issue of "Playboy." Peterson was the Playmate of the Month in the February, 1987 issue of the popular men's magazine. She went on to appear in a couple of "Playboy" videos and posed for several "Playboy" newsstand special editions. Julie is a graduate of Life University and a member of Mensa (she scored 98% on the mandatory Mensa membership test). Julie Peterson now works as a chiropractor.

William Reese was born on 29 July 1955 in Havre de Grace, Maryland, USA. He was married to Margaret and Dorothy Hurt. He died on 4 June 2018 in Havre de Grace, Maryland, USA.

Sean Malto was born on 9 September 1989 in Havre de Grace, Maryland, USA. He is an actor, known for The Motivation (2013), Soccer Mommy: Circle the Drain (2020) and Circle Jerks: Wild in the Streets (2022).

Martin Whittier was born on 24 November 1984 in Havre de Grace, Maryland, USA. Martin was a cinematographer, known for The Hardest Six (2013), Red (2016) and Camp Dread (2014). Martin was married to Daniela Whittier. Martin died on 11 August 2022 in Newark, Delaware, USA.

Al Rush was born on 4 May 1962 in Havre De Grace, Maryland, USA. He is an actor, known for Silver Scream (2003) and The Chainsaw Sally Show Season 2 (2012). He was previously married to Jane Creswell Rush.

Eric Alan Ivins was born on 1 November 1972 in Havre de Grace, Maryland, USA. He was an actor, known for Curse of the Blair Witch (1999). He died on 2 December 2004 in Aberdeen, Maryland, USA.

William Sleator was born on 13 February 1945 in Havre de Grace, Maryland, USA. He was a writer and composer, known for House of Stairs and Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky (1981). He died on 3 August 2011 in Bua Chet, Thailand.

Elly Ripken was born on 6 July 1959 in Havre De Grace, Maryland, USA.

Heather Plott was born in Havre de Grace, Maryland, USA. She is an actress, known for Lincoln (2012), This Is Us (2016) and Your Honor (2020).

Randy McMillan was born on 17 December 1958 in Havre de Grace, Maryland, USA.

Billy Ripken, the brother of Hall-of-Famer Cal Ripken and the son of former major league manager Cal Ripken Sr., had a productive career as a second baseman. Four years younger and three inches shorter than his more famous brother, Billy was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles, the family team, in the 11th round of the 1982 amateur draft. He made his debut with the club on July 11, 1987 and had a career lasting 11 years and 2 days for four teams, including two stints with the O's and the Texas Rangers. He was mostly a utility infielder, playing a minimum of 100 games in only five seasons. In only one year, his sophomore season in 1988, did he play what can be considered a full season, 150 games and 512 at bats; however, he only batted .209. His next closest "full season" was 1991, when he led the team in batting with a .291 average in 129 games and 406 at bats. He had 118 hits (in only one other season, '88, did he break the 100 hit threshold). He was a good gloveman, leading all keystone sackers in the major leagues in fielding percentage, with .993% in 1992 in 108 games at second, after committing only four errors. However, the Baltimore official scorers were known for their extreme generosity with the Ripken brothers, and no one would ever accuse Billy of being the second coming of Bobby Grich.

Billy Ripken was released on July 13, 1998, with a .247 career batting average and 647 hits. Big brother Cal, the 1982 American League Rookie of the Year and 1983 Most Valuable Player, meanwhile, racked up 3,184 hits, including 431 home runs, while driving in 1,695 and scoring 1,641 runs, as well as set a record for consecutive games played. You can look it up.

Billy's father, Cal, Sr., remains the only major league manager to manage two sons on the same team in the same season.

Nikc Miller was born on 14 December 1982 in Havre de Grace, Maryland, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Robot-ussin (2005), A Special Message from CCAQZ (2005) and Livelihood (2005).

Christa was born in Maryland, and grew up in York County, Pennsylvania. She moved back to Maryland with her parents at the age of 16, and began a short-lived music career soon after.

She found an office job at a small magazine and worked her way up to designer, Assistant Editor-in-Chief, and Director. In 1998, she moved to Nashville and took a part-time job at a movie theatre. Soon she moved up to management, and the "real job" she was avoiding cornered her.

While working a slow day shift, she met Read Ridley, who was interested in using the theatre to screen a film. The screening didn't happen, but they stayed in touch, and the following year he offered her the role of Billie in his film, Dodge City: A Spaghetto Western. She's quite proud of the fact that she coined the term "spaghetto" while sitting on his couch one day as they reviewed the script.

She continued working with Ridley off and on over the next several years, including contributing to a few entries in the 48 Hour Film Challenge. She has since stopped working in film but still occasionally consults on projects.