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James Russell Lauderdale was born on April 11, 1957 in Statesville, North Carolina to a Presbyterian minister and a choir instructor. He moved to Charlotte, North Carolina at the age of 5 with his parents and sister. After graduating from high school in Due West, South Carolina, Lauderdale went to the North Carolina School of Arts. In 1979, he moved to Nashville to pursue a country/bluegrass contract. Lauderdale has recently written many songs for many singers. Grammy winner of 2003 for Bluegrass.- Producer
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Matthew Blaine was born on 19 July 1977 in Statesville, North Carolina, USA. He is a producer and director, known for Friday Night Tykes: Steel Country (2016), Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List (2005) and True Life (1998).- Writer
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Theodore Taylor started his career as a copy boy for the Portsmouth (Virginia) "Star". He served during World War II and the Korean War as a press aide in the U.S. Navy. Taylor also worked in public relations and as a ghost writer for Jerry Lewis. He is best known as a writer of fiction for young people, although he authored a number of books and articles on a myriad of topics, including co-authoring Tippi Hedren's 1985 book on the "Cats of Shambala", an account of her big-game preserve in California.- Actor
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- Stunt Coordinator
Jakie Cabe was born on 7 January 1968 in Statesville, North Carolina, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Arbor Day: The Musical (2014), Prison Break (2005) and Detective Conan (1996). He was previously married to Valinda Heath.- Additional Crew
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- Soundtrack
Louis Johnson was born on 19 March 1930 in Statesville, North Carolina, USA. He was an actor, known for The Wiz (1978), Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970) and Tales of Erotica (1996). He died on 31 March 2020 in Manhattan, New York, USA.- Additional Crew
- Writer
- Art Department
Eric Massey was born on 4 April 1967 in Statesville, North Carolina, USA. He is a writer, known for 9 Lives of Mara (2007), Bloodrun and Turk.- Actress
- Set Decorator
- Art Department
Lesley Gaither was born on 10 September 1971 in Statesville, North Carolina, USA. She is an actress and set decorator, known for On the Market (2009), Pendulum Swings (2011) and One Church (2016). She has been married to Thomas Matthew Gaither since 30 December 1995.- Actress
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Mary Mayo was born on 20 July 1924 in Statesville, North Carolina, USA. She was an actress, known for The Jackie Gleason Show (1952), Harlow (1965) and Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1948). She was married to Al Ham. She died in December 1985 in New York, New York, USA.- Doris June Betts (nee) Waugh was born in Statesville, North Carolina in 1932, the only child of Mary Ellen and William Elmore. In 1950 she graduated from Statesville High School, and attended the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. While an undergraduate student she married then law student Lowry Betts, who later became a district judge in Chatham and Orange Counties, North Carolina; they had three children. She won the Mademoiselle College Fiction contest during her sophomore year (1953) for the story "Mr. Shawn and Father Scott". After working as a newspaper reporter for a number of years, she joined the faculty of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1966. She received the UNC Putnam Book Prize in 1954 for her first book, The Gentle Insurrection, three Sir Walter Raleigh Awards (1958, 1965, and 1973) for the best fiction books by a North Carolinian, a Guggenheim Fellowship in Creative Writing (1958-1959), the North Carolina Award and Medal (1975), the Distinguished Service Award for Women (Chi Omega), and the John Dos Passos Award from Longwood College. She has also written articles for professional journals, lectured at writers' conferences, and delivered speeches on major college campuses. In 1980 she was named a UNC Alumni Distinguished Professor of English. She received the Tanner Award for distinguished undergraduate teaching in 1973 and the Katherine Carmichael Teaching Award in 1980. The Ugliest Pilgrim", the most widely printed of her stories, became an Academy Award winner as a short film titled "Violet", and in 1998 was the basis of a musical that won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award. Coinciding with her retirement from teaching, an endowed chair was named in her honor, The Doris Betts Distinguished Professor in Creative Writing. She served as the Chancellor of the Fellowship of Southern Writers.
- Adam Cole was born on 26 September 1983 in Statesville, North Carolina, USA. He has been married to Amanda Gilliland since 2015.
- Vinson Smith was born on 3 July 1965 in Statesville, North Carolina, USA.
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Carrie Van Hoy was born on 1 December 1977 in Statesville, North Carolina, USA. She is a producer, known for Two for the Money (2005), Living with the Dead (2002) and Appearances (2005). She has been married to Joseph Currie since 11 November 2006.- Felisha Miller was born on 2 October 1990 in Statesville, North Carolina, USA.