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Jan Hooks is better remembered for her five-year run on Saturday Night Live (1975) (1986-91) on the series she impersonated actress ranging from Bette Davis, to Ann-Margret, to Sally Kellerman, to Jodie Foster. After she left the show, she was proposed by Linda Bloodworth-Thomason to replace Jean Smart on CBS's Designing Women (1986). She accepted. She played the role of Carlene Dobber for the final two seasons. She has also played memorable characters in feature-films including, Tina (the Alamo girl) in Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985), and Dixie Glick in Jiminy Glick in Lalawood (2004).

Barrie Youngfellow was born on 22 October 1946 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. She was an actress, known for It's a Living (1980), The Scarlett O'Hara War (1980) and A.E.S. Hudson Street (1977). She was married to Sam Freed and Michael Mund Youngfellow. She died on 28 March 2022 in Woodstock, New York, USA.

Veteran little old man Italian character actor Leonardo Anthony Cimino steadily worked in both movies and TV shows alike from the late 1950's up until 2007. Cimino was born on November 4, 1917 in New York City. He was the son of tailor Andrea Cimino and his wife Leonilda. Leonardo played violin as a child and studied at Juilliard as a teenager. Moreover, Cimino studied acting, directing, and modern dance at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. A small, frail, and wizened fellow with a gaunt face, a slight build, and a distinguished air about him, Leonardo often portrayed shrewd Mafioso types, nice elderly gents, and various men of the cloth which include priests, cardinals, and even the Pope in "Monsignor." Cimino twice played Nazi concentration camp survivors: He was outstanding as the wise Abraham Bernstein in the excellent science fiction TV mini-series "V" and likewise marvelous as the kindly Scary German Guy in the delightful "The Monster Squad." Leonardo had a nice bit as the Baron's doctor in David Lynch's "Dune." Among the TV shows Cimino did guest spots on are "Naked City," "The Defenders," "Kojak," "Ryan's Hope," "The Equalizer," "The Hunger," and "Law and Order." Outside of movies and television, Leonardo acted on stage in such plays as "The Iceman Cometh," "They Knew What They Wanted," "A Memory of Two Mondays," "Mike Downstairs," "Night Life," "A Passage to India," "Handful of Fire," "The Liar," and "Cyrano de Bergerac." Cimino died at age 94 at his home in Woodstock, New York on March 3, 2012.

Peter Lazer was born on 12 April 1946 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958), Hombre (1967) and Kraft Theatre (1947). He died on 14 November 2008 in Woodstock, New York, USA.

Gladys Hurlbut was born on 9 December 1898 in Dresden, New York, USA. She was an actress and writer, known for Higher and Higher (1943), The Mating Season (1951) and The Rains of Ranchipur (1955). She died on 25 January 1988 in Woodstock, New York, USA.

Garth Hudson was born on 2 August 1937 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. He was a music artist and actor, known for Raging Bull (1980), The Right Stuff (1983) and A Sea of Green (2014). He was married to Maud Hudson. He died on 21 January 2025 in Woodstock, New York, USA.

Leon Gast was born on 30 March 1936 in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA. He was a director and producer, known for When We Were Kings (1996), Smash His Camera (2010) and The Trials of Muhammad Ali (2013). He was married to Geri Spolan. He died on 8 March 2021 in Woodstock, New York, USA.

Allen Midgette was born on 2 February 1939 in Camden, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for Caldo soffocante (1991), Blondie: Mother (2011) and 7254 (1971). He died on 16 June 2021 in Woodstock, New York, USA.

Josephine McKim was born on 4 January 1910 in Oil City, Pennsylvania, USA. She was an actress, known for Lady Be Careful (1936). She was married to Gordon Chalmers. She died on 10 December 1992 in Woodstock, New York, USA.

Danny began his career in entertainment by performing standup comedy at the Comedy Store in both Los Angeles and New York City locations; specializing in Archie Bunker and Rodney Dangerfield impersonations. He then was hired by the Miller Brewing Company for several years where he worked as a voice-over and impersonation for various commercials. A member of the Screen Actors Guild; Danny had made appearances in films such as Ghostbusters, Police Academy III, Like Mike and television shows such as Miami Vice.

American tap dancer who was an international star in the 1930's and 1940's. His forte was to tap-dance to any kind of music - jazz, samba, Classical, Baroque - and to adapt his every movement to the character of the music at hand. His career effectively succumbed to the anti- Communist hysteria that existed in the U.S. after World War II, when he was blacklisted out of the entertainment industry as a "Communist sympathizer."

Harrison Muller Sr. was born on 23 July 1926 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Warrior of the Lost World (1983), Hansel and Gretel (1958) and Max Liebman Spectaculars (1954). He died on 10 June 1998 in Woodstock, New York, USA.

Edith Brandell was born on 2 April 1918 in New York, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for All Girl Revue (1940) and Nut Guilty (1936). She died on 24 December 1998 in Woodstock, New York, USA.

David V. Robison came from an accomplished family of liberal and artistic leanings. His sister was a concert pianist and his oldest daughter, Paula Robison, is one of the premier flutists in the world, and teaches flute at the Mannes School of Music in New York City. After graduating in history from Columbia University, David taught at the African-American College Fiske University in Atlanta, where he met the black singer and actor Paul Robeson. Paul was Paula's godfather. David became active in the civil rights movement, and his leftist leanings led to his being blacklisted in the 1950s. During this period he wrote under several pseudonyms and was known as an accomplished rewrite man. In the 1960s he started writing again under his own name, and was one of the main script writers for the Defenders, with E.G. Marshall, and other popular TV shows. He moved to Woodstock, New York in the late 1960s and died there of lung cancer in 1977, survived by his wife Naomi, an actress and teacher, his daughters Paula and Deborah, and his son Joshua.

Eugene Gold was born on 24 June 1924 in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was married to Rosaine Schwartz. He died on 5 August 2024 in Woodstock, New York, USA.

Following the death of Albert Grossman, Sally managed Bearsville Recording Studios and Bearsville Records. She appeared on the cover of Bob Dylan's album "Bringing It All Back Home" - the iconic woman in a red dress.

As a child, under the name Sally Coleman, acted in numerous TV commercials in the 1940's and 50's. Sally attended Professional Children's School in Manhattan.

Caroline Francke was born on 19, July, 1899, at Far Rockaway, a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. Caroline and her sister Katherine were raised by their mother Caroline, a divorce who worked as a private secretary in Essex, New Jersey.

Francke attended the Connecticut College for Women and had studied playwriting at Columbia University before finding success on Broadway and in Hollywood. She is probably best remembered for her 1928 play, "Exceeding Small", and an unproduced play that became the movie, Bombshell (1933), starring Jean Harlow. In the 1940s she worked as a script writer for the popular "Henry Aldrich" radio series.

Caroline Francke died from a cerebral hemorrhage on 22 May 1960, at Woodstock, New York, the birthplace of her husband, artist Kenneth Downer (1903-1975). Along with her husband, an adopted daughter and her sister also survived. Her last production, "The 49th Cousin" debuted on Broadway just three months after her death.

Francisco Moncion was born on 6 July 1922 in La Vega, Dominican Republic. He was an actor, known for A Midsummer Night's Dream (1967), La valse (1973) and Camera Three (1954). He died on 1 April 1995 in Woodstock, New York, USA.

Alix Dobkin was born on 16 August 1940 in New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Thirsty (2016), Dyketactics (1974) and Our Time (1983). She was married to Sam Hood. She died on 19 May 2021 in Woodstock, New York, USA.

Morey Bunin was born on 15 April 1910 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for Fearless Fosdick (1952), The Great Foodini (1948) and Pete Roleum and His Cousins (1939). He died on 26 February 1997 in Woodstock, New York, USA.

Stan Szelest was born on 11 February 1942 in Buffalo, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Staying Together (1989). He died on 20 January 1991 in Woodstock, New York, USA.

Manuel Komroff was born on 7 September 1890 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for Small Town Boy (1937), The Scarlet Empress (1934) and The Magic Bow (1946). He was married to Elinor M. Barnard. He died on 10 December 1974 in Woodstock, New York, USA.

Fanny Simpson was an actress, known for Hubby Does the Washing (1912), The Boarding House Heiress (1912) and Child of the Tenements (1912). She died on 17 October 1961 in Woodstock, New York, USA.

Edmund Gilligan was born on 7 June 1898 in Waltham, Massachusetts, USA. He was a writer, known for Sealed Cargo (1951). He died on 29 December 1973 in Woodstock, New York, USA.

Gaston Bell was born on 27 September 1877 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for The Third Degree (1913), The Wolf (1914) and Nathan Hale (1913). He died on 11 December 1963 in Woodstock, New York, USA.