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- Michole Briana White is a Chicago native who became certain of her dream to be an artist at the age of 12, when introduced to modeling which led to acting. Now a seasoned vet in the world of theatre, film, television and commercials, some of Ms. White's credits include:
.Series regular role in Black Mafia Family, produced by Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, shooting 2021. .Role of Alice in Michael Bay film Songbird. Release date Thanksgiving 2020. .Role of Sheriff Doyle in film Six Feet. Release date 2021. .Principal role in James Wan's film Malignant. Release date 2021. .Recurring role on Amazon series Goliath starring and directed by Billy Bob Thornton. 2020-2021. .Recurring role on Dead to Me Season 2. 2020 .Starred in live show as actor and vocalist with LA Philharmonic at Disney Concert Hall. 2019 . Recurring role on Vital Signs series starring Dr. Dre. . Carried lead role of the iconic Ms. Lena Horne in When Jazz Had the Blues at The Matrix Theatre LA garnering NAACP and Obie Awards. . Supporting Lead in Lila and Eve starring Viola Davis and Jennifer Lopez. . Lead role in The Strange Eyes of Dr. Myes film. . Lead role in 2017 Gotham, Award winning Web Series . Only Light - USC short film directed by Evita Castine. . Recurring role on TV One's Love That Girl. .Featured vocalist on 2011 Emmy Awards honoring Pat Sajack. . Series Regular role on BET's Reed Between the Lines. Her original song Breaking the Cycle aired episode 6 (song and video below.) .Produced her own music video now on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zY2IKs7YVI . Her vocals were also featured in the title song of Reed Between the Lines. . Self-produced two EP's as lead vocalist and song writer. . Licenses her original music for film and television. . Series Regular on 100 Center Street, directed by Sydney Lumet. . Ms. White was a lead in Ava Duvernay's first groundbreaking feature I Will Follow. .Faster directed by George Tillman with Dwayne Johnson and Billy Bob Thornton. .Originated the role of Rena in original Off-Broadway production of August Wilson's Jitney. - Actress
- Soundtrack
Dana Michelle Plato was born in Maywood, California, on Saturday, November 7, 1964. Her first excursion into the film world occurred when she was 11 in the television film Beyond the Bermuda Triangle (1975). Dana never made an impact on the TV screen until she landed the role of Kimberly Drummond in the TV hit sitcom Diff'rent Strokes (1978) from 1978-1986. After the series ended, Dana had difficulty finding more acting work. Sometimes she would act in a made-for-TV movie or a low- budget silver-screen film. She was married for Lanny Lambert for seven years and they had a son. She was arrested in 1991 for robbing a Las Vegas video store and placed on probation; the next year she was arrested again, this time for forging a Valium prescription. She had just finished an interview with Howard Stern in the spring of 1999 when she and her fiancé, Robert Menchaca, were headed back to California. She hoped the interview would revive her stalled career. They stopped at his parents' house in Moore, Oklahoma for a Mother's-Day-weekend visit; on Saturday, May 8, 1999, Dana died of what appeared to be an accidental overdose of the painkiller "Loritab". On May 21, a coroner's inquest ruled her death a suicide because of the large amount of drugs in her body and her history of past suicide attempts. Dana Plato was 34 years old.- Actor
- Writer
- Producer
Dennis Franz was born Dennis Franz Schlacta in Maywood, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, and is the son of Eleanor (Mueller) and Franz Ferdinand Schlachta, who were postal workers. He has two sisters, Marlene (born 1938) and Heidi (born 1935). He graduated from Southern Illinois University and was immediately drafted into the military. He served eleven months in Vietnam in a reconnaissance unit, and after his service he suffered depression for some time afterwards. In 1972 he joined the Organic Theatre Company. Robert Altman discovered him at an auditions and urged him to go to Los Angeles, where he became part of Altman's resident company. He met Joanie Zeck on April Fool's Day 1982 and aided her in raising her two daughters, Krista (born 1976) and Tricia (born 1974). They married thirteen years later in Carmel, California.- Actor
- Additional Crew
Gary Carlos Cervantes was born on 24 January 1953 in Maywood, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Commando (1985), Colors (1988) and The Astronaut's Wife (1999).- Music Artist
- Music Department
- Actor
Exceptionally talented singer/songwriter John Prine enjoyed a 40 plus year career that encompassed such diverse music genres as folk, rock, country, and rockabilly. With his wry sense of humor, sharp, incisive songwriting, and endearingly offbeat perspective, John distinguished himself as a true original with a well-deserved loyal cult following.
Prine was born on October 10, 1946 in Maywood, Illinois, the son of Verna Valentine (Hamm) and William Mason Prine, a tool-and-die maker. He was taught by his brother how to play guitar at age fourteen. John worked as a postman for five years and did a two-year stint in the Army prior to beginning his musical career as part of the folk music scene in Chicago. Prine garnered a lot of accolades from critics for his outstanding self-titled 1971 debut album. The follow-up albums, "Diamonds in the Rough" and "Sweet Revenge", were likewise well-received by critics but, alas, none of these albums were big commercial successes.
In the mid '70s, John began to vary his basic melodic folk/country sound: The 1975 album, "Common Sense", leaned more towards tough rock and the 1979 album, "Pink Cadillac", was a straight-up raucous rockabilly outing. He continued to record albums throughout the 80s. His terrific 1991 album, "The Missing Years", won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album. His songs have been covered by such artists as The Everly Brothers ("Paradise"), Bette Midler ("Hello in There"), Joan Baez ("Hello in There") and Laura Cantrell ("Sam Stone"). John has sizable co-starring roles in the movies, Falling from Grace (1992) and Daddy and Them (2001). Among the films that feature Prine's songs on the soundtrack are Into the Wild (2007), Grass (1999), Fire Down Below (1997), UFOria (1984) and The Pride of Jesse Hallam (1981). In 1998, John was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma of the neck, underwent surgery and radiation treatment and, subsequently, made a full recovery in 1999. Prine was the recipient of the Artist of the Year Award at the Americana Music Awards on September 9, 2005. Subsequently, he released critically acclaimed album "Standard Songs for Average People."
In 2005 Fair & Square was his 15th studio album, released on Oh Boy Records. It was released on a standard CD, an Extended Play (EP) CD with four bonus tracks, and a vinyl version with the same four bonus tracks.At the 48th Grammy Awards, Fair & Square won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album. In late 2014 Prine was again diagnosed with a cancer, received surgery and treatment and was back out touring on the road in 2015. He died in 2020, of COVID-19.- Robert S. Woods was born on 13 March 1948 in Maywood, California, USA. He is an actor, known for One Life to Live (1968), All My Children (1970) and Days of Our Lives (1965). He has been married to Loyita Chapel since 1985. They have two children.
- Actor
- Stunts
- Producer
Dick Crockett was born on 27 February 1915 in Maywood, Illinois, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976), Batman: The Movie (1966) and The Pink Panther (1963). He died on 25 January 1979 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
- Composer
- Music Department
Jim Messina was born on 5 December 1947 in Maywood, California, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for RV (2006), Independence Day (1983) and Made in Heaven (1987). He is married to Michaela Darlin Laza. They have one child. He was previously married to Jenny Sullivan.- Wally Taylor was born on 14 July 1930 in Maywood, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Night of the Creeps (1986), Escape from New York (1981) and Rocky III (1982). He died on 7 October 2012 in San Antonio, Texas, USA.
- Shannon Brown was born on 29 November 1985 in Maywood, Illinois, USA. He is an actor, known for Think Like a Man (2012), Vanguard (2009) and Monica: Love All Over Me (2010). He was previously married to Monica.
- Yolanda White was born on 22 April 1950 in Maywood, California, USA. She was an actress, known for All Mine to Give (1957), Leave It to Beaver (1957) and The Ed Sullivan Show (1948). She died on 18 November 2020 in Oxnard, California, USA.
- Tim Cowgill was born on 19 November 1957 in Maywood, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Desert Fox (2009), Satisfy Me (2007) and The Michael Jackson Trial (2005). He died on 13 June 2010 in Auburn Township, Ohio, USA.
- Producer
- Actress
- Additional Crew
Nicole Danielle was born on 16 August 1981 in Maywood, Illinois, USA. She is a producer and actress, known for Bones (2010), Ultimate Women Challenge (2010) and Big Rig Bounty Hunters (2013).- Producer
- Director
- Writer
Sonny Dyon is a Writer/Producer/Director and Actor. He is the second of seven children raised by a single mom mostly in Upper Michigan. He began acting when he was 13 years old, but knew that he wanted to be in entertainment when he was 6.
Sonny spent six years in the US Air Force as a Broadcast Journalist working as an on-air DJ, News Producer/Anchor, Television Producer/Host. He began writing screenplays in 1997 after watching the film "Swingers".
Sonny has been married to Sharon since 1993 and together they have two sons, Writer/Director Sonny Dyon Jr. and Actor/Producer Alex Dyon.
When not working on a project Sonny typically watches Chicago sports teams or lies about working on projects.- Jim Brewer was born on 3 December 1951 in Maywood, Illinois, USA. He is an actor, known for Draft Day (2014), The NBA on CBS (1973) and Munich 1972: Games of the XX Olympiad (1972).
- Make-Up Department
- Actor
Frank Westmore was born on 13 April 1923 in Maywood, California, USA. He was an actor, known for And Justice for All (1979), Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970) and Being There (1979). He was married to Gloria Christian, Johnnie Fay Rector, Ginger Clayton and Fran Shore. He died on 14 May 1985 in Burbank, California, USA.- Cammi Granato was born on 25 March 1971 in Maywood, Illinois, USA. She is an actress, known for Arli$$ (1996), WICK: The Hayley Wickenheiser Story (2022) and The 18th Olympic Winter Games (1998). She has been married to Ray Ferraro since 4 September 2004. They have two children.
- Chuck Studley was born on 17 January 1929 in Maywood, Illinois, USA.
- Actor
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Luke Anton Wilson was born on 20 October 1976 in Maywood, Illinois, USA. He is an actor and assistant director, known for White Flag (2012), Qwerty (2012) and Irish American Ninja (2005).- Additional Crew
Greg Caron was born on 11 June 1986 in Maywood, Illinois, USA. Greg is known for The Small Assassin (2011).- Jim Johnson was born on 26 May 1941 in Maywood, Illinois, USA. He was married to Vicky. He died on 28 July 2009 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA.
- Additional Crew
- Producer
- Actor
Kevin Koval is a Producer, known for The Life (2010), Spiral (2014) and Eye of the Beholder (2016). He has worked for many different television shows such as Ebert Presents: At the Movies (2011), America's Got Talent, and NickMom Night Out as a Production Assistant.
Kevin grew up in Illinois cities but mainly in Aurora, Chicago, Elmhurst, and Naperville. He worked on the North side of Chicago as a Productions Assistant for the show Ebert Presents: At the Movies (2011). He graduated from Tribeca Flashpoint Academy of Media Arts in Chicago.- Asya Meadows was born on 30 April 1997 in Maywood, Illinois, USA. Asya is an actor, known for What Happened to Dorothy Bell?, Hyde Park (2022) and Moved by Love.
- Actor
- Writer
- Cinematographer
Andy Steadman is an American film and television actor, writer, and singer known for his work on We Had This Band.
Andy is the son of a dentist and an award winning baker. After a young childhood in near Chicago suburbs like Berwyn, Andy was raised in Normal, Illinois. He attended University High School, and appeared in plays with novelist and Washington Post columnist Monica Hesse. A graduate of Illinois State University's well-known School of Theatre, he was a classmate of Nelsan Ellis and Corryn Cummins. Andy sang in the Madrigal singers during high school and university, and has appeared with Los Angeles based carolers The Voices of Christmas for many years.
As of 2019, Andy teaches performing arts and indulges in his hobbies of 3D Printing/Design and musical instrument construction.- Craig Hall was born in Maywood, Illinois, USA. He is known for Center Stage (2000) and NY Export: Opus Jazz (2010).