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- Kate Chastain was born on 2 January 1983 in Melbourne Beach, Brevard County, Florida, USA.
- Hilliary Begley was born on 17 May 1986 in Brevard, Iredell, North Carolina, USA. She is an actress, known for Dumplin' (2018) and When We Last Spoke (2019).
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One the most successful entertainers of the Black vaudeville stage, also known as the Chitlin Circuit, was Jackie "Moms" Mabley, born Loretta Mary Aiken in 1894. At the apex of her long career, she was earning $10,000 a week at Harlem's Apollo Theatre. Mabley focused on conventional topics such as family and others not normally covered by comedians of the era, white or Black, such as infidelity, poverty, welfare, and inebriation.
Billed as the Funniest Woman in the World, she adopted her original stage name from a boyfriend, Jackie Mabley, and began her career at 14. A teenage runaway, she joined the Negro troupe of Henry Bowman and Tim Moore and, in a short time, became a success. Quick-witted and quick-tongued, Mabley's unorthodox, self-assured routines as an outspoken grandma while wearing bag-lady clothes--old-fashioned print dresses and floppy hats--was a favorite with Black female audiences, particularly when she was lampooning the psychology of men. Her career spanned five decades, although white audiences did not know of her until the early 1960s. Mabley played Carnegie Hall in 1962. Mainstream TV appearances in the 1960s included variety appearances on shows hosted by Flip Wilson, Mike Douglas, Merv Griffin, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1967), and Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1967). She was an inspiration for irreverent female comics of that era, including Phyllis Diller and, in her final years, Mabley poked fun at the president and other government officials.- Actress
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Dawn Lambing was born on 5 November 1965 in Brevard, North Carolina, USA. She is an actress and director, known for To Catch a Killer (2023), Roed (2023) and The Barbarian Invasions (2003).- Marie Runyon was born on 20 March 1915 in Brevard, North Carolina, USA. She was an actress, known for The Manchurian Candidate (2004) and Rachel Getting Married (2008). She was married to Dick Runyon. She died on 7 October 2018 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- Spencer Fisher was born on 9 May 1976 in Brevard, North Carolina, USA.
- Boyce McDaniel was born on 11 June 1917 in Brevard, North Carolina, USA. He was married to Jane. He died on 8 May 2002 in Ithaca, New York, USA.
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K.J. Bump was born on 31 May 1980 in Brevard, North Carolina, USA. He is a director and cinematographer, known for The Walkers, Perspective (2013) and Riscatto (2012).- Producer
- Director
Beulah Zachary was born on 13 August 1911 in Brevard, North Carolina, USA. She was a producer and director, known for Ladies in Retirement (1948), Walk with Me (1946) and Marriage Proposal (1945). She died on 3 February 1959 in New York City, USA.