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Cedric the Entertainer is an African-American comedian and actor known for being one of the Original Kings of Comedy. He is also known for his roles in the Barbershop trilogy, the Madagascar trilogy, The Steve Harvey Show, Ice Age, Planes, The Soul Man and The Neighborhood. He has had three children with Lorna Wells.- Charles weber is an American actor and former model. In 2014, Weber began starring as Frank Delfino in the ABC legal drama series, How to Get Away with Murder. Weber was born in Jefferson City, Missouri. He dropped out of college after a year and moved to New York City when he was 19 years old to study at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting. As a model, Weber appeared in the Christmas 1998 Abercrombie & Fitch catalog when photographer Bruce Weber revitalized the publication.
- Anastasia Foster was born in Jefferson City, Missouri, USA. She is known for UP, Michigan! (2001), Video Game High School (2012) and True Blood (2008).
- William Rose was born on 31 August 1918 in Jefferson City, Missouri, USA. He was a writer, known for Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967), The Ladykillers (1955) and It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963). He was married to Tania Rose. He died on 10 February 1987 in Jersey, Channel Islands, UK.
- Janet Beecher, daughter of the German vice-consul in Chicago, studied acting at the Art Students League in New York. For almost three decades she made a name for herself as a leading actress in plays on the Broadway stage, beginning with a bit part in 'The Two Orphans' in 1903. Her hits included 'The Lottery Man' (1909-10), 'The Concert' (1910-11), 'A Bill of Divorcement' (1921-22) and 'Courage' (1928-29).
She made her Hollywood debut in 1933. Despite consistently good critical reviews, her theatrical stardom never translated to the screen. She was destined to be typecast as forthright wives and was particularly droll as Mrs.Barnum in The Mighty Barnum (1934), opposite Wallace Beery. She also played sympathetic dowagers, genial friends of the heroine and a multitude of steadfast mothers (best of those being Margaret Sullavan's in So Red the Rose (1935) and Tyrone Power's in The Mark of Zorro (1940). In 1943, she returned to the stage and made her theatrical curtain call as the wife of the title character in 'The Late George Apley' the following year. - Actor
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John Michael Herndon was born in the small rural town of Linn, Missouri, but spent his remaining childhood years in Jefferson City, MO. As an exceptionally shy and introverted child, he expressed himself by being the class 'artist.' In an effort to break out of his shell, he transferred to the much larger public high school where he participated in all the speech and drama classes available, and subsequently began his transition from the visual arts into the dramatic arts.
However, convinced by his family to declare a "practical" major, he spent two years at Lincoln University, a local and historic black college, as a Business student before transferring to SMSU (now called Missouri State.) While at SMSU, he expanded his studies and completed separate undergraduate degrees: a B.S. degree in Business, a B.F.A. degree in Theatre, as well as a Master's degree in Theatre. (Other noted students from the Theatre program are John Goodman and Kathleen Turner.)
In the ensuing years in Los Angeles, he has served dueling objectives -- bouncing back and forth between business and acting. He gained business success by producing events for national charities, major film studios and the City of L.A. During this time, he also pursued an acting career and appeared in a number of indie films and television shows such as Buffy, The Vampire Slayer.
When his oldest sister was diagnosed with terminal cancer in 2005, he returned to Missouri and stayed until her death a year later. That personal experience and time for reflection allowed him to return to LA with a reinvigorated sense of purpose and artistic passion. That renewed focus on his acting has led to numerous film roles in subsequent years.
The character portrayals have ranged from urbane lawyers and compassionate doctors to hard edged southern characters like Barry in The Abattoir, the murderous Confederate Army Captain in Deserted or the evil and sadistic Mr. Abaddon in Beneath The Top Hat. Although he is known for his personal sensitivity and joviality, John Michael obviously relishes performing the depth and complexity of a well written antagonist or villain role.- Animation Department
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Jay Howell was born on 5 February 1979 in Jefferson City, Missouri, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Sanjay and Craig (2013), Vans Classic Tales (2012) and Hippy Adventure (2009).- Laura La Varnie was born on 2 March 1853 in Jefferson City, Missouri, USA. She was an actress, known for Vanity Fair (1923), The Bells (1926) and Mine to Keep (1923). She was married to Frank La Varnie. She died on 18 September 1939 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Chester Himes was born on 29 July 1909 in Jefferson City, Missouri, USA. He was a writer, known for Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970), Come Back Charleston Blue (1972) and A Rage in Harlem (1991). He was married to Lesley Packard and Jean Johnson. He died on 12 November 1984 in Moravia, Costa Blanca, Spain.
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The Kansas City, Missouri native and Navy veteran majored in Broadcast Communications at Lincoln University of Missouri. His first exposure to color grading was as a timing coordinator for the movie Starship Troopers. It was then that he suggested using compositing software with film scanning to color all vfx shots for Sony Imageworks - becoming one of the early digital intermediate pioneers.- Writer
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John Farris was born on 26 July 1936 in Jefferson City, Missouri, USA. He is a writer and director, known for The Fury (1978), Dear Dead Delilah (1972) and No Sin Unpunished (2019).- Actor
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Michael Neeley was born on 7 November 1960 in Jefferson City, Missouri, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Firestorm Rising (2001), Lethal Justice (1995) and The Keeper (2002).- Tom Wescott was born on 21 November 1973 in Jefferson City, Missouri, USA. He is an actor, known for Party Crasher: My Bloody Birthday (2000), Murder Made Me Famous (2015) and The Generation Why Podcast (2012).
- Charlie Brown was born on 16 October 1945 in Jefferson City, Missouri, USA. He is an actor, known for Number One (1969) and The NFL on CBS (1956).
- Phil Garner was born on 30 April 1949 in Jefferson City, Tennessee, USA. He has been married to Carol Garner since 11 April 1971. They have three children.
- Dana Bible was born on 8 October 1891 in Jefferson City, Tennessee, USA. He was married to Dorothy Gilstrap, Agnes Stacy and Rowena Rhodes. He died on 19 January 1980 in Austin, Texas, USA.
- Armenian-American writer and producer Drew Zamanigian was born in Jefferson City, Missouri. He attended Cranbrook Kingswood in Bloomfield Hills, MI (2004) where he got his love for the arts. Later earning his masters degree from Palm Beach Atlantic University (2011) in Mental Health Psychology. Known for Voorhees Night of the Beast (2021) and producing several other projects.
- Joe Crede was born on 26 April 1978 in Jefferson City, Missouri, USA.
- Blaine Luetkemeyer was born on 7 May 1952 in Jefferson City, Missouri, USA. He has been married to Mary Jacqueline Gannon since 1976. They have three children.
- Justin Smith was born on 30 September 1979 in Jefferson City, Missouri, USA.
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Matthew Dyer was born on 26 March 1974 in Jefferson City, Tennessee, USA. He is a cinematographer, known for American Masters (1985), Meet the Wilsons (2009) and Tuckerville (2005).- Sylvester Williams was born on 21 November 1988 in Jefferson City, Missouri, USA.
- Brooklyn Joyce Garrison was born on the 19th of November 1994 in Jefferson City, Missouri USA. The youngest of 4 children, with 3 brothers in the home she was very determined to prove that being a girl didn't just represent ribbons, and dresses. She was never afraid of getting dirty, climbing trees, etc. Whatever the boys did, she did her best to do it too just as well.
Brooklyn's interest in Acting came in 2004 when a Talent Scout came to town and requested a second look. Her Parents David and Sonya Garrison took her to the John Robert Power "Images" Agency in nearby St. Louis, Missouri. From there she was invited to The International Presentation of Performers Convention 2007 (iPOP!) in Las Vegas Nevada. She won honorable mention for top 20 for print. (head shot) She went to several open calls as well as a callback from a Los Angeles California Agency called Hollander Talent Group. Brooklyn met with them during the month of March 2008 and was asked to sign with them.
She was the finalist winner of the St. Louis JRP Talent School, and runner up for the cover of JRP sponsored "Almost Famous Magazine" Winter Issue.
She was spotted by a very talented screenwriter (Alex Whitmer)who recommended her to the director (Phil Giordano) for the lead in a short film which she shot in New York in June 2008 titled Wednesday's Farewell. Her role was a young girl named Wednesday Alexander who is orphaned and dying. - Steve Rogers was born on 26 October 1949 in Jefferson City, Missouri, USA.
- Clyde Wright was born on 20 February 1941 in Jefferson City, Tennessee, USA.
- David Michael Maas was born on 15 March 1963 in Jefferson City, Missouri, USA. He was an actor, known for Cirque du Soleil: Solstrom (2003), Ausgetrickst - Die unglaubliche Show (2005) and Hell's Kitchen (2005). He was married to Dania Kaseeva. He died on 22 November 2020 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
- A native of Jefferson City, Missouri, Joseph B. Bass taught school for seven years before embarking on a career as an journeyman printer and newspaperman, working in Topeka, Kan. from 1896 to 1905; Helena, Montana, 1905 to 1911; then to San Francisco for a year, and from there to Los Angeles, where he started working for Charlotta A. Spears, the owner and publisher of the "California Eagle." In August 1914, they married, and for the next twenty years they made the "California Eagle" one of the premier African-American newspapers in the United States. Active in many causes designed for the uplift of the Black community as well as political activity. After his death, his wife carried on for the next thirty-five years. In 1952, she ran for Vice President on the Progressive Party ticket, the first Black woman to run for national office.
- Lee Gordon was born in Jefferson City and had deep roots in the capital city. An elementary school in Jefferson City is even named for his uncle, Thorpe Gordon. Lee Gordon was taking drama classes at Jefferson Junior College when KRCG was hiring a part-time announcer for the station. He began work at KRCG in April 1955, only a few weeks after the station had opened in February 1955. Mr. Gordon had only been working at KRCG when the station's full-time announcer quit. KRCG then offered him the job and he took it.
It was early in KRCG's history that he was the anchor for the station's 10:00 PM newscast, as well as its announcer for commercials. In 1956 he began his long stint as a weathercaster at the station. Lee Gordon also worked behind the scenes. In the days when KRCG produced a good deal of local programming, Lee Gordon directed many of those live local TV shows. In the days before ABC affiliate KCBJ (now KMIZ) opened in 1971, KRCG and Columbia station KOMU would divide up ABC programming between the two stations. It was Lee Gordon who chose which ABC shows would air on KRCG, everything from The Big Valley to The Johnny Cash Show. He served as KRCG's program manager and eventually its station manager.
Aside from his long stint as a weatherman on KRCG, many viewers might remember him best for playing Santa Claus on the station's long running children's show Showtime in the weeks before Christmas. He is also remembered as KRCG's horror host, The Count, on the station's horror movie anthology Tales of Terror in the early to mid Seventies. Tales of Terror included reruns of the classic TV series Thriller and such classic horror movies as Son of Frankenstein (1939) and The Mummy (1932).
Gordon died in 2021. - Wally Lage was born on 8 October 1943 in Jefferson City, Missouri, USA. He was married to Dori Lage. He died on 19 August 2010 in Brunswick, Maine, USA.
- Kay Loring was born on 14 January 1913 in Jefferson City, Missouri, USA. She was an actress, known for Stanley (1956) and Blind Alley (1941). She died on 18 January 1997 in Arizona, USA.