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Rachel Ward was born on 12 September 1957 in Cornwell Manor, Cornwell, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England, UK. She is an actress and director, known for The Thorn Birds (1983), Against All Odds (1984) and Sharky's Machine (1981). She has been married to Bryan Brown since 16 April 1983. They have three children.- Actor
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Wentworth Miller is a compelling and critically acclaimed actor whose credits span both television and feature film.
Wentworth Earl Miller III was born June 2, 1972 in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England, to American parents, Joy Marie (Palm), a special education teacher, and Wentworth Earl Miller II, a lawyer educator. He has two younger sisters, Gillian and Leigh. His father, who is black, is of Afro-Jamaican and African-American (along with English and German) descent. His mother, who is caucasian, has Dutch, French, Swedish, Lebanese/Syrian, Austrian, and Rusyn ancestry.
When Miller turned a year old, his family moved to Park Slope, Brooklyn, New York. His father became an assistant district attorney over there. Wentworth retains a dual citizenship, but affirms that he has always been an American. He comes from a diverse background. Wentworth attended Midwood High School in Brooklyn, where he was a member of Sing!, an annual musical production that was started by Midwood. He later on transferred to Quaker Valley Senior High School in Sewickley, Pennsylvania. Wentworth was a straight As student in high school and was involved in the AV club and school newspaper. After graduating from high school in 1990, he attended Princeton University. He was also a cartoonist for the school paper and a member of the A Capella group, The Princeton Tigertones, where he sang baritone. It was then that he realized he was interested in performing in front of big and small audiences. Five years later, in 1995, he graduated from Princeton with a bachelor's degree in English Literature and moved to California. That same year, he was hired by a small company who made movies for television. About a year and a half later, he realized that he had unconsciously moved to Los Angeles to be an actor. He then decided to quit his job at the production company even after his employee at the production company had offered him another stable job position.
Unfortunately for Wentworth, breaking into the industry was a tough job for him. He worked as a temp at several production companies before ending up working as a temp for his former employee's production office. It wasn't too long before Wentworth started landing guest roles on show such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997), ER (1994), and Popular (1999). He also starred in the Hallmark series, Dinotopia (2002), playing the character, David Scott. These guest spots later on led to a role in the feature film, The Human Stain (2003), which happened to be his breakthrough role, alongside Nicole Kidman and Sir Anthony Hopkins, where he played the younger version of Anthony Hopkins' character, Coleman Silk. Although the film didn't fare well in movie theaters, it was well received by viewers and critics, further catapulting Wentworth to bigger stardom.
After The Human Stain (2003), he appeared in the movie _Underworld_, as Dr Adam Lockwood, opposite Kate Beckinsale and Scott Speedman, playing the voice of EDI. He also guest-starred in the series finale of CBS' Joan of Arcadia (2003), as Ryan Hunter, a charming-yet-sinister man who revealed to Joan that he also spoke to God. It was reported that his character would be Joan's greatest challenge, but in May, CBS decided to cancel the show, leaving fans to wonder what might have been. In 2005, Wentworth appeared in the pilot of Ghost Whisperer (2005) before eventually starring on FOX network's Prison Break (2005). Wentworth played the role of Michael Scofield, a character helping his brother, Lincoln Burrows, escape death row after being found guilty of a crime he did not commit. He stars alongside actors, Dominic Purcell, Amaury Nolasco and Robert Knepper. Prison Break (2005) became an instant hit and Wentworth secured a spot among viewers as one of the hottest up-and-coming actors around. His performance in the show earned him a Golden Globe nomination, a Saturn award nomination, as well as three Teen Choice Award nominations. The Brooklyn native also appeared in two of Mariah Carey's music videos, "It's Like That" and "We Belong Together" as Mariah's love interest.
Brett Ratner, who was signed on to direct both the music videos, directed the pilot episode of Prison Break (2005) and already knew who Wentworth was. Brett then brought up the idea to the songstress about using Wentworth in the videos. After showing Mariah pictures of Wentworth, she agreed to use him and Wentworth managed to work on both the videos and Prison Break with the help of crew members who constructed a special set on the set of the videos. Wentworth even admits that the two days he spent working with Mariah, was in fact, one of his career highs - even topping anything he's ever done prior to Prison Break (2005) because it gave him so much exposure. Wentworth describes himself as a very private person who likes to spend time just relaxing at home when he's not working. He enjoys swimming, reading, taking naps as well as going to different restaurants every week. He enjoys spending time at The Art Institute of Chicago because he believes that music, painting, movies and theater can all contribute to the work of an actor.
In 2013, he returned to his writing roots, linking up with acclaimed director Park Chan-wook and penning the screenplay for the film _Stoker_, which he submitted under an alias, Ted Foulke. He has also written a screenplay for a prequel called Uncle Charlie.- Dwier Brown was born on January 30, 1959 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and grew up in Sharon Center, Ohio. He is an actor best known for playing Kevin Costner's father in Field of Dreams (1989). He recently wrote a critically-acclaimed book, called "If You Build It...", a book about Fathers, Fate and Field of Dreams. He has been married to Laurie Lennon since May 31, 2009.
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Brian Aherne was an Oscar-nominated Anglo-American stage and screen actor who was one of the top cinema character actors in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. Born on May 2, 1902, in Kings Norton, Worcestershire, England, Aherne performed as an actor as a child. At age 18, he made his debut as an adult with the company that would evolve into the world-famous Birmingham Repertory Theatre. Three years later, he made his debut in London's West End, the English equivalent of Broadway. After his experience in Birmingham, Aherne studied architecture, but a life as an actor was too strong to resist, so he returned to the theater in 1923. For the next eight years, he toured the provinces and appeared in the West End in various productions. In 1931, he made his Broadway debut playing Robert Browning in "The Barretts of Wimpole Street." He alternated between the New York and London stage in the early 1930s. Aherne made his movie debut in 1924, and in the mid-1930s, he moved to Hollywood. In 1940, he was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Supporting Actor for Juarez (1939) for playing the Emperor Maximilian. Brian Aherne published his autobiography in 1969, and 10 years later, he published a biography of his friend George Sanders, entitled "A Dreadful Man." He died at age 83 of heart failure on February 10, 1986, in Venice, Florida.- Writer
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Franc was born in Norton, near Stockton on Tees and on leaving St John's School at Billingham he went to work at Smith's Dock in Middlesbrough but soon gained a scholarship to the London Film School. From there he moved into the film side of tv commercials and freelancing and his productions of The Fight, a BBC documentary about the preparation for the Bugner -Frazer fight. Television productions such as Auf Wiedersehen Pet brought more acclaim and Quadrophenia, his first feature film achieved cult status in Amereica. This success led 20th Century Fox to offer him a three picture deal that brought a four year stay in Beverley Hills. The mid 1980's saw completion of a 14 million dollar blockbuster The Bride loosely based on May Shelley's Frankenstein tale starring Sting and Jennifer Beals. Since then Franc has maintained his run of successes with both film and television productions.- Actress
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Anita Harris was born on 3 June 1942 in Midsomer Norton, Somerset, England, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for Carry on Follow That Camel (1967), Carry on Doctor (1967) and Love Is a Woman (1966). She was previously married to Mike Margolis.- Frank was born in Norton in the coalfields of southwestern Virginia. After earning a degree in English from the University of Virginia at Wise he joined the newly formed Roadside Theatre, a part of Appalachian Film Workshop. For the next ten years, and over four hundred touring performances, he was part of a three actor ensemble in an original production based on Appalachian storytelling. Venues ranged from tents, prisons, and colleges to a run at the Manhattan Theatre Club. His film career began with two notable movies, John Sayle's, Matewan, and Mark Rydell's, The River. Soon, he was enlisted to play the character of Uncle Bogg in the television series Christy. His many film credits over the years include the role of Sheriff Guidry in Joseph Sargent's, A Lesson Before Dying, which gathered an Emmy for best picture and In 2005 director Phil Morrison brought Frank in to play the folk artist David Wark in the independent Junebug. It was a Sundance favorite and was on many of the year's ten best films lists. Diane Bell met Frank when she and Chris Byrne were visiting friends at his home at the River Farm in Virginia. They saw the bee hives, ate from the garden, and heard some great live music. Later, in conversation, she briefly mentioned a script called Obselidia she was completing. Several months later she contacted Frank to see if he had any more honey, he did, and to ask if he and bees would be in her movie. And they were. Though the bees that worked on location in the desert near Death Valley turned out not to be from the from the River Farm, but were their California cousins. Unfortunately, they could not accompany Frank to the premiere in the knee-deep snow at Sundance. They were returned to their home in the locust groves near the foot of Mount Whitney.
- Philip Stainton was born on 9 April 1908 in King's Norton, Worcestershire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Ladykillers (1955), Mogambo (1953) and Moby Dick (1956). He died on 1 August 1961 in Melbourne, Australia.
- Peter Alexander was born on 15 October 1952 in Midsomer Norton, Somerset, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Emmerdale Farm (1972), Coronation Street (1960) and Murder in Mind (2001).
- Edward Dentith was born on 22 September 1917 in Kings Norton, Birmingham, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Emmerdale Farm (1972), Doctor Who (1963) and The Avengers (1961). He died in 1999 in Croydon, Surrey, England, UK.
- Patrick Aherne was born on 6 January 1901 in King's Norton, Worcestershire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Huntingtower (1927), The Court Jester (1955) and The Game Chicken (1926). He was married to Anne Kocsis and Renee Houston. He died on 30 September 1970 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
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John Rostill was born on 16 June 1942 in Kings Norton, Birmingham, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Primary Colors (1998), Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988) and Thunderbirds Are GO (1966). He was married to Margaret. He died on 26 November 1973 in Radlett, Hertfordshire, England, UK.- Actor
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Arthur Lane was born on 11 June 1910 in Kings Norton, Birmingham, England, UK. He was an actor and director, known for The Strange World of Planet X (1956), Secret Venture (1955) and The Interrupted Journey (1949). He died on 28 April 1987 in Sutton, Surrey, England, UK.- Lovely, busty, and well-toned blonde bombshell Sandra Hubby was born on November 23, 1978 in Norton, Ohio. She's of mixed Scottish and Cherokee descent. Her parents are Sam and Cathy Hubby. Sandra has two older sisters and a younger brother. Hubby grew up on a farm and learned how to drive a tractor when she was fifteen years old. She represented Columbus, Ohio in the Miss Hawaiian Tropic beauty pageant. Sandra was the Playmate of the Month in the March, 2004 issue of "Playboy." Hubby was featured in several "Playboy" videos and posed for a few newsstand special editions. Moreover, Sandra was the calendar girl for the month of April in the 2005 "Playmates at Play at the Playboy Mansion" swimsuit calendar.
- Dorothy Summers was born in 1883 in Kings Norton, Birmingham, England, UK. She was an actress, known for It's That Man Again (1943), Educated Evans (1957) and No Haunt for a Gentleman (1952). She died on 13 January 1964 in St John's Wood, London, England, UK.
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Sam W. Orender was born on 2 June 1950 in Norton, Virginia, USA. Sam W. is an assistant director and director, known for Married... with Children (1987), Bella and the Bulldogs (2015) and Kickin' It (2011).- Alvys Maben was born in 1922 in Kings Norton, Birmingham, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Sherlock Holmes (1951), H.M. Tennent Globe Theatre (1956) and BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950). She died on 29 September 1963 in Honfleur, Calvados, France.
- Daniel Osgerby was born in 1973 in Chipping Norton, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of the War of the Worlds Alive on Stage! The New Generation (2013), Jonathan Creek (1997) and A Last Big Hit (2012).
- Kevin Andrew Morris was born on February 19, 1984 in Norton, Virginia, United States, the youngest of two children. His father, Benny Ray Morris, was a truck driver, and his mother, Julia, worked as a school teacher.
Kevin is a former Navy Veteran and holds a RBA degree from Bluefield State College.
He married his high school sweetheart Loren Bartlett on May 28, 2005. They have one child. He divorced in March 2018. - Harry Watton was born on 29 January 1904 in King's Norton, Worcestershire, England, UK. He died on 29 August 1983 in Harbourne, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, UK.
- Oliver Carpenter was born in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England, UK.
- Wyndham Milligan was born in 1909 in Kings Norton, Worcestershire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Marigold (1936), The Voice in the Night (1941) and Theatre Parade (1936). He died on 14 December 1957 in Paddington, London, England, UK.
- David Tearle was born on 22 June 1891 in Kings Norton, Birmingham, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Celebrity (1928), The Green Goddess (1930) and As I Was Saying (1955). He died on 24 July 1970 in Fulham, London, England, UK.
- Francis Innys was born on 15 November 1901 in Norton Malreward, Somerset, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Temptation of Carlton Earle (1923), The Call of the East (1922) and The Night Hawk (1921). He died on 29 April 1964 in Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland.
- Lilian Cox was born on 20 July 1924 in Kings Norton, Birmingham, England, UK.
- He was a native of the Norton area of southwest Virginia.
His father played the claw-hammer banjo and he was a distant relative to old-time musician Dock Boggs.
Cooke grew up as part of a big family in an area where employment seemed to be limited to working in a coalmine. One of his nine siblings was younger brother, the late Jack Cooke, who devoted a few decades to playing bass and singing with Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys.
His early involvement in music saw Hubert and Jack Cooke play together as the Cooke Brothers and, later, as the Ramblin' Mountain Boys.
While Jack Cooke took the bluegrass route in music Hubert (with his wife, Jeanette) turned to working for the Lord, ministering and singing in the southern Gospel style.
In May 1962, after 16 years in the coal mines, Hubert and Jeanette, the daughter of a preacher, Rev. Gordan Freeman, formed The Cooke Duet in the town of Wise, Virginia. At first, they used two red Hummingbird guitars for accompaniment and sang in church revivals in Virginia, Kentucky and West Virginia. Their music library was quite small at that time and Jeanette recalls once when they sang This Little Light of Mine repeatedly, as that was the only song they knew.
He continued to work as a coal miner during the duo's early years until when, in 1965, he felt the conviction to leave his coal mining job, and so they hit the road singing full-time.
With $135 from an income tax refund, they made their first recording, self-titled The Cooke Duet, released in 1967. That original album was repressed in 1969.
From those early recordings were There Must Be A Power, I'm Longing for Home and I'm So Happy, with his wife, and A Place I've Never Been songs all composed by Cooke. Other songs by him include Family Circle, Banks of Jordan, There Must Be A Power, and the autobiographical Memories of the Coal Mine.
Eventually, they began playing in Jenkins and Pikeville, Kentucky.
In the late 1960s the duo's music became popular in Dayton, Ohio and Detroit, Michigan, giving them their first urban exposure due, in part, to their beginning to place records with radio stations. Although by now they had three young boys to supervise, they travelled to those states where they sang in churches and at revivals.
As their sons reached the age of 14 years, each joined the group, eventually expanding to a quintet, with name changes to Cooke Duet & Sons and, finally, to The Singing Cookes.
Their eldest son, James, plays the bass guitar, while Ronny plays keyboards and Donny is the drummer. They performed separately as the Cooke Brothers as well as with their parents.
The Singing Cookes gained national attention in the mid-1970s with a song entitled He Rows Me Over the Tide. The recording stayed on The Singing News' national chart for 22 months. That was followed by Moses, which climbed to No. 3 in the southern Gospel charts. Earth's Loss is Heaven's Gain peaked at No. 10 and I Hope We Walk the Last Mile Together reached No. 14. The album that included both Earth's Loss is Heaven's Gain and I Hope We Walk the Last Mile Together reached No. 1 in the Gospel Voice distributors top sales chart in 1994.
Their ministry has taken them to many places not only in the continental United States, but in Hawaii as well. They sang to welcoming crowds in the British Virgin Islands and have travelled to Canada to sing for thousands of Native Americans at the Rising of the Nations Spiritual Summit.
During the 1970s Hubert and Jeanette Cooke played in nine countries during a tour of the Holy Lands.
Today, they have well over 50 albums in their catalog, and are still one of the most endearing groups in southern Gospel music.
The Singing Cookes celebrated 55 years of singing Gospel music in 2017. Their desire has been to see souls saved and for people to come together and praise God for His goodness and mercy. - Gary Bender was born on 1 September 1940 in Norton, Kansas, USA.
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John Barber was born on 4 April 1912 in Kings' Norton, Warwickshire, England, UK. John is known for The Flying Swan (1965), Swizzlewick (1964) and The Three Musketeers (1966). John died on 2 December 2005 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK.- Art Department
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Wesley Collier was born in Norton, Virginia, USA. Wesley is known for Broken (2004), Dahmer (2002) and Millennium (1996).- Doris Hobday was born on 20 July 1924 in Kings Norton, Birmingham, England, UK. She died on 5 January 2021 in West Bromwich, West Midlands, England, UK.
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Arthur Eveleigh-de-Moleyns was born on 28 July 1898 in Norton Malreward, Somerset, England, UK. Arthur died on 7 March 1987 in Dawlish, Devon, England, UK.- Geoffrey Burbidge was born on 24 September 1925 in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England, UK. He was married to Margaret Burbidge. He died on 26 January 2010 in La Jolla, California, USA.
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Clifford Hoelscher was born on 3 October 1942 in Norton, Texas, USA. He was an editor, known for The Living Edens (1997), The Infinite Voyage (1987) and For Such as We (1972). He was married to Jean Hoelscher. He died on 31 December 2022 in San Angelo, Texas, USA.- Andrew Robertson was born on 11 April 1925 in Kings Norton, Birmingham, England, UK. He was married to Patricia Evelyn (Pat) Matthews. He died on 4 July 2020 in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
- Peter Smallwood was born on 21 May 1922 in Kings Norton, Birmingham, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Jesus of Nazareth (1956), BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950) and Pat's Private Angels (1957). He died on 7 January 1982 in Birmingham, England, UK.
- Louise Whittock was born on 3 February 1896 in Midsomer Norton, Somerset, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Mikado (1926). She died in 1951 in Esher, Surrey, England, UK.
- Gordon Davies was born on 11 January 1922 in Kings Norton, Birmingham, England, UK. He was an actor, known for French Without Tears (1949), The Duchess of Malfi (1949) and The Adventures of Alice (1960). He died on 24 June 1998 in Hillingdon, Middlesex, England, UK.
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Klaus Bueb was born on 19 July 1946 in Norton, Rhodesia [now Zimbabwe]. He is an actor and writer, known for Adrian und die Römer (1989), Nicht nichts ohne Dich (1985) and Der T-Mann (1985).- Gordon Henry Davies was born on 11 January 1922 in Kings Norton, Birmingham, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Ali and the Camel (1960), Medico (1959) and By the Wey (1963). He died on 24 June 1998 in Hillingdon, Middlesex, England, UK.
- Bobbie Kimber was born on 27 May 1920 in Kings Norton, Birmingham, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Cinderella (1947), Bits and Pieces (1939) and Opportunity Knocks (1956). He died on 9 April 1993 in Hackney, London, England, UK.
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Larry Thompson was born in 1921 in Kings Norton, Worcestershire, England, UK. Larry died on 7 April 2000 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK.