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- Cailee Spaeny is an American actress and singer. Spaeny was born in Springfield, Missouri. Growing up she spent a large amount of time in the Springfield Little Theatre, where she participated in many plays. Some notable SLT alumni include Lucas Grabeel and Kendra Kassebaum. In the 2013-2014 season, she landed the lead role of Ariel in the production Disney's Little Mermaid Jr. In 2016, she released her debut single "Fallin" to iTunes under Future Town Music.
Her debut film role was as Erica in the 2016 short film Counting to 1000 (2016). Her first major role is in Steven S. DeKnight's 2018 science fiction monster film Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018) alongside John Boyega and Scott Eastwood. Her upcoming films include The Shoes, On the Basis of Sex (2018), Vice (2018), and Bad Times at the El Royale (2018). - Producer
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Douglas Eric Liman is a Jewish-American filmmaker and producer who directed Swingers, The Bourne Identity, Chaos Walking, Jumper, Go, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Fair Game, Locked Down, Edge of Tomorrow, The Wall and American Made. He executive produced the Bourne sequels except The Bourne Legacy, The Phantom and The Killing Floor.- Music Artist
- Producer
- Actress
Jennifer Lynn Lopez was born on July 24, 1969 in The Bronx, New York City, New York to teacher Lupe López and computer specialist David López. The two Puerto Ricans were brought to the continental United States during their childhoods and eventually met while living in New York City. Their daughters would have a stable, middle-class upbringing.
Jennifer always dreamed of being a multi-tasking superstar. As a child, she enjoyed a variety of musical genres, mainly Afro-Caribbean rhythms like salsa, merengue, and bachata, and mainstream music like pop, hip-hop, and R&B. Although she loved music, the film industry also intrigued her. Her biggest influence was the Rita Moreno musical, West Side Story (1961). At 5, Jennifer began taking singing and dancing lessons. Aside from being a budding entertainer, Jennifer was also a Catholic schoolgirl, attending eight years at a Catholic elementary school named Holy Family, located in The Bronx, before graduating from all-girls prep school Preston High School after a four-year stay. At school, Jennifer was an amazing athlete and participated in track and field and tennis. She spent most of her upbringing in a two-story house in the Castle Hill neighborhood.
At 18, Jennifer moved out of her parents' home. After high school, she briefly worked in a law office and took dance classes at night. During this time, she continued dance classes at night. Her big break came when she was offered a job as a fly girl on Fox's hit comedy In Living Color (1990). After a two-year stay at In Living Color (1990) where actress Rosie Perez served as choreographer, Lopez then went on to dance for famed singer-actress Janet Jackson. Her first major film was Gregory Nava's My Family/Mi familia (1995), and her career went into overdrive when she portrayed late Tejana singer Selena in Selena (1997).- Actress
- Producer
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Rose Byrne was born in Balmain, Sydney, Australia. She is the daughter
of Jane, a primary school administrator, and Robin Byrne, a
semi-retired statistician and market researcher.
She landed her first role in a movie,
Dallas Doll (1994), when she was 15
years old.
Since then, Rose has appeared in a variety of Australian televisions
shows including
Heartbreak High (1994),
Echo Point (1995), and the film
Two Hands (1999) alongside
Heath Ledger. After this, she appeared in
various movies like The Date (1999),
My Mother Frank (2000), and
Clara Law's
The Goddess of 1967 (2000)
for which she obtained the Female Volpi Cup at the Venice Festival in
2000.
Her first experience on a big-budget movie came when she played
handmaiden, Dormé, to Natalie Portman,
Padmé Amidala, in
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002).
In 2003, she starred, coincidentally, as Rose Mortmain in the
adaptation of Dodie Smith's
I Capture the Castle (2003).
In 2004, she acted in
Wicker Park (2004) with
Diane Kruger and
Josh Hartnett. Here, she heard
Wolfgang Petersen was looking for an
actress for Briseis in his next movie
Troy (2004) with
Brad Pitt, she got the part and was recognised
as one of the most promising actresses in Hollywood.
After Troy (2004), she played Edith in a TV
adaptation of Casanova (2005). In
September 2005, she started to act in
Sunshine (2007), a
Danny Boyle movie, where she plays the pilot
in a space mission.- Actress
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- Soundtrack
Anna Paquin is the first millennial to have received an Academy Award nomination for acting, and the first to win.
She was born on July 24, 1982 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, to Mary (Brophy), an English teacher from Wellington, New Zealand, and Brian Paquin, a Canadian phys-ed teacher. Anna moved to her mother's native country when she was four years old. Her first acting job ever was at age nine in the movie The Piano (1993), which was shot in New Zealand. At age 16, she relocated to Los Angeles where she completed her last two years of high school (graduating in 2000). She then moved to New York where she attended Columbia University for one year. Between 2001 and 2004, she worked almost exclusively on stage in both New York and London. In 2007, Anna was cast in HBO's True Blood (2008), which concluded shooting its seventh and final season in 2014.- Actress
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Summer is a native of San Antonio, Texas. She's been a ballerina most
of her life. Her debut was in various commercials and a guest
appearance on the WB's Angel (1999).
She has gone on to star on the TV series
Firefly (2002) as well as its
follow-up movie Serenity (2005) and the
TV series
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008).- Actress
- Producer
- Director
Elisabeth Moss is an American actress. She is best known for the AMC series Mad Men (2007), Hulu series The Handmaid's Tale (2017) and the films The One I Love (2014) and The Invisible Man (2020).
Initially, Moss had aspirations of becoming a professional dancer. In her adolescence, she traveled to New York City to study ballet at the School of American Ballet. Moss continued to study dance throughout her teenage years, but began obtaining acting roles as well.
Her first screen role was in 1990, when she appeared in the NBC miniseries Lucky Chances (1990).
Moss also starred in Girl, Interrupted (1999), Listen Up Philip (2014), High-Rise (2015), Queen of Earth (2015) and The Square (2017).
She has won two Golden Globes, for BBC miniseries Top of the Lake (2013) and Hulu series The Handmaid's Tale.- Actress
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Sarah is originally from Cork and trained in Dublin where she graduated from the Gaiety School of Acting in 2006.
Sarah played Helen McCormick (Slippy Helen) opposite Daniel Radcliffe as Billy Claven in Martin McDonaghs's The Cripple of Inishmaan, directed by Michael Grandage at the Cort Theatre on Broadway,NYC. Sarah was nominated for a TONY award (Best Actress in a Featured Role) 2014 for her performance in this show, one for which she was already nominated for an Olivier Award in 2013 during it's West End run and for which she was awarded the 2014 World Theater Award for Outstanding Broadway Debut.
Other theatre includes Rough Magic's production of PEER GYNT for Dublin Theatre Festival 2011 her acclaimed performance as Alice in thisispopbaby's and the Abbey Theatre's hugely successful production ALICE INFUNDERLAND in 2012. She also appeared in ELLEMENOPE JONES both directed by Wayne Jordan at The Project Arts Centre, Dublin in 2011. Sarah appeared as Sorcha in Paul Howard's play BETWEEN FOXROCK AND A HARDPLACE at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin and Cork Opera House. She played Ismene in Rough Magic's production of PHAEDRA by Hilary Fannin, directed by Lynne Parker as part of the Dublin Theatre Festival. Sarah appeared as Amber in Guna Nua's award winning and highly acclaimed production of LITTLE GEM which won the Carol Tambor Best of Edinburgh Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and led to a remounting of the production in New York as well as tours across the UK and Ireland. Other previous productions have included: Danti Dan for Galloglass, The Death of Harry Leon for Ouroboros, The Year of the Hiker and The Playboy of The Western World, The Empress of India, and most recently Big Maggie, all with Druid Theatre Company and directed by Garry Hynes.
Sarah stars as Christina Noble alongside Deirdre O'Kane, Liam Cunnigham and Brendan Coyle in Stephen Bradley's feature NOBLE and has already won awards Jury and Audience awards at the Boston Film Festival, Santa Barbara International Film Festival, Newport Beach Festival, Nashville and Dallas Festivals.
In 2014, Sarah was cast alongside Bradley Cooper and Sienna Miller in The Weinstein's 'Untitled John Wells Project' and joined the cast of Showtime's Penny Dreadful playing Hecate Poole.
Other film and television includes:
RAW RTE/Ecosse Films, EDEN/Samson Films, SPEED DATING/RTE, BACHELOR'S WALK/Samson Films/RTE. She played the leading role of Cathleen in the Canadian/Irish feature LOVE AND SAVAGERY directed by John N. Smith. MY BROTHERS (Treasure Films) and THE GUARD (Element) opposite Brendan Gleeson. She most recently appeared as Judith in three episodes of VIKINGS (History Channel/MGM).- Actress
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Daveigh Chase was born on July 24, 1990 in Las Vegas, Nevada. She was
raised in the small town of Albany, Oregon; where she continues to
spend much of her time. She began singing and dancing in her hometown
and other local areas at community events and shows starting at age 3.
After visiting Los Angeles, she did her first commercial for Campbell's
Soup at age 7. At this time, she was also offered a starring role in
the Musical Theatre production "Utah!". At age 8, she auditioned for
the the voice of "Lilo", and tested at CBS network for her first
television series. She continued to test and be cast as a series
regular, working on many different television pilots, before finally
FOX picked up the show
Oliver Beene (2003) in which
Daveigh starred as Oliver's quirky best friend "Joyce". In the
meantime, she appeared in several movies, including
Donnie Darko (2001), in which she
played Donnie's youngest sister and was a member of the "Sparkle
Motion" dance group; and "R.L. Stines The Haunted Lighthouse" which
continues to show at various Busch Garden Theme Parks. In 2003, she won
the "Best Villian" award at the MTV Movie Awards for her work as
"Samara" in DreamWorks hit,
The Ring (2002). She is the voice of
"Lilo" from the hit animated and Oscar nominated Disney feature film,
Lilo & Stitch (2002), and she
continues to voice "Lilo" for the Disney Channel series, as well as
various DVD's and video games. Daveigh is also cast as the English
voice of the lead heroine "Chihiro" in
Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Gibli's
Spirited Away (2001)
(aka Spirited Away) which won the 2002 Oscar for Best Animated Film.
Daveigh is also a very talented singer. Back in 1999, she had the
opportunity to join up as lead singer with a small band and take the
stage as an opening act for Reba McEntire
and, later on, sang "Holly Jolly Christmas" for the "School's Out!
Christmas" album released by Universal Records Hip-O Records, which
also features the voices of other child stars, including
Mae Whitman,
Evan Rachel Wood,
Jesse McCartney, and others. She was
handpicked by director Steven Spielberg
to sing "God Bless America" in his film,
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001);
and in the Oliver Beene (2003)
episode, entitled Oliver & the Otters (2004), Daveigh was given the
opportunity to showcase her talent by singing the hit 60s song, "Tossin'
and Turnin'". She has since recorded four original songs.
Outside of the entertainment industry, some of Daveigh's favorite
activities are surfing, horseback riding, dancing, reading, and just
hanging out with family & friends.- Laura Fraser was born on 24th July 1975 and brought up in Glasgow. Her
father, Alister, used to run a small building company but is now an
aspiring scriptwriter; her mother, Rose, used to be a nurse but is now a
college lecturer. She has an older brother who works with computers, a
younger sister who is studying philosophy at university, and a younger
brother who hasn't yet decided what he wants to do. Laura describes her
family as a pretty close bunch.
Alister Fraser was instrumental in getting his daughter into acting when
she was at school. He wrote a play for the youth club in which she
played the female lead. After completing High School, Laura did a drama
foundation course at Glasgow's Langside College, and than went to the
prestigious Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.
During her time there, she got a supporting role in Gillies MacKinnon's
film Small Faces (1995). This was on top of a couple of other
minor roles she had taken (such as 'Big Day for the Bad Guys). The
college authorities took a pretty dim view of the amount of professional
work she had been taking on, questioning her commitment to the course.
Having not been enjoying her time at the Academy, and encouraged by her
parents, she dropped out after a year and moved to London. She landed
the starring female role in the BBC adaptation of Neil Gaiman's
_"NeverWhere" (1996) (mini)_ series, and then moved to several small or
supporting roles in films (Cousin Bette, Man in the Iron Mask), as well
as a lead in the short film 'Paris Brixton'. She also appeared as a
minor character in single TV dramas, such as 'The Investigator' and 'The
Tribe'). Her role in the movie Left Luggage (1998) was more
substantial and led to her getting one of the main character roles in
the black comedy Divorcing Jack (1998) (at least in the first
half). And her highest profile performance as the lead female in the
comedy Virtual Sexuality (1999) in 1998.
From here she has appeared in a number of films, mainly in supporting
roles, but always noticeable. Her performance as Lavinia in the offbeat
version of Titus (1999) has particularly been singled out for
praise. All these roles have demonstrated her versatility in
characterization and style to the full. From the fantasy of
'Neverwhere', comedy of 'Virtual Sexuality', Shakespearean drama of
'Titus', emotional drama of 'Forgive and Forget' and slapstick of 'Kevin
and Perry', Laura cannot be typecast. She effortlessly adapts to all
the genres (and accents where needed; she has rarely appeared acting
using her own Glasgow accent).
Laura moved to America after completing Coney Island Baby (2002).
She landed a role in the well regarded HBO drama Iron Jawed Angels (2004), and also met up with Karl Geary, her co-star in
'Coney Island Baby'. They lived together in Brooklyn, and subsequently
married in New York in 2003. They moved to Ireland in mid 2004.
In early 2005, Laura returned to live in Glasgow with her husband and
stepdaughter, and a desire to start a family and focus on local work.
She found she was pregnant in late 2005, and spent time working as a
choreographer on a pantomime written by her father 'Oh Yes He Is!' for
the charity Sense Scotland. In May 2006 she and Karl became proud
parents of a baby girl. Laura intended to not work for 12 months and be
a full-time mum, but by September 2006 she was back making a film for
the BBC. - Actor
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Immortalized as Cosmo Kramer on the classic sitcom Seinfeld (1989), West Coast comedy star Michael Richards was born on July 24, 1949, and raised in South Los Angeles, California, to Phyllis (Nardozzi), an Italian-American medical records librarian, and William Richards, an electrical engineer. Michael displayed an early talent for performance as a top Forensic League competitor during grade school. He went on to star in multiple high school and college productions while working as an ambulance attendant and hospital orderly. Michael trained as a medic in the US Army during the Vietnam War, was appointed writer and director of plays on drug abuse and race relations for the Army's V-Corp Training Roadshow. He attended the California Institute of the Arts and was mentored by famed performance art guru Allan Kaprow. He graduated from Evergreen State College in Washington with his BFA in drama.
After first performing with the San Diego Repertory Company, he subsequently returned to L.A. where he was discovered by Budd Friedman, founder of the Improv comedy club and talent manager Charles H. Joffe. Also a trained theater actor under the tutelage of Stella Adler, Michael starred in regional productions, Off-Broadway, and in London's West End. In addition to his comedic roles, Michael performed regularly in comedy clubs during the late 1970s and 1980s while driving a school bus by day.
Inspired by the physical comedy of such legends as Charles Chaplin and Jacques Tati, he paid his dues on the comedy circuit until comedian Billy Crystal noticed him and gave him a break on one of his comedy specials. Michael earned a regular spot on the sketch comedy series Fridays (1980), where he created the character of Battle Boy who liked to blow up army soldiers. He also appeared in such minor slapstick films such as Young Doctors in Love (1982) and Transylvania 6-5000 (1985).
Michael worked regularly as a dramatic "heavy" in television throughout the 1980s in shows such as "Miami Vice," "St. Elsewhere," and "Hill Street Blues." Following a recurring role on the offbeat comedy series Marblehead Manor (1987), everything finally came together for the elastic-faced comedian in 1989, after being cast as Cosmo Kramer, Jerry Seinfeld's wired, convulsive, frizzy-mopped neighbor and pal on Seinfeld (1989). The frenzied character earned him three Emmy awards, SAG awards, and instant cult status. He followed this success with his own short-lived series, the comedy mystery as a private investigator in The Michael Richards Show (2000) and the role of Micawber in a TV version of David Copperfield (2000).
Subsequent film credits include the cult classic UHF (1989), Problem Child (1990), Airheads (1994), Unstrung Heroes (1995) and Trial and Error (1997), a top-billed comedy role. TV work into the millennium has been very sporadic; however, he appeared as himself in several episodes of Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000), and played a regular role in Kirstie Alley's brief comedy series Kirstie (2013) with fellow TV comedy veteran and Rhea Perlman. He also made an isolated film appearance in the romantic comedy Faith, Hope & Love (2019).- Actress
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Lynda Jean Cordova Carter is an American actress, singer, and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss World USA 1972 and finished in the top 15 at the Miss World 1972 pageant. Carter is best known as the star of the live-action television series Wonder Woman, in the role of Diana Prince / Wonder Woman. The role was based on the DC comic book fictional superhero character of the same name, and aired on ABC and later on CBS from 1975 to 1979.- Actor
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Adam Rose was born on 24 July 1987. He is an actor and writer, known for Merry Happy Whatever (2019), L.A.'s Finest (2019) and Santa Clarita Diet (2017).- Actress
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Kristin Chenoweth is an American stage, screen and television actress, though, depending on who you ask, Cheno fans may disagree on what her
most famous roles are. Since Chenoweth began her career, she has been
credited with roles in musicals and plays on and off-Broadway, on
various television shows and can be seen in movies on television and
the big screen. She has also lent her recognizable voice numerous times
to animated features.
Chenoweth was born in the small town of Broken
Arrow, OK. Soon after her birth, Chenoweth was adopted by Jerry and
Junie Chenoweth. She is very open about her adoption and has been known
to support various adoption causes and organizations around the U.S.
Although Chenoweth knows the backgrounds of her birth parents, she has
commented that she has little interest in meeting them. The Chenoweth
family includes older brother Mark. Chenoweth graduated from Broken
Arrow High School and went on to study Musical Theater at Oklahoma City
University. Under the guidance of Florence Birdwell, Chenoweth
flourished in stage and vocal performance. She later received her
Master's Degree in Opera Performance at OCU.
An avid fan of all things
Oklahoman, Chenoweth was inducted into the 2010 State Hall of Fame.
Fans of Kristin Chenoweth, the stage actress, have seen her stealing
performances in Steel Pier, Epic Proportions, and The Apple Tree. In
1999, Chenoweth received the Tony Award for her performance as "Sally"
in "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown". Chenoweth is well-known as the
originator of "Glinda" in the 2003 mega-hit musical "Wicked". The role,
written with Chenoweth in mind, earned her a Tony Award Nomination
amongst many other accolades. Chenoweth returned to Broadway in 2010,
alongside Sean Hayes in the Broadway
revival of "Promises, Promises". In January of 2007, Chenoweth became
the third musical theater performer in history to have a solo
performance at NYC's Metropolitan Opera. She has also performed with
various Symphonies around the world. Chenoweth has recorded 3 studio
albums. Those who know Kristin best from her various television
performances remember her as the quirky, down on love, "Olive Snook" on
Pushing Daisies (2007). The
role won Ms. Chenoweth an Emmy Award in 2009 for Outstanding Supporting
Actress in a Comedy Series. The show, ultimately canceled shortly after
its 2nd season, is still considered by Kristin to be one of her
favorite characters to play.
In 2001, Chenoweth starred in the
short-lived NBC comedy
Kristin (2001). She has also been
seen on The West Wing (1999),
Ugly Betty (2006) and has a
recurring role on Fox's Glee (2009) as
the recovering alcoholic has-been, but lovable "April Rhodes" . Her
appearances on "Glee" earned her a 3rd Emmy nomination. Most recently,
Ms. Chenoweth had a small part in the 2010 comedy,
You Again (2010). She has also had
roles in
Four Christmases (2008),
Deck the Halls (2006),
Running with Scissors (2006)
and
Stranger Than Fiction (2006).
In 2009, Chenoweth took on the challenging role as "Linda" in the film,
Into Temptation (2009). Ms.
Chenoweth is bi-coastal spending a good amount of time in both New York
and Los Angeles.- Canadian actress Emily Bett Rickards was born on July 24, 1991. She attended film school after graduating high school, and also attended Alida Vocal Studio. She played "Felicity Smoak" on the CW network's Arrow (2012) and The Flash (2014), and appears in the upcoming, acclaimed feature film, Brooklyn (2015), alongside Oscar nominees Saoirse Ronan and Julie Walters. Emily currently resides in Vancouver, British Columbia.
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David Leon was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and was a talented
footballer. When he left school age eighteen he successfully auditioned
for the National Youth Theatre and turned down a place at Drama school
in order to take a role in Oliver Stone's 'Alexander', though he
established himself with British television audiences in the Bafta
nominated drama 'Cutting It' and starred as Billy the Kid in a BBC film
about the Wild West legend. He played the lead character in renowned
photographer Rankin's debut feature 'The Lives of the Saints' written
by Toni Grisoni and appeared in Guy Ritchies Empire award-winning
Rock'n'Rolla, in which he plays Scottish junkie Malcolm a part
initially written for Brad Pitt. He is regarded as one of the UK's
brightest up and coming talents.- Actor
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The handsome, weird and worldly-looking Chris Sarandon has shown his versatility in everything from vampires to Jesus Christ in hypnotic performances that have been controversial but irresistible. He was born Christopher Sarandon, Jr. and raised in Beckley, West Virginia of Greek heritage on both sides (family surname originally Sarondonethes). His mother Cliffie (Cardullias) and father Christopher Sarandon, Sr. were restaurateurs.
As a teen, Chris appeared locally on the musical stage and played drums and sang back-up with a local band called The Teen Tones. His band toured following high school and backed up such music legends as Bobby Darin, Gene Vincent and Danny and the Juniors. Chris later attended West Virginia University majoring in speech, but appearing in such musical productions as "The Music Man" as Harold Hill. He went on to attend the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC, where he received his master's degree in theater and met first wife Susan Sarandon. They married in 1967.
Touring with improv companies and in regional theater productions, he made his professional debut in "The Rose Tattoo" in 1965 and later joined the Long Wharf Theatre Company for a season. The Sarandons moved to New York in 1968, wherein the dark and handsome charmer immediately nabbed the role of Dr. Tom Halverson on the daytime soap Guiding Light (1952), a part that would last two years. Throughout the 1970s he would be rewarded with rich theater acting roles. On Broadway he appeared in "The Rothchilds" and replaced Raul Julia in "Two Gentlemen from Verona" while appearing elsewhere in various Shakespeare and Shaw festivals both here and in Canada.
Chris made a phenomenally successful film debut in a huge, career-risking part as bank robber's Al Pacino's tormented, gender-confused lover in Dog Day Afternoon (1975), earning the New York Film Critics award and Oscar and Golden Globe nominations for his supporting turn. He took other sordid roles as well, this time in co-leads, such as opposite Margaux Hemingway in the poorly received exploitative thriller Lipstick (1976) and as a demon in the shocker The Sentinel (1977). To avoid being typed as creepy characters, Chris furthered his range of roles in years to come, including the title role in The Day Christ Died (1980), a critically heralded TV-movie. He then received high marks also for his mesmerizing interpretation of two completely different characters with unique subtlety, intelligence, charisma and profoundness as both Sydney Carton and Charles Darnay in A Tale of Two Cities (1980) and co-starred with Goldie Hawn in the more mainstream Protocol (1984). By the end of the 1970's, he and Susan would divorce and he would remarry (model Lisa Ann Cooper).
Moving into 80s work, Chris endeared himself to a younger generation of film goers with memorable performances in enjoyable roles such as the
undeniably sexy, magnetic vampire-next-door in the teen horror classic Fright Night (1985), the cruel, evil-plotting prince in Rob Reiner's
The Princess Bride (1987) and as the investigating cop in Child's Play (1988), the first in the "Chucky" series about a murdering doll. In recent years Chris has
continued steadily on stage, film and TV but at a lesser pace and in less flashy, high-profiled roles.
In 1991 he co-starred on Broadway in the short-lived musical "Nick and Nora" with Joanna Gleason, the daughter of Monty Hall (Let's Make a Deal (1963)). Again divorced, he and Gleason married in 1994 and reunited on stage in "Thorn & Bloom" in 1998. They have also appeared together in a number of films, including American Perfekt (1997), Edie & Pen (1996) and Let the Devil Wear Black (1999). He found frightful fun and a major cartoon niche as the voice of Jack Skellington in the original Disney movie The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), reprising the role in sequels, video games and Halloween special events.
Into the millennium, Chris' focus has been more on Broadway and off-Broadway theatre with flavorful roles in "The Light in the Piazza," "Cyrano de Bergerac," "Through a Glass Darkly and "The Exonerated." In the 2015 production of "Preludes," he played multiple roles that included Chekhov, Tchaikovsky and Tolstoy. He has also sporadically appeared in films with featured parts in Perfume (2001), Loggerheads (2005), My Sassy Girl (2008), a cameo as a vampire victim in a remake of Fright Night (2011), Safe (2012) and Frank the Bastard (2013), Big Stone Gap (2014) and I Smile Back (2015). He has also uplifted a number of popular TV shows with his presence: "ER," "Charmed," "Cold Case," "Judging Amy," "Law and Order," "The Good Wife," "Orange Is the New Black" and as the voice of Dracula in "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles."- Actress
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Mara Elizabeth Wilson was born on Friday, July 24th, 1987 in Los Angeles,
California. She is the oldest daughter of Michael and Suzie Wilson, with three elder brothers - Danny (b. 1979), Jon (b. 1981) and Joel (b. 1983) - and a younger sister Anna (b. 1993). When Mara was 5 years old, her eldest brother Daniel Ben Wilson (Danny) started acting in television commercials and she wanted to follow in his footsteps. Her parents refused to let her act at first. After continuous persistence from Mara Elizabeth, her parents reluctantly agreed to let her give acting a try. She went on to appear in a number of commercials, including those advertising Texaco and the Bank of America. She also appeared in Mrs. Doubtfire (1993), starring Robin Williams and Sally Field, as the divorced parents. In her role, Mara proved herself to be a
talented young actress, who was mature for her tender years, and her acting career went from strength-to-strength as she quickly became a favorite among cinema-goers. The following year, Mara played a small girl whose mother had suffered a major stroke in A Time to Heal (1994). But her big break came with the remake of Miracle on 34th Street (1994), as the little, intelligent, cynical girl who learned the magic of Santa Claus. Ironically, Mara was not raised to believe in Santa Claus but this was a bonus in some ways since she was able to empathize with her character's stance that there was no Santa. At the age of nine, Mara was cast in the lead role in the film adaptation of Roald Dahls book, Matilda (1996). Sadly, during filming, Mara lost her beloved mother to breast cancer but she bravely pushed ahead with the film, much to the amazement and admiration of her adult co-stars. Mara starred in three films over the following three years, the last of which was in Thomas and the Magic Railroad (2000). Unfortunately, the film did not do well in the theaters of American box office, but it did very well in the UK box office. This signaled an end to Mara's film career, as she wanted to focus on school and to enjoy her teenage years. In June 2005, Mara graduated from Idyllwild School of Music & Arts and went on to attend New York University. In a March 2012 blog post, she revealed she has no desire to return to acting in films. Today, Mara Wilson is a stage actress, a voice actress, a writer, and a playwright. Mara now lives a quiet life in "The Big Apple", a nickname of New York City, New York.- Actress
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Vicki Pepperdine was born on 24 July 1961 in Roehampton, London, England, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for Poor Things (2023), Getting On (2009) and Getting On (2013).- Actress
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Julie Graham was born on 24 July 1965 in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for The Sarah Jane Adventures (2007), Being Eileen (2011) and Shetland (2013). She has been married to Davy Croket since 11 September 2019. She was previously married to Joseph Bennett.- Director
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Gus Green Van Sant Jr. is an American filmmaker, painter, screenwriter, photographer and musician from Louisville, Kentucky who is known for directing films such as Good Will Hunting, the 1998 remake of Psycho, Gerry, Elephant, My Own Private Idaho, To Die For, Milk, Last Days, Finding Forrester, Promised Land, Drugstore Cowboy and Mala Noche.- Actor
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Dan Hedaya is a familiar face from his work in films and on TV, where
he often plays a villain (although he had a good comic turn as the
charmingly sleazy Nick Tortelli, Carla's ex-husband, in Cheers (1982) and its
short-lived spin-off The Tortellis (1987)). He has also done much stage work,
appearing opposite Alien Resurrection (1997) star Sigourney Weaver in "The Conjuring an Event" at
the American Place Theater. Other stage performances include Broadway
roles such as "The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel" and many New York
Shakespeare Festival productions.- Actor
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Actor Robert Hays was an Air Force Brat and attended Izmir American School in Izmir, Turkey during the Seventh Grade. He graduated in 1965 from Bellevue High School, Bellevue, Nebraska where his father was stationed at Offutt AFB. He began his career in theatre, performing in plays like Richard III and The Glass Menagerie at the famous Old Globe Theatre in San Diego. After spending several years in the theatre, he moved to Hollywood to pursue his career in film and television.
He first appeared on television in series such as Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969), Wonder Woman (1975), Laverne & Shirley (1976) and Angie (1979). He made his feature-film debut in the landmark comedy Airplane! (1980), starring as Ted Striker, the traumatized former pilot who must land the plane when the flight crew gets struck by food poisoning. He later reprised his role as Ted Striker in Airplane II: The Sequel (1982).
After the massive success of Airplane!, Hays went on to star in many feature films including Take This Job and Shove It (1981), Trenchcoat (1983), Cat's Eye (1985), Fifty/Fifty (1992), Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993), Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco (1996), Robert Altman's Dr. T & the Women (2000) and Alex in Wonder (2001), which he also produced. He starred in over 20 made-for-TV movies like NBC's Mister Roberts (1984), CBS' Murder by the Book (1987), and Lifetime's The Abduction (1996). He also had a surprise appearance in Sharknado 2: The Second One (2014). Hays also had numerous guest appearances on various television shows including Touched by an Angel (1994), Promised Land (1996) and That '70s Show (1998), and he starred in the series Starman (1986), FM (1989), Cutters (1993) and Kelly Kelly (1998).- Actress
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Megan Marie Park is a Canadian actress and singer. She is known for her work in the ABC Family television series The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2008), and romantic comedy film What If (2013) and Charlie Bartlett (2007). Her first major roles came with a guest spot on the Lifetime series Angela's Eyes (2006). She has also played Bev in A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song (2011).
Megan Park was born in Lindsay, Ontario, Canada as Megan Marie Park. She got chance to grow up with her entire family. Her parents were intellectuals and always insisted her to follow dreams and carry academic career side by side. Megan is no exception. She's fit, blonde, ultra-cool, and uber-talented. She graduated from Oakridge Secondary School in London, Ontario. Megan began her acting career with small parts starting at age 6. The experience only fortified her love of acting, and she thus deepened and expanded her professional resumé in the years. She has won honors for speaking at least seven languages.
Actress Megan Park first appeared in the 2003 movie This Time Around and since then, she has worked her way into playing more substantial roles. Megan created a band with singer Codi Caraco called Frank and Derol, in which she formerly sang and played bass guitar. The girl band also includes pop star Miley Cyrus's older half-sister, Brandi Cyrus.
As of 2010, Megan has left the band to focus on her acting career in the TV series The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2008), The show ran from 2008 to 2013 and the actress received a lot of praise for her work in it. Megan also appeared, together with Tyler Hilton, in a music video called Gloriana: Kissed You Good Night (2012). Megan was also a part of the Original Kids Theatre program.
With wide green eyes, blonde hair and charming look, Megan has chosen as the Rising Star Award by the Toronto International Film Festival in 2013. She loves to spend her spare time with her close friends.- Penelope Mitchell is an Australian actress best known for playing the role of Letha Godfrey on the American horror television series Hemlock Grove and Liv Parker on The Vampire Diaries.
Born in Melbourne, Victoria to a French-born artist mother and Australian entrepreneur father, Mitchell spent most of her childhood in Australia with her two older brothers. She studied ballet from age 4 to 16.
Mitchell finished in the top 1% of her graduating year, with an International Baccalaureate diploma. She attended Melbourne University, with the intention of becoming a lawyer. During her time there she continued to perform and wrote prolifically for various publications. Mitchell completed her undergraduate degree in Arts: Media Communication, before moving to Los Angeles to pursue acting.
She is a cousin of actress Radha Mitchell.
She began acting a few years before she landed her role on Hemlock Grove, appearing on shows including Toon Time, an Australian kids show, the ABC (Australia) show Next Stop Hollywood, which followed six Australian actors (including Penelope) who move to Hollywood to audition for pilots, and an episode of Australian police drama Rush.
In the United States, Mitchell is known for her roles on the television series The Vampire Diaries and Hemlock Grove. She was also recently cast in the films The Fear of Darkness and Zipper. - Actor
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Born in Toronto, Rick Fox moved to the Bahamas when he was very young.
His father is Afro-Bahamian, and his mother, who is Canadian, is of
Italian and Scottish descent. Rick went to Warsaw Indiana high school
as an exchange student and played basketball there. A complaint was
filed about his eligibility and it was ruled one of his earlier years
in the Bahamas was equivalent to a year of high school. As a result, he
was banned from playing his senior year. To keep himself sharp and in
playing shape, he still practiced with the team every day. Majored in
radio, television, and motion picture sciences and played college
basketball at UNC, where he left as the all-time school steals leader
and games played leader. Upon graduating, he was selected 24th overall
in the NBA Draft by the Boston Celtics. After several seasons with the
Celtics, he signed with the Los Angeles Lakers partly due to its
proximity to Hollywood and his interest in acting. While with the
Lakers, he helped them win an NBA Championship as a versatile
role-player.- Eric Szmanda is an American actor best known for his role of forensic
investigator "Greg Sanders" on "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation". Eric
was born and raised in Wisconsin where he was active in school plays
and community theatre. He moved to LA at the age of 19 to study acting
at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. While in school, Eric began a
marketing internship with music conglomerate BMG. He graduated in 1996
and moved to Chicago to take a full time job in the music business.
One year later, Eric moved back to LA to accept a role in a play at the
Odyssey Theatre which garnered him the attention of an agent and
manager. Within a few months, he landed the series regular role of
"Jacob" on USA's TV series "The Net", which lasted for one season. Soon
after, Eric was cast in the central role of "Johnny Dodge" in the UPN
pilot "Dodge's City". The show was not picked up by the network, but
Eric soon landed a recurring role as a DNA tech on the CBS pilot "CSI:
Crime Scene Investigation".
In
addition to his work on CSI, Szmanda has continued his involvement in
theatre, guest-starred and recurred on several TV shows, and appeared
in independent films. He has also produced a variety of internet
content ranging from comedy videos to music interviews. In 2008, he
helped launch a digital radio station erockster.com. As part of his
support for human rights and the US Campaign for Burma, Szmanda
traveled to Thailand to witness the conditions of Burmese refugees who
have fled their native country. - Actor
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Troy Kotsur has been acting and directing for over 20 years. Deaf since birth, he was raised in Mesa, AZ. In his career he has had critically acclaimed performances in major films, a lead role in the Broadway run of a Tony Award-winning play, and numerous memorable roles on Television.
Troy has garnered rave reviews for his leading role in the 2021 feature CODA, which was awarded Best Ensemble Cast at Sundance. He is credited with being one of the prime reasons for the feature's festival success, which lead to its $25 million sale to Apple. Previous to this, Troy had a supporting role in The Number 23 starring Jim Carrey, and in subsequent years became known for stand-out performances in indie features.
In television, Troy made headlines in 2019 for his acting role in The Mandalorian on Disney+ because along with acting, he choreographed an adapted form of sign language for the series. Other notable television roles include guest star appearances on Criminal Minds, Scrubs, CSI: NY, and a fan favorite recurring character on PAX's Sue Thomas: FB-Eye.
Much of Troy's success has stemmed from his highly respected career on stage. This includes a role in the Tony Award-winning run of Big River on Broadway, performing at the Mark Taper Forum, and the 2015 LA Drama Critics Circle Award nominee Spring Awakening.- Actor
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Danny Dyer was born in the Custom House area of east London, England, on 24th July 1977.
Danny was spotted at a Sunday Drama School for underprivileged kids, in Kentish Town, by the agent Charlotte Kelly who got him an audition for the part of Martin Fletcher in the Granada Television series
Prime Suspect 3 (1993).
At the age of 14 he was given the part and found himself working
alongside Helen Mirren. Danny went through
a quiet patch in terms of work coming in but after a few notable
appearances in
Thief Takers (1995) and
Soldier Soldier (1991), the
film, TV and theater work came flooding in making him one of the most
sought-after London-based actors. As well as his film and TV work he
has also appeared on stage in London and New York.- Director
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Patty Jenkins is a writer/director best known for directing Wonder Woman, the Warner Bros./DC Comics blockbuster of 2017, and her debut feature Monster. Patty also works in television where she is best known for the pilot and finale episode of AMC's hit show The Killing.
Patty began her career as a painter at The Cooper Union in New York City. Upon transitioning to filmmaking, she spent eight years as an Assistant Camera Person/Focus Puller on commercials and music videos. After attending the AFI in Los Angeles, she wrote and directed Monster.
Roger Ebert named Monster as The #1 Best Film of 2004 and #3 Best Film of the decade. AFI named it on the Ten Best Films of the Year. Patty also garnered a number of awards and nominations, including winning Best First Feature at the 2004 Independent Spirit Awards. Charlize Theron went on to sweep the awards circuit winning the Oscar, Golden Globe, SAG Award, and numerous critics' awards in the Best Actress category.
Jenkins went on to direct many commercials and TV programs including Fox's Arrested Development and HBO's Entourage and the pilot episodes for ABC's Betrayal and Exposed. She won the DGA award for best directing for The Killing pilot, as well as being nominated for an Emmy. She also received an Emmy nomination for her work on the final segment of FIVE - a series of short films about breast cancer.
In 2017, Jenkins broke the record for Biggest Grossing Live-Action Film Directed by a Woman, Domestic and Worldwide, with Wonder Woman. The film also received critical acclaim, broke several records and went on to become highest grossing film of the summer of 2017.- Eliza Butterworth was born on 24 July 1993 in Lincolnshire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for The Last Kingdom (2015), The North Water (2021) and Say Your Prayers (2020).
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Paul Ben-Victor has built a career on the small and big screen appearing in over 150 films and TV series. A director's favorite, Paul has worked with some of the biggest names in film including Tony Scott, Steven Zallian, and Clint Eastwood. Paul can be seen opposite Al Pacino, Robert DeNiro and Harvey Keitel in Martin Scorsese's "The Irishman". This marks Paul's second time working with the Academy-Award winning director since having starred in the critically-acclaimed series "Vinyl" for HBO. Paul will be starring opposite Harvey Keitel, Emile Hirsch, and Ruby Rose as the notorious mob enforcer, Anthony Spilotro, in George Gallo's upcoming feature "Legitimate Wiseguy."
Other recent film credits include "Get Hard" with Kevin Hart and Will Ferrell, "Grudge Match" with Robert DeNiro, George Nolfi's drama "The Banker" starring alongside Samuel L. Jackson, and Anthony Mackie, "Last Looks" with Charlie Hunnum and Mel Gibson, and "Monster" with Jeffrey Wright and Jennifer Hudson premiering on Neflix this Spring.
In television, Paul has played a number of standout roles in some of the most highly-acclaimed series, including appearing opposite Matthew McConaughey in HBO's Emmy-award winning and Golden Globe-nominated series "True Detective" as well as series regular turn in HBO's "The Wire", called "the greatest series of all-time" by Entertainment Weekly and Rolling Stone magazines. Other TV credits include "Entourage" (HBO); "John From Cincinnati" (HBO); "NYPD Blue" (ABC); "In Plain Sight" (NBC Universal); and "Will & Grace" (NBC).
Paul also received critical acclaim for his portrayal of iconic comedian "Moe Howard" in the ABC biopic "The Three Stooges".
Paul starred in recurring roles in "The Mick" (Fox), "Preacher" (AMC), "Santa Clarita Diet" (Netflix), "Goliath" opposite Billy Bob Thornton for Amazon, and "The Village" (NBC), created by Sons of Anarchy's, Mike Daniels.- Actor
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Kadeem Hardison was born on 24 July 1965 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and director, known for A Different World (1987), White Men Can't Jump (1992) and Drive (1997). He was previously married to Chanté Moore.- Actress
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Lauren Miller Rogen was born on 24 July 1982 in Lakeland, Florida, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for For a Good Time, Call... (2012) and Like Father (2018). She has been married to Seth Rogen since 2 October 2011.- Actress
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Michelle Buteau was born on 24 July 1977 in Hamilton Township, New Jersey, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Survival of the Thickest (2023), Always Be My Maybe (2019) and Isn't It Romantic (2019). She has been married to Gijs van der Most since 31 July 2010. They have two children.- Laura Leighton was born on 24 July 1968 in Iowa City, Iowa, USA. She is an actress, known for Melrose Place (1992), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) and Skin (2003). She has been married to Doug Savant since 2 May 1998. They have two children.
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Ruth Buzzi was born July 24, 1936 in Westerly, Rhode Island to Rena and Angelo Buzzi. Her father was a nationally recognized stone sculptor. Raised in Wequetequock, Connecticut, she attended Stonington High School. She gained experience as a cheerleader, performing before crowds at athletic events.
At 17, she enrolled at the Pasadena Playhouse for the Performing Arts. Her classmates included
Dustin Hoffman and
Gene Hackman. She graduated with honors. Buzzi went on to Act in a wide variety of revues throughout New England,
and worked alongside other young and talented performers who were just
beginning their careers at the time, including
Barbra Streisand,
Joan Rivers,
Dom DeLuise,
Bernadette Peters and
Carol Burnett.
She came to national recognition when she teamed up with Dom DeLuise in an act in which he played an incompetent magician and she was his sidekick, "Shakuntala", who
never spoke but sported a wide grin. Audiences demanded more and they eventually played several major nighttime television variety shows including
The Garry Moore Show (1958) "The Entertainers" with Carol Burnett, and Your Show of Shows (1950)
with Imogene Coca.
She was hired by Bob Fosse to perform in his wife (Gwen Verdon)'s hit Broadway musical "Sweet Charity". During that time she auditioned for and received a permanent place in Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1967), playing everything from deadpan housewives to hard-bitten drunks to Southern belles to hookers. Memorable characters include
Busy-Buzzi, a Hollywood gossip columnist; dipsomaniac Doris Swizzler, who frequently got wasted with her husband Leonard (played by Dick Martin); and as one of the Burbank Airlines Stewardesses, who were infamous for their rude behavior.- Actor
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Robert Emhardt looked and sounded as if he had intentionally been
created by some perverse god to play villains. Though rotund, he had
hooded, lizard-like eyes and a drawling whine in his voice. The real
Robert Emhardt, however, was a well-educated, cultured, generous man,
not at all like the characters he often portrayed.
Robert Christian Emhardt was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. His father
was C.J. Emhardt, a lawyer, judge, and onetime mayor of the city. The
younger Emhardt received his early training as an actor in the theater
at Butler University. He then went to London, England, where he gained
experience at The London Academy of Dramatic Art in 1937-38, and
played in repertory with the British Broadcasting Company while there.
While in England, he met the woman who would become his wife, the
well-known English actress Silvia Sedeli. The couple would go on to have
four children. Eventually he found himself understudying Sydney Greenstreet
on an American tour. He stayed in the United States, debuting on
Broadway in 1942 in "The Pirate." He went on to win the Critics'
Circle Award as best supporting actor in "Life with Mother" (1948-49)
and appeared in eleven other plays in New York until his last in 1959.
He made his film debut in The Iron Mistress (1952), a fictionalized
life of Jim Bowie starring Alan Ladd. Among his other memorable movies
were 3:10 to Yuma (1957), Underworld U.S.A. (1961), and The Stone Killer (1973) with Charles Bronson. His favorite and probably
best film role was as Shirley Knight's paunchy and gracious but
ultimately insane father in The Group (1966).
Emhardt had a busy career. He also acted in 125 summer stock
productions and 250 television programs, such as Have Gun - Will Travel (1957),
The Untouchables (1959), Perry Mason (1957), Bonanza (1959), and six episodes of
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955). He had a recurring role on the soap opera
Another World (1964).
Emhardt was extremely active in St. Augustine's Episcopal Church in
Santa Monica and gave a great deal of support to The Boy Scouts of
America. In his spare time (Emhardt had spare time?) he followed sports
and enjoyed ballet.
Robert Emhardt died due to heart failure on December 26, 1994, in Ojai,
California.- Shannon Thornton was born on 24 July 1987 in Hartford, Connecticut, USA. She is an actress, known for P-Valley (2020), Power (2014) and Dynasty (2017).
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Jaboukie Young-White was born on 24 July 1994 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Strange World (2022), Rough Night (2017) and Set It Up (2018).- Actor
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Charles Harvey (aka Mark) Goddard became best known for his role as the combative Major Don West in the cult TV series Lost in Space (1965). The youngest of five siblings, he was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, but grew up in Scituate, raised as a Catholic. Though excelling in sports, Goddard gave up early ambitions of a professional basketball career. Following advice from the head of the dramatic society of the College of the Holy Cross, he attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Manhattan. Two years later, he relocated to Los Angeles and, before long, received offers to act in television. His first recurring role on the small screen was as the lead character's deputy in the western series Johnny Ringo (1959). He then replaced Lee Farr as one of The Detectives (1959), portraying police officer Chris Ballard in 64 episodes. Goddard made guest appearances in The Beverly Hillbillies (1962), The Virginian (1962), Gunsmoke (1955) and Perry Mason (1957) and co-starred alongside John McGiver in the short-lived sitcom Many Happy Returns (1964), before signing on as one of the crew in Irwin Allen 's Lost in Space. From season two, his character projected increasing antagonism towards the nefarious Dr. Zachary Smith.
After the series had run its course, Goddard remained a frequent guest TV star on popular shows like Mod Squad (1968) and The Streets of San Francisco (1972). He also had recurring stints on the soaps One Life to Live (1968) and General Hospital (1963) and made occasional forays into film acting, most notably in the off-beat horror flic Blue Sunshine (1977) (as a drug dealer turned politician). The following year, he made his sole Broadway appearance in the musical The Act, opposite Liza Minnelli and Barry Nelson. Well received, it ran to 233 performances between October 1977 and July 1978. Goddard retired from acting in 2015.
In between acting, Goddard often sidelined working with children, including at the Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. Having graduated with a Master's Degree in education from Bridgewater State College in Massachusetts, he eventually pursued a new vocation from 1991 as a special education teacher. Goddard published his memoirs, To Space and Back, in 2009. He was married three times. His second wife (divorced) was the actress Susan Anspach. His daughter is the producer Melissa Goddard .
Mark Goddard died of pulmonary fibrosis on October 10 2023 at the age of 87.- Actress
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Jamie Denbo was born on 24 July 1973 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Spy (2015), The Heat (2013) and Terriers (2010). She has been married to John Ross Bowie since 5 June 2004. They have two children.- Shawn Weatherly was born on 24 July 1959 in San Antonio, Texas, USA. She is an actress, known for Police Academy 3: Back in Training (1986), Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 (1998) and Shadowzone (1990). She has been married to Chip Harris since 1994. They have two children.
- Matt Biedel was born in Lake Oswego, Oregon, USA. He is an actor, known for The Fall of the House of Usher (2023), Narcos: Mexico (2018) and Altered Carbon (2018).
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Born July 24, 1975 in Detroit, MI but raised in Flint, MI, Christian got his start in the entertainment industry by appearing in stage plays having since graduated to television and film. Since his introduction as an actor he has added singer, author and producer to his resume. He describes his ethnicity as a combination of African American (father) and Native American/French (mother). Mr. Keyes has one son named Christian Keyes, Jr.- Laraine Stephens was born on 24 July 1941 in Oakland, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Police Woman (1974), Hellfighters (1968) and Mission: Impossible (1966). She was previously married to David Gerber.
- Tala Ashe stars as Zari Adrianna Tomaz in The CW series "DC's Legends of Tomorrow." Ashe is an Iranian-American actress who speaks fluent Farsi and received a BFA in Acting from Boston University, with training from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts and UCB theater. She was recently seen in the off-Broadway production of "The Profane" at Playwrights Horizons, a New York Times Critic's Pick exploring what it means to be Muslim in America. Her additional theatre credits include "Troilus and Cressida" at The Public Theater's Shakespeare in the Park, "Head Over Heels" at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and the off-Broadway productions of "The Who & The What" at Lincoln Center Theatre and "Urge for Going" at The Public Theater. Ashe's television credits include a recurring role on "American Odyssey," opposite Anna Friel and Peter Facinelli, and an arc on "Smash," opposite Debra Messing, as well as guest spots on "30 Rock," "Law & Order" and "Covert Affairs."
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When, at 50, Mabel Albertson was given the supporting role of Mrs. Carter, young actress Aileen Stanley Jr.'s mother in a Warner Bros. Technicolor musical romance, little did she know that she was starting out a movie and TV career in which she would shine as "the ultimate haughty judgmental (often wealthy) mother-in-law (or mother, or stepmother, or auntie)" in an impressive series of films, TV films or TV series episodes. Mabel Albertson's comic gifts helped her to make these generally obnoxious characters hilarious. She is indeed memorable as Jerry Lewis' mother-in-law in Don't Give Up the Ship (1959), as George Hamilton's mother in All the Fine Young Cannibals (1960) or the domineering mother-in-law of poor Anthony Franciosa in Period of Adjustment (1962). On television, Tom Ewell, Dick Van Dyke and Dick Sargent, among others, were given the same treatment by their screen mother.
Even at 50 years of age, Mabel Albertson was no newcomer to the business. In fact, she had been a successful vaudeville performer in the 1920s, a radio star in the 1930s and a theater actress and director in the 1940s. She had tried her hand in films twice (in 1928 and 1940) but without much success. Ironically, it was the film business that had previously rejected her which would make her unforgettable from the early 1950s to the late 1970s when Alzheimer's Disease put an and end to a long and fruitful career.- John Aniston was born on 24 July 1933 in Crete, Greece. He was an actor, known for Days of Our Lives (1965), Search for Tomorrow (1951) and Journeyman (2007). He was married to Sherry Rooney and Nancy Dow. He died on 11 November 2022 in the USA.
- He was a highly successful black actor/director in the 1950s and 1960s
who - because of his light-skinned appearance - transcended race and
ethnicity in his performances. In motion pictures, Frank Silvera was
cast as black, Latino, Polynesian and "white"/racially indeterminate
(due to black + white film stock's lack of discernment when rendering
light-skinned African-Americans).
He was actively engaged in the Civil Rights Struggles of the 1950s and
1960s and called on all of his associates in the theater and film world
to support the efforts of Black Americans during this watershed in
American history. The Frank Silvera Writers' Workshop Foundation, Inc.
was founded by actor/ director Morgan Freeman, playwright/director Garland Lee
Thompson, director/ actress Billie Allen and journalist Clayton Riley in
1973.