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- Actor
- Producer
Cole Hauser was born in Santa Barbara, California. He is the son of Cass Warner, who founded a film production company (Warner Sisters), and Wings Hauser, an actor. His grandfathers were screenwriters Dwight Hauser and Milton Sperling, and his maternal great-grandfather was film mogul Harry M. Warner, of Warner Bros. His father is of German, Irish, and Belgian (Walloon) descent, and his mother is from a Jewish family (from Austria, Russia, and Poland). He grew up in California, Oregon and Florida.
Hauser has had a long and impressive career in acting. He made his big screen debut in "School Ties" where many other then up and coming actors had their starts. He next went on to star in Richard Linklater's Cult Classic "Dazed and Confused." Other feature credits include "Tigerland," for which Cole received an Independent Spirit Award nomination, "White Oleander" for which he received a Movieline breakthrough performance also, "Hart's War," "Tears of the Sun," "Higher Learning," and "Too Fast, Too Furious," to name a few.
In 2014 Hauser will be seen in two anticipated projects. This spring he can be seen opposite Johnny Depp in the Warner Bros release of Transcendence (2014). Immediately following he will star in DirecTV's original drama "Rogue" opposite Thandie Newton. The show, in its second season has been a big draw for the network. Earlier this year he was seen in Antoine Fuqua's Olympus Has Fallen (2013), an action ensemble which included Aaron Eckhart, Gerald Butler and Morgan Freeman.
Hauser lives outside of Los Angeles with his wife, photographer Cynthia Daniel, and three children.- Actress
- Producer
Santa Barbara-born Maika Monroe's initial desire was to pursue a career in professional freestyle kiteboarding (kite surfer). Following in her father's footsteps, she started the sport at the age of 13. She moved to the Dominican Republic's north coast of Cabarete in her senior year of high school to train full-time while she completed her studies online. From then on, her athletic path prospered and she received second place in the International Red Bull Air Competition.- Actress
- Music Department
- Composer
Born in Santa Barbara, California on June 29, 1964, almond-eyed Kathleen Wilhoite grew up there and began singing in her church choir from the first grade. Two years later, she was performing on stage, as part of a back-up choir, with The Carpenters, at the Santa Barbara County Bowl. All the while, she studied piano and songwriting and appeared in her high school's theater productions, such as "The House of Blue Leaves". Kathleen wrote and sang as one of the "Boogie Woogie Bugle Girls", a harmony group inspired by The Andrews Sisters. She also became the youngest member of the Santa Barbara Songwriters Guild (age 16).
After high school, Kathleen elected to pursue an acting career, as opposed to music, and enrolled at the USC Drama School. Just a couple of months later, she landed her first movie role in Private School (1983). Throughout the 1980s, she appeared in a number of film and TV projects as both leads and second leads where her brash sexuality and quirky, unconventional style was eagerly put on display. She appeared noticeably opposite Charles Bronson in Murphy's Law (1986), Jane Fonda in The Morning After (1986), Robert De Niro in Angel Heart (1987), Amy Irving in Crossing Delancey (1988), Patrick Swayze in Road House (1989), and Debra Winger and Nick Nolte in Everybody Wins (1990), and Susan Sarandon and Nolte in Lorenzo's Oil (1992).
Kathleen appeared on many of the popular series of the 80's and '90s including "AfterMASH," "Family Ties," "The Jeffersons," "Cagney & Lacey" and "Fame," "Cop Rock," "Twin Peaks," "Quantum Leap," "Mad About You," "Ally McBeal" and "Family Law." While her acting career flourished, she continued to expand her music skills but was dealt with a few setbacks, including a contract with Mercury Records that fell through. After a brief sojourn to Texas to refocus intently on her music, Kathleen returned to the Hollywood rat race and eased back in as a "working actress".
A variety of offbeat roles in such movies as Nurse Betty (2000) and Pay It Forward (2000) has kept her name active on the credits list for over two decades. She landed a number of challenging roles, including a recurring roles on the law series L.A. Law (1986) as intellectually disabled assistant Benny's Adhipathi (1990) likewise girlfriend Rosalie, and the medical series ER (1994) as troubled, substance abuser Chloe Lewis.
In the late 1980s, Kathleen was chosen by cartoonist Cathy Guisewite to give vocal life to her creation Cathy (1987) in a series of TV movies. Wilhoite later voiced another cartoon creation, Sue Rose's Pepper Ann (1997) in an animated TV series.
Into the millennium, Kathleen's on-camera featured work included the films Nurse Betty (2000), Pay It Forward (2000), Quicksand (2003), Perfect Opposites (2004), Firecracker (2005), Winged Creatures (2008), Seeking Justice (2011), Crazy Kind of Love (2013) and The Ride (2018). In addition to a recurring role on Gilmore Girls (2000), she had guest parts on "Touched by an Angel," "24," "Boomtown," "Will & Grace," "Charmed," "The Ghost Whisperer," "Boston Legal," "Criminal Minds," "Grey's Anatomy," "Battle Creek," "The OA" and "Yellowstone."
Married to record producer/drummer David Harte and the mother of three children, Kathleen was signed by her husband to his "The Daves" record label (the other "Dave" is booking agent David Surnow) and released two CDS - "Pitch Like a Girl" (1997) and "Shiva" (2000). In sync with both her edgy acting and music style, she wrote and performed an autobiographical one-woman show, "Stop Yellin'," directed by Kathy Najimy, in which she sings her own music and performs monologues.- Actor
- Producer
- Director
Anthony Edwards was born in Santa Barbara, California, on July 19,
1962, to a well-blended family. He is the youngest of five children,
and the son of Erika Kem (Weber), a landscape painter and artist, and
Peter Edwards, an architect. His mother was of German descent, and his
father was of English, Irish, Scottish, and Spanish-Mexican ancestry.
Edwards's parents encouraged him to act at age 16, which eventually led
him to attending a summer workshop in London before graduating from
high school. Returning to the United States, Edwards worked in
commercials, jobs that helped him pay his education at The University
of Southern California, where he studied acting. However, he dropped
out of college and, in that same year, he had a small role in the movie
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982),
starring Sean Penn. The movie was a
box office smash and Edwards was looking forward to doing more films.
His first movie role was that of teen-aged "John Muldowney" in
Heart Like a Wheel (1983) and
his first starring role as nerdy "Gilbert Lowell", in
Revenge of the Nerds (1984).
Edwards didn't need to worry about being typecast as a
socially-challenged loser. After starring in
The Sure Thing (1985) and
Gotcha! (1985), he landed another
big-time successful movie Top Gun (1986),
in which he played Tom Cruise's ill-fated
easy-going navigator/best friend, Lt. Nick "Goose" Bradshaw. As Cruise
rode Top Gun (1986) into the Hollywood
stratosphere, Edwards also found his flight to stardom, at the same
time. After Top Gun (1986), he reprised
his role as Gilbert in the movie
Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise (1987),
before he starred in
Summer Heat (1987). He also starred
in Mr. North (1988), and
Miracle Mile (1988), although they
weren't too successful.
Edwards began working in TV movies and continued to star in more box
office movies such as Hawks (1988),
How I Got Into College (1989),
Downtown (1990),
Pet Sematary II (1992),
Landslide (1992) and
Delta Heat (1992). The '90s won
Edwards his best reviews for his recurring role of the quirky "bubble
man" Mike Monroe on the popular television series
Northern Exposure (1990).
He was nominated for a Cable Ace Award in HBO's
Sexual Healing (1993), and the
following year, he starred in
Charlie's Ghost Story (1995),
before he played law clerk "Clint Von Hooser" in the
John Grisham movie
The Client (1994). This led to his
most prominent role, as easy-going charismatic physician "Dr. Mark
Greene" on the very popular TV series
ER (1994).
For his work on ER (1994), he was
nominated for an Emmy Award four times For Outstanding Lead Actor in a
Drama Series, but has never won. However, he has won a Golden Globe
Award For Best Performance by an Actor-in-a-TV-Series, and was
nominated four times, and also has two Screen Actor's Guild Awards.
Prior to playing Dr. Greene, he also played bank breaker turned
cold-blooded killer, "Dick Hickock" in the TV movie remake of
Truman Capote's
In Cold Blood (1996),
which was the best TV movie of the 1996-97 season. During Edwards'
hiatus on ER (1994), he went back to the
box office circuit to star and to produce the movie
Don't Go Breaking My Heart (1999),
a complex movie which wasn't a big hit. Edwards, once again, returned
to the set of ER (1994), and this time, he
signed up for a salary that almost no actor could be paid, so his
decision was to stay on the show for 3 more years and possibly to save
the money in order to spend a lot of family time and to work on
directing later.
His first big roles after ER (1994) were
that of "Brains" in the movie
Thunderbirds (2004), and as "Jim
Paretta" in The Forgotten (2004).
In the many years that he starred on
ER (1994), that show gave him more success
in working on and off the set. Also, it gave him a spiritual blessing
that so many popular actors have had over the years.- Actress
- Soundtrack
A familiar character actress, Marianna Hill is the daughter of a building contractor. From her native southern California, her family moved around frequently, including to Canada, Spain and Great Britain. As a result, she became familiar with different accents and dialects, whether a French accent (for a guest appearance on My Three Sons (1960), or German Hogan's Heroes (1965). She started acting while a teenager, apprenticing at the La Jolla (Calif.) Playhouse, and also studied at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City. Marianna's exotic looks enabled her to portray a variety of types, including a Hawaiian girl, an Irish lass and Greek beauty. She has also been an acting coach and teacher at the Lee Strasberg Institute in London.- Writer
- Producer
- Actor
Brad Hall was born on 21 March 1958 in Santa Barbara, California, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Brooklyn Bridge (1991), Picture Paris (2011) and Picture Paris. He has been married to Julia Louis-Dreyfus since 25 June 1987. They have two children.- Actor
- Writer
- Director
Taylor Handley was born on 1 June 1984 in Santa Barbara, California, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Mayor of Kingstown (2021), Chasing Mavericks (2012) and Griselda (2024). He has been married to Audra Seminaro since 8 June 2013.- Music Artist
- Actress
- Composer
Katy Perry was born Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson on October 25, 1984 in Santa Barbara, California to Mary Christine Hudson (née Perry) & Maurice Keith Hudson. She has a big sister named Angela & a little brother named David, and has English, Portuguese, German, Irish, and Scottish ancestry. Her mother's half-brother was director
Frank Perry.
Raised in a deeply religious family, Perry's first experience of
performing was singing in church. A passion for music grew and at the
age of 15, Perry began visiting Nashville, gaining experience of song
writing and recording demos.
She signed to a Christian record label, Red Hill, and recorded an
album, under her birth name of Katy Hudson. The album was not a
success. At age 17 she moved to Los Angeles and collaborated with
producer Glen Ballard, but was not able to
secure a lasting record deal. Perry did sign to Columbia Records in
2004, but again this did not prove a success, and she was dropped.
An executive at Columbia recommended Perry to the chairman of Virgin
Records, Jason Flom, which resulted in her
signing for Capitol Music Group. She recorded her second album, "One of
the Boys" and in the Spring of 2008 released the lead single, the
controversial "I Kissed a Girl". The song proved a smash, hitting the
number one slot in several countries. Other hit singles followed and
the album was a commercial success.
Perry was now established as a pop superstar and cemented her position
with the release of her next album "Teenage Dreams", which spawned more
huge hits including "California Gurls" and "Firework". Many awards and
music industry records followed. In 2012 Perry made the move into
movies, releasing the documentary feature film
Part of Me (2012).
Katy has started her own record label called "Metamorphosis Music" and
has signed her very first artist Ferras, who was signed to Capitol
Records back in 2007 with Katy Perry. He had released an EP the same
day that the record label news was released to the public. There is
also a duet with Katy on his new EP; they are expected to be on tour
together in North America June 22 in Raleigh, North Carolina-October 11
in Houston, Texas.- Actor
- Director
- Additional Crew
Victor French was the son of a stuntman. His debut was a small role in
Lassie (1954), uncredited. He had his
first real acting experiences in western-films, where he usually played
the "bad guy" due to his rather gruff look. This changed with
Little House on the Prairie (1974),
(as Isaiah Edwards). In 1977, he left
Little House on the Prairie (1974)
to play in his own sitcom
Carter Country (1977), which
lasted for two seasons. French then teamed up again with
Michael Landon in
Highway to Heaven (1984),
as (Mark Gordon). French, along with
Leonard Nimoy, founded LA's "Company of
Angels", one of the area's earliest attempts to establish LA as a type
of "Off-Broadway-West Coast". Its limited seating arrangement (99
seats) served as the prototype of LA's Equity-Waiver code. After he
left the company in the mid 1970s, he went on to teach acting
privately. He was well sought-after, and it became apparent that he had
to take students on "by referral only". His philosophy and style was
gentle and encouraging to young actors just entering the field. He
directed in LA Theaters and won the Critics Circle Award for "12 Angry
Men." In the 1980s, he declined to play "bad guys." Victor French died
1989 after finishing the last episode of
Highway to Heaven (1984).- Mia Talerico is the adorable baby Charlotte "Charlie" Duncan in Disney
Channel's
Good Luck Charlie (2010).
Her parents are Chris and Claire Talerico. She was born in Santa
Barbara, California. Her infancy is seen in her character in the comedy
series. Phil Baker, co-creator of the show, said that they talk to
Mia's mom to know what Mia does and likes, and they incorporate them
into their stories. - Actor
- Producer
- Writer
James Arnold Taylor's versatile vocal range has given him success in
every facet of the voice-over industry. His voice is heard all over the
world daily and you would never know it's just one person. His list of
credits range from leading roles in major summer blockbuster films,
starring roles in the hottest animation on television, a promo voice
for Fox, Spike, G4, and national ad campaigns for TV and
radio, from the voice of a Mini Wheat to the current voice of Fred
Flintstone. You can literally play the "Six Degrees of..." game with
James and be only one degree from just about every name in Hollywood
today.
James's most notable credits are: Obi-Wan Kenobi from Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008), Leonardo from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012), Johnny from Johnny Test (2005), Green Arrow from Batman: The Brave and the Bold (2008), Harry Osborn from The Spectacular Spider-Man (2008), Milo Thatch from Atlantis: Milo's Return (2003), Wooldoor Sockbat and the Producer from Drawn Together (2004), The Fallen from Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009), Tidus from Final Fantasy X (2001), Final Fantasy X-2 (2003) and Dissidia: Final Fantasy (2008) video games, Ratchet from the Ratchet & Clank (2002) video game series, Gabe Logan from the Syphon Filter (1999) video game series, and Ash from The Animatrix (2003).
James also voice-doubles for many of today's biggest names, including Johnny Depp, Ewan McGregor, Shia LaBeouf, Christopher Walken, Michael J. Fox (I), David Spade, Daniel Radcliffe, Clive Owen (I), Nicolas Cage, Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Matthew McConaughey, Justin Timberlake, James McAvoy, Alec Baldwin, Billy Bob Thornton, Seann William Scott, Denis Leary, Robin Williams (I), and Ron Howard (I).
Having voices in some of the biggest franchises in movies, TV, and video
games, he has had a successful career ultimately doing what he loves
most: entertaining.- Alex D. Linz was born on 3 January 1989 in Santa Barbara, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Home Alone 3 (1997), One Fine Day (1996) and Tarzan (1999).
- Actor
- Producer
From a talented acting generation of four brothers, Timothy Bottoms was the closest to achieving out-and-out super-stardom in the 1970s. The eldest of four siblings, he was followed in birth by Joseph Bottoms, Sam Bottoms and Ben Bottoms.
All four boys were born and raised in Santa Barbara, California, with Timothy James birth date being August 30, 1951. As the children of James "Bud" Bottoms, a sculptor and high school art teacher, and his wife Betty, artistic expression was certainly
encouraged in this family and Timothy expressed an avid interest, even
during his preschool years, of wanting to perform. He was a local member of the Youth Theater Productions at school and
in 1967 toured Europe along with the Santa Barbara Madrigal Society,
which sealed his aspirations.
Following high school, Timothy was spotted by Universal in a stage
production of "Romeo and Juliet" and chosen (with no prior film
experience) for a lead part in director
Dalton Trumbo's
Johnny Got His Gun (1971). As
Joe, a young American soldier who is shelled and left armless and
legless on the last day of World War I, Timothy received excellent
reviews and earned a Golden Globe nomination as "Most Promising
Newcomer." His next starring role propelled him into the top leagues.
Cast as aimless Texas-boy "Sonny," the sensitive, mournful-eyed,
youthful focus of Peter Bogdanovich's
downbeat Oscar winner
The Last Picture Show (1971),
the film went on to make full-fledged stars not only of Timothy, but of
Jeff Bridges and
Cybill Shepherd. Younger brother Sam,
who frequently visited the set, wound up touchingly cast as simple, naive, ill-fated character.
The early 1970s was a time of great personal accomplishments for
Timothy in film. Engagingly maladroit and looking slightly
uncomfortable in his own skin, he proved that his first reviews were no
flukes. He appeared to great advantage in the touching drama
Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing (1973)
opposite British acting doyenne
Maggie Smith and as the
tousle-haired college protagonist in the coming-of-age box-office hit
The Paper Chase (1973). In an
effort to break free of his sensitive prototype, he delved into
stranger, darker characters with
The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder (1974)
and Rollercoaster (1977). These
efforts were less successful, however, and he quickly began to discover
his film career slipping away at the early age of 26.
Outgrowing his awkward adorableness, he shifted to the smaller screen
in order to secure challenging roles, such as the biblical lead in
The Story of David (1976);
his ex-convict in
A Small Town in Texas (1976);
his bank teller in
Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers (1976);
his fatally-stricken track runner in
A Shining Season (1979),
and the Raymond Massey role (in
which he aged 30 years) in the ambitious mini-series
East of Eden (1981), with
brother Sam recreating the James Dean
part.
Timothy's success certainly encouraged his younger siblings. By this
time Joseph, Sam and Ben were were all experiencing significant lifts
in their own respective careers. As a group, the four brothers hooked
up together for the TV movie
Island Sons (1987), in
which they all played brothers and used their real first names. The
movie was promoted as a pilot for an upcoming weekly series, but it
failed to make the grade. While Timothy continued to work steadily
throughout the 1980s and 1990s, the quality of material he was given
grew more standard. Roles in such films as
Invaders from Mars (1986),
The Drifter (1988) and the
foreign-made Istanbul (1989) did little
to reignite his earlier success. A sequel to his famous "The Last
Picture Show", entitled
Texasville (1990), could have had
heads turning but the movie decided instead to focus instead on
Jeff Bridges (who at this juncture
was a big name star) while Timothy's character was given short shrift
with what was essentially a cameo.
Into the millennium Timothy had a slight taste of his former glory
while showing a keen talent for parody with his uncanny impersonation
of president George W. Bush. Who would
have thought? Bottoms' dead-on spoof on
That's My Bush! (2001),
courtesy of the creators of "South Park", led to a brief Bush cameo in
the family film
The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course (2002)
and the much more serious TV-movie
DC 9/11: Time of Crisis (2003).
Interestingly, Timothy needed little in the way of prosthetics. He
simply parted his hair differently, added a bit of a drawl and imitated
his walk!
The still boyish-looking actor with that same trickle of sadness and
discomfort has worked continuously for the past thirty years and
appeared in over 65 films. Of late he has shined in small independent
features such as with his dysfunctional father in writer/director Gus Van Sant's
Elephant (2003), which chronicled a
Columbine High School-like massacre, and his closer-to-home portrayal
as a middle-aged actor in search of his early fame in
Paradise, Texas (2006).
Other millennium films include Shanghai Kiss (2007), Along the Way (2007), the remake of Jack London's Call of the Wild (2009), Pound of Flesh (2010), Realm of the Mole Men (2012) and the quirky romantic comedy 1 Nighter (2012) opposite the producer/writer/director of the film Jill Jaress. In addition, he has been frequently viewed in such comedic and dramatic TV movies as Jane Doe: Now You See It, Now You Don't (2005), Vampire Bats (2005), I Married Who? (2012), Sweet Surrender (2014) and How Not to Propose (2015), and made guest appearances on the popular series "The Governor's Wife," "Grey's Anatomy," "Private Practice" and "The Bridge."
Timothy's marriage to folk singer Alicia Cory from 1975 to 1978,
produced son Bartholomew. He has three other children (Benton, William,
Bridget) with current wife (since 1984) Marcia Morehart. Bottoms
divides his time between his acting work and his other great love of
training wild horses at his two ranches near Big Sur, California. On
the sly he has worked as a surveyor's assistant.
While brothers Joseph and Ben are lesser seen these days and finding satisfying lives outside the Hollywood realm, Sam pursued his own career until his death from brain cancer in 2008 at age 53. Their eldest brother continues to display his talents with more recent prime roles in such films as the dramedy Welcome to the Men's Group (2016), horror opus The Shed (2019) and the adventure thriller Tar (2020).- Producer
- Director
- Writer
In addition to helming the iconic feature hits An Officer and a Gentleman (1982), Against All Odds (1984), Ray (2004), and the cult thriller The Devil's Advocate (1997), Taylor Hackford has directed the films Dolores Claiborne (1995), Everybody's All-American (1988), and Proof of Life (2000). Taylor developed and produced La Bamba (1987), the most successful Latin-themed feature film in history. Mr. Hackford has been an active member of the Directors Guild of America for over 40 years, including twice as elected President of the DGA, beginning in 2009.- Actor
- Producer
- Soundtrack
Sam Bottoms was born on 17 October 1955 in Santa Barbara, California, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976), Apocalypse Now (1979) and Seabiscuit (2003). He was married to Laura Bickford and Susan Arnold. He died on 16 December 2008 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actress
- Producer
- Production Designer
Younger sister of Linus Huffman. Appeared
as a child in local Santa Barbara theater, alongside
Eric Stoltz and
Anthony Edwards. Won 2001 Tony
Award for playing "Ulla" in "The Producers". Nominated for an Outer
Critics' Circle Award for best featured actress in a play for "The
Nance". Nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a
Musical for "The Will Rogers Follies". Also appeared on Broadway in "La
Cage Aux Folles", "Steel Pier", "Dame Edna: The Royal Tour" and "Big
Deal", which was the last show directed and choreographed by
Bob Fosse.- Janis Wilson was born on 9 February 1930 in Santa Barbara, California, USA. She was an actress, known for The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946), Watch on the Rhine (1943) and My Reputation (1946). She was married to Sidney Victor Petertyl. She died on 17 November 2003 in Spokane, Washington, USA.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Joseph Bottoms was born on 22 April 1954 in Santa Barbara, California, USA. He is an actor, known for The Dove (1974), Holocaust (1978) and The Black Hole (1979).- Actress
- Producer
- Director
Najarra knew what she wanted to do in life by the time she was three. She started modeling and also performing in local stage productions, continuing to be deeply involved in both theater and musical productions throughout her childhood and teenage years. At ten, she made her big screen debut co-starring in the film "Menace". Najarra's performance in the Sundance and Cannes award winning "Me and You and Everyone We Know" in 2005 drew international notice. She has played the titular character in various films, including: "Tru Loved", "Marin Blue", "Betty I am" and has appeared in various other indie favorites. In 2014, audiences got to see a new side of the young actress in the IFC Midnight horror hit "Contracted". Najarra hopes to continue to devote her life to these things she loves and that inspire her.- Lisa Todd was born in 1944 in Santa Barbara, California, USA. She is an actress, known for The Doll Squad (1973), The Woman Hunt (1972) and The Girl Who Knew Too Much (1969).
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Taylor Atelian was born on 27 March 1995 in Santa Barbara, California, USA. She is an actress, known for According to Jim (2001), Reaper (2008) and Brad Paisley: Celebrity (2003).- Actor
- Additional Crew
Cameron Douglas was born on 13 December 1978 in Santa Barbara, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Wonder Boys (2000), The Runner (2021) and It Runs in the Family (2003).- Actress
- Producer
Walker Brandt was born in Santa Barbara, California, USA. She is known for City Slickers (1991), Dante's Peak (1997) and Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987). She has been married to Jeff Stafford since 2001.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Kim Miyori was born on 4 January 1951 in Santa Barbara, California, USA. She is an actress, known for The Punisher (1989), The Grudge 2 (2006) and Metro (1997). She was previously married to Rickey Momii.- Actress
- Writer
- Producer
Colleen Ballinger is an actress, writer, and producer best known for her character Miranda Sings. She has over 22 million subscribers across her three YouTube channels and has accumulated over 3.5 billion views. Ballinger created, produced, wrote, and starred in the Netflix Original Series "Haters Back Off", and has also appeared in "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee", Season 3 of "Escape The Night", "Ralph Breaks the Internet", "Angry Birds 2", and her Netflix Comedy Special "Miranda Sings Live...Your Welcome".- Actor
- Transportation Department
Charles David Liddell is an American former mixed martial artist who was the UFC Light Heavyweight Champion. Liddell had 23 fights in the UFC. He is widely credited with helping bring MMA into the mainstream of American sports and entertainment. On July 10, 2009, he was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame. Liddell was born in Santa Barbara, California, of partial Irish descent. He was raised by his single mother and maternal grandfather, who taught Liddell and his siblings boxing techniques from a very young age. Liddell began studying Koeikan karate at the age of 12; the tattoo on his scalp reads "Koei-Kan".- Elegant and graceful actress, she has participated in many films and TV series in her career: Angie (1994), the action film Midnight Man (1995) wit Lorenzo Lamas, the drama Driven (1996), the action thriller Renegade Force (1998) with Michael Rooker and Robert Patrick, and the television movie Jane Doe: Ties That Bind (2007) directed by James A. Contner; for Tv we remember his appearances in: of Daddy Dearest (1993), Law & Order (1993), Walker, Texas Ranger (1994), Fortune Hunter (1994), Tales from the Crypt (1994), Murder, She Wrote (1994), Babylon 5 (1995), New York Undercover (1996), Swift Justice (1996), The Burning Zone (1997), Players (1998), L.A. Doctors (1998), JAG (1999), Poltergeist: The Legacy (1997 and 1999), The Practice (2001), ER (2001), CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2005), Justice (2006), and Close to Home (2007).
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Lori Shannon was born on 18 May 1938 in Santa Barbara, California, USA. He was an actor, known for All in the Family (1971), For the Love of It (1980) and Gay San Francisco (1970). He died on 13 February 1984 in San Francisco, California, USA.- Del Monroe is probably best known as Seaman Kowalski in
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961)
and the subsequent TV series based on the film,
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964),
He was thrilled to play a seaman in the big-budget film, but one day on
the set he noticed what he believed to be a silly-looking mistake. He
pointed it out to producer
Irwin Allen, not knowing if Allen
would take offense and end Del's career right there. It turned out that
Allen didn't take offense at all, and in fact hired Monroe to play the
same role in the series, which lasted for four seasons (1964-68).
Monroe has stated that he enjoyed doing the "Voyage" series, no matter
what the plot of the episodes he was in--Cold War spies, deadly
amphibians, monsters from outer space--he loved them all. He didn't
even mind the change in the show's premise from an adult sci-fi series
in the first year to a more children-oriented viewpoint in subsequent
seasons.
In the third season he had a meaty part in the episode "Deadly Waters",
in which his character had to deal with the problems of his troubled
brother. The next year saw Del's character as the focal point of
another episode, "The Deadly Amphibian", in which he was taken over by
a deadly undersea creature. However, in the final season he was given
another chance to strut his stuff in "The Return of Blackbeard", in
which he was required to behave like a rollicking, devil-may-care
pirate, but the episode did not go over well with series viewers.
Irwin Allen also tapped Del for appearances in his other TV series, and
Del showed up in an episode of
The Time Tunnel (1966), but
turned down a chance for a recurring role in Allen's
Land of the Giants (1968).
After "Voyage", Del did guest roles such TV series as
Wonder Woman (1975). He found
time to return to the big screen when he secured a part in
Speedway Junky (1999), showing up
in the beginning of the film as a grizzled old-timer. In 2004 a few
"Voyage" cast members got together (not including
Richard Basehart, who had died) for a
convention and Del was speechless that so many fans turned out to
celebrate a 40-year-old TV series. - Actress
- Art Department
Victoria Alynette Fuller was born on December 11, 1970 in Santa
Barbara, California. She hails from three generations of artists on
both sides of her family. At age two she was already drawing Snoopy
cartoons off the funny pages with crayons. Victoria took numerous art
classes throughout high school and won first place in a major art
competition. Following graduation from high school she became a fitness
model, taking art classes at night and working out at the gym during
the day. She was discovered by "Playboy" magazine on a modeling shoot.
Victoria was the Playmate of the Month in the magazine's January 1996
issue, and did a follow-up pictorial in the May 2005 issue.
Victoria made a guest appearance on an episode of
Married... with Children (1987)
and had a role in the made-for-TV movie
The Scorned (2005). Among
the TV shows she has appeared as herself on are
The Girls Next Door (2005),
The Tyra Banks Show (2005),
Dr. Phil (2002),
The Howard Stern Show (1990),
The Amazing Race (2001),
Whose Line Is It Anyway? (1998),
The Man Show (1999) and
Work Out (2006). Fuller married
actor/director/producer
Jonathan Baker in 2001.
Victoria gave birth to daughter Trease Alynette on October 6, 2006.
Fuller and Baker owned and operated Skin Spa, a day spa in Encino,
California. (Fuller and Baker have since divorced.) Victoria continues
to pursue a career producing pop art paintings, prints, and sculptures
based on the Playboy world. In fact, she has the distinction of being
the only artist to receive permission from Playboy to use its famous
trademarks in her artwork.- Actress
- Producer
- Additional Crew
Victoria Paige Meyerink was a former child star of the past and is now
a producer at this time. She had many television appearances like
Our Time (1985),
Adam-12 (1968),
Family Affair (1966) and
My Three Sons (1960). Her big
break was on CBS's
The Danny Kaye Show (1963).
Starred in big movies such as
Elvis Presley's
Speedway (1968) and
Rock Hudson's
Seconds (1966). Followed her footsteps as
an actor just like her mother,
Jeanne Baird. Now, Victoria owns "Star
Entertainment Group, Inc" with her husband,
Lawrence David Foldes. She has produced
movies like Finding Home (2003),
Young Warriors (1983) and
The Great Skycopter Rescue (1980).
In 2006, Victoria won the Lifetime achievement Award at the Young
Artists Awards. Victoria is also a member of the Producers Branch of
the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and is on the Academy
Awards Executive Committee.- Edie Sedgwick was a bright social butterfly whose candle of fame burned
brightly at both ends. Born into a wealthy White Anglo-Saxon Protestant
family of impressive lineage, Edie became a "celebutante" for her
beauty, style, wealth and her associations with figures of the 1960s
counterculture.
Edie was born in Santa Barbara into a prominent family plagued by
mental illness. Her father, Francis Minturn Sedgwick (1904-1967), was a
local rancher who had experienced three nervous breakdowns prior to his
1929 marriage to Alice Delano De Forest, Edie's mother. Francis also
suffered from bipolar disorder, and his doctors told Alice's father,
the Wall Street financier Henry Wheeler De Forest, that the couple
should not have any children. They eventually had eight: Edie was the
fourth of five daughters and the second-to-last of the Sedgwick
children born from 1931 to 1945. Edie later told fellow Warhol
superstar Ultra Violet that both
her father and a brother had tried to seduce her when she was a child.
She once found her father in flagrante delicto with another woman, and
after she tried to tell her mother about his offense, her father
denounced her as insane and called the doctor. In Edie's confession to
Ultra Violet, she claimed, "They gave me so many tranquilizers I lost
all my feelings."
The Sedgwicks were an old line of WASPs whose lineage included Judge
Theodore Sedgwick (1746-1813), who had served as the Chief Justice of
the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts and later Speaker of the
House of Representatives in the time of George Washington. The Judge's
wife, Pamela Dwight Sedgwick (1753-1807), had lost her sanity mid-life. The roots of the mental illness that plagued the Sedgwick
family likely extend as far back as Pamela Dwight Sedgwick.
Edie was raised on a 3,000-acre ranch in the Santa Ynez Valley, bought
with money inherited from Alice's father. The family fortunes improved
even further in the early 1950s, when oil was discovered on the ranch.
The Sedgwick children were educated in a private school constructed on
the ranch, and given daily vitamin B shots by a local physician.
Despite their prosperity, Edie's upbringing was plagued with trauma.
Her brother Minty was an alcoholic by age fifteen and eventually
committed suicide at the Silver Hill Hospital in New Canaan,
Connecticut in 1964, the day before his twenty-sixth birthday. Her
other brother, Bobby, also was troubled by psychiatric problems and was
institutionalized after suffering a nervous breakdown in the early
1950s while attending Harvard. He crashed his motorcycle into a bus on
New Year's Eve 1964 and died two weeks later.
Edie suffered from bulimia in school, which continued into her adult
life. Edie was first institutionalized in the fall of 1962 at the
Silver Hill mental hospital (where her brother Minty later died). After
wasting away to ninety pounds, she was transferred to the far stricter
Bloomingdale, New York Hospital's Westchester County facility. On a
furlough from Bloomindale, she became pregnant and had an abortion.
In the early 1960s, Edie lived in Cambridge, Massachusetts, while
attending Radcliffe College. Edie studied sculpture and spent her time
partying and driving her Mercedes. At her therapist's office, she met
recent Harvard graduate Chuck Wein, who was
living a bohemian existence and styled himself as an Edwardian dandy.
After she turned 21 in 1964, Eddie left Cambridge for New York, moving
into her invalid grandmother's 14-room Park Ave. apartment and spent
her nights at the top clubs and discotheques.
Wein came to New York, as well, and became determined to transform Edie
into a social butterfly. In January 1965, she was introduced to
Andy Warhol, one of the new gods of Pop Art.
Wien began bringing her to his work-living space "The Factory" on a
regular basis. Warhol had no illusions about Chuck Wein, but he apparently was attracted by the
hustler's blonde good looks. Blessed or cursed with the soul of a promoter, Wein was
continually plotting a strategy to move Edie up into the New York
demimonde and further into society.
During her visits with Wein to The Factory, Warhol began inserting her into his
films. She made her first two brief appearances in "Vinyl" and "Horse." Andy took both Edie and Wein to Paris in April
1965 for an opening of a show.
When he returned to New York City, Warhol announced that he was
crowning Edie "the queen of The Factory," and commissioned screenplays
for her. Wein became his new screenwriter and assistant director,
beginning with "Beauty No. 2," which starred Edie and premiered at the
Cinematheque on July 17, 1965. "Beauty No. 2" made Edie Sedgwick the
leading lady of underground cinema. Her on-screen persona was compared
to Marilyn Monroe, and she became famous among the independent film
glitterati. Her association with Warhol helped secure both his
reputation and hers.
Edie appeared in Vogue in August 1965 as a "youthquaker," as well as a fashion layout for Life magazine in the September 1965 issue. On February 13, 1966, Edie (along with Warhol and Wein) were photographed for The New York Times Magazine. With the glamorous Edie in tow, Warhol made the rounds of parties and gallery openings, and the dynamic duo generated
reams of copy and free publicity. Thousands of fans mobbed them at an opening at the University of Pennsylvania. Originally an outsider, Warhol was now wooed by wealthy socialites and becoming a major part of the
art establishment.
In 1966, Warhol approached his musical "discovery"
Lou Reed with a proposition. According to Reed,
"Andy said I should write a song about Edie Sedgwick. I said 'Like
what?' and he said, 'Oh, don't you think she's a femme fatale, Lou?' So
I wrote 'Femme Fatale' and we gave it to Nico."
Her newfound celebrity would prove to be her undoing, after many urged
Edie to leave Warhol for the mainstream cinema. One of these people was
Bob Dylan's assistant
Bob Neuwirth, who became Edie's lover,
wooing her with the promise of starring in a film with his enigmatic
boss. Edie was under the impression that
Albert Grossman, Dylan's manager, was
going to offer her a film contract. She also briefly appeared in
D.A. Pennebaker's documentary "Don't Look Back."
Though Edie reportedly also harbored amorous feelings for Dylan,
it is unlikely that her feelings were returned or ever consummated. However, Edie is one of the women pictured on the inner sleeve of
Dylan's classic "Blonde on Blonde" album (released May 16, 1966), and
she was rumored to be the inspiration of the song "Leopard Skin
Pill-Box Hat." In February 1966, Warhol told her about Dylan's secret marriage to Sara
Lownds. Edie was devastated. According to Paul Morrissey, a Factory regular, Edie realized that "maybe [Dylan] hadn't been truthful."
Edie's and Warhol's relationship was further strained by her
dissatisfaction with her decreasing role in Warhol's life. They also argued over money. Edie had always picked up the tab when
the Factory regulars hit the town, and she attacked Warhol over his
failure to pay her money from the films she had been in. Warhol claimed
that the films were unprofitable and told her to be patient.
Edie's last known film with Warhol was "Lupe." (She may also have
appeared in "The Andy Warhol Story," a
lost film for which the footage was either lost or destroyed.) In February 1966, Edie
decided to part ways with Warhol. According to
Gerard Malanga, a Factory regular, "Edie
disappeared and that was the end of it. She never came back."
In the tapes Edie made for "Ciao! Manhattan," she admitted that she had
become addicted to her affair with Neuwirth. While they were together,
she was consumed by lust, but when they were apart, she turned to pills
for comfort.
She tried modeling again and appeared in the March 15, 1966 edition of
"Vogue." Her modeling career never took off, however, as the fashion
industry shunned people with drug problems. She then turned back to
acting, auditioning for Norman Mailer's staging of "The Deer Park," but
Mailer turned her down. Edie "wasn't very good," Mailer remembered.
"She used so much of herself with every line that we knew she'd be
immolated after three performances."
By the end of 1966, Edie's star had gone into eclipse and she never
recovered. She was badly addicted to drugs and in six months, she spent
$80,000. A typical breakfast in this period was a saucer filled with
speed. To support her habit, she stole antiques and art from her
grandmother's apartment, and sold them for money. She also turned to
dealing but got busted, was briefly incarcerated, and was put on
probation for five years. Then, in October 1966, Edie's apartment on
East 63rd St. caught on fire by candles. She suffered burns on her
arms, legs and back and was treated at Lenox Hill Hospital.
In 1966, Edie returned home to California, where she was committed to a
mental hospital. After she was discharged, she moved back to New York
and took a room at the Chelsea Hotel, where her drug addiction
worsened. By early 1967, her drugged-fueled behavior was so erratic,
Neuwirth broke up with her. Edie subsequently took up with her fellow
Warhol superstar Paul America. He and Edie
Sedgwick became lovers, united in their common lust for drugs, and they
lived together for a brief time at the Chelsea Hotel and indulged
heavily in speed. Their relationship was an on-again/off-again affair,
and eventually, friction over control issues forced them apart.
America later appeared with Edie in the long-gestated film "Ciao!
Manhattan". This was supposed to be
Edie's breakout role, but the film's execution by Warhol acolytes was
amateurish. Shooting on "Ciao! Manhattan," which would prove to be
Edie's final film, commenced in April 1967. The shooting was
anarchic, with the filmmakers and the actors addicted to speed, which
was injected by a physician with whom the production company had set up
a charge account. At one point, America left the set and never
returned.
After America's departure, Edie wound up in Gracie Square Hospital,
where she learned of her father's death, on October 24, 1967.
After her discharge, Edie shacked up in the Warwick Hotel with the
screenwriter L.M. Kit Carson, who
attracted the fragile Edie with the promise of a screenplay written for
her, but ultimately he was unable to deal with the erratic behavior
stemming from her drug abuse and left. Edie wound up in Bellevue
Hospital, and after being discharged due to the intervention of her
personal physician, she overdosed on drugs and was committed to
Manhattan State Hospital. By late 1968, Edie was a physical and
emotional wreck: by the time she returned to the family ranch for
Christmas, she was barely able to walk and talk, the result of poor
blood circulation in her brain. She recovered and moved into an
apartment near U.C. Santa Barbara in 1969, but by August, she was
institutionalized again after a drug bust. She met her future husband,
Michael Post, during her stay in the psychiatric ward of Santa
Barbara's Cottage Hospital, though upon her discharge, she became the
moll of a motorcycle gang in order to obtain drugs. Known as "Princess"
by the bikers, she was very promiscuous, sleeping with anyone who would
supply her with heroin. She was institutionalized again in 1970.
Edie was furloughed from the hospital in the summer of 1970 to finish
filming "Ciao! Manhattan," the last parts of which feature her clearly in the throes of drug dependency. Under the supervision of two nurses, she played out her scenes, including a shock treatment scene (electro-convulsive therapy) filmed in a real clinic. Ironically, she was soon back at the clinic for real, suffering from delirium tremens, where she received actual shock treatment therapy. She underwent a minimum of 20 electro-convulsive treatments from January to June 1971.
Edie married Michael Post on July 24, 1971, managing to stay clean
until October. However, that fall, she was prescribed a pain pill to
treat a physical debility. In addition, her doctor prescribed
barbiturates, possibly to help her sleep, and frequently boosted their
effects with alcohol. On the night of November 15, 1971, Edie went to
fashion show at the Santa Barbara Museum and was filmed for the last
time in her life. The television documentary "An American Family" was
being filmed at the museum that night, and Edie - attracted by the
cameras as a moth is to flame - walked over and began talking to
Lance Loud, one of the subjects of the
documentary.
After the fashion show, Edie went to a party but was asked to leave
after her presence caused another guest to rave at her for being a
heroin addict. Edie, who had been drinking, called her husband to come
retrieve her from the soirée. Back at their apartment, Edie took her
prescribed pain medication and they both went to sleep. That morning,
when Post awoke at 7:30 AM, he found Edie dead next to him. Her death
was ascribed as "acute barbiturate intoxication" and was ruled an
"Accident/Suicide" by the coroner. Edie is buried in the tiny Oak Hill
Cemetery in Ballard, California. - Director
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Maureen Bharoocha is a Los Angeles based writer/director. Maureen's feature debut was the HBO arm wrestling comedy, Golden Arm. Her 2nd feature film, The Prank, premiered at SXSW 2022. It's dark comedy starring Rita Moreno, Keith David and Ramona Young. Maureen is next set to direct and is co-writing the horror comedy, Tina's 40th Birthday Party, with Mary Holland and Betsy Sodaro, Sharon Horgan's Merman is attached to produce.
Previously Maureen was a segment director on Jimmy Kimmel Live! for three seasons and started her career with her short film, Abajee (shot on the streets of Karachi), which premiered at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. Maureen was commissioned by Sprinkles Cupcakes to write and directed films based on their cupcake flavors.
Maureen is half Irish Catholic and half Indian-Pakistani Burmese Muslim. She enjoys telling stories about conflicted characters, blending genres and is a master at tone. She has directed episodes of Peacock's Pitch Perfect: Bumper In Berlin, NBC's Grand Crew and the Qcode series Edith!, a narrative podcast starring Rosamund Pike.
Maureen was on HBO's 2018 Director's list, named one of Indie Wire's Rising Female Directors in 2020, nominated for the SXSW 2020 Adam Yauch Hörnblowér Visionary Directing Award and won the Directing Award at the El Paso Film Fest in 2022.- Producer
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Destin Jude Pfaff is an American businessman, reality television personality, film producer, writer and entertainer. He is known for co-starring on the matchmaking reality series, The Millionaire Matchmaker, on Bravo TV. He is also known for writing and producing the cult film, Sushi Girl. He is the co-founder and CEO of Love And Matchmaking, a highly-rated personal matchmaking service and love coaching company.
Pfaff was born in Santa Barbara, CA, and was raised in Fairbanks, AK. He spent his teenage years as a successful DJ in California, where he graduated from San Marcos High School. After some college, he moved to Los Angeles county, where he lives with his wife and business partner, Rachel Federoff, and their two young boys, Sin Halo and Ever Reign.
Pfaff is a respected entrepreneur, producer, entertainer and matchmaker. Prior to founding his elite matchmaking business in February 2014, he worked as COO of Patti Stanger's Millionaires Club for nearly ten years. During this time, he was also a regular public speaker at global events on filmmaking, business and relationships including Comikaze, Reality Rocks,
Digital Hollywood, USC, Woman's Show Calgary, Comic-Con, Fantasia, Supanova and beyond.
Pfaff is an acclaimed film producer and writer. His film, Sushi Girl, starring Tony Todd, Star Wars' Mark Hamill and legendary martial arts master Sonny Chiba, was released by Magnolia Pictures/Magnet Releasing. Pfaff is slated to direct the horror film, A Violent Intent, in summer 2024.
In 2008, Pfaff co-starred on the pilot episode of Millionaire Matchmaker on the Bravo TV Network, which starred and was produced by Patti Stanger. The hour-long show followed Stanger and her matchmaking staff at her company, Millionaire's Club. Each episode featured two millionaires that needed the services of a matchmaker. They would date and receive coaching from the staff in hopes of a happy ending. Once the show was picked up to season after the pilot, Pfaff co-starred in every episode through Seasons 6. With his wild hair, snarky personality, and no patience for Stanger's tirades, Pfaff quickly became a
fan favorite and irreplaceable member of the cast. Rachel Federoff joined Millionaire Matchmaker on Season 2 of the show. Already well into a relationship with Pfaff, she would go on to costar through Season 6 of the show, allowing the general public glimpses into her and Pfaff's personal lives.
In April 2009, Pfaff joined Stanger as co-host of her XM Satellite Radio show P.S. I Love You for XM Satellite Radio. The live call-in program also featured Federoff on a regular basis.
In 2013, Pfaff, along with his producing partners Kern Saxton, Neal Fischer and Suren Suron, released their well-publicized film, Sushi Girl, via Magnolia Pictures/Magnet Releasing. The story of torture and revenge was an instant hit with audiences and critics alike. From its sharp wit, elegant filming and Tarantinoesque vibe, plus a cast that included Tony Todd, Mark Hamill, Noah Hathaway, James Duvall, Danny Trejo, Michael Biehn, David Dastmalchian, Pfaff and Sonny Chiba, Sushi Girl immediately cemented itself in the annals of cult history.
In 2007 Pfaff and Federoff started dating. Their romance was swift, and was regularly featured on Millionaire Matchmaker. Pfaff's first son made multiple appearances on the show, as did promotion for his film Sushi Girl. In September of 2011, Pfaff and Federoff got married in New York City. They refused to allow tapping of their event, as it was "only meant for us". Pfaff has made regular television appearances and has been featured in numerous publications including People Magazine, Travel+Leisure, Bustle, Reader's Digest, Yahoo! Life, Business Insider, Askmen, Loveline, NBC News, OK!, and Oprah Magazine, and has been parodied by Saturday Night Live and MAD Magazine.
In 2014, Pfaff and Federoff "broke the internet" with their announcement they were leaving Millionaire Matchmaker. To the dismay of their international fans, Pfaff and Federoff quit the Millionaires Club and Millionaire Matchmaker before the start of filming Season 7 began. Speculation ranged from Stanger's personality being the inciting incident to that Stanger just "let them go" to Federoff being pregnant to Pfaff and Federoff getting their own television show. When asked directly during an online fan Q and A, Pfaff stated, "It was just time. Too much toxicity in the air. We needed to focus on each other and our kids." Federoff added, "We also wanted to do something that could truly help get some love back into the world." Pfaff continued, "And we had some creative endeavors we wanted to explore. It was just time. So... we quit. All of it. We just quit." Federoff closed out the topic with the statement, "Yes, we did. We had to." The show only lasted two more seasons without them. The show ran from January 22, 2008 - March 29, 2015. In 2016, Pfaff and Federoff reunited with Stanger briefly for a season of WETV's Million Dollar Matchmaker.
In 2014, Pfaff and Federoff stated that "the world needs love again... the world needs REAL matchmakers". They immediately launched the national matchmaking site Love and Matchmaking to high client ratings and a staggering success rate.
Reruns of Millionaire Matchmaker on Netflix and Prime have been celebrated by fans.- Actor
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Luke Mullen was born on 18 September 2001 in Santa Barbara, California, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Andi Mack (2017), Barbie (2023) and Killing It (2022).- Fawne Harriman was born on 11 August 1946 in Santa Barbara County, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Charlie's Angels (1976), Switch (1975) and Barnaby Jones (1973).
- Actress
- Costume and Wardrobe Department
- Producer
Born in Santa Barbara on October 23, 1982, Sarah Laine and her family
were on the move, living in Western Europe. When they returned to the
States, they bought a house in Michigan, where they stayed put. When
she entered middle school, she took classes in drama and modeling,
which prepared her for her future career. Her summers were spent in
Laguna, California with her grandmother, who was a pinup girl back in
1943. When Sarah turned thirteen, she moved in with her grandmother,
and in exchange, she took Sarah to school, theater, auditions, jobs,
and so on. Now Sarah resides in Los Angeles.- Rad Daly was born on 18 January 1966 in Santa Barbara, California, USA. He is an actor, known for The Tomorrow War (2021), The A-Team (2010) and Shanghai Noon (2000).
- Composer
- Actor
- Writer
Bobby Beausoleil was born on November 6, 1947, to a large working-class family living in Santa Barbara, California, and christened Robert Kenneth Beausoleil. His creative output over his lifetime has been overshadowed by his having been an associate of Charles Manson in the late 1960s. He was involved in a drug transaction with members of the now long defunct Straight Satans motorcycle club, who were also associates of Manson, leading to his being sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Gary Hinman, who was also associated with Manson and his communal family.
Young Bobby was a good-looking boy with a pronounced musical talent but his curiosity and rebelliousness got him into minor scrapes with the law. At the age of 14 he was sent to a camp for wayward boys for truancy and repeatedly running away from home. A few months after his release from the boys camp he again left home, at age 15, for the final time. He drifted down to the Los Angeles area where he played guitar in rock bands and became immersed in the early development of the counterculture movement.
Beausoleil was interested in film at an early age, and has worked in film and related media in various capacities both on the acting side and behind the scenes production. His first film appearance was in the art film classic Mondo Hollywood, in which he appeared briefly, at age 16, in a scene depicting him as Cupid shooting an arrow from his bow. He made acting appearances in several films after that and has also composed musical scores for film and produced some short films of his own during his imprisonment.
In late 1965, following a brief stint playing rhythm guitar in a rock band called The Grass Roots (subsequently to become known as Love) with singer and songwriter Arthur Lee and guitarist Johnny Echols, Beausoleil moved to San Francisco. In a short time, he found his way to a then quiet artist community in a district known as the Haight-Ashbury, where the band The Grateful Dead lived communally in a large house, and began forming his own psychedelic band. The music made by this band is documented on an album, "The Orkustra: Experiments in Electric Orchestra from the San Francisco Psychedelic Underground", which includes soundtracks made for underground experimental films.
While living in San Francisco, during the time he was performing with The Orkustra, Beausoleil met and became creatively involved with underground filmmaker Kenneth Anger. In 1967, Anger was working on a new film project entitled Lucifer Rising, a "love vision" based on Anger's interpretation of the fallen angel mythology. The filmmaker asked Beausoleil to star in the film, who agreed on the condition that he would compose and record the film' s soundtrack. He put together a new band specifically for this project and named it The Magick Powerhouse of Oz. The collaboration fell apart in the fall of that year, but Anger would later use the film he had shot of Beausoleil in his film Invocation of My Demon Brother, which incorporates an electronic music composition by Mick Jagger as its soundtrack. Of minor note, Beausoleil portrayed the leader of an outlaw band of Indians in the 1968 production of The Ramrodder, a soft-porn cowboys and Indians' farce.
In the mid-1970s Kenneth Anger, while living in England, resurrected the Lucifer Rising film project, with Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page designated to create the soundtrack for the film. However, Anger was dissatisfied with Page's performance. He then turned to Bobby Beausoleil and made arrangements with him to produce the film's soundtrack from prison. The Freedom Orchestra, Beausoleil's prison band, supported him in creating the recordings of the score and the master of the soundtrack was delivered to Anger in 1979. The film debuted in New York in 1980. The recordings made by Beausoleil for the Lucifer Rising film project, including the 1967 version, are fully documented in "The Lucifer Rising Suite", a boxed anthology album released in 2013. The soundtrack is widely considered to be influential, and portions of the soundtrack have been used in other films, including Gaspar Noe's erotic film, Love, as well as two films by Chris Mourkarbel, Me @The Zoo and Gaga: Five
Foot Two.
After completing the film soundtrack Beausoleil continued his studies in film production, videography, sound design, and creating various types of media for film, including 3D animation. He has released eight albums, seven of them recorded while he has been in prison, the most recent being the 2-disk concept album Voodoo Shivaya, recorded between 2008 and 2015. He has also created a significant body of visual art, paintings and drawings.
Beausoleil married in 1982, and his wife Barbara was instrumental in keeping him connected with the world at large until she died from a sudden illness in 2012. The website she established on her husband's behalf is now maintained and kept up to date by close friends and family. Nearly all of Beausoleil's creative works can be streamed and viewed at bobbybeausoleil.com.
Beausoleil remains behind bars but may one day be granted parole, as he did not play a role in the horrific murders committed by Charles Watson and other members of Manson's family that occurred subsequent to his imprisonment for the Hinman murder. His behavior while incarcerated is said to be exemplary.- Producer
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David Briner was born on 3 June 1983 in Santa Barbara, California, USA. He is a producer and actor, known for My Favorite Girlfriend (2022), Just Swipe (2021) and The Terminal List (2022).- Actor
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Alex Nesic has been featured in the major motion picture, High Crimes (2002),
starring Ashley Judd and Jim Caviezel, and most recently starred in the
comedy, What Boys Like (2003). His guest starring roles on television series
include CSI: Miami (2002), JAG (1995), As If (2002), Angel (1999), Felicity (1998) and
Unhappily Ever After (1995). Born in Santa Barbara, California and raised in
Antibes, France and Hawaii, Nesic has French and American citizenship,
speaks four languages fluently and holds a BA in European History and
Spanish Literature from Santa Clara University.- Actor
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Josh Duvendeck is an actor and comedian from Santa Barbara, CA. Based in Los Angeles, Josh can be seen performing improv and sketch comedy as a Main Company member of The Groundlings. He can also be seen in the films, "Ted", "Allegiant", and "Bad Fan". His TV credits include "For All Mankind", "911", "Dave", Good Girls", "Parks and Recreation", "Teen Wolf", "Conan", "Jimmy Kimmel Live", and "Workaholics".- Actress
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Additional Crew
Brienne Olvera was born on 23 May 1991 in Santa Barbara, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Dragon Ball Super: Broly (2018), Dragon Ball Super (2015) and SERVAMP (2016).- Aaron Musicant was born on 19 March 1984 in Santa Barbara, California, USA. He is an actor, known for The Suite Life of Zack & Cody (2005) and M.U.G.E.N (1999).
- Actor
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Devin Oatway began his acting career at the age of eleven, when he
performed in a Kellog's Cornflakes commercial. It would be his first of
over twenty national commercials. He landed his first film role as
Kevin Mars in All I Want For Christmas. As a teen-ager, Devin played
Tim in Camp Nowhere and starred as Davin in The Legend of Galgameth. He
also starred in three pilots for television: Youth In Revolt, for Fox,
Locust Valley, for MTV, and Youth In Revolt again, for MTV. Upon
finishing High School, Devin took time off from acting to attend
Stanford University, where he majored in English
Literature.- Robert Rothwell was born on 20 November 1930 in Santa Barbara, California, USA. He was an actor, known for El Dorado (1966), Catchfire (1990) and Sweet Dreams (1985). He died on 22 July 2006 in Woodland Hills, California, USA.
- Actor
- Producer
Andrew Firestone was born on 10 July 1975 in Santa Barbara, California, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for The Bachelor (2002), Wine Ways (2006) and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (2002). He has been married to Ivana Firestone since 5 July 2008. They have three children.- Lisa Cloud was born in Santa Barbara, California, USA. She is known for American Beauty (1999), The Parent Trap (1998) and Sliver (1993).
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Andre Relis was born on 17 August 1975 in Santa Barbara, California, USA. He is a producer and director, known for Wander (2020), The Last Son (2021) and Outlaws and Angels (2016).- Actor
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Urijah Faber is an American actor and producer, born on May 14, 1979 in Isla Vista, California, to Theo and Suzanne Faber. He was an outstanding athlete in high school, earning all-league football accolades as a corner and running back, and excelling as a wrestler. Now he is playing different characters in Hollywood films.