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This old codger film favorite, born in 1869 (some reports say 1875), got into the entertainment field at an early age, first as a circus performer (aerialist and trapeze artist). When acting sparked his interest, he worked in a series of stock companies while writing stage plays that he himself could star in. He married actress Anna Chance around the turn of the century, and they remained a devoted couple until her death 47 years later. They had no children. Charley came into his own in films at the ripe old age of 60 as the ultimate humorous, toothless character in a range of films with rustic settings. Notable movies include The Petrified Forest (1936) with Leslie Howard and Humphrey Bogart, The Good Earth (1937) with Paul Muni and Luise Rainer, and They Died with Their Boots On (1941) with Errol Flynn. However, his best-remembered parts were as huggable Uncle Henry in the classic The Wizard of Oz (1939), ornery Grandpa Joad, who refused to leave the homestead in The Grapes of Wrath (1940), Inspector Queen in the Ellery Queen whodunits that ran from 1940 through 1942, and the amiable ne'er-do-well Jeeter Lester in Tobacco Road (1941). A soft, humorous presence who seemed frail around the edges, he was a thorough delight, his folksy presence gracing over 100 films. He died in 1956.- Tex Palmer was born on 31 July 1904 in Xenia, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for The Adventures of Champion (1955), Romance of the Rockies (1937) and The Phantom Stage (1939). He died on 22 March 1982 in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, USA.
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Theresa Sutera is an Atlanta, GA based SAG-AFTRA stunt performer and actress. She has appeared in several movies and commercials over the years. She is of Italian/Sicilian decent (3rd Gen). Besides acting and stunts, Theresa also works as a professional spokeswoman for several large companies. A lover of animals, she is often rescuing lost dogs and helping them reunite with their families.- Actress
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Una Mae Carlisle was a popular jazz singer, pianist, and songwriter in the 1930s and 1940s. With hits like "Walking By The River", "I Like It, Because I Love It", "Don't Try Your Jive On Me" and "Hangover Blues". She might have become one of the greatest jazz entertainers if it wasn't for failing health that affected her throughout her career and cut her life short. Her coy jiving style fascinated many and won the hearts of many. Una Mae Carlisle was born on December 26, 1915, in Xenia, Ohio. She started singing at the age of 3. She worked at various radio stations. It was at that time, she was "discovered" by Fats Waller late in 1932. He invited her to play on his radio show at station WLW in Cincinnati during Christmas week when Una Mae turned seventeen. He also asked her to play in his band. She was still in High School at the time, and her mother had approved her Christmas vacation in Cincinnati because she was to stay with her elder sister. When her vacation was over, she refused to return home, becoming a professional musician working with Waller at WLW. Fats' contract with WLW expired in 1934 and he left Cincinnati for New York.
Una Mae left America in 1936 to tour Europe, reportedly with the revue Blackbirds of 1936 and spent the next three years there, mostly in London and Paris. In London, on May 20, 1938, she recorded three discs that were released on the Vocalion label, including Don't Try Your Jive On Me. Her backing band for that session included the expert West Indian musicians Dave Wilkins (trumpet) and Bertie King (clarinet and tenor sax). She became highly successful in England, Germany and France, where she worked at the Boeuf sur le Toit ("The Ox on the Roof"), a cabaret in the Rue du Colisée in Paris [named for the 1920 one-act farce by Jean Cocteau, scored by Darius Milhaud with themes based on Brazilian dance rhythms - a pantomime involving a boxer, a dwarf, a bookie, a woman in a red evening gown, a policeman who gets beheaded and is later revived and a noisy bar full of people]. While in Paris in 1939, she was one of two pianists in a combo headed by clarinetist Danny Polo (Danny Polo And His Swing Stars) which recorded four sides for Decca.
She then returned to New York where she undertook several successful engagements and record dates, the first of which was a session with Fats Waller in November 1939 for Bluebird in which she and Fats combined to sing I Can't Give You Anything But Love. She began recording on her own for Bluebird in the summer of 1940. She soon had several hits, including Walkin' By The River with Benny Carter; Blitzkrieg Baby with Lester Young; and I See a Million People with Charlie Shavers and John Kirby. In 1941 she recorded with John Kirby and was nominal leader of several small bands, which featured such leading jazzmen as Russell Procope, Charlie Shavers, Ray Nance, Lester Young and Benny Carter. As early as 1938 Una Mae began suffering with mastoid trouble and in 1941 she was hospitalized for several weeks to treat this condition.
Also in the early '40s she became popular on radio and, before the decade was out, she had successfully transferred to television. Bluebird dropped her from its roster during the 1942-1944 American Federation of Musicians ban on recording (the "Petrillo Ban"), so she signed with Joe Davis for whom she recorded more than a dozen tracks, one of which was 'Tain't Yours with ace trumpeter Ray Nance, who had just left Duke Ellington's band.
In between bouts of ill health she played clubs and hotels and appeared on radio shows, including a week-long salute to Fats Waller on WNEW in New York in February of 1945, approximately a year after his death. In the early '50s she was still popular, playing with artists such as Don Redman, but her health was failing and she retired in 1954. Her career kept going into the 1950s when she became involved in films and her own radio and television shows. Her last studio session was for Columbia in New York on May 8, 1950. She retired due to her illness in 1954 and died in New York on November 7, 1956. Carlisle sang in a husky, intimate manner, and her warm sensual voice and use of delayed phrasing proved to be as effective on swing numbers as it was on ballads.- Writer
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Edmond Seward was born on 26 September 1906 in Xenia, Ohio, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for The Duke Comes Back (1937), Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla (1952) and In Fast Company (1946). He died on 12 February 1954 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Matt Brown was born on 10 January 1981 in Xenia, Ohio, USA. He is an actor, known for Black Diamond Tavern, UFC on Fox (2011) and Matt Brown: The Immortal. He is married to Colleen Brown. They have two children.
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Nate is a freelance independent Video Producer owning his own production company, Pennstroke Productions, Videography, Staging and Lighting, Directing, Editing, Audio, and Script Writing. Full video and multi-media production facility. Produce videos for Broadcast, cable television, instructional, promotional and private DVD video sales. Design and maintain website for local outdoor entertainment facility.- Scott Perkins was born on 1 December 1979 in Xenia, Ohio, USA. He is an actor, known for Y Not (2008).
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Rose Murphy was born on 28 April 1913 in Xenia, Ohio, USA. She was an actress, known for George White's Scandals (1945), A Wave, a WAC and a Marine (1944) and Honeysuckle (2015). She died on 16 November 1989 in Queens, New York City, New York, USA.- Annette Cooper was born on 11 June 1964 in Xenia, Ohio, USA. She died on 4 October 1982 in Logan, Ohio, USA.
- C.W. Belt was born on 27 February 1890 in Xenia, Ohio, USA. He died on 15 September 1969 in Dayton, Ohio, USA.
- Roland James was born on 18 February 1958 in Xenia, Ohio, USA.
- Angela Madsen was born on 10 May 1960 in Xenia, Ohio, USA. She was married to Debra Madsen. She died on 21 June 2020 in Pacific Ocean, somewhere between Hawaii and California, USA.
- Phil Lang was born in 1886 in Xenia, Ohio, USA. Phil was a writer, known for The Third Degree (1919), The School for Scandal (1914) and The Black Crook (1916). Phil died on 24 January 1919 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Trent Cole was born on 5 October 1982 in Xenia, Ohio, USA.
- Whitelaw Reid was born on 27 October 1837 in Xenia, Ohio, USA. He was married to Elisabeth Mills. He died on 15 December 1912 in London, England, UK.
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Vic Dickenson was born on 6 August 1906 in Xenia, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for Remember My Name (1978), Gamilia narki (2003) and The Alcoa Hour (1955). He died on 16 November 1984.- Horace H. Smith was born on 30 October 1905 in Xenia, Ohio, USA. He died on 22 September 1976 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.