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A native of Vancouver, British Columbia, actor Finn Wolfhard stars as Mike Wheeler in the critically acclaimed Netflix Original Series Stranger Things (2016). The hit series has received various accolades, including a Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series; two MTV Movie & TV Awards for Show of the Year; an AFI award for TV Program of the Year; and a Golden Globe nomination for Best Drama Television Series. To date, the world-famous series has received 30 Primetime Emmy Award nominations, including two for Outstanding Drama Series.
His first role was in the 2013 independent film Aftermath. After appearing in more independent films such as The Resurrection, Wolfhard moved into roles on television shows The 100 (2014) and Supernatural.
In September 2017, Wolfhard moved to the silver screen, playing the lead role of Ritchie Tozier in the film adaptation of the Stephen King acclaimed novel It (2017). Fans of the novel will remember Wolfhard's role as Trashmouth, part of the Losers Club. The film premiered to critical acclaim, breaking opening weekend box office records in its debut and going on to become the highest grossing horror movie ever. Wolfhard, along with his cast, received the Best On-Screen Team award for "IT" at the 2018 MTV Movie & TV Awards. Wolfhard also starred in Dog Days (2018) alongside Vanessa Hudgens and Nina Dobrev. He can also be heard in the Netflix animated series "Carmen Sandiego," which released its second season in October 2019. Wolfhard reprises his role of Richie Tozier in New Line's blockbuster sequel It Chapter Two (2019).
In May 2019, Wolfhard became the new face of Yves Saint Laurent's Fall/Winter 2019 Campaign. Wolfhard starred as Miles in Amblin's haunted house horror film The Turning (2020) opposite Mackenzie Davis and Brooklynn Prince. Wolfhard will star alongside Paul Rudd, Carrie Coon and McKenna Grace in Sony Pictures' highly anticipated Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021), a new chapter in the "Ghostbusters" universe, from director Jason Reitman. Wolfhard stars alongside Oscar winning actress Julianne Moore in the comedy-drama feature When You Finish Saving the World (2022), written and directed by Jesse Eisenberg and produced by Emma Stone. The mother-son story is inspired by Eisenberg's upcoming Audible Original of the same name, which is debuting in 2020. Wolfhard is also set to star as a lead voice over in the upcoming animated series, "NEW-GEN," based on the comic series distributed by Marvel and created by Chris Matonti, J.D. Matonti, and Julia Coppola.
He co-starred in Warner Bros & Amazon Studios' "The Goldfinch," an adaptation of Donna Tartt's Pulitzer Prize winning & New York Times best-selling novel. Wolfhard played the role of Young Boris alongside an all-star cast including Ansel Elgort, Nicole Kidman, Sarah Paulson and Jeffrey Wright. Lastly, he voiced the character Pugsley Addams in MGM's The Addams Family (2019) animated film. He can also be heard in Netflix's animated series "Carmen Sandiego," which released its second season in October 2019.
In addition to acting, Wolfhard has a passion for music and formed a garage-rock band called Calpurnia. Calpurnia recorded their debut EP which was released in June 2018. The band's first single "City Boy" debuted at No. 23 on Billboard's Alternative Digital Song Chart and hit No. 1 on Spotify's Global Viral 50 playlist. During the bands three-year run, Calpurnia toured across North America and Europe.
In the Fall of 2019, Wolfhard and drummer Malcolm Craig formed The Aubreys. In March 2020, The Aubreys released their first official EP entitled "Soda & Pie." Wolfhard also used his growing platform to host an event and raise funds for Sweet Relief, an organization that helps musicians in need.- Actress
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Elvy was born in Los Angeles County, California, USA. She is an actress and casting director, known for The Office (2005), Resident Alien (2021) and Mildred Pierce (2011).- Actor
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Corey Haim was born in Toronto, Ontario, to Judy Haim, an Israeli-born data processor, and Bernie Haim, a clothing sales representative. He has a sister, Carol, and a half-brother, Daniel. His family is Jewish. He was raised mostly in Willowdale.
Corey appeared in 26 episodes of the early 1980s Canadian series The Edison Twins (1982). He broke into the film industry in 1984, playing a young child caught up in a family war in the movie Firstborn (1984). The following year, he starred in the TV movie A Time to Live (1985), for which he received a Young Artist Award, appeared in the comedies Secret Admirer (1985) and Murphy's Romance (1985), and had the leading role, Marty Coslaw , in the Stephen King werewolf film Silver Bullet (1985). Lucas (1986), in which he starred alongside Kerri Green and Winona Ryder, showed his acting abilities, with praise coming particularly from Roger Ebert.
In 1987, he had a breakthrough when he played one of the major roles, Sam Emerson, in Joel Schumacher's The Lost Boys (1987). He later starred in the comedy films License to Drive (1988) and Dream a Little Dream (1989), the horror movie Watchers (1988), and the science fiction action drama Prayer of the Rollerboys (1990). Many of his 1990s and 2000s roles were in direct-to-video releases, and he also had a cameo in the action film Crank: High Voltage (2009). His last two films were The Hostage Game (2010) and Decisions (2011).
He died suddenly on March 10, 2010 in Burbank, California, of pneumonia.- Estella Warren was a synchronized swimmer from the age of 7 until
17 in her native Canada. She moved away from home at 12 to train for
the Canadian National Team. She was the Canadian National Champion for
three years and represented her country at the World Aquatic
Championship, where she placed second. A talent scout who came to a
charity high school fashion show in which she appeared was impressed
enough with her to take a Polaroid of her and send it to a New York
City modeling agency. She was almost immediately signed to a modeling
contract, and eventually appeared in "Sports Illustrated", "Vogue",
"Vanity Fair" and two TV commercials for Chanel #5 perfume, both
directed by Luc Besson. She decided to move to Los Angeles to pursue an
acting career, and has appeared in films with such stars as
Sylvester Stallone. - Actress
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Cheryl Howard was born on 23 December 1953 in Glendale, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Splash (1983), A Beautiful Mind (2001) and Ransom (1996). She has been married to Ron Howard since 7 June 1975. They have four children.- Actress
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Joan Severance was born and raised in Houston, Texas. At the age of 18 and at the sole urging of John Casablancas of Elite models, she went to Paris, France to begin a modeling career that would turn out to be well worth the price of the ticket Casablancas sent her. Within months she graced the covers of all the international magazines and was doing shows for all the top designers. She landed campaigns for Chanel and Versace. After eight months she moved to NYC to pursue the US market and was quick to land several national commercials for Windsong perfume, Breck shampoo, Clairol, English Leather, L'oreal, Revlon and Maybeline.
After several dozen commercials and a very high profile editorial career, she quit the modeling industry to head to Hollywood. Within weeks, she had a manager, an agent and was studying with several different acting coaches. It was six months later that she landed her first role on a major television series for CBS called Wiseguy (1987), starring Ken Wahl and Kevin Spacey. It was only a matter of time that director Arthur Hiller cast her in See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989) with Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor and her costar from Wiseguy, Kevin Spacey. That same year, she did Bird on a Wire (1990) with Mel Gibson and Goldie Hawn, and No Holds Barred (1989) with Hulk Hogan. Later starring in several films, including Zalman King's Lake Consequence (1993) with Billy Zane.
She has appeared in over fifteen films. She has worked with Robert Urich on Aaron Spelling's Love Boat: The Next Wave (1998) and with Ann-Margret on Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story (1998) for Lifetime. Ms. Severance has been in many popular TV shows, like Masters of Sex (2013), One Tree Hill (2003), and CSI: Miami (2002).
Her hobbies include interior, landscape and fashion design, cooking, reading, entertaining, writing and anything to do with horses. Severance has finished her first book, "Manifest Your Mate: a Journal for Attraction". Science, health and the unknown spark her interests. She has a gourmet cooking degree from Roger Verge from The Moulin du Mougin in the South of France, owned and was the chef of a restaurant in upstate New York, owned a catering company in New York, and has taught commercial acting classes.
Ms. Severance has a Bachelors Degree in Natural Health. She desires to develop a television talk show aimed at a younger audience about alternative and holistic lifestyles choices. Ms. Severance created, txTylz®, a communication game, and is developing it for a mobile app.- Actress
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AGAM DARSHI is an award winning actress, writer and director working internationally in TV, Film and Theater.
She worked with Ava DuVernay's series DMZ for HBOMAX, as Mia Franklin working opposite Rosario Dawson. She also starred in Oscar nominated director Deepa Mehta's newest film FUNNY BOY based on Shyam Selvadurai's best selling novel, for which Agam was nominated for a CANADIAN SCREEN AWARD IN 2021, and won a Leo Award for her performance.
Agam wrote, produced and directed DONKEYHEAD. The film, starring Agam as Mona Ghuman, also stars Kim Coates (Son's of Anarchy), Sandy Sidhu (Nurses), Stephen Lobo (Nancy Drew, Snow Piercer) and Husein Mandhavji (Shitt's Creek), was Executive Produced by Deepa Mehta. DONKEYHEAD was acquired by Array Distribution and premiered on Netflix USA/UK/AUS/NZ on January 21 2022. It was the opening film for the Mosaic Film Festival where it screened at the TIFF Bell Lightbox, and won Best Feature Film Award, Best Support Actor and Best editing. Agam won best direction in a feature film at the Vancouver Women's International Film Festival and was the opening film at 75th Yorkton International Film Festival in May. Donkeyhead won 3 Leo Awards in 2022 for best screenplay, best lead actress and best lead actor. Agam was also awarded best director at the 43rd Durban International Film Festival in 2022. Agam was been nominated for outstanding achievement in directing for the 2022 Director's Guild of Canada Awards and wonBest Lead Performance by a Female at the 2022 ACTRA/UBCP awards.
Agam recently co created and directed the pilot episode of the TV Series Our Big Punjabi Family, set to premiere in 2023.
Agam is a recipient of the illustrious Film Independent Project Involve 2020 Fellowship as a writer, and is the co-founded the VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL SOUTH ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL (VISAFF). Currently in its tenth year, the festival focuses on 'bridging the gap' between South Asian talent and mainstream audiences, by breaking stereotypes and expanding North American views on South Asian culture.- Actress
- Writer
- Composer
Alison Sudol is an actress, musician and author based in Los Angeles. Alongside a successful music career, Alison starred in the two-time Golden Globe-winning Amazon hit 'Transparent', USA network's 'DIG' from the creators of 'Homeland' and 'Heroes' and Rafael Palacio's show 'The Force'. Alison plays Queenie in the new Harry Potter spin-off 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them'.- Actor
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- Producer
Nick Moran was born on 23 December 1969 in East End, London, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010) and The Musketeer (2001). He was previously married to Sienna Guillory.- Actor
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Harry Shearer was born in 1943 in Los Angeles, California. His film
debut was with Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953), followed by The Robe (1953).
Probably best known for his Saturday Night Live (1975) gigs, his NPR satire program "Le
Show" and The Simpsons (1989), where he plays 21 characters. His best film may be
This Is Spinal Tap (1984), where he played bass player Derek Smalls. There was also an
episode on The Simpsons (1989) where he reprised this role. His film work includes
Godzilla (1998), in which "Simpsons" cast members Hank Azaria and Nancy Cartwright also
appeared. Shearer has also directed a film, Teddy Bears' Picnic (2001), in which he also
stars.- Actor
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Frederic Forrest, the Oscar-nominated character actor, was born two days before Christmas Day in 1936 in Waxahachie, Texas, the same home town as director Robert Benton. Forrest had long wanted to be an actor, but he was so nervous that he ran out of auditions for school plays. Later, at Texas Christian University, he took a minor in theater arts while majoring in radio and television studies. His parents opposed his aspirations as a thespian as it was a precarious existence, but he moved on to New York and studied with renowned acting teacher Sanford Meisner. He eventually became an observer at the Actors Studio, where he was tutored by Lee Strasberg. During this time, he supported himself as a page at the NBC Studios in Rockefeller Plaza.
His theatrical debut was in the Off-Broadway production of "Viet-Rock", an anti-war play featuring music. He became part of avant-garde director Tom O'Horgan's stock company at La Mama, appearing in the infamous "Futz", among other productions. After starring in the off-Broadway play "Silhouettes", Forrest moved with the production to Los Angeles, intent on breaking into movies. While the production ran for three months and was visited by agents bird-dogging new talent, Forrest got no offers and had to support himself as a pizza-baker after the show closed. Eventually, he began auditing classes at Actors Studio West, and director Stuart Millar saw him in a student showcase production of Clifford Odets' "Watiting for Lefty" and cast him in When the Legends Die (1972). He copped a 1973 Golden Globe nomination as "Most Promising Newcomer - Male" for the role.
Forrest landed a small but very important part in "Godfather" director Francis Ford Coppola's The Conversation (1974). He and Cindy Williams are the two people having that titular conversation (recorded by Gene Hackman: so Forrest's voice is heard throughout the film). And Coppola wasn't done with him! Playing "Chef" in Apocalypse Now (1979) garnered Forrest the best notices of his career, and he parlayed that into Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations as Best Supporting Actor for The Rose (1979), his second hit that year. He was named Best Supporting Actor by the National Society of Film Critics for both films. Then he was cast as the star in Coppola's "One From The Heart". In Apocalypse Now (1979), his character ("Chef") is yelling for the Playboy Playmates from the crowd, one of whom is played by Colleen Camp, who, four years later, would play his hippie wife in the film Valley Girl (1983).- Actor
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Born Maurice William Elias in Los Angeles, James Stacy is the son of a Lebanese immigrant father and an American-born mother of Irish-Scottish descent. As a teen, Stacy first aspired to play professional football but settled on a career in the movies after a friend coaxed him into taking some acting classes.
Adopting the screen name James Stacy after his cousin Stacy and one of his movie idols, James Dean, he made his film debut in an uncredited role as a reporter in Sayonara (1957), starring Marlon Brando. Garnering little work or recognition in film, he turned to TV. Although he made notable appearances on The Donna Reed Show (1958) and The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952), it wasn't until 1968 that he gained his first big break, playing a young gunfighter on the TV series, Lancer (1968).
Although the show was canceled in 1970, Stacy continued to land smaller roles on TV. In 1973, he lost his left arm and left leg in a serious motorcycle accident that claimed the life of his girlfriend. The resultant medical bills wiped out his savings, but his ex-wives and his Hollywood friends rallied round and threw a benefit for him. Two years later, he made his professional comeback as a newspaper editor in the Western film, Posse (1975), in a role created expressly for him by the film's director, Kirk Douglas. Stacy was nominated twice for an Emmy: for Just a Little Inconvenience (1977) in 1977 and Cagney & Lacey (1981) in 1986. He retired in 1991.
Stacy's personal life was turbulent. Twice-divorced, he was briefly married to actress and singer Connie Stevens (1963-66) and, even more briefly, to actress Kim Darby (1968-69), with whom he had a daughter, Heather Elias.
Stacy is portrayed by Timothy Olyphant in Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019).- Actor
- Producer
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New York-born James Gregory gave up a career as a stockbroker for one
as an actor, and began on the Broadway stage. He made his film debut in
1948. Gregory specialized in playing loud, brash, tough cops or
businessmen. One of his better roles was as the detective out to get
Capone in Al Capone (1959). He also played Dean Martin's boss in three of the four
cheesy "Matt Helm" spy films. Memorable as the opinionated, loudmouthed
Inspector Luger in the television series Barney Miller (1975).- Actor
- Writer
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A native of Los Angeles, Spencer Daniels began acting professionally at
the age of ten. Spencer has an all-American look, coupled with an
intriguing blend of intensity and maturity.
Spencer is a talented athlete and musician. Spencer was admitted to the
Tisch School of the Arts at New York University in 2010. Spencer is
represented by Debra Manners and the Stone/Manners/Salners Agency.- Actress
- Editor
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Noël Wells was born on 23 December 1986 in San Antonio, Texas, USA. She is an actress and editor, known for Mr. Roosevelt (2017), Saturday Night Live (1975) and Star Trek: Lower Decks (2020).- Adrian Greensmith was born on 23 December 2001 in Brooklyn, New York. He is an actor, known for Metal Lords (2022) and Harlan Coben's Shelter (2023).
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Susan Lucci was born on December 23, 1946, in Scarsdale, New York, to Jeanette (Granquist) and Victor Lucci, a building contractor. She is of Italian (father) and Swedish, German, and French (mother) descent. Susan grew up in Garden City. Since she can remember, she wanted to be a performer, and through her teenage years, took voice
lessons, dance lessons, and participated in community theater. In high
school she was the ideal student: took many honors classes, was a
cheerleader, staff writer for the school newspaper, was a foreign
exchange student to Norway, and performed in the school musicals,
including lead roles in "Oklahoma" and "The King and I". After
graduating with Honors from Garden City High School, she was accepted
and attended Marymount College in Tarrytown, New York, which was noted
for its theater program. After graduating with a BFA in theater arts,
she moved to New York City, and began going to auditions. One of her
first jobs was that of a color girl for CBS. Every day she would report
to the studio, and sit on a stool, as technicians developed the new
color cameras. Most of her acting work consisted of Off-Broadway
understudy roles, day-player roles on soap operas, and extra and
stand-in work for movies. In 1969 at the age of twenty-three, she
auditioned for a brand new soap opera that was to be called All My Children (1970).
She landed the role of Erica Kane, which is still considered by many
critics to be one of the best roles on television written for women.
Around this time, she met an married restaurant owner Helmut Huber. In 1978,
Susan received her first Daytime Emmy nomination. She was nominated
again in 1981, and nominated almost every year since then. In the early
1980s, she became the first soap opera actress to appear on the cover
of major magazines, as well as the first to star in Movies of the Week.
But what made her a household name by the late 1980s was her string of
Emmy losses. It became a running joke that the 'Queen of Daytime
Television' had no crown. It seems that every time that she would have
a real knockout year, another daytime diva would have a more unique
story line, or a more challenging acting role, including multiple
personalities, or an actress playing more than one character. But in
1999, on her 19th Emmy nomination, she won. She received a four minute
standing ovation. Now, after twenty one nominations, she is considered
to be one of the most honored performers in the history of television,
daytime or primetime.- Actress
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Judy Strangis was born on 23 December 1949 in Los Angeles County, California, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Electra Woman and Dyna Girl (1976), The Krofft Supershow (1976) and CBS Schoolbreak Special (1984). She has been married to Jayson Sher since 28 November 1987.- Alex Reid was born on 23 December 1980 in Penzance, Cornwall, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Unorthodox (2020), Misfits (2009) and The Descent (2005).
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Anh Hung Tran was born on 23 December 1962 in Da Nang, Vietnam. He is a director and writer, known for The Scent of Green Papaya (1993), The Taste of Things (2023) and Norwegian Wood (2010). He is married to Nu Yên-Khê Tran.- Actress
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Born on 23rd December, Mishel Prada is an American movie and TV actress. She belongs to Latin-American ethnicity, and her zodiac sign is Capricorn. She has not disclosed her academic qualification, and where she spent her childhood. Mishel seems to love 'Hinduism' as she likes sharing pictures of Ganesha and other gods.
Mishel started her career as an actress via American Thriller Tell Me How I Die movie and TV drama named The Walking Dead in 2016. She loves the horror genre, which was proved when she was announced as a cast member of Vida series in November 2017. The first episode was premiered on 6th May 2018, and next will be on-air on 13th May.
Prada is playing a lead role intimidating Mexican-American diva Emma. The story unfolds past life of Lyn and her mother in every episode. As she just entered in the entertainment industry, she has yet to earn a good fortune. As of 2018, we estimated her net worth to be $200 thousand only.- Actress
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Belinda Lang was born on 23 December 1953 in Marylebone, London, England, UK. She is an actress and director, known for 2point4 Children (1991), Sister Boniface Mysteries (2022) and This England (2022). She has been married to Hugh Fraser since 15 October 1988. They have one child.- Actress
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Sophie Wu was born on 23 December 1983 in the UK. She is an actress and writer, known for Kick-Ass 2 (2013), Kick-Ass (2010) and Wild Child (2008).- Actor
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Jess Harnell is an American actor and singer from New Jersey. He provided the voices of Wakko Warner from Animaniacs, Crash Bandicoot, Spyro the Dragon from Spyro: A Hero's Tail, Scary Terry from Rick & Morty, Ki-Adi Mundi and Darth Maul from Star Wars video games, Captain Hero from Drawn Together, Ironhide from Transformers, Dr. Finkelstein from The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie's Revenge and Kingdom Hearts, the Plumber from Ratchet & Clank and the announcer of America's Funniest Home Videos.- Producer
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Holly Madison is most widely recognized for starring in the E! hit reality television series,
The Girls Next Door (2005), and her own spin off series
Holly's World (2009).
Her experiences over the years prompted her to write her two New York Times Best-Selling memoirs, "Down the Rabbit Hole: Curious Adventures and Cautionary Tales of a Former Playboy Bunny" and "The Vegas Diaries: Romance, Rolling the Dice and the Road to Reinvention." In addition to her two starring television roles, Holly Madison has made guest appearances on several iconic television series including;
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000),
Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000),
Entourage (2004),
General Hospital (1963) and in
movies such as Scary Movie 4 (2006)
and The House Bunny (2008).
In 2009, Not long after competing on the eighth season of ABC's
Dancing with the Stars (2005), Holly was cast as the lead performer in the Broadway-meets-burlesque Las
Vegas spectacular, "Peepshow", conceived by Tony Award winner
Jerry Mitchell. While starring
in the show, Madison became the face of the Planet Hollywood Resort and
Casino, first appearing in their summer ad campaign of 2009. Throughout
her nearly four-year run in "Peepshow" (2009-2012), Holly not only
played the title character "Bo Peep" but eventually took on the singing
role of "Goldie Locks" in the storybook-themed production.
In 2010, following a few guest correspondent assignments on E!'s "Live from the
Red Carpet" Pre-Shows, Holly became the Las Vegas correspondent for
the entertainment news program,
Extra (1994).
Holly Madison welcomed her first child, Rainbow Aurora Rotella, with fiancé
Pasquale Rotella, on March 5, 2013 during which they
filmed a one-hour Mother's Day special, titled
Holly Has a Baby (2013),
allowing viewers to follow Holly to the hospital for the big
event, which aired on Mother's Day 2013.
Holly and her fiance Pasquale were married at Disneyland in September of 2013 and welcomed their second child, Forest Leonardo Antonio Rotella on August 7, 2016.
Holly splits her time between Los Angeles and Las Vegas with her family.- Actor
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Charles Herbert was a mildly popular 1950s child actor with a trademark
sulky puss and thick, furrowed eyebrows, who was known for playing inquisitive kids besieged by alien beings, including a robot, as well as by a human fly and several house-haunting ghosts. He racked up over 20 films, 50 TV
shows and a number of commercials during his youthful reign.
He was born Charles Herbert Saperstein on December 23,
1948, in Culver City, Los Angeles, California, to Pearl Jean (Diamond) and Louis Saperstein. His mother was an Austrian Jewish immigrant, while his paternal grandparents were Russian Jews. Noticed by a Hollywood talent agent
while riding a bus with his mother, Charles began his career at age four, on a 1952 TV show entitled "Half Pint Panel".
Elsewhere on TV, he showed up regularly on series fronted by such stars
as Robert Cummings and
Gale Storm. This period was marked by
amazingly high-profiled performances such as his blind child on the
Science Fiction Theatre (1955)
episode,
The Miracle Hour (1956).
On the feature film front, Charles made an inauspicious debut in the
Lucille Ball/Desi Arnaz
comedy,
The Long, Long Trailer (1954).
Although director Vincente Minnelli
had handpicked him for the role, his part was completely deleted from
the movie. Other tyke roles turned out more positively and in a variety
of genres, including the film noir pieces,
The Night Holds Terror (1955)
and The Tattered Dress (1957),
the dramas, Ransom! (1956) and
No Down Payment (1957), and the
comedies, Houseboat (1958) and
Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960).
His most recognized genre, however, was sci-fi, and he appeared in a
number of films that are now considered classics of that genre. He
started off in a bit part as a boy playing tug-of-war with a dead
sailor's cap in
The Monster That Challenged the World (1957).
Up front and center, he came into his own playing the young son of dead
scientific genius Ross Martin, whose
brilliant brain is transplanted into what becomes the robot-like
The Colossus of New York (1958).
He loses another dad (David Hedison) to a
botched experiment in The Fly (1958),
also starring iconic master of macabre
Vincent Price. Lastly, Charles
headed up the cast in the somewhat eerie but rather dull and tame
William Castle spookfest,
13 Ghosts (1960). Castle handpicked
Charles for the child role and even offered the busy young actor
top-billing over the likes of
Donald Woods,
Rosemary DeCamp,
Jo Morrow,
Martin Milner and
Margaret Hamilton if he would
appear in his movie. In this haunted house setting, Castle's trademark
gimmick had audiences using 3-D glasses in order to see the ghostly
apparitions.
He had another leading role in the fantasy adventure,
The Boy and the Pirates (1960),
then film offers for Charles completely stopped. Growing into that
typically awkward teen period, he was forced to subsist on whatever
episodic roles he could muster up, including bits on
Wagon Train (1957),
Rawhide (1959),
The Fugitive (1963),
Family Affair (1966) and
My Three Sons (1960). By the
end of the 1960s, however, Charles was completely finished in
Hollywood, having lost the essential adorableness that most tyke stars
originally possessed. Unable to transition into adult roles, his
personal life went downhill as well. With no formal education or
training to do anything else and with no career earnings saved, he led
a reckless, wanderlust life and turned to drugs. Never married, it took
him nearly 40 years (clean and sober since October, 2005) to turn his
life around. During good times and bad, however, he has appeared from
time to time at sci-fi film festivals.
Charles Herbert died of a heart attack on October 31, 2015, in Las Vegas, Nevada.- Actor
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Reg Rogers was born on 23 December 1964 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Primal Fear (1996), Runaway Bride (1999) and Friends (1994). He has been married to Susannah Rogers since 8 December 2008.- John Gowans was born in the USA. John is an actor, known for Oppenheimer (2023), Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) and Charmed (1998).
- John Callahan was born on 23 December 1953 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for All My Children (1970), eCupid (2011) and Dinocroc vs. Supergator (2010). He was married to Eva LaRue and Linda Freeman. He died on 28 March 2020 in Rancho Mirage, California, USA.
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A slender, striking, red-haired, freckle-faced American leading lady, Mary Elizabeth Hartman was born in Boardman, Ohio on December 23, 1943, as the middle of three children born to building contractor Bill C. Hartman (May 7, 1914, Ohio - October 26, 1964, Youngstown, Ohio) and housewife Claire Mullaly (October 13, 1918, Youngstown, Ohio - October 28, 1997, Youngstown, Ohio). Hartman had an older sister named Janet and a younger brother named William. Hartman grew up in Youngstown, Ohio, and appeared in the play "A Clearing in the Woods" in the Youngstown Playhouse.
After graduating from Boardman High School in 1959, Hartman took a job at a Brooks Brothers store in Cleveland, and then attended Carnegie Tech in Pittsburgh in 1961, where she met her future husband Gill Dennis two years later. While in summer school in 1963, Hartman participated in "Bus Stop" with Ann B. Davis, who suggested that Hartman try Broadway. In 1964, Hartman left for New York, where she starred in the play "Everybody Out, the Castle is Sinking". While in New York, she landed the role of Selina D'Arcy, a blind, abused, uneducated white girl who falls in love with a compassionate black man played by Sidney Poitier in the racially charged drama "A Patch of Blue (1965)". For this role, she was nominated for an Academy Award and won the Golden Globe award. A week after she finished that film, Hartman began six months on location in New York as an upperclass collegiate in "The Group (1966)". Hartman married Dennis in 1968.
Other roles followed, such as a go-go dancer in Francis Ford Coppola's film "You're a Big Boy Now (1966)", a lonely, unmarried, handicapped woman in "The Fixer (1968)", a nurse who tends to Clint Eastwood in "The Beguiled (1971), "Intermission (1973)" and Pauline Pusser, the wife of sheriff Buford Pusser in "Walking Tall (1973)". Hartman also appeared in a television pilot of "Willow B: Women in Prison (1980)" (aka "Cages" ) and made numerous television appearances. She appeared in more plays, such as "Our Town" in 1969, also appearing in "The Glass Menagerie", "The Madwoman of Chaillot", "Bus Stop" and "Beckett". She also completed a road tour of the play, "Morning's at Seven".
Hartman's life was plagued by acute depression and insecurity; Hartman spent a year at the Institute of Living in Hartford in 1978. After her role as Mrs. Brisby in "The Secret of NIMH (1982)", Hartman retired from acting, and divorced her husband in 1984. Hartman was also frequently a patient at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic in Pittsburgh, where her sister Janet took care of her.
On June 10, 1987, Hartman called her doctor and told him that she had been feeling despondent. Just before noon that same day, Hartman committed suicide by throwing herself out of her fifth-floor studio flat window at the King Edward Apartments in the Pittsburgh neighborhood of Oakland. She was 43 years old.- Actress
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Martha Byrne was born on 23 December 1969 in Ridgewood, New Jersey, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for As the World Turns (1956), Crisis (2014) and Gotham the Series (2009). She has been married to Michael McMahon since 12 November 1994. They have three children.- Actor
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Stefan is also a very accomplished musician. He had a band called "The
Knights of The Living Dead", in Los Angeles from 1986-1993. The band
was offered several deals, and signed with Capitol Records.
Unfortunately, the president of Capitol was fired the same week and the
new president dropped all the new bands that were signed, but had not
gone into the recording studio yet. The band did get money to make a
demo with Dave Jerden
(Jane's Addiction,
The Rolling Stones, etc.) as
producer. But, by the time everything was done, the band was slowly
breaking up. Stefan & his partner Roland Devoile continued to make
music until the '94 Northridge earthquake, when his girlfriend, now
wife, Dawn, decided it was time to leave Los Angeles. They moved to
Vancouver, Canada in the summer/fall of
'94. And still do. Stefan also helped his sister
Alison Arngrim
get one of her first roles on
Room 222 (1969).- Actor
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Mark Wheeler was born on 23 December 1947 in Hennepin, Minnesota, USA. He is an actor, known for Apollo 13 (1995), Backdraft (1991) and Far and Away (1992).- Actor
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Josh Banday is an LA actor appearing as Ivan on Amazon's Upload by Greg Daniels. He has also appeared on The Big Bang Theory, Mom, Adam Ruins Everything, and will appear on the upcoming series Pam and Tommy.
He got his comedy chops appearing in shows at Second City, and the Groundling's Sunday Company.- Actor
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Short, dark, rough-looking and-tough-talking Irish-American character actor Gerald Stewart O'Loughlin was born on December 23, 1921, in New York City. Graduating from college with a degree in mechanical engineering, he turned to the stage, however, after contemplating a possible law career. After a stint in the U.S. Marine Corps, he used the GI bill instead to train in New York at the Neighborhood Playhouse.
Throughout the early 1950s O'Loughlin regularly performed in stock and repertory plays. He highlighted his stage career playing Stanley in a national tour of "A Streetcar Named Desire" opposite the incomparable legend Tallulah Bankhead as Blanche. He later impressed once again as mental patient Cheswick opposite Kirk Douglas's Randle McMurphy in 1963's "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" on Broadway.
Gerald made a very little dent in films at the beginning, what with an offbeat romantic lead role in the low-budget Lovers and Lollipops (1956) and a small role in the more impressive A Hatful of Rain (1957). He later toughened things up with sturdy parts in In Cold Blood (1967), Ice Station Zebra (1968) and,
especially, Desperate Characters (1971).
Appearing in dramatic anthology programs from the early 1950's and on such 60's programs as "Ben Casey," "Naked City," "Dr. Kildare," "Run for Your Life" and "The Green Hornet," things finally clicked for him on 1970s TV when he nabbed the role of Lt. Ryker in the TV cop series The Rookies (1972) replacing Darren McGavin, who played the same role in the pilot. He went on to play his usual stern self in other less successful TV series -- Automan (1983) and Our House (1986)
O'Loughlin was highly affecting in TV movies as well, especially as the patriarch in the tearjerker Something for Joey (1977) with Geraldine Page. He continued to impress with strong, authoritarian roles in A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story (1978), Women in White (1979), Child's Cry (1986), Perry Mason: The Case of the Notorious Nun (1986) and Crime of the Century (1996). He also had sturdy roles in several acclaimed mini-series (Wheels (1978), Roots: The Next Generations (1979), Blind Ambition (1979) and A Matter of Life and Death (1981)), and was spotted over the years in a slew of guest parts on such established programming as "M*A*S*H," "Fame," "Matt Houston," "Riptide," "Murder, She Wrote," "Too Close for Comfort," "Highway to Heaven," "ER, "The Division," "Titans" and "Judging Amy."
86-year-old Gerald made his last appearance in the short film Destinesia (2008) portraying an elderly man desperate to escape the confines of his nursing home. He died of natural causes in Los Angeles on July 31, 2015. His long-time wife, Meryl Abeles O'Loughlin (1933-2007), a casting agent, predeceased him. They had two children. One son, Chris, was a member of the 1992 U.S. Olympic épée fencing team.- Actress
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Elizabeth James was born on 23 December 1944 in Fort Worth, Texas, USA. She was an actress and writer, known for The Born Losers (1967), Dirty Mary Crazy Larry (1974) and Love from a Stranger (1958). She died on 10 February 2007 in Lynchburg, Virginia, USA.- Actor
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Born in Richmond, California on December 23, 1931, and raised there, light comedian Ronnie Schell's first choice of careers was to play professional baseball. He got as far as the semis before enlisting in the United States Air Force, where he performed as an emcee and comic in variety shows.
Ronnie studied at San Francisco State University and formed a nightclub comedy duo. He then turned solo and perfected his routine at the popular nightclub The Purple Onion. During his college senior year in 1958, he received a major boost when he toured as an opening act for the highly popular The Kingston Trio. This break led to the gradual rise of a family-oriented comedy career that earned him the eventual title of "America's Slowest-Rising Comedian." Down the road Ronnie would serve to open for several stars, including Andy Griffith and Don Knotts, on the Las Vegas strip, at Lake Tahoe casinos and other notable niteries.
TV finally opened its doors to him in 1964 and an acting career was born when Ronnie won the regular role of Jim Nabors' Marine bunk mate "Duke Slater" on the highly popular comedy series Gomer Pyle: USMC (1964). Betwixt and between was a recurring role on That Girl (1966) playing Marlo Thomas' acting agent. He left the Gomer Pyle show after a few years when he was handed a series lead of his own as a disc jockey on the sitcom Good Morning World (1967) which co-starred pre-Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1967) ditz Goldie Hawn. Unfortunately, the show was canceled before it could make any kind of enduring star impact.
Short, compact, extremely easy-going and quite likable in nature, Ronnie moved easily into featured roles for Disney including The Strongest Man in the World (1975),
The Shaggy D.A. (1976),
Gus (1976),
The Cat from Outer Space (1978)
and
The Devil and Max Devlin (1981).
Ronnie reunited with Nabors when he appeared as a regular on the singer's short-lived variety show,
The Jim Nabors Hour (1968). He also moved into several decades worth of comedy guest spots on such shows as "The Patty Duke Show," "The Andy Griffith Show," "Love, American Style," "The New Dick Van Dyke Show," "Adam-12," "Happy Days," "Emergency!," "Sanford and Son," "The Dukes of Hazzard," "Charlie's Angels," "One Day at a Time," "Mork & Mindy," "Alice," "The Love Boat," "Madame's Place," "She's the Sheriff," "Mr. Belvedere," "Empty Nest," "Saved by the Bell," "227," "The Golden Girls," "Coach," "The Wayans Bros." and the daytime soaper "Santa Barbara."
Ronnie's well-crafted skill as a voice artist has been extensively utilized on TV, radio, films and commercials. Working notably for Hanna-Barbera, his many TV animated programs have included Goober and the Ghost Chasers (1973), Yogi's Space Race (1978), Battle of the Planets (1978), Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels (1977), Shirt Tales (1982), Snorks (1984), The Flintstone Kids (1986), The Smurfs (1981), Midnight Patrol: Adventures in the Dream Zone (1990), Yo Yogi! (1991), Recess (1997) and The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy (2001).
As for stage work in later years, Schell was one of the stars of a 2007 touring cabaret show entitled, "5 Star Revue" and starred off-Broadway in the 2009 musical comedy revue "Don't Leave it All to Your Children!" He also continued to perform in comedy clubs throughout his career. As an octogenarian he was, at one point, the oldest regularly appearing comedian in Las Vegas and would hold another record as having worked the strip every year for over 50 plus straight years.
Into the millennium, Ronnie found sporadic film work with featured roles in both comedies and dramas -- Family Jewels (2000), The Biggest Fan (2005), Soupernatural (2010) -- as well as TV episodes of "Yes, Dear," "Easy to Assemble," "Jessie," "You'll Be Fine," "See Ya" and "Kaplan's Korner."
Long married with two children, Ronnie continues to live in the Los Angeles area where, for years, he served as the honorary mayor of Encino.- Actor
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Brash, virile Italian-American lead and supporting "tough guy" Harry Guardino, with dark, wavy hair and a perpetual worried look on his craggy-looking mug, was born Harold Vincent Guardino on December 23, 1925, in Manhattan but raised as a Brooklynite. Serving with the U.S. Navy during World War II, he joined the Merchant Marine.
He would start out in the late 1940s in the school hard knocks, training in dramatic workshops and slumming for nearly half a decade in small, obscure 'tough guy' film bits in early '50s Universal and Columbia pictures including an orderly in the service comedy Up Front (1951); soldiers in both Sirocco (1951) and Purple Heart Diary (1951); and two Tony Curtis films where he was the star--(Son of Ali Baba (1952) and Flesh and Fury (1952)).
After making his Broadway debut in 1953 with a small cadet role in the play "End as a Man," Harry earned his first big break as the Broadway understudy to Ben Gazzara in the acclaimed drama "A Hatful of Rain." He later took over the role and then went on the national tour. Although it did little to elevate his bit part standing in Hollywood, he figured in more prominently on the smaller screen with parts on "I Led Three Lives," "The Millionaire," "Alfred Hitchcock Presents," "Suspect" and several TV anthologies.
Making a play for film once again, Harry received "second lead" status in the family comedy Houseboat (1958), stealing scenes from both stars Cary Grant and Sophia Loren. As Italianate truck driver/handyman Angelo, he earned a Golden Globe nomination for his hilarious supporting turn as the guy who sells Cary the titled boat after completely destroying their other home in a truck accident.
With and without a comic edge, Harry played several other guy-guy co-star types after this in such crime/war stories as Pork Chop Hill (1959), 5 Branded Women (1960), Hell Is for Heroes (1962), Madigan (1968), Dirty Harry (1971) and The Enforcer (1976), the last two pairing him up with Clint Eastwood as his beleaguered superior, Lt. Bressler. At one point, the New Yorker even played "Barabbas" in the classic biblical epic King of Kings (1961) and a scurrilous poacher in the Ivan Tors African adventure Rhino! (1964), just for a distinct change of pace and scenery.
Harry returned to the Broadway stage and was Tony nominated for the play "One More River" in 1960 despite its extremely short run. He would return again again to Broadway throughout the rest of the 1960's in "Natural Affection" (1963), the musical "Anyone Can Whistle," "The Rose Tattoo" (1966) and "The Seven Descents of Myrtle" (1968).
TV, he became more and more, however, the favorite medium of choice. Progressing to top guest parts in such TV programs as "Johnny Staccato," "Checkmate," "The Untouchables," "Dr. Kildare," "Route 66," "Naked City," "The Outer Limits," "Ben Casey," "The Virginian," "Twelve O'Clock High" and "Run for Your Life," Harry was given three short-run series to star or co-star in -- as an overly gregarious newsman in The Reporter (1964); the title government agent Monty Nash (1971); and the perpetually losing district attorney "Hamilton Burger" in The New Perry Mason (1973) revival.
Harry co-starred in dozens of TV projects as a scruffy, hard-nosed, street-smart cop or detective. These included the TV movie The Lonely Profession (1969), plus the shows "McCloud," "The Name of the Game," "Get Christie Love!," "Kojak," "Police Story," "Fantasy Island," "The Sophisticated Gents" and "Murder, She Wrote." He also enjoyed an unlikely outlet in musical theatre in later years, co-starring in the Broadway production of "Woman of the Year" (1981) opposite and as Billy Flynn in stock production of "Chicago."
Harry died of lung cancer on in 1995 at age 69, and was survived by his third wife and four children from various marriages.- At 5'10", volleyball came naturally to Summer. She lettered for four
seasons in the sport at Fountain Valley high school, and signed a
letter of intent with San Diego State in the spring of 1997 to play
outside hitter for the Aztecs. Ms. Altice competed for two years at
SDSU while studying communications. She was named to the All-WAC
Academic team in '99 for her sophomore season, during which she
maintained in 3.85 GPA. Ms. Altice transferred to UCLA in Spring 2000
to continue her communications studies and further pursue her modeling
career. (In '95 she won YM's cover girl contest, and later signed with
Elite modeling agency.) Ms. Altice was the Playmate of the Month for
August 2000, and is a strong possibility for Playmate of the Year '01. - Actor
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Noel Purcell was born on 23 December 1900 in Dublin, Ireland. He was an actor, known for Lust for Life (1956), The Crimson Pirate (1952) and Mutiny on the Bounty (1962). He was married to Eileen Marmion. He died on 3 March 1985 in Dublin, Ireland.- Ruby Barker is a British actress best known for her role in the CBBC's hit fantasy drama, Wolfblood (2017). Ruby has played her first lead in an independent feature film, "How To Stop A Recurring Dream", currently in post-production. Most recently, Ruby has the opportunity to work alongside Robert Carlyle in Sky Atlantic's upcoming political drama 'Cobra' (2020).
Aged 11, she made her first television appearance in a commercial for the Royal Bank of Scotland's "Money Sense" campaign. Taking up Drama and Theatre Studies at school, now graduated, she set out to get involved in community theatre. In 2015, Ruby landed the role of Mary in RSC director, Philip Breen's 2016 York Mystery Plays. Since, Ruby has played two guest leads on BBC Doctors, starred in Emeli Sande and Naughty Boy's music video "Bungee Jumping", played a regular on the CBBC's Wolfblood, worked in professional theatre and shot her first lead in a feature film.
Ruby believes her passion for performance is born out of her fond childhood memories, spending nearly every Saturday at the Elizabeth Murray School of Dance in Glasgow.
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Eddie Vedder was known in San Diego for being a surfer and a singer in the progressive rock band Bad Radio, where he sang in the 80's until he departed to join Pearl Jam in 1990. Right before Eddie left Bad Radio, they opened for Andy Summers at the Bucchanal in San Diego. After the show, Eddie jumped off stage to talk to a pal of his, who had predicted Bad Radio winning at a competition in the late 80's. Eddie was poor and desperate, and found strong encouragement in the words of his friend Boris, who predicted once again his huge success. Boris Acosta is now a film producer and director.- Actor
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Kyle Kinane was born on 23 December 1976 in Addison, Illinois, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Funny People (2009), The House (2017) and Epic (2013).- After wartime naval service, Alan North began his show business career
as a stage manager in New York. He first worked on Broadway in "Plain
and Fancy", doubling up as understudy for the small part of Isaac
Miller. The play had a successful run between 1955 and 1956 (461
performances) and this led to further acting work in diverse
productions, ranging from musical comedy to straight dramatic parts,
both on and off Broadway. Alan last appeared as a quaint curmudgeonly
character in "Lake Hollywood" at the Signature Theater in 1999.
Early in his career, Alan, an avid baseball fan, hosted a television
program for the Baltimore Orioles as well as doing a regular sports
broadcast at WRC-TV in Washington. However, he did not become a regular
feature on the screen until the early 1970's, when he appeared in two
big budget films, Plaza Suite (1971)
and Serpico (1973). After that, Alan
became a more familiar presence on the small screen, invariably
portraying cops, priests and academics. He is most fondly remembered as
the perpetually vague Chief Ed Hocken in the hilarious, sadly
short-lived, spoof
Police Squad! (1982), starring
Leslie Nielsen. Alan was given some very
funny lines to deliver and he did so in a perfect dead-pan manner. He
was not afforded the chance to repeat his role for the
'Naked Gun' series (the studio insisted on a higher marquee value actor, casting Academy Award-winner George Kennedy
instead).
Alan North died of cancer at the age of 79 in January 2000. - Actor
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Shelley Malil is proud to be from the Indian state of Kerala and a
Malayalee, a people known for their comedic take on life. He had dreams
of becoming a comedic actor like his idol
Bob Hope, whom he first saw on a
neighbor's TV set--the only one in the fishing village on the southern
tip of India where he was raised. He caught national attention as
"Chad", one of the Budweiser "What are you doing?!" guys in
Anheuser-Busch's inspired "Whassup?!" commercial spin-off. The clever
send-up was voted best Super bowl commercial by a number of trade
publications, magazines and entertainment commentators.
Shelley first came to Hollywood in 1995, after a two-year stint at New
York's famed American Academy of Dramatic Arts. With less than $1000 to
his name and a phone number of a friend of a friend in his pocket, he
drove his van west. He asked his mother to make him a roll-away
mattress so that he would be able to sleep in his van until he could
find room and board. Within three weeks of his arrival he had landed a
manager, a guest-star role on FOX's
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. (1993),
his SAG card and an apartment. Since then he has worked steadily,
appearing in numerous commercials, television shows and films.
Shelley began pursuing his dream of entertaining people on the stages
of Big Spring High School, where his leading turns often earned awards
in district competitions in Texas, where his family settled after
emigrating to the US in 1974. "Chili" and "Animal" were his teenage
nicknames. He got a taste of fame during those years when a group of
students formed "The Animal Fan Club" because of his popularity in
theater and as a disc jockey at a local radio station. After high
school, he spent a few seasons performing classic musicals on the
Dallas dinner theater circuit until he auditioned for the American
Academy of Dramatic Arts. He longs to return to the stage, where his
turn as "Bottom" in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at the
Stella Adler Theatre garnered him a Best
Featured Actor nomination at the 1997 Los Angeles Ovation Awards. In
his spare time, Shelley takes a Zen-like approach to golf, goes to
approximately five films a week, devours motivational books and
recently joined the Big Brother Program.- Born in Beckenham, Kent, English character actor Maurice Denham first
came to public notice in the 1940s on radio, appearing on many of the
most popular comedy series of the day in a variety of characters. His
debut in films came in 1947 with
The Smugglers (1947). His talents
came to the forefront in the animated feature
Animal Farm (1954), in which he
voiced all of the animal characters. A prolific actor, his familiar
sharp features and bald head appeared in dozens of films over the
following years, often as charming but slightly "balmy" characters and
well-bred cads, although he was more than capable of playing straight
drama, as he did in the war picture
Sink the Bismarck! (1960) as a
naval officer helping to hunt down and sink the German battleship. He
began appearing regularly in television in the 1970s and also worked
steadily on the stage.
He died of natural causes at age 92 in London, England. - Director
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Peter Medak is a Hungarian-born British film director. Born in Budapest, Hungary, then part of the Warsaw Bloc, Medak fled to England at the age of 18 during the bloody uprising against the Soviet regime. He began his career with associated British Picture Corporation in Borehamwood. He studied and worked his way through by being an assistant editor, assistant cameraman and eventually a 3rd, 2nd and 1st assistant director on many British films of the late 1950s and early 196Os.
Medak worked with some of the most legendary British film directors, including, among others, Sir Carol Reed, David Lean, Anthony Asquith, and Fred Zimmerman. He was signed in 1963 by Universal Studios in Hollywood where for the first six months he the chance to observe Alfred Hitchcock and many others. He began directing television in Hollywood and in London. In 1967, he signed with Paramount Studios where he finally achieved his dream and directed his first feature film called Negatives (1968), featuring Glenda Jackson in her film appearance.
He then proceeded making two highly acclaimed black comedies: The Ruling Class (1972), and A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (1972) (for which he received an Academy Award nomination). Since then he has directed many feature films on both sides of the Atlantic. In recent years, he made The Krays, which won him The Evening Standard Award for Best Director in England. Later films which he directed include: Let Him Have It, Romeo is Bleeding, The Men's Club, etc.- Yang Se-jong was born on 23 December 1992. He is an actor, known for Temperature of Love (2017), Still 17 (2018) and Saimdang, Bitui Ilgi (2017).
- Eileen Seeley was born on 23 December 1959. She is an actress, known for Batman Forever (1995), Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) and Quantum Leap (1989). She is married to Sterling William Seamans. They have two children.
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Erika Ringor was born on 23 December 1974 in Inglewood, California, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Love & Basketball (2000), King Richard (2021) and Across the Hall (2009).