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- First big break was selling Buick Centuries at the Chicago Auto show. (After working as a 2nd assistant cameraman (non-credited) for Andrzej Bartkowiak, Norman Leigh on the "The Brink's Job" - Billy Friedkin and Dino De Laurentiis).
Subsequently performed in numerous TV commercials, short films, and experimental theater pieces.
Has appeared on stages from Off-Off to Broadway for Arthur Laurents, Edward Albee, Robert Smith, Doric Wilson... (As You Like It, Forever After, A Loss Of Memory, Provicante di Saliva, Bald Soprano, Make Mine Kafka! ...).
Has worked in film and television for directors including Arthur Hiller, Peter Medak, Lee Katzin, Alvin Rakoff, Rick Berman, Bill Duke, and Phillip Noyce... (President Howard Lewis in Salt, Sebastian Weinberg in My Best Day, Robert Garrett in First Olympics, Athens 1896...). And years before the mast in television. (Starting with the indelible "Room Service Waiter" on Another World, then starring roles in lots of other TV movies, pilots, etc.)
Appeared steadily in lead roles in several dramatic serials, such as Knots Landing, Guiding Light, All My Children, As the World Turns, and One Life to Live.
Has voiced numerous commercial and digital campaigns, performed with the Indonesian poetry forum Yang Mengatakan, the Balinese Shadow Theatre, and the Norwegian Arctic Rights Group Vakne Opp's aerial production of "Ballong", and is a regular contributor to Sweet Dreams, an audio series of bedtime stories. - Actress
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Brooke Elliott was the star of Lifetime's hit television series Drop Dead Diva for six seasons. For her work on Drop Dead Diva (2009) , she received the 2012 Women's Image Network Award for "Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series" as well as the 2010 Gracie Award for "Female Rising Star in a Comedy Series". She was also nominated for a 2014 and a 2011 PRISM Award for "Best Performance in a Comedy Series" as well as a 2009 Satellite Award for "Best Actress in a Series, Comedy or Musical". Brooke began her career in theatre, making her Broadway debut in the Boy George composed/Rosie O'Donnell produced musical, Taboo, where she moved from the ensemble to the leading role of Sue. She later appeared in Schonberg and Boublil's original Broadway musical, The Pirate Queen. She was in the original cast of the First National Tour of Wicked as well as the Broadway tour of Disney's Beauty and the Beast. Brooke also directed Season 1 of the web-series, Say Hello.- Yale Wexler was born on 6 February 1930 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958), Stakeout on Dope Street (1958) and Johnny Staccato (1959). He was married to Linda Cristal. He died on 12 February 1996 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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A Martinez was born in Glendale, California, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Longmire (2012), Dark Winds (2022) and Avatar: The Last Airbender (2024). He has been married to Leslie Bryans since 17 July 1982. They have three children. He was previously married to Mare Winningham.