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Actor Wayne Knight achieved television immortality assaying the role of the frenetic mailman, "Newman", nemesis of the eponymous lead character in the classic TV series Seinfeld (1989). He also appeared in Jurassic Park (1993) as "Dennis Nedry" and in one of the most notorious scenes in American cinema as one of the detectives interrogating Sharon Stone during her leg crossing in Basic Instinct (1992).
Wayne Eliot Knight was born to Grace (Monti) and William Edward Knight. He is of Italian and English descent. Knight was raised and lived in Cartersville, Georgia, until attending the University of Georgia in 1972. Despite being an honor student, Knight left school to join the Barter Theatre company in Abingdon, Virginia, before graduating. (He finally secured a BFA degree in 2008.) Following an internship of two years, Wayne was hired for the professional company and earned his Equity card. Now a professional actor, Knight moved back to New York, where he made his Broadway debut, at the age of 23, in the long-running comedy "Gemini" in 1979. Through the years, he has established himself as a leading character actor in television as a regular or recurring character in seven series, in film (ranging from Dirty Dancing (1987) to JFK (1991)), on the stage, and as a voice artist in animation.
In TV Land's original sitcom The Exes (2011), Knight plays homebody "Haskell Lutz", who lives in an apartment with "Phil" (Donald Faison) and "Stuart" (David Alan Basche), right across the hall from his divorce attorney, "Holly" (Kristen Johnston).- Benji Wilhoite was born to his parents Roger and Bobbie Wilhoite, on November 19, 1969 in Cartersville, Georgia, as Benjamin Roger Wilhoite. He had four sisters and sisters and one brother. As an actor, he was known for Glory (1989), Impure Thoughts (1985) and Fast Food (1989). To many fans of the Sleepaway Camp horror films he was best remembered as "Anthony" the teenager who dressed up as Freddy Krueger from Nightmare on Elm Street. Benji was married to Dolores Tracy and had two daughters (Savannah & Kennedy) and two sons (Dylan & Julien). However, he tragically passed away on March 14, 2011 at the age of 41 in Baldwinsville, New York.
- Victoria Staley was born in Cartersville, Georgia, USA. She is an actress, known for Being Mary Jane (2013), I'm Not Ashamed (2016) and Prisoners (2013).
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Butch Walker is a recording artist, songwriter, record producer and former lead singer of the rock band Marvelous 3. After the break-up of the band in early 2000, he started his solo career, releasing the albums "Left of Self-Centered" in 2002 on Epic Records and the critically acclaimed "Letters" in 2004 on Sony Records. Several of his songs have been major hits for other artists, including Bowling for Soup's "Girl All the Bad Guys Want" and Avril Lavigne's "Don't Tell Me" and her #1 song "My Happy Ending." He has produced albums for such artists as Bowling for Soup, Avril Lavigne, The Donnas, Sevendust and 'SR-71', and has also toured with such acts as Allen Shellenberger and Avril Lavigne.- Composer
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Hedy West was born on 6 April 1938 in Cartersville, Georgia, USA. She was a composer, known for First Man (2018), Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) and The Frankenstein Theory (2013). She died on 3 July 2005 in New York City, New York, USA.- Jenson Jarvis was born on 31 January 1993 in Cartersville, Georgia, USA. He is an actor, known for Beautiful.
- Ted Lipscomb was born on 17 November 1955 in Cartersville, Georgia, USA. He died on 19 August 2010.
- Joe Frank Harris was born on 16 February 1936 in Cartersville, Georgia, USA. He is married to Elizabeth Carlock. They have one child.
- Andre Fluellen was born on 7 March 1985 in Cartersville, Georgia, USA.
- Jessica Daves was born on 20 February 1898 in Cartersville, Georgia, USA. She was married to Robert Allerton Parker. She died on 21 September 1974 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- Robert Lavette was born on 8 September 1963 in Cartersville, Georgia, USA.