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Isabel May is an American actress. She starred as Katie Cooper on the Netflix series Alexa & Katie and had a recurring role as Veronica Duncan on the CBS series Young Sheldon. She held the lead role of Zoe Hull in film Run Hide Fight. She is the narrator and leading protagonist of the Paramount+ series 1883.- Writer
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Born on November 21, 1944 in Chicago, Illinois, Harold Allen Ramis got
his start in comedy as Playboy magazine's joke editor and reviewer. In
1969, he joined Chicago's Second City's Improvisational Theatre Troupe
before moving to New York to help write and perform in "The National
Lampoon Show" with other Second City graduates including
John Belushi,
Gilda Radner and
Bill Murray. By 1976, he was head
writer and a regular performer on the top Canadian comedy series
SCTV (1976). His
Hollywood debut came when he collaborated on the script for National Lampoon's Animal House (1978) which
was produced by Ivan Reitman. After that,
he worked as writer with Ivan as producer on
Meatballs (1979),
Stripes (1981),
Ghostbusters (1984) and
Ghostbusters II (1989) and acted
in the latter three. Harold Ramis died on February 24, 2014 at age 69
from complications of autoimmune inflammatory vasculitis.- Actress
- Producer
- Music Department
Jena Malone was born in Reno, Nevada, raised in Sparks, Nevada; two cities that have merged together over time, to Deborah Malone and Edward Berge. Her grandfather owned a casino, Karl's Silver Club, in Reno. She was raised by her
mother and her mother's partner. Beginning as a child
actress, and then stepping up to roles as a young adult, Malone's
career path has been compared to that of
Jodie Foster, herself a former child
actress and who has co-starred with Malone in two movies. Jena is often
described as having a maturity beyond her years and, in her career thus
far, she has often tackled roles that are difficult and are not
standard fare for actors her age.
Malone's first claim to fame was in performing the title role in
Bastard Out of Carolina (1996)
for which she won the Young Artist Award, and which she filmed when she
was merely ten years old. This movie dealt with issues of child abuse,
violence and sex. Jena has said in later interviews that this movie and
her participation in it continue to influence her life substantially.
Showing self-assurance and a clear vision of personal goals from an
early age, Jena, at age 14, was encouraged to try out for
Air Force One (1997), a movie that
was virtually guaranteed to be a success since box-office king
Harrison Ford was cast in the
lead, but Jena said she'd prefer to seek other roles that were of more
interest to her.
In the following years, Malone appeared in several made-for-TV movies
for which she won or was nominated for many awards. In 1997, she lucked
in to being cast in the blockbuster
Contact (1997) where she portrayed the
child version of Jodie Foster's lead
character. Foster stated that she built her character by mimicking
Jena. And, in 1998, Jena was cast in the major film
Stepmom (1998) where she co-starred with
Julia Roberts,
Susan Sarandon and
Ed Harris. Jena was given what was
likely the best line in that movie where her character, bitter over her
parents' divorce, confronts her father who has returned home briefly;
at a moment of crisis, her dad tells her "You do NOT run out on your
mother", and the rueful Malone exclaims "No -- that's YOUR job".
Also, in 1998, Malone appeared in a two-part episode of the critically
acclaimed TV series
Homicide: Life on the Street (1993).
Contrary to what might usually be expected of a teenage actress, in
this episode, Jena played the complex role of the perpetrator of a
crime, which she portrayed with subtlety.
At age 15, Jena was legally emancipated and thus took direct control of
her finances and her career. Malone began getting more attention and
acclaim in her next set of films: the artistic cult film
Donnie Darko (2001); the teenage
journey
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys (2002)
where she again co-starred with
Jodie Foster; and the satirical
Saved! (2004) which debuted Jena as the
lead in a movie.
Jena has expressed an interest in directing some day, and so she is
preparing for roles behind the camera as well as in front. In 2002, she
co-produced American Girl (2002)
while also starring in it. And, in 2003, she undertook a formal study
of photography.
In early 2006, Malone debuted on the Broadway stage in the play
"Doubt". A review by Broadway.com characterized her performance as
"astonishing".
Many people in Hollywood have jobs as actors. Watch for Jena Malone.
She is an artist.- Actress
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- Director
Goldie Jeanne Hawn was born November 21, 1945 in Washington, D.C. and raised in Takoma Park, Maryland to Laura Hawn, a jewelry shop/dance school owner & Rut Hawn, a band musician. She has a sister, Patti Hawn, and a brother, Edward, who died in infancy before her birth. She was raised in the Jewish religion. Her mother was Jewish and the daughter of Hungarian immigrants. Her father was Presbyterian. At the age of three, Goldie began taking ballet and tap dance lessons, and at the age of ten she danced in the chorus of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo production of "The Nutcracker". At the age of 19 she ran and instructed a ballet school, having dropped out of college where she was majoring in drama. Before going into the film business she worked as a professional dancer.
Hawn had her feature film debut in The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band (1968), with a small role as a giggling dancer. Her first big role came in 1969, where she played opposite Walter Matthau and Ingrid Bergman in Cactus Flower (1969), a role which earned her an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. After the Oscar win her career took off and she followed with roles in successful comedies such as There's a Girl in My Soup (1970) and Shampoo (1975), and more dramatic roles in The Girl from Petrovka (1974) and The Sugarland Express (1974). In 1978, she starred alongside Chevy Chase in the box office hit, Foul Play (1978). In 1980 she starred in another box office hit, Private Benjamin (1980), where she also served as producer. During the 1980s she starred in hit movies such as Best Friends (1982), Protocol (1984) and Wildcats (1986). In 1987, she appeared with her boyfriend Kurt Russell in Overboard (1987), which became both a critical and box office disappointment. Her career slowed down after that until 1990 when she starred alongside Mel Gibson in Bird on a Wire (1990). In 1992 she starred in the successful film, Death Becomes Her (1992), with Meryl Streep and Bruce Willis, which was followed by another successful film HouseSitter (1992), which co-starred Steve Martin. In 1996 she played the role of an aging alcoholic actress in the comedy, The First Wives Club (1996), with Diane Keaton and Bette Midler; it became a critical and financial success. She also starred in the Woody Allen film Everyone Says I Love You (1996) and The Out-of-Towners (1999), which reunited her with Martin. In 2001 and 2002 she starred in Town & Country (2001) with Warren Beatty, and The Banger Sisters (2002) with Susan Sarandon.
Goldie has been married twice. First to actor/director Gus Trikonis, from 1968 to 1973. In 1975 she married musician Bill Hudson and became a mother for the first time in 1976, when she gave birth to their son Oliver Hudson. In 1979, she had her second child with Hudson, daughter Kate Hudson. The marriage ended in divorce in 1980. Since 1983, she has been in a relationship with actor Kurt Russell. They had a son in 1986, Wyatt Russell.- Actress
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Aimee-Ffion Edwards (born 21 November 1987) is a Welsh actress from Newport, Wales. She is known for playing Sketch in Skins, Esme in Peaky Blinders, Sophie in Detectorists and Abi in Loaded.
Aimee-Ffion Edwards was born in Newport, Wales. She attended Ysgol Gymraeg Casnewydd (Newport Welsh medium primary school) and Ysgol Gyfun Gwynllyw. She played for a local youth rugby team, the only girl in a boys' team, until she was 14. She would often go from ballet lessons to playing for the rugby team.
She took a drama A-level at school, and joined the National Youth Theatre of Wales. She is fluent in English and Welsh.
Edwards appeared in the 2002 short film Dwr Dwfn.
She was training to be a classical singer when she appeared on the Pop Idol-type Welsh language TV show called Wawffactor in 2006, finishing as runner-up.
Edwards made her television debut as the character Sketch in the E4 series Skins in 2008.
In 2009, she appeared in the Valentine's Day episode of Casualty ("Stand By Me"), as a teenager who finds a replacement speed-date in the wards of Holby City Hospital, and ends up involved in a serious gun-related incident. In the first episode of Casualty 1909 she played a young prostitute called Deborah Lynch, who was being abused by her father.
In 2010, she appeared in an episode of the supernatural BBC drama series Being Human as a theatre usher, who is also a ghost.
In 2011, she appeared in series 2 of the BBC drama series Luther, playing the character Jenny Jones.
In 2012, she appeared in Sky Atlantic's four-part series Walking And Talking, a spin-off from an episode of Sky One's Christmas series of shorts Little Crackers. Aimee played Mary, friend of Kath, played by Ami Metcalf, in these stories written by Kathy Burke and based on her own teenage years.
In 2013 and 2014, she appeared as Esme, the wife of John Shelby, in the BBC series Peaky Blinders.
In 2014, Edwards appeared in two BBC Cymru Wales television productions celebrating the centenary of Dylan Thomas: as part of an all-Welsh cast in a television adaptation of Thomas' radio drama Under Milk Wood, playing the part 'Laugharne Voice'; and as Marianne in A Poet in New York, Andrew Davies' dramatisation of Thomas' last days.
In 2014, she appeared as Katy in "The Harrowing", the sixth episode of the first series of Inside No. 9, written by Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith.
Edwards played Sophie in the BAFTA award-winning BBC Four comedy series Detectorists; series 1 in 2014 and series 2 in 2015.
In 2016, she appeared as Sian in Death In Paradise as a young girl who is murdered.
In 2017, she was Josh's (ex)girlfriend in Channel 4 comedy Loaded.
In 2009, she performed in Jez Butterworth's play Jerusalem at the Royal Court Theatre, alongside Mackenzie Crook.
In 2011, she made her Broadway debut, reprising her role in Jerusalem at the Music Box Theatre, New York. She appeared in the London revival of Jerusalem later that year.
In 2012, she appeared in The Recruiting Officer at the Donmar Warehouse, and in Marius von Mayenburg's Fireface at the Young Vic.
In 2013, she appeared as Avonia Bunn in Trelawny of the Wells at the Donmar Warehouse.
In 2017, she played Marcella in B, a new play by Guillermo Calderón which had a limited run at the Royal Court Theatre.- Actor
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Jimmi Simpson is an American actor. He was born in Hackettstown, New Jersey, the youngest of three brothers. After graduating from Bloomsburg University with a Bachelor of Arts in theater, he acted for four seasons at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in Massachusetts.
Simpson made his film debut in the teen comedy Loser (2000).
He is best known for his television work, which includes roles in Netflix political drama series House of Cards (2013), and the HBO television series Westworld (2016).- Actor
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John Ortiz was born on 21 November 1969 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Silver Linings Playbook (2012), American Gangster (2007) and Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007). He is married to Jennifer Ortiz. They have one child.- Actress
- Producer
- Writer
Nicollette Sheridan has won a worldwide audience with her past television and film roles. With her Golden Globe-nominated role of "Edie Britt," the blonde bombshell of Wisteria Lane, on ABC's hit show Desperate Housewives (2004); the show's cast won both the 11th (2005) and 12th (2006) Screen Actors Guild Awards for "Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series."
Sheridan was born as Nicollette Adams in Worthing, Sussex, England, the daughter of actress Sally Sheridan (née Adams). She discovered a passion for ballet as a small child and studied intensely, broadening her love of the arts as a student at the Arts Educational School in London. In addition to the theatre, she nurtured her talents as an avid equestrienne along with a rigorous thirst for reading and a love of the works of William Shakespeare. Moving to Los Angeles and being courted to explore her talents was a natural progression.
Sheridan exploded on the small screen as the beautiful and manipulative Paige Matheson on Knots Landing (1979). This led to a variety of roles in other projects, including The People Next Door (1996) (with Faye Dunaway), A Time to Heal (1994) (opposite Gary Cole), Indictment: The McMartin Trial (1995) (with James Woods), and Dead Husbands (1998) (with John Ritter), along with a special guest appearance on the season finale of Will & Grace (1998).
Sheridan was first introduced to film audiences in Rob Reiner's The Sure Thing (1985) opposite John Cusack, going on to appear in other film comedies, such as Noises Off... (1992) (opposite Michael Caine), Spy Hard (1996) (opposite Leslie Nielsen), Beverly Hills Ninja (1997) (with Chris Farley), I Woke Up Early the Day I Died (1998) (with Billy Zane), and Code Name: The Cleaner (2007) (opposite Cedric The Entertainer and Lucy Liu).
She brought her English accent to the Disney animated series The Legend of Tarzan (2001) and was also heard as a Russian fly in the animated feature Fly Me to the Moon 3D (2007) (with Tim Curry, Kelly Ripa, Christopher Lloyd and Buzz Aldrin). She voiced the role of "Zenna" in Promenade Pictures' animated film Noah (2012), which starred Michael Keaton, Rob Schneider, Marcia Gay Harden and Sir Ben Kingsley. Sheridan also appeared in the independent comedy Jewtopia (2012).
She has supported philanthropic causes including those focused on cancer, women and children at risk, and natural disaster relief (e.g., Hurricane Katrina), as well as such entities as the Red Cross, Humane Society, Last Chance for Animals, Best Friends Animal Society and The Amanda Foundation. In September 2010, she teamed up with Natural Balance Pet Foods to raise money for National Guide Dog Awareness Month.
She resides in Los Angeles, California.- Actor
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Born in Sudan, Siddig was raised in Britain and
attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts (LAMDA) where he
studied acting and theater. Immediately after leaving LAMDA, Sid did a
season of theater in Manchester, in addition to
performing in various shows in pubs and small theaters. Later, Siddig
worked as a director in a small theater in London.
"I was in a situation where I pretty much had a theater company at my
disposal and a theater at my disposal and could do anything I liked...as long as I did it for nothing. Which is sort of a step before
charging and not being able to do what you like. I was at a point where
I could have just gone on and become a director in London, as a trainee
at the Royal Shakespeare Company or something like that, and ended up
being a bona fide director. It was quite a big struggle because for a
year and a half, which is the time I spent directing immediately after
I left acting school, you just have no money so you're just living on
welfare and you're trying to make it. . ."
During this time of financial struggle Sid was offered the part of Emir
Feisal in
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia (1992),
the sequel to
Lawrence of Arabia (1962). Sid
co-starred with Ralph Fiennes who played
T. E. Lawrence.
Siddig's performance in
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia (1992)
brought him to the attention of Rick Berman
who was creating the new series
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993).
Originally brought in to audition for the role of Captain Benjamin
Sisko, Berman decided Siddig was too young for the role and cast him as
Dr. Julian Bashir instead. The part had to be slightly rewritten for
Siddig as the original "bible" had called for an Hispanic male to play
the part, named Julian Amoros, although Berman reports that no other
actors were considered for the role.
During his time on
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993),
Siddig and co-star Nana Visitor had a son
(Django) and were married in 1997. They divorced in 2001, although they
remain friends.
After a successful seven-year run on television, Siddig began working
in feature films, quickly accumulating roles in movies such as
Vertical Limit (2000),
Reign of Fire (2002),
Kingdom of Heaven (2005), and
the critically acclaimed Syriana (2005).
Early 2005 saw Siddig return to the stage opposite
Kim Cattrall in the West End production of
"Whose Life Is It Anyway?" Following a controversial guest turn on
MI-5 (2002), the title role in
Hannibal (2006) in 2006 and a
recurring role on 24 (2001) in 2007
brought Siddig back to the small screen.- Actress
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- Casting Department
Melina Matthews is an actress born and raised in Barcelona, Spain. Her
father is Welsh and her mother is French, of Spanish descent. She is
fluent in Spanish, English, French and Catalan. She is known for "Negociador" ,"The Chess Player" and TV shows such as "El Príncipe" and "La Otra Mirada.
After graduating from college where she studied journalism, Melina
combined acting with behind the camera work, from
production to dialogue coaching.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Cherry Jones was born on 21 November 1956 in Paris, Tennessee, USA. She is an actress, known for The Village (2004), Signs (2002) and The Perfect Storm (2000). She has been married to Sophie Huber since 2015.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Grace Van Patten was born on 21 November 1996 in New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for Under the Silver Lake (2018), Mayday (2021) and The Meyerowitz Stories (2017).- Actress
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Soundtrack
Cynthia Rhodes is a retired American actress, singer and dancer. Her film roles include Tina Tech in Flashdance (1983), Jackie in Staying Alive (1983), officer Karen Thompson in Runaway (1984), and Penny in Dirty Dancing (1987). Born in Nashville, Tennessee, Rhodes began her show business career working at Opryland USA as a singer and dancer while attending Glencliff High School during the 1970s. Raised in a Baptist family, Rhodes tried to maintain a clean-cut image in her acting roles and in the media, turning down scripts that required nudity and refusing offers to pose for pictorials in Playboy magazine. Sylvester Stallone, the director of Staying Alive, stated that Rhodes "would sooner quit the business before doing anything to embarrass her parents."- Actress
- Producer
- Writer
Many well known and highly identifiable actresses have tried and failed to make the arduous crossover from fizzy TV sitcom star to mature, dramatic artist. Usually it was their hardcore fans who refused to accept them in any other light. Sally Field and Elizabeth Montgomery come first to mind as two strong actresses, with even stronger TV comedy character personas to contend with, who managed to make the none-too-easy leap to serious dramatic stardom after the fact. And then there's THAT girl ... lovely, glowing brunette Marlo Thomas ... another prime example.
Born in Detroit, Michigan on November 21, 1937, Marlo was christened Margaret Julia Thomas. Raised within the mad Beverly Hills whirl of the entertainment business as the daughter of show business legend Danny Thomas, she was initially dissuaded from an acting career and began a half-hearted adult life as a school teacher.
Quickly switching to acting, however, Marlo began with early TV appearances in the late 1950's on such series as "Dobie Gillis," "77 Sunset Strip," "Thriller" and "Zane Grey Theatre" (an appearance with her father). Her first break came when she was cast as Joey Bishop's sister and aspiring actress on the sitcom The Bob Newhart Show (1961) for one season, and she continued to build up her small screen resumé with assorted guest shots on "Bonanza," "My Favorite Martian," "McHale's Navy," "The Donna Reed Show" and "Ben Casey."
Following her delightful work on the London stage as Corey in "Barefoot in the Park" in 1965, Marlo appeared in a failed TV pilot. The pilot was seen by ABC, and they had her tested for another sitcom lead and passed with flying colors. This one stuck did not fail. Audiences adored "That Girl" with the romantic entanglements and struggling ambition of Ann Marie, a single, independent and very trendy young lady in the real world as an actress wannabe. Marlo became an instant household name (as did co-star Ted Bessell) and earned a Golden Globe ("Best TV Star") and four Emmy nominations during the five-year run of the groundbreaking show.
Cancelling the show on her own terms in 1971, the smoky-voiced actress was faced with a huge task of breaking a stereotype as a perky, fresh-faced, wide-eyed innocent. Capitalizing on her TV fame, she immediately pursued serious film roles. Playing the title dramatic role of Jenny (1970) opposite Alan Alda, she portrayed an unwed, naïve, pregnant girl who marries a filmmaker for convenience sake and earned a Golden Globe nom for "Most Promising Newcomer" in the process. Still, the box office take was mild and the public needed more convincing. When she made her Broadway debut successfully in the Herb Gardner play "Thieves" opposite Richard Mulligan in 1975, she made another stab at films by recreating her stage role. The reviews for Thieves (1977) co-starring Charles Grodin this time (who directed her in the Broadway version) were underwhelming. She would meet talk show icon Phil Donahue on his daytime TV program while a guest promoting the Thieves (1977) movie. They wed in 1980.
During this time Marlo broadened her focus and combined her deep love for children and education with her show business career. She took home bookend Emmy Awards for producing the "Outstanding Children's Specials" Free to Be... You & Me (1974) and, later, Free to Be... a Family (1988). She would also win a Grammy for her children's album "Marlo Thomas & Friends." As for TV, she earned wonderful reviews starring in the ABC holiday mini-movie comedy It Happened One Christmas (1977) playing a troubled female version of James Stewart's protagonist in It's a Wonderful Life (1946) but it was her dramatic work in the TV movies The Lost Honor of Kathryn Beck (1984) Consenting Adult (1985) (Golden Globe nomination), Nobody's Child (1986) (Emmy Award, Golden Globe nomination), and Held Hostage: The Sis and Jerry Levin Story (1991), Ultimate Betrayal (1994) and Reunion (1994) that forever erased her pristine stereotype image and saw her as a dramatic force to be reckoned with.
Marlo's subsequent return visits to Broadway with the plays "Social Security" (1986) and "The Shadow Box" (1994) added to her list of successes and continued with demanding theater roles such as Beatrice in "The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigold" (1990), Martha in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" (1992) and Ouisa in "Sex Degrees of Separation" (1992).
Marlo remained actively involved on TV in everything from classic comedy (as Jennifer Aniston's mom in Friends (1994) to adult drama as a lawyer/mentor in the highly-rated crime drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999), with other TV guest appearances including "Roseanne," "Ally McBeal," "Ugly Betty," "The New Normal" and an additional recurring role on Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later (2017).
Sporadic filming into the millennium included the "Odd Couple"-styled comedy In the Spirit (1990) co-starring Elaine May and featuring May's daughter Jeannie Berlin who also co-wrote, and featured roles in the romantic comedy The Real Blonde (1997), the drama Starstruck (1998), the social comedy Playing Mona Lisa (2000), the Miley Cyrus romantic dramedy LOL (2012), the witty comedy The Female Brain (2017) and the action comedy Ocean's Eight (2018) headed by Sandra Bullock.
Younger brother/producer Tony Thomas and actress/sister Terre Thomas also involved themselves in show business careers. On a more personal level, Marlo is an accomplished author, humanitarian and social activist. She has also continued the tradition of her late father as National Outreach Director for St. Jude's Children Hospital for cancer research.- Actress
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Barbara was awarded a scholarship by the Fine Arts Foundation which
launched her career in New York City. As a soloist for the Harkness
Ballet, she danced at the White House and as a guest with the
Washington Ballet. Later she expanded her performing skills to Broadway
productions. While in New York, she won a five year contract with
Warner Brothers Studios. Her first movie, Finian's Rainbow, gave her
the cherished honor of dancing with Fred Astaire and she won two Golden
Globe nominations. Ms. Hancock has been on the staff at the Alliance
Theatre School since 1978 and has performed in many musicals there. Ms.
Hancock has taught at The Georgia Ballet, Brenau College, Theatre West
in Los Angeles, and the Performing Arts Center.- Actor
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- Producer
Ronny Chieng is a Chinese comedian and actor born in Malaysia and raised in New Hampshire and Singapore. He started performing stand-up in 2009 after graduating with a dual degree in Law and Commerce from The University of Melbourne, Australia. His act caught the attention of the esteemed Montreal Just for Laughs Comedy Festival, where he performed in 2012, 2013, 2015, and 2016. There he was noticed by comedians and talent scouts who helped him launch sold-out stand-up tours in Australia, Hong Kong, and Canada.
Trevor Noah was among the many who loved Ronny's work at the JFL Festival and hired him for Comedy Central's 'The Daily Show' where he's been a correspondent since 2015. Back in Australia, Ronny co-created and starred in the sit-com 'Ronny Chieng: International Student', which aired in the US on Comedy Central and was based on his law school experiences. In 2016, he was named one of Variety's 10 Comics to Watch. In 2018, Ronny starred as Eddie Cheng in the blockbuster Warner Bros. film 'Crazy Rich Asians'. Ronny can most recently be seen in the Amazon film, 'Bliss' opposite Owen Wilson and Salma Hayek and Warner Bros.'s Godzilla v. Kong'.
Ronny's stand-up has been televised on four Australian specials and NBC's 'Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon'. He recently released his first Netflix Special, 'Ronny Chieng: Asian Comedian Destroys America!'.- Actress
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Lissie was born on 21 November 1982 in Rock Island, Illinois, USA. She is an actress and composer, known for Footloose (2011), Hall Pass (2011) and Paranoia (2013).- Actress
- Writer
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An English actress of stage, screen and television, sister to
Hayley Mills and daughter of Sir
John Mills, Juliet first came to
notice in films, actually after her sister Hayley started her career.
Juliet, however, was first plucked onto the screen and signing a
contract with Warner Brothers and taking small roles in comedies like
Nurse on Wheels (1963) and
Carry on Jack (1964). It wasn't
until 1966, when Juliet Mills started getting attention in her role
opposite James Stewart and
Maureen O'Hara in the western
film The Rare Breed (1966). She
continued in television in the seventies as a recurring guest star on
The Love Boat (1977),
Wonder Woman (1975) and
Fantasy Island (1977). She got
her first starring television series,
Nanny and the Professor (1970),
in 1970, co-starring Richard Long,
the series was top-rated, but was shortly canceled after two seasons by
ABC. She hit the screen again in 1974, playing the possessed "Jessica
Barrett" in the Italian horror film
Beyond the Door (1974) ("Beyond the Door") for
Film Ventures International, but it was pulled from theaters because it
resembled The Exorcist (1973), even
though it was becoming a box office hit. She didn't get very many roles
after that and continued in television through the eighties. She did a
small part in
Waxwork II: Lost in Time (1992)
and then played Juliette Lewis's
friendly maid in the 1999 major motion picture
The Other Sister (1999),
co-starring Diane Keaton and
Tom Skerritt. Juliet Mills has recently
been in the daytime drama (soap opera)
Passions (1999), playing "Tabitha",
the witch. She is married to actor
Maxwell Caulfield.- A graduate of Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Art, Claire van der Boom is a Logie Award-winning actress who made her film debut in 2008, opposite Joel Edgerton in "The Square." She has since appeared in numerous acclaimed productions on stage and screen, including turns in HBO's "The Pacific" and Showtime's "Masters of Sex."
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Best known as Hammer Films' most seductive female vampire of the early
1970s, the Polish-born Pitt possessed dark, alluring features and a
sexy figure that made her just right for Gothic horror! Ingrid Pitt
(born Ingoushka Petrov) survived World War II and became a well-known
actress on the East Berlin stage, however, she did not appear on screen
until well into her twenties. She appeared in several minor roles in
Spanish films in the mid 1960s, mostly uncredited, before landing the
supporting role of undercover agent "Heidi", assisting
Clint Eastwood and
Richard Burton defeat the Third
Reich in
Where Eagles Dare (1968).
Her exotic looks and eastern European accent came to the notice of
Hammer executives who cast Pitt as vampiress "Mircalla" in the sensual
horror thriller
The Vampire Lovers (1970). The
film was a box office success with its blend of horror and sexual
overtones, and Pitt was a beautiful, yet ferocious bloodsucker. Next
up, Pitt was cast by Amicus Productions as another gorgeous vampire in
the episode entitled "The Cloak" in the superb
The House That Dripped Blood (1971).
This time, Ingrid played an actress appearing in horror films alongside
screen vampire Jon Pertwee, but then later
reveals herself to be a real vampire keen on recruiting fresh blood.
Ingrid donned the fangs for her third vampire film in a row,
Countess Dracula (1971) which
was loosely based around the legend of the 16th century bloodthirsty
Countess Elizabeth Bathory. Whilst not as successful, as the two prior
outings, Ingrid Pitt had firmly established
herself as one of the key ladies of British horror of the 1970s. She
then appeared in the underrated at the time - now widely regarded as a classic - The Wicker Man (1973) as an
uncooperative civil servant annoying
Edward Woodward in his search for a
missing child. Further work followed in
The Final Option (1982), as "Elvira"
in the adaptation of the John le Carré
Cold War thriller
Smiley's People (1982),
Wild Geese II (1985) and
The Asylum (2000).
Ingrid Pitt made regular appearances at horror conventions and fan
gatherings, had penned several books on her horror career, and she
relished talking to fans about her on screen vampiric exploits.
Ingrid's fan club is known as the "Pitt of Horror"! A much loved and
genuine cult figure of modern horror cinema, she died on November 23,
2010, just two days after her 73rd birthday.- Mariana Treviño was born on 21 November 1977 in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. She is an actress, known for A Man Called Otto (2022), Club de Cuervos (2015) and How to Break Up with Your Douchebag (2017).
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- Music Department
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Deborah Shelton was born on 21 November 1948 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Body Double (1984), Sins of the Night (1993) and Silk Degrees (1994).- Director
- Cinematographer
- Writer
Director/Producer/Writer) Andrew Davis is a filmmaker with a reputation for directing intelligent thrillers, most notably the Academy Award-nominated box-office hit The Fugitive (1993), starring Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones. The film received seven Academy Award nominations including Best Picture and earned Jones a Best Supporting Actor award. Davis garnered a Golden Globe nomination for Best Director and a Directors Guild of America nomination for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Direction. In reviewing "The Fugitive", film critic Roger Ebert commended Davis,
noting that he "transcends genre and shows an ability to marry action and artistry that deserves comparison with [Alfred Hitchcock], David Lean and Carol Reed. He paints with bold, visual strokes."
Davis is the son of parents who met in a repertory theater company in Chicago, where he was raised. His late father, Nathan Davis, worked on several of his films, including his role as Shia LaBeouf's grandfather in Holes (2011). Andy received his degree in journalism from the University of Illinois and began his work in motion pictures as an assistant cameraman to renowned cinematographer and director Haskell Wexler on the 1969 classic Medium Cool (1969). Wexler's ultra-realistic approach was to have a great influence on Davis, who then became a director of photography on numerous award-winning television commercials and documentaries, including 15 studio and independent features. In 1976, joined by many of his fellow cinematographers, Davis challenged the IATSE union's restrictive studio roster system in a landmark class-action suit that forced the industry to open its doors to young technicians in all crafts.
Davis made his directorial debut in 1978 with the critically acclaimed independent musical Stony Island (1978), which he also co-wrote and produced. The thriller The Final Terror (1983) was Davis' sophomore project, for producer Joe Roth, which starred then- newcomers Darryl Hanah, Joe Pantoliano, Rachel Ward and Adrian Zmed. Davis then co-wrote the screenplay for Harry Belafonte's rap musical Beat Street (1984) before moving into the director's chair full-time for Mike Medavoy and Orion Pictures on the Chuck Norris classic Code of Silence (1985). Davis directed, co-produced and co-wrote Steven Seagal's feature film debut, Above the Law (1988), for Warner Brothers. The Package (1989), (Orion) followed, directed by Davis and starring Gene Hackman and Tommy Lee Jones. Davis went on to direct 1992's top grossing picture, Under Siege (1992), for Warner Brothers, a classic action film teaming Steven Seagal with Tommy Lee Jones.
Davis' other directorial credits include (for Warner Bros.) Collateral Damage (2002), starring Arnold Schwarzenegger; A Perfect Murder (1998), starring Michael Douglas, Gwyneth Paltrow and Viggo Mortensen; Chain Reaction (1996), starring Keanu Reeves, Morgan Freeman and Rachel Weisz; and Steal Big Steal Little (1995), starring Andy Garcia and Alan Arkin.
Davis next directed and produced "Holes", the feature film adaptation of Louis Sachar's beloved Newberry Medal and National Book Award-winning children's novel. Starring Shia Labeouf, Sigourney Weaver, Jon Voight and Patricia Arquette and released by the Walt Disney Company, "Holes" was named one of the 100 Best Family Films. It has been praised by audiences of all ages, furthering Davis' reputation as a director with a wide range. A.O. Scott's review in "The New York Times" called it "the best film released by an American studio so far this year".
In 2000, Davis completed the Disney/Touchstone feature film The Guardian (2006), which honors the true heroes of the ocean, the Rescue Swimmers of the U.S. Coast Guard. Kevin Costner and Ashton Kutcher portray heroic swimmers committed to the personal and physical sacrifices necessary to save the lives of those stranded helplessly in the sea. In an unforgettable instance of life imitating art, the film's New Orleans production was halted due to the ravages of Hurricane Katrina. The staff of U.S. Coast Guard advisors to the production left to help rescue 35,000 people in the wake of one of the worst natural disasters in American history.
Presently, Davis is developing several projects through his Santa Barbara based production company, Chicago Pacific Entertainment, including: Silvers Gold - A Return to Treasure Island, a modern retelling of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic, adapting the Gene Wilder novella My French Whore, Mentors - a series for worldwide television with a pilot episode examining the lives of two legendary photographers.
Davis recently completed his first novel, alongside writer Jeff Biggers, Disturbing the Bones, a geopolitical thriller involving the world threatening discovery of rouge weapons found in Southern Illinois by a Chicago detective and a young female archaeologist set for release in summer 2024 by Melville House Publishing.
2023 saw both the 20th anniversary of Holes and the 30th anniversary of a newly remastered version of The Fugitive (1993) overseen by Davis at Warner Bros slated for a limited rerelease in theaters in spring 2024 with a global release on 4K UHD disc in November 2023.
In November 2023, Davis' first film, Stony Island (1978) celebrates its 45th anniversary with a theatrical screening at the Gene Siskel Center in Chicago before its North American digital debut on major VOD platforms and DVD.- Actor
- Producer
- Director
Brian McNamara is a character actor, director and producer who has made
over 100 TV and film appearances. His first major role was in the
Garry Marshall comedy drama
The Flamingo Kid (1984) with
Matt Dillon. He then went on to star
opposite Ally Sheedy and
Steve Guttenberg in the
John Badham science fiction project
Short Circuit (1986), which
performed well at the box office. The following year he put in a solid
lead performance as Dean Karny in the thriller
Billionaire Boys Club (1987):
the film was based on an actual event and co-starred
Judd Nelson and
John Stockwell.
Brian switched easily into slapstick comedy next with a supporting role
in Caddyshack II (1988), where he
shared the screen with veteran comedians
Dan Aykroyd,
Chevy Chase, and
Jackie Mason. He helped
Jeff Daniels and
John Goodman battle grossly mutated
spiders in the Frank Marshall
horror comedy Arachnophobia (1990),
and shined in the romantic comedy
Mystery Date (1991) opposite
Ethan Hawke and
Teri Polo.
Since then he has maintained a steady career in film - most notably a
great performance in the independent film
The Legend of Tillamook's Gold (2006)- and has notched up countless appearances in quality TV shows like
Monk (2002),
Ghost Whisperer (2005), a
lead role in
Manhattan, AZ (2000) and, more
recently, starred in
Army Wives (2007).
Brian made his directorial debut with the thriller
Lost Signal (2006), which he also
starred in. He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for his
performance in
Billionaire Boys Club (1987).- Actress
- Director
- Writer
Lindsey Haun was born in Los Angeles in 1984. She started acting when
she was 3 in a Little Caesars commercial. Desperate Rescue: The Cathy Mahone Story (1993) was the first
of her many movies, and a fan made a fansite for her which recently
became her official site. Her talent was really noticed in the Disney
Channel original movie The Color of Friendship (2000), and she became a Movie Surfer,
which she is to this day.- Actor
- Additional Crew
- Editorial Department
Sean Schemmel is an American voice actor who is most well known for voicing Goku in the English-language versions of the Dragon Ball franchise. Aside from Goku, Sean also voiced Black Doom from Shadow the Hedgehog, Gonard from Kappa Mikey, Goku Black and King Kai from Dragon Ball, Lucario from Pokémon, Helmeppo and Hatchan from One Piece, 1984 Raphael from TMNT: Turtles Forever, Nobody from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 cartoon), and Batman from The Dark Knight Rises video game.- Actress
Nimra Bucha was born on 21 November 1980. She is an actress, known for Manto (2015), Ms. Marvel (2022) and Churails (2020).- Actor
- Producer
- Writer
Actor Ryan Carnes has amassed numerous credits over the years, including roles in the smash hit ABC series "Desperate Housewives," and Clint Eastwood's LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA. Most recently, Carnes starred in the Hulu Holiday film CUPID FOR CHRISTMAS, streaming on the platform.
Carnes grew up on a farm outside a small rural town in Illinois. As an only child, he spent much of his time in nature, exploring the acres of woods that surrounded his family's property. Beyond that, he dedicated his formative years to academics, basketball, baseball, and drumming. In addition to film and television, Carnes has been diving into songwriting and aims to release a full length record with music partner Vanessa Silberman in 2022.
The Illinois native first discovered acting at Duke University, where he majored in Public Policy. He set aside his original plans for law school in order to pursue acting in Los Angeles, where he immediately landed the role of Justin on season 1 of ABC's mega hit TV series "Desperate Housewives," alongside Eva Longoria and Shawn Pyfrom.
From there, he continued to book steady work that brought him international recognition. He made an extended appearance on the legendary British sci-fi series "Doctor Who," as the popular character Laszlo (forever commemorated through an actual action figure, sculpted in his likeness). He fulfilled his childhood dream of dawning superhero tights in the title role in the SYFY limited run series "The Phantom." In 2016, Carnes took a turn as a troubled wanderer in the 2016 short film titled, "The Golden Year," written and directed by Salvador Paskowitz (THE AGE OF ADELINE). Carnes also starred opposite Mexican superstar Omar Chaparro in LA BODA DE VALENTINA, one of Mexico's top 10 grossing films of all time.
As a creative artist, Carnes' lent his voice to the development of the Paramount+ hit "Why Women Kill," Season 3. He will also serve as producer.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Daniella Pick was born on 21 November 1983 in Ramat Ha-Sharon, Israel. She is an actress, known for Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019), Pick Up (2005) and M.K. 22 (2004). She has been married to Quentin Tarantino since 28 November 2018. They have two children.- Actress
- Writer
- Producer
The daughter of Judy Garland and
producer Sidney Luft, and the half-sister of
Liza Minnelli, Lorna Luft was born in 1952
in Santa Monica, California. According to her autobiography, "Me and My
Shadows" (1998), she and her younger brother
Joey Luft lived an idyllic childhood in Bel
Air, oblivious to any problems that may have arisen regarding her
mother's ongoing drug addiction and her parents' marriage. By the time
she was 12, however, her parents were divorced, and she was forced to
face her mother's serious drug problem head-on. But she stuck with her
mother, because she knew that Garland truly loved her children when not
under the influence of the drugs. She became her mother's care-giver,
administering the medication she needed to function, carefully
monitoring the amount she took, and dealing with her whenever her
behavior got out of control. Eventually, however, she couldn't take it
anymore and had a mental breakdown. As painful as it was for her, she
and her brother left her mother and went to live with their father.
Several months later, Garland overdosed and died. Lorna was crushed and
guilty, having a hard time coming to terms with the fact that her
mother's death was inevitable, and would have happened had she been
there or not. Lorna soon followed in her mother and sister's footsteps
to a show business career. She became a professional singer, though
never quite reaching the success her mother and sister had in that
field. She also appeared on Broadway in "Promises, Promises" and
"Snoopy", in a summer stock production of "Grease" and in a national
tour of "Guys and Dolls". She hasn't made many films. The ones she has
made include Grease 2 (1982), the
disastrous sequel to the film version of "Grease", and the beach party
film
Where the Boys Are (1984),
as well as small appearances in Studio 54 (1998) and
My Giant (1998). In 1985, she took a
supporting role in the sitcom
Trapper John, M.D. (1979)
as a nurse, but a year and a half later, the show ended its seven-year
run. In the 70's and
80's, she also experienced a drug addiction to cocaine, but is now drug-free. She claims she has had to
face her sister Liza's drug addictions, as well, and helped to get her
into the Betty Ford
Center once. She was married to rocker
Jake Hooker, who later became her
manager, but despite two children, the marriage was not happy. They are
now divorced, and she lives in California with her children and her
second husband, musician Colin Freeman. Currently (1999), plans are in
full swing for a miniseries to be made from her book. She will serve as
executive producer on the project.- Actor
- Producer
- Soundtrack
Gaunt, wavy-haired Sicilian-American character actor Joseph Campanella seemed to pop up in just about every second TV series and telemovie of the 1960s and 70s. A tireless veteran of stage and screen, he remained very much in demand well into his eighties. His older brother Frank was also an actor. The son of a musician, Campanella began his flirtation with show biz as a teenage sports announcer for a small Pennsylvania radio station. He served in the U.S. Navy during the Second World War, where, at 18, he commanded a landing craft. Campanella initially studied architecture, earned a Bachelor of Arts in English literature and studied for a Master's Degree in speech and drama at Columbia University. His stage career began at the Colonial Theatre in Boston in 1954. He subsequently relocated from New York to Hollywood. Beginning with anthology television in 1952, he amassed numerous guest credits and even had a recurring role as Lew Wickersham (the suave, scientifically-minded head of the Intertect detective agency) in Mannix (1967), for which he received an Emmy Award nomination. For the better part of his career, Campanella was cast as priests (a standout role was that of Father Corelli in The Invaders (1967) episode "Storm"), police officers or doctors. He had a knack for playing characters of a volatile or tortured disposition. Campanella appeared on many daytime soap operas, including a lengthy spell on The Bold and the Beautiful (1987) and the short-lived Dynasty spin-off The Colbys (1985). As narrator, he provided the voice for National Geographic specials (for each episode some eight hours of voice-over were taped, though only fifty minutes were actually used), as well as doing commercials for BMW and the National Automotive Parts Association. On Broadway his roles have included "Captain and the Kings," "Hot Spot," "Born Yesterday," and "The Caine Mutiny".- Music Artist
- Composer
- Actress
Born in 1965 in the Icelandic capital city of Reykjavik, the daughter
of Gudmundur Gunnarsson (an electrician) and Hildur Hauksdóttir who
divorced before her second birthday, Björk grew up in a hippie-type
community with her mother and her seven siblings. She started to study
classical music at the age of 5 and released her first album in 1977
(mainly traditional Icelandic folk songs and international hits
translated to Icelandic) when she was only 11. During her teenage years
Björk became involved in several bands, most of them punk: Spit & Snot
(1977), Exodus (1979-80), Jam 80 (1980), Tappi Tíkarrass (1981-83)
(featured the documentary
Rock in Reykjavik (1982)) and
Kukl (1984-86). She then formed the pop group The Sugarcubes with
Einar Örn Benediktsson and
Sigtryggur Baldursson and
eventually other members Þór Eldon (with whom
she had a son in 1986),
Margrét Örnólfsdóttir and
Bragi Ólafsson. The band released its
first single in 1986 and its first album, "Life's Too Good", in 1988,
and discovered international success, especially in UK. While touring
in the US with the Sugarcubes, Björk met Boris Acosta, a music
connoisseur and now a film producer and director, who told her she
would be very successful in the years to come. She was shocked to hear
that and gracefully thanked him for his sweet words. During her
Sugarcubes years, Björk also collaborated with the Icelandic jazz group
Gudmundar Ingólfssonar Trio for the album "Gling-Glo" in 1990, and
featured 808 State's "Ooops", which was the start of her electronic
music interest. The Sugarcubes eventually split after a few albums in
1992 and in 1993. Björk released her first solo album, "Debut", in
collaboration with producer Nellee Hooper.
The worldwide success of the album (nearly 3 million copies sold) made
possible her second album, "Post", in 1995, also with help of not only
Nellee Hooper but techno gurus
Graham Massey (from 808 State),
Howie B. and
Tricky, followed by the remix album
"Telegram" the year after. After some problems in the UK, where she
lived, she decided to go to Spain to record her third album,
"Homogenic", released in 1997. Her main collaborators were the
'Icelandic String Octet', Mark Bell
(from LFO), Mark Stent and again Howie B, and
the album may be her most electronic. After Danish director
Lars von Trier discovered her in the
music video of "It's Oh So Quiet", he asked her to play the main role
and to compose the music for his new movie
Dancer in the Dark (2000). She
won the Best Actress Prize in the Cannes Festival, and said that it
would be her only cinema performance (although she'd already acted in
the Icelandic movie
The Juniper Tree (1990)) because
it was too painful for her and because she considered herself a music
artist and not a cinema artist. The original soundtrack was re-worked
by her before being released as an album under the title "Selmasongs"
in September 2000 (including a new version of the duet song "I've Seen
it All" with Thom Yorke). Her fourth album,
probably the most quiet, "Vespertine", featured a chamber orchestra, an
Icelandic choir and harpist Zeena Parkins,
and was also a successful collaboration with Matmos. She then
successively released a book of photos and texts, series of DVD, a
Greatest Hits album and two special boxes ("Family Tree" and "Björk
Box"). She also took time to marry artist
Matthew Barney, with whom she had
a daughter in 2002. In August 2004 she composed and sang "Oceania" for
the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games in Athens. This song was
featured on her fifth album, "Medúlla", released about two weeks after
the ceremony. It is mostly made with vocals and some titles are close
to experimental music, featuring choirs, Inuit singer
Tanya Tagaq, Japanese artist
Dokaka,
Robert Wyatt,
Rahzel and
Mike Patton, but also
collaborating again with programmers Matmos, Mark Bell and Mark "Spike"
Stent.- Tiny Ron was born on 21 November 1947 in Torrance, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Last Man Standing (1996), Road House (1989) and Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994). He died on 28 November 2019 in Santa Clarita, California, USA.
- Actor
- Writer
- Producer
Laurence Luckinbill was born on 21 November 1934 in Fort Smith, Arkansas, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989), Cocktail (1988) and Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie (1993). He has been married to Lucie Arnaz since 22 June 1980. They have three children. He was previously married to Robin Strasser.- Actor
- Producer
- Writer
Mousa Kraish was raised in the Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn in New
York City. His family owned a small grocery in the heart of Flatbush,
Brooklyn where he worked while attending Brooklyn College. He gained a
B.F.A in creative writing and a B.A. in film. He went on to work as a
photographer and cinematographer for numerous media companies and went
on to start to build a career as a Music Video Director.
In 2002, he attended the Atlantic Theater Company where he studied with
Robert Bella through the studio
conservatory for two years. Afterwards, he acted mostly in downtown
spaces and black boxes, finding artistic homes with groups such as the
Barrow Group and The Drilling Company. In 2005,
Steven Spielberg cast him in
Munich (2005), starring
Eric Bana and
Daniel Craig.
Justin Lin cast him in his fourth feature,
Finishing the Game (2007),
which went on to premiere at the 2007 Sundance and San Francisco Film
Festivals.
Since then, he has appeared in several independent and television
films, as well as features, including such luminaries as
Mike Nichols,
Greg Mottola,
Judd Apatow and
Al Pacino. Other directors include
Sidney Lumet,
Steven Spielberg, and
Todd Solondz. In 2005, he made his
Off-Broadway debut in the Obie Award nominated play, Pentecost. Stage
directors include Seth Barrish, Joe Clancy
and Olga George.
Since his move to Los Angeles, he has been directing numerous projects
including his current feature,
How to Make a Dollarbill in Brooklyn (2009).- Actress
- Soundtrack
Ms. Blaine is most noted for having portrayed Miss Adelaide, the
long-suffering, perpetually engaged chorus girl, in the Broadway and
film versions of
Guys and Dolls (1955). She
originated the role in 1950 on Broadway and stopped the show each night
with her rendition of "Adelaide's Lament," in which she complains about
having a bad cold because of her long engagement to gambler Nathan
Detroit. Ms. Blaine also originated roles on Broadway in "Say Darling"
and "Enter Laughing." She also starred on Broadway in "Hatful of Rain,"
"Company," and, briefly, in "Zorba." She starred in many national
tours, including "A Streetcar Named Desire," "Don't Drink the Water,"
"Hello Dolly," and "Gypsy." Before going to Broadway, Ms. Blaine was a
starlet at 20th Century-Fox, appearing in many musical comedy films,
including Jitterbugs (1943),
Greenwich Village (1944), and
State Fair (1945). In the mid 1950s,
Ms. Blaine reprised her role as Adelaide in the film version of
Guys and Dolls (1955) with
Frank Sinatra and
Marlon Brando. After her Broadway
appearance in "Company" in 1972, she appeared on national television at
the 25th Tony anniversary special. This led to a revival of her TV
career, and she continued to appear in guest roles on TV and in
independent films and theater until her retirement in 1984.- Actor
- Producer
- Writer
Paul W. Downs is an American actor, writer, and director. He is best known for his portrayal of Trey Pucker on the Comedy Central series Broad City and as a co-creator, show-runner, and actor on the HBO Max series Hacks, for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series. Downs has been creating digital shorts with Lucia Aniello since the pair met in 2007 at the Upright Citizens Brigade. In 2012 they made a web series called Paulilu Mixtape for Above Average Productions, a division of Broadway Video.- Actor
- Producer
- Soundtrack
Burly American character actor Ralph Meeker first acted on stage at his
alma mater, Northwestern University, alongside other budding performers
Charlton Heston and
Patricia Neal. He graduated as a
music major because his dean had discouraged him from pursuing a
theatrical career. Ignoring that advice, Meeker nevertheless moved to
New York to study method acting and performing in local stock
companies. After being injured during a brief wartime stint with the
navy and consequently discharged from active duty, Meeker went overseas
to play his part in entertaining the troops as a member of the USO. He
finally
arrived on Broadway in 1945 and was given small roles in two plays
produced by
José Ferrer,
making his stage debut in "Strange Fruit". He was still relatively unknown in
1947 when he replaced Marlon Brando as
Stanley Kowalski in "A Streetcar Named Desire" two years later, in the process giving
a commanding and critically acclaimed performance. After playing
Kowalski in the touring company of 'Streetcar', Meeker was again critically
acclaimed for his part in the original production of "Mister Roberts" .
As a result, he had several European motion picture offers and elected
to play the role of an army sergeant in
Teresa (1951), co-starring
Pier Angeli. That same year, he was in
another continental drama shot on location in Switzerland, entitled
Four in a Jeep (1951). After a
two-year sojourn at MGM, Meeker returned to Broadway to star as the
swaggering, likable, larger-than-life rogue Hal Carter in
William Inge's play "Picnic" on Broadway.
His performance not only was highly praised by reviewers like
Brooks Atkinson but also won him the
New York Critics Circle Award. In later years, Meeker claimed to have
spurned Columbia's offer of reprising his role on screen because he
disdained being shackled by a studio contract. In any case, the prize
role went to William Holden, and
Meeker ended up being consigned for the next thirty years to provide support (with the odd exception) as hard- nosed
guys on either side of the law (or bullies with a yellow streak). He did, nonetheless, leave his
mark with several top-notch performances.
One of his best early screen roles was that of the disgraced ex-Union
officer Roy Anderson in
Anthony Mann's brilliant revenge
western The Naked Spur (1953). As
one of four men stripped of humanity by greed and hatred (the others
were James Stewart,
Robert Ryan and
Millard Mitchell), Ralph Meeker gave a
convincing portrayal of a cynical and callous opportunist.
Meeker's defining role was that of Mike Hammer in
Kiss Me Deadly (1955). The film
was unusual in that Hammer was played -- unlike the gumshoes
of previous films noir -- as a basically unsavoury character. His was one of the
first antiheroes who began to appear in films of the
1960s. Under the direction of Robert Aldrich,
Meeker's characterisation as Mike Hammer effectively contrasted a
smooth, handsome facade with an undercurrent of arrogance, unmitigated
ruthlessness and greed. After the film was released, it ran into
censorship trouble, the Kefauver Commission labelling it the Number One
Menace to American Youth for 1955. While "Kiss Me Deadly" acquired a
cult following over the years, it certainly failed to advance the
career of Ralph Meeker.
He did, however, manage to get second billing for the part of Corporal
Paris, one of three World War I French infantry men randomly selected
for execution (because their regiment had refused a suicidal mission)
in Stanley Kubrick's harrowing
anti-war drama
Paths of Glory (1957). He gave
another finely etched performance through his character's gradual
deterioration from swaggering bravado to abject fear. Also that year,
Meeker played a snarling, Indian-hating Yankee officer in
Run of the Arrow (1957) and
co-starred as Jane Russell's
unlikely kidnapper in the failed
Norman Taurog comedy
The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown (1957).
In between numerous television appearances during the
'60s, Meeker returned to the stage as
member of the Lincoln Centre Repertory Theatre, where he was reunited with Elia Kazan
(who had directed him in
'Streetcar') to act in Arthur Miller's
play "After the Fall" (1964-65). He also worked with Robert Aldrich
again in "The Dirty Dozen" and that same year with Roger Corman playing George
'Bugs' Moran (who Meeker allegedly
resembled), the Chicago mobster whose gang was famously 'rubbed out' by Al Capone in
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967).
After the decline of the studio system, Meeker found much gainful
employment in television and even had his own syndicated series,
Not for Hire (1959), playing a
tough Honolulu investigator. However, the show came up against the
similarly themed
Hawaiian Eye (1959) and only ran
to 39 episodes. Meeker then guest-starred on numerous other shows and
had noteworthy roles as, among others, a boorish tycoon who discovers a
prehistoric amphibious creature in
The Outer Limits (1963)
episode "The Tourist Attraction", an ex-cop turned derelict in
Ironside (1967) ('Price Tag: Death
Details'), and FBI agent Bernie Jenks in the TV pilot of
The Night Stalker (1972).
Add to that a gallery of snarling or harassed law enforcers from
The Girl on the Late, Late Show (1974)
to Brannigan (1975) and episodes of
Harry O (1973),
The Rookies (1972) and
Police Story (1973). Ralph
Meeker remained a much-in-demand character actor until his death of a
heart attack in August 1988.- Actor
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Sam Palladio was born on 21 November 1986 in Pembury, Kent, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Nashville (2012), Rebel (2021) and Humans (2015).- Actress
- Director
- Editor
Yasmine Al Massri is an international actress, contemporary artist and dancer. Born in Lebanon, from a Palestinian father and an Egyptian mother. At age 20, she moved to Paris to study, and graduated from the prestigious L'Ecole des Beaux Arts de Paris in Multimedia and live performances.
Her artistic interdisciplinary career began in dancing, when in 2000 she joined the Thouraya Baghdadi's Dance company in Paris. Inspired by great choreographers, she explored classical and innovative ways of performing Arab repertoire and opened herself to world folklore, Flamenco, Salsa and African dance. Shortly afterwards she created her own personal style of performance and directed herself in numerous performance videos that have been seen in performance arts festivals around the world.
Al Massri's first big break as an actress was in the award-winning Lebanese film "Caramel" written and directed by Nadine Labaki. At the 2007 Cannes Film Festival it generated tremendous critical acclaim and went on to be the most successful Arab film to date. It also got Al Massri a best actress award with the film's ensemble of actresses at the Abu Dhabi International Film Festival, and later a nomination at the Asia Pacific Screen Award 2007.
In 2008, director Najwa al Najjar cast Yasmine in the lead role of her award winning film "Pomegranates and Myrrh" alongside Hiam Abbass. The film opened at the Sundance Film Festival in 2009 and Yasmine went on to win the Youssef Chahine Best Actress award for her performance at the Rabat International Film Festival.
In 2010 Yasmine starred in Julian Schnabel's internationally acclaimed film," Miral", alongside Vanessa Redgrave, Hiam Abbas, Frieda Pinto and Willem Dafoe. Her latest movie "The Last Friday", won the best film award at the Dubai International Film Festival 2011.
More recently, Yasmine was seen as a series regular opposite John Malkovich in the NBC series Crossbones and also as a series regular in the ABC series Quantico.
In 2015, Variety included her on their list of breakout performances, which also included the likes of Rami Malek, Aziz Ansari, Titus Burgess, Taraji P. Henson, Ben Mendelsohn and more.- Jordan Warkol was born on 21 November 1986. He is an actor, known for The Little Rascals (1994), A Bug's Life (1998) and Walker, Texas Ranger (1993). He has been married to Sandra Melissa since 6 October 2018. They have one child.
- Actor
- Producer
- Production Designer
Rib Hillis is an accomplished actor, host, producer, and model, with a long and diverse career that only appears to be getting better. Rib began his career in front of the camera working as a much sought after model in Europe for such designers and publications as Versace, Armani, Hugo Boss, Ferré, Uomo Vogue, GQ, Esquire and Men's Health, not to mention countless national and international commercials and campaigns.
Deciding he had had enough of cappuccinos and croissants, Rib moved to Hollywood and soon got his start acting on the ABC soap opera Port Charles. Rib then moved on to primetime appearing in dozens of television shows, such as Ugly Betty, Two and a Half Men, CSI, Melissa and Joey, Bull, Eve, Angel and Modern Family to name a few.
Rib's talents are not limited to just the scripted genre, having found a real aptitude for hosting and non-scripted reality genre. He was an on camera talent as a designer on the Emmy winning hit ABC show Extreme Makeover: Home Edition followed up by A&E's $100 Makeover. He has hosted several shows for various networks, interviewed talent at film premieres & red carpet events & had exclusive backstage access with top talent on shows like Dick Clarks Rockin' New Years Eve for ABC.com.
Rib has also found success on the big screen, playing roles in the award winning films Grooms Cake, and its sequel Birthday Cake, Taos, the spanish language film Propiedad Ajena, Life's a Beach, & Syfy's Dinocroc vs. Supergator, Piranhaconda & Sharktopus vs. Pteracuda. His latest films released on Netflix & Amazon include Cowboys vs. Dinosaurs, Doggone Christmas , Timber The Treasure Dog & Shockwave which he also co-produced.
Hillis has proven his talents behind the camera, co-producing & assistant directing the horror comedy feature, Sorority Party Massacre, producing & starring in 616: Paranormal Incident and the psychological thriller Haunting of the Innocent. Recently Rib has been seen on the ION network in A Christmas Cruise & as the lead of Lifetime Movie Network's "The Wrong Man".
In another natural progression in his career, Rib has started his own production company Speed Merchant Productions producing film, live events, & talent.- Folk singer and musical performer who worked professionally while
living in England. He later turned to acting, but continues to write
and sing. Matthews is noted for having made two significant historical
firsts. While on combat duty during the Vietnam War, Matthews became
the first black Marine to be meritoriously promoted to the rank of
Sergeant (E-5). Williams was also the first "black voice" on England's
national station, 'Radio 1.' - Actor
- Producer
- Soundtrack
James A. Watson, Jr. Biography as of Nov. 9, 2014.
Mr. Watson has enjoyed a working career through four decades in San Francisco, New York and Hollywood. Having trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (Visiting the U.S.) James has performed with major theater companies such as "The American Conservatory Theater" in San Francisco, and "The Mark Taper Forum" in Los Angeles. Mr. Watson has directed and Produced with his own theater company, appeared in 12 feature films, guest starred and appeared in over 90 television shows, commercials, T.V. films and mini-series. "In the 1970's through the 1980's Mr. Watson established himself as an "A list" actor in demand by the networks, when few roles existed for minority actors. Throughout his experience, Mr. Watson has been nominated for an NAACP Image Award, received a variety of honors and fortunate to co-star with the celebrated talents of Edward G. Robinson, Leslie Caron, Michael Crichton, Mary Tyler Moore, Jamie Foxx, Tom Selleck, Candice Bergen, Redd Foxx, Rob Reiner, James Coburn, Jeff Bridges and Sidney Poitier.
Mr. Waston is still pleasing his fans. Most recent stage work (2014) was in "Blue Print To Freedom: An ode To Bayard Rustin" directed by Phylicia Rashad at the La Jolla Playhouse, Death of A Salesman at South Coast Repertory Theater an and August Wilson's "Jitney" performed at The South Coast repertory Theater and The Pasadena Playhouse to superlative reviews and recognition by critic Charles McNulty as one of the ten best plays in America in 2012 and the winner of two Los Angeles Drama Circle Awards. Coming to television 2015 is "The Whitney and Bobby Story, The Whitney Houston Story" (playing her father John Houston) directed by Angela Bassett.
As a writer, Mr. Watson has worked with or developed projects for Dick Berg, Viacom, Productions, Arsenio Hall Productions, exec. producer Charles Johnson (Magnun P.I., Jag, N.C.I.S.) and others. Mr. Watson's production company, Vision Entertainment enjoys a collaboration with Emmy-winning executive producer Renee Valente. Together they are developing feature films, stage and television projects.- Actress
- Sound Department
- Writer
Dahlia Salem was born in New York City, New York, USA. Dahlia is an actor and writer, known for ER (1994), S.W.A.T. (2017) and Criminal Minds (2005).- Sara Tanaka was born in Huntington, New York, USA. Sara is an actor, known for Rushmore (1998), Old School (2003) and Imaginary Heroes (2004).
- Barbara Rütting was born Waltraut Irmgard Goltz in Wietstock (Brandenburg), the daughter of teachers. She grew up and went to school in Berlin and Luckenwalde in Brandenburg. After matriculating, she moved to Denmark where she sought employment and worked variously as a maid, as a librarian and as a translator. Following the end of World War II, Barbara returned to Berlin to study drama (abandoning her dream of becoming a medical doctor). In 1952, she made her screen debut in Postlagernd: 'Turteltaube' (1952) (promoted at the time as 'a comedy against fear') followed four years later by appearances on the German and Austrian stage. During this phase of her career, she came to specialise in women wrestling with difficult sociopolitical situations or affairs of the heart. Her roles ranged from naive heroines in Heimat films to self-assured ladies in more demanding fare. The latter included Helmut Käutner's The Last Bridge (1954). Her role as a Serbian student and member of a group of wartime partisans won her critical plaudits and the film itself was described as 'international masterclass' by a reviewer of the Welt publication.
Barbara subsequently starred as the eponymous heroine in the second remake of the perennial Heimat-film classic Die Geierwally (1956) (though not surpassing the definitive 1940 performance by Heidemarie Hatheyer). She co-starred as an aggressive reporter investigating a case of gang rape by a quartet of G.I.'s in Town Without Pity (1961), an American, Swiss, and West German international co-production, headlining Kirk Douglas and E.G. Marshall as opposing councils. Her later filmography encompassed diverse characters in films of widely varying genres and quality: Deadly Decision (1954) (as double agent Irene von Harbeck), Operation Crossbow (1965) (a supporting role, as German aviatrix Hanna Reitsch), River of Evil (1963) (a leading role, as a girl trying to solve the mystery of her father's death in the Amazon jungle), Der Zinker (1963), Das Phantom von Soho (1964) and Again the Ringer (1965) (a trio of Edgar Wallace-based crime thrillers with Rütting as the nominal female lead), plus heroines from the classics and historical figures including Lysistrata, Turandot and Madame Caillaux. On the stage she echoed the latter with roles in plays by Schiller, Ibsen and Strindberg.
Rütting retired from acting in 1984 and devoted her life to philanthropic environmental and animal-related causes (she was a vocal opponent of animal testing by pharmaceutical companies). Beginning in 1970, she pursued a secondary career as an author of novels, books for children and cookbooks and by the following decade made regular contributions to the weekly Swiss magazine Die Weltwoche. She was married and divorced twice, taking the surname of her first husband. Her second spouse was the German journalist, socialist politician and ex-wartime fighter ace Heinrich von Einsiedel. - Actress
- Composer
- Producer
Rain Phoenix is the second child and first daughter born to Arlyn and John Bottom. At a young age, she and her brother River Phoenix were singing on the streets of South America for money for their growing family. As the years carried on, Rain became a big sister to brother, Joaquin, and sister, Liberty. When Arlyn was pregnant with Rain's youngest sister, Summer, the Bottom family were moving back to the United States and changed their name to 'Phoenix', to commemorate their new beginning. With a love of nature and animals, the Phoenixes decided to become vegans. A short while later, all five talented Phoenix children were signed to agent Iris Burton.
Over the years, Rain has starred along celebrities like Julia Stiles, Josh Hartnett and Uma Thurman. Her love of music has lead her to appear in such bands as Aleka's Attic, whom her brother River was also in, The Causey Way with her sister Summer and her band, The Paper Cranes with her husband, Michael Tubbs. She also toured with the Red Hot Chilli Peppers as a backup singer during their 'One Hot Minute' tour in 1996. A good friend of Michael Stipe, they have collaborated together on many projects (including the soundtrack to Happiness, and several REM songs).- Lisa McAllister was born in Scotland but raised in Surrey. She worked
as a model and in post-production before deciding upon acting.
She landed the title role in Sony's action film
The Number One Girl (2006)
opposite Vinnie Jones and roles in TV fare
such as Sea of Souls (2004),
The Bill (1984) and
Dream Team (1997) followed, as
well as comedic turns in the movies
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008)
and
Just for the Record (2010).
Lisa's appearance in the BBC's crime show
Sherlock (2010) was praised by The
Times as one of "the deftest comedy cameos of the year".