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- Michael Conner Humphreys is an American actor best known for playing young Forrest Gump in the 1994 film of the same name, a performance for which he was nominated for a Young Artist Award. Humphreys was born in the small town of Independence, Mississippi. In 1993, when he was eight years old, he attended an open casting call in Memphis, Tennessee for "a young Tom Hanks with light eyes and a quirky disposition." The casting team, particularly taken by his thick Southern accent, selected Humphreys to play the role of young Forrest Gump in the movie adaptation of Winston Groom's 1986 novel. As part of his preparation to play the character as an adult, Tom Hanks worked to emulate Humphreys's speech and mannerisms.
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Leslie Richard "Arliss" Howard is an American actor, screenwriter, and film director. He is known for his roles in the films Full Metal Jacket (1987), Tequila Sunrise (1988), The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997), The Time Traveler's Wife (2009), Moneyball (2011), and Mank (2020). Howard was born in Independence, Missouri and has a sister, Joy Howard, and two younger brothers, Jim Howard (b. 1956) and Kip Howard. He graduated from Truman High School and Columbia College in Columbia, Missouri.- Actress
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Ginger Rogers was born Virginia Katherine McMath in Independence, Missouri on July 16, 1911, the daughter of Lela E. Rogers (née Lela Emogene Owens) and William Eddins McMath. Her mother went to Independence to have Ginger away from her husband. She had a baby earlier in their marriage and he allowed the doctor to use forceps and the baby died. She was kidnapped by her father several times until her mother took him to court. Ginger's mother left her child in the care of her parents while she went in search of a job as a scriptwriter in Hollywood and later to New York City. Mrs. McMath found herself with an income good enough to where she could send for Ginger. Lelee became a Marine in 1918 and was in the publicity department and Ginger went back to her grandparents in Missouri. During this time her mother met John Rogers. After leaving the Marines they married in May, 1920 in Liberty, Missouri. He was transferred to Dallas and Ginger (who treated him as a father) went too. Ginger won a Charleston contest in 1925 (age 14) and a 4-week contract on the Interstate circuit. She also appeared in vaudeville acts which she did until she was 17 with her mother by her side to guide her. Now she had discovered true acting.
She married in March 1929, and after several months realized she had made a mistake. She acquired an agent and she did several short films. She went to New York where she appeared in the Broadway production of "Top Speed" which debuted Christmas Day, 1929. Her first film was in 1929 in A Night in a Dormitory (1930). It was a bit part, but it was a start. Later that year, Ginger appeared, briefly, in two more films, A Day of a Man of Affairs (1929) and Campus Sweethearts (1930). For awhile she did both movies and theatre. The following year she began to get better parts in films such as Office Blues (1930) and The Tip-Off (1931). But the movie that enamored her to the public was Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933). She did not have top billing, but her beauty and voice were enough to have the public want more. One song she popularized in the film was the now famous, "We're in the Money". Also in 1933, she was in 42nd Street (1933). She suggested using a monocle, and this also set her apart. In 1934, she starred with Dick Powell in Twenty Million Sweethearts (1934). It was a well-received film about the popularity of radio.
Ginger's real stardom occurred when she was teamed with Fred Astaire where they were one of the best cinematic couples ever to hit the silver screen. This is where she achieved real stardom. They were first paired in 1933's Flying Down to Rio (1933) and later in 1935's Roberta (1935) and Top Hat (1935). Ginger also appeared in some very good comedies such as Bachelor Mother (1939) and Fifth Avenue Girl (1939), both in 1939. Also that year, she appeared with Astaire in The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939). The film made money but was not anywhere successful as they had hoped. After that, studio executives at RKO wanted Ginger to strike out on her own.
She made several dramatic pictures, but it was 1940's Kitty Foyle (1940) that allowed her to shine. Playing a young lady from the wrong side of the tracks, she played the lead role well, so well in fact, that she won an Academy Award for her portrayal. Ginger followed that project with the delightful comedy, Tom, Dick and Harry (1941) the following year. It's a story where she has to choose which of three men she wants to marry. Through the rest of the 1940s and early 1950s she continued to make movies but not near the caliber before World War II. After Oh, Men! Oh, Women! (1957) in 1957, Ginger didn't appear on the silver screen for seven years. By 1965, she had appeared for the last time in Harlow (1965). Afterward, she appeared on Broadway and other stage plays traveling in Europe, the U.S., and Canada. After 1984, she retired and wrote an autobiography in 1991 entitled, "Ginger, My Story".
On April 25, 1995, Ginger died of natural causes in Rancho Mirage, California. She was 83.- Gerry Bamman was born on 18 September 1941 in Independence, Kansas, USA. He is an actor, known for Home Alone (1990), Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) and The Secret of My Success (1987).
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Born and raised In Independence, Ohio, young Kathrine Baumann was a varsity cheerleader, at Independence High School there. She cheered for eight years in both junior and senior high school. By 1970, Baumann would place first runner-up in the Miss America Pageant, excelling in the Talent and Swimsuit awards segments of the program. Using her Miss America scholarship funds, she then enrolled in filmmaking courses at UCLA and spent a summer studying abroad at Oxford University. Kathrine also studied acting under the auspices of the renowned actor Agnes Moorehead.
During her 15-year acting career, Kathrine guest-starred in a variety of television productions including M*A*S*H, Knight Rider, Simon and Simon, The Fall Guy, Fantasy Island, CHiPS, The Dukes of Hazzard, and several other TV shows and made for TV movies. The "Henry In Love" M*A*S*H episode written for Kathrine by Oscar-winning producer Larry Gelbart is ranked as one of the top three M*A*S*H episodes ever made.
In 1988, "Kathy Lynn" launched ''Kathrine Baumann Beverly Hills'', a jewelry store in Beverly Hills, CA, which eventually led to her becoming celebrated as the "Beverly Hills Bag Lady." The store creates pop-art/pro sports team themed handbags that have established her in the eyes of many around Hollywood as the "Queen of Hollywood's Red Carpet." Baumann has also been touted by CNN as the "female Andy Warhol". Her clients have ranged from Joan Rivers and Suzanne Somers to actress Bai Ling and Dionne Warwick.- Taylor Armstrong was born on 10 June 1971 in Independence, Kansas, USA. She is an actress, known for The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (2010), Couples Therapy (2012) and David Tutera's Celebrations (2014). She has been married to John H. Bluher since 4 April 2014. She was previously married to Russell Armstrong.
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Actor Daniel McVicar, with a base in Italy and Los Angeles, is an example of a Hollywood export that is embracing independent European production. His earlier success in television introduced him to worldwide audiences, but it is his worldwide travels that introduced him to international filmmakers. In 2012 he is working in Poland with director Jacek Bromski in his new film "One Small Step for a Man" and the Italian television success "Medico in Famiglia". He continues play roles in European projects in English and Italian.
One of 12 children raised in Colorado, Daniel McVicar originally came west to Los Angeles area to study at California Institute of the Arts, and in Hollywood studied with Stella Adler, Lee Strasberg, Paul Sills and Milton Katselas. He also studied in a Shakespeare Intensive at London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts.
On television in the United States he is known for his comedic appearances on "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson", his role as Rock Hudson in "The Elizabeth Taylor Story" and his role in "The Bold and the Beautiful".
He continues to work in Italy and Europe extensively, where he keeps a home. He appeared in many miniseries and films, working in Italian. Noteworthy projects have included "Men vs. Women" for Fausto Brizzi, the cult science fiction film "Dark Resurrection" and appearing as Diabolik in the cult video clip for the Italian musical group Tiromancino. A member of Mensa, he has been able to pick up enough language to work in Russian for award winning Russian director Dimitris Astrakhan's film "The Fourth Planet."
His company MagmaWave is based in Los Angeles and Torino, Italy, and has produced new media, full length "Making Of" documentaries, promotional videos, with feature films in development or TV Series, like Good and Evil (2009). He is also a producer, writer, and director, with his short film "Always a First Time" chosen as part of the best of the fest of the Salento Film Festival, and was a pioneer in online video with his award winning show and community LateNiteMash.- Stipe Miocic was born on 19 August 1982 in Independence, Ohio, USA. He is an actor, known for Acts of Violence (2018), American Violence (2017) and Billions (2016). He has been married to Ryan Marie Carney since 2016. They have one child.
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Mary Howard was born on 24 August 1914 in Independence, Kansas, USA. She was an actress, known for Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940), Billy the Kid (1941) and Thru Different Eyes (1942). She was married to Alfred De Liagre Jr.. She died on 6 June 2009 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.- Writer
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Paul Henning was born on 16 September 1911 in Independence, Missouri, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for The Beverly Hillbillies (1962), The Bob Cummings Show (1955) and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988). He was married to Ruth Henning. He died on 25 March 2005 in Burbank, California, USA.- Actress
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Sayra Player, a Missouri native and long time New Yorker, is a member of The Collective NY and The Actors Studio. She is also a published playwright. She has worked with theatre folk such as: Elizabeth Kemp, Harvey Keitel, Ellen Burstyn, Lee Grant, Estelle Parsons, Len Jenkin, Jay Schieb, Carlin Glynn, Lyle Kessler, Michael Christofer, Jim Simpson, Alexandre Marine, Polly Draper & Mac Wellman. She worked in Italy and Poland with the Workcenter of Jerzy Grotowski and Thomas Richard.
She attended the same high school as Arliss Howard.- Dean Webb was born on 28 March 1937 in Independence, Missouri, USA. He was an actor, known for The Andy Griffith Show (1960), Return to Mayberry (1986) and Playboy After Dark (1969). He died on 30 June 2018 in the USA.
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Bennie Bartlett was not only an actor but also an accomplished musician. In fact, he was such a child prodigy on the piano that, at eight years of age, he appeared in an RKO musical, Millions in the Air (1935), playing the piano. The next year he appeared in a short for Paramount, performing a composition he had written (at the age of nine!). The studio signed him to a contract soon afterwards. Bartlett began appearing with many of Paramount's biggest stars, and became such a hot property that he was often loaned out to other studios. By the early 1940s, though, he had reached the awkward age where he couldn't play juveniles anymore but wasn't quite ready for adult roles. The problem was solved when he joined the military during the war. After his enlistment was over he resumed his acting career, and was cast as a member of the gang in the Bowery Boys comedies. He exited the series in 1955, and shortly afterwards left the film business entirely.- Writer
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William (Motter) Inge brought small-town life in the American Midwest to Broadway with four successive dramatic triumphs: "Come Back Little Sheba" (1950), "Picnic" (1953; Pulitzer Prize), "Bus Stop" (1955) and "The Dark at the Top of the Stairs" (1957). With the exception of his Academy Award-winning screenplay for Splendor in the Grass (1961), his later plays and prose never achieved the success of his early work. Convinced he could no longer write, Inge fell into a paralyzing depression, which resulted in his suicide.- Actress
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Songwriter ("Let There Be Peace on Earth [Let it Begin With Me]"), composer, actress, writer, author and publisher, educated in junior college. She began her career as a radio actress, and in 1934 entered films. With her husband Sy Miller, she co-owned a music publishing company. Joining ASCAP in 1955, her chief musical collaborator was her husband, and her other popular-song compositions include "My Very Good Friend the Sandman", "I Like to Ride on My Bike", "Traffic Light Song", "Listen to the Wind", "Talk It Over With Your Heart", "Once Upon a Summertime", "High Upon a Mountain", "Still Small Voice", "Ask Your Heart to Show the Way", "Keep in Touch With Your Heavenly Father", and "Lord Loves a Laughin' Man". (Her well-known "Let There Be Peace on Earth" was used in the Crusade For Peace Program and also in a USIA film for Japan, and was awarded a George Washington Honor Medal from the Freedoms Foundation.)- Kelly Berning was born on 14 October 1977 in Independence, Kentucky, USA. She is an editor, known for Beyond Twisted (2009), TMZ on TV (2007) and The Amazing Race (2001).
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Shawn Rech is a documentary director and producer. He's most known for creating films that document wrongful convictions and over-sentencing. Three of his project's subjects have been released from prison. He also frequently examines the role of journalism in the justice system.
His first film, "A Murder in the Park" (Showtime/Netflix) was named to Time Magazine's list "The 15 most fascinating true crime stories ever told."- Ryan Rex was born on 5 July 1992 in Independence, Ohio. He was an actor, known for Bonnie & Clyde: Justified (2013), Underdogs (2013) and Speechless (2013). He died on 11 April 2014 in North Vernon, Indiana, USA.
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Marla Hanson was born on 18 June 1961 in Independence, Missouri, USA. She is a writer and producer, known for The Blackout (1997), The Addiction (1995) and The Funeral (1996). She has been married to Douglas Kenneth Howell since 7 June 1997. They have one child.- Actress
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Jennifer Lauren Seward was born in Independence, Missouri. She appeared in her first theater production in seventh grade and continued her pursuit throughout high school; ending her senior year on a high note by winning a Cappie Award for Best Ensemble in a Play. While in college, she transitioned to acting for the camera and filmmaking, which she has pursued professionally ever since. She graduated cum laude from the University of Missouri-Kansas City with a bachelor's degree in communication studies, a minor in theater, and a minor in sociology.
Jennifer has been a regular in the Kansas City market, acting and crewing for numerous projects over the years. She has also been involved in promoting the Kansas City entertainment industry by serving on the boards of various organizations: the Film Commission of Greater Kansas City, CinemaKC and the Independent Filmmakers Coalition of Kansas City.
Jennifer is proud of her roles in Found Wandering Lost (2022), and the first NFT movie, Lotawana (2022), which received a personal endorsement from Jason Momoa, as well as being cast as a series regular/lead in Black Zone. Other main supporting roles include the critically acclaimed, hit indie films I Am Lisa (2020) and The Stylist (2020).- Actress
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Helen Foster was born on 23 May 1906 in Independence, Kansas, USA. She was an actress, known for The Road to Ruin (1928), The Primrose Path (1931) and Is There Justice? (1931). She died on 25 December 1982 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Cherry Davis was born in Independence, Missouri, USA. She is known for The Return of the Living Dead (1985), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) and I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977).
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Melody McCord was born on 27 July 1946 in Independence, Missouri, USA. She was an actress, known for Death Becomes Her (1992) and Falcon Crest (1981). She died on 7 November 2004 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Writer
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Jim Butcher was born on 26 October 1971 in Independence, Missouri, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for The Dresden Files (2007), The Dresden Files: Peace Talks (2020) and The Dresden Files.- Larry Hooper was born on 22 June 1917 in Independence, Missouri, USA. He died on 10 June 1983 in Los Angeles, California, USA.