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June Diane Raphael is an American actress, comedian, and screenwriter. She has starred in TV comedy programs Burning Love, Adult Swim's NTSF:SD:SUV::, and Grace and Frankie. Notable film work includes supporting roles in Year One and Unfinished Business, as well as her 2013 Sundance film Ass Backwards, which she co-wrote and starred in with her creative partner Casey Wilson. She also co-hosts the movie discussion podcast How Did This Get Made? alongside Jason Mantzoukas and her husband Paul Scheer.- Actress
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A gorgeous, pneumatic blonde rival to pouty sex kitten Ann-Margret, singer/dancer/actress Joey Heatherton was also a product of the swinging 60s and taunted the film and TV variety scenes with her own version of a purring young sexpot. Born in 1944 as "Davenie Johanna Heatherton" and the daughter of veteran song-and-dance man Ray Heatherton (1909-1997), Joey trained in ballet as a youngster and started her career off as a teen performer on the New York stage as one of the children in "The Sound of Music". She also began recording about that same time. She went on to gain national exposure as a regular on Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1948), portraying an innocent young coed who developed a crush on the star. The gimmick worked and Joey eventually tried to parlay this success into an acting career.
The payoff worked. She started to appear in such TV dramas as The Virginian (1962), The Doctors and the Nurses (1962) and Route 66 (1960). For a time, she showed extreme promise, playing troubled, vulnerable, often neurotic young girls opposite cinema's established or up-and-coming talent of the day, including the films, Twilight of Honor (1963) with Richard Chamberlain and Nick Adams, Where Love Has Gone (1964) starring Bette Davis and Susan Hayward, and My Blood Runs Cold (1965) opposite Troy Donahue. The promise was short-lived, however, but since music was deemed her forte anyway, Joey wisely refocused on her musical gifts and went on to project a mod, sulky "Lolita" image fully-decked out in mini-skirts and go-go boots. A much better singer than Ann-Margret and an equally good dancer, she appealed to the male masses in droves with her high-octane dance moves and saucy glances as huge selling points. By the late 60s, the talented, all-round entertainer had developed into a solid Vegas showroom and TV variety favorite. On the plus side as well, she had soldiers swooning on both land and sea as she toured with Bob Hope on his USO tours. She proved quite fetching in the TV movie, The Ballad of Andy Crocker (1969) with Lee Majors, and was part of the eclectic casting in Of Mice and Men (1968) that toplined George Segal and Nicol Williamson. On top of all this, she was seductively pitching RC Cola and Serta mattresses in TV ads on a regular basis.
Joey's problems began in 1971, stemming with a major tabloid-troubled marriage and divorce from Lance Rentzel. The 70s also saw a radical change in audience taste as witnessed by her diminishing popularity. Despite showing extreme potential as a Billboard chart-maker with a "Top 40" pop hit in the Ferlin Husky song, "Gone", in 1972, Hollywood made it nearly impossible for her to escape the blast-from-the-past image, finding herself more and more unemployable as the decade wore on. She did enjoy a fun, short-lived fling on a summer variety series, that co-starred her beloved dad Ray Heatherton, (Joey & Dad (1975)).
Unfortunately, Joey encountered other problems in the throes of her career decline, with a life-threatening substance addiction and eating disorder which deeply hindered any game attempts to climb back into favor. She was crassly featured in the critically-panned Richard Burton starrer, Bluebeard (1972); portrayed Xaviera Hollander in the lurid The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington (1977) to little fanfare; and then pretty much disappeared, except as eccentric tabloid fodder or popping up unexpectedly in the cult John Waters film, Cry-Baby (1990), or the April 1997 Playboy spread.
On her side, however, she is a survivor and Hollywood has always encouraged big comeback stories. If anybody has ever proven to be a certifiable talent deserving of such, it's Joey Heatherton. She remains, however, a prime example of how devastating and destructive a fickle entertainment business can be.- Strikingly buxom, shapely and sensuous well-built brunette knockout Karen Velez was born on January 27, 1961 in Rockville Centre, Long Island, New York. Karen was the Playmate of the Month in the December, 1984 issue of "Playboy." She was named Playmate of the Year in 1985. Velez appeared in several "Playboy" videos and special edition publications (she was the cover model for the first issue of "Playboy's Playmate Review"). Karen married Lee Majors in September, 1988; the couple had three children prior to divorcing in October, 1994. Her daughter Nikki posed for a "Playboy" Cyber Club pictorial called "Playmate Daughters" in March, 2008. Karen Velez now works as a master hypnotist and certified hypnotherapist.
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A devoted Angelino, a native New Yorker (well...actually, Long Islander), Alan is proud that for the past 40 years, he has appeared in the homes and on the screens of people all over the United States and in the world.
In college, at Sarah Lawrence among the first 3 classes of men admitted to the school, Alan studied with Charles Carshon as well as with Irene and Sonia Moore in New York City. While at Sadie Lou, Alan also worked with Will Leach, John Braswell and Julie Bovaso, all renowned NY Theater artists and all sadly no long with us.
For graduate school, Alan attended the American Conservatory Theater during the glory days of William Ball, Allen Fletcher and Ed Hastings. Graduating with the first class of MFA artists in 1977, Alan met his wife the amazing Katherine James and together they founded Free Association Theater creating theater in SF Bay Area and in Los Angeles once they moved in 1982.
Alan is one of the most recognized and hardest working character actors in the business; having appeared as a Guest Star on more than 300 television shows and performing in several dozen films.
He also maintains an active theater career, always devoted to his roots as a classically trained repertory actor. Alan is a Resident Artist at A Noise Within in Pasadena and a proud company member of Theatricum Botanicum for the past 30 something years. He has performed most of the great Shakesperean clowns as well as many other classical and modern roles. Always counting on performing in 2-5 plays each year while maintaining an active film and television career. His role as Ira in the Broadway production (having replace Ron Orbach in the original Broadway run) and on the first National Tour of Neil Simon's Laughter On the 23rd Floor is surely a great highlight of his theatrical career.
With his brilliant wife, Katherine James, Alan founded Free Association Theater, dedicated to producing original works and adaptations of classical theater literature. They also run ACT of Communicationsm a full service trial consulting firm as the first people to apply the skills of the theater artist to the law. Specializing in training attorneys and their witnesses to be effective communicators in and out of the courtroom, ACT is the most renowned company as Consultants in the Art of Advocacy.
Alan and Katherine live in Culver City and are the proud parents of two grown sons, Nathan, a rock and roll musician and entrepreneur and Jordan, a brilliant plaintiff attorney. They have two gorgeous granddaughters, Perspehone and Athena.- Writer
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Seth Grahame-Smith was born on 4 January 1976 in Rockville Centre, New York, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for The Lego Batman Movie (2017), It (2017) and Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016). He has been married to Erin Stickle since 2004.- Actor
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Christopher Nicholas Smith was born on 20 June 1982 in Rockville Centre, New York, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Paranormal Activity 3 (2011), Little Children (2006) and Enough Said (2013). He has been married to Rebecca Delgado Smith since 2009.- Tammy Parks is a former Penthouse Centerfold turned porn star. Her most notable films are The Dinner Party (lesbian scene) and Strap-on Sally #8 (all girl). After just a handful of porn titles she opted for soft-core fare like Titanic 2000 and Smooth Operator. Most of her erotic scenes are girl on girl. Very beautiful brunette.
- Mark Allen Shepherd was born on 7 January 1961 in Rockville Centre, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for Babylon Vista (2001) and FedCon XXII (2013).
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Rachel Platten was born on 20 May 1981 in Newton Centre, Massachusetts, USA. She is a music artist and actress, known for Rachel Platten: Fight Song (2015), Annie (2014) and The Kissing Booth (2018). She has been married to Kevin Lazan since 31 July 2010. They have two children.- Additional Crew
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Doris Kearns Goodwin was born on 4 January 1943 in Rockville Centre, Long Island, New York, USA. She is a producer and writer, known for Lincoln (2012), American Horror Story (2011) and The Bully Pulpit. She was previously married to Richard N. Goodwin.- Actor
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Impassioned American actor/filmmaker Aidan Koppinger was born in Rockville Centre, New York. Koppinger is studying theatre and film at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. During this time, Koppinger pursues his interests in theatre and film by acting in and creating different projects. Upon graduation from undergraduate study, Koppinger plans to move to New York City and continue to work in the entertainment industry.- Jack Koenig was born on 14 May 1959 in Rockville Centre, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for I.Q. (1994), Marci X (2003) and Clean (2021).
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Rory Albanese is a multi-Emmy Award-winning Executive Producer and Writer for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. He has been a key part of The Daily Show since 1999, including Co-Authoring "Earth The Book" with Jon Stewart and the Daily Show writers. Outside The Daily Show Rory is an accomplished stand-up comedian; he has toured the country with Lewis Black as well as on his own, entertained American troops in Afghanistan with the USO, was a featured performer on John Oliver's New York Comedy Show on Comedy Central and starred in his own Comedy Central half hour special in 2010. He spends his free time keeping the streets of New York City safe by employing the lost art of 'Vigilante Justice'.- Actress
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Judy Clark was born on 9 June 1924 in Rockville Centre, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Bruce Gentry (1949), Junior Prom (1946) and The Kid Sister (1945). She was married to George Myers and Ron Zalimas. She died on 27 December 2002 in Alexandria, Virginia, USA.- Actress
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Diana Rice was born on 24 October 1987 in Rockville Centre, Long Island, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for Barney's Great Adventure (1998).- Producer
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Karen Ryan was born in Rockville Centre, New York, USA. She is a producer and production manager, known for Nimona (2023), Big Hero 6 (2014) and Bolt (2008).- Nicholas Cortland was born on 10 October 1940 in Rockville Centre, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Bear Island (1979), Frogs (1972) and Mannix (1967). He died on 21 August 1988 in New York City, New York, USA.
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Elizabeth MacDonald was born on 2 January 1962 in Rockville Centre, Long Island, New York, USA. She is a writer and producer, known for The Evening Edit (2014), Forbes on Fox (2000) and Happening Now (2007).- Actor
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Jack Costello was born on 31 May 1908 in Sauk Centre, Minnesota, USA. He was an actor, known for Young Dr. Malone (1958), Goodyear Playhouse (1951) and Amalfi Way (1955). He was married to Mary Sullivan. He died in September 1983 in Queens, New York, USA.- Actress
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Rachael Ellering was born on 28 December 1992 in Sauk Centre, Minnesota, USA. She is an actress, known for WWE NXT (2010), AEW Dark (2019) and TNA One Night Only (2013).- Maralyn Hershey was born on 24 January 1949 in Rockville Centre, Long Island, New York, USA.
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Sinclair Lewis, the first American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, was a colossus of American letters in the first half of the last century. Arguably, he is the first major "modern" writer of the 20th century, as there is American literature before "Main Street" (1920) and after that seminal novel, which revolutionized writing in the US. His eminence as a great American writer was eclipsed by Ernest Hemingway, who although more influenced by Sherwood Anderson and Gertrude Stein, owes a debt to Lewis, as do most realists in 20th-century American letters.- Actress
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Sandy Gulliver was born in Sauk Centre, MN on January 7, 1949. Her father, Kenneth Guinn (deceased), was the Chief of Police and her mother, Elaine Singsank-Guinn (also deceased) was a homemaker. She has eight siblings. Don, Dave, Nancy, Julie, Kathy, Bob, Tom, & Mark. At age 20, Sandy became a Flight Attendant for United Airlines and flew for them for 32 years, retiring shortly after September 11th. During her stint with UAL, she lived in Los Angeles, Seattle, Atlanta, and her current city, Chicago. It was only after retirement that she became interested in acting and started taking classes. Sandy has studied at 'The Acting Studio Chicago', 'The Green Room', Vagabond, and with Ted Sarantos Studios in Oak Park. Though her first love is film, she is also active on stage, having performed at both Theater Wit and The Den Theater. She also performs as Grandmother Silberhaus every year in the Dancenter North (Gurnee, IL) production of The Nutcracker. Her extracurricular activities include searching out casting opportunities for her acting friends and attending their shows & screenings, all while fostering litters of puppies for Reach Rescue in Mundelein, IL.- Director
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Homer Groening was born on 30 December 1919 in Main Centre, Saskatchewan, Canada. He was a director and producer, known for A Study in Wet (1964), The Story (1969) and Basic Brown Basic Blue (1969). He was married to Margaret Wiggum. He died on 15 March 1996 in Portland, Oregon, USA.- Producer
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Jessica Wilde was born on 18 January 1989 in Rockville Centre, New York, USA. She is a producer and director, known for How to Get $100 Million (2020), In Your Eyes (2014) and Prom Date (2010).