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Patrick Joseph Wilson was born in Norfolk, Virginia and raised in St. Petersburg, Florida, the son of Mary Kathryn (Burton), a voice teacher and professional singer, and John Franklin Wilson, a news anchor.
Wilson has a B.F.A. in Drama from Carnegie-Mellon University. His theater work has produced many nominations and awards. He was nominated for Best Actor in a Musical for The Full Monty, a Drama League Award for "Fascinating Rhythm", a Drama Drama League Award for "Bright Lights, Big City", an Encores nomination for "Tenderloin". He had national tours in "Carousel" (Drama Logue Award winner and L.A. Ovation nomination) and "Miss Saigon". Regionally, he has appeared in "Sweet Bird of Youth" (La Jolla), "Cider House Rules" (Mark Taper Forum), "Romeo and Juliet: The Musical" (Ordway), "Lucky in the Rain" (Goodspeed), "Harmony" (La Jolla), and "The Full Monty" (Globe).
Patrick Wilson is married to actress Dagmara Dominczyk; the couple has two children.- Actress
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Emmy Raver-Lampman (born Emily Christine Raver Lampman) is an American actress and singer. She began her career working in musical theater, and has performed in various Broadway and national touring productions such as Hair, Jekyll & Hyde, Wicked, and Hamilton. She has played Allison Hargreeves in the Netflix series The Umbrella Academy since 2019.- Actress
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Rhea Seehorn studied painting and drawing from a young age, following in the footsteps of her father and grandmother. Although she continued in the visual arts, she also had a growing passion for the movies and theatre and secretly wanted to become an actor.
Not knowing how to pursue the profession, she was fortunate to be introduced to contemporary theatre in college and learned that acting classes were being offered. But she was hesitant to sign on - not sure if this was the right course to take in life.
While she was still in college, her father passed away, leaving her with the message that she must do everything she wants to do in this life. Taking his advice, Rhea signed up for the acting classes and has never looked back.
Her film credits include roles in the independent features Riders (2001) and Floating (1997), and the independent shorts The Pitch (1999), The Gentleman (2000) and A Case Against Karen (1998). On television, she guest-starred on Homicide: Life on the Street (1993). She will soon be seen in the ABC telefilm Romy and Michele: In the Beginning (2005).
Her theatre credits include the Broadway production of "45 Seconds from Broadway", as well as roles in "The World Over", "All My Sons", "Stop Kiss", "How I Learned to Drive", "Freedomland" and "Marat/Sade".
Although she grew up in such diverse places as Japan, Arizona, Virginia Beach and Washington, DC, Rhea now makes her home in New York.- Actor
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Thomas Grant Gustin, better known as Grant Gustin, is an American actor and singer. He is known for his roles as Barry Allen / Flash on the CW series The Flash and as Sebastian Smythe on the Fox series Glee.
Gustin was born on January 14, 1990 in Norfolk, Virginia. He is the son of Dr. Tina Lynne (Sweeney) Haney, a pediatric nurse, and Thomas Avery Gustin. During his high school years, Grant attended the Governor's School for the Arts program in Norfolk, Virginia for Musical Theatre. He also went to Hurrah Players Incorporated which is a theatre organization in Virginia. In 2008, he graduated from Granby High School and went on to attend the BFA Music Theatre Program at Elon University in North Carolina for two years. He left school to take the role of Baby John in the Broadway Revival Tour of West Side Story, and performed with the tour from its opening on September 30, 2010 through September 23, 2011.
On November 8, 2011, he debuted on the television series Glee as Sebastian Smythe, an openly gay member of the Dalton Academy Warblers. Gustin won the recurring role of Sebastian, a promiscuous and scheming character, after "an exhaustive, weeks-long casting search". He originally auditioned for a role as a tap dancer, but did not get the part. However, Ryan Murphy kept him in mind. He began filming the role early on Monday, September 26, 2011, after having finished his final West Side Story performance the Friday night before. Gustin began filming A Mother's Nightmare (2012), an original film for the Lifetime network, in late May 2012. The project also stars actresses Annabeth Gish and Jessica Lowndes, and was shot in Canada. On July 11, 2012, it was announced that Gustin had landed a major role in the independent film Affluenza. On September 13, 2013, it was announced that Gustin would play Barry Allen in the second season of Arrow. He was initially supposed to appear in three episodes, the last one serving as the backdoor pilot for a potential spin-off Flash series. However, the backdoor pilot plan was dropped in favor of a stand-alone pilot, titled The Flash. The pilot was picked up with an initial order of thirteen episodes, and the series premiered on October 7, 2014, with 4.8 million viewers, the most for a premiere on The CW in five years. Two weeks later, the network increased the episode order to a full season of twenty-three in all. On January 11, 2015, the show was renewed for a second season. On March 11, 2016, it was renewed for a third season. Gustin also reprised his role in an episode of CBS series Supergirl.
In 2017, he co-starred with Nick Robinson in William H. Macy's film Krystal (2017).
In 2018, he married Andrea Thoma.- Actor
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Rob Estes was born on 22 July 1963 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Silk Stalkings (1991), Melrose Place (1992) and 90210 (2008). He has been married to Erin Bolte since 15 June 2010. They have one child. He was previously married to Josie Bissett.- Actor
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Wayne Newton was born on 3 April 1942 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Vegas Vacation (1997), Licence to Kill (1989) and The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1990). He has been married to Kathleen McCrone since 9 April 1994. They have one child. He was previously married to Elaine Okamura.- Actor
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Stephen Furst was born on 8 May 1954 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. He was an actor and director, known for National Lampoon's Animal House (1978), Babylon 5 (1993) and The Dream Team (1989). He was married to Lorraine Furst. He died on 16 June 2017 in Moorpark, California, USA.- John Wesley Shipp was born in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. John Wesley is an actor, known for The Flash (2014), Dawson's Creek (1998) and Teen Wolf (2011).
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Veanne Cox was born on 19 January 1963 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for You've Got Mail (1998), Erin Brockovich (2000) and Two Weeks Notice (2002).- Actress
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Born in Norfolk, Virginia to wealthy stockbroker Cornelius Hancock Sullavan and heiress Garland Council Sullavan, Margaret Brooke overcame a muscle weakness in her childhood to go on to become a rebellious teenager at posh private schools. She went on to perform with the University Players at Harvard and made her Broadway debut in Hello, Lola in 1926. Her Christmas Day marriage in 1931 to Henry Fonda lasted only 15 months, and her later marriages to director William Wyler and agent Leland Hayward were also tempestuous. Two of her three children, Bridget and Bill, would spend some time in mental institutions, and commit suicide. Friends noted that the collapse of her family life led to her breakdown. Her condition worsened over time, until she was discovered unconscious from barbiturate poisoning in a hotel room. Her death was ruled accidental by the county coroner.- Actor
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Nate Parker was born on 18 November 1979 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for The Birth of a Nation (2016), Arbitrage (2012) and Non-Stop (2014). He has been married to Sarah DiSanto since 2007. They have four children.- Actor
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Gaining fame on TV first, he was born Timothy Lee Reid on December 19, 1944, in Norfolk and raised in Chesapeake, Virginia. Coming from a troubled, impoverished childhood, he straightened out his life enough to attend Norfolk State College (now University) and graduate with a business administration degree. Married to wife Rita, whom he met at college, the couple went on to have two children, Tim Reid II and Tori Reid, both involved in the entertainment field.
Tim worked for Du Pont Chemicals in Chicago for a period of time in the late 60s. His first taste of the limelight came around the turn of the 70s when he met an insurance agent named Tom Dreesen, and the two decided to form a comedy nightclub act called "Tim and Tom". At this juncture, Tim decided to focus completely on acting, took up drama classes, and worked as a comic. TV and commercial work started coming his way, finding regular placements on a number of variety series that starred Frankie Avalon, The 5th Dimension singers Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr., and Richard Pryor in the late 70s.
Making early appearances on such TV shows as "That's My Mama," "Rhoda," "Fernwood Tonite," "Lou Grant," "What's Happening" and "Maude," Tim received his star-making break after nabbing the cool and very hip role of "Venus Flytrap" on TV's WKRP in Cincinnati (1978). It is this radio disc jockey character for which Tim is still best known. Other TV series came his way, including his regular teacher role in the Lynn Redgrave sitcom Teachers Only (1982) and as Lt. Marcel "Downtown" Brown on Simon & Simon (1981)
Now firmly established, Tim started taking more control over his career. He went on to front the series Frank's Place (1987) in which he also executive-produced, received an Emmy nomination, and co-starred with his second wife Daphne Reid before playing a criminology professor in the comedy Snoops (1989), which also co-starred Daphne as his wife, and the more popular Sister, Sister (1994), wherein he starred alongside Jackée Harry as an adopted dad of identical twins Tia Mowry and Tamera Mowry-Housley.
Tim and Daphne went to to co-founded their own production studio (New Millennium Studios), the first ever built in his native state of Virginia. The short-lived program Linc's (1998), starring both Tim and Daphne, was the first to come out of the studio. Over the years, Daphne has been a frequent partner to Tim both in front and behind the camera lens, as actress and co-producer. Together they appeared in the TV movie Alley Cats Strike (2000) and the films Troop 491: the Adventures of the Muddy Lions (2013) and By the Grace of Bob (2016).
Toning down his slick facade over the years, the handsome, mustachioed actor has dedicated himself to films and other projects that have raised social issues as well as increase black awareness. He directed and starred in a hip-hop update of the Pygmalion story with the comedy For Real (2003), which was made at his studio (Daphne was executive producer). With Tim in the "Henry Higgins" role, the film opened the fifth anniversary of the Hollywood Black Film Festival.
In addition to recurring roles on Treme (2010) and That '70s Show (1998) and guest appearances on such shows as "Touched by an Angel," "That's So Raven," "The Soul Man," "Limitless," "Grey's Anatomy" and "My, Myself and I," Tim has graced such films as Trade (2007), The Cost of Heaven (2010), Tri (2016) and 93 Days (2016).- American actress Emily Ann Banks was born in Norfolk, Virginia, but spent much of her childhood in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where her father served in the military (he later found work as a graphic artist). After high school, Emily graduated from Simmons University in Boston and then embarked on a brief career as a model. This culminated in her election as 'Miss Rheingold' in 1960. She made several ads for the beer brand and featured as a model on a game show in 1963. On screen from 1966, Emily featured rarely on the big screen. She had a small part as a receptionist in an Elvis Presley vehicle, Live a Little, Love a Little (1968), played Buffalo Bill's wife Louisa Maud Frederici in The Plainsman (1966) and essayed the nominal female lead in a minor western, Gunfight in Abilene (1967), opposite Bobby Darin (who also wrote the theme song).
Better utilised in TV roles, Emily Banks became perhaps best known for her small role as Yeoman Tonia Barrows in the episode 'Shore Leave' of Star Trek (1966). In addition to assorted guest spots, she finally achieved star billing herself in a short-lived (though possibly underrated) sitcom, The Tim Conway Show (1970), as the girlfriend of a charter line pilot. Ironically, in real life, one of her main aspirations had been to become a pilot. A sporty type, Emily's preferred pastimes at this time in her career were said to have been swimming, diving, horseback riding and baseball. - Actor
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Joshua Bryant is an American actor, director, author and speaker and the founder, in 1995, of the Taos Talking Pictures Film Festival and Media Forum in Taos, New Mexico. After attending the Pasadena Playhouse College of Theater Arts and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London (RADA) and serving for three years in the US Army Signal Corps he began a career in the theater that eventually led to his starring, guest-starring and appearing in many dozens of television shows. Bryant also appeared in Barnaby Jones; episode titled, "Fantasy of Fear".- Actress
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Barbara Perry was born on 22 June 1921 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. She was an actress, known for Trancers (1984), The Back-up Plan (2010) and Mr. Woodcock (2007). She was married to Art Babbitt and Bennett Warren James. She died on 5 May 2019 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.- Born in Norfolk, Virginia, Michael Bunin spent the majority of his youth in Las Vegas where he attended the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and studied Theater Arts. His improvisational skills were honed at The Second City Players Workshop in Chicago and the famed Groundlings in Los Angeles. Bunin has been a staple at The Improv Olympic West in Los Angeles where he continues to display his improvisational talents.
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Marc Vann grew up in Virginia, on the water. Fishing, crabbing, buzzing around in small motorboats. Never had any interest in theater or acting until, while working on his MBA, was drawn to a mime workshop. (Always has been a big fan of silence.) That led to studying dance and movement, and his very first theater job doing West Side Story at Boulder's Dinner Theatre in Colorado. He married the actress playing Maria and moved to Chicago where he sucked in many plays but finally got his footing as an actor while being an arts administrator during the day. (Was business manager for the world renowned Hubbard Street Dance Chicago for 5 years.) His last shows in Chicago were "Flyovers" with William Petersen and playing Salvador Dali in "Hysteria" at Steppenwolf Theatre, directed by John Malkovich, who he also acted with in the stage production of "The Libertine". He began practicing yoga as soon as he moved to LA in 1998, which is the key to sanity in Los Angeles and the Entertainment Industry.- Producer
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Gary Fleder was born on 19 December 1965 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. He is a producer and director, known for Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995), Impostor (2001) and Runaway Jury (2003).- Actor
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Stephen Bogardus was born on 11 March 1954 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. He is an actor, known for Julie & Julia (2009), Gold (2016) and Second Best (2004). He is married to Dana Moore.- Writer
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Thurop Van Orman was born on 26 April 1976 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. He is a writer and actor, known for The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack (2008), The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019) and Hotel Transylvania (2012).- Actor
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Jacinto Taras Riddick was born in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Cop Out (2010), In the Cut (2003) and A Brother's Whisper (2022).- Producer
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Steve Bannon was born on 27 November 1953 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Battle for America (2010), Torchbearer (2016) and Generation Zero (2010).- Actress
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Keely Smith was born March 9, 1928 in Norfolk, VA. After her parents divorced and her mother remarried Jesse Smith when she was nine years old, she changed her name to Keely Smith after she joined Louis Prima and his band. Her family had a tough time and her three brothers and her took in laundry to make ends meet. In 1947, she was on a vacation trip to New York City where the heat became oppressive. The family decided to go to Atlantic City, N.J. instead. Keely went to the Steel Pier where Louis Prima was appearing. In 1948, Prima appeared at the surf club in Virginia looking for a singer. Keely auditioned and was selected and hit the road at 18-years-old. They were subsequently married on July 13, 1953 and issued two daughters, Toni Prima and Luanne Prima. Keely was Prima's fourth wife. For many years, they appeared together in Las Vegas with bandleader Sam Butera and made "that old black magic" a standard. In 1961, Keely filed for divorce citing extreme mental cruelty. In 1965, she married Jimmy Bowen, a record producer and they were later divorced. She currently lives in Nevada and makes appearances in the Las Vegas area. Prima died in a nursing home in New Orleans on August 24, 1978 after being in a coma for several years. Her film credits include: Sing Sing Sing (2002), Thunder Road (1958) and Hey Boy! Hey Girl! (1959).- Joan Dixon was born on 6 June 1930 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. She was an actress, known for Roadblock (1951), Bunco Squad (1950) and Experiment Alcatraz (1950). She was married to William Driskill and Theodore Samuel Briskin. She died on 20 February 1992 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Minnie Gentry was born on 2 December 1915 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. She was an actress, known for Bad Lieutenant (1992), Black Caesar (1973) and Apprentice to Murder (1988). She was married to Lloyd Gentry. She died on 6 May 1993 in New York, USA.
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Allan Glaser is a producer know for the feature films Lust in the Dust, Tab Hunter Confidential, and Tab & Tony.
Glaser was born and raised in Norfolk, VA and attended University of Southern California. While at USC, Glaser was employed at 20th Century Fox, where he ultimately became Director of Acquisitions of feature films.
While in that position he met Tab Hunter. The two formed Fox Run Productions and produced Lust in the Dust, starring Hunter, Divine, and Lainie Kazan. Released in 1985, the film was a hit and landed Glaser a production deal at 20th Century Fox.
Glaser's next film, Dark Horse, was based on a story by Tab Hunter. It starred Mimi Rogers and Ed Begley, Jr., and premiered at Cannes Film Festival.
Glaser convinced Hunter to write his autobiography, which became a New York Times best-seller. They then turned the book into the critically-acclaimed documentary of the same name, Tab Hunter Confidential, which premiered at SXSW 2015 before enjoying a successful run in theaters and then on Netflix.
Between his feature film work, Glaser worked as a production executive for several major studios.
Allan and Tab were life partners from 1983 until 2013, when they married, and then spouses until Hunter's death in 2018.- Actor
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Clarence Clemons was mostly known as being the dynamic saxophone player in Bruce Springsteen's E-Street Band. He was a pivotal part of the E-street band's persona and was a featured member of the band. His legacy teaming up with Bruce was a pivotal part of the success of the back up band. After Bruce went out on his own, only then did Clarence pursue acting, but he continued playing saxophone in various bands. But he would join the band when Bruce would often bring back the E Street band during various tours.- Sean Dugan was born in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. He is an actor, known for The Report (2019), Oz (1997) and Gigantic (2008).
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Archie Savage made a vital contribution to African-American Dance in the United States. Born in Norfolk, Virginia and raised in New York's Harlem. Archie's first introduction to the world of modern dance came when he joined the "Hemsley Winfield's Dance Troupe" in the 1930's. In 1939, Archie joined the "Katherine Dunham Dance Troupe" and later was a part of a nation wide stage production of "Cabin in the Sky".
He became Ms. Dunham's dance partner and also helped created what is known as the "Afro/Cuban" dance form. He has appeared in 23 films here and abroad and 6 Broadway stage Productions including the original South Pacific.
Archie was a pioneer of the African-American Dance History. His legacy will live on and he will always be remembered for the contribution he made to the world of dance. Archie was 88 years old.- Lin McCarthy was born on 23 February 1918 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. He was an actor, known for The Day After (1983), The Fugitive (1963) and The Winds of War (1983). He was married to Loretta Daye. He died on 23 November 2002 in Beverly Hills, California, USA.
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Grant Reynolds was born on 27 September 1972 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. He is an actor and art director, known for Mansfield Path (2009), Distortion (2006) and The Invisible Man (2000). He was previously married to Jillian Barberie.- Actor
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Robert Bess Born in Norfolk Virginia Has Starred in Films Such As STRIX Movie Starring Billy Blair (3 From Hell Movie) Tamara Glynn (Halloween 5) He also Starred in "Dystopia" also Known as "Mad World" Alongside Michael Madison and Michael Copon. Robert Also Was Apart of The Producing Team for "Bloodthirst Movie" Starring Tara Reid (American Pie) and Costas Mandylor (Saw IV) Well Known in The Horror Genre Robert Continues to add to his Resume of Horror Hits. Robert Was a Amateur Wrestler in His High School Years and Graduated from Granby High School In Norfolk Virginia.- Actress
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Born in January, 1901, Mary Eaton was one of 'The Seven Little Eatons' famous in the '20s and '30s. In fact, she received the greatest fame of her fellow performing brothers Joseph Eaton and Charles Eaton and sisters Pearl Eaton and Doris Eaton. Sister Evelyn was a stage manager and brother Robert was never lured into the business. The star of both the 1920 and 1922 editions of the Ziegfeld Follies, blond Mary was Florenz Ziegfeld's backup in case his biggest star, Marilyn Miller, proved too recalcitrant. Eaton later replaced Miller as Eddie Cantor's leading lady in the phenomenally successful Broadway hit_Kid Boots (1923)_ and again in 1927 in Sunny. But Mary was a natural for talking picture stardom and was teamed with an aging Broadway juvenile, Oscar Shaw, in the Marx Brothers_The Cocoanuts (1929)_. She followed that up in the lead role of the all star cast_Glorifying the American Girl (1929)_. However, fame fades quickly and the Eaton family found themselves unwanted by the end of the '30s, on stage and on film. Mary, Pearl and Charles turned to alcohol. Mary married three alcoholics and died young of severe cirrhosis of the liver in 1948 aged 47. Pearl was murdered in her Manhatten Beach apartment in 1958 aged 60. The crime has never been solved. Charles died in 2004, aged 94. Doris died in 2010, aged 106.- Actress
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Leah Ray was born on 16 February 1915 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. She was an actress, known for Walking Down Broadway (1938), Thin Ice (1937) and The Holy Terror (1937). She was married to David Abraham "Sonny" Werblin. She died on 27 May 1999 in Rumson, New Jersey, USA.- Actor
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Erik Odom was born in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (2012), Walker (2021) and Box on the Hill (2022).- Music Artist
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Timbaland was born on 10 March 1971 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. He is a music artist and composer, known for Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001), Romeo Must Die (2000) and Doctor Dolittle (1998). He has been married to Monique Idlett since 10 June 2008. They have one child.- Actor
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Tommy Bupp was born on 10 February 1924 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. He was an actor, known for It's a Gift (1934), Piccadilly Jim (1936) and Little Men (1934). He died on 24 December 1983 in Santa Ana, California, USA.- Zeynep Oymak was born on 28 August 1991 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. She is an actress, known for The Oath (2017), Sevmek Zamani (2022) and 4N1K (2017).
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Laura Hunter Drago is an award-winning film producer, screenwriter, and occasional actress/model living in Los Angeles, California. Co-owner of New Girl Pictures LLC, Laura focuses on content created for and by women. Her production company's award-winning feature film To the New Girl (2020) streams on Tubi among other platforms. Their short film, The Echo (2020) won runner up at the Coven Film Festival, and their scripted audio drama St. Mary's School (for children with the stigmata) (2021) which Laura edits, produces, and performs in, has become a popular podcast on Spotify.
Laura trained as an actress at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts with the Atlantic Theatre Company conservatory program, and holds a certificate from NYU's Film & Television program. Laura is a proud member of SAG-AFTRA, Women in Media, and Women in Film Los Angeles.- Connor Christie was born on 7 October 1997 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. He is an actor, known for Army Wives (2007), Just Beyond (2021) and Missionary (2013).
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Born in Norfolk, Virginia Angelina was raised in a culturally diverse household. Her father, an Italian American and her mother, a first generation Turk.
As a result of her father's extensive military career, she was fortunate enough to start traveling at a very early age. Living in Virginia, New Jersey as well as a 2-year tour in Japan provided Angelina with the perfect introduction to regional cultures and cuisines.
Angelina spent most of her school years growing up in Las Vegas, Nevada. After graduating, she moved with her family to Cyprus, Turkey. It was there that she learned to appreciate the complexity of the Mediterranean lifestyle. She absorbed with enthusiasm what is was like to walk in the footsteps of history. A deep appreciation for life began to grow.
When Angelina returned from overseas, she took a small detour in her 20's to wrestle for a show filming at the Rivera Hotel. The show was called" G.L.O.W. - Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling". Her characters name was "Little Egypt". Angelina had no idea the show would become iconic. During its 4 year run in the United States, it pulled in over 6 million viewers a week. It then went into global syndication and continued to pick up fans over the next 10 years.
Little Egypt along with the other original G.L.O.W girls have become legends in female wrestling and Angelina was only one of five female wrestlers in the industry to be honored at the first ever "Tribute to Women in Wrestling" in 2015 along with Trish Stratus, Amy Dumas, Lisa Moretti, Lisa Varon and Terri Runnels.
Smashing Pumpkins, lead singer, Billy Corgan released his song in September of 2008, titled G.L.O.W, dedicated to the show.
Angelina was asked to co-star in the Smashing Pumpkins short film and music video called "Owata" where she played herself as a wrestling Booker.
With the popularity of Youtube, the show and her work have continued to grow a huge cult following.
Netflix and the executive producers of "Orange is the New Black" are filming their 3rd season of the Emmy award winning show "GLOW" based on the documentary "GLOW: The Story of the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling" in which she produced and starred. The documentary went on to receive several awards including Best Documentary at the San Diego Comic Con, 2012.
In January of 2018, Angelina was asked by ABC's "The Bachelor" to train the bachelorettes in season 22 Episode 3 for a GLOW inspired challenge called G.L.O.B.
In January of 2019 Angelina will be a special guest star for the all new season of "WOW Superheros", airing on AxsTV. She will be giving viewers a behind the scenes look at the making of the show and the personality of the wrestlers.
Angelina continues to stay active in the wrestling community, appearing on several talk radio shows, as well as hosting her own podcast on Afterbuzz TV for the award winning "GLOW- Netflix" series and regularly has cast members on to give an insiders look on the making of.
As the most sought after spokesperson of the "Original GLOW Girls", she continues to be recognized for her achievements in preserving the GLOW brand which led to the current Netflix series.
Angelina is also a professional speaker and mentor and enjoys giving back to the wrestling community.
Residing in Laguna Beach, California, Angelina enjoys traveling around the United States and Europe in search of inspirational cultures. She has written over 300 recipes that were influenced by those travels.
Angelina embraces everyday of her life with found memories and opportunities to grow and share.- Reilly Brooke Stith was born on November 13, 1990 in Norfolk, Virginia. In 2009, she graduated from the Professional Children's School, and continued her education at NYU's Gallatin School of Individualized Study. Reilly concentrated on African American Studies with a minor in Drama, and received a B.A. from New York University in 2013. She is also the creator of inspirational podcast and platform Bosses Start Somewhere.
- Leslie Aday was born on 21 May 1951 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. Leslie was previously married to Meat Loaf.
- Dallas Mitchell was born on 8 October 1927 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. He was an actor, known for Star Trek (1966), Mission: Impossible (1966) and The Six Million Dollar Man (1974). He was married to Elsa Urbina and Elaine Neblett. He died on 13 September 2009 in Los Alamitos, California, USA.
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The son of a jeweller, Charles H. Schneer was chiefly famous for his collaborations with animator and special effects wizard Ray Harryhausen. Together, they created some of the best-loved fantasy and science fiction films to grace the silver screen between 1956 and 1981. Importantly, Schneer encouraged Harryhausen's imaginative flights even to the point of exceeding his budget - unlike many other producers active in the realm of low-budget film making.
Schneer had initially entered the motion picture industry with Columbia in New York in 1939. He worked as an assistant there for three years and then did his wartime service with the U.S. Army Signals Corps Photographic Unit, turning out training films at the Astoria Studio in Queens, New York. After the war, he joined Sam Katzman's B-unit at Columbia as producer. It was Schneer's original concept of a giant octopus enveloping the Golden Gate Bridge that led to his introduction to Harryhausen and their subsequent joint work on It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955). Despite a minuscule budget, the venture proved to be a notable box-office success. Their next project together was the seminal science fiction Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956), which took Harryhausen's stop motion technique to the next level. Again, it was Schneer who had provided original background research by collecting news reports of actual UFO sightings.
By 1957, Schneer had ceased working for Katzman and became co-founder and president of Morningside Productions as a means of gaining more creative and financial control for both himself and Harryhausen (who was henceforth also credited as associate producer). Their subsequent ventures were based on mythological themes, rather than being simply 'creature features'. These included The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958) (in which the three dimensional stop-motion animation process was first referred to as "Dynamation"); The 3 Worlds of Gulliver (1960) and Jason and the Argonauts (1963) (Schneer's own favourite among his films). In 1960, Schneer moved to London to form an independent production company, American Films. He produced several features without the involvement of Harryhausen, notably a biopic of rocket engineer Wernher von Braun. They later resumed working together and had further successes with Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977) and Clash of the Titans (1981), with its brilliant Medusa sequence.
Schneer retired in the 1980's, once stop-motion work had been somewhat superseded by cheaper computer-generated special effects. He continued to reside at his Holland Park home in West London until returning to the United States just three years prior to his death in 2005.- Writer
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Gregory Allen Howard was born on 28 January 1952 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Harriet (2019), Remember the Titans (2000) and Ali (2001). He died on 27 January 2023 in Miami, Florida, USA.- Actress
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Lovely, buxom and slender blonde model, actress and make-up artist Cathy St. George was born on August 23, 1954 in Norfolk, Virginia. An Army brat, Cathy moved with her family to Los Angeles, California. St. George started out working for "Playboy" as a make-up artist. Cathy was the Playmate of the Month in the August, 1982 issue of "Playboy." She posed with her sister Toni for a pictorial in the April, 1985 issue of "Playboy." Moreover, St. George has appeared in a handful of "Playboy" special edition publications and was featured in several "Playboy" videos. Cathy not only has acted in a few films and TV shows, but also has modeled for various artists. In addition, she has worked as a make-up artist in print, film, and television. Cathy owns a dog named Tallulah and makes regular appearances at assorted conventions held all over America. Cathy St. George lives in New York City.- Director
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Virginia native, Joyce Sherrí, stepped off a Greyhound bus at New York City's Port Authority bus terminal armed with her passion for film and creative writing . Soon Joyce was accepted into the Tisch Graduate Film program at New York University where she received an MFA in Filmmaking.
Now, as the director and lead writer of "Tiana," a musical series event set to premiere on Disney Plus, Joyce continues to captivate audiences with her talent and creative vision.- Fred Ottman was born on 10 August 1958 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. He is an actor, known for Saturday Night's Main Event (1985), WrestleMania X-Seven (2001) and WWF Superstars (1986). He has been married to Sheila Ottman since 31 August 2011. He was previously married to Bobbi Rodriguez.
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Loren Coleman is one of the world's leading cryptozoologists. He is a well-known media consultant and author on the topics of cryptozoology, unusual phenomena, and inexpliable human behaviors. Coleman has written books and more than three hundred articles, has appeared frequently on radio and television programs, and has lectured from Idaho to Loch Ness. He has been both on- and off-camera consultant to Fox/USA Network's "In Search Of," NBC-TV's "Unsolved Mysteries," A & E's "Ancient Mysteries," History Channel's "In Search of History," and "History's Mysteries," Discovery Channel's "In the Unknown, " and other reality-based programs. He contributes cryptozoology columns, "On the Trail," to the London-based magazine Fortean Times, and "Mysterious World" to Fate, as well as articles to The Anomalist and Fortean Studies. In 2000, he served as the Senior Series Consultant to the new "In Search Of..." program which is scheduled for broadcast on Fox and USA Network. On 20 October 1997, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the famous filming of a Californian Sasquatch, Loren Coleman was one of the first ten inductees into the Roger Patterson Memorial Bigfoot Museum in Portland, Oregon. In December 1999, he was named "Bigfooter of the Year" by the Center for Bigfoot Studies of California. Coleman, born 12 July 1947, in Norfolk, Virginia, has been investigating, in the field and in the library, cryptozoological evidence and folklore since the Abominable Snowmen caught his interest in 1960, leading him to research mysterious panther sightings and reports of apes in the American Midwest. He has traveled to 45 states, throughout Canada, Mexico, Scotland, and the Virgin Islands interviewing witnesses of lake monster, Sasquatch, giant snake, mystery feline, phantom kangaroo, thunderbird, and other cryptid reports and folklore. His first articles were published in 1969. He went on to write two books with Jerome Clark (The Unidentified [1975] and Creatures of the Outer Edge [1978], both published by Warner). In the 1980s, Coleman wrote Mysterious America (1983), Curious Encounters (1985), and Tom Slick and the Search for the Yeti (1989), all bestsellers for Faber and Faber. In 1999 Loren Coleman co-authored two books: one with Patrick Huyghe called The Field Guide to Bigfoot, Yeti, and Other Mystery Primates Worldwide (Avon); the other with Jerome Clark called Cryptozoology A to Z: The Encyclopedia of Loch Monsters, Sasquatch, Chupacabras, and Other Authentic Mysteries of Nature (Simon and Schuster/Fireside). The Year 2001 saw the publication of his expanded and updated, Mysterious America: The Revised Edition from Paraview Press. Coleman has an undergraduate degree from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, where he majored in anthropology, minored in zoology, and did some summer work in archaeology. He received a graduate degree in psychiatric social work from Simmons College in Boston. Coleman was admitted to the Ph.D. programs, and took doctoral coursework in social anthropology at Brandies University, and in sociology at the University of New Hampshire's Family Research Laboratory. He has been an instructor, assistant/associate professor, research associate, and documentary filmmaker, in various academic university settings, since 1980. He has written extensively in human services, having authored, coauthored, or edited eight books, including the commercially successful Suicide Clusters (Faber and Faber, 1987), which was a Psychology Book Club alternative selection, and appeared on "The Larry King Show" discussing it. His work on the suicides of baseball players was covered in Sports Illustrated, the Sporting News, ESPN, and by all the major media and wire services.