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- Amanda Peterson was born on July 8, in Greeley, Colorado. With a natural beauty, powerful charm and a strong personality this talented and truly gifted actress began her career in film industry at age 9, with the feature film Annie (1982), directed by Academy Award-winner John Huston. To participate in "Annie", she had to persuade her mother and then compete in a casting which included more than 8000 girls. She is the youngest of three children, she has a sister, Ann-Marie Peterson, and a brother, Rev. Jim Peterson. Her mother, Sylvia Peterson, is a full-time mother and housewife and her father, James Peterson, is a doctor. Starting in 1981, Amanda had guest starring roles in television series such as Father Murphy (1981), Silver Spoons (1982) and Boone (1983). In 1985, she played alongside with Oscar nominee River Phoenix and Ethan Hawke, a four-time Oscar nominee, in Joe Dante fantasy-fable Explorers (1985). At 14 years of age this precocious young actress, had already participated in over 50 television commercials, three television series and four movies. She was also an active member of the Greeley Saddle Club, and horse riding was one of her passions since childhood. She met her greatest international success in 1987 with the comedy movie Can't Buy Me Love (1987), directed by Steve Rash. Amanda received critical praise worldwide and demonstrated that her skills were maturing into older roles. In 1987, in Chile, Amanda acted with her elder sister, Ann-Marie Peterson, Jsu Garcia and Xander Berkeley in the post-apocalyptic movie The Lawless Land (1988), directed by Jon Hess and produced by Academy Award-winner Roger Corman. In 1988, for her outstanding acting in the Emmy Award-winning television series A Year in the Life (1986), Amanda Peterson won the Young Artist Award in the category of Best Young Actress Starring in a Television Drama Series. These awards are often referred to as the Young Oscars. A year later she acted opposite Roy Scheider, two-time Oscar nominee, in the profound and moving drama Listen to Me (1989), directed by Oscar nominee Douglas Day Stewart. She also drew praise for is her performance in the excellent thriller Fatal Charm (1990), directed by Fritz Kiersch. In 1994, after participating in the memorable contemporary drama film Windrunner (1994), she decided to leave the entertainment industry. Amanda's work involves several genres, from western to romance, science fiction to thrillers, and from dramas to comedies.
Amanda found admirers on a global scale, with her delightful work. With her strong presence and dedication, she demonstrated a gift for portraying emotion and vulnerability, while immersing herself in here roles, while bringing here unique personality, an attribute that only the best actors have. In a Perfect World Amanda would have delivered many more quality character interpretations, whether in film or on television. With her movies she achieved immortality in the hearts of all who witnessed her work since her childhood. As Leonard Maltin, the most respected and recognized historian and film critic in America, once said - "Amanda Peterson is excellent". There is no doubt about that. After all, Amanda Peterson is one of the most talented and beautiful actress of her time and considered by many a legend. On July 3, 2015, Amanda Peterson died at her home in Greeley, Colorado, at the age 43 from an accidental morphine overdose. - Actor
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Dennis Weaver first became familiar to television audiences as Matt Dillon's assistant Chester Goode in Gunsmoke (1955). After playing the part for nine years, he moved on to star in his own series, Kentucky Jones (1964). However, the show failed to find mass appeal and was cancelled after just one season. Weaver had to wait another five years before finally emerging as a TV star in his own right. Beginning in 1971, he portrayed the titular Marshal Sam McCloud, a lawman from Taos, New Mexico, working in New York to learn the ways of policing in Manhattan's 27th Precinct under the auspices of a frequently apoplectic Chief of Detectives, Peter Clifford (J.D. Cannon). Accented in a slow Texan drawl (his regular catchphrase was "There you go..") and decked out with cowboy hat, lasso and sheepskin jacket, McCloud went about his tasks pretty much the same way he would have done out in the West -- often to the chagrin of his boss, nevertheless always apprehending the villain in the end (sometimes on horseback). His fractious relationship with Clifford provided much of the enjoyment inherent in the show. Weaver later recalled "McCloud was the kind of role I left Gunsmoke to get... I wanted to be a leading man instead of a second banana." Between 1971 and 1977, McCloud (1970) (based in part on the Clint Eastwood film Coogan's Bluff (1968)) was part of Universal's "Mystery Movie" which filled a slot at NBC with films lasting from 74 to 97 minutes (longer than your average TV episode) and which rotated several productions, the most important being Columbo (1971) (Peter Falk), Banacek (1972) (George Peppard), McMillan & Wife (1971) (Rock Hudson) and Hec Ramsey (1972) (Richard Boone).
Weaver hailed from Joplin, Missouri, where his father (who was of mixed English, Irish, Scottish, Cherokee, and Osage ancestry) worked for the local electric company. Young Dennis proved himself a gifted track and field athlete while studying for a degree in fine arts at the University of Oklahoma. During World War II, he served as a fighter pilot in the U.S. Navy. After the war, Weaver forsook sports for a career on the stage, undertaking further drama classes at the Actor's Studio in New York. One of his fellow alumni was actress Shelley Winters who later helped him to get into films. Following his Broadway debut in "Come Back, Little Sheba", Weaver found work in plays by Tennessee Williams off-Broadway and then made his movie debut at Universal in the western Horizons West (1952). He made several more pictures, mostly westerns, but was largely cast in minor roles. He languished in relative obscurity until he landed several guest spots on Jack Webb's Dragnet (1951). His career really took off with McCloud and with the Steven Spielberg-directed Duel (1971), a thriller made for the small screen (essentially a one-man show) in which a lone driver is menaced by a sinister petrol tanker driven by an unseen force. He later found other regular television work (Stone (1979), Emerald Point N.A.S. (1983) and Buck James (1987)), but none of these managed to recapture his earlier successes. In Lonesome Dove: The Series (1994), he was true to his colors, playing western hero Buffalo Bill Cody, a.k.a. Buffalo Bill.
Weaver served as President of the Screen Actors Guild from 1973 to 1975. He was in the forefront of environmental activism, a proponent of alternative energy and recycling (his Colorado home, called "Earthship", was primarily constructed from recycled tires and aluminium cans).- Denise Nickerson was best known for her role as Violet Beauregarde in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) and as a member of the Short Circus on The Electric Company (1971). She left the acting business at the end of 1993, and she worked as a nurse and later a stay at home mom. She will be remembered as Violet!
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Brandon De Wilde was born into a theatrical family and made a much-acclaimed Broadway debut in "The Member of the Wedding" at age 9. He was the first child actor to win the Donaldson Award, and went on to repeat his role in the film version, directed by Fred Zinnemann in 1952. As the blond-haired, blue-eyed Joey who idolizes the strange gunman played by Alan Ladd in the film Shane (1953), he stole the picture and received an Oscar nomination for his work. During 1953-54, Brandon starred in his own television series, Jamie (1953), and made his mark as a screen adolescent during the 1960s playing a younger brother in All Fall Down (1962) and nephew in Hud (1963), starring Paul Newman. He managed to keep his career-building into early adulthood, but his career was tragically cut short: en route to visit his wife at a hospital where she had recently undergone surgery, he was killed when the camper-van he was driving struck a parked truck. He was only 30 years old.- Actress
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June Vincent was born on 17 July 1920 in Harrods, Ohio, USA. She was an actress, known for Black Angel (1946), Shed No Tears (1948) and Can't Help Singing (1944). She was married to William Mueller Sterling. She died on 20 November 2008 in Aurora, Colorado, USA.- Rudolph Bond was raised in Philadelphia. He got his start at the Neighborhood Players. After World War II, he was invited by Elia Kazan to be a student at the famed "Actors Studio" in New York, working with such future stars as Paul Newman, James Dean, and Marlon Brando. His first big break was a role in the stage production of "A Streetcar Named Desire". Rudy's career included the theater, motions pictures and television.
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Born in Denver, Co, 6 August, 1925 and originally named Barbara Jane Bates, Barbara was the eldest of 3 daughters born to a postal clerk and RN.
Rather shy, her mother initially sent Barbara to study ballet. By her late teens, the young beauty began to model clothes as a teen out of high school.
Fighting off a life-long paralyzing shyness,she managed to be persuaded to enter a local beauty contest, with the winner receiving 2 round-trip train tickets to Hollywood.
Barbara won the contest, and with that the demure but very troubled young woman was on the first steps of her career.
Once in California, she met Cecil Coan, a United Artists publicist. Coan, a married man with children who was more than two decades older than Barbara, fell hard for the young beauty. He promised to guide her career and make her a star.
He proved his worth and dedication to her when he left his wife and married Barbara.
Groomed in obscure starlet bits, it wasn't until Warner Bros. signed her in 1947 and perpetuated an appealing girl-next-door image when her career started happening. It took some time before the actress started making strides apart from the bobby-soxxer ingénue.
She turned heads and supported herself initially as a pin-up girl, a job she didn't enjoy. She rose in rank after a number of bit parts and, during her peak as a lead and second lead, appeared opposite a number of stars, including Bette Davis in June Bride (1948), Danny Kaye in The Inspector General (1949), Rory Calhoun in I'd Climb the Highest Mountain (1951), and even Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis in their comedy,The Caddy (1953) just to name a few.
Much of Barbara's work in the above films was routine. Barbara's on-and-off-screen life started unraveling not long afterward. Succumbing to extreme mood shifts, insecurity, ill health and chronic depression to the point of being taken off important film assignments. By age 30, the promise she had once shown was no longer considered, and she and her husband Coen, who made all of Barbara's decisions for her, tried to salvage her career in England.
Things looked promising at first, when she was picked up by the Rank Organisation and co-starred with John Mills and Michael Craig in a couple of dramatic suspense films, but the films were mediocre. She again started showing signs of instability to the point where she was dropped from 2 films and the Rank Organisation was forced to drop her.
The couple returned to Hollywood, where old friend Rory Calhoun cast her in a picture he was producing and starring in called Apache Territory (1958).
Emotionally unable to withstand the pressures of Hollywood any more, Barbara abandoned her career, save for an appearance in The Loaded Tourist (1962),starring Roger Moore.
Nothing was heard of Barbara until her March 1969 death. It was learned she'd returned to her hometown of Denver and worked in various jobs, including stints as a secretary, dental assistant and hospital aide. Her much older husband and chief supporter, Cecil Coan, died of cancer in January 1967, and Barbara fell apart.
Although she remarried in December of 1968 to a childhood friend, sportscaster William Reed, she remained increasingly despondent. She committed suicide just 4 months later. She was found dead in her car by her mother in her mother's garage of carbon monoxide poisoning.
Interestingly, the one role she'll always be identified with is also one of the smallest parts given her during her brief tenure as leading lady.
In the very last scene of All About Eve (1950). Barbara turns up in the role of Phoebe, a devious school girl and wannabe actress who shows startling promise as a future schemer along the lines of her equally ruthless idol, Eve Harrington, superbly played by Anne Baxter.
Barbara's image is enshrined in the picture's very last scene - posing in front of a 3-way mirror while clutching Baxter's just-received acting award. It's this brief, moment for which she'll best be remembered.- Actress
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Maggie Peterson born on January 10, 1941 in Greeley, Colorado. She is an actress known for The Andy Griffith Show (1960), Green Acres (1965), Casino (1995), and Mars Attacks! (1996). She was previously married to Gus Mancuso. She passed away on May 15, 2022 in Colorado.
Maggie was the daughter of Arthur and Tressa Peterson, she grew up in a very musical family. She, her brother Jim, and two of his friends formed a small group called the Ja-Da Quartet. They would ride around in the back of a pickup truck singing to people. After many years of traveling around on tours, she was discovered by Bob Sweeney and Aaron Ruben.- Producer
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Bob Rafelson was an American film director, writer and producer. He is regarded as one of the founders of the New Hollywood movement in the 1970s. Among his best-known films are Five Easy Pieces (1970), The King of Marvin Gardens (1972), and The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981). He was also one of the creators of the pop group and TV series The Monkees (1965).
Rafelson's debut as a director was Head, a feature film starring the Monkees. Co-written with friend Jack Nicholson, and featuring appearances by Nicholson, Victor Mature, Teri Garr, Carol Doda, Annette Funicello, Frank Zappa, Sonny Liston, Timothy Carey, Ray Nitschke, and Dennis Hopper. Rafelson did six films with Jack Nicholson, Head (1968), Five Easy Pieces (1970), The King of Marvin Gardens (1972), The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981), Man Trouble (1992), and Blood and Wine (1996).- Writer
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Hunter S. Thompson was born on 18 July 1937 in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998), The Rum Diary (2011) and Gonzo (2008). He was married to Anita Thompson and Sondi Wright. He died on 20 February 2005 in Aspen, Colorado, USA.- Actress
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She was one of a bevy of sexy blondes shuffled about in 50s films, thrust into the limelight by ambitious movie studios as possible contenders to Marilyn Monroe's uncooperative pedestal. Almost none of these ladies managed to even step up to the plate when it came to the powerful allure of "La Monroe" and starlet Carol Ohmart managed to be no different.
Armelia Carol Ohmart was born in Salt Lake City, Utah on July 3, 1927, the daughter of a dentist father (Thomas Carlyle Ohmart, a one-time actor) and an abusive Mormon mother (Armelia Merl Ohmart). Raised in Seattle and a baby contest winner as an infant, she was on stage from age 3 in a vaudeville act with her uncle. She then lived all over the place with her mother after her divorce from her father, attending high school at Lewis & Clark High in Spokane. A radio singer back in Salt Lake City, Carol won the "Miss Utah" title (then a brunette) at age 19, coming up fourth runner-up when she segued into the 1946 "Miss America" contest (came in 5th). The attention she received led to a modeling, commercial and magazine cover career.
In the early 1950s Carol found TV and commercial work and on stage on Broadway (in the ensemble of "Kismet" and also as Joan Diener's understudy) and summer stock. Paramount took interest after a talent agent caught her in "Kismet" and signed her in 1955, billing her, of course, as the "next Marilyn." But Carol came off more hardbitten and unsympathetic than the vulnerable, innocent sex goddess, and when the knockout blonde's first two movies The Scarlet Hour (1956) and The Wild Party (1956) tanked at the box office, she was written off in 1957. Only a few more film offers came her way, including director William Castle's gimmicky House on Haunted Hill (1959) (her best known); the campy horror Spider Baby or, the Maddest Story Ever Told (1967); and her last, The Spectre of Edgar Allan Poe (1974). She had steadier work on TV with guest appearances on "Bat Masterson," "Perry Mason," "Get Smart," "Mannix" and "Barnaby Jones," but by 1974 she retired from the screen.
Carol wed three times. The first, to radio actor Ken Grayson, lasted two years before it was annulled. A second brief two-year marriage in 1956 was with cowboy actor Wayde Preston (ne William Erskine Strange), who starred in the rugged "Colt .45" TV western. In the late 1970s, she married a third time to a non-professional (fireman), which lasted. After a particularly depressing period dealing with medication addiction and disability, a recovered, spiritual-leaning Carol found a helpful avenue outside the Hollywood scene in the 1970s studying metaphysics, delving also in oil painting, gardening, poetry and writing. She died on New Year's Day, 2002, at age 74, in Colorado.- Rose Siggins was born on 8 December 1972 in Pueblo, Colorado, USA. She was an actress, known for American Horror Story (2011), American Horror Story FreakShow: Extra-Ordinary-Artists (2014) and Extraordinary People (2003). She was married to Dave Siggins. She died on 12 December 2015 in Denver, Colorado, USA.
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Sam Edwards grew up in a show business family, having made his debut on stage while he was just a baby (his mother, the actress Edna Park, was holding him). With his family, he acted on radio in "The Adventures of Sunny and Buddy," and on his family's show, "The Edwards Family."- Dane Witherspoon was born on 27 December 1957 in Denton, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Santa Barbara (1984), The Waltons (1972) and Seedpeople (1992). He was married to Robin Wright and Tracy K. Shaffer. He died on 29 March 2014 in Denver, Colorado, USA.
- Richard Duane Kelton was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, and was the only child of Fred and Glenna Kelton. While growing up in Miami, Oklahoma, he remembered watching James Dean and cites him as his main influence on becoming an actor. After studying drama at The University of Kansas, he made his way to California where he made his debut playing "Bud" in a 1970 2-part episode (Snow Train) of Gunsmoke Gunsmoke (1955). Soon after that he made his TV movie debut as "Lieutenant Charring" in Wild Women (1970). He continued in numerous other guest starring roles and a movie roles. He also played the role of "Nick" in the Broadway revival of "Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf" in 1976. He made his starring role as "Ficus" in the short-lived science fiction series "Quark" (1978). Later that year he was invited back to The University of Kansas to give a short seminar on films. He continued his career until his death in 1978.
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Peggy Pope was born on 15 May 1929 in Montclair, New Jersey, USA. She was an actress and writer, known for 9 to 5 (1980), Choke (2008) and The Last Starfighter (1984). She was married to William Hawker. She died on 27 May 2020 in Fort Collins, Colorado, USA.- Director
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Eric Harris was an American high school senior from Wichita, Kansas. He and schoolmate Dylan Klebold were responsible for the Columbine High School massacre (1999).
In April 1981, Harris was born in Wichita, Kansas. His parents were Wayne Harris and his wife Katherine Ann Poole. Wayne worked as a transport pilot for the United States Air Force, while Katherine Ann was a homemaker. During Harris' early life, his family moved often due to his father's work. In 1983, the Harris family settled in Dayton, Ohio. In 1989, they relocated to Oscoda, Michigan. In 1992, they moved to Plattsburgh, New York. In 1993, Wayne retired from the military. He decided to move to Colorado with his family, which was his birthplace.
According to a later written report by Harris, he resented his father's decision. Harris had friends in Plattsburgh, and he felt alone without them in Colorado. From 1993 to 1996, the Harris family lived in rented accommodations in the Littleton area. In 1996, they purchased their own residence. By that time, Wayne was employed by the Flight Safety Services Corporation. Katherine Ann started a new career as a caterer. Harris' older brother Kevin started taking lessons at the University of Colorado. In 1995, Harris enrolled at the Columbine High School as a freshman.- Dylan Klebold was an American high school senior from Lakewood, Colorado. He and his schoolmate Eric Harris were responsible for the Columbine High School massacre (1999). His psychological profile suggests that Klebold was "an angry depressive, who showed low self-esteem, anxiousness and a vengeful attitude toward individuals who he believed had mistreated him". He had not been diagnosed prior to his death.
In September 1981, Klebold was born in in Lakewood, Colorado. Lakewood is a home rule municipality (self-governing settlement), and one of the most populous cities in Colorado. In 1980, it had a population of about 114,000 people. Klebold's parents named him after the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas (1914 -1953).
Klebold's parents were the engineer Thomas Klebold and his wife Sue Klebold (née Yassenoff, 1949-). Thomas initially worked as a sculptor, but found engineering to be a more lucrative profession. Sue worked in assistance services for the disabled, though she later changed her career to caring for people with brain diseases. Through his mother, Klebold was a great-grandson of multimillionaire Leo Yassenoff (1893-1971). Both parents were Lutheran, though Sue came from a Jewish family.
Klebold was raised in a religious household, and "attended confirmation classes in accordance with the Lutheran tradition." He spend the fist two classes of elementary school in Normandy Elementary School , and was then transferred to Governor's Ranch Elementary School . He was considered "exceptionally bright" as a child, and joined a program for students with "high intellectual potential". He was also interested in sports, regularly playing baseball, soccer and T-ball. During his elementary school years, Klebold was a Cub Scout.
After graduating from elementary school, Klebold enrolled at Ken Caryl Middle School. He reportedly found the transition to a new school difficult. Klebold was thought to be painfully shy, and rarely opened up to people. During his middle school years. Klebold befriended Eric Harris, who was a few months older than him. During Klebold's high school years. Harris became his best friend. - Geoffrey Scott was born on 22 February 1942 in Hollywood, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Hulk (2003), Dynasty (1981) and Dark Shadows (1966). He was married to Cheri M. (Caruso) Carysfort and Carol Ann Englehart. He died on 23 February 2021 in Broomfield, Colorado, USA.
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Joe Cocker was born on 20 May 1944 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Across the Universe (2007), The Bodyguard (1992) and Layer Cake (2004). He was married to Pam Baker. He died on 22 December 2014 in Crawford, Colorado, USA.- Charles Harrelson was born on 23 July 1938 in Huntsville, Texas, USA. He died on 15 March 2007 in Florence, Colorado, USA.
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Richard Jury was born on 25 October 1926 in Denver, Colorado, USA. He was an actor, known for Combat! (1962), The Brothers O'Toole (1973) and Endangered Species (1982). He was married to Liz Jury. He died on 24 July 2009 in Denver, Colorado, USA.- Actress
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Ruth Etting was born on 23 November 1896 in David City, Nebraska, USA. She was an actress, known for Hips, Hips, Hooray! (1934), Road to Perdition (2002) and Water for Elephants (2011). She was married to Myrl Alderman and Martin Snyder. She died on 24 September 1978 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.- Sporting the name Walter Craig when out of the limelight and the stage name Anthony Dexter when in it, he rounded out his years teaching high school English, Speech, and Drama classes at Eagle Rock High School (circa 1968-78) in the Los Angeles area. His best-known role as an actor, however, occurred when he landed the part of Rudolph Valentino in the actor's biopic Valentino (1951). He was reputed to have won the role from a competitive field of 75,000 aspiring Valentinos. The film's producer, 'Edward Small', claimed to have made 400 screen tests for the part until discovering Dexter--the perfect fit. So much alike was Dexter in appearance to Valentino that Valentino fan clubs, upon learning of Dexter, applauded the choice of him to play their star. Even the press lauded Dexter as "incredible. The same eyes, ears, mouth--the same grace in dancing" (according to a 1950 Los Angeles Times article quoting George Melford, who directed Valentino in The Sheik (1921). Although "Valentino" was not the success its producers had hoped for, Dexter managed to garner future parts in movies similar to the roles the real Valentino had played: John Smith in Captain John Smith and Pocahontas (1953); Captain Kidd in Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl (1954); a pirate leader in The Black Pirates (1954); Christopher Columbus in The Story of Mankind (1957). After these roles, his career gradually diminished until ultimately he was cast in a bit part in Julie Andrews' vehicle Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967).
Dexter grew up on a farm in Talmadge, Nebraska, where he played such good football in high school that he earned a scholarship to St. Olaf's College in Minnesota. There he began his pursuit of stage and screen, singing first in the college's choir before going on to the University of Iowa to get his M.A. in speech and drama. Even during World War II, Dexter--then a sergeant with the Army Special Services--toured England and other parts of the European theater of war doing the show "Claudia." Having not limited himself to movies, he did at least one notable run at summer theatre in San Francisco in "The King and I" and added to his credits parts in the Broadway shows "The Three Sisters," "Ah, Wilderness" and "The Barretts of Wimpole Street." He died at the age of 88 in Greeley, Colorado. - Burt Douglas was born on 21 November 1930 in Denver, Colorado, USA. He was an actor, known for Emergency! (1972), The Outer Limits (1963) and High School Confidential! (1958). He was married to Chris White. He died on 1 July 2000 in Denver, Colorado, USA.
- Victor Rothschild was born on 11 November 1923 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was married to Vera-Ellen. He died on 14 December 2008 in Denver, Colorado, USA.
- Dee J. Thompson was born on 7 June 1920 in the USA. She was an actress, known for The Glass Bottom Boat (1966), Love in a Goldfish Bowl (1961) and The Lady Takes a Flyer (1958). She was married to James S. Pollak. She died on 5 August 2009 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.
- Lil Travieso was born on 6 August 2002. He was an actor, known for Lil Travieso: Homies (Remix) (2021), Lil Travieso feat. KlumzyDoll: War Zone (2021) and Lil Travieso x Lil Nate: Thuggin (2021). He died on 6 July 2022 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.
- Born JonBenét Patricia Ramsey, at Northside Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia on August 6, 1990 to John Bennett Ramsey and Patricia (Paugh) Ramsey. She moved to Colorado with her family when she was just a year old. Her first name is a combination of her father's first and middle names, John Bennett.
She held a number of child beauty contest titles, including (in alphabetical order) America's Royal Miss, Colorado State All-Star Kids Cover Girl, Little Miss Charlevoix Michigan, Little Miss Colorado, Little Miss Merry Christmas, Little Miss Sunburst, and National Tiny Miss Beauty. She attended High Peaks Elementary School and was a member of St. John's Episcopal Church of Boulder.
Her last pageant was December 17, 1996. She performed "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" and modeled a few outfits. The competition took place at the Southwest Plaza in Denver, Colorado. She was crowned Little Miss Christmas and won a medal for talent.
She was only six years old when she was murdered on Christmas Day, 1996. She is buried in St. James Episcopal Cemetery in Marietta, Georgia, next to the grave of her mother and sister.
Her murder remains unsolved. - John Napier was born on 2 December 1926 in Roda, Virginia, USA. He was an actor, known for The Great Sioux Massacre (1965), The Gypsy Moths (1969) and The Time Tunnel (1966). He was married to Mary Cora Machin, Lisa James and Mary Catherine Vaughan. He died on 17 November 2008 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.
- Lance Reventlow was born on 24 February 1936 in London, England, UK. He was married to Cheryl Holdridge and Jill St. John. He died on 24 July 1972 in Aspen, Colorado, USA.
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Gene Hartline won a Taurus World Stunt Award for Best Work With A Vehicle in 2010 for his work on the 2009 Fast and the Furious.
A car and two tow trucks follow a tanker, trying to steal the tanker's cargo. Stunt woman walks on top of tanks to release them until the tanker driver realizes he's being robbed. Tanker then maneuvers and goes over a cliff, while cars try to avoid crashing into the tanker.- Rachel Joy Scott was born on 5 August 1981 in Denver, Colorado, USA. She died on 20 April 1999 in Littleton Arapahoe County Colorado, USA.
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Pat Brady was born on 31 December 1914 in Toledo, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for Man from Music Mountain (1943), Sons of the Pioneers (1942) and The Roy Rogers Show (1951). He was married to Fayetta and Carol. He died on 27 February 1972 in Green Mountain Falls, Colorado, USA.- Actor
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Tall distinguished looking George Ford started out as a contract player in the early 1930s but like most contract players, it didn't work out. Never discouraged, Ford moved on to roles as dancers, socialites, and chorus boys. Ford would occasionally have dialog but he was constantly used for his good looking appearance and his unique ability to ballroom dance.
During the 1950s, Ford developed a reputation for being one of the best dancers in Hollywood. Musicals weren't his specialty though, it was the nice ballrooms and the socialite parties. He continue to work these throughout his career. He also managed to appear in a lot of various war films playing soldiers and high ranking military officers. With the popularity of television westerns increase, Ford found himself frequently appearing at square dances and as a dancer to show the leading ladies off. Eventually he became a regular townsman for a few years on Gunsmoke appearing in the bar scenes and playing bank tellers and town dignitaries.
By 1968, Ford's work started to decrease and he decided to retire to Colorado where he could take up skiing and where he and his wife regularly competed in ballroom dancing contest. Like many extras, Ford's talents were not known to the general film public but he leaves behind a legacy of making the other dancers he danced with look better than they were and a large amount of film work that can be appreciated by future generation.- Actor
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Cowboy actor Buddy Roosevelt was born Kenneth Stanhope Sanderson in Meeker, Colorado, in 1898. His parents were emigrants from England, and at age 16 Kenneth got a job with the C.B. Irwin WIld West Show. When the show traveled to Southern California in 1914, the young Sanderson learned that stunt work in the burgeoning film industry paid much better, and was quite a bit safer, than busting broncs and the kind of roping, trick riding and other hard and dangerous tasks required of a Wild West show performer, and he soon got a job doing stunts in westerns for pioneering producer Thomas H. Ince at his Inceville studio, and often performed as a stunt double for William S. Hart. When the US entered World War I in 1917 Roosevelt enlisted in the Navy and was aboard the USS Norfolk when it was sunk. As if that wasn't enough, he contracted the Spanish flu during the 1918 influenza pandemic that killed millions worldwide, but he managed to survive both the sinking and the flu and returned to Hollywood at war's end.
Going back to stunt work, he was the stunt double for matinee idol Rudolph Valentino in The Sheik (1921), the picture that made Valentino a star. After more stunt work and small parts in a few films, Sanderson was hired by shoestring producer Lester F. Scott Jr. to star in a series of low-budget westerns. Scott didn't think that "Kenneth Sanderson" was enough of a cowboy name so he changed it to Buddy Roosevelt. The newly renamed cowboy actor made Rough Ridin' (1924) for Scott, the first of 25 that Roosevelt would make for him. Budgets for these pictures were usually less than $25,000--a paltry sum even for the early 1920s--but Scott had the sense to hire veteran supporting characters and efficient directors like a young Richard Thorpe (later to become a mainstay at prestigious MGM) and the pictures proved popular and made money. Unfortunately for Roosevelt, however, Scott signed two more cowboy actors, Jay Wilsey and Hal Taliaferro, which meant that the low budgets on Roosevelt's films got even lower.
In 1928 Roosevelt left Scott for another "B" outfit, Rayart Pictures, but the films he made for that company weren't much of an improvement over his Scott opuses (and in many cases were even worse). After a half-dozen of Rayart's "extravaganzas", Roosevelt managed to get a good role in a big picture for a major studio--The Cisco Kid in In Old Arizona (1928) for Fox. As luck would have it, though, Roosevelt broke his leg shortly before filming was to start. He was replaced by Warner Baxter, who went on to win an Academy Award for the part, which started him on a long and distinguished career. Buddy, on the other hand, went back to making "B" (and even lower-grade) horse operas. He signed with cheapjack producer/director Jack Irwin for a trio of oaters that were barely released. Irwin ran out of money on the third of this trio, "Valley of Bad Men"--which was apparently NEVER released--and Roosevelt was once again out of a job. He did some stunt work and got some small parts in small films, and eventually signed with low-rent specialist Victor Adamson (aka Denver Dixon) for a series of extremely low-budget westerns for Adamson's Superior Talking Pictures outfit. Supposedly shot in only a few days on budgets that were so low that Superior could only afford to pay Roosevelt $250 for each one, these films have gained a reputation for incoherence, ineptness and cheapness that few others have achieved, even to this day.
These pictures finished Buddy Roosevelt's career as a "star", but he still remained active in the business, doing stunt work and appearing in small parts and bit roles until he retired after making his last film, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), in 1962. He died in his home town of Meeker, Colorado, on October 6, 1973.- Director
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George Hickenlooper graduated from Yale University in 1986. He was born on May 25, 1963 in St. Louis, Missouri and raised there, Boston, and San Francisco. His interest in film began in childhood and stemmed from his great-uncle's (Leopold Stokowski) involvement in the movie Fantasia (1940). Hickenlooper's interest also bloomed from his father being a playwright and his mother starting a guerrilla theater troop, which would protest the Vietnam War. Both of his parents told him the techniques of story telling whether to make an aesthetic or political point. Hickenlooper's first short Super 8mm films were animated and made with this grammar school friend Kirk Wise who, years later, would go on to direct Beauty and the Beast (1991) for Walt Disney. While attending a Jesuit high school, Hickenlooper turned to live action short filmmaking. Many of those shorts ("Telefission", "A Day in the Life", "A Black and White Film" and "The Revenant") were premiered on Public Television in St. Louis and Kansas City. Hickenlooper spent one summer studying at the USC School of Cinema and Television, and then went on to Yale for a B.A. in History and Film Studies. After graduating, Hickenlooper interned for producer Roger Corman and, in 1991, authored the book "Reel Conversations" (Citadel Press), a collection of interviews with film directors and critics. Hickenlooper made his professional directing debut with Art, Acting, and the Suicide Chair: Dennis Hopper (1988), a short documentary about Dennis Hopper. However, he made his breakthrough when he premiered Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991), the internationally acclaimed documentary about the making of Apocalypse Now (1979), at the Cannes Film Festival.- Director
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Russ Mayberry was born on 22 December 1925 in Duluth, Minnesota, USA. He was a director and producer, known for Black Sheep Squadron (1976), Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) and McCloud (1970). He was married to Mary Ellen "Sandy" Minor and Darleen Engle. He died on 27 July 2012 in Fort Collins, Colorado, USA.- Shanann Watts was born on 10 January 1984 in Clifton, New Jersey, USA. She was married to Chris Watts. She died on 13 August 2018 in Frederick, Colorado, USA.
- Victoria Wells was born on 26 February 1954 in California, USA. She was an actress, known for The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982), Swashbuckler (1976) and Switch (1975). She was married to Alan Wells. She died on 18 June 2013 in Loveland, Colorado, USA.
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Taylor Mead was born on 31 December 1924 in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, USA. He was an actor and editor, known for Coffee and Cigarettes (2003), Midnight Cowboy (1969) and Tarzan and Jane Regained... Sort of (1964). He died on 8 May 2013 in Denver, Colorado, USA.- Actress
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Sally Yarnell was born on 29 April 1915 in Canastota, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Fashion Model (1945), The Black Sleep (1956) and The Lieutenant (1963). She died on 30 September 1995 in Denver, Colorado, USA.- Margaret Perry is one of two daughters of Antoinette 'Toni' Perry, namesake of the Tony Awards for Broadway Theater. Her sister Elaine Perry was a noted Broadway director and producer, who passed away on the family's Salt Works Ranch, in Colorado, in 1986. Most of Margaret's work was done on stage in New York and on tour. Margaret was married three times, to newspaperman Windsor French, to actor Burgess Meredith and finally, Paul Fanning, scenic artist and art director/co-producer of The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962). Margaret and Paul had four children: Karl, Antoinette (Toni-deceased 2003), John Taggart 'Tag' and Clare. She and Paul divorced in 1952 and Margaret retired to Colorado to raise her children. Margaret continued to live on the family's Salt Works Ranch, in South Park, Park County, Colorado until her death.
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Stephen Milburn Anderson was born in 1947 in the USA. He was a producer and writer, known for South Central (1992), Masters of the Universe (1987) and Ca$h (2010). He was married to Mary Law Weir. He died on 1 May 2015 in Denver, Colorado, USA.- Actress
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Rachel Romen was born on 20 October 1933 in the USA. She was an actress and writer, known for The Desert Raven (1965), Shock Corridor (1963) and Run, Angel, Run! (1969). She died on 29 January 2013 in Florissant, Colorado, USA.- Actor
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Joe Hyams was born on 6 June 1923 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Brubaker (1980), Quincy M.E. (1976) and Kill the Golden Goose (1979). He was married to Melissa Hyams, Elke Sommer and Eleanor Gustafson. He died on 8 November 2008 in Denver, Colorado, USA.- Brett Madden was born on 22 September 1978 in Hartford, Connecticut, USA. She was an actress, known for Alan Wake's American Nightmare (2012), Alan Wake (2010) and Beccerra (2002). She died on 19 September 2020 in Telluride, Colorado, USA.
- Grace McHugh was born in 1898 in Golden, Colorado, USA. She was an actress, known for Across the Border (1914). She died on 1 July 1914 in near Canon City, Colorado, USA.
- Kay Earley Doubleday was born in the northern Caribbean coastal town of Tela, Honduras, where her father was a railroad construction engineer for the Tela Railroad Company, a subsidiary of the United Fruit Company, later to become Chiquita Brands International. It controlled vast territories and transportation networks in Central America and had a monopoly on the banana industry. In 1933, just after Doubleday was born, the company moved its headquarters to New Orleans. Her family moved there in 1936 and she grew up there, appearing in several local theater productions as a child. Upon graduation from high school at the Academy of the Holy Angels in 1951, she moved to New York to pursue acting and soon flew to London, where she auditioned for and was accepted into the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. After a year, she graduated and lived in Rome for a short time, returning to New York in 1954, where she soon began taking acting lessons from playwright and actor Michael V. Gazzo, who later gained fame for portraying Frankie "Five Angels" Pentageli in The Godfather Part II (1974). In 1956, she enrolled in the famed Actor's Studio under the tutelage of Lee Strasberg, who also appeared in The Godfather Part II (1974), as mafia kingpin Hyman Roth. There, she met her first husband, actor and writer Clyde Ware. They had a son, but the marriage ended in 1961 and Ware moved to Hollywood, where he began a successful screenwriting career. Doubleday then married again in 1962 to actor Archie Smith. They moved to Seattle and acted together in the Seattle Repertory Theater for several years. Their marriage also produced a son, but tragically, in February 1970, he was killed when thrown from the back seat of the car Smith was driving near Lake Sammamish State Park near Issaquah. Smith was slowing down for traffic and lost control of the vehicle, which skidded off the road. The couple's pain at this loss was eased a bit when Doubleday gave birth to a daughter about a year later. The family moved to Pennsylvania and were involved with the Penn State Theater Department. In the early 1980's, they moved to Denver and were resident actors with the Denver Theater Company. In May 1995, Doubleday died in the arms of her beloved husband Archie Smith.
- Nancy Shubert was born on 18 April 1914 in Morrison, Oklahoma, USA. She was an actress, known for Sagebrush Trail (1933). She was married to Alfred C. Goddard. She died on 29 April 1987 in Colorado, USA.