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Most recently seen in the Lionsgate action comedy feature "Shotgun Wedding" opposite Jennifer Lopez, also starring Jennifer Coolidge, D'Arcy Carden, Cheech Marin, Sonia Braga and Lenny Kravitz. She is also the lead actress and co-writer of independent, dark comedy "JETHICA," directed by friend and collaborator Pete Ohs, which premiered at SXSW in 2022 and was distributed by Cinedigm in early 2023. She played psychopathic bounty hunter, Gabrielle Diaz, in season 2 of HBO Max's "The Flight Attendant." Prior to that, she played opposite Joe Cole in German filmmaker Bastian Günther's independent film, "One Of These Days," which premiered at Berlinale 2020, and was the lead in Josh Safran's Netflix series "Soundtrack." Previous work also includes A24 David Robert Mitchell noir thriller "Under the Silver Lake," Ridley Scott's "Alien: Covenant," Damien Chazelle's "La La Land," Epix' dark comedy series, "Graves" opposite Nick Nolte, and appeared in Nicolas Winding Refn's TV series "Too Old to Die Young." She began her career in Austin, Texas with supporting roles in Terrence Malick's "Song to Song" as well as Robert Rodriguez's "Sin City: A Dame to Kill For," "Machete Kills," and TV series "From Dusk Till Dawn."- Actress
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Ashley Michele Greene was born in Jacksonville, Florida to parents Michele (Tatum), an insurance broker, and Joseph Lacy Greene, US Marine who runs a concrete business. A self-confessed tomboy and "daredevil", Ashley loved to try to keep up with her older brother Joe, taking on activities such as taekwondo and winning several awards. Ashley says she was not allowed to spar the girls in taekwondo class because she "beat the girls up". She even accidentally once gave a boy she liked a bloody nose and lip while sparring. Ashley admits she is a "competitive little sucker".
During her early teen years, Ashley found herself hanging out with older girls, which impacted her self-esteem when she found them to be more mature and, in her mind, prettier than she was. Ashley describes herself as a "hot mess" as a teenager. Ashley's mother put her into modeling classes to improve her confidence, and Ashley began to consider becoming a model as a career. After being told she was too short to be a model, Ashley considered becoming a lawyer and getting a degree in psychology. She actually convinced her parents to let her leave her private school to attend a public one which had a law and psychology program. However, after taking a commercial class, which led to acting class, Ashley knew what she wanted to do - acting.
Luckily for Ashley, her parents were supportive and allowed her to move to LA at seventeen years of age. Due to her excellent grades and extra credits, she was able to graduate high school early to follow her acting dream.
For three years, Ashley struggled to find acting roles. She picked up small roles here and there in TV shows such as Punk'd (2003) and Crossing Jordan (2001), and some very small film roles in Shrink (2009) and King of California (2007).
Ashley's big break came when she got to audition for the film, Twilight (2008), based on Stephenie Meyer's popular book series. She originally auditioned for "Bella", but, as she says herself, "I was no Bella". She was called back to audition for the role of "Alice Cullen". After a long auditioning process, Ashley was finally told she got the part.
Ashley had previously worked in restaurants but, like the rest of her fellow "Twilight" cast-mates, Ashley found herself suddenly thrust into the limelight. Though she says she doesn't get the same kind of insanity as the boys - especially Robert Pattinson. She says most fans relate to her on a "best friend" level rather than screaming at her hysterically.
Ashley has already begun filming other roles and has high hopes for her career outside of the "Twilight" franchise. She has said she wants to be a superhero, a Bond girl and possibly Wonder Woman in future projects.- Margo Martindale was born July 18, 1951 in Jacksonville, Texas, to Margaret (Pruitt) and William Everett Martindale, a lumber company owner and dog handler. She is the youngest of three children, and the only daughter. Margo attended Lon Marris College, and later transferred to University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, and did a summer study at Harvard University. She made her film debut appearance in Days of Thunder (1990), she played the minor role of Donna. Notable roles include: Sister Colleen, Susan Sarandon's fellow nun in Dead Man Walking (1995). She played a brief but memorable role as the selfish mother to Hilary Swank's character in Million Dollar Baby (2004).
- Liam Sullivan was schooled at Illinois College while having his first fling with the acting profession in regional theater. He then studied drama at Harvard, made his way to New York and first appeared on Broadway in "The Constant Nymph" in 1951. He later returned to the West Coast to perform in an LA stage production of "Mary Stuart". By the early 1950s, he began appearing in television, his Romanesque features and precisely modulated voice ideally suited to smoothly roguish, arrogant or cynical gents, adept at caustic or witty repartee. He was a familiar presence across all genres, from western to science fiction.
Among his many TV credits two stand out above all: his sadistic philosopher-king Parmen from the Star Trek (1966) episode "Plato's Stepchildren",; and his obnoxious social-climbing upstart Jamie Tennyson in "The Silence" (The Twilight Zone (1959)) who unwisely accepts a bet for a half-million dollars that he can remain silent for a year (based on a short story by Anton Chekhov, entitled "The Bet"). Liam appeared in another Twilight Zone episode, "The Changing of the Guard", but this time was overshadowed by Donald Pleasence, who delivered arguably the most poignant performance of his career.
During the latter stages of his life, Liam combined acting with writing and, just prior to his death, was working on a novel. He was also in the process of compiling a biographical history of the Eli Bridge Company who built the innovative 'Big Eli' Ferris Wheel in Jacksonville, Illinois in May 1900. Founded by his ancestor W.E.Sullivan, the business is still run by members of the Sullivan family. - Actor
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RJ Cyler, a native of Jacksonville, Florida, was born Ronald Cyler II, the youngest of three boys. RJ has always been an entertainer in some way or form. At the age of 12, he started a dance team with his older brother. In January 2012, RJ heard a commercial for open auditions in the Jacksonville area. RJ was asked to Los Angeles for another acting camp, which at that time RJ's mentor asked his parents to consider relocating to California in order to support a possible future. Feb 22,2013,the family took a leap of faith; he along with his mother, moved to Los Angeles. Shortly after, his father and one brother also relocated as well. With his family behind him, RJ continues to focus on becoming a better young man, comedian & actor, not easily deterred when life comes at him, he is truly the laugh box of his family and to those who met him.- Khandi Alexander was born on 4 September 1957 in Jacksonville, Florida, USA. She is an actress, known for CSI: Miami (2002), Patriots Day (2016) and Scandal (2012).
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Richie Moriarty stars as Pete in the CBS sitcom Ghosts (2021). Richie is an actor, voice actor, and improviser and can be seen in What We Do in the Shadows (2019) on FX, in the Netflix hits Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2015), Orange Is the New Black (2013) and House of Cards (2013), as well as Search Party (2016), The Last O.G. (2018), and recurring on Amazon's The Tick (2016). His also recurs on the animated shows Hamster & Gretel (2022), Stephen Colbert Presents Tooning Out The News (2020), and Pinkalicious & Peterrific (2018). Richie also appears in the Warner Brothers films How to Be Single (2016) and Going in Style (2017). In 2018, he starred with John Malkovich in a AFC Championship teaser on CBS that won four Sports Emmys.
Richie has performed at the Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal as a prestigious New Face in their Character showcase. He performed for years as an actor on Maude Night at Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in NYC as well other multiple other sketch shows at UCB. Richie is a graduate of Boston College.- Actress
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Known for her portrayal of series regular Jennifer Rappaport on ABC's "One Life to Live," Jessica has cultivated her career as the leading lady in various television shows and independent films. Jessica starred in Lifetime TV's hit movie "Secret Lives Of Housewives" and has also had strong guest starring roles on popular primetime shows, including Fox's "Rosewood" and TNT's "Perception." Jessica recently recurred in Freeform's "Party of Five" remake and "The Upshaws" on Netflix. Jessica has also discovered her passion for screenwriting.- Actor
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Patrick Heusinger was born in Jacksonville, Florida, USA. He is an actor, known for Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016), Absentia (2017) and Frances Ha (2012).- Elizabeth Dennehy, originally from New York, is a classically trained actress living in Los Angeles. The proud daughter of actor Brian Dennehy and mother of actor Jack Lancaster, Elizabeth is probably best known for playing Lieutenant Commander Shelby on Star Trek: The Next Generation. Elizabeth is a Shakespeare geek, who loves to travel, sing, teach, and support young artists.
- Noah Alexander Gerry was born on 14 May 1997 in Jacksonville, Florida, USA. He is an actor, known for Station 19 (2018), At Her Feet and Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin (2022).
- Born in North Carolina, grew up in Beaumont, Texas, Harry Goaz did not become interested in acting until after he graduated from the University of Texas. He then settled in Los Angeles and studied acting under Bill Traylor at The Loft while working as a driver. He first met David Lynch while driving him to a memorial tribute to Roy Orbison where Lynch decided to cast him for the role of the weak-willed, not-so-bright Deputy Andy Brennan in the TV series Twin Peaks. He then went on to work on the critically acclaimed Eerie Indiana. Harry is now a staple of independent films.
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Patrick R. Walker was born to Nicole Micheau and Patrick Walker Sr. on December 2, 1992, in Jacksonville, Florida. Although he was brought up in one of the roughest neighborhoods in Jacksonville, his negative surroundings motivated him in a positive way. At a very young age, Patrick made a commitment to himself that he would never get involved in a life of crime, drugs, or alcohol. He has stayed true to this commitment and remained focused on his dreams of becoming a positive role model, actor, writer, and producer.
During high school, Patrick was voted senior class president, as well as a being the team captain, and standout of the track team. With his persistence and drive to succeed, Walker moved to Atlanta in August of 2011 to pursue his dream of becoming a famous Actor. He is consistently busy acting in major network television shows, as well as, writing, producing, and directing films. He was awarded three Best Actor awards in 2014. Walker also placed 3rd in the country at the College traveling film festival Campus Moviefest in 2014-15, for his short film, "Caretaker." In addition, Walker's award winning short film, "Caretaker", has aired on Virgin Airlines in the months of November and December 2014.
Walker is racking up an impressive resume in numerous television shows, independent films, and theatrical plays. His bright smile, attractive personality, and his love of the art is what drive him. There is no doubt that we will be seeing him do big things in the near future. His most recent accomplishment is being selected as one of the winners of the 2015 'Team Oscar' Competition. As part of this great honor, the six winners will deliver Oscar statuettes to celebrity presenters at the 87th Academy Awards® on Oscar Sunday, February 22, 2015, live on ABC.
Patrick was raised in Jacksonville, FL by his mother, Nicole Micheau. He is also an older brother and positive role model to his four younger siblings: Jarett, Kalei, Jacobi, and Jarell.- Actor
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Actor, singer, author and songwriter ("Exodus") Pat Boone was educated at David Lipscombe College, North Texas State College and Columbia University (from which he received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1958). His career in entertainment began when he emceed a teenage talent show on radio and television in Nashville, Tennessee. He won a Ted Mack Original Amateur Hour amateur show, and an Arthur Godfrey Talent Scouts show. His first professional recording was made in 1955, and he joined ASCAP in 1961, with Ernest Gold being his chief musical collaborator. Over the years he has had many hit songs ("Moody River", "Speedy Gonzales", "Bernadine") and appeared in a string of films in the 1950s and 1960s, some successful and some not. His other song compositions include "Lover's Lane" and "The Main Attraction". He has served as a board member of the Northeastern Institute for Christian Education.- Actress
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Tall, graceful, supremely accomplished American actress, singer, dancer and choreographer Paula Kelly was born in Jacksonville, Florida, one of three daughters, to Ruth and Lehman Kelly. The family moved to Harlem in New York when she was six years old. Unlike her siblings, she had strong musical inclinations which were recognised early on by her father (himself a jazz musician), who enrolled her in the Fiorello LaGuardia High School of Music & Art. Paula excelled as a star pupil. This opened doors to an audition at the prestigious Juilliard School and led to a four-year scholarship. Having trained under the academy's first director of dance, Martha Hill, she graduated in 1964 and that same year made her debut on Broadway. During much of the 1960s, specialising in modern dance, she performed with such luminaries as Martha Graham and Alvin Ailey and went on tour as a dancer with Harry Belafonte.
The inevitable breakthrough to popular success came when she was cast as Helene (taxi dancer at the Fandango Ballroom) in London's West End production of "Sweet Charity" (1967), directed and choreographed by Bob Fosse. Paula ended up winning the London Variety Award for Best Supporting Actress. The play itself enjoyed a healthy run but was ultimately eclipsed by the motion picture Sweet Charity (1969), for which Paula was able to recreate her stage role. Now firmly established on the screen, she went on to sing and dance in a number of musical television specials and/or variety shows headlining Gene Kelly (with whom she performed a duet), Dean Martin, Quincy Jones, Richard Pryor and former Sweet Charity co-star Sammy Davis Jr.. She also appeared as Tiger Lily, teaming up with Danny Kaye and Mia Farrow for the BBC production of Peter Pan (1976), as well as taking on the dual role of co-choreographer. In 1971, she starred in a Los Angeles stage production of the all-singing, all-dancing musical revue "Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope", for which she won the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award.
Since the popularity of musicals had waned by the early 1970s, Paula had little choice but to take on straight dramatic acting roles. On several occasions she provided the female interest in a series of fashionable, sassy, tough blaxploitation films, playing cool, happening chicks opposite action men like Robert Hooks, Paul Winfield and Thalmus Rasulala (and often rising above the routine dramatic material afforded her). She was Leggy Peggy in the cult comedy Uptown Saturday Night (1974) with Sidney Poitier, Bill Cosby and Richard Pryor and had featured roles in the sci-fi classics The Andromeda Strain (1971) and Soylent Green (1973). She also appeared in many television guest spots, with notable recurring roles in The Streets of San Francisco (1972), Police Woman (1974) and the sitcom Night Court (1984), for which she received the first of two Emmy Award nominations. She retired from acting in 1999. Her husband was the British film and television director Don Chaffey, who predeceased her in 1990.
Paula Kelly died of heart failure on February 9, 2020 at age 77.- Actor
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Rex Smith has performed in all mediums (Broadway, film, television), and produced his one-man show. He started his career as a "teen idol" heartthrob with the platinum album hit "You Take My Breath Away." Other albums include "Rex", "Where Do We Go From Here", "Sooner Or Later", "Forever", "Camouflage", and most recently, "Simply...Rex".
Turning to Broadway at the height of his popularity, Rex made his Broadway debut as Danny Zuko in the original production of "Grease". He received the Theater World Award for his memorable portrayal of Frederick in "The Pirates of Penzance" on Broadway. Other starring roles on Broadway include "Grand Hotel", "Sunset Boulevard", "The Scarlet Pimpernel", "Annie Get Your Gun", and "Kiss Me Kate". He starred in the series Street Hawk (1985), and became a household name on the popular CBS daytime drama As the World Turns (1956). He hosted three episodes of Solid Gold (1980), and was featured in Once in a Lifetime (1994), A Passion to Kill (1994), Shades of Love: The Ballerina and the Blues (1987), and Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer (1990).
In 2018, he played Billy Mack, an aging rock star, in the world-premiere production of Love Actually Live. A one-of-a-kind stage production performed live with an all-star cast and 15-piece orchestra immersing the singers and musicians at The Wallis in Beverly Hills, California.- Actress
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Patrika Darbo was born on 6 April 1948 in Jacksonville, Florida, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Days of Our Lives (1965), Babe (1995) and Rango (2011). She has been married to Rolf Darbo since 29 December 1973.- Actor
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Affion Crockett is a rare multi hyphenate who is known as a rapper, dancer, stand-up comedian, writer, and actor. He is known for his work on Wild'n Out, What We Do In The Shadows, and A Haunted House 1 & 2. He also produced and self financed his upcoming film A Hip Hop Story, a parody based comedy about Hip Hop culture.- Born Dixie Wanda Hendrix in Jacksonville, Florida to a logging camp boss (Max Sylvester Hendrix) and his wife (Mary Bailley), wholesome, green-eyed, dark-haired Wanda Hendrix was involved in her hometown's little theater group when she was "discovered" by a passing talent agent and signed up by Warner Bros. Her family moved to California.
Forgoing bit parts, the petite and lovely up-and-comer was immediately featured in featured roles in both Confidential Agent (1945) and Nora Prentiss (1947) for Warner Bros. and Welcome Stranger (1947) for Paramount. Signing up with Paramount, she earned one of her best film roles with Ride the Pink Horse (1947), in which there was talk of an Oscar nomination, and appeared elsewhere in the light comedy Miss Tatlock's Millions (1948) and the melodrama My Own True Love (1949).
After appearing on the cover of Coronet magazine, decorated WWII hero-turned-Universal star Audie Murphy took notice and arranged a meeting with her. They married on February 8 1949, and she co-starred with him a year later in one of his western vehicles, Sierra (1950). The marriage had problems from the beginning. Audie, who wanted her to give up her career, suffered from flashbacks and paranoia from his traumatic war-time experiences and often held her at gunpoint during violent episodes. The frightened woman left him after only seven months and divorced him soon after, charging him with mental cruelty. The final decree came on April 14, 1950.
The negative publicity that came out of their stormy marriage did little to enhance Wanda's status in Hollywood and, after a few standard oaters and war yarns, the more notable ones being Captain Carey, U.S.A. (1949) co-starring Alan Ladd, The Highwayman (1951) with Charles Coburn, and Roger Corman's Highway Dragnet (1954) with Richard Conte, her career waned. The actress retired completely from pictures in 1954 to marry millionaire playboy and sportsman James L. Stack, Jr., brother of actor Robert Stack. She earlier appeared with her famous brother-in-law in the films Miss Tatlock's Millions (1948) and My Outlaw Brother (1951).
The career sacrifice did little to help the marriage and the couple divorced in 1958. Returning to acting, she made a comeback on stage, film and TV but experienced little progression. Overlooked in her three 1960s films, her last film roles were filmed in the early 1970s. "Mystic Mountain Massacre", co-starring Ray Danton, was never released, and the Civil War horror One Minute Before Death (1972), based on a short story "The Oval Portrait" by Edgar Allan Poe, in which she co-starred with Barry Coe and Gisele MacKenzie, died a quicker death than even the title suggests.
In 1969, she married a third and last time, to oil company executive Steve La Monte in Las Vegas. At one point, she considered collaborating with author Douglas Warren on an autobiography of her first husband, Audie Murphy, but it never came to fruition. Divorced from her third husband in 1980, Wanda died shortly thereafter at age 52 of double pneumonia in Los Angeles. She had no children. - Actress
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Masuimi Max was born in Little Rock, Arkansas to a Japanese-American father and a mother who was ethnic German and Scottish. She spent her early years living in Korea and the Philippines. Her father retired from the Air Force and moved to Las Vegas during her teenage years.
Masuimi was an international performer, top alternative/fetish model, actress and owner of I Am Sin cosmetics. She modeled for hundreds of companies around the world--including such well-known brands as Harley-Davidson, Coffin Case, Pinup Girl Clothing, Murray & Vern latex and Bibian Blue--and was the spoke model for Pinup Girl Clothing. Sinical Magazine has said of her, "She has inspired a legion of alternative models to lace up a corset, pull on some stockings and slide into a pair of stilettos. Masuimi was a true 'master of disguise' and often made her own costumes and backgrounds, and was an accomplished fire performer and burlesque dancer. She was a true original in a sea full of copycats, and one of the few models that has made a career out of doing what she loves".
Aside from modeling and performing, Masuimi operated an exclusive pay site for her fans, which offers a free guest area and a paid members-only area. There are over 60,000 images and videos, along with live video demos in which she connected with her fans by doing various tutorials that range from cooking to putting makeup on. She was a webmaster and designer for several websites. Model Mayem magazine has said of her, "Her success in the industry paved the way for so many models that followed, but the story of her success is a classic tale of how hard work, talent and determination can overcome all challenges. Masuimi's list of credits is so vast, with nearly 100 magazine covers and many more features, music videos, TV shows and movies, that it's almost impossible to select a few highlights." She was compared to iconic model Dita Von Teese by Sinical Magazine: "Dita Von Teese and Masuimi Max.. They modeled and performed full time since the 1990s. Their influence on current models was unquestioned and they basically joined the ranks of Miss Page". Masuimi was on the cover of Bizarre Magazine nine times, as well as Maxim, Import Tuner, Performance Sound and Auto, DDI Mag, and many others. She was featured on Playboy.com and was the leading lady in Tiger Army's "Rose of a Devils Garden"
She appeared in a number of films, including Unlucky Charms (2013), Gingerdead Man vs Evil Bong (2013), Here Lies Lonely (1999) and The Devil's Muse (2007), and was also in the mega-hit xXx: State of the Union (2005). She also made personal appearances at car shows. She was a contestant in the reality television game show Fear Factor (2001) where she ate a potato bug. She also had a brief cameo at the end of the David Lynch film Inland Empire (2006) as a girl with the blonde wig who has a monkey. In 2011, she made a cameo appearance in the SuperHeavy video for "Miracle Worker."- Stunts
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Erin E. Clyne was born in Jacksonville, Florida, USA. She is an actress, known for Gotham (2014), Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022) and Good Egg (2023).- Actor
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Richard was born in Jacksonville, Florida. His father born in New York City, a career Marine, his mother born in Roanoke, Va. of Scottish and Cherokee Indian descent. He spent the first 18 years of his life as a Marine Corps Dependent. He spent his days with the nuns in parochial school and his nights and weekends with the Corps. He graduated from Mission Viejo High School in 1969 and attended Occidental College 1969-70. Richard joined the army in 1970. He served 3 years with a tour of duty in Vietnam.
After the Army he moved to Los Angeles to begin his acting career. He studied at the Film Actors Workshop at the Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank. His first appearance on TV was the "The Tonight Show" as a Mighty Carson Art Player in 1979. Richard also studied at the Herbert Berghof Studios, New York and the Actors Studio under Eli Wallach in New York.
In 1980 he and 7 Vietnam veteran actors created the play "Tracers", which was the catalysis of his career. Since "Tracers" he has been blessed to work on some great projects, the "War of the Worlds" television series and "Predator" being the most acclaimed. Film roles include "Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam", "Cease Fire", "Witness" and "Night Eyes II".
His television roles include guest starring in "Star Trek: Voyager", "Walker, Texas Ranger", "F.B.I. The Untold Stories", "LA Law", "Babylon 5", "MacGyver", "Trials of Rosie O'Neill", "Miami Vice", "Hill St. Blues", "St. Elsewhere", "Eight Is Enough". He was a series regular in "War of the Worlds" and co-starred in "Dallas". He has appeared in the TV movies, "Weapons of Mass Distraction", "LA Takedown", "To Heal a Nation", "Penalty Phase", "Fire On the Mountain", the mini-series "Ari- The Life of Aristotle Onassis" and "The Gambler III".
As well as film and television Richard has achieved accolades in live theatre. In 1980 "Tracers" received the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Ensemble, 1983 Drama-Logue Award for Best Performance in "Vietnam Trilogy" and in 1985 the New York Theatre World Award for Outstanding New Talent in "Tracers". Other appearances include the "Police Officers Wives", "Santos & Santos" and "Pendleton Blanket".
Richard presently lives in the Los Angeles area and continues to write, work and contribute to the creative world.- Actress
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Lisa Pescia was born and raised in Jacksonville, North Carolina, a small southern town adjacent to Camp Lejeune Marine Corps base. The only child of Richard and Edie Pescia, she grew up playing classical flute and studying dance. After finishing college in San Francisco, she moved to LA and began studying acting with Milton Katselas who quickly became a lifelong mentor. Known for the Body Chemistry series for Roger Corman, she has also had the pleasure of working in films directed by independent filmmaker, Henry Jaglom...Queen of the Lot and The M Word. Memorable roles in television include recurring on Seinfeld, Cold Case, Without a Trace, Curb Your Enthusiasm and The Mentalist. Lisa continues to enjoy living in Los Angeles and working as an actress in film, television and stage.- Rena Marlette Greek was born on August 8, 1968 in Jacksonville, Florida, USA. She is an actress, known for Slaves of the Realm (2003), WWE Raw (1993) and The Final Victim (2003). She has been married to Brock Lesnar since May 6, 2006. They have two children named, Turk (born June 2009) and Duke (born July 2010). She's also the stepmother to Lesnar's oldest children, Brock Jr. (born June 2001) and Mya Lynn (born April 2002) from a previous relationship. She was previously married to Marc Mero and Wayne Richardson.
- Barbie Blank was a full-time bikini model for Venus Swimwear until she signed a developmental contract with the WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) on May 13, 2006. John Laurinaitis saw her in a bikini catalog and contacted her modeling agency about hiring her and Victoria Crawford. Barbie signed with WWE after her agent advised her to, and reported to OVW (Ohio Valley Wrestling) for further training. Even though Barbie was called onto the main roster, she flies back to Louisville, Kentucky to OVW once a week and works at house shows as a ring announcer and referee along with Crawford, going by her ring name Alicia Fox. On June 24, 2006 at OVW TV tapings, Barbie made her OVW debut as Kelly and participated in a bikini contest. The other participants in the competition were Roni Jonah, Sosay, ODB (Jessica Kresa), and Daisy Mae. Nobody won the contest because ODB attacked all the divas. Barbie, now known as "Kelly Kelly" had no prior wrestling experience before being signed by the WWE. She is the youngest female member on the WWE/ECW roster starting out at the age of 19. Barbie made her debut known as "Kelly Kelly" on the June 13, 2006 edition of ECW. Her first role on ECW was an exhibitionist that did a series of striptease segments for the audience. As of July 2008, she was drafted to the WWE Raw brand. Then in April 2010, she was drafted to the Smackdown brand. After the brand switches between both shows she was drafted back to Raw in April 2011. She won her first WWE Divas Championship in June against Brie Bella and then lost the title in October to Beth Phoenix. Following many unsuccessful attempts to win the WWE Divas Championship, she later participated in several tag team matches. At WrestleMania XXVIII (2012), she teamed with Extra (1994) correspondent Maria Menounos to defeat Beth Phoenix and Eve Torres in a tag team match. In June, she took time off from WWE before returning in August defeating Eve Torres in a singles match. In September 2012, she was released from WWE. She later stated in an interview that she needed time off to heal from a neck injury and had plans to model.
- AlexAnn Spencer Hopkins is an American actress. She has worked on projects such as Sun Records (2017), The Goldbergs (2016), Chicago P.D. (2017), and Criminal Minds (2020). Her interest in acting began at the age of 9. Two years later, after some experience with the local film school and two summers in New York, relocated to Los Angeles, California.
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Actor, songwriter ("What Every Girl Should Know"), author and publisher, David Holt was educated at Long's Professional School and the Westlake College of Music in Hollywood. He was a child actor on the stage and in early films, and composed special material. Later he became the general manager and co-owner of a music-publishing company. Joining ASCAP in 1952, his chief musical collaborators included Johnny Mercer, Robert Wells, Sammy Cahn, Paul Francis Webster and Dok Stanford. His other popular-song compositions include "Anyone Can Fall in Love".- Director
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Ryan Adams was born on 5 November 1974 in Jacksonville, North Carolina, USA. He is a director and actor, known for The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013), Behind Enemy Lines (2001) and The Condemned (2007). He was previously married to Mandy Moore.- Very little is known about Alice Elizabeth Nunn with the exception that she appeared in one of the 1980s most famous films, Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985), as the infamous truck driver, 'Large Marge'.
She was born on October 10, 1927 in Jacksonville, Florida to parents N.G. Nunn and Alice Bush. After the acting bug bit, she eventually made her way westward, and television shows, Camp Runamuck (1965) and Petticoat Junction (1963) were her first Hollywood acting jobs. She went on to appear in dozens of films and television shows, with some of her more memorable roles being in Mommie Dearest (1981) as 'Helga', Who's That Girl (1987), alongside Madonna as a Parole Board Official, and her last film role as 'Nurse Palmer' in Three O'Clock High (1987).
After battling breast cancer for several years, she suffered a stroke and passed away days later of cardiac arrest in her West Hollywood, California apartment on Friday, July 1, 1988. She was survived by her longtime companion, Martha Harris. Alice was cremated her ashes were interred with her parents back in her native Jacksonville.
Even though Alice didn't live long enough to bask in the late fame she so duly earned in the mid-late 1980s, in which she has since attained pop culture status, she did, however, run into Paul Reubens, not long after Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985) premiered in theaters, and remarked to him the recognition she got from children which had truly touched her.
Alice Nunn will always have a place in Hollywood history - even if it's just mostly being remembered as 'Large Marge' - about which she never complained. - Stephen Plunkett was born on 1 September 1981 in Jacksonville, Texas, USA. He is an actor, known for East New York (2022), Chained for Life (2018) and Fosse/Verdon (2019).
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Jack Sheldon was the son of Jen Loven (1909-1989), who taught many of the Hollywood entertainment elite and their children to swim at her famous Jen Loven Swim School in Hollywood. Jack was known mostly for his sidekick status on the The Merv Griffin Show (1962) in the 1970s.
He had two sons, Kevin and John, and two daughters, Julie and Jesse Sheldon. John, a musician, plays drums, and attended military college prep school at the prestigious Army & Navy Academy in Carlsbad, California. He acted with his father in the Disney comedy Freaky Friday (1976), as one of the trouble-making kids who loved to harass Jodie Foster. He played in jazz clubs, most often at the Catalina Bar & Grill in Hollywood, sometimes joined by George Segal.- Actress
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Cristen Coppen was born on 27 October 1982 in Jacksonville, Florida, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Road Trip (2000), CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000) and Unconscious.- Dian Parkinson was born on 30 November 1945 in Jacksonville, North Carolina, USA. She is an actress, known for Vega$ (1978), The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970) and Jerry (1974).
- Ken Norton was born on 9 August 1943 in Jacksonville, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Dirty Work (1998), Mandingo (1975) and Drum (1976). He was married to Rose Conant, Jacqueline Halton and Jeannette Brinson. He died on 18 September 2013 in Henderson, Nevada, USA.
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Pinto Colvig was the quintessential clown whose own identity was always hidden but whose innate warmhearted character always came through his many talents. His humor tickled the funny bone and touched the heart. Incredibly gifted in music, art and mime, he spoke to different generations in different roles: as a child clown playing a squeaky clarinet, as a full-fledged circus clown under the big top, as a newspaper cartoonist, as a film animator, as a mimic and sound effects wizard, and as the voice of dozens of well-known characters on film, records, radio and television.
Vance DeBar Colvig was born in Jacksonville, Oregon, on September 11, 1892. His school friends nicknamed him after a spotted horse named "Pinto" because of his freckled face - and just like his freckles, the name stuck for his entire life.
Pinto's childhood home was filled with music and laughter, and he was a clown from birth. As the youngest of seven children, he would do anything to get attention. He learned to make people laugh by making faces and playing pranks. He also spent hours mimicking the sounds around him: a rusty gate, farm animals, sneezes, wind, cars, trains, etc. He and his brother Don put on song-and-dance minstrel shows at local functions. Along the way he picked up his instrument of choice, the clarinet, and soon played well enough to join the town band.
It was the clarinet that got Pinto into show business when he was 12. Visiting Portland's "Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition" with his father William, he was magnetized by "The Crazy House" on the Midway where a huckster attracted the crowd with a bass drum and shouts of "Hubba Hubba!" Pinto told the man he could play "squeaky" clarinet and ran back to the hotel to get his instrument. He was hired on the spot and given some oversized old clothes and a derby and, for the first time, white makeup and a clown face. The man told Pinto, "Now you look like a real bozo" ("bozo" was a name given to hobo or tramp clowns in those days). Pinto's act was to play a screechy clarinet while distorting his face and crossing his eyes at the high notes. He later recalled, "I never was able to get circuses and carnivals out of my blood after that."
He went to school during the winter and worked in the circus and vaudeville in the spring. While studying art at Oregon Agricultural College (now Oregon State University) and playing with the college band, he became known for his clever cartoons in student publications, his funny "chalk talk" performances improvising a monologue while quickly sketching cartoons, and his unconventional lifestyle. He never took his class courses seriously and his college career ended abruptly in the spring of 1913 when he accepted an offer to do his chalk talks for the prestigious Pantages vaudeville circuit and wound up in Seattle, Washington. There he joined a circus band and traveled throughout the country struggling to make ends meet.
In 1914 he landed a job as a newspaper cartoonist at the "Nevada Rockroller" in Reno, and later the "Carson City News" in Carson City. By the spring of 1915 his cartooning was going well but the lure of the circus was too strong. When the Al G. Barnes Circus came through Carson City, Pinto dropped everything and joined the troupe, once again clowning and playing his clarinet in the circus band.
In those days circuses closed down each winter and Pinto returned to newspaper cartooning wherever he could find a job. While working on a Portland newspaper between seasons in 1916, he met and married Margaret Bourke Slavin, putting an end to his vagabond life as a circus performer. With a family to support, Pinto and Margaret moved to San Francisco, where he returned to the newspaper business writing and drawing cartoons full-time at "The Bulletin" and later the "San Francisco Chronicle". His cartoon series, "Life on the Radio Wave," which poked fun at the way the newly introduced radio was influencing people's lives, was syndicated nationally by United Features Syndicate. He greatly enjoyed cartooning and considered it another form of clowning. "A cartoonist," he said, "is just a clown with a pencil."
While Pinto toiled daily to meet newspaper commitments, he began to spend evenings experimenting with the animation of cartoons and eventually set up his own studio, Pinto Cartoon Comedies Co., where he created one of the first animated silent films in color called "Pinto's Prizma Comedy Revue (1919)". In 1922, after realizing that San Francisco was not the place to break into the movie business, he moved his family to Hollywood. There he would be able to continue his animation work and find a wealth of other things that he could do. He was overjoyed one day to get an offer to join Mack Sennett, the reigning king of movie comedies, who had developed one of the most successful studios of the day, the Keystone Film Co., home of the famous Keystone Kops, Charles Chaplin and many others. Sennett needed an experienced animator for his own films, but Pinto soon found himself also writing and acting in comedies and dramas. In 1928 he teamed up with his friend Walter Lantz to create an early talking cartoon, "Bolivar, the Talking Ostrich (1928)", but unlike Walt Disney's Steamboat Willie (1928), it failed to become a hit. Pinto and Lantz, who would later be the voice of Woody Woodpecker, gave up and went to larger studios.
Disney, who was making "Mickey Mouse" and "Silly Symphony" cartoons, signed Pinto to a contract in 1930. Pinto worked on stories, co-wrote songs such as the lyrics to "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?" and was the original voice of animated characters such as Goofy and Pluto, Grumpy and Sleepy in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) and the Practical Pig in "Three Little Pigs." Disney cartoonists copied many of Pinto's facial expressions while drawing animal characters for the cartoons. He left Disney in 1937 following a fallout with Walt and Disney proceeded to reuse his old voice tracks. Meanwhile, Pinto freelanced voices and sound effects for Warner Bros. cartoons, sang for some of the Munchkins during Dorothy's arrival scenes in MGM's The Wizard of Oz (1939), and also joined Max Fleischer Studios in Miami, where he did the voice of Gabby in Gulliver's Travels (1939) and the blustering of Bluto in "Popeye the Sailor" cartoons. He returned to Disney in 1941 and continued to freelance for them and on radio programs for others. He was the original Maxwell automobile on Jack Benny's show, the hiccuping horse for Dennis Day, and a variety of voices for "Amos 'n Andy." His live radio experience and contacts introduced him to the recording industry. He did several albums before encountering one of his best-known characters, Bozo the Clown.
It was 1946 when Capitol Records in Hollywood hired Alan Livingston as a writer/producer. His initial assignment was to create a children's record library, for which he came up with the soon-to-be-legendary Bozo character. He wrote and produced a popular series of storytelling record-album and illustrative read-along book sets, beginning with the October 1946 release of "Bozo at the Circus." His record-reader concept, which enabled children to read and follow a story in pictures while listening to it, was the first of its kind. The Bozo image was a composite design of Livingston's, derived from a variety of clown pictures and then given to an artist to turn into comic-book-like illustrations. Livingston then hired Pinto to portray the character. "Pinto came in," Livingston recalls, "and turned out to be a very jolly, likable fellow with the kind of warm, folksy voice I wanted. He didn't talk down to children." Not only did Livingston get a perfect Bozo voice in Pinto, he also got most of the animals and odd creatures under the sea and in outer space, all for the price of one. On some of the records, Pinto provided as many as eight other voices. The series turned out to be a smash hit for Capitol, selling over eight million albums in the late 1940s and early 1950s. The character also became a mascot for the record company and was later nicknamed "Bozo the Capitol Clown." Pinto, as Bozo, also starred in the very first Bozo television series, Bozo's Circus (1951) on KTTV-Channel 11 (CBS) in Los Angeles, made numerous guest appearances on radio and personal appearance tours all over the country. He especially enjoyed his visits to children's hospitals and orphanages, according to Pinto, "doin' my silly stuff to make them laugh."
Pinto's Bozo days came to an end by 1956, when Livingston left Capitol and Larry Harmon acquired the rights to Bozo (excluding the record-readers) in 1957. In 1958 Jayark Films Corp. began distributing Bozo limited-animation cartoons to television stations, along with the rights for each to hire its own live Bozo host. Harmon produced and provided the voice of the character in the cartoons. On January 5, 1959, Bozo returned to television with a live half-hour weeknight show on KTLA-Channel 5 in Los Angeles starring Pinto's son, Vance Colvig Jr. as the live Bozo host. Vance's portrayal and the KTLA show lasted for six years, at which time Harmon bought out his partners and continued to market the character through his Larry Harmon Pictures Corporation.
If Pinto had any dark years, they were during World War II. Four of his five sons were of eligible age and his wife felt the dread that millions of mothers felt, which may have complicated an illness that made her a semi-invalid for several years. Pinto took care of her until her death in 1950.
Throughout his life Pinto was upbeat and cheerful, convinced that laughter was the world's best medicine. "Sure, there have been kicks in the pants and occasionally an empty gut," he once said, "but those are the jolts what pushes a guy upward and onward!" His letters, though touching on his philosophy, were never serious but always funny and filled with odd typing effects, extraneous capitalization, underlining, misspellings and strange made-up words. He also lavished his letters and envelopes with outrageous cartoons and balloons filled with gags. He kept regular correspondence with clown legends Felix Adler, Emmett Kelly, Lou Jacobs and Otto Griebling, and visited "clown alley" whenever a circus came to the Los Angeles area.
In 1963 Pinto received a letter from Oregon Senator Maurine Neuberger thanking him for supporting her bill requiring warning labels on cigarette packages. It was a controversial idea at a time when nonsmoking areas were just a dream and America was blue with secondhand smoke. With lungs ravaged by a lifetime of heavy smoking, Pinto did his part to help others become aware of the problem. On October 3, 1967, Vance Debar "Pinto" Colvig died of lung cancer at the age of 75 in Woodland Hills, California.
Vance Jr. donated his and his father's memorabilia to the Southern Oregon Historical Society in Pinto's hometown of Jacksonville in 1978. Vance Jr. passed away in 1991.
In 1993, the Walt Disney Company honored Pinto Colvig as a "Disney Legend." On May 28, 2004, he was inducted into the International Clown Hall of Fame in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.- Actor
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Comedic performer and renowned radio personality, Rick Dees has made an indelible mark in the entertainment world with his captivating enthusiasm and quick-witted style. His number one internationally syndicated radio show, "The Rick Dees Weekly Top 40", is heard each weekend by more than 70 million people around the world, including virtually every city in the United States, 125 countries, 27 massive ships at sea, and on the Armed Forces Radio Network. Dees' familiar voice and multitude of characters have become a mainstay of the American psyche and have even extended into Beijing, China becoming the first English speaking radio show to entertain Chinese listeners on weekends.
Dees became the hottest property in radio when he began hosting the top-rated morning radio show in Los Angeles on KIIS-FM in July of 1981. In a short time, he turned KIIS-FM into the number one revenue generating radio station in America. With unprecedented ratings success, Dees garnered many accolades including being named Billboard Radio Personality Of The Year ten years in a row. Additional honors included the Marconi Award, induction into the National Radio Hall Of Fame, and his induction into the National Association Of Broadcasters' Hall Of Fame.
Latest ventures expanded Dees' abundant entertainment brands to mobile apps.His innovative hit music app BYOChannel streams an ever-expanding universe of music channels, plus invites users to "build their own" personalized channels for FREE using its growing 40-million track song library. Dees further upped the digital ante with his "Rick Dees Hit Music app, putting his "Rick Dees Weekly Top 40" and "Daily Dees" directly into the hands of every Apple and Android device owner.
Rick Dees' introduction to the international entertainment arena began during the disco craze of the late 70's. Dees wrote and recorded "Disco Duck, the award-winning runaway hit that sold more than six million copies. This platinum recording earned him a People's Choice Award (1977) and the BMI Award for highest record sales in one year. In 1984 Dees received a Grammy Award nomination for his comedy album, "Hurt Me Baby - Make Me Write Bad Checks" and was further honored by winning his own Grammy Governor's Award.
Television came calling in the early 90s with Dees hosting multiple late-night television series on both the ABC and Fox Television Networks. He guest-starred on "Roseanne", "Married With Children", "Cheers", "Diagnosis Murder" and many other hit television shows while also hosting the popular syndicated hit series "Solid Gold" from Paramount Television. His globally-recognized voice has been enjoyed on numerous animated features including "The Flintstones" where he starred as "Rock Dees", "Jetsons: The Movie "portraying "Rocket Rick", and most recently a featured voice in the cast of the hit Fox Entertainment series Family Guy.
In feature films, Rick Dees held a leading role in the biographical film La Bamba portraying Ted Quillen, the young man who helped launch the career of rock 'n' roll star Ritchie Valens.
While his ingrained sense of the absurd and his fervent love of comedy have earned him top ratings in every city in which he has performed, Dees also has become a consummate businessman and entrepreneur outside the radio world. He is the founder/partner of what is now the "Cooking Channel" on Discovery Networks.
An avid outdoorsman, Dees is passionate about preserving the open land in America, and farms both crops and cattle in central Kentucky. He loves water skiing and golf, has a handicap of 6 on the links, and caddied at The Masters in Augusta, Georgia for PGA champion Mark O'Meara.
An ardent pastry chef, Rick loves to bake - especially anything with chocolate. His desserts cookbook "Rick Dees All-Time Top 40 Greatest Desserts" has received rave reviews. Dees graciously donates all of its sales to the Salvation Army.
Dees graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a bachelor's degree in Radio, TV and Motion Pictures, and is an inductee in the North Carolina Broadcast Hall Of Fame. He also is a proud participant in the Boy Scouts of America. Earning the rank of Eagle Scout himself at age 15, in 2018 Dees was further honored with the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award - the highest, most prestigious award presented in Scouting.
Rick Dees currently resides in Toluca Lake, a suburb of Los Angeles, with his wife Julie - an accomplished comedienne with numerous credits including being the voice of several "Smurfs" and voice of "Casper The Friendly Ghost." Julie's stand-up comedy has thrilled audiences around the world, and she plies these skills as a regular on Rick's radio shows.
They have one son, Kevin, who owns a highly successful Real Estate business in Los Angeles. Kevin and his wife, Kristen Dees, are the proud parents of Ava Dees, who loves to help ring The Salvation Army bell.- Larry Breeding was born on 28 September 1946 in Jacksonville, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for It's Not Easy (1982), The Last Resort (1979) and Hart to Hart (1979). He died on 28 September 1982 in Hollywood, California, USA.
- Born March 6, 1996 in Jacksonville, Florida, Savannah began her acting career at the age of 2 in the nationally televised Fort Lauderdale Christmas Pageant. By the age of 4, she had landed the part of a soloist in the Emmy Award winning 2000 Fort Lauderdale Christmas Pageant. Savannah performed in 15 shows, each with a live audience of 3,000 people. Following the pageant, Savannah began auditioning for commercials throughout Florida and within a short period of time was booked on a non-union Burdines commercial. By the age of 6, Savannah had booked several national commercials. While working on a Publix commercial, Savannah came in contact with her current manager, Sharon Lane.
Realizing Savannah's talent and love for the industry, the Stehlin family ventured out to Los Angeles for a shot at pilot season. Within their two-month stay, Savannah had booked four SAG commercials. 6-year-old Savannah beamed with joy and exclaimed one day, while walking to the car, "Daddy, I was born for LA!"
Shortly after turning 7, Savannah tested on the Gilmore Girls (2000) spin-off pilot for the WB.
While back home in Florida for the summer, the Stehlin family decided they were ready for a change. Missy (mom) and Rob (dad) were both in positions with work where they were able to live in Los Angeles and Savannah graciously reaped the benefits. Since the move in February 2004, 8-year-old Savannah has booked two more national commercials.
Most recently, Savannah Stehlin, has been cast as "Elizabeth Trousdale" in the Fox 2000 feature film, The Family Stone (2005). Stehlin will be playing the precocious and curious granddaughter of Diane Keaton and Craig T. Nelson. The story evolves around a family gathering where outsider Sarah Jessica Parker is introduced by Stehlin's uncle, Dermot Mulroney, only to be scrutinized when the family learns of Mulroney's plans to propose marriage. The film's writer/director is Thomas Bezucha and Michael London will produce.
Savannah enjoys hanging out with her friends, playing with dolls, watching movies, singing in the church choir, sketching clothing designs and reading. Her favorite authors include C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Carolyn Keene. Savannah has two younger brothers, Robbie (7) and Jaxson (2) with which she claims to have a love/hate relationship. She and her brothers love to make plays and puppet shows together and, of course, fight. Savannah also enjoys sports such as gymnastics, swimming and snorkeling. Her newest venture is horseback riding. - Actress
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Megan Batoon was born on 29 March 1991 in Jacksonville, Florida, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Step Up Revolution (2012), Ladies of Rap (2012) and Date-A-Max (2012).- Script and Continuity Department
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Harry Harvey Jr. was born on 9 October 1929 in Jacksonville, Florida, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Forbidden Planet (1956), Mannix (1967) and Convoy (1978). He died on 8 December 1978 in Panorama City, California, USA.- Actor
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Aaron Roberts was born on 12 November 1979 in Jacksonville, Florida, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for A Ghost Story (2017), The Boy and the Beast (2015) and Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods (2013).- Netta Walker has taken the world by storm with her electrifying portrayal of Keisha McCalla on The CW's smash-hit series, "All American: Homecoming." Crossing over between the mainstay series "All American" and its juicy spinoff, Walker radiates as Keisha, the life of the party and the unofficial Queen of Bringston University.
In Season Two, Keisha dives into her dance dreams, dealing with both uplifting moments and tough mental challenges, all while battling emotional abuse from her dance instructor. Her storyline spotlights one of the many unspoken narratives within the HBCU community and mirrors Walker's personal triumph over adversity. In June 2023, The CW officially announced Walker's return for the highly anticipated Season 3 of "All American: Homecoming." Seasons 1 and 2 are now available on Netflix.
Displaying her versatility as a multi-talented artist, Walker's early career began on many of Chicago's renown stages, including the Steppenwolf and Goodman Theaters. In 2019, she won a Jeff Award for "Best Supporting Performance in a Play" ("Yen", Raven Theater) and was quickly named one of the Chicago Tribune's "Hot New Faces" by lotted theater critic Chris Jones. Walker can next be seen as Alas Capait in "The Lion in Winter" at Chicago's Tony-Award-winning Court Theatre this upcoming Fall 2023.
Walker made her feature film debut in "Come As You Are" (Samuel Goldwyn Films, 2019), which debuted at the SXSW Film Festival. She starred opposite Academy Award nominee Gabourey Sidibe, Janeane Garofalo, and Ravi Patel.
Born and raised on the vibrant Westside of Jacksonville, Florida, Walker's unique background-a blend of Filipina and African-American heritage-fuels her passion for promoting multicultural representation in media and entertainment. Drawing from her own experiences as the youngest of four children in a mixed-race family, she seamlessly weaves stories of family, culture, and courage into her narrative. Walker is a passionate advocate, leveraging her platform to champion causes ranging from social justice to economic equality and the pressing issue of climate change.
Walker currently splits her time between her residence in Chicago and Los Angeles. - Ruth Hall was born on 29 December 1910 in Jacksonville, Florida, USA. She was an actress, known for Monkey Business (1931), The Return of Casey Jones (1933) and Local Boy Makes Good (1931). She was married to Lee Garmes. She died on 9 October 2003 in Glendale, California, USA.
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Ronnie Van Zant was born on January 15, 1948 in Jacksonville, Florida. He was the oldest son of six children (3 sisters and 2 brothers - musicians Donnie and Johnny). Ronnie attended Lee High School in Jacksonville with fellow band members Gary Rossington and Allen Collins. They soon formed what would become Lynyrd Skynyrd. At the height of their fame, on October 20, 1977, their chartered plane crashed. Ronnie was killed along with band members Steve Gaines and his sister Cassie. His signature songs are "Free Bird" and "Sweet Home Alabama".- Actress
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Lee Ann Womack was born on 19 August 1966 in Jacksonville, Texas, USA. She is an actress and composer, known for Lee Ann Womack: I Hope You Dance (2000), Lee Ann Womack - I May Hate Myself in the Morning (2009) and Lee Ann Womack: Ashes by Now (2010). She has been married to Frank Liddell since 6 November 1999. They have one child. She was previously married to Jason Sellers.- Producer
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In 1920, Merian C. Cooper was a member of volunteer of the American Kosciuszko Squadron that supported the Polish army in the war with Soviet Russia, where he met best friend and producing partner Ernest B. Schoedsack. On 26 July 1920, his plane was shot down, and he spent nearly nine months in the Soviet prisoner-of-war camp. He escaped just before the war was over. He was decorated by Marshall Jozef Pilsudski with the highest military decorations: Virtuti Military. He had a successful career in the military and in the movie business.- Kathryn Graf was born on 13 August 1958 in Jacksonville, North Carolina, USA. She is an actress, known for Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach (1988), Hunter (1984) and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993). She was previously married to David Graf.
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Joanne Rogers was born on 9 March 1928 in Jacksonville, Florida, USA. She was an actress, known for Won't You Be My Neighbor? (2018), Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum (2019) and Speedy Delivery (2008). She was married to Fred Rogers. She died on 14 January 2021 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.- Sam Shaw was born on 17 January 1984 in Jacksonville, Florida, USA. He is an actor, known for 1FW (2017), WWE Smackdown! (1999) and WWE NXT (2010).
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Mase was born on 27 August 1974 in Jacksonville, Florida, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for Money Talks (1997), Save the Last Dance (2001) and The Disaster Artist (2017). He has been married to Twyla G Styles since 25 August 2001. They have one child.