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101. Bernard Schwartz

Producer | Coal Miner's Daughter

Bernard Schwartz was born on December 9, 1917 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer and actor, known for Coal Miner's Daughter (1980), St. Elmo's Fire (1985) and Psycho II (1983). He was married to Suzanne Schwartz. He died on October 17, 2003 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

102. Sherwood Schwartz

Writer | Gilligan's Island

Sherwood Schwartz was born on November 14, 1916 in Passaic, New Jersey, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Gilligan's Island (1964), The Red Skelton Hour (1951) and The Running Man (1987). He was married to Mildred Schwartz. He died on July 12, 2011 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

103. Selig J. Seligman

Producer | Day in Court

Selig J. Seligman was born on January 24, 1918. Selig J. was a production manager and producer, known for Day in Court (1963), Charly (1968) and Garrison's Gorillas (1967). Selig J. died on June 20, 1969.

104. Irene Mayer Selznick

A Streetcar Named Desire

Irene Mayer Selznick was born on April 2, 1907 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. She is known for A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), Bell Book and Candle (1958) and Dolores Del Rio and Cedric Gibbons Throw a Party (1935). She was married to David O. Selznick. She died on October 10, 1990 in New York City, ...

105. Dan Seymour

Actor | To Have and Have Not

Daniel Seymour Katz (Dan Seymour's original name) attended Senn High School in Chicago and graduated from the University of Chicago with a B.S. in Fine Arts. While in college, he worked in many school plays and also worked at night as an emcee at various Chicago nightclubs becoming quite successful...

106. Dick Shawn

Actor | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

One-of-a-kind comedian Dick Shawn was as intriguingly clever and off-the-wall as they came. As such, he proved to be rather an acquired taste on film and TV. A counterculture favorite far ahead of his time, it became a hit-and-miss effort in proper vehicles for this man's eccentric genius. He ...

107. Allan Sherman

Soundtrack | Fired Up!

Allan Sherman was born on November 30, 1924 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for Fired Up! (2009), The Cat in the Hat (1971) and Dr. Seuss on the Loose (1973). He was married to Dee Chackes. He died on November 20, 1973 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

108. Dinah Shore

Soundtrack | The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

Her real name was Frances "Fanny" Rose Shore, and she was born in Winchester, Tennessee. Stricken with polio at 18 months of age, she recovered after receiving the Sister Kenny treatment. She became a cheerleader at Hume-Fogg High School in Nashville and went on to graduate from Vanderbilt ...

109. Max Shulman

Writer | House Calls

A prolific writer of satirical humor, Max Shulman was born in St.Paul, Minnesota, USA, the son of a Russian immigrant house painter, and began his writing career for the college humor magazine at the University of Minnesota. His work there came to the notice of a Doubleday editor, who encouraged ...

110. George Sidney

Director | Scaramouche

The son of Louis K. Sidney the vice president of M.G.M. and Hazel Mooney of The Mooney Sisters. In his teens he worked as studio messenger going through every department learning the techniques and secrets of the trade. In 1933 he was assigned to direct screen tests of Judy Garland, Robert Taylor ...

111. Sol C. Siegel

Producer | Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Sol C. Siegel grew up on the East side of Manhattan. He arrived in Los Angeles in 1934 to begin a career as a producer that extended to 1968. Mr. Siegel was married to Ruth Siegel and is survived by three sons, Norman (b.1937), Richard (b.1938) and Andrew (b.1941). Siegel was nominated for best ...

112. Aaron Spelling

Producer | Charlie's Angels

Aaron Spelling graduated from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, with a Bachelor of Arts Degree. Before that, he attended Forest Avenue High. He started as a writer and sold his first script to Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1955). He wrote for various television shows, ...

113. Mel Tolkin

Writer | All in the Family

Mel Tolkin was born on April 3, 1913 in Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]. He was a writer and producer, known for All in the Family (1971), Joe's World (1979) and The Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris Special (1967). He was married to Edith Leibovitch. He...

114. Peter Tomarken

Actor | Heaven Can Wait

Peter Tomarken was born on December 7, 1942 in Olean, New York, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Heaven Can Wait (1978), Haunted (1998) and The Secret Empire (1979). He was married to Dana Jones and Kathleen Abigail Eastman. He died on March 13, 2006 in Santa Monica, California, USA.

115. Henry Vars

Soundtrack | Schindler's List

Henry Vars was born on December 29, 1902 in Warsaw, Poland, Russian Empire [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland]. He was a composer and actor, known for Schindler's List (1993), The Pianist (2002) and Gog (1954). He died on September 1, 1977 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

116. Donald Verk

Assistant_director | Web of Danger

Donald Verk was born on August 4, 1902 in Verkhovyna, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine]. Donald was an assistant director and production manager, known for Web of Danger (1947), The Invisible Informer (1946) and The Yanks Are Coming (1942). Donald died on June 6, 1974 ...

117. Irving Wallace

Writer | The West Point Story

U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and screenwriter Irving Wallace excelled at writing popular fiction based on current events. He began writing for various magazines at age 15. He wrote screenplays for a variety of studios from 1950 to 1959, when he turned solely to writing books. His first major ...

118. Lew Wasserman

Self | AFI Life Achievement Award

Lew Wasserman was born on March 22, 1913 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He was married to Edie Wasserman. He died on June 3, 2002 in Beverly Hills, California, USA.

119. Paul Francis Webster

Soundtrack | Calamity Jane

Paul Francis Webster was born on December 20, 1907 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a composer, known for Calamity Jane (1953), Mutiny on the Bounty (1962) and Spider-Man (2002). He died on March 22, 1984 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

120. Bernard West

Writer | Three's Company

Bernard West was born on May 30, 1918 in Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Three's Company (1976), All in the Family (1971) and The Jeffersons (1975). He was married to Miriam 'Mimi' Berman. He died on July 29, 2010 in Beverly Hills, California, USA.

121. Stan Winston

Make_up_department | Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Stan Winston was born on April 7, 1946 in Richmond, Virginia, USA. He is known for Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), Jurassic Park (1993) and Aliens (1986). He was married to Karen Winston. He died on June 15, 2008 in Malibu, California, USA.

122. Shelley Winters

Actress | The Poseidon Adventure

Shelley Winters was born Shirley Schrift of very humble beginnings on August 18, 1920 (some sources list 1922) in East St. Louis, Illinois. Her mother, Rose Winter, was born in Missouri, to Austrian Jewish parents, and her father, Jonas Schrift, was an Austrian Jewish immigrant. She had one sibling...

123. Dennis Wolfberg

Actor | Quantum Leap

Dennis Wolfberg was born on March 29, 1946 in New York, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Quantum Leap (1989), The Clairvoyant (1982) and Teacher Teacher (1990). He was married to Jeannie McBride. He died on October 3, 1994 in Culver City, California, USA.

124. Sol M. Wurtzel

Producer | Battle of Broadway

American production executive, with Fox from 1914 as private secretary to William Fox. From the mid-1930s until 1949, he served as head producer for the 20th Century Fox B-unit. His modestly budgeted films invariably showed a profit. Artistic merit never played a part in Wurtzel's production ethics...

125. Sam Zimbalist

Producer | Ben-Hur

Sam Zimbalist was born on March 31, 1904 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer and editor, known for Ben-Hur (1959), King Solomon's Mines (1950) and Quo Vadis (1951). He was married to Mary Taylor and Margaret C. Donovan. He died on November 4, 1958 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

126. Irving Fein

Producer | The George Burns One-Man Show

Born in Brooklyn, New York on June 21, 1911, Irving Ashley Fein was found to be an excellent student and skipped several elementary school grades. His interest in acting and writing was developed during the summer months between college terms at various summer camps. After working in the publicity ...

127. Deborah Raffin

Actress | Death Wish 3

Deborah Raffin was born on March 13, 1953 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was an actress and producer, known for Death Wish 3 (1985), God Told Me To (1976) and Touched by Love (1980). She was married to Michael Viner. She died on November 21, 2012 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

128. Merv Dymally

Self | USA the Movie

Merv Dymally was born on May 12, 1926 in Cedros, Trinidad, British West Indies. He was married to Alice Gueno Dymally. He died on October 7, 2012 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

129. Frank Bank

Actor | Leave It to Beaver

Frank Bank was born on April 12, 1942 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Leave It to Beaver (1957), The New Leave It to Beaver (1983) and Life with Archie (1962). He was married to Rebecca Fink, Jeri Lynn Handelman and Marlene Kay Blau. He died on April 13, 2013 in Los ...

130. Julius Shulman

Self | William Krisel, Architect

Julius Shulman was born on October 10, 1910 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was married to Olga and Emma. He died on July 15, 2009 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

131. Eydie Gormé

Soundtrack | Nobody

Eydie Gorme was born in New York on August 16, 1928 to Sephardic Jewish parents. Her father, Nessim Gormezano, was a Turkish-born tailor who changed his last name when he arrived in the United States. She began singing straight out of high school, with various big bands. But her big break came ...

132. Sid Korshak

Sidney Korshak, a Mob-connected attorney dubbed "the most powerful lawyer in the world" by the F.B.I. and recognized as one of the most powerful men in the United States by The New York Times during his lifetime, was born in Chicago, Illinois on June 6, 1907. His father was a wealthy contractor and...

133. Konrad Tom

Writer | Ksiazatko

Konrad Tom was born on April 9, 1887 in Warsaw, Poland, Russian Empire [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland]. He was a writer and actor, known for Ksiazatko (1937), Ada, Don't Do That! (1936) and Mamele (1938). He was married to Zula Pogorzelska. He died on August 9, 1957 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, ...

134. Jody Berry

Actor | The Buddy Holly Story

Jody Berry was born on October 5, 1936. He was an actor, known for The Buddy Holly Story (1978) and The Scavengers (1969). He died on January 18, 2005 in Beverly Hills, California, USA.

135. Henry Vars

Soundtrack | Schindler's List

Henry Vars was born on December 29, 1902 in Warsaw, Poland, Russian Empire [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland]. He was a composer and actor, known for Schindler's List (1993), The Pianist (2002) and Gog (1954). He died on September 1, 1977 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

136. Rose Michtom

Actress | Young Doctors in Love

Rose Michtom was born on July 18, 1897 in New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Young Doctors in Love (1982), Get Smart (1965) and McMillan & Wife (1971). She died on April 1, 1986 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

137. Bernard Gilmore

Actor | The Devil in Velvet

Bernard Gilmore is known for The Devil in Velvet (1968).

138. Vic Helford

Actor | Friends

Vic Helford was born on January 13, 1929 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Friends (1994), Kitchen Confidential (2005) and Seinfeld (1989). He died on November 16, 2006 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

139. Arthur Gardner

Producer | Safari 3000

Jules V. Levy, Arthur Gardner and Arnold Laven met in 1943 in the First Motion Picture Unit of the Army Air Force; they were stationed at the Hal Roach Studios in Culver City, CA (with other notables such as Capt. Ronald Reagan, Capt. Clark Gable and Lt. William Holden, etc.), making training films...

140. Leonard Nimoy

Actor | Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

Leonard Simon Nimoy was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Dora (Spinner) and Max Nimoy, who owned a barbershop. His parents were Ukrainian Jewish immigrants. Raised in a tenement and acting in community theaters since age eight, Nimoy did not make his Hollywood debut until he was 20, with a bit ...

141. Arthur H. Nadel

Producer | Shazam!

Arthur H. Nadel was born on April 25, 1921 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer, known for Shazam! (1974), Jason of Star Command (1978) and The Virginian (1962). He was married to Adele. He died on February 22, 1990 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

142. Edith Flagg

Self | Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles

Edith Flagg was born on November 1, 1919 in Vienna, Austria. She was married to Hans Stein and Eric Flagg. She died on August 13, 2014 in Century City, California, USA.

143. Lela Swift

Director | Ryan's Hope

Lela Swift was born on February 1, 1919 in New York City, New York, USA. She was a director and producer, known for Ryan's Hope (1975), Dark Shadows (1966) and The ABC Afternoon Playbreak (1972). She was married to Guilbert Schwartz. She died on August 4, 2015 in Santa Monica, California, USA.

144. Ronni Chasen

Driving Miss Daisy

Ronni Chasen was born Veronica Cohen in Kingston, New York. She always harbored childhood ambitions to be a publicist after Roy Rogers and Dale Evans made a personal appearance in Madison Square Garden. Ronnie shook hands with Evans, and later told everyone she saw that she "shook hands with the ...

145. Shelley Berman

Actor | You Don't Mess with the Zohan

Shelley Berman began studying acting shortly after he was honorably discharged from the US navy. He enrolled as a drama student at Chicago's Goodman Theater, where he met Sarah Herman, another aspiring thespian. They fell in love and were married in 1947. After graduating from the Goodman Theater, ...

146. Monty Hall

Producer | Let's Make a Deal

Monty Hall was born Maurice Halperin on August 25, 1921 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Manitoba in 1945. He's the father of Tony Award winner Joanna Gleason, television writer/director Sharon Hall, and Emmy Award winner ...

147. Connie Sawyer

Actress | Dumb and Dumber

Connie Sawyer was born on November 27, 1912 in Pueblo, Colorado, USA. She was an actress, known for Dumb and Dumber (1994), Pineapple Express (2008) and Out of Sight (1998). She was married to Marshall Schacker. She died on January 21, 2018 in Woodland Hills, California, USA.

148. Charlotte Rae

Actress | The Facts of Life

Charlotte Rae was born Charlotte Rae Lubotsky in 1926, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the middle daughter of three sisters, between Beverly and Mimi. Her parents, Esther (nee Ottenstein) and Meyer Lubotsky, were Russian Jewish immigrants. Her father owned an automobile tire business. Her mother had been ...

149. Sammy Shore

Actor | History of the World: Part I

Sammy Shore was born on February 7, 1927 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for History of the World: Part I (1981), Fake-Out (1982) and Thunder Alley (1967). He was married to Suzanne Dennie and Mitzi Shore. He died on May 18, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

150. Peggy Lipton

Actress | Twin Peaks

She was a groovy and sexy icon of the late hippie era. To millions of TV viewers she became familiar as the reformed juvenile delinquent, turned undercover cop, Julie Barnes. With her expressive brown eyes and trademark long blonde hair, sylphlike Peggy Lipton was one third of a streetwise urban ...

151. Andrew Breitbart

Self | Michael Moore Hates America

Andrew Breitbart was born on February 1, 1969 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for Michael Moore Hates America (2004), Courage, New Hampshire (2011) and Occupy Unmasked (2012). He was married to Susannah Bean. He died on March 1, 2012 in Los Angeles, California, ...

152. Leah Spielberg

Self | Citizen Steve

153. Leah Adler

Self | BNow!

Leah Adler was born on January 12, 1920 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. She was married to Bernard Adler and Arnold Spielberg. She died on February 21, 2017 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

154. Tony Martin

Soundtrack | The Big Store

Born Alvin Morris, the son of immigrants from Poland, Tony Martin received a soprano saxophone on his tenth birthday. In his grammar school glee club, he became an instrumentalist and soprano pop singer. When in high school, he then formed his first band called "The Red Peppers", eventually joining...

155. Steve Lawrence

Actor | The Blues Brothers

Singer, composer, actor and author, educated at Brooklyn's Thomas Jefferson High School and a student of saxophone and piano. Between 1958 and 1960 he served in the US Army and was a vocalist with the US Army Band and Orchestra based in Fort Myers, Virginia. After he was discharged, he commenced ...

156. Lawrence Lipton

Writer | Alimony

Lawrence Lipton was born on October 10, 1898 in Lódz, Poland, Russian Empire [now Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland]. He was an actor and writer, known for Alimony (1949), The Hypnotic Eye (1960) and The Red Rowe Show (1959). He was married to Nettie Esther Brooks, Craig Rice, Elizabeth (Betty) Weinberg and ...

157. Larry Cohen

Writer | God Told Me To

Larry Cohen was born July 15, 1936, in New York, New York, and spent time in Kingston, a small town north of New York City. At a young age, his family moved to the Riverdale section of the Bronx, and he eventually majored in film at the historic City College of New York, from which he graduated in ...

158. Rhonda Fleming

Actress | Out of the Past

A native-born Californian, Rhonda Fleming attended Beverly Hills public and private schools. Her father was Harold Cheverton Louis (1896-1951). Her mother, Effie Olivia Graham (1891-1985), was a famous model and actress in New York. She has a son (Kent Lane), two granddaughters (Kimberly and Kelly)...

159. Marty Cohen

Actor | Weekend Warriors

Marty Cohen is known for Weekend Warriors (1986), Make Me Laugh (1979) and Basic Training (1985). He is married to Maria. They have four children.

160. Ted Mann

Producer | Krull

Ted Mann was born on April 16, 1916 in Wishek, North Dakota, USA. He was a producer, known for Krull (1983), The Nude Bomb (1980) and Brubaker (1980). He was married to Rhonda Fleming and Ida Charon. He died on January 15, 2001 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

161. Norm Crosby

Actor | Grown Ups 2

Norm Crosby was born on September 15, 1927 in Lynn, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Grown Ups 2 (2013), Cougar Club (2007) and Alright Already (1997). He was married to Joan Crane Foley. He died on November 7, 2020 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

162. Arnold Spielberg

Firelight

Arnold Spielberg was an American electrical engineer instrumental in contributions "to real-time data acquisition and recording that significantly contributed to the definition of modern feedback and control processes". For General Electric he designed, with his colleague Charles Propster, the GE-...

163. Howard Weitzman

Actor | Thank You for Smoking

Howard Weitzman was born on September 21, 1939 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor and legal representative, known for Thank You for Smoking (2005), Murder One (1995) and Murder in the First (2014). He was married to Margaret Weitzman and Stacey Winkler. He died on April 7, 2021 in ...

164. Roya Megnot

Actress | Loving

Roya Megnot was born on May 29, 1962 in Southfield, Michigan, USA. She was an actress, known for Loving (1983), Quantum Leap (1989) and MacGyver (1985). She was married to Joel. She died on May 10, 2009 in Beverly Hills, California, USA.

165. Maria Altmann

Writer | Woman in Gold

Maria Altmann was born on February 18, 1916 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary. She was an actress and writer, known for Woman in Gold (2015), Brief von Alex (2013) and Adele's Wish (2008). She was married to Friedrich Altmann. She died on February 7, 2011 in Cheviot Hills, California, USA.

166. Reuben Klamer

Self | 100 Greatest Toys

Reuben Klamer was born on June 20, 1922 in Canton, Ohio, USA. He was married to Shary and Charlotte . He died on September 14, 2021 in La Jolla, San Diego, California, USA.

167. Joan Howard

Actress | Woman Doctor

Joan Howard was born on April 2, 1927 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. She was a writer and actress, known for Woman Doctor (1939), Swing Your Lady (1938) and Love in a Bungalow (1937). She was married to Norman Maurer. She died on September 21, 2021 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

168. Gottfried Reinhardt

Director | Vor Sonnenuntergang

Gottfried Reinhardt was born on March 20, 1913 in Berlin, Germany. He was a director and producer, known for Vor Sonnenuntergang (1956), Town Without Pity (1961) and Betrayed (1954). He was married to Silvia Hanlon Shapiro. He died on July 19, 1994 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

169. Cara Williams

Actress | The Defiant Ones

Perky, talented, blue-eyed redhead Cara Williams had acting aspirations from the get-go. She was born in Brooklyn on June 29, 1925, as Bernice Kamiat, to an Austrian Jewish father, Benjamin Kamiat, and a mother of Romanian Jewish descent, Flora (Schwartz). Cara began performing as a child and ...

170. Mort Sahl

Actor | Johnny Cool

Crowned as leading the new breed of modern comedians by Time magazine in 1960, Mort Sahl is the first entertainer ever to appear on its cover. Before comedy clubs existed, Sahl began performing at the hungry i music club in San Francisco in the early 1950s. He differed from other comedians, ...

171. Robert Clary

Actor | The Bold and the Beautiful

Born in France, Robert Clary early suffered the pangs of war, being interned in a Nazi concentration camp as a child. After WWII he became a singing star in France, and in 1949 came to the United States to promote his career. He appeared on The Ed Wynn Show (1949); still learning English he ...

172. Natalie Cantor

Self | It Takes Two

Natalie Cantor was born on April 27, 1916 in New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for It Takes Two (1968), This Is Your Life (1950) and It's Your Bet (1969). She was married to Robert Clary and Joseph Louis Metzger. She died on December 11, 1997 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

173. Ida Tobias Cantor

Actress | The Eddie Cantor Story

Ida Tobias Cantor was born on May 15, 1892 in New York, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for The Eddie Cantor Story (1953), The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater (1955) and The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950). She was married to Eddie Cantor. She died on August 9, 1962 in Beverly Hills, California, ...

174. Marjorie Cantor

Self | This Is Your Life

Marjorie Cantor was born on March 31, 1915 in Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for This Is Your Life (1950). She died on May 17, 1959 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

175. Larry King

Actor | Ghostbusters

Larry King was born on November 19, 1933 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer and actor, known for Ghostbusters (1984), Shrek 2 (2004) and Enemy of the State (1998). He was married to Shawn Ora Engemann, Julie Alexander, Sharon Lepore, Alene Akins, Mickey Sutphin, Annette ...

176. Burt Bacharach

Soundtrack | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Burt Bacharach was a well known and multi award winning singer and song writer.

Over 1,000 different artists have recorded Bacharach's songs. From 1961 to 1972, most of Bacharach and David's hits were written specifically for and performed by Dionne Warwick, but earlier associations (from 1957 to ...

177. Irma Bacharach

Self | Joanne Carson's VIPs

Irma Bacharach was born on May 11, 1902 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA. She was married to Bert Bacharach. She died on August 17, 1987 in New York City, New York, USA.

178. Steven Bochco

Writer | Hill Street Blues

Attended Carnegie Tech (now Carnegie-Mellon University) as a playwriting major. Barbara Bosson (his second wife), Michael Tucker, Bruce Weitz and Charles Haid were classmates; he and Tucker drove cross-country to Hollywood for full-time jobs at Universal, where Bochco would remain for 12 years.

In ...

179. Barbara Bosson

Actress | Hill Street Blues

Barbara Bosson, who earned an Emmy Award nomination for her performance on Murder One (1995), was raised in Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania, a small coal-mining town about 30 miles south of Pittsburgh. When she was a teenager, she and her family moved to Florida, where she attended Boca Ciega High ...