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William W Barbour is a Wilmington, North Carolina based actor with experience on over 200 movie and TV sets. He was a core teacher on the Netflix show 13 Reasons Why and performed on all episodes over the 4 year run. . He worked on both Venom 1 and 2, Ant Man and the Wasp, Bumblebee, Sorry to Bother You, Matrix 4, as well as Ballers and Sense8 among many others. Bills most significant roles have been as Mayor Pilgrim in the recently released Maverick Films production Snow Black and as bad guy Drag in the soon to be released SOS. Barbour has experience not only as an actor but also with stunts, precision driver and as a stand in. In back of the camera he has served as an AD, script supervisor, producer and other crew positions. He is a highly decorated Air Force Lt. Col. and pilot with experience in Desert Storm, Iraqi Freedom, Somalia and numerous additional military conflicts. Bill has educational degrees including a Masters in Management as well as Political Science and Psychology degrees. He lettered in football at the University of Colorado, Boulder (CU) at linebacker playing for legendary coach Bill McCartney. William W. Barbour is married to the beautiful Brazilian actress/model Marcella Bragio. The couple have two children and live outside of Wilmington, North Carolina.28 July 1971- Actress
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Cher Lloyd (born on 28 July 1993) is an English singer, songwriter, and rapper who rose to international prominence with the success of her debut studio album 'Sticks and Stones.' The lead single of the album, 'Swagger Jagger,' not only debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart, but also became highly popular in other parts of the world, thus heralding the entry of the young singer into the international music scene. Born in Malvern, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom. As a little girl she travelled around Wales with her parents in a caravan.into a family with a deep love for music, it did not take Cher long to realize which field to follow. Even as a little girl she displayed an innate talent for performing in front of others and actively participated in school and neighbourhood functions. As a student she studied performance arts and also attended the theatre arts school Stagecoach. Taking forward her passion, she auditioned for the reality completion show The X Factor UK (2004) many times before finally clearing the auditions in 2010. Her stint in the show brought her to limelight. Even though she was eventually eliminated from the competition, she was successful in gaining a contract with Syco Music which helped her launch her singing career. In addition to her musical skills, the young singer is also known for sporting a variety of tattoos on different parts of her body.
She was born with an innate love for music and displayed a strong love for performing in front of others even as a child. She studied performing arts at Dyson Perrins High School and also attended the theatre arts school Stagecoach.Though she regularly performed at school functions and parties, she wanted to take it forward and perform in front of bigger audiences. Thus she decided to audition for the reality television music competition The X Factor UK (2004). She was rejected many times before finally clearing the audition in 2010 with a rendition of the Keri Hilson version of 'Turn My Swag On'.She performed brilliantly in the competition during the initial few weeks but was eventually eliminated in fourth place. However, by this time she had become very popular among the audience and also the judges, and managed to attract the attention of executives at Syco Music who signed her to a contract.
Cher Lloyd released her debut single, 'Swagger Jagger' in July 2011. The single peaked at number one on the UK Singles Chart and number two in Ireland. It also debuted at number 79 on the Mega Top 100 in the Netherlands. Her second single, 'With Ur Love' and third single 'Want U Back' also performed exceedingly well.In November 2011, she released her debut album 'Sticks and Stones' which included all her previously released hit singles. The album entered the UK Albums Chart at number four and peaked at number seven in Ireland. It was ranked at number nine on the Billboard 200 in the United States. The album sold millions of copies worldwide within a few months of its release, thus establishing Cher as a rising musical star. Spurred by the resounding success of her debut album, she immediately started working on her next album. However, the release of her second album was considerably delayed due to certain unforeseen reasons. The album, aptly title 'Sorry I'm Late,' was released on 23 May 2014.While the album peaked at number 12 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart and at number 21 on the UK Albums Chart, it could not match the charting success of its predecessor. However, it still went on to become a massive commercial success and even outsold its predecessor! In July 2016, Cher Lloyd released her single 'Activated,' which will also be featured on her upcoming third studio album. As of May 2017, she was busy working on her new album.- Cole Williams was born on 28 July 1981. He is an actor, known for North Country (2005), Heroes: The Recruit (2008) and Veronica Mars (2004).
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Lori Loughlin was born on 28 July 1964 in New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Summerland (2004), When Calls the Heart (2014) and The New Kids (1985). She has been married to Mossimo Giannulli since 27 November 1997. They have two children. She was previously married to Michael Burns.- Actress
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Daniela Mercury was born on 28 July 1965 in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. She is an actress and composer, known for Mandacaru (1997), The King of the Cattle (1996) and Ways of the Heart (2007). She has been married to Malu Verçosa since 12 October 2013. She was previously married to Marco Scabia and Zalther Póvoas.- Actor
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John David Washington is an American actor, producer, and former professional football player. He played college football at Morehouse College and signed with the St. Louis Rams as an Undrafted free agent in 2006. Professionally, Washington spent four years as the running back for the United Football League's Sacramento Mountain Lions. Washington shifted to an acting career like his father, Denzel Washington, and mother, Pauletta. He was part of the main cast of the HBO comedy series Ballers (2015-2019). His breakthrough came playing Ron Stallworth in Spike Lee's 2018 crime film BlacKkKlansman, for which he received both Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations. In 2020, he starred in Christopher Nolan's science fiction action-thriller film Tenet, for which he won the Saturn Award for Best Actor.- Producer
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Dick Ebersol was born on 28 July 1947 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a producer and director, known for Friday Night (1983), NBC Sunday Night Football (2006) and Beijing 2008: Games of the XXIX Olympiad (2008). He has been married to Susan Saint James since 21 November 1981. They have three children. He was previously married to Susan Stafford.- Actress
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Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir was born on 28 July 1982 in Iceland. She is an actress and director, known for Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021), Sjáumst með Silvíu Nótt (2005) and Justice League (2017).- Actress
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Alexandra Chando was born on 28 July 1986 in Pennsylvania, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for The Lying Game (2011), Dead People (2015) and As the World Turns (1956).- Actor
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Barak Hardley was born on 28 July 1975 in St. Petersburg, Florida, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Bounty Killer (2013), The Last Lovecraft: Relic of Cthulhu (2009) and The Bronze (2015).- Actress
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Barbara La Marr was born in Yakima, Washington, on July 28, 1896, as Reatha Watson. Her childhood was mostly uneventful, mainly because Yakima--today a medium-sized city with a population of over 50, 000-wasn't exactly a beehive of activity. Her parents eventually moved to the Los Angeles area, where she began to explore the show business lifestyle in whatever form she could. Barbara loved the L.A. way of living and was forced to grow up fast. She was still Reatha at the time, but her arrest for dancing in burlesque while still a teen caused her to change her name to Barbara La Marr to avoid being associated with her past. Her passion was dancing and writing, but the powers-that-be in the movie industry thought she was meant for other things--her dazzling beauty captured the imagination of all who came across her path. Moving to New York, she was ultimately lured into the film world, her first picture being Harriet and the Piper (1920). She was still going by her married name of Barbara Deely (already working to shed her fourth husband) and was being dubbed "The Girl Who Is Too Beautiful." The next year she appeared in The Three Musketeers (1921) and Desperate Trails (1921). That same year, her role as Claudine Dupree in The Nut (1921) sent Barbara into super-stardom. Hordes of fans flocked to theaters to see this beautiful actress in movies such as Arabian Love (1922), Trifling Women (1922), Domestic Relations (1922) and The Prisoner of Zenda (1922) whose beauty kept them enthralled. In 1923, she kept up her frenzied filming pace with such pictures as Poor Men's Wives (1923), The Brass Bottle (1923) and Souls for Sale (1923). The public adored her, as evidenced by the volumes of fan mail she received, but Barbara was more interested in the late-night partying she was involved with. The combination of alcohol and drugs was, clearly, beginning to wear her down. She made four films in 1924 and three in 1925. Her last picture was The Girl from Montmartre (1926). On February 2, 1926, Barbara died of tuberculosis in Altadena, California. Her demise was, no doubt, brought about by her constant late-night partying. She had lived a lifetime and had made 30 films, but was only 29 when she died.- Producer
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Barry Katz is an Emmy and Grammy nominated TV-film-record producer, talent manager, and podcast host. He is universally known for representing iconic artists like Louie Anderson, Ken Jeong, Andy Dick, Hasan Minhaj, and Mike Epps, giving the first quality stage time in New York City and Boston to future stars like Kevin Hart, Ed Helms, Sarah Silverman, Anthony Clark, Dave Attell, Bobcat Goldthwait, Dana Gould, Timothy Olyphant, Denis Leary, and the late Patrice O'Neal, as well as helping launch the careers of some of the most extraordinary comedy artists in the business-including Dave Chappelle, Nick Swardson, Louie CK, Felipe Esparza, Bill Burr, Frank Caliendo, Marc Maron, Whitney Cummings, Bill Bellamy, Judah Friedlander, Wanda Sykes, Bert Kreischer, Jeff Dye, Jim Gaffigan, Dane Cook, Steve Byrne, Jeffrey Ross, Neil Brennan, and former and present SNL stars Darrell Hammond, Jay Mohr, Melissa Villasenor, Jim Breuer, and Tracy Morgan.
Throughout his career, Katz has sold 37 out of 38 stand-up comedy specials he produced and has brokered an unprecedented 100 TV development deals, created 3 television shows, and executive produced over 50 different specials, documentaries, reality shows, and scripted series including the YouTube TV produced Telethon for America (with Natalie Portman, Orlando Bloom, Jennifer Lawrence, Pete Davidson, Alicia Keys, Charlize Theron, Ray Romano, Chelsea Handler, and Jane Fonda), NBC's Whitney, Netflix's The Road Trick, FOX's Action, HBO's Tourgasm, Showtime's Jay Mohr: Happy. And A Lot, History Channel's Houdini: Unlocking the Mystery, TBS's Frank TV, Comedy Central's Whitney Cummings: Money Shot, HBO's Heidi Fleiss: The Would-be Madam of Crystal, the syndicated Bellamy/Tim Meadows/Jon Lovitz/Vivica Fox sitcom Mr. Box Office, and 7 seasons of the Emmy-nominated NBC series Last Comic Standing.
Katz started his involvement in the film business when he helped Chappelle and Neal Brennan (who eventually went on to create Chappelle's Show) sell the cult classic Half Baked to Universal Studios and went on to produce several films after that, including Employee of the Month (starring Jessica Simpson and Cook), Good Luck Chuck (starring Jessica Alba), My Best Friend's Girl (starring Kate Hudson and Alec Baldwin), I Killed JFK (about the only living person in history to admit to killing Kennedy), and Misery Loves Comedy (starring Tom Hanks, Amy Schumer, Judd Apatow, and Larry David).
Katz was the first manager to work with a comedy artist to use social media to accelerate their career, with Dane Cook. At the height of his popularity, he was able to press a button on his computer and sell out 2 shows in one night at Boston Garden and 2 shows in one night at Madison Square Garden for a total of 75,000 tickets sold in less than a week-which had never been done before. In the recording world, he has produced Grammy nominated, multiple gold, platinum, and double platinum albums, while becoming the only manager/producer to debut a comedy album in Billboard's top 5 national charts-twice.
In other facets of the business, Katz was one of the driving forces behind the launch of Comedy Dynamics, which has become one of the largest independent comedy production and distribution companies in the world. Additionally, he was involved in the original sale of the Emmy-nominated Comedy Central Roasts to the network, which has become one of the longest running, most profitable, annual specials franchises in the history of TV.- Billy Aaron Brown was born on 28 July 1981 in Clarinda, Iowa, USA. He is an actor, known for Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003), 8 Simple Rules (2002) and First Night (2007).
- Cain Velasquez is an American mixed martial artist. He is known in the sports world for his career in the mixed martial arts organization Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is a former UFC Heavyweight Champion, with victories over Brock Lesnar and Junior Dos Santos. By the end of 2017, Velasquez was ranked #3 in UFC's official rankings. He is one of three children born to Mexican immigrant Efrain Velasquez and U.S. citizen Isabel. Velasquez made his fight debut in October 2006. He later met UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar in October 2010 at UFC 121 in a title match, where defeated Lesnar via Technical Knock-Out (TKO) in 4:12 of the first round. He later lost the title to Junior dos Santos at UFC on Fox in November 2011. He later faced dos Santos in a title rematch held at UFC 155 in December 2012. From 2006 to 2017, Velasquez fought a total of sixteen times and won fourteen of those matches.
In 2016, Velasquez began a film career, beginning with an appearance in the crime drama Term Life (2016), starring Vince Vaughn, Hailee Steinfeld and the late Bill Paxton. He quickly followed up with an appearance in the action drama Kickboxer: Vengeance (2016). In 2017, Velasquez appeared in the action-comedy Green Ghost and the Masters of the Stone (2021). - Actor
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Carlos Jacott was born on 28 July 1967 in the USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Grosse Pointe Blank (1997), Being John Malkovich (1999) and She Spies (2002).- Producer
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Dana White was born in Manchester, Connecticut, and spent most of life in Las Vegas, Nevada. White liked boxing and competed as an amateur boxer. He opened some gyms where he created workout programs which combined boxing and aerobics. White attended Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas where met and became friends with fellow boxing fan Lorenzo Fertitta. Along with older brother Frank Fertitta III, Lorenzo became a boxing fan from attending events with their father, Frank Fertitta Jr., a successful former casino executive.
At a wedding in 1995, White, who at the time managed boxers and a few Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighters, reunited with Lorenzo Fertitta. It was how Fertitta first heard about the sport named MMA. By then, Lorenzo and older brother Frank had taken over casino operations from their father, and created additional casinos throughout Nevada under the brand Station Casinos. White took replaced Sal Garcia as manager of MMA fighters Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz, friends and trainers partners whom would compete in one of the first major MMA promotions: Ultimate Fighting Championship (2000).
White made an agreement with International Fighting Championships (IFC) to sell sponsorship on their behalf. He also got a fight for Liddell against Steve Heath at an IFC event on June 11, 2000. During the following November, UFC owner Robert B. Meyrowitz, suffering financially, had conversations with Lorenzo Fertitta about buying his company. Exactly how the idea came about is in question. White said he had brought up the idea with Fertitta, believing UFC was for sale. Meyrowitz-who later told author Clyde Gentry that he had not actively put the company up for sale-agreed to sell. According to Gentry, Fertitta stated that White had heard of Meyrowtiz's intentions from his brother, David Meyrowitz. Zuffa LLC was formed by Lorenzo and older brother Frank Fertitta III in January 2001, with them being equal majority owners. Lorenzo became Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, while White was given ten percent equity and the title of President. Zuffa bought UFC for $2 million on January 9, 2001. White stopped managing Ortiz and Liddell as a result of his new executive role in UFC. UFC's new owners were pivotal in lobbying different athletic jurisdictions to legalize the sport.
Three years after Zuffa acquired UFC, the promotion had a deficit in the $30 million plus range. Majority owners Lorenzo Fertitta and Frank Fertitta III decided that an increased television presence would turn the company profitable. The Ultimate Fighter was created, and Zuffa paid Spike TV $10 million for airtime. The show was produced between September and October 2004, and aired in 2005. It became a ratings success for Spike TV. During the first live finale of The Ultimate Fighter, a light-heavyweight fight between Forrest Griffin and Stephan Bonnar drew many viewers. Griffin won the judge's decision to become the competition's first winner and earned a UFC contract. Bonnar received a UFC contract although for his performance.The bout is credited for influencing Spike TV President 'Kevin Kay' (I) to not only renew the series, but pay Zuffa millions of dollars for the rights to air it over subsequent years.
Dana White became the public managerial face of UFC from interviews, leading press conferences, and supervising fighters facing off. The success of The Ultimate Fighter helped grow UFC, and increased White's profile. He became known as an aggressive, outspoken competitor who harshly criticized his own fighters and rivals, sometimes accompanied by profanity. When Affliction owner Tom Atencio decided to start a fight promotion, White banned Affliction from sponsoring UFC events. On the night of July 19, 2008, when Affliction held its first fight card, a Pay-Per-View named Affliction: Banned (2008), White counter-programmed with UFC: Silva vs. Irvin (2008). Vice President of Japan's Pride Fighting Championships (2006), Jerry Millen, was a detractor of White. While Millen was a guest on Scott Ferrall's Sirius XM radio program, White called in and had harsh words with Millen. Millen interviewed White's mother, June White, who wrote a book critical of her son. White once called Showtime Sports General Manager, Ken Hershman, an idiot. For years White and former client Tito Ortiz would go after each other in the media during and after Ortiz's time in UFC. The same went for former UFC heavyweight champion Josh Barnett, who has failed drug tests. White had top-ranked welterweight Jon Fitch released from his contract after Fitch refused to sign away the lifetime rights to his image for a UFC video game. Fitch complained that it was a power move by White because Fitch refused to sign away those rights for inadequate compensation. White said it had something to do with the "idiots" in charge of the gym in which Fitch trained, American Kickboxing Academy (AKA). Within a day an agreement was reached and Fitch was back under UFC contract. White had been complementary of Strikeforce (2006) CEO Scott Coker until Coker was able to sign Fedor Emelianenko to a contract. Emelianenko on various occasions had negotiated with UFC, but could not settle on terms. White had repeatedly stated that Emelinanenko had not fought high-level opponents when he dominated as heavyweight champion of Pride Fighting Championships. White dismissed Strikeforce as "Strike-Farce" and "bush league". In June 2010, there were reports that clothing company TapOut, which sponsored many UFC fighters, canceled a sponsorship deal with Strikeforce fighter Fedor Emelianenko as a result of UFC pressure. White confirmed this when asked by journalist Ariel Helwani, saying that it was the price of competing against UFC. When Zuffa acquired Strikeforce in March 2011, Coker was kept in Strikeforce with a 3-year contract. For many years under Zuffa ownership, White said women would never fight in the UFC because not enough compete in MMA to support a division. When Zuffa bought Strikeforce (2006) in March 2011, women's bouts continued. With her easy dominance of the bantamweight division, and growing popularity outside MMA, Strikeforce bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey lead White to change his mind as a result of Rousey's increasing popularity inside and outside of MMA. In 2012, Rousey became the first woman given a Zuffa contract to compete in UFC. White awarded Rousey the UFC women's bantamweight title, booked her to defend it against Liz Carmouche in the promotion's first women's bout at UFC 134. In 2013, retired former UFC heavyweight and light-heavyweight champion Randy Couture signed a deal with Viacom to be a coach on Fight Master: Bellator MMA (2013). Viacom owned rival promotion Bellator MMA. White banned Couture from cornering his son Ryan Couture at UFC events.Bellator Fighting Championships (2009) had established itself as major promotion under the tournaments created by Bjorn Rebney. Tensions between White and Rebney reached its highest in 2013 when free agent Eddie Alvarez was given permission by Bellator to negotiate with UFC. When UFC made Alvarez an offer, Rebney said Bellator matched it. Alvarez disputed this, which lead to a legal case. The case was settled with Alvarez re-signing with Bellator. A few months after his contract with Zuffa expired in 2014 Scott Coker was hired to replace Rebney at Bellator. Coker allowed Alvarez an early release from his contract to sign with UFC.
In 2014, UFC reached an agreement with Reebok for them to be the exclusive sponsor of UFC fighter attire during competition and select promotional appearances. Fighters complained that they would lose money without their own sponsors. Others fighters liked the idea because it meant they would spend less time trying to find sponsors before they compete. When UFC cut-man Jacob 'Stitch' Duran said in an interview that the deal would cost him a lot of money because he could not have his own sponsors, White ended his employment with UFC.
White has been criticized for his actions when it comes to the press. Loretta Hunt and Josh Gross were prohibited from getting UFC press credentials after writing stories White did not like. In an online video, White went on a profanity-laced diatribe against Hunt and her story citing a source which claimed that managers had been banned by UFC. Ken Pavia turned out to the Hunt's source. Pavia had been an agent to many UFC fighters. Zuffa sued Pavia for theft of secrets, alleging he illegally shared confidential UFC documents with Bjorn Rebney, who was named as a co-defendant in the suit. A few weeks later Bellator sued Zuffa for putting Jonathan Brookins on the The Ultimate Fighter because they claimed he was under contract to them. Journalist Ariel Helwani reported that White had him escorted from the arena during UFC 199 and banned from receiving future UFC press credentials. White and company were upset that Helwani reported that Brock Lesnar would be returning to UFC, despite their request not to. White actions resulted in criticisms from some in the media and some fans. The ban was ended a few days later.
White's harsh comments and those of some UFC fighters have been used by Culinary Union Local 226 in its anti-MMA efforts in New York, a state which banned professional MMA in 1997. The Culinary Union wanted workers in Station Casinos operated by UFC's then majority owners, the Fertitta brothers, to be unionized. When that did not happen, the group worked against Zuffa's cause in New York. Zuffa for years spent many millions of dollars in political contributions and lobbying efforts for New York to legalize professional MMA. In November 2011, Zuffa took New York State to federal court in a case that was entirely dismissed in 2015. Months after the dismissal, Zuffa filed another lawsuit, but in early 2016 New York made professional MMA legal. On July 11, 2016, Lorenzo Fertitta confirmed months of reports that UFC had been sold. In a television interview, Fertitta said the majority of UFC would be owned by William Morris Endeavor-International Management Group (WME-IMG). WME-IMG reportedly outbid other companies with a $4 billion offer to Zuffa. The Fertitta brothers would become minority owners, while Dana White retained the title of President and his minority ownership.- Daniel Raymont is a chameleonic performer whose acutely observed impersonations have fooled just about everyone he's met. His work reflects his culturally schizophrenic background. Born in New York, and raised by his Texan mother and Germanic-Argentine father in Mexico and D.C. only to spend time in London, Maine, Boston, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York. He currently lives between New York & Mexico. His film works includes "Que Viva Mexico", "Welcome Al Norte", "Middleground", "Rough Night", "The Babymoon", "The Angriest Man in Brooklyn", "Lucky N#mber", "The Truth About Lies", "Instructions Not Included (No Se Aceptan Devoluciones)", "The Good Heart", "Second City's BuzzKill", and "Bride Wars." His TV work includes "El Capo", "Mosquito Coast", "40 y 20", "Natural Born Narcos", "Parientes a la Fuerza", "Run Coyote Run", "Bull", "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, "The Carrie Diaries", "Law & Order: SVU", "Smash", "The Naked Brother's Band", "Knight's of Prosperity", and New Amsterdam." Daniel's theatrical work includes his solo show "The Store" based on his 10 years at Neiman-Marcus, Beverly Hills. It's a seven characters in 30 minutes, hilarious tale of fashion, commerce and revolution spices with incomparable wit. The show is now being developed as a comedic television series. He has also appeared in countless TV commercials including Tidy Cats, Heineken, Jose Cuervo, and Burger King as the German/Dutch fashion designer, Ugoff.
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Alexis Arquette (born Robert Arquette) (death: September 11, 2016) was an American actress. Arquette was born in Los Angeles, the fourth of five children of Lewis Arquette, an actor and director, and Brenda Olivia "Mardi" (Nowak), a Jewish actress, poet, theater operator, activist, acting teacher, and therapist. Lewis's family's surname was originally "Arcouet"; Lewis's father was comedian Cliff Arquette, who went by the stage name of Charley Weaver. Arquette was distantly related to American explorer Meriwether Lewis. Actors Rosanna, Richmond, Patricia, and David Arquette are her siblings.- Producer
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Although younger brother Dwayne Hickman (born 1934) is probably the better-remembered sibling today with his cult following as TV's favorite lovestruck teenager Dobie Gillis and a few "Beach Party" films, it is Darryl Hickman who is certainly the more prolific brother in the movies. At one time, he was deemed one of Hollywood's most talented child stars of World War II and post-war film.
Hickman was born in Hollywood, California on July 28, 1931, to Milton Hickman, an insurance salesman, and his wife Katherine, a mother-turned-stage mother. Taking dance classes at age 3, Darryl's looks and talent were discovered by his dance school director who eventually had him placed with a child troupe at age 5 (Meglin School for Kiddies). Paramount Studios subsequently took notice and signed him to a contract, making his unbilled film debut as Ronald Colman's son in the classic adventure The Prisoner of Zenda (1937). The child then appeared briefly in a second Colman film, If I Were King (1938). Darryl would grow up within the studio system and on the studio sets. Fellow classmates would include such stars as Jackie Cooper.
Appearing in the Bing Crosby musical biopic The Star Maker (1939), Crosby took notice of young Darryl's promise and referred him to his talent agent brother Everett Crosby. Everett was impressed as well, and took Darryl under his wing. Placed in the Paramount films Untamed (1940) and The Way of All Flesh (1940), the boy was eventually featured in his most prominent role, that of young, impoverished Winfield Joad in the classic film The Grapes of Wrath (1940). MGM quickly showed interest and bought out the boy's Paramount contract.
A popular loan-out child player, Darryl appeared in a "poverty row" version of one of Jack London's more popular adventure stories Sign of the Wolf (1941); appeared in 12-year-old Shirley Temple's last film for Fox Young People (1940); showed up in Universal's Mob Town (1941) and another Fox film Young America (1942). While at MGM, Darryl found himself working with the studio's top echelon of stars including Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Taylor and Mickey Rooney. Notable in-house roles included that of "Flip" in Men of Boys Town (1941), "Johnny Smith" in Joe Smith, American (1942), "(young) Blackie" in Northwest Rangers (1942); "Jeb" in the Tracy/Hepburn drama Keeper of the Flame (1942), "Etienne" in Assignment in Brittany (1943), and as young "Lionel" in the classic "Americana" film The Human Comedy (1943).
Darryl progressed from child to juvenile parts with equal skill. He was featured in the role of WWI flying ace Eddie Rickenbacker as a lad in the biopic Captain Eddie (1945) starring Fred MacMurray and also featuring brother Dwayne; played composer Ira as a teenager in the Gershwin story Rhapsody in Blue (1945); reunited with Shirley Temple in the "Corliss Archer" comedy Kiss and Tell (1945); played the ill-fated brother-in-law of evil Gene Tierney in the drama Leave Her to Heaven (1945); portrayed the younger version of Van Heflin in the film noir The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946); tangled with priest Pat O'Brien as a young troublemaker in the "Boy's Town"-like crime drama Fighting Father Dunne (1948); was upgraded to Shirley Temple's boyfriend in the light comedy A Kiss for Corliss (1949); played a prep school problem along with co-star Dean Stockwell in the comedy The Happy Years (1950) and a disturbed ranch caretaker along with equally disturbed older sister Mercedes McCambridge in the heavy meller Lightning Strikes Twice (1951).
Darryl attended the Immaculate Heart Grammar School in Los Angeles as well as the studio schools at Paramount and then MGM. In September of 1951, 20-year-old Darryl, who had grown unhappy and disenchanted with Hollywood and the studio system in its inability to protect child actors, abandoned his career and entered a monastery, the Passionist Seminary, with the intent on becoming a priest. Within a year, however, he left when he realized he was not cut out for a life in the priesthood.
Trying to regain his acting momentum proved admirable and challenging. He began on 50's TV with guest shots on such shows as "Sky King," "The Lone Ranger," "Annie Oakley," "Biff Baker, U.S.A., "Perry Mason," "Public Defenders," "Alfred Hitchcock Presents," "Wanted: Dead or Alive," "Gunsmoke," "The Millionaire" and several anthology programs. He also guested on brother Dwayne's popular "Dobie Gillis" TV show. On the film front, he found featured roles in Destination Gobi (1953), Island in the Sky (1953), Prisoner of War (1954), Tea and Sympathy (1956), The Persuader (1957) and The Tingler (1959).
By the early 1960s, as film and TV offers began to dry up, Darryl wisely moved behind the scenes. Starting out as a TV writer, he eventually became a program executive. In the '70s he briefly attempted TV producing. In later years he would also become a respected acting coach in the Los Angeles area. Never leaving acting altogether, he made 60's and 70's guest appearances on such shows as "Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color," "Dr. Kildare," "Love, American Style," "All in the Family" and "Maude," before finding an "in" with an abundance of '80s animated voice work: Space Stars (1981), Pac-Man (1982), The Biskitts (1983), The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible (1985) and A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (1988). One of his last visible appearances was in a 1999 episode of "The Nanny."
Darryl married actress Pamela Lincoln, whom he first met on the film set of The Tingler (1959). They had two children, but divorced in 1982.
On the date of his death he was married to production assistant Lynda Farmer Hickman.- Actress
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Deborah Voorhees is the powerhouse her production company Voorhees Films, which has produced her most recent film is 13 Fanboy, which comes out October 22, 2021 in select theaters and on most major VOD, InDemand, and Pay-Per-View platforms. "The new film by director Deborah Voorhees follows the real-life cast of Friday the 13th and other horror icons as they are relentlessly stalked and gruesomely killed by a maniac who is obsessed with them and their films. This suspenseful shocker is loaded with old-school slasher film kills, gore and an intelligent and relevant story that delves into the psychology of stalking," writes Brian Steward, Fantasm Presents.
In 2015, Voorhees' screenplay Genevieve was an official selection of the Beverly Hills Film Festival. Her short film and music video Hip Hop Hamlet was an official selection of Kenneth Branagh's Shakespeare Film Festival, in Stratford-upon-Avon, England and played in 2016 at the Elsinore Shakespeare Conference in Denmark, as did her short film Othello: Good Night My Sweet. In 2014, Voorhees released her first full-length feature film Billy Shakespeare, which asks, What if William Shakespeare never existed until? Our Modern Bard is caught in a love triangle of confused sexuality, cross dressing, mistaken identity, and bedroom trysts. The film won the Bardie Award from The Shakespeare Standard. The quirky, off-beat film has been compared to the indie hit Waiting for Guffman and is now available on Amazon and IndieReign.com. Voorhees wrote, directed and produced the indie film, with her company Voorhees Films (VoorheesFilms.com).
The film has received many stellar reviews: "Billy Shakespeare" is a spicy little independent film by Deborah Voorhees that imagines what might happen if William Shakespeare tried to make it as a writer in today's Hollywood rather than Elizabethan England. Quirky characters, compromising situations, and the kind of deadpan humor that fans of Waiting For Guffman will recognize collide with hilarious moments of camp to create a madcap world in which young Billy just can't get a break," writes Ellen Dostal with Broadway World. "...hilarious campy romp," says film critic Robert Kirchgassner with The Examiner. "Billy Shakespeare...for any Shakespeare lover should not miss for the world," writes Germana Maciocci, Italian film and theater critic with The Shakespeare Standard. "No other Billy like it! He's out of the box!" writes Arje Shaw Broadway playwright and creator of The Sonnet Man Hip Hop Shakespeare Fusion "Jason D. Johnson's interpretation of the title role is a marvel of emotional complexity. The element of comedy is at once rambunctious and bittersweet," writes film critic Michael H. Price "Definitely a future cult movie like Rocky Horror Picture Show," Sharon Stewart, fan Voorhees has just completed editing a dark comedy she directed titled Catching Up, written by New York playwright Tom Sime, and sent it to her award-winning composer Tamer Ciray. The film is about a socialite who becomes morbidly fascinated with an ex-con's past.
Voorhees' career as a writer began in 1990 at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. As a 16-year veteran journalist (mostly with The Dallas Morning News), she has covered a variety of stories: a mother on death row for killing her abusive husband, a schizophrenic psyche patient at the Austin State Hospital (who's also a nationally known folk artist), the fall of communism through the eyes of a Russian immigrant, a profile on Texas rancher Nan West (she's good with a gun, but never goes into town unless she dons a dress), a horseback adventure through the Badlands of Mexico (she rode illegally across the border for that story), master African-American muralist John Biggers' journey through the white art world.
Besides shooting indie films and music videos, Voorhees also shoots live concerts and theatrical and dance stage productions. Before directing and writing screenplays, Voorhees worked in Hollywood as an actress for Paramount Pictures horror franchise Friday the 13th, Part V, CBS's nighttime drama Dallas, NBC's detective drama Riptide, the day-time soap Days of Our Lives and many others.
Voorhees has also taught Acting for Film at Eastern New Mexico University as well as British Literature and journalism in Texas and New Mexico. As a journalist, she has written and edited for The Dallas Morning News, The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Front Desk magazine, Modern Luxury magazine, and The Shakespeare Standard. Learn more about Voorhees and her company at VoorheesFilms.com.- Actress
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Young was raised in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. She earned her BFA from Scripps College (in Claremont, California) and continued her acting at the Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts in London. She began sculpting in 1977 at Scripps College, learning her craft under the tutelage of renowned sculptor Aldo Casanova. In Italy, she expanded her talents by working in Carrara marble with Italian artisans. In 2006, four of Dey's pieces were selected as Los Angeles County Museum's Special Projects and exhibited on the Art and Architecture Tour. This honor was again bestowed in 2012. In 2011, her work was selected by the National Sculpture Society to be featured online in their "LOVE" exhibition. On celluloid, she may be best-known for her roles in Pretty Woman (1990), Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979), Spaceballs (1987), Melrose Place (1992), and various Star Trek series, to name a few. She is a lifetime member of The Actor's Studio.- Dominic Jephcott was born on 28 July 1957 in Coventry, West Midlands, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Emmerdale Farm (1972), Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story (1987) and Paradise Postponed (1986).
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Dustin Milligan was born in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada as Dustin Wallace Milligan. He is an actor, writer and producer, known for Extract (2009), 90210 (2010), Schitt's Creek (2014), Me Him Her (2015) Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (2016), Rutherford Falls (2021), and The People We Hate at the Wedding (2022). He currently resides in Los Angeles, California.- Music Department
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Eliza Swenson is an American film actress born in Quincy, California to parents Terry (a law enforcement officer) and Penelope (an education professor and administrator). She was born on July 28, 1982, the sixth of seven siblings and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Music Media and Sound Engineering from Brigham Young University. She was first known for her roles in horror films as well as the direct-to-video mockbusters produced by The Asylum before venturing on to produce, edit, co-write, and star in the theatrically released film Dorothy and the Witches of Oz (2011). The multi-talented Swenson brought her sense of humor and comedic stylings to the Nickelodeon television series Drake & Josh (2004). In addition to her acting ability, she has composed several film scores including the music from 'Dorothy and the Witches of Oz' available on iTunes. She writes for her Goth/Rock band The Divine Madness under the alias Victoria Mazze, whose music has found its way onto Showtime's The Tudors (2007) as well as the Japanese manga series Bizenghast.- Actress
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Elizabeth Berkley was born in Farmington Hills, Michigan, to Jere, a gift basket business owner and Fred Berkley, a lawyer. She has an older brother, Jason (b. 1969). Her family is Jewish. By five, she was taking tap and jazz classes with Barbara Fink and ballet classes at Detroit Dance Company. She danced "Swan Lake" with principals from the American Ballet Theatre and for five years she performed in the NYC Ballet's holiday production of "The Nutcracker" in Detroit. Roles in community theatre followed in such plays as "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown", "Gypsy" and "Eleemosynary". She placed as a finalist at the "Look of the Year" contest promoted by Elite Agency. At 13 she began modeling for Elite's New York division and that led to print work and TV commercials.
Her first on-screen job was a small part in Gimme a Break! (1981), followed by a leading role in the critically acclaimed short Platinum Blonde (1988) and a supporting part in the TV movie Frog (1988). In 1988 her family eventually relocated to California to let Elizabeth pursuing a career in Hollywood. After guest roles in series like TV 101 (1988) and Day by Day (1988), she landed a regular role in Saved by the Bell (1989). After four seasons and a TV movie, she left the show to try to break into features films. In 1994, after several roles in television and straight-to-video films, she booked the coveted role of Nomi Malone in Showgirls (1995). Unexpectedly, the much-anticipated film bombed at the box office and was destroyed by critics. After leaving CAA, she signed with United Talent Agency and began rebuilding her film career with some small roles in major films (The First Wives Club (1996) and Oliver Stone's Any Given Sunday (1999)) and leading parts in quality indies (including Taxman (1998) and The Real Blonde (1997)).
In 1999 she played Lenny Bruce's wife in the acclaimed West End production of "Lenny", directed by Sir Peter Hall and starring Eddie Izzard. Her performance in Dylan Kidd's Roger Dodger (2002), released in 2002 after a successful festival tour, impressed the critics. The box-office hit "Sly Fox" marked her Broadway debut in 2004 but it was her performance in the Off-Broadway production "Hurlyburly" (directed by Scott Elliott and co-starring Ethan Hawke, Parker Posey and Wallace Shawn) that earned her the best reviews of her career and a public apology from The New York Times.
She appeared for several seasons in the hit series CSI: Miami (2002) as Julia Winston, and in the final season of Showtime's The L Word (2004). Thanks to television syndication of Saved by the Bell (1989), Elizabeth is a favorite among a whole new generation of teen girls. Elizabeth has been making life-changing connections with these girls over the past seven years through Ask Elizabeth, her not-for-profit organization that includes self-esteem workshops she facilitates as a volunteer in schools and for youth organizations, a thriving website (ask-elizabeth.com) that hosts digital content as a way to be of continued service to girls and, most recently, her book "Ask Elizabeth" (published by Penguin), which made The New York Times' best-seller list. This nationwide movement has affected the lives of over 100,000 girls and counting. She was also a featured contributor on Oprah.com, bridging the communication gap between mothers and daughters.
Berkley is married to artist Greg Lauren and the couple has one son, Sky Cole Lauren, born in 2012. She is 5'10", and she has been a vegetarian her entire life. She enjoys yoga, dancing and singing. She attended UCLA where she studied English Literature. Berkley is active in numerous outreach programs including dance classes for young teens and physically and mentally challenged youth; volunteer work with the elderly at the Motion Pictures Home for the Aging; Women's Cancer Research Fund, the Best Friends Animal Sanctuary and the Humane Society.