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Pauline Black was born on 23 October 1953 in Braintree, Essex, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Funny Man (1994), Hearts and Minds (1995) and Out of the Blue (1995). She has been married to Terry Button since 1980.- Composer
- Actor
- Music Department
The man behind the music of the Prodigy, Liam Howlett, was born on August 21, 1971 in Essex, England. Ever since his childhood, Liam had an undying devotion for music. His father forced him to take piano classes but his interest was grabbed by other musical styles. He particularly liked the Ska movement, and "Ska's Greatest Hits" was the first album he'd ever owned. While the majority of his fellow youth were out playing sports, he remained in his house to record programs off the radio and later create his own remixes with a pause button and a burgeoning musical talent. "When I was 14 years old," recalls Liam, "I used to record things off the radio and do mixes with the pause button on my cassette recorder. I was charmed with that one. I never liked sports. Doing mixes was what I always wanted to do". When Liam entered high school he became involved in the Hip Hop movement - the graffiti, the clothes, and the break dancing. His remixes influenced his style. He developed a liking to the rap music of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five and he watched the 1984 movie Beat Street (1984), a film dedicated to break dancing. A friend demonstrated a remix to him in his bedroom, and Liam has since been hooked. He got his first job in order to save money up for two record players. He was practicing several hours every night and at some point in time, he joined a local Hip-Hop group called "Cut 2 Kill". They already had one DJ, but they were impressed with his talent and gave him his first opportunity to play publicly in clubs like the YMCA. Since he had a degree in graphic design, Liam began work in designing emblems for the band. After obtaining his degree, he got a job during the day in an independent magazine based in London called Metropolitan and continued DJ'ing at night. After seeing several of the band's performances, Liam's boss at Metropolitan was duly impressed. He eventually gave them the proposal of being their manager, and would give them four thousand pounds to record an album. After recordings were finished, however, there was not enough money to release the album. Most major record companies thought that their album was a fruitless endeavour and turned their backs on it. In spite of these problems, though, the group edited his only two works before separating: "Jus' Coolin'" and "Listen To The Basstone". They had very little success afterwards, and with the constant problems that Liam was confronted with in the night clubs he usually attended eventually drove him away from the hip hop scene in 1988. Soon after, his love of music was invigorated when he began attending a club called "The Barn", a popular hangout specializing in the block rocking beats of the "rave" scene. Mr. C was the "The Barn"'s resident DJ, but within a mere two months, Liam started to take part in celebratory parties and got a DJ'ing job at the club. One night, two young dancers, Keith Flint and Leeroy Thornhill, were dancing in the club while Liam had been DJ'ing. When he had finished, Keith approached Liam and asked him to record a few remixes of his favorite songs. Liam agreed and recorded a session, adding four tracks he had mixed himself to the B-side. He wrote "The Prodigy" on the cassette, which was the name of the synthesizer that Liam had used: "Moog Prodigy". When Keith and Leeroy listened to the cassette they were impressed by the quality of all four songs. The next time they visited "The Barn", Keith asked Liam if he would be interested in forming a group. There he would play his music, and Leeroy and Keith would dance to his songs. Liam accepted the offer and together, with another dancer named Sharky, they formed what is widely considered to be the best electronic group of all time: "The Prodigy". The group's first concert was in 1990, in the mythical Labyrinth, in Dalston's City. It was at this time that Liam realized that they needed an MC - Master of Ceremony - for the performances. His search led him to Keety Palmer, known as Maxim Reality, an MC born in Peterborough, who was subsequently hired by the group. In 1990, Liam received an offer from a record company, XL-Recordings, to sign a contract and produce his own songs. He withheld the news from the rest of his bandmates, however, until he was sure that everything would work out. When it eventually did, Sharky decided to leave the group because she didn't like the idea of transforming it into a commercial enterprise. 1991 was the year when the group's first single was released. "What Evil Lurks" became a classic within the rave scene and a very popular vinyl between collectors. Afterwards, they released several more singles, including such hits as "Charly", "Everybody In The Place", "Fire" and "Jericho". Their first album titled "Experience" was released the same year. It was critically acclaimed and was considered to be the best `dance' album of the year. In 1995, The Prodigy had released their 2nd album titled "Music for the Jilted Generation" which had a `grunge' feel to it. In 1997, "The Fat of the Land", the Prodigy's long-awaited follow-up to "Music for the Jilted Generation", debuted at #1 in 22 countries including United States. People were blown away by the sound The Prodigy had to deliver. "The Fat of the Land" was touted as the album that would bring electronica/techno to a wide American audience. After a 6 year break. Liam now has returned to the spotlight with "Baby's Got A Temper", the new "Prodigy" single. It's a completely different song from their previous work, and is a track that presents a more aggressive face of "The Prodigy". In summer of 2004, the fourth highly anticipated album of the British band, entitled "Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned", will hopefully be unleashed upon the world.- His father, John Adams, served as the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801. In 1779, at the age of 12, the young Adams accompanied his father to Europe. There the linguistically gifted boy supported the US embassy as a translator and secretary. When Adams enrolled at Harvard in 1785, he already had knowledge of Greek, Latin, French, Dutch and German. After studying law, he began working as a lawyer in Boston in 1790. At the same time, he gained a certain level of notoriety by writing political essays for the press in support of George Washington's administration. In 1793 the young Adams was sent to the Netherlands as a diplomat. On a diplomatic mission to London he met the American consulate's daughter Louisa Catherine Johnson, whom he married in 1797. In the same year Adams was sent as an envoy to Prussia.
Returning to the United States, he was elected to the Massachusetts Senate in 1801. In 1803 he was appointed to the US Senate, where he served until 1808. In 1809, Adams went on a diplomatic mission to Russia, where he was able to win over Tsar Alexander as a mediator in the American conflict with Great Britain. In 1812 he helped negotiate the peace treaty with Great Britain. From 1815 Adams worked as an ambassador in London. Two years later, he was appointed Secretary of State by President James Monroe. In complete agreement with the president, in this role until 1825 he contributed to raising the USA to an equal size with the European powers, giving them independent diplomacy and helping them make territorial gains. In this context, Adams was instrumental in the negotiations that led to the acquisition of Florida and the securing of Louisiana's western border. In 1823 he contributed to the development of the "Monroe Doctrine".
In 1824, Adams won the American presidential election to become the sixth president of the United States for one term from the following year. However, his policy of internal reform and national consolidation was largely unsuccessful due to opposition resistance. In the election campaign of 1828, John Quincy Adams was overwhelmingly defeated by Andrew Jackson, who succeeded him as president a year later. After a temporary withdrawal from political life, Adams was elected to the House of Representatives in 1831, where he served until his death in 1848. As an independent, he took up the demand for the abolition of slavery without joining the ranks of the abolitionists. Soon after, he suffered a stroke in the House of Representatives.
John Quincy Adams died on February 23, 1848 in Washington. - Actor
- Writer
Tim Robertson was born in 1944 in Braintree, Essex, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Power Without Glory (1976), Dimboola (1979) and A Thousand Skies (1985).- Priscilla Chan was born on 24 February 1985 in Braintree, Massachusetts, USA. She has been married to Mark Zuckerberg since 19 May 2012. They have two children.
- John Adams was born on 30 October 1735 in Braintree, Massachusetts, USA. He was a writer, known for Biography (1987). He was married to Abigail Smith. He died on 4 July 1826 in Quincy, Massachusetts, USA.
- Pip Ripley was born in 1983 in Braintree, Essex, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Casualty (1986) and Heartbeat (1992).
- David Christian was born in 1932 in Braintree, Essex, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Skins (2007), TV Burp (2001) and Quartet (2012). He died on 29 October 2018 in Woolavington, Somerset, England, UK.
- Script and Continuity Department
- Actress
- Additional Crew
Tamara Hayes was born on 9 July 1963 in Braintree, Essex, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Evil's Lair, The Hail Mary and A Cup Full of Crazy. She died on 20 February 2024 in Fountain Hill, Pennsylvania, USA.- Actor
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Ronald Bridges was born in 1940 in Braintree, Essex, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Mystery at the Burlesque (1949), The Wednesday Play (1964) and Dateline Diamonds (1965).- Jim Calhoun was born on 10 May 1942 in Braintree, Massachusetts, USA. He has been married to Patricia McDevitt since 20 August 1966. They have two children.
- Michael was born in Braintree, Essex, England. His father was a country doctor and his mother was the former Molly Gibbs. As a boy he was chosen "mascot of the day" at the British Air Base during World War II and a decade later, would serve in the Air Force himself. After his discharge, he moved to London, where he trained as a dancer on the theatrical stage. The highlight of his show career was dancing with Sally Ann Howes in "Summer Song". Lack of theater work in the 1960's caused him to change careers and he returned to school to become a butler and chauffeur. His first position was with film actor Lawrence Harvey, who he served for over seven years. He came to the United States to be closer to his sister and her family and became butler to the Marquise de Pins at Beaulieu Vineyard in Napa Valley for the next several years. During that time he was hired to be "Private English Butler for a Day" for an American family on a television show in Los Angeles. By 1972 he became butler and driver to Cyril Magnin, the Chief of Protocol of San Francisco. Michael served many elaborate dinner parties for the "rich and famous" and became a fixture at the finest private affairs in the city during the 1970's and 80's. Highlights of his career were to have served U.S. presidents: Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter, Alice Faye, Tennesse Ernie Ford, Beverly Sills, Vivian Vance, Clint Eastwood, Pat Montandon, and countless other celebrities. He worked many special parties for the British Consulate and in April 1982, served Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip when they came to San Francisco on a state visit. Though he was a permanent resident of the U.S.A., Michael remained a proud British citizen and "loyal" to the royal family. He retired in 1987 and moved to San Diego where he enjoyed his retirement relaxing in Pacific Beach. He had a walk-on part in the movie "K-9" with Jim Belushi, but missed his many friends in San Francisco, so he returned in August of 1989, just a couple of months before the Loma Prieta Earthquake struck. A month later, he caught pneumonia and quickly fell victim to AIDS. He became part of the San Francisco General Hospital program in testing new drugs against the disease. Michael died less than a year and a half after the earthquake.
- Kayla Zaniboni was born on 22 September 1988 in Braintree, Massachusetts, USA. She is an actress, known for Philter (2012), Haunted Housekeeper (2013) and Absent Father (2008).
- Additional Crew
- Actor
- Writer
Greg Newman was born on 5 April 1979 in Braintree, Massachusetts, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Mystic River (2003), Cradle 2 the Grave (2003) and Flags of Our Fathers (2006).- Elizabeth Munger was born on 18 April 1916 in Braintree, Massachusetts, USA. She died on 26 March 2008 in State College, Pennsylvania, USA.
- Mark King was born on 28 March 1974 in Braintree, Essex, England, UK. He is married to Sally King. They have four children.
- Actor
- Producer
- Additional Crew
Andrew Pinnock was born on 26 March 1968 in Braintree, Essex, England, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for Ghost (2022), GPK: The Kill Room (2023) and Jean-Michel Jarre Destination Docklands (1988).- Additional Crew
- Visual Effects
- Art Department
Ian Macritchie was born on 1 December 1981 in Braintree, Massachusetts, USA. Ian is known for Deadland (2023), Sister Deathwish (2016) and Henry Rollins: Uncut from NYC (2006).- Philip Goodwin was born on 9 October 1944 in Braintree, Massachusetts, USA. He died on 20 January 2022 in Middle River, Maryland, USA.
- Vince Newsome was born on 22 January 1961 in Braintree, Essex, England, UK.
- Director
- Producer
- Writer
Michael Beckham was born on 27 April 1938 in Braintree, Essex, England, UK. He was a director and producer, known for Rx for Survival: A Global Health Challenge (2005), Nova (1974) and The World's First Computer (2012). He was married to Ann Roberts. He died on 23 March 2017 in England, UK.- Peter Bramley was born in 1945 in Braintree, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for Item 72-D: The Adventures of Spa and Fon (1970). He was married to Nano Riley. He died on 12 April 2005 in St. Petersburg, Florida, USA.
- Peter Kormann was born on 21 June 1955 in Braintree, Massachusetts, USA.