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Geraldine McEwan was born in Old Windsor, England and made her theatre debut at the age of 14 at the Theatre Royal in Windsor. By the age of 18 she was starring in London's West End in several long-running popular productions. During the 1950s she acted with the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford-Upon-Avon and joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1961.
She had leading roles as Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing with Christopher Plummer, Ophelia in Hamlet, The Princess of France in Love's Labour's Lost, Marina in Pericles and played opposite Dorothy Tutin in Twelfth Night which also toured Moscow and Leningrad.
Miss McEwan originated the female lead role in Joe Orton's Loot, captivated Broadway with productions of The School for Scandal, The Private Ear and the Public Eye, and most recently, The Chairs, earning her a Tony nomination for best actress.
As a member of the Royal National Theatre, acting along side Albert Finney, and Laurence Olivier, Geraldine spent the 1960s and 70s with memorable roles including The Dance of Death, Love for Love, A Flea in Her Ear, Chez Nous, Home and Beauty, The Browning Version, Harlequinade and The White Devil. In 1976 she had the distinction of being nominated for an Olivier Award in two separate categories.
In 1983 she won the Evening Standard Best Actress Award for The Rivals. In 1991 she won the BAFTA Best Actress Award for her intense and powerful performance as the Mother in Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1989) and in 1995 she won the Evening Standard Best Actress Award for her performance of Lady Wishfort in The Way of the World.
In 1998, McEwan was nominated for a Tony Award in the Best Actress Category for The Chairs. Her numerous television credits include the highly acclaimed The Barchester Chronicles (1982) with Alan Rickman, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1978), Mulberry (1992), and the immensely popular Mapp & Lucia (1985). Her film work includes The Dance of Death (1969) with Laurence Olivier, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) with Alan Rickman, Henry V (1989) and Love's Labour's Lost (2000), both with Kenneth Branagh, and most recently The Magdalene Sisters (2002), The Lazarus Child (2004), Vanity Fair (2004) and Carrie's War (2004). In 2003, Geraldine was chosen to play Agatha Christie's Jane Marple. She recently retired from that role after completing 12 hugely popular two-hour mysteries for ITV/PBS.- Actor
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John Savage is an American actor best known for his roles in The Deer Hunter (1978), The Onion Field (1979), Hair (1979), Salvador (1986), The Last Full Measure (2019), In Dubious Battle (2016), and the television shows Goliath (2016), Twin Peaks (2017), and Dark Angel (2000). He was born in Old Bethpage, New York, to Muriel (née Smeallie), a housewife, and Floyd-Jones Youngs, an insurance salesman who served on Guadalcanal during World War II with the Marine Corps. He has two sisters, Robin Young and Gail Youngs, and a brother, Jim Youngs.
He trained at the American Academy of Performing Arts before relocating to Los Angeles where he starred in the film Eric (1975) opposite Patricia Neal and Mark Hamill. In the early 1970s, he made his Broadway debut in the chorus of Fiddler on the Roof in which he played one of the sons, after an actor fell sick, opposite Zero Mostel. His performance caught the eye of Robert De Niro and the recognition led to his first major film role in the Academy Award-winning war drama The Deer Hunter (1978). Between 1972 and 1975, he continued to perform on stage, playing Dov Landau in Ari on Broadway, and performing in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Dance on a Country Grave in Chicago. He gained widespread recognition for his range and sensitivity during the 1970s.
John's breakthrough film role was as Steven Pushkov, the returning Vietnam veteran missing both his legs, in the 1978 film The Deer Hunter (1978) which won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1979. Acclaimed director Michael Cimino cast him in the role opposite Robert De Niro, Meryl Streep, and Christopher Walken. One of John's most acclaimed roles is in Milos Forman's 1979 film Hair (1979). He played the corn-fed recruit Claude Hooper Bukowski, who turns on, tunes in and drops out. Critics and film historians celebrated his performance both then and now. John Willis' annual publication Screen World hailed him as one of 12 promising new actors of 1979 (Vol. 31). John also played a lead role in the 1979 film adaptation of Joseph Wambaugh's The Onion Field (1979), based on the true story of policeman Karl Hettinger's personal struggle after witnessing the murder of his partner.
In the late 1970s, he was cast by Ulu Grosbard in the Broadway production of David Mamet's play American Buffalo, opposite Robert Duvall and Kenneth McMillan, in which he originated the role of Bobby. The play received rave reviews from critics and audiences alike.
During the 1980s, John was nominated for a Genie Award for Best Performance by a Foreign Actor for his work as Charles Heller in the crime thriller The Amateur (1981). He also co-starred with Nastassja Kinski in the romance film Maria's Lovers (1984), which was backed by cinema legend Robert Mitchum, and appeared as John Cassady in Oliver Stone's acclaimed historical thriller Salvador (1986), and as suicide survivor Roary in Richard Donner's Inside Moves (1980). In 1989, he collaborated with Academy Award-nominated director Spike Lee for the first time on Do the Right Thing (1989), in which he played the bike-riding gentrifier Clifton.
During the 1990s, John played the role of Father Andrew Hagen in Francis Ford Coppola's Academy Award-nominated film The Godfather Part III (1990), starred in Italian director Lucio Fulci's final film Le porte del silenzio (1991), a psychological thriller shot in Louisiana, and appeared in the brief but powerful role of Sgt. McCron in Terrence Malick's 1998 war epic The Thin Red Line (1998). He also portrayed Captain Rudy Ransom in the two-part episode Equinox from the hit television series Star Trek: Voyager (1995) (CBS) in 1999.
John gained further recognition in the recurring role of Donald Lydecker in the first and second seasons of the 2000 television series Dark Angel (2000) (Fox), which he followed with the recurring role of Henry Scudder in the Emmy Award-winning television series Carnivàle (2003) (HBO) from 2003-2005. In 2005, he guest starred on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) (NBC). In 2009, he guest starred in the second season of the television drama Fringe (2008) (Fox).
During the 2010s, he starred opposite Kirk Harris and Michael Madsen in Vernon Mortensen's 2013 western thriller The Sorrow, appeared in the 2015 horror film Tales of Halloween (2015), and played a supporting role in the 2016 romantic comedy Hit List (2011). In 2017, he appeared in the thriller film Fake News (2017), war drama The Last Full Measure (2019) and in James Franco's drama In Dubious Battle (2016). He also guest starred on the hit television show Twin Peaks (2017) (Showtime). In 2018, he guest starred on the drama Goliath (2016) (Amazon).
He has also worked behind the camera, most notably in production management for the acclaimed Spike Lee film Malcolm X (1992).
John has been noted for his work in activism and philanthropy. During the late 1980s, he used his public presence to fight for the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa, and has continued to work as an activist in addition to his work in film and television.
In 2017, John spoke at a tribute honoring the celebrated director Richard Donner, held by The Academy.
John was previously married twice, first to Susan Youngs and then to Sandi Schultz, and is the father of ceramic artist Lachlan Youngs and performer Jennifer Youngs. He has been with his current partner Blanca Blanco since 2008. He resides in Malibu, CA.- Music Department
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Vitamin C (Colleen Ann Fitzpatrick) is an American pop music singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer, and actress.
She began her career as an Ivory soap baby and child actress, appearing in John Waters' film Hairspray (1988), and continued to appear in minor roles in films before starting the alternative rock band Eve's Plum in 1991.
In 1999, Fitzpatrick embarked on a solo career under the name Vitamin C, releasing her eponymous debut album Vitamin C (1999), which was certified as Gold and later Platinum by the RIAA. Singles from the record include "Graduation (Friends Forever)" and her most successful hit, the Top 20 Gold certified "Smile." Her second album, More (2001) spawned several singles, including "As Long as You're Loving Me" and "The Itch."
She would return to acting in 2000, appearing in the horror film Dracula 2000 (2000), as well as having cameo appearances in Scary Movie 2 (2001) and Get Over It (2001), and appeared as a panelist on the spoof talent series The WB's Superstar USA in 2004. She was a video game character in the game EA Sports Triple Play by EA Sports. Vitamin C has her own Tommy Hilfiger lipstick color developed after her signature yellow and orange hair.
On March 21, 2012, Fitzpatrick was appointed as Vice President of Music at Nickelodeon.- Actress
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Josie Lawrence was born on June 6, 1959 in Old Hill, Dudley, West Midlands, England as Wendy Lawrence. She is an actress, known for Enchanted April (1991), Outside Edge (1994) and Robin Hood (2006). She is also a voice actress for The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends episode The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Pigling Bland (1994).- Actress
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British actress Sasha Jackson is primarily based in London (whilst also having Los Angeles and Atlanta bases) and travels worldwide for work commitments. Sasha has an EB1 Green Card in recognition of her talent and body of work and is a member of British Equity. Sasha has trained with some of LA's most respected and renowned acting coaches, among them: Ivana Chubbuck (as a Masterclass member), Andrew Magarian, Taylor Sheridan and Warner Loughlin and has had intensive one-to-one dialect coaching with the master of voices, Bob Corff, which has given her a US accent that is widely regarded among the casting community as "flawless". She has also perfected numerous other accents and is a skilled mimic, which further increases her suitability to fill a wide range of characters of various nationalities. Through her professional training in weapons and martial arts as the lead female in both Jarhead 3: The Siege (2016), The Perfect Weapon (2016) and "Snapshot", Sasha is fast gaining a strong reputation as an action heroine whilst being equally comfortable using her comedic timing in roles for Fuller House (2016) and The Royals (2015). Sasha, who has proven herself to be a versatile and talented actor in a wide variety of roles and genres, relishes learning new physical skills for projects and, indeed, embraces the challenges that such roles bring, including surfing the huge winter waves in South Africa for Blue Crush 2 (2011) and learning multiple dance disciplines and styles for the lead in a dance movie. Sasha, who competitively represented the South of England in High Board Diving and who is also a former District Trampolining champion, has already had a diverse career encompassing projects which saw her take the lead in several successful independent feature films, UK television series as an actress, presenter and herself as well as commercials, modelling assignments, as a Government-backed singer and also as the "face" and Worldwide Ambassador of two companies in the UK and Dubai.- Actor
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Graham Beckel was born on 22 December 1949 in Old Lyme, Connecticut, USA. He is an actor and director, known for L.A. Confidential (1997), Leaving Las Vegas (1995) and Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018). He has been married to Elizabeth Briggs Bailey since 1 December 1984. They have three children.- In her long career, Beatrice Straight did quite a bit of work in the movies, despite plying her trade mostly onstage. When she did grace the silver screen, she did it with great skill. Her first love was theater, having debuted on Broadway in the 1935 "Bitter Oleander". Her work garnered her much acclaim, including laurels in her Tony-winning performance for which she won the award for best supporting actress as Elizabeth Proctor in the 1953 production of Arthur Miller's "The Crucible". In addition to theater and movies, she gave us notable work on television. In 1978, she won an Emmy nomination for her part as the matriarch Alice Dain Leggett in the miniseries The Dain Curse (1978). No less stately, she played the part of Lynda Carter's Queen Mother in the 1970s Wonder Woman (1975) series. Her life was touched by that same kind of elegance and stateliness that she often portrayed onstage and on-screen. She was born Beatrice Whitney Straight in Old Westbury on Long Island. Her father, banker and diplomat Willard Dickerman Straight, associated with the likes of J.P. Morgan. Her mother, Dorothy Payne Whitney Straight, was an heiress of the Whitneys, a dynastic (in the sense of TV's own "Dynasty"), moneyed family on the eastern seaboard. Beatrice went to the best schools and caught the acting bug while a student in Devonshire, England, rendering a critically acclaimed performance in a school production of Ibsen's "A Doll's House." Her studies subsequently turned to acting, and she studied under the tutelage of Michael Chekhov, nephew of Russian playwright Anton Chekhov and a member of the Moscow Art Theatre. Their relationship was somewhat symbiotic in that she persuaded him to start an acting school, later teaching there herself. It was through her work in the theater that she met her husband Peter Cookson, appearing opposite him as leading lady in "The Heiress" in 1948. She is perhaps best known for her achievement in the 1976 movie Network (1976); after only three days of work in that movie in just a few scenes that actually made it into the final cut, Beatrice Straight contributed such a stellar performance that she earned the Academy Award for the best performance by a supporting actress.
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Janie Dee won the Olivier, Evening Standard and Critics' Circle Awards for Best Actress for Alan Ayckbourn's Comic Potential which she performed in London and New York, and the Olivier Award for Best Supporting Performance in a Musical for Carousel, directed by Nicholas Hytner at the National Theatre.
She has worked extensively with both Sir Alan Ayckbourn and Harold Pinter, originating roles in Ayckbourn's Comic Potential, House and Garden, and Dreams from a Summerhouse and starred in Pinter's Old Times, Betrayal and the film of Celebration, opposite Colin Firth (Channel 4). She has worked extensively with Sir Peter Hall who directed Janie in Much Ado About Nothing, Betrayal and Design For Living. Recent dramatic roles include: Michael Frayn's Noises Off at the Old Vic and West End, Lucy Kirkwood's NSFW at the Royal Court, (earning a fourth Olivier Award nomination), Blithe Spirit at the Gielgud Theatre, with Dame Angela Lansbury and A Midsummer Night's Dream on tour in Asia and Russia for Shakespeare's Globe.
Janie has performed in numerous classic musicals, both in the West End and across the UK, including: Cats, Cabaret, Showboat (RSC at the London Palladium), South Pacific, The Sound of Music, The King And I, My One and Only (Olivier Award Nomination) and Mack and Mabel, opposite David Soul. She starred in Hello Dolly! at Curve Leicester, for which she received the TMA UK Theatre Award for Best Performance in a Musical, the Stephen Sondheim revue, Putting It Together at the St James Theatre, London and a 40th Anniversary concert performance of A Little Night Music at the Palace Theatre.
She regularly performs in cabaret at Crazy Coqs, The Pheasantry and King's Place and is a champion of new musical theatre writing.
Her screen credits include; Me and Orson Welles (directed by Richard Linklater), Harold Pinter: A Celebration (BBC4), Dare to be Wild, written and directed by Vivienne DeCourcy, and The Trouble With Dot and Harry, written and directed by Sundance Festival grand prize-winner, Gary Walkow. TV credits include: In Love With Shakespeare (Sky Arts), The Southbank Show (Sir Peter Hall), Death in Holy Orders, The Murder Room (BBC) and House of Cards (Warner Bros).- Director
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Aron Gaudet was born on 5 February 1974 in Old Town, Maine, USA. He is a director and producer, known for Queenpins (2021). He has been married to Gita Pullapilly since 16 October 2009.- Director
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Donna Keegan is an Emmy Award-winning producer/director, actress and former stunt performer/coordinator. She has written, produced and directed several music videos, all airing on national television, including The Ink Spots' "Purple Rain" on BET and on Entertainment Tonight during Black History Month. Keegan had the honor and privilege to direct President George HW Bush Sr. in the White House for the Straight Holiday Telethon and she also executive produced The Ghost (2001), a feature film starring Michael Madsen, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, and Richard Hatch.
Keegan was a thirty-year veteran of the stunt world where she was a stunt performer and stunt coordinator. Having a few hundred credits, including True Lies, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Angels and Demons, and The Aviator. Donna has doubled for over 100 actresses, most notably, Jamie Lee Curtis for nearly 20 years, and is the proud recipient of the Diamond in the Raw Action Icon Award of 2009, which Ms. Curtis presented to her. She has been a board member of the Screen Actors Guild appointed for two consecutive terms a National Chairperson for Stunts and Safety, served over a decade on the AMPTP/SAG Labor Management Safety Bulletin Committee, and serves as an Expert Witness when an injury or death occurs on a film set.
She is a director member of both the Directors Guild of America, Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, DGA Women's Committee, Women in Film, and past Board Member of American Film Institute Associates. She received her certification as a Chef, graduating in the top class of and was on the Presidents Honor Roll at Le Cordon Bleu, CA. She was Dept. Head of the Celebrity Products division of the Home Shopping Network, based out of Hollywood.- Actress
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Olive Brasno was born on 17 October 1917 in Old Bridge, New Jersey, USA. She was an actress, known for Charlie Chan at the Circus (1936), The Mighty Barnum (1934) and Little Miss Broadway (1938). She was married to Gus Wayne. She died on 25 January 1998 in Lakeland, Florida, USA.- Doe Avedon was born on 7 April 1925 in Old Westbury, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for The High and the Mighty (1954), Deep in My Heart (1954) and The Boss (1956). She was married to Don Siegel, Dan Matthews and Richard Avedon. She died on 18 December 2011 in Encino, California, USA.
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Tabitha King was born on 24 March 1949 in Old Town, Maine, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Knightriders (1981), The Sudbury Devil (2023) and Kingdom Hospital (2004). She has been married to Stephen King since 2 January 1971. They have three children.- Producer
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Diane Ruggiero-Wright was born on 3 December 1969 in Old Bridge, New Jersey, USA. She is a producer and writer, known for iZombie (2015), The Ex List (2008) and Veronica Mars (2004).- Brad Stoll was bitten by the acting bug at the age of 14, acting in local theatre productions. In 1993, he starred alongside Mercedes Ruehl, Richard Dreyfuss, Irene Worth, and Mike Damus. in Neil Simon's film version, Lost in Yonkers (1993), Stoll lost his life to cancer, Wednesday 21st May 1997, at the age of 20.
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Mike Milo is an Emmy award winning, 6 time nominated animator, director, writer, producer and designer. Mike has worked for most of animation's major studios including Cartoon Network, Disney, Nickelodeon, Smosh, Titmouse, Renegade, Marvel, Mike Young Studios, Hallmark, Warner Bros, Universal, Sony, Film Roman and Hanna Barbera. In addition he has had 10 development deals and 6 pilots to date and hopes to add to that this year. He is probably best know for directing Warner Bros' Pinky and the Brain, Animaniacs, Histeria, Cartoon Network's Chowder and writing and storyboarding for Disney's Phineas and Ferb as well as producing/directing/animating and designing Smosh's famous Childhood Stories series for Youtube each of which have over 8 million hits.
Mike is now Storyboard Supervisor at Renegade Animation on a number of projects there most notably ABC Mouse. He has been known to teach Adobe Flash and Sketchbook Pro and has taught Toon Boom Storyboard Pro for Studio Arts and The Animation Guild.
Three years ago he launched Animation Insider a site devoted to interviewing animation artists which has now interviewed over 1100 artists worldwide.
During all that time he has managed to co-produce two wonderful daughters with his best friend, which are his best work to date.
During all that time he has managed to co-produce two wonderful daughters with his best friend, which are his best work to date.- Camera and Electrical Department
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David J. Frederick was born on 27 March 1957 in Old Bethpage, Long Island, New York, USA. David J. is a cinematographer and producer, known for FBI: International (2021), Aquarius (2015) and Driving Miss Daisy (1989).- Art Bedard was born in the United States, but was a resident of Puerto Rico for many years. All three films listed here were filmed in Puerto Rico where he was a foremost actor in local professional theater. He was also a theatrical critic for several publications including one the published himself for many years, The San Juan Guide.
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Patty Griffin was born on 16 March 1964 in Old Town, Maine, USA. She is an actress, known for Elizabethtown (2005), The Other Woman (2014) and Cremaster 2 (1999). She was previously married to Nick Cobb.- Nick Noonan was born on 27 April 1986 in Old Town, Maine, USA. He is an actor, known for Karmin: Acapella (2013). He has been married to Amy Noonan since 14 March 2013.
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Lesley Frey was born in Old Bridge, New Jersey, USA. She is known for The Formerly Session (2020), Setesh and Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane (2022).- Actor
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Zeboria is an award-winning singer and songwriter splitting his time between Montreal and Toronto to pursue his next creative career path in Film and TV. In just a short year, Zeboria managed to become the recurring voice of a big box brand, book a starring role in the series The Haunted Museum on Discovery+, and book his debut role as a series recurring on Gangnam Project. Most notably, Zeboria is the first black male K-pop artist in history which makes this role all the more special. Other works featuring Zeboria include Cyerpunk 2077 and Beyblade Burst Surge. Zeboria's mission in life is to demonstrate how much is possible when you truly believe in yourself and continue to break boundaries in the K-pop industry.- Producer
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Eric Mendelsohn graduated in fine arts at the Purchase New York State University in 1989. He became a painter and made a debut in the movies as assistant to Jeffrey Kurland, Woody Allen's costume designer. Hemade his first film - a short entitled 'Through An Open Window - in 1992. Six years later he directed his first feature, the poetic and brilliant Judy Berlin (1999), which earned him the best director award at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival.- Peter Carew was born on 8 November 1922 in Old Forge, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Blue Velvet (1986), Scent of a Woman (1992) and Someone to Watch Over Me (1987). He died on 9 August 1995 in Paramus, New Jersey, USA.
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Adam Chazen was born on 19 July 1986 in Old Bridge, New Jersey, USA. He is known for Game of Thrones (2011), 2012 (2009) and The A-Team (2010).