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- Actress
- Producer
Danièle Romer was born in The Hague, Holland to a multicultural family: a Scottish/Dutch grandmother, Indonesian/German grandfather, and a French mother. Her Stepfather was involved in Economic Diplomacy. Danièle was raised in several European cities, including Strasbourg, France (Council of Europe) and Brussels, Belgium (EU).
She attended the exceptional European School in Brussels: courses were taught based on newly developed philosophies stemming from the formation of the European Economic Community.
Danièle was an accomplished student finishing with fluency and first prizes in languages (French, German, English, Dutch, and Italian), in Economics and Political Sciences, and certificates in sports and gymnastics. She loved horseback riding.
After graduation, her parents encouraged her to live in Switzerland and become an interpreter for the United Nations. However, she decided to attend the Marie Haps Business School in Brussels and work part time as a model. The School's Chairman of the Board owned a 150 employee company in Belgium and was Chairman of the overseas branch of a Fortune 500 Company, Becton Dickinson, in France. He recognized her entrepreneurial abilities and offered her an executive position in their overseas branch. After a few months, she was promoted to Head of the Export Department, and managed a staff of six tri-lingual secretaries. The firm did business in many markets, including Europe, Africa, parts of the Middle East and the Mediterranean coastal countries.
She left the company to pursue extensive travel and a multi-faceted fashion career, working with major international designers, being involved in the creation of various collections in Italy, Portugal, Turkey, and promoting them at French and international fashion exhibitions and modeling throughout Europe.
Danièle partnered in a travel company, "Welcome Travel Team", with offices in Germany, Cannes, France and Monte Carlo. With a staff of 23 hostesses and executives, the firm specialized in designing and arranging incentive trips for international firms such as IBM, Rank Xerox, State Farm Insurance, Siemens, Volkswagen, and more. While with running the travel company, Danièle spent time working with firms in the Entertainment industry handling PR chores at the Cannes Film Festival, promoting the German film industry with Export Union, Paris, and later did PR for US distribution companies with The Michael Dalling Co in L.A. She also promoted Italian musical groups at MIFED and screened educational films for children for a Middle Eastern group at MIP TV.
Her company's success afforded her the time to explore acting while remaining on the Board of Directors. She began studying acting at the Victorine Studios in Nice (to the great pleasure of her grandmother who had been a "Lady of the Theatre" for 25 years for The Royal Theatre in The Netherlands, and had toured all over Indonesia). The Victorine Studios had a program based on the New York's Actor's Studio and Danièle worked in films, commercials and plays with the "Cercle Moliere"theatre in Nice. The Victorine Studios handled production assignments from Europe's blue chip advertisers, and Danièle was the face on the posters for Mercedes, Orangina, Cherry Rocher, Emesse, and more.
Because of her close association with the Victorine Studios, acting became Danièle's passion. She sold her business interests and left for New York to study with Bob Modica, in his studio at Carnegie Hall. She became a SAG-AFTRA member, but returned to live in Paris, where she studied jazz dancing with Amadeo, choreographer of "Hair" in Europe and in Japan.
Danièle later returned to the States and moved to Los Angeles. Because of her multi-lingual abilities and vast contacts, Danièle was a sought-after free-lancer and agreed to become the "Public Relations Liaison for Women in Film International". In this position, she hosted such events as the Crystal Awards, the W.I.F Festival, the annual Hollywood Reporter and W.I.F party at the Film Festival in Cannes with Tichi Wilkerson Kassel, and receptions with the various Consulates.
In recent years, Danièle has focused her energies on developing business relationships with international investment bankers and film producers with the vision of creating an International Film Fund, which is now near fruition. Danièle is presently identifying filmmakers and projects that meet the broad criteria established by the Film Fund consortium.
The mission statement is to develop and finance intriguing story lines that deal with global cultural issues, conflicts, and the human experience. It is through the lives of the characters, within the circumstances and the challenges that they face, that these stories can make a difference. Danièle seeks out filmmakers with a similar vision who wish to make films that have universal appeal, with uplifting values that touch people's hearts. Such film projects will support hope and empowerment, as we all have in us the strength and ability to become better and more aware human beings.- Actor
- Producer
- Soundtrack
Forever and fondly remembered as Don Adams' foil on the popular Mel Brooks/Buck Henry spy series Get Smart (1965), character actor Ed Platt (also billed as Edward C. Platt) had been around for two decades prior to copping that rare comedy role. Born in Staten Island, New York, on Valentine's Day, 1916, he inherited an appreciation of music on his mother's side. He spent a part of his childhood in Kentucky and in upstate New York where he attended Northwood, a private school in Lake Placid, and was a member of the ski jump team. He majored in romantic languages at Princeton University but left a year later to study at the Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati after his thoughts turned to a possible operatic career. He later was accepted into Juilliard.
Instead of opera, however, Ed first became a band vocalist with Paul Whiteman and Orchestra. He then sang bass as part of the Mozart Opera Company in New York. With the Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company in 1942, he appeared in the operettas "The Mikado," "The Gondoliers" and "The Pirates of Penzance".
WWII interrupted his early career. Ed served as a radio operator with the army and would find himself on radio again in the post-war years where his deep, resonant voice proved ideal. A number of musical comedy roles also came his way again. In 1947, he made it to Broadway with the musical "Allegro." Star José Ferrer took an interest in Ed while they both were appearing in "The Shrike" on Broadway in 1952.
Around 1953, Edward moved to Texas to be near his brother and began anchoring the local news and kiddie birthday party show called "Uncle Eddie's Kiddie Party." Ferrer remembered Platt and invited him to Hollywood where Ferrer was starring in the film version of The Shrike (1955). Ed recreated his stage role. He also earned fine notices as James Dean's understanding juvenile officer in the classic film Rebel Without a Cause (1955).
This led to a plethora of film and TV support offers where the balding actor made fine use of his dark, rich voice, stern intensity and pragmatic air, portraying a slew of professional and shady types in crime yarns, soap dramas and war pictures -- everything from principals and prosecutors to mobsters and murderers.
After years of playing it serious, which included stints on the daytime drama General Hospital (1963), Ed finally was able to focus on comedy as "The Chief" to Don Adams klutzy secret agent on Get Smart (1965), a show that inevitably found a cult audience. Picking up a few occasional guest spots in its aftermath, he later tried producing.
Twice married and the father of four, Platt died on March 19, 1974. Death was attributed to a massive heart attack at the time. Years later his son revealed that his father, suffering from acute depression and undergoing severe financial pressures, committed suicide at his Santa Monica, California apartment.- Actress
- Producer
Santa Barbara-born Maika Monroe's initial desire was to pursue a career in professional freestyle kiteboarding (kite surfer). Following in her father's footsteps, she started the sport at the age of 13. She moved to the Dominican Republic's north coast of Cabarete in her senior year of high school to train full-time while she completed her studies online. From then on, her athletic path prospered and she received second place in the International Red Bull Air Competition.