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- Vanessa Marcil was born Vanessa Sally Ortiz on October 15, 1968 in Indio, California to Patricia Irene Marcil-Ortiz (née Marcil), an herbalist and Pete Ortiz, a contractor. She grew up in Indio with her parents, big brother: Pete Samuel "Sam" Ortiz Jr. (November 16, 1958 - November 7, 2019) and big sisters: Tina (b. October 20, 1959) and Sherry (b. September 7, 1962). When Vanessa was 8, she started acting in plays and even performed her own song at a sixth-grade talent show, which she won. Soon afterward she began pursuing an acting career and starred in several theatre productions before landing the role of Brenda Barrett on the ABC daytime soap opera General Hospital (1963) in 1992.
She made her feature film debut in The Rock (1996) opposite Nicolas Cage and starred in a made-for-television movie, To Love, Honor and Deceive (1996), in 1996. She stayed with General Hospital (1963) until 1998 and then left to join the cast of Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990) as Gina Kincaid, a former ice skater replacing Tiffani Thiessen as the show's vixen. She met Brian Austin Green on the show and the two had a son named Kassius Lijah Marcil-Green on March 15, 2002.
In the fall of 2002 she made her long-awaited return to General Hospital (1963) reprising her role as Brenda Barrett, garnering her a Daytime Emmy Award for "Outstanding Supporting Actress" in 2003. Vanessa later joined the cast of the NBC drama Las Vegas (2003) as Sam Marquez, a casino host where she remained on the show for five seasons until 2008. That same year she became the host of Lifetime's reality show Blush: The Search for America's Greatest Makeup Artist (2008) as well as making a three episode guest appearance on the NBC show Lipstick Jungle (2008).
In 2009, she starred in the Hallmark channel movie The Nanny Express (2008) as well as in the Lifetime movie One Hot Summer (2009). In 2010, she was in the web series The Bannen Way (2010) and in August 2010 after a seven year absence, she made her return to General Hospital (1963) remaining on the show for a year before her departure from the show in July 2011. Although she did make a guest appearance in April 2013 to commemorate the show's 50th anniversary.
Then in 2014, she starred in the Hallmark channel movie, Stranded in Paradise (2014) alongside James Denton. She is writing a book about her life which will be released in the near future. She resides in Los Angeles with her son, Kassius Marcil-Green. - Actress
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Debi Derryberry, is best known for voicing Jimmy Neutron in the Academy Award-nominated film Jimmy Neutron-Boy Genius. She also stars in Adult Swim's Tigtone as the voice of Helpy. In Netflix's Emmy Nominated F is For Family Debi voices Maureen, Philip, Bridget, Scott, Beatrice the Nurse and Kenny. Other voice-over work includes Draculaura in Monster High and work in Toy Story, Curious George and Crash Bandicoot.
Her TikTok page has over 1.1 Million Followers and 22.1 Million likes!
Raised in Indio, CA, she graduated UCLA as a pre-med student. After 3 years in Nashville as a country music singer/writer, she returned to Los Angeles to launch her voice-over career. Debi has written and recorded 3 award-winning pre-school music albums. Her song "Baby Banana" hit #1 on Sirius/XM Kid.
Voted LA's #1 Voice-over coach by Backstage West, Debi has also written the popular "Voice-Over 101: How to Succeed as a Voice Actor."
After almost 30 years and nearly 300 Imdb credits, Debi is one of Hollywood's most active and sought-after voice-over artists.- Actress
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Margarita Franco was born in Indio, California on November 10th. She is a Mexican American actress. Her mother was born in Topo Chico of Monterrey, Mexico, and her father was born in El Paso, Texas. She has five brothers and was raised partly in Riverside, California, Orlando, Florida, and Eastside San Jose, California. Despite the necessity of leaving a chaotic family home at the tender age of 15, Margarita managed to complete school on her own. After graduation, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue her acting career. Margarita studied with Carmen Zapata, who was the director and founder of The Bilingual Foundation of the Arts, as well as the Meisner technique with David Alexander and Ken Lerner. She currently studies with Christine Kludjian. Margarita has guest-starred on several television shows and films, including NEVER HAVE I EVER, 9-1-1 LONE STAR, WHAT/IF, MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE, and the THREE NINJA'S film franchise, to name a few.
What she is most proud of is her Mexican heritage and raising her son as a single mother.- Jerry Zatarain Jr. was born in Indio, California, USA. Jerry is an actor, known for Dexter (2006), Weeds (2005) and The Book of Daniel (2013).
- Robert Starkey was born on 18 January 1982 in Indio, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Incredible Crew (2012), Getting Real with Melina Perez and Robert Starkey (2016) and Walk by Faith: After the HoneyMoon (2010).
- Jofre Soares was born on 21 September 1918 in Palmeira dos Índios, Alagoas, Brazil. He was an actor, known for O Predileto (1975), Mr. Abrakadabra! (1996) and Super Plá (1969). He died on 19 August 1996 in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
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Angel Lorenzana was born on 30 July 1991 in Indio, California, USA. Angel is a writer and actor, known for Ben 10 (2016), Craig of the Creek (2017) and Craig Before the Creek (2023).- Stunts
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Wayne Montanio was born on 8 April 1955 in Indio, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Escape from L.A. (1996), K-9 (1989) and The Salton Sea (2002).- Stan Van Gundy was born on 26 August 1959 in Indio, California, USA. He was previously married to Kimberly Abbott.
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Wilson Silva was born in 1932 in Palmeira dos Índios, Alagoas, Brazil. He is a director and writer, known for O Bolão (1970), Nordeste Sangrento (1962) and Depois do Carnaval (1959).- Savannah Sophia was born on 24 May 1997 in Indio, California, USA. She is an actress, known for New Beginnings.
- Lupita Del Carmen Christina Mendoza was born on 17 February 1982 in Indio, California, USA. She is an actress, known for La carcel de Laredo (1985) and La hija sin padre (1987).
- Géris was born on 14 November 1973 in Cachoeira dos Índios, Paraíba, Brazil.
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Elisabeth Rosenlund was born on 28 July 1982 in Indio, California, USA. She is known for H2O Extreme (2009), Out on Parole (2009) and Dismal (2009).- Director
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Born from Mexican parents in the United States, but raised on the Pacific Coast of Mexico in the city of Culiacán Sinaloa, Frank has developed a strong bi-cultural perspective on life. Prior and subsequent for his influence, Frank has been interested in the works of Steven Spielberg. He was fascinated by Harryhausen type monster and Godzilla films in his early childhood. It was Jurassic Park that burst his imagination into a different level, which led his interests into making films in his early teens by playing with the family's handy cam 8mm; creating home movies with toys about smash-ups of his favorite childhood characters. For years as he struggled with the social traditions for his dream of becoming a film director; Frank never let go of his goal despite of his family's change of plans. Having been in a constant struggle in his academics as a child, his father asked him if he wanted to attend Oak Creek Ranch School, a boarding school in Arizona. Frank agreed to his father because he believed that it was a great chance to catch up with the American culture. After attending for a year, his family decided to purchase a house in Calexico, CA; a town that it is located next to the international border. However, during the years in Culiacan, his father was working in building a house in Mexicali, Baja California; the town that is located on the other side of the border from Calexico.
During his time in Calexico/Mexicali, Frank attended Calexico High School and he become involved in a Catholic community of spiritual retreats that was suggested by his parents. At first, he was reluctant to join, although his family raised him Catholic. Disregarding the fact that he didn't have any established social life, the community offered him to do so. Even though religion was a strong influence on his philosophy and life, his main goal for films never vanished. But a year after his high school graduation, his father passed away due to lung cancer, giving him another view of his faith and his perspective on life.
It wasn't until 2010 when he finally received an opportunity from his mother to attend The Los Angeles Film School, located in Hollywood California, to which he received an Associates Degree in Film. His the first film after his studies was The Record Girl (2012), a love story based on an urban legend about a young man with cancer who falls in love with a record store clerk. But shortly after his graduation, because of a previous overweight issue, he received a gastric sleeve surgery which took him months of healing. On January of 2013, Frank landed on a five-month internship as a screenplay analyst at Weed Road Pictures run by Akiva Goldsman, located at the Warner Bros. lot enhancing interest in writing.- Actress
Elaine Koehler was born on 7 October 1923 in Indio, California, USA. She was an actress. She died on 17 September 2003 in San Diego, California, USA.- Andy Cardenas grew up in the town of Coachella, California. He attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Los Angeles and graduated from the conservatory in 2009. Upon graduation, he went on to co-star alongside Hal Linden in David Catanzarite's production of 'Tuesdays with Morrie' in Palm Desert, CA. Other works not accredited are the indie film 'No Me Diga Nada' and stage play 'Vampire Masquerade'. Andy lives in Los Angeles, CA.