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- Nell Tiger Free was born in October 1999. She lives in Britain with her
parents and older sister. She is a singer/actress. She has been in Mr Stink (2012) and has recently filmed
Endeavour, an ITV television series. - Actor
- Writer
- Producer
British actor and comedian Sacha Baron Cohen was born in Hammersmith,
London. He is the son of Daniella (Weiser), a movement
instructor, and Gerald Baron Cohen, a clothing store owner. His father, born in England and raised in Wales, was of Eastern European Jewish descent, while his mother was born in Israel, to German Jewish parents. He was educated at a
private school, Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School in Hertfordshire, and
went on to read History at Christ's College, Cambridge. Baron Cohen had
an interest in performing from an early age, forming a breakdancing
group as a teenager and acting in amateur plays with a Jewish youth
group. While at university he joined the Cambridge University Amateur
Dramatic Club, and took part in such plays as "Cyrano de Bergerac" and
"Fiddler on the Roof".
Upon leaving University, Baron Cohen briefly worked as a model, before
moving on to work as a host on a satellite TV station. In 1995, Channel
4 put out an open call for new presenters, and Baron Cohen sent in a
tape featuring himself in character as an Albania TV reporter (an early
prototype for Borat). He was hired and worked on various 'youth TV'
projects before, in 1998, appearing in
The 11 O'Clock Show (1998)
which became a cult hit thanks to his character, Ali G. Ali G proved so
popular that a spin-off show
Da Ali G Show (2000) and film
Ali G Indahouse (2002) where
produced.
America soon beckoned with a stateside version of Da Ali G Show.
Feature film work followed with Baron Cohen providing the voice of
Julien in Madagascar (2005) and
appearing as Jean Girard alongside
Will Ferrell in
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006).
He followed this with the smash-hit
Borat (2006),
for which he won a Golden Globe and was nominated for a writing Oscar. His other film work includes supporting roles in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) and Hugo (2011), and starring in the title roles of Brüno (2009), The Dictator (2012), and The Brothers Grimsby (2016).- Actress
- Soundtrack
Kelly Preston was born on October 13, 1962 in Honolulu, Hawaii. A talented and captivating performer, she first garnered international attention with her role as "Marnie Mason" in Ivan Reitman's Twins (1988), starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito. With her diverse character portrayals in films, such as director Cameron Crowe's Jerry Maguire (1996); Citizen Ruth (1996) for Alexander Payne; and For Love of the Game (1999), directed by Sam Raimi, she continued to capture audience attention.
In the early part of her career, Kelly worked with notable director John Frankenheimer in the Elmore Leonard film, 52 Pick-Up (1986), alongside Roy Scheider and Ann-Margret. Her career saw her cast her beside some of Hollywood's most notable names, including Kevin Spacey in Casino Jack (2010); Quentin Tarantino, George Clooney, and Harvey Keitel in Robert Rodriguez's From Dusk Till Dawn (1996); Kevin Bacon in Death Sentence (2007); Meg Ryan and Matthew Broderick in Addicted to Love (1997); Debra Winger, Zooey Deschanel, and Hank Azaria in Eulogy (2004); Mike Myers in The Cat in the Hat (2003); and Rod Steiger and Julie Harris in the Academy Award-nominated short, Little Surprises (1996).
Kelly was actively involved in education, drug reform and many charitable organizations. She was acknowledged with numerous awards as a result of her work. She married John Travolta on September 12, 1991, and they had three children.
Kelly died on July 12, 2020, in Ocala, Florida, after a two-year battle with breast cancer. She was 57.- Actress
- Producer
- Soundtrack
Kate Walsh was born in San Jose, California, on October 13, 1967. She
grew up partly in San Jose and partly in Tucson, Arizona, later
attending the University of Arizona, where she got involved in regional
theater. She later moved to Chicago where she began working with the
Piven Theatre Workshop and, later, the Chicago Shakespeare Repertory.
She performed on National Public Radio in the production of the radio
play "Born Guilty". Walsh later moved to New York City and joined the
comedy troupe "Burn Manhattan", performing in a number of Off-Broadway
plays.
Her first major television appearance came on
The Drew Carey Show (1995)
where she portrayed Niki Fifer, Drew's girlfriend and a woman
struggling with her weight. She went on to portray Carol Nelson in
HBO's
The Mind of the Married Man (2001)
television series, and played
Norm MacDonald's romantic
interest in the sitcom
Norm (1999). She
continues to appear on television programs in supporting or bit parts.- Actor
- Director
- Producer
Cornel Wilde was born Kornel Lajos Weisz on October 13, 1912 in Prievidza, Hungary (now part of Slovakia) to a Jewish family. In 1920, he immigrated to New York City with his parents, Rayna (Vid) and Vojtech Béla Weisz, and elder sister, Edith. His family Anglicized their names. Kornel took the name Cornelius Louis Wilde. He spent much of his youth traveling in Europe, developing a continental flair as well as an affinity for languages. He received a scholarship for medical school, but turned it down in favor of his new love, the theatre.
A natural athlete and a champion fencer with the U.S. Olympic fencing team, he quit the team just prior to the 1936 Berlin Olympics in order to take a role in a play. In 1937, he married Marjorie Heintzen (later known as Patricia Knight), and they both shaved a few years off their ages in order to get work, Wilde thereafter claiming publicly he was born in New York in 1915 while continuing to list his correct place and year of birth on government documents.
Shortening his name to Cornel Wilde for the stage, he appeared in the Broadway hit "Having a Wonderful Time", but it wasn't until he was hired in the dual capacities of fencing choreographer and actor (Tybalt) in Laurence Olivier's 1940 Broadway production of "Romeo and Juliet" that Hollywood spotted him. He played a few minor roles before leaping to fame and an Oscar nomination as Frederic Chopin in A Song to Remember (1945). He spent the balance of the 1940s in romantic, and often swashbuckling, leading roles.
During the 1950s, his star dimmed a little, and aside from an occasional blockbuster like
The Greatest Show on Earth (1952), he settled mainly into adventure films. A growing interest in directing led him to form his own production company with the goal of directing his own films. Several of his ventures into film noir in this period, both his own and those of other directors, are quite interesting (The Big Combo (1955) and Storm Fear (1955), for example). He produced, directed and starred in The Naked Prey (1965), a tour-de-force adventure drama that brought him real acclaim as a director. His later films were of varying quality, and he ended his career in near-cameos in minor adventure films. He died of leukemia in 1989, three days after his 77th birthday, leaving behind an unpublished autobiography, "The Wilde Life".- Actress
- Writer
Kiele Sanchez was born on 13 October 1977 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for A Perfect Getaway (2009), The Purge: Anarchy (2014) and Lost (2004). She has been married to Zach Gilford since 29 December 2012. They have one child. She was previously married to Zach Helm.- Actor
- Writer
- Producer
Matt Walsh was born on 13 October 1964 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Into the Storm (2014), The Hangover (2009) and Veep (2012). He has been married to Morgan Walsh since 21 March 2009. They have three children.- Actor
- Writer
- Producer
Himesh Patel was born on 13 October 1990 in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Yesterday (2019), Don't Look Up (2021) and Station Eleven (2021).- Actor
- Writer
- Additional Crew
Hiro Kanagawa is a Vancouver-based actor and writer. Born in Sapporo, Japan, he spent his childhood in Guelph, Ontario and Sterling Heights, Michigan before attending International Christian University High School in Tokyo where he acted in his first student films and stage productions. Returning to the U.S., he attended Middlebury College, VT, the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, and the Tyler School of Art at Temple University before settling in Vancouver, BC. Since 1990, his multi-faceted career has earned him numerous stage awards and distinctions in his native Canada. Internationally, he is perhaps best known for his recurring roles and guest appearances on popular American television series such as Altered Carbon (2018), The X-Files (1993), iZombie (2015), and Smallville (2001), and for memorable comedic turns in hits like Best in Show (2000) and Supernatural (2005). His screenwriting credits include story editing on the critically-acclaimed Canadian series Da Vinci's Inquest (1998), Da Vinci's City Hall (2005), Intelligence (2005), and Blackstone (2009). Also an accomplished playwright, he received the 2017 Governor-General's Literary Award for Drama for his play Indian Arm.- Actor
- Writer
- Producer
Douglas Christopher Judge was born and raised in Los Angeles, and is of
African-American and Cherokee ancestry.
Judge always knew that he wanted to be an actor, wanting to invoke
feelings in others that he was receiving from the shows. He realized
quickly that sports would be the stepping stone to an acting career.
Attending the University of Oregon on a football scholarship, Judge led
in kickoff return yardage for 1983-84 and interceptions in 1984, in
addition to earning the Casanova Award in 1982 (given to the freshman
or newcomer of the year). Judge was also a three-time All-American, a
Pacific-10 Conference Selection in 1984, and played in the 1985 Hula
Bowl.
While at Oregon, Judge was a pre-med major, then psychology, then
telecommunications and film, with a minor in psychology. In his senior
year, he won a regional contest to host the West Coast Fox KLSR Morning
Show, an "MTV talk show-type thing"; he used this experience to get an
agent and move to Los Angeles.
Judge began studying at the
Howard Fine Institute in LA in
1989. Some early roles were
Bird on a Wire (1990),
Cadence (1990),
Neon Rider (1989) and
MacGyver (1985) with future
Stargate SG-1 (1997) star
Richard Dean Anderson. In the
ensuing years, Judge had small parts in various television shows and
movies, such as
21 Jump Street (1987) (with
future SG-1 director Peter DeLuise),
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990),
and House Party 2 (1991), and as a
regular on Sirens (1993) from 1994 to
1995.
Judge's largest role came in 1997 with
Stargate SG-1 (1997). While at
a friend's house, he saw his friend's roommate practicing for an
audition and was intrigued. While the roommate was away, Judge looked
at the audition notes, then called his agent and insisted he get him an
audition, or lose him as a client. At the audition, there were three
sets of actors for each of the principal roles, but eight or ten for
the role of "Teal'c". Judge was confident he got the part when they
dismissed everyone who read for the part, except him. Out of all the
actors on "Stargate SG-1", Judge has been in the most episodes.
More recent works of Judge's include guest spots on
Andromeda (2000) and
Stargate: Atlantis (2004),
the television movie
Personal Effects (2005),
and the films, Snow Dogs (2002) and
A Dog's Breakfast (2007), the
latter written and directed by fellow "Stargate" actor,
David Hewlett.
Judge has written three episodes of
Stargate SG-1 (1997):
The Changeling (2003),
Birthright (2003)
and
Sacrifices (2004).
After "Stargate SG-1" was canceled, Judge began writing a script for a
show called "Rage of Angels".
Judge also does voice acting for animated series and video games,
including the voice of "Magneto" on
X-Men: Evolution (2000) and
the canceled "Stargate SG-1: The Alliance". In the season eight
episodes of "Stargate SG-1"
(Avatar (2004)
and "The Warrior"), Teal'c informs SG-1 that he plays
Def Jam Vendetta (2003),
alluding to the fact that Judge was a voice actor in that game. He is
also known for voicing "Jericho" in
Turok (2008).- Actor
- Producer
- Writer
Allen Stephen Covert is an American comedian, actor, writer and producer who is well-known for the cult classic 2006 film Grandma's Boy. He is also known for his many collaborations alongside Adam Sandler and Happy Madison Productions in films such as Happy Gilmore, 50 First Dates, Little Nicky, Hotel Transylvania 2, Mr. Deeds and Eight Crazy Nights.- Actress
- Producer
- Soundtrack
Raquel Lee was born on 13 October 1986 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Real Husbands of Hollywood (2013), Grow House (2017) and The Proud Family (2001). She has been married to Edouard Bolleau since 2016. They have three children.- Actress
- Writer
- Editor
Katia Winter is known for her portrayal of Katrina Crane in FOX's hit series "Sleepy Hollow," and as Nadia in Showtime's award-winning series "Dexter." She has also appeared in DC's "Legends of Tomorrow" for CW and in the CBS action-adventure series "Blood & Treasure." She also recently starred in Amazon's hit series "The Boys" as the villain Little Nina.
On the film front, Winter starred in the award-winning indie movie "The Catch," directed by Matthew Balzer and "The Wave" opposite Justin Long. She was also in the thriller "Negative" and appears in Terrence Malick's drama "Knight of Cups," opposite Christian Bale.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Melinda Dillon came to prominence with the role of Jillian Guiler, a mother whose child is abducted by aliens in Steven Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977). Dillon's performance in the film earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. A few years later, Dillon received another Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as a devout Catholic woman in Absence of Malice (1981). The performance won the actress a KCFCC Award.- Actress
- Producer
- Director
Tisha Michelle Campbell was born on October 13, 1968 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma & raised in Newark, New Jersey. Her first TV appearance was at the age of 8 on episode #006 of the PBS show, The Big Blue Marble (1974). The show featured stories on the life and culture of children from around the world. In her segment, Tisha was shown playing with her brother, going to school with her mother who was also her voice coach, and singing at a jazz concert in New York's Greenwich Village.- Florian Munteanu was born on 13 October 1990 in Würzburg, Germany. He is an actor, known for Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021), Creed II (2018) and The Contractor (2022).
- Actor
- Writer
Jack MacGowran was an Irish actor, probably best known for his work with Samuel Beckett.
He established his professional reputation as a member of the Abbey Players in Dublin, while he achieved stage renown for his knowing interpretations of the works of Samuel Beckett. He appeared as Lucky in Waiting For Godot at the Royal Court Theatre, and with the Royal Shakespeare Company in Endgame at the Aldwych Theatre. He released an LP record, MacGowran Speaking Beckett, to coincide with Samuel Beckett's 60th birthday in 1966, and won the 1970-71 Obie for Best Performance By an Actor in the off-Broadway play MacGowran in the works of Beckett.
He also specialized in the work of Seán O'Casey, creating the role of Joxer in the Broadway musical Juno in 1959, based with O'Casey's 1924 play about the Troubles, Juno and the Paycock. He played O'Casey's brother Archie in Young Cassidy (1965), one of John Ford's last films.
In 1954 he moved to London, subsequently becoming a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. There he struck up a lasting friendship with Peter O'Toole, with whom he later appeared in Richard Brooks' Lord Jim (1965).
MacGowran played the title role of "Gandhi" in the Broadway play written by Gurney Campbell in 1971, directed by Jose Quintero.
MacGowran's film career started in Ireland with the film No Resting Place (1951), and many of his earlier films were set in Ireland. Notably The Quiet Man (1952), The Gentle Gunman (1952), Rooney (1958) and Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959). His last film was The Exorcist (1973), where he played Burke Dennings, an alcoholic director and Regan's first victim.- Actor
- Additional Crew
- Camera and Electrical Department
Caleb McLaughlin is known for his role as Lucas Sinclair on the hit Netflix Original series, Stranger Things. However, Caleb has worked on several television shows which include: ABC Forever, CBS Unforgettable, NBC Law & Order SVU, HBO Miniseries Show Me a Hero, ABC 20/20 What Would You Do?, HBO's Last Week Tonight with John Oliver and CBS Blue Bloods starring Tom Selleck. Caleb can be seen as Jay-Jay on NBC's Shades of Blue starring Jennifer Lopez. Caleb also starred in the BET biopic mini-series on the New Edition Story as Ricky bell.
Caleb McLaughlin is a multi-talented, actor, singer and dancer- trained in ballet, tap, and jazz.
Caleb made his Broadway debut as Young Simba in the Lion King on Broadway, 2012-2014. Caleb performed in the Off-Broadway show, Painted Rocks at Revolver Creek, written and Directed by Athol Fugard, where he received incredible reviews and praise for his role as Bokkie Caleb performed as Alex in the Kurt Weil Opera, Lost in the Stars with the Washington National Opera at Kennedy Center, Washington, DC and the Glimmerglass Opera in Cooperstown.
Caleb is a well- balanced kid and a true humanitarian. He loves God, his family and appreciates all those who support him on this journey.- Susan Blommaert was born in the USA. Susan is an actor, known for The Blacklist (2013), Pet Sematary (1989) and The X-Files (1993).
- Producer
- Actress
- Writer
Marie Osmond has spent 5 iconic decades in the entertainment business performing as a successful singer, television performer and
talk show host, dancer, actor, author, entrepreneur and public speaker. She has continued to maintain relevance, remaining an instantly recognizable figure across the globe.
Her debut single Paper Roses reached the #1 spot on two Billboard charts, a feat that not only placed her among an elite class of musical
royalty, but instantly catapulted her into international superstardom. She is a multiple gold and platinum selling artist and CMA winner, garnering numerous Billboard chart-topping singles and albums, and three New York Times Bestselling books. She has entertained millions
throughout the world through television, radio, film, literature, live concerts and Broadway performances. As a philanthropist, she co-founded Children's Miracle Network Hospitals, which has raised over 7 billion dollars for children to date. Marie was recently awarded "The
Secretary of Defense Medal for Outstanding Public Service" by 4-Star General Bob Brown, US Army Pacific (representing Secretary of
Defense James Mattis), during her Birthday concert in Hawaii. In 2019 the Hollywood Beauty Awards gave Marie the "Timeless Beauty Award"
which is an honor bestowed upon a public figure that has maintained their grace and remained a positive influence and role model to their fans throughout their career. Following the announcement that her Flamingo residency with her brother Donny will come to an end in November 2019 her fans and the city gave them a proper send off. In August of 2019 Marie and Donny received the Key to the Las Vegas Strip and in October they cemented their legacy with a star on the Las Vegas Walk of Stars. In September 2019, Marie joined the award-winning daytime show "The Talk" as a co-host.
Music is Medicine marks her latest and perhaps most important studio release, encompassing a lifetime of experience, music, love, loss, hope and joy as a representation of her remarkable life. It reached the top 10 on both Billboard Country Charts and iTunes Country charts. Marie recently sang alongside the Utah Symphony as part of the Deer Valley Music Festival. Her performance received rave reviews. Marie continues to perform and raise money for children's hospitals, research and awareness. Her celebrity has influenced countless audiences and benefited an innumerable amount of lives worldwide.
Marie has always had great affection for her countless fans and personally keeps in touch daily with them on social media.- Actress
- Producer
- Soundtrack
Ashley Newbrough was born in Newport, Rhode Island, USA. Ashley is an actor and producer, known for Privileged (2008), Mistresses (2013) and Small Town Christmas (2018).- Music Artist
- Composer
- Actor
Born on October 13, 1941, in Newark New Jersey, Paul Simon is one of the
greatest singer/songwriters ever. In 1957, he and high school pal,
Art Garfunkel, wrote and recorded the
single, "Hey Schoolgirl", under the name "Tom and Jerry". After some
failures, they broke up. Simon still wrote and recorded music as "Tico
and The Triumphs" and "Jerry Landis". He also attended Queens College
and got a B.A. in English. He also studied law but quit to pursue a
music career in 1964.
He and Art Garfunkel got back together as
Simon & Garfunkel and recorded
"Wednesday Morning 3 a.m.". After the commercial failure of the album,
they broke up again. Simon left America to go to England, where he
played in folk circuits and he made a solo album. Back in America, the
producer of their first album, Tom Wilson, dubbed bass, electric
guitar, and drums to the all-acoustic song, "Sound of Silence", which
propelled them into the folk-rock scene.
Simon & Garfunkel were back and, in
1966, they had popularity with the album, "The Sound of Silence", which
features songs such as "I am a Rock", "Richard Cory" and "Kathy's
Song". Their next album, "Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme", had songs
such as "Homeward Bound" "The 59th Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)".
In 1967, Mike Nichols asked Simon
to write a score for his upcoming movie,
The Graduate (1967). Their next
album, "Bookends", which is considered one of the greatest albums of
the sixties, featured songs such as "Mrs. Robinson" from
The Graduate (1967), "Hazy Shade of
Winter", "At The Zoo", "America". Their last album, "Bridge Over
Troubled Water", featured songs such as the title song, "The Boxer",
"Cecilia".
In the seventies, Simon emerged as a singer/songwriter with albums such
as "Paul Simon", Still Crazy After All These Years", "Hearts and
Bones", "Graceland", and "Songs from the Capeman". Aside from music, he
wrote and starred in the movie,
One-Trick Pony (1980), and
reunited with friend, Art Garfunkel, in
1981, to give a concert in Central Park.- Actor
- Producer
Alex Ferns was born on 13 October 1968 in Lennoxtown, Scotland, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for Joyeux Noel (2005), The Batman (2022) and EastEnders (1985). He has been married to Jennifer Woodburne since 1996. They have two children.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Born in Oklahoma City in 1942, Pamela Tiffin Wonso grew up in Chicago, where she began a modeling career while in her early teens. She moved to New York to model and attend college, but became so successful in her modeling career that college soon took a back seat. On a trip to California she met producer Hal B. Wallis (husband of actress Martha Hyer) who was so impressed with the beautiful teenager that he cast her in the Tennessee Williams drama Summer and Smoke (1961). Her sterling performance netted her nominations for two Golden Globe awards (in the Best Supporting Actress and Most Promising Female Newcomer categories) in early 1962. Later that year she married American journalist, editor, and magazine publisher, Clay Felker.
She posed for a number of cheesecake shots in the 1960s and appeared in several lighthearted, frothy romantic comedies. Legendary director Billy Wilder was taken with her comedic skills and cast her in the Coca-Cola-themed One, Two, Three (1961) (with James Cagney and Arlene Francis), and she appeared in such comedies as The Pleasure Seekers (1964) (with Ann-Margret and Carol Lynley) and For Those Who Think Young (1964) (with James Darren and Tina Louise) and Harper (1966) (starring Paul Newman).
By the mid-1960s, with her marriage ending, she went to Italy to star in some comedies including Straziami ma di baci saziami (1968) (with Nino Manfredi and Ugo Tognazzi), directed by Dino Risi. In these comedies she showed an excellent adaptability to act as a small-town Italian girl. In 1974, she remarried and retired from the screen to raise a family and pursue other interests. She lived in New York with husband Edmondo Danon and her two daughters until her death in 2020, aged 78.- Bailey Noble was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. She was raised there by her mother and father, Lynn and John Noble. She has one older sister, Casey Noble. Bailey is best known for portraying Adilyn Bellefleur on HBO's True Blood (2008). She's also known for Amazon's The Last Tycoon (2016), NBC's Law & Order True Crime (2017), and The Archer (2016). Her most recent works include the feature film Flag Day (2021) and Amazon's Them (2021).
- Actress
- Writer
- Producer
Katie Elizabeth Walder is the youngest of 5 children - 2 brothers and
two sisters. She started acting at a young age in musicals and plays in
school, and did some print work as a young teen in such magazines as
Teen and YM. She went on to study theatre in college, and upon moving to NYC after graduation, started working professionally in theatre with notable Broadway directors such as Michael Greif (original
director for "Rent"), Keith Reddin and
Daniel Aukin. Katie soon moved to
Los Angeles and quickly landed a recurring role on the 4th Season of
Gilmore Girls (2000) as "Janet Billings", the
quirky/tough/athletic college roommate of Rory. She has been working steadily in film & TV ever since.- Actor
- Director
- Soundtrack
Born Leung Kwok Ng in Hong Kong October 13, 1952, John Lone was
spartanly raised by a single mother until the age of 7 when he was sent
off to be schooled with the Peking Opera. He never again saw his
mother. The Peking Opera could be a brutal and grueling life for a
child but he was a diligent and tireless student and he later received
sponsorship to continue his education in the United States as a
teenager.
He attended Santa Ana Community College, where he met Nina Savino, an
Asian American studying drama and art, and they married in 1972. Lone
continued his education at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in
Pasadena and New York. They divorced in 1979.
John once said that Ng, Lung and Lone were variants of "dragon" in
different dialects of Chinese and that he intended to harness the power
of the dragon for his life, which was why he adopted the stage name he
would become known by.
A theatrical workaholic, John became part of the East/West Players
along with other notable Asian actors such as Mako, Sab Shimono and
Soon Tek Oh. He performed in "Pacific Overtures" as the Lion Dancer and
his discipline and talent blossomed. He danced, sang, wrote and
directed. John signed with the then famous Bessie Loo Agency (most of
the Asian talent of the day was represented by them). The early years
of his career, consisted of small television roles, local theater and
lots of study.
His first real break came with the Di Laurentis remake of "King Kong"
as the ships cook. It was followed by perhaps the most brilliant
performance of his career - "Iceman" which was poignant and powerfully
played without dialogue by Lone. The film opened the doors of his
career to Michael Cimino (Year of the Dragon) and Bernardo Bertolucci
(The Last Emperor) who made him a household name in the United States.
Lone directed an acclaimed documentary on the Chinese Railroad workers
in America which aired on PBS. He was voted one of the 50 most
Beautiful People of the Year by People Magazine in 1990.
The past decade he has spent his time between NY, China and Canada
where he continues to act, direct, produce and he has even found time
to nurture a singing career.
An intensely private man, it is no wonder so many differing stories
about his personal life abound unanswered. Perhaps the mystery of his
persona is a large part of his attraction.- Actor
- Soundtrack
He possessed the same special brand of rebel/misfit sensitivity and
charm that made superstars out of
John Garfield and (later)
James Dean and
Montgomery Clift. In the war-torn
1940s, Robert Walker represented MGM's fresh, instinctive breed of
up-and-coming talent. His boyish good looks combined with an attractive
vulnerability came across the screen with such beauty, power and
naturalness. He went quite far in his short life; however, the many
tortured souls he played so brilliantly closely mirrored the actor
himself and the demons that haunted his own being wasted no time in
taking him down a self-destructive path for which there was no return.
Walker was born Robert Hudson Walker in 1918 in Salt
Lake City, Utah, the youngest of four sons of Zella (McQuarrie) and Horace Hudson Walker, a news editor for the local paper. He was of English and Scottish descent. His maternal aunt, Hortense (McQuarrie) Odlum, was the first female president of Bonwit Teller. His parents separated
while he was quite young and the anxiety and depression built up over
this loss marred his early school years, which were marked by acts of
belligerent aggression and temper tantrums, resulting in his being
expelled from school several times. To control his behavioral problems,
a positive activity was sought that could help him develop confidence
and on which he could focus his energies. It came in the form of
acting. Following a lead in a school play at the San Diego Army and
Navy Academy at Carlsbad-by-the-Sea, California, Walker entered an
acting contest at the Pasadena Playhouse and won a top performance
prize. A well-to-do aunt paid for his tuition at the American Academy
of Dramatic Art (AADA) in 1938, and he was on his way.
Things started off quite promisingly. While there he met fellow student
Phyllis Isley who went on to play
Elizabeth Barrett Browning to
his Robert Browning in a
production of "The Barretts of Wimpole Street" (Phyllis was later
renamed Jennifer Jones). The
couple fell in love and both quit the academy in order to save money
and marry, but they found little work other than some small parts at a
Greenwich Village theater. They eventually found a radio job together
in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and married on January 2, 1939, honeymooning in
Hollywood in order to secure more acting parts. Other than some radio
jobs and bit parts in films, the move didn't pan out. The couple
returned to New York and started a family. Sons
Robert Walker Jr. (born 1940) and
Michael Walker (born 1941) would
both become actors in their own right. Following their births Jennifer
returned to auditioning and caught the eye of producer
David O. Selznick, who took an
immediate interest in her and signed her to a contract. Selznick was
also instrumental in securing a contract for Robert over at MGM.
Stardom would be theirs as a result of this Selznick association, but
at quite a cost to Robert.
Robert gained immediate attention in his first important MGM role as a
shy, ill-fated sailor in Bataan (1943),
but was miscast as a scientist in the
Greer Garson biopic
Madame Curie (1943). Hollywood
notice would come in the form of his sweet, sad-sack title role in the
service comedy
See Here, Private Hargrove (1944),
the story of a cub reporter who is drafted into the army. The role
brought out all the touching, fascinating qualities of Robert. In the
meantime, Jennifer became so caught up in her obsessive relationship
with mentor Selznick that she broke off with Robert. The actor was
devastated and abruptly turned to heavy drinking. He would never
completely recover from this loss. The first of many skirmishes with
the law came about when he was arrested on a hit-and-run charge. In
another self-destructive act, he agreed to appear with his estranged
wife in the Selznick film
Since You Went Away (1944).
Although he suffered great anguish during the filming, the movie was
praised by critics. He played a young soldier who dies before the end
of the last reel, and audiences identified with him in both his
troubled on- and off-screen roles. Another vivid part that showed off
Walker's star quality came opposite the equally troubled
Judy Garland in
The Clock (1945), a simple romantic
story of two lost souls, a soldier and a girl, who accidentally meet
while he is on furlough.
The tumultuous state of Walker's not-so-private life began to seriously
affect his screen career in the late 1940s. In the musical
Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)
he played composer Jerome Kern but was
eclipsed by the musical numbers and flurry of special guests. He was
third billed behind Katharine Hepburn
and Paul Henreid, who portrayed pianist
Clara Schumann and mentally unstable
composer Robert Schumann, in
Song of Love (1947). Robert played
famed composer and friend
Johannes Brahms. Following a lead part
as a love-struck window dresser in
One Touch of Venus (1948),
which focused more on Ava Gardner's creative
vision of loveliness, he impulsively married
Barbara Ford, the daughter of famed
director John Ford. The marriage ended
in divorce after just five months, following more erratic outbursts,
including arrests for drunkenness. By this time Jennifer had married
Selznick, and this pushed Robert over the brink. He was committed to a
sanatorium and not released until the middle of 1949.
After his recovery and release, he was back to work with top roles in
the comedy
Please Believe Me (1950)
opposite Deborah Kerr and the western
Vengeance Valley (1951) starring
Burt Lancaster. Robert happened to be
loaned out to Warner Bros. when he was handed the most memorable film
role of his career, that of the charming psychopath who attempts to
trade murder favors with Farley Granger
in Alfred Hitchcock's classic
thriller
Strangers on a Train (1951).
Hailed by the critics, Robert was mesmerizing in the part and part of
the Hollywood elite once again. He had begun filming Paramount's
My Son John (1952), which included
Helen Hayes,
Van Heflin and
Dean Jagger in the cast, when tragedy
occurred.
Robert had just finished principal photography and was making himself
available for re-shoots for director
Leo McCarey when, on the night of August 28,
1951, his housekeeper found him in an extremely agitated state. Failing
to calm him down, she panicked and called his psychiatrist, who, upon
arrival, administered a dose of sodium amytal, a sedative, which Walker
had taken in the past. Unfortunately, he had been drinking as well and
suffered an acute allergic reaction to the drug. Robert stopped
breathing, and all efforts to resuscitate him failed. His death cut
short the career of a man destined to become one of the most
charismatic actors in film. As for life imitating art, perhaps Robert's
agonies are what brought out the magnificence of his acting.- Danny Lloyd was selected for the role of
Danny Torrance in Stanley Kubrick's
The Shining (1980) because of his
ability to concentrate for extended periods of time. Because of his age
(6) and the genre of
The Shining (1980) Danny was closely
guarded by Kubrick during filming and didn't know it was a horror film
until several years later. Despite his notoriety and his famous line
"Redrum! Redrum!" Danny made only one more film and stated that he
wasn't interested in an acting career. - Demond Wilson was born on 13 October 1946 in Valdosta, Georgia, USA. He is an actor, known for Sanford and Son (1972), The New Odd Couple (1982) and Me and the Kid (1993). He has been married to Cicely Loise Johnston since 3 May 1974. They have six children.
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Born into a prominent Mormon family in Utah, Laraine Day's acting
career began after her parents moved to Long Beach, California, where
she joined the Long Beach Players. She appeared in her first film in
1937 in a bit part, then did leads in several George O'Brien westerns. Signing
a contract with MGM, she achieved popularity playing the part of Nurse
Lamont in that studio's "Dr. Kildare" series. An attractive, engaging
performer, she had leads in several medium-budget films for various
studios, but never achieved major stardom. She was married for 13 years
to baseball manager Leo Durocher, and took such an active interest in his
career and the sport of baseball in general that she became known as
"The First Lady of Baseball".- Music Artist
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Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas is an African-American R&B singer and actress from Glen Cove, New York. She acted in films and shows such as The Muppets' Wizard of Oz, Resident Evil: Extinction, Coach Carter, John Tucker Must Die, Bride and Prejudice, Malcolm X and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. She has released six albums.- An artist of international range and reputation, Richard Sammel is fluent, and has acted in, English, German, French, Italian and Spanish. He has starred in some forty films and sixty television films, shot on locations ranging from Sweden to Italy, Portugal to Slovakia, England to the Balkans, but also Canada, South Africa, and the United States, for such directors as Quentin Tarantino, Luc Besson, Martin Campbell, Bertrand Tavernier, Claude Lelouche, Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Roberto Begnini, Dario Argento, McG and Michel Hazanavicius. He has acted, danced and directed for the stage in theaters all over Europe, Russia and Canada.
The prolific actor has recently completed "A Day Like a Week", a supernatural thriller in which Sammel stars opposite Armand Assante for director Kader Ayd. Sammel returns for the seventh season of "The French Village", an enormously popular French TV series in which he has had a leading role since its beginning. Sammel also stars as 'Thomas Eichhorst' in the hit FX series "The Strain", for director Guillermo Del Toro and Carlton Cuse.
Sammel made his professional acting debut in 1981 on stage in Hildesheim, Germany. From 1983, he worked in France, as a musician, dancer and actor where his breakthrough came in 1987, with an acclaimed performance in Catch, by the Company Nelson Dumont. Beginning in 1989, he worked in Rome with theater director Giorgio Barberio Corsetti, and met Susan Strasberg, who assisted him in securing his film debut, the lead role in Il Piacere Delle Carni, for director Barbara Barni. In 1993, Sammel moved to Paris and landed the lead role in the musical film version of the Brecht-Eisler opera The Lindberghs Flight.
An indelible performance in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds in 2009 brought Sammel international recognition. In 2012, he won "Best Actor" at the Syracuse International Film Festival for his performance in Ruggero Dipaola's Apartment in Athens.
His other film credits include Les Miserable du XX Siècle for director Claude Lelouche; Life is Beautiful for director Roberto Begnini; the original Taxi written by Luc Besson; Casino Royale for director Martin Campbell; Beauty and the Beast opposite Vincent Cassel and Léa Seydoux for director Christophe Gans; and most recently McG's Three Days to Kill opposite Kevin Costner.
Richard Sammel was born in Heidelberg, Germany. He studied music, especially the violin, and then went on to follow his true passion, which was acting. He studied both music and acting in Hildesheim, Germany; acting and directing in Aix en Provence; and acting with both Susan Strasberg and Francesca de Sapio in Rome. He is drawn to roles that require physical play, rhythm and timing, a reflection of his dance training; and those that require a deep emotional inner life, a reflection of his intense training in method acting. He lives in Paris and Berlin. - Actress
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Judi Meredith was born on 13 October 1936 in Portland, Oregon, USA. She was an actress, known for Jack the Giant Killer (1962), Queen of Blood (1966) and Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958). She was married to Gary Nelson. She died on 30 April 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.- Jennifer Sky was born on 13 October 1976 in Palm Beach, Florida, USA. She is an actress, known for My Little Eye (2002), Charmed (1998) and Shallow Hal (2001). She was previously married to Alex Band.
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Born and raised in Bellflower, California, Chris Carter graduated from
the California State University at Long Beach with a degree in
journalism. Formerly a freelance journalist and editor of "Surfing"
magazine, Carter began his career as a screenwriter in 1985 at The Walt
Disney Studios. In 1992 Carter began developing projects for Twentieth
Century Fox Television, creating The X-Files (1993), which was the winner of the
Golden Globe for Best Drama in 1995 and 1997, Emmy-nominated three
times for Best Drama, and winner of a Peabody Award for Excellence in
Broadcasting. In 1996 he created the series Millennium (1996) and in 1999
Harsh Realm (1999). For his work on The X-Files, Carter has received three Golden
Globe Awards (1994, 1996, 1997), a Writers Guild nomination, two
Directors Guild nominations, and an Emmy Award nomination.- Actress
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Elizabeth Maxwell was born on 13 October 1983 in the USA. She is an actress and casting director, known for Attack on Titan (2013), The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017) and A Perfect Getaway (2009).- Pooja Hegde was born on 13th October 1990 in Mumbai, Maharashtra. She is an Indian Film actress. She made her acting debut in a Tamil film, Mugamoodi (2012) followed by her Telugu film debut in Oka Laila Kosam, opposite Naga Chaitanya Akkineni and Hindi film debut in Ashutosh Gowariker's Mohenjo Daro (2016) opposite Hrithik Roshan.
Like her parents Manjunath Hegde and Lata Hegde, Pooja was born and brought up in Mumbai, Maharashtra. She has an elder brother Rishabh Hegde who is an Orthopaedic surgeon. They are originally from Mangalore, Karnataka.
Pooja was the second runner-up at the Miss Universe India 2010 pageant. She speaks English, Hindi, Marathi Tulu Telegu and Tamil.
Her upcoming projects are a comedy film Cirkus with Ranveer Singh and directed by Rohit Shetty, romantic multilingual film Radhe Shyam (2022) with Prabhas, Most Eligible Bachelor opposite Akhil Akkineni and Acharya opposite Ram Charan. She will also be seen opposite Salman Khan in their upcoming film Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan (2023) - Actor
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- Writer
Luis Tosar was born on 13 October 1971 in Lugo, Galicia, Spain. He is an actor and producer, known for Cell 211 (2009), Sleep Tight (2011) and Take My Eyes (2003). He has been married to María Luisa Mayol since 10 August 2015. They have two children.- Actor
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Evan Stern was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is known for his work on Letterkenny (2016), RoboCop (2014), and The Void (2016).
Stern attended Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario and spent his first year in England at The Bader International Study Centre, Herstmonceux Castle. He completed a 4 year program in Drama Studies, receiving his B.A. (Hons.) in 2011.- Actor
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Yves Montand was born on 13 October 1921 in Monsummano Terme, Tuscany, Italy. He was an actor, known for Jean de Florette (1986), Z (1969) and The Wages of Fear (1953). He was married to Simone Signoret. He died on 9 November 1991 in Senlis, Oise, France.- Actor
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Nipsey Russell was born in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1918. He got his
start in Rock and Roll Review and other music revues in the 1950s. In the
1960s Russell achieved his first major role as Officer Anderson in
Car 54, Where Are You? (1961). After being on the show for a year, Russell was a mainstay on
variety shows, appearing on Laugh-In, The Dean Martin Show (1965), and the Jackie Gleason Show,
among many others. Russell also appeared on many small shows in the
1960s as an always unique personality who would liven up almost any
program. As the 1970s approached, Nipsey Russell became a popular game
show panelist, appearing on To Tell The Truth, Match Game PM (1975), and many
others. Nipsey was known as television's poet laureate on such shows
as the Tonight Show and many other popular talk shows of the
day.
Nipsey's film roles were remarkably scarce, but he will always be
remembered for his role of the Tin Man in the 1978 remake of the Wizard
of Oz, The Wiz (1978). The movie was a box office failure,
but since that time the movie has been considered a cult classic. But Russell's skill cannot be judged solely by his television and movie appearances. He was an accomplished actor and singer on stage and had a strong presence on Broadway for many years.- Tushka Bergen was born in London to opera singer Beverley Bergen, and conductor, Anthony Hose. International in her upbringing and experience, Tushka began her acting career at the age of nine, in a role from the modern opera Australia Fair at the Sydney Opera House, where she was directed to spit watermelon seeds into the audience. This was followed by a major role in the German language film Don Quixote's Children whilst living in West Berlin, then Australian projects Mad Max III, The Place at the Coast, and Outback, as well as her AFI nominated performance in the critically acclaimed Always Afternoon.
After guest roles in many TV shows in Germany, including the renowned show Derrick, followed by the British series Poirot and Bergerac, Tushka was introduced to American audiences as Robert Sean Leonard's love interest in Disney's Swing Kids. Soon after this Tushka caught the attention of audiences and critics alike in Whit Stillman's Barcelona.
After Barcelona, Tushka returned to England to shoot Voices, playing American chanteuse Lily Buxton opposite Jeremy Northam. Then, to her immense delight, Tushka was chosen by Academy Award winning director Michael Caccoyannis (Zorba the Greek) to play "Anya" in his film of Chekov's The Cherry Orchard with Alan Bates, Charlotte Rampling and Gerald Butler.
Additional projects include Journey to the Center of the Earth, starring opposite Treat Williams, directed by George Miller, and leads in the Australian feature films Hurrah, Turning April and Horseplay, as well as guest roles in the US including Northern Exposure, Angel and CSI, and as Frasier's girlfriend on... Frasier. - Actress
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- Writer
Sadie is an actress, writer, producer and documentarian with an award named in her honor (AMDOC'S Sadie Katz Award for Hustle.) She spent the last two decades balancing being a single mom and a scream queen genre actress and recently opened own production company "See You Next Tuesday Films" with the goal of telling female focused stories that don't involve sexed-up super villains or girls running through the woods. Sadie is mother to Gen Z artist/model Griffin Katz. She is engaged to documentarian Myles Reiff with whom she is expecting a child this September.
They live in Atwater Village with their two cats Audrey Hepburn & Deliliah and a precocious chihuahua named Buffy.- Actor
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Branden Williams was born on 13 October 1974 in Hollywood, California, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998), Mean Creek (2004) and Mystery Men (1999).- Wayne Pygram was born on 13 October 1959 in Cootamundra, Australia. He is an actor, known for Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars (2003), Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) and Farscape (1999).
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- Writer
Kira Reed Lorsch is a Emmy nominated actress, television host and Emmy winning producer. After graduating UCLA's
School of Theatre Film and Television, she enjoyed a prolific on-camera
career including feature films, guest spots on major network shows and
a seven-year stint as a reporter for Playboy.
Sexcetera (1998). Her work with the
bunny led her to hosting and producing for E! and Associated Television International. She also served as writer and Supervising Producer on the travel reality series
69 Sexy Things 2 Do B4U Die (2008).
Kira has continued to work in front of the camera as an entertainment
reporter for The Daytime Emmy Awards, The Hollywood Christmas Parade and The
Hero Dog Awards. She joined the cast of the Emmy nominated The Bay as Jo Connors in 2014 and continues to act and produce in television, digital media and feature films.- Actress
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- Additional Crew
Betsy Túrnez was born on 13 October 1974 in Barcelona, Spain. She is an actress and producer, known for The Invisible Guest (2016), Julia's Eyes (2010) and El rei borni (2016).- Queens-born actor Cliff Gorman, who peaked on stage and in film in the
1970s, was of solid New York stock and well-represented his city
throughout his acting career. Short statured, with a set chin, eyes
slightly askew, and dark, ethnic looks, his working-class characters
reeked of New York realism. Career-wise, it gave Gorman an
unsympathetic veneer, taking keen advantage of it especially on the
award-winning stage and in a handful of strong film/TV roles. His
versatility was obvious -- he was often cast to strut about as a smug
and smarmy ladies' man; or berate club patrons as a lewd,
below-the-belt entertainer; or portray corrupt cops known for playing
by their own rules. Gorman blended easily into the seamy atmosphere of
New York's underbelly anywhere and anytime. Known for adding an
exciting, dangerous quality to the characters he imbued, it made him
fascinating, at the very least, even when the storyline itself wasn't.
Even his unflinching anti-heroes were hard to take at times due to
their open callousness.
Born on October 13, 1936, Gorman attended both the University of Mexico
and UCLA during the mid-1950s, but received his B.S. in education in
1959 from New York University. The acting bug caught up with him early
into the next decade. The first production that merited any critical
attention was the 1965 off-Broadway drama "Hogan's Goat" with the also
up-and-coming Faye Dunaway. A one-time
member of Jerome Robbins American Theatre
Laboratory, Gorman really turned heads in a decidedly atypical role --
that of the arrogant, sharp-tongued, super flamboyant Emory in the 1968
gay counterculture dramedy "The Boys in the Band". Along with this
attention came a well-deserved Obie Award. The ensemble play, which was
the first to focus exclusively on gay characters, maintained a
superlative mixture of pathos, bathos, caustic humor and witty double
entendres. The show also was ground-breaking in that it presented
homosexuals as realistic, three-dimensional characters and not merely
sideshow objects of humor and/or ridicule. Author
Mart Crowley smartly transitioned his play
to film and kept his talented theater ensemble intact, some having
never appeared in films before. In turn, director
William Friedkin's
The Boys in the Band (1970)
became a milestone in movie-making, an instant cult classic that is
today viewed as the fore-daddy of gay cinema.
In 1972, Gorman became the toast of Broadway when he dissolved into the
depressing world of comedy. His stark, searing, no-holds-barred
portrayal of manic blue comedian
Lenny Bruce, whose life and career
disintegrated into one huge heroin habit, brought the house down and
earned him both the Tony and Drama Desk awards. Although having made
his film debut in Justine (1969) and
despite receiving top billing in the well-received comedy crime yarn
Cops and Robbers (1973), Gorman
was not a name star by the time "Lenny" was made into a film. As such,
superstar Dustin Hoffman was given the
incredible opportunity of playing
Lenny (1974). Unarguably, the
Oscar-nominated Hoffman was amazing in his resurrection of the
irreverent, ill-fated entertainer, but it could have been THE film role
for Gorman -- one that might have changed the momentum and destiny of
his film career forever. A few years later
Bob Fosse, in tribute, would cast Gorman in a
very Lenny Bruce-like cameo role in his autobiographical film
All That Jazz (1979).
Gorman ventured on but at a much more sporadic pace. He did make TV
infamy with the mini-movie
Class of '63 (1973), in
which he played the insanely obsessive husband of
Joan Hackett who terrorizes his wife's
former beau (James Brolin) at a school
reunion. He backed this up as the zealous Nazi politician Joseph
Goebbels alongside Anthony Hopkins'
Adolf Hitler in the acclaimed mini-movie
The Bunker (1981). On a more
compassionate note, Gorman came to the aid of ostracized West Point
cadet Richard Thomas in
The Silence (1975) as a
writer and publisher who helps abolish an inhumane academy tradition.
Gorman also displayed a proper toughness and edge-of-the-seat intensity
in various good guy/bad guy crimers, notably several "Police Story"
episodes and a spate of mini-movies co-starring
Richard Crenna.
The bad guy was in top form when Gorman led a Palestinian terrorist
group in Otto Preminger's rather abysmal
Rosebud (1975); played a slick and sleazy
cad who mistreats poor, vulnerable
Jill Clayburgh in the popular feminist
weeper
An Unmarried Woman (1978); and
then portrayed another psycho nemesis for
James Brolin in the lurid thriller
Night of the Juggler (1980).
Gorman made a noticeable return to Broadway with a Tony nomination for
his role in Neil Simon's comedy
"Chapter Two" in 1977, then prodded his more amusing instincts a decade
later in both "Doubletake" (replacing
Ron Leibman in 1985) and "Social Security"
(replacing Ron Silver in 1986). Into
the 1990s Gorman was seen here and there on film, including a
supporting mobster part in
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
and as the estranged father of
John Leguizamo in
King of the Jungle (2000).
Diagnosed with leukemia, Gorman died at age 65 on September 5, 2002, in
his beloved New York City and was survived by his long-time wife of
almost 40 years, Gayle. His last film
Kill the Poor (2003), made in 2002,
was released posthumously. - Actress
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- Writer
Rutanya Alda was born on 13 October 1942 in Riga, Latvia. She is an actress and writer, known for The Deer Hunter (1978), Mommie Dearest (1981) and Amityville II: The Possession (1982). She was previously married to Richard Bright.