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Julie Bowen was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and is the middle daughter of Suzanne and John Luetkemeyer Jr., a real estate developer. Her early education was at Calvert School in Baltimore, and Garrison Forest School, Maryland. She moved on to St. George's School, Rhode Island and then attended Brown University, graduating with a BA in Renaissance Studies.
During college, Bowen acted in stage productions such as "Guys and Dolls" and "Stage Door". After graduation, she relocated to New York and studied at the legendary Actors Studio. Success followed with a series of TV roles, and in 1996 she appeared as the love interest in Happy Gilmore (1996). Other supporting film roles followed. However, it was on television that she was destined to make the biggest impact, with strong turns in ER (1994), Ed (2000) and Boston Legal (2004), among others. From 2009 she has starred as Claire Dunphy in the hit series Modern Family (2009), for which she has won Emmy and Screen Actors Guild awards.
Julie was previously married to Scott Phillips, a real-estate investor, and they have three sons: Oliver, and twins Gus and John.- Actress
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Alexis "Lex Scott" Davis was born February 26, 1991. She is an actress from Baltimore, Maryland and has been dancing and acting since she was 3 years old. Davis attended Drexel University as a Dance Physical Therapy major before she moved to New York City in 2013. She continued her studies at the New York Film Academy and in 2014, she relocated to Los Angeles, California to pursue a career in film and television. Davis made her television debut starring as the legendary singer Toni Braxton in the Lifetime movie UNBREAK MY HEART which was met with record breaking numbers for Lifetime Television and an outpour of love from Toni's longtime fans. Davis is still based in Los Angeles.- Actor
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Incisive, intense, multi-talented American actor Lance Solomon Reddick was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the younger of two sons, to Solomon Reddick and public schoolteacher Dorothy Gee. Having opted initially for a career in music, he attended first the Peabody Preparatory Institute and the Walden School before studying classical composition at the University of Rochester's Eastman School of Music, qualifying with a Bachelor's Degree. By the early '90s, however, Reddick was forced to re-evaluate his career plans because of a severe back injury suffered while pulling a double shift waiting on tables and delivering newspapers. A pressing need to make ends meet made him enroll at the Yale School of Drama, from where he went on to graduate in 1994 with a Master of Fine Arts Degree. He derived much inspiration from his classmate Paul Giamatti and came to regard Daniel Day-Lewis as his quintessential acting role model.
Possessed of an athletic build and a deep, resonant voice, Reddick also had a self-declared affinity for accents. Preparing himself for his roles, he immersed himself fully into his characters as a "transformational performer", often rehearsing his lines in front of a mirror. He made his television debut in an episode of New York Undercover (1994). Though he played a couple of drug addicts early on, he soon found himself much in demand-- and ultimately typecast -- as powerful authority figures, from police detectives (Johnny Basil in Oz (1997)) to FBI agents (Law & Order (1990)) to senior defense attorneys (Cedric Daniels in The Wire (2002)). One of his best known roles on the big screen was as the mysterious Mr. Charon, concierge at the Continental Hotel, scene of much of the action in the John Wick (2014) franchise.
Arguably, his most memorable character was that of Phillip Broyles, special agent-in-charge with the Department of Homeland Security, heading a team of experts investigating paranormal events in the outstanding science fiction drama series Fringe (2008). Broyles was a no-nonsense tough guy, who, nevertheless, remained steadfastly loyal in defense of his team against insidious forces from within and without. Unlike Broyles, Reddick's other important recurring TV character, Chief Irving in Bosch (2014), was a morally ambiguous man motivated chiefly by political ambition. Both were flawless performances.
Prior to his sad and untimely passing in March 2023 at the age of 60, Reddick was much sought-after as a voice actor for animations and video games. He also never lost his lifelong passion for music, and, in 2007, released an album of his compositions entitled Contemplations & Remembrances. In private life,the twice-married Reddick was said to have been very much devoted to his three dogs.- Actress
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Parker Posey was born two months premature in Baltimore, Maryland, to Lynda (Patton) and Chris Posey. The family moved to Monroe, La. and then Laurel, Mississippi, where Chris became owner of Laurel's own Posey Chevrolet. Parker attended high school at R. H. Watkins High School in Laurel, and college at the prestigious SUNY Purchase. While at SUNY she roomed with Sherry Stringfield of TV's ER (1994).- Actress
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Anna Kay Faris was born on November 29, 1976 in Baltimore, Maryland, to Karen (Bathurst), a special education teacher, and Jack Faris, a sociologist. She was raised in Edmonds, Washington. Her ancestry includes English, German, Scottish, French, Dutch, Irish, and Welsh. Anna started acting very young but not professionally. She loved watching theatrical plays and eventually produced one of her own with all the neighborhood children, in her immediate environment. She was always encouraged with the emphasis that she wasn't just "pretending" but rather being an unpaid producer, director, writer and an actress.
Her first paid job was at the Seattle Repertory Theatre at age nine. She loved it and did other local plays and readings. After graduating from the University of Washington in English Literature, she decided to leave for London to work and write, but after filming (the less than wonderful) Lovers Lane (2000) and a short for the Seattle Film Festival, she decided to give Los Angeles a try. She signed up with a wonderful management agency and before she could catch her breath, Keenen Ivory Wayans cast her in heavy, hard, and comedic movie (To some people, it is almost too horrific.), Scary Movie (2000) and its sequels.
She never takes anything for granted and just feels so very fortunate to have been given a chance. (An example was her trying to thank all the journalists and photographers that came to the New York premiere.)
Anna was married to actor Chris Pratt in 2009. They have a son. They separated in 2017 and were divorced in November, 2018.- Actor
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Utkarsh Ambudkar, also known by his stage name UTK the INC, is an American actor, rapper, and singer. He is known for his film roles including Pitch Perfect (2012), Blindspotting (2018), Brittany Runs a Marathon (2019), The Broken Hearts Gallery (2020), Free Guy (2021), and Tick, Tick... Boom! (2021). His television roles include The Mindy Project, White Famous, Never Have I Ever, and Ghosts. He recently appeared in the Hulu limited series The Dropout (2022). He made his Broadway debut in Lin-Manuel Miranda's improvisational hip-hop show Freestyle Love Supreme in 2019.- Actor
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Thomas Jane is an American actor who is known for portraying Frank Castle from the 2004 Marvel Comics film The Punisher and the 2012 fan film Dirty Laundry. He also was in Boogie Nights, The Thin Red Line, Deep Blue Sea, The Predator, 1922, The Mist and Evening Raga of the West.- Actor
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Penn Badgley was born in Baltimore, Maryland, to
Lynne Murphy Badgley and Duff
Badgley, who worked as a newspaper reporter and carpenter. Badgley
split his childhood years between Richmond, Virginia. and Seattle,
Washington. In Seattle, he was involved in the Seattle Children's
Theater and did voice-overs for a children's radio station. It was
through these experiences that Badgley discovered his love of acting.
This passion brought him one summer to Hollywood, where he landed an
agent and his first big break guest-starring on
Will & Grace (1998). After
relocating with his mother to Los Angeles, Badgley secured several
recurring roles on Daddio (2000).
Badgley lives in New York City. At the age of 14, Penn completed his
California High School Proficiency Exam and began attending Santa
Monica City College. Also musically gifted, he enjoys singing, writing,
and playing the guitar. In his spare time, Badgley likes to go
skateboarding, surfing, skiing and snowboarding.- Actress
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Tracie Thoms has had wide-ranging success in film, television and theatre throughout her busy career.
Tracie's currently a series regular opposite Oscar winner Octavia Spencer on the Apple series, Truth Be Told, while at the same time recurring on Fox's 9-1-1 and ABC's Station 19.
Tracie realized a long-held dream when she starred as 'Joanne' in the final weeks of the historic Broadway run of the iconic musical, Rent. She played the same key role in Sony's film of Rent opposite Rosario Dawson and Idina Menzel. She was seen opposite Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon-Levitt in Rian Johnson's Looper, and with Denzel Washington in Safe House. She starred with Kurt Russell in Quentin Tarantino's Grindhouse: Death Proof and opposite Anne Hathaway in David Frankel's The Devil Wears Prada. She was featured in Columbia's remake of Annie with Jamie Foxx and Quvenzhané Wallis. She's also been featured in dozens of indie films throughout her career.
Tracie starred on Broadway most recently in the acclaimed production of James Lapine's Falsettos. She also starred opposite Dulé Hill and Mekhi Phifer in Stick Fly, and opposite Alfre Woodard in Drowning Crow. She starred Off-Broadway in Working at Encores! Off-Center, with Oscar nominee John Hawkes in the world premiere of David Auburn's Lost Lake at Manhattan Theatre Club, and she was a lead in the acclaimed The Exonerated at The Culture Project. She's been featured in The 24 Hour Plays, The 24 Hour Musicals, and 10 Things To Do Before I Die at New York's Second Stage.
Tracie was a series regular for six years on CBS' Cold Case. She starred for Fox in Wonderfalls and recurred on Hulu's The First, WGN's Gone, Lifetime's UnREAL, Netflix's Love and NBC's Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector. She's guest starred on Veep, Person of Interest, Suits, The Shield, The Good Wife, The Mindy Project, Criminal Minds, The Affair, The Good Doctor, Grey's Anatomy, Mad About You, Run, Curb Your Enthusiasm and NCIS: Los Angeles.
Tracie began studying acting in her hometown of Baltimore at age 9. She attended high school at the prestigious Baltimore School for the Arts. Later, she received a bachelor of fine arts degree from Howard University and a graduate degree in acting from New York City's renowned Juilliard School.- Ray Fisher is an American actor with a career spanning both stage and screen.
In 2013, he was lauded for his portrayal of Muhammad Ali in the New York Theatre Workshop's Off-Broadway production of Will Power's 'Fetch Clay, Make Man.' In 2023, Fisher received a Drama Desk nomination for his portrayal of Lymon in the 2022 Broadway revival of August Wilson's 'The Piano Lesson.'
In 2014, Fisher was cast as Victor Stone (aka Cyborg) by director Zack Snyder in 'Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice'. Fisher went on to reprise that role in the global phenomenon known as 'Zack Snyder's Justice League.'
Fisher's notable television credits include playing civil rights activist Gene Mobley in Hulu's 'Women of the Movement', Henry Hays in the third season of HBO's 'True Detective', and Captain Edward Dwight in ABC's 'The Astronaut Wives Club.' - Actress
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Nicole Ari Parker Kodjoe is an American actress and model. She made her screen debut with a leading role in the critically acclaimed independent film The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love (1995) and went on to appear in Boogie Nights (1997), directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. Parker has starred in a number of movies, including Blue Streak (1999), Remember the Titans (2000), Brown Sugar (2002), Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2008), Black Dynamite (2009), and Almost Christmas (2016). On television, Parker starred in the short-lived UPN romantic comedy Second Time Around (2004-05) and the ABC drama Time After Time (2017). In 2017, she joined the cast of Fox's prime-time soap opera Empire playing Giselle Barker. She appears as a recurring character in Chicago P.D. as Deputy Superintendent Samantha Miller and in And Just Like That... as Lisa Todd Wexley.- Actor
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Joshua Aaron Charles is an American actor. He is best known for the roles of Dan Rydell on Sports Night; Will Gardner on The Good Wife, which earned him two Primetime Emmy Award nominations; and his early work as Knox Overstreet in Dead Poets Society. He is the son of Allan Charles, an advertising executive. He is of Jewish heritage on his father's side, and has described himself as Jewish. He began his career performing comedy at the age of nine. As a teenager, he spent several summers at Stagedoor Manor Performing Arts Center in New York, and attended the Baltimore School for the Arts.- Actor
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Matthew Jeffers was born on 1 June 1991 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Unidentified Objects (2022), FBI (2018) and The Blacklist (2013).- Producer
- Actress
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Jada Koren Pinkett Smith was born in Baltimore, Maryland, to Robsol
Grant Pinkett, Jr., a contractor, and Adrienne Banfield-Jones, a
nurse. They divorced after only a few months of marriage. Her father is
of African-American descent and her mother is of Afro-Caribbean
ancestry (from Barbados and Jamaica). Jada majored in dance and
choreography at the Baltimore School for the Arts, where one of her
classmates was Tupac Shakur. She spent a year at the North Carolina School of the Arts before dropping out to pursue her career in acting. Her big break came in 1991 when she was cast in the part of a college frosh on the television sitcom A Different World (1987). She made her feature film debut two years later in Menace II Society (1993). She
did not gain widespread recognition, however, until her role opposite
Eddie Murphy in The Nutty Professor (1996).
In addition to being in front of the camera, she has spent time behind
it directing music videos. Pinkett-Smith is married to Will Smith, and they have a son, Jaden Smith; and a daughter, Willow Smith.- Actor
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Brendan Hines is an American actor and singer-songwriter. He was born
in Baltimore, Maryland to a former nun and a former priest who became
Philosophy professors. He began playing the trombone when he was 11 but
gave it up for the guitar seven years later. Brendan attended Loyola
High School where he performed in the Jazz Ensemble and appeared in
several plays including 'Sweeney Todd' and Moliere's 'The Miser'. He
moved to New York where he continued to work in the theater until being
cast in his first feature, the 2001 independent film 'Ordinary Sinner'.
Brendan has since appeared in a number of films and television shows
including 'Terminator:The Sarah Connor Chronicles', 'The Middleman',
'Lie To Me' and 'Scandal'. In Spring 2011, Brendan returned to the
stage to play Pip and Theo in South Coast Repertory's production of
Richard Greenberg's 'Three Days of Rain'. He has written, recorded and
released two folk albums; 2007's "Good For You Know Who" and 2012's
"Small Mistakes". His song "Miss New York" was featured in the film
'Happythankyoumoreplease'.- Actor
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Growing up in Baltimore in the 1950s, John Waters was not like other
children; he was obsessed by violence and gore, both real and on the
screen. With his weird counter-culture friends as his cast, he began
making silent 8mm and 16mm films in the mid-'60s; he screened these in
rented Baltimore church halls to underground audiences drawn by word of
mouth and street leafleting campaigns. As his filmmaking grew more
polished and his subject matter more shocking, his audiences grew
bigger, and his write-ups in the Baltimore papers more outraged. By the
early 1970s he was making features, which he managed to get shown in
midnight screenings in art cinemas by sheer perseverance. Success came
when Pink Flamingos (1972) - a
deliberate exercise in ultra-bad taste - took off in 1973, helped no
doubt by lead actor Divine's infamous
dog-crap eating scene.
Waters continued to make low-budget shocking movies with his Dreamland
repertory company until Hollywood crossover success came with
Hairspray (1988), and although his
movies nowadays might now appear cleaned up and professional, they
retain Waters' playfulness, and reflect his lifelong obsessions.- Penny Johnson Jerald is an American actress. She played Beverly Barnes on the HBO comedy series The Larry Sanders Show, Kasidy Yates on the syndicated science fiction series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Sherry Palmer on the Fox series 24, Captain Victoria "Iron" Gates on the ABC comedy-drama series Castle, and plays Dr. Claire Finn on the Fox/Hulu science-fiction series The Orville.
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Dark-haired, usually-mustachioed American actor with a cheeky grin, who
achieved pop culture status through his portrayal of the kooky
patriarch "Gomez Addams" in the hit TV series The Addams Family (1964), John Astin was
born on March 30, 1930 in Baltimore, Maryland. He studied mathematics at
Johns Hopkins University, but he discovered a passion for the theater and
began to perform in minor plays and do voice-over work for commercials. He
first got noticed thanks to a small role in West Side Story (1961),
then appeared in several other films before being cast as "Gomez
Addams". While "The Addams Family" was initially a huge hit, its
popularity petered out after two years, and Astin moved on to other
work including the offbeat Bunny O'Hare (1971), playing a grizzled but not-
particularly-bright gunfighter in the Western spoof Evil Roy Slade (1972), an
appearance in the Disney comedy Freaky Friday (1976) and dual roles
in National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985).
He has since lent his comedic talents to numerous appearances as "Dr.
Gangreen" in several corny "Killer Tomato" movies, and has contributed
his voice to recreate "Gomez Addams" in the animated series The Addams Family (1992),
then played "Grandpa Addams" in the successful TV series The New Addams Family (1998).
In addition, Astin has contributed voices to several animated shows, and he
still appears in films regularly.- Actor
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Dwight Schultz is an American actor who is known for playing Howling Mad Murdock from The A-Team and Reginald Barclay from Star Trek: The Next Generation. He is also known for his voice work as Mung Daal from Chowder, Professor Pyg from Batman: Arkham Knight, Vulture from Spider-Man video games, Dr. Animo from Ben 10 and Eddie the Squirrel from CatDog. He is married to Wendy Fulton and has a daughter.- Actor
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Mark knew he wanted to be an actor at age nine; he took his career and studies to Europe to fulfill his dream. Once there, he was asked by five major acting schools to join them. He chose the Drama Centre London, where he studied for five years. Mark then beat out 2,000 others for an important position in the Theatre Communications Group National Finals. This led to a year's tour of the United States in the lead role in "Richard II." This was the beginning of his U.S. career.- Actor
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Originally born Harris Glen Milstead just after the end of WWII,
Baltimore's most outrageous resident eventually became the
international icon of bad taste cinema, as the always shocking and
highly entertaining transvestite performer, Divine.
Milstead met maverick film director & good friend,
John Waters, at high school in
Baltimore, and the two combined to star in and direct several ultra low
budget, taboo breaking cult films of the early 1970s. Their first
efforts included
Roman Candles (1967),
Eat Your Makeup (1968) and
Mondo Trasho (1969)....however,
their most infamous work together was the amazing
Pink Flamingos (1972), in which
Divine starred as "Babs Johnson", the "filthiest person alive" living
in a pink trailer with her egg-eating grandmother, chicken-loving son
and voyeuristic daughter.
Divine also starred as career criminal Dawn Davenport in
Female Trouble (1974), as bored
housewife Francine Fishpaw in
Polyester (1981), as outlaw gal Rosie
Velez in Lust in the Dust (1984)
and in Waters' loving (but still slightly bizarre) salute to teen dance
TV shows as Ricki Lake's mother in the superb
Hairspray (1988).
Milstead's health deteriorated due to to his obese frame, and he passed
away in his sleep from a combination of heart attack and apnea in 1988.- Actor
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David Hasselhoff has become one of the most recognizable faces on television and throughout the world. Aside from starring in Knight Rider (1982) and Baywatch (1989), he is also an accomplished singer and popular recording artist.
David Michael Hasselhoff was born on July 17, 1952 in Baltimore, Maryland, to Dolores Therese (Mullinex) and Joe Hasselhoff (Joseph Vincent Hasselhoff), a business executive. He is of German (from his paternal grandfather), English, and Irish descent. The acting bug first hit when David was seven and so he took acting, singing and dancing lessons. He was very shy off stage in front of girls because he was tall and thin, but when he was on stage he was in his element. Due to his father's work, his family (he has four sisters) moved around frequently. He initially thought his career was going to go in the direction of musicals and Broadway.
American audiences first came to know Hasselhoff when he portrayed the popular "Dr. Snapper Foster" for six seasons on CBS's soap opera, The Young and the Restless (1973). Lured by NBC's Brandon Tartikoff to move from daytime to prime time, Hasselhoff went on to star as "Michael Knight" in NBC's hit series Knight Rider (1982). The role garnered him a "People's Choice Award" for most popular actor and the show became a huge success overseas. The success of Knight Rider (1982) resulted in Hasselhoff's first major international following. When the show ended, Hasselhoff launched a successful recording career in Europe. In 1989, "Looking for Freedom" remained in the number one spot on the German charts for eight consecutive weeks. He has continued to perform regularly in concert and has released nine albums to date.
Hasselhoff returned to episodic television as Mitch Buchannon on Baywatch (1989) when the show debuted on NBC in 1989. Though it enjoyed good ratings, the network canceled the series after only one season. Undeterred, Hasselhoff and his partners acquired the rights to the show and, based on Hasselhoff's popularity overseas, they were able to secure financing and revive "Baywatch" in 1991. Now a piece of American pop culture and an international television phenomenon, Baywatch (1989) was at its peak seen in 140 countries by over one billion viewers each week. During his lengthy career, Hasselhoff has flexed his acting muscles in numerous other projects. He starred in the epic miniseries Shaka Zulu (1986), shot on-location in Morocco.
Hasselhoff is an outdoor sports enthusiast whose interests include scuba diving, hiking, white water rafting, tennis, and jogging. In addition, he has parachuted with the US Army Parachute Demonstration Team, The Golden Knights, and flown with the US Navy's Blue Angels. He is an avid sports fan, and has attended the World Cup Soccer Finals, the NBA Finals, the Olympics, the Indy 500, and the Kentucky Derby. Hasselhoff has traveled throughout Australia, Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Caribbean. He spends many hours visiting children's
hospitals throughout the world. His charity, "Race For Life", works
with the terminally ill and handicapped children in America.
He was married to the beautiful actress Pamela Bach-Hasselhoff, with whom he has two daughters, Taylor-Ann and Hayley Amber.- Actress
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Kathleen Rose Perkins grew up in New Baltimore, Michigan, a small town
40 miles north of Detroit. The sister of four older brothers, she
enjoyed her alone time making up plays and putting them on for people
in the neighborhood. This inevitably led to a high school career in
which she was very involved with the school's drama and choir program.
Kathleen attended Western Michigan University, and in just over three
years she acquired a BFA in Musical Theatre. After traveling parts of
the Midwest performing in various regional theaters, Kathleen made her
way to Los Angeles. She spent a few years in odd jobs and acting
classes, then started working with a management company she could
trust. Since then, Kathleen has worked solely as an actress in film and
television. She's collaborated with such performers as Chris O'Donnell,
Courteney Cox, Christina Applegate, as well as many other fine actors.
Credits include Coming Home (2003), "How I Met Your Mother", "Suzanne's
Diary for Nicholas", a recurring role on HBO's "Tell Me You Love Me"
and Michael Bay's "The Island". She has also devoted time to projects
personally important to her, such as an award-winning short film she
wrote and starred in, a documentary about her family, and achieving a
black belt in Taekwondo.- Actress
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A disarming character lady quite capable of scene-stealing, Mildred
Natwick was a well-rounded talent with distinctively dowdy features and
idiosyncratic tendencies who, over a six-decade period, assembled
together a number of unforgettable matrons on stage and (eventually)
film and TV. Whimsical, feisty, loony, stern, impish, shrewish,
quizzical, scheming -- she greatly enhanced both comedies and dramas
and, thankfully, her off-centered greatness was captured perfectly on
occasion by such film directors as
John Ford,
Alfred Hitchcock and
Neil Simon.
A short, plumpish, oval-eyed figure with a unique flowery, honey-glazed
voice, Natwick was born on June 19, 1905 (some sources list 1908) to
Joseph (a businessman) and and Mildred Marion Dawes Natwick. The
Baltimore native graduated from both the Bryn Mawr School (in
Baltimore) and also from Bennett College in Dutchess County, N.Y.,
where she majored in drama. Breaking into the professional field
touring on stage, Miss Natwick joined the Vagabonds in the late 1920s,
a non-professional group from Baltimore. She later became part of the
renowned University Players at Cape Cod, Massachusetts, whose rising
performers at the time included Henry Fonda,
Margaret Sullavan and
James Stewart.
Natwick made her Broadway bow in the 1932 melodrama "Carry Nation,"
directed by Blanche Yurka with
Esther Dale in the title role. In the cast
was Joshua Logan, whom she befriended and
later collaborated with when he turned director. She then continued her
momentum on 1930s Broadway with "Amourette" (1933), "Spring in Autumn"
(1933), "The Wind and the Rain" (1934), "The Distaff Side" (1934) "End
of Summer" (1936), "Love from a Stranger" (1936), "The Star-Wagon"
(1937), "Missouri Legend" (1938), "Stars in Your Eyes" (1939) (directed
by Logan), and "Christmas Eve" (1939).
Natwick did not come to films until middle age (35) with the
John Ford classic
The Long Voyage Home (1940),
in which she played a Cockney floozie. Despite her fine work in this
minor part, she did not make another film until her landlady role five
years later in
The Enchanted Cottage (1945)
supporting Dorothy McGuire and
Robert Young. Not a great beauty by
Hollywood standards, Natwick learned quickly in Hollywood that if she
were to succeed, it would be as a character performer. Ford himself
picked up on her versatility and used her repeatedly in several of his
post-war classics --
3 Godfathers (1948),
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949),
and The Quiet Man (1952).
Never abandoning the theater for long, Natwick excelled as Miss Garnett
in George Bernard Shaw's "Candida"
and as the buoyant medium in Noël Coward's
"Blithe Spirit". As for the big screen, she was sporadically seen in
such films as
Yolanda and the Thief (1945),
The Late George Apley (1947),
A Woman's Vengeance (1948),
The Kissing Bandit (1948),
Cheaper by the Dozen (1950)
and Against All Flags (1952).
Making use of even the tiniest of roles, none of them did much to
improve her stature in Hollywood. With her delicious turn, however, in
Hitchcock's eccentric black comedy
The Trouble with Harry (1955),
which starred Shirley MacLaine (in her
film debut), John Forsythe, Kris
Kringle's Edmund Gwenn, little
Jerry Mathers (of "Leave It to Beaver"),
and another famous Mildred,
Mildred Dunnock, Natwick enjoyed one of
her best roles ever on film. This was followed by her scheming and
furtive sorceress in the Danny Kaye vehicle
The Court Jester (1955) in which
she, Kaye and Glynis Johns participate in
the memorable tongue-twisting "The pellet with the poison's in the
vessel with the pestle..." comedy routine. This, in turn, led to a
couple of more, albeit lesser, films, including
Teenage Rebel (1956) and
Tammy and the Bachelor (1957).
Preferring the theatre to movies, MIldred received her first Tony
nomination for her sharp, astute work in
Jean Anouilh's "Waltz of the Toredors" in
1957 and recreated her character in a TV special. She seemed to move
effortlessly from the classics ("Medea," "Coriolanus") to chic comedy
("Ladies in Retirement," "The Importance of Being Earnest"). Receiving
great applause as the beleaguered, overly-winded mother in
Neil Simon's "Barefoot in the Park"
on Broadway in 1963, she transferred the role to film four years later.
The cinematic
Barefoot in the Park (1967)
earned Mildred a well-deserved Oscar nomination for "best supporting
actress". She switched things up again with
Harold Pinter's theatrical "Landscape,"
and then again in 1971 when she made her debut in a singing role in the
John Kander-Fred Ebb
musical, "70, Girls, 70" (1971) in which she earned a second Tony
nomination. Her last Broadway show came as a replacement in "Bedroom
Farce" in 1979.
With only the slightest of gesture, look or tone of voice, Mildred's
characters could speak volumes and she became an essential character
player during the 1970s as an offbeat friend, relative or elderly on TV
and film. She was awarded the Emmy for her playing of one of
The Snoop Sisters (1972)_
alongside the equally delightful
Helen Hayes in the short-lived TV
series. Both played impish Jessica Fletcher-type mystery writers who
solve real crimes on the sly. She also played
Rock Hudson's quirky mother in
McMillan & Wife (1971) and a
notable dying grandmother in a guest appearance of the
critically-lauded TV series drama
Family (1976). Her final film came
with a small regal role as Madame de Rosemonde in
Dangerous Liaisons (1988) with
Glenn Close,
John Malkovich and
Michelle Pfeiffer.
Never married, Mildred was called "Milly" by close friends and family
and was the first cousin of Myron 'Grim' Natwick, the creator of Betty
Boop for the Max Fleischer cartoon studio
and prime animator for Disney's Snow White character. She died of
cancer at age 89 in New York City.- Actor
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James Ransone attended Carver Center for Arts and Technology in Towson,
Maryland from 1993-1997. The school is a "magnet school" that allows
students to specialize in subjects such as theater, dance, writing,
fine arts, and film as well as all the required academic classes.
Ransone specialized in theater, then changed majors to fine arts and
graduated in 1997. he currently lives in NYC.- Producer
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Barry Lee Levinson was born in Baltimore, Maryland, to Violet (Krichinsky)
and Irvin Levinson, who worked in furniture and appliance. He is of
Russian Jewish descent. Levinson graduated from high school in 1960,
attended college at American University in Washington, DC. He did well,
but decided he wanted to go to Los Angeles. In LA, Levinson worked for
the Oxford Company, studying acting, improvisation, and production;
worked in comedy clubs, where he learned how to write; and began dating
Valerie Curtin. In 1967, won a job
writing for a local TV comedy show. He eventually performed his
material on the show, winning a local Emmy. In the 70s, Levinson wrote
for
The Carol Burnett Show (1967)
-- and won two Emmys in three years.
Mel Brooks hired him for
Silent Movie (1976), then,
High Anxiety (1977). Levinson and
Curtin married in 1975. They co-wrote:
_...And Justice for All (1979)_, and other scripts. While Curtin performed
in San Francisco, he wrote Diner (1982).
MGM bought it and, with a budget of under $5 million, Levinson
directed. Curtin and Levinson divorced in 1982. Levinson met Dianna
Rhodes while he was filming Diner (1982).
She lived in Baltimore, with her two children Patrick and
Michelle Levinson. Levinson and Rhodes
later married and had two more children,
Sam Levinson and
Jack Levinson. Proving himself as
a director with The Natural (1984),
he tackled his most ambitious project to that time in
Rain Man (1988). Levinson went on to
place his stamp on films like
Good Morning, Vietnam (1987),
and Bugsy (1991). After his many successes,
Toys (1992) did poorly. Levinson had a hit
with Disclosure (1994) in 1994, the
same year the Levinsons moved to Marin County in Northern California to
get away from the Hollywood scene.- Actress
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Titian-haired Margaret 'Maggie' Hayes was born Florette Regina Ottenheimer in Baltimore, Maryland, the daughter of Jacob 'Jack' Louis Ottenheimer (1882-1943) and Clara Bussy (1877-1966). While still at high school she worked with a local stock company to get into acting. She then studied for two years at John Hopkins University, briefly entertaining the notion of becoming a nurse. Before long, however, she had joined The Barnstormers troupe of performers to become their first ever female member. A trip to New York and a night at the Stork Club resulted in a chance encounter with several prominent newspaper columnists who were also in attendance, among them Walter Winchell. Winchell decided to change her name to 'Dana Dale'. Using this moniker, she did some modelling and auditioned unsuccessfully for the role of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind (1939). At this time, she was featured in several cigarette, automobile and fashion advertisements.
After a brief stint at Warner Brothers, and having finally settled on the stage name Maggie Hayes, she made her Broadway debut in 1940 and was signed by Paramount the following year. On screen, Maggie tended to be cast as
second leads, often as 'the other woman', but was never quite fulfilled
in her profession. Instead, she pursued diverse other career paths
outside of acting, both in between performing and after her retirement
in 1962: as fashion designer, model, owner of a boutique in Palm Beach
and designing/selling jewelry in New York. She even worked for a
while as a public relations executive for luxury goods department store
Bergdorf Goodman on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. In the late 1940s, she
became fashion editor for 'Life Magazine', before returning to the New
York stage and acting in television where she had some of her best
roles.
Maggie Hayes was married (and divorced) three times. Her second husband was the actor Leif Erickson (of The High Chaparral (1967) fame), her third the producer Herbert B. Swope Jr..- Bess Armstrong was born on 11 December 1953 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. She is an actress, known for Jaws 3-D (1983), My So-Called Life (1994) and The Four Seasons (1981). She has been married to John Fiedler since 12 April 1986. They have three children. She was previously married to Chris Carreras.
- Leah Ayres was born on 28 May 1957 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. She is an actress, known for Bloodsport (1988), The Burning (1981) and All That Jazz (1979). She has been married to Bruce Kalish since 10 November 1991. They have one child. She was previously married to Warren Dillaway Ayres Jr..
- Ben Bass was born on 14 August 1968 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He is an actor, known for Rookie Blue (2010), Burden of Truth (2018) and Would Be Kings (2008). He was previously married to Laura Carswell.
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Felicia Pearson was born on 18 May 1980 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for The Wire (2002), The Family Plan (2023) and Guns and Grams (2016).- Actor
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At a very young age, Amedori discovered he had the natural ability to learn and play music. This creative outlet quickly ignited his love for all things creative.
Throughout his growing career, he has had the privilege to work with and learn from some of the smartest and brightest people in Hollywood.
Amedori portrayed the Character Gabe on Netflix's Dear White People, created by Justin Simien based on his 2014 Directorial debut and Sundance award-winning film of the same name.
He continues to flex his musical talents by creating original songs for T.V. and Film.
Most recently, Amedori has added writing and directing to his resume.- Kevin Kilner was born on 3 May 1958 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He is an actor, known for Raising Helen (2004), A Cinderella Story (2004) and Earth: Final Conflict (1997). He has been married to Jordan Baker since 10 October 1998.
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- Writer
Monique Denise Ingram known professionally as Moses Ingram, is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Jolene in the Netflix miniseries The Queen's Gambit (2020), for which she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie, and Reva Sevander / the Third Sister in the Disney+ miniseries Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022).- Actor
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- Producer
John Rothman was born on 3 June 1949 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for One Mississippi (2015) and Prime (2005).- Howard E. Rollins Jr. was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1950. He was
the youngest of four children born to Howard E. Rollins Sr.
(steelworker) and Ruth R. Rollins (domestic worker). Rollins graduated
from Towson State College, where he studied theater. His first break
into acting came when a friend convinced him to try out for a role in
"Of Mice and Men" at a local Baltimore theater. He surprised himself
with his acting talent.
He left for New York City in 1974 to further his acting career. Rollins
earned an Oscar nomination for the role of Coalhouse Walker Jr. in
Ragtime (1981) and an Emmy nomination for
Best Supporting Actor on the NBC daytime drama
Another World (1964). He is
also known for his brilliant portrayal of Virgil Tibbs on the long
running hit TV series
In the Heat of the Night (1988),
based on the 1967 movie of the same name. In 1995, he made his final
feature film appearance in Drunks (1995).
Rollins was diagnosed with lymphoma in late 1996. Six weeks later, he
died of complications from the disease at the age of 46. - Actor
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Charles S. Dutton was born on 30 January 1951 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Gothika (2003), Alien³ (1992) and A Time to Kill (1996). He was previously married to Debbi Morgan.- Although her career spans over two decades, Stacy Keibler continues to
be the fresh-faced beauty that both film and television audiences
adore. Stacy was born in Baltimore, Maryland. She began dancing when
she was three-years-old and has a background in ballet, tap and jazz.
Stacy went to school in Baltimore and was also one of Baltimore's first
"Raven Cheerleaders". She began her career as a model at the age of 6.
Shortly thereafter, she was cast in national commercials, which led her
to join AFTRA and SAG before the age of 10. Though still young, Keibler
began building an impressive resume in both film and television. Her
film credits include the box office successes . Added to Keibler's list
of film roles is
The Comebacks (2007), a 20th
Century FOX feature she appeared in alongside comedian
David Koechner.
When she competed on
Dancing with the Stars (2005),
Keibler's skills and popularity landed her among the final three
contestants. Impressing not only the audience but also ABC executives,
she was quickly offered a network talent deal. This has led to
recurring roles on ABC's
George Lopez (2002) and
What About Brian (2006),
where she played the love interest of the lead character "Brian", and
the villain in the ABC Family mini-series
Samurai Girl (2008). Keibler
also appeared on the drama
October Road (2007). Next up
for Keibler is a reoccurring role on the ABC comedy
In the Motherhood (2009),
starring Cheryl Hines and
Megan Mullally.
Prior to her stint on
Dancing with the Stars (2005),
Keibler, a former Baltimore Ravens cheerleader, auditioned for the
chance to be the new "Nitro Girl" for World Championship Wrestling
(WCW). Keibler wowed both fans and executives and went on to win the
National Search. Shortly thereafter, WCW was acquired by World
Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Keibler's skills impressed the creators
of the program so much that she was the only female brought over to the
new company, where she immediately became a regular on the longest
running live program in television history.
A model of peak physical fitness, Keibler has graced the covers of
numerous magazines including Shape, Vegas, TV Guide, Maxim, FHM
Australia, Muscle & Fitness, 6 Degrees, and Beverly Hills 213. She has
been featured in Esquire, Cosmopolitan, Elle Girl, LA Times, Parade,
Maxim (UK), and Fitness. She regularly appears in Entertainment Weekly,
People, Us Weekly, The Look, OK, and Life & Style. The issue of Stuff
featuring Stacy Keibler on the cover was one of the magazines highest
selling issues of all time.
Stacy Keibler currently resides in Los Angeles, CA. - Actress
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Shalita Grant was raised in Petersburg, Virginia and attended high school at the Baltimore School for the Arts in Maryland where she was a YoungArts Winner in Theater and Presidential Scholar in the Arts. At 17, she received a scholarship to attend the Julliard School for her B.F.A. in Drama, graduating in 2010.
In the first season of NCIS: New Orleans (2014), her role as former ATF turned NCIS Agent Sonja Percy, was recurring and was soon followed with a promotion to series regular at the start of the second season. Grant also starred as contraband slave, Aurelia Johnson, in the PBS original Civil War mini-series, Mercy Street (2016). Her television guest star credits include The Good Wife (2009), Battle Creek (2015), Bones (2005), and Melissa & Joey (2010). Her film features include shorts Empire Corner (2010), Invisible (2010), and Oscar-nominated documentary, Rehearsing a Dream (2006).
Grant's stage credits include "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike" at the Lincoln Center, "The Philanderer" (The Pearl Theatre Company), "Measure for Measure", "The Winter's Tale" and "Merchant of Venice" (The Public Theater). In spring of 2013, she continued her role of Cassandra in "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike" on Broadway, for which she earned a Tony Award nomination for Featured Actress in a Play and won the 2013 Theatre World Award for Outstanding Broadway Debut.
Following her Tony Award nomination, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue television where she fondly recalls her struggles in auditioning 54 times within one year for various roles and, at one point, while running out of savings, briefly turned to bartending before landing a series of guest star roles and finally series regular. Grant splits her time between New Orleans, Louisiana, where NCIS: New Orleans is filmed, and Los Angeles, California.- Actor
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John Edward Kassir is an American actor and producer from Baltimore, Maryland who is known for voicing the Crypt Keeper from Tales from the Crypt. He also played Jibolba from Tak and the Power of Juju, Deadpool in various Marvel games and cartoons, Ralph from Reefer Madness and many more roles.- Noelle Beck was born on 14 December 1968 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. She is an actress, known for Fletch Lives (1989), As the World Turns (1956) and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999). She was previously married to Eric Petterson.
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Jameson Parker is best known for his role as A.J. Simon on Simon & Simon (1981),
which ran on CBS for eight seasons. He was born in Baltimore and saw
most of the capitals of Europe during his father's foreign service
career. Young Parker also managed to see an inordinate number of
boarding schools, claiming to have attended 10 in 13 years, and being
bounced out of two.
During a recuperative year off, he acted and worked in production at
the Arena Stage in Washington, D.C. and he returned to finish his
Beloit degree in theater arts in 1972. After graduation, he moved to
New York, getting his first big break in a commercial for a breath
mint. It helped him to get his role on the NBC soap Somerset (1970), which led
to a two year part on ABC's One Life to Live (1968). He moved to LA in 1980. He loves
camping and hunting.- Karin Konoval has appeared in guest starring roles in numerous TV series and supporting lead roles in many feature films, including the role of "Maurice" (the orangutan) in Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011), Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014), and War for the Planet of the Apes (2017). She received a Philip Borsos award for her lead role as "Mary Leonard" in the feature Cable Beach (2004) and has received numerous awards for her work in theatre, performing lead roles in contemporary classics and a wide range of musicals.
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Karin moved to Canada with her family as a child and grew up in Edmonton, Alberta where she originally trained as a dancer. After graduating from the University of Alberta with a B.A. in theatre history, she moved to Vancouver, British Columbia to pursue a career in acting. Her writing has been published in various anthologies and literary magazines and broadcast on CBC Radio. As an artist, she has had many solo gallery exhibits of her paintings for a growing audience. Her first illustrated children's book, "Jeffrey Takes a Walk in December" was published in 2015.
For more information please see www.karinkonoval.com - Actress
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Anita Gillette was born on 16 August 1936 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. She is an actress, known for Moonstruck (1987). She has been married to David Bates since 4 October 2021. She was previously married to Armand Eugene Coullet and Dr. Ronald William Gillette.- Actress
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Rachel Hilson was born on 30 October 1995 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for This Is Us (2016), Love, Victor (2020) and The Americans (2013).- Actor
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Geoffrey Blake is an Emmy nominated, two-time SAG Award winning actor best known for his role as 'Wesley' (the abusive radical boyfriend) opposite Robin Wright's 'Jennie' in the iconic Academy Award Best Picture Forrest Gump (1994). In addition to Forrest Gump (1994), Blake has appeared alongside Academy Award Winner Tom Hanks in multiple films. Those performances are part of Blake's frequent collaborations with such Academy Award winning filmmakers as Robert Zemeckis and Ron Howard (Forrest Gump (1994), Contact (1997), Cast Away (2000), Apollo 13 (1995), Edtv (1999), Frost Nixon) whose films alone have garnered over $2,000,000,000 in Box office. Blake's most critically acclaimed performance was that of the preppy pipe-smoking astrophysicist 'Fisher', the right hand man, in the Sci-Fi classic Contact opposite Academy Award winner Jodie Foster.
Blake has well over 100 credits to his name in both television and film. In the 1980's and early 1990's, he frequently collaborated with friend and colleague, Emilio Estevez. The two met on the generation defining film Young Guns (1988) where Blake portrayed 'McCloskey', the Young Gun snitch, opposite Estevez, Charlie Sheen, Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, and Dermot Mulroney. Blake would go on to make four more films with Estevez as both an actor and director (Men at Work, Rated X, The War at Home, Nightbreaker). He also worked with other luminary filmmakers such as Ridley & Tony Scott (The Man in the High Castle, Enemy of the State), Paul Mazursky (The Pickle), Frank Darabont (Mob City), Barry Levinson (Wag the Dog), Roland Joffe in Texas Rising (2015) and numerous others. In addition, he has appeared in a multitude of Emmy Award winning series, mini-series, and movies for television with prolific content providers such as Steven Bochco, David Milch, Jerry Bruckheimer, Shonda Rhimes, David Shore, Paul Attanosio, Don Bellisario, and Dick Wolf, repeatedly reaching out to Blake to be on their shows.
Simultaneously, Blake stars in two series as recurring regulars. In Agent X for TNT, Blake portrays 'Gray Lawson', the Machiavellian Director of the CIA, opposite Academy Award Nominee Sharon Stone and James Earl Jones. He also recurs in Ridley Scott/Scott Free's The Man in the High Castle, Amazon Prime's highest rated and most critically praised one-hour drama to date. Based on the Phillip P. Dicks Hugo award winning Dystopian novel, Blake portrays 'Doc Meyer' the leader of the American East Coast resistance to the Nazi occupiers and nemesis to Rufus Sewell's menacing Third Reich killer sociopath.
In 2014, Blake spent five months in Durango, Mexico filming History Channel's 10-hour mini-series event Texas Rising (2015) directed by two-time Academy Award Nominee Roland Joffe (Killing Fields, The Mission). Blake came to the production by way of his colleague Bill Paxton, whom he previously worked opposite in Apollo 13 and Mighty Joe Young. Blake portrays 'Col. George Hockley'; confidant, agitate, right hand man and second in command to Paxton's 'General Sam Houston'. Blake relished at the opportunity of working with Paxton again as well with fellow actors Ray Liotta, Olivier Martinez, Brendon Fraser, Jeffrey Dean Morgan and numerous others.
Raised in Northern California, Blake sparked his love for acting and writing as a member of The American Conservatory Theatre at the ripe old age of 16. He started his career under the tutelage of John Housman at the USC School of Theatre. He went on to study with legendary acting teacher Peggy Feury at the Loft Studio, where among his classmates were his generation's finest actors (Sean Penn, Forrest Whitaker, Meg Ryan, Nicolas Cage, Michelle Pfeifer to name just a few). Later he studied with, often mentioned in Academy Award winner's speeches, Larry Moss.
Not only is Blake an award winning actor, he is also a highly respected screenplay writer alongside his scribe partner and wife, Marcia Blake. Together, they have written projects for A-Level film talent such as Robert Towne (Chinatown), Tom Cruise's production companies, Brad Pitt's Plan B, Robert Deniro's Tribeca, major studios, and HBO.
Together with Marcia, Blake has the great fortune of raising two sons. His family inspires and supports him in his creative endeavors where he strives and blessed to stay working at the top tiers of the Entertainment Industry.- Actor
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Francis X. Bushman was born on 10 January 1883 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Sabrina (1954), The Phantom Planet (1961) and Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925). He was married to Iva Millicient Richardson, Norma Emily Atkin, Beverly Bayne and Josephine Fladine Duval. He died on 23 August 1966 in Pacific Palisades, California, USA.- Name a soap opera and invariably character actor Nicholas Pryor has
appeared on it. Playing the quirky professor Victor Collins
on the daytime drama Port Charles (1997), the tall, rangy, silver-haired
player was born Nicholas David Probst and is a native of Baltimore,
with early training received from his many productions with the local
Drummond Players.
Pryor made his TV debut on the New York-based soap drama "The Brighter Day" in 1958, while studying at Yale University. Around the same time he earned some roles on the Broadway stage with "The Egghead" (1957), "Love Me a Little" (1958), "Howie" (1958) and "The Highest Tree" (1959).
He became a sturdy, familiar face on 1960s and 1970s TV soap dramas with Young Dr. Malone (1958) as Ernest Cooper; Another World (1964) as Tom Baxter; The Secret Storm (1954) as Johnny Ellis; The Nurses (1965) as Ken Alexander; All My Children (1970) as Lincoln Tyler and The Edge of Night (1956) as Joel Gantry. In the evening he appeared in several anthology series such as "Kraft Theatre," "Armstrong Circle Theatre," "Dupont Show of the Month" and "Startime." He also graced a number of popular TV shows including "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" and "Coronet Blue."
It wasn't until his mid-career that Nicholas started checking out films. He began as the starring protagonist undergoing a mid-life crisis in the little seen film The Way We Live Now (1970). From there he served as a support actor with parts in such films as Man on a Swing (1974) and The Happy Hooker (1975). One of his best roles came as Barbara Feldon's hapless husband in the cult film Smile (1975). His parts have varied but he did play a number of father figure parts. He played Tom Cruise's dad in Risky Business (1983) and Robert Downey Jr.'s in Less Than Zero (1987). Nicholas also returned to Broadway in the early 1970's with replacement roles in both "That Championship Season" and "Thieves."
From the 1980's on, Nicholas' movie output has been sporadic, appearing as professional or authoritarians (doctors, ministers, judges, attorneys, politicians) in such offerings as Airplane! (1980), The Falcon and the Snowman (1985), Pacific Heights (1990), Hoffa (1992), Sliver (1993), Hail Caesar (1994), The Chamber (1996), Molly (1999).
Television, however, has been a strong medium of choice with hundreds of appearances on such shows as "Trapper John," "Simon & Simon," "Little House on the Prairie," "Silver Spoons," "Crazy Like a Fox," "Hill Street Blues," "Dallas," "Dynasty," "The Colbys," "St. Elsewhere," "Falcon Crest," "Moonlighting," "Who's the Boss," "227," "Growing Pains," "Murder, She Wrote," "L.A. Law," "Matlock," "Picket Fences," "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman," "Diagnosis Murder." He also had a regular role on The Bronx Zoo (1987) and recurring ones on Eight Is Enough (1977), Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990) and Party of Five (1994). He graced such acclaimed mini-series as The Adams Chronicles (1976), Washington: Behind Closed Doors (1977) and East of Eden (1981).
He continues a steady pace into the millennium, particularly on TV, with parts on the popular shows "American Tragedy," "That's Life," "Gideon's Crossing," "The West Wing," "NYPD Blue," "Nashville" and "The Outsider." Feature film work includes the Arnold Schwarzenegger action thriller Collateral Damage (2002); the supernatural thriller The List (2007); the dramedy A Short History of Decay (2014); the mystery thriller Buster's Mal Heart (2016) starring Rami Malek and the horror fantasy Doctor Sleep (2019).
Married four times, he is married to actress Christine Belford, a prominent TV actress. - Actor
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Hans Conried was born in Baltimore and raised both there and in New
York City. He studied acting at Columbia University, and played many
major classical roles onstage. After having been a member of
Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre Company, he
was heard as Prof. Kropotkin on the radio show "My Friend Irma" and had
various roles on the "Edgar Bergen - Charlie McCarthy Show". He was in
the original cast of Cole Porter's 1953
Broadway hit "Can-Can" and stayed with the show for more than a year.
Known for his sharp wit, Conried was in demand as an actor, panelist
and narrator, appearing frequently in television series and movies
throughout the 1960s and 1970s.- Actress
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A professional model while still in high school, Mona Freeman was
signed to a movie contract by Howard Hughes, who then proceeded to sell her
contract to Paramount. Starting out in typical juvenile parts, she
developed into a very competent actress. As she worked her way out of
the teenage ingénue role, however, she found that she had less success
in adult roles, and instead of landing parts in "A" pictures she found
herself relegated to "B" westerns and somewhat tawdry crime dramas
(e.g., Flesh and Fury (1952), Shadow of Fear (1955)). She basically retired from film work in the
late 1950s, but worked steadily in television for quite some time after
that.