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Lara Flynn Boyle was born in Davenport, Iowa on March 24, 1970 to 21-year old Sally Boyle. For Sally and young Lara, money was not plentiful so Sally was required to work three jobs in addition to raising baby Lara by herself. Since Lara was mostly around Sally, they developed a bond that still binds Lara and Sally today. Until recently, Sally lived with Lara. Now they only live 10 minutes away from each other. Growing up, Lara had many struggles including dyslexia and a learning disability. Still, she could not let that get to her and she knew she had to be strong. She finally graduated, and, the day after doing so, she and her mother, Sally, moved. They drove on what would be "the road to fame". She soon landed roles in movies like Poltergeist III (1988) and Wayne's World (1992). Since then, she has become a prolific actress on both the small screen and the big screen.- Actress
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Suellyn Lyon was born in Davenport, Iowa, the youngest of five siblings born to Sue Lyon (née Karr) and James Lyon. Sue Karr Lyon was 42 years old when she was widowed, when Suellyn was just 10 months old. Her mother worked in a hospital to provide for her children, and money was tight. The family then moved to Los Angeles in hopes that Suellyn could help out financially as a model.
She duly got jobs modeling for JC Penney, and doing a commercial, which featured her bleached blonde hair. She landed small parts on Dennis the Menace (1959) and The Loretta Young Show (1953). Director Stanley Kubrick saw Sue on the show and suggested to his partner that they should see her for the role of Lolita (1962). She was signed by the Glenn Shaw agency, and Pat Holmes, an agent, brought her down to Kubrick for audition, and won the part of Lolita.
In 1964, Sue married Hampton Fancher III but the marriage, like the four that would follow, would end in divorce. She was appearing at the time in such movies as 7 Women (1965), The Flim-Flam Man (1967) and Tony Rome (1967). Her second husband was Roland Harrison, an African-American photographer and football coach. The controversy over their marriage made them decide to move to Europe. She continued in movies like Evel Knievel (1971), Game of Murder (1973), and Murder in a Blue World (1973), but wound up divorcing Harrison, in part due to the fallout over the controversy and other problems.
Sue met Gary "Cotton" Adamson at the Colorado State Penitentiary, where he was serving time for murder and robbery. She worked as a cocktail waitress and lived in a hotel in Denver nearby. She married him in 1973 and began working for prison reform and conjugal rights. Unfortunately this was another short-lived marriage as she divorced him after he committed yet another robbery. More films followed including Smash-Up on Interstate 5 (1976), The Astral Factor (1978), Towing (1978), Crash! (1976), Don't Push, I'll Charge When I'm Ready (1971) and her final film, Alligator (1980).
Sue married Edward Weathers in 1983, but the marriage ended a year later. She married a radio engineer, Richard Rudman, but that marriage, like the four before it, ended in divorce.
Sue Lyon died in 2019, aged 73. She was survived by her only child, a daughter, Nona Harrison (from her marriage to Roland Harrison).- Actress
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Barbara Linnea Quigley was born in Davenport, Iowa, on May 27, 1958 to Heath and Dorothy Quigley. Her Mother was a housewife and her Father a noted Chiropractor and psychologist. After moving with her family to Los Angeles in the late 1970s, the short, petite Linnea began working at a Jack Lalanne Spa. There she was encouraged to try modeling and acting. She soon began getting small parts in commercials and B-movies, such as "Stone Cold Dead" (1979) and "Wheeler" (1975). Her breakout role was in "The Return of the Living Dead" (1985), which has gone on to become a cult classic, and established her firmly as "Queen of the Bs". Her reign was supreme in the late 1980s with such films as "Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama" (1988), "Night of the Demons (1988), and "Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers" (1988) In 2001 Linnea moved to Florida to be closer to her ailing parents who had settled there after her father retired. As of this writing she resides in south Florida with her beloved dogs. She is a devoted animal rights advocate, and also leads a strict Vegan lifestyle. Linnea continues to appear in, and produce films. She also appears at Horror Conventions around the globe, where she is a fan favorite. She has written two books about her life in the B-movie industry, "Bio & Chainsaw," in 1992 and "I'm Screaming as Fast as I Can" in 1995. After more than 35 years and more than 125 films, Linnea Quigley is still "America's Scream Queen".- Patricia received her first break into acting very soon after she graduated from Stephens College in the mid 1940s. Almost immediately after graduating, she received a contract from Columbia Pictures. They recognized that she had the rare combination of beauty, grace and intelligence that would serve her well throughout her long and well-respected career. When she first signed with Columbia Pictures, she was known as Patricia White. A few years later, in the late 1940s, she met Philip Barry Jr., who was to become her husband. Philip was a television producer-director and the son and namesake of the well-known playwright Philip Barry. By 1950, Patricia began using her married name, Barry. Patricia and Philip shared a long and happy marriage that only ended upon his death on May 16, 1998. During their marriage, they collaborated on several projects. Her husband Philip wrote and she acted in episodes of Matinee Theatre (1955) in the late 1950s. Her husband also produced several television programs that she acted in. They include: The Alcoa Hour (1955), a major dramatic TV series than ran from 1955 to 1957, a well-known TV horror film called Crowhaven Farm (1970), and two made-for-TV biographies, First, You Cry (1978), and Bogie (1980). Patricia Barry may well have been one of the hardest working actresses of her time, having performed over 130 movie and television roles. She died of age-related causes on October 12, 2016, at age 93.
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A graduate of the University of Iowa, Getz is one of four siblings raised in Iowa and in the Mississippi River Valley of Northern Illinois. After doing a number of plays at the University of Iowa he was encouraged to try acting as a profession. A children's theater production in Napa led to New York which led to Getz's first East Coast play at LaMaMa with Danny DeVito and Peter Riegert. He later spent one season (1970-71) with the American Conservatory Theater (ACT) in San Francisco, joined Actor's Equity, and a year later helped found the Napa Valley Theater Company in Yountville, California. One of Getz's earliest roles was as "Shampoo Man" in a Johnson & Johnson Baby Shampoo commercial shot in the late 1970s. He appeared in the workshop and very first production of the musical "The Robber Bridegroom".- Actor
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Stuart Margolin, the Emmy Award-winning actor and director, was born in Davenport, Iowa. He won two Best Supporting Actor Emmies playing James Garner's former cell-mate "Angel" Martin in The Rockford Files (1974).
Margolin made his debut in The Gertrude Berg Show (1961) before becoming a series regular on Ensign O'Toole (1962) the following year. His acting career has now spanned more than 50 years.
Most of Margolin's work has been on television, where he also has worked as a director since he helmed an episode of Love, American Style (1969) in 1973. He has been directing episodic TV and made-for-TV movies for 37 years. He has been nominated twice for directing Emmies: in 1987 for a Prime Time Emmy for Outstanding Directing in a Variety or Music Program for The Tracey Ullman Show (1987) and in 1999 and a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Directing in a Children's Special for The Sweetest Gift (1998).- Actress
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Dana Davis was born on 4 October 1978 in Davenport, Iowa, USA. She is an actress, known for Prom Night (2008), Raise Your Voice (2004) and 10 Things I Hate About You (2009).- Colby Daniel Lopez is an American professional wrestler and actor currently signed to WWE under the ring name Seth Rollins. Prior to signing with WWE, Lopez wrestled as Tyler Black for Ring of Honor (ROH), where he held the ROH World Championship once and the ROH World Tag Team Championship twice (with Jimmy Jacobs), as well as the winner of the 2009 Survival of the Fittest tournament. He also wrestled for various independent promotions including Full Impact Pro (FIP), where he was a one-time FIP World Heavyweight Champion, as well as Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG), where he was a one-time PWG World Tag Team Champion (also with Jacobs).
After signing with WWE in 2010, he was sent to its developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) where he was the first FCW Grand Slam Champion. After WWE rebranded FCW into NXT, he became the inaugural NXT Champion. Rollins debuted on WWE's main roster in 2012 alongside Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns as The Shield. Rollins won his first main roster championship while with the group, the WWE Tag Team Championship, with Reigns. Following The Shield's first breakup in June 2014, Rollins has gone on to become a two-time WWE World Heavyweight Champion, one-time Intercontinental Champion, a one-time United States Champion, a three-time WWE/Raw Tag Team Champion (with Reigns, Ambrose and Jason Jordan, respectively), the 2014 Money in the Bank winner and the 2015 Superstar of the Year. Upon winning the Intercontinental Championship at WrestleMania 34, Rollins became the twenty-ninth Triple Crown Champion and the eighteenth Grand Slam Champion.
Rollins has headlined numerous major pay-per-view events for WWE, including WrestleMania 31. Industry veteran Sting, who wrestled his final match against Rollins at Night of Champions on September 20, 2015, described him as the most talented professional wrestler he has ever seen or worked with. - Actress
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Hynden Walch was born on February 1, 1971 in Davenport, Iowa. She is an actress and writer known primarily for her work in Adventure Time, Teen Titans, Groundhog Day, and Batman Assault on Arkham. She started her professional acting career on stage at age 11. At 16 she attended the North Carolina School of the Arts, majoring in voice. As a high school senior, she was awarded as a Presidential Scholar in the Arts in drama. Hynden won the Outer Critics Circle Award for her performance as Little Voice in The Rise and Fall of Little Voice on Broadway. In 2005 she graduated summa cum laude from UCLA with a B.A. in American Literature and founded the Hillside Produce Cooperative, a free exchange of local, organically grown food, for which she was named runner up Citizen Entrepreneur of the Year by Global Green USA. Hynden has been married to Sean McDermott since 1999.- Actor
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Fresh-faced, blue-eyed all-American looking Roger Perry was discovered by Lucille Ball and signed as a Desilu contract player, beginning his screen career in anthology television. An early chance for stardom came his way as the junior half of a father-and-son lawyer firm (the other half of the duo was played by Pat O'Brien) in Harrigan and Son (1960). A busy and versatile actor who had more talent than he was perhaps given credit for, Perry popped up in diverse genres throughout the 1960s. He notably had a guest role as the involuntarily time-travelling Air Force pilot John Christopher in Tomorrow Is Yesterday (1967). Prior to his acting career in the early 50s, Perry had served as an intelligence officer in the U.S. Air Force.
His characters could be sized up on the odd occasion as shifty types, dopers or nervous weaklings, but more often as down-to-earth cops, doctors or middle echelon military types. No stranger to science fiction and horror, his better known roles included a devious alien masquerading as a magazine writer in The Prophet (1967) and a sympathetic physician in Count Yorga, Vampire (1970). The doctor tag stuck and Perry went on to play medicos in a couple of camp cult favorites: The Return of Count Yorga (1971) (in which his character hurls a vampire off a balcony to his doom) and The Thing with Two Heads (1972) (as a collaborator of the demented scientist in residence, played tongue-in-cheek by Ray Milland). He also enjoyed frequent guest spots on crime time TV (notably Ironside (1967) and The F.B.I. (1965)) and soap opera (Falcon Crest (1981)).
Perry sidelined as a composer and songwriter for Los Angeles theatre productions, including a mid-1980s musical version of George Bernard Shaw's 'You Never Can Tell', which featured his future wife, Joyce Bulifant.- Actress
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Mary Beth Peil was born on 25 June 1940 in Davenport, Iowa, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Mirrors (2008), The Stepford Wives (2004) and Dawson's Creek (1998).- Frank Fritz was born on 11 October 1965 in Davenport, Iowa, USA. He is an actor, known for American Pickers (2010), American Pickers: Best Of (2017) and Pawn Stars (2009).
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Bryan Woods was born on 14 September 1984 in Davenport, Iowa, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for A Quiet Place (2018), 65 (2023) and Haunt (2019).- Actor
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Brawn won out over brain as well when it came to wrestler athlete Nat Pendleton's professional movie career. For two decades, this massively-built, dark-haired, good-looking lug played a number of kind-hearted lunkheads, goons, henchmen and Joe Palooka-like buffoons.
Nathaniel Greene Pendleton was born on August 9, 1895 on a farm close to Davenport, Iowa. The son of Nathaniel G. Pendleton, a lawyer, and mother Adelaide Elizabeth Johnson, the family moved to Cincinnati, Ohio when Nat was a mere two months of age. His uncle was well-known Cincinnati-born D.W. Griffith silent player Arthur V. Johnson.
After the family's move from Ohio to New York, Nat became star of Brooklyn's Poly Prep High School wrestling team and later went to Collumbia University where he became a popular athletic presence, never losing a match in college and serving on the 1915 team as their captain. Following a couple of national titles, he competed at the Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium in 1920 and won the heavyweight silver medal in what many say was a controversial decision (to Pendleton's advantage). Nat turned pro after this and was undefeated in his two years of competition. He grew disillusioned when he was unable to arrange money bouts with Jack Dempsey and Ed Lewis aka "Strangler" reportedly due to his lack of a flashy enough reputation.
With his athletic image intact, Nat decided to follow his Uncle Arthur into acting in the mid-20s, making his debut in the film The Hoosier Schoolmaster (1924). Several other films followed, mostly in sports-minded themes. He also set his powerful frame on the Broadway stage, with roles in "Naughty Cinderella" (1925), "The Grey Fox" (1928) and as Marcel the Great in the hit comedy "His Girl Friday" (1929). A truckload of films came his way by the early 1930s, including The Spirit of Notre Dame (1931) in which he played an assistant coach, and in both the Marx Bros.' farcical comedy Horse Feathers (1932) with Thelma Todd, and Deception (1932), again with Todd, based on a story Pendleton himself wrote. He played football stars in both. In addition, he and Ward Bond played wrestlers in the Wallace Beery starrer Flesh (1932).
Among Pendleton's other film highlights include his gangsters in Sing and Like It (1934) with Zasu Pitts and The Gay Bride (1934) with Carole Lombard; his policemen in The Thin Man (1934) and Another Thin Man (1939); strongman Sandow in The Great Ziegfeld (1936); another dimbulb wrestler in Swing Your Lady (1938) starring Humphrey Bogart and Louise Fazenda; a barkeep in Northwest Passage (1940) starring Spencer Tracy; _a haranguing officer/nemesis to Abbott and Costello in Buck Privates (1941) and several Dr. Kildare medical dramas as hunky ambulance driver/comedy relief Joe Wayman. A rare prime starring role was the title part as Top Sergeant Mulligan (1941) for Poverty Row's Monogram Pictures.
Following his final film part reprising the badgering sergeant in Buck Privates Come Home (1947), Nat turned to TV before retiring in 1956. The twice-married actor/wrestler died of a heart attack on October 12, 1967 at age 72.- Actress
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Louise Carver was born on 9 June 1869 in Davenport, Iowa, USA. She was an actress and writer, known for The Big Trail (1930), The Man from Blankley's (1930) and Romeo and Juliet (1908). She was married to Tom Murray. She died on 18 June 1956 in Hollywood, California, USA.- Danielle Colby was born on 3 December 1975 in Davenport, Iowa, USA. She is a producer, known for Tempest Storm (2016), American Pickers (2010) and American Pickers: Best Of (2017). She was previously married to Chad Cushman and Alexandre De Meyer.
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Julia Michaels was born on 13 November 1993 in Davenport, Iowa, USA. She is a music artist and composer, known for Wish (2023), A Star Is Born (2018) and The Darkest Minds (2018).- Actor
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Matthew Nile Ashford was born on January 29, 1960, in the town of Davenport, Iowa. He is the third youngest [youngest boy] of eight kids. He has four brothers and 3 sisters, and in descending order their names are: Dave [6/4], Jeff [6/4], Phil [10/1], Teresa [4/16], Randy [8/9], Matt [1/29], Susie [3/13], and Sally [9/16]. When he was 12 years old, his sisters took him to auditions for a local play, and it was there that he was bitten by the acting bug. A year later, the family moved to Fairfax, VA, where Matthew attended Hayfield High and continued to involve himself in local theatre as well as school productions. After graduation, Matthew attended the highly accredited North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem. During the summer months, he and a friend worked as street performers in Myrtle Beach, SC doing mime, magic, juggling, improv. Eventually, he joined the Ragamuffin Magic & Mime Company where he earned his first professional paycheck. Soon after graduating from NC School of the Arts, in 1982, with a B.F.A. in Theatre, he followed his star to New York City; it was full of opportunities, and it was still only a train ride from mom. Matthew was not in town long before he was put under contract by ABC and cast as Drew Ralston on One Life to Live (1968) (1982-83). Sadly, Drew was killed in a flower shop on the eve of his wedding. After his year on OLTL, Matt toured with a troupe performing "Member of the Wedding," which soon led to his second soap, Search for Tomorrow (1951). Matt played Cagney McCleary, with brothers David Forsyth and 'Jeff Meek', from 1983 until the show was canceled in December of 1986. Matt quickly made the role of "Jack" his own and won several awards for his portrayal of the popular Days' character including Soap Opera Digest's Best Villain in 1989, a Super Couple (1991) and Best Wedding (1992) award with Melissa Reeves, as well as the Best Comedic Performance award in 1992. Strangely, the birth of Matthew and Christina's daughter Grace seemed to coincide with the birth of Jack's television daughter, Abigail. Little Grace was born on June 15, 1992. Matt left Days of Our Lives (1965) within the following year, in September of 1993, after six years as Jack Deveraux. He remains the only true "Jack" in the hearts of many. In 1997, he and his wife Grace had a second child -- a daughter Emma. During his time off from the soaps, Matt took the opportunity to get involved with live theatre again. He joined the prestigious Interact Theatre Company, headed by former co-star Marilyn McIntyre (ex-Jo Days). He remains active in the troupe, despite his daytime schedule.- Actor
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Tony Swartz was born on 24 September 1943 in Davenport, Iowa, USA. He was an actor, known for Battlestar Galactica (1978), About Schmidt (2002) and Battlestar Galactica (1978). He was married to Helen Blume. He died on 27 September 2016 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA.- Actress
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Pleasant Harah Wayne attended the University of Colorado and LACC studying Communications, Psychology and Acting. After re-locating to Los Angeles, she furthered her acting studies with the renowned acting coach, Larry Moss, among other professional acting instructors. She models, hosts and remains active in her support of various Environmental causes and initiatives.- Shane Simmons was born in Davenport, Iowa, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for When Jeff Tried to Save the World (2018), Mercury in Retrograde (2017) and Henry Gamble's Birthday Party (2015).
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Herbert Kline was a former editor of the magazine "New Theatre" and in the 1930s become involved with the New York Film and Photo League, where he was trained as a documentary director. He was one of the first Americans to arrive in Spain in the 1930s during that country's civil war, and filmed the documentary Heart of Spain (1937) about it. He continued making documentaries, and occasionally contributing stories or screenplays to Hollywood, until he turned to directing features in the late 1940s. Although his film The Fighter (1952) was critically acclaimed, his feature output was not generally successful, and it is as a documentary filmmaker that he is best known.- Treva Tegtmeier was born in Davenport, Nebraska, USA. She is an actress, known for The Shadow Men (1997), The X-Files (1993) and iCarly (2007).
- Roger Craig was born on 10 July 1960 in Davenport, Iowa, USA. He is an actor, known for Necessary Roughness (1991), Naked Obsession (1990) and Dream for an Insomniac (1996). He has been married to Vernessia Burrage since 7 May 1983. They have five children.
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Bix Beiderbecke was the first talented white jazz cornet player. He also played the piano, but he had more success playing the cornet with a very personal style. His first recordings were with "The Wolverines" in 1924. After this he played in the Charlie Straight orchestra in 1925, with Jean Goldkette in 1926-27 and in the middle of that year he signed a contract with the famous Paul Whiteman. He stayed with Whiteman until 1929, with many interruptions. His alcohol abuse was dramatic during this time and was the main cause of his premature death. Bix was also a notable composer. His compositions like "In a Mist" and "In the Dark" are very advanced for the time. His more famous recordings were with his little orchestra, "Bix and his Gang", in 1927. He recorded great solos with his friend 'Frankie Trambauer' like "Singin' the Blues" and "I'm Coming, Virginia". With Whiteman he recorded many great solos like "Lonely Melody", "Dardanella", "Sweet Sue" and "Oh Miss Hannah" - this last song with Bing Crosby on vocals. His final recording was in 1930. He played a lovely rendition of "I'll be Friend with Pleasure".- Fred Ball was born on 28 December 1938 in Davenport, Iowa, USA. He was an actor, known for Baywatch (1989), Magnum, P.I. (1980) and Hawaii Five-O (1968). He died on 23 December 2017.
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Perry Lafferty was born on 3 October 1917 in Davenport, Iowa, USA. He was a producer and director, known for The Freddy Martin Show (1951), The Twilight Zone (1959) and Robert Montgomery Presents (1950). He was married to Mary Frances Carden. He died on 25 August 2005 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Director
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Josh Guffey began making films while attending The University of Iowa in 2002. In the years after graduating with degrees in Economics and Cinema & Comparative Literature, he continued writing and directing films while also producing commercials and branded content in Chicago, Los Angeles, and St. Louis.
He resides in St. Louis with his wife and two children.- Johnny Kane was born on 29 August 1903 in Davenport, Iowa, USA. He was an actor, known for Howdy Broadway (1929) and The Man with My Face (1951). He died on 15 March 1969 in New York City, New York, USA.
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Schalet Jackson was born on June 16, 1973 in Davenport, Iowa but spent the majority of her adolescent life in Lima, Ohio. She is the oldest of four children of Patricia Sue Cox (Golden) and Walter Kevin Cox. Schalet established three career goals by the end of her fourth grade year; music education, law and acting. She participated in church programs, junior high and high school musicals and tried to learn as many musical instruments as possible. In May 1991, Schalet graduated from Perry High School and Apollo Joint Vocational School, where she earned her Nursing Assistant certification, from Lima, Ohio. Immediately upon graduation, Schalet spent the summer traveling the United States while performing with the Glassmen Drum & Bugle Corps, from Toledo, Ohio. After returning home, Schalet finalized her plan on how she was to become an music teacher, work in a law field and become an actor. In March 1992, Schalet enlisted into the United States Army. She worked as a Veterinary Food Inspection Specialist and as Nursing Assistant. Soon after being medically boarded out of the Army in December 1996, she embarked on her undergraduate studies in the fall of 1997 while taking care of her two children, Xavier Brodeur and Cosette Brodeur. In May 2001, Schalet earned her Bachelor of Music in Music Education from Ohio Northern University, Ada, Ohio. Schalet reached her first goal in August 2001 when she was hired to be the Music and Home Arts instructor for the Allen County Board of Developmental Disabilities (Marimor School), in Lima, Ohio. Upon completing her third year as an educator, she earned her Master of Education from Bluffton University, Bluffton, Ohio in May 2003 and during her fourth year as an educator, Schalet was awarded the 2006 Mr. Holland's Opus Teacher of the Year Award by the Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation, in Studio City California. Throughout her five years as a music and home arts teacher, Schalet was an active member of the Marimor Education Association (MEA) and the Ohio Education Association (OEA). Her rooted core values in democracy, collective action, fairness, inclusion, integrity and professionalism as well as her advocacy for public education opened the door for Schalet to study Labor and Public Sector Policies with the Ohio Education Association (OEA). On September 18, 2006, Schalet reached her second goal when she started her first day of employment as an OEA Labor Relations Consultant. In late 2013, Schalet took the necessary steps in order to reach goal number three; acting. Schalet auditioned for Actors, Models and Talent (AMTC) Media Missionary Training program - a talent training program that focuses on long term accomplishments and accentuates the importance of business savvy, spiritual education, fellowship, mentorship and exposure. In January 2014, her SHINE Winter 2014 performance marked the successful completion of the AMTC training program and sparked multiple acting opportunities. In 2016, Schalet found herself working both in front of the camera and behind the scenes with the television sitcom pilot, The Family Tree (2016). Increased acting and producer opportunities gifted Schalet in 2018 and 2019. Schalet produced the pilot episode of Knight's End the Series, CADIA: The World Within (2019) and is excited about producing Weekend Warriors (2019). Her role in life is to make the world a better place. Schalet is well on her way of doing just that by becoming highly successful powerhouse in the entertainment industry.- Marti Parry grew up in the Midwest in a very ordinary American family setting. She has studied art most of her life and has been a successful professional artist for years. The first time she tried drawing from the Other Side, it was recognized as a friend's boss and close friend who had been murdered one year before the date it was drawn. Since then she has drawn thousands of portraits of recognized loved ones.
Michael Parry, a British evidential medium, began his spiritual quest as a teenager and has studied metaphysics for over 30 years. He is able to bridge the gap between two planes of existence, that of the living and those who have passed, by providing evidential proof of life after death through detailed messages. His communication is very clear and specific, as he talks directly to loved ones, conveying their personal messages.
Marti and Michael work together joining their talents. Michael hears more clearly and therefore gives messages he receives from those who have passed. Marti, meanwhile, draws a portrait of someone who poses for her from the other side. As they work independently, it's always added evidence when they channel the same person. - Vern Louden was born on 18 November 1916 in Davenport, Iowa, USA. He was an actor, known for Crusader Rabbit (1950), The Streets of San Francisco (1972) and The Comic Strips of Television (1948). He died on 20 September 1998 in Santa Rosa, California, USA.
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John Douglas Miller was born, raised and educated in the Quad Cities region of Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois. Mr. Miller began his career as an usher at the award winning RKO Orpheum Theatre in his hometown of Davenport, Iowa. He also served as a production assistant for the Broadway Theater League and GMT Productions, the leading theatrical promotion companies in the Quad Cities at the time. Mr. Miller then entered the United States Army and among other duties served as an administrative assistant to the Adjutant General of Support Command Headquarters in Qui Nhon, Vietnam and as a production coordinator for the Bob Hope Christmas Show while assigned to the Commanding General of Support Command Headquarters in Da Nang, Vietnam. Upon his honorable discharge from the military, he attended the Palmer Colleges in Davenport, studying chiropractic, the basic sciences and media.
Mr. Miller then began working as a production assistant at the WOC Broadcasting Company, a pioneer radio and television property in Davenport which was affiliated with the National Broadcasting Company (NBC). WOC was the first radio station to broadcast west of the Mississippi River as well as being one of the original six stations associated with NBC. It was also the first radio home of President Ronald Reagan. Mr. Miller eventually became a producer and the director of community relations at the broadcast group and was later promoted to director for corporate development of WOC's parent company, Palmer Communications Inc. (PCI) in Des Moines, Iowa. While in this position he assisted the communications company with community and governmental relations on a local and national level. He also co-founded Signal Hill Communications Inc. which acquired the WOC AM and KIIK FM radio stations from PCI and he developed a video production unit known as Signal Hill Productions. These properties were eventually sold with the radio properties ultimately joining I Heart Radio/Entertainment.
As a production management service provider, Mr. Miller has been involved in numerous projects through the years in a variety of production capacities with such clients and or associates as the former Iowa Film Office, Produce Iowa - Office of Media Production, the Illinois Film Office, the former Quad Cities Film Coalition, the Quad Cities Production Coalition, Shell Oil, ADM, Union Pacific, I-Wireless, John Deere, QVC, ABC, Disney, VH1, RAI, Filmauro, Medusa, the State of Illinois, the Library of Congress and the White House. He also served as a production director and or manager for the award-winning Italian production company, Duea Film srl, which produced nine motion pictures in Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois, some of which have been "in competition" at the Cannes and Venice Film Festivals.
Mr. Miller was responsible for the commission of and produced the first public performance of the symphonic suite" Rhapsody for Bix" in collaboration with composer, conductor and motion picture scorer, Lalo Schifrin, of "Mission Impossible" fame, the Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Society and the Quad City Symphony Orchestra. He also served as a field producer for the documentary series "The Mississippi, River of Song" for PBS and the production of "Sugar" for the award winning production company Journeyman Pictures and HBO. Mr. Miller served as an advisor to the Senior Executive of the Los Angeles Office of Telepool, the rights acquisition arm of ARD, the state broadcasting network of Germany. He provided similar services to the Managing Director of Global Media for the Dresdener Bank. Mr. Miller served as a strategic planning consultant for the development of The Creative Arts Academy of the Quad Cities, the first of its kind in the State of Iowa focused on visual, performing and communication media arts.
Through the years Mr. Miller has worked for and or with many politicians, public figures, musical performers, entertainers and actors, a brief sampling of these include Presidents Reagan and Clinton; Senators Harkin, Grassley, Kennedy,Simon and Cranston; Congressmen Mezvinsky, Leach, Grandy, Evans and Braley and Governors Hughes, Branstad and Vilsack; as well as Mark Russell, Bruce Williams, Dick Clark, Sonny and Cher, The Beach Boys, The Yardbirds, Steely Dan, Rare Earth, Leon Russell, Billy Ray Cyrus, Jimmy Dean, Eddy Arnold, Liberace, Pearl Bailey, Ella Fitzgerald, Harry Belafonte, Burl Ives, Franco Nero, Brooke Shields, Anthony Quinn, Milton Berle, Arthur Fiedler and Cary Grant.
Serving as a member of the board of directors of the Iowa Department of Economic Development, Mr. Miller was instrumental in advancing the efforts of the state film commission, otherwise known as the Iowa Film Office as well as being elected as the founding president of the Iowa Motion Picture Association and receiving one of the first Iowa Film Awards. He has also been a member, served on the board of directors of and or been an officer of numerous organizations including the Quad City Development Group, Quad City Labor Management Council, Quad City Arts, Quad Cities Better Business Bureau, Quad Cities Film Coalition, Quad Cities Vision for the Future, Davenport Convention and Visitors Bureau, Davenport and Bettendorf Chambers of Commerce, Future Davenport, Downtown Davenport Association, Scott Community College Foundation, Living History Farms, Open Cities Film Society, Visiting Artists, Inc. and the Donna Reed Foundation for the Performing Arts Advisory Board.- Director
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Troy Escamilla grew up in Davenport, Iowa. An avid horror fan from an early age, Troy began writing short horror stories and scripts in elementary school. After high school, he attended the University of Iowa, where he graduated in 2005 with a Bachelor's Degree in Secondary English Education. Immediately after graduation, he relocated to Houston, TX, where he began teaching high school English.
His love of horror, however, did not subside and in 2007 he started the blog FrightMeter and began the annual Fright Meter Awards, which exist solely to honor the year's best in horror. The awards have gained a following among horror fans and allowed Troy to interview genre favorites such as Lin Shaye, Lucky McKee, and Pollyanna McIntosh. Currently, the Fright Meter Awards Committee consists of over fifty members who are involved in some capacity with the genre.
In 2015, Troy completed his third feature length screenplay, Party Night. A homage to the 80's slasher films he grew up loving, Troy knew it needed to be filmed. After a successful Kickstarter campaign, Party Night was shot in June, 2016 in the Houston, TX area with Troy serving also as Producer and Director. Filming Party Night was a pivotal moment in his life, and he realized he possessed a passion for filmmaking. Troy already completed the script for his next project, which he plans on being released on 2018.- Actor
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Justin Marxen was born on 11 January 1984 in Davenport, Iowa, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Haunt (2019), Stranger of the Night (2017) and The Truth (2016). He has been married to Patty Marxen since 17 April 2010. They have two children.- Additional Crew
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Pam Carter was born on 7 March 1954 in Davenport, Iowa, USA. She was a casting director and actress, known for Street Sharks (1994), Archie's Weird Mysteries (1999) and Citizen Ruth (1996). She died on 28 February 2005 in Omaha, Nebraska, USA.- Additional Crew
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This up and coming director/writer started making films at the age of eight in his family's backyard in Texas. His youthful exuberance paid off and he was eventually invited to attend the prestigious film studies program at the University of California at Santa Barbara. Immedietely before his tenure at UCSB, he was involved in the art department, and acted the small but critical role of a Junkie alongside Robert Sean Leonard (Dead Poet's Society), in Killer: A Journal of Murder (1995). He is most proud of his work volunteering with the award winning non-profit Life Chronicles. Life Chronicles utlizes the talent of filmmakers to document the lives of both surviving World War II veterans and the critically ill for archival purposes. It is no coincidence that Mr. Jones' grandfather was a Army Lt who fought and was awarded the Purple Heart having died in the war in France. Robert Locke Jones was eventually tapped to do development work with Santa Monica based independent production company Palantir Pictures and continues to work with them to this day.- Amy Bouril was born in Davenport, Iowa, USA. She is known for Spider-Man (2002), Law & Order (1990) and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999).
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John Russell was an American journalist, short story writer, and screenwriter from Iowa. He is primarily remembered for scripting the acclaimed silent films "The Iron Horse" (1924) and "The Sorrows of Satan" (1926). He was also an uncredited co-writer for the gothic horror film "Frankenstein" (1931), which was his last known film.
In 1885, Russell was born in Davenport, Iowa. Davenport was a commercial railroad hub in the 19th century, connected through the Rock Island Railroad with the boom-town of Chicago, Illinois. Russel started working as a journalist for the news agency "New York City News Association" and was later hired by the newspaper "New York Tribune".
In 1910, Russell published the fiction story "The Society Wolf" under a pseudonym. He started writing short stories for various magazines and newspapers. Some of them were reprinted in the short story collection "The Red Mark and Other Stories" (1919). During the 1920s and early 1930s, he published the books "In Dark Places" (1923), "Far Wandering Men" (1929), and "Cops 'N Robbers" (1930s).
Russell started working as a screenwriter in the 1920s, also working as a consultant in adaptations of his own stories. He was the scriptwriter for "The Iron Horse" (1924), the first major film in the career of young director John Ford. The film narrated the construction of the first transcontinental railroad (constructed between 1863 and 1869), and highlighted the backbreaking work provided by impoverished immigrants.
Among Russell's most famous films was "Beau Geste" (1926). In the film, a self-exiled Englishman joins the French Foreign Legion. He survives a mutiny by fellow soldiers, but is mortally wounded in a siege. His posthumous letter reveals that he had taken the blame for a theft to protect a beloved aunt. The film was popular at the time of its release, and inspired a scene-for-scene remake in 1939.
Russel also scripted the fantasy film "The Sorrows of Satan" (1926). In the film, Satan takes human form and convinces a struggling writer to place his fate in Satan's hands. The writer becomes a social climber, and his patron demon arranges for him a loveless marriage to a Russian princess. The writer eventually rejects Satan's promises, and chooses his own romantic partner. The film was a success for director D. W. Griffith, and is well-regarded by later generations of critics.
Russell's writing career abruptly ended in the 1930s. He lived the rest of his life in obscurity. In 1956, Russell died in Santa, Monica California, two weeks prior to his 71st birthday. Some of his films were later chosen for preservation by the National Film Registry. However, several of his other films are considered lost.- Randy Shilts was born on 8 August 1951 in Davenport, Iowa, USA. He was a writer, known for And the Band Played On (1993), Pride, Prejudice and Gay Politics (1982) and 60 Minutes (1968). He died on 17 February 1994 in Guerneville, California, USA.
- Robert Berger was born on 25 July 1922 in Davenport, Iowa, USA. He was an actor, known for Zelig (1983), The Defenders (1961) and The Shadow Men (1997). He died on 27 September 2017 in Martinsburg, Virginia, USA.
- Patrick Morgan was born on 22 February 1989 in Davenport, Iowa, USA. He is an actor, known for The Arcadium (2008), Broken at Love (2012) and Unknowns (2012).
- David Cassling was born on 14 March 1945 in Davenport, Iowa, USA. He is an actor, known for Yearbook (2002), 13th Grade (2005) and Uncle Scam (1981).
- Mark Ian Miller was born on 8 March 1980 in Davenport, Iowa, USA. He is an actor, known for Speed Demon (2003), The Frightening (2002) and Leeches! (2003).
- Rachel Lemieux was born in Davenport, Iowa, USA. She is known for Mommy (1995), Real Time: Siege at Lucas Street Market (2001) and Mommy's Day (1997).
- Mike Lage was born on 20 February 1939 in Davenport, Iowa, USA. He died on 24 August 2014 in Bakersfield, California, USA.
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John Horton was born on 3 January 1919 in Davenport, Iowa, USA. He is known for Top Gun (1986), The Hunt for Red October (1990) and Gardens of Stone (1987). He was married to Drucie Snyder. He died on 4 June 2006 in Seabrook Island, South Carolina, USA.- Actor
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Kalman Spelletich was born on 23 December 1960 in Davenport, Iowa, USA. He is an actor, known for Slacker (1990), Mock Up on Mu (2008) and Oven Blast (2004).- Director
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Noah King was born on 20 October 1999 in Davenport, Iowa, USA. He is a director and editor, known for Automatic Beatles Machine - Rube Goldberg (2014), I'm Bored (2017) and Scott Bacula: Secret Agent Samurai Cop (2016).- American playwright and novelist. One of the founders of the Provincetown Players (1915) and the Provincetown Playhouse, where the plays of 'Eugene O'Neill' were first produced. Glaspell received the Pulitzer Prize in 1931 for her play _Alison's House_, based on the life of Emily Dickinson.