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Sydney Sweeney (born September 12, 1997) is an American actress best known for her roles as Haley Caren on In the Vault (2017) and Emaline Addario on the Netflix series Everything Sucks! (2018). Sweeney is set to star in recurring roles in the HBO miniseries Sharp Objects (2018) starring Amy Adams and the Hulu series The Handmaid's Tale (2017) with Elisabeth Moss.
Sweeney has guest starred in TV shows such as Pretty Little Liars (2010), Criminal Minds (2005), Grey's Anatomy (2005), 90210 (2008), and the series In the Vault (2017) as Haley Caren. Sweeney most recently starred as Emaline Addario on the Netflix series Everything Sucks! (2018), which revolved around two groups of students in high school in 1996 in Oregon.
Sweeney is set to star in the second season of the Hulu original series The Handmaid's Tale (2017) as Eden, a pious and obedient girl, as well as Alice in the upcoming HBO miniseries Sharp Objects (2018) starring Amy Adams. She will also star in the upcoming psychological thriller Clementine (2019) and the alongside Andrew Garfield in the thriller Under the Silver Lake (2018). Sweeney also starred in the horror film Along Came the Devil (2018).- Actor
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A remarkably seasoned actor of stage, screen and television, Darren McGavin has notched in excess of 200 performances; however, he is most fondly remembered by cult TV fans as heroic newspaper reporter Carl Kolchak in the classic but short-lived horror TV series Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974). In a long and varied career, McGavin has often turned up as authority figures including policemen, military officers, stern-faced business executives or father figures; however, he is equally adept at light-hearted comedic performances.
Darren McGavin was born William Lyle Richardson on May 7, 1922, in Spokane, Washington, to Grace Mitton (Bogart) and Reed D. Richardson. His mother was from Ontario, Canada. He received his dramatic arts training at New York's Neighborhood Playhouse and the Actors Studio, and debuted on screen in an uncredited role in A Song to Remember (1945). Several standard roles followed over the next decade before he landed the key role of Louie the drug pusher in The Man with the Golden Arm (1955) and Capt. Russ Peters in The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955), both directed by Otto Preminger. Each of these performances showcased McGavin's versatility, and his virile looks scored him the role of Mickey Spillane's hard-boiled private eye in Mike Hammer (1958).
McGavin stayed continually employed throughout the 1960s, appearing in such films as The Great Sioux Massacre (1965), The Outsider (1967), The Challengers (1970) and The Tribe (1970). In addition, he was regularly guest-starring in dozens of TV shows, including Gunsmoke (1955), Dr. Kildare (1961), Mission: Impossible (1966) and The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964). In 1971 he landed the role of cynical reporter Carl Kolchak in the low-budget horror thriller The Night Stalker (1972), about a vampire running amok in Las Vegas. The film was a monster ratings winner (pun intended!) and the highest-rated telemovie of 1972, and original scriptwriters were soon hard at work on a punchier sequel. The Night Strangler (1973) saw Kolchak in Seattle (after being booted out of Las Vegas by the police), and this time on the trail of a serial killer seeking the elixir of eternal youth. The second movie was equally successful, and spawned the short-lived TV series Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974) with Simon Oakland as McGavin's long-suffering editor and a host of weekly guest stars including Jim Backus, Phil Silvers, Richard Kiel, Tom Skerritt, Scatman Crothers and Larry Storch.
"Kolchak" only lasted one season, but it became a bona-fide cult classic, and many years later its premise of "the unknown amongst us" inspired writer Chris Carter to create the phenomenally successful long-running TV series The X-Files (1993), which saw McGavin guest-star in several episodes.
McGavin remained busy throughout the rest of the 1970s and into the 1980s, appearing in Airport '77 (1977), as Gen. George S. Patton in the TV miniseries Ike: The War Years (1979), alongside Rock Hudson in the uneven sci-fi miniseries The Martian Chronicles (1980) and a few years later endeared himself to to a whole new generation of fans with his superb performance as the vitriolic, yet buffoonish, father in the delightful Christmas classic A Christmas Story (1983). The always versatile McGavin also popped up as a detective in Turk 182 (1985), assisted Arnold Schwarzenegger in cleaning up the mob in Raw Deal (1986) and was a doctor in the bizarre zombie/cop/zombie cop film Dead Heat (1988).
At this point it's worth mentioning that, along with his film and TV work, McGavin has also enjoyed an illustrious career on the stage, with appearances in dozens of critically acclaimed productions across the length and breadth of the US. He has appeared in stage presentations of "Death of a Salesman", "The Rainmaker", "The King and I" and "Blood Sweat & Stanley Poole", to name a few.
In 1990 the opportunity arose for McGavin to play another somewhat stern, yet comedic, father figure, this time as "Bill Brown" to Candice Bergen in the much loved sitcom Murphy Brown (1988). McGavin was again wonderful, and his entertaining performances resulted in an Emmy Award nomination in 1990. Several other film roles followed in the 1990s, in such films as Adam Sandler's hit Billy Madison (1995). He died on 25th February 2006 at the age of 83.- Actor
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Craig T. Nelson was born on 4 April 1944 in Spokane, Washington, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Coach (1989), The Incredibles (2004) and The Family Stone (2005). He has been married to Doria Cook-Nelson since 1987. He was previously married to Robin McCarthy.- Actor
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Paul Johansson was born on 26 January 1964 in Spokane, Washington, USA. He is an actor and director, known for One Tree Hill (2003), The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day (2009) and Atlas Shrugged: Part I (2011). He was previously married to Gabriela Oltean.- Actress
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Ebubennem Megalyn Ann Echikunwoke was born May 28, in Spokane, Washington. Her father was Nigerian and her mother is of English and Scots-Irish descent. Her last name, "Echikunwoke", means "leader of men" and Megalyn is the granddaughter of a Nigerian tribal leader of the Igbo, which technically makes her African royalty. She is known for playing "Nicole Palmer" in the first season of 24 (2001), "Angie Barnett" (Kelso's girlfriend) in the seventh season of That '70s Show (1998) and "Isabelle Tyler" in The 4400 (2004). She was raised on a Navajo Indian Reservation in Chinle, Arizona. In early 2008, she starred opposite Alessandro Nivola in an independent movie, directed by Jerry Zaks, titled Who Do You Love (2008) where she played a heroin-addicted lounge singer. She did all of her own singing in the movie.- Actress
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Sophia Anne Caruso was born on 11 July 2001 in Spokane, Washington. She is an actress, known for The School for Good and Evil (2022), David Bowie: The Last Five Years (2017) and Smash (2012).- Actress
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War-era MGM had a lovely, luminous star in the making with Susan Peters. She possessed a creative talent and innate sensitivity that would surely have reigned as a leading Hollywood player for years to come had not a tragic and cruel twist of fate taken everything away from her.
She was born Suzanne Carnahan in Spokane, Washington on July 3, 1921, the eldest of two children. Her father, Robert, a construction engineer, was killed in an automobile accident in 1928, and the remaining family relocated to Los Angeles to live with Susan's grandmother. Attending various schools growing up, she excelled in athletics and studied drama in her senior year at Hollywood High School where she was spotted by a talent scout. Following graduation, she found an agent and enrolled at Max Reinhardt's School of Dramatic Arts. While performing in a showcase, she was spotted by a Warner Bros. casting agent, tested and signed to the studio in 1940.
Making her debut as an extra Susan and God (1940), she saw little progress and eventually became frustrated at the many bit parts thrown her way. Billed by her given name Suzanne Carnahan (known for possessing a zesty stubborn streak, she had refused to use the studio's made-up stage name of Sharon O'Keefe), Susan was barely given a line in many of her early movies. She did test for a lead role in Kings Row (1942) but lost out to Betty Field. Susan's first big break came with the Humphrey Bogart potboiler The Big Shot (1942), where she was fourth-billed and had the second female lead. Dropped by Warners, MGM picked up her contract and adopted a new stage name for her, Susan Peters. In the Marjorie Main vehicle Tish (1942), Susan earned a co-starring part and met actor Richard Quine on the set. Quine played her husband in the film. The couple also appeared together in the film Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant (1942), and married in real life in November of 1943.
Susan won the role of Ronald Colman's sister's teenage stepdaughter (and a potential love interest of the Colman character) in the profoundly moving film Random Harvest (1942) and earned an Academy Award nomination for "Best Supporting Actress" for her efforts. Her potential in that film was quickly discovered and she continued to offer fine work in lesser movies such as the WWII spy tale Assignment in Brittany (1943), the slight comedy Young Ideas (1943) and the romantic war drama Song of Russia (1944), in which she touchingly played Nadya, a young Soviet pianist who falls for Robert Taylor. For these performances, Susan was named "Star of Tomorrow" along with Van Johnson and others.
Then tragedy struck a little more than a year after her wedding day. While on a 1945 New Year's Day duck-hunting trip in the San Diego area with her husband and friends, one of the hunting rifles accidentally discharged when Susan went to retrieve it. The bullet lodged in her spine. Permanently paralyzed from the waist down, MGM paid for her bills but was eventually forced to settle her contract. Susan valiantly forged on with frequent work on radio. In 1946 Susan and Richard happily adopted a son, Timothy Richard, but two years later she divorced Quine -- some say she felt she was too much of a burden.
Appearing with Lana Turner as a demure soldier's wife in Keep Your Powder Dry (1945), which was filmed before but released a year after her accident, Susan made a film "comeback" with The Sign of the Ram (1948), the melodramatic tale of an embittered, manipulative, wheelchair-bound woman who tries to destroy the happiness of all around her, but audiences were not all that receptive. She also turned to the stage with tours of "The Glass Menagerie," in which she played the crippled daughter Laura from a wheelchair (with permission from playwright Tennessee Williams), and "The Barretts of Wimpole Street" opposite Tom Poston, wherein she performed the role of poet and chronic invalid Elizabeth Barrett Browning entirely from a couch.
In March of 1951 she portrayed an Ironside-like lawyer in the TV series Miss Susan (1951) but the show ran for less than one season, folding in December of that year. After this, the increasingly frail actress, who was constantly racked with pain, went into virtual seclusion. Suffering from acute depression and plagued by kidney problems and pneumonia, she finally lost her will to live and died at the age of 31 on October 23, 1952, of kidney failure and starvation, prompted by a developing eating disorder (anorexia nervosa). It was a profoundly sad and most unfortunate end to such a beautiful, courageous spirit and promising talent.- Actress
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Mikaela Mehrizi Hoover was born on July 12 in Colbert, Washington and is the first of 4 siblings. Mikaela started taking dance classes at age 2 and stared school plays and local commercials as a child. She was a cheerleader in high school and the captain of her high school dance team as well as being on the Debate team. After graduation she was accepted to Loyola Marymount University's theatre program in Los Angeles. After getting her BA in theatre she booked the first movie she auditioned for called "Frank". She later went on to play the role of Madison in the WB's "Sorority Forever" and landed a recurring role on the ABC show "Happy Endings". She has guest starred on many extremely popular sitcoms including "How I Met Your Mother", "Two and a Half Men", "Saint George", "The League", and "Anger Management". She has done many projects with writer/director James Gunn (Guardians of the Galaxy) including "The Sparky and Mikaela Show", "PG Porn", "Humanzee", and the movie "Super".- Actress
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Benevolent, sweet-faced, actress and comedienne Julia (Anne) Sweeney, who was born on October 10, 1959 in Spokane, Washington, is normally identified with one single, highly unappetizing androgynous character. This sniveling, chunky-framed, springy-haired, plaid shirt-wearing, grotesque-looking character named Pat was the basis of many hilarious sketches that toyed with revealing his/her true gender.
Julia, the oldest of five children born to an Irish-Catholic federal prosecutor, demonstrated an early talent for mimicry but downplayed any interest in performing for serious college studies. With a prep school education, she first came into contact with the show business arena following graduation. Behind the scenes she worked for five years as an accountant for Columbia Studios in Los Angeles.
Finally developing the courage to realize her dream, she started taking classes on a whim at the famed Groundlings Theater. After fine-tuning her skills in improv, character development and sketch-writing, Julia was escalated to the big time appearing on such TV shows as "Brothers," "Hard Time on Planet Earth" and "Not Necessarily the News, she hit an early peak when she was selected to join Saturday Night Live (1975) in 1990 as a featured player.
Though she became a regular cast member the following season and found an instant audience rapport with her creepy Pat character, the comic gifts were vastly underused, which seemed to be the case for many of its distaff team at the time. "Pat" would outshine practically everything else she did on the show, including her timid wallflower type named "Mea Culpa," whose character became the basis of a stage show co-written by Julia and actor/writer/husband Stephen Hibbert called "Mea's Big Apology" in 1992. During her SNL stay, she managed some outside work with small roles in the comedy Honey, I Blew Up the Kid (1992) the SNL related feature film Coneheads (1993) and the drama Pulp Fiction (1994).
Highly discouraged, Julia parted ways with SNL in 1994 and worked up a feature film version of It's Pat: The Movie (1994) while her irons in the fire were hot. She co-wrote the script with Hibbert and co-starred with David Foley who played Pat's equally androgynous partner "Chris." The feature film did not generate great buzz, however, as it was basically a one-joke premise stretched to the limit.
Life turned extremely dark for Julia at this point. Divorced from Hibbert, brother Michael developed lymphoma. She and her family vainly tried to nurse him back to health. Following his death, Julia herself was forced to fight a life-threatening illness -- cervical cancer. The whole process triggered an outpouring of writing which evolved into a hit one-woman stage show entitled, "God Said, Ha!" Applauded for its candor, wit and humorous handling of such painful subjects, the monologue debuted in San Francisco in 1995, and was playing Broadway by November of the following year.
Eventually Julia contributed a few character cameos in such films as Stuart Saves His Family (1995) starring SNL alumni Al Franken; the Rodney Dangerfield slapstick vehicle Meet Wally Sparks (1997); and former SNL Chevy Chase's lampoon entry Vegas Vacation (1997). Preserving her applauded stage work on film, she wrote and directed God Said, 'Ha!' (1998), with Quentin Tarantino in the producer's chair. While embracing this second career-defining moment, Julia won an Audience Award at the New York Comedy Festival in 1998 for her efforts, and earned a Grammy nomination for the CD version.
Following work on such popular TV sitcoms as "Hope and Gloria," "3rd Rock from the Sun," "George & Leo" (recurring) and "Suddenly Susan," Julia went on to complete a trilogy of personal sojourns on stage into the millennium. "In the Family Way" (2003) recounted her experience adopting a daughter as a single parent, and "Letting Go of God" (2004) traced her religious roots from devout Catholic to atheist.
Other comedy film roles have included her Mom role as Beth Newton in Beethoven's 3rd (2000) and Beethoven's 4th (2001), Clockstoppers (2002) and a voice in the animated feature Monsters University (2013). On TV, she had another Mom role in the TV high school comedy series Maybe It's Me (2001) and appeared in guest parts in "According to Jim," "Frasier" and "Sex and the City," plus recurring roles on Shrill (2019) and Work in Progress (2019).- Actor
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Michael Winslow was born on 6 September 1958 in Spokane, Washington, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (1987), Spaceballs (1987) and Police Academy (1984). He was previously married to Sharon Larrieu, Angela Baytops and Belinda Church.- Blustery, stocky, loud although often genial character actor who has created a niche for himself playing often frustrated and fast talking Southern characters... most noticeably as Sheriff J.W. Pepper alongside Roger Moore in the James Bond adventures Live and Let Die (1973) and The Man with the Golden Gun (1974).
He may have perfected a Southern drawl, however Clifton James was actually born on May 29, 1921 in Spokane, Washington. A graduate of the Actors Studio, he regularly appeared in guest roles on television series, including Gunsmoke (1955), Bonanza (1959) and The Virginian (1962). He was also busy in the cinema with minor roles in classy productions, such as Cool Hand Luke (1967), Will Penny (1967) and The New Centurions (1972). After his 007 escapades, James remained busy putting in a great dramatic performance in The Deadly Tower (1975), played another loud-mouthed Sheriff in the action comedy Silver Streak (1976) and was superb as team owner Charles Comiskey in the dramatization of the 1919 Chicago White Sox scandal, Eight Men Out (1988).
His other roles include that of a wealthy Montana baron whose cattle are being rustled in Rancho Deluxe (1975), and as the source who tips off a newspaper reporter (Bruce Willis) to a potentially explosive story in The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990). He had been quieter in his later years, but showed he could still contribute an enjoyable performance in the wonderful John Sayles movie Sunshine State (2002). James died at age 96 from complications of diabetes at his home in Gladstone, Oregon on April 15, 2017. - Actor
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John McIntire possessed the requisite grit, craggy features and crusty, steely-eyed countenance to make for one of television and film's most durable supporting players in western settings and film noir. Born in Spokane, Washington in 1907 and the son of a lawyer, he grew up in Montana where he learned to raise and ride broncos on the family homestead. After two years at USC, he spent some time out at sea before turning his attentions to entertainment and the stage. As a radio announcer, he gained quite a following announcing on the "March of Time" broadcasts.
In the late 1940s, John migrated west and found a niche for himself in rugged oaters and crimers. Normally the politicians, ranchers and lawmen he portrayed could be counted on for their integrity, maturity and worldly wise, no-nonsense approach to life such as in Black Bart (1948), Down to the Sea in Ships (1949), The Asphalt Jungle (1950), Scene of the Crime (1949) Ambush (1950) Saddle Tramp (1950) and The World in His Arms (1952). However, director Anthony Mann tapped his versatility and gave him a few shadier, more interesting villains to play in two of his top-notch western films: Winchester '73 (1950) and The Far Country (1954) and a kindhearted role in The Tin Star (1957). Television helped John gain an even stronger foothold in late 1950s Hollywood. Although his character departed the first season of the Naked City (1958) program, he became a familiar face in two other classic western series. He won the role of Christopher Hale in 1961 after Wagon Train (1957) series' star Ward Bond died, and then succeeded the late Charles Bickford in The Virginian (1962) in 1967 playing Bickford's brother, Clay Grainger, for three years.
John's deep, dusty, resonant voice was utilized often for narratives and documentaries. In the ensuing years, he and his longtime wife, actress Jeanette Nolan, became the Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee of the sagebrush set, appearing together as the quintessential frontier couple for decades and decades. They were married for 56 years until John's death of emphysema in 1991. They both outlived their son, Tim McIntire, a strapping, imposing actor himself, who died in 1986 of heart problems.- A long-time member of the famed Actor's Studio, Gary Frank began studying with Lee Strasberg in 1969, as well as renowned teachers Peggy Feury and Bill Traylor. Gary's career on film began in 1974 when he was cast by director Richard Donner in the television movie "Senior Year", which went on to become the CBS TV series Sons and Daughters (1974). Gary became a contract player at Universal Studios until the series was canceled after one season; two days later he was cast by director Mark Rydell and producer Mike Nichols to play Willie Lawrence in the critically acclaimed ABC series Family (1976), for which he won an Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1977. After a successful five-season run on "Family", Gary went on to do television movies, features and an impressive array of guest parts on almost every major TV series in the '80s and '90s. "Family" also enjoyed a very successful run as a syndicated series in Europe during those years, as evidenced by the amount of fan mail he and the rest of the cast received from viewers overseas.
Also a writer, Gary has written a stack of scripts and is writing his first novel. Married for 30 years to producer Carroll Newman, they have one daughter who is a senior in the USC School of Film, who intends to follow in her parents' footsteps, as well as her grandfather's, Academy Award-winning composer Lionel Newman. - Actor
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Trevor St. John was born on 3 September 1971 in Spokane, Washington, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for The Bourne Ultimatum (2007), Containment (2016) and Crimson Tide (1995). He has been married to Sara St. John since 2000. They have one child.- Jana Marie Hupp was born on 2 April 1964 in Spokane, Washington, USA. She is an actress, known for Independence Day (1996), Ed (2000) and Barton Fink (1991). She has been married to Brad Weston since 18 April 1992.
- Jordan Fry is mostly recognized for his role as Mike Teavee in Tim Burton's 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' (2005).
Jordan landed his first role as Porter, the grandson of Alan Arkin, in the film Raising Flagg (2006), directed by Neal Miller.
Jordan has trained with Groundling's founder, Gary Austin, and top casting directors, Deborah Maxwell Dion and Joey Paul Jensen. He booked his next lead role as Mike TeaVee in the Tim Burton film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) starring Johnny Depp .
After Charlie he voiced the starring role as Lewis in Disney's Meet the Robinsons (2007).
He lives in Southern California. - Actor
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Andrew Biernat was born on May 31, 1991, in Spokane, Washington, to Tracy Jones and Richard Biernat. He is of Polish-American descent. From a young age, he displayed a talent for entertaining his family with his eccentric characters and antics. At the age of 9, he discovered a passion for skateboarding, which became a central focus in his life. He made the decision to leave high school during the 11th grade, obtained his GED, and relocated to Portland to pursue a career in skateboarding. After being sponsored by a prominent skateboard company, he was asked to move to San Diego to film a part for their new video. However, his dreams of becoming a professional skateboarder were derailed by a significant knee injury during filming. He then stumbled into an acting class, and this marked the beginning of his love for acting. Andrew has taken on lead roles in multiple feature films and made appearances in various television shows and series. He resides in Los Angeles, California, with his wife, Michelle.- Actor
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Dan Donohue was born in Spokane, Washington, USA. He is an actor, known for For All Mankind (2019), Damnation (2017) and Longmire (2012).- Nancy Fish was born on 16 March 1938 in Spokane, Washington, USA. She is an actress, known for The Mask (1994), The Exorcist III (1990) and Sudden Impact (1983).
- Joanne Nail was born on 3 June 1947 in Spokane, Washington, USA. She is an actress, known for Switchblade Sisters (1975), The Gumball Rally (1976) and The Visitor (1979). She has been married to Joseph Cornelius Gallagher since 7 May 1988.
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Starting as a cel washer, Chuck Jones worked his way up to animator and then director at the animation division of Warner Bros. He is famous for creating such beloved cartoon characters as Wile E. Coyote, Henery Hawk, Pepé Le Pew, Marvin the Martian, Ralph Wolf, Road Runner, Sam Sheepdog, Sniffles, and many others, as well as adding to the development of Warner favorites such as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig and countless others.
His most famous cartoons tend to have been created with writer Michael Maltese. Jones' autobiography, published by Simon & Schuster "Chuck Amuck"--a pun on his Daffy Duck short Duck Amuck (1953)--gives a very amusing account of his life. It is liberally sprinkled with hundreds of cartoons with some color plates.- Cathy Lewis was likely best-known as George and Steve Baxter's snobbish sister on Hazel (1961). She played a nemesis of sorts to the show's titular character, Hazel (played by Shirley Booth), the family's busybody domestic who was shunned by Lewis's character (Deirdre Baxter Thompson), an always aspiring socialite who received her self-esteem through the accolades of the upper class, for whose approval and acceptance she yearned. Yet it was Hazel's advice which saved the day.
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Jay Pickett was born on 10 February 1961 in Spokane, Washington, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for Soda Springs (2012), Abandoned (2010) and Port Charles (1997). He was married to Elena Marie Bates. He died on 30 July 2021 in Oreana, Idaho, USA.- Blonde stunner Barbara Moore was born on August 21, 1968 in Washington State. The actress, model and two-time US National Pro-Am Ballroom Dance Champion is often recognized as much for her role as a Fembot in the iconic feature film Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997) as for being one of the most popular Playmate Centerfolds of all time.
Moore was born in Spokane, WA and raised in Seattle and at age 18 relocated to Nashville. Soon after arriving in TN, she launched a modeling and acting career, while working as flight attendant for a commercial airline. Of note, she appeared in music videos for such artists as Reba McEntire, Waylon Jennings, Hank Williams Jr., Aerosmith, Phil Collins and Charlie Daniels.
After her Centerfold appearance in Playboy Magazine, the model went on to serve as a foreign spokeswoman for the iconic publication and was featured in numerous videos, pictorially celebrated layouts and as a "Playboy Bunny" for The "Playboy Turns 60" Tour _(2014). Moore made guest appearances on episodes Married... with Children (1987) "Baywatch Nights"_ "Hightide"_ "Nightstand" Blossom (1990), and has acted in films including Temptress (1995), Beach House (1996), Wild Malibu Weekend! (1995), Cyber Bandits (1995) and Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997). Some additional credits, include headlining _"Headlights & Tailpipes"_ (2006)_ in Las Vegas and was a role in the production Tooken (2015).
In addition to her National Pro-Am dancing championships with dance partner Igor Suvorov, Moore was an NDCA Ballroom Dance instructor. Her dance achievements include 26 championships, two of which were Ohio Star Ball wins and two undefeated championships.
Moore was engaged to marry Lorenzo Lamas, but the couple amicably called off their wedding. Moore and the late businessman Mark V. Blackmon welcomed daughter Priscilla Ann in May 2007.
Moore is a Premier Ambassador for "Beauty Saving The World", a global humanitarian relief non-profit organization as well as the ambassador Playmate for "Playmates for a Peaceable Planet". - Mikki Jamison was born on 13 November 1942 in Spokane, Washington, USA. She was an actress, known for Wonder Woman (1975), Life with Archie (1962) and Beach Ball (1965). She was married to John Rovtar, Gary K. Olsen, John P. Trueblood and Jimmy Griffin. She died on 10 June 2013 in Spokane, Washington, USA.
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Rick Alverson (born June 25, 1971, Spokane, Washington) is an American filmmaker and musician living in Richmond, Virginia. His feature films include The Mountain (2018), Entertainment (2015) and The Comedy (2012). His work has screened in competition at the Venice Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival, and Locarno. He has directed videos for Oneohtrix Point Never, Sharon Van Etten and Angel Olson, among others.- Hazen Audel was born on 25 January 1974 in Spokane, Washington, USA. He is a producer, known for Primal Survivor (2016), Primal Survivor: Extreme African Safari (2023) and Primal Survivor: Mighty Mekong (2022).
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Teasdale trained for the stage at the New York School of Expression. Acting on the stage from 1924, and after appearing in the stage play "The Constant Wife" with Ethel Barrymore in 1927, Teasdale was offered a film contract. In films, she often played society wives, the 'other woman' and second leads in comedies. Teasdale married actor Adolphe Menjou in 1935, a union that lasted until his death in 1963. In the late 1940s Teasdale and her husband appeared on a popular radio show which lasted into the 1950s. Following Menjou's death, she busied herself with her hobby of costume design.- Actor
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Richard Martin began working in films as a receptionist at MGM in the late 1930s. He began appearing in films while under contract to RKO in the early 1940s. Martin created the character of "Chito Jose Gonzalez Bustamonte Rafferty", the Irish-Mexican comic sidekick of cowboy star Tim Holt, in the 1943 film Bombardier (1943). He played the character in a series of 29 films through the early 1950s. Martin married actress Elaine Riley, who co-starred with him in several films. He retired from the screen to work in the insurance business in the early 1950s.- Actress
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Breann Johnson was born in Spokane, Washington, where she began acting at the age of eight in her first stage play.
Johnson stars as 'Maddie Blanton' in the feature film Red Wing (2013) which is produced by Hollywood heavy hitters Ed Pressman and Terrence Malick and directed by Will Wallace. For the role, Breann received the Best Actress award at the 2014 Idyllwild International Festival Of Cinema. She stars alongside Frances Fisher, Joelle Carter, Bill Paxton, Luke Perry and Glen Powell. The story follows a young boy searching for his place in the world and the family who changes his life forever.
Johnson was discovered by actor and director Will Wallace. She enjoys martial arts, cosmetology, and the study of psychology.- Debbie Rowe was born on 6 December 1958 in Spokane, Washington, USA. She was previously married to Michael Jackson and Richard Edelman.
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An orchestra leader renowned for his Dixieland group, Bob Crosby Orchestra, and Bob Crosby and the Bobcats, Bob Crosby is Bing's younger brother. His band continues to perform today. His daughter, Cathy Crosby, appeared with him on his television program and sang in a few movies of her own, including The Beat Generation (1959). He was educated at Gonzaga University, and joined ASCAP in 1954. His popular-song and instrumental compositions include "Big Noise from Winnetka", "Until" and "Silver and Gold".- Actress
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Andi Matheny was born in Spokane, Washington, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for The Resident (2018), True Love Blooms (2019) and David Makes Man (2019). She has been married to Tom Flynn since 14 November 1999.- Actor
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Bob Bledsoe was born on 7 August 1973 in Spokane, Washington, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Big Ass Spider! (2013), Parks and Recreation (2009) and All American Christmas Carol (2013).- John Maxwell was born on 11 March 1918 in Spokane, Washington, USA. He was an actor, known for The Asphalt Jungle (1950), The Prowler (1951) and The Eternal Sea (1955). He died on 18 July 1982 in the USA.
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Born on July 29, 1910, to R.L. and Isabel Rutter in Spokane, Washington, Gale Page was christened Sally Perkins Rutter in the beginning. Coming from a political family, her uncle, Miles Poindexter (1868-1946), was a U.S. senator from the state of Washington who later became an ambassador to Peru. Her great-grandfather was Joseph Gale (1807-1881), the first governor of Oregon.
A one-time radio actress and singer with Ted Weems' Orchestra, she appeared on radio soaps such as "Masquerade" (as blues singer Gertrude Lamont) and as Gloria Marsh on "Today's Children." Spotted for films by Warner Bros, she moved to Hollywood in 1938 and her moniker immediately changed by the studio to the more marquee-friendly "Gale Page."
A lovely, wholesome-faced, curly-haired brunette, Gale was a brief fixture in films nominally consigned to play pleasant, decorative roles in such potboilers as Crime School (1938) (her debut), Indianapolis Speedway (1939), and They Drive by Night (1940). She was handed the role of her career as one of musical sisters in the classic tearjerker Four Daughters (1938) co-starring with the three Lane sisters (Priscilla Lane, Rosemary Lane, Lola Lane) when Universal passed on casting their fourth sister, Leota Lane. She went on, with the others, to co-star in the three sequels Daughters Courageous (1939), Four Wives (1939) and Four Mothers (1941).
Gale appeared in only 16 films during her career, including the action adventure Heart of the North (1938); the Humphrey Bogart crime drama You Can't Get Away with Murder (1939); the musical comedy Naughty But Nice (1939); the action drama Indianapolis Speedway (1939), the domestic drama A Child Is Born (1939), the film noir They Drive by Night (1940); the William Saroyan classic The Time of Your Life (1948). Gale additionally won the lead femme role as the altruistic wife of Knute Rockne All American (1940) starring Pat O'Brien in the title role and Ronald Reagan whose famous catchphrase ("Win just one for the Gipper") showed up here.
After completing a secondary role in the film noir Anna Lucasta (1949) starring Paulette Goddard, Gale abandoned the screen for family life. She reappeared just once in a movie a few years later with the soapy Shirley Booth vehicle About Mrs. Leslie (1954). She also was sporadically seen on several episodes of the TV anthology Robert Montgomery Presents (1950), as well as guest appearances on "The United States Steel Hour," "Hawaiian Eye," "Sam Benedict" and, her last, "The Eleventh Hour" in 1964.
Page was first married to Frederick Tritschler, with whom she had a son. Following their 1939 divorce, she married Count Aldo Solìto de Solis, a pianist and composer. Their son, Luchino Solito de Solis Jr., was featured on Broadway in a juvenile role in the 1956 production of "Waiting for Godot." Gale died of lung cancer on January 8, 1983, in Santa Monica, California, at age 72.- Actress
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Seena Owen was born in Spokane, WA, on Nov. 14, 1894. Her first film was A Yankee from the West (1915) under the name of Signe Auen, when she was 21. The following year she appeared (as "Attarea") in D.W. Griffith's epic Intolerance (1916). In 1919 she played Barbara Riggs in the well-received A Fugitive from Matrimony (1919). This very adept actress appeared in several quality films during her career. After Officer Thirteen (1932) she retired from the silver screen in 1933.
On August 15, 1966, Seena died in Hollywood, CA, at age 72.- Actress
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Megan Elisabeth Kelly is an actress, singer, and musician born on February 14 in Spokane, WA, USA. Her father is from Ireland, and her mother is from England. She is first generation American and holds dual citizenship with Ireland. Her Irish influence also led her to pursue Irish dance at an early age, and she competed in regional competitions in Seattle.
Megan is also a singer and a musician. She has played a multitude of instruments, but she continually plays the piano and the drums.- Actor
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Robin Nelson was born and raised in Spokane Washington. A graduate of Shadle Park High school, he always had a penchant for the creative and the dramatic. He discovered his voice at the age of 14 and wanted to find a way to make use of it for the rest of his life- Actor
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Oryan Landa (pronounced "O'Ryan") is a Theater-trained, New York City based actor with over 80 professional credits spanning TV, Film, Theater, Commercials, and Voice-overs; with recent roles on such series as The Blacklist (2013), Walker (2021), and Chicago Fire (2012), as well as the film The Devil's Candy (2015) (which premiered at TIFF) and the viral music video Maren Morris: My Church (2016).
In addition to working in TV and film, Oryan recently appeared on stage in The Laramie Project and Stories We Tell to Night at the Times Square Arts Center and Hudson Theater in New York City.
Outside of NY, Oryan has lived in Asia, Europe, and Mexico, as well as the Southwest and the Pacific Northwest.
He first started acting while in high school doing commercials and voice overs, and then went on to study Theater at Arizona State University and graduated Summa Cum Laude in Drama and Film/Media Studies, with a minor in Philosophy.
After graduation he moved to Austin, Texas and immersed himself in the independent film scene. While there, he also worked with director Sean Byrne on the popular horror film The Devil's Candy (2015) which premiered at The Toronto International Film Festival, made several appearances on From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series (2014), and interned for director Terrence Malick. But after a summer program at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Manhattan he decided to make New York City his home.
Outside of acting he's also taught English in China, spent time volunteering in India, taught High School Drama in Manhattan, went to school in French-speaking Belgium, and traveled through 26 countries and all 50 states. His ancestry is Spanish-Mexican (mother's side) and Scottish/Mixed European (father's side).- Actress
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Originally from Spokane, Washington, Morrow graduated with a B.A. in Drama and a minor in Speech Communications, from the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington. Upon moving to Los Angeles, Morrow started out as an actress, appearing in several films, including "Basement Jack" and "Ashley's Ashes", with appearances on television shows, "Alias" and "The Young & the Restless". Morrow later worked as a contributing writer and columnist for several online outlets, including, HelloGiggles.com and Nerdist.com, covering pop-culture, technology and video games. In 2017, Morrow co-created, executive produced and starred in the YouTube Red Original series, "Good Game", based on many of her experiences in the gaming industry. Morrow has worked as a live host and anchor in esports and competitive gaming since 2015. She anchored the analyst desk for the series, "ELEAGUE: Street Fighter V 2018 Invitational", on TBS, and hosted the first televised video game competition in America, "Heroes of the Dorm", on ESPN2. Hosting a variety of pop-culture serials, Morrow has also produced, directed and written on several digital series. She has co-anchored Blizzard Entertainment's "Blizzcon" since 2014, and hosted a daily esports news show, "Bleacher Report eStream". Morrow has also acted in several films and television show including, "Alias", "The Young & the Restless", and "Basement Jack", as well as providing voice over for various projects, most notably as Alleria Windrunner in "Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft".- Actress
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Yolanda Montes, artistically known as "Tongolele", became a professional dancer when she was only 15 years old. Tongolele was an exotic dancer and actress of Mexican films from the late 1940's into the 1980's. She was and still is well known in Latin America and Spain. Her father was Spanish/Swedish and her mother English/French, but her maternal grandmother had Tahitian blood. Yolanda Montes "Tongolele is still active as dancer and actress on theatre, television and night clubs.- William Edmonson was born on 15 October 1902 in Spokane, Washington, USA. He was an actor, known for The Twilight Zone (1959), Thirty Years Later (1928) and Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958). He was married to Marian. He died on 28 May 1979 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Ryan Lewis was born on 25 March 1988 in Spokane, Washington, USA. He is a director and actor, known for The Greatest Showman (2017), Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Feat. Ray Dalton: Can't Hold Us (2013) and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Feat. Eric Nally, Melle Mel, Kool Moe Dee and Grandmaster Caz: Downtown (2015).- Writer
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Deanna Oliver was born on 27 September 1952 in Spokane, Washington, USA. She is a writer and actress, known for The Brave Little Toaster (1987), Animaniacs (1993) and Casper (1995).- Actor
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Jeremy Urann was born on 7 August 1992 in Spokane, Washington, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Dancing with Myself (2022), BTS: Permission to Dance (2021) and Workout (2023).- Actress
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Kayla Tabish was born on 31 October 1982 in Spokane, Washington, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for The Girl Next Door (2004), Culture of Fear (2017) and Loren Cass (2006).- Actor
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Brandon Tyler was born on 23 August 1982 in Spokane, Washington, USA. He is an actor and cinematographer, known for Days of Our Lives (1965), Winning London (2001) and So Little Time (2001).- Actor
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Carson Lueders is a 21-year-old singer and songwriter from Spokane, Washington, whose love for music began at age five when he learned to play guitar. With over 14 million subscribers across his social media accounts and in excess of one hundred million views on his YouTube account alone Carson Lueders is quite simply one of the stand out talents of his generation. Carson's music has been nominated for Nickelodeon's Kids' Choice Awards, Teen Choice Awards, and Radio Disney Music Awards. He was a series regular in the hugely popular YouTube series Chicken Girls and was featured in Chicken Girls The Movie. From appearing alongside his music inspiration Keith Urban on national television at a young at to now having worked with award winning producers like Timbaland, Carson's career continues to grow from strength to strength. Carson's latest offering, 'Toxic', is a collaboration with the rapper Quavo that is garnering top 40 airplay.- Actor
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Gil Robbins was born on 3 April 1931 in Spokane, Washington, USA. He was an actor, known for Dead Man Walking (1995), Cradle Will Rock (1999) and Savior (1998). He was married to Mary Robbins. He died on 5 April 2011 in Esteban Cantú, Tecate, Baja California, Mexico.