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- Born in White Rock, British Columbia, Canada, Jewel Staite spent the first three years of life living in Maui, Hawaii. She started out as a model and was recommended at the age of six to act. She won an award as best actor in "Meeting Dad," a Vancouver, British Columbia Film School short.
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Anson is an American actor, born in Mount Prospect, IL and grew up in White Bluff, Tennessee. His mother is Nancy Smith, a former professional golfer. His father Anson Adams Mount II was one of the original contributing editors to Playboy magazine. Anson has an older brother Anson Adams III and a sister Kristin from his father's first marriage. His great-great-great grandfather was a Confederate cavalry colonel in the Civil War. Anson attended the University of the South and Columbia University for MFA Acting Program from 1995-1998.- Actress
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Britt Baron was born in White Plains, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for GLOW (2017), Final Fantasy VII Remake (2020) and Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (2023). She has been married to Taber Onthank since 4 September 2022.- Actor
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Born on October 1, 1921, in White Plains, New York, gruff veteran character actor James Whitmore earned early and widespread respect with his award-winning dramatic capabilities on Broadway and in films. He would later conquer TV with the same trophy-winning results.
The son of James Allen Whitmore and Florence Crane, he was educated at Connecticut's Choate School after receiving a football scholarship. He later earned his BA from Yale University in 1944 before serving with the Marines in World War II. Following his honorable discharge he prepared for the stage under the G.I. bill at the American Theatre Wing, where he met first wife Nancy Mygatt. They married in 1947 and went on to have three sons together -- Steve, Dan and actor/director James Whitmore Jr..
Applause and kudos came swiftly for Whitmore while under both the Broadway and film banners. After appearing with the Peterborough, New Hampshire, Players in the summer of 1947 in "The Milky Way," Whitmore made a celebrated Broadway debut as Tech Sergeant Evans in "Command Decision" later that year. His gritty performance swept the stage acting trifecta -- Tony, Donaldson and Theatre World awards. In later years Whitmore would often comment that most of his satisfaction came from performing on the live stage.
Hollywood soon took notice of Whitmore. Clark Gable happened to be starring in the film version of Command Decision (1948), and it was hoped that Whitmore would get to recreate his award-winning role. But it was not to be. Song-and-dance star Van Johnson, who was looking for straight, serious roles after a vastly successful musical career, was given the coveted part. The disappointment didn't last long, however, and Whitmore made an auspicious film bow the following year with a prime role in the documentary-styled crime thriller The Undercover Man (1949) starring Glenn Ford and Nina Foch. Whitmore scored brilliantly with his second film as well. Battleground (1949), another war picture, was highly praised and the actor became the talk of the town upon its initial release, grabbing both the Golden Globe and an Oscar nomination for "supporting actor" for his efforts.
Hardly the handsome, matinée lead type, Whitmore nevertheless primed himself up for leading roles in a character vein and found a fine range of material come his way. He showed off his soft inner core as a religious, moral-minded family man opposite Nancy Reagan [Reagan] in the inspirational drama The Next Voice You Hear... (1950); featured his usual saltier side alongside Marjorie Main in Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone (1950); ably portrayed a hunchbacked crook in The Asphalt Jungle (1950) and displayed customary authority as a security chief in the stoic military drama Above and Beyond (1952) starring Robert Taylor. Elsewhere, he played it strictly for laughs as a Runyonesque gangster partnered with Keenan Wynn in the classic MGM musical Kiss Me Kate (1953); portrayed a valiant cop fighting off gigantic mutant ants in the intelligent sci-fi thriller Them! (1954); a hard-hitting social worker in Crime in the Streets (1956) and even made the most of his small role as Tyrone Power's manager in The Eddy Duchin Story (1956).
By 1959, the craggy-faced actor known for his trademark caterpillar eyebrows, turned more and more toward the small screen, with memorable roles in The Twilight Zone (1959), The Detectives (1959) (working again with Robert Taylor), Ben Casey (1961) and a host of live theater dramas. He also starred in his own series as attorney Abraham Lincoln Jones in The Law and Mr. Jones (1960), which lasted two seasons.
Every so often a marvelous character would rear its pretty head and interest him back to the big screen. Notable of these were his white man passing for black in the controversial social drama Black Like Me (1964); his weary veteran cop in Madigan (1968); and his brash, authoritative simian in the classic sci-fi Planet of the Apes (1968).
Divorced from wife Nancy after more than two decades, Whitmore married actress Audra Lindley, best known on TV as Mrs. Roper of Three's Company (1976) fame, in 1972. The couple forged a strong acting partnership as well, particularly on stage, and maintained a professional relationship long after their 1979 divorce. Whitmore and Lindley were lauded for their appearances together in such plays as "The Magnificent Yankee," "On Golden Pond," "The Visit," "Foxfire" and "Love Letters," among others.
In the 1970s the actor transformed into a magnificent one-man-show machine playing such celebrated and inspiring historical/entertainment icons as Will Rogers, Harry Truman and Theodore Roosevelt. He disappeared into these historical legends so efficiently that even the powers-that-be had the good sense to preserve them on film and TV in the form of Will Rogers' USA (1972); Give 'em Hell, Harry! (1975), which earned him his second Oscar nomination; and Bully: An Adventure with Teddy Roosevelt (1978).
In his twilight years, Whitmore showed he still had what it took to touch movie audiences, most notably as the fragile prisoner-turned-parolee who cannot adapt to his late-life freedom in the classic film The Shawshank Redemption (1994). On TV he continued to win awards, copping a TV Emmy for a recurring part on The Practice (1997) in the late 1990s. A household face in commercials as well, one of his passions was gardening and he eventually became the spokesman for Miracle-Gro plant food.
Whitmore remarried (and re-divorced, 1979-1981) his first wife Nancy briefly before finding a lasting union with his fourth wife, actress-turned-author Noreen Nash, whom he married broaching age 80 in 2001. Whitmore died of lung cancer on February 6, 2009, after having been diagnosed in mid-November 2008.- Actor
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Benjamin Norris is a Los Angeles based actor, writer, and producer. Originally from White Plains, NY, he honed his craft by studying improv at the Groundlings school, as well as writing, producing, and starring in his own web series. Benjamin is best known for his lovable TV characters, like Trent in Netflix's Never Have I Ever, and Tony in NBC's Superstore. His biggest influences are his grandmothers.- Actor
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Ralph Waite was born in White Plains, New York on June 22, 1928. Educated at Bucknell University where he graduated with a BA degree, Waite existed rather aimlessly as a young adult while trying to find his way in the world. Occupations came and went, including social worker, religious editor for Harper & Row, and even Presbyterian minister after spending three years at the Yale School of Divinity. At age 30, however, he began to study acting and found his true life's passion.
Waite made his professional NY debut in a 1960 production of "The Balcony" at the Circle in the Square and was seen on Broadway in "Blues for Mister Charlie" before earning fine reviews in 1965 alongside Faye Dunaway in "Hogan's Goat". This was enough to encourage him to move West where he began collecting bit parts in prestigious movies, including Cool Hand Luke (1967) and Five Easy Pieces (1970). One of those films, the coming-of-age Last Summer (1969) starred an up-and-coming talent named Richard Thomas, who, of course, would figure prominently in Waite's success story in years to come. Waite continued to thrive as well on the stage appearing in both contemporary plays ("The Trial of Lee Harvey Osward") as well as Shakespearean classics (Claudius in "Hamlet" and Orsino in "Twelfth Night").
Stardom came for him in the form of the gentle, homespun Depression-era series The Waltons (1972). In the TV-movie pilot, the roles of John and Olivia Walton were played by Andrew Duggan and Patricia Neal. The Earl Hamner Jr. series, however, would welcome Waite along with Michael Learned, and make both, as well as Richard Thomas playing their son John-Boy, household names. Waite also directed several episodes of the series during the nine seasons. Throughout the seventies, he strove to expand outside his Walton patriarchal casting with other TV mini-movie endeavors. Those included Roots (1977), for which he received an Emmy nomination, the title role in The Secret Life of John Chapman (1976), OHMS (1980), Angel City (1980) and The Gentleman Bandit (1981). He also appeared in a few films including On the Nickel (1980) which he wrote and directed.
Throughout the run of the series, Waite continued to revert back to his theater roots from time to time. Notable was his role as Pozzo in Waiting for Godot (1977), which was televised by PBS, and a return to Broadway with "The Father" in 1981. Waite also founded the Los Angeles Actors Theatre in 1975 and served as its artistic director.
The Waltons (1972), which earned him an Emmy nomination, ended in 1981 and Waite ventured on to other TV character roles during the 80s and 90s but less visibly. In his second TV series The Mississippi (1982), which was produced by his company Ralph Waite Productions, he played a criminal lawyer who abandoned his practice (almost) for a leisurely life captaining a riverboat. It lasted only a year. There have been other more recent theater excursions including "Death of a Salesman" (1998), "The Gin Game" (1999), "Ancestral Voices (2000) and "This Thing of Darkness" (2002). He also had a recurring role on the offbeat HBO series Carnivàle (2003) and in 2009 began putting time in on the daytime soap Days of Our Lives (1965) as Father Matt. Waite was able to carry with him a certain grizzled, rumpled, craggy-faced, settled-in benevolence, although he was quite capable of villainy. He always seemed more comfortable in front of the camera wearing a dusty pair of work clothes than a suit. He continued to act well into his 80s, most notably playing the father of Mark Harmon on NCIS (2003).
For many years, Waite had held passionate political ambitions. He twice ran unsuccessfully for a Congressional seat -- in 1990 and 1998. A Palm Desert resident during his second attempt, the 70-year-old Californian was a Democratic hopeful for a seat left vacant by the late Sonny Bono after his fatal skiing accident in 1998. He was ultimately defeated by Bono's widow, Mary Bono.
Waite died in Palm Desert, California on February 13, 2014, at age 85. He is survived by his third wife, Linda East, whom he married in 1982 and two daughters from his first marriage.- Actor
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Dan Duryea was educated at Cornell University and worked in the advertising business before pursuing his career as an actor. Duryea made his Broadway debut in the play "Dead End." The critical acclaim he won for his performance as Leo Hubbard in the Broadway production of "The Little Foxes" led to his appearance in the film version, in the same role.- Actress
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Erin Cardillo was raised in Greenwich, CT and has a Bachelor of Science in Performance Studies from Northwestern University, where she studied acting, writing, and literary adaptation. In addition, she spent a year in London studying Shakespeare through Marymount College and a summer at The Public Theater's Shakespeare Lab in NYC. After college, Erin moved to New York and worked extensively on stage, but a decision to pursue a career in film and television brought her to Los Angeles. Since living in LA, Erin has appeared in leading and supporting roles in feature films and in guest starring, recurring, and regular roles on ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, CW, NICK, ABC Family, Lifetime, Directv, FX, and Disney Channel. She returned to the stage in 2012, originating the leading role of Melody Dent in Under My Skin at the Pasadena Playhouse. Erin's background as an actress (and as an acting teacher at Warner Loughlin Studios in Hollywood for many years) fostered her desire to create projects of her own. In 2009, she began writing romantic comedy features as a solo writer with various producers. In 2012, she was the writer/producer for an improvisational romantic dramedy developed at Warner Loughlin Studios (WLS) called Speak Now (Audience Award: Austin Film Festival 2013/now available on Amazon). Additionally in 2012, she partnered with fellow WLS member Richard Keith to create original projects for television. In 2013, Cardillo & Keith won the New York Television Festival's comedy pilot competition, receiving their first development deal at FOX. Shortly thereafter, they partnered with Alloy Entertainment to develop Significant Mother for CW Seed, which was picked up to series by the network and premiered on the CW on August 3, 2015. In 2015, Cardillo & Keith sold an original pilot script to the CW called The I Do Crew with Little Engine Productions and Warner Brothers Television. In 2016, Cardillo & Keith were hired as Co-Executive Producers for Fuller House season 2 on Netflix and sold another original pilot to the CW called Life Sentence, which they developed with Doozer Productions and Warner Brothers Television. Life Sentence was picked up to series and premiered on the CW on Wednesday, March 7, 2018 (now available on Netflix). In 2018, Erin also completed a solo feature project for Disney titled Cursed, which she developed with Mandeville Entertainment. After Life Sentence, Cardillo & Keith went on to be described by Deadline as "the most prolific writers in broadcast television" for the 2018 season, after selling three pilot scripts in the span of a few months: The Family Practice at FOX, developed with Jason Winer's Small Dog Picture Company and 20th; 3000 Hours at NBC, developed with Berlanti Productions and Warner Brothers Television; and Nobody's Princess at the CW, developed with James Cordon's Fulwell 73 and CBS Studios. In 2019, Cardillo & Keith began a multi-year overall deal at Warner Brothers Television, where they continue to develop, write, and produce original TV series for broadcast and cable under their In Good Company banner. In Spring 2019, Cardillo's first feature film, Isn't It Romantic, starring Rebel Wilson and Liam Hemsworth, was released in theaters by New Line and Warner Brothers (now available on multiple streaming platforms). In the last two years, Cardillo & Keith have continued to build In Good Company on both the feature film and television sides of the business. With the addition of Creative Executive Rachel Borders, they've developed four pilots: the TV adaptation of The Five People You Meet in Heaven at FOX with Mitch Albom; the supernatural comedic procedural Pandora's Box and Ship at the CW with Spondoolie producing; the family dramedy Love Me at ABC with Brownstone Productions producing; and the YA soap The Beach at HBOMax with Alloy, Julie Plec, and Jenna Dewan producing. In addition, the duo has developed their first feature film, Fall, produced by Little Engine Productions, which they also plan to co-direct. Erin lives in Los Angeles with her husband, Joe Towne, founder of The Performers Mindset, and their son, Lucas, a future "astronaut/writer."- Actress
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Shelley was born July 6, 1947 and was a model from age 16. Then in the 1970s she was Charlie's perfume girl in TV commercials, after which she went on to appear in bit parts in TV shows and movies. However, her big break came in 1979 when Charlie's Angels (1976) was casting a replacement for Kate Jackson.
Hack was chosen to play Tiffany Welles, however, she lasted only 1 season before she herself was replaced. Hack has lasted a lot longer than some people would have after leaving Charlie's Angels (1976).- Abby Ross is a Canadian actress from Vancouver. Abby had always knew she wanted to perform, with dreams of becoming a singer before she discovered acting. At the age of 8 she did a theatre camp in Calgary and that's when she decided she wanted to act as a career. It took years of classes, failed commercial auditions and background work before she convinced her parents to get a talent agent. Her first professional role was at 15 was a series regular, playing Anastasia Colborne on Citytv's 'Seed' for two seasons. She then went on to recur as a young Emma Swan in ABC's 'Once Upon a Time' and to make appearances in the likes of 'Supergirl', 'The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina', 'DC's Legends of Tomorrow', and many more. Abby still loves singing.
- American character actor specializing in villainous roles. Born in White Plains, New York to Herman E. and Franceska Lauter, he was raised in Denver, Colorado. Although it has been suggested that he appeared briefly in a couple of films during the Thirties, his real movie career began in 1946. He came to be a familiar presence in low-budget films, serials, and television programs in the 1950s, though he only once really came close to stardom, as one of the leads in the television series Tales of the Texas Rangers (1955). Most of his career was spent as a serviceable second lead or heavy, though he continued to play bit parts in larger pictures. The son of an artist, he devoted much of his energy late in life to his own painting and running an art gallery. He died in 1990.
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Michael McGlone was born in White Plains, NY, the third born child of Joe and Jean McGlone. Raised in various towns throughout the American northeast, it was in 1991, when the family was living in Fairfield, CT that McGlone departed for New York City and Tisch School of the Arts at NYU, wherefrom, a year later, in his words he "self-graduated." Not long after, through an ad in the paper Backstage, he landed the role that would mark the beginning of his career as an actor. That role was the beloved Patrick McMullen, the excessively moral and excessively conflicted youngest brother in the Sundance Festival Grand Jury Prize Winning film The Brothers McMullen. With the middle brother and director of that film, Edward Burns, McGlone would go on to star in She's the One and later, with Philip Noyce, The Bone Collector, with Bruno Barreto, One Tough Cop and in Bob Giraldi's classic sleeper independent film Dinner Rush. As prolific in television, McGlone's numerous recurring roles include the fan favorite Detective Szymanski on Person of Interest, Bobby McKeen in Starz' dramatic series Crash, and SpikeTV's The Kill Point. In a return to the screen with Eddie Burns you can also see him in their third feature film together, The Fitzgerald Family Christmas, in which McGlone plays the fiery Quinn Fitzgerald...
Also a writer, director, producer, musician and performer McGlone's life is often full with work on simultaneous projects. Whether his award winning Kenny The Gun, his various poetry and novels, stand-up comedy or Music, McGlone has always pursued the most abundant expression of his multi-talents.
As to Michael's Music, his latest EP, The Center, is now available along with his three full length records, HERO, To Be Down and SPEED, in addition to his various singles, The Other Side, Guinivere, Let the Light In, Everywhere I Go (You Go), Rise Up, The Hammer and Thank you again.... His fourth album, Two Dancers, is on deck...an album which will include, in McGlone's words, "The finest productions of my Music, yet..."
Among the reviews of his Music, one concluded, "The world needs more songs like Hero, and more songwriters like Michael McGlone."
In addition to his writing for both television and film, McGlone is also the author of the novels CAL, "And All the Roses Dying...", Dice, Hourigan's Song and The Soft Drive...as well as several volumes of verse and short stories...
With various projects in development, most recently McGlone can be seen on ABC's The Rookie: Feds, in the role of the hard-nosed Commander Trent Hyde and in the coming weeks look for him on CBS's NCIS: Hawai'i in an episode written by Amy Rutberg, when he joins the exceptional Vanessa Lachey, et al in the role of Dennis Lang...- Actress
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Rosalind Harris was born on 22 December 1946 in White Plains, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for Fiddler on the Roof (1971), The Cotton Club (1984) and Mrs. Santa Claus (1996).- Actor
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Noah Fleiss was born on 16 April 1984 in White Plains, New York, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Brick (2005), Joe the King (1999) and Until Dawn (2015).- Actor
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Reece Daniel Thompson is a Canadian actor known for his work in both film and television. He was born on November 22, 1988 in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Thompson has appeared in a variety of roles throughout his career, ranging from comedic to dramatic. He is perhaps best known for his starring role in the 2007 film "Rocket Science," in which he played a stuttering high school student who joins the debate team. Thompson is a talented actor who is known for his ability to bring depth and nuance to his performances. He has been praised for his range and his ability to inhabit a wide variety of characters.
Overall, Reece Daniel Thompson is a talented actor who has made a name for himself in the entertainment industry with his impressive performances and dedication to his craft.- Kennedi Clements was born in British Columbia, Canada in 2007. She is the oldest of three children. She began acting at the age of 3 and booked a lead role in the TV movie, A Family Thanksgiving (2010) shortly after as her first role. It was obvious, even at such a young age, that this was a passion for her. She has since continued to pursue her goals as an actress adding many credits to her name. Kennedi starred in her first feature film, Poltergeist (2015) as Madison Bowen in 2015. When she is not busy acting she is very involved with her dancing as well.
- Nicholas Elia was born on 29 March 1997 in White Rock, British Columbia, Canada. He is an actor, known for Speed Racer (2008), White Noise (2005) and Supernatural (2005).
- Kyle Beltran was born in White Plains, New York, USA. Kyle is an actor, known for American Horror Story (2011), Inventing Anna (2022) and American Rust (2021).
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Ritesh Rajan was born on 23 October 1988 in White Plains, New York, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Definition Please (2020), Russian Doll (2019) and Barbie: Epic Road Trip (2022).- Nick Creegan was born and raised in White Plains, N.Y. and he is currently a series regular as Marquis Jet on the DC Universe's Batwoman. 10/10/21
He is best known for his major recurring role on NBC's hit Law and Order spin-off, Organized Crime as Richie Wheatley; the son of Mob boss Richard Wheatley played by Dylan McDermott.
Acting has always been a passion of his, and after leaving the corporate world of producing branded documentaries, Nick has been paving his path in the film and TV space. - Known to her generation as the "Queen of Daytime Soaps", Ms. McLaughlin's place in the history of the network soap opera cannot be overestimated. She was not only one of the founding cast members of General Hospital (1963) in 1963 (speaking the series' first line), but it was her negotiation with ABC-TV in the 1960s which won billing for actors on daytime serials for the first time. She was immensely popular with fans, and enjoyed telling the story of being with her movie actor husband, Jeffrey Hunter, only to have fans call her by her character's name ("Jessie Brewer") and not speak to him at all. Hunter's death in 1969 after just four months of marriage left her with a sense of loneliness, which was to follow her for the rest of her life. Still, she was for many years one of the biggest stars on daytime television. Though her role with the show diminished in the late 1980s, she stayed with the series until February 13, 1991, when she appeared for the last time. She died in April of that year.
- Susan Odin was born on 5 January 1942 in White Plains, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Mission: Impossible (1966), The Eddie Cantor Story (1953) and The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964). She was married to Charles R. Rondeau. She died on 17 October 1975 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Andrew Goldberg was born on 17 March 1978 in White Plains, New York, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Big Mouth (2017), Family Guy (1999) and Human Resources (2022).- Bruno the Bear was born in 1962 in White Lake, Wisconsin, USA. He was an actor, known for The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972), Gentle Ben (1967) and Mara of the Wilderness (1965). He died in 1981 in Acton, California, USA.
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Dan Berk was born on 26 February 1987 in White Plains, New York, USA. He is a director and writer, known for Significant Other (2022), Villains (2019) and Body (2015).- Music Department
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Jonathan Larson was born to Allan and Nanette Larson in Mount Vernon, New York, on February 4, 1960. A talented actor and musician, he was offered a full scholarship to Adelphi University on Long Island, where he met his idol (and later mentor) Stephen Sondheim. After graduating, he moved to the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan and, over a period of 12 years, wrote many plays and musicals, including the off-Broadway hit "Tick...tick...BOOM!" It wasn't until 1994, however, that he began work on what would be known as Rent. Finished in 1995, the musical was set to go into previews off-Broadway in early 1996. However, the night of the final dress rehearsal, Jonathan died of an aortic dissection as a result of later-to-be-known Marfan's syndrome.- Irene Purcell was born on 7 August 1896 in Whiting, Indiana, USA. She was an actress, known for The Man in Possession (1931), The Passionate Plumber (1932) and Just a Gigolo (1931). She was married to Herbert Fisk Johnson Jr.. She died on 9 July 1972 in Racine, Wisconsin, USA.
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Pace began his studying with members of the Actors Studio Mimi Turque and Susan Batson in 1995. He then moved on to William Esper's two-year program where he studied under Terry Knickerbocker. He has been awarded "Best Actor" at the 2004 Palm Beach International Film Festival for his performance in the independent feature, Little Kings. He was a member of The MET Theater Company and the Tim Robbins Company, The Actors' Gang in Los Angeles. During the Pandemic of 2020 and 2021, Pace toured the country in an effort to support Small Business Comic Shops. Through autographs of his Gekko character from The Mandalorian, he helped raise over $35,000 for the stores, along with over $10,000 for charity. Mayors of Houston, TX and Sioux City, IA named a day after him in recognition for his contribution to the local economy. The Mayor of Cleveland, TN awarded Pace with the Key to the City. Consistent in booking Guest Stars and Co-Stars on Television, Pace returns to the stage in 2024 with a starring role in Jersey Boys for La Mirada Theater in Los Angeles. Pace is repped by Christina Scott of CA Talent.- Actress
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Mary Bronstein was born on 7 September 1979 in White Plains, New York, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Yeast (2008), If I Had Legs I'd Kick You and Round Town Girls (2009). She has been married to Ronald Bronstein since 3 September 2006.- Since setting out to pursue a profession as an actor in 2009, Jakob Davies has experienced wide spread success in his young, and varied career. He has portrayed iconic characters such as "Lex Luther" in The CW's SMALLVILLE, and recurred as "Pinocchio" in ABC's hit series ONCE UPON A TIME. In 2013, Jakob landed the supporting lead role opposite Jessica Biel in feature film "THE TALL MAN", and shortly following that he appeared in the independent feature THE YOUNG AND PRODIGIOUS SPIVET where Jakob worked alongside Helena Bonham Carter and Callum Keith Rennie with Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet ("Amelie"). In 2014, Jakob had the pleasure of shooting the MGM/Warner Brothers feature IF I STAY, where he played the younger brother of Chloe Grace Moretz. The film went on to be nominated for a People Choice Award, and won two Teen Choice Awards.
In 2015, not only did Jakob's film THE BIRDWATCHER premiere at the Whistler Film Festival, but Jakob was recognized in the festivals annual "Stars to Watch" program. This initiative honors 4 up and coming thespians, who are on the verge on international success and stardom. The nomination is held in high regard across the industry.
In 2016 Jakob was seen in THE ADVENTURE CLUB opposite Kim Coates ("Sons of Anarchy") and Billy Zane ("Zoolander" and "Titanc"). A family friendly film that follows a group of friends who find a magical and mysterious box who band together for an exciting adventure.
Jakob will be seen next starring opposite Nicolas Cage in the dystopian action thriller, HUMANITY BUREAU. - Allen Greene was born on 29 December 1952 in White Hall, Illinois, USA. Allen died on 11 August 1989 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Jenn is an actress and singer who is most known for her critically acclaimed work on Broadway. She was nominated for a Tony Award at age seventeen for her work in the Pulitzer Prize winning musical, Next to Normal. Two years prior, she was the youngest member of the original cast of Duncan Sheik's groundbreaking, Tony winning musical, Spring Awakening. When she was nineteen, Jenn originated the role of Mary-Jane Watson in the notable Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, working alongside Julie Taymor and Bono and The Edge of U2. She later went on to star in the Broadway adaptation of the cult classic, American Psycho, directed by Rupert Goold. Jenn has headlined various concerts and cabarets in prestigious New York venues while continuing to establish a progressing string of off-Broadway, TV, and film credits as well. Her most recent work includes The New Group's Black No More, adapted for stage by Oscar winning screenwriter, John Ridley (12 Years a Slave).- Actress
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Anna Damergis was born on 7 February 1971 in White Plains, New York, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Mother's Day (2005), Law & Order (1990) and Little Nicky (2000).- Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy was born on 7 January 1966 in White Plains, New York, USA. She was married to John Kennedy Jr.. She died on 16 July 1999 in Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Martha's Vineyard.
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Roberto Schaefer, A.S.C., is a BAFTA-nominated Cinematographer who began his film career in Europe working for Martin Scorsese, Joe Pykta and Nestor Almendros. He eventually moved to Los Angeles to shoot for Director Chris Guest. Schaefer shot classic films for Guest such as Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show and For Your Consideration.
Soon thereafter, Schaefer and Director Marc Forster began an extensive collaboration, shooting nine films together including Monster's Ball, Finding Neverland, Stranger Than Fiction, Stay, The Kite Runner, Quantum of Solace, and Machine Gun Preacher. Schaefer has also collaborated with a variety of other directors including Lee Daniels for 2012's The Paperboy, Andrew Niccol for 2013's The Host, Don Cheadle for 2015's Miles Ahead, and Gideon Raff for 2019's Red Sea Diving Resort.
Other recent credits include 2021's Creation Stories directed by Nick Moran for Burning Wheel Productions and 2019's Rattlesnake directed by Zak Hilditch for Netflix.
Schaefer is fluent in Italian and resides in Los Angeles with his wife Caroline Eselin.- Spencer Borgeson was born on 29 March 1994 in White Rock, British Columbia, Canada. He is an actor, known for Supergirl (2015), Supernatural (2005) and 2 Hearts (2020).
- Prince Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David was born on June 23, 1894. He was the son of the future King George V and Queen Mary. He was in the army and was an uncrowned King for a little under a year after the death of his father in 1936. In the early 30s he met an American divorcee, Wallis Warfield Simpson, who was married to her second husband. She and the Prince fell in love and she got divorced in 1936. The Establishment reacted against the idea of a twice married American divorcée as Queen, and Edward decided to abdicate in favour of his younger brother Albert who became King George VI. He and Wallis married in 1937, and became Duke and Duchess of Windsor, though she was not made a Royal Highness. He met Hitler before the war started and Hitler said that Wallis would have made a good Queen. During the war Edward was named Governor of the Bahamas. After the war he lived mainly in Paris where he died in May of 1972.
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Emmy® Award-winning writer and producer Steven Jon Whritner has served in senior executive level positions at several of the leading cable and broadcast networks. Whritner has also created and produced more than 100 hours of successful television programming netting many of the industry's top honors.
Whritner served as senior producer at A&E Networks; Creative Director and Executive in Charge of On-air Promotion at United Paramount Network's flagship station in New York, UPN 9; and Vice President of Creative Services for Food Network where he spearheaded the network's complete corporate re-design, while packaging hit shows such as "Emeril Live".
Whritner also served as Executive Vice President, Production and Development at Big Chief Entertainment, Inc. where he created and produced several long-running television series, including TLC's award-winning "Repo Men: Stealing for a Living" and the dating game show "Get The HookUp" for TV One, among others.
Prior to Big Chief, Whritner was one of television's leading marketing and promotion executives and was instrumental in the launching and branding of several leading cable networks, while also overseeing high-end marketing campaigns for major network and studio clients, such as ABC, CBS, NBC, HBO, MTV Networks, Showtime Networks, Discovery Communications, History Channel, HGTV, Paramount Television, Buena Vista Television, Fox Television, Warner Brothers Television, and Proctor and Gamble Productions.
In addition to his extensive producing career, Whritner's writing for film and television has been recognized for excellence by today's leading screenwriting competitions, including the Page International Screenwriting Awards, Creative World Awards, Austin Film Festival, Tracking Board's Launchpad Competitions, and the prestigious Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting. Recent writing commissions include the major motion picture screenplays for the sci-fi odyssey "Tartarus", the family drama "A Father's War", and the psychological thriller "The Huntsman".
In 2006 Whritner launched Plymouth Rock Entertainment, Inc., a creative agency specializing in the development, production and marketing of a vast range of entertainment content, including the nationally syndicated daytime court show "Jury Duty" for which Whritner served as an executive producer. Current Plymouth Rock projects in active development include the scripted dramas "License to Steal", "Ravenous", and "Son of the Dragon".
Whritner attended Rhode Island School of Design and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Film and Television from New York University Tisch School of the Arts. Since then and throughout his career Whritner's work has been recognized with numerous industry accolades, including an Emmy®, multiple Telly's, and the prestigious World Class Award, PromaxBDA's highest honor.
Whritner recently served on the Board of Directors for Stowe Story Labs, New England's premiere institute for emerging screenwriters and creative producers, and is a senior advisor to the Board of Directors of the Sam Houston Southwest Film Investment Fund, LLC, while also serving as the Fund's Executive Vice President, Production and Development.- Actor
- Producer
John Wollman was born on 4 May 1964 in White Plains, New York, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Saint Michael of the City (2024), As They Made Us (2022) and Paint (2020).- Addie McPhail was born on 15 July 1905 in White Plains, Kentucky, USA. She was an actress, known for Corsair (1931), Aloha (1931) and Midnight Daddies (1930). She was married to Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle and Lindsay McPhail. She died on 14 April 2003 in Canoga Park, Los Angeles, California, USA.
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- Casting Department
- Additional Crew
Peter Iasillo Jr. was born on 27 March 1953 in White Plains, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Top Five (2014), HellBilly 58 (2009) and Generation Um... (2012). He died on 21 February 2017 in Greenwich Hospital, Connecticut, USA.- Katherine Johnson was born on 26 August 1918 in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, USA. She was married to James Arthur Johnson and James Francis Goble. She died on 24 February 2020 in Newport News, Virginia, USA.
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- Camera and Electrical Department
Bill Winters is a two time Emmy Award winning Director of Photography with over 20 years experience in the film and television business. He is known for helping create the look of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee with Jerry Seinfeld, his camerawork for Hamilton on Disney+ which won him a Prime Time Creative Arts Emmy Award, several Netflix documentaries including the #1 Netflix show Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich, frequent collaborations with Oscar nominated director Joe Berlinger such as Conversations With A Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes, Oprah Winfrey's Oscar Special, and multitude of projects for clients such as Apple, Microsoft, Samsung, Vanity Fair, Twitter, IBM, National Geographic, Discovery, and many more.- Writer
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With 65 feature script sales and 27 produced films, Vancouver, Canada born writer Kraig X Wenman's psychological thriller Secret Obsession scored 40 million views in 28 days putting it into the Top 10 most-watched Netflix Originals ever. Additionally, Kraig has had the #1 approval ratings on BOTH the Lifetime Movie Network and Hallmark Movies & Mystery channels.
Kraig's most recent film Bandit is a true-crime biopic on infamous bank robber Gilbert Galvan Jr starring Josh Duhamel, Elisha Cuthbert, Nestor Carbonell, and Mel Gibson.
Bandit was released in theaters and VOD peaking at #1 in Independent Film and Comedy categories across iTunes, Amazon, and Vudu. It remains in the Top 10 of all new VOD releases.- Actress
- Location Management
Born on May 16, 1961 in White Plains, New York, USA to a Norwegian career diplomat and his former actress wife, Arvesen grew up all over the world as a result of her father's international postings. Before she made the decision to move back to the states in 1986 she had her own talk show in Norway for three years and had worked as an actress in Egypt, Brazil, Costa Rica and Norway. She had to start all over again as an actress when she came to the US but was eventually cast in the 1987 movie Dragnet (1987) with Dan Aykroyd and Tom Hanks. She got her big break when she was cast as the mysterious Cassandra Rawlins on soap opera The Young and the Restless (1973). When her stint ended after 3 years Arvesen went on to appear in the NBC soap opera Santa Barbara (1984). Then, she retired from acting and opened her own dance studio in Santa Monica, California, as she is classically trained ballet dancer.- Gordon Armitage was born on 1 October 1909 in White Valley, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955). He died on 11 January 1989 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Lexie Sperduto was born on 30 April 1989 in White Plains, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for The Sopranos (1999), Prince of Central Park (2000) and Dinner Rush (2000).
- Actress
- Producer
Jennifer Caroline Messina is an LGBTQ-American recording artist, songwriter, actress, model, producer, influencer, and author. Born in White Plains, NY, and lived half of her life in Derry, NH, she started her career in local New Hampshire productions before moving to Los Angeles. She is of Sicilian descent. Growing up, she was very active in singing solo and in a choir as well as acting. She competed in Miss America pageantry throughout her teenage and young adult years. At 17 years old, she enlisted into the US Army and after completing her Bachelor's, she was commissioned as a Lieutenant into the military. Jennifer is a graduate of the Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA as an Electronic Production Design Major with a Voice Principle. Messina's Music is Mental Heath themed and based on her personal life experiences. Messina's fan base is called the "Messina Mafia" based on her Sicilian descent and entrepreneurial work ethic.
With over 500K streams on Spotify for her music and 100s of thousands of followers on social media for modeling and acting, Jennifer has been in TV Shows such as HBO's Euphoria, and movies such as Top Gun 2 starring Tom Cruise. She has been featured in Investigation Discovery's "Man With a Van," TV Talk show "The Doctors" and "Let's Make a Deal," USAA banking, to name a few. "Aggressive? Honey, it's Assertive" is Jennifer's published self-help book on blunt confidence building. Jennifer is also an executive producer of an Animation show called "Sirius Artificial Intelligence: a Post-Apocalyptic Musical" as well as Communication by Captivation Production Company Shareholder. She has produced podcasts, voice-overs, reality TV, and her own make-up beauty brand: Messina Glam.- Noah Rivera is an actor based in New York. With his family rooted in New York City, Noah could not escape the city life growing up in the suburbs. Exposed to the acting industry at a very young age by his father Dwayne Rivera, Noah developed a passion. He made his debut as an actor in 2015, starring in Drifting Song (2017) as an innocent son, unsettled by broken dreams. He is also known for Tango Shalom (2021) and Back in the Day (2016).
- Raven Hart was born in White Earth Reservation, Minnesota, USA. She is known for North of 60 (1992), The Diviners (1993) and Spirit Rider (1993).