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- Andrea Alexis Parker learned to walk on the sand in Newport Beach, California. Andrea's natural grace led her beloved mother Karen Macaulay to enroll Andrea in ballet lessons at 5 years old, soon turning to serious classical training by the age of 8. By the time she was 11, Andrea's passion for dance was so strong that she began to leave home each summer to continue her formal ballet training in NYC and San Francisco. At 15, it was the thrill of her very young life to be invited to train full time with the San Francisco Ballet School and perform year-round with The San Francisco Ballet Company. Moving away from home to dance at The War Memorial Opera House while also touring with SFB was a dream come true, but life had other plans for Andrea.
Forced to retire from ballet at 18 when her 5'10" height (6'3" on point!) proved problematic for the lesser stature of the male ballet dancers, Andrea moved home to Los Angeles, where she studied and transitioned to contemporary dance. Andrea found herself a dance agent and began to book countless commercials, industrials, videos and dance gigs including MARRIED WITH CHILDREN. Her talent took her from LA to New York to Europe as a professional dancer, until she returned to Hollywood to study acting.
While continuing her studies, Andrea performed in several plays in Los Angeles where her talent was recognized by the legendary Susan Smith, eponymous head of what was then the hottest boutique talent agency in town. Andrea soon had her very first acting audition, and booked the role in what would become the classic Emmy-award winning SEINFELD episode "The Contest" and she never looked back as her acting took center stage.
Andrea's acting career took off when she was cast as George Clooney's love interest for the first two seasons of the global phenomenon hit series E.R. Next, she was set as the co-lead opposite David James Elliott in J.A.G. but faced a devastating disappointment when the network decided to go in another direction, replacing her after the pilot episode. Never one to quit anything, Andrea faced down those same network executives the very next season, landing her iconic starring role as Miss Parker in THE PRETENDER.
Andrea took the opportunity to learn fight choreography from some of the world's best stunt women, and learned how to handle firearms and shoot by the LAPD, bringing maximum authenticity to the boss lady roles she so often plays. She trained in stunt driving with world renowned stunt driving coach Bobby Ore, and held her own in the Toyota Celebrity Long Beach Grand Prix.
Andrea showed her incredible versatility as an actress when she shifted from drama to comedy, starring for 4 seasons as the gorgeous Lydia Weston in the underrated ABC ensemble comedy LESS THAN PERFECT, alongside such stars as Zachary Levi, Eric Roberts, Patrick Warburton, Sherry Shepherd, Will Sasso and Andy Dick.
Andrea was thrilled to join the cast of long running hit series DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES in its final season, and most recently held dual roles as twin sisters Mary Drake and Jessica DiLaurentis in the wildly popular Freeform series PRETTY LITTLE LIARS.
Andrea lives in Los Angeles and is married to the man of her dreams, film producer Michael Birnbaum. - J.L. Reate was born on 14 September 1979 in Monterey County, California, USA. She is an actress, known for The Golden Child (1986).
- Jerry Fujikawa was born on 18 February 1912 in Monterey County, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Chinatown (1974), Farewell, My Lovely (1975) and Kung Fu (1972). He was married to Marion Gates. He died on 30 April 1983 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.
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Edgar Kennedy, who was born on April 26, 1890, near Monterey, California, hit the road as a young man and traveled across the country, working in a succession of jobs. He became a professional boxer, claiming to have gone 14 rounds against The Manassas Mauler, Jack Dempsey.
In addition to his knowledge of the "Sweet Science", Kennedy possessed a good musical voice, and wound up singing in musical shows in the Midwest, his first taste of show business. During his cross-country peregrinations he wound up in Los Angeles, and found himself hired as an actor by comedy producer Mack Sennett. At the Sennett Studios he was allegedly one of the original Keystone Kops, but soon graduated from bit parts to supporting roles in Keystone comedies, including Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914) with Charles Chaplin. Kennedy had good roles in other Chaplin movies, but when his contract expired in 1921 he went freelance, though he did occasionally return to Sennett.
After leaving Sennett Kennedy established himself as a first-rate supporting comic, and made a career out of playing harassed businessmen, next-door neighbors, cops, etc. By the late 1920s his craft was most prominently featured in comedies for Hal Roach, Sennett's arch-rival, where he flourished in support of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. It was with Roach that he developed his mastery of the "slow burn", a routine for which he became famous. He often played a none-too-bright policeman brought to the boiling point by the absurdities of Laurel and Hardy. He also directed the two in From Soup to Nuts (1928) and You're Darn Tootin' (1928).
RKO hired Kennedy to appear in a series of comedy shorts called "The Average Man," in which he played the head of a family. The shorts had very tight shooting schedules, often as few as three days, but Kennedy was always a pro and delighted the audience by giving them his all. He made over 200 short subjects and appeared in over 100 feature films, still in demand right up to the day he died of cancer on November 9, 1948.- Actress
Midori was born on 29 January 1941 in Monterey County, California, USA. She is an actress, known for McCloud (1970), Krakatoa: East of Java (1968) and Hangup (1974).- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Producer
Christopher Disney Miller was born on 10 December 1954 in Monterey County, California, USA. He is an assistant director and producer, known for The Black Hole (1979), Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983) and Tex (1982).- Actor
- Producer
- Director
Gary Ambrosia was born on 25 April 1980 in Monterey County, California, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006), Project 12 (2012) and Pop Culture Breakdown with Overlord DVD (2021).- Brittany Williams is an actress and internationally published model best known for The Spongebob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015), and Traded (2016). She was born in Monterey Bay, California. Brittany's acting career began as a child in San Francisco. She studied Theater Arts at Monterey Peninsula College in her hometown before graduating Magna Cum Laude from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Brittany is a trained dancer and competed on a national dance team for five years.
- Actor
- Writer
Dina Ramona Silva is an actor/writer/musician. She was allergic to bees as a child, but thinks now she has outgrown it. She has yet to actually test this theory in fear of maybe dying. Dina has always loved the art of storytelling and performing. Her academic accolades include one semester at UCSC for theater and two years at Cabrillo Community College. Both colleges she studied theater but never graduated. Some say it was financial hardship that she never quite finished, others say it was the dyslexia. Maybe it's Maybelline or maybe she's born with it. Dina lives in Los Angeles in hopes that one day she'll finally finish something.- Joanna Miller was born on 4 April 1956 in Monterey County, California, USA.
- Ariel Clark was born on 23 November 1984 in Monterey County, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Baby Geniuses (1999), I'll Remember April (1999) and My Summer Story (1994). He died on 4 April 2007 in Pacific Palisades, California, USA.
- John William Hoge was born on 30 May 1955 in Monterey County, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Dallas (1978), Dallas: J.R. Returns (1996) and Dallas: War of the Ewings (1998). He has been married to Pamela Willard since 20 November 1985.
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- Producer
- Director
Kyle Marie Colucci grew up in Northern California where she was first exposed to acting through shows with Missoula Children's Theatre. She received two drama scholarships in high school and went on to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre from the University of Southern California, with an emphasis in both stage and on-camera acting.- Actress
- Writer
- Director
Marissa Merrill was born on 15 April 1988 in Monterey County, California, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for The Knowing (2021), End (2009) and Another Yeti a Love Story: Life on the Streets (2017).- Actress
- Special Effects
Tia Bean was born on 30 October 1987 in Monterey County, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Post-War (2015), Truth or Dare (2013) and The Blood Let (2013). She has been married to Patrick Andrew Bean since 14 August 2011.- Actress
- Cinematographer
- Editor
Mona Eadington was born on 12 September 1973 in Monterey County, California, USA. She is an actress and cinematographer, known for Star Trek: Hidden Frontier (2000), Own Worst Enemy (2012) and Brushing Teeth in Undies: The Best of Liv Films (2008). She was previously married to Jed Gillen.- Editor
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Director
William Lorton is best known for directing Take Away One (2013) and Spitfire 944 (2006), as well as editing television series like Face Off (2011) and Dr. Phil (2002). Lorton graduated from USC Cinema in 1992, just as his student film Cheating, Inc (1991) was selected for competition in the 1992 Cannes Film Festival. He has been married to Amy Arthun since 2008. They live in Los Angeles with their three children.- Tara Reade was born on 26 February 1964 in Monterey County, California, USA. She was previously married to Ted Dronen.
- Frido Mann was born on 31 July 1940 in Monterey County, California, USA.
- Suzanne Aoki was born on 14 January 1980 in Monterey County, California, USA.