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Naturi Naughton is an American Actress/Singer best known for her performance as "Tasha St. Patrick" in the hit show "Power" on the Starz Network. She has won 2 NAACP Image Awards for her performance in this role. Many also remember her thrilling portrayal of "Lil Kim" in Fox Searchlight's film "Notorious". Naughton has starred in various other projects such as MGM's remake of the classic film "Fame", Lottery Ticket, The Playboy Club, Mad Men and The Client List. She also appeared on Broadway in the Tony Award winning musical, "Hairspray" for 3 years. Before her transition into film and television, Naughton was a member of the Platinum selling girl group 3LW. Born and raised in East Orange, NJ, she was greatly inspired by Whitney Houston as a child and knew by the age of 5 that she wanted to be a performer. Naughton continues to thrive in Hollywood as a respected actress who has been lauded for her ability to transform into any role she is given.- Actor
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Albert Gordon MacRae was born on March 12, 1921, in East Orange, NJ. During his early years, he resided in Syracuse, NY, and, while in high school, spent much of his time singing and acting in the Drama Club. It was also during this time that he learned to play the piano, clarinet and the saxophone. At 19, he entered a singing contest and won a two-week engagement at The World's Fair in New York, performing with the Harry James and Les Brown bands. In 1940, while working in New York City as a page, he was "discovered" and hired to sing for the Horace Heidt Band. After a two-year stint, he joined the Army Air Corps and worked as a navigator for the next two years. He made his Broadway debut in a show called "Junior Miss", as a replacement in the role of "Tommy Arbuckle". Next, he appeared, again on Broadway, in Ray Bolger's 1946 revue, "Three To Make Ready". It was here that he was spotted by Capitol Records and signed to a long-term recording contract in 1947. He stayed with the label for more than 20 years. In October 1948, on ABC, he starred on the radio show "The Railroad Hour". The show moved to NBC in October 1949 and continued until June of 1954. It presented operettas and musical dramatizations, all starring Gordon and many different leading ladies. Also in 1948, he was signed to a seven-year contract with Warner Brothers Pictures and, soon after, made his film debut in the non-musical, The Big Punch (1948), opposite Lois Maxwell (well-known later as "Miss Moneypenny" in the James Bond films). What followed was a string of hit musicals, starting with Look for the Silver Lining (1949), in which MacRae had a featured role opposite June Haver and Ray Bolger, and five fondly remembered films with Doris Day, beginning with Tea for Two (1950). Perhaps his two best and well-known films were two of his last: Oklahoma! (1955) and Carousel (1956), both written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II and both opposite screen newcomer Shirley Jones. MacRae began to suffer, in the late 1950s and early 1960s, from bouts of heavy drinking and, by his own admission, developed into an alcoholic. He revealed that he had been "picked up for drunk driving" during the filming of "Carousel". He conquered the disease in the 1970s and went on to counsel other alcoholics. He continued recording and performing on dozens of television shows. He and his wife, Sheila MacRae, appeared together frequently and even released an album together. His daughters, Meredith MacRae and Heather MacRae, acted in films and on TV. On September 22, 1974, he appeared as a sheriff on an episode of McCloud (1970), starring Dennis Weaver, entitled "The Barefoot Girls of Bleeker Street". His final film came in 1979, a fine dramatic role in The Pilot (1980), which starred Cliff Robertson. He suffered a stroke in 1982. He continued on with the support of his second wife, Elizabeth, and his five children. This brilliant performer continued to tour, when his health would permit, allowing audiences to relive some of his biggest film hits. On January 24, 1986, Gordon MacRae died at the age of 64, at his home in Lincoln, NE, of pneumonia, the result of complications from cancer of the mouth and jaw.- Actor
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Rotimi was born on 30 November 1988 in East Orange, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Divergent (2014), Power (2014) and Coming 2 America (2021).- Actor
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Robert David Hall was born on 9 November 1947 in East Orange, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor, known for CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000), Starship Troopers (1997) and The Negotiator (1998). He has been married to Judy Stearns since 1999. He was previously married to Connie Cole and Susan Petroni.- Actor
- Producer
Dorian Missick was born on 15 January 1976 in East Orange, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Southland (2009), The Burial (2023) and Shirley (2024). He has been married to Simone Missick since 19 February 2012.- Actress
- Producer
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Antonique is an acclaimed actor and a 2015 Grammy nominated singer and writer. She is most famous for her starring role of Faith Evans in "Notorious" where she received rave reviews and was praised by critics, including Jeffery Lyons who called her "one to watch".
Antonique is one of the new stars of season 2 of Marvel's Luke Cage which debuted on Netflix to amazing reviews. Antonique has a 8 episode arc as Detective Nandi Tyler.
Antonique first garnered attention in her buzz-worthy leading role in "Rent" on Broadway as Mimi Marquez. She became the international poster girl for the show. Antonique played CIA agent Sandra Burns in "Abduction" opposite Taylor Lautner and Alfred Molina, and in "Yelling To The Sky", playing the starring role of Ola O'Hara, opposite Zoe Kravitz, Gabourey Sidibe and Jason Clarke. Antonique recently starred in the TV One romantic comedy Stock Option, which premiered to record ratings for the network and she has a lead role in the Netflix film "Deuces". She has also guest starred and recurred on numerous hit TV shows including "Law & Order", HBO's "Bored To Death", the Sidney Lumet directed "100 Centre Street" on A&E and she has a role in the hit 2017 FOX drama series "Shots Fired".
Antonique shocked the world in 2015 with the release of her first body of work, her EP "Love Is Everything", stemming from her successful Kickstarter campaign in 2012 where Smith raised over $50,000 in 30 days from her fans. 'Hold Up Wait A Minute (Woo Woo)' is the Grammy nominated, edgy, uptempo, future meets retro, soul pleaser that is rising up the charts!
Antonique is also an accomplished songwriter. Having co-written her Grammy nominated single, she has also written songs for several television shows including Shots Fired, where she co-wrote the show's theme song along with several other original songs featured in the show and composed a piece of the score with great Terrance Blanchard.
Having just completed a 20 city "Act On Climate" tour with the Hip Hop Caucus and also singing for the Pope's climate rally for over 100,000 people on the National Mall in D.C., Antonique is a serious advocate for climate justice and human rights.
Sidney Lumet gave Antonique her first job. She played a teen drug addict. He heralded her as "an amazing actress with a great career ahead of her".
Antonique is following the career path of Barbra Streisand, Diana Ross and Whitney Houston; pursuing a career in film and television while also continuing to make her dream of a Grammy-winning recording career into the most amazing of realities.- Music Department
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Dionne Warwick was born on 12 December 1940 in East Orange, New Jersey, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Alive (1993), The Happytime Murders (2018) and Bird Box (2018). She was previously married to William Elliott.- Actress
- Producer
Kiki Haynes was born on 17 December 1976 in East Orange, New Jersey, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for All the Queen's Men (2021), For Better or Worse (2011) and A Wesley Christmas (2022).- Bunny Levine has had a passion for entertaining from her earliest memory. At the age of two, she subjected all her relatives to her rendition of the song "When I Grow Too Old to Dream" at every possible opportunity. Playing with her sister and friends in pre-school days, her favorite game was a simulation of the performances of the current Hollywood stars, replete with screams and fainting, in the mode of the times. Her greatest regret was that she, unlike her contemporary Shirley Temple, had not been discovered in dance class. By third grade she wrote, directed and starred in the epic, "Debbie's Diary." A year or so later, with increased maturity, she limited her contributions to no more than two of the three elements. All through elementary school and high school, she played either the lead or a character role in school and local productions. Transferring colleges on her marriage after sophomore year made her rethink the wisdom of a short, young, character woman gaining fame and fortune in the field, so she switched majors from Theater Arts, but continued to act, and to work on the college radio station. Already pregnant upon graduation, she put her acting aspirations on the back burner for 25 years, working primarily as a school librarian, to help her underpaid college professor husband raise their three children. Storytelling and book talks helped fill her performing aspirations. Foolishly, she would not participate in community theater, thinking of herself as too much of a professional. Upon early retirement, she began taking acting classes, going on auditions, and gradually immersing herself totally in the fabulous, mad world of acting. Soon she was a member of all the unions and began booking commercials, roles on soaps and episodics, as well as films. Upon her beloved husband, Bernie's, death, she moved from the New York area to the LA market, and continued studying, booking, and striving. Among her credits are Law & Order (1990), The Jimmy Show (2001), Everybody Loves Raymond (1996), _Gilmore Girls_, the soon-to-be-released Charles Busch film, and Las Vegas (2003). She considers herself the most energetic and agile septuagenarian in the field and the oldest living student (her philosophy being that you can never stop learning and exercising the acting muscle).
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Anthony 'Treach' Criss was born on 2 December 1970 in East Orange, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for Feast (2005), Juice (1992) and Today You Die (2005). He was previously married to Pepa.- Actor
- Sound Department
Hank Brandt was born on 4 June 1934 in East Orange, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for Kingpin (1996), Dumb and Dumber (1994) and Escape from Alcatraz (1979). He was married to Dixie Dixon. He died on 4 December 2004 in North Hills, California, USA.- Actress
- Music Department
Barbara Montgomery was born on 25 June 1939 in East Orange, New Jersey, USA. She is an actress, known for The Meteor Man (1993), Quantum Leap (1989) and A Different World (1987).- Richard Brevard was born in Orange, New Jersey, and grew up in Hillside, New Jersey.
Studied under Academy Award winner Melissa Leo.
He worked as a Bouncer at Night Clubs in Hoboken and Elizabeth, New Jersey for 6 years.
Has one daughter Amalia Yasmeen Brevard.
Had interest from several different AFL (Arena Football League) teams to play Football but turned them down because of injuries and to Focus on his Acting.
Brother of Neo-Soul singer Carolann Brevard. - Frances E. Williams was born on 7 September 1905 in East Orange, New Jersey, USA. She was an actress, known for The Jerk (1979), Frank's Place (1987) and Week-End with Father (1951). She was married to William Anthony Hall. She died on 2 January 1995 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Tom Spratley was born on 11 April 1914 in East Orange, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for The Hitcher (1986), Sudden Impact (1983) and Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986). He died on 10 June 1987 in Encino, California, USA.
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Stephen Hornyak is a film industry veteran who has been working in Hollywood for over 25 years. He's been an actor on such shows as The X Files, Scandal, and The Shield. Steve is also an award-winning playwright and a screenwriter. He has four films to his credit as producer, the Lifetime thrillers Twisted Twin, and Deadly Reunion, as well as the Hallmark Lion Award nominated film 5 Star Christmas. He's also the producer of the horror/thriller They Crawl Beneath, streaming now. For the past 12 years he has worked in movie market research doing focus groups on such films as Deadpool 1& 2, Red Sparrow, Assassination Nation, Sicarrio, Saldado, Underwater, Spiderman, Into the Spider Verse, and All the Money in the World to name a few. He's worked with directors and producers such as Ridley Scott, Denis Villeneuve, Irwin Winkler, Sylvester Stalone, and Gerard Butler.
In 2023 Steve is working on a narrative mystery podcast taking place in New York City in 1845. The podcast will be produced with an eye toward the material becoming a streaming TV show.- Actress
- Producer
Jeanne Lange was born on 29 August 1948 in East Orange, New Jersey, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Wrestling with God (1990), The Goodbye Girl (1977) and Joe (1970). She was previously married to David Haskell.- Martina Deignan was born on 1 February 1950 in East Orange, New Jersey, USA. She is an actress, known for Ghost (1990), Code Red (1981) and American Playhouse (1980). She is married to Douglas Shelly Kirchner. She was previously married to Malcolm James Arnett.
- Christopher Logan graduated Rider University and was selected as one of two apprentices to McCarter Theatre at Princeton University, under the direction of Arthur Lithgow. John Lithgow and Christopher Reeve, also in the company, performed the premiere of Theodore H. White's "Caesar at the Rubicon". Chris caught the attention of Otto Preminger and a career was born!
He returned for another season of classical rep and was cast as pro athletes in national commercials with Joe Namath, Gale Goodrich, et.al. A martial arts blackbelt, Chris acted & performed stunts for numerous films & commercials, most notably as Tarzan in the first of the "Post Honeycombs Hideout" series and a mugger/rapist in "Death Wish" with Charles Bronson, Hope Lange & Jeff Goldblum.
On hiatus from the "business" in 1984, Chris worked his way to SrVP of an international "temp agency" and in 1995, established his own firm, of which he remains President. He dusted off his union cards in 2000, playing Cops, Agents, Heavies, Soldiers, Lawyers, Bizmen on TV dramas, soaps, & films("Unfaithful", "Twenty-Five Hours", "Stripsearch") and a crazed Nam-Vet, Karate Instructor for a new Virgin Records music video. music video by Little T. - Jacqueline Courtney was born on 24 September 1946 in East Orange, New Jersey, USA. She was an actress, known for Our Five Daughters (1962), The Edge of Night (1956) and Route 66 (1960). She was married to Carl Desiderio. She died on 20 December 2010 in Ypsilanti, Michigan, USA.
- Barbara Caruso was born in East Orange, New Jersey, USA. She is known for Law & Order (1990), The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana (1982) and Center Stage (2000).
- Bill Parker was born on 9 September 1911 in East Orange, New Jersey, USA. He was a writer, known for Black Adam (2022), Shazam! (2019) and Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023). He was married to Elizabeth Hennig. He died on 31 January 1963 in New York City, New York, USA.
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- Soundtrack
Vin Rock was born on 17 September 1970 in East Orange, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for Juice (1992), Nothing to Lose (1997) and Now You See Me 2 (2016).- Misha McK was born on 23 January 1960 in East Orange, New Jersey, USA. She is an actress, known for A Man Called Hawk (1989), He's My Girl (1987) and Me & Mrs. C. (1986). She has been married to Ron Mokwena since 1996.
- Donna Coney Island has appeared in plays and musicals on popular NY stages, performed nationally touring in Theatre for Young Audiences, and was Ms. Frizzle in Scholastic's Magic Schoolbus Live. She co-founded the Whole Theatre Company's sketch comedy group, Style Without Substance, under artistic director Olympia Dukakis, and her comic antics have been seen on Comedy Central, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Comic Relief, and more. Coney, as her friends call her, can be seen as well as heard in commercials, children's series and animated programs, industrial films and audio books. She continues to perform her one-woman musical comedies From Here to Maternity and Afterbirth.
- "Sandy" Barnett was working for the J. Walter Thomspson Agency when he switched careers in the 1930s and began work on the "Lux Radio Theatre" as a producer and director. He started writing for the program in the mid 1940s, and switched to the television version of the long running radio hit in the early 1950s. His television adaptations of novels and previous screenplays on "Lux" were well-respected because of his considerable skill in catching the flavor and spirit of the original work despite the more limited running time of the television show.
- Bunny Bishop was born on 4 October 1929 in East Orange, New Jersey, USA. She was an actress, known for Thriller (1960), Not for Hire (1959) and Campus to Campus (1949). She died on 9 June 2006 in Santa Barbara, California, USA.
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- Music Department
DJ Kay Gee was born on 15 September 1969 in East Orange, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for Juice (1992), Small Soldiers (1998) and Nothing to Lose (1997).- Actor
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Cozy Cole was born on 17 October 1909 in East Orange, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for Rules Don't Apply (2016), The Glenn Miller Story (1954) and Who Shot Pat? (1989). He was married to Lee Parker. He died on 29 January 1981 in Columbus, Ohio, USA.- Writer
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- Actor
Tom Verducci was born on 2 December 1966 in East Orange, New Jersey, USA. He is a writer and actor, known for Million Dollar Arm (2014), 2020 World Series (2020) and The Captain (2022). He has been married to Kirsten Langerfeld since 22 August 1987. They have two children.- Production Manager
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Bruce Carter was born on 7 September 1955 in East Orange, New Jersey, USA. He is a production manager and assistant director, known for Anaconda (1997), Cobra (1986) and Benny & Joon (1993).- Additional Crew
Harriet Birnholz was born on 24 December 1954 in East Orange, New Jersey, USA. She is known for Porky's (1981). She was previously married to Wyatt Knight.- Katherine 'Kitty' Spiegel LeRoy was born on 14 May 1904 in East Orange, New Jersey, USA. She was married to Mervyn LeRoy, Sidney Marcus Spiegel Jr., Ernie Byfield and William Paul Rend II. She died on 6 February 1996 in Beverly Hills, California, USA.
- Eugenia Gilbert was born Eugenia Knapp on November 18, 1902 in East Orange, New Jersey. She attended high school in New York City and went to Mallborough College in Los Angeles. When her father became ill she quit school and got a job as a dancer. She made her acting debut in the short film Paul's Peril (1920). Eugenia began entering beauty pageants and in 1923 she won the title of Miss Los Angeles. She became one of Mack Sennett's bathing beauties and he signed her to a long term film contract. Eugenia starred in dozens of comedies including A Rainy Knight (1925), Sinners in Silk (1924), and A Broadway Butterfly (1925) (where she was, as often, credited as Eugenie Gilbert).
In 1927, she starred in the action serial The Crimson Flash (1927). She was also Leo D. Maloney's leading lady in three Westerns (Don Desperado (1927), The Long Loop on the Pecos (1927), and The Man from Hard Pan (1927)). Eugenia was considered one of the most versatile starlets in Hollywood. In her spare time she liked to go to a cabin she bought in the mountains. Although she made more than sixty films she never became a major star. At the age of twenty-seven Eugenia decided to quit making movies. Her final film was the comedy Courtin' Wildcats (1929). During the 1930s, she worked as a model in fashion shows. She eventually got married and changed her last name to Enders. Eugenia spent her final years living in Santa Monica. She died from heart failure on December 8, 1978 and was cremated. - The daughter of Benjamin Collins and Lillie Smith, she spent most of her early life in New York City. According to the Los Angles Times (April 17, 1921),May Collins started out very young as a member of Mrs. August Belmont's dramatic society in New York City. While there she earned several prizes for acting. She was cast in the stage play "The Betrothal." Later she joined William A. Brady's forces, and played in Owen Davis melodramas.' "The sort you know," laughed Miss May Collins, "where you say: 'You're not the man I married! Get out of the room before I shoot! But gawd, how I love you!'" She also had a part with Grace George in "She Would and She Did." Collins was rumored to be engaged to Charlie Chaplin, but later married Edmund Thomas in 1930. She lost one son to Polio in 1939. She continued to act on stage in Australia and New York City. She was also in the stage play "Kiss and Tell," which included Kirk Douglas and Joan Caulfield. She worked "seriously" with the March of Dimes, according to the Bridgeport Sunday Herald, (May 17, 1953).
- James Gillette was born in 1916 in East Orange, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor, known for Riders of the Purple Sage (1941) and Desert Bandit (1941).
- Joyce Little was born on 20 March 1948 in East Orange, New Jersey, USA. She is an actress, known for Otherworld (1985), CBS Summer Playhouse (1987) and Days of Our Lives (1965).
- M. Coates Webster was born on 15 December 1906 in East Orange, New Jersey, USA. M. Coates was a writer, known for Isle of Destiny (1940), Flying with Music (1942) and I Surrender Dear (1948). M. Coates was married to Marian Litonius Earle Webster. M. Coates died on 9 May 1955 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Anwar Robinson was born on 21 April 1979 in East Orange, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor, known for American Idol (2002), Friends & Lovers: The Ski Trip 2 (2008) and Friends & Lovers (2010).- Actor
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Gene Williams was born on 26 February 1926 in East Orange, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for Johnny Long and His Orchestra (1942), Sticky My Fingers... Fleet My Feet (1970) and Columbia Thrills of Music 9952: Claude Thornhill and His Orchestra (1947). He died on 12 February 1997 in Wilton Manors, Florida, USA.- Producer
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Alexandra Middendorf was born on 16 July 1951 in East Orange, New Jersey, USA. She was a producer and actress, known for Great Books (1993), Circumcision vs. AIDS in Africa (2001) and Understanding (1995). She died on 29 June 2004.- David Garrard was born on 14 February 1978 in East Orange, New Jersey, USA. He has been married to Mary Knox since 16 February 2003. They have one child.
- James Blish was born on 23 May 1921 in East Orange, New Jersey, USA. He was a writer, known for The Secret Files of Captain Video (1953) and Captain Video and His Video Rangers (1949). He was married to Judith Ann Lawrence and Virginia Kidd. He died on 30 July 1975 in Henley-on-Thames, England, UK.
- Irving Gaynor Neiman was born on 25 April 1916 in East Orange, New Jersey, USA. Irving Gaynor was a writer, known for Playhouse 90 (1956), 'Way Out (1961) and Matinee Theatre (1955). Irving Gaynor died on 25 August 1996 in Manhattan, New York, USA.
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Andrew W. Kenah was born on 2 December 1950 in East Orange, New Jersey, USA. He is known for Meet Joe Black (1998), My Best Friend's Girl (2008) and State and Main (2000). He died on 10 June 2021 in Natick, Massachusetts, USA.- Actor
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- Camera and Electrical Department
Allen E. Wright was born on 26 June 1996 in East Orange, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor, known for Manhunt (2023), Extraction Point (2021) and Two Birds One Stone (2020).- Tony Cimber was born on 18 July 1957 in East Orange, New Jersey, USA. Tony is a director, known for Stallone's Knockouts (1990).
- Inez Smith was born on 16 July 1897 in East Orange, New Jersey, USA. She was an actress, known for The Homesteader (1919). She died on 8 July 1919 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
- Stephen Fuchs was born on 16 March 1946 in East Orange, New Jersey, USA. He has been married to Victoria Steinberg since 9 June 1974. They have three children.
- John Newhouse was born on 6 February 1929 in East Orange, New Jersey, USA. He was married to Elizabeth Landreth Wagley and Nancy Riley. He died on 10 December 2016 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.