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Ruth Etting was born on 23 November 1896 in David City, Nebraska, USA. She was an actress, known for Hips, Hips, Hooray! (1934), Road to Perdition (2002) and Water for Elephants (2011). She was married to Myrl Alderman and Martin Snyder. She died on 24 September 1978 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.- Dee J. Thompson was born on 7 June 1920 in the USA. She was an actress, known for The Glass Bottom Boat (1966), Love in a Goldfish Bowl (1961) and The Lady Takes a Flyer (1958). She was married to James S. Pollak. She died on 5 August 2009 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.
- Lil Travieso was born on 6 August 2002. He was an actor, known for Lil Travieso: Homies (Remix) (2021), Lil Travieso feat. KlumzyDoll: War Zone (2021) and Lil Travieso x Lil Nate: Thuggin (2021). He died on 6 July 2022 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.
- John Napier was born on 2 December 1926 in Roda, Virginia, USA. He was an actor, known for The Great Sioux Massacre (1965), The Gypsy Moths (1969) and The Time Tunnel (1966). He was married to Mary Cora Machin, Lisa James and Mary Catherine Vaughan. He died on 17 November 2008 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.
- Robin Olds was born on 14 July 1922 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. He was married to Ella Raines. He died on 14 June 2007 in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, USA.
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Buddy Swan was born on 24 October 1929 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Citizen Kane (1941), Haunted House (1940) and Scared Stiff (1945). He was married to Donna L. Coon. He died on 21 March 1993 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.- Pat Lysinger was born on 30 April 1943. She was an actress, known for The Berenstain Bears' Christmas Tree (1979), The Bob Newhart Show (1972) and The Berenstain Bears' Comic Valentine (1982). She was married to Michael Gallagher. She died on 28 June 2016 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.
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Known in the "Roaring Twenties" as "the crooning Troubadour", Nick Lucas was one of the early stars of American popular music. He was a well-established, influential singer and guitarist. Nick would become one of the most popular crooners on radio.
Nick Lucas was born in Newark, New Jersey in 1897. His birth name was Dominic Nicholas Anthony Lucanese. At an early age, Nick learned to play the guitar, the mandolin, and the banjo. He, along with his brother Frank, would play Italian weddings and Italian christenings. They would play on street corners and in saloons. Nick became a very popular recording artist, renown both for his beautiful, sincere singing and his exceptional guitar playing. His guitar playing was very advance for the age.
Nick was among the earliest solo jazz guitar players, and made the first solo jazz guitar record for Pathe in 1922. Nick wrote original compositions for the recording, "Picking the Guitar," and "Teasin' the Frets." These songs would blaze a trail for many generations of guitarists to come. In 1922, Nick would also introduce the song, "Yes, We Have No Bananas," while playing for the Russo-Fiorito Orchestra at the Edgewater Beach Hotel in Chicago. This orchestra was heard over the entire country on Chicago's WEBH radio station.
Fellow guitarist, Eddie Lang would often speak about Nick's fast runs, and graceful playing.
In 1923, Nick discovered that he needed a guitar that would both project and provide a balanced sound for his vocalizations. He approached the Gibson Company and had a special guitar built for him. This guitar became known as the Nick Lucas Special. This model was the first custom-made signature guitar. Gibson kept this model in continual production from 1927 to 1940. Delta blues great, Charley Patton played a Nick Lucas model.
His 1926 tour of Europe set records for the time at the London Palladium, and the Cafe de Paris. Nick never performed again in Britain.
When Nick appeared in the 1929 Gold Diggers of Broadway, he introduced two songs of note, "Painting the Clouds with Sunshine," and "Tiptoe thru the Tulips." This last became his only number one hit, selling more than 2 million records. Warners offered Nick a seven-year contract. Nick turned it down. The contract then went to Dick Powell. Nick eventually made a series of shorts for Universal and Warners.
In the 1940, Nick was often heard on radio shows of the period, singing a playing his most popular songs. He also played 100 consecutive weeks at Hollywood's El Captain Theater. In the 1950, Nick played shows in Las Vegas, Reno and Lake Tahoe. He also often appeared on television in shows such as the Ed Sullivan show.
Nick appeared in the 1974 film, The Great Gatsby. In it, he sang, "I'm Gonna Charleston Back To Charleston," "When You And I Were Seventeen," and "Five Foot Two, Eyes Of Blue." The film won an Oscar for the best music.
Nick Lucas died in Newark, New Jersey, on July 28, 1982. During his career, Nick sold over 84 million discs, the bulk of them in the 1920's. Nick left behind him a great musical legacy that influenced many other musicians to come after him.
"..I began on simple chords like most everybody, and then I studied for a year on the Nick Lucas book." -Joe Pass
"Me and my younger brother, John, used to listen to that record, "Picking The Guitar" and "Teasing The Frets." We'd play it over and over again. And boy, we'd say, "Can't that fellow play! Wow!!" " -Merle Travis
"I've been the luckiest guy in the world. If you disc jockeys had been on hand when Nick Lucas first hit his stride he'd be the biggest name in show business." -Bing Crosby
"We fellows in the field of western music know that Nick Lucas pioneered with guitar music. He can do two of the old favorites and throw a blanket of nostalgia over any audience in America." -Eddie Dean- Composer
- Music Department
Myrl Alderman was born on 11 September 1908 in Leoti, Kansas, USA. He was a composer, known for Something to Sing About (1937). He was married to Ruth Etting. He died on 16 September 1966 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.- Actor
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Jesse Holland, born in Carthage, Texas, was raised just a stone's throw away in Longview. He is the eldest of three children born to Dianne Hershberger and Terry Holland. His sister, Melanie Blalock, is a country western singer based in Little Rock, Arkansas. Youngest sibling, Teri Kuiper, is currently working her way toward her Texas Law Enforcement Certification. Love of the arts came naturally from his mother who is an author, poet and screenwriter.
Jesse began acting and singing in church and community outreach programs when he was just five years old. As he grew, so did his love of acting. He was in numerous productions at Pine Tree High School and at Longview's Community Theater. He also worked as a model for local area clothing stores.
When his stint in the U.S. Army ended in 2001, Jesse moved on to Miami, Florida where he started his own business. But, before long his love for acting prompted him to seek roles in local projects. He performed in several critically acclaimed film festival and art house ventures before landing a role in the underground feature film "American Skin II" directed by Thomas Griffith. His role as reluctant killer Buddy Logan garnered excellent reviews. On the advice of his acting coach, Jesse left Florida for Hollywood. He quickly landed parts in HBO's "Deadwood" and Nu-Lite Film's "Color of the Cross."
In his spare time Jesse is an avid horse enthusiast and has competed in several local bull riding competitions, and though he did his best he is quick to admit that so far, the bulls have usually won. He is also a licensed private pilot and is currently working on his helicopter rating.
Jesse is currently writing and producing his own one man show, aptly named "The Tales of a Southern Gentleman." He can be seen in current hit television series such as "My Name Is Earl", "According To Jim" and "Threshold". He serves as a Youth Counselor for the American Cancer Society's Camp Reach 4 the Sky for kids who have been diagnosed with cancer. Jesse is also passionately involved with Hearts of Life Animal Rescue organization in Sulphur Springs, Texas.- Actor
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Justin Carmical was born on 11 April 1971 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for You Can Play This! (2009), To Boldly Flee (2012) and Kickassia (2010). He was married to Jenny Valentine. He died on 23 January 2014 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.- Marshie Patton was born on 14 July 1923 in Harrisville, West Virginia, USA. She was an actress, known for Aru heishi no kake (1970) and Time Travelers (1966). She was married to Raymond Charles Arthur Purl. She died on 19 July 2013 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.
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Born in New York and raised in Los Angeles and Europe, Robert Dassanowsky attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, the AFI Conservatory and holds a Ph.D. from UCLA. A widely published film and literary historian, he is also an award-winning playwright and has written for television. As Professor of Germanic Studies and Film at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, Dassanowsky is particularly known for his influential work on Austrian author Alexander Lernet-Holenia, on controversial German filmmaker and photographer Leni Riefenstahl, and on Austrian and Central European cinema in general. In 1999 he reestablished Belvedere Film, the postwar film company his mother Elfi von Dassanowsky co-founded, and has since been active as an independent international producer.- Actress
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Emily Spiegel was an actress, known for Head Cases: Serial Killers in the Delaware Valley (2013), Head Case (2007) and Post-Mortem (2010). She died on 26 March 2014 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.- Linda Goodman was born on 9 April 1925 in Morgantown, West Virginia, USA. She was married to Sam O. Goodman and William Herbert Snyder. She died on 21 October 1995 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.
- Actress
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Jan Kuehnemund was born on 18 November 1953 in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA. She was an actress and composer, known for Hardbodies (1984), Bad Business (1996) and Vixen: How Much Love (1990). She died on 10 October 2013 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.- Actor
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J. Neil Schulman is a writer, publisher, radio personality, composer, prophet, filmmaker, and actor.
He was born in Forest Hills, New York, the only son of Julius Schulman, a renowned concert violinist who won CBS's Arthur Godfrey Talent Scouts competition, and to Betty Schulman, a painter. He grew up in New York City, New Orleans, and Massachusetts, and beginning in high school, regularly sold sports and event photography to newspapers, and once had his art photography submitted to New York's Museum of Modern Art. After dropping out of City University of New York, he pursued a career as a writer, making his first professional sale to the New York Times Book Review in 1973.
Schulman's journalism includes humor sold to Reader's Digest and the Los Angeles Times Book Review, op-eds in the Los Angeles Times and Orange County Register, and feature articles in magazines as diverse as National Review and Cult Movies.
In 1975 he moved to Southern California, living in Long Beach, Hollywood, and Venice, and settling in Culver City. In 1985 he married singer/composer Kate O'Neal, and lived bi-coastally between California and New York for five years. Their daughter, Soleil O'Neal-Schulman, was born in Culver City in 1991. They divorced the following year. During these years he worked as an assistant to a Hollywood talent agent, as a first reader for a New York book publisher, as a literary agent, and as a raunchy humor magazine editor. He produced classical music for Texas cable television, traveled as a researcher for a Pennsylvania public television station, taught a graduate course in media studies for the New School in New York City, and produced original radio drama for the Pacifica Radio Network. In 1989 he founded the first of two book publishing companies which made bestselling authors' books available either by on-demand print or for download, and he's been called a pioneer of the eBook by the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and Esquire. In 1990 he began a career as a radio talk show host.
He's the author of ten books including three novels. His career as an author began with his novel Alongside Night published in 1979, which won endorsements from Anthony Burgess and Nobel laureate Milton Friedman, and went on to win the Prometheus Hall of Fame Award. His 1983 novel, The Rainbow Cadenza, also won the Prometheus Award, and inspired a Laserium show. His latest novel, Escape from Heaven, was a finalist for the Prometheus Award, and is currently being developed as a feature film. Other books include a collection of short stories, a book which concludes that both of O.J. Simpson trials failed to reach the truth, a widely cited study of gun-control laws, and an omnibus collection including an essay on the meaning of life and eight of his poems. His latest book tells of his conversion from lifelong atheism to being a firm believer in God who still distances himself from religion.
His screen-writing career began with an original feature-film treatment sold to Herb Jaffe's Vista Films in 1983, and in 1986 he sold two original scripts to CBS's revived Twilight Zone, one of which, "Profile in Silver," was produced. The outlines and first two drafts of that teleplay are included in his 1999 book, Profile In Silver And Other Screenwritings. The book also includes the bulk of Schulman's early works written for the screen as well as commentaries about his adventures and trials in the film and TV industries.
In 2005 he began a producing partnership with Nichelle Nichols, and produced, wrote, and directed his first feature film, Lady Magdalene's.- Helen Hunt Jackson was born on 18 October 1830 in Amherst, Massachusetts, USA. She was a writer, known for Ramona (1916), Ramona (1946) and Ramona (1936). She was married to William Sharpless Jackson and Capt. Edward Bissell Hunt. She died on 12 August 1885 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.
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Russell Stoneham was born on 18 April 1920 in New York City, New York, USA. Russell was a producer and director, known for Playhouse 90 (1956), The Streets of San Francisco (1972) and Front Row Center (1955). Russell was married to Sharon Finch and Jo-Carroll Dennison. Russell died on 12 March 2002 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.- John V.A. Weaver was born on 17 July 1893 in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. John V.A. was a writer, known for A Man from Wyoming (1930), Sweet Surrender (1935) and Close Harmony (1929). John V.A. was married to Peggy Wood. John V.A. died on 14 June 1938 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.
- Heather Church was born on 7 July 1978 in Black Forest, Colorado, USA. She died on 17 September 1991 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.
- Lillian de la Torre was born on 15 March 1902 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. Lillian was a writer, known for Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955), Espionage (1963) and Hidden Pages (1954). Lillian died on 13 September 1993 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.
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Larry Clark Bird was born on 22 June 1935 in Camden, Arkansas, USA. Larry Clark is known for Nowhere to Run (1993), Escape from Alcatraz (1979) and Starman (1984). Larry Clark was married to Marilyn McMahan-Bird. Larry Clark died on 3 June 2011 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.- Forrest Gregg was born on 18 October 1933 in Birthright, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Run to Daylight (1964), The NFL on CBS (1956) and The NFL on NBC (1965). He was married to Barbara Sue Dedek. He died on 12 April 2019 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.
- Harold Lockwood was born on 3 June 1908 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Twinkletoes (1926). He died on 6 May 1996 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.
- Edgar Hatrick was born on 8 March 1885 in Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania, USA. Edgar was a producer, known for News of the Day (1952). Edgar was married to Jessie L. Rankin. Edgar died on 15 September 1949 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.
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Colin Cantwell was born on 3 April 1932 in San Francisco, California, USA. He is known for WarGames (1983), Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) and 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968). He died on 21 May 2022 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.- Norman Brinker was born on 3 June 1931 in Denver, Colorado, USA. He was married to Toni Chapman, Nancy Goodman, Magrit Fendt and Maureen Connolly. He died on 9 June 2009 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.
- Lou Smit was born on 14 April 1935 in Denver, Colorado, USA. He was married to Barbara Ann de Ruiter. He died on 11 August 2010 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.
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- Actor
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Bob Havice was born on 11 April 1945 in McAllen, Texas, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for The Usual Suspects (1995), Super Mario Bros. (1993) and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001). He died on 8 February 2014 in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, USA.- Writer
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Ursula Gray was born on 22 December 1916 in Germany. She was a writer, known for Festival (1963), Ponzi (2012) and The World at War (1973). She was married to J. Glenn Gray. She died on 13 January 2009 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.- Actress
Mavis Murray was born on 4 June 1925 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. She was an actress. She died on 28 February 2008 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.- Terrence Lore Smith was born on 27 October 1942 in Freeport, Illinois, USA. Terrence Lore was a writer, known for The Thief Who Came to Dinner (1973). Terrence Lore died on 7 December 1988 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.
- Ivy Baldwin was born on 31 July 1866 in Houston, Texas, USA. He died on 8 October 1953 in Eldorado Springs, Colorado, USA.
- Chuck Wielgus was born in 1948. Chuck was a producer, known for The Last Gold (2016). Chuck was married to Savannah. Chuck died on 23 April 2017 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.
- Gerry Marx was born on 23 July 1926 in the USA. He was an actor, known for Pamela's Prayer (1998). He died on 16 October 2006 in Manitou Springs, Colorado, USA.
- Writer
- Actor
Kendrew Lascelles was born in Gatley, Chester. At the age of three his father took the family to South Africa where his work moved them around until Kendrew's teenage years, which he spent in Durban. Kendrew moved from being class clown to a theatrical career in 1953 when he stepped in at Principal Dancer level for an Italian touring opera when their Principal broke his ankle. Kendrew considers that his first break. His second break came about eleven years later when an actress booked into the Intimate theatre broke her ankle and Kendrew was asked by Leon Gluckman to write a fill-in piece to save the theatre from going dark.
That piece was Wait a Minim - which was an international success and toured the world for seven years, including two at the Fortune Theatre in London and almost two years at the John Golden Theatre on Broadway. Gluckman produced and directed the anti-apartheid revue with the entire cast contributing to the production's development. At the end of the Minim tour Kendrew settled in California, continuing some performance but mainly focusing on writing. His notoriety and popularity from Minim held him in good stead and he was often a guest on the talk shows of the time.
The Smothers' Brothers so liked Minim they offered him a job as staff writer for their Summer Season and he stayed with them for a few years before moving to write for the Dean Martin Show and then Martin's Gold Diggers. Because of Kendrew's comic timing and performance background he was often used as the "other man" in their broadcast comedy sketches. One famous example with Peter Sellers, Julius "Nipsy" Russell and Dean Martin included Kendrew: The Midnight Cat Burglar.
Kendrew was a successful playwright and poet by now but still was called on by friends to make cameo appearances and to play some of his own characters onstage. As of mid 2015 Kendrew lives just outside Los Angeles, California, and is still writing with a tally of around four musicals, six stage plays, eight screenplays, five novels and various poems and lyrics, including some recorded by John Denver, Jack Lemmon, Peter Lawford and the band Chicago.- William Vaughn Moody, was an American College professor, poet, author and playwright. Orphaned at an early age, Moody had to work his way through prep school and later Harvard. By 1895 he had earned a master's degree in English from Harvard. He went on to be an instructor at Harvard and Radcliffe and later the University of Chicago, where he held the chair of Professor of English Literature. In 1903 Moody decided to leave the academic field to focus full time on writing.
Moody is probably best remembered as the author of "A History of English Literature", "The Great Divide", "The Faith Healer" and the lyrical drama "The Masque of Judgment".
On 5 July, 1909 Moody married Chicago high school English teacher Harriet Converse Tilden at Wesleyan Methodist Church in Québec, Canada. While most likely on their honeymoon, Moody became seriously ill on board a passenger ship in the South Atlantic. At first the illness mystified his doctors, but eventually they would discover he had an inoperative brain tumor. Moody passed away at Colorado Springs, Colorado on 17 October, 1910, barely a year after he first fell ill.
The 1948 book "A House in Chicago" by Olivia H. Dunbar, tells the story of Harriet Moody's romance and marriage with William Vaughn Moody and how in the years following his death their home became a mecca for many artists and intellectuals of that era. - Austin Eubanks was born on 8 October 1981. He died on 18 May 2019 in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, USA.
- Eric Bransby was born on 25 October 1916. He was married to Mary Ann Hemmie. He died on 23 September 2020 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.
- Dave Leggett was born on 18 September 1933 in New Philadelphia, Ohio, USA. He died on 26 March 2013 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.
- Clif Willis was an actor, known for Kill Line (1990), Ice Pawn (1991) and Pamela's Prayer (1998). He died on 16 July 2011 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.
- Bob Johnson was born on 4 March 1931 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. He was married to Martha Johnson. He died on 26 November 1991 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.
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Donald Stratton was born on 14 July 1922 in Inavale, Nebraska, USA. He is known for Nova (1974), A Band to Honor (2020) and Save Our History (1998). He died on 15 February 2020 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.- Doak Walker was born on 1 January 1927 in Dallas, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Playhouse 90 (1956), Football Headliners of 1949 (1949) and To Tell the Truth (1956). He was married to Gladys "Skeeter" Werner and Norma Peterson. He died on 27 September 1998 in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, USA.
- Buster Gardner was an actor, known for The Best Bad Man (1925), Tumbling River (1927) and The Circus Ace (1927). He died in 1957 in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, USA.
- Burdette Haldorson was born on 12 January 1934 in Austin, Minnesota, USA. He died on 13 October 2023 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.
- Eleanor Wozniak was born on 28 January 1936 in Bear Lake, Pennsylvania, USA. She died on 26 November 2019 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.
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Ruth Adler Schnee was born on 13 May 1923 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany. Ruth Adler is known for Trapped (2002). Ruth Adler was married to Edward Schnee. Ruth Adler died on 5 January 2023 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.- Robert Black was born on 6 July 1947 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA. He was an actor, known for Great Performances (1971). He was married to Bonnie Sacks. He died on 13 March 2014 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.