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David Rysdahl was born on 2 April 1987 in New Ulm, Minnesota, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for No Exit (2022), Nine Days (2020) and Dead Pigs (2018).- Actress
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From working for the exacting Alfred Hitchcock to a film written by Edward D. Wood Jr., Tippi Hedren, the Minnesota blonde, has had a distinctive career. She was born Nathalie Kay Hedren in New Ulm, MN, to Dorothea (née Eckhardt) and Bernard Hedren, who ran a general store, and is of Swedish, Norwegian, and German descent. Tippi was working as a New York fashion model when she married her first husband, former actor and later advertising executive Peter Griffith, in 1952 (married until 1961). She gave birth to her only child, future star Melanie Griffith, on August 9, 1957. Alfred Hitchcock discovered Tippi, the pretty cover girl, while viewing a commercial on NBC's Today (1952) show. He put her under personal contract and cast her in The Birds (1963). In a cover article about the movie in Look magazine (Dec. 4, 1962), Hitchcock praised her; he also told the Associated Press: "Tippi Hedren is really remarkable. She's already reaching the lows and highs of terror". Her performance in the film earned her both the Golden Globe award and the Photoplay award as Most Promising Newcomer. Her next film was playing the title role in Hitchcock's Marnie (1964), where she played a challenging and difficult role of a frigid, habitual thief. The film wasn't as big a hit as "The Birds," and it would take years before she won well-deserved admiration for her work. The professional relationship with Hitchcock ended with mutual bitterness and disappointment during the filming of "Marnie." That year, she married her agent, Noel Marshall (married until 1982). Charles Chaplin cast her in a supporting role in his final film A Countess from Hong Kong (1967), which flopped. Thereafter, Tippi and her husband Marshall collected big cats and other wildlife for the film Roar (1981), which they starred in and produced. The film took 11 years and $17 million to make, but it only made $2 million worldwide. Nevertheless, the film was a turning point in her life; she became actively involved in animal rights, as well as a wide variety of humanitarian and environmental causes. She married her third husband, businessman Luis Barrenecha, in 1985 but divorced him seven years later. In 2002, she became engaged to veterinarian Martin Dinnes, but after six years and no wedding, the couple called it quits. Tippi has devoted much time and effort to charitable causes: she is a volunteer International Relief Coordinator for "Food for the Hungry". She has traveled worldwide to set up relief programs following earthquakes, hurricanes, famine and war, and has received numerous awards for her efforts, including the Humanitarian Award presented to her by the Baha'i Faith. As for animal causes, she is founder and president of The Roar Foundation. Onscreen, she continues to work frequently in films, theater and TV. She appeared in I Woke Up Early the Day I Died (1998), finally bringing to the big screen the last screenplay written by the late Edward D. Wood Jr. in 1974 (and featuring Wood regulars Maila Nurmi and Conrad Brooks, just about the only surviving members of Wood's stock company). She also enjoyed playing comedic roles, such as an abortion rights activist in Alexander Payne's satire Citizen Ruth (1996) and slapping Jude Law in I Heart Huckabees (2004). Tippi's contributions to world cinema have been honored with Life Achievement awards in France at The Beauvais Film Festival Cinemalia 1994; in Spain, by The Fundacion Municipal De Cine in 1995; and at the Riverside International Film Festival in 2007. In 1999, Tippi was honored as "Woman of Vision" by Women in Film and Video in Washington, D.C., and received the Presidential Medal for her work in film from Hofstra University. She enjoys spending time with her daughter and grandchildren: Alexander Bauer, Dakota Johnson and Stella Banderas.- Actress
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Natalie Denise Sperl was born in New Ulm, Minnesota, USA. She is an actress and director, known for Mank (2020), Put Me in Your Movie Quentin Tarantino (2019) and Caroline (2020).- Kathryn Adams was born on 15 July 1920 in New Ulm, Minnesota, USA. She was an actress, known for Blonde for a Day (1946), Saboteur (1942) and Fifth Avenue Girl (1939). She was married to Fred Owen Doty and Hugh Beaumont. She died on 14 October 2016 in Mankato, Minnesota, USA.
- Lenore Ulric was born in New Ulm, Minnesota, on July 21, 1892. She was largely a character actress who appeared in only thirteen films in a career that spanned from 1915 to 1947. Lenore was 23 years old when she acted her first production, The Better Woman (1915). After The Road to Love (1916), Lenore didn't appear in any motion pictures for seven years, returning in 1923 to play the title role in Tiger Rose (1923), after which, she was again away until Frozen Justice (1929) and South Sea Rose (1929). A long absence followed until Camille (1936). Nine more years followed when she appeared in two productions in the 1940s, Temptation (1946) and Two Smart People (1946). After filming Northwest Outpost (1947) the following year, Lenore left movies for good at the age of 55. On December 30, 1970, Lenore died of heart failure in Orangeburg, New York. She was 78 years old.
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Justin Pagel was born on 14 May 1972 in New Ulm, Minnesota, USA. He is an actor, known for The Road (2009), Peaceful Warrior (2006) and Street Gun (1996).- Cinematographer
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Willard Vogel was born on 2 March 1902 in New Ulm, Minnesota, USA. He is known for Double Diving (1939), Take a Cue (1939) and Set 'em Up (1939).- American writer and illustrator Wanda G'ag was born in New Ulm, MN, in 1893. She came from a creative background--her father was a painter and decorator, her grandfather was a woodcarver--and she and her six siblings began to write and draw at an early age. Upon graduating from high school she was hired to teach at a small rural school. She later received scholarships to study art in Minneapolis and then New York City, and while studying there she managed to make a living as a commercial artist. She often visited a friend in the city who had two small children, and they would often ask her to tell them stories. She would, as she later said, "tell them whatever popped into my head". She later wrote down the stories she told them, illustrated them and assembled them into a book, but could not find a publisher for them. Discouraged with her lack of success, she left New York, rented a small house in the country and "in a frenzy of freedom, drew and painted practically everything I saw". Upon her return to New York a local gallery bought some of those paintings and gave her her own showing. More of her works were bought by private collectors, and this in turn created interest in not only her artwork but also her stories, and it wasn't long before her books "Millions of Cats", "The Funny Thing" and "Snippy and Snappy" were published in 1928 and 1929.
In addition to her writing and illustrating, she has also translated European childrens stories into English, notably ones by the Brothers Grimm. She published her last story, "Not At All", in 1941 and died in 1945. - Jamie Hoffman was born on 20 August 1984 in New Ulm, Minnesota, USA.
- Terry Steinbach was born on 2 March 1962 in New Ulm, Minnesota, USA. He has been married to Mary Barnes since 25 February 1984. They have three children.