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Mary McDonnell is a two-time Oscar®-nominated actress, who is known for her character portrayals in both period and present-day screen roles, as well as a long history of stage and film roles.
Mary Eileen McDonnell was born on April 28, 1952 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, to Eileen (Mundy) and John McDonnell, a computer consultant, both of Irish descent. Raised in Ithaca, New York, she graduated from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Fredonia. She later attended drama school and was accepted into the prestigious Long Wharf Theatre Company on the East Coast. Two decades later, she landed her breakthrough film role, in Kevin Costner's Dances with Wolves (1990), playing "Stands with a Fist", a white woman raised by the Sioux Indians. She earned her first Academy Award nomination for the role.
McDonnell's film credits include the Lawrence Kasdan films Grand Canyon (1991) and Mumford (1999) (opposite such seasoned performers as Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier, and Ben Kingsley); Roland Emmerich's Independence Day (1996) (starring Will Smith); acclaimed art house cult-hit Donnie Darko (2001); and Margin Call (2011) (opposite Kevin Spacey), which earned her the Robert Altman Award at the 2012 Independent Spirit Awards. On the small screen, McDonnell starred in four seasons on the Syfy Network's award-winning series Battlestar Galactica (2004) in her critically praised performance as President Laura Roslin. She garnered an Emmy nomination for her recurring guest role on the television series ER (1994). She stars as Captain Sharon Raydor on the TNT's hit drama series Major Crimes (2012), the follow-up to The Closer (2005), in which McDonnell originated the role and for which she earned a Primetime Emmy® nomination. She garnered a Best Actress Academy Award® nomination and a Golden Globe nomination for her portrayal of a paraplegic soap opera star in John Sayles's critically acclaimed film, Passion Fish (1992).
McDonnell began her career in theatre and has starred in a wide variety of both Broadway and off-Broadway productions. She received an Obie Award for her performance in Emily Mann's Still Life and has starred in off-Broadway productions including the debut production of Sam Shepard's Pulitzer Prize-winning Buried Child (off-Broadway), John Patrick Shanley Savage in Limbo, John O'Keefe's All Night Long, Michael Cristofer's Black Angel, Kathleen Tolan's A Weekend Near Madison, Paula Cizmar's Death of a Miner, and Dennis McIntyre's National Anthem. Her Broadway credits include Tennessee Williams' Summer and Smoke, the title role in Wendy Wasserstein's Pulitzer Prize-winning The Heidi Chronicles, and Emily Mann's Execution of Justice. She received rave reviews for her performance opposite David Strathairn in Emily Mann's acclaimed adaptation of Chekhov's classic, The Cherry Orchard.
McDonnell lives in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles County, California with her husband, actor Randle Mell, and their children, Olivia and Michael.- Michael Earl Schoeffling is an American former actor and model, known for playing the role of Jake Ryan in Sixteen Candles, Al Carver in Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken, Kuch in Vision Quest, and Joe in Mermaids. Schoeffling was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and raised in South Jersey. He graduated from Cherokee High School in New Jersey, and majored in Liberal Arts at Temple University in Philadelphia. In the mid-1980s he began modeling for GQ, and photographer Bruce Weber paid for his acting classes at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute in Manhattan.
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American leading lady, briefly prominent on screen during the 80s and 90's. Blond, gray-eyed Darlanne (whose not very Hollywood-sounding birth name literally translates to 'wing' in German) began her career in 1974 as a model with the Eileen Ford and Zoli Agencies in New York. Seven year later, though very much a success in this most competitive industry (earning $300 per hour) she decided, that, at 25, she "was washed up as a model". Determined to make a serious go of becoming an actress, Darlanne's early film roles instead suggested inevitable typecasting as high fashion models, accentuating allure factor rather than acting ability. As it turned out, more promising offers did come her way, beginning with a role as the chief love interest in Roger Corman's cultish space opera Battle Beyond the Stars (1980). She was then briefly featured as Robert De Niro's girlfriend Eve, the first person murdered in Once Upon a Time in America (1984), followed by a grittier role as a junkie/police informant in To Live and Die in L.A. (1985). Between 1986 and 1991, Darlanne derived her primary source of income from the small screen where she found an appreciative audience playing Julie Torello, the wife of Dennis Farina's tough 1960s Chicago cop in Crime Story (1986) and Lacey Marseille in season three of Wiseguy (1987). She took over the female lead in season seven of Hunter (1984), but, given 'creative differences' between her and co-star Fred Dryer , she wanted to quit the show and her character was killed off after twelve episodes. Darlanne's career then gradually lost direction and she retired from acting in the mid-90s. Between 2002 and 2007, she held a position as a college professor teaching drama and production at the University of Central Florida film faculty.- Actress
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Harley Jane Kozak was born on 28 January 1957 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA. She is an actress, known for Arachnophobia (1990), Parenthood (1989) and When Harry Met Sally... (1989). She was previously married to Greg Aldisert and Van Saantvord.- Actor
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Jason Spisak is an American actor and voice actor best known for his portrayal of Silco in Arcane, as well as Kid Flash in Young Justice and The Joker in Batman Hush, the Hell Priest in Doom Eternal. He produced The Unbelievers documentary, and was a co-founder of Lycoris and Symple. He is divorced and has two children.- Actor
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Veteran Broadway, TV and film actor James Karen was encouraged as a young man to take up an acting career by U.S. Congressman Daniel J. Flood, who was an amateur actor himself. In 1947 Karen made his Broadway debut in "A Streetcar Named Desire", which led to appearances in over 20 Broadway productions. His television work began in 1948 with the telecast of "A Christmas Carol", directed by pioneer television producer / director Fred Coe. Since then he has acted in over 100 television shows, including a stint as as Chief Justice Michael Bancroft on First Monday (2002) for CBS. In 1965 he began his film work in the low-budget sci-fi "epic" Frankenstein Meets the Spacemonster (1965) and now has an impressive resume of over 80 movies to his credit. He has also filmed a record-breaking 5,000+ television commercials, most while a spokesperson for the Pathmark Supermarket chain in the northeast US. He has been honored with the "Saturn Award" for Lifetime Achievement given by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. He has also been presented "The Buster Award", by The International Buster Keaton Society. This award is given to the person who has demonstrated professional excellence in the tradition of Buster Keaton.- Writer
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Born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, on February 11, 1909, Joseph Leo Mankiewicz first worked for the movies as a translator of intertitles, employed by Paramount in Berlin, the UFA's American distributor at the time (1928). He became a dialoguist, then a screenwriter on numerous Paramount productions in Hollywood, most of them Jack Oakie vehicles. Still in his 20s, he produced first-class MGM films, including The Philadelphia Story (1940). Having left Metro after a dispute with studio chief Louis B. Mayer over Judy Garland, he then worked for Darryl F. Zanuck at 20th Century-Fox, producing The Keys of the Kingdom (1944), when Ernst Lubitsch's illness first brought him to the director's chair for Dragonwyck (1946). Mankiewicz directed 20 films in a 26-year period, successfully attempted every kind of movie from Shakespeare adaptation to western, from urban sociological drama to musical, from epic film with thousands of extras to a two-character picture. A Letter to Three Wives (1949) and All About Eve (1950) brought him wide recognition along with two Academy Awards for each as a writer and a director, seven years after his elder brother Herman J. Mankiewicz won Best Screenplay for Citizen Kane (1941). His more intimate films like The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947), The Barefoot Contessa (1954)--his only original screenplay--and The Honey Pot (1967) are major artistic achievements as well, showing Mankiewicz as a witty dialoguist, a master in the use of flashback and a talented actors' director (he favored English actors and had in Rex Harrison a kind of alter-ego on the screen).- Actress
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Red-haired actress Claudette Nevins was raised in Brooklyn, the daughter of fur salesman Joseph Weintraub and his wife Anna (Lander) who worked in the garment industry. She attended the High School of Performing Arts in Manhattan and later graduated Phi Beta Kappa from New York University. Claudette made her first appearance on stage in a 1958 production of Waltz of the Toreadors at the Woodstock Playhouse. Two years later she debuted on Broadway in The Wall, opposite George C. Scott. In the course of the next four decades she went on to act in numerous plays in New York, Atlanta and Los Angeles. A seasoned and versatile character actress, Claudette's work encompassed roles in many notable plays, including The Iceman Cometh, Wait until Dark, Plaza Suite (again on Broadway and starring George C. Scott), Twelfth Night, The Little Foxes, Blithe Spirit, The Great White Hope and The Philadelphia Story. From 1994, Claudette was a regular member of the Los Angeles Matrix Theatre Company. Her equally prolific screen career began with a leading role in the cult horror flic The Mask (1961) and was followed by guest spots on numerous TV shows, her parts ranging from a cop's wife in episodes of the crime anthology Police Story (1973) to a villainous night club proprietress in the spoof series Police Squad! (1982); from a Red Cross nurse 'mock marrying' Charles Emerson Winchester III in M*A*S*H (1972) to an alien officer in Star Trek: Insurrection (1998). She was also an accomplished voice-over actress, her credits including dual roles in the animated science fiction series Return to the Planet of the Apes (1975).
Claudette retired from acting in 2005. She had two daughters by her second husband, real estate investor Benjamin L. Pick, who predeceased her in 2017.- Actress
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Raye Hollitt was born on 17 April 1964 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA. She is an actress and editor, known for Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993), Skin Deep (1989) and The Last Hour (1991).- Director
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David Mickey Evans was born on 20 October 1962 in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, USA. He is a director and writer, known for The Sandlot (1993), Untitled 'Sandlot' Prequel and Radio Flyer (1992).- Brenda Currin grew up in North Carolina. An OBIE Award winning actress, her career began as Nancy Clutter in In Cold Blood. She went on to play Pooh Percy in The World According to Garp with Robin Williams, and appeared in Taps, Reds, and the cult classic C.H.U.D., among others. Brenda worked in the New York theater scene, on and Off Broadway, for much of her adult life. She is acclaimed for her one-person show based on Eudora Welty's stories, "Sister and Miss Lexie" which she premiered in New York and toured all over, U.S. & Europe. Brenda co-founded What Girls Know, a theater program for the healthy development of adolescent girls, which she directed in NYC and other parts of the country, eventually finding its home in New Orleans. Brenda's recent film/TV appearances includes Gossamer Folds, Wu-Tang: An American Saga, Out of Blue, Claws and the soon-to-be-released Daughter of the Bride.
- Born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, she started performing in high diving show at the age of 18. She became a professional high diver and was the first woman to win the Acapulco Cliff Diving Championship, held in Mexico, at age 24. After moving to California, she started doing stunts for film & TV in 2002. Since then, she's worked on over 100 projects. In 2011, she won her first Taurus World Stunt Award for High Work for her performance in Predators. In 2010, she won a SAG award for her work doubling Anna Paquin on "True Blood". She has also been nominated for 3 other SAG awards for best stunt ensemble.
- A dark, debonair, mustachioed, slick-looking leading man who cut a fine figure in 1930s Fox movies, Michael Whalen's good looks were interestingly offset by a slightly prominent Romanesque nose. Born Joseph Shovlin on June 30, 1902, in Wilkes-Barre, Penssylvania, he took piano lessons as a child but the talent never went anywhere. He eventually was hired by the Woolworths department store chain and worked his way up to manager by the time he resigned at the age of 23. During an extensive period of travel, he stopped in New York City and became hooked on acting after catching a Broadway show. He apprenticed and made his stage debut with Eva Le Gallienne's repertory company. To make do, the handsome hopeful worked as an artist's model, including the renowned 'James Montgomery Flagg'.
Whalen came to Hollywood in 1933 and started out on the L.A. stage with roles in "When Knighthood Was in Flower" (as the Dauphin) and "Common Flesh." Noticed by Twentieth Century-Fox talent agents, he made his debut with a second-lead role in Professional Soldier (1935) starring Victor McLaglen. On screen he appeared opposite a bevy of Hollywood lovelies, notably Alice Faye, Gloria Stuart, Claire Trevor and June Lang, in standard "B" filmmaking, playing a series of virile, flashy roles including Hollywood producers and sports editor types. He also had the adult male leads in two of little Shirley Temple's popular vehicles -- Poor Little Rich Girl (1936) and Wee Willie Winkie (1937). In 1938 he starred as newsman Barney Callahan in a string of murder mystery tales (Time Out for Murder (1938), While New York Sleeps (1938) and Inside Story (1939)) alongside love interest Jean Rogers.
By the early 1940s his leading man career started to falter. He went to Broadway for two years in "Ten Little Indians" (1944), then toured with the show on the road. By the 1950s he was appearing less frequently on film and more and more into character roles. TV became a source of income for him. His last movie was an unbilled bit in Elmer Gantry (1960), and in 1964 he made his final appearance on an episode of My Three Sons (1960).
Once engaged to sultry actress Ilona Massey, the couple never made it to the altar. Whalen remained a bachelor and lived with his mother until her death in the 1960s. He collected antiques and enjoyed gardening until his death of bronchial pneumonia in 1974 at age 71. - Actor
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Benjamin Burnley was born on 10 March 1978 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for National Treasure (2004), Surrogates (2009) and Step Up 2: The Streets (2008).- Production Designer
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Santo Loquasto was born on 26 July 1944 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA. He is a production designer and costume designer, known for Radio Days (1987), Blue Jasmine (2013) and Bullets Over Broadway (1994).- Actress
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Paula Mitchell was born on 26 April 1948 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA. She is an actress, known for Caligula (1979), The Mad Bomber (1973) and Point of Terror (1971). She was previously married to Brad Kurlancheek and Giancarlo Lui.- Ka'zion Wilson was born on 23 December 2009 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He is an actor, known for Dear Santa.
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Robert Sparr was born on 10 September 1915 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a director and editor, known for Star Trek (1966), A Swingin' Summer (1965) and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964). He died on 28 August 1969 in Penrose, Colorado, USA.- Actor
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Sod was born May 12, 1951 in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., and is an American actor, writer, teacher, director and dramaturge who has numerous theater, film and television appearances and productions to his credit. Sod has been dramaturge for the education dept. at The Roundabout Theatre Company in NYC since 2001. He is a member of SAG-AFTRA, Actors Equity, The Dramatists Guild and SD&C.
Directing: How To Be A Good Italian Daughter In Spite of Myself, (Cherry Lane Theatre); Blood Type: Ragu (Actors' Playhouse); By Jupiter (York Theatre Co.); Agnes of God, A Night In Tunisia, Talley's Folly, Wit and numerous touring productions (George Street Playhouse); Fitting In and Homecoming (Seattle Repertory Theatre).
Writing: The Cousins Grimm (The Bailiwick Rep/Chicago; readings at NYMF, York Theatre and Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center); 27, Rue de Fleurus (Urban Stages, NYC/Published by Samuel French); Satan and Simon Desoto (Cal Arts Theatre School/Published by Heinemann/made into the film Crocodile Tears); The Lost Art of Conversation (Readings at Abingdon Theatre Company and Theatre for the New City/NYC and Lavender Footlights/Miami).
As a performer, Sod has acted in plays produced by The New York Shakespeare Festival/Public Theatre, BAM Theatre Company, Second Stage, Playwrights' Horizons, American Place Theatre and the Circle, Seattle and Yale Repertory Companies, among others. He toured internationally in the New York Theatre Workshop production of "Aftermath". He was a member of the Circle Repertory Theatre Lab and Company. Sod lives in New Jersey.- Producer
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Hameed Shaukat was born on 31 May 1977 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA. He is a producer and production manager, known for House of Cards (2013), Her (2013) and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011).- Valerie Perri made her professional stage debut in 1979 starring as Eva Peron in the Broadway National Company of Evita under legendary director Harold Prince. She's played this iconic role throughout the world, and her tenure as Argentina's first lady in Chicago, heralded by the city's Tribune as "dazzling" and "compelling," garnered her a nomination for the Sarah Siddons Award. Perri also had the pleasure to work with luminary director-choreographer Jerome Robbins in the first National Broadway Tour of Jerome Robbins Broadway (1990). She received rave reviews for her recent performance as Dolly Levi in Hello Dolly for 3D Theatricals and Norma Desmond in Musical Theater West's 2013 production of Sunset Blvd, a performance that Stage Scene LA lauded as the Best Musical Performance of the year, and additionally landed her a nomination for Best Actress from Broadway World. She has also starred in such blockbusters as Fiddler on the Roof, West Side Story, Gypsy, Jesus Christ Superstar, I Do, I Do, Man of La Mancha, and City of Angels, as well as off-Broadway hits Diamonds, Angry Housewives, And the World Goes Round, I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change, and Harry Chapin: Lies and Legends, the latter earning her a Los Angeles Drama Critics' Award in 1988. Well-versed in straight acting too, Perri performed in the West Coast premiere of The Last Schwartz, and ICT's production of The Sweepers. Equally comfortable on camera as on the stage, her television roles include features on Criminal Minds, ER, Another World, Brooklyn Bridge, and Who's the Boss. In film she acted in The Out of Towners with Goldie Hawn and Steve Martin, Disney's George of the Jungle, Grease, and Dickie Roberts; Former Child Star with David Spade. In 2005, Perri recorded Sweet Conversation, a critically acclaimed solo album of Broadway and songbook standards, and has since sung with symphony orchestras across the country at venues from Carnegie Hall to LA's Walt Disney Concert Hall. Perri is married to CBS Senior Staff-Photographer, Cliff Lipson, and together they have two sons, Benjamin and Jack.
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Steve Romanko is an award-winning filmmaker and sound designer living and working in San Francisco. Growing up in Pennsylvania, Steve was forever interested in movies and music. Upon receiving a B.A. in Radio Television and Film Production from Marywood University,he began his career in radio and was enamored by the creativity of audio. He found his way to San Francisco and briefly worked as a graphic designer and Bay Area radio personality before being hired by Skywalker Sound, the Audio Division of Lucasfilm, in Marin County, California. Steve has done sound work for over a hundred feature films, including Saving Private Ryan, Fight Club, and Star Wars: Episode 1 : The Phantom Menace. He has also worked on many shorts, as well as television and stage productions. Steve helms 13th GenerationProductions, writing and producing. The company has created award winning shorts, "The Hell Patrol", "We're Just Like You" and the documentary "Skater 26 and is developing several features including the animated "The Dragons of Melgor" and a joint production with Golden Leaf Pictures, "The Demon Rises". He also continues to work in post production sound, creating soundtracks and leading teams in designing audio for both short subject and feature narrative work.- Editorial Department
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Stevie's career in Television and Film began in 1997 with independent projects. Stevie Graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology located in Rochester, NY in May of 2004 with a BFA in Film & Animation. Stevie was nominated for an Emmy for "Outstanding Picture Editing For Variety Programming - 2016" for Key & Peele "The End" - Comedy Central (Credited as Stephen Waichulis).- Producer
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Born and raised in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Finn continues to become the most popular on-camera TV host who was willing enough to find a job that pays him to have fun. He also dreamed of becoming a game show host, that would last a long time, and more than likely to have a lot than a little bit of "abracadabra" within his measure. Finn's first game show was, The Joker's Wild (1972), which first aired in syndication in 1990, and on the USA network, in reruns. When the show was cancelled around the same time, he began hosting Shop 'Til You Drop (1991). He has been hosting the game show since its July 1991 debut on Lifetime Television, where it became an immediate hit, after the immensely popular, "Supermarket Sweep", which aired the night before. Pat also hosted the California Lottery, "Big Spin 2000", game show, which airs throughout the state every Saturday night. He began his career in broadcasting at various radio stations as the voice of the station, writer and director rolled into one. He was also a talk-show host in Phoenix, before he decided to pay attention to more of his on-camera role. Also in Phoenix at NBC's KPNX-TV, he served as host and the executive producer of "Finn & Friends," which became the highly-rated daily talk show. In San Francisco, at NBC's KRON-TV, he was working as a weatherman, news anchor, correspondent, among many others. He also owns In-Finn-ity Productions, Inc., a television company specializing in reality-based television development and production and is now working on a game show for the Game Show Network, called, National Lampoon's Funny Money (2003). When not hosting, he spends most of his time producing and giving money to other charities.- Director
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Dan Sallitt was born on 27 July 1955 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA. He is a director and writer, known for Fourteen (2019), The Unspeakable Act (2012) and Caterina (2019).- Phillip Trent was born on 16 October 1907 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for The Power and the Glory (1933), Parole! (1936) and Tillie and Gus (1933). He died on 24 January 2001 in Englewood, New Jersey, USA.
- Norman Reilly Raine was born on 23 June 1894 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a writer, known for The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938), The Life of Emile Zola (1937) and We've Never Been Licked (1943). He was married to Elizabeth Prudhomme and Joyce Roberta Pett. He died on 19 July 1971 in Woodland Hills, California, USA.
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Stanford Tischler was born on 25 December 1921 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an editor and producer, known for M*A*S*H (1972), Everglades! (1961) and Mad at the World (1955). He died on 15 January 2014 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actress
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Tiffany Apan is an award-winning Symphonic Celtic Folk Rock artist and author of Dark Romantic Fantasy Fiction inspired by history, mythology, ancient texts, and lore. In the thick forests of Northeastern Pennsylvania, Tiffany started honing her musical and artistic abilities with the help of her musician grandparents. She was taught guitar, violin, and accordion before taking up classical piano at age 9. Her interest in history and mythology also began when she was quite young as she was the only one in her fifth grade writing class obsessed with Vikings and Norwegian sea legends to the point of writing poems about them. Tiffany was also highly active in other parts of the artistic community, starting dance lessons at age 3 (ballet, and later tap, jazz, and hip hop) and formal classical voice training at age 12. In addition, she appeared in numerous musical theater and operatic productions. Then upon moving to Pittsburgh (Southwestern, PA) in her college years, she landed supporting roles in indie films and started writing what would later be her 2008 debut album, Poet. In 2008 and into 2009, Poet enjoyed much success, receiving enthusiastic response from music fans and critics alike. Ray Dorsey of Ray's Realm called Poet "one of 2008's best albums". Others have referred to Tiffany's sound as music of a high standard, commenting on phenomenal classically trained vocals. Her music has also been featured on several compilation albums, in film, and in 2010, the music video for her adaptation of the traditional song, "Scarborough Fair" won first place in the Music Video category at the International Indie Gathering Film Festival. Then in 2012, her writing received recognition when her screenplay, Driving Nowhere won Best Horror Short Script at the same festival. Since then, she has released EPs and singles, acted in film and theatrical productions (favorite roles include Hodel in Fiddler on the Roof, Sally in You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, and Maria in The Sound of Music) while planning her next musical project titled, Antiquity, which will involve gothic and Celtic symphonic metal songs inspired by her Dark Romance Fantasy series, The Birthrite. In 2015, she started honing her passion for history by involving herself in the living history and reenactment world and met her current 18th century bandmates, Wayward Companions, when they came to a living history museum tavern night at which she was entertaining and singing tavern songs (alone!), something that made her a rather popular staple at such events. Shortly thereafter, she joined Wayward Companions as a vocalist and percussionist, and became part of the Pittsburgh Historical Music Society's Orchestra, serving as a vocalist and stand-in percussionist. Outside interests include fitness, holistic health, antiquing, and making her home look like a vintage/antiquity paradise. Through music and writing, she enjoys merging the past with the present and is looking forward to releasing new music as an individual artist and with Wayward Companions in 2018.- Writer
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Jean Yeaworth was born on 29 March 1926 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA. Jean was a writer, known for The Blob (1958), 4D Man (1959) and Dinosaurus! (1960). Jean was married to Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr.. Jean died on 24 December 2019 in Summerville, South Carolina, USA.- Actor
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Donald Stewart was born on 14 May 1910 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for A for Andromeda (1961), Interpol Calling (1959) and The Peterville Diamond (1943). He was married to Renee Houston. He died on 1 March 1966 in Chertsey, Surrey, England, UK.- Producer
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Edie Landau was born on 15 July 1927 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA. Edie was a producer, known for The Deadly Game (1982), The Holcroft Covenant (1985) and Hopscotch (1980). Edie was married to Ely A. Landau. Edie died on 24 December 2022 in Culver City, California, USA.- Scriptwriter and actor for stage and television (Member: The Authors Guild, Writers Guild of America, Dramatists Guild, PEN) and Photojournalist (Member: ASMP, NPPA, EP). Licensed pilot: AOPA #460890. Also writes as Liam Tracey. Former US Marine and graduate British Royal Marine Commando School. Lives Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Writer/narrator of award-winning PBS documentary, A Journey to the Endless Mountains, Frank Lloyd Wright Falling Water and other programs. Min, his play for radio, broadcast on NPR, is the first in a series about women-ordinary and heroic-commissioned by public radio. An American Wife, a stage play written in collaboration with his late wife, novelist, playwright and poet, Karen Blomain, premiered with an Equity production to sold-out performances at The Electric Theatre Company. Nora Hussey produced and directed An American Wife in Boston in spring 2012. Recipient of Rockefeller Grant for his play, The Mola Mola Fish and Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Playwriting Fellowships. Among his other plays are Aren't You Bonnie Bedelia?, The Light From Distant Objects, The Watershops Pond, Going Out Noisy, The Plovers, The Covert Motel, Mercy Street, The Old Folks at Home, Occoquan, The Hazard, Sylvan Beach, High Thin Cirrus (Sold out in New York), The Woman at the Hockney Exhibtion, The Vallarta Tango, Rattlesnake Roundup, and The Pig Killers. Min, his play for radio about Min Lurye Matheson who helped found the ILGWU, is being developed as a full-length script. His poetry has been published by the University of Chicago Press, the Endless Mountains review and others. Downend has also produced book covers (including the cover art for The Season of Lost Children, Karen Blomain's novel), one-man and group shows. Honored for photo and narrative coverage of the March for SovietJewry in Washington, DC. Shooting in Mexico in 2014 for Los Ninos de Mexico.
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Gerald Endler was born on 1 January 1911 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA. He is known for Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973), Apocalypse Now (1979) and The Sand Pebbles (1966). He died on 27 March 2006 in Santa Monica, California, USA.- Bill Harmatz was born on 9 February 1931 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Mission: Impossible (1966), Banacek (1972) and Longstreet (1971). He died on 27 January 2011 in Vista, California, USA.
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Al Markim was born on 22 May 1927 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for Tom Corbett, Space Cadet (1950), The Fool Killer (1965) and Studio One (1948). He was married to Sondra Kramer. He died on 24 November 2015.- Eileen Marcy was born on 17 May 1906 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA. She was an actress, known for Dream Cafe (1927). She was married to James Clemens. She died on 17 July 1992 in Canoga Park, California, USA.
- Candy Jones was born on 31 December 1925 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA. She was married to Long John Nebel and Harry Conover. She died on 18 January 1990 in New York City, New York, USA.
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Hugo Winterhalter earned eleven Gold Records, a Grammy and a Cash Box Award during his lengthy career, at least as many if not more than any other conductor-arranger in the music business. Educated at Mount St. Mary's College and the New England Conservatory of Music, he taught in public schools and labored in railroad and other such jobs while performing in area dance bands including those led by Larry Clinton, Nye Mayhew and Jack Jenney, for whom he arranged "Stardust". By 1940 he had proven himself to be a talented arranger and composer, going on to write for Count Basie, Claude Thornhill, Tommy Dorsey, Jimmy Dorsey, Raymond Scott, Vaughn Monroe and others. At the conclusion of the 1940s, he has begun to assemble his orchestra with its unmistakable Winterhalter "sound". His first record - "Jealous Heart", with vocalist Johnny Thompson for Columbia - made the Top Ten in 1949, as did his second, "Blue Christmas". His last three Columbia releases also charted - "Music! Music! Music!" with 'Theresa Brewer' qv), "The Third Man Theme" and "My Foolish Heart". Moving to RCA Victor, the 1950 "Count Every Star" was also a huge hit and stayed on the charts for five months. One hit after another followed, some remaining on the surveys for months. His orchestra was among the first to record long-playing (LP) recordings. As musical director for the MGM, Columbia, and RCA Victor record labels, the Winterhalter orchestra and chorus also supported a number of top vocalists, including among others Eddie Fisher, Kay Starr, Perry Como, the Ames Brothers and Stuart Foster. Near the end of his career, he worked on Broadway and television and conducted symphonic programs across the country.- Mary Jo Kopechne was born on 26 July 1940 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA. She died on 18 July 1969 in Chappaquiddick Island, Edgartown, Massachusetts, USA.
- Harold R. Stark was born on 12 November 1880 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA. He was married to Katharine Rhoads. He died on 20 August 1972 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
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- Director
Jon Patrick Trosky was born on 12 November 1980 in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, USA. He is an actor and director, known for The Other Guys (2010), The Equalizer (2014) and Don't Look Up (2021).- Director
- Producer
- Actor
George W. Lederer was born in March 1862 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a director and producer, known for Runaway Romany (1917), The Fight (1915) and Sunday (1915). He was married to Reine Davies and Jessie Lewis. He died on 8 October 1938 in Jackson Heights, Queens, New York City, New York, USA.- Writer
- Actor
- Music Department
John Hudock was born in 1947 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Petrocelli (1974), Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1995) and Fantasy Island (1977). He died in May 2022 in the USA.- Animation Department
- Director
- Editor
Karen Aqua was born on 2 February 1954 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA. She was a director and editor, known for Andaluz (2004), Taxonomy (2011) and Ground Zero/Sacred Ground (1997). She was married to Ken Field. She died on 30 May 2011 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.- Sound Department
- Actress
- Camera and Electrical Department
Allison Brady is known for her work on Bundy Manor (2023).
Allison was born on December 24th, 1987 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania and grew up in Salt Lake City, Utah, Farmington, New Mexico, and West Covina, California. An appreciation for storytelling arose when her father, Dave Huber introduced her to the theater at a young age to watch rehearsals and plays. As a student, she enrolled in Video Journalism and Broadcast courses and after school hours she would film her own projects. Allison attended California State University, Los Angeles where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Television, Film, and Media Studies in 2011.
Allison lives in Los Angeles and continues to grow as an artist.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Tess Gardella was born on 19 December 1894 in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, USA. She was an actress, known for Show Boat (1929), Stand Up and Cheer! (1934) and Honey (1930). She died on 3 January 1950 in Brooklyn, New York, USA.- Paul Huber was born on 26 November 1895 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Hands of Mystery (1949), The Philco Television Playhouse (1948) and Studio One (1948). He was married to Lucille Morris. He died on 14 March 1981 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Actor
- Art Department
- Casting Department
Corey Klemow was born on 24 October 1970 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA. He is an actor, known for Leaving Circadia (2014), Angel (1999) and Spiders (2000).- Jon Richards was born on 13 February 1904 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Annie (1982), I Never Sang for My Father (1970) and Shaft (1971). He died on 1 February 1988 in New York, New York, USA.