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Thelma McQueen attended public school in Augusta, Georgia and graduated from high school in Long Island, New York. She studied dance with Katherine Dunham, Geoffrey Holder, and Janet Collins. She danced with the Venezuela Jones Negro Youth Group. The "Butterfly" stage name, which does describe her constantly moving arms, actually derives from dancing the "Butterfly Ballet" in a 1935 production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream". Her stage debut was in "Brown Sugar," directed by George Abbott for whom she did several other stage shows. In 1939 she appeared as the shop girls' assistant Lulu in The Women (1939) and in her most famous role, the irresponsible, whiny Prissy of Gone with the Wind (1939) ("Oh, Miss Scarlett, I don't know nuthin' 'bout birthin' babies").
Two other notable appearances among her string of silly maid parts were in Flame of Barbary Coast (1945) and Mildred Pierce (1945). From 1947 to 1951, she was a regular on the radio show "Beulah" and then in the TV version 1950-52.
In 1980, a Greyhound Bus Lines guard mistook her for a pickpocket and handled her roughly, throwing her against a bench and cracking several of her ribs. She sued for assault, and after several years of litigation, she was awarded $60,000. She chose to live very frugally on the money and retired to a small town outside Augusta, Georgia, where she lived in anonymity in a modest one-bedroom cottage.
On the night of Dec. 22, 1995, a fire broke out in her home, and she was found by firefighters lying on the sidewalk outside with severe burns over 70 percent of her body. She said her clothes caught fire while she was trying to light a kerosene heater in her cottage, which was destroyed by the fire. She was taken to Augusta Regional Medical Center, where she died at age 84.- Actor
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Bruce Hyde (BA Northwestern University 1963; MS University of North Texas 1984; PhD University of Southern California 1990) divided his SCSU teaching duties between the Department of Theatre, Film Studies and Dance, where he taught Acting, and the Department of Communication Studies, teaching Interpersonal and Small Group Communication. After completing his undergraduate degree, he spent a number of years as a professional actor, including appearances on Broadway and network television.
After retiring from professional acting, Hyde, who continued to be a member of Actors' Equity, appeared regularly on stage in the Twin Cities and St. Cloud, Minnesota, areas. and served as Artistic Director for Theatre L'Homme Dieu, SCSU's summer theater in Alexandria, Minnesota until his death from throat cancer on October 13, 2015.- Producer
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Bill Rahn was a producer and director, known for Virtuous (2015), Uncommon (2015) and Pendulum Swings (2011). He died on 2 March 2022 in Augusta, Georgia, USA.- Yale Boss was born on 18 October 1899 in Utica, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Ransom of Red Chief (1911), A Youthful Knight (1913) and A Question of Hats and Gowns (1914). He died on 16 November 1977 in Augusta, Georgia, USA.
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- Producer
Bryan Randall was born on 12 February 1986 in Aiken, South Carolina, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Pat & Ollie Take on Life (2013) and Basement Tapes (2013). He died on 1 March 2024 in Augusta, Georgia, USA.- Frank Wills was born on 4 February, 1948 in South Carolina. He was the security guard who discovered the five men who broke in the Democratic Party headquarters at the Watergate hotel in Washington, in June 1972. His courageous act made him a known name thanks to the many news articles and reports about what was later triggered as the Watergate scandal that later led to president Richard Nixon's resignation in 1974. Later on, Wills played himself in the acclaimed film All the President's Men (1976) where he recreated each step of his acts.
As for the aftermath, Wills found himself unemployable as security guard due to his act and he lived in extreme poverty until his death on September 2000 from a brain tumor. - Actor
- Producer
- Location Management
William Wylie was born on 12 July 1950 in Augusta, Georgia, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for Rocket Hunter: Rise of the Nazi Komet (2021), The Wild Life (1973) and Wretched (2016). He died on 18 May 2024 in Augusta, Georgia, USA.- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Jack Ragotzy was born on 16 December 1921 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA. He was an actor and director, known for I Spy (1965), Play of the Week (1959) and The Defenders (1961). He was married to Betty Ebert. He died on 15 December 2003 in Augusta, Michigan, USA.- Charles Anthony Hughes was born on 21 March 1890 in Augusta, Georgia, USA. He was an actor, known for The Crimson Flash (1927), Call of the Yukon (1938) and The Last Alarm (1940). He died on 7 November 1967 in Augusta, Georgia, USA.
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Dan Miller was born on 30 September 1941 in Augusta, Georgia, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for WSMV News 4 Nashville (1950), Top Card (1989) and Big Dreams & Broken Hearts: The Dottie West Story (1995). He was married to Karen Jo Wedgeworth and Eileen McCoy. He died on 8 April 2009 in Augusta, Georgia, USA.- Maxine Barnett was an actress, known for The Skeleton Key (2005), In the Heat of the Night (1988) and Karma (2014). She died on 22 December 2020 in Augusta, Georgia, USA.
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- Producer
Abigail (Gail) Kane was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1885. Another actress who had a brief fling with stardom, Gail made her film debut in 1913, when she was 28, in the film Arizona (1913). Between 1913 and 1918, Gail posted a whopping 20 movies. Films on her resume included The Pit (1914), The Scarlet Oath (1916), As Man Made Her (1917), and The Daredevil (1918). Afterward her career slowed greatly. She appeared in no films between 1918 and 1920. In 1921, she returned as Gloria Travers in Idle Hands (1921). By the time she was 42, Gail had a hard time landing good roles, and finished her career in Convoy (1927) in 1927. She was 81 years old when she died of natural causes in Augusta, Maine on February 17, 1966 after appearing in 24 pictures.- Actor
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- Director
Calvin Moore is an American film actor, film producer and mixed martial artist holding a 4th degree ranked black belt also known in Asian martial arts as a 4th degree Dan. He discovered his natural talent for acting in junior high school while studying with the Augusta Mini Theater School of Arts and Performances in Augusta, Georgia where he landed many lead roles in touring stage plays. After finishing high school and returning back to the United States after serving several tours around the world in the United States Military, Calvin decided to pursue a career in acting on the big screens by enrolling at one of Atlanta, Georgia's well known acting and film school named Nick Conti's Professional Actor's Studios. After receiving acting and coaching instructions from one of Hollywood's well known film stars and Hollywood acting coach Michael H. Cole, Calvin later went on to appear in successful movies such as the ( Anatomy Of Love), (Bosses),and including working behind the scenes as an Associate Producer and Co-Producer on films such as (The Owl in Echo Park), Banned, Blacklisted & Exploited, and many more films.- Louis Fox was born on 16 June 1937 in Richmond, Virginia, USA. He was an actor, known for Trouble with the Curve (2012) and Last Vegas (2013). He died on 19 January 2022 in Augusta, Georgia, USA.
- Danny Ray was born on 22 March 1935 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA. He was married to Rosemarie. He died on 2 February 2021 in Augusta, Georgia, USA.
- Happy Humphrey was a professional wrestler who once tipped the scales at slightly 900 lbs. and once held the world's record for greatest weight loss. Born William Cobb on July 16, 1926 in Georgia, he billed himself as "The World's Largest Wrestler" in the 1950s and '60s. His most famous opponent was fellow fatman 'Haystacks Calhoun', who at 600 lbs was relatively svelte compared to Happy, whose weight was averaged 750 lbs.
Cobb was a farm boy who was possessed of great strength. In 1953, he began his career by wrestling a bear, soon graduating to battling human beings. Though considered a freak by other humans due to his large size (which sometimes resulted in him getting stuck in phone booths and movie theater chairs) and made him a social outcast, he was known to be a nice man who enjoyed socializing with his fans and was helpful to young wrestlers, passing on his knowledge.
His great weight led to deteriorating health. According to Haystacks, "When I wrestled Happy he weighed about 700 pounds, but I could see as soon as we squared off that he was a fat 700 pounds. He had very poor balance, was easy to around and easy to handle. I slammed him easier than the average-size fellow."
The heavyweight Calhoun, who would die at the age of 55 while confined to a trailer after a leg was amputated because of diabetes, said of his opponent, "When I learned he was up to 800 pounds I warned him that it wasn't healthy."
In the 1960s, Happy Humphrey underwent an operation that excised 100 lbs. of fat from his body, but he soon gained it back. Heart trouble forced his retirement from wrestling in 1962 and he soon ballooned up to 900 lbs. as he would eat as many as 15 chickens at one sitting. Unable to walk 10 steps without running out of breath and having to sit down, he became confined to a bed as he couldn't walk, even with a cane. To save his life, he began a clinical diet program at the Clinical Investigation Unit of the Medical College of Georgia (Augusta, Georgia). Upon entering the clinic at the end of 1963, he weighed 644 lbs, according to Time Magazine (other sources put his weight at 802, including the Guinness Book of World Records).
Citizen Cobb was effectively an obesity research subject. In his 83-week stay, he was rotated through three types of diets, the most successful of which was a high-protein diet. He checked out in the middle of 1965 at 232 lbs., which put his weight loss at 412 lbs., though both Time and -- more importantly -- the Guinness Book of World Records, declared his official weight loss at 570 lbs. The Guinness Book of World Records awarded him the title of "Champion Slimmer".
Cobb became a shoe-repairman, having left the world of pro wrestling behind him. His last brush with notoriety was an appearance in the movie 'Moonrunners (1975)' in 1975, playing a character called "Tiny", after he had gained back hundreds of pounds. The 62-year-old happy warrior died of a heart attack in Augusta, Georgia on March 14, 1989. At the time of his death, he weighed over 600 lbs. - Actor
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Marcello Giordani was born on 25 January 1963 in Augusta, Sicily, Italy. He was an actor, known for A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999), Hereafter (2010) and The Temptation of St. Tony (2009). He was married to Wilma Ahfs. He died on 5 October 2019 in Monte Tauro, Augusta, Sicily, Italy.- Actress
- Writer
Victoria Spark was born on 2 December 1950. She was an actress and writer, known for The Flight That Fought Back (2005), Hollywood Unscripted: A Chaos Theory (2005) and Chloe's Prayer (2006). She died on 1 August 2006 in Augusta, Georgia, USA.- Melchor Rosabal was born on 17 May 1981 in Tampa, Florida, USA. He was an actor, known for Dark Intentions: The Movie (2019), Ozark (2017) and BrothAhood (2017). He died on 17 December 2018 in Augusta, Georgia, USA.
- Billy Johnson was born on 30 August 1918 in Montclair, New Jersey, USA. He died on 20 June 2006 in Augusta, Georgia, USA.
- Bejah was born in 1862 in Baluchistan, Pakistan. He died on 6 May 1957 in Port Augusta, South Australia, Australia.
- Bill Fulcher was born in Augusta, Georgia, USA. He was married to Bequi. He died on 23 September 2022 in Augusta, Georgia, USA.
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Rachel Miller was born in 1974 in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, USA. She was a director and actress, known for Arte Factum (2017) and Old Man of the Rooks (2018). She died on 30 June 2019 in Augusta, Georgia, USA.- He was a licensed medical doctor. Moving from his native New Jersey to attend the University of Georgia in Athens, he afterward attended medical school in Augusta where he practiced medicine through the remainder of his life.
He worked with Burt Reynolds in motion picture productions including The Longest Yard, Cannonball Run, Gator, and Smoky and the Bandit. He had owned the Augusta Eagles football team during the late 1970s. - Dave Long was born on 28 April 1950. He was an actor, known for The Mark (2011), Confederate Zombie and Billy the Kid (2013). He died on 2 February 2020 in Augusta, Georgia, USA.