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Anthony Michael Hall was born in West Roxbury, Massachusetts. His parents are Mercedes Hall, an actress-blues and jazz singer, and Larry Hall, who owned an auto body shop. His stepfather is a show-business manager. His sister, Mary Christian, is also a performer. He has Irish and Italian ancestry. Hall's given name was Michael Anthony Thomas Charles Hall, but he adopted the Anthony Michael moniker upon finding that another Michael Hall was already a member of the Screen Actors' Guild.
Hall began acting in commercials at the age of seven, and his breakthrough role was as Rusty Griswold in Vacation (1983) alongside Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo. Following the success of Vacation (1983), Hall entered the defining period of his career, starring in three John Hughes classics: Sixteen Candles (1984), The Breakfast Club (1985) and Weird Science (1985). Wanting to avoid being typecast, Hall turned down roles in two subsequent 1986 Hughes films, Pretty in Pink (1986) and Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986). His early television credits include the Emmy Award-winning "The Gold Bug", in which he played the young Edgar Allan Poe, as well as the TV movie Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn (1982), and specials "The Body Human" and "Orphans, Waifs and Wards". On stage, he appeared in the Lincoln Center Festival's production of "St. Joan of the Microphone".
Following a one-year stint on Saturday Night Live (1975), excessive drinking and partying threatened to sidetrack Hall's career. However, he was able to regain control and has been sober since 1990, the year he played the role of Jim in Edward Scissorhands (1990). After a series of minor roles in the 1990s, he starred as Microsoft chairman Bill Gates in the television movie Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999). Since that time, Hall has focused on television work, including an 81-episode run on Stephen King's The Dead Zone (2002), but has managed to take on film projects as well, including the role of Mike Engel in The Dark Knight (2008).
In addition to acting, Hall has also pursued his musical talents, as songwriter and lead singer of his band, Hall of Mirrors, which was formed in 1998. Hall helps at-risk youth via the Anthony Michael Hall Literacy Club and lives in Los Angeles, Caifornia.- Actor
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Born and raised in Roxbury, a Boston neighborhood, by a single mom with four children, Beach was an athlete who never expected to be an actor. After performing in a few plays at Noble and Greenough School, he auditioned for, got accepted to and later graduated from the prestigious Juilliard School Of Drama in NYC. For the past forty years, Beach has worked with many acclaimed actors, producers and directors on over 70 feature films and hundreds of hours of television. He continues to love his job and is grateful to still be doing it after all these years.- Actress
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Rebecca Miller was born on 15 September 1962 in Roxbury, Connecticut, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Maggie's Plan (2015), Personal Velocity (2002) and Angela (1995). She has been married to Daniel Day-Lewis since 13 November 1996. They have two children.- Edith Barrett was born on 19 January 1907 in Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA. She was an actress, known for I Walked with a Zombie (1943), Jane Eyre (1943) and Ruthless (1948). She was married to Vincent Price. She died on 22 February 1977 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
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Born to Italian emigrant parents, Emilio Marenghi and Raffaella Scanzillo, young Jerry took dancing lessons when he was young and aspired to be an actor. In November 1938, standing just 3' 4", he met up with the Oz-bound group of little people in New York and went by bus to California. There he was chosen to be the Munchkin who hands Dorothy a welcoming lollipop.- Actor
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Jeff Joseph was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA. He is known for A Million Little Things (2018), Big Sky (2020) and Top Five (2014).- Noted for his fiery and controversial rhetoric on race relations, Farrakhan came under the influence of Nation of Islam minister Malcolm X in the late 1950s. He joined the Nation of Islam after having given up a rather successful musical career as a calypso singer known as "The Charmer". He remains an avid music lover and is considered by many to be an expert classical violinist, citing the composer Felix Mendelssohn as one of his favorite composers. After controversial remarks about Jewish Americans during the first Presidential campaign of Jesse Jackson, Farrakhan has continuously had to defend and/or explain himself to media organs whom many of his supporters believe misconstrue or erroneously report on the Nation of Islam leader. His highly successful "Million Man March" in 1996 softened some criticisms as the gathering was designed as a "Day of Atonement and Reconciliation", aimed at encouraging Black Men to assume greater responsibility for their families and communities. An enigmatic and charismatic public figure, Farrakhan continues to grow in stature. He continues to be one of the most vocal critics of institutional racism, and he remains equally critical of Black Americans who take no personal or collective responsibility for their social, political, and economic circumstances. He is fervently devoted to Islam and is fluent in Arabic, an ability that he used when he assisted Jesse Jackson's negotiations with the Syrian government for the release of Navy Lieutenant Robert O. Goodman, Jr. who had been held as a hostage by Syria after Goodman's plane was shot down over Lebanon in 1984.
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Richard Burton Cronin was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He was raised in the Boston neighborhood of West Roxbury, and moved to the city of Kingston on the south shore of Massachusetts later. He attended a Catholic High School (Sacred Heart) and graduated in 1993. LFO (with former member Brian Gillis (aka "Brizz" Gillis)) released 2 singles in Europe in 1997/1998 but failed to make it in America until 1999. Brizz had now left LFO, to be replaced by Harold "Devin" Lima. Rich then wrote and recorded the song "Summer Girls" in Danny Wood's, of New Kids On The Block, basement. After giving a copy of the song to a friend at Logic Records, Summer Girls was leaked to a radio station in Washington, DC, and the song immediately blew up. "Summer Girls" has been called the anthem of the Summer of 1999. In 2000, Rich began dating Jennifer Love Hewitt, but their relationship ended weeks after he went public about it in "Teen People" magazine. Rich moved from Orlando to Massachusetts last summer .- Actor
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Guru was born on 17 July 1961 in Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for Training Day (2001), The Lincoln Lawyer (2011) and Addams Family Values (1993). He died on 19 April 2010 in Suffern, New York, USA.- Fred J. Scollay was born on 19 March 1923 in Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for Death Wish (1974), Stanley & Iris (1990) and The Doctors (1963). He was married to Ann M. Barr. He died on 3 November 2015 in Hobe Sound, Florida, USA.
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Ralph Tresvant was born on May 16, 1968 in Roxbury, Massachusetts to Patricia and Ralph, Sr. He has an older sister named LaTonya and a younger brother named Andre. Ralph married his childhood sweetheart Shelly in 1993. They have two girls Na'Quelle and Mariah. While in junior high school, Ralph and some friends named Ronnie DeVoe, Bobby Brown, Ricky Bell, and Michael Bivins formed a music group called New Edition. They were discovered at a talent show by Maurice Starr who signed them to Streetwise Records in 1983. The albumhad hits such as "Candy Girl", "Popcorn Love" and "Is This The End". In 1984, they left Streetwise and came to MCA Records. Their second album, "New Edition", also had many hits like "Cool It Now", "Mr. Telephone Man", and "Lost In Love". In 1985, they released "All For Love", which had hits such as "Count Me Out" and "A Little Bit Of Love [Is All It Takes]". I987, when Bobby Brown left the group, Johnny Gill replaced him. Gill gave New Edition's music more Adult Contemorary style. They're album "Heart Break" went to the top with hits like "If It Isn't Love", "Can You Stand The Rain", "Boyz II Men", and others. In 1990, the guys went solo as Bobby Brown, Johnny Gill, Bell Biv DeVoe, and Ralph Tresvant. Ralph's first album "Ralph Tresvant" went platinum and had hits such as "Sensitivity", which was #1 on the R&B charts for 20 weeks and number #4 on the Pop charts for 20 weeks, "Do What I Gotta Do" and "Stone Cold Gentleman" which featured Bobby Brown. Ralph also made an appearance in the popular movie "House Party 2". He sang a song on the soundtrack called "Yo, Baby, Yo!" He also has been on soundtracks such as "Mo' Money", on which his song "Money Can't Buy You Love" was on, and was featured on the song "Somebody Bigger Than You And I" on "The Preacher's Wife". In 1993, Ralph released another album called "It's Goin' Down". The album didn't do as well as the first, though. Then, in 1996, New Edition released their first album with all six members- Ronnie, Bobby, Ricky, Mike, Ralph, and Johnny. Some hits on this album were "Hit Me Off" and "I'm Still In Love With You". They went on the New Edition Reunion Tour, which had two parts. One part of it was from December to about February and the second part, without Brown and Bivins, was from June to July Bobby Brown recently quit the group saying that he hates them and will never work with them again. New dition is going solo again. This time with Bobby Brown, Ralph Tresvant, Johnny Gill, Ronnie DeVoe, Ricky Bell, and Bell Biv DeVoe. Bivins, is working on his company Biv 10.- Cinematographer
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G.W. Bitzer was born on 21 April 1872 in Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA. He was a cinematographer and director, known for The Birth of a Nation (1915), Broken Blossoms (1919) and Logging in Maine (1906). He was married to Ethel Boddy. He died on 29 April 1944 in Hollywood, California, USA.- Ed Hall was born on 11 January 1931 in Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for Mannix (1967), Baby... I'm Back! (1977) and The Streets of San Francisco (1972). He died on 30 July 1991 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
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- Soundtrack
Frances Grant was born on 15 February 1909 in Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA. She was an actress, known for Cavalry (1936), Oh, Susanna! (1936) and Born to Fight (1936). She was married to ? Pikul. She died on 20 February 1982 in Lexington, Massachusetts, USA.- Music Department
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Songwriter ("My Ideal"), composer, conductor, pianist and organist, educated at Roxbury Latin School, the Huntington School, Boston University, Harvard University and the New England Conservancy. He studied music with Whelpley, Goodrich, Converse, and Serly. He was a church organist and pianist, and also a dance orchestra leader. In 1924 he became assistant conductor at the Capitol Theatre in New York, and was solo pianist for the "Roxy Gang". In 1928 he arrived in Hollywood as a composer and music adviser, scoring for silent films and for radio. In World War II, he was a Second Lieutenant in the United States Air Force. Joining ASCAP in 1931, his chief musical collaborators included Leo Robin and Richard Whiting. His popular-song compositions also include "Music in the Moonlight", "It's a Great Life If You Don't Weaken", "Weather Man", "Sweet Like You", "As Long As You Believe in Me", "Never Say Die", "Just a Kiss in the Moonlight", "I'll Take Care of You", and "Kitchimikoko Isle".- John L. Sullivan was born on 15 October 1858 in Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA. He was married to Katherine Harkins and Annie Bates. He died on 2 February 1918 in Abingdon, Massachusetts, USA.
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Vincent Lawrence was born on 20 November 1889 in Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA. He was a writer, known for Moon Over Miami (1941), Le petit café (1931) and Playboy of Paris (1930). He was married to Barbara King and Alicia Montedonico. He died on 24 November 1946 in Corpus Christi, Texas, USA.- Editorial Department
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Tom Reagan was born on 27 October 1978 in Roxbury, Connecticut, USA. Tom is an editor, known for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014), The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015) and Venom (2018).- William Springfield was born on 16 February 1980 in Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA. He is an actor, known for Blue Hill Avenue (2001) and Hell: A Life (2011).
- Charles Dana Gibson was born on 14 September 1867 in Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA. He was a writer, known for The Education of Mr. Pipp (1914) and Saved by Parcel Post (1913). He was married to Irene Langhorne. He died on 23 December 1944 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Sabra de Shon was born on 9 February 1850 in Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA. She was an actress, known for Lure of the West (1915). She died on 20 September 1917 in Brooklyn, New York, USA.
- Ellery H. Clark was born on 13 March 1874 in West Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA. Ellery H. was a writer, known for Caribbean (1952) and Loaded Dice (1918). Ellery H. died on 17 February 1949 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
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Roy Haynes was born on 13 March 1925 in Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA. He is an actor, known for Soul (2020), The Preacher's Wife (1996) and Grand Theft Auto IV (2008).- Edgar L. Davenport was born on 7 February 1862 in Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for Four Feathers (1915), The Black Arrow (1911) and Samson (1915). He died on 24 July 1918 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
- Wayne Millner was born on 31 January 1913 in Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA. He was married to Sara E. Clatterbuck and Anna Marie Perry. He died on 19 November 1976 in Arlington, Virginia, USA.