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Sadie Sink is an American actress. She started her career in the theater, and rose to prominence for her roles as Max in Netflix's science fiction drama series Stranger Things (2016) and Ziggy Berman in the horror films Fear Street: Part Two - 1978 (2021) and Fear Street: Part Three - 1666 (2021).
Sadie was born in Brenham, Texas. She began taking acting classes and performing in community theatre in Houston at age nine. She performed in musical productions of White Christmas in 2011, and the title role of Annie in a regional production. She then auditioned for Broadway, and played the title role as well as Duffy in the 2012 revival of Annie. While starring in the play, she appeared in the Emmy-winning series The Americans (2013). In 2015, she played Suzanne Ballard in the NBC television series American Odyssey (2015), and portrayed a young Queen Elizabeth II alongside Helen Mirren in the Broadway production of The Audience. She also made guest appearances in the shows Blue Bloods (2010) and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2015). She has since appeared in the films Chuck (2016), The Glass Castle (2017), and Eli (2019), and was one of the narrators for the documentary Dominion (2018). In 2021, she played the lead role in the short film All Too Well: The Short Film (2021).- Music Department
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Gospel/blues singer and musician Blind Willie Johnson was born--as far as is known, since not much information is available about his early life--in 1902 in Marlin, TX. Supposedly, he was blinded when he was about three years old when his stepmother threw lye at his father during an argument, missed and it hit Willie in the face. He earned a living later on by singing on street corners. In 1927 he became a Baptist preacher, married and moved to Dallas, TX, where he eventually recorded a gospel album for Columbia Records. Many of the cuts on that album later became classics in the gospel genre. He stopped recording in 1930, but continued to perform up until the 1940s.
In 1947 he died in Beaumont, TX. Reportedly, the house he was living in burned down, and after spending the night sleeping in its remains, he caught pneumonia and died soon afterwards.- Dell Aldrich was born on 15 August 1931 in Brenham, Texas, USA. She was an actress, known for Michael (1996), Fast Money (1981) and Route 66 (1960). She died on 2 October 2022 in Austin, Texas, USA.
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John Scheer was born on 1 May 1964 in Brenham, Texas, USA. He is known for Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2007) and Bad Boys II (2003).- Jonah Tieman grew up over seas in the jungles of Ecuador as a missionary kid. Often , he and his brother would take scenes from movies or books and act them out, one scene in particular "Riddles in the Dark" from "The Hobbit". For the first seventeen years of his life Jonah and his brothers adventured through the jungles of South America together, creating more than a few unrepeatable stories; he has been chased by raging bulls into the rapids of a jungle river, a close encounter with a nest of snakes in the mountains of Colorado, and an RV which caught fire in the middle of a dangerous storm. Ask him and he'll detail the quick actions he took to grab safely remove his little sister from the flaming Rv. Jonah Tieman has six other siblings, all of which have taken their own careers in many different states. Jonah is now pursuing a life of acting in L.A., a dream he has kept alive since nine years of age.
- Kurt Cole was born in Brenham, Texas, USA. He is an actor, known for Dawn of the Crescent Moon (2014), Up&Down (2012) and Desperate Housewives (2004).
- Ivan Browning was born on 20 February 1891 in Brenham, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid (1948), Sunrise at Campobello (1960) and The Amos 'n Andy Show (1951). He died on 20 May 1978 in Altadena, California, USA.
- Adella Barker was born in 1857 in Brenham, Texas, USA. She was an actress, known for Romeo and Juliet (1916), The Unchastened Woman (1918) and Hypocrisy (1916). She died on 29 September 1930 in Amityville, New York, USA.
- Cecil Cooper was an All-Star, Gold-Glove-winning first baseman who appeared in two World Series with two different teams: 1975 with the Red Sox, and 1982 with the Milwaukee Brewers. Cooper was traded to the Brewers for 'George Boomer Scott', an eight-time Gold Glove-winning first baseman who was the American League home run and runs-batted-in (RBI) champ in 1975. Boomer had started his career with the Red Sox and was a star when the trade was made. It proved unfortunate for the Red Sox as The Boomer had only one good year and one mediocre year left in him and was out of baseball by the end of 1979 while Coop blossomed into one of the best hitters in the A.L.
For the Brewers, Coop was selected to five All-Star teams. He one two Gold Gloves (1979 & '80) and lead the league twice in RBI (1980 and 1983, when he tied his good friend 'Jim Rice' of the Red Sox for the RBI crown), and came in second in RBI in 1982 and second in batting average in 1980 (when George Brett's .390 topped his .352 mark). He finished his career with a .298 lifetime batting average with 2,192 hits, 241 home runs and 1,125 RBI, not good enough for election to the Baseball Hall of Fame, but good enough to make him a fondly remembered player for Brewers fans. His post-Red Sox blossoming into a first-rate player also intrigued BoSox fans who wondered "What Might Have Been" if Coop had stayed with the team that had signed him back in 1968 in the 6th round of the 1968. Until the BoSox's win in the 2004 World Series temporarily laid to rest "The Curse of the Bambino", that remained a potent question mark in in Red Sox fans' psyches.
In late 2007, Cecil Cooper was made interim manager of the Houston Astros. - Dell Aldrich was born on 13 August 1931 in Brenham, Texas, USA.
- Wilson Whitley was born on 28 April 1955 in Brenham, Texas, USA. He died on 25 October 1992 in Marietta, Georgia, USA.
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Hugh McClung was born on 16 December 1874 in Brenham, Texas, USA. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Fickle Women (1920), Smiling All the Way (1920) and Just Like a Woman (1923). He died on 5 January 1946 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Regina Toliver was born on 5 March 1976 in Brenham, Texas. She is an actress, known for The Red Box (2024). She has been married to Robert Toliver since March 2013. They have three children.
- Roosevelt Leaks was born on 31 January 1953 in Brenham, Texas, USA.
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- Director
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Saul Harrison was born on 17 August 1888 in Brenham, Texas, USA. He was an actor and director, known for The Customary Two Weeks (1917), One Kind of Wireless (1917) and Salt of the Earth (1917). He was married to Belle H. Hyman. He died on 13 October 1944 in New York City, New York, USA.