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- Actress
- Soundtrack
Jan Hooks is better remembered for her five-year run on Saturday Night Live (1975) (1986-91) on the series she impersonated actress ranging from Bette Davis, to Ann-Margret, to Sally Kellerman, to Jodie Foster. After she left the show, she was proposed by Linda Bloodworth-Thomason to replace Jean Smart on CBS's Designing Women (1986). She accepted. She played the role of Carlene Dobber for the final two seasons. She has also played memorable characters in feature-films including, Tina (the Alamo girl) in Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985), and Dixie Glick in Jiminy Glick in Lalawood (2004).- Veteran little old man Italian character actor Leonardo Anthony Cimino steadily worked in both movies and TV shows alike from the late 1950's up until 2007. Cimino was born on November 4, 1917 in New York City. He was the son of tailor Andrea Cimino and his wife Leonilda. Leonardo played violin as a child and studied at Juilliard as a teenager. Moreover, Cimino studied acting, directing, and modern dance at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. A small, frail, and wizened fellow with a gaunt face, a slight build, and a distinguished air about him, Leonardo often portrayed shrewd Mafioso types, nice elderly gents, and various men of the cloth which include priests, cardinals, and even the Pope in "Monsignor." Cimino twice played Nazi concentration camp survivors: He was outstanding as the wise Abraham Bernstein in the excellent science fiction TV mini-series "V" and likewise marvelous as the kindly Scary German Guy in the delightful "The Monster Squad." Leonardo had a nice bit as the Baron's doctor in David Lynch's "Dune." Among the TV shows Cimino did guest spots on are "Naked City," "The Defenders," "Kojak," "Ryan's Hope," "The Equalizer," "The Hunger," and "Law and Order." Outside of movies and television, Leonardo acted on stage in such plays as "The Iceman Cometh," "They Knew What They Wanted," "A Memory of Two Mondays," "Mike Downstairs," "Night Life," "A Passage to India," "Handful of Fire," "The Liar," and "Cyrano de Bergerac." Cimino died at age 94 at his home in Woodstock, New York on March 3, 2012.
- Actress
- Additional Crew
- Art Department
Gwen Verdon was born to the theater. Her mother, Gertrude, was a vaudevillian and dancer. Her father, Joseph, was an MGM studio electrician. She had to wear corrective boots as a child to straighten out her legs, which were misshapen by childhood illness. Nonetheless, she first appeared as a tapper on stage at age 6. She got her break in Bob Fosse's "Damn Yankees" in 1955. She married Fosse in 1960 and separated from him, although never divorcing him, in the mid-'70s. More stage and screen work quickly followed with highlights in "New Girl In Town", "Redhead", "Sweet Charity", and "Chicago". She and her daughter, Nicole Fosse, created the current stage musical "Fosse". Upon her death, Broadway dimmed all of its marquee lights in tribute.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Barrie Youngfellow was born on 22 October 1946 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. She was an actress, known for It's a Living (1980), The Scarlett O'Hara War (1980) and A.E.S. Hudson Street (1977). She was married to Sam Freed and Michael Mund Youngfellow. She died on 28 March 2022 in Woodstock, New York, USA.- Peter Lazer was born on 12 April 1946 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958), Hombre (1967) and Kraft Theatre (1947). He died on 14 November 2008 in Woodstock, New York, USA.
- Actor
- Writer
- Additional Crew
Caroll Spinney was born on 26 December 1933 in Waltham, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Sesame Street (1969), The Muppet Movie (1979) and Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009). He was married to Debra Spinney and Janice Spinney. He died on 8 December 2019 in Woodstock, Connecticut, USA.- Actress
- Writer
Gladys Hurlbut was born on 9 December 1898 in Dresden, New York, USA. She was an actress and writer, known for Higher and Higher (1943), The Rains of Ranchipur (1955) and By Your Leave (1934). She died on 25 January 1988 in Woodstock, New York, USA.- Actress
- Stunts
Josephine McKim was born on 4 January 1910 in Oil City, Pennsylvania, USA. She was an actress, known for Lady Be Careful (1936). She was married to Gordon Chalmers. She died on 10 December 1992 in Woodstock, New York, USA.- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Roger Payne was born on 29 January 1935 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Whales: An Unforgettable Journey (1997), Blue Water, White Death (1971) and Drama 61-67 (1961). He was married to Lisa Harrow and Katharine Boynton. He died on 10 June 2023 in South Woodstock, Vermont, USA.- Danny began his career in entertainment by performing standup comedy at the Comedy Store in both Los Angeles and New York City locations; specializing in Archie Bunker and Rodney Dangerfield impersonations. He then was hired by the Miller Brewing Company for several years where he worked as a voice-over and impersonation for various commercials. A member of the Screen Actors Guild; Danny had made appearances in films such as Ghostbusters, Police Academy III, Like Mike and television shows such as Miami Vice.
- Director
- Producer
- Editor
Leon Gast was born on 30 March 1936 in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA. He was a director and producer, known for When We Were Kings (1996), Smash His Camera (2010) and The Trials of Muhammad Ali (2013). He was married to Geri Spolan. He died on 8 March 2021 in Woodstock, New York, USA.- Writer
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Chester Gould was interested in comics from an early age. He wrote and drew several strips while attending Oklahoma A&M University and at Northwestern University (where he graduated in 1921). After graduating from the Chicago Art Institute in 1923, Gould went to work for a Chicago area newspaper. Gould found work illustrating several minor comic strips, and also bombarded the major newspaper syndicates with ideas for a new strip.
It was sometime in 1931 that Gould got a idea, based on his own work as a newspaperman. Gould saw that the headlines were filled with stories about gangsters and their escapades. Gould was disgusted by the apparentm triumph of good over evil, and decided that his new character would fight against these hoods. He sent this strip, called "Plainclothes Tracy" to the Chicago Tribune. The editor at the Tribune loved the idea, but suggested that the strip needed a shorter name. And so, "Dick Tracy" premiered on October 4th, 1931.
From the beginning, Gould's strip stood out. Previous comic strips focused on either household comedies (like "Bringing Up Father") or boyhood adventures. Dick Tracy was one of the first strips to show the effects of violence on people; readers were shocked when a strip clearly showed Tracy shooting a villian in the face. The strip was a huge success, not only spawning a number of spin-offs, but entering the public consciousness as well. Tracy's chisled features became so familiar that it was easy for cartoonist Al Capp to parody him in "L'il Abner."
Like many of the great comics of the 30s and 40s, "Dick Tracy" slowly became a victim of the times. The art was still vibrant and creative, but Gould's two-dimensional, black/white characterization looked stodgy by the 1950s. In the 1960s, Gould made an ill-advised devision to update Tracy by outfitting him with space-age gadgets and a rocket ship(!).
Gould retired from the strip on December 25, 1977, turning it over to his long time assistant. "Dick Tracy" continues to run in newspapers around the world, long after its creator's death in 1985.- Peter Jay was born on 7 February 1937 in London, England, UK. He was married to Emma Bettina Thornton and Margaret Jay. He died on 22 September 2024 in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England, UK.
- Actor
- Additional Crew
- Soundtrack
American tap dancer who was an international star in the 1930's and 1940's. His forte was to tap-dance to any kind of music - jazz, samba, Classical, Baroque - and to adapt his every movement to the character of the music at hand. His career effectively succumbed to the anti- Communist hysteria that existed in the U.S. after World War II, when he was blacklisted out of the entertainment industry as a "Communist sympathizer."- Actor
- Additional Crew
Allen Midgette was born on 2 February 1939 in Camden, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for Caldo soffocante (1991), Blondie: Mother (2011) and 7254 (1971). He died on 16 June 2021 in Woodstock, New York, USA.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Harrison Muller Sr. was born on 23 July 1926 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Warrior of the Lost World (1983), Hansel and Gretel (1958) and Max Liebman Spectaculars (1954). He died on 10 June 1998 in Woodstock, New York, USA.- Ivan Le Lorraine Albright was born on 20 February 1897 in North Harvey, Illinois, USA. He is known for The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945). He was married to Veda Partridge. He died on 18 November 1983 in Woodstock, Vermont, USA.
- Producer
- Writer
- Additional Crew
Stephen Hattman was born on 14 May 1945 in Mansfield, Ohio, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for A Man Called Hawk (1989), The Flash (1990) and Pointman (1995). He died on 11 February 2019 in Woodstock, Virginia, USA.- Gaston Bell was born on 27 September 1877 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for The Third Degree (1913), The Wolf (1914) and Nathan Hale (1913). He died on 11 December 1963 in Woodstock, New York, USA.
- Actor
- Location Management
John Spencer-Churchill was born on 13 April 1926 in Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Hamlet (1996), History of the World: Part I (1981) and An Unlikely Obsession (2011). He was married to Lily Sahni, Dagmar Douglas-Stjernorp, Athina Livanos and Susan Hornby. He died on 16 October 2014 in Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England, UK.- David Robertson was born on 17 April 1945. David died on 20 August 2021 in Woodstock, Ontario, Canada.
- Producer
- Actor
Jon Kurtis was born in 1955 in the USA. He was a producer and actor, known for South Bronx Heroes (1985), Heart of Midnight (1988) and Class of Nuke 'Em High (1986). He was married to Virginia Kurtis. He died on 3 January 1988 in Woodstock, Vermont, USA.- Manuel Komroff was born on 7 September 1890 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for Small Town Boy (1937), The Scarlet Empress (1934) and The Magic Bow (1946). He was married to Elinor M. Barnard. He died on 10 December 1974 in Woodstock, New York, USA.
- John Billings was born on 7 August 1923 in Winchester, Massachusetts, USA. He was married to Nancy and Barbara. He died on 4 March 2022 in Woodstock, Virginia, USA.
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Edith Brandell was born on 2 April 1918 in New York, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for All Girl Revue (1940) and Nut Guilty (1936). She died on 24 December 1998 in Woodstock, New York, USA.