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- Charles Dierkop was born on 11 September 1936 in La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA. He was an actor, known for The Sting (1973), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) and Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984). He was married to Joan Florence Addis. He died on 25 February 2024 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Belonging to an important family clan in Wisconsin, Joseph Losey studied philosophy but was always interested in theater and thus worked together with Bertolt Brecht. After directing some shorts for MGM, he made his first important film, The Boy with Green Hair (1948), for RKO. While he was filming The Prowler (1951) in Italy he was summoned to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee, the congressional committee charged with "rooting out" Communist "subversion" in the motion picture industry. Unwilling to subject himself to the committee's well-known intimidation tactics, Losey decided to seek exile in Great Britain. In the following years he used a pseudonym--"Joseph Walton"--for his films, which were of minor quality. He regained his prestige with the thrillers Chance Meeting (1959), The Concrete Jungle (1960) and Eva (1962). From that point on his films varied between top-quality work like Accident (1967) and much lower-quality projects such as Modesty Blaise (1966), which was a box-office success, and Galileo (1975), which wasn't.- Actor
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Hans Obma was born in La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Better Call Saul (2015), WandaVision (2021) and Narcos: Mexico (2018).- Val Bettin was born on 8 July 1923 in La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA. He was an actor, known for The Great Mouse Detective (1986), Shrek (2001) and Somewhere in Time (1980). He died on 7 January 2021 in Ventura, California, USA.
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Corey Sorenson was born on 23 June 1980 in La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Chicago Fire (2012), The Help (2011) and Get on Up (2014).- Additional Crew
Ed Gein and his elder brother Henry lived on a rural farm near Plainfield, WI. George Gein, his father, was a tanner and carpenter and was drunk most of the time. Augusta, Ed's domineering mother, was the real power of the house. She was a religious fanatic who constantly warned her sons about the sins of premarital sex and railed against "evil" women. Ed's father died in 1940, and brother Henry died four years later fighting a marsh fire (although it was later suspected that Ed might have killed him). Ed stayed at the family farm with his mother and never strayed out of the surrounding few counties. When she died of a stroke in 1945, Ed was left all alone at the "tender" age of 39. He sealed her bedroom and the rest of his house off, living in just the kitchen and one other room. During the period of 1950-55, he visited three local cemeteries at night and dug up at least ten graves. He removed bits and pieces from each body, returning some to their graves. He used skullcaps for bowls, and stitched chair seats and lampshades out of human skin. On special occasions, he would dance outside in the moonlight wearing numerous stitched skin coverings, including the face masks of some of his victims. His first murder was committed on December 8, 1954, the other occurred on November 16, 1957. He attacked his last victim in her store and dragged her body to a truck parked out back. Later that evening the victim's son stopped in at the store to check on his mother and found the doors locked, the cash register missing and a trail of blood leading out to the back door. He recalled that he had seen Ed at the store the day before. When the police went to his farm, they found her headless body in his shed, hanging by it's heels from the rafters. Gein was arrested and eventually confessed to his crimes. On January 16, 1958, he was sent to Central State Hospital at Waupun, WI. In November 1968, he was judged competent to stand trial. He was now diagnosed to have chronic schizophrenia, found "not guilty by reason of insanity" and returned to Waupun. It has been theorized that Gein might have killed two men who hired him as their hunting guide in 1952 and were never seen again. There were also two other unidentified women's body parts were found at his farm. In that his murder & grave robbing victims were all of middle or elderly age, these two women's remains were decisively young, in their teenage years. This was never conclusively investigated. In 1978, he was moved to Mendota Mental Health Institute. Gein was a model prisoner and died quietly in his sleep in the geriatric psychiatric ward in 1984. He is buried next to his mother in the Plainfield Cemetery.- Scott Thorson was born on 23 January 1959 in La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA. He is a writer, known for Behind the Candelabra (2013), Fame for 15 (2001) and Reputations (1994).
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William S. Baker was born on 6 August 1925 in La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA. William S. was a composer, known for The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant (1971), Diary of a Stewardess (1973) and Sexcapade in Mexico (1973). William S. was married to Shirley Dawn Denison and Abigail Shelton. William S. died on 27 August 2008 in Austin, Texas, USA.- Actor
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Ford Sterling was born on 3 November 1883 in La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Good and Naughty (1926), The Trouble with Wives (1925) and He Who Gets Slapped (1924). He was married to Teddy Sampson. He died on 13 October 1939 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Music Department
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Composer, songwriter ("Dream a Little Dream of Me"), conductor and arranger, educated at St. Joseph's College and Marquette University. He served in the US Army during World War II. He studied music with Joseph Schillinger and Carl Eppert, and he arranged for dance orchestras on NBC in Chicago, and also led his own orchestra, making many records. His specialty was Latin-American music. In 1941, he joined ASCAP, and composed several popular-music tunes including "From Me to You"; "When They Played the Polka"; "Antonio"; "A Windy Day on the Outer Drive"; "Pedigree on Pomander Walk"; "The Maid With the Slight Swiss Accent"; and "The Man Who Came to Rhumba". Also, "Lullaby for Latins".- Mary Yates was born on 8 March 1929 in La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA. She was married to Mike Wallace and Ted Yates. She died on 1 September 2012 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- Minnie Dupree was born on 19 January 1873 in La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA. She was an actress, known for The Young in Heart (1938), Anne of Windy Poplars (1940) and Two Masters (1928). She died on 23 May 1947 in New York City, New York, USA.
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Kimberly Huston was born on 14 August 1983 in La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA. She is an editor, known for Fast X (2023), Wonderwell (2023) and John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017).- Lottie Alter was born on 16 January 1871 in La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA. She was an actress, known for The Eternal City (1915), The Lottery Man (1916) and An Arizona Romance (1910). She was married to Harry C. Bradley. She died on 25 December 1924 in Beechurst, New York, USA.
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Nick Ferrin is a Chicago actor who played the lead role of Steve in The Artifact. He's been an actor or behind the scenes contributor for dozens of TV and Movie productions in Chicago including Chicago Justice, ER, Stranger than Fiction, Batman Begins, and Shameless. He was also part of the Steppenwolf Theater in Chicago. He was directed in the role of 'Master Harold' by Tony-nominated K. Todd Freeman for the Steppenwolf's production of "Master Harold...and the Boys".- Jarrod Washburn was born on 13 August 1974 in La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA. He has been married to Kerrie Main since 24 October 1998. They have three children.
- Max Austin Gabriel-Helm was born and raised in La Crosse, WI. He is of Norwegian, German, and English descent. Max relocated to Palatine, Illinois at the age of 14 with his father where Max attended William Fremd High School in Palatine. Max was an electrical engineering student at Northern Illinois University and began acting at the age of 22 in Chicago. He is best known for Upload Me.
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Charlie Ping was born on 29 July 1957 in La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA. He is an actor, known for Jupiter Ascending (2015), Flags of Our Fathers (2006) and Get Smart (2008).- Additional Crew
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John Solie was born in 1937 in La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA. He is known for Submersion of Japan (1973), Savage (1996) and Darktown Strutters (1975).- Grant Code was born on 2 March 1896 in La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA. He was an actor, known for Silent Night, Bloody Night (1972), From These Roots (1958) and Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams (1973). He died on 28 August 1974 in New York City, New York, USA.
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Erik Call was born on 12 May 1981 in La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA. He is a writer and editor, known for Møkkakaffe (2013), Rangeland Romances (2004) and Raw (2011).- Set Decorator
Albert Johnson was born on 1 February 1910 in La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA. He was a set decorator, known for Crime Without Passion (1934) and The Scoundrel (1935). He died on 21 December 1967 in New York City, New York, USA.- Karl Klug was born on 31 March 1988 in La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA.
- 33 year old Courtney Lewis founded The Unladylike Lounge during the global shutdown in 2020 as a way for local women to connect and have interaction with like-minded women at the height of the pandemic.
Within one week, the group reached 1K members across the United States, and within a month, the group had gone global. By 2023, there are over 8.3k members worldwide, and the group has evolved into an internationally recognized brand.
In 2022, Courtney and two group members sat down in her living room for a candid conversation on the subject of motherhood, it's beauty and its struggles. After uploading to the internet, it quickly went viral, and listeners across the world instantly asked for more podcast content. Never having listened to a podcast, or even knowing what a podcast actually was, Courtney and her friends immediately went to work to try to satisfy the demands of their new found audience! One year later, we have reached over 350k downloads in over 30 countries! - Additional Crew
Philip Gelatt was born in Wisconsin, and attended the University in Madison Wisconsin. In the early '70s he lived in Sweden, where he worked as production assistant on Maria, union troubles prevented a further filmic career, and Philip moved back to the U.S.