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Aaron Tveit was born on October 21, 1983 in Middletown, New York as Aaron Kyle Tveit. He's an American actor & singer known for originating the roles of Gabe in Next to Normal as well as Frank Abagnale Jr. in Catch Me If You Can on Broadway. He's also known as Tripp van der Bilt in Gossip Girl (2007) & Enjolras in Les Misérables (2012). Other works include Graceland (2013) & Grease Live! (2016).- Actress
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Debra Monk was born in Middletown, Ohio, USA. Debra is an actor and producer, known for One for the Money (2012), The Devil's Advocate (1997) and NYPD Blue (1993).- Actor
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Craggy Irish-American James Naughton, a handsome charmer and solid character lead of crime stories, is best-known for his strong, cynical work on the musical stage. He firmly moved into films and especially TV roles, however, thanks to his Tony Award-winning Broadway success. A post-war baby and the older brother of actor David Naughton, the Connecticut native was born on December 1, 1945, the son of a pair of school teachers. Jim developed a taste for singing during his years performing at high school events.
Following studies at Brown University and the Yale School of Drama, Jim made his off-Broadway debut in 1971 for his pungent portrayal of "Edmund" in "Long Day's Journey Into Night," for which he received a Theatre World Award. his Broadway debut with "I Love My Wife" in 1977, followed by "Whose Life Is It Anyway?" in 1980.
In the early 70's he made a strong impression in the TV movie version of the play Look Homeward, Angel (1972) starring Timothy Bottoms and followed that with a featured role in the acclaimed college dramedy The Paper Chase (1973) also starring Bottoms. This led to a brief, co-starring role opposite veteran Dan Dailey in the short-lived father/son detective TV series Faraday and Company (1973), which was one of a rotating series of four programs comprising "The NBC Wednesday Mystery Movie," and as astronaut Pete Burke in the equally short-lived TV series version of Planet of the Apes (1974). In the meantime he also found guest roles on such crime series as "Mannix," "Joe Forrester" and "Barnaby Jones."
Jim continued diligently with work on TV throughout the 80s starring in three more quickly canceled TV programs -- as a high school dean in Making the Grade (1982); an emergency room team lead in the medical drama Trauma Center (1983); and a single dad raising a daughter in Raising Miranda (1988). He also had a light recurring role as Judith Light's ex-husband in the sitcom Who's the Boss? (1984). His smooth voice has often been heard on national TV commercials and in radio spots. He is provided narration on PBS television's Nature series.
JIm received bookend Tony Awards for his "Sam Spade"-like detective in the 1989 film noir musical "City of Angels" (1990) and as slick, shyster lawyer/razzle dazzler "Billy Flynn" in the revival of "Chicago" (1997). He would also direct such stage plays as Arthur Miller's "The Price" and Thornton Wilder's "Our Town" with Paul Newman and Jane Curtin.
Sporadic, often restrained work in such films as the Stephen King horror opus Cat's Eye (1985), The Glass Menagerie (1987) (as the "Gentleman Caller"), The Good Mother (1988), First Kid (1996), The First Wives Club (1996), Oxygen (1999), Factory Girl (2006), Suburban Girl (2007), The Word (2013), Equity (2016) and The Independents (2018), which starred and was directed by his son Greg Naughton and featured actress/daughter Keira Naughton, usually had Jim cast as trustworthy husbands (well, not always) and well-dressed professionals. He possessed one of those strong, worldly faces you certainly know but may not quite place.
Into the millennium, Jim has had recurring roles on such series as Ally McBeal (1997), Gossip Girl (2007) and Hostages (2013). Naughton has also taken to the cabaret circuit where his simple, relaxed singing style was showcased in his award-winning one-man show "Street of Dreams." The show, which featured a number of eclectic songs from country and western to contemporary pop to classic standards, was seen at such venues as the Manhattan Theatre Club and Caroline's Comedy Club. His wife, former actress Pamela Parsons, died of cancer in 2013.- Shane McDermott was born on 24 April 1976 in Middletown, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for Airborne (1993), Swans Crossing (1992) and All My Children (1970). He has been married to Laura Hughes since 7 May 2011. They have two children.
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Jules Dassin was an Academy Award-nominated director, screenwriter and actor best known for his films Rififi (1955), Never on Sunday (1960), and Topkapi (1964).
He was born Julius Samuel Dassin on 18 December 1911, in Middletown, Connecticut, USA. He was one of eight children of Russian-Jewish immigrants, Samuel Dassin and Berthe Vogel. Young Dassin grew up in Harlem, and he attended Morris High School in the Bronx, graduating in 1929. After taking acting classes in Europe, he returned to New York. In 1934, he became and actor with the ARTEF Players (Arbeter Teater Farband), and was a member of the troupe until 1939. Dassin played character roles in Yiddish, mainly in the plays by Sholom Aleichem. But upon discovering "that an actor I was not," he switched to directing and writing. At that time, he joined the Communist Party of the United States, but left the party in 1939, he said, disillusioned after the Soviet Union signed a pact with Adolf Hitler.
Dassin came to Hollywood in 1940, and was an apprentice to directors Alfred Hitchcock and Garson Kanin. In 1941, he made his directorial debut at MGM with adaptation of a story by Edgar Allan Poe. Dassin's best directorial works for Hollywood include such criminal dramas as Brute Force (1947) starring Burt Lancaster; The Naked City (1948), one of the first police dramas shot on the streets of New York; and Night and the City (1950) starring Richard Widmark as a hustler in London who is caught up in his own schemes. While he was assigned by producer Darryl F. Zanuck to make the film, Dassin was accused of affiliation with the Communist Party in his past. Zanuck advised Dassin to "shoot the expensive scenes first, to hook the studio" so the film was finished and released in 1951. Dassin was reported to HUAC in a 1951 testimony by directors Edward Dmytryk and Frank Tuttle. That was enough to sink his career in Hollywood. Dassin was subpoenaed by HUAC in 1952 and eventually became blacklisted after refusing to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee.
He left the United States for France in 1953 and struggled during his first years in Paris. He was not fluent in French, and his connections were limited. However, Dassin's low-budget film, Rififi (1955), famous for its long heist sequence that was free of dialog, won him the Best Director Award at the 1955 Cannes Film Festival. There, he met the Greek actress Melina Mercouri. Later, Dassin co-starred opposite Mercouri in his film Never on Sunday (1960), which won the Best Film Award at Cannes in 1960. At that time, the anti-Communist witch hunt in America was fading, and Dassin was accepted again. He received two Academy Award-nominations for directing and screen-writing for Topkapi (1964), starring Mercouri, Maximilian Schell, and Peter Ustinov. Dassin also served as member of jury at the Cannes and several other international film festivals.
Jules Dassin was married twice. He had three children with his first wife, violinist Beatrice Launer. His son, Joe Dassin, was a popular French singer in the 1960s and '70s, with such hits as "Bip Bip," "L'Eté Indien" and "Aux Champs-Èlysées." In 1966, Jules Dassin married Mercouri, an ardent anti-fascist who lost her Greek citizenship for opposing the junta, and the couple was living in Manhattan, remaining very active in their efforts to restore democracy in Greece during the dictatorship of the Colonels. After 1974, the couple returned to Greece, Mercouri became a member of the Greek Parliament, and Culture Minister of Greece. While living in Athens, Dassin was active in the effort to bring the 2500-year-old Elgin marbles of the Parthenon back to Athens from their current location at the British Museum in London. In this and other humanitarian causes, Dassin followed the last will of his late wife.
Jules Dassin died of complications caused by a flu, on April 1, 2008, at age 96, at Hygeia Hospital in Athens, Greece. He is survived by two daughters and grandchildren.- Mary Kay Adams was born on 12 September 1962 in Middletown, New Jersey, USA. She is an actress, known for Guiding Light (1952), Babylon 5 (1993) and See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989).
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- Producer
Chrystee Pharris was born on 7 March 1976 in Middletown, Ohio, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Scrubs (2001), Passions (1999) and Monogamy (2018). She was previously married to Tron Larkins.- Director
- Producer
- Actress
Emma Tammi was born on 26 February 1982 in Middletown, Connecticut, USA. She is a director and producer, known for Five Nights at Freddy's (2023), The Wind (2018) and The Left Right Game (2020).- Actor
- Producer
Zachary Abel was born on 4 September 1980 in Middletown, Indiana, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Make It or Break It (2009), Forget Me Not (2009) and The One 'N Done (2012). He has been married to Elizabeth Henstridge since 21 August 2021.- Actor
- Producer
Nicholas Tucci was born and raised in Middletown, CT. He graduated from Middletown High School before attending Yale University, where he received a BA in Theater and was a member of the sketch comedy group Suite 13. He had acted in numerous theatrical productions across the country, including multiple original works and many by William Shakespeare. He wrote several screenplays, both adapted and original, and all mainly rooted in the horror genre. A rabid, lifelong Stephen King fan, he owns a well-mannered Maine Coon cat named Church (after his favorite novel). Church is alive and well and lives in Middletown, albeit by a busy road.- Actress
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Sarah Selby was born on 30 August 1905 in Middletown, Ohio, USA. She was an actress, known for Tower of London (1962), Beyond the Forest (1949) and The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Ghost Farm (1957). She was married to Holger Yngvar Harthern-Jakobsen and Stanley Robert Wuliger. She died on 7 January 1980 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Writer
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- Director
David Webb Peoples was born on 9 February 1940 in Middletown, Connecticut, USA. He is a writer and editor, known for Unforgiven (1992), Blade Runner (1982) and 12 Monkeys (1995). He is married to Janet Peoples.- Marcus Coloma was born on 18 October 1978 in Middletown, California, USA. He is an actor, known for General Hospital (1963), Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 (2011) and Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva La Fiesta! (2012).
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- Manager
Darcey Silva was born on 13 September 1974 in Middletown, Connecticut, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for White T (2013), Darcey & Stacey (2020) and 90 Day Fiancé: B90 Strikes Back! (2020).- Sandra Warner was born on 12 May 1934 in Middletown, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Point Blank (1967), The Twilight Zone (1959) and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1962). She was married to Dixon Nicomaid McKenna Jr., Theodore F Bobo and Charles W Byrd. She died on 13 March 2022 in Beverly Hills, California, USA.
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Kenny Johnston was born in Middletown, New York, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for One for the Road.- Writer
- Producer
J.D. Vance was born on 2 August 1984 in Middletown, Ohio, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Hillbilly Elegy (2020), CBS This Morning (2012) and The Next Revolution with Steve Hilton (2017). He has been married to Usha Vance since 14 June 2014. They have three children.- Director
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- Actor
E.W. Swackhamer was born on 17 January 1927 in Middletown, New Jersey, USA. He was a director and producer, known for The Dain Curse (1978), Family (1976) and McCloud (1970). He was married to Bridget Hanley and Margaret Woodward (Gretchen) Shane. He died on 5 December 1994 in Berlin, Germany.- Actress
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Emily Johnson was born on 11 August 1975 in Middletown, Connecticut, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Beowulf (2007), The Wild (2006) and Delivery (2016). She was previously married to Jens Kohler.- Margo Skinner was born on 3 January 1950 in Middletown, Ohio, USA. She was an actress, known for Quick Change (1990), American Playhouse (1980) and ABC Afterschool Specials (1972). She died on 11 April 2005 in New York City, New York, USA.
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Greg Siewny is an actor, producer, and medical consultant in films, known for A Bachelor's Valentine and The Green Oak Guardian. After a successful career as an OB/Gyn Surgeon in his hometown in Ohio, he stumbled into movie making. He also has a beloved classic car, which he uses in productions.- Michael T Flynn was born in Middletown, Rhode Island, USA. Michael T has been married to Lori Andrade since 9 May 1981. They have two children.
- Spencer Tunick has been documenting the live nude figure in public, with photography and video, since 1992. Since 1994, he has organized over 100 temporary site-related installations that encompass dozens, hundreds or thousands of volunteers, and his photographs are records of these events. In his early group works, the individuals en masse, without their clothing, grouped together, metamorphose into a new shape. The bodies extend into and upon the landscape like a substance. These group masses, which do not underscore sexuality, often become abstractions that challenge or reconfigure one's views of nudity and privacy. The work also refers to the complex issue of presenting art in permanent or temporary public spaces. Spencer Tunick's temporary site-specific photographic installations have been commissioned by the XXV Biennial de Sao Paulo, Brazil (2002); Institut Cultura, Barcelona (2003); The Saatchi Gallery (2003); MOCA Cleveland (2004); Vienna Kunsthalle (2008) and MAMBO Museum of Modern Art, Bogota (2016), among others.
- Rotund Italian-American drummer and character actor Buffy Dee was born Anthony DeSantolo on September 15, 1923 in Middletown, New York. Dee was afflicted with polio as a child and spent a short period of his life in a wheelchair. Fortunately, Buffy was able to recover from his bout with polio, although he was left with a slight limp for the rest of his life. Dee lived for almost a half century of his life in Miami, Florida and had a law degree from the University of Miami. Moreover, Buffy not only was a club owner and a drummer for Carmen Cavallaro, but also acted in a handful of films and television shows. Dee was especially funny and memorable as fat slob club owner Barney in Mako: The Jaws of Death (1976). Buffy died at age 72 from lung cancer in November, 1995.
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Jeff Goldberg graduated from UCLA with honors in 2004, majoring in Mass Media Communication with a minor in Political Science. As a college senior, Goldberg interned for Mel Gibson's production company, Icon Productions, just prior to the release of The Passion of the Christ. Upon graduation, he was hired as an Agent Trainee at William Morris Agency, where he became first assistant to the Worldwide Head of Television, Sam Haskell. After leaving William Morris with Haskell, Goldberg assisted with the production of Mississippi Rising, a benefit concert that raised over $15 million for the victims of Hurricane Katrina. He went on to become the Director of Marketing for independent production company Every Tribe Entertainment during the release of the feature film, End of the Spear, which was one of the top ten grossing films of its opening weekend in 2006. Goldberg later became VP of Marketing and Distribution for EthnoGraphic Media, a documentary film company. In January 2009, Goldberg co-founded Toy Gun Films, an independent film production company that has produced award-winning short films in Colombia, Japan and South Africa.- Producer
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Nate Barlow was born on 6 July 1975 in Middletown, Connecticut, USA. He is a producer and actor, known for Tales from Beyond (2004), A Brief History of Hollywood (2020) and Chance (2002). He has been married to Debra Barlow since 26 August 2006.- Actress
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Phyllis McGuire was born on 14 February 1931 in Middletown, Ohio, USA. She was an actress, known for The White River Kid (1999), Come Blow Your Horn (1963) and Rosenthal and Jones (1975). She was married to Cornelius (Neal) Anthony Burke Van Ells. She died on 29 December 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.- Director
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Christopher Leone was born in Middletown, New York, USA. He is a director and writer, known for Parallels (2015) and The Lost Room (2006). He has been married to Pamela Wimberly since 2004.- Producer
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- Script and Continuity Department
Tim Saccardo is a comedy writer/producer born and raised on one of the few actual islands in Rhode Island. Currently a Co-Executive Producer on the writing staff of TBS's "American Dad", his other TV comedy credits include HBO's "Vice Principals", NBC's "Community", and TBS's "10 Items or Less". A graduate of the Writers Guild's Showrunner Training Program, Tim created the original animated series "Car Sandwich: Time Fugitive", currently in development at Adult Swim, and was an Executive Producer/showrunner for the Fox pilot "Ocean Village".
Tim has also spent way too much time at Hollywood's Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, writing and directing countless comedy shows including the monthly "Sketch Cram" and the innovative talk show "What's Going On? with Mike Mitchell", which was shot as a pilot for FX. He also wrote and directed dozens of videos for the theatre, one of which won him a coveted Stony Award from High Times Magazine. The awards ceremony was exactly what you think it would be like.- Actor
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Joey Logano is a celebrated Nascar racing driver and winner of 2015 Daytona 500. As of this writing Joey is the lead of the final practice 62nd Daytona 500 scheduled race on February 16, 2020. Joey Logano began his racing career at the age of 6 in 1996. His first win was the Eastern Grand National Championship in the Jr. Stock Car Division in 1997. At age 10 Logan's family relocated to Georgia and he started stocking up win after win in many racing venues.- Christine McGuire was born on 30 July 1926 in Middletown, Ohio, USA. She was married to David Mudd, Guy Marks, Robert Hugh Spain, John Henry Teeter and Harold Ashcraft. She died on 28 December 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
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David Garry grew up in Connecticut, and was a member of the Oddfellows Playhouse Youth Theater in his late teens. He had received awards for acting in high school, and had worked at the renowned Goodspeed Opera House before moving on to study Theater at the City University of New York. While he was there in New York City (1990-1994), he furthered his skills in acting with classes, college and community theater productions, and started to generate an income as an actor on stage.
He moved to Los Angeles in 1994, joined SAG-AFTRA early on, and had become a longtime performing member of the award-winning theater company, Theatre Neo (in which he had also served as board member and show producer). Amongst the many roles he's had on stage, in commercials, films, and television, a couple favorites include played the recurring role of 'Hanrahan' on 'Just Shoot Me!', and in 2013 David proudly produced and starred in the film, 'The Man Who Loved His Cat'.
In addition to the acting and performing world, David has been a filmmaker (Stuffed Whale Productions) having produced and directed 'Deaners', a documentary film on the fans of James Dean.
David is a Libra, loves cold sesame noodles, and hates evil.- Writer
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- Producer
Jerry Lucas was born on 30 March 1940 in Middletown, Ohio, USA. He is a writer and actor, known for The Perfect Summer, Rome 1960: Games of the XVII Olympiad (1960) and The Final Game (1967). He has been married to Cheri Wulf since 1989. He was previously married to Sharalee Beard and Treva Geib.- Director
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Born in Middletown Ohio, Josh moved to California the year after graduation and is now working out of North Hollywood where he runs his own company, AntiCurrent Productions. He's spent the last 15 years working for Kevin Smith's company Smodco in a great many capacities, during which he's shot/directed/edited three behind the scenes documentaries on Tusk, Jay and Silent Bob: Reboot, and Clerks III. Kevin is Currently Executive Producing his upcoming documentary on Michael Parks, Long Lonesome Highway.
He's directed music videos and live performances of The Aggrolites, Tim Armstrong, Moby, The Specials, The Dickies, Billy Bragg, and more. He's currently directing an upcoming comedy special by AJ Wilkerson, and several unannounced music videos. His newest film, Wrong Reason has been picked up by MVD for distribution and releases on physical/digital media on August 15th.- Composer
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David Bell was born on 17 April 1954 in Middletown, Ohio, USA. He is a composer, known for Star Trek: Voyager (1995), Murder, She Wrote (1984) and Star Trek: Enterprise (2001).- Writer
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Eric Rogers is a prolific television, film, and comic book writer whose produced credits include the Emmy-winning FUTURAMA and NYPD BLUE, as well as POLLY POCKET, S.M.A.S.H., BRICKLEBERRY, UGLYDOLLS, STRETCH ARMSTRONG, WANDER OVER YONDER, KINGDOM BUILDERS, TEEN TITANS GO!, and LITTLEST PET SHOP.
Eric is the Co-Creator, Executive Producer, and Show Runner for the new sci-fi/action-comedy series from Hasbro Studios, MICRONAUTS, which will premiere in 2020.
He was also the Creator, Executive Producer, and Show Runner for Netflix's SKYLANDERS ACADEMY, based on ActiVision-Blizzard's best-selling "Skylanders" video game series.
Eric is a 2011 Writer's Guild of America Award nominee for his FUTURAMA script, "The Silence Of The Clamps". He hopes the WGA never realizes they obviously made some sort of grave clerical error with this nomination.- Arthur Hoops was born in 1870 in Middletown, Connecticut, USA. He was an actor, known for The Song of Hate (1915), Mistress Nell (1915) and Such a Little Queen (1914). He was married to Mabel Amber. He died on 16 September 1916 in Long Island, New York, USA.
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Allie Wrubel was born on 15 January 1905 in Middletown, Connecticut, USA. He is known for Song of the South (1946), Blood Simple (1984) and The Wedding Planner (2001). He died on 13 December 1973 in Twentynine Palms, California, USA.- Dorothy McGuire was born on 13 February 1928 in Middletown, Ohio, USA. She was married to Lowell James Williamson and John Henry Brown. She died on 7 September 2012 in Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
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Conor Timmis was born on 17 October 1980 in Middletown, Connecticut, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Six Two Five, Stonegate and Sensory Perception (2019).- Actor
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Bill Cowsill was born on 4 January 1948 in Middletown, Rhode Island, USA. He was an actor, known for Leaving Metropolis (2002), Reluctant Angel (1997) and Harmony Cats (1992). He was married to Karen Betsy Locke. He died on 17 February 2006 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.- Craig Lawlor was born in Middletown, NJ to Joseph and Gayle Lawlor. He has three siblings, Joe, Stephanie, and Kellie. Craig attends high school in Monmouth County, NJ, where he is a drum major for his school's marching band. He is best known for his role on the daytime soap opera As The World Turns. Craig enjoys surfing, golfing, and riding dirt bikes in his spare time.
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Tim Pixton was born on 8 January 1978 in Middletown, Connecticut, USA. Tim is an art director, known for The Incredible Hulk (2008), Hotel Transylvania (2012) and Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (2009). Tim is married to Carrie Kost.- Make-Up Department
Mally Roncal was born in Middletown, New York, USA. She is known for The Pink Panther (2006), David's Food Court (2013) and Big Morning Buzz Live (2011). She is married to Phil Bickett. They have three children.- Sonia Werner was born on 14 March 1935 in Middletown, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for The Red Skelton Hour (1951) and The Bob Hope Show (1950).
- Jan Adams was born on 21 April 1954 in Middletown, Ohio, USA. He is an actor, known for The Other Half (2001), Cosmetic Surgery Live (2004) and Plastic Surgery: Before & After (2002). He was previously married to Susie Field.
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Tony Pastor was born on 26 October 1907 in Middletown, Connecticut, USA. He was an actor, known for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017), Let's Rock (1958) and Two Blondes and a Redhead (1947). He died on 31 October 1969 in Old Lyme, Connecticut, USA.- Actor
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William Parsons was born on 14 August 1878 in Middletown, New York, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for Tarzan of the Apes (1918), The Romance of Tarzan (1918) and Lightning Bryce (1919). He was married to Billie Rhodes. He died on 28 September 1919 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Katharine Ingham was born on 15 August, 1902 at Middletown, Connecticut, the daughter of Charles Samuel (1867-1949) and Clara Louise Northup Ingham (1874-1946). Her father was for 23 years the headmaster at Governor Dummer Academy, an all-boys school in South Byfield, Massachusetts. Later he would teach at Yale University and serve five terms in the Connecticut State Legislature. Growing up in South Byfield, Katherine was the only girl student aloud to attend her father's school. Later she attended Centenary Collegiate Institute, a co-educational, preparatory school in Hackettstown, New Jersey. Katherine did not go on to college, but instead began working at the age of eighteen as an entertainment journalist for the Boston Traveler.
It was around this time that she married Thomas Stewart Brush (1890-1938), the son of a wealthy newspaper publisher in Ohio. It was after Katharine and her husband moved to Liverpool, Ohio, that she began writing to ease her boredom. In 1927 her short story "Night Club" (Harper's Magazine) received an O. Henry Award honorable mention and two years later "Him and Her" (Collier's Weekly 16 March) was given the O. Henry "Best Short Short" Award of 1929.
Katharine's marriage ended amicably in 1929 over geography. She wanted to live in New York and he needed to stay in Ohio because of the family publishing business. Later that year she married Hubert Charles Winans, a New York banker who had made a fortune trading Midwest wheat for Brazilian coffee. At first they referred to their marriage as a "trial" and for a time maintained separate residences. The couple would later divorce after nearly twelve years of marriage.
During her career she published numerous short stories that were serialized in magazines like Harper's, College Humor and Cosmopolitan; some of the more popular were assembled in her book "Night Club" (1929). Her short stories "Good Wednesday", "Football Girl" and "The Birthday Party" are among her best remembered. Many of Katherine's works were usually set in the post First World War period and were typified by her ability to tell a good story with humor.
Of her books, "Young Man of Manhattan" (1930) and "Red Headed Woman" (1931) were by far the most successful. Katherine's other books include: "Glitter" (1926), "Little Sins" (1927), "Other Women" (1933) "Don't Ever Leave Me" (1935), "This Is On Me" (1940), "You Go Your Way" (1941), "The Boy from Maine" (1942), "Out of My Mind" (1943), "This Man and this Woman" (1944) and "When She was Bad" (1948).
Katharine Brush died after an illness of several months on 10 June, 1952, at St. Luke's Hospital in New York. The illness had prevented Katharine from finishing her last novel, "Lover Come Back", which was intended to be published that fall. She was survived by her son, publisher Thomas Stewart Brush Jr., who at the time his death in 1992, had been a managing director of the Metropolitan Opera Association since 1978. - September 19, 1922- November 23, 2006 was an Italian-American boxer who was better known as Willie Pep. Pep boxed a total of 1956 rounds in the 241 bouts during his 26 year career,Won 229 a considerable number of rounds and fights even for a fighter of his era. His final record was 229-11-1 with 65 knockouts. Pep, known for his speed and finesse, is considered to be one of the best fighters of the 20th century and was inducted to the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1990. In 1977, Pep was elected to the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame.
In 1990, Pep was inducted into the International Boxing Hall Of Fame as a member of the Hall's original class. Pep, who enjoyed giving out autographs to his fans, worked there as a volunteer alongside fellow former world champion boxer and friend Carmen Basilio.
As of March 2006, Pep resided at a nursing home in Connecticut, suffering from Dementia pugilistica, before his death on November 23, 2006. He is buried in Rocky Hill, CT. He has two children William"Billy"Papaleo and Mary Papaleo Both reside in Wethersfield Ct