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Betty May Adams was the daughter of a travelling Iowa cotton buyer with a penchant for alcohol. Growing up in Arkansas, Betty expressed an early interest in acting and made her performing debut in a third grade play of "Hansel and Gretel." Beautiful, talented and determined, the freshly minted 'Miss Little Rock' left home at the age of 19 to live with her aunt and uncle in California. For three days a week she made ends meet working as a secretary. The remainder of her time was spent taking speech and drama lessons (in due course losing her Southern twang) and making the rounds of the various Hollywood casting departments. Her first screen role was (appropriately) as a starlet in Paramount's Red, Hot and Blue (1949). This was followed by an inauspicious leading role in the B-grade Western The Dalton Gang (1949). Over a period of five weeks she appeared in six further quota quickies of the sagebrush variety for Poverty Row outfit Lippert Productions. Since Lippert owned no actual studio facilities, most of the filming took place at the Ray Corrigan ranch in Chatsworth, California. In the summer of 1950, Betty assisted in a screen test for Detroit Lions football star Leon Hart at Universal-International. While Hart's movie career ended up stillborn, Betty clicked with producers who opted to change her first name to 'Julia.' The initial outing for her new studio was entitled Bright Victory (1951), with the budding actress a little underemployed as 'the other girl' in a love triangle involving a blind war veteran (played by Arthur Kennedy). Her career was significantly better served in her next assignment as co-star opposite James Stewart in Anthony Mann's seminal Technicolor western Bend of the River (1952) (Kennedy this time cast as the arch villain). Adams later recalled her part in this film as "a great learning experience" and one of her "fondest Hollywood memories," It also led to a life long friendship with Jimmy Stewart.
Signed to a seven-year contract (and having her legs insured by Universal to the tune of $125,000 by Lloyds of London), Julia seemed destined to remain perpetually typecast as a western heroine. A comely actress with soft, classical features, she often gave affecting performances in what amounted to little more than bread-and-butter pictures. At the very least, she got to play romantic leads opposite some of Universal's top box-office earners: Rock Hudson (in Horizons West (1952) and The Lawless Breed (1952)), Tyrone Power(The Mississippi Gambler (1953)) and Glenn Ford (The Man from the Alamo (1953)). Having played a succession of 'nice girls,' Julia took a turn as leader of an outlaw gang in Wings of the Hawk (1953), set against the background of the Mexican Revolution (Van Heflin was first-billed as a mining engineer, who, having his gold mine taken over by Federales, joins Julia's band of 'insurrectos'). 'Miss Melon Patch' of 1953 was about to experience another important career change, being famously cast as the imperilled heroine Kay Lawrence in Jack Arnolds cultish monster flic Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954), a role Adams initially considered turning down. Shot in 3-D on a shoestring budget, the picture was light on script but strong on atmosphere and proved once again that style can succeed over content. The not inconsiderable physical charms of Miss Adams often dominated the scenery and gave the 'Gill Man' a run for his money. Audiences approved and 'Creature' spawned two further sequels, alas without Julia and with diminishing returns.
In 1955, having generated strong box office heat, Julia changed her moniker (with studio approval) to the less gentle-sounding Julie. Accordingly, she was now offered more varied material ranging from tough melodramas, to comedies and lightweight romances. Adams further established her credentials with roles which included a soft porn model who survives a plane crash in the Colorado Rockies in The Looters (1955); as a cop's wife in Six Bridges to Cross (1955) (a crime drama based on Boston's Great Brinks Robbery); a sympathetic school's doctor in the family-oriented comedy The Private War of Major Benson (1955) and as the wife of an assistant D.A. fighting gangland on the New York waterfront in Slaughter on 10th Avenue (1957). After 1957, her contract with Universal having expired, Adams successfully transitioned into television where she remained a firm favorite in westerns and crime dramas, guest-starring in just about every classic prime-time series covering both genres (Perry Mason (1957) being her personal favorite). Latterly, she had a popular recurring role as real estate lady Eve Simpson in Murder, She Wrote (1984). Adams was still in demand for occasional screen appearances well into her 90s.
She was married twice: first, to writer-producer Leonard Stern, and, secondly, to the actor Ray Danton. Julie Adams passed away in Los Angeles on February 3, 2019 at the age of 92. Her autobiography (co-written with her son Mitchell Danton), entitled "The Lucky Southern Star: Reflections from the Black Lagoon" appeared in 2011.- Actor
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Adam Patrick Devine is an American actor, comedian, singer, screenwriter, and producer. He is one of the stars and co-creators of the Comedy Central comedy television series Workaholics and Adam Devine's House Party. He played the role of Bumper in the musical films Pitch Perfect and Pitch Perfect 2. He had recurring sitcom roles as Andy Bailey in Modern Family and Adam DeMamp in Workaholics. He also had roles in the films The Intern, The Final Girls, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, Game Over, Man! and When We First Met. He has voiced characters in films including Ice Age: Collision Course and The Lego Batman Movie, as well as in the animated series Uncle Grandpa, Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero, Vampirina, Green Eggs and Ham, and Bad Ideas with Adam Devine.- Actor
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Brendan Meyer is an accomplished actor in both theatre and film/TV. In addition to his global acting credits, he has written and directed several award winning short films and has a few features in development. Best known for his love for and extensive knowledge of live theatre, film, and TV, Brendan is a well respected contributor to the acting community. He performed in three seasons with the Freewill Shakespeare Festival in Canada. His past theatre credits include Macbeth, Much Ado About Nothing, Titus Andronicus, Comedy of Errors and Richard III (Freewill Players); and Beneath The Ice (Fringe Theatre Adventures). He also has numerous directing (Fourteen, The Tempest) and acting (The Haunting of Hathaway House, The Tempest, Twelfth Night and An Unnatural Turn) projects with Celsius Youth Theatre, where he is the co-founder and was a co-artistic director before his film/TV career took him to Los Angeles. A self-professed Shakespeare nerd who has written many of his own Shakespeare adaptations, Brendan is an avid theatre goer who has traveled to New York, London, and Stratford-Upon-Avon to see many great plays and musicals. He maintains an extensive library of plays and books on the industry. When he has free time, you can find him in front of a movie screen, studying the greats such as Humphrey Bogart ,Leonardo DiCaprio and anything by Alfred Hitchcock. Brendan is very committed to giving back. He has strong ties with One! International, an organization running schools for disadvantaged youth in India. He lives in Los Angeles but spends a lot of time in New York City, Vancouver, Canada and London, England where he has citizenship.- Actor
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Sean Schemmel is an American voice actor who is most well known for voicing Goku in the English-language versions of the Dragon Ball franchise. Aside from Goku, Sean also voiced Black Doom from Shadow the Hedgehog, Gonard from Kappa Mikey, Goku Black and King Kai from Dragon Ball, Lucario from Pokémon, Helmeppo and Hatchan from One Piece, 1984 Raphael from TMNT: Turtles Forever, Nobody from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 cartoon), and Batman from The Dark Knight Rises video game.- Actor
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Colin Baker was born in 1943 in the Royal Waterloo Lying-In Hospital in London during an air raid. He spent his earliest years in London with his mother, while his father served in the armed forces. He narrowly avoided an early death during the wartime blitz when a piece of flying shrapnel just missed him, embedding itself in the side of his cot. After the war, Baker's father took a job as managing director of an asbestos company in Manchester. The family moved north to live in Rochdale, although Baker attended school in Manchester.
It was during his early schooling that - through the mother of one of his fellow pupils, who was a casting director at Granada TV - he had his first experience of acting. It was 1954 and the series was called My Wife's Sister (1956), starring Eleanor Summerfield, Martin Wyldeck and Helen Christie. Colin Baker went on to attend St. Bede's College in Manchester, where he was invited to take part in their annual productions of Gilbert and Sullivan operettas. The twelve-years-old Baker appeared in the chorus for a production of "Yeoman of the Guard" and, a year later, landed a more major part - playing the female lead, "Phyllis" - in "Iolanthe".
After completing his schooling, Baker went on to study law. One day during this period, he and his mother went to see an amateur production of "The King and I" at the Palace Theatre, Manchester. Inspired by the performance and encouraged by the president of the company that had staged the Amateur Dramatic Society and quickly became hooked on acting. Baker took a job as a solicitor but, as time went on, became less and less interested in this career. Finally, at the age of twenty-three, he decided to become a full-time actor.
Baker joined the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), where he trained for three years. At the end of this, he was summoned with two of his fellow students to see the head of the drama school, who gave them rather gloomy predictions for their future prospects as actors and suggested that they seek alternative careers. These predictions proved somewhat wide of the mark as not only did Baker go on to great success but so too did his fellow students - David Suchet (who - amongst many other achievements - starred in LWT's award-winning productions of Agatha Christie's "Poirot") and Mel Martin (whose numerous credits include the series Love for Lydia (1977), also for LWT). After leaving LAMDA, Baker took a temporary job driving a taxi in Minehead in order to be near his then-girlfriend. He then received a call to come to London to audition for a part in a BBC2 drama series called The Roads to Freedom (1970), which he won. This led to further TV roles, including two more for BBC2: "Count Wenceslas Steinbock" in "Balzac's Cousin Bette" (1971) and "Prince Anatol Kuragin" in an ambitious twenty-part serialisation of Lev Tolstoy's "War and Peace" (1972-72). He also took on a wide range to theatre work, including several William Shakespeare festivals, appearing in productions of "Macbeth" and "Hamlet".
In the mid-seventies, Baker landed the role that would make him "the man viewers love to hate". This was "Paul Merroney" in the BBC1 series The Brothers (1972). After "The Brothers", Baker married actress Liza Goddard, who had played his on-screen wife in the series, but the marriage eventually ended in divorce. Baker later married actress Marion Wyatt. Theatre work kept Baker almost constantly busy for the next five years including appearances in everything from comedies to thrillers, as well as more Shakespeare. He also had a few further TV roles, including one as "Bayban" in "Blake's 7: City at the Edge of the World" (BBC, 1980) and one opposite Nyree Dawn Porter and Ian Hendry in the drama series, For Maddie with Love (1980) (ATV, 1980).
Baker's next TV role after "For Maddie with Love" was as "Maxil" in the Arc of Infinity: Part One (1983) story, "Arc of Infinity". Shortly before Baker took the role of the Doctor on "Doctor Who", he and his wife suffered the loss of their baby son, Jack, to cot death syndrome. Baker subsequently became a passionate fund raiser for the Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths, with many of is personal appearance fees being donated to the charity. Baker's time as the sixth Doctor was cut unexpectedly short, initially by BBC One controller Michael Grade's hiatus between the twenty-second and twenty-third seasons and then by the decision of Grade to oust him from the role.
After his departure from "Doctor Who", the actor returned to the theatre, appearing in highly successful runs of "Corpse" and "Deathtrap" and having a four-month stint in the West End farce, "Run for Your Wife", with Terry Scott. TV work included a guest appearance in the BBC's Casualty (1986) and presenting assignments on programmes for the Children's Channel. After directing a play called "Bazaar and Rummage", Baker was asked to play the Doctor once again - this time on stage, taking over from Jon Pertwee in the Mark Furness Ltd production, "The Ultimate Adventure". This tour proved to him that, despite the brevity of his time as the Doctor on TV, he had amassed a loyal following amongst younger viewers.
In the 1990s, Baker had continued to pursue a successful career, mainly in the theatre. He has made regular appearances in pantomime, and his stage work has included roles in the musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' "Great Expectations" and in a comedy entitled "Fear of Flying". He has also starred in the "Stranger" series of videos made by Bill Baggs Video, alongside a number of other actors known for their work on "Doctor Who".- Actor
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Adam was born and raised in the small community of Aplington, Iowa. Being raised in a musical family led Adam to ending his collegiate football career early to which he began touring the country as a drummer in a metal band. After getting his Bachelors degree in Teaching (Industrial Trades), he left the 'skilled trades world' he grew to love and began chasing his love of acting. After only a few years, he has already shared the screen with many of his favorite stars and continues to grow his career in every aspect of film making.- Christina Schmidt attended high school at Waterloo Oxford High School in Baden, Ontario and Cameron Heights Collegiate in Kitchener. She auditioned for and was picked from hundreds of Degrassi:The Next Generation hopefuls. Christina was cast as part of the original D:TNG cast for the leading role of Terri MacGregor. She has studied acting with Dean Armstrong of "Queer as Folk" and the New York Broadway musical "Rent" at the Armstrong Acting Studio in Toronto. As well as being a professional Actress, Christina is also a professional print fashion model! One of her most memorable acting career moments was winning the "Young Artist Award" for best supporting actress in Los Angeles in April 2005.
- Sarah Manninen was born on 6 November 1976 in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. She is an actress, known for The Prince and Me (2004), An Awkward Sexual Adventure (2012) and Aka Albert Walker (2002).
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Kwesi Ameyaw was born on 24 August 1975 in Kitchener, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. He is an actor, known for Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004), Capote (2005) and Man of Steel (2013).- Actress
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Born and raised in Iowa, the middle of six children, Nancy received an MFA in 'Directing for the Theatre' at the University of Georgia, where she worked with internationally renowned theater director, Zygmunt Hubner. She has worked in many regional theater productions, as both director and actor.
Nancy has booked and filmed around 300 TV commercials, including a series directed by the brilliant Bill Persky. She played Heidi in the HEIDI CHRONICLES at the Cleveland Playhouse and was an understudy in BURN THIS on Broadway; where she went on with the wonderful Scott Glenn. She has shot a number of pilots, including MARS: BASE ONE with Dan Ackroyd, and ARLY HANKS MYSTERIES with Ron Perlman and Kate Jackson. Nancy's credits over the past thirty years include Murphy Brown, Shamless, Weeds, The Sheild, Star Trek: DSN, ER, The Wonder Years, Bones, The Fosters, and Absolute Strangers with Henry Winkler and Karl Malden, .
She lives in Los Angeles.- Actor
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Forry Smith was born on 1 December 1952 in Waterloo, Iowa, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993), Beverly Hills Cop III (1994) and We Were Soldiers (2002). He has been married to Cheryl Richardson since 1994. They have two children.- A dynamic performer onstage and onscreen, Alyssa is an elite dancer with an unprecedented work ethic, coupled with extraordinary talent and phenomenal versatility. She trains in multiple disciplines; hip hop, jazz funk, ballet, jazz, lyrical, and contemporary. She trains in Toronto, as well as NYC and LA. Travelling extensively to workshops and intensives throughout Canada and the United States, she has been recognized with numerous scholarships, titles and awards. She has had the opportunity to train with, personally assist and perform for some of the most talented choreographers in the industry both within Canada and the United States as a "Pulse Protégé", "Monsters of Hip Hop Showcase nominee" and a "Velocity MVA artist". Alyssa is a member of Abstrakt Beings; a dance company based in New York City dedicated to helping artists advance in the industry. Her performance credits include World of Dance, IIFA, TSO, National Ballet of Canada's Nutcracker, and Toronto Raptors Mini Dancepak.
Alyssa is proving to be a natural on camera as well as onstage. In 2013, Alyssa landed her first principle role in "Isabelle Dances Into the Spotlight" expanding her experiences and further creating a love for acting. Further success followed with appearances on "The Next Step Season 3" as well "The Stanley Dynamic Season 1" and her most recent accomplishment with a lead role as "Carly", on "Backstage Season 1 and 2" airing in Canada on Family Channel, in the US on Netflix and around the world on Disney Worldwide.
Alyssa is an Honour Roll student that is fluent in both English and French. She trains hard, and performs from the heart. Alyssa is a phenomenal performer and actor with great focus and personal conviction. - Actress
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Tracie Spencer was born on 12 July 1976 in Waterloo, Iowa, USA. She is an actress, known for The Longest Yard (2005), Good Burger (1997) and A Smile Like Yours (1997).- Music Artist
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The Kid Laroi was born on 17 August 2003 in Waterloo, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He is a music artist and actor, known for The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber: Stay (2021), Y2K (2024) and Juice WRLD with Marshmello feat. Polo G & The Kid Laroi: Hate the Other Side (2020).- Lenore Shanewise was born on 12 October 1887 in Waterloo, Iowa, USA. She was an actress, known for Matinee Theatre (1955), The Twilight Zone (1959) and Tales of Tomorrow (1951). She died on 22 December 1980 in San Diego, California, USA.
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Rich Christiano was born October 2, 1956, raised in Waterloo NY, and graduated from St. John Fisher College in Rochester NY in 1978. He became a born-again Christian in 1980 at the age of 23 while living in North Hollywood, CA. Rich began his film career along with his twin brother Dave in 1985 when they produced a short Christian movie called "The Daylight Zone." Working together, Rich and Dave produced 3 films and then the brothers set up separate production companies, while continuing to consult with one another on their various projects. Rich has produced, written and directed several feature films including Time Changer, Unidentified, The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry, A Matter of Faith, and Play the Flute. Rich's goal is to produce films to inspire Christians to live for the LORD and to encourage others to consider important spiritual matters.- Actor
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Mr. Wellman was born and raised in the Midwest. He began as a musician, but developed a love for the theatre while pursuing graduate studies at UCLA. He studied with Lee Strasberg, and Peggy Feury at the Strasberg Institute, and at The Loft Theater for an additional ten years. He was cast as Lee Marvin's son in the Paramount film, The Klansman, starring Lee Marvin and Richard Burton, his first major break. He began to work in episodic television, the theatre, and motion pictures, including prominent roles in the films, Sudden Impact, Sommersby, Street of Dreams, and Curfew. As a writer, Mr. Wellman teamed up with UCLA friend, Alex Lasker to adapt the book Firefox for the screen for director Clint Eastwood. Mr. Wellman worked with Clint Eastwood on three projects. In addition to co-writing Firefox, Mr. Wellman did on set revisions on Clint's "Dirty Harry" hit, Sudden Impact, while also playing the role of Tyrone in the movie. Mr. Wellman took no credit for his work. But, Clint Eastwood rewarded Wellman handsomely by persuading Warner Bros (Marc Rosenberg, Studio Chief) to offer Mr. Wellman a two picture writing deal the following spring. Ultimately Mr. Eastwood hired Mr. Wellman once again to develop a final Dirty Harry project, which Mr. Eastwood has kept under lock and key to this day.
As part of the package, Warner Bros hired Wellman to adapt a novel "Fair Game" for the screen, in hopes of hiring Sylvester Stallone to star. Mr. Wellman adapted the book, Stallone signed on to star (Cobra). Stallone did his own on set revisions during the shoot. Mr. Wellman lost his screen credit in a close WGA arbitration by one percentage point.
In addition to his work at Warner Bros, Mr. Wellman did paid studio writing assignments at Paramount, Universal, Fox, and Embassy Pictures. Mr. Wellman has also lectured and taught screenwriting courses at UCLA, Santa Fe Screenwriting Festival, "Artists and Residents" in Lewisburg, West Virginia, and at StoryBoard at Fox Studios, Los Angeles: currently- William Flaherty was born on 2 May 1919 in Waterloo, Iowa, USA. He was an actor, known for The Monolith Monsters (1957), General Electric Theater (1953) and This Is Not a Test (1962). He died on 1 January 2000 in San Bernardino, California, USA.
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Emily West was born on 6 July 1981 in Waterloo, Iowa, USA. She is an actress, known for Stolen (2012), Body of Proof (2011) and GCB (2012).- Mimi Marks is recognized as one of the world's most beautiful transsexual actress/models. She performs in a cabaret club, The Baton, in Chicago Illinois and travels the country for appearances and performances.
Accepted by the mainstream, Mimi has been offered many opportunities in Hollywood and is currently working on television projects in development. - Producer
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Aaron Harberts has served as an executive producer, showrunner, and co-showrunner on series such as Revenge (2011), Mercy (2009), Pushing Daisies (2007), Reign (2013), and GCB (2012). Harberts spent his childhood in Richmond, Indiana and his formative years in Fort Lauderdale, Florida before returning to the Midwest to attended Northwestern University. It was there that he met his writing partner, Gretchen J. Berg. Moving to Los Angeles in 1995, he spent time in the assistant trenches before being hired onto the original Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990) for its last two seasons. Since then, Harberts and Berg's work has earned them a Peabody Award Nomination, Saturn Award, Logo's NewNowNext Award, and a GLAAD Award Nomination. Harberts and Berg have worked together for over 20 years. They are both recognized for their blended tone of comedy and drama, as seen on Pepper Dennis (2006) and Pushing Daisies. Harberts lives with his husband in Los Angeles, California.- Michele Bachmann was born on 6 April 1956 in Waterloo, Iowa, USA. She is an actress, known for Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! (2015), Janeane from Des Moines (2012) and Les évangéliques à la conquête du monde (2023). She has been married to Marcus Bachmann since 10 September 1978. They have five children.
- Jerry Mayer was born on 12 May 1941 in Waterloo, Iowa, USA. He was an actor, known for Nobody's Fool (1994), Brubaker (1980) and Single White Female (1992). He died on 3 February 2003 in New York City, New York, USA.
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A native of Waterloo, Canada, Neil attended the Media Arts program at Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning where he earned multiple award nominations (Best Documentary for Behind the Sausage, Best Director for Dogstar and Best Editing for Motel Poets) and accepted the Most Outstanding Graduating Student Award in his final year.
After graduating, Neil worked as the Producer of Web and Special Projects at Magee TV, a television production company founded by Al Magee, where he helped in the production, post-production and design aspects of such projects as The Smart Woman Survival Guide, Everyday Exotic, Superstar Hair Challenge, The Men, and Night Chef (Winner - 2011 Banff International Pilots Competition - Entertainment Programs).
While working at Magee TV, Neil also began focusing on a career as a director and editor, becoming one of the joint partners of Gorilla Milkshake Productions with Desmond Sargeant. Started as a means to continue their creative and collaborative style of work, Gorilla Milkshake has produced the award winning short films Patient and Guys Night, the web series Andy and the Upside (15th Annual Webby Award Official Honoree) and the comedy/horror I Kill Monsters, as well as the occasional commercial and music video for artists like Vinyl Heart.- Editor
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David Wharnsby was born on 20 June 1967 in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. He is an editor and director, known for Saving Hope (2012), Away from Her (2006) and Hyena Road (2015). He was previously married to Sarah Polley.