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Naomi Judd was born on 11 January 1946 in Ashland, Kentucky, USA. She was an actress and producer, known for Someone Like You (2001), An Evergreen Christmas (2014) and Touched by an Angel (1994). She was married to Larry Strickland and Michael Charles Ciminella. She died on 30 April 2022 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

Wynonna Judd was raised in various places across the country, beginning in her birth state of Kentucky. As her mother Naomi Judd continued pursuing her nursing career, the Judd family settled twice in California and later full-time in Kentucky. In 1979, Wynonna, Naomi and younger half-sister Ashley Judd settled in Franklin, Tennessee and began searching for a record deal in nearby Nashville. In 1983, an unprecedented sit-down audition with RCA Nashville was successful, and indicated great things to come for country's newest duo The Judds. Several years and awards later, Naomi announced that she had contracted Hepatitis C during her nursing career from a needle stick. Their final concert on December 4, 1991 indicated an end to country music's most influential duo, and a beginning for someone who would break new records within the industry. Wynonna's first solo album, 'Wynonna', sold over 5 million copies, a first in the industry. Today, Wynonna continues her successful recording career along with raising children Elijah Judd and Grace Pauline from her first marriage to Nashville's Arch Kelley.

Steve Kazee was born on 30 October 1975 in Ashland, Kentucky, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Shameless (2011), The Walking Dead (2010) and Nashville (2012).

Anders weathered a rough childhood and young adult life which not only encouraged an escapist penchant for making up characters but also an insider's sympathy for the strong but put-upon women who people her films. Growing up in rural Kentucky, Anders would always remember hanging onto her father's leg at age five as he abandoned her family. Traveling frequently with her mother and sisters, Anders would later be raped at age 12, endure abuse from a stepfather who once threatened her with a gun, and suffer a mental breakdown at age 15. Venturing back to Kentucky from Los Angeles at 17, she would soon move to London to live with the man who would father her first child. Upon her return to the US, Anders finally began to pick up the pieces of her life. She enrolled in junior college and later the UCLA film school and managed when a second daughter came along. Enchanted with _Wim Wenders_' films, she so deluged the filmmaker with correspondence that he gave her a job as a production assistant on his film Paris, Texas (1984). After graduating from UCLA, Anders made her feature writing and directing debut, Border Radio (1987), a study of the LA punk scene, in collaboration with two former classmates. Her first solo effort, Gas Food Lodging (1992), telling of a single mother and her two teenage daughters, and her followup, My Crazy Life (1993), looking at girl gangs in the Echo Park neighborhood of LA where Anders settled, have shown her to be a deeply personal filmmaker who has used her own experience to make grittily realistic, well-observed, gently ambling studies of women coming of age amid tough, sterile social conditions.

Leigh French was born on 14 July 1945 in Ashland, Kentucky, USA. She is an actress, known for Halloween II (1981), Arlington Road (1999) and The Usual Suspects (1995).

Chuck Woolery originally set his sights on a career in the music industry but had a change of heart when he joined the U.S. Navy instead. After two years military service, he attended college in his home state of Kentucky and afterward held various jobs including a stint as a sales rep at Pillsbury. He later moved to Nashville where he formed the rock band "Avant Garde". He has one daughter and an adopted son from his first marriage, and one daughter from his second marriage and two boys from his third marriage.

Trace Cyrus was born on 24 February 1989 in Ashland, Kentucky, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for The House Bunny (2008), Winged Creatures (2008) and Already Lucky (2018).

Harold 'Hal' Frizzell was born on 11 September 1936 in Ashland, Kentucky, USA. He is an actor, known for Emergency! (1972), Quantum Leap (1989) and Knight Rider (1982).

Alberta Vaughn was born on 27 June 1904 in Ashland, Kentucky, USA. She was an actress, known for Randy Rides Alone (1934), The Adorable Deceiver (1926) and The Live Wire (1935). She was married to John Robert Thomas (contractor) and Joe Egli. She died on 26 April 1992 in Studio City, California, USA.

Jet MacDonald was born on 25 October 1927 in Ashland, Kentucky, USA. She was an actress, known for The Web (1950), Shannon (1961) and Gunsmoke (1955). She was married to Jerry LaZarre and Bill Johnson. She died on 27 June 2011 in Prescott, Arizona, USA.

Joe Boyd graduated from Seminary and went on to work as an ordained minister in Las Vegas, Nevada before becoming a full-time actor, writer and producer in 2003. Joe played the role of Michael Just in Tony N Tina's Wedding at the Rio Hotel Las Vegas for more than 500 shows before moving to Los Angeles in July of 2005. A highly trained and experienced improvisational actor, Joe has more recently taken on several dramatic roles for film and television. He also travels nationally as a Biblical and Mythological Storyteller. Joe is an award-winning film producer and writer.

Zane Carter was born on 28 March 2003 in Ashland, Kentucky, USA. He is an actor, known for The Musical: Welcome to the Night of Your Lives! (2023), That Guy (2020) and Now United: True Love Ways (2022).

Matt Wheeler was born on 12 December 1973 in Ashland, Kentucky, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for 21 (2000), Grey's Anatomy (2005) and Without a Trace (2002).

Lynndie England was born on 8 November 1982 in Ashland, Kentucky, USA. She was previously married to James Fike.

Sarah Oakley was born on 22 December 1979 in Ashland, Kentucky, USA. She is an actress, known for The Girl Next Door (2004) and Freaky Friday (2003).

Jillian Hall was born on 6 September 1980 in Ashland, Kentucky, USA. She is an actress, known for WWE Raw (1993), WWE Smackdown! (1999) and WWE Superstars (2009).

Lucas Bentley was born in Kentucky to an oil refinery operator and a counselor. He discovered his passion for acting during his senior year of high school when he took Drama.

Lucas has had the privilege to learn more about acting from observation and conversation with fellow actors via the projects in which he has worked: Patrick Wilson & Eddie Marsan in "A Kind of Murder", Jake Busey in "Bluegrass Spirits" and Jason Patric & Peter Facinelli in "The Vanished."

His continued training with Dr. Jack Wann has improved his approach to the craft such as character breakdown, scene study, and verbal and non-verbal reactions.

The son of a Methodist preacher turned insurance agent from Lumberton, North Carolina, Ray Salyer started out in life as a Boy Scout who, with his brother Roy, received a medal for saving a playmate from drowning in the local swimming hole. Ray grew up and worked as a carpenter; he married and subsequently enlisted in the U. S. Army before Pearl Harbor, serving through the duration of World War II. After war's end, he abandoned his family and, working on the railroads, and at various other odd jobs, eventually made his way north to New York City. Not much is known of his life after he finished the movie; it is known that he was severely beaten up by his fellow alcoholics due to his role in the movie; he was later found dead in an alley, having possibly choked on his own vomit. His family claimed his remains and took him home back to the Salyer family plot in Oakdale Cemetery in Wilmington, North Carolina.

Bobby Smedley was born on 25 June 1963 in Ashland, Kentucky, USA. He is an actor, known for WCW Monday Nitro (1995), WCW Saturday Night (1985) and WCW Thunder (1998).

Adamae Vaughn was born on November 8, 1905 in Ashland, Kentucky. Her older sister Alberta had been born in 1904. After their parents divorced their mother remarried and the family moved to California. Both sisters decided to pursue show business careers. Adamae made her film debut in the 1921 comedy short Stop Kidding. Then she had a role in the drama The Courtship Of Myles Standish (she was sometimes billed as Ada Mae Vaugn). FBO signed her to a long term contract in 1926 and she was cast as Tom Tyler's leading lady in The Arizona Streak. She married Albert Hindman, a contractor, in May of 1926. They were divorced a year later with Adamae claiming he drank too much and abused her. The couple reconciled in 1927 but they broke up soon after. She was chosen to be one of the 1927 WAMPAS baby stars. The beautiful blonde was so excited that she fainted at the ceremony.

Unhappy with the way her nose looked she decided to have plastic surgery. On June 17, 1934 she married her longtime boyfriend, automobile executive Val D'Auvray. The couple had been engaged for more than five years. While her sister Alberta Vaughn had became a successful actress Adamae's career never took off. Her final role was a bit part in the 1936 Carole Lombard film Love Before Breakfast. For a while she worked as a stand-in for actress Gertrude Michael. She divorced her husband and moved in with her mother, Martha, in Studio City. In April of 1937 she underwent abdominal surgery which left her with multiple adhesion's. This eventually caused an intestinal blockage and she was hospitalized in 1943. Tragically on September 11, 1943 she died at the young age of thirty-seven. Adamae was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.

Gary Walker was born in Ashland, Kentucky, USA. He is known for The Punisher (2004), Mako: The Jaws of Death (1976) and Roswell (1999). He died on 22 October 2003 in Parkland, Florida, USA.

Mark Fosson was born on 16 May 1950 in Ashland, Kentucky, USA. Mark died on 2 November 2018 in the USA.

Don Robinson was born on 8 June 1957 in Ashland, Kentucky, USA.

Caleb H. Poynter was born on 24 May 1977 in Ashland, Kentucky, USA. He is a cinematographer, known for Route 666 (2001), Just Legal (2005) and Lay It Down (2001).

Derek Griffith was born in Ashland, KY. He is currently employed with New Film Texas Productions as an Executive Officer. Derek's agent is Jon Bair out of JP Baer Talent and Relations. Derek currently resides in Kentucky and works on various film projects with writing, research, production assistant and assistant director. He had a small acting role as an extra.