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An actor since the age of 14, Devon Gummersall is best known for his work on My So-Called Life (1994) Devon grew up in a creative household that supported his interest in acting. Born in Durango, Colorado, he spent part of his developing years in Northern California before settling in the Los Angeles area. The son of visual artist C. Gregory Gummersall, Devon is the younger brother of producer Josh Gummersall.- Actor
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Pearce Joza was born on 6 September 2002 in Durango, Colorado, USA. He is an actor, known for New Girl (2011), Lab Rats (2012) and Zombies 2 (2020).- Actor
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While in Vietnam entertaining troops with Bob Hope and others touring with the USO, Thomas Tully contracted a filarial worm, similar to the worm which can lead to elephantiasis. After returning to the U.S. his condition was diagnosed after a blood clot in a major leg vein cut off circulation so severely his left leg was amputated very close to the hip. This was circa 1971. The amputation was performed in Laguna Beach, California, close to his home in San Juan Capistrano. Complications to this surgery caused pleuritis, deafness and serious debilitation. His death was due, in great part, to these serious medical conditions. He should be remembered as a true patriot who sacrificed his life to entertain our troops during the Vietnam War.- Actress
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Marlene Favela was born on 5 August 1976 in Santiago Papasquiaro, Durango, Mexico. She is an actress and executive, known for Rubí (2004), Contra viento y marea (2005) and Gata salvaje (2002). She was previously married to George Seely.- Actress
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Dolores Del Rio was the one of the first Mexican movie stars with international appeal and who had meteoric career in 1920s/1930s Hollywood. Del Rio came from an aristocratic family in Durango. In the Mexican revolution of 1916, however, the family lost everything and emigrated to Mexico City, where Dolores became a socialite. In 1921 she married Jaime Del Río (also known as Jaime Martínez Del Río), a wealthy Mexican, and the two became friends with Hollywood producer/director Edwin Carewe, who discovered Del Rio and invited the couple to move to Hollywood where they launched careers in the movie business (she as an actress, Jaime as a screenwriter). Eventually, they divorced after Carewe cast her in her first film Joanna (1925), followed by High Steppers (1926), and Pals First (1926). She had her first leading role in Carewe's silent version of Pals First (1926) and soared to stardom in 1928 with Carewe's Ramona (1928). The film was a success and Del Rio was hailed as a female Rudolph Valentino. Her career continued to rise with the arrival of sound in the drama/romance Bird of Paradise (1932) and hit musical Flying Down to Rio (1933). She later married Cedric Gibbons, the well-known art director and production designer at MGM studios.
Dolores returned to Mexico in 1942. Her Hollywood career was over, and a romance with Orson Welles--who later called her "the most exciting woman I've ever met"--caused her second divorce. Mexican director Emilio Fernández offered her the lead in his film Wild Flower (1943), with a wholly unexpected result - at age 37, Dolores Del Río became the most famous movie star in her country, filming in Spanish for the first time. Her association with Fernández' team (cinematographer Gabriel Figueroa, writer Mauricio Magdaleno and actor Pedro Armendáriz) was mainly responsible for creating what has been called the Golden Era of Mexican Cinema. With such pictures as Maria Candelaria (1944), Las abandonadas (1945) and Bugambilia (1945), Del Río became the prototypical Mexican beauty. Her career included film, theater and television. In her last years she received accolades because of her work for orphaned children. Her last film was The Children of Sanchez (1978).- Actor
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Julio Cesar Cedillo was born in 1970 in Durango, Mexico. He is an actor and producer, known for A Million Miles Away (2023), Sicario (2015) and The Harder They Fall (2021).- Actor
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Ramon Novarro was born José Ramón Gil Samaniego on February 6, 1899 in Durango, Mexico, to Leonor (Gavilan) and Dr. Mariano N. Samaniego Siqueiros, a prosperous dentist. Ramon and his family moved to Los Angeles in 1913, as refugees from the Mexican Revolution. After stints as a ballet dancer, piano teacher and singing waiter, he became a film extra in 1917. For five years he remained an extra until director Rex Ingram cast him as Rupert in The Prisoner of Zenda (1922). He was cast with Lewis Stone and Ingram's wife, Alice Terry (Ingram was also the person who suggested that he change his name to Novarro). He worked with Ingram in his next four films and was again teamed with Terry in the successful Scaramouche (1923). Novarro's rising popularity among female moviegoers resulted in his being billed as the "New Valentino". In 1925 he appeared in his most famous role, as the title character in Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925), and later co-starred with Norma Shearer in The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (1927). His first talking picture was Call of the Flesh (1930), where he sang and danced the tango. He continued to appear in musicals, but his popularity was slipping. He starred with Greta Garbo in the successful Mata Hari (1931), but his career began to fade fast. In 1935 he left MGM and appeared on Broadway in a show that quickly flopped. His later career, when he was able to find work in films, consisted mostly of cameos. On October 30th, 1968, Ramon Novarro was savagely beaten in his North Hollywood home by two young hustlers. They had heard - in error - that he had thousands of dollars locked away somewhere in his home. They never found any money, and Ramon was discovered dead the next day by his servant.- Actor
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Eneko Sagardoy was born on 17 January 1994 in Durango, Vizcaya, País Vasco, Spain. He is an actor and producer, known for Betiko gaua (2023), The Giant (2017) and Patria (2020).- Actress
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Andrea Palma became the first diva of Mexican cinema, when she appeared in the tragic leading role of Rosario, the prostitute of The Woman of the Port (1934), one of the iconic films of the "cine de pecadoras" genre that became a staple in the Mexican film industry. Andrea was the daughter of Julio Bracho Zuloaga, a wealthy land and textile factory owner who lost all his possessions during the Mexican revolution. Mr. Bracho moved his family to Mexico City, where Andrea became interested in theater during her school years, and later in fashion and hat design. She entered the hat business in the early 1920s and opened her own shop, called Casa Andrea (from where she took her first name as an actress, adding the last name of one of her clients, the elegant Mrs. Palma.) Known in the theater world, she had her first opportunity replacing her friend Isabela Corona when the actress gave birth to a child. She closed the shop and remained with the theater company and traveled to the United States, where she stayed until the early 1930s, helped by a young and struggling Cecil Kellaway, having small roles in the films of her cousins Dolores Del Río and Ramon Novarro and as hat and make-up consultant for Marlene Dietrich, when the German diva arrived in Hollywood. When she was called from Mexico and offered the part of Rosario, it was Dietrich's style that inspired her in creating her character. The languid, stylized and slim figure of Rosario stood out in a milieu of drunken sailors and ordinary prostitutes. The Woman of the Port (1934) became an instant success and Andrea Palma became a superstar, practically out of nowhere. In the succeeding years, she was much in demand: her next movie was completely opposite to Rosario, playing the famous 17th century poet, playwright and nun Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz; she returned to Hollywood to make two "Latin film", took a four-year break doing theater and in 1943 she was directed by her brother Julio Bracho in the classic melodrama Another Dawn (1943). She played Julieta, a frustrated wife during the day and a prostitute during the night, and it is considered by many the best role and film in her career. After other movies, including a Tarzan vehicle, starring Johnny Weissmuller, in which she played the mother of actress Linda Christian, Andrea went to Spain to perform in a play and during rehearsals she met actor 'Enrique Díaz 'Indiano'' who became her only husband. When Andrea returned to Mexico, she was no longer considered a young leading lady and became specialized in character roles. In the 1950s she was in two classic "pecadoras" productions and huge commercial successes starring Cuban superstar Ninón Sevilla and directed by Alberto Gout, playing a mean brothel owner in The Adventuress (1950) and a suffering wife in Sensualidad (1951); and she worked with Luis Buñuel in The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz (1955). Although she worked in the Mexican film industry until the 70s, Andrea Palma concentrated in television and theater since the late 1950s, including her weekly appearance as hostess of the popular series "La novela semanal", based on literature classics, until her retirement in 1979 due to illness. Her last role was besides her niece and goddaughter Diana Bracho in the series Ángel Guerra (1979).- A star in her native Mexico, Revueltas was branded a Communist and deported from the U.S. after making her one U.S. film, "Salt of the Earth" (1954), a Mexican-American film about striking miners. She continued her acting career in Mexico, and was also a dancer and author. In her later years she was a dance teacher and yoga instructor.
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Francisco "Pancho" Villa was born Doroteo Arango to rural peasant parents in San Juan del Rio, Mexico, on June 5, 1878. He later took several aliases, the most popular and well-known being "Pancho Villa". Raised in poverty in Durango, he turned to cattle rustling and robbery as a young man. The turning point in his life, however, was the day his sister was attacked and raped by Mexican army troops. Villa wanted revenge against the whole world and soon turned from being simply a bandit leader into a full-fledged revolutionary with the aim of overthrowing Mexican dictator Porfirio Díaz. To that end Villa became an ally of another revolutionary, the urbane and educated Francisco I. Madero, and although the two were about as opposite from one another as it was possible to be, Villa soon became a diehard supporter of the diminutive Madero, whom he affectionately called "the little man". Madero appointed Villa a colonel in the revolutionary army. On May 11, 1911, Villa led a daring raid against the federal stronghold of Juarez, soundly defeating the government forces and securing Madero's position as the new president. After Diaz was driven from power and Madero installed as president, Villa went home. His stay there was not to be very long, however. Two years later Madero was overthrown and executed by renegade Gen. Victoriano Huerta. Enraged, Villa re-formed his army, now called the Army of the North, and became an important member of a coalition of anti-Huerta forces, among whom were such legendary Mexican figures as Emiliano Zapata and Venustiano Carranza.
Villa's mounted troops, called "Villistas", were highly mobile and seasoned by years of fighting against the Diaz regime. They inflicted a decisive defeat on Huerta's army in northern Mexico at the Battle of Zacatecas on June 23, 1913, then began a campaign to drive Huerta's forces south to their stronghold of Mexico City. By December, in conjunction with the armies of Carranza and Zapata, Villa captured Mexico City, forcing Huerta to flee and placing control of the government in the hands of the three rebel leaders. However, the following spring Villa was forced out of the triumvirate when he lost a power struggle with Carranza. In the ensuing conflict his troops were badly defeated by Carranza's army and Villa was forced to withdraw to his headquarters in Durango. There he resumed his life as a bandit, raiding isolated American border towns and mining camps as well as Mexican villages.
On March 9, 1916, troops under Villa's command raided the town of Columbus, New Mexico, looted it, burned down much of it and caused the deaths of more than a dozen residents, although about 30 of their own men were killed by American soldiers and civilians defending the town (supposedly Villa was angered by the U.S. authorities allowing elements of Carranza's army, which was pursuing him, to cross through American territory as a shortcut in an attempt to get ahead of Villa and ambush him, and the raid was in retaliation for that). The U.S. government sent an expeditionary force into Mexico under Gen. John J. Pershing to capture Villa. However, Villa's maneuverability and superior knowledge of the terrain enabled him to elude the pursuing American troops, and Pershing's forces withdrew from the area the following year.
In 1920 the Carranza government struck a deal with Villa in which he agreed to halt his raids in exchange for settling down on a ranch in Canutillo and being appointed a general in the Mexican army. However, on June 20, 1923, Villa was ambushed and murdered in Parral by followers of Álvaro Obregón, a former army general, who feared that Villa would oppose their leader's candidacy for president in the upcoming elections. Immediately following his death the name of Pancho Villa was eliminated from all history books, children's books and all monuments in Mexico. It wasn't until 1975 (more than a half-century after his death) that both the Mexican and American governments felt safe enough to exhume his body, and when they did, they discovered that someone had stolen his head. After a large parade was held in his honor in Mexico, Pancho Villa's body was sent to the cemetery where many Mexican revolutionary heroes were buried, and he was finally given the proper burial he deserved.- José Torvay was born on 28 January 1909 in Durango, Mexico. He was an actor, known for The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970) and My Outlaw Brother (1951). He was married to Ofelia Carranza Silva. He died on 19 March 1972 in Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
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Julio Bracho was born on 17 July 1909 in Durango, Durango, Mexico. He was a director and writer, known for Twilight (1945), Rosenda (1948) and Cantaclaro (1946). He was married to Rosenda Monteros and Diana Bordes. He died on 26 April 1978 in Mexico, D.F., Mexico.- Actress
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Carmen Laroux was born on 4 September 1909 in Durango, Mexico. She was an actress, known for Cavalier of the West (1931), Saved by the Belle (1939) and Las campanas de Capistrano (1930). She was married to Elmer Ellsworth and Roberto O. Ybarra. She died on 24 August 1942 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Andrea Jackson, host of nationally syndicated morning news television show, The Daily Buzz (2002) gets the party started every weekday morning with co-host and weather guy Mitch English. Jackson's news savvy, quick wit and sharp interview skills navigate three hours of live television Monday through Friday.
Her passion for breaking news and delivering information works best in this irreverent format that gets viewers out the door, informed and entertained! Andrea recently had the chance to interview our 39th President of the United States, Mr. Jimmy Carter for The Buzz, the biggest get yet of her career!
Jackson has been delivering news with personality since 1993 when she got her start in radio working for Airwatch Communications. After breaking a couple of major news stories for KSDO AM 1130, she was scooped up by the ABC affiliate KGTV to cover breaking news from their chopper, Sky Ten.
Jackson's journey into television news began in 1994 at the ABC- TV affiliate in San Diego, where the SDSU grad was nominated for an Emmy for breaking news coverage of a major bus-hijacking story. Some of the other big stories she has covered from the chopper include covering the "Heaven's Gate" tragedy in Rancho Santa Fe.
Andrea's award winning radio work has also been recognized by the Society of Professional Journalism for breaking the El Cajon Sniper story. Her news savvy and love of show business landed her the entertainment beat for KGTV, covering high-profile press junkets and red carpet interviews during the Academy Awards.
Prior to joining "The Daily Buzz", Andrea was living in Los Angeles, California, where she was covering weather and traffic for the top-rated show "Today in LA Weekend" on KNBC. In addition to her on-camera news duties in L.A., her television prime-time credits include playing a recurring prankster on NBC's hidden camera sketch comedy show Spy TV (2001) Ms. Jackson has also landed co-starring roles on the NBC soap Passions (1999), CBS's JAG (1995), USA's Pensacola: Wings of Gold (1997) and the short lived Dick Wolf production Arrest & Trial (2000). Her list of commercial work includes the Los Angeles Times, John Hancock Financial Services and Volkswagen working with such great directors as Stephen Kessler and Tony Kaye.
Being the multi-faceted TV personality that she is, Andrea has studied with the best of the best in Los Angeles, including legendary acting coach Howard Fine in his Master's Class, Big Roy Jenkins at "The Groundlings" and renowned Broadway director Courtney Burr.
Andrea graduated from San Diego State University in 1995 with a Bachelor's Degree in Film and Political Science. - Director
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René Elizondo was born on 16 July 1962 in Durango, Mexico. He is a director and composer, known for Poetic Justice (1993), Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989) and Janet Jackson: Again (1993). He has been married to Britt Coelho since 19 August 2010. They have one child. He was previously married to Janet Jackson.- Leonor Llausás was born on 3 August 1929 in Durango, Durango, Mexico. She was an actress, known for Los Fernández de Peralvillo (1954), Las poquianchis (De los pormenores y otros sucedidos del dominio público que acontecieron a las hermanas de triste memoria a quienes la maledicencia así las bautizó) (1976) and La casa al final de la calle (1989). She died on 13 February 2003 in Mexico City, Mexico.
- Tony Roux was born on 7 May 1901 in Durango, Mexico. He was an actor, known for Undercover Man (1942), Charge of the Lancers (1954) and Casa Manana (1951). He died on 9 November 1976 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Mario Murillo was born on 11 August 1983 in Durango, Durango, Mexico.
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Britain Simons was born in Durango, Colorado to Kelly (Roelke), a photographer, and David Simons, an architect. He has one sibling, an older sister, Gentry Simons. His parents separated when he was four and divorced a year later. He relocated to a small mountain town Montrose, Colorado. He grew up with no connection to the entertainment industry.
As a teen, Britain auditioned for his first community theater production, at 14, to conquer a fear of public speaking. While working to earn scholarships, he found a home in competitive speech team, choir, and theater. He traveled to New York with the Carnegie Hall Singers, represented Colorado at the National Youth Leadership Forum on National Security in Washington D.C., and earned a full ride scholarship as a Daniels Fund scholar from his academics, community involvement, and accolades. He made the decision to deviate from the family tradition of architecture and engineering, to pursue acting.
He graduated with his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Theatre Studies in 2014 from Baylor University, in Waco, Texas. He also attended the The National Theatre Institute (NTI) at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Connecticut, NYC and he spent a short time in St. Petersburg, Russia with The State Theater Arts Academy. During his studies, he performed in regional theatre productions such as Romeo in Romeo and Juliet.
In 2014, he began building a career in film, television and commercials. In Los Angeles, he continued to study acting, by training with John Kirby, known for coaching stars like Jim Caviezel and Cameron Diaz. His first commercial appearances included Toyota Concept-i future vehicle and the War Dragons popular gaming app. He performed in music videos for Showtek, Calum Scott's hit release "Dancing on My Own" with over 499 Million views, and Bleachers "Alfie's Song" from the movie Love, Simon (2018).
Britain's television debut was an appearance on the Lifetime Television movie Online Abduction (2015) (aka Online Abduction) alongside Brooke Butler, directed by Steven R. Monroe. He made appearances in shows like Murder Book (2015), Unusual Suspects (2010), and Disney Descendants: School of Secrets (2015) playing Prince Ben. It premiered on the Disney Channel in support of the summer movie event, Descendants (2015). In 2016, he landed the supporting role of Handsome Boy in the critically acclaimed horror film, Holidays (2016), directed by Kevin Kölsch. He played Patrick in the short Prom (2016) written and produced by Hasan Minhaj based on Minhaj's experiences in high school. He also landed the leading voice over role of Daichi in the Ultraman 50th anniversary feature film Ultraman X: Here He Comes! Our Ultraman (2016), a popular Japanese title.
Most recently, Britain can be seen on the show Penny Dreadful: City of Angels (2020). He has garnered a following on social media, with over 100K followers across platforms, including TikTok and can be seen acting in commercials, such as Motorola, 5 Hour Energy, and playing the Badge Badger in State Farm adverts.- Carlos Cardán was born on 3 November 1932 in Ciudad Lerdo, Durango, Mexico. He was an actor, known for Muchachitas (1991), The Scapular (1968) and Birds of Prey (1968). He died on 17 July 2016 in Mexico City, Mexico.
- Silvia Manríquez was born in Durango, Durango, Mexico. She is known for Misterio en las Bermudas (1979), The Other Woman (2002) and Timeless Love (2010).
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Lorenzo de Monteclaro was born on 5 September 1939 in Cuencamé de Ceniceros, Durango, Mexico. He is an actor, known for Kingpin (2003), Las sobrinas del diablo (1983) and Las tres tumbas (1980).- Carlos López was born on 4 November 1887 in Durango, Mexico. He was an actor, known for Cruz Diablo (1934), ¡Ay Jalisco... no te rajes! (1941) and El rayo de Sinaloa (1935). He was married to Agripina Anaya. He died on 13 February 1942 in Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico.
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Alejandro Reyna was born on 21 October 1920 in Gómez Palacio, Durango, Mexico. He is an actor, known for El ojo de vidrio (1969), Vuelve el ojo de vidrio (1970) and Valente Quintero (1973).