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Peter Whitney's over-powering frame, swarthy looks, bushy brows and maniacal look in his eye made him one of the most fearsome character actors to lump around in 1940s-60s film and TV.
Born on May 24, 1916 in New Jersey of German ancestry, Peter King Engle was educated at Exeter Academy. He eventually moved to the Los Angeles area and trained with the Pasadena Community Playhouse, gaining valuable experience in summer stock as well. He made a play for films in the early 1940s, deciding also to use his wife Adrienne's middle name of Whitney for his own stage moniker. He felt his real name of Engle sounded too German and might be detrimental to his WWII-era career. He and Adrienne went on to have three children. His mammoth features and pudding-like puss reminded one easily of a Charles Laughton without table manners.
Whitney started his supporting career off promisingly at Warner Bros. at the outbreak of America's involvement in WWII showing potential in such films as Underground (1941), his debut, Nine Lives Are Not Enough (1941) and Blues in the Night (1941) as assorted henchmen, cronies and just downright mean guys. Taking part in "A" quality casts such as in Action in the North Atlantic (1943) and Mr. Skeffington (1944), Whitney played two of his most notorious roles at war's end, that of murderous hillbilly twins Mert and Bert Fleagle in the riotous Fred MacMurray comedy Murder, He Says (1945) and as Peter Lorre's seedy partner in the film noir Three Strangers (1946). Whitney broke with Warner Bros. in the post-war years but still yielded some fine entertainment with roles in such "B" fare as The Notorious Lone Wolf (1946), Blonde Alibi (1946), and an odd, romantic turn as Lt. Gates in the creepy Rondo Hatton crimer The Brute Man (1946).
In the mid-1950s, television took over a larger portion of his career. His imposing mug was featured in about every popular western and crime drama there was including "Gunsmoke", "Wagon Train", "Rawhide", "The Rifleman", "Bonanza", "Perry Mason", and "Peter Gunn". He finally cut loose a bit and spoofed his own grubby rube image with guest turns on such bucolic series as "Petticoat Junction", and "The Beverly Hillbillies", the latter playing a greedy ne'er-do-well fellow rustic in four episodes with the name of Lafe Crick. His obesity contributed to an early fatal heart attack at age 55 in 1972, which robbed Hollywood of a wondedes with the rfully unappetizing and scurrilous character actor. In addition to his wife and three children, Whitney was survived by four grandchildren.- Actor
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Richard Anderson appeared in high school plays, served a hitch in the Army and, upon his discharge, began doing summer stock, radio work, a movie bit part (a wounded soldier in Twelve O'Clock High (1949)) and all the other minor jobs required of your basic struggling actor. He did comedy scenes on a "screen test"-like TV series called Lights, Camera, Action! (1950) and impressed the right people at MGM, who offered him a contract. After leaving MGM he continued to dabble in movies while at the same time becoming a huge presence on TV. He was a regular (Police Lt. Drum) during the last season of TV's Perry Mason (1957); in the series' last episode, he interrogates witnesses to a murder in a TV studio--the witnesses being played by the "Perry Mason" crew. In the high-rated last episode of The Fugitive (1963) he plays Richard Kimble's (David Janssen) brother-in-law, and is briefly suspected of being the real killer of Kimble's wife. A regular on The Six Million Dollar Man (1974), Anderson has more recently produced the TV-movie reprises of that series.- Music Artist
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Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen was born September 23, 1949 in Long Branch, New Jersey, USA. His father, Douglas Frederick Springsteen, worked as a bus driver, and was of Irish and Dutch ancestry. His mother, Adele Ann (Zerilli), worked as a legal secretary, and was of Italian descent. He has an older sister, Virginia, and a younger sister Pamela Springsteen. Bruce was raised as a Catholic. He was inspired to take up music when he, at the age of seven, saw Elvis Presley on The Ed Sullivan Show (1948). When he was thirteen he bought his first guitar for 18 dollars. His mother took out a loan when Bruce was 16 and bought him a Kent guitar for 60 dollars.
In 1965, he became the lead guitarist in the band "The Castiles", he would later become lead singer in the band. The Castiles recorded two original songs at a public recording studio in Brick Township, New Jersey. From 1969 to 1971 he performed with Steven Van Zandt, Danny Federici and Vini "Mad Dog" Lopez in a band called "Child", that was renamed later to "Steel Mill" when guitarist Robbin Thompson joined the band.
In 1972, he signed a record deal with Columbia Records and released his debut album, "Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.", with his New Jersey-based colleagues, who would later be called "The E Street Band", In January, 1973. The album had critical success and so did their second album, "The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle", released in September, 1973, but had little commercial success. In 1975, after more than 14 month of recording, their third album was released, "Born to Run", which had both critical and commercial success for Springsteen and the band.
In 1977, he returned to the studio, after a two-year legal battle with former manager Mike Appel, and produced the album, "Darkness on the Edge of Town", released in 1978 and became a turning point musically for his career. In 1980 came the release of "The River", the album sold well and he followed up with the album "Nebraska" which had critical success but had little commercial success. Springsteen came back with a bang with the release of the album "Born in the U.S.A." in 1984, which sold 15 million copies in the U.S. alone and had seven top ten singles. It became one of the best-selling albums of all time.
After the huge success of the "Born in the U.S.A." album he released a more calm and sedate album in 1987, "Tunnel of Love", which included songs about love lost and the challenges of love, after the break-up with first wife, Julianne Phillips. The albums released in 1992, "Lucky Town" and "Human Touch" were also popular, Human Touch being the most popular of the two, hitting the number one spot of the best-selling albums in the UK. In 1994 he won an academy award for the song "Streets of Philadelphia" featured in the film Philadelphia (1993).
In 1995, he released the album "The Ghost of Tom Joad", which was mostly a solo guitar album and was inspired by "Journey to Nowhere: The Saga of the New Underclass," a book by Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Dale Maharidge. After being apart from the E Street Band for several years they reunited with a successful tour which ended in Madison Square Garden in New York in the year 2000. In 2002 he released the first studio album with the full band in over 18 years, "The Rising", and it became a critical and commercial success. In 2005 he released his third folk album (after "Nebraska" and "The Ghost of Tom Joad"), "Devils & Dust" It was followed by "We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions" in 2006 and "Magic" in 2007. His 16th album will be released on January 27, 2009 and is called "Working on a Dream".
He married for the first time at the age of 35 to actress Julianne Phillips. The marriage helped boost her acting career, but his traveling took it's toll on the marriage and the final blow came when she found out his affair with the American singer/songwriter/guitarist Patti Scialfa. Their marriage ended in 1989. He then married Patti Scialfa on June 8th, 1991, They had lived together since the separation between him and his first wife and they had a child before they married. They have three children together: Evan James Springsteen (born July 25, 1990), Jessica Rae (born December 30, 1991) and Sam Ryan Springsteen (born January 5, 1994).- Actor
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David Garrison was born on 30 June 1952 in Long Branch, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor, known for It's Your Move (1984), Remington Steele (1982) and The Practice (1997).- Actress
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Elizabeth Gorcey has devoted her life to the pursuit of art that intrigues her, stories that compel her, and the elevation of authentic voices that must be heard. In her personal and professional lives, she has pursued a number of outlets for her boundless creative energy, focusing on those passions which best allow her to entertain, support, explore, and nourish. Acting, directing, producing, painting, working in documentary, narrative and multi-media...Gorcey has followed her instincts to become a true creative force to be reckoned with. As she simply states, "Creating is nourishment for my soul." This genuine, creative imperative has led to Gorcey's newest adventure-the children's book series LIV ON LIFE told from the perspective of her own daughter, Olivia!
Elizabeth Gorcey was born in Long Branch, New Jersey. Early on she was drawn to the creative arts, first to acting for film and television. Gorcey performed in Footloose, Teen Wolf, Highway to Heaven, Max Headroom, and Beauty & The Beast and more. Along the way Gorcey discovered another passion--working behind the scenes to direct, produce and edit in the world of traditional documentary.
Like any true artist, Ms. Gorcey segued boldly into this new journey and shone a light on underserved individuals and stories. Adopting Ginny-Ms. Gorcey's documentary directorial debut-won a number of awards on the festival circuit and was featured on CNN. She next produced The Actor's Life, a documentary directed by Oscar winning filmmaker Chuck Workman, and directing and producing How Old Is Old? -a poignant look at society's view of aging featuring Judge Judy, Tony Curtis, Doris Roberts and Tony Bennett. Ms. Gorcey made her first foray in to narrative directing with the award-winning Breast Pump & Blender, a short film that won awards and was picked up for distribution. She also went on to direct Doris Roberts and Ron Glass in Just Another Man's Story. And produced and directed Quit, starring Justina Machado.
Ms. Gorcey insists that her artistic and production abilities be used to give back to her community and the world at large. She has spent her lifetime organizing, raising funds and bringing awareness to non-profits like CARING STROKES-her own non-profit art program for terminally ill children. She knows that we can all learn from the fresh perspective of a child how to have fun, help others, and love life!- Actress
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Actress and model Jo Champa was born in Long Branch, New Jersey, to an American mother and an Italian father. At age seven, she relocated to Rome, Italy, where she was raised. Before the age of eighteen, Jo had already become one of Gianni Versace's favorite runway models.
Additionally, she acted as a muse to iconic photographer Helmut Newton, starring in some of his most legendary photographs, which can be found in a permanent exhibit at the Museum in Berlin as well as in Newton's limited edition book, 'Sumo'. Jo has also been photographed many times by celebrated photographer Douglas Kirkland, and has appeared in a number of his illustrious books.
Champa broke into the film industry at age eighteen with Claude d'Anna's French-Italian production, "Salome'', which opened the Un Certain Regard section at the Cannes Film Festival. She went on to star in many significant Italian films including "Dolce assenza" by Claudio Sestieri, "The Family" by Ettore Scola, which earned an Oscar nomination in the category of Best Foreign Language, "Le vie del Signore sono finite" by Massimo Troisi, and "Il sole buio" by Damiano Damiani, to name but a few. She received continuous praise from European directors for bringing an exotic, alluring Mediterranean quality to the screen.
At the peak of her career, Jo returned to the United States and starred in Steven Seagal's Out for Justice (1991), followed by Michael Preece's Beretta's Island (1993). then Bernardo Bertolucci's masterpiece Little Buddha (1993), and then Jeremy Leven's Don Juan DeMarco (1994), where she played opposite Marlon Brando and Johnny Depp. Most recently she was in Somewhere (2010) , directed by Sofia Coppola.
She has guest starred in a variety of television series' including Walker, Texas Ranger, Avvocati, and CSI: Miami to name a few. In Italy, she hosted the very successful fashion television show for RAI TV, titled "Kermesse".
Champa also served as special contributing editor and columnist for Italian Vogue and L'Uomo Vogue. Italian Vogue defined her as "an icon of Italian style. We love her because she is a refined and creative woman, a tireless supporter of Italian cinema and culture in the United States".
Not just a model and an actress, Champa has continued to produce, host, and organize many extraordinary events throughout her career. Amongst her accomplishments, Jo produced "An Academy Tribute to Sophia Loren" for the Academy of Motion Pictures and Sciences with special guest, Sophia Loren. Jo then produced the launch of the Andrea Bocelli Foundation at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, with a dinner and performance starring Andrea Bocelli. She produced the primetime special of that same event for Italian Sky TV. She also hosted and moderated a Special Evening for David and Susan Rockefeller at MOMA in New York, presenting Susan Rockefeller's remarkable documentary "Mission of Mermaids.
Jo is known for partnering with many of the luxury designer brands she consults for, with the philanthropic goal of enhancing their visibility in Hollywood while raising money for a variety foundations including Race to Erase MS, the National Breast Cancer Coalition Fund, and the Carousel of Hope for Juvenile Diabetes. Other affiliations she has worked with include the Academy of Motion Pictures Museum, and the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation event at Christie's in New York.
Jo has worked for many years partnering with Alice Harris, "Sweet Alice", who is a renowned community leader in Watts, Los Angeles, for her annual Christmas toy drive, benefiting those who suffer socioeconomic neglect and poverty. In fact, the Cambodian Children's Fund in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, named a special center after her called "Jo's Kids" honoring her incredible fundraising efforts.
Champa has received numerous awards throughout her life for her accomplishments. At the Italian House of Representatives, in the presence of the Italian President of the Republic Giorgio Napolitano, Jo was conferred the "Premio America - Fondazione Italia Usa". A few years earlier, together with Sophia Loren, she had achieved the "Italians in the World Award,". Jo was also awarded the "Cinema Italian Style Award."
Jo believes that "helping others is the gateway to becoming a better person". She has left a permanent imprint in the film and television industry that reaches far beyond the Unites States and Italy. She continues to inspire others and move forward with her humanitarian efforts, demonstrating first-hand what it means to truly make a difference. With her refined, impeccable style and her willingness to be the change, Jo Champa is truly an icon and in inspiration to everyone around her.- Music Artist
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Clint Black was born on 4 February 1962 in Long Branch, New Jersey, USA. He is a music artist and producer, known for Maverick (1994), Anger Management (2003) and Nowhere to Run (1993). He has been married to Lisa Hartman since 20 October 1991. They have one child.- Writer
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Norman Mailer, the Brooklyn-born and -bred writer who fought for what he characterized as the "heavyweight championship" of American letters after the 1961 death of Ernest Hemingway, never came close to his dream of writing the Great American novel, but he was a colossus of American culture and literature in the 1960s, '70s and '80s. When he died in 2007 at the age of 84, Mailer towered above all other American writers of his and subsequent generations,according to his "New York Times" obituary. A primal life force whose writing elucidated the human condition among America and Americans better than any of his contemporaries for better than three decades, Mailer likely will rank with Herman Melville and Hemingway as among the greatest writers produced by the United States. Although denied the Nobel Prize that he had long coveted (winner of two Pulitzer Prizes, Mailer believed that the near-fatal stabbing of his second-wife Adele Morales by himself in 1960 attributed to his failure to win the big prize), Mailer will be the writer that future generations go to to understand the America of the late 1940s through at least the early '80s. "Advertisements for Myself" (1959), "An American Dream (1966)" (1965), "The Armies of the Night" (1969) and "Executioners Song, The (1980) (TV)_" -- one compendium of odds and ends interlaced with Mailer's musings, one novel, and two books of "journalism" that he classified as novels -- will be mandatory on the reading lists of universities 100 years in the future.
Norman Mailer was born in January 1923 in Long Branch, New Jersey, to Fanny (Schneider), who ran a nursing/housekeeping agency, and Isaac Barnett Mailer, an accountant. His family was Jewish. Mailer entered Harvard College in 1939 at the age of 16 to study engineering at a time when there was still a quota on Jews at the Ivy League universities, to keep them the province of the WASPs that still controlled the control up to and through World War II. (Mailer would be a commentator on WASPs and their loosening grip on America and American culture in the post-World War II period. He saw the space project and the landing of a man on the moon as the apotheosis of WASP culture.) He fell in love with literature at Harvard, and began his first attempts at creative writing. Mailer took his degree in 1943, was drafted into the Army the following year and served briefly with a rifle company in the Philippines. His experiences as an infantryman would be the genesis of his 1948 novel "The Naked and The Dead", one of the first of the World War II novels written by the men who had fought it.
Mailer would never have termed the generation that went to war in 1941-45 "The Greatest Generation", a concept alien to such post-war writers as Mailer's erstwhile friend James Jones (author of "From Here to Eternity", "Catch-22" author Joseph Heller, or populist American historian Howard Zinn, all of whom served in the War. The officers and enlisted men of Mailer's novel "The Naked and the Dead" are not saints, nor are they on noble missions, let alone quests for something as abstract as "democracy". Democracy is not a staple of Norman Mailer's Army. The officers, as a class, represent an insidious form of fascism -- in kind, if not degree -- in this war against fascism. Published in 1948, "The Naked and The Dead" was a bestseller and made its 25 year old author famous and relatively well-off, financially. Mailer would never have to toil at any craft other than writing for the rest of the nearly 60 years allotted to him. His next two novels, "Barbary Shore" (1951) and "The Deer Park" (1954) were artistic and commercial failures. For 10 years after the publication of "The Deer Park" until "An American Dream" (serialized in "Esquire Magazine" in 1964, rewritten and published as a novel in 1965), Mailer eschewed tackling another novel. Instead, he turned to journalism and revolutionized what had been one of the ghettos of American letters. If there had been no Norman Mailer, perhaps there would have been a "New Journalism", but it would have been poorer as he was its greatest exponent. "New Journalism" was a moniker hung on a particularly personal type of reflection added to the pedantic Who, What, Where & How? of traditional reporting. Rather than exile himself from the story in the interest of an impossible-to-obtain "neutrality" that is so dear to the mainstream American newspaper and magazine culture currying favor with advertisers beyond the truss & body building equipment slums of the old "Men's magazines", Mailer injected himself into the story and wrote about how he was effected by events. His seminal article about the 1960 Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles, "Superman Comes to the Supermarket" (Superman being John F. Kennedy and the Supermarket the Los Angeles where the DNC was held, as well as the new post-War America at large") might very well be considered as the starting point of the New Journalism. The article was published in the November 1960 issue of "Esquire Magazine." Tom Wolfe and other masters of the "New Journalism," which stressed a kind of irreverence towards the subject, soon followed.
In an American society that is still enthralled to Victorian-era concepts of class (Virginia Woolf denounced authors who wrote for money, a reflection of the aristocratic disdain for anyone who made rather than inherited money as vulgarians whose seed was tainted by contact with the till), Mailer's achievement was looked down upon. Rather than being hailed for revolutionizing American letters, Mailer was treated patronizingly by the Literary Establishment. Yet, the serious literary novel now is as nearly dead as all the Cassandras of the 1960s and '70s prognosticated, replaced by "non-fiction" memoirs, in which writers no longer hide behind fictive personas to tell stories, but take full-credit for living lives as full of foul incidents as any novel ever published. (That many of these "true tales" are fiction is beside the point.) Ironically, Norman Mailer, who longed to write the Great American novel, likely must bear the lion's share of responsibility for the death of the novel and the rise of the confessional "non-fiction" book, as he elevated "mere journalism" into an art form. Reporting became and art when Mailer married his beautiful writing with naked confession that made him a world-class celebrity in the 1960s and '70s, featured as a regular staple on television talk shows. Simply put, without Norman Mailer, there would not be American literature as we know it.
As concerns Hollywood, Mailer wrote a novel about Hollywood ("The Deer Park") and the first "serious" biography of Marilyn Monroe, which got him (and Monroe) the cover of the July 16 1973 edition of "Time Magazine." He made three improvisational films in the late 1960s: Wild 90 (1968), Beyond the Law (1968) and Maidstone (1970) and directed the 1987 adaptation of his own neo-noir novel Tough Guys Don't Dance (1987). He despised the 1958 movie made from The Naked and the Dead (1958), but had better luck with The Executioner's Song (1982) (1979), for which he wrote the screenplay for the 1982 telefilm. In 1983, Mailer was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Writing in a Limited Series or a Special for his work, three years after his 1979 "novel" (Mailer had characterized his "The Armies of the Night" as "The novel as history, history as a novel") had won him his second Pulitzer Prize, for Fiction. ("Armies" had conquered him his first, for General Non-Fictionm in 1969.)
Norman Mailer died of acute renal failure at New York City's Sinai Hospital on November 10, 2007. He was 84 years old.- Producer
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Since becoming Vice Chairman of Lionsgate in March 2000, Mr. Burns has played an integral role in building the Company into a more than $5 billion global content leader with a reputation for innovation. He recently helped spearhead Lionsgate's $4.4 billion acquisition of Starz, the biggest deal in the Company's history, as the studio continues to grow into a diversified global content platform.
Lionsgate's portfolio of businesses features a film slate that has averaged nearly $2 billion at the global box office each of the past five years, driven by the critically-acclaimed "La La Land," which won six Academy Awards while becoming a global box office phenomenon, and the blockbuster "Hunger Games," "Twilight Saga," "Now You See Me" and "John Wick" franchises. One of the largest independent television businesses in the world, Lionsgate's television slate encompasses nearly 90 series on 40 different networks, including the ground-breaking "Orange is the New Black," the fan favorite "Nashville," the acclaimed drama "The Royals," the award-winning dramedy "Casual" and the breakout success "Greenleaf."
In addition to his leadership of Lionsgate's corporate management team, Mr. Burns has played a key role in the acquisition, production and distribution of some of Lionsgate's most successful films, including the Academy Award®-winning Best Picture "Crash," the Academy Award®-winning "Monster's Ball" and the Oscar-nominated "Precious."
Mr. Burns served for nine years as managing director and head of Prudential Securities' Los Angeles investment banking office and nine years at Shearson/American Express (now Morgan Stanley) in New York and Los Angeles.
He has been featured in major media outlets from CNBC to The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, and he is a contributing writer for the Huffington Post and Newsmax. Mr. Burns graduated with a B.S. from Arizona State University and received his M.B.A. from the John E. Anderson Graduate School of Management at UCLA, where he serves on the distinguished Board of Visitors. He joined the Hasbro Board of Directors in December 2014.- Actor
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James Carter Cathcart was born on 4 January 1954 in West Long Branch, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor, known for Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea (2006), Shadow the Hedgehog (2005) and Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai (2007).- Actor
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Jeff Blumenkrantz was born in Long Branch, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for The Big Sick (2017), Succession (2018) and The Detour (2016).- Writer
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Dorothy Rothschild was born on August 22, 1893 into a family of comfortable financial means. Raised by her father and Stepmother after her mother's death, she was given an excellent education for the times. Highly intelligent, she pursued a career after her formal education and proved herself to be one of the early feminists. She started writing poems early and her witty remarks are still alive today. In 1917 she was asked to join the staff at Vanity Fair magazine and to marry Edward Pond Parker II, both of which she agreed to gladly. Eddie Parker soon was stationed overseas and Dorothy became one of the founding members of the Algonquin Hotel "Round Table". Eddie arrived back from the war with an unfortunate drinking problem, and Dorothy decided she loved her new life more than she did him. They were separated far more than together and divorced in 1928. She spent a very dramatic period of time in New York City, doing theater reviews, spending time with her Algonquin friends, drinking far too much. She published poems and short stories and in 1929 won the national O. Henry Prize for the short story "Big Blonde". This established her as a serious writer. She married Alan Campbell when she was forty and he was twenty-nine. He encouraged her to go Hollywood where they became a very successful screenwriting team. Beginning in 1933 they received screen credits for fifteen films, most notably A Star Is Born (1937) which was nominated for an Academy Award. The time spent in Hollywood were the most lucrative years of her career, yet she spent every dime of it. She divorced and remarried Alan Campbell and in 1963 he died. She spent her last years in New York City, in very poor health due to heavy drinking and making do on very little money. Often, she would have to call on friends like Lillian Hellman to help her financially. Dorothy Parker died in 1967 at seventy-three years old in her New York hotel room, all alone. Time magazine devoted an entire page to her obituary, which was considered an amazing tribute. Her estate was left in full to Martin Luther King and the NAACP.- Marjorie Lovett was born on 4 October 1932 in Long Branch, New Jersey, USA. She is an actress, known for The Fan (1996), Tootsie (1982) and Clear and Present Danger (1994).
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Danielle McKee was born on 21 April 1977 in Long Branch, New Jersey, USA. She is an actress and assistant director, known for The Adjustment Bureau (2011), The Other Guys (2010) and CSI: NY (2004).- Christopher Wynkoop was born on 7 December 1943 in Long Branch, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for Ghostbusters (1984), Summer of Sam (1999) and Pootie Tang (2001). He died on 4 May 2020.
- Marilyn Rockafellow was born on 22 January 1939 in Long Branch, New Jersey, USA. She is an actress, known for Nixon (1995), Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991) and Ordinary People (1980). She has been married to Fredric Drew Sirasky since 14 September 1969. She was previously married to Hillar Sarepera.
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Steve Sapienza is stuntman and actor, based in NYC. Born in Long Branch, NJ and raised in Hazlet, NJ. After leaving NJ, he attended college in New York City at Berkeley College, majoring in Marketing/Advertising, and now resides in Long Island (NY).
With well grounded technical skills and emotional sense, Steve is known to deliver quality work with outstanding results. He approaches each job with dedication, endurance, and infectious passion. Steve has trained extensively in many styles of martial arts, as well as combat/firearms training, stunt driving, high falling/diving, and much more, proving to make him a well rounded and incredibly adaptable performer.
The Screen Actors Guild recognized him with the award for "Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble" in for his work on Daredevil (TV 2018).
Steve contributes both locally and internationally to ALL areas of art, entertainment, and life; commercial advertising campaigns, Television, Stage, Film, Radio, catalogs and editorial spreads.- Jim Poyner was born on 16 February 1952 in Long Branch, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor, known for Texas (1980), Days of Our Lives (1965) and Bug (1975). He has been married to Patty since 6 January 1979. They have two children.
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Richard Taber was born on 31 October 1884 in Long Branch, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Two Fisted (1935), Is Zat So? (1927) and Lucky in Love (1929). He was married to Mary Ellen Hanley (actress). He died on 16 November 1957 in New York City, New York, USA.- Actor
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Chip Albers was born on 1 December 1962 in Long Branch, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor, known for Romeo & Juliet: Sealed with a Kiss (2005), Leif Erickson, Discoverer of North America (2000) and Brooklyn Sonnet (2000).- Director
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David Weinstein was born in Long Branch, New Jersey, USA. David is a director, known for Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Edge of Tomorrow (2014) and Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002).- Lisa Marie's family is originally from Ocean Township New Jersey. She grew up in Central Florida and lived in New York City for over two decades. She knew since the age of 5 that she wanted to be a part of work that inspires the human spirit. She made her debut on stage in catechism class at St. Joseph's Church in Central Florida by the crowning of Jesus's Mother Mary. She was active in school plays and an honor roll student. Lisa Marie moved to New York City where she would later obtain a degree in Mass Communications while on the Dean's List from Fordham University. Her theater training was acquired through Roger Hendricks Simon, Jim Brick, Gene Frankel, and Armando Diaz.
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Karen DiConcetto was born on 1 December 1980 in Long Branch, New Jersey, USA. She is a writer and producer, known for Recovery Road (2016), SKAM Austin (2018) and Henry Fool (1997).- Actor
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Todd Rexx was born on 30 May 1969 in Long Branch, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Premonitions (2005), For da Love of Money (2002) and Bro, What Happened? (2014).- Actor
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Jordan spent two years as a business major at Castleton State College in Vermont before attending the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute in New York where he studied under an acting teacher for three years. He also received a great deal of exposure as a model for clothing designers during that time. He is the youngest of 3 children with an older brother and sister in addition to a large extended family. Jordan is a graduate of Shore Regional High School in West Long Branch, New Jersey.- Joan Scott was born on 21 May 1921 in Long Branch, New Jersey, USA. She was a writer, known for Have Gun - Will Travel (1957), Cairo (1963) and The Magical World of Disney (1954). She was married to Adrian Scott and Charles Edward McCarthy. She died on 19 June 2012 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Robert Pinsky is the author of six books of poetry, four books of criticism, and two books of translation. His honors include a Pulitzer Prize nomination, a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist, an American Academy of Arts and Letters award, Poetry Magazine's Oscar Blumenthal prize, the William Carlos Williams Award, and a Guggenheim Foundation fellowship. He is currently poetry editor of the weekly Internet magazine Slate and teaches at Boston University. In 1997 Pinsky was named the United States Poet Laureate and Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress. He lives in Newton Corner, Massachusetts.- Actor
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Bud Irwin was born on 26 May 1925 in Long Branch, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Sextet (1971), Room 11 (1971) and Sextet (1964). He was married to Bunny Yeager. He died on 1 October 1977 in the USA.- Actress
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Elena Sedlak was born on 6 June 1938 in Long Branch, Pennsylvania, United States. She is an actress, known for Biblioteca di Studio Uno (1964), Carosello di canzoni (1958) and Sorrisi e canzoni (1958).- Composer
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Tom Constanten was born on 19 March 1944 in Long Branch, New Jersey, USA. He is a composer, known for The Love Song of Charles Farberman (1972), Playboy After Dark (1969) and Elvis: The Rebirth of the King (2017).- Actor
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Kurt Engstrom was born on 15 May 1966 in Long Branch, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor, known for 9 Shades (2011), Couch Cases (2008) and Twisted (1996).- Writer
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John Bradford was born on 2 July 1919 in Long Branch, New Jersey, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now (1974), Benji, Zax & the Alien Prince (1983) and The Judy Garland Show (1963). He died on 2 July 1998 in Grass Valley, California, USA.- Fiddle Viracola was born on 30 December 1937 in Long Branch, New Jersey, USA. She was an actress, known for Easy Money (1983), The Equalizer (1985) and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999). She died on 18 May 2018 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Music Department
- Actor
- Soundtrack
David Sancious was born on 30 November 1953 in Long Branch, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor, known for Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002), The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) and Snack Bar Budapest (1988).- Ed Schiff is a veteran actor, director and producer with over 200 credits in professional theater, in film and on television. Schiff was recently featured in the movies "War of the Worlds," "Out of the Fog," "The Warrior Class" and "Everyman." He was John Wolfe, the corrupt detective, on ABC-TV's "One Life to Live," and Mitchell Morgan, the TV station manager in the primetime comedy "Grapevine." Recent regional theater stage roles for Schiff have included title roles in "Da" and "King Lear"; lead roles as Matthew Harrison Brady in "Inherit the Wind," Big Daddy in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," Gaston in "Picasso at the Lapin Agile," Larkin in "Golf with Alan Shephard," Gen. MacKenzie in "And Then There Were None," Mr. Laurence in "Little Women" and King Claudius in "Hamlet." His many recent TV commercials include him as Ernest Hemingway for "Pilot Pen," The Gorton's Fisherman, and as King Alfonso for "Medieval Times."
- Actor
- Producer
Gregg Strouse was born on 26 September 1973 in Long Branch, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Saints & Sinners (2007), The Watermelon (2008) and The Genesis Files (2010).- Actor
- Art Department
Julian was born and raised in New Jersey until the age of ten when his family moved to Athens, Alabama. Upon graduating high school in 1997, he enlisted in the U.S. Marines and served five years active duty before returning home to Alabama. In 2003, with never having any ideas or aspiration of acting or becoming an actor prior to this, he found himself involved with local theatres in Huntsville, Alabama and working on several independent films. By the summer of 2004 he was a part of five stage productions and seven independent films, one of them being The Novice (2006).- Additional Crew
Richard T. Gill was born on 30 November 1927 in Long Branch, New Jersey, USA. He is known for Economics U$A (1985). He was married to Elizabeth Bjornson. He died on 25 October 2010 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA.- Sandy Riddell was born on 23 November 1959 in Long Branch, New Jersey, USA.
- Music Department
- Composer
- Manager
Choyce Sincere Schwartz professionally known as Choyce Cincere, is an American composer, music producer and multi-faceted musician from Long Branch, New Jersey. Schwartz is a trained composer and musician who ultimately formed his musical career as an artist after working behind the scenes as a songwriter, producer, and drummer. Schwartz applied diversity in culture to the effect of diversity in his music. Schwartz's luring compositions and distinct ear for producing allows him to captivate listeners with feel-good music and contemporary melodic ballads. Being inspired by Quincy Jones, he continues to work in music for television and film. Schwartz has singularly been able to use his formal musicianship to compliment his taste-likable melodies. Having a versatile ear for music and natural ability to construct musical work helped him find his own sound in the urban and pop realm.
Growing up, Schwartz was devoted to visual and performing arts both in and outside of education. He was involved in symphonic band, jazz band, marching band, choir, theater and dance. At the age 10, he played in the high school band while taking lessons from his uncle who was a percussionist. He began playing the drums at 4 years old, then learned the trumpet and saxophone in elementary. Schwartz found himself having an interest in varieties of music that would not only be Gospel but R&B/Soul, Jazz, Classical, Rock and Pop. Towards the end of high school, Schwartz formed his own musical identity as an aspiring singer-songwriter. After high school he attended the University of the Arts in Philadelphia as a double major in Music Business, Entrepreneurship & Technology and Composition. In 2014, he departed from UArts and attended a community college where he grew up. Schwartz would later complete his education at The Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music at NYU
Schwartz's ability to compose and produce commercial music has been an essential asset to his work in developing artists, songwriters and producers. While being a musical artist in Urban music, Schwartz has made frequent appearances in the soundtracks of series such as, Insecure and Love & Hip Hop.- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Joseph Scarpino was born on September 26, 1989 in Long Branch, New Jersey, USA. Joseph is known for starring in the award-winning independent film, "My Brother's Girlfriend" (2015). Joseph can also be seen in the web series, "It's Just Business" (2013), The Knick (2014), "The Story of Mitchell Daniel's", VINYL (2016), and We'll Never Have Paris (2014) .
When Joseph is not acting he can be found behind a drum-kit performing with his band, Cultt of She.- Phil Villapiano was born on 26 February 1949 in Long Branch, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor, known for Rushed (2021), The NFL on CBS (1956) and American Gladiators (1989).
- Producer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Additional Crew
Brian Jude has worked as a producer, director, screenwriter, production manager, assistant director, production coordinator, editor and script consultant on feature-length and short films, music videos and television programs and commercials. His producing and/or directing credits include the feature films The Blood Shed and Under the Raven's Wing, short projects The Pod, The Last Days of Frank Whyte, Cruel to be Kind, Unappealing Visions and ATM Blues, segments of the New Jersey Network's legal program Due Process, as well as a variety of narrative and documentary segments on the CTN cable network program Carpe Diem.
Through his production company, Dragon Rider Productions, Brian has produced several projects for the advertising firm PFS Marketwyse, including a :30 television commercial for GettingHired.com, a :30 television promo for the NJ State Fair, a lobby video for the pharmaceutical marketing company Dendrite, and several contest announcements for the employees of Washington Mutual.
In 2002, Brian became a founding member of Exit 131 Productions, initially a "no-budget" production arm of the New Jersey Salon of the Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers, and which has since evolved into an online networking community for New Jersey filmmakers. Brian directed the group's first short, A Taste of Better Days, which was featured in the Freedom Film Festival in Philadelphia in February, 2004, and produced their third project, The Collector's Item.
In 2006, Brian Jude teamed up with Tom Walker of the critically acclaimed power-acoustic indie rock band Friday's Child to create the Digital Cafe Tour - an on-line venue focusing on bringing live concert performances from the stage to the home via internet downloads and podcasting.
Brian received a Bachelor of Arts in Broadcasting at Montclair State University, and minored in both Music History/Theory and Film. His screenplay, Ride with the Dragons, was featured in the 2002 Independent Feature Project (IFP) Market. In addition to Ride with the Dragons, Brian is also developing the independent features Stop Waiting for Regina, Frame of Mind and The Flycatcher. He has produced (along with Alan Rowe Kelly and Craig Schiavone) and directed the documentary featurette Behind the Shed: The Making of "The Blood Shed." Brian is a member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity of America, Inc. and The National Broadcasting Society - Alpha Epsilon Rho. He was also the host of "The Cellular Toaster" on WMSC-FM, and held positions such as Operations Manager, News Director and Assistant Production Manager.- Editor
- Cinematographer
- Director
Russell James Hasenauer was born on 13 February 1984 in Long Branch, New Jersey, USA. He is an editor and cinematographer, known for Big Mouth (2010), Angel of the City (2014) and Persona (2005).- Additional Crew
Dana Terra was born on 16 April 1972 in Long Branch, New Jersey, USA. Dana is known for Belly (1998), Madonna: Nothing Really Matters (1999) and Madonna: Ray of Light (1998). Dana has been married to Marcus Raboy since 26 June 2004.- Actress
- Additional Crew
Susan Love was born on 9 February 1948 in Long Branch, New Jersey, USA. She was an actress, known for Psychokinesis (2015), Stiletto (2012) and My Breast (1994). She was married to Helen Sperry Cooksey,. She died on 2 July 2023 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Al was the son of Santo Tomaini and Maria Bossone. He was one of seven children, all of whom were normal with the exception of himself. At the age of 12, he was taller than his father, who stood six feet and one inch in height. He had a Great grandfather in Italy who was also a very large Giant. His parents called in a physician who, by taking x-rays, found that his pituitary gland was working overtime, causing him to become a giant. With a height of eight feet, four and one-half inches (weighing 356 pounds and size 27 shoes), Al spent most of his life as a circus giant. He was working with a circus at the Great Lakes Exposition in Chicago, in 1936, when he met his future wife - Jeanie Tomaini. She was born without legs and was only 2'6" tall. After retiring from the circus life, he and Jeanie settled in the circus community of Gaint's Camp, Gibsonton, Florida. There he was an extraordinary community booster, donating the town's first ambulance, served as fire chief, helped build the community hall, and for a time was president of the Chamber of Commerce. He was owner and operator of Giant's Fish Camp, a TV repair shop, and a tourist-trailer court on the banks of the Alafia River. His death in 1962 at 44 years of age, came after extensive treatment for a pituitary tumor. He adopted his children.
- Jim Jeffcoat was born on 1 April 1961 in Long Branch, New Jersey, USA.
- Director
- Writer
- Editor
Paul Hauber was born on 26 July 1973 in Long Branch, New Jersey, USA. Paul is a director and writer, known for Bowling for Morgan (2004) and Caz & Kells Sports Talk Show (2021). Paul has been married to Caitlin Marshall since 2 October 2020.- Additional Crew
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Director
Michael Parkhurst was born on 13 April 1933 in Long Branch, New Jersey, USA. He was an assistant director and director, known for Moonfire (1970), Movin' On (1974) and Hot Under the Collar (1992). He died on 23 July 2014 in Sacramento, California, USA.