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- Actress
- Make-Up Department
- Stunts
Actress-Stunt girl-Model, Ann "Annie" Miles grew up riding horses in Arkansas. By age 14 she was doing trick bareback riding in rodeos. Working her way through college she rode the famous diving horses in Atlantic City N.J. She rode the horses from 1958 through 1966. She was a Playboy Bunny in New Orleans and NYC where she did a night club act.(The Domenechs) Ann Miles became the busiest stunt girl on the east coast and one of the top commercial models in the 1960's and 1970's. By 1980 "Annie" was working as a theatrical hairstylist on Broadway. Education- Florida State University(gymnastic scholarship) American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Strasberg Institute, Bobby Lewis (acting) Wilfred Academy(hair styling) IATSE apprentice (hair styling)- On August 2, 1924, Winston Joseph Deane was born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. His childhood nickname was Buddy. Deane began his broadcasting career at KLXR in Little Rock, Arkansas. In 1950, he moved to Baltimore to WITH. He was one of the first to showcase rock and roll music on a continual basis.
From 1957-1965, Deane was chosen as host of WJZ-TV, Baltimore's "The Buddy Deane Show." "The Buddy Deane Show" became of the most popular local shows in the United States. (Dick Clark's "American Bandstand" was patterned after "The Buddy Deane Show.." The show was broadcast two hours a day, six days a week. It featured local teenagers dancing to live bands, most of whom went on to become professional groups. Bill Haley and the Comets "Rock Around the Clock" song premiered on "The Buddy Deane Show." Deane was named the Number One Disc Jockey by Billboard Magazine in 1962.
Baltimore filmmaker. John Waters, loosely based "The Corny Collins' Show" in his movie, "Hairspray" on Deane's show. Waters even gave Deane a small roll in his film. The musical "Hairspray" went on to sweep the 57th Annual Tony Awards (eight wins) in 2003, the year Deane died.
Just like in the "Hairspray" film, the teenagers on "The Committee" refused to allow African-American teenagers to be able to dance on the show on a regular basis. Thus, WJZ-TV cancelled the show although Deane argued the producers should talk to the teenagers about their bold decision. After its cancellation, Deane returned to his home State of Arkansas and acquired KOTN-FM and KOTN-AM radio stations in Pine Bluff. On July 17, 2003, Deane died of complications of a stroke. He was 78 years old. He was survived by his wife, Helen and three daughters, Dawn Deane, Joellen Beard, and Debra Lowry. - Music Department
- Actor
- Composer
Clark Terry was born on 14 December 1920 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for On the Rocks (2020), Criminal (2004) and The Hot Rock (1972). He was married to Gwen Terry, Pauline Reddon and Mayola Robinson. He died on 21 February 2015 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, USA.- Cinematographer
Freeman Harrison Owens was born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas on July 20, 1890 as the only child of Christabel Harrison and Charles H. Owens. He attended Pine Bluff High School in Pine Bluff, but quit in his senior year to work at a local movie theatre as a projectionist. He constructed his own 35mm movie camera at the age of 16, which took him two years to build. He was one of the first to film the "news" which was shown back in the movie theatres. Owens was one the first cameraman to capture on film the "Chicago Stock Yards Fire" in 1910 and the "Charleston, South Carolina Hurricane and Flood" in 1911. Owens had 11,812 inventions and 200 patents to his credit. He patented the method of adding synchronized sound to motion pictures, the A.C. Nielsen Rating System, plastic lens for Kodak and many others.- Charles Vines died on 5 September 2019 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, USA.