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Steve Zahn was born in Marshall, Minnesota, to Zelda, who worked at a YMCA, and Carleton Edward Zahn, a Lutheran pastor at Peace Lutheran Church, Robbinsdale, Minnesota. His career kicked off in his native Minnesota when he crashed the audition of a local stage production of "Biloxi Blues" and won the lead role. He next trained at American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge, MA; then moved to New York City, where he won a role touring for 13 months in national company of Tommy Tune-directed version of "Bye Bye Birdie". Back in New York, he played opposite Ethan Hawke in "Sophistry" at Playwright's Horizon, where Ben Stiller noticed him and cast him and Hawke in Reality Bites (1994).- Actress
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Lisa Loring was an American actress and former child model. She is primarily known for having played Wednesday Addams in the comedy-horror sitcom "The Addams Family" (1964-1966). The sitcom was the first screen adaptation of the comic strip "The Addams Family" (1938-1988) by Charles Addams, which featured a wealthy aristocratic clan who took delight in the macabre. Wednesday was the perpetually gloomy daughter of the family in the comic strip. Loring's version of the character was sweet-natured, but eccentric. This version of Wednesday owned a collection of decapitated dolls, and named her favorite doll after Marie Antoinette, the executed Queen of France. Wednesday raised spiders as a hobby.
In 1958, Loring was born on the Kwajalein Atoll, the southernmost of the Marshall Islands. The island is located about 2,100 nautical miles (3,900 kilometers; 2,400 miles) southwest of Honolulu, Hawaii. It has hosted an American naval base since World War II. Her parents were both personnel of the United States Navy. Loring's parents separated shortly after her birth, and Judith Loring (Loring's mother) received custody of Loring. Lisa Loring was initially raised in Hawaii, before moving with her mother to Los Angeles.
In 1961, Loring started working as a child model. She eventually took a few acting roles, and reportedly guest starred in a 1964 episode of the medical drama "Dr. Kildare". When cast to play Wednesday in "The Addams Family", Loring was only 6-years-old. It was her first regular role in television. The series lasted for 2 seasons and 64 episodes, ending in 1966.
Loring was cast in the role of Susan "Suzy" Pruitt in the short-lived sitcom "The Pruitts of Southampton" (1966-1967). The sitcom was the brainchild of David Levy, who had previously produced "The Addams Family". The series used much of the former cast of "The Addams Family". The premise of this sitcom was that the Pruitts were a formerly wealthy family who still lived in an aristocratic mansion in the Hamptons. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) had found out about their loss of wealth, but instructed them to maintain their pretensions of great wealth in order to avoid a potential loss of confidence in the financial system. Episodes revolved about the family's efforts to raise money while maintaining secrecy.
In 1973, aged 15, Loring married her boyfriend Farrell Foumberg. She gave birth to her daughter Vanessa that year. The couple divorced in 1974. Judith Loring died in 1974 from alcoholism. Lisa Loring had to provide for herself. She appeared infrequently in television films during the late 1970s. Loring was cast as Wednesday Sr. in the television film "Halloween with the New Addams Family" (1977). Wednesday was depicted in the film as having a look-alike younger sister, known as Wednesday junior (played by Jennifer Surprenant). In 1980, Loring joined the cast of the soap opera "As the World Turns". She portrayed Cricket Montgomery, a half-sister of the regular character Margo Montgomery Hughes. Loring continued appearing in the series until 1984.
In 1981, Loring married the soap opera actor Doug Stevenson. They had daughter Marianne early in their marriage, but received a divorce in 1983. Loring's acting career was in hiatus until she agreed to play in the slasher film "Blood Frenzy" (1987). Its premise was that a killer stalked the patients of psychiatrist Dr. Barbara Shelley (played by Wendy MacDonald) during their trip through a desert. The film's plot reportedly combined plot elements from the earlier films "Ten Little Indians" (1974) and "Friday the 13th" (1980). The film was an early attempt by pornographic film producer Hal Freeman to create his own horror films.
Loring was an uncredited co-writer in the pornographic film "Traci's Big Trick" (1987). She was introduced to porn actor Jerry Butler (born Paul David Siederman; 1959-2018), and they started dating. They were married within 1987, but their relationship was tumultuous. They divorced each other in 1992, following failed a number of failed attempts in reconciliation.
In 1988, Loring co-starred in the slasher film "Iced". Its premise was that a group of old friends has received invitations to a new ski resort. They reunite there, but are stalked by a killer who has mysterious ties to their past. Loring's performance and humorous dialogue were reportedly among the highlight of the film. But the film has a relatively poor reputation among horror fans, due to soap opera-like plot elements and an inconclusive ending to its mystery. It was her last notable role for several years.
By the early 1990s, Loring was feeling depressed due to the decline of her career and her poor relationship with her husband. She tried to self-medicate her condition, leading to a drug addiction. In 1991, Loring was the first person to discover the corpse of her friend Kelly Van Dyke, who had committed suicide by hanging. Loring was in a fragile state of mind. She made a suicide attempt not long after. In 1992, she went to rehab and beat her addiction. She gave a few interviews in the mid-1990s, but semi-retired from acting. She resumed her acting career in the mid-2010s, with appearances in two different horror films. In 2023, Lisa Loring died, aged 64.- Director
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Brea Grant was born in Marshall, Texas and attended high school at Marshall Public High School. She earned an MA at the University of Texas in Austin. Her first television acting job was on Friday Night Lights. She went on to play characters on Dexter and Heroes. She now resides in Los Angeles.- Actor
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African-American movie actor and producer Noble Johnson was born on April 18, 1881, in Marshall, Missouri. His family moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado, when Noble was very young, and it was there that he met Lon Chaney at school. They became friends as children, and later got re-acquainted when both were making movies in Hollywood and became friends all over again (surprisingly, they never made any movies together).
Johnson was built like a bull, standing 6'2" at 215 pounds. His impressive physique and handsome features made him in demand as a character actor and bit player. In the silent era he essayed a wide variety of characters of different races in a plethora of films, primarily serials, westerns and adventure movies. While Johnson was cast as blacks in many films, he also played Native American and Latino parts and "exotic" characters such as Arabians or even a devil in hell in Dante's Inferno (1924) (the old black and white orthochromatic film stock of the early days was less discriminating about a person's color, as were B+W stocks in general, permitting some African-American actors a break, as their "color" was washed out or less obvious when photographed in B+W. As late as the early 1960s, there were very few African-American members of the Screen Actors Guild, since there was a lack of opportunity for them as black performers were confined mostly to race films until the 1960s). In all his roles, Johnson lived up to his Christian name: his was a noble and dignified presence that exhibited great power and substance.
Johnson also was an entrepreneur. In 1916 he founded his own studio to produce what would be called "race films", movies made for the African-American audience, which was ignored by the "mainstream" film industry. The Lincoln Motion Picture Co., which was in existence until 1921, was an all-black company, the first to produce movies portraying African-Americans as real people instead of as racist caricatures (Johnson was followed into the race film business by Oscar Micheaux and others). Johnson, who served as president of the company and was its primary asset as a star actor, helped support the studio by acting in other companies' productions such as 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1916), and using the money he made in those films to invest in Lincoln.
Lincoln's first picture was The Realization of a Negro's Ambition (1916). For four years Johnson managed to keep Lincoln a going concern, primarily due to his extraordinary commitment to African-American filmmaking. However, he reluctantly resigned as president in 1920, as he no longer could continue his double business life, maintaining a demanding career in Hollywood films while trying to run a studio.
In the 1920s Johnson was a very busy character actor, appearing in such top-notch films as The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921) with Rudolph Valentino, Cecil B. DeMille's original The Ten Commandments (1923) andThe Thief of Bagdad (1924). He made the transition to sound, appearing in the 1930 version of Moby Dick (1930) as Queequeg to John Barrymore's Captain Ahab. He was also the tribal leader on Skull Island in the classic King Kong (1933) (and its sequel, Son of Kong (1933)) and appeared in Frank Capra's classic Lost Horizon (1937) as one of theporters. One of his last films was John Ford's classic She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), in which he played Native American Chief Red Shirt. He retired from the movie industry in 1950.
Johnson died on January 9, 1978, in Yucaipa (San Bernardino), California, at age 96. He is buried in the Garden of Peace at Eternal Valley Memorial Park in Newhall, California.- Actress
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Susan Howard, best known for her eight years as Donna Krebbs in the prime-time soap opera, Dallas (1978) was born Jeri Lynn Mooney in Marshall, Texas. "I grew up with my father telling me that I was talented and beautiful and wonderful. I respected and loved my father, so I believed him - until I grew up and looked in a mirror and saw that my daddy had sort of colored the truth. But, by then, it was too late. I was hooked", she said of her life-long desire to be an actress and the support she got from her family to realize the dream. After excelling in the dramatic arts at Marshall High, where she won the UIL Best Actress Award, she was accepted at the University of Texas. There, she spent two years before Hollywood lured her farther west. Several years as a member of the Los Angeles Repertory Company, plus her years at the University of Texas, instilled in her the discipline and perspective she needed to finally make it in Hollywood. After several years of guest shots on television shows; including Bonanza (1959), The Flying Nun (1967) and I Dream of Jeannie (1965), Susan was offered the co-starring role opposite Barry Newman in Petrocelli (1974). For her portrayal of "Maggie Petrocelli", she was nominated for both Emmy and the Golden Globe awards.
The role of "Donna Culver Krebbs" came Susan's way in 1978, as a one-time guest shot. The producers were so pleased with her performance, they enlarged the part and asked her to stay. She remained until 1987, when the script for the new season called for Donna to begin an affair with one of the other characters. She refused the change and left the show.
She and her husband Calvin Chrane now live outside Austin, Texas. She was appointed by then-Governor George W. Bush to be a commissioner for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. She is also a member of the board of directors for the National Rifle Association where she serves as Chair of the Public Policy Committee. The Chranes have one daughter, Lynn, and two grandchildren, Daniel and Noelle. Susan Howard continues to be a frequent visitor to Marshall where her mother and brother reside. She is an active member of the Writers Guild of America, and continues writing for television, something she began on Dallas (1978).- Actor
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Actor Judd Lormand plays the role of Lt. Commander Eric Blackburn each week on the streaming network Paramount Plus on the series Seal Team. Recent roles include playing Secretary of State Robert McNamara in the LBJ feature opposite Woody Harrelson in the title role, the uptight bank manager Mr. Freely in the upcoming indie comedy Carter & June, and the corrupt police officer who tries to subdue Tom Cruise in the opening of the latest Jack Reacher film.
Born in Marshall, Texas, Lormand grew up in Houston and spent a number of years in Saudi Arabia, where his father worked as a civil engineer building natural gas pipelines. The family later moved to Lafayette, Louisiana, where Lormand attended Comeaux High School and The University of Louisiana. Lormand credits his high school drama teacher Sandra LaBorde for encouraging his interest in theater arts. Lormand now splits his time between Los Angeles and Atlanta, GA. Between acting assignments, Lormand is often busy at home as a father of three and occasionally delves into an interest in astronomy.
Additional feature credits include The Hunger Games, Joyful Noise, Pitch Perfect, Snitch, The Last Exorcism Part II, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, When the Game Stands Tall, 99 Homes, American Heist, Left Behind, Bad Ass 3: Bad Asses on the Bayou, Navy Seals vs. Zombies, The Big Short, Miracles from Heaven, USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage, and The Case for Christ.
Additional television series credits include Memphis Beat, Common Law, Drop Dead Diva, Treme, Revolution, Necessary Roughness, Homeland, The Vampire Diaries, Sleepy Hollow, Ravenswood, Wild Card, Finding Carter, Perception, Satisfaction, Nashville, American Horror Story, Banshee, Secrets and Lies, Zoo, Scream: The TV Series, Devious Maids, NCIS: New Orleans, Star, Lore, and Good Behavior.- Producer
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Jamie Hyneman is a jack of all trades. Graduate in Russian language and literature from Indiana University, Animal Wrangler, Robot Builder, Toy Prototyper and holder of patent no. 6,458,008 for a remote control/stabilization device, Jamie is a truly well-rounded individual.
Besides his time on Mythbusters, Jamie builds items for commercials including the 7-UP can-chucking machine and the Nike Roller-shoe. He also is the CEO of M5 Industries, his own personal shop that he bought when Colossal Industries went under. His shop does a lot of work in movies, television and commercials, as well as toy prototyping. M5 Industries is also where Mythbusters is filmed.
Prior to getting into the special effects industry, he ran a dive/charter business for several years in the Caribbean, and is a certified dive master. He is an animal-wrangler, and has experience with all sorts of critters. He was once a concrete inspector for a few months, and ran a pet store.
On the Comedy Central show BattleBots, Jamie and M5 built and ran the wildly successful and dangerous robot Blendo, and he also worked on DeadBolt. Other participants in the show at the same time as Jamie were Adam Savage and Grant Imahara!
Jamie is happily married, and has said that he is very proud of his wife!- Actor
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Har Mar Superstar was born on 6 February 1978 in Marshall, Minnesota, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for Starsky & Hutch (2004), Whip It (2009) and Pitch Perfect (2012).- Jamie Smith-Jackson was born on 28 March 1948 in Marshall. Missouri, USA. She is an actress, known for All the President's Men (1976), Planet of the Apes (1974) and The Rookies (1972). She is married to Michael Ontkean. They have two children.
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George Foreman was boxing's most feared fighter from 1973-1974. Undefeated in 40 straight fights, 37 by knockout, he was on a 24 consecutive knockout run when he faced Muhammad Ali on October 30, 1974 in defense of his world heavyweight title in Zaire, Africa. A product of a poor family, Foreman was in constant trouble with the law. He credits the Job Corp with turning his life around. Started boxing as an amateur and, in less than three years, captured a gold medal in the 1968 Olympic Games. Lost only 2 out of 24 amateur fights. Turned pro under the guidance of veteran trainer Dick Saddler. Foreman was a stablemate of former heavyweight king Charles "Sonny" Liston and Charlie Snips. Foreman idolized Liston and copied his ring style and mannerisms. Foreman used a piercing stare to intimated his opponents ala Liston. He was criticized for beating second rate opponents, yet had scored victories over credible fighters like George Chuvallo, Boone Kirkman and Gregorio Peralta. Destroyed undefeated Joe Frazier in two brutal rounds to capture the world title in 1973; Frazier was knocked down six times. Destroyed Jose "King" Roman in one round and Ken Norton in two rounds to retain his title. Foreman was knocked out by 3-1 underdog Muhammad Ali in 8 rounds. Foreman fought 5 men in one night in a 1975 exhibition. Won five straight knockouts on the comeback trail before being decked and decision-ed by Jimmy Young in Puerto Rico in 1977. Foreman claimed to have seen God in his dressing room following the defeat and announced he was going to become a preacher and retire from boxing. Preached for 10 years and blew up to 300 pounds. Decided to return to the ring to raise money for his church; experts laughed, but Foreman racked up 18 straight knockout victories. He was defeated in a title bid by Evander Holyfield but, a few years later, shocked the world by knocking out undefeated World Heavyweight Champion Michael Moorer (36-0) to become champion again at 45. Made a few successful defenses before losing his title by a controversial decision to Shannon Briggs.- Actress
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A Native Minnesotan, with deep ties to Texas. Loves Utah as a 2nd home base. Owns Iris Entertainment LLC with Buster Brooks being her first Ex. Produced feature film, a 2024 release. In 2006, she pursued her acting career, with now over 50 films, television, theatrical and commercial production credits. She toggles between producing, directing, and acting and loves each in its own way. Ms. Koskan has a BA in Speech Communication/Journalism from the University of Minnesota. She started her career with IBM in Dallas Texas. It was there she married and had their 4 children. "I'm curious, engaged and a great listener. I want to hear "your" story and will work to build a connection and bring life to the project. My life's work is like a family tree; Each branch brings unique balance, shape, and strength, bearing fruits of love and respect."- Y.A. Tittle was born on 24 October 1926 in Marshall, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Any Given Sunday (1999), The NFL on CBS (1956) and What's My Line? (1950). He was married to Minette DeLoach. He died on 8 October 2017 in Stanford, California, USA.
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Michael Geiger was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan in 1957 to Doris (Hummel) Geiger, and Richard Geiger as the eldest of three brothers. Growing up, Michael helped his father in their family-owned Pharmacy in Marshall, Michigan; after high school he relocated to California with his band-mates in pursuit of a musical career, which he found and nurtured over the years. He began playing gigs in clubs with his group, exhibiting great skill on the guitar and vocals. Michael is in constant demand as a musician and particularly as a studio session singer. He has been a concert and recording artist, producer and arranger in the Los Angeles area over the past four decades, performing regularly with the Los Angeles Master Chorale and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra with Paul Salamunovich and Grant Gershon (10 seasons) and the Los Angeles Opera Chorus (24 seasons) with Placido Domingo. He has also appeared with numerous chamber music ensembles such as the Millennium Consort Singers with Martin Neary, the Los Angeles Chamber Singers, Musica Angelica Baroque Orchestra, I Cantori de Los Angeles, De Angelis Vocal Ensemble of Orange County, The Voices of Liberty at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California, and as a guitarist with The Orange County Guitar Orchestra. Michael has most recently toured with Hans Zimmer on the American West Coast leg of his 2017 world tour. Michael is a featured vocalist in Denis Villeneuve's 2021 film adaptation of the 1965 Frank Herbert novel, DUNE. He is the voice of the Sardaukar chanter and has also provided throat singing sounds for the soundtrack recordings. Michael has appeared on and off-camera as a vocalist on the soundtracks of over 200 feature films, television commercials and episodes, radio spots and video games, including ER, The Tonight Show, Days Of Our Lives, The Gilmore Girls, J.A.G., Malcolm in the Middle (Emmy nominated), Dancing With The Stars, Family Guy, The Simpsons, Futurama, DirecTV; feature-film soundtracks such as Dune (2021), Encanto (2021), Mulan (2020), Call of the Wild (2020), A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2020), The Lion King (2019), Us, Men In Black, The Nun, The Sixth Sense, Jurassic Park, Polar Express, Spiderman, The Matrix, Frozen, Rogue-One, Happy Feet, Ice Age, Star Trek, Star Wars, Avatar, World of Warcraft, Hearthstone, Skyrim, God of War and Assassin's Creed. Michael's sound recording credits include work as a singer and arranger with Celine Dion, Linda Ronstadt, Barbra Streisand, Leanne Rimes, Paige O'Hara, The Bill Elliot Swing Orchestra, the art-rock ensemble DREDG, Busta Rhymes, Red-Hot Chili Peppers and most recently with the British band MUSE on their recording of SURVIVOR for the Olympic Games. He appears on the GRAMMY Award winning DVD recordings of the Los Angeles Opera productions of The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny by Kurt Weill, La Traviata - featuring Rolando Villazon and Renee Fleming, Giuseppe Verdi's MacBeth - Featuring Placido Domingo, and on the Los Angeles Master Chorale's GRAMMY nominated recording, Lux Aeterna, featuring the music of Morten Lauridsen. He appears on the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th installments of the Grammy nominated children's music project, Beethoven's Wig as singer, arranger, and co-producer with Richard Perlmutter. Michael is an author/arranger with Alfred Music Publishing which features several of his works associated with Beethoven's Wig Sing-along Song Book. Michael received his early musical training at the Interlochen Center for The Arts in Interlochen, Michigan as a classical guitarist. Michael studied choral arts under the tutelage of Mel Ivey and applied vocal arts with Marcella Faustman at Western Michigan University; Howard Swan and Nina Hinson at the University of California, Irvine in choral conducting and vocal performance; art-song and aria coaching and master-classes with Martin Katz, Graham Johnson and Valerie Rifkin at the Music Academy of the West, Santa Barbara, California, and stage craft with the great Metropolitan Opera Basso, Giorgio Tozzi. As a teacher, Michael is currently an adjunct professor of applied voice and vocal pedagogy at Azusa Pacific University. He is also on staff at LA Classical Studios in Pasadena, California, providing instruction in beginning and intermediate classical guitar, musicianship, sight-singing and aural comprehension. Michael is professionally represented by the Screen Actors Guild - American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG/AFTRA) and the American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA). He and his wife, Gayle are parents of four adult children and reside in Fountain Valley, California.- Composer
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Bob James was born on 25 December 1939 in Marshall, Missouri, USA. He is a composer and actor, known for The Big Hit (1998), Double Jeopardy (1999) and Cop Out (2010). He has been married to Judy Heric since September 1963. They have one child.- Henry Roquemore was born on 13 March 1886 in Marshall, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Sky Racket (1937), What Price Crime (1935) and Sporting Chance (1931). He was married to Fern Emmett. He died on 30 June 1943 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Jean Hayworth was born on 2 March 1905 in Marshall, iowa, USA. She was an actress, known for Hunter (1984), Matinee Theatre (1955) and Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955). She was married to Vinton Hayworth. She died on 22 August 1995 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Nick Stanton was born on 22 September 1979 in Marshall, Minnesota, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Zeke and Luther (2009), Prince of Peoria (2018) and Gamer's Guide to Pretty Much Everything (2015).- Producer
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For over 20 years, Emmy award-winning writer/producer/director/host Anthony McLemore has enjoyed a multi-faceted career in television news, talk shows, reality, and documentary programming. After winning a Cable Ace in 1998 for the sketch comedy/magazine show "HEP-TV" 1998, Anthony moved to Hollywood. In 1999, he helped develop and launch E! Entertainment Television's successful lifestyle show "Celebrity Homes," which earned him his first Emmy award nomination. Soon after, McLemore co-created BET's smash hit celebrity lifestyle/documentary series "How I'm Living," which became the network's second highest-rated show.
From there, McLemore went on to produce and direct countless documentaries, reality, and talk shows, including CBS's Big Brother, A&E's The Jackson's: "A Family Dynasty," the critically acclaimed documentary series "Brat Camp" & "Border Security USA" for ABC, the "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" for Bravo, Discovery Channel's hit show "Street Outlaws" and "The Dr. Phil Show", the highest rated talk show in daytime.
In 2022, Anthony won his first Emmy for the Netflix/Hulu documentary The New York Times Presents "Malfunction: The Dressing Down of Janet Jackson."
Anthony began his career in 1993 as a local news reporter/photographer/editor at the NBC affiliate KLSB-TV in Nacogdoches, Texas, while attending Stephen F. Austin State University. After graduating, McLemore was a reporter for several other affiliates, including KRBC-TV (Abilene, TX), KLTV-TV (Tyler, TX), and KTBS-TV (Shreveport, LA), before producing documentary-style programming.- Sound Department
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Patrick Tillmann was born on 11 December 1972 in Marshall, Minnesota, USA. Patrick is known for Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (1995), Pearl Jam: Let's Play Two (2017) and Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union (2021).- The author of 18 books including "St. Fidgeta and Other Parodies" (1966); "The Pedant and the Shuffly" (1968); the Tolkien-inspired fantasy "The Face in the Frost" (1969); and fifteen young-adult gothic supernatural thrillers staring such characters as Lewis Barnavelt, Johnny Dixon, and Anthony Monday. In 1955, after graduating from Marshall High School, he attended Notre Dame, and later made history when he and four other Notre Dame students appeared on the G.E. College Bowl program in March 1959. A Woodrow Wilson Fellow, Bellairs graduated Magna cum Laude with a Bachelors degree in English (1959). The following year he moved to Chicago and earned a Masters in English from The University of Chicago. He later taught at following colleges: 1963-65 - College of St. Teresa (Winona, MN) 1966-67 - Shimer College (Mount Carroll, IL) 1968-69 - Emmanuel College (Boston, MA) 1969-71 - Merrimack College (North Andover, MA) In 1973, his first young-adult novel, "The House with a Clock in its Walls," was published. In 1978, "The Treasure of Alpheus Winterborn" followed with new characters. Both HOUSE and TREASURE were made into televised dramatizations in 1979. "The Curse of the Blue Figurine" (1983) introduced another series of characters living and battling supernatural events near Duston Heights, MA. In 1991, Bellairs died of cardiovascular disease. Two books and two drafts of his work were completed by author Brad Strickland, who in turn has released six of his own books using the Bellairs characters. Strickland's most recent release is 2001's "The Tower at the End of the World." In 1992, the Marshall (Michigan) Historical Society erected a marker for the Cronin House, the real life setting "The House with a Clock in its Walls," and another marker for Bellairs. In 2000 he was inducted into Haverhill (Massachusetts) Hall of Fame.
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Arynetta Northcutt, also known as Arynetta Floyzelle, is an actress, writer, and model who has appeared in over 30 commercials and ad campaigns for companies including Lexus, Toyota, Frito Lay, and Chase Bank. She holds an M.A. in Writing for Stage and Broadcast Media from Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, London, England, and is an alumna of Hampton University. Arynetta is the creator and voice of the animated children's mindfulness and meditation character, Effie Monroe, and is the head writer at The Sunday Type storytelling studio.- Actor
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Born Jimmy Dale Jenkins on March 15, 1956 in Marshall, Arkansas, he actually grew up in Memphis, Tennessee where he attended elementary and high school. A year after graduating from high school he attended a nearby Bible college.
While in college he began working as a DJ and announcer at a number of local radio stations. He later made the transition to television as a reporter, then as a news anchor. His church work and his work as a broadcaster carried him to numerous cities in both Tennessee and Arkansas. In 1984 he relocated to Los Angeles, California where he continued his church and broadcast work and attended seminary.
A family friend encouraged him to look into acting in the late 1990s. His first job in film was as an extra in "House of Frankenstein 1997". His first speaking role was on the TV series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" in 1998. Ironically, he played a priest - A role he was well prepared for given his Bible college and seminary training and the fact that he is a licensed and ordained minister.
It was also in the late 1990s when he met James Garner while Garner was filming "Legalese" for TNT. He worked as his stand-in on the project and then continued working with Garner as his stand-in, and later as his assistant, until the completion of "The Notebook". He has also worked as a stand-in for numerous other actors including Judd Hirsch and Tom Skerritt, and has photo-doubled for Tommy Lee Jones.- Actor
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Composer, singer, songwriter and author, he joined ASCAP in 1946 and composed popular country-and-western and cowboy songs including "When a Cowboy is Happy", "Over the Trail", "Chime Bells", "Tall Cedars", "Weep No More My Darling", "Dusty Old Trunk in the Attic", and "I'll Be Crying Over You".- Elizabeth Ray was born as Betty Lou Ray on May 14, 1943 in Marshall, North Carolina. She won the title of Miss Virgina 1975 in a beauty contest. The attractive voluptuous blonde had brief stints as a stewardess, waitress and car rental clerk prior to working as a secretary on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC for powerful US Representative Wayne Hays in 1972. Ray openly admitted that she couldn't type, file a report, or even answer the phone. Instead she was specifically hired by Hays to perform sexual favors for him. When the news broke about this sordid affair, the resultant much publicized scandal forced Hays to resign from political office on September 1, 1976. Ray quickly capitalized on her newfound notoriety by posing for nude pictorials in the popular men's magazines "Playboy" and "Hustler" and writing the tell-all expose book "The Washington Fringe Bandit." After making unsuccessful attempts at being an actress and stand-up comedienne, Elizabeth Ray faded back into obscurity.
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Zane Grant was born on 16 July 1979 in Marshall, Texas, USA. He is known for The Guest (2014), The Devil's Candy (2015) and The Babysitter Murders (2015).