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Alfred Gough
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Alfred Gough (/ˈɡɒf/ GOF; born August 22, 1967) is an American screenwriter, producer, writer, director, showrunner and creator. He is the developer of The WB/The CW's Superman-prequel television series Smallville. Alongside longtime writing/producing partner Miles Millar, Gough co-created other television programs like AMC's 2015 wuxia-influenced dystopian television series Into the Badlands, MTV's 2016 epic fantasy television series The Shannara Chronicles (based on The Sword of Shannara Trilogy book trilogy by Terry Brooks) and Netflix's Wednesday, the Tim Burton-helmed Addams Family spin-off. Among his feature film credits he wrote or produced are Shanghai Noon and its sequel Shanghai Knights, Spider-Man 2, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, Herbie: Fully Loaded, Hannah Montana: The Movie and Burton's Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.
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James Whitmore
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James Allen Whitmore Jr. (October 1, 1921 – February 6, 2009) was an American film, theatre, and television actor. During his career, Whitmore won three of the four EGOT honors; - a Tony, a Grammy, and an Emmy. Whitmore also won a Golden Globe and was nominated for two Academy Awards. Following World War II, Whitmore appeared on Broadway in the role of the sergeant in Command Decision. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer gave Whitmore a contract, but his role in the film adaptation was played by Van Johnson. His first major picture for MGM was Battleground, in a role that was turned down by Spencer Tracy, to whom Whitmore bore a noted physical resemblance. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for this role, and won the Golden Globe Award as Best Performance by an Actor In A Supporting Role. Other major films included Angels in the Outfield, The Asphalt Jungle, The Next Voice You Hear, Above and Beyond, Kiss Me, Kate, Them!, Oklahoma!, Black Like Me, Guns of the Magnificent Seven, Tora! Tora! Tora!, and Give 'em Hell, Harry!, a one-man show for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of former U.S. President Harry S Truman. In the film Tora! Tora! Tora!, he played Admiral William F. "Bull" Halsey.
Whitmore appeared during the 1950s on many television anthology series. He was cast as Father Emil Kapaun in the 1955 episode "The Good Thief" in the ABC religion anthology series Crossroads. Other roles followed on Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theater, Lux Video Theatre, Kraft Theatre, Studio One in Hollywood, Schlitz Playhouse, Matinee Theatre, and the Ford Television Theatre. In 1958, he carried the lead in "The Gabe Carswell Story" of NBC's Wagon Train, with Ward Bond. Whitmore has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6611 Hollywood Boulevard. The ceremony was held on February 8, 1960.
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Emily Fonda
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Emily Fonda was born in Sydney, Australia. She earned a Bachelor of Communications from Griffith University in Australia, and intended to pursue a career in Journalism. After a brief stint in London, England, where she performed with the Thieving Dingo Theatre Company, a move to Vancouver, Canada reignited her dreams of a dedicated career as an actress. Since arriving in Hollywood North, she has appeared in television series' "Citizen", "Witches of East End", "Girlfriends Guide to Divorce" and "The Tomorrow People". Emily play's Ann Marie in "Supernatural" Season 10, alongside Jensen Ackles. In 2014, Emily will make her feature film debut in Tim Burton's "Big Eyes", followed by the highly anticipated "Fifty Shades of Grey", as 'Martina'. Catch her in the trailer delivering the infamous line "Mr. Grey will see you now". Emily now resides in Los Angeles.
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Patricia Vonne
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Patricia Vonne is an American singer and actress. A native of San Antonio, Texas, Vonne, born Patricia Rodriguez, moved to New York City in 1990-2001 to pursue her artistic ambitions. She worked extensively in Europe and America and was featured in national/international commercials, and film work. She formed her own musical band, which performed on the New York circuit from 1998-2001. She then relocated to her native Texas where she currently tours extensively in the U.S., Mexico and Europe. She toured as a member of Tito & Tarantula, the band featured in the film From Dusk Till Dawn in 2002. Her song, "Traeme Paz", was featured in the film Once Upon a Time in Mexico. Her song "Mudpies and Gasoline" is featured in the Quentin Tarantino presented film Hell Ride. She is the sister of Angela Lanza, Marcel Rodriguez and Robert Rodriguez.
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Farida Amer
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Farida Amer is an Egyptian-American actress and writer hailing from Miami, Florida. Farida began her theatre career at age 4, before moving to film and television roles as a teenager. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre, Film, and Television from the prestigious American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA). Since then, she has starred in many productions including August Wilson's 'King Hedley II', 'A Piece of My Heart', and 'Noises Off' by Michael Frayn, where she performed her own stunts and endured vigorous coaching to secure a British dialect. In 2017, Farida received wide praise for her performance in 'Allen Wilder 2.0' as Kayla Roberts, the Long Island born biracial niece of Michael Sullivan in the three person play (featured on Broadway World). Farida then joined the inaugural class of the Los Angeles branch of the award-winning Identity School of Acting (UK). As a writer, she has collaborated with Lena Waithe's 'Hillman Grad', Will Packer Productions, as well as written works screened exclusively for UTA. Farida also is the co-creator of the half hour comedy series 'Mud Girls', starring Farida Amer and Sidney Nicole Rogers, currently in development.
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Gunilla Persson
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Sonja Gunilla Persson (born 31 December 1958) is a former Swedish fashion model and current television personality. She is the daughter of Nils Erik Persson (1920–1998) and Iris Strid (born 1926). She has a daughter whose name is Erika, who was born in August 2002. Her mother Iris lives with her daughter.
Gunilla Persson was married to Stephen Linville 1984–1990, whom she met at an acting class in Dallas. She lived in Francis Kellogg's apartment in New York in the late 1980s, during which she also had a romance with Prince Albert of Monaco. Her boyfriend was hotel developer Patrick Ellis from 1990 until 1995.
Persson worked as a tour leader and, after journalistic studies, started her career at Sveriges Radio. She was a presenter of a one-hour celebrity entertainment show conducting interviews with celebrities.
Persson participated in the 1983 Damernas Värld (Swedish women's magazine) modelling competition The Face of the 80s after her boyfriend submitted pictures of her without her knowledge. Eileen Ford, one of the competition's judges, contacted her and signed her to her agency in New York City in 1983, even though Persson did not win the competition. She was also signed at and worked for Elite Model Management. She has appeared on the cover of several magazines including notably for the German edition of Bazaar and has modelled lingerie for La Perla.
In the late 1970s, Persson moved from Sweden to Dallas, US, later moving to New York City where she lived for many years. She studied at Stella Adler's acting school. She moved to California to participate in Svenska Hollywoodfruar, and in early 2015 Persson was forced to leave her Manhattan, New York apartment by her landlord.
Persson appeared in a small role in the 1980s soap opera Dallas while living in Dallas.
Persson made her television debut in 2010 in the reality series Svenska New Yorkfruar (Swedish New York Wives): the series lasted one season and was broadcast on TV3. She has also participated in eight seasons of Svenska Hollywoodfruar (Swedish Hollywood Wives) as of 2017, also at TV3. Persson participated in the celebrity reality series Realitystjärnorna på godset (Reality Stars at the Manor) in 2014, and in 2015 got her own show called Gunilla tycker till (Gunilla states her opinion) where her fans got to vote on different jobs she had to try out. Persson also got a news show in 2017 called The Gunilla Show on Viafree. In February 2013, Persson was a guest on The Schulman Show which is aired on Aftonbladet's website and presented by Alex Schulman. Persson recorded a music video with rapper Dogge Doggelito in 2015. In October 2015, Persson was a guest on the Norwegian talk show God kveld Norge!
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Leif Erickson
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Leif Erickson (born William Wycliffe Anderson) was an American stage, film, and television actor.
Erickson was born in Alameda, California, near San Francisco. He worked as a soloist in a band as vocalist and trombone player, performed in Max Reinhardt's productions, and then gained a small amount of stage experience in a comedy vaudeville act. Initially billed by Paramount Pictures as Glenn Erickson, he began his screen career as a leading man in Westerns.
Erickson enlisted in the United States Navy during World War II. Rising to the rank of Chief Petty Officer in the Naval Aviation Photographic Unit, he served as a military photographer, shooting film in combat zones, and as an instructor. He was shot down twice in the Pacific as well as receiving two Purple Hearts. Erickson was in the unit that filmed and photographed the Japanese surrender aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay on September 2, 1945. Over four years service, he shot more than 200,000 feet of film for the Navy.
Erickson's first films were two 1933 band films with Betty Grable before starting a string of Buster Crabbe Western films based on Zane Grey novels. He would go on to appears in films such as The Snake Pit, Sorry, Wrong Number, Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd, Invaders from Mars, On the Waterfront, A Gathering of Eagles, Roustabout, The Carpetbaggers and Mirage.
One of his more notable roles was as Deborah Kerr's macho husband in the stage and film versions of Tea and Sympathy. He appeared with Greta Garbo, as her brother in Conquest (1937). He played the role of Pete, the vindictive boat engineer, in the 1951 remake of the famed musical Show Boat. His final appearance in a feature film was in Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977).
Erickson appeared frequently on television; he was cast as Dr. Hillyer in "Consider Her Ways" (1964) and as Paul White in "The Monkey's Paw—A Retelling" (1965) on CBS's The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. However, he is probably best known for The High Chaparral, which aired on NBC from 1967 until 1971. He portrayed a rancher, Big John Cannon, determined to establish a cattle empire in the Arizona Territory while keeping peace with the Apache. Erickson guest-starred in several television series, including Rawhide, Bonanza, Gunsmoke, Marcus Welby, M.D., Medical Center, Cannon, The Rifleman, The Rockford Files, and the 1977 series Hunter. His final role was in an episode of Fantasy Island in 1984.
Erickson was married to actress Frances Farmer from 1936 until 1942. The same day that his divorce from Farmer was finalized, June 12, 1942, he married actress Margaret Hayes. They divorced a month later. He married Ann Diamond in 1945. They had two children, William Leif Erickson (born 1946 - died 1971 in a car accident) and Susan Irene Erickson (born 1950).
Erickson died of cancer in Pensacola, Florida, on January 29, 1986, aged 74 CLR
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Rainie Yang
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She started acting when she was 14-years-old, appearing in movies and commercials in Hong Kong. At 15, she auditioned for a girl band to be launched by BMG Records called "4 in Love" and passed with flying colors. From then on, she was called "Rainie" to fit in with the weather-based named girls of the group; she was originally called Lily in the industry.
She moved to Taiwan and pursued her acting career as she lived with her co-band members under one roof. She starred in various dramas starting with the mega blockbuster Meteor Garden where she played a supporting, yet pivotal role as the cute Xiao You (Hana Yori Dango's "Yuki" Chinese counterpart).
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Brenna O'Brien
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Brenna O'Brien (born March 9, 1991) is a Canadian actress. She is best known for voicing Rin in the anime series Inuyasha.
O'Brien was in the original pilot of The Middle in 2007 also starring Ricki Lake and Atticus Shaffer. This pilot was then re-created in 2009 with the current cast. O'Brien began her acting career at age 9, performing in local theatre productions and school plays. Her first film role was in Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed at the age of 12 and from there went on to guest star in such films and televisions shows such as Supernatural as the NSA demon secretary Cecily, Stargate SG-1, Meghan in Zixx: Level Two, X-Men: The Last Stand, Phantom Racer and Girl in Progress. She is an accomplished voice over actor, having worked as a guest star as well as lead roles in several anime series, including Inuyasha, Hamtaro, Gundam SEED Destiny, and Elemental Gelade. She was a lead voice in Marvel’s animated feature Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow, Marvel series Iron Man: Armored Adventures and Nintendo’s Dragalia Lost.
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Dick Huemer
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While as an artist-illustrator living in The Bronx, New York, Huemer first began his career in animation at the Raoul Barré cartoon studio in 1916. He joined the Fleischer Studio in 1923 where he developed the Koko the Clown character. Later he moved to Hollywood and worked as an animator and director for the Charles Mintz studio. He subsequently moved to the Disney Studio, where he remained for the duration of his career, except for a 3-year hiatus from 1948-51 when he pioneered animated TV commercials and created the The Adventures of Buck O'Rue comic strip.[1] Some of Huemer's most creative work was done in partnership with Joe Grant; examples include Fantasia (story director), Dumbo (screenplay), and several propaganda films to advance the U.S. war effort during World War II. Atypically, Huemer and Grant submitted Dumbo to Walt Disney not as a completed storyboard, but as a series of storyboard "chapters," each ending in a cliffhanger. This was intended to pique Disney's enthusiasm for the project, and it worked. Dick was at the Disney organization from April 16, 1933 to February 28, 1973.
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