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Jack Landron
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Jack Landrón is an Afro-Puerto Rican folksinger, songwriter, and actor. Because he was known as "Jackie Washington" early in his career, he is often confused with the Canadian Jackie Washington, who was a blues and jazz performer. He can be seen currently starring in the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless.
The move from Puerta De Tierra section of San Juan Puerto Rico to the very New England town of Boston, MA was motivated by his parents' belief that better schools, a better education, and a better life, would be available to young Juan Candido Washington y Landron. So, it was there that the actor Jack Landron began his episodic American journey.
He quickly became proficient in English. With this proficiency came a love for the spoken word, in its many forms. His grandfather's thick Spanish accent, the lilt of his Grandmother's West Indian speech pattern, the Yiddish dialect of the nurturing old couple who lived next door, all found a place in young Jack's talent for mimicry. In later years this proved most helpful when doing voice-over work.
After a lack luster college years (Emerson, in Boston) for which he paid with earnings from his successful folk singing career (Club 47 in Cambridge, was his start), Jackie Washington, went to Mississippi in the spring of 1964. Here he became a founding member of the renowned Free Southern Theatre. One night, while performing, he attracted the attention of the Rev. Martin Luther King. This resulted in a memorable time as a personal assistant to the revered Civil Rights icon.
After leaving Mississippi, he went to NYC and got deeply involved in TV & Theatre. He appeared in the NBC children's series "First Look", which required him to join AFTRA. He discovered that a Jackie Washington already existed in AFTRA, so, he used his other name, Jack Landron. He was then cast in the TV premiere of "10 Blocks on the Camino Real" (Tennessee Williams), which featured the legendary actress Lotte Lenya, with whom Jack formed a warm, and lasting friendship. Acting jobs at the famed Negro Ensemble Theatre, the Puerto Rican traveling theatre, AMAS Repertory Theatre, and the NY Shakespeare Festival, among others, poured in for Jack.
Marriage and Parenthood-and eventual single Parenthood- made it necessary to secure daytime employment, which led Jack to a long career of commercials, Industrials, and voice-over work.
In 2012, with the children grown, Jack shifted his base of operation to Los Angeles, where work in independent films coincided with a renewed career as a singer/songwriter, marked by the release of a CD entitled "Curbside Cotillion".
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Lou Diamond Phillips
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Lou Diamond Phillips is an American film, television, and stage actor as well as director and writer. His breakthrough role came when he starred as Ritchie Valens in the film La Bamba. His other best known film roles are as Jose Chavez y Chavez in Young Guns I and II, Angel Guzman in Stand and Deliver for which he earned a supporting actor Golden Globe Award nomination, Hank Storm in Renegades, Jesse Rainfeather Goldman in Sioux City in which he was also director, Staff Sergeant John Monfriez in Courage Under Fire, Roy Knox in Brokedown Palace, and Wanda in Hollywood Homicide. He has also starred in many TV movies.
His best known TV roles are as Lt. Gil Arroyo on Prodigal Son, Henry Standing Bear on Longmire, Col. David Telford on Stargate Universe, Agent Ian Edgerton on Numb3rs, and John Kanin on Wolf Lake. He voices for animated series as Chief Bill Bayani on Firebuds, Victor Delgado on Elena of Valor, and Surak on The Lion Guard.
He's had recurring roles on TV shows including Trese, Blindspot, Blue Bloods, Goliath, NCIS: New Orleans, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Ranch, Southland, George Lopez, and 24. He has starred as himself on Cougar Town and You're the Worst. He's also guest starred on a number of shows including Bull, The Cleaning Lady, Search Party, Criminal Minds, Graves, Training Day, Ironside, Chuck, Psych, Law & Order: SVU, The Handler, The Twilight Zone (2002), Spin City, The Outer Limits, Tales from the Crypt, Miami Vice, and Dallas (1985).
He earned a Tony Award nomination for his role in The King and I. Outside of acting, he has become notable for finishing 186th in the 2009 World Series of Poker World Championships "No Limit Texas hold 'em" main event.
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Dustin Ferguson
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Born October 16th, 1982 in Dodge City, KS. Award-winning filmmaker Dustin Ferguson (aka "Dark Infinity") has owned and operated several film distribution and production companies since 2007. Ferguson is best known for Directing, Producing and Editing Action, Horror and Science Fiction films, namely "Arachnado", "Nemesis 5", "Sleepaway Camp IV: The Survivor", "Amityville Toybox" and "Angry Asian Murder Hornets". In the last several years he's additionally Directed nearly 100 music videos for such artists as "Lords of Acid", "Exhumed", "My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult" and a viral video for German-outfit "KMFDM". He's been published in Fangoria, Drudge Report, Rue Morgue, Horror Hound, CVH 1st Class and Artmove Magazine. Dustin now resides in Murrieta, California and is represented by The Williamson Management Company.
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Sean Connery
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Sir Thomas Sean Connery (August 25, 1930 - October 31, 2020) was a Scottish actor and producer who won an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards (one being a BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award), and three Golden Globes, including the Cecil B. DeMille Award and a Henrietta Award.
Connery was the first actor to portray the character James Bond in film, starring in seven Bond films (every film from Dr. No to You Only Live Twice, plus Diamonds Are Forever and Never Say Never Again), between 1962 and 1983. In 1988, Connery won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Untouchables. His films also include Marnie (1964), Murder on the Orient Express (1974), The Man Who Would Be King (1975), A Bridge Too Far (1977), Highlander (1986), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), The Hunt for Red October (1990), Dragonheart (1996), The Rock (1996), and Finding Forrester (2000).
Connery was polled in a 2004 The Sunday Herald as "The Greatest Living Scot" and in a 2011 EuroMillions survey as "Scotland's Greatest Living National Treasure". He was voted by People magazine as both the “Sexiest Man Alive" in 1989 and the "Sexiest Man of the Century” in 1999. He received a lifetime achievement award in the United States with a Kennedy Center Honor in 1999. Connery was knighted in the 2000 New Year Honours for services to film drama.
On October 31, 2020, it was announced that Connery had died at the age of 90.
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Mary Brian
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Mary Brian (born Louise Byrdie Dantzler, February 17, 1906 – December 30, 2002), was an American actress, who made the transition from silent films to sound films. Brian was dubbed "The Sweetest Girl in Pictures."
After her showing in a beauty contest, she was given an audition by Paramount Pictures and cast by director Herbert Brenon as Wendy Darling in his silent movie version of J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan. There she starred with Betty Bronson and Esther Ralston, and the three of them stayed close for the rest of their lives. Ralston described both Bronson and Brian as 'very charming people'. The studio, who created her stage name for the movie and said she was age 16 instead of 18, because the latter sounded too old for the role, then signed her to a long-term motion picture contract. Brian played Fancy Vanhern, daughter of Percy Marmont, in Brenon's The Street of Forgotten Men, which had newcomer Louise Brooks in an uncredited debut role as a moll.
Her first talkie was Varsity, which was filmed with part-sound and talking sequences, opposite Buddy Rogers. After successfully making the transition to sound, she co-starred with Gary Cooper, Walter Huston and Richard Arlen in one of the earliest Western talkies, The Virginian, her first all-talkie feature. In it, she played a spirited frontier heroine, schoolmarm Molly Stark Wood, who was the love interest of the Virginian.
Brian co-starred in several hits during the 1930s, including The Royal Family of Broadway, Paramount on Parade, and The Front Page.
After her contract with Paramount ended in 1932, Brian decided to freelance, which was unusual in a period when multi-year contracts with one studio were common. That same year, she appeared on the vaudeville stage at New York's Palace Theatre. Also in the same year, she starred in Manhattan Tower.
When World War II hit in 1941, Brian began traveling to entertain the troops, ending up spending most of the war years traveling the world with the U.S.O., and entertaining servicemen from the South Pacific to Europe, including Italy and North Africa.Flying to England on a troop shoot, Mary got caught in the Battle of the Bulge and spent the Christmas of 1944 with the soldiers fighting that battle. She appeared in only a handful of films thereafter. Her last performance on the silver screen was in Dragnet, a B-movie in which she played Anne Hogan opposite Henry Wilcoxon. Over the course of 22 years, Brian had appeared in more than 79 movies. She played in the stage comedy Mary Had a Little... in the 1951 in Melbourne, Australia, co-starring with John Hubbard.
Like many "older" actresses, during the 1950s Brian created a career for herself in television. Perhaps her most notable role was playing the title character's mother in Meet Corliss Archer in 1954. She also dedicated much time to portrait painting after her acting years.
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Lillian Kemble-Cooper
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Lillian Kemble-Cooper (March 21, 1892 in London, England – May 4, 1977 in Los Angeles, USA) was a British actress.
Lillian Kemble-Cooper was a member of the Kemble family, a family of English actors, who reigned over the British stage for decades. She was born as a daughter of stage actor Frank Kemble-Cooper. Her younger brother Anthony Kemble-Cooper (1904-2000) and her elder sister Violet Kemble-Cooper (1886-1961) also worked as actors.
Between 1906 and 1950 she had 17 Broadway appearances, in 1919 she appeared in the original Hitchy-Koo. Later in her career she became a film actress and appeared in about 20 films, mostly in minor supporting roles. In Hollywood, Kemble-Cooper portrayed mostly aristocrats, spinsters and servants. She is perhaps best-remembered for her short appearance as Bonnie Blue Butler's nurse in London in Gone with the Wind, the only non-American character in the film.
Lillian Kemble-Cooper was married three times. Her first husband was actor and writer Charles Mackay. Her second was former World War I Pilot and writer, Louis Bernheimer. Her last husband was actor Guy Bates Post, the marriage lasted for over thirty years until his death in 1968.
She died on May 4, 1977 in Los Angeles. She is buried at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.
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Rebecca Glasscock
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Javier Rivera is an American Actor born in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He is an Actor, Singer and Professional MUA. Member of SAG-AFTRA and Actors Equity. Best known for his Drag character Rebecca Glasscock.
Rebecca Glasscock (Javier Rivera) was one of the nine contestants cast for the first season or RuPaul's Drag Race. She won the "Transforming a female fighter in their own image" challenge and ended up Third Place in the Competition.
Says Javier of his drag persona,
"She's very pretty. She's bubbly. She's very scatter-brained and ditsy. Rebecca definitely relies on beauty, but she is very resourceful... Rebecca always gets what she wants."
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Patricia Aragon Seron
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A versatile and creative professional with a passion for acting and the entertainment industry. I've spent years honing my craft through formal education in dramatic arts and acting courses, which has given me a strong foundation to bring characters to life on stage and screen.
My background also includes diverse experience in management, customer service, and sales roles, where I've honed my communication, problem-solving, and teamwork skills. I pride myself on my adaptability and ability to thrive in fast-paced environments, making me an excellent fit for dynamic production teams.
As someone who is deeply committed to storytelling and the power of the arts, I'm excited to contribute my unique blend of talents to help create unforgettable experiences for audiences.
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Marty Alix
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Training: Victorian College of the Arts, Music Theatre, 2017.
Theatre: Sonny in In the Heights (Blue Saint Productions/Sydney Opera House/ The Arthouse Wyong); La Cienega in Bring it On (David Venn Enterprises); Angel in Rent ( James Terry Collective); Sir Robin in Spamalot (One Eyed Man Productions).
Awards: Helpmann Award® Nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical, Sydney Theatre Award Nominations for Best Newcomer and Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical – In the Heights; Victorian College of the Arts Industry Award sponsored by the Ron and Margaret Dobell Foundation.
Marty is a proud member of MEAA since 2017.
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David Rudman
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David Rudman (born June 1st 1964) is a puppeteer, voice actor and producer, best known as a performer of many Sesame Street Muppet characters. He originated the role of Baby Bear, and has been nominated for two Emmy Awards for his work replacing Frank Oz in the role of Cookie Monster. However, Oz still comes in to record new material with Cookie Monster occasionally.
Rudman also took over as Richard Hunt's half of "The Two Headed Monster" after his death.
His first production was Rankin/Bass productions such as Rudolph's Shiny New Year.
He is currently the executive producer of Jack's Big Music Show on cable TV's Nick Jr. channel, and performs the voice of Jack, the lead character. He is also the executive producer, co-creator, and director of Bunnytown on cable TV's Playhouse Disney.
Rudman was the speaker at the 2005 graduation ceremony for the Illinois Institute of Art—Chicago.
He attended Highland Park High School and graduated in 1981. He has been a speaker at the school's biennial Focus on the Arts program since 2003. He attended college at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, CT. He continues to reside in Highland Park with his wife and three children.
He will also take over two roles once held by Richard Hunt: Scooter and Janice.
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