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Patricia Owens

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Patricia Owens (17 January 1925, Golden, British Columbia - 31 August 2000, Lancaster, California) was a Canadian-born American actress, working in Hollywood. She appeared in about 40 films and 10 TV episodes in a career lasting from 1943 to 1968. Canadian-born actress Patricia Owens moved to England with her parents in 1933, and ten years later, at age 18, she made her motion-picture debut in Val Guest's musical comedy Miss London Ltd. The following year, she had a small role in Harold French's social satire English Without Tears. Her career continued in this manner for the next few years, Owens getting ever-larger roles in generally better movies (though not always—the same year in which she worked in the Launder-Gilliat production of The Happiest Days of Your Life, one of the funniest movies ever made in England, she also appeared in the abysmal Old Mother Riley, Headmistress). Her career took a giant step upward when she was seen by a 20th Century Fox executive while performing in a theatrical production of Sabrina Fair and was offered a screen test. The result was a contract with the studio and a move to Hollywood. Her first American film was Island in the Sun (1957) for Fox, and then Owens was loaned out to Warner Bros. to play opposite Marlon Brando in the drama Sayonara (1957), one of the most critically acclaimed movies of the year. Owens spent the rest of 1957 working mostly on loan-out, but it was a 1958 Fox production that secured her place in motion picture history—as Helene Delambre, the wife of scientist Andre Delambre in The Fly (1958), co-starring with David Hedison and Vincent Price. Owens carried much of the film's story and drama, which were told in flashback from her character's point-of-view. The Fly was one of the most successful science fiction movies of the decade; the image of Owens unmasking her stricken husband and screaming at what she sees—and the shot of her horrified visage seen in a "fly's eye" view—became one of the defining moments in the genre. Unfortunately for Owens, she never got another movie half as good as The Fly, from Fox or anyone else, and in 1961 was reduced to working in the threadbare, backlot POW/jungle chase drama Seven Women from Hell. Owens made occasional television appearances, on series such as Perry Mason and Burke's Law, but these were relatively infrequent. Owens also starred in one of the 17 episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents directed by Hitchcock himself, "The Crystal Trench" (1959). By 1965, she was working in Black Spurs, one of producer A.C. Lyles' B-Westerns, renowned for their use of aging genre stars, and Owens retired from movies after portraying Richard Egan's love interest in the low-budget espionage thriller The Destructors (1968). Her last professional appearance was in a 1968 episode of Lassie. She was the third wife of screenwriter and producer Sy Bartlett. Description above from the Wikipedia article Patricia Owens (actress), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Sue Casey

Cast · Known for American Beauty

While other actresses would have long given up a stalled career out of pure frustration after decades of mostly uncredited extra/bit parts and little reward, perennial starlet Sue Casey somehow found the stamina to maintain for six decades! In films from 1946, the voluptuous brunette, at most, became a campy vixen in a few 1960s "drive-in" bombs, yet has always held a remarkably appreciative outlook as to how things turned out. Successfully establishing herself as a wholesome commercial actress, she pitched everything from cereal to automobiles in over 200 assignments. Light TV guest parts also came her way in episodes of The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (1957), The Baileys of Balboa (1964), The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961), The Farmer's Daughter (1963), The Beverly Hillbillies (1962) and Family Affair (1966), among others. As for the big screen, nothing changed. Obscure bit/extra parts continued with Bells Are Ringing (1960), The Ladies Man (1961), Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), Two Weeks in Another Town (1962), A New Kind of Love (1963) and The Carpetbaggers (1964). Finally, after nearly two decades of pursuing her dream in Hollywood, Casey nabbed a leading role! As bad girl "Vicky Lindsay" in what is arguably one of film's biggest "turkeys" of all time, The Beach Girls and the Monster (1965), she attained a notoriety that led to minor cult status. The film had a non-existent budget and was received poorly in every way, shape and form upon its initial release. Casey even had to do her own hair and makeup and was forced to pick out her vixen character's clothes from her own closet. The actors were never paid until the movie was sold years later to TV (retitled as "Monster from the Surf") and that was a mere pittance. Over the years, however, the movie has reportedly gained a cult following. Two other easily dismissed co-starring roles in unmemorable campy films followed. She played a hillbilly mom in the fugitive drama Swamp Country (1966) (which starred pearly-toothed pre-Carol Burnett hunk Lyle Waggoner) and a manipulative mom and art forger in Catalina Caper (1967) (which starred former Disney star Tommy Kirk after his fall from studio grace, and (again) Lyle Waggoner). In later years, she developed a successful real estate business. She found acting work (often without an agent) intermittently on film and TV. Featured in a couple of higher-scaled movie musicals -- as a lady attendant to Vanessa Redgrave's Queen Guinevere in Camelot (1967) and as one of John Mitchum's two wives in Paint Your Wagon (1969) -- her final film resume would add such films as The Main Event (1979), Evilspeak (1981), Whitesnake: Live... in the Still of the Night (2005) and A Very Brady Sequel (1996). In American Beauty (1999), an Oscar winner for "Best Picture" and "Best Actor", lead actress Annette Bening (a Best Actress nominee for the role), plays a desperate realtor trying to sell Casey's well-to-do character a house.

Kate Harbour

Cast · Known for Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom

Born in 1971, I grew up in a lovely village called Nether Heyford. I started dancing at the age of 4 and was often involved in performances at the school or local fete. One of my favourite memories is singing ‘Halfway up the Stairs’ in front of my class, with my Kermit the Frog hand puppet. From that little performance came my ever increasing fascination with ‘The Muppet Show’. At 8, I started at the Arts Educational School in Tring, where my main focus was ballet. My love of Theatre was born, when at 12 I was cast as “first mouse” for the Royal Festival Ballets “Nutcracker” at the Royal Festival Hall to approximately 2000 people per show ! I then attended The Central School of Ballet which was founded and run by the late Christopher Gable. In the 3rd year I toured with the school’s company in their “World on Fire” production. Touring was a great experience, but I will never forget locking myself out of my digs in Warminster! I was too busy chatting to the local Ghurkhas’ over a pint or 3. Having shinned up the back gate and jumped down through the open window, I realised I had entered the bedroom of the rather shocked Headmasters wife. She was remarkably calm though, as I made my sincere apologies and attempted to exit through her wardrobe! My first professional stage job was the back end of Maggie the Cow at Watford Palace. Always good to start at the bottom and work your way up! Then I joined the NYMT for a season at the Edinburgh Festival. This was when I discovered my granny voice!! I played opposite Jonny Lee Miller in Bertolt Brechts Caucasian Chalk Circle, playing Granny Grusinia and other parts. The NYMT also produced “Joseph and his amazing Technicolor Dream Coat” that year, featuring Jude Law! I have had the privilege of working with some amazing and talented people in theatre .Not least when I was cast in Cameron Macintosh’s “Oliver” directed by Sam Mendes. Working with the different “Fagins” and all those “Nancy’s”! I then swapped my corset for another Cameron show, “Martin Guerre”. My lasting memory of this though was the look on Craig-Revel Horwood’s face as I tried to perfect his choreography in hob nail boots!

Austin Macdonald

After a short modeling career as a youngster, Austin moved onto doing commercials. He began acting at the age of eight. An ambitious young actor, he wasted no time making the jump into the television and film industry and was cast as Auzzie in Family Channels series DEBRA! Austin also plays Andy in "Life with Boys" on YTV/Nick. Austin has also had principal roles on the television shows Living in Your Car, Doddlebops and has appeared in The Ron James Show, The Rick Mercer Report, Little Mosque on the Prairie, Mudpit and Guest starred in a series of movies for Nickelodeon based on the adventures of Roxie Hunter. Austin's other feature credits include Kit Kittredge: An American Girl, Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer and Jesus Henry Christ. Most recently Austin has had the chance to welcome the opportunity to make the transition from child/teen actor to adult actor. Taking on more challenging roles such as the lead in a very dark role in the short Portrait of Ryan, a guest role in the popular TV series Hannibal on NBC as a serial killer & a mugger in the feature film He Never Died. Austin has also loves doing voice for animation & narrative productions, he has a tenor voice. Austin has been humbled to have been nominated 11 times and won 3 "Young Artists awards" and had 5 nominations and 1 win for Mississauga arts Council "MARTY"(Emerging artists of the year award), 2 nominations for a Joey Award and 1 win. In addition to acting, Austin is also interested in what goes on behind the camera. He is doing his Bachelor of Film And Television at Sheridan College. His love for cinematography and sound have found him writing, filming, directing, editing & acting in a few short films of is own & helping out other filmmakers. He has a new respect for the crew when he is on set acting.. Austin has always been involved with current events and environmental issues and began devoting time to organizations that give back to the community. Austin is very involved with anti-bullying programs and an initiative called "Blessings in a Backpack" which is dedicated to ensuring less fortunate children have enough to eat and are able to perform to the best of their ability with the benefit of proper nutrition.

Harald Zwart

Director · Known for The Karate Kid

Harald Zwart (born July 1, 1965) is a Norwegian film director. Although born in the Netherlands, Zwart was raised in Fredrikstad in Norway. As early as age eight, he started making short films. He attended the Dutch Film Academy in Amsterdam where he received great acclaim for his student film Gabriel's Surprise. The film was later televised. In addition to several award-winning short films, music videos and commercials, he has directed the films Agent Cody Banks, One Night at McCool's, Hamilton and Lange Flate Ballær 2. He is also the co-director and producer of the first Long Flat Balls, a Norwegian film about soccer fans from the city of Fredrikstad, Norway. This movie, often described as "The Full Monty" with more laughs, became a huge hit in Norway. Zwart's largest grossing film to date is The Karate Kid (2010 film) starring Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan. Harald Zwart has directed music videos for the Norwegian band a-ha, for the songs Velvet and Forever Not Yours. He is attached as executive producer and possibly director of a film that is based on the video game RollerCoaster Tycoon. His trademark is that he always adds props and items that represent Fredrikstad and the football club Fredrikstad F.K. in his movies. Description above from the Wikipedia article Harald Zwart, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Chris Roebuck

Chris Roebuck is not your average film editor. With a background in commercials and music videos, his work exudes a unique and creative style that sets him apart from the rest. But it's not just about being different for the sake of being different. Chris understands that the true power of editing lies in its ability to evoke emotions and engage the audience. Whether he is working on a dramatic film or a lighthearted commercial, his aim is always to create a story that resonates deeply and elicits a strong emotional response. As a member of the Guild of British Film Editors (BFE), Chris takes great pride in his craft and constantly seeks to push the boundaries of what is possible. He approaches each project with a sense of experimentation and exploration, always looking for new ways to tell stories and captivate audiences.

Candice King

Cast · Known for The Vampire Diaries

Candice Rene King (née Accola, born May 13, 1987) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her role as Caroline Forbes in The CW supernatural drama series The Vampire Diaries and her recurring role as the same character on the spin-off series The Originals and Legacies. In December 2006, King released her debut album, It's Always the Innocent Ones, independently in the United States. King toured as a backing singer for Miley Cyrus's Best of Both Worlds Tour. She appeared as herself in the 2008 3D concert film Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert. Accola had guest appearances in a number of television series such as How I Met Your Mother, Supernatural, Drop Dead Diva, and The Oriville.

Benjamin Koldyke

Benjamin Koldyke (born March 27, 1968) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Don Frank on How I Met Your Mother (2009–2010), Lee Standish in Work It (2012), and Greg Gibbon on Gortimer Gibbon's Life On Normal Street (2014–2016). Koldyke was born in Chicago, Illinois, and grew up in nearby Kenilworth. His father, Martin J. "Mike" Koldyke, is a former investment banker who founded Frontenac Company in Chicago and is a life trustee of Northwestern University; through his mother, Patricia Blunt Koldyke, he is a member of the family that controls Laird Norton Company, an investment company with roots in the timber industry of the Pacific Northwest. After graduating from high school, he did a post-graduate year at Choate Rosemary Hall. He graduated in 1991 from Dartmouth College, where he earned a bachelor's degree in English and was a quarterback for the football team. Koldyke worked as a high school English teacher and football coach in Chicago. His acting career received a jump start after a chance encounter with It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia creator-star, Rob McElhenney. Regulars at the same Venice cafe, he covered Rob's tab with a note that said he "thought his show was fantastic," and this exchange led to Koldyke's first TV pilot, Boldly Going Nowhere for Fox, a few years later. After Boldly was not picked up, Koldyke went on to recur as Dale Tomasson in the HBO series Big Love and as Don Frank in How I Met Your Mother for CBS. n 2012, Koldyke starred as the lead character in the short-lived ABC comedy series Work It and later guest starred in HBO's The Newsroom 2013 saw him star in another ABC sitcom, Back in the Game, opposite James Caan and Maggie Lawson. He had a significant arc on Showtime's Masters of Sex as teacher and football coach Paul Edley, and played male chauvinist Brent throughout the final season of The Good Place. In 2021 he had a recurring role on season 1 of Peacock sitcom Rutherford Falls Koldyke was seen on the big screen in 2016 in a supporting role for Disney's The Finest Hours alongside Chris Pine, Casey Affleck, Eric Bana, and Ben Foster.

Dolores Gray

Dolores Gray (June 7, 1924 – June 26, 2002) was an American stage and film actress. During her successful music career, she sang Marilyn Monroe's part on the Decca records soundtrack album of There's No Business Like Show Business (1954). Born as Dolores Stein to Barbara Gray and Henry Stein in Chicago, Dolores Gray was briefly signed with MGM, appearing in Kismet (1955) and It's Always Fair Weather(1955). Among her many stage roles, she appeared in Two on the Aisle (1951), Carnival In Flanders (1953); Destry Rides Again (1959); Sherry! (1967); and 42nd Street (1986). She also performed the lead role in Annie Get Your Gun in London (1947). Gray earned the Tony Award for her role in Carnival in Flanders even though this Broadway musical, with a script by Preston Sturges, ran for only six performances. She therefore holds a record that is unlikely to be broken: briefest run in a performance which still earned a Tony. She was best-known for her theatre roles. She recalled once "What a gift that would be to have more of a permanent record. A stage performance is just that, then it's lost. When I see movies on TV, I think, 'How great to have that.' But why look back? The decisions I made, I made. I can't change that." On September 24, 1966, Dolores Gray married Andrew J. Crevolin, a California businessman and Thoroughbred racehorse owner who won the 1954 Kentucky Derby. Despite erroneous reports in the media that they divorced, they remained married until his passing in 1992. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dolores Gray, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Raiza Licea

Raiza is an actor & comedian born and raised in the beautiful city of Miami, FL. She received her Bachelors in Theatre Performance at Florida International University. She was the first bilingual Latina to be put on a Harold team, "DiCaprio". You can catch her performing at Upright Citizens Brigade with many of her improv teams but make sure to catch her every first Friday of the month, with her Latine team, "Spanish Aqui Presents" SAP at the Paramount LA for & every month at UCB. They are the FIRST & ONLY Latinx UCB House team, and always sell out! She is also a host on the Earwolf network alongside her teammates from "SAP". Raiza became the first ever WOC, Artistic Director at Upright Citizens Brigade on July 2022. She won Outstanding Female Actor at HBO Latino's Official Latino Film Festival 2020. You have def seen her on your TV's! Her onscreen credits can be found on IMDB & every once in a while she might pop up in a commercial! Raiza is working on making her free throws because BALL IS LIFE & is the mother of two beautiful cats, Meow & Muggsy. Raiza would also like to mention that one time she was on MTV's TRL and sat on Puff Daddy's lap while he introduced the next video on the countdown, which happened to be, Enrique Iglesias, "Bailamos"

Angela Kerecz

Angela Kerecz is an American born actress and writer. Originally from the small town of Waynesboro, MS, Angela was always very involved in the arts through years of dance, piano, and clarinet training. In high school, she enjoyed participating in the drama club and was director of the school's play during her senior year. Angela went on to attend the University of Southern Mississippi where she received a Bachelor's Degree in Polymer Science and a minor in Chemistry. She then moved to Jackson, TN and worked as a paint chemist, pharmaceutical sales representative, and later became a licensed realtor. In 2009, she met Bobby Kerecz, who was the lead singer for Chippendales at the time. A relationship soon turned into a marriage to Bobby on 10-10-10 on the beach in Hawaii. Bobby, a true entertainer at heart, reawakened the performer side of Angela, and they began pursuing an acting career together. Angela's first gig was as a featured extra on the TV show, "Nashville", which films in Tennessee. Being on a big set was a stimulus for Angela to know this was what she wanted to pursue. She used her analytical skills to study the business and develop her acting. Angela began to get noticed, and was offered a featured spot in a scene with Arnold Schwarzenegger for the film, "Sabotage", and was featured in the opening scene of "Scary Movie 5". She was also given a recurring feature as a waitress for 23 episodes of "Nashville." On the set of "Last Vegas", she was given some personal advice by Morgan Freeman, one of her favorite actors and a fellow Mississippian, who told her, "Every job is your last one until you get the next one." Inspired to keep following her dreams and work hard, she soon began acting in several independent films, where she landed strong supporting and lead roles in films such as "Shark Exorcist", "Hope", "The Cellular Effect" and many more which would help her move to the next level in her acting. Recently, Angela was in LA working where she had a supporting role in the film "One More Round", which stars Kevin Sorbo, among others. Angela is a diverse actress who has been cast in roles ranging from lawyer, counselor, seductress, mom, to the lead as a female superhero in a web series. Angela also does occasional modeling and commercial work. Together with her husband, Bobby, they wrote and produced "Souls Collide" - a short which they filmed in 2013. "Souls Collide" also gave Angela the opportunity to put her director's hat back on, which she truly enjoyed. This project then became the launch pad to the screenplay they have just written, "S.O.U.L.", a bio-pic of how they met and struggles they have faced - a story of Searching, Obsessions, Understanding, and Love - a story of redemption. "S.O.U.L." is in pre-production, and Angela and Bobby will star as themselves in this very personal project. - IMDb Mini Biography By: 7 Souls Productions

Taylor Dayne

Taylor Dayne (born Leslie Wunderman; March 7, 1962), also known as Les Lee, is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She rose to fame in 1987 after her debut single "Tell It to My Heart". She achieved six additional U.S. top-10 singles, including "Love Will Lead You Back", "With Every Beat of My Heart", "Prove Your Love", and "I'll Always Love You". In late 1987, she scored her first major hit when her debut single "Tell It to My Heart" reached No. 7 on the Hot 100. She then went on to have a string of hits in the late 1980s and early 1990s, including the No. 1 Billboard hit "Love Will Lead You Back". Overall, she has had eighteen individual hit songs reach the top ten in Billboard magazine. These include most recently, the 2011 American and international hit "Floor on Fire" and the 2008 song "Beautiful", which reached the top spot on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart. She has also topped the U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart three times.

George South

American professional wrestler. In the course of his career, South has wrestled for professional wrestling promotions such as Jim Crockett Promotions, World Championship Wrestling and the World Wrestling Entertainment. South started wrestling in 1985 in the NWA's Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP). He was used as enhancement talent but he always got in some offense and was very good at getting heel heat with the fans. He was also Ric Flair's favorite journeyman to wrestle as Flair considered him a great worker. South also worked with Gary Royal in the masked jobber tag teams the Cruel Connection, Mexican Twin Devils and the Gladiators. As the Gladiators, South and Royal jobbed for Bill and Randy Mulkey giving the perennial jobber tag team their only televised win on World Championship Wrestling. South wrestled in Georgia Championship Wrestling and captured his NWA Georgia Junior Heavyweight Championship in 1986 in between stops for JCP. For a brief time, South also wrestled as a preliminary wrestler in World Wrestling Federation in the late 1980s. South was the top heel in the Pro Wrestling Federation that ran from 1992 until 1999 in the Carolinas. He mainly feuded with his arch-rival, The Italian Stallion, who promoted the company with some help from South. In the 1990s, South worked as enhancement talent for World Championship Wrestling. South is a born-again Christian and says one of his biggest thrills was passing a Christian tract to Hulk Hogan in WCW who told him he needed it. In 1999 three full-color cartoon tracts were produced for South entitled The Greatest Match Ever, Who is Your Tag-Team Partner?, and Who Are You Wrestling Against?, illustrated by comics artist Steven Butler, packaged by The Nate Butler Studio, and published by PowerMark Productions. South in 2011 When the PWF closed in 1999, South opened his own promotion called the Exodus Wrestling Alliance. He still runs shows as of 2005 in the Mid-Atlantic area and participates in Christianity/wrestling shows with Nikita Koloff and Ted DiBiase. One of his gimmicks is the fact that he gets heel heat from the fans by sticking his tongue out at them and taunting them about how he is manhandling their hero in the ring. He is proud of the fact that he does not have to get crude, use profanity, or become vulgar to get heel heat. An important part of South's modern day matches are moves and performances intended to pay tribute to the great wrestling stars of the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, including Wahoo McDaniel, Blackjack Mulligan, Brute Bernard, Two Ton Harris, Paul Jones, Ricky Steamboat, Tully Blanchard, the Anderson Brothers, and others. South's most significant recent match was against Brad Armstrong in Spartanburg, SC, at the Wrestling Night of Legends II. In 2013, South participated in the Brad Armstrong Memorial Event, in a tag-team match alongside Bob Orton Jr. against Tim Horner and Tom Prichard. During the match, Orton and South didn't get along too well to the point South tried to sucker-punch Orton, Orton would later enter the ring and superplex South, letting Horner pin South while Orton was walking down the ramp. South trains up and comers at the Rings wrestling training facility in Charlotte, North Carolina on Tuesdays. His son, George South Jr., is also now a wrestler.

Jimmy O. Yang

Cast · Known for Silicon Valley, Roofman, Minions: The Rise of Gru

**Jimmy O. Yang** (born Au-yeung Man-sing on June 11, 1987) is an American actor, stand-up comedian, and author. Recognized for his sharp comedic timing, deadpan wit, and relatable immigrant humor, he achieved international recognition for his breakout role as Jian-Yang on the HBO comedy series *Silicon Valley* (2014 to 2019) and Bernard Tai in the blockbuster romantic comedy *Crazy Rich Asians* (2018). Born in Hong Kong, Yang immigrated with his family to Los Angeles, California, at the age of thirteen. He attended the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), graduating with a degree in economics. While working at a financial consulting firm, he felt drawn to comedy and began performing open-mic sets at the Comedy Store in West Hollywood. He eventually quit finance to pursue entertainment full time, balancing stand-up gigs with odd jobs as a DJ, comedy club doorman, and used car salesperson before landing guest spots on shows like *It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia* and *Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.* In 2014, Yang was cast as Jian-Yang, the deadpan, cunning software developer in Mike Judge's *Silicon Valley*. Originally conceived as a one-line guest part, his hilarious dynamic and antagonistic banter with T.J. Miller's Erlich Bachman impressed the showrunners, earning him a promotion to series regular from season two through the series finale. His performance turned Jian-Yang into one of the most quotable, fan-favorite characters on the show. In 2018, he published his humorous memoir, *How to American: An Immigrant's Guide to Disappointing Your Parents*, detailing his journey from Hong Kong to Hollywood. Yang achieved major film success in 2018 with Jon M. Chu's cultural phenomenon *Crazy Rich Asians*, where his scene-stealing performance as the ostentatious, bachelor-party-throwing Bernard Tai earned widespread laughs. He subsequently showcased dramatic depth as real-life carjacking survivor Dun Meng in Peter Berg's Boston Marathon bombing thriller *Patriots Day* (2016). His extensive film credits also include the comedies *Life of the Party* (2018), *Like a Boss* (2020), *The Opening Act* (2020), the holiday rom-com *Love Hard* (2021) as leading man Josh Lin, and the action comedy *Easter Sunday* (2022). On television, Yang reteamed with Steve Carell as Dr. Chan Kaifang in the Netflix workplace satire *Space Force* (2020 to 2022), where he also contributed as a staff writer. He starred as Danny Ho in the Hulu mystery drama series *Interior Chinatown* (2024), based on Charles Yu's National Book Award-winning novel. He has released popular stand-up specials, including *Good Deal* (2020) and *Guess How Much?* (2023), and voiced characters in animated hits like *Wish Dragon* (2021) and *The Monkey King* (2023). Moving fluidly between stand-up, screen acting, writing, and voice performance, he remains one of the most prominent Asian American voices in modern entertainment.

Diana Elizabeth Torres

Diana Elizabeth Torres is a Mexican actress originally from Culiacán, Sinaloa. She graduated from Casazul, Performing Arts México, also trained at the Actor's Circle Theater with Arthur Mendoza and The Screen Actor's Guild Conservatory. Diana is the lead of the award-winning film East Side Sushi directed by Anthony Lucero winning multiple awards including Best Film, Best Screenplay and Audience Award at Napa Valley Film Festival, Cinequest, San Francisco, Hola Mexico, as well as excellent reviews from Hollywood Reporter, Los Angeles Times, Variety. East Side Sushi earned her a Diosa de Plata (Mexico's top film award) for her performance as Juana and had a worldwide distribution including online platforms such as HBO, Sony, Netflix, Amazon, iTunes, to name a few. In Mexico, she has participated in films such as Kada Kien Karma (Warner) and El Efecto Tequila by León Serment, and Bienes Raíces TV Series by Canal Once. In the United States, he has participated in the feature films Private Number with Tom Sizemore, Cleaner by Masami Kawai and Ojalá directed by Ryan Velasquez, as well as Femme Fatales (HBO / Cinemax) and How to treat your lady (Mun2 - NBC /Universal) and dubbed El Chapo (Netflix). She has appeared in several Tv spots including Verizon, Honda, Always, CNN Latino, Dish Latino, Payless, 5 Hour energy and a National Campaign for Got Milk? With Salma Hayek. In theater Diana was cast in the musical Lara, El Flaco de Oro (Bilingual Foundation of the Arts) directed by Margarita Galbán that showed the life and songs of the composer Agustín Lara, playing the role of the iconic diva María Félix. Her most recent participation was in Body Parts, a documentary that explores the nude female body as the site of a cultural battle in the cinema and Hollywood media, directed by Kristy Guevara-Flannagan with the appearances of Jane Fonda, Sheryl Lee, etc. Diana is passionate about social causes that include women, education, indigenous communities, and volunteering, previously at UNFPA (United Nations) and was named an Art and Culture Ambassador by the government in Culiacán, Sinaloa. In addition to supporting Vibra Mexico a non-profit that builds sustainable homes for low-income communities. She is currently focused on producing projects with MoJo, a global movie production company located at Jim Henson Studios, with the mentorship of Morris Ruskin (Glengarry Glen Ross) and Alex Flores (El Americano). She is producing her first documentary titled Resilience in Mexico City.

Seth Morris

Cast · Known for Wander Over Yonder, Big Mouth

Seth Morris (born May 21, 1970) is an American actor, comedian, and writer known for his recurring roles on programs such as Go On, Happy Endings, The Hotwives of Orlando, The League, Kroll Show, and Childrens Hospital. Morris started a career in comedy after moving to New York City, performing at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre (UCB) as an improviser and sketch comedian. He later moved to Los Angeles and became the first Artistic Director of the theater's Los Angeles division for many years and was a member of the four-man sketch group "The Naked Babies" with comedians Rob Corddry, Brian Huskey, and John Ross Bowie. After stepping down from that position, he started out as the first staff writer hired by Funny or Die. He wrote and appeared with a recurring role on the Adult Swim series Childrens Hospital. Morris also recurred as Scotty on the ABC comedy series Happy Endings and as Danny on the NBC comedy series Go On. Other programs Morris appeared in regularly included Late Night with Conan O'Brien, the HBO sketch series Funny or Die Presents, and the MTV prank show Damage Control. Morris has also made numerous guest appearances on comedy programs such as Curb Your Enthusiasm, Parks and Recreation, The League, Reno 911!, Crossballs, It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, Maron, How I Met Your Mother, Broad City, Big Lake, Human Giant, and Nick Swardson's Pretend Time. He has appeared in films such as The Dictator, Step Brothers, Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story, and I Love You, Man. In 2012, Morris starred in the comedic web series First Dates with Toby Harris, produced by Yahoo! and Funny or Die. Morris is a frequent writer and director for the humor website Funny Or Die. He is also known for his regular appearances on the Comedy Bang! Bang! podcast and television series, most often playing Bob Ducca, the hypochondriac ex-stepfather of host Scott Aukerman. Morris also hosted his own podcast on the Earwolf podcasting network, Affirmation Nation with Bob Ducca, which debuted in 2011, ran for 144 episodes, and stopped airing on February 29, 2012. As of October 1, 2014, Affirmation Nation released its first of a new run of episodes. However, on May 6, 2015, he published the last episode of Affirmation Nation. He wrote for the Comedy Central sketch series Kroll Show. Morris has also costarred in the Hulu series The Hotwives of Orlando.

Keena Ferguson

Cast · Known for The Mortuary Assistant

Keena Ferguson is known for her bright warm smile, strong presence and agility as an actress. She hails from Jefferson City, MO the “Show Me State” and she was most definitely born to be in “Show Biz”. A show off since birth, a dancer since the age of two and a stage actress at the tender age of 6, Keena was destined for a life in the arts. Graduating from The Ohio State Uni- versity with a BA in dance she immediately moved to LaLa land and within months of her move, Keena landed a co-hosting gig for the BET series The Way We Do It opposite comedian Ricky Smiley. Shortly after that show aired she shot an international Coca-Cola campaign with Gram- my winning artists, Common and Mýa. Since then Keena can be seen on many popular com- mercials like Home Depot, Bud Light and Android to name a few. Keeping with her artistic versatility Keena first appeared dancing alongside Dwayne Johnson (The Rock) in the action-comedy blockbuster The Rundown. From there she danced with many notable artists like Kelly Rowland, Marc Anthony, Snoop Dogg, Jay-Z and many others. Keena also had the honor to perform on stage at the Lady of Soul Awards and Latin Grammy Awards. The next stages she performed on took her around the country as one of the leads in the Will Smith produced play The Bachelorette Party. Once that tour came to a close, with a quick click of your remote you could see Keena on TV screens in hit shows like Two in a Half Men, Boston Legal and Victorious. One of her favorite projects was being featured on Steven Spielberg’s On the Lot where she was praised for her “natural and authentic talent.” Always a fan of great storytelling and being able to immerse oneself into a character, Keena has thoroughly enjoyed playing a variety of complex film roles including: an American Muslim woman in the thriller Red Line, a conflicted under appreciated sister in the award winning film Daughter of Fortune, a commanding high-end art thief in the action film Forever No More, writ- ten by Rosewood’s executive producer Nkechi Okoro Carroll. Keena is also the writer, producer and star of the short film Kai where she plays a trendy woman with a strange addiction. Kai went on to screen in more than 35 film festivals internationally and was picked up for television distri- bution. Those multifaceted roles prepared Keena for her most challenging, but most accom- plished feeling as an actress; when she performed her one woman show Keena UnBranded. Playing over 10 different characters intertwining dance and live music, Keena UnBranded con- firmed to Keena (and her audiences) that the power of honest artistry was a way to not only en- tertain, but also inspire. Keena’s latest project is the theatrically released film American Hero where she played Doreen opposite Stephen Dorff as his frustrated no-nonsense ex-wife and mother to their son. She also stars as the concerned mother in the new NBC show Game of Silence, the disciplined and fun volleyball coach on Amazon’s Gortimer Gibbons Life on Normal Street and the sassy friend in the movie Trew Calling.

Kevin Farley

Kevin Farley (Kevin Prindiville Farley, born June 8, 1965, Madison, Wisconsin) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and director, the younger brother of the late Chris Farley and older brother of actor John P. Farley. He graduated from Marquette University with a degree in Business and spent six years selling asphalt for his father's oil company before Chris convinced him to pursue show business. He trained at the Chicago ImprovOlympic and the Second City before moving to Los Angeles, where he became a regular on the sketch-comedy series Sports Bar (1997–1998) and played Doug Linus in the fictional boy band 2ge+her (2000–2001). He is best known for starring in David Zucker's An American Carol (2008) and voicing several characters on F Is for Family (2015–2021). He co-executive produced the 2015 documentary I Am Chris Farley about his brother's life. He has been married to Michelle Wendt since 2021, following a prior marriage to Denise Trotter (2004–2007). His notable film credits include Tommy Boy (1995) (Chris Farley, David Spade), Black Sheep (1996) (Chris Farley, David Spade), Beverly Hills Ninja (1997) (Chris Farley, Carmen Electra), Dirty Work (1998) (Mike Myers, Chris Rock), The Waterboy (1998) (Brad Pitt, Kelly Preston), The Straight Story (1999) (Richard Farnsworth, Sissy Spacek), Joe Dirt (2001) (David Spade, Dax Shepard), An American Carol (2008) (Kelsey Grammer, Jon Voight), Hollywood & Wine (2011) (David Spade, Chazz Palminteri), Cellmates (2011) (Tom Sizemore, Stacy Keach), I Am Chris Farley (2015) (Chris Farley, Dave Chappelle), and Pitching Tents (2017) (Josh Gad, Jack Black). On television he has appeared in Curb Your Enthusiasm, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, F Is for Family, Hawaii Five-0, Superstore, and Rules of Engagement.

Ashley Bornancin

From Cleveland to Los Angeles, Ashley Bornancin is one of the brightest lights on television. With over a decade of experience as a multimedia journalist, morning and entertainment reporter and TV host, her range and ability extends to the furthest depths of television. She's the lead morning reporter for Toledo's number #1 station, 13ABC, where she brings lively stories every morning from 5-7:30am, from breaking news to tours of Opera Houses. You can also see her on the 12pm and 5pm shows where she turns her own stories as a multimedia journalist, writing, editing and shooting. She has worked in the business for 8+ years, and was a TV host and social producer for Bravo & NBC Universal in Los Angeles, as well as a morning correspondent for The CW's morning show, Aging and Awesome in Vegas. She has years of experience in entertainment journalism as well, serving as a red carpet reporter, and has interviewed everyone from The Success of Sussex Meghan Markle, to John Legend, Gloria Allred and the stars of most of your favorite hit TV shows and written a number of articles for nbcla.com and msnbc.com. She has a passion for all media, from writing, editing, shooting, to reporting and anchoring and doing whatever it takes to get the best coverage and engaging content. However, her love for journalism really started at 5 years old when Ashley would take her mother's typewriter and write weekly newsletters for the entire neighborhood. This passion for storytelling would later lead her to Indiana's Ernie Pyle School of Journalism, to being awarded with the Journalism Broadcast Scholarship at Biola University where she would graduate as the Executive Producer and Head Anchor of the University's broadcast. With her grounded Midwestern sensibility, her work as a performer, starring as the lead of Netflix's Spy Kids Mission Critical, Latte & The Magic Waterstone, and dozens of guest appearance on NBC's Good Girls, Scandal, and more, has helped her to take her incredibly strong improvisation skills and on-air talent to her love and passion for journalism and real-life stories. When she's not interviewing and getting the best stories for your TV and digital screens, she's eating meatballs with her Italian family, running in half marathons, and always working on expanding her knowledge of global travel and love for languages.

Patricia Roc

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Patricia Roc (born Felicia Miriam Ursula Herold; 7 June 1915 – 30 December 2003) was an English film actress, popular in the Gainsborough melodramas such as Madonna of the Seven Moons (1945) and The Wicked Lady (1945), though she only made one film in Hollywood, Canyon Passage (1946). She also appeared in Millions Like Us (1943), Jassy (1945), The Brothers (1947) and When the Bough Breaks (1947). She was employed by the studio of J. Arthur Rank, who called her "the archetypal British beauty" She achieved her greatest level of popularity in British films during the Second World War in escapist melodramas for Gainsborough Studios. Roc began as a stage actress, debuting in the 1938 London production of Nuts in May, in which she was seen by Alexander Korda who gave her an uncredited bit in The Divorce of Lady X (1938) and her in a leading role as a Polish princess in The Rebel Son. She had roles in The Gaunt Stranger (1939), The Mind of Mr. Reeder (1939), and The Missing People (1940). She had a bigger part in A Window in London (1940), the comedy Pack Up Your Troubles (1940), Dr. O'Dowd (1940), Three Silent Men (1940), It Happened to One Man (1940), and The Farmer's Wife (1941). Her parts grew bigger: My Wife's Family (1941), Suspected Person (1942), Let the People Sing (1942), and We'll Meet Again (1943) with Vera Lynn. Roc was top billed in Millions Like Us (1943) from Gainsborough Studios. It was a success and Gainsborough gave her another lead, as a nun interned by the Germans in Two Thousand Women (1944). She appeared alongside two of Gainsborough's biggest stars, Margaret Lockwood and Stewart Granger in Love Story (1944), a big hit. Roc played the jealous rival of Margaret Lockwood. She later commented that although they were required to slap each other's faces, she and Lockwood were always the best of friends. Madonna of the Seven Moons (1945), with Granger and Phyllis Calvert, was another success. Neither of them, however, did as well as The Wicked Lady (1945), where Roc played Lockwood's best friend. It was the most successful movie at the British box office in 1946. Roc's more overt sexuality in such films as The Wicked Lady was downplayed for the American market; her décolletage led US censors to call for retakes to de-emphasise it) and "the Goddess of Odeons", whilst Noël Coward said she was "a phenomenon" and "an unspoiled film star who can act". She was also in Johnny Frenchman (1945). Co starring in that film was Ralph Michael who soon after divorced his wife Fay Compton; Roc was named in proceedings. Her brief move to Hollywood to film Canyon Passage (1946) was a lend lease agreement between Rank Pictures and Universal Studios of British in return for American film actors. During filming, Roc was romantically linked with Ronald Reagan, while her US co-star Susan Hayward stated "that Limey glamour girl is a helluva dame." Roc returned to Britain to make The Brothers (1947), a melodrama that was a commercial disappointment. She was in an expensive British-US co production So Well Remembered (1947) which was a hit in Britain but failed to recoup its cost. Jassy(1947), a melodrama with Lockwood, was a big hit. When the Bough Breaks (1947), another melodrama, performed reasonably well.

Whitney Houston

Producer · Known for The Princess Diaries

Whitney Elizabeth Houston (born August 9, 1963 - February 11, 2012) was an American R&B/pop singer, actress, and former fashion model. Houston is the most awarded female artist of all time, according to Guinness World Records, and her list of awards include 2 Emmy Awards, 6 Grammy Awards, 16 Billboard Music Awards, 22 American Music Awards, among a total of 415 career awards as of 2010. Houston is also one of the world's best-selling music artists, having sold over 170 million albums and singles worldwide. Inspired by several prominent soul singers in her extended family, including mother Cissy Houston and cousins Dionne Warwick and Dee Dee Warwick, as well as her godmother, Aretha Franklin, Houston began singing with New Jersey church's junior gospel choir at age 11. After she began performing alongside her mother in night clubs in the New York City area, she was discovered by Arista Records label head Clive Davis. As of 2011, Houston has released six studio albums and three movie soundtrack albums, all of which have had diamond, multi-platinum, platinum, or gold certification. Houston's 1985 debut album, Whitney Houston, became the best-selling debut album by a female act at the time of its release. Her second studio album, Whitney (1987), became the first album by a female artist to debut at number one on the Billboard 200 albums chart. Houston's crossover appeal on the popular music charts as well as her prominence on MTV, starting with her video for "How Will I Know", enabled several African-American female artists to follow in her success. Houston's first acting role was as the star of the feature film The Bodyguard (1992). The movie's original soundtrack won the 1994 Grammy Award for Album of the Year. Its lead single, "I Will Always Love You", became the best-selling single by a female artist in music history. The album makes her the only female act ranked in the list of the top-10 best-selling albums, at number four. Houston continued to star in movies and contribute to soundtracks, including with the films Waiting to Exhale (1995) and The Preacher's Wife (1996). Three years after the release of her fourth studio album, My Love Is Your Love (1998), she renewed her recording contract with Arista Records. She released her fifth studio album, Just Whitney, in 2002, and the Christmas-themed One Wish: The Holiday Album in 2003. Amid widespread media coverage of personal and professional turmoil, Houston ended her 14-year marriage to singer Bobby Brown in 2006. In 2009, Houston released her seventh studio album, I Look To You. Description above from the Wikipedia article Whitney Houston, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Charles Cottier

Cast · Known for Seven Snipers

Charles Cottier has always wanted to be on screen and loved to perform in home videos from a young age. He grew up in a close knit family of three boys, in which he is the middle child. Charles started acting classes at the age of 12 at The Australian Acting Academy, and graduated from high school (where he was drama captain) in 2009. Charles also has a passion for music, which he inherited from his family. In 2010 Charles began playing Dexter Walker on Home and Away, a role which was previously played by Tom Green.

Harriet Nelson

Harriet Nelson will always have a secure place alongside Barbara Billingsley and Jane Wyatt in the "TV's Golden Age Mom Hall of Fame." For fourteen years, she, husband Ozzie Nelson, and their two boys, David Nelson and Ricky Nelson, were the quintessential role models of the '50s ideal nuclear family. Harriet, the daughter of actors, was practically born in a trunk. She made her debut amid the footlights at age 6 weeks with her parents. The Iowa beauty attended St. Agnes Academy in her early years. Quite a dazzler in her youth, she was playing vaudeville when she attracted the attention of saxophone-playing Ozzie Nelson and was hired by him as vocalist for his orchestra in 1932. They married three years later. Harriet had a bold, sassy edge to her that proved a perfect counterpoint to Ozzie's genial, stumbling personality in their off-the-cuff routines. During the '40s, they were regulars on Red Skelton's radio show and even took over the comic's time slot when Red was drafted into the army. As Harriet Hilliard, she moved to leading lady status in a number of cool, snazzy war-era musicals, the most notable as "second lead" to Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in Follow the Fleet (1936). Other minor efforts included Cocoanut Grove (1938), Sweetheart of the Campus (1941) with Ozzie, Juke Box Jenny (1942), and Honeymoon Lodge (1943), also with Ozzie. Breezy, tuneful films, but nothing to write home about. Once Harriet partnered with Ozzie in their own radio series "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" in 1944, the family-oriented woman's career became unequivocally bound to his. They extended their devoted radio audience to TV (1952-1966). The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet (1952), which now included both their sons, made household names of the entire clan. David followed in his father's footsteps as director/producer, while Ricky turned pop teen idol with such hits as "Hello, Mary Lou" and "Travelin' Man," songs that were introduced on the show. Following the show's long run, Ozzie and Harriet lay back a bit and settled in Laguna Beach, California, touring occasionally on stage. A second series entitled Ozzie's Girls (1973) lasted only one season. Following Ozzie's death in 1975, Harriet turned somewhat reclusive, save for a few mini-movies or guest spots. She never fully recovered from son Ricky's death in a plane crash in 1985. She was the doting grandmother of actress Tracy Nelson and of twin rockers Matthew Nelson and Gunnar Nelson, who were simply called "Nelson." A heavy smoker most of her life, she never smoked in public, feeling it did not befit her "perfect mom" image. She died of emphysema and congestive heart failure in 1994.

Mya Lowe

Cast · Known for My Life with the Walter Boys

Mya has always been a performer at heart. She was born in Victoria, BC, where she began her career as an award-winning Hip Hop dancer. After moving to Vancouver, Mya quickly discovered her deep passion for the craft of acting. Some of her recent credits include "Murder in a Small Town" (2024), "My Life with the Walter Boys" (2023), "Yellowjackets" (2021), and "Fakes" (2022).