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Zachary Wigon

Director · Known for Victorian Psycho

Zachary Wigon is an American film critic and film director. He has directed the feature films The Heart Machine, Sanctuary, and Victorian Psycho. Wigon, who was raised in Scarsdale, NY and attended Scarsdale Middle School and Scarsdale High School, attended Tisch School of the Arts.He has contributed to Slant Magazine, Filmmaker, and The Village Voice as a film critic. Wigon has said that his experience as a filmmaker has informed his film criticism more than the reverse. His short film Someone Else's Heart won the Hammer to Nail Short Film Contest. The short film was the basis for his debut feature film, The Heart Machine, a romantic thriller loosely based on his own experiences. It debuted at the 2014 SXSW after a crowdfunding campaign. His next film was the 2022 psychological thriller Sanctuary, which premiered at the 47th Toronto International Film Festival. The films stars Margaret Qualley and Christopher Abbott and received positive reviews. In 2026, Wigon's third feature film, Victorian Psycho starring Maika Monroe, will premiere at the Un Certain Regard section of the 2026 Cannes Film Festival.

Linda McFetridge

Linda McFetridge (born 1971, Taranaki coast, New Zealand) is a New Zealand actress and casting professional. She holds a BA in Psychology from Victoria University of Wellington (1993) and has a background in dance, theatre, and film. In acting, she has appeared in Harry (2013, as Pip Bell), The Cult (2009), Bride Flight (2008), Hercules (2005), and Xena: Warrior Princess (2001). In casting, she worked as casting assistant on Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016) and casting associate (New Zealand) on The Power of the Dog (2021), as well as Orphans & Kingdoms (2014) and Top of the Lake (2013). She is also a contemporary painter based in New Plymouth, Taranaki.

Virginie Efira

Virginie Efira (born 5 May 1977) is a Belgian-French actress and television presenter. Efira got her first leading role in the romantic comedy It Boy (2013). She subsequently received critical praise for her performance in the comedy drama In Bed with Victoria (2016), for which she received a Magritte Award for Best Actress as well as a César Award for Best Actress nomination. She then appeared in Paul Verhoeven's psychological thriller Elle (2016), the drama An Impossible Love (2018), the comedy drama Sibyl (2019) and the black comedy Bye Bye Morons (2020). Description above from the Wikipedia article Virginie Efira, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Emily Blunt

Cast · Known for A Quiet Place, Oppenheimer, Looper

Emily Olivia Laura Blunt (born 23 February 1983) is a British actress. She has received several accolades, including a Golden Globe Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award and four British Academy Film Awards. Forbes ranked her as one of the highest-paid actresses in the world in 2020. Blunt made her acting debut in the 2001 drama production of The Royal Family and portrayed Catherine Howard in the television miniseries Henry VIII (2003). She made her feature film debut in the drama My Summer of Love (2004). Blunt's breakthrough came in 2006 with her starring roles in the television film Gideon's Daughter and the comedy-drama The Devil Wears Prada. The former won her a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her profile continued to grow with leading roles in the period film The Young Victoria (2009), the romantic comedy Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2011), the science fiction films The Adjustment Bureau (2011), Looper(2012) and Edge of Tomorrow (2014), and the musical Into the Woods (2014). Blunt received critical acclaim for playing an idealistic FBI agent in the crime film Sicario (2015), an alcoholic in the psychological thriller The Girl on the Train (2016), and a survivalist mother in her husband John Krasinski's horror film A Quiet Place (2018), for which she won a SAG Award for Best Supporting Actress. She has since starred in the sequels Mary Poppins Returns (2018) and A Quiet Place Part II (2021), the fantasy adventure Jungle Cruise (2021), and the revisionist Western television miniseries The English (2022). Her portrayal of Katherine Oppenheimer in Christopher Nolan's biographical thriller film Oppenheimer (2023) earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Blunt has been working with the American Institute for Stuttering since 2006 to help children overcome stuttering through educational resources and raise awareness of the realities of the condition. She is on the institute's board of directors and hosts a gala to raise funds for speech therapy scholarships for children and adults. Description above from the Wikipedia article Emily Blunt, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Rupert Friend

Cast · Known for Youth, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, Pride & Prejudice

Rupert William Anthony Friend (born October 1981) is an English actor. He first gained recognition for his roles in The Libertine (2004) and Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont (2005), winning him awards for best newcomer. He portrayed George Wickham in Pride & Prejudice (2005), Lieutenant Kurt Kotler in The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008), Albert, Prince Consort in The Young Victoria (2009), psychologist Oliver Baumer in Starred Up (2013), CIA operative Peter Quinn in the political thriller series Homeland (2012–2017), Vasily Stalin in The Death of Stalin (2017), Theo van Gogh in At Eternity's Gate (2018), and Ernest Donovan in the series Strange Angel (2018–2019). In the early 2020s, Friend began collaborating with director Wes Anderson, starting with a cameo in The French Dispatch (2021), followed by roles in Asteroid City (2023) and the Netflix short films The Swan and The Rat Catcher. In 2022, he starred as disgraced British politician James Whitehouse in Anatomy of a Scandal and featured in the Disney+ series Obi-Wan Kenobi as the Grand Inquisitor. Friend is the director, screenwriter or producer of two award-winning short films: The Continuing and Lamentable Saga of the Suicide Brothers (2008) and Steve (2010). He wrote lyrics for the Kairos 4Tet 2013 album Everything We Hold. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rupert Friend, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Libby Tanner

Libby Tanner is an Australian Television, stage and theatre director who was born in Melbourne, Victoria Australia. Tanner is best known for her roles in All Saints (1998) as Bronwyn 'Bron' Craig, Headland (2005), Rescue Special Ops (2009), Nowhere Boys (2013) and as fan favourite Prison Psych Bridget Westfall in Australian award winning drama Wentworth (2013), where she joined the cast of the series during season 3, Tanner and fellow actor on the series Nicole da Silva became the fan favourite relationship calling the character ship 'Fridget'. During Tanner's run on All Saints she would be nominated 7 times for Logies and won twice in 2002 and 2003 for Most Popular Actress. Tanner runs her own theatre company 'Mad as Us'.

Karen Mayo-Chandler

Slim, lovely and sultry brunette British beauty Karen Mayo-Chandler brought a winning blend of sexiness and classiness to a handful of enjoyably lowbrow exploitation features made in the 80s and 90s. Karen was born on April 18, 1958 in Sutton, Surrey, England. Slender and elegant, with blue eyes and brown hair, Karen started out as a model in Europe and then went to Hollywood to pursue an acting career. She had a small part as a receptionist in the smash hit blockbuster "Beverly Hills Cop." Mayo-Chandler's most memorable movie roles include enticing psychiatrist Dr. Victoria Gotbottom in the amusing "Hamburger ... The Motion Picture," luscious stripper Cassandra in "Stripped to Kill II: Live Girls," and foxy model Barbara in the nifty murder mystery slasher thriller "Out of the Dark." Karen worked twice for prolific B-flick director Jim Wynorski: she's at her spirited best as Diana Farrow in the delightfully outrageous "Hard to Die" and has a brief pre-credits cameo in "976-Evil II." Mayo-Chandler made guest appearances on the TV shows "ITV Playhouse," "Strangers," and "Bring 'Em Back Alive." She had a recurring role on the popular daytime soap opera "The Young and the Restless." She was a onetime girlfriend of Jack Nicholson and continued to act in films up until the late 90s. Karen Mayo-Chandler died at the tragically young age of 48 from breast cancer on July 11, 2006. - IMDb mini biography by: woodyanders

Alice Barrett

Alice Barrett (born December 19, 1956, New York City) is an American actress, also credited as Alice Barrett-Mitchell, who discovered her passion for acting at age 10 after seeing a production of Man of La Mancha. She earned a BA in Theatre from Hunter College and performed in Off-Off Broadway productions before her first leading film role in Mission Hill (1982). She is best known for portraying the offbeat psychic private investigator Frankie Frame Winthrop on the NBC soap opera Another World (1989–1996), a role she held for over seven years across 455 episodes. She has been married to Stanley John Mitchell since 1983; they have two daughters, Anna and Julia. Her notable film credits include Choke (2008) (Sam Rockwell, Katy Hudson), Twelve (2010) (Dylan Minnette, Chris Evans), 13 (2010) (Dylan Minnette, Chris Evans), No Alternative (2018) (Keanu Reeves, Jurnee Smollett), Depraved (2019) (Milo Ventimiglia, Lili Taylor), and Soulmates (2021). On television she has appeared in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2011–2015), The Following (2015) (Kevin Bacon, Katie Cassidy), Power (2015) (Omari Hardwick, Joseph Sikora), Chicago Med (2018), Billions (2018–2019) (Paul Giamatti, Damian Lewis), Heels (2021–2023), The Thing About Pam (2022) (Jenna Elfman, John Corbett), and You (2025) (Penn Badgley, Victoria Pedretti).

Jackie Blackmore

Jackie Blackmore (born November 27, 1987) has been a professional actor, improv & physical comedian, award-wining playwright & comedy writer for over 24 years. She also collects sketch comedy groups. She's been in a lot of them: Strapless Comedy, The Skinny, Grimaldi's Asylum, Blackout Broadcast, Off Centre Television, Terribly Inappropriate, One Night Stand, Radio Edit, Tight Corset Theatre, & The Legend of Bonefish. They take her places: The Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival, San Francisco, Montreal, Toronto & Vancouver Sketchfests, Canwest Global Comedyfest, Vancouver International Comedy Festival, Montreal, Toronto, Victoria, Vancouver & Edmonton Fringe Festivals where she regularly headlines sold-out shows. She also does straight dramatic theatre: Proof, The Vagina Monologues, Dancing at Lughnasa, Awkward (her solo one woman show), Dumb Blind Luck, The Good Time Girls & Saucy Bits. She sells things in commercials & plays quirky young mom zombie-killing paramedic cops on Film & TV in shows such as: Loudermilk, Death Note, No Tomorrow, No Men Beyond This Point, Supernatural, Bates Motel, Fringe, V, Psych, and Stargate Universe. She is a past weekly performing Masterclass & Rookie League member of Vancouver Theatresports. Jackie teaches Sketch Comedy Writing at Vancouver Film School & Instant Theatre and is the Director of The VFS Sketch Company where she directs up to 6-9 shows a year.

Cate Wolfe

Cast · Known for The Doctor Blake Mysteries

Cate Wolfe is an acting graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts (2010). She was awarded the Beleura Estate John Tallis Drama award in her second year. After graduating, she made her TV debut as Mattie O'Brien in the award-winning popular ABC television series, The Doctor Blake Mysteries. Her first feature film debut followed soon after, with a role in the Spierig Brother's sci-fi film Predestination, which premiered at the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas in 2014. In 2013 after completing the second series filming of The Doctor Blake Mysteries, she landed the role of Jess, in the fifth season of television drama Offspring. - IMDb Mini Biography

Tim Ross

Cast · Known for Spa Weekend

Born and raised in Adelaide, South Australia, Tim Ross is a classically trained actor and graduate of the Victorian College of Arts (VCA). He has played leading roles on the stage, screen and in feature films with some of the most notable theatre companies, television networks and streaming platforms across the globe. Tim currently resides on the Gold Coast, Queensland, with his wife and two children.

Sarah Farooqui

Sarah Farooqui is a self-proclaimed adrenaline junkie, so it’s no surprise that she has embraced challenging roles throughout her acting career. The athletic and sultry British actress has built an eclectic resume ranging from Victorian period dramas to modern horror and one of Marvel’s highest-grossing films. She was raised in London, England, as the adopted daughter of an Indian father and a German mother. Sarah attended Mountview Theatre School and the BRIT Academy of Performing Arts, where she studied acting, singing, dance, musical theatre, and literature. A true adventure seeker, she has traveled the world alone and engages in heart-pounding sports such as skydiving, where she won two highly acclaimed Taurus World Stunt Awards for ‘Best High Work’ and ‘Best Specialty Stunt,’ and was also nominated for ‘Best Overall Stuntwoman’ in film. Other passions include snowboarding, shark diving, ice climbing, and elephant trekking. After surviving an intense personal tragedy—her husband was killed performing a stunt while she was eight and a half months pregnant—Sarah spent several years rebuilding her life and being present for her children. Today, she lives with a depth and vigor shaped by these experiences and is ready to return to her purpose: connecting with audiences and bringing stories to life.

Alison Whyte

Alison Whyte (born 19 December 1968) is an Australian actress best known for her roles on the Australian television series Frontline and Satisfaction. A former student of classical ballet, Whyte graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts before rising to prominence on Australian television for her role as the moralising producer Emma Ward on Frontline, the ABC's parody of current affairs programs.

Shane Connor

A prolific Australian performer, Shane's career spans nearly 20 years in film, theatre and television. A Victorian College of the Arts graduate, Shane has earned several industry awards including: the 1984 Penguin Award for Best Actor, 1995 Green Room Award for Outstanding Fringe Performer and a nomination for the 1998 AFI Showtime Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Television Drama. Shane's previous theatre credits include: The Doll Trilogy, Backbeat, Harp in the South, And the Big Men Fly, Fool For Love, Byzantine Flowers, The Custodians, The Old Man Comes, Rolling Home, Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, Coast Mongrels, Nil, Cat and Buried, The Snake Pit, Gary's House, The Shifting Heart and Wonderful Ward. Also a recurring presence on the small screen, Shane has appeared in countless Australian television series including: Prisoner, Carson's Law, Cop Shop, The Keepers, A Country Practice, Emerging, Prime Time, Matthew's Passion, Harp in the South, Army Wives, Sons & Daughters, Poor Man's Orange, Flying Doctors, Living With The Law, No Hard Feelings, GP, Phoenix, Police Rescue, Heartlands, Fire, Feds, The Man From Snowy River, Good Guys Bad Guys, Raw FM, Moby Dick, Halifax f.p., Blue Heelers, WIldside and most recently, Stingers.

Thomas Hardy

Thomas Hardy (2 June, 1840 – 11 January, 1928) was an English novelist and poet. A Victorian realist in the tradition of George Eliot, he was influenced both in his novels and in his poetry by Romanticism, including the poetry of William Wordsworth. He was highly critical of much in Victorian society, especially on the declining status of rural people in Britain, such as those from his native South West England.

Ann Turner

Ann Turner is an author, screenwriter and director, and graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts School of Film and Television. An avid reader and history lover, she is drawn to salt-sprayed coasts, luminous landscapes and the people who inhabit them all over the world.

Martin Savage

Cast · Known for Rush

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Martin Savage is a British film, stage and television actor. He appeared in both seasons of Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's television series Extras as camp scriptwriter Damon Beesley and in The Thick of It television series specials as Nick Hanway. Savage's film credits include a major role as the Victorian actor in Gilbert and Sullivan operettas, George Grossmith, in the Mike Leigh film Topsy-Turvy, and also in Another Year as angry son-in-law Carl. He recently appeared in a small cameo as the performer Dan Leno in a BBC drama about music hall star Marie Lloyd & in the final Masterpiece Mystery Foyle's War. His theatre credits include For King and Country (2009), A Respectable Wedding at the Young Vic (2007), Rupert Goold's Faustus (2004), an RSC production of A Midsummer Night's Dream (2002), Svejk at the Gate Theatre, London (1999), and Two (1997). Description above from the Wikipedia article Martin Savage (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Seychelle Brown

Seychelle Brown is a producer, actor and music supervisor. Seychelle started training at a young age and beginning to work professionally at age 11. Seychelle has extensive theatrical and on camera training with Anthony Meindl Actors Workshop, Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB) and Film & Television Studio International; having completed the Professional (Full-Time) Acting for Television Program, as well as studying at the also famous NIDA (National Institute of Dramatic Arts) & VCA (Victorian College of the Arts) and has a bachelor's degree in Public Relations and Film & Television Studies.

William Gaunt

William Charles Anthony Gaunt (born 3 April 1937 in Pudsey, Yorkshire) is an English actor. Gaunt's father was a lawyer. Gaunt attended Giggleswick School and Baylor University, Texas, and then at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He then spent three years working in repertory theatre at Worthing, Bath, Salisbury and Cheltenham. He then spent a year in America and returned to direct productions at Birmingham, Coventry and Cheltenham, interrupted by a spell in the army. After minor roles in 1960s series such as Z-Cars and The Avengers, and the Edgar Wallace Mysteries movies The Sinister Man (1961) and Solo for Sparrow (1962), he gained a role as the super-powered secret agent Richard Barrett in the 1968 British espionage/science fiction series The Champions. He had also appeared in a recurring role in Sergeant Cork following policemen in Victorian London. Between 1983 and 1987 he starred as harassed father Arthur Crabtree in the sitcom No Place Like Home. He subsequently made many guest appearances in other series such as Juliet Bravo and in the Doctor Who episode Revelation of the Daleks. From 1995 to 1997 Gaunt starred in the sitcom Next of Kin opposite Penelope Keith. In 2010 he appeared in the Globe Theatre production of Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1. He starred in the 2004 Doctor Who audio series Dalek Empire III. He is currently appearing in the Channel 4 series Cast Offs. In December 2011 he was seen in Episode One of the ITV drama Without You. In February 2012 Gaunt appeared in Midsomer Murders as Ludo DeQuetteville in the episode "The Dark Rider", first aired on ITV1 on Wednesday 1 February 2012. This is his second appearance in this series, after playing Michael Bannerman in the 2004 episode "The Maid in Splendour". In May 2015, Gaunt played Judge St John Redmond in six episodes of EastEnders. (Wikipedia)

Anna Samson

Anna Samson is an Australian actor. She is known for an accomplished career on the stage before moving into film and television. She was born in the UK, before moving to Nigeria in West Africa in early childhood finally moving to Sydney Australia in her early teens. The actor began professionally acting for the stage in her late teens going on to complete her training in Melbourne at the Victorian College of the Arts.

Kate Phillips

Cast · Known for Peaky Blinders

Kate Phillips (born 21 May 1989) is a British actress. She became famous for her role as Jane Seymour in the successful miniseries Wolf Hall (2015). She subsequently appeared in the miniseries War & Peace (2016), the first season of the television series The Crown (2016), and last three seasons of the television series Peaky Blinders (2016–2022). In 2019, she appeared as Princess Mary in the film Downton Abbey. Since 2020, she has appeared as Eliza Scarlet, the series lead, in the Victorian era crime drama, Miss Scarlet and The Duke.

Robin Hunter

Robin Ian Hunter (4 September 1929 – 8 March 2004) was an English actor, who was also a performer and writer in musicals, music hall and comedy. The son of actor Ian Hunter, he made film and television appearances from the 1950s to the 1990s, which included Up Pompeii, the Carry Ons, Sherlock Holmes and Poirot. Musicals in which he performed included Damn Yankees, and the scripts he wrote himself for the Aba Daba Music Hall were of a comedic turn - such as Botome's Dream (produced in Brighton) in which Shakespeare is put on trial for plagiarism, and Aladdin & His Microsoft Compatible Floppy Drive Laptop (performed at the Arches Theatre, Southwark). For many years he and his life partner Aline Waites - herself an actress, playwright and critic - collaborated on scripts for plays, revues and musical theatre of all kinds. Their Illustrated Victorian Songbook was published by Michael Joseph in 1984. Appearances in West End theatre included male lead in Barefoot in the Park, and juvenile lead in The Pleasure of his Company. From Wikipedia (en), the free encyclopedia

Chris Reccardi

Writer · Known for The Powerpuff Girls

Chris Reccardi (November 24, 1964 - May 2, 2019) was an award-winning and Emmy-nominated animator and fine artist. Chris was a key player on The Ren & Stimpy Show as director, writer, designer and musician and has contributed to numerous other hit animated TV shows such as Samurai Jack, The Powerpuff Girls, Spongebob Squarepants as a writer, director, story artist and designer. Chris served as Producer and Creative director on Cartoon Network’s Regular Show and Secret Mountain Fort Awesome and has created/co-created several TV pilots including the cult fav The Modifyers (Nickelodeon), Meddlen Meddows, and Imp, Inc.(Cartoon Network). Chris’s fine art reflects a wide range of literary and visual influences, from classic Victorian/Edwardian-era science fiction to 1960’s & 70’s illustration and modern design. His story-driven fine art has attracted custom art installations for high-end clients such as Southern California’s highly successful sustainable restaurant franchise Tender Greens for their Pasadena (2011) Marina Del Rey (2013) and Westwood (2016) locations and Caesars Entertainment for their massive Linq High Roller project. As a professional musician and composer, Chris Reccardi has contributed to numerous soundtrack projects as well as live/recording work with bands, fluently exchanging the roles of bassist, guitarist and composer. In 1990 he co-formed “Der Screamin’ Lederhsen”, the trio penned the Ren & Stimpy show title themes as well as various background music throughout the series. His original score for his 2007 pilot for Nickelodeon The Modifyers, added an extra dimension to the cult favorite cartoon. In 2012 Chris joined Elliot Easton (The Cars), Nick Walusko (Brian Wilson, Wondermints) and multi-instrumentalist Todd Jaeger as bassist/art director for Elliot Easton’s Tiki Gods which combined the aesthetics of Exotica, 60’s sci-fi themes, and “Space Tiki” musical genres.

Ethel Barrymore

Ethel Barrymore was the second of three children seemingly destined for the actor's life of their parents Maurice and Georgiana. Maurice Barrymore had emigrated from England in 1875, and after graduating from Cambridge in law had shocked his family by becoming an actor. Georgiana Drew of Philadelphia acted in her parents' stage company. The two met and married as members of Augustin Daly's company in New York. They both acted with some of the great stage personalities of the mid Victorian theater of America and England. The Barrymore children were born and grew up in Philadelphia. Though older brother Lionel Barrymore began acting early with his mother's relatives in the Drew theater company, Ethel, after a traditional girl's schooling, planned on becoming a concert pianist. The lure of the stage was perhaps congenital, however. She made her debut as a stage actress during the New York City season of 1894. Her youthful stage presence was at once a pleasure, a strikingly pretty and winsome face and large dark eyes that seemed to look out from her very soul. Her natural talent and distinctive voice only reinforced the physical presence of someone destined to command any role set before her. After the opportunity to appear on the London stage with English great Henry Irving in "The Bells" (1897) and later in "Peter the Great" (1898), she returned to New York to star in the Clyde Fitch play "Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines" (1901) (produced by her friend and benefactor Charles Frohman), which brought her initial American acclaim. Lead roles, such as Nora in Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll's House" (1905) and starring in "Alice By the Fire" (also 1905), "Mid-Channel" (1910) and "Trelawney of the Wells" (1911) proved her popularity as a warm and charismatic star of American stage. In the meantime she married stockbroker Russell Griswold Colt in 1909 and gave birth to three children while continuing her acting career. Although the stage was her first love, she did heed the call of the silver screen, and though not achieving the matinée idol image that younger brother John Barrymore garnered in silent movies after similar chemistry on stage, she won over audiences from her first film appearance in The Nightingale (1914). However, her early film roles, steady through 1919, took a back seat to continued stage triumphs: "Declassee" (1919), her impassioned Juliet in "Romeo and Juliet" (1922), "The Second Mrs. Tanqueray" (1924) and, especially, "The Constant Wife" (1926). She harnessed her considerable talents in the role of an activist as well, being a bedrock supporter of the Actors Equity Association and, in fact, had been a prominent figure in the actors strike of 1919. By 1930 she was entering middle age and her movie roles reflected this. Except for Rasputin and the Empress (1932) with her brothers, the roles were elderly mothers and grandmothers, dowager ladies and spinster aunts. Perhaps wisely she put off Hollywood for over a decade, with stage work that included her most endearing role in "The Corn is Green" (a tour that lasted from 1940 to 1942). She finally moved to Southern California in 1940. When she passed away in 1959, she was interred near her brothers at Calvary Cemetery in East Los Angeles.