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When Harry Met Sally...

1989

Sex always gets in the way of friendships between men and women. At least, that's what Harry Burns believes. So when Harry meets Sally Albright and a deep friendship blossoms between them, Harry's determined not to let his attraction to Sally destroy it. But when a night of weakness ends in a morning of panic, can the pair avoid succumbing to Harry's fears by remaining friends and admitting they just might be the perfect match for each other?

Tracy Reiner

Cast · Known for When Harry Met Sally...

Tracy Reiner (/ˈraɪnər/; née Henry; born July 7, 1964) is an American former actress. She is known for her roles in When Harry Met Sally..., Masque of the Red Death, A League of Their Own, and Apollo 13.

Meg Ryan

Cast · Known for You've Got Mail, City of Angels, When Harry Met Sally...

Meg Ryan (born November 19, 1961) is an American actress, producer, and director. She began her acting career in 1981 when she made her acting debut in the drama film Rich and Famous. She later joined the cast of the CBS soap opera As the World Turns in 1982. She began to appear in supporting roles in films during the mid-1980s like box office hit Top Gun, achieving recognition in independent films such as Promised Land (1987) before her performance in the Rob Reiner-directed romantic comedy When Harry Met Sally... (1989) brought her widespread attention and her first Golden Globe nomination. She subsequently established herself, both nationally and internationally, as one of the most successful actresses in the 1990s and early 2000s, particularly in romantic comedy films such as When Harry Met Sally (1989), Joe Versus the Volcano (1990), Prelude to a Kiss (1992), Sleepless in Seattle (1993), French Kiss (1995), You've Got Mail (1998), and Kate & Leopold (2001). Her other films include Top Gun (1986), Innerspace (1987),  The Doors (1991), Anastasia (1997), When a Man Loves a Woman (1994), Courage Under Fire (1996), Addicted to Love (1997), City of Angels (1998), Proof of Life (2000), Against the Ropes (2004), and The Women (2008). In 2015, she made her directorial debut with Ithaca, in which she also starred. In 1995, critic Richard Corliss called her "the current soul of romantic comedy." Multiple film critics and media outlets have cited her as one of the best actors never to have received an Academy Award nomination. She was married to actor Dennis Quaid (1991-2001), and they have a son, Jack. In 2000, she became romantically involved with actor Russell Crowe while working on their film Proof of Life. In January 2006, she adopted a 14-month-old girl from China whom she named Daisy True. She was in a relationship with American singer-songwriter John Mellencamp (2010-2014). They reunited in 2017, and announced their engagement on November 8, 2018. In October 2019, it was reported that she had ended their engagement.

Kyle T. Heffner

Cast · Known for When Harry Met Sally...

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Kyle Troy Heffner is an American television and film actor. Heffner graduated from Northwestern University. After graduation he moved to Los Angeles and met Garry Marshall, who cast him in Young Doctors in Love (1982). Heffner also appeared in the films Flashdance (1983), The Woman in Red (1984), Runaway Train (1985), Spellbinder (1988), and When Harry Met Sally (1989). Heffner has appeared in numerous television series, as well as TV pilots, TV guest spots, commercials, and more films. Heffner resides in Los Angeles with his wife and two children. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kyle T. Heffner, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Billy Crystal

Cast · Known for Monsters University, When Harry Met Sally..., Monsters, Inc.

William Edward "Billy" Crystal (born March 14, 1948) is an American actor, filmmaker, and comedian. He gained prominence in the 1970s for playing Jodie Dallas on the ABC sitcom “Soap” and became a Hollywood film star during the 1990s, appearing in the critical and box office successes When “Harry Met Sally...” and “City Slickers.” He is also known for his role as Mike in the “Monsters Inc.” franchise, and roles in “The Princess Bride,” “Analyze This,” and “Throw Momma From the Train.” He has hosted the Academy Awards eight times.

Michael Waxman

Director · Producer · Known for Chicago Med, Friday Night Lights

Michael Waxman is American director and producer of film and television. He is best known for his collaborations with film director Michael Mann, as well as for directing episodes of: Friday Night Lights, Trauma, The Event and Prime Suspect. In film, he worked as an assistant director for every film directed by Michael Mann, dating back to Manhunter (1986). His other film credits as an assistant director include When Harry Met Sally... (1989), Drop Dead Fred (1991), Highway to Hell (1992), Rudy (1993), Monkey Trouble (1994) and producing and assistant directing the films A Low Down Dirty Shame (1994). Celtic Pride (1996) and Metro (1997). In 2006, Waxman became an assistant director on the television series Friday Nights Lights. He made the head directorial debut of his career on that series in 2008 going on to direct eleven episodes including the series finale. In 2011, He was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for his work on the series as a producer. His other television directing credits include Trauma, Parenthood, Breakout Kings, The Event, Prime Suspect, Awake, Grimm, Once Upon a Time, and 12 Monkeys.

Lisa Jane Persky

Cast · Known for When Harry Met Sally...

Lisa Jane Persky (born May 5, 1955) is an American actress. Persky was born in New York City, New York, the daughter of Jane Holley (née Wilson) and Mort Persky. She grew up in New York's Greenwich Village and attended the High School of Art and Design. She debuted as Robert Duvall's daughter in The Great Santini and went on to act in such movies as American Pop, The Big Easy, When Harry Met Sally..., Coneheads, KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park, and Peggy Sue Got Married. She wrote for New York Rocker magazine in the 1970s and dated former Blondie bass player Gary Valentine Lachman. On January 19, 2008, she married music historian and former co-star of the Comedy Central game show Beat the Geeks Andy Zax. In 2009 and 2010, Persky began making appearances on The Best Show on WFMU radio program, as both as a regular caller and as an in-studio special guest. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lisa Jane Persky, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Bruno Kirby

Cast · Known for When Harry Met Sally..., The Godfather Part II

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Bruno Kirby (April 28, 1949 – August 14, 2006) was an American film and television actor. He was perhaps best known for his roles in the Hollywood films City Slickers, When Harry Met Sally..., Good Morning, Vietnam, and The Godfather Part II. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bruno Kirby, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Steven Ford

Cast · Known for When Harry Met Sally..., Starship Troopers

Steven Ford, son of former US President Gerald Ford and Betty Ford, was born on May 19, 1956 in East Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA. He is an actor, known for Starship Troopers (1997), Black Hawk Down (2001) and When Harry Met Sally... (1989).

Nora Ephron

Writer · Director · Known for When Harry Met Sally..., You've Got Mail

Nora Ephron (born May 19, 1941 – June 26, 2012) was an American filmmaker, and writer. She was best known for her romantic comedies and was a three time Academy Award nominee for Writing Original Screenplay: for Silkwood (1983), When Harry Met Sally... (1990) and Sleepless in Seattle (1993). She sometimes wrote with her sister Delia Ephron, and her final film was Julie & Julia (2009). Description above from the Wikipedia article Nora Ephron, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Rob Reiner

Cast · Director · Known for The Wolf of Wall Street, New Girl, Misery

Robert Reiner (/ˈraɪnər/; March 6, 1947 – December 14, 2025) was an American filmmaker and actor. He directed a series of acclaimed studio films in a career that spanned comedy, drama, romance, and documentary. Reiner received numerous accolades, including winning two Primetime Emmy Awards and a Hugo Award, as well as nominations for an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and nine Golden Globe Awards. He was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1999 and received the Chaplin Gala Tribute at the Film at Lincoln Center in 2014. Three of his films have been inducted into the National Film Registry. Reiner was born in New York City to Estelle and Carl Reiner, who were themselves actors. Reiner began his career as an actor before transitioning to filmmaking. He rose to prominence with his portrayal of Michael "Meathead" Stivic on the CBS television sitcom All in the Family (1971–1979), a role that earned him two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. He directed a string of critically acclaimed films starting with the heavy metal mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap (1984), followed by the romantic road comedy The Sure Thing (1985), the coming-of age drama Stand by Me (1986), the adventure romance The Princess Bride (1987), the romantic comedy When Harry Met Sally... (1989), the psychological thriller Misery (1990), the legal drama A Few Good Men (1992), which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, and the political romance The American President (1995). He acted in films such as Sleepless in Seattle (1993), Bullets Over Broadway (1994), The First Wives Club (1996), Primary Colors (1998), EDtv (1999), and The Wolf of Wall Street (2013). He also co-founded the production company Castle Rock Entertainment in 1987. Reiner was also a liberal political activist who advocated for causes such as LGBTQ rights, early childhood education, and environmental protection, and who campaigned for a variety of Democratic candidates. Reiner chaired the 1998 campaign to pass California's First 5 childhood education initiative, and in 2008 he and his wife, Michele, co-founded the American Foundation for Equal Rights, which initiated the court challenge against California's same-sex marriage ban. On December 14, 2025, Reiner and his wife were found stabbed to death in their Los Angeles home. Their son, Nick Reiner, has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rob Reiner, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Connie Sawyer

Cast · Known for Dumb and Dumber

Connie Sawyer (born Rosie Cohen, November 27, 1912, in Pueblo, Colorado; died January 21, 2018, in Woodland Hills, California) was an American stage, film, and television actress of Romanian-Jewish descent, affectionately nicknamed "The Clown Princess of Comedy." She grew up in Oakland, California, began performing in vaudeville as a child, and appeared on variety television in the late 1940s and 1950s. Her first film role came at age 46 as Miss Wexler in Frank Capra's A Hole in the Head (1959, with Frank Sinatra and Edward G. Robinson), a part she had originated on Broadway. Over her nine-decade career she accumulated more than 140 credits and was still working past the age of 100, appearing on NCIS: Los Angeles (2013) and opposite Zooey Deschanel in New Girl (2014). Her most notable film credits include Mrs. McBee in The Way West (1967), a Woman at the Hanging in True Grit (1969, with John Wayne), a role in Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969), Mrs. Levi in The Man in the Glass Booth (1975, with Max von Sydow), a heavenly customer in Oh, God! (1977, with Goldie Hawn), Gitel in And Justice for All (1979, with Al Pacino), a Documentary Couple in When Harry Met Sally... (1989, with Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan), the woman who steals Jim Carrey's wallet in Dumb and Dumber (1994), a role in Out of Sight (1998, with George Clooney and Steve Martin), Faye Belogus in Pineapple Express (2008, with Seth Rogen and James Franco), and Nana Bebe in Lovesick (2014, with Matt LeBlanc). On television she appeared in Seinfeld (1989), Will & Grace, ER (2006), The Office (2005), How I Met Your Mother (2007), 2 Broke Girls (2012), and Ray Donovan (2013, as James Woods's mother), with earlier credits in The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970, 1975), Hawaii Five-O, Dynasty (1981), Murder, She Wrote (1986, 1991), Home Improvement (1991), and Archie Bunker's Place (1979).

Rich Sommer

Cast · Known for Mad Men, The Devil Wears Prada, Tony

Rich Sommer (Richard Olen Sommer II, born February 2, 1978, Toledo, Ohio) is an American actor who was raised in Stillwater, Minnesota, where he attended Stillwater Area High School. He earned a BA in Theater from Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota, where he founded the improv group Slush Puppies, then studied improvisation at the Brave New Workshop in Minneapolis before earning an MFA in Acting from the joint Case Western Reserve University / Cleveland Play House program in 2004. He also trained at the Upright Citizens Brigade in New York. His breakthrough came when he was cast at the last minute as Harry Crane on Mad Men (2007–2015), a role spanning 92 episodes for which the ensemble cast won two Screen Actors Guild Awards. He also voiced Henry in the 2016 video game Firewatch and has been a recurring guest on The George Lucas Talk Show. He is married to actress Virginia Donohoe, whom he met during graduate studies; they married on August 13, 2005, and have two children, Beatrice (born 2008) and Patrick Ryan (born 2010). His notable film credits include The Devil Wears Prada (2006) (Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway), Celeste and Jesse Forever (2012) (Kimberly Sturdivant, Andy Samberg), The Giant Mechanical Man (2012) (Topher Grace, Zoe Kazan), Fairhaven (2012) (Sarah Paulson, Chris Messina), Hello, My Name Is Doris (2015) (Sally Field, Andy Samberg), LBJ (2016) (Mark Ruffalo, Matthew McConaughey), Summer of 84 (2018) (Sophia Lillis, Barry Pepper), A Futile and Stupid Gesture (2018) (James Franco, Chris Parnell), King Richard (2021) (Will Smith, Aunjanue Ellis), Fair Play (2023) (Phoebe Dynevor, Alden Ehrenreich), BlackBerry (2023) (Glen Powell, Tatum McCrae), Everything to Me (2024) (Kaley Cuoco, Michael Cudlitz), and Tony (2026) (Dominic Sessa, Antonio Banderas). On television he is best known for Mad Men (2007–2015), with additional appearances in The Office (2008), Elementary, GLOW (2017), Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later (2017), The Dropout (2022), Minx (2022), and Suits: L.A. (2025).

Derek Richardson

Cast · Known for Hostel

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Derek Richardson (born January 18, 1976) is an American actor. Derek Richardson was born in Queensbury, New York. He attended Colorado College from 1994 to 1998. He began his career with guest roles on Law & Order and Strangers with Candy. Upon moving to Los Angeles in 2002, he was cast in a recurring role on J.J. Abrams' Felicity as Keri Russell's love interest. He subsequently co-starred in the Dumb and Dumber prequel, Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd as a younger version of Jeff Daniels' character. Richardson starred opposite Jay Hernandez as one of the leads in the Lions Gate Entertainment horror film Hostel, directed by Eli Roth and executive-produced by Quentin Tarantino. His performance in the horror film garnered him a 2006 MTV Movie Award nomination for "Best Frightened Performance". In 2006, he began starring in the television show Men in Trees as Patrick Bachelor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Derek Richardson (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Rachel Nichols

Cast · Known for G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, The Librarians, Star Trek

Rachel Emily Nichols (born January 8, 1980) is an American actress and model. Nichols began modeling while attending Columbia University in New York City in the late 1990s. She transitioned into television and film acting in the early 2000s; she had a bit part in the romantic drama film Autumn in New York (2000) and a one-episode role in the fourth season of the hit show Sex and the City (2002). Her first major role was in the comedy film Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd (2003). She had the main role in the crime drama television series The Inside (2005), though it was cancelled after one season. Nichols gained recognition playing Rachel Gibson in the final season of the serial action television series Alias (2005–2006) and for her role in the horror film The Amityville Horror (2005). Nichols' first starring film role was in the horror–thriller P2 (2007). She had a supporting role in the coming-of-age film The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (2008) and appeared in Star Trek (2009). She starred in the action film G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009) and in the sword and sorcery film Conan the Barbarian (2011). Description above from the Wikipedia article Rachel Nichols (actress), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Eric Christian Olsen

Cast · Known for NCIS: Los Angeles

Eric Christian Olsen (born May 31, 1977) is an American actor, writer and producer. He is known for his portrayals of Investigator Marty Deeks on the CBS television series NCIS: Los Angeles, Austin in the film Not Another Teen Movie, Lloyd Christmas in Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd and as producer/executive producer on the 2024 reboot of Matlock.

Julie Costello

Julie Costello was born on June 1, 1976 in Adair County, Kentucky, USA. She is an actress, known for The Italian Job (2003), Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd (2003) and Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997).

Lillian Culver

Lillian (Roberts) Culver was born in Loveland, Colorado, the daughter of William Porter Roberts and Clara Ellen Lackey. Her ancestors included Brigadier General Isaac Roberts of the War of 1812 and Anne (Robertson)(Johnston) Cockrill, heroine of the Revolutionary War and sister of James Robertson, "the father of Tennessee." She was an aspiring actress in silent movies when she met Harry H. Culver in 1915; they were married a short while later. She gave up her acting career until her husband's death August 17, 1946, whereupon she played small speaking roles in movies and guested on several television shows.

Harry Groener

Harry Groener is a German-born American actor and dancer born on September 10, 1951, in Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany, to a musical family with an opera singer mother and concert pianist father. He emigrated to the United States with his family when he was two years old and later apprenticed with the San Francisco Ballet before studying drama at the University of Washington. Groener began his career in theater, making his Broadway debut in the 1979 production of "Oklahoma!" and going on to appear in shows including "Cats," "Crazy for You," and "Copenhagen," earning several Tony nominations for musicals like "Oklahoma!" and "Cats." He transitioned successfully to television and film, becoming perhaps best known for playing Mayor Wilkins in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (seasons 3, 4 and 7), while also appearing in Dear John as Ralph Drang, How I Met Your Mother as Clint, and Mad About You as Lance Brockwell. His extensive television work includes multiple Star Trek series appearances, playing Tam Elbrun in The Next Generation's "Tin Man" episode, the Nechani Magistrate in Voyager's "Sacred Ground" episode, and Minister Nathan Samuels in Enterprise's "Demons" and "Terra Prime" episodes, and his film credits include A Cure for Wellness (2016), Patch Adams (1998) and Road to Perdition (2002). He has been married to Dawn Didawick since September 19, 1978, and his versatility as both a stage and screen actor, combined with his memorable villainous turn as the charming yet sinister Mayor Wilkins, has made him a respected figure in both theater and television.

Stephen Mulhern

Stephen Daniel Mulhern is an English television presenter, entertainer, magician and showbiz personality. Mulhern gained his interest in comedy and magic from his father, who would teach him a trick right before bedtime when he was 11 years old. The family would spend their summer holidays at Butlin's Minehead in Somerset, where Mulhern began performing in public. He became the youngest member of The Magic Circle, which brought about an appearance on Blue Peter in a piece about Harry Houdini. Mulhern was later suspended from The Magic Circle for revealing a magic trick on Finger Tips, a children's TV show. The suspension was eventually lifted. After leaving school, he created a magic show under the title Stephen's Mega Mad Magic Show. He spent two summers working as a Butlins Redcoat in Minehead, got winter jobs at Hamleys and Harrods where he met Princess Diana all while also auditioning for television appearances.Turned down at age 18 by Michael Barrymore for My Kind of People, he won another television talent show called The Big Big Talent Show which was hosted by Jonathan Ross, and as a result, in 1997 while aged 20, was invited to take part in the Royal Variety Performance at the Victoria Palace Theatre, performing in front of HM Queen Elizabeth II.

Gerry Vichi

Cast · Known for Inside Man

GERRY VICHI began his acting career while teaching English and Drama at Holliston High back home in Holliston, Mass. He began doing doing summer stock and local dinner theatre shows all over New England and met Jack Hallett at the Town and Country Playhouse in Salem, New Hampshire in 1971. He eventually earned his Actor’s Equity card at the American Stage Festival in Milford, New Hampshire. After much talk of becoming an actor full time, Jack Hallett called him in 1973 from the Village Dinner Theatre in Raleigh, NC and offered him the lead in “Tunnel of Love” opposite film actress Margaret O’Brien. Gerry resigned from his teaching job of 15 years, flew the next morning to North Carolina, and never looked back. He stayed on in Raleigh to play opposite Dan Dailey in “The Odd Couple” and headed straight to New York City after. He was immediately hired for his first Broadway show, Kander and Ebb’s “Woman of the Year” starring Lauren Bacall and Harry Guardino. It was deliriously fun for two years in the 1970’s to be in a hit Broadway show. Other Broadway shows followed and he played “Moonface Martin” in “Anything Goes” at Lincoln Center starring Patti LuPone, the short lived, “Ain’t Broadway Grand”, the Wizard in “The Wizard of Oz”, Fezziwig in the musical version of “A Christmas Carol”, and “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” with Matthew Broderick. He appeared in a string of shows of the popular Encore series such as “Do Re Mi”, ”Follies”, and “70, Girls, 70”, another Kander and Ebb gem. He returned to Broadway in “The Drowsy Chaperone” and when that closed, he began rehearsals the next morning for yet another Kander and Ebb hit, “Curtains” starring David Hyde Pierce. Gerry also worked Off-Broadway with Al Pacino in Brecht’s, “In the Jungle of the Cities” and Bill Irwin in “Scapin”. His film credits include, “Coma”, “King of the Gypsies”, “Vibes”, “City Hall”(again with Al Pacino), “Find Me Guilty”, “Just My Luck”(w/Lindsay Lohan), and the role of Herman Gluck in Spike Lee’s wonderful drama, “Inside Man” starring Denzel Washington and Clive Owen, to date, his most gratifying cinematic experience. After “Curtains” closes, Gerry is scheduled to star in a new musical, “Minsky’s”, based on the grand old days of burlesque. ““Minsky’s” was written by Bob Martin(“Drowsy Chaperone”) and Charles Strouse(“Annie”, “Bye Bye Birdie”) and Casey Nicolaw will direct. The phone call from Jack Hallett in 1973 changed his life so he’s had a lifetime habit of returning all Jack’s calls immediately!! He looks forward to working at the brand new Bayberry Dinner Playhouse. Gerry Vichi is an Actor known for Find Me Guilty (2006), Sex and the City 2 (2010) and Man on a Ledge (2012).

Miriam Makeba

Zenzile Miriam Makeba (4 March 1932 – 9 November 2008), nicknamed Mama Africa, was a South African singer, songwriter, actress, and civil rights activist. Associated with musical genres including Afropop, jazz, and world music, she was an advocate against apartheid and white-minority government in South Africa. Born in Johannesburg to Swazi and Xhosa parents, Makeba was forced to find employment as a child after the death of her father. She had a brief and allegedly abusive first marriage at the age of 17, gave birth to her only child in 1950, and survived breast cancer. Her vocal talent had been recognized when she was a child, and she began singing professionally in the 1950s, with the Cuban Brothers, the Manhattan Brothers, and an all-woman group, the Skylarks, performing a mixture of jazz, traditional African melodies, and Western popular music. In 1959, Makeba had a brief role in the anti-apartheid film Come Back, Africa, which brought her international attention, and led to her performing in Venice, London, and New York City. In London, she met the American singer Harry Belafonte, who became a mentor and colleague. She moved to New York City, where she became immediately popular, and recorded her first solo album in 1960. Her attempt to return to South Africa that year for her mother's funeral was prevented by the country's government. Makeba's career flourished in the United States, and she released several albums and songs, her most popular being "Pata Pata" (1967). Along with Belafonte she received a Grammy Award for her 1965 album An Evening with Belafonte/Makeba. She testified against the South African government at the United Nations and became involved in the civil rights movement. She married Stokely Carmichael, a leader of the Black Panther Party, in 1968. As a result, she lost support among white Americans. Her visa was revoked by the US government when she was traveling abroad, forcing her and Carmichael to relocate to Guinea. She continued to perform, mostly in African countries, including at several independence celebrations. She began to write and perform music more explicitly critical of apartheid; the 1977 song "Soweto Blues", written by her former husband Hugh Masekela, was about the Soweto uprising. After apartheid was dismantled in 1990, Makeba returned to South Africa. She continued recording and performing, including a 1991 album with Nina Simone and Dizzy Gillespie, and appeared in the 1992 film Sarafina!. She was named an FAO Goodwill Ambassador in 1999, and campaigned for humanitarian causes. She died of a heart attack during a 2008 concert in Italy. Makeba was among the first African musicians to receive worldwide recognition. She brought African music to a Western audience, and popularized the world music and Afropop genres. She also made popular several songs critical of apartheid, and became a symbol of opposition to the system, particularly after her right to return was revoked. Upon her death, former South African President Nelson Mandela said that "her music inspired a powerful sense of hope in all of us." ... Source: Article "Miriam Makeba" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Marilyn McCoo

Marilyn McCoo (born September 30, 1943) is an American singer, actress, and television presenter, who is best known for being the lead female vocalist in the group the 5th Dimension, as well as hosting the 1980s music television show Solid Gold. Since 1969, McCoo has been married to singer Billy Davis Jr., the founder and a co-member of the 5th Dimension. She has a three-octave vocal range. Marilyn McCoo was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, United States, to Waymon and Mary McCoo, who were both physicians. Her grandfather was doctor Thomas Vivian McCoo of Eufaula, Alabama. She is African American. She spent her first seven years in Columbus, Georgia. At the age of seven, she moved with her parents, two sisters, and brother to Los Angeles, where she began singing, piano and dance lessons. At the age of 15, she made her television debut on Art Linkletter's Talent Show and began modelling. After graduating from Susan Miller Dorsey High School, she enrolled in UCLA, where she earned a degree in business administration. In 1962, McCoo entered the Miss Bronze California beauty pageant where she won "Miss Grand Talent". In the early and mid-1960s, McCoo was a member of the Hi-Fi's, who often opened for Ray Charles. She had been invited to join the group by photographer Lamonte McLemore, who would himself join McCoo in the 5th Dimension. Other Hi-Fi members included Harry Elston and Floyd Butler, who later formed the Friends of Distinction. She met Billy Davis Jr. in 1966 when he established the 5th Dimension, then called the Versatiles, which also included Ron Townson and Florence LaRue. The group's first big hit was with 1967's "Up, Up and Away", written by Jimmy Webb. The song won four 1968 Grammy Awards and was the title track to 5th Dimension's first hit LP. A year later, the group recorded Laura Nyro's "Stoned Soul Picnic". A medley of "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" (from the musical Hair) reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in April to May 1969 and won the Grammy for 'Record of the Year'. The group's recording of another Nyro composition, "Wedding Bell Blues", topped the Hot 100 in November 1969. McCoo performing at Eastern Michigan University By the early 1970s, McCoo began to sing lead on the group's remaining hits, "One Less Bell to Answer", "(Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All", and "If I Could Reach You". ... Source: Article "Marilyn McCoo" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Charlie Hall

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Charlie Hall (19 August 1899 – 7 December 1959) was an English film actor. He is best known as the "Little Nemesis" of Laurel and Hardy and appeared in nearly 50 films with them, so that Hall was the most frequent supporting actor of their films. Hall was born in Ward End, Birmingham, Warwickshire, and learned carpentry as a trade, but as a teenager, he became a member of the Fred Karno troupe of stage comedians. In his late teens, he visited his sister in New York and stayed there, finding employment as a stagehand. While working behind the scenes, he met the comic actor Bobby Dunn and they became friends; Dunn convinced Hall to take a stab again at acting, which he did. By the mid-1920s, Hall was working for Hal Roach. Stan Laurel, one of Roach's comedy stars, was also a graduate of the Karno troupe. As an actor, Hall worked with such comedians as Buster Keaton and Charley Chase, but is best remembered as a comic foil for Laurel and Hardy. He appeared in nearly 50 of their films, sometimes in bit parts, but often as a mean landlord or opponent in many of their memorable tit-for-tat sequences. Unlike the usual villains in Laurel and Hardy films, who were big and burly, Charlie Hall (billed as "Charley" Hall in the Roach comedies) was of short stature, standing 5 ft 5 in tall. His height and slight English accent allowed him to be convincingly cast as a college student, despite being 40 years old, in Laurel and Hardy's A Chump at Oxford. Hall almost never played starring roles; the exception was in 1941, when he was teamed with character comedian Frank Faylen by Monogram Pictures. Hall continued to play bits and supporting roles in short subjects and features through the 1940s and 1950s, occasionally on TV, appearing very briefly in Charlie Chaplin's final American film, Limelight (1952). In 1956 he played a small but important part in the TV show Cheyenne, season 1, episode 11, "Quicksand", starring Clint Walker, with Dennis Hopper, John Alderson, Wright King and Peggy Webber. His last role was in a Joe McDoakes short film starring George O'Hanlon, So You Want to Play the Piano, in 1956. Hall died in North Hollywood, California, on 7 December 1959. A J D Wetherspoon's public house in Erdington, is named The Charlie Hall as a tribute to him.