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Earl Simmons (December 18, 1970 - April 9, 2021), known by his stage name DMX ("Dark Man X"), was an American rapper and actor. He began rapping in the early 1990s and released his debut album It's Dark and Hell Is Hot in 1998, to both critical acclaim and commercial success, selling 251,000 copies within its first week of release. DMX released his best-selling album, ... And Then There Was X, in 1999, which included the hit single "Party Up (Up in Here)". His 2003 singles "Where the Hood At?" and "X Gon' Give It to Ya" were also commercially successful. He was the first artist to debut an album at No. 1 five times in a row on the Billboard 200 charts. Overall, DMX sold over 74 million records worldwide.- Actress
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One the most successful entertainers of the Black vaudeville stage, also known as the Chitlin Circuit, was Jackie "Moms" Mabley, born Loretta Mary Aiken in 1894. At the apex of her long career, she was earning $10,000 a week at Harlem's Apollo Theatre. Mabley focused on conventional topics such as family and others not normally covered by comedians of the era, white or Black, such as infidelity, poverty, welfare, and inebriation.
Billed as the Funniest Woman in the World, she adopted her original stage name from a boyfriend, Jackie Mabley, and began her career at 14. A teenage runaway, she joined the Negro troupe of Henry Bowman and Tim Moore and, in a short time, became a success. Quick-witted and quick-tongued, Mabley's unorthodox, self-assured routines as an outspoken grandma while wearing bag-lady clothes--old-fashioned print dresses and floppy hats--was a favorite with Black female audiences, particularly when she was lampooning the psychology of men. Her career spanned five decades, although white audiences did not know of her until the early 1960s. Mabley played Carnegie Hall in 1962. Mainstream TV appearances in the 1960s included variety appearances on shows hosted by Flip Wilson, Mike Douglas, Merv Griffin, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1967), and Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1967). She was an inspiration for irreverent female comics of that era, including Phyllis Diller and, in her final years, Mabley poked fun at the president and other government officials.- Actor
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Big Pun was born on 9 November 1971 in Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for That Awkward Moment (2014), Vacation (2015) and Life of the Party (2018). He was married to Liza Rios. He died on 7 February 2000 in White Plains, New York, USA.- André Leon Talley was born on 16 October 1948 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. He was an actor, known for Sex and the City (2008), The September Issue (2009) and Empire (2015). He died on 18 January 2022 in White Plains, New York, USA.
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Martin Taras was born on 9 August 1914 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a director and writer, known for The Lord of the Rings (1978), Wizards (1977) and Spider-Man (1967). He died on 2 November 1994 in White Plains, New York, USA.- Actor
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Michael Mineo was born on 14 March 1937 in Bronx, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Tonka (1958) and Person to Person (1953). He was married to Trevina Kapchan . He died on 28 June 1984 in White Plains, New York, USA.- Actor
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Les Paul was born on 9 June 1915 in Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Speed Racer (2008), Casino (1995) and Carol (2015). He was married to Mary Ford and Virginia Webb. He died on 12 August 2009 in White Plains, New York, USA.- Writer
- Music Department
- Producer
Songwriter ("Easy Come, Easy Go"), composer, actor and author. He performed in the Broadway stage production of "West Side Story", and wrote the lyrics for other stage offerings, including the off-Broadway production "Fallout", Julius Monk's night club revues, the Broadway show "The Girls Against the Boys", and the 1964 New York World's Fair show "To Broadway With Love". He wrote the Broadway stage score for "Hot Spot". Joining ASCAP in 1962, his chief musical collaborator was Mary Rodgers, and his other popular-song compositions include "Perfect Strangers", "Gabie", "Hey, Love", "I Think the World of You", "Welcome to Our Country", "A Little Trouble Goes a Long, Long Way", "Nebraska", "Big Meeting Tonight", "That's Good - That's Bad", and "Ten Good Years".- Jean Carroll was born on 7 January 1911 in Paris, France. She was an actress, known for The Jean Carroll Show (1953), Cavalcade of Broadway: Leon and Eddie's (1950) and The Patti Page Show (1956). She was married to Buddy Howe. She died on 1 January 2010 in White Plains, New York, USA.
- Author, playwright and songwriter. She joined ASCAP in 1959, and her chief musical collaborators included LeRoy Anderson, Jay Gorney, Jean Ford, and her husband, Walter Kerr. She authored "Please Don't Eat the Daisies" and "The Snake Has All the Lines", the plays "Jenny Kiss'd Me", "King of Hearts", "Mary, Mary", and "Poor Richard", and the Broadway stage scores and libretti for "Touch and Go" and "Goldilocks". Her popular-song compositions include "This Had Better Be Love", "It'll Be Alright in a Hundred Years", "Be a Mess", "The Pussy Foot", "Save a Kiss", and "I Never Know When to Say When".
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John Carter was born on 22 September 1922 in Newark, New Jersey, USA. He was an editor and director, known for Friday (1995), Boomerang (1992) and Men of Honor (2000). He was married to Carole Carter. He died on 13 August 2018 in White Plains, New York, USA.- Actor
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- Producer
Joseph Basile was born and raised in White Plains, New York by Italian grandparents. His parents had no time to watch him and his younger sister Cathy because they were busy working to support the household. Joseph struggled in school because he learned Italian before English due to his grandparents. Joseph took it upon himself to teach himself everything and was accepted into Pace University after High School. Joseph later Graduated with a Business Degree in Management and went into business with his father Frank, doing Landscaping. Joseph got the acting bug at 25 years of age and sold his business portion back to his father to pursue acting. Joseph's constant wonder and curiosity about the entertainment business will make him a person with a strong backbone and a will that can not be denied.- Actress
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Laurie Beechman was born on 4 April 1953 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. She was an actress, known for Hair (1979), The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana (1982) and The Fourth King (1977). She was married to Neil Mazzella. She died on 8 March 1998 in White Plains, New York, USA.- Mildred Joanne Smith was born on 16 May 1921 in Struthers, Ohio, USA. She was an actress, known for No Way Out (1950), The Stoolie (1972) and Quite Contrary (1953). She was married to David Andrew Hepburn. She died on 19 July 2015 in White Plains, New York, USA.
- Frederic Dannay was born on 20 October 1905 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen (1958), The Mandarin Mystery (1936) and Ellery Queen (1975). He died on 3 September 1982 in White Plains, New York, USA.
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James Morricone was born on 30 July 1946 in Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for Intervention (2004), A System Devoured (1999) and A Brooklyn State of Mind (1998). He was married to Diane James. He died on 12 August 2022 in White Plains, New York, USA.- Johnny Roventini served for more than four decades as a spokesman for Philip Morris and a living trademark for the firm's namesake brand of cigarettes. (See note.) His voice was heard on thousands of radio and television programs sponsored by the company, and he was seen in his bellboy's regalia (red-trimmed black cap; black-trimmed, bright red tunic with gold buttons; red-striped black trousers and white formal gloves) at thousands of personal appearances across the U.S. until he retired in 1974. And it was on account of his ever-present smile and outstretched hand that he was a favorite of all who met him. (Note: the Philip Morris cigarette brand ceased to exist in 1989. The company renamed the cigarette "Commander," and that brand was still available when Johnny died, some 65 years after he first represented Philip Morris. It remained an unfiltered cigarette 70 millimeters long.)
- Tao Porchon was born on 13 August 1918 in Pondicherry, French India [now Puducherry, India]. She was an actress, known for I Married Joan (1952), The Adventures of McGraw (1957) and I Know a Woman Like That (2009). She was married to Bill Lynch. She died on 21 February 2020 in White Plains, New York, USA.
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Michelle A. Materre an African-American television and film producer, writer administrator, consultant, strategist, entrepreneur and educator. Ms Materre earned a Master's Degree in Educational Media from Boston College; early in her career, she learned a core aspect of the industry at CBS' headquarters in their business division. She also worked as staff writer/producer for over three years at Henry Hampton's Blackside Productions and was an assistant story editor at MGM in the feature film division for over three years.
This core decade of experience led Michelle Materre to become a founding partner and Vice President of Creative Affairs of KJM3 Entertainment Group, Inc., a film distribution and marketing company that specialized in multicultural film and television projects. Over the span of nine years (1992 - 2001), Ms. Materre directly managed the marketing, positioning and distribution of over twenty-three films by filmmakers of the African Diaspora. KJM3 was responsible for the marketing and positioning of the successful theatrical release of "Daughters of the Dust," the highly acclaimed film by Julie Dash, as well as "L'Homme Sur Les Quais" ("The Man By The Shore") by Raoul Peck.
Michelle continues to serve as an independent media consultant to filmmakers and film/video organizations on issues related to strategy, Fund-raising, distribution, marketing, outreach, programming and production issues. In this capacity, Michelle Materre has worked with award-winning independent filmmakers and noteworthy film projects such as "Sisters in Law" by Kim Longinotto released by Women Make Movies; "The Boys of Baraka" by Rachel Grady and Heidi Ewing; "Sweet Honey in the Rock: Raise Your Voice" by Stanley Nelson; "Chisholm '72-Unbought & Unbossed" by Shola Lynch; Channel Thirteen/WNET's national series, "The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow"; Colorvision for American Public Television; "West 47th Street" by Bill Lichtenstein and June Peoples; "Love and Diane", by Jennifer Dworkin; "E Minha Cara" by Thomas Allen Harris; and "Ralph Bunche: The Odyssey Continues" by William Greaves, among others. She is the Director of Distribution for "Third World Newsreel," the oldest progressive media arts organization in the country. Highly sought after for her expertise on national and local media initiatives, she served a three-year term as curator of the Channel Thirteen/WNET series "Reel New York," a showcase of independent film and video-makers, and she is active as an advisory member. Michelle was formerly the Director of Outreach for ROJA Productions, an independent film production company based in Harlem, overseeing the outreach campaign for PBS national series "Matters of Race."
For more than a decade, she has programmed the "Harlem Film Festival" series at Aaron Davis Hall on the campus of City College -now moved to BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music), and was the coordinating marketing and outreach consultant for the "Haiti on Screen" film festival sponsored by New York University in March 2004. She is formerly the Executive Director of International Film Seminars, sponsoring organization of the Annual Robert Flaherty Film Seminar. She was also Associate Director and Marketing Director of Educational Video Center, a media arts center for urban youth; and Associate Director of Women Make Movies, a national film and video distributor of independent work by women artists.
Michelle Materre is an Assistant Professor of Media Studies and Film at The New School, as well as the Associate Director of the Bachelor's Program where she recently won the University Distinguished Teaching Award. She formerly served on the Board of Directors of "New York Women in Film and Television", is on the advisory board of "Reel New York", and she is a frequent guest lecturer at colleges, universities and libraries around the country on a variety of film related topics. Ms. Materre also holds the position as President and Director of Creative Affairs for Autonomous Entertainment sometimes abbreviated as AE or AEi, which is a New York-based boutique marketing & distribution consultancy firm specializing in independent media. The company was formed by former students and protégés Cedric L. Beasley and Paul B. Gennaro. Michelle A. Materre came on later to help grow the company.- Ann Hillary was born on 8 January 1926 in Jellico, Tennessee, USA. She was an actress, known for Monsters (1988), Tales from the Darkside (1983) and Studio One (1948). She was married to Frederick Knott. She died on 27 March 2019 in White Plains, New York, USA.
- Ralph Purdom was born on 18 September 1926 in Macomb, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for The Doctors (1963), Coronet Blue (1967) and The Sporting Club (1971). He was married to Melisande Congdon. He died on 27 November 1989 in White Plains, New York, USA.
- Robert K. Lifton was born on 9 January 1928 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer, known for Eddie and the Cruisers (1983). He was married to Loretta Silver. He died on 22 January 2024 in White Plains, New York, USA.
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Philip Gips, the graphic designer and advertising executive who created iconic posters for such films as Rosemary's Baby, Alien, Network, Superman and Fatal Attraction, also designed posters for other movies including Downhill Racer (1969), That's Entertainment (1974), Tommy (1975), The Front (1976), Kramer vs. Kramer (1979), All That Jazz (1979), Arthur (1981), Absence of Malice (1981), Sophie's Choice (1982), The Verdict (1982), Desperately Seeking Susan (1985), Hoosiers (1986) and No Way Out (1987).
In 2001, Premiere magazine placed three of his works for Alien, Rosemary's Baby and Downhill Racer - on its list of the "50 Best Movie Posters of All Time."- Actress
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Izenetta Tears was born in Austin, Texas, the daughter of a funeral director and a schoolteacher; she was named for her paternal grandmother. A 1936 graduate of Wiley College, she pursued further study in New York City at Juilliard, and also briefly taught school in Austin before marrying Eddie Wilcox, saxophonist in the Jimmy Lunceford Band. After her divorce, she was a featured performer in nightclubs and other venues in and around the metropolitan New York City area. She is buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Austin, near her parents and other family members.- Leslie Midgley was born on 18 January 1915 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. Leslie was a producer, known for CBS Reports (1959), CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite (1962) and Eyewitness to History (1959). Leslie was married to Betty Furness and Jean Burke. Leslie died on 19 June 2002 in White Plains, New York, USA.