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- Best remembered as the second talking-era "Jane" (following Maureen O'Sullivan) of the durable Tarzan jungle film series and the only one in the sound era to play the role opposite two different Tarzan's (Johnny Weissmuller and Lex Barker, lovely Brenda was born Betty Leabo in Missouri, raised in Los Angeles, and nicknamed "Graftina" by her father when she was a girl. Attending UCLA for four years, the lovely blonde became a photographer's model to help pay her tuition. A 20th Century-Fox talent scout noticed a fashion layout of her and immediately signed her on.
The studio changed her name to "Brenda Joyce" after silent star Alice Joyce and immediately gave her an impressive movie debut with The Rains Came (1939) starring Tyrone Power and Myrna Loy in which she received fine reviews. Building her up to the public as a sexy single girl, she was subsequently showcased in Here I Am a Stranger (1939) opposite Richard Greene and partnered with John Payne in Maryland (1940).
The studio didn't take kindly to her impulsive 1941 marriage to army husband Owen Ward and supposedly punished her by relegating her to "B" films. Three children were the result of this first marriage -- Pam, Timothy and Beth. Brenda eventually lost interest in her career, but was coaxed back to the film set when brunette Maureen O'Sullivan left the Tarzan series and Johnny Weissmuller approved the athletic beauty as his new blonde swinging mate. Beginning a four-year excursion with the film Tarzan and the Amazons (1945), Brenda continued on as Jane after Weissmuller left (actor Lex Barker took over), but finally decided enough was enough. Brenda left after her fifth movie, Tarzan's Magic Fountain (1949), and just walked away -- never to return.
Following her movie career, Brenda moved to the Washington D.C. area and worked with the Refugee Services for nearly 10 years in which she helped displaced persons find employment and places to live. This line of work eventually had her relocate to the Carmel, California area and she worked with Catholic Resettlement in Seaside, California (near Monterey). Besieged by personal and health problems in later years, she endured a painful divorce from Ward in 1960 after 19 years of marriage. She was then married and divorced twice more. Suffering from dementia in her twilight years, she stayed with her children at various stages until she was forced to be institutionalized in a nursing home in Santa Monica, California. Brenda died there of complications from pneumonia on Independence Day in 2009. - Camera and Electrical Department
Mark Carlile was born on 26 August 1969 in Excelsior Springs, Missouri, USA. He is known for Star Trek (2009), John Carter (2012) and Iron Man (2008).- Actress
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Kimberly O'Dell was born on 9 April 1980 in Excelsior Springs, Missouri, USA. She is an actress, known for The Apology Dance (2010), Fling (2008) and Vanguard Dispatch (2005). She has been married to Brent O'Dell since 12 May 2001. They have one child.- Judd studied at the Art Students' League in New York from 1947 to 1962. From 1949 to 1953 he studied philosophy and from 1957 to 1962 he studied art history at Columbia University in New York. His artistic beginnings lie in painting, which was continued in 1961 with relief-like images. He then developed further into sculpture and created his first free-standing floor piece in 1962. He realized his large-format works as individual pieces or multiple pieces in wood or metal, as well as a mix of materials with colored or painted Plexiglas. With these works he became the most important representative of minimal art.
In exhibitions he staged the arrangement as a row above, next to or behind one another with even spacing. Artistically, Judd devoted himself to defining spaces and realized various types of spaces in large, small or box format. He proceeded according to the architectural principle by first creating a schematic draft and then following up with a construction plan and a working drawing. In this last stage before creation, Judd also planned the material of his art object, which he made in plywood or aluminum. In the area of free sculpture he also used concrete. The spatial concept is the focus of his object productions, which is why the artist avoided details and decor as a typical feature of his work in this regard.
Judd's concept of space was defined by space itself, with the right angle being a central element and for him associated with precision and unerring clarity. The open spatial concept that he transferred to architecture moves within the boundaries of the horizontal and the vertical as gravity. In addition to his important architectural designs for the library of the Mansana de Chinati, his studio building and several housing estates, he turned to furniture designs. His practical artistic and architectural work was accompanied by numerous theoretical and critical writings. His art theoretical essays such as "Specific Objects" (1965) were of crucial relevance.
For example, he contributed art-critical writings to the magazine "Art News" between 1959 and 1965. Later, his critical observations affected the contemporary art world. - Prior to arriving in the NFL, Williams was a graduate assistant at the University of Houston from 1988-89 under former NFL head coach Jack Pardee. From 1984-87, Williams was the head coach at Belton (Mo.) High School after opening his coaching career at Excelsior Springs (Mo.) High School. Williams graduated from Truman State University, where he played quarterback and also played baseball. He later earned a master's degree from Central Missouri. Williams' reputation as a defensive coach was forged in his years with Tennessee, where he served for 11 seasons (1990-2000), including as coordinator over his last four years with the club. Initially hired as a defensive quality control coach when the team was still located in Houston, he was promoted to special teams coach in 1993, and took over as linebackers coach from 1994-96 before being promoted to defensive coordinator in 1997. Williams worked under Rams Head Coach Jeff Fisher for 6 ½ seasons with the Oilers/Titans. Williams coached in New Orleans from 2009-2011. He helped the Saints capture two division titles (2009 and 2011), an NFC Conference Championship (2009), and Super Bowl XLIV, as well as an NFC Wild Card berth in 2010.
- Robby Howe was born on 23 June 1987 in Excelsior Springs, Missouri, USA. He is an actor, known for Shoe Store (2008).