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Born in Salisbury, Maryland, USA, following high school Linda studied for two years at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland, before moving on to acting studies in New York. In New York she attended acting workshops given by Lee Strasberg. Her first parts were small parts in TV series, with her biggest break coming with her role in The Terminator (1984). Most known to public at large from her part in the TV series Beauty and the Beast (1987) (before Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), at least).- Actor
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Joseph Alberic Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes was born in Salisbury, Wiltshire, to Jennifer Anne Mary Alleyne (Lash), a novelist, and Mark Fiennes, a photographer. He is one of six children. Four of his siblings are also in the arts: Ralph Fiennes, an actor; Martha Fiennes, a director; Magnus Fiennes, a musician; and Sophie Fiennes, a producer. He is of English, Irish, and Scottish origin.
He was brought up in West Cork, Ireland. He left art school, and began working with the Young Vic Youth Theatre, and then went on to train at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. His first professional stage appearance was in the West End in The Woman In Black, followed by A Month In The Country. He joined the Royal Shakespeare Company for two seasons and performed roles in Dennis Potter's Son Of Man, Les Enfants Du Paradis, Troilus and Cressida, and Peter Whelan's The Herbal Bed.- Actor
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John Soursby Glover, Jr., is an American actor, known for a range of villainous roles in films and television, including Lionel Luthor on the Superman-inspired television series Smallville. In 1993 he co-starred in the dark comedy Ed and His Dead Mother with Steve Buscemi and Ned Beatty.Glover was born in Salisbury, Maryland, the son of Cade (née Mullins) and John Soursby Glover, Sr., a television salesman. Glover attended Wicomico High School and acted at Towson University. Glover began his career at the Barter Theatre in Abingdon, Virginia, and later studied acting at the Beverly Hills Playhouse under Milton Katselas. Aside from his theatrical endeavors, Glover is also actively involved with the Alzheimer's Association. His inspiration for joining this cause was his own father's experience with Alzheimer's disease.- Actor
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Alexis Denisof was born on 25 February 1966 in Salisbury, Maryland, USA. He is an actor, known for Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), The Avengers (2012) and Angel (1999). He has been married to Alyson Hannigan since 11 October 2003. They have two children.- Writer
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David Mitchell was born on 14th July 1974 in Salisbury, England. His parents, Ian and Kathy Mitchell, worked as hotel managers in Salisbury. David also has a brother. In 1977 the family moved to Oxford, where his parents taught a course in hotel management at Oxford Brookes University. David was educated at Abingdon School in Oxfordshire. He has been writing comedy material since his schooldays when he used to write comedy sketches with his friends. A year before he went to college, David worked for a while as a proofreader for the Oxford University Press. He studied History at Peterhouse College, Cambridge. Whilst he was studying at Cambridge University he joined the Cambridge Footlights, where he met his comedy partner, Robert Webb. David became President of the Cambridge Footlights and after graduation he and Robert staged a two man show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
Early in his career David worked as a freelance writer on comedy sketch shows including 'Armstrong and Miller' and 'Big Train'. He also appeared as Owen, the IT specialist, in 'Think the Unthinkable', a BBC Radio 4 situation comedy about a firm of management consultants. David made a guest appearance as Owen in one episode for the first series. This episode was broadcast on 6th November 2001. His character proved to be so popular that Owen was co-opted as a full member of Unthinkable Solutions and David appeared in all six episodes of Series 2 of 'Think the Unthinkable'. These episodes were broadcast on BBC Radio 4 from 7th November 2002 to 12th December 2002. In 2001 David and Robert co-wrote a six part comedy sketch show 'The Mitchell and Webb Situation', which was broadcast on Play UK. The series was directed by David Kerr, who would later work with David and Robert on their BBC2 sketch show, That Mitchell and Webb Look (2006), and several sketches featured the actress Olivia Colman. Also in 2001, David bought his first home, a small flat in the Kilburn district of London.
In 2003 David was cast as Mark Corrigan in the Channel 4 situation comedy, Peep Show (2003). This series follows the lives of Mark and his friend Jeremy, played by Robert Webb, who share a flat in Apollo House, a London apartment block. Mark works for a company called JLB Credit. His work colleagues include Sophie Chapman, played by Olivia Colman. The show has a distinctive look because of its extensive use of subjective camera angles, as viewers are shown events from Mark and Jeremy's point of view. The series also makes use of voice overs in which Mark and Jeremy reveal their innermost thoughts. The first series was broadcast in six episodes between 19th September 2003 and 24th October 2003. Peep Show (2003) was an instant success. The show was nominated for the BAFTA television award for best situation comedy in 2004, and a second series was quickly commissioned. This was broadcast in six episodes on Channel 4 between 12th November 2004 and 17th December 2004. As a result of David's filming commitments for the second series of Peep Show (2003), he was only available to record some of the episodes for the third series of the Radio 4 sitcom, 'Think the Unthinkable', which was broadcast in six parts between 13th July 2004 and 17th August 2004. To explain his absence, the writers devised a storyline in which David's character Owen went into hiding, and a new IT consultant, Jed, played by Robin Ince, was drafted in to cover for him.
The first series of 'That Mitchell and Webb Sound', a comedy sketch show, was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 between 28th August and 2nd October 2003. All of the characters in the radio show were played by David, Robert, Olivia Colman and James Bachman. It was in Episode 5 of Series One, broadcast on 25th September 2003, that a character called Sir Digby Caesar Salad made his first appearance. Sir Digby was played by Robert and David took the role of his trusty sidekick Ginger. These characters would later feature prominently in the sketch show when it transferred to BBC2 in 2006. After the success of the first run of six episodes, 'That Mitchell and Webb Sound' was commissioned for a second series, which was broadcast in six parts between 10th February and 17th March 2005. Episode 5 of the second series, which went out on 24th February 2005, included a sketch about a game show called Numberwang. David returned to play Owen in the fourth and final series of 'Think the Unthinkable'. This consisted of four episodes broadcast on BBC Radio 4 between 28th September and 19th October 2005. David ended 2005 by starring in the third series of Peep Show (2003). This was shown in six parts by Channel 4 between 11th November 2005 and 16th December 2005 and went on to win the best TV comedy award at the 2006 British Comedy awards. In the third series, Alan Johnson, an executive at Mark's firm JLB Credit played by Paterson Joseph, memorably explained his attitude to personnel issues by saying that in his opinion illness is weakness.
The format of the Mitchell and Webb radio series was used for a television sketch show, That Mitchell and Webb Look (2006), the first series of which was broadcast on BBC2 in six episodes between 14th September 2006 and 19th October 2006. The television series featured a number of sketches first used in the radio show such as the surprising adventures of Sir Digby Caesar Salad, now renamed Sir Digby Chicken Caesar. The Numberwang game show also featured in every episode of the first TV series. Usually Robert played the game show host, but in one episode David hosted a German language version of Numberwang. In 2006 David and Robert went on a tour of Great Britain with their stage show, 'The Two Faces of Mitchell and Webb'. This opened at the Pleasance Theatre in London on 12th October 2006 and ended at the Assembly Hall Theatre in Tunbridge Wells on 10th December 2006. In December 2006 David was the best man at Robert's wedding to Abigail Burdess.
In 2006 David hosted a pilot episode for a comedy panel game called 'The Unbelievable Truth'. In the game, the contestants each deliver a lecture on a given subject. Their talks consist almost entirely of lies, but the lectures always contain a few items of genuine factual information. The other contestants have to identify the items of true information, and points are won by correctly identifying true facts, and also for successfully smuggling truths past the other contestants. The pilot episode was broadcast by BBC Radio 4 on Thursday 19th October 2006, and it led to a full series of six episodes which ran from 29th April to 3rd June 2007. The writers of Peep Show (2003), Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain, wrote the screenplay for Magicians (2007), a comedy feature film starring David and Robert as rival stage musicians. This film went on general release in Great Britain on 18th May 2007. Peep Show (2003) returned in the spring of 2007 for its fourth season after a slightly longer break than usual. As usual David and Robert collaborated on the scripts with Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain by providing additional material. The series was shown on Channel 4 in six episodes between 13th April and 18th May 2007. David was nominated for the best TV comedy performance award at the 2008 Television BAFTAs for his portrayal of Mark in the fourth season of Peep Show (2003). The show itself won the award for best TV comedy at the 2007 the British comedy awards, and the best sitcom award at the 2008 Television BAFTAs. Just after Peep Show (2003) had completed its run on Channel 4, David co-wrote and starred in the third series of 'That Mitchell and Webb Sound', which was broadcast in six episodes on BBC Radio 4 between 24th May and 28th June 2007. The highlights included 'Celebrity Fame Zeppelin', a sketch which parodied reality television shows like 'Big Brother'. Since 2007 David is one of the team captains of Would I Lie to You? (2007) since the first series.
The first series of That Mitchell and Webb Look (2006) won a BAFTA award, and the sketch show was commissioned for a second series. This was broadcast on BBC2 in six episodes between 21st February 2008 and 27th March 2008. Later in 2008 David hosted the second series of 'The Unbelievable Truth', which went out on BBC Radio 4 between 5th May and 9th June 2008. There was also an 'Unbelievable Truth' Christmas special, which was broadcast by BBC Radio 4 on Monday 15th December 2008. In the late spring of 2008, Peep Show (2003) returned for its fifth season, which was broadcast in six episodes by Channel 4 between 2nd May and 6th June 2008. The fifth series featured a new character called Dobby played by Isy Suttie, who was nominated for the award for best female comedy newcomer at the 2008 British Comedy awards. Also at the 2008 British comedy awards, David was nominated for best television comedy actor, and Olivia Colman was nominated for best television comedy actress for her performance as Sophie Chapman. Unfortunately, none of the three Peep Show (2003) nominees won on the night, but David's role as Mark was recognized at the 2009 Television BAFTAs when he won the award for best comedy performance. In his acceptance speech at the awards ceremony which took place at London's South Bank on Sunday 26th April 2009, David said that the award should really have been shared with his comedy partner and co-star in the sitcom, Robert Webb.
In the spring of 2009, David hosted the third season of 'The Unbelievable Truth'. This was broadcast in six parts by BBC Radio 4 between 23rd March and 27th April 2009. One of the guests in the third season was Graeme Garden, who had originally helped to devise the format of the game show. David made a guest appearance in two episodes of the BBC Radio 4 topical debate show, 'Heresy'. The episodes in question went out on 5th and 19th May 2009. The third season of That Mitchell and Webb Look (2006) started on BBC2 on Thursday 11th June 2009.- Actor
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Initially not a science fiction fan, theatre actor Anthony Daniels was persuaded by his agent to meet George Lucas for the casting of C-3PO in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977). He went on to perform the character, both his voice and body in the suit, for all the episodic Star Wars films produced. Additionally, he performed the voice of the character for the radio serial based on the original trilogy and the animated series Star Wars: Droids (1985), Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003), Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008), related series Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) and Star Wars: Rebels (2014).
For Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999), he wore a blue Spandex suit, as the android is incomplete in the film and ultimately produced in CGI. In addition to playing the golden droid, he appeared in a live action cameo in the nightclub scene of Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) and opera scene in Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005). As C-3PO, he played a small role in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) and The Lego Movie (2014).- Actor
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Kevin Carroll was born on 6 September 1969 in Salisbury, North Carolina, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Blindspotting (2018), Being John Malkovich (1999) and Road House (2024).- Actor
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His father was a pilot during the second World War and was killed in action before Michael was born resulting in him being brought up by his mother, Doris, and Irish grandmother, Kathleen .His mother married a, Kent grocer when he was 4 but after his mother died when he was 21 he broke off all contact with him,, Michael was educated at Oakfield School in Dulwich and developed his singing skills as a chorister. At 12 he was picked by Benjamin Britten to sing with the English Opera Company, At 14 he was in children's films and at 15 he was in a school play where he was spotted by an agent and put into a radio programme during which he developed a relationship with hairdresser Patricia Maxwell and became engaged but then he met Gabrielle Lewis at a club where he was relaxing after a show. This resulted in his daughter Angelique being born to Patricia the same month that he married Gabrielle, and daughters Emm and Lucy, He divorced in 1975 and moved to America in the 80's In 1996 he was in the show EFX in Las Vegas and fell sustaining a high impact injury to a femur and hip.- Writer
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Clean cut and smoothly handsome as a youth, Mike Evans got on board the Norman Lear TV train in the early 1970s and took a straight ride to sitcom stardom in both a landmark comedy series and its black-oriented spin-off. Born Michael Jonas Evans in Salisbury, North Carolina, on November 3, 1949, his dentist father and school instructor mother moved the family to Los Angeles when Mike was quite young. Graduating from Los Angeles High School, he attended Los Angeles City College before his abrupt TV success. Landing the role of black next-door neighbor Lionel Jefferson in Lear's iconic sitcom All in the Family (1971) was a lucky fluke -- something every fledgling actor should get to experience. In fact, Mike was still attending acting school when he was cast in the 1971 show at age 21. The series altered the course of TV comedy while tackling many then-taboo subjects, including racial prejudice. Due to the quality of the cast and writing, the series managed to thoroughly engage and entertain an audience despite being fronted by a blue-collar bigot in the form of Archie Bunker (played by the great Carroll O'Connor). As the calm, intelligent, level-headed Lionel, son of hothead George (Sherman Hemsley) and his beleaguered wife, Louise Jefferson (Isabel Sanford), Lionel's liberal-minded stance was more akin to Archie's live-in younger generation. As friend to Archie's daughter, Gloria, and her husband, Mike, Lionel had to somehow tolerate his grouchy neighbor's exasperating politically incorrect banter but made up for it with clever, carefully worded digs at the often-clueless Archie. During the run of the show, Mike also boosted his visibility with the TV movies Killer by Night (1972), Call Her Mom (1972), and Voyage of the Yes (1973), costarring Desi Arnaz Jr., not to mention the Disney family comedy feature Now You See Him, Now You Don't (1972), starring Kurt Russell. The hit series spun the Jefferson clan into its own "moving-on-up" sitcom The Jeffersons (1975) four years later. The "moving on up" was from Queens to a "deluxe apartment" in Manhattan, where the burgeoning, financially successful George now held court as head intolerant. Mike's character eventually met and fell for Jenny, the beautiful product of an interracial marriage. This became a major source of combustible comedy material that initially fed the new sitcom. In the meantime, Mike and writing partner Eric Monte also cocreated and were writing for another Lear sitcom, Good Times (1974), which was a spin-off of Lear's comedy hit Maude (1972), which in turn was a spin-off of sitcom daddy All in the Family (1971). The major responsibilities and hardships of writing for "Good Times", which became one of the first TV sitcoms to feature a primarily African American cast in quite some time, took its toll, and Mike began making fewer appearances as Lionel. In fact, he left the role completely in the fall of 1975 after only eight months to focus on his writing and was replaced by actor Damon Evans (no relation to Mike), who inhabited the part for four seasons. Mike eventually reclaimed the part in 1979 after the cancellation of "Good Times". His character of Lionel, however, had dwindled so significantly in importance that he left the show again in 1981, this time for good. The family show ended its long run in 1985 after a decade. Mike took on a low profile after his 1970s successes and was not seen onscreen again. By this time he had delved into Southern California real estate. He died of throat cancer in 2006 at age 57 at his mother's home in Twentynine Palms, California.- Actor
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Sidney Blackmer, the Tony-award winning actor who played Teddy Roosevelt in seven movies, is best remembered by today's movie audiences for his turn as the warlock/coven-leader Roman Castevet in Roman Polanski's Rosemary's Baby (1968).
Born and raised in Salisbury, North Carolina, where he made his debut on July 13, 1895, he had planned as a young man to study law at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. However, playing football and engaging in amateur theatricals proved more important to him than his aspirations to be an attorney, and while in his teens, he went to New York City to try to make it as an actor. He appeared uncredited in movies turned out by various film studios in Fort Lee, New Jersey, which in the first half of the decade of the 1910s, was the Hollywood of America. He reportedly appeared in a bit part in the popular movie serial "The Perils of Pauline" (1914).
Blackmer made his Broadway debut on February 13, 1917, in "The Morris Dance," Harley Granville-Barker's adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's novel "The Wrong Box." He was not to appear again on the Broadway stage for almost exactly three years, due to the outbreak of his World War I, which saw Blackmer join the military as an officer. After the war, he returned to the theater, making his second Broadway appearance in "Trimmed in Scarlet" on February 2, 1920. He appeared in 15 other productions on the Great White Way from 1920 to 1928. His appearance in 'Clare Kummer''s comedy "The Mountain Man" in 1921 made him a star.
He was a pioneer in the new medium of radio, on which he sang during the 1920s. (Blackmer later participated in the first experimental dramas on Allen B. DuMont's television network.) But it was the movies that increasingly attracted Blackmer's professional attention, in which he typically was cast as a smooth villain from High Society, although he did also play sympathetic roles.
Although Blackmer is now credited with appearing (un-billed) in "The Perils of Pauline," he didn't make a credited appearance on the silver screen until the dawn of the sound era. With the coming of sound, Hollywood needed actors and actresses who could talk and talk well, so it raided the Broadway stage. Blackmer was one of the Broadway stars who headed West, appearing in his first talkie, "The Love Racket" (1929), in 1929. He starred in other early sound films, including "Kismet" (1930/I), which is considered a lost film. He was memorable as Big Boy in support of Edward G. Robinson in the gangster classic Little Caesar (1931)
Blackmer returned to Broadway in 1931 with the comedy "The Social Register" and appeared again in the comedy "Stop-Over" in 1938. In Hollywood, he had a supporting role in the Robert Donat version of "The Count of Monte Cristo" (1934). Also that year, he appeared in 'William A. Wellman''s "The President Vanishes" (1934), co-starring 'Edward Arnold' and 'Osgood Perkins', the father of 'Anthony Perkins'.
Sidney Blackmer has the distinction of starring in the only movie ever "written" by a president of the United States, "The President's Mystery" (1936), based on a story by "co-authored" by 'Franklin D. Roosevelt'. F.D.R. was an avid murder mystery reader, and at a meeting of whodunit authors at the White House during his first administration, he suggested an idea for a mystery novel to the writers: A millionaire disappears and starts a new life under a new identity, taking his wealth with him. Mystery writers, including S.S. Van Dine, cobbled together a patch-work book of uneven quality based on the premise, with F.D.R. listed as co-author. "The President's Mystery" became a best-seller due to F.D.R.'s enormous personal popularity. In the movie version, written by future Hollywood Ten member 'Lester Cole' and novelist 'Nathanel West', Blackmer played millionaire industrialist Sartos, who engineers his own disappearance while holding on to his fortune. Sartos blackmails a corrupt investment bank run by two con men, which he takes over. He then invests his money with the firm, and robs himself under cover of the crooked brokerage. Disappearing after "losing" his fortune, people believe Sartos has committed suicide. Just when it seems that he has accomplished his goal and has escaped into his new life with his loot, something goes awry.
Nineteen-thirty seven was a busy year for Blackmer, who appeared in 12 films, including "Heidi" (1937), his second flick with superstar moppet Shirley Temple (the had earlier co-starred in "The Little Colonel" (1935)). He played General Phillip Sheridan in the epic pot-boiler "In Old Chicago" (1937), starring 'Tyrone Power, Jr.'. The movie featured an Oscar-winning performance by 'Alice Brady' as Molly O'Brady, she of the cow with the combustible personality whose bovine hissy fit causes a conflagration that wipes out the City of Broad Shoulders. Then, it was time to indulge in the dubious enterprise of supporting two Caucasian actors in Oriental drag, the Swede 'Warner Oland' in "Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo" (1937) and the German 'Peter Lorre' in "Thank You, Mr. Moto." (1937). He also appeared again with Edward G. Robinson in "The Last Gangster" (1937).
In the late '30s, Blackmer began making a side-line out of portraying F.D.R.'s cousin 'Theodore Roosevelt', appearing as the wild 'n' woolly bully Bull Moose himself in "This Is My Affair" (1937), "The Monroe Doctrine" (1939), and the Academy Award-winning two-reel short "Teddy the Rough Rider" (1940). He followed these up, reprising T.R., in the patriotic short "March On, America!" (1942), in the John Wayne western "In Old Oklahoma" (1943), in Bill Wellman's "Buffalo Bill" (1944), and in the nostalgic "My Girl Tisa" (1948). Blackmer appeared in three Broadway productions in the mid-1940s, but it wasn't until the dawn of the new decade of the '50s that he scored his greatest success on Broadway, playing the dipsomaniac Doc in 'William Inge''s "Come Back, Little Sheba" opposite Shirley Booth, who scored a Best Actress (Dramatic) Tony Award in 1950 as his wife. Though Blackmer won the Best Actor (Dramatic) Tony Award for "Sheba," he was not able to repeat his triumph on film and possibly join Booth into the Oscar-winner's circle as 'Burt Lancaster' coveted the role. Blackmer also lost out on another plum film assignment when it came time to cast the film version of Sweet Bird of Youth (1962). 'Ed Begley, Sr.' won an Oscar for his portrayal of Boss Finley in 'Richard Brooks''s film of the 'Tennessee Williams' play, a role that Blackmer had originated on Broadway under the stalwart direction of infamous Hollywood Un-American Activities Committee snitch 'Elia Kazan'. Blackmer last appeared on Broadway in "A Case of Libel" in the 1963-64 season.
In his private life, Blackmer served as the national vice president of the Muscular Dystrophy Association. He was honored with a motion picture star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1625 Vine Street, and was the recipient of the North Carolina Award, the state of North Carolina's highest civilian award, in 1972.
Blackmer was married to Lenore Ulric from 1928 until 1939, when they were divorced. He married his second wife Suzanne Kaaren in 1943. They had two sons, Jonathan and Brewster Blackmer.
Sidney Blackmer died of cancer on October 6, 1973 at the age of 78 in New York City. He was interred in Chestnut Hill Cemetery in his home town of Salisbury, NC.- Actress
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Isabelle Allen was born on 16th March 2002, in Salisbury England, and now lives with her family in a village in East Sussex. She is best known for her role as Young Cosette is the 2012 movie "Les Miserables", and more recently, among others, her roles as Elizabeth in BBC's series "Hetty Feather"((2015-2017) and as "Carrie" in the Netflix series "Safe" (2018).- Brian Protheroe was born on 16 June 1944 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Superman (1978), North & South (2004) and MI-5 (2002). He is married to Gilly Nash.
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Jessica Rose was born on 26 April 1987 in Salisbury, Maryland, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Lonelygirl15 (2006), Greek (2007) and Sorority Forever (2008). She has been married to Tim Phillipps since 31 March 2017. They have two children.- Leslie Hamilton Gearren was born on 26 September 1956 in Salisbury, Maryland, USA. She was an actress, known for Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991). She died on 22 August 2020 in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, USA.
- Rowena Cooper was born in 1935 in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia. She is an actress, known for Poirot (1989), Dentist in the Chair (1960) and Theatre Night (1985). She was previously married to Terrence Hardiman.
- John Levene (real name John Anthony Woods) left home at the age of 21 and travelled to London. He was working in a men's clothing store when he met Telly Savalas (who was making the film "The Dirty Dozen") and he was inspired to become an actor. He joined an agency which provided walk-on actors. He had to change his name because every variation on it was being used by a member of the British actor's union, Equity.
His physical stature at 6' 2" earned him the non-speaking role of a Cyberman in The Invasion: Episode One (1968), but director Douglas Camfield gave him the role of Corporal Benton when the actor originally cast in the part was sacked. This was to become his best-known role and he played the part of Benton regularly in the series until 1975, when he was written out. In 1977, Levene quit acting and in the 1980s he moved to the USA. - Cyril Luckham was born on 25 July 1907 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for A Man for All Seasons (1966), The Guardians (1971) and The Barchester Chronicles (1982). He was married to Violet Lamb. He died on 8 February 1989 in London, England, UK.
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Ann Hu is an alumna of NYU Tisch School of the Arts, focusing at the Collaborative Arts Project 21 for musical theater, drama, singing and dance. She works as an actress, singer and a writer in theater, film and television and was a columnist for Backstage.com Unscripted for three years where she wrote about her life and experiences as an Asian actress in both New York City and Los Angeles. She currently resides in Los Angeles.- Married the actor Andrew Ray in 1959, after meeting him in the West End play "Flowering Cherry". Susan moved back to Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) with their two children after the couple separated, but they never divorced and remained on excellent terms. Susan retired from acting, though did return to the stage occasionally in Zimbabwe.
- Theona Bryant was born Theona Irene Pearce in Salisbury, Maryland, and spent her high school years in Greensboro, North Carolina. In 1952, after a brief marriage which produced a daughter, she moved to Raleigh and began working as a receptionist for Governor William B. Umstead. While there, she had many people tell her she should try to get work on television. This furthered her already present ambition to be a model, so Bryant took a bus to New York and was able to begin a modeling career. After personally meeting with John Robert Powers, he began booking her through his modeling agency, which led to her first television work on the Jackie Gleason Show as a Portrette and Away We Go Girl. After this, she notified her grandmother in East Norwalk, Connecticut, and was able to move in with her to have a home base while she built her career. In 1954, Bryant was hired by Twentieth Century Fox to tour the country in a mobile unit to promote the Cinemascope film The Egyptian (1954). Bryant was dressed in a jeweled costume and appeared with a cheetah named Flo while clips from the film were projected inside the unit. In 1956, she had moved to Los Angeles and appeared as a Carson Cutie on The Johnny Carson Show. That same year, she was signed to a short-term contract by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. She found herself romantically pursued by the likes of Rod Taylor and Robert Evans, among others. After several television roles and minor film appearances, she returned to Raleigh for a surgical procedure, planning to return to Hollywood afterwards. Instead, she never returned, leaving show business and marrying for a second time in 1967. She remained there until her death in February 2021, age 89. She asked that any memorial contributions be made to the Screen Actors Guild in Los Angeles.
- Hattie Ladbury was born in 1974 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Mrs. Brown (1997), A Street Cat Named Bob (2016) and Sherlock (2010). She was married to Oliver Fenwick. She died on 22 January 2022 in London, England, UK.
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Duncan James was born on April 7th 1978 as Duncan Matthew James Inglis. He is an English singer and actor and probably best known as a member of the British band BLUE with Lee Ryan, Antony Costa and Simon Webbe from 2000 to 2005 and 2011 until present. They reunited after their appearance on The Big Reunion in 2013. The band also represented England at the ESC (Eurovision Song Contest) in Düsseldorf, Germany in 2011 and finished 11th. DJ is also known for guest starring on one episode of the TV-show The Bill where he played the victim's ex-boyfriend, Dan Coleman. Since earlier this year he's been on the English soap Hollyoaks as the recurring role of Ryan Knight, a plainclothes police officer.- Tom Murphy was born on 15 January 1968 in Salisbury, Rhodesia [now Harare, Zimbabwe]. He was an actor, known for Adam & Paul (2004), Pure Mule (2005) and Michael Collins (1996). He died on 6 October 2007 in Dublin, Ireland.
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Actress and TV News Personality, known to friends and family as Katie, she began her career in entertainment at a young age, taking acting lessons when she was just four years old. But it wasn't until a move to New York City in 2009 that her passion for acting and being in front of the camera really took hold. While interning at a number of media companies in the city, Garner furthered her acting resume by joining professional acting classes. She was soon taking on television extra work when time permitted, and eventually signed with her current agent to pursue larger parts in the industry. Back home in North Carolina, where she was raised by her father Keith Garner and mother Carr Garner, Katie had already interned with local news companies including WBTV News 3, ABC News, News 14 Carolina, WWAY, and she also worked as a Christmas Eve reporter at the age of nineteen for WXII News 12. This experience gave her a thirst for covering news stories, and working as a news anchor. After her return from New York in 2009, Katie began working as the Traffic Producer for Triangle Traffic Network, a radio station out of Raleigh, NC. She later got her dream job, and joined the EMMY Award winning team at WBTV News in Charlotte where she held the position of Traffic News Reporter on the morning news. Katie then moved to the WBTV evening news team, reporting the traffic. She was also the weather forecaster for the WBTV News Noon Show 2-3 days a week. Currently, Katie is working for WSYX/WTTE ABC 6/FOX 28 out of Columbus Ohio as a Morning Personality on Good Day Columbus. She says the new position is all a part of God's plan, and she loves living and working in Ohio. While working in the media, Katie continues to pursue her acting career and in 2012 performed as a stand-in for actress Elizabeth Banks in the blockbuster hit, The Hunger Games. She also played "Lizzie the Lifeguard" in the Hollywood movie Pirahna 3DD alongside David Hasslehoff. Most recently Garner has performed as a stand in and body double for actress Claire Danes on hit series, Homeland. The future looks bright for Katie and she continues to further both her acting and journalism career in North Carolina and across the United States, most recently Columbus, Ohio.- Director
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Benjamin Johns was born in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK. He is a director and producer, known for The Medicine Buddha (2019), Jump Out and Relationships.- Composer
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Marcus Warner is an English composer, songwriter and producer. His works are known for combining modern hybrid orchestral scores with Celtic and Asian folk music and have appeared on TV networks such as ITV in the UK, RTL in the Netherlands, and NHK in Japan.
Warner began releasing music online in 2010, at the age of 14. His initial work was largely experimental, spanning several musical genres including drum and bass, ambient and classical. Over the next few years Warner would develop his composing methods, integrating new influences into his music such as folk, synth-pop and soundtrack music. His unique take on the orchestral genre earned a worldwide audience and would allow him to continue self-releasing all his work as well as filming several music videos and travel documentaries, which he has been doing professionally since 2016.- Writer
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Chris Brandon was born on 3 March 1981 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK. He is a writer and actor, known for Bloodlands (2021), Denial (2016) and Trigger Point (2022).- Tim Meats was born in 1947 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for State of Emergency (1975), Kinsey (1991) and Miracles Take Longer (1983). He died on 7 May 2019 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK.
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Mark Rickard was born in Salisbury, Rhodesia. He is a producer and actor, known for Warning Shot (2018), Red Wing (2013) and Run the Race (2018).- Christopher Prinsloo was born on 31 August 1998 in Salisbury, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Lily Lumiere, Echoes of a Gunman (2023) and What Remains.
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- Make-Up Department
J.G. Patterson Jr. was born on 11 January 1930 in Salisbury, North Carolina, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for The Body Shop (1972), The Electric Chair (1976) and She-Devils on Wheels (1968). He was married to Juanita Shaw. He died on 30 June 1975 in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.- Writer
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Paula Hawkins was born on 26 August 1972 in Salisbury, Rhodesia. She is a writer and producer, known for The Girl on the Train (2016), Into the Water and Blind Spot.- George Pelling was born on 25 October 1914 in Salisbury, South Rhodesia. He was an actor, known for One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961), The Outer Limits (1963) and Brainstorm (1965). He died on 2 December 2008 in Laguna Woods, California, USA.
- Ralph Roberts was born on 16 August 1916 in Salisbury, North Carolina, USA. He was an actor, known for Killer's Kiss (1955), The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) and Bells Are Ringing (1960). He died on 30 April 1999 in Salisbury, North Carolina, USA.
- Javon Hargrave was born on 7 February 1993 in Salisbury, North Carolina, USA.
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Shequeta L. Smith is a Salisbury, North Carolina native and alumna of North Carolina State University. Since 2008, she has been busy writing and directing short films, writing and creating comics, and writing award-winning screenplays that usually feature badass women. Recently, she was one of eight screenwriters, in the world, selected to write a screenplay in Ron Howard and Brian Grazer's Imagine Impact screenwriting incubator program.
In 2016, Smith launched the multimedia company Shero Comics, which focuses on women in comics, films, and gaming - with the mission to help women and girls uncover their superpowers. In 2018, Smith partnered with Westfield Corporation and launched the only all-female comic convention in America, SheroCon, which made history as the first comic-con to ever take place inside of a Westfield property. Currently, Smith is directing the upcoming feature-length documentary, "The Shero Universe," which follows her as she tours the world of international comic-cons and documents her ultimate goal as a creator...worldwide domination!- Composer
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David Malachi, better known by his stage name DJ Motiv, is a DJ and songwriter based in North Carolina. Never afraid to go too deep, his emotive musical selections is his own therapy. Growning up on his father's eclectic combination of soul music (Frankie Beverly & Maze , Erykah Badu), Funk (Parliament, Marvin Gaye), synth-infused 80s music (Depeche Mode, Gary Numan)... all which became infused with his own love for both hip-hop and video game music, DJ Motiv ended up with quite a mixed spectrum of musical influence. Today, this translates into sets where he picks apart and infuses together all the pieces of this music that he loves best.
He is a very active member of his local community, David is no stranger to the ups-and-downs of a small-town music scene. Though he loves playing in Nightclubs, Weddings and Special Events, his love for music goes beyond the spectrum of mixing tunes. As a producer, artist, and promoter, he has found plenty of ways to express himself musically.
When he's not behind the decks, DJ Motiv can be found in the studio working on new music. He has released several successful singles and EPs over the years from artist and talent he has managed, and is working on his debut album.
In addition to his successful career as a DJ, Motiv is also a successful producer and songwriter. He has worked with some of the biggest names in the music industry, including Uncle Murda, Digital Extremes, and Alix Lapri. His production credits also include television and film, such as the soundtrack for the hit video game "WarFrame" and the film "Slender."- Director
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Jay Lind was born the first of three children to a distinctly middleclass family in the small town of Salisbury, Maryland, USA. He spent most of his childhood trying not to be noticed only to come into his own as an actor and director at Salisbury State College, where he came under the tutalage of Lee Starnes and was mentored by reknown stage and film actor Austin Pendleton. After College Jay went off to the Army, serving as an Intelligence officer in West Berlin and distinguishing himself for valor during the invasion of Grenada, for which he was awarded a number of medals including the Purple Heart. After military service Jay returned to the stage in New York and soon was directing again. He shot his first film SANGRE SONGES (amer title "Valerie") in 1990, during which shooting he met his future wife Maria Pechukas, beginning an on and off affair that lasted past their divorce up to her death in 2000. He has continued to make interesting and quirky films through out his career, including "Night of the Cat", "Do You Like Women?" and "Carmilla" (1998) all of which featured or starred his wife Maria Pechukas. In 2000 Jay wrote and Directed "To Dance With Death" starring Brinke Stevens and Lauren Westen for One Shot Productions. Jay remains, to this day, one of the most entertaining, quirky and controversial artists in the history of cinema. In addition to his film work, Jay has authored a number of books on subjects such as the identity of Jack the Ripper and the mythology of the Vampire.- John Dymond was born on 10 July 1944 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Bouton Rouge (1967), Rendezvous am Rhein (1964) and Musik aus Studio B (1961).
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Michael Law's career began when he started work as a runner for Strand Film in the late 1930s. During the war he served in the Navy until he was seconded to its film unit to make information films for the service.
After his feature film career he moved into the advertising industry and made adverts for television.
A fixture of the Soho scene in the 1950s, Law was married to the notorious model and bohemian Henrietta Moraes (real name Audrey Abbott).- Writer
- Actor
Jonathan Meades was born in 1947 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK. He is a writer and actor, known for L'Atlantide (1992), Victoria Died in 1901 and Is Still Alive Today (2001) and Further Abroad (1994).- Director
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Trained at Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Arts and raised by a theatrical family, Hal Sinden's first professional engagement on a feature film was at the age of 12 as a floor runner on 'The Mystery of Edwin Drood' and from then on he has worked across varied camera & production roles for directors such as Christopher Hampton, Richard Attenborough, Gerry Lively, Terence Ryan & Hansjörg Thurn among others, contributing to the formation of the Isle of Man Film Commission in the 1990s, Northern Ireland Screen's Paint Hall Studios in the 2000s and Shackleton Studios in the 2010s. He also has sat on the board of judges for the London Fetish Film Festival since its inception in 2019.
As an actor he has worked extensively in theatre and has committed voice over work & creature effects for a number of audiobooks, short & feature films including 2016's 'The Legend of Tarzan' and Dave McKean's 'Signal to Noise', even appearing briefly (whilst technically underage) in Stuart Urban's 'Preaching to the Perverted' in 1997. He has also written for a substantial body of theatrical pieces as well as standup comedians (most prominently for Fiona Harding's 'The Dark Show', debuting at the 2006 Edinburgh Fringe).
As a musician he has toured Europe & the United States of America as the frontman of industrial metal act interlock and later throughout Europe & Scandinavia as the frontman for progressive death metal band talanas, the latter's album 'the waspkeeper' being declared by the Guardian newspaper as having been crucially overlooked for a Mercury Music Prize in 2011.
Previously incorporated as a record label and now trading as a film & music video production company, Eulogy Media Ltd. has a slate of independent horror & dark drama titles under development & consideration and has completed numerous music videos for UK doom metal legends My Dying Bride as well as for the charity single 'In Solitude' for UK ISO Metal Merger / StageHand projects, appearing on BBC & Sky News throughout the lockdown of 2021.- Director
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Peter Stanley-Ward was born on 6 October 1980 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK. He is a director and writer, known for Litterbugs (2016), Small Town Folk (2007) and W.I..- It began at an early age when Drew spent all his time drawing, painting, creating small stories & having his friends act out the characters, and then recording everything using his friends' camcorder. Drew was enthralled with the art. Being a "lefty", kids would tease him incessantly, but little did he know that this "setback" would serve him well in the art world. By the age of 7, his mother was working two jobs to keep food on the table for him & his older sis, Katie, whom he adores. After seeing her son's love of art, his mother got him involved with the local "Community Players of Salisbury".
This would be where he received his first dose of acting within the classics such as "Bye Bye, Birdie", "Oliver!", "Sound of Music, & "Guys N' Dolls" to name a few. Drew immediately fell in love with the entire production process. This would be the first time that he felt a true sense of belonging; like "yeah, I think I'm gonna like it here".
As a child, Drew stayed with his dad during the summer months when school was out, & one of the main things they bonded on was movies. I remember riding my bike to the theatre with my dad almost every other day, & how excited he would get before each feature. Even back at the house, his pop would let him watch all sorts of genres; I like to think it was to give me a sense of perspective & appreciation for all kinds of cinema.
As Drew went from 8 to 18 years old seemingly overnight, he started to notice how often he would be considered for high school plays.
After long talks with his logical & risk-assessing mother about his future & what he might want to be, Drew learned a trade they call Civil Engineering. The high school down the street offered a Vo-Tech Program for "Autocad", so he enrolled in every class they had to offer. Turns out that Drew did quite well in this field, & this would help him be able to live comfortably as a college student by working part-time with quite a few local Engineering Firms. Drew completed his Bachelor's Degree in Fine Arts from Salisbury University in December of 05' with honors, & although he never really flipped that degree into a trade, he sure did have the time of his life pursuing it.
Fast forward to 'right before Covid', (October 19'), Drew noticed in his Facebook feed that Jamie Lee Curtis was going to be in Wilmington, NC. Well, it didn't take him long to put two & two together: he knew they were filming the Halloween sequel one hour up from him, & he was most certainly going to be a part of it, (whether he knew it at the time or not). After learning how to "submit" himself to be an extra in a movie, it took 8 times before they said yes! This would be Drew's first everything, from being on set, all the way to Crafty Services. Immediately after wrapping the Halloween movie, drew wanted to know everything there was to know about acting. This path he was about to embark on was to be taken very seriously. Drew Immediately enrolled himself in online acting classes through a company called the "Actor's Arsenal". Wonderful people, they made everything we did in class fun, but make no mistake, they were certainly professionals. Long story short, this is where Drew found his acting voice.
All of these amazing opportunities opened lots of doors for Drew, giving him wonderful exposure in shows & movies like "Outer Banks", "The Righteous Gemstones" "Zoey 102", & "Hightown". These opportunities gave Drew not only an amazing experience, but how to respect the craft, & carry an air of decorum that showed respect for his fellow actors, & everyone involved in any production. It was around this time that Drew knew exactly where he wanted to be. "The thing that is great about kindness, is that it's free." - Colin Newman was born on 16 September 1954 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK.
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Skinnay Ennis joined Hal Kemp's band as a drummer while both attended the University of North Carolina. They stayed together after college when Kemp formed his own professional band. Ennis soon started singing as well as drumming, and by the mid-30s, his spotlight singing solos made him Kemp's biggest star.
Ennis formed his own orchestra in 1938 which soon became a regular personality on Bob Hope's radio show. This gave him enough fame so that his band was in demand in the summer off seasons.
After WWII he returned to Hope's program, where he remained until 1948. He next had a similar spot on the Bud Abbott and Lou Costello radio show. Ennis finally worked with various bands until his death.- Actor
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Alejandro Pagán is an actor based in Georgia. Originally from Salisbury, Maryland, he first started his love for acting in (2012) where he got to perform on stage as Patrolman Harrington in Parkside High School's production of Lizzie Borden of Fall River. For his television debut he was given the opportunity to be a weatherman for a day (2013). The rush he felt from improvising what to say during his broadcast on WMDT only made him love performing even more and he ended up getting the chance to do that two more times after. When he entered college he was featured on Underground WGN America (2016) and had continued his on screen education by working on student films and films like Living The Dream (2017) and The Front Runner (2018). You could have seen him in the short film Daylight Savings (2019) on Amazon Prime Video where he was nominated best actor in a short film at the Oregon Scream Week Horror Film Festival. You might have also spotted him in Regal Cinemas in the Choose Happy (2019) Coca Cola Commercial. He graduated Savannah College of Art and Design with B.F.A. in Performing Arts with minors in Acting for the Camera and Casting in 2020.- Director
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Eric Walter is an award-winning director, producer, and editor known for his documentary films exploring bizarre cold cases, unexplained phenomena, and witness psychology. His award-winning feature, My Amityville Horror, was named one of the top 10 festival genre films of 2012. He frequently serves as an expert on unsolved mysteries, having been profiled by networks such as ABC, A&E, History, and Discovery+.- Director
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Timothy John Byford was born on 24 July 1941 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK. He was a director and writer, known for I Want to Be a Showjumper (1969), Neven (1974) and Nedjeljni zabavnik (1982). He was married to Mila and Jenny. He died on 5 May 2014 in Belgrade, Serbia.- Additional Crew
Julia Mortimer was born on 30 March 1945 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK.