Richard M. Sherman (born June 12, 1928) (see also: "Sherman Brothers") is an Academy Award-winning Jewish-American songwriter who specializes in musical film with his brother Robert B. Sherman. Some of the Sherman Brothers' best known writing includes the songs from "Mary Poppins", "The Jungle Book", "Winnie the Pooh", "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang", "The Slipper and the Rose" and the theme park song, "It's a Small World (after all)".

Robert B. Sherman (born December 19, 1925) (see also: "Sherman Brothers") is an Academy Award-winning American songwriter who specializes in musical films with his brother Richard M. Sherman. Some of Sherman's best known writing includes the songs from "Mary Poppins", "The Jungle Book", "Winnie the Pooh", "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang", "The Slipper and the Rose" and the theme park song, "It's a Small World (after all)".

Annette Joanne Funicello (born October 22, 1942) is an American singer and actress. She was Walt Disney's most popular Mouseketeer, and went on to appear in a series of beach movies.

Hayley Catherine Rose Vivian Mills (born April 18, 1946) is an English actress.

Irwin Kostal (October 1, 1911-November 23, 1994) was an Academy Award winning musical arranger of films.

John Joseph Travolta (born February 18, 1954) is an Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe Award-winning American actor and singer. He established his career as a leading Hollywood actor with films such as "Saturday Night Fever" and "Grease". Travolta enjoyed a career revival in the 1990s, stemming from his role in "Pulp Fiction".

Tommy Tune (born February 28, 1939) is an award-winning American actor, dancer, singer, director, producer, and choreographer. Born Thomas James Tune in Wichita Falls, Texas, he attended Lamar High School in Houston. In 1965, Tune made his Broadway debut as a performer in the musical "Baker Street". His first Broadway directing and choreography credits were for the original production of "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" in 1978.

Wendy Liebman (born February 27, 1961 in Manhasset, New York) is an American stand-up comedian known for her distinctive style which includes quick, clever follow-ups after her jokes. She grew up in Roslyn, New York and attended Wellesley College. She began performing stand-up comedy in the Boston area in the 1980s and won the American Comedy Award for Female Stand-up Comedian of the Year in 1997.

Arthur Jacobs was a twentieth century film producer responsible for numerous classic films of the 1960s and 1970s, including the Planet of the Apes series, Doctor Dolittle, Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Play It Again, Sam and Tom Sawyer. "Tom Sawyer", a musical which featured both a script and song score by the Sherman Brothers was to be the first in a five picture deal with the prolific brothers. Each film was to be a musical with an Americana theme.

Louis Prima (December 7, 1910 - August 24, 1978) was an American entertainer, singer, actor, and trumpeter. He was referred to as the King of the Swingers. Prima rode the musical trends of his time, starting with his seven-piece New Orleans style jazz band in the 1920s, then successively leading a Swing combo in the 1930s, a Big Band in the 1940s, a Vegas lounge act in the 1950s, and a pop-rock go-go band in the 1960s.

Al Sherman (September 7, 1897 - September 16, 1973) was an important American Tin Pan Alley songwriter from the first half of the twentieth century. Sherman is a link in a long chain of musical Sherman family members.

Milt Larsen (born April 9, 1931 in Los Angeles, California) is a writer, actor, performer, lyricist, magician, entrepreneur, speaker and the creator of The Magic Castle, Speaker. Larsen was originally a writer for the venerable audience participation Ralph Edwards TV classic, "Truth or Consequences" (1950) starring Bob Barker. He also wrote the "Malibu U" Television series (1967). Milt and his brother, the late Bill Larsen Jr., …

John Joseph "Johnny" Burnette was a Rockabilly pioneer. Along with his older brother Dorsey Burnette and a friend named Paul Burlison, Johnny Burnette was a founding member of The Rock and Roll Trio. He was the father of 1980s rockabilly singer Rocky Burnette. Johnny was born to Willie May and Dorsey Burnett Sr. in Memphis, Tennessee.

Duglas T. Stewart (born 30th December 1964). Stewart has been leader and the main composer of Glaswegian indie pop staples BMX Bandits since they formed in 1985. Stewart's songs often have a distinctive and wry combination of whimsy, bittersweet romance and are highly melodic. Primary influences in Stewart's writing ranges from Brian Wilson to Serge Gainsbourg to Disney staples The Sherman Brothers.

Sherry (or Sherri) Alberoni (born December 4 1946 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA) is an American actress and voice artist. Alberoni got her start as a Mouseketeer on the weekday ABC television program "The Mickey Mouse Club". As an adult, she became a voice artist for Hanna-Barbera Productions. Besides providing voices for numerous incidental characters in series such as "Scooby-Doo" and "Jeannie", …

Chris DeFaria (born on May 20, 1959 in Alameda County, California). is an American producer. DeFaria is a successful animation producer "(Cats and Dogs, Looney Tunes: Back in Action)" who began his career playing the part of "Peppermint Patty" in the Sherman Brothers' Peanuts musical, "Snoopy Come Home".

Carrie Fletcher is a former child actress who was born in South Harrow, near London, England on October 22, 1992. Carrie is the younger sister of Tom Fletcher, the founding member of the British pop band "McFly". She has played in numerous London stage productions and television productions. Most notably she was in the original cast of "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang," the West End musical. She can be heard on the original cast CD recording as well.

Erin Dilly (born May 12, 1972 in Royal Oak, Michigan) is a Tony Award nominated actress. She is most noted for her portrayal of Truly Scrumptious from 2005's "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang". On April 11, 2006 she and actor husband, Stephen R. Buntrock became parents.

Henry Hodges is an up-and-coming child actor who has played lead roles in several Broadway musicals including two Disney shows and two shows by the Sherman Brothers. Coincidentally he has played characters in two different musicals with the same last name. In "Beauty and the Beast" he played "Mrs. Potts'" son, "Chip" and in "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" he played the part of "Jeremy Potts". Hodges was born in Bethesda, Maryland on June 1, 1993.

Tony Walton (born Anthony John Walton, 24 October, 1934) is an English Oscar, Tony and Emmy-winning set and costume designer. Walton was born in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey. He began his career in 1957 with the stage design for Noel Coward's Broadway production of "Conversation Piece". Throughout the late 1950s and early 1960s he designed for the New York and London stage.

Philip Bosco (born September 26 1930) is a Tony Award-winning American actor. New Jersey-born Bosco began his career in Broadway theatre. He received a Tony Award nomination for his debut in "The Rape of the Belt" in 1960 and spent the next three decades supporting major stars in classic revivals like "Cyrano de Bergerac", "King Lear," and "Twelfth Night." His specialty was George Bernard Shaw, …

Ellen Marlow is a young actress most noted for having played the part of "Jemima Potts" in "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" on Broadway. She is a native of the state of Texas and currently resides in Los Angeles, California.

Annette Crosbie, OBE (born 12 February, 1934) is a Scottish character actress, best known for her many television appearances. She was born in Gorebridge, Midlothian, Scotland, to Presbyterian parents who disapproved of her becoming an actress. Nevertheless, she joined the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. while still in her teens. Her big break came when she was selected to play Catherine of Aragon in the major BBC television series, …

Marc Breaux is an American Choreographer and occasional film director best known for his work on musical films of the 1960s and 1970s. Most of his well known work was in collaboration with Dee Dee Wood to whom he was married for many years. Much of Breaux's best recognized work was also in collaboration with the songwriting Sherman Brothers.

AJ Carothers (sometimes seen as "A.J. Carothers") (October 22, 1931 - April 9, 2007) was a noted American playwright and television writer, best known for his work with Disney. Born in Houston, Texas, his final work included writing the book for the Sherman Brothers stage musical "Piccadilly" (also called "Busker Alley").

Dee Dee Wood is an American Choreographer best known for her work on musical films of the 1960s and 1970s. Most of her well known work was in collaboration with Marc Breaux, to whom she was married for many years. Much of Wood's most recognized work was also in collaboration with the songwriting duo known as the Sherman Brothers.

Robie Lester (1929-2005) was an American Grammy-nominated voice actress and singer.