- Dianne Wiest
Dianne Wiest (born March 28, 1948) is a double Academy Award-winning, Golden Globe Award-winning, Emmy Award-winning and BAFTA-nominated American actress. She has enjoyed a successful career on stage, television, and film, and has received several awards in her career. - Ub Iwerks
Ub Iwerks (Ubbe Ert Iwwerks, was a two-time Academy Award winning American animator, cartoonist and special effects technician, who was famous for his work for Walt Disney. He was born in Kansas City, Missouri. His name is explained by his East Frisian roots — his father, Eert Ubbe Iwwerks, emigrated to the USA in 1869 from the village Uttum in East Frisia (northwest Germany). - Wallace Beery
Wallace Beery (April 1, 1885 - April 15, 1949) was an American actor, best known for his portrayal of Long John Silver in "Treasure Island" (1934) as well as more than 200 other movie roles over a 36-year span. - Friz Freleng
Isadore "Friz" Freleng (August 21, 1906 -May 26, 1995) was an animator, cartoonist, director, and producer best known for his work on the "Looney Tunes" and "Merrie Melodies" series of cartoons from Warner Bros. He introduced and/or developed several of the studio's biggest stars, including Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Tweety Bird, Sylvester the cat, Yosemite Sam (to whom he was said to bear more than a passing resemblance) and Speedy Gonzales. - Columbus Short
Columbus Keith Short Jr. (born September 19, 1982 in Kansas City, Missouri) is an American dance choreographer and actor. He has choreographed Britney Spears' In the Zone tour and worked with Brian Friedman (of "So You Think You Can Dance" fame). Short was born in Kansas City, Missouri but relocated to Los Angeles when he was five years old and immediately began working in a youth theater. - Basil Poledouris
Basil Poledouris (August 21, 1945 - November 8, 2006) was an American film composer. - Stan Brakhage
Stan Brakhage was an American non-narrative filmmaker. He is regarded as one of the most important experimental filmmakers of the 20th century. Brakhage was born as Robert Sanders in an orphanage in Kansas City, Missouri. Three weeks after his birth, he was adopted by Ludwig and Clara Brakhage, and he was given the name James Stanley Brakhage. As a child, he appeared on radio as a boy soprano before going to high school in Denver, … - Craig Kilborn
Craig Kilborn (born August 24, 1962) is an American comedian and former talk show host. He was the original host of "The Daily Show" and Tom Snyder's successor on CBS's "The Late Late Show". - Denis O'Hare
Denis O'Hare (born January 17, 1962) is a Tony Award-winning American actor. O'Hare was born in Kansas City, Missouri. He is a graduate of Northwestern University's theatre school. O'Hare is Irish American and has an Irish passport. O'Hare won a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play for his performance in Richard Greenberg's "Take Me Out", … - Edie McClurg
Edie McClurg (born July 23, 1951, in Kansas City, Missouri) is an American actress. McClurg is known for a number of roles, including Principal Rooney's incompetent secretary Grace in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off", Lucille Tarlek on "WKRP in Cincinnati", next-door neighbor Patti Poole on "The Hogan Family", next-door neighbor Bonnie Brindle on "Small Wonder", the car-rental agent whom Steve Martin berates in "Planes, Trains & Automobiles", … - Noah Beery Jr.
Noah Beery was an American actor. Born Noah Nicholas Beery in Kansas City, Missouri, USA, he and his younger brothers William Beery and the legendary Wallace Beery all became Hollywood actors. The three Beery brothers were the children of Frances Margaret Fitzgerald and Noah Webster Beery, which made them full brothers (contrary to many sources). Noah Beery worked in the theatre starting at the age of sixteen and by 1905 was performing on Broadway. - Yvette Vickers
Yvette Vickers (born August 26, 1936 in Kansas City, Missouri) was a blond-haired, blue-eyed American actress, pin-up model, and singer. She was the daughter of the jazz musicians Charles Vedder and his wife Iola. During her youth she traveled with her parents on the road. She decided to become a writer and took classes at UCLA in journalism. As a filler she took a class in acting and discovered she enjoyed it, so she changed her major to drama. - Florynce Kennedy
Florynce Kennedy (February 11, 1916 - December 22, 2000), was a lawyer, activist, civil rights advocate, and feminist. - Rudolf Ising
Rudolf "Rudy" Ising (August 7, 1903 - July 18, 1992) is an American animator, film producer, and film director best-known for founding the Warner Bros. and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer animation studios with his partner Hugh Harman. - Goodman Ace
Goodman Ace (born Goodman Aiskowitz, was one of the most respected humourists in the 20th Century United States, mostly as a radio writer and comedian, a television writer, and a magazine columnist. In a twist that could have been one of his own plot lines, Ace's broadcasting career happened by accident, thanks to one night of bridge and a following night of absenteeism, by the show that followed his wry movie reviews on a Kansas City radio station. - Frank Wess
Frank Foster-saxophonist and musical director of the Count Basie orchestra-is an interviewer's dream. Candid and articulate, he doesn't even need an opening question. Just push the record button and ... "I was born," he begins, in his deep, resonant voice, "in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1928-they tell me-September 23." A good day for tenor saxophonists, it's also John Coltrane 's birthday. "That's the only thing in life I brag about-sharing a birthday with John Coltrane . - Leslie Charleson
Leslie Charleson (born February 22, 1945 in Kansas City, Missouri) is an American actress most famous for her work in daytime television. - Sandahl Bergman
Sandahl Bergman (born November 14, 1951 in Kansas City, Missouri) is an American dancer, stuntwoman, and actress who is best known for her performances in B-movies in the 1980s and 1990s. The 5ft 10in Bergman's movie career began in 1978 with a small role in the TV film "How to Pick Up Girls". She followed this in 1979 with a noted appearance as a dancer in the Bob Fosse film "All That Jazz". - Ernest Truex
Ernest Truex was an American actor of stage and film. He started acting at age five and was toured through Missouri at age nine as "The Child Wonder in Scenes from Shakespeare". His Broadway debut came in 1908 and he performed in several David Belasco plays and portrayed the titled role in the 1915 musical "Very Good Eddie". He made his film debut in 1913, but did not work in film full time for another twenty years. - Marguerite Churchill
Marguerite Churchill (b. December 25 1910, Kansas City, Missouri - d. January 9 2000) was an early movie actress with a film career spanning from 1929 to 1952, and played leading lady to 23-year-old John Wayne in "The Big Trail" (1930), an early widescreen epic featuring Wayne's first leading role. She also appeared opposite Spencer Tracy in "Quick Millions" (1931), George O'Brien in "Riders of the Purple Sage" (1931), … - Jane Ace
Jane Ace (born Jane Epstein was the high-voiced, malaprop-mastering wife on legendary, low-keyed American radio comedy "Easy Aces" (1930-45). Playing herself opposite her real-life husband and the show's creator-writer, Goodman Ace (1899-1982), she sent a truckload of clever malaprops over the air in each episode of the urbane serial comedy, and many became part of the American vernacular. - Monique Gabrielle
Monique Gabrielle (born Katherine Gonzalez on July 30, 1963 in Kansas City, Missouri) is an American model and actress. She initially gained fame in 1982 when she was named "Pet of the Month" by "Penthouse Magazine". Since then, she has had a career as a B-movie actress, appearing in such films as "Hamburger... The Motion Picture", "Bachelor Party", "The Return of Swamp Thing" and "Deathstalker 2". - Shelby Storck
Shelby William Storck (October 3, 1916 - April 5, 1969) was an American newscaster, actor, writer, journalist, public relations specialist, and motion picture and television producer-director. He was a radio actor on "The Air Adventures of Jimmie Allen" and other programs, and appeared in the feature films The Delinquents and The Cool and the Crazy. The descendant of General Joseph O. Shelby, Shelby Storck was born in Kansas City, … - Tommy Rall
Thomas "Tommy" Rall (born December 27, 1929), is an American ballet dancer, tap dancer and acrobatic dancer who was a prominent featured player in 1950s musical comedies. Rall was born in Kansas City, Missouri and raised in Seattle, Washington. As a child he had a crossed eye which made it hard for him to read books, so his mother enrolled him in dancing classes. In his early years he performed a dance and acrobatic vaudeville act in Seattle theaters, … - Dana Suesse
Dana Suesse, (3 December, 1909 in Kansas City - 16 October, 1987 in New York) was a multi-talented musician, composer and lyricist. While still a child, Dana (full name Nadine Dana Suesse) toured the Midwest vaudeville circuits with an act centered on dancing and piano playing. During the recital, she would ask the audience for a theme, and then proceed to take that theme weaving it into something of her own. In 1926, she and her mother moved to New York City. - X Brands
X Brands, sometimes credited as Jay X. Brands, was an American actor of German descent known for his roles in television series and some films. His best-known role was "Pahoo-Ka-Ta-Wah" ("Wolf who stands in water"), the shotgun-toting Indian sidekick on the 1958 series "Yancy Derringer". Although Brands was of European stock, his portrayals of Native Americans earned praise for their authenticity. Brummett Echohawk, a spokesman for the Pawnee Indians, … - Edward Pawley
Edward Joel Pawley (March 16, 1901, Kansas City, Missouri - January 27, 1988, Charlottesville, Virginia) was an American actor of radio, films and Broadway. At maturity, Pawley was 5'-10" tall with thick black hair and blue eyes. While in high school, he became interested in journalism and acting, taking drama classes and appearing in high school plays. After moving to New York City in 1920 to pursue a career in the theater, he married (in 1922) his high school sweetheart, … - Bruce Lietzke
Bruce Alan Lietzke (born July 18, 1951) is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments at both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour level. Lietzke was born in Kansas City. He moved to Beaumont, Texas with his parents in 1960 and lived there until 1977, graduating from Forest Park High School in 1969. He credits his older brother, Duane, for introducing him to the game of golf at age 5. He also credits Henry Homberg, a local Beaumont professional, … - Gene Gauntier
Gene Gauntier (May 17, 1885 - December 18, 1966) was an American screenwriter and actress who was one of the pioneers of the motion picture industry. Born Genevieve Liggett in Kansas City, Missouri she made her way to New York City where she began her career in live theatre using the stage name "Gene Gauntier." In 1906 she became involved in the fledgling movie business, working for Kalem Studios in the silent film era. - Courtney McCool
Courtney Lynn McCool is an American gymnast, who was a team member in the 2004 Summer Olympics Games women's artistic gymnastic team. She helped the team place second, earning the silver medal behind Romania. McCool was the runner-up at 2003's Junior US Championships, and vaulted her way to a silver medal at the 2003 Pan American Games. - Ed Sanders
Ed Sanders was born in Kansas City, Missouri. He dropped out of the University of Missouri in 1958 and hitchhiked to New York City's Greenwich Village. He wrote his first major poem, Poem from Jail , on toilet paper in his cell after being jailed for protesting against nuclear proliferation in 1961. In 1962, he founded the avant-garde journal, Fuck You: A Magazine of the Arts . - Sylvia Browne
Most assuredly you've heard the phrase "innocent until proven guilty." I'm pretty much a believer in that saying. Our legal system is built around it -- and justifiably so. But what if an alleged psychic makes three promises on international television to test her extraordinary claims, yet makes no effort to do so? Should the phrase for that person become "guilty until proven innocent?" - Craig Roberts Stapleton
Music video, film & TV producing jerky, with a penchant for monkies (I'm currently seeking help), like to emulate Gene Rayburn at every turn, am pretty good at petting cats, Pernod, Red Wine & Grappa lacky and a whole-heck-of-a-bunc - Jeff Caster
An American actor living in Germany since 1995. He grew up in the suburbs of Kansas City. Jeff Caster plays in Feature films,Television and theater. Jeff Caster founded two actors groups in Germany. The Re-actors Studio (Jeff Caster quote "with apologies to Lee Strasbourg") and Hamburg's English Alternative Theater or H.E.A.T. Son of John and Marjorie Caster. - Candy Samples
This amazingly buxom blonde bombshell is one of the true legends on the adult circuit. Porn star Candy Samples' name has become synonymous with huge-breasted bodaciousness over the course of her decades-long career. She's been in and out of the sex business since the early 1970s. She became a fan favorite through her numerous features and constant personal appearances. She first got into the hardcore scene in the early 1970s, after a few appearances in some softcore features for director... - Allison Hensel
Born to Roger Ridpath, a US Army Sergeant, and Patricia, a secretary and homemaker. She is the middle child of 5, with two older sisters and two younger sisters. While growing up, she lived in Japan for four years and Germany for 6 years. She also spent time in Texas, Maryland, Minnesota, and Missouri. After graduating from Winona State University, she worked as an Environmental Biologist for several years, before pursuing a career in acting. In 2004, she moved to Albuquerque, New... - Lucian Piane
I produce and write music... like the song playing in my profile. Also see my artist profile! - Wes Halula
I grew up in KC, went to college in St. Paul, worked in theatre and tv/film production for 12 years in Minneapolis, then recently moved to Appleton, WI with my wife, Nica, our 4 month old daughter, Charlotte, and our trusty dog, Gonzo. I'm now working with Life! Promotions. We've started a production company that creates entertainment that is from a Christian worldview. Not preachy. Not empty. That's the goal. I wrote the movie. - Bob Lowry
Robert Lowery was born Robert Larkin Hanks in Kansas City, Missouri, the only living child of Roscoe Hanks, noted Kansas City attorney and oil investor; and Leah Thompson, concert pianist and organist. He attended local Kansas City schools and graduated from Paseo High School in 1931 with a record as an accomplished athlete. He played with the old Kansas City Blues baseball team, was an accomplished boxer and football player, and after a field injury in which he broke his pelvis, he... - Trevor Boelter
Trevor Boelter is one of the founding members of the Annex Film Group, an independent production company. Having met at the Sanford Meisner for the Arts, the Annex Film Group has produced 13 films since 2002. Recently, "TAG" one of their most ambitious film to date, won "Best Short Film" at the Westwood International Film Festival. Trevor also stars in the viral video-shorts "Man Vs." as Ted, the hapless roommate. Trevor is also a writer, whose most recent effort, American Sumo...
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