- Freda Payne
Freda Charcelia Payne (born September 19 1942 in Detroit, Michigan) is an African-American singer and actress. She is the sister of Scherrie Payne, the final lead singer for the Motown act The Supremes. - Bebe Winans
BeBe Winans (born Benjamin Winans, 17 September 1962, in Detroit, Michigan) is a Grammy Award winning gospel and R&B singer.He is a member of the noted Winans family, many members of which are also gospel artists. He released several albums, first with his sister CeCe Winans, and later as a solo artist. He currently hosts his own nationally syndicated radio program, "The BeBe Winans Radio Show". In 1989, BeBe won His First Grammy for Best Soul Gospel Performance, … - Sela Ward
Sela Ann Ward (born July 11, 1956) is an American actress, perhaps best known for her Golden Globe and Emmy award-winning television roles as free-spirited Teddy Reed on "Sisters" (1991-96) and single mother Lily Manning on "Once and Again" (1999-2002). She is also noted for her portrayal of Dr. Richard Kimble's murdered wife in the Oscar-nominated film version of "The Fugitive". - Dorothy Stang
Dorothy Mae Stang was an American-born, Brazilian sister of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur order, who was murdered in Anapu, a city in the state of Pará, in the Amazon Basin of Brazil. Stang was outspoken in her efforts on behalf of the poor and the environment, and had previously received death threats from loggers and land owners. - Eva Gabor
Eva Gabor (in Hungarian Gábor Éva was a British-Hungarian actress. She was born in Budapest, the daughter of Vilmos and Jolie Gabor (née Janka Tilleman). Her elder sisters were Magda Gabor and Zsa Zsa Gabor. Gabor's maternal family was Jewish and her maternal grandparents died in the Holocaust. Biographers speculate that her paternal family were originally Jewish as well, but converted to Roman Catholicism in order to assimilate, … - James Otis
James Otis, Jr. (February 5, 1725 - May 23, 1783) was a lawyer in colonial Massachusetts who was an early advocate of the political views that led to the American Revolution. The phrase "Taxation without Representation is Tyranny" is usually attributed to him. He was born at Sterling Park to James Otis, Sr. and Mary Allyne, the second of thirteen children and the first to survive infancy. His younger sister Mercy Otis Warren, his brother Joseph Otis, … - Robert Butler
Robert Butler (born November 17, 1927) was a very influential and highly demanded film director from the mid 1960s all the way through the 1980s. He helped launch actor Kurt Russell's career through four Walt Disney movies (including "The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes" and "The Barefoot Executive"), but his strongest and most fondly remembered contributions have been to the small screen. Butler began his career as a stage manager and an assistant, … - Sally Oldfield
Sally Oldfield (born in August 1947 in Dublin, Ireland) is a folk singer and the sister of composers Mike Oldfield and Terry Oldfield. Oldfield and her siblings were raised in the Roman Catholic faith of their mother, Maureen. After spending her childhood partly in Dublin and partly in Reading, Berkshire, Oldfield joined the Royal Academy of Dancing at the age of twelve to study ballet dancing. However, she quit dancing only four years later. - Stacy Sanches
Stacy Sanches, also known as Stacy Sanchez (born September 4, 1973 in Dallas, Texas) is an American model and actress. She was chosen as Playboy's Playmate of the Month in March, 1995 and "Playboy's" Playmate of the Year 1996. In June 1996, she was chosen German Playmate of the Month. She was discovered by Ken Honey, a Playboy scout, in Hawaii, while competing in a bikini contest. - Bonnie Brown
Bonnie Brown (born Bonnie Jean Brown, 31 July 1937, Sparkman, Arkansas) is an American country music singer. From a musical family, in 1955 Bonnie Brown joined her older sister Maxine Brown, and brother Jim Ed Brown to form the musical group, The Browns. Signed by RCA Records in 1956, the highly successful trio were members of the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee until disbanding in 1967. - Ken Lewis
Ken Lewis, born Kenneth Brian Lewis in 1970, is a versatile and accomplished session Drummer / Percussionist in Nashville, TN Ken, who is a Pisces, is married to Melissa and has two children: Abi and Simon, and resides in Franklin, TN. The first professional music group Ken played with was "20/20". Before his first professional gig, Ken also played with "Gorman & April Stanley", … - Lisa Robin Kelly
Lisa Robin Kelly (born March 5, 1970 in Southington, Connecticut) first made her debut at 21, in a 1992 episode of "Married... with Children", and went on to guest-star in many popular television shows, such as "Murphy Brown", "The X-Files", "Sisters", and "Silk Stalkings". and appeared in many obscure straight-to-video/TV movies ("Amityville: Dollhouse", for example). She finally earned her big break and minor celebrity status, … - David Dukes
David Dukes was an American character actor. Dukes was born in San Francisco, California. He had a long career in films, appearing in 35; and as a television guest star, notably as the man who attempted to rape Edith Bunker on "All in the Family," and during the 1980s in the miniseries "The Winds of War". - Julianne Phillips
Julianne Phillips (born Julianne Smith on May 13, 1960 in Lake Oswego, Oregon) is an American model and actress. Phillips is a graduate of Brooks College. She began work as a model in the early 1980s. Her first notable acting role was in 1984's made-for-TV movie "Summer Fantasy". Phillips became known for being the girlfriend, and later the wife, of musician Bruce Springsteen. They were married on Phillips' 25th birthday in 1985. - Peter Svensson
Anders Peter Svensson is a guitarist with the indie rock band, The Cardigans. His role in the group is as a guitarist and composer, but he also plays keyboard, vibraphone, and bass guitar, plus he provides some backing vocals. His earlier musical experience included a few different hard rock bands in his early teens. After that, it comprised of playing with a couple of bands with Magnus Sveningsson, a few years before The Cardigans formed. - Bruce Weitz
Bruce Weitz (born May 27, 1943 in Norwalk, Connecticut, USA) is an American actor who has starred on television and in film. He is best known for his role as Sgt. Michael "Mick" Belker in the 1980s television series "Hill Street Blues". Weitz acted in the 1998 hit film "Deep Impact" and also appeared in the 2002 film "Half Past Dead". His latest film role was in "El Cortez" (2005). - Elizabeth Hoffman
Elizabeth Hoffman (b. 8 February, 1927 in Corvallis, Oregon) is an American actress who has guest-starred in a number of television shows, mini-series as well as several movies including playing the role of "Grandma Ruth" in Dante's Peak. She also played the role of Beatrice Reed on the television drama "Sisters". - Mark Dinning
Mark Dinning (August 17 1933 - March 22 1986) was an American singer. Dinning was born near Drury, Oklahoma but grew up on a farm outside of Nashville, Tennessee. From a musical family, three of his sisters formed The Dinning Sisters singing group that had a Top Ten hit in the late 1940s. Dinning pursued a career in country music and in 1957, record producer Wesley Rose got him a record contract. His recording efforts met with limited success until 1960, … - Charlie Benante
Charlie Benante (born 27 November 1963, in The Bronx, New York) is the drummer/guitarist for the heavy metal band, Anthrax. He has also performed in the band Stormtroopers of Death (S.O.D.). Benante is known for having a very fast double kick technique. He is an artist for his band as well, creating many of the band's album covers, and t-shirt designs. He is one of the fastest drummers in thrash metal and some have credited him, Lars Ulrich, … - Nancy Malone
Nancy Malone (born March 19, 1935) is an American television actress, principally in guest roles from the 1950s to 1970s, who moved into producing and directing in the 1980s and 1990s. She played "Libby" on the TV series "Naked City" from 1960 to 1963. During the same period, she played the character "Robin Lang Bowden Fletcher" on the daytime soap opera "Guiding Light". - Adrian Dominican Sisters
The Adrian Dominican Sisters are a Roman Catholic religious order of Dominican sisters, in the U.S. state of Michigan. Their motherhouse is in Adrian. Their official title is the Congregation of the Most Holy Rosary. - John Wesley Shipp
John Wesley Shipp (born January 22, 1955) is an American actor best known as Mitch Leery, the title character's father on the television drama "Dawson's Creek" from 1998 to 2002 and for roles in several daytime soap operas. He was born in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. - Mother Antonia
Mother Antonia, born Mary Clarke in 1926, is a Catholic sister. She has lived the past 25 years in a cell at La Mesa in Tijuana, Mexico, one of Mexico's most notorious prisons, caring for the inmates. She is profiled in the book "The Prison Angel" written by Pulitzer prize winning journalists Mary Jordan and Kevin Sullivan, and has been interviewed on national media in the United States. She grew up in a wealthy family in Beverly Hills, California. - Anita Pointer
Anita Pointer (born January 23 1948, in Oakland, California) is an American R&B/soul singer-songwriter, most notable for being one of the members of all-sister group, The Pointer Sisters. She quit a job as a secretary to join her younger sisters Bonnie and June to form the Pointer Sisters in 1969. After several failed singles between 1971 and 1972 for Atlantic Records, the trio convinced eldest sister Ruth to join the group in 1972 and becoming a quartet. - Agnieszka Włodarczyk
Agnieszka Włodarczyk comes from Sławno. Since her early childhood she's been interested in dance and then in music. She took part in Janusz Józefowicz's casting to "Metro" and after that he proposed her further classes in the theatre. Her debut on the big screen was in Maciej Slesicki's movie "Sara" (1997), where she performed together with Polish movie stars like Boguslaw Linda and Cezary Pazura. She became very popular thanks to the part of Agnieszka, … - Patricia Kalember
Patricia Kathryn Kalember (born December 30, 1956 or 1957) is an American actress. She is known for playing "Georgie" on the NBC television show "Sisters". Before that, she portrayed Susannah on the popular 1980s television show "thirtysomething". Kalember was born in Schenectady, New York to Vivian Daisy Wright and Robert James Kalember, an executive. She was raised in Westport, Connecticut and Louisville, Kentucky. - William Finley
William Finley (b. September 20, 1942 in New York City), is an American actor that has been in such movies as "Silent Rage", "Phantom of the Paradise", "Sisters", and "The Wedding Party". He often worked with Brian De Palma. After several years offscreen, he is due to appear in De Palma's adaptation of "The Black Dahlia". William Finley currently resides in New York City with his wife and son. - Vicki Peterson
Vicki Peterson (born Victoria Anne Theresa Peterson, 11 January 1958, in Northridge, Los Angeles, California) is a U.S. pop musician (guitar, vocals). In 1981 she founded The Bangs, later renamed The Bangles, with her sister Debbi Peterson, and Susanna Hoffs. After The Bangles disbanded in 1989, Peterson played with the Continental Drifters and The Psycho Sisters, in both cases alongside Susan Cowsill (whose brother John became her husband in October 2003). - Tom Amandes
Tom Amandes (born March 9 1959 in Richmond, Illinois), a veteran of both film and television, returned to series television in 2002 as Dr. Brown's rival, Dr. Harold Abbott, in the hit WB drama "Everwood". Amandes was born the sixth of 11 children in the small town of Richmond, Illinois (population: 1,000). A self-described "theater jock," Amandes began acting at an early age, performing at home with his siblings as well as starring in school productions. - Paul Hirsch
Paul Hirsch is an American motion picture editor. He was an art history major who dropped out of Columbia graduate school to pursue a career in editing trailers and montages. In the early 1970s he was introduced by his brother, Charles, to then unknown filmmaker Brian De Palma. - Toni Tennille
Toni Tennille (born Cathryn Antoinette Tennille, 8 May 1940, Montgomery, Alabama) is one-half of the 1970s Grammy Award winning duo, Captain & Tennille. She attended Sidney Lanier High School and Auburn University in Alabama, where in the latter, sang with the big band music group, the Auburn Knights. She became famous when she and her husband, the "Captain", Daryl Frank Dragon, both accomplished musicians and songwriters, … - J. B. van Hollen
J. B. Van Hollen (born 1966 in Chetek, Wisconsin) is the State Attorney General for the state of Wisconsin. He is a Republican. J. B. Van Hollen replaced former Wisconsin Attorney General Peg Lautenschlager on January 3, 2007. Hollen was the only Republican to win an Attorney General seat with a Democratic incumbent in a 2006 election. The son of John C. Van Hollen and Rosella Van Hollen, J.B. grew up with two sisters in northern Wisconsin, … - Ed Marinaro
Ed Marinaro (born March 31, 1950 in New York City) is an American actor and former football player. Ed played his high school football in New Milford, New Jersey for the New Milford High School Knights. Marinaro played college football at Cornell University where he set over 16 NCAA records. He was the first running back in NCAA history to have over 4,000 career rushing yards. He was runner up to Pat Sullivan for the Heisman Trophy in 1971. - Shelly Poole
Shelly Poole (born Michelle Lena Poole, 20 March 1972, in Barking, Essex) is a songwriter and singer, who shot to fame alongside her sister Karen, in the duo / band, Alisha's Attic. She married Ally McErlaine from the Scottish band Texas in October 2001. After Mercury Records decided not to take out their option on a fourth Alisha's Attic album, Shelly (sometimes spelled as Shellie) started work on a solo career. - Xandee
Xandee is a stage name of Sandy Boets (b. December 18,1978), Flemish singer who represented Belgium at the Eurovision Song Contest 2004. At the age of 16 she founded the pop duo "Touch of Joy" with Serge (Sergio) Quisquater. Sergio and his band Sergio & The Ladies represented Belgium in ESC 2002 with the song "Sister". At the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 in Istanbul Xandee sang the dance uptempo song "1 Life" in the contest. - Jennifer Salt
Jennifer Salt is an American actress and screenwriter, born September 4, 1944 in Los Angeles, California. Her parents were screenwriter Waldo Salt and actress Mary Davenport. Her best-remembered role was as Eunice Tate-Leitner on the comedy "Soap". A notable early role was in 1969's "Midnight Cowboy", as Joe Buck's hometown lover Crazy Annie. While living with actress Margot Kidder in Malibu in the early-1970s, … - Prue Leith
Prue Leith OBE, Founder, Leith School of Wine Prue Leiths name is synonymous with fine food. She has been a TV-cook, broadcaster, columnist, publisher of 12 cookbooks, restaurateur, co-founder of a cookery charity and founder of the cookery school that bears her name. - Maxine Jones
Maxine Jones (born Maxine Waters Jones, January 16 1965, in Paterson, New Jersey) is one of the original members of the R&B singing group En Vogue. She left the group in 2001 to spend time with her daughter. Although she declined an offer to rejoin the group permanently, in 2003she did fill in for Cindy Herron on the group's European tour. Jones has a wide vocal range, making her quite versatile within the group. - Heidi Swedberg
Heidi Swedberg is an American actress best known for her role as Susan Ross, the ill-fated fiancée of George Costanza on the television sitcom "Seinfeld". Swedberg was raised in New Mexico and attended Sandia High School in Albuquerque from 1980 to 1984. Following graduation, she moved to Kentucky, where she spent at year at the Actor's Theatre of Louisville, and then acted in her first film role, Norman Jewison's 1989 film "In Country". - Karen Poole
Karen Poole (born Karen Ann Poole, 8 January 1971, in Chadwell Heath, England) is a songwriter and singer, who gained initial fame with her younger sister, Shelly Poole, as the duo / band, Alisha's Attic.
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