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Damian Lewis was born on February 11, 1971, in St. John's Wood, London, England, to Charlotte Mary (Bowater), from an upper-class background, and J. Watcyn Lewis, a city broker whose own parents were Welsh. He was raised on Abbey Road in London until the age of 8 with his siblings Gareth, William, and Amanda. In 1979, he was sent to Ashdown House boarding school, then was educated at Eton College. At age 16, he formed his own theater company, then worked in South London, then traveled around Africa. From 1990 to 1993, he studied at Guildhall School of Music and Drama, alongside Daniel Craig and Joseph Fiennes. Among his teachers was RSC stalwart Colin McCormack. Lewis graduated in 1993, and worked on the stage, particularly with the Royal Shakespeare Company. There he was seen by director Steven Spielberg, who subsequently cast him as Richard Winters in the HBO/BBC miniseries Band of Brothers (2001), for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe, among other awards. Lewis continues his career in films, TV, and theater.- Actor
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Percy Hynes White has been acting since the age of two, beginning with performances in short films in and around his hometown of St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada.
By age 9, he was playing the lead in "Winners," and soon was chosen for leading roles in other short films, including "The Confessional" and "Little Man." Percy was featured in Don McKellar's "The Grand Seduction," which premiered at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.
Since then, he has starred in "Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb"; "Our House" opposite Thomas Mann and Nicola Peltz; "Milton's Secret," with Donald Sutherland; and "Rupture," opposite Noomi Rapace.
Percy Hynes White also had the lead role in "Edge of Winter," opposite Joel Kinnaman and Tom Holland; and "Cast No Shadow," which earned him Best Actor at the 2014 Atlantic Film Festival and the Rising Star Award at the 2014 Edmonton International Film Festival.
Percy played a supporting lead in "I Like Movies," which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2022 and earned White a Best Supporting Actor Award from The Vancouver Film Critics Circle. Among his current projects are "My Old Ass," by celebrated director Megan Park for Margot Robbie's production company LuckyChap, and "Winter Spring Summer Fall," where he plays the lead role opposite his "Wednesday" series co-star Jenna Ortega.
Select television credits include two seasons as series regular on "The Gifted" for Fox, a spin-off series in the universe of Marvel's X-Men opposite Stephen Moyer, Amy Acker, and Natalie Alyn Lind, a role on Jordan Peele's reboot of the cult classic "The Twilight Zone" for CBS: All Access, "The Transplant" for NBCUniversal, two seasons on "Between" for Netflix, and the limited series "11.22.63" for Hulu starring James Franco.
Percy Hynes White also played a series regular role on "Pretty Hard Cases" for CBC. Most notably, he stars as Xavier Thorpe in "Wednesday," produced by Tim Burton for Netflix.
Percy Hynes White is based in Los Angeles and Toronto.- Actress
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Shannon Tweed was born in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. She rose to stardom as Miss November 1981 for Playboy magazine. In 1982, Shannon began her film career and also appeared in the soap opera Falcon Crest (1981). She became Playmate of the Year in 1982. She was briefly involved with Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner but has carried on a long-term relationship with KISS member Gene Simmons since 1983. Tweed and Simmons married in 2011. She has become somewhat of a "B" movie "queen", appearing in numerous low-budget "erotic thrillers" and adventure films. She and Simmons have two children, a son named Nicolas (b. 1989) and a daughter Sophie (b.1992).- Timothy Webber was born in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada. He is known for War for the Planet of the Apes (2017), Seventh Son (2014) and Cold Squad (1998).
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Sally Ann Howes grew up in a show business family led by her father, famous English comedian/actor Bobby Howes, her mother Patricia Malone and grandfather, Broadway director Capt. J.A.E. Malone. She had her first screen test offer on her 12th birthday and went on to star in several films before she turned 20, including Anna Karenina (1948) with Vivien Leigh.
At 20, she received her first starring stage role in Glasgow in the Sandy Wilson musical Caprice. This led to other musicals including an 18-month run of Paint Your Wagon opposite her father Bobby Howes at Her Majesty's Theatre, Haymarket in 1953. This was followed by the plays Romance by Candlelight, A Hatful of Rain (non-musical) and 148 performances of the musical Summer Song. She continued to make the occasional film during the 1950's but the stage was her main focus. In 1958 she accepted the role of Eliza Doolittle in Broadway's My Fair Lady, taking over from Julie Andrews. The role had been offered to her three times previously, but film and stage commitments kept her from assuming the part that would skyrocket her fame in America.
Just before taking on My Fair Lady, she married composer Richard Adler, and he wrote the musical Gift of the Magi for her. It aired on CBS TV in December of 1958. Adler later wrote Kwamina for her, which she performed after her run in My Fair Lady. It was a short-lived run of the musical, and she went on to perform on Broadway in "Brigadoon", which earned her a Tony nomination in 1963. Afterwards she starred in the critically acclaimed musical, "What Makes Sammy Run" opposite Steven Lawrence. Soon after she landed the TV version of Brigadoon (1966) co-starring Robert Goulet and Peter Falk which went on to win seven Emmy Awards.
After she and Adler divorced in 1966, she began filming the movie that would become a mega-hit, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968). Despite her large volume of work before and after the movie, she will always be most fondly remembered and loved around the world for her portrayal as the very lovely Truly Scrumptious. Producer Albert R. Broccoli wrote of her: "We wanted a typical English beauty. And to me, Sally Ann represents that ideal. She is also one of the finest musical comedy stars today, a rare combination of the right kind of beauty and the right kind of talent." Dick Van Dyke said of her in his documentary "Remembering Chitty Chitty Bang Bang": "They couldn't have picked a better Truly Scrumptious than Sally. They came up with Sally Ann and I heard her voice, and it was the richest contralto. She auditioned with the Lovely Lonely Man, and I thought, my God, this girl is great and then she was stunningly beautiful. She loved those kids and they loved her, which I think comes across on the screen. They just thought a great deal of her, and she spent a lot of time with them, you know, between shots... telling stories and playing games during all those long waiting periods."
Filming took place in England, France and Bavaria over 14 months. Critics were mixed about the film, but children were fanatical about it. The movie spawned a mass marketing phenomenon with everything from Truly Scrumptious Barbie dolls, to Jemima dress patterns, lunch-boxes, countless toys, and many other things all of which still enjoy a thriving collectible life on the secondary market. The Truly Scrumptious costumes in the film even sparked a mini-revival in Edwardian fashions, especially reflected by designer Laura Ashley.
Unfortunately, the movie came out at a time when musicals were beginning to be box office dead weight, including Julie Andrews ' Star! (1968) and Darling Lili (1970), which nearly sank Paramount. This nailed the lid shut on filmed musicals for a long time, leaving no filmed musical outlet for performers like Howes. Her film roles became very sporadic after Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968). She was a frequent and popular guest panelist on many game shows throughout the 1960s, and even up until the early 1980s, and she made several guest appearances on television series during the early 1970s. However, the theatre called her back, and with the exception of a few films, she has devoted her career almost entirely to the musical stage. Her last appearance was in 1992. She remains very active in musical theatre even today and is considered one of the grand dames of the American and British musical stage.
Other musicals and plays she has starred in Camelot; Blossom Time; The Sound of Music; King and I; Robert and Elizabeth; Man and Superman; I Do, I Do; Hans Anderson; A Little Night Music; Cinderella; Where's Charley?; James Joyce's The Dead.
She has sung at the White House for three US Presidents - Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson.
She is a naturalized U.S. citizen and resides in New York. She has been married for over 30 years to Douglas Rae.- Actress
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Sarah Power was born on 29 June 1985 in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. She is an actress, known for Killjoys (2015), Good Witch (2015) and American Gothic (2016). She has been married to Peter Mooney since 1 July 2017. They have one child.- Actress
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Anne Marie DeLuise was born on 3 August 1969 in St John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. She is an actress and producer, known for Higher Ground (2000), Love Happens (2009) and Stargate SG-1 (1997). She has been married to Peter DeLuise since 7 June 2002. They have one child.- Actress
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Nicole Power was born on 24 November 1989 in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. She is an actress and producer, known for Glamorous (2023), Kim's Convenience (2016) and Strays (2021).- Actor
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Mark O'Brien is an award-winning actor and filmmaker. He is an English major with a Bachelor of Arts from Memorial University of Newfoundland. His mother was a nurse and his father a truck driver. Mark also has three older sisters. He married actress Georgina Reilly on January 6, 2013 after meeting on the set of the hit show Republic of Doyle.- Camera and Electrical Department
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When he made his directorial debut in 1970, Nicolas Roeg was already a 23-year veteran of the British film industry, starting out in 1947 as an editing apprentice and working his way up to cinematographer twelve years later. He first came to attention as part of the second unit on David Lean's Lawrence of Arabia (1962), with Roger Corman's The Masque of the Red Death (1964) two years later containing his first really distinctive solo work. He went on to photograph films for such distinguished directors as François Truffaut (Fahrenheit 451 (1966)), John Schlesinger (Far from the Madding Crowd (1967)) and Richard Lester (Petulia (1968)) before his sensational directorial debut in 1968. Co-directed with writer (and painter) Donald Cammell, Performance (1970) was intended to be a simple-minded star vehicle for Mick Jagger and Warner Bros were so horrified when they saw the final multi-layered kaleidoscope of sex, violence, and questions of identity that they delayed its release for two years. Roeg went to Australia for his solo debut as director (Walkabout (1971)), which was also his last film as cinematographer, and throughout the next decade he produced a world-class body of work (Don't Look Now (1973); The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976); Bad Timing: A Sensual Obsession (1980)) that revealed his uniquely off-kilter view of the world, expressed through fragmented, dislocated images and a highly original yet strangely accessible approach to narrative. He married the star of Bad Timing: A Sensual Obsession (1980), the elegant Theresa Russell who would play the female lead in nearly all his subsequent films, though these have generally found less favor with critics and audiences, and the release of both Eureka (1983) and Cold Heaven (1991) was severely restricted due to problems with the films' distributors.- Actor
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Nigel Lindsay was born on 17th January 1969 and entered into the world of acting comparatively late. For three years he was a financial analyst in the City in his native London but, on his own admission, hated it and applied almost simultaneously for the law and the stage. He had a place at bar school beginning on the same day as the start of his three year course at the Webber Douglas Academy - but the lure of the stage prevailed and he chose the academy,where he won the Amherst Webber Scholarship. His finals role was in 'Charley's Aunt' directed by Michael Fry,for whom he first worked professionally with the Lincolnshire touring company Great Eastern Stage playing an assassin in 'Shoot the Archduke'. Since then he has appeared on many stages,the Royal Court,the National,the Old Vic and on Broadway in Tom Stoppard's 'The Real Thing'. With a range extending from Pinter to musicals - most notably under layers of green make-up in the title role of 'Shrek - the Musical - he also took the Whatsonstage award as best supporting actor in 2011 for 'Broken Glass'. On television he has been nice,as Sally Phillips' kindly boyfriend in comedy 'Jam and Jerusalem', and nasty,as a sinister policeman investigating one of the 'Midsomer Murders' and on film as a fervent white Muslim in the black farce 'Four Lions'.- In 1973, Brett became a popular panelist on the television game show, "The Match Game." The Match Game (in its original version) ran on NBC's daytime lineup from 1962 to 1969. The show returned in 1973 with a significantly changed format on CBS (also in daytime). "The Match Game" became a major success, with an expanded panel, larger cash payouts, and emphasis on humor and innuendo. Brett sat on the top tier next to Charles Nelson Reilly. The repartee between the two was often quite amusing. "The Match Game" ran from 1973 to 1979. Today's audiences enjoy its reruns on Game Show Network.
- He is most notably recognized today as "Cowboy" Cliff Harting in Hallmark Channel's original television series "Cedar Cove," based on the books by award-winning author Debbie Macomber (series began in 2013)
Not to be typecast, Sebastian has become one of the most sought-after actors in Vancouver, BC. While science fiction is a preferred genre, based on his impressive resume, it is clear to see that he can take any role he is given and give the same kind of impressive performances that has become a hallmark of his career. His versatility could be considered practically legendary. - Actor
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Travis Nelson was born on 8 September 1990 in Fort St. John, British Columbia, Canada. He is an actor and director, known for The Lake (2022), The Recruit (2022) and I am Syd Stone (2020).- Writer
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Mary Walsh was born on 13 May 1952 in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. She is a writer and actress, known for Mambo Italiano (2003), Codco (1986) and This Hour Has 22 Minutes (1993). She has been married to Donald Nichol since 2002.- Music Artist
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Mark Ronson was born on 4 September 1975 in St. John's Wood, London, England, UK. He is a music artist and composer, known for Barbie (2023), A Star Is Born (2018) and Spies in Disguise (2019). He has been married to Grace Gummer since 4 September 2021. They have one child. He was previously married to Joséphine de La Baume.- Actress
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Krystin Pellerin was born on July 12, 1983 and raised in St. John's, Newfoundland.
She starred as Lady Macbeth in the Stratford Festival's critically acclaimed production of Stratford Festival: Macbeth (2017).
She is well known for playing the role of Sgt. Leslie Bennett in the CBC series Republic of Doyle (2010).She was nominated for a Gemini Award for her performance.
Krystin starred in the internationally award winning short film Touch (2016) directed by Noel Harris. The film garnered 21 awards worldwide and she was awarded best actress at the Henley Film Festival in the UK and the Visioni Corte International Short Film Festival in Italy.
Krystin is also a singer and musical theatre performer.- Actor
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Terry Ryan, raised in Mount Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador, was a professional hockey player for 7 years - highlighted by appearing in 8 NHL games. He retired in 2007, released a best-selling book entitled "Tales of a First Round Nothing", and began a career in the arts.
Ryan now works in the film industry and has appeared on several episodes of the hit CBC television program Republic of Doyle, playing small roles. He has also played himself in the OLN's "Road Hockey Rumble" (2008). He released his first book, "Tales of a First Round Nothing" in May 2014, and it was well received by critics.
Ryan is now also trying his hand at stand up comedy and performed his second show to good reviews opening for Gerry Dee at the General Motors Centre in Oshawa, Ontario on April 22, 2016.
In addition to playing "British Soldier #1" (Episode 1) - (the first on-screen casualty in the Netflix/Discovery Channel television series Frontier, starring Jason Momoa in the lead role), in 2017 Ryan also had small roles in Frontier Season 2, Little Dog (CBC), Caught (CBC), Schitt's Creek, and various short films. In 2018, he wrote and played the lead role in a short film called "A Stand In", played "Coyote" in Justin Oakey's A Fire In The Cold Season. In 2019, Ryan - who acted and did his own stunts - played the "Gunman" in Episode 11 of Hudson and Rex, and played hockey playing Newfoundlander "Teddy" on the hit Canadian television series Letterkenny (Season 8, Episode 1).- Deborah Odell is an actress/singer. She played "Pearl" in a German production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Starlight Express" and Janis Joplin and Carole King in "Beehive. She also played the lead role of "Cora" in the musical "The Last of the Mohicans". She has traveled the world as a backup singer with the Julio Iglesias tour, and has produced and recorded a CD of original music entitled "Deborah Odell".
- Tracy Tweed was born on 10 May 1965 in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. She is an actress, known for Johnny Mnemonic (1995), Night Rhythms (1992) and Night Eyes Three (1993).
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Matt Wells is a Canadian actor, writer, and musician born in St. John's, Newfoundland best known for his work in the award winning and critically acclaimed independent film "Crown and Anchor" which he created, produced and co-starred.
His path began writing songs and fronting the notorious Newfoundland punk/hardcore band Bucket Truck; releasing 4 albums, 10 self-produced music videos, and traveling the world while sharing stages with Slayer, Damage Plan, Fishbone, and Lagwagon. This journey directly led to him embarking on a career as an acclaimed music/film journalist for Much Music, The New Music, Bravo and MTV where Matt has interviewed everyone from The Police, Quentin Tarantino, Lee Daniels, and John Lydon to Lou Reed, Mariah Carey, Ben Kingsley, Zack Snyder and Lady Gaga.
As a solo musician Matt has released 2 albums and shared the stage with Sammy Hagar, Levon Helm, and Great Big Sea; as an actor he has appeared in Designated Survivor, Schitt's Creek, Murdoch Mysteries, and the multiple award winning short film "Poison in the Water" which he co-wrote with his daughter. Matt's most recent short film "The New Normal" won Best International Comedy at the 2021 Venice Film Awards and is an official selection at both The London International Film Festival and Berlin Flash Film Festival.- Writer
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Mark Critch was born in 1974 in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. He is a writer and actor, known for This Hour Has 22 Minutes (1993), Son of a Critch (2022) and The Grand Seduction (2013).- Marthe Bernard was born on 14 June 1988 in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. She is an actress, known for Beat Down (2012), Republic of Doyle (2010) and Maudie (2016). She has been married to Jesse McKeown since 8 August 2015.
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Jordan Canning's films have played at festivals all over the world, including the Tribeca Film Festival, the Toronto International Film Festival and Interfilm Berlin. Her first feature, We Were Wolves (2014), premiered at TIFF 2014. Her second feature, Suck It Up (2017), premiered at Slamdance 2017 and won Best Feature Film at the 2017 B3 Frankfurt Biennale. She has directed on numerous series, including two seasons of the Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning Schitt's Creek (2015). Her TV work includes hour-long dramas - Saving Hope (2012), Burden of Truth (2018), Nurses (2020), Family Law (2021), Pretty Hard Cases (2021), Astrid and Lilly Save the World (2022) - and half-hour comedies - Baroness Von Sketch Show (2016), The Lake (2022) and Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock (2022) She has won two Canadian Screen Awards and a DGC Award for directing.- David Ferry was born on 6 September 1951 in St John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. He is an actor, known for The Boondock Saints (1999), The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day (2009) and Man of the Year (2006).
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Nicole Underhay was born in 1974 in St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada. She is an actress, known for Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008), The Shipping News (2001) and Goosebumps (1995).- Christopher Douglas Ralph was born in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada. His parents are Douglas (a Junior High teacher) and Sandra (a homemaker). His special skill is accents. Standard Newfoundland, British, Cockney, and Irish. His favorite music is all kinds. His favorite singer is Bono from U2. His favorite band is U2. His favorite scary movie is "Halloween Part 4". His favorite movie is "Edward's Scissorhands" and "The Apostle".
- Adrien Dorval was born on 22 March 1963 in Fort St. John, British Columbia, Canada. He was an actor, known for Shanghai Noon (2000), The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009) and The Chronicles of Riddick (2004). He was married to Angela Cruikshank. He died on 5 January 2021 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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Rick Mercer was born on 17 October 1969 in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. He is a writer and producer, known for The Industry (1998), The Rick Mercer Report (2004) and This Hour Has 22 Minutes (1993).- Writer
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Stephen Dunn was born on 18 January 1989 in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. He is a writer and director, known for Closet Monster (2015), Swallowed (2010) and Life Doesn't Frighten Me (2012).- Writer
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Cathy Jones was born on 6 April 1955 in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. She is a writer and actress, known for Codco (1986), This Hour Has 22 Minutes (1993) and RWBY (2012).- Richard Collins was born in 1947 in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada. He was an actor, known for Trailer Park Boys (2001), Trailer Park Boys: The Movie (2006) and Say Goodnight to the Bad Guys (2008). He died on 15 April 2013 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
- Charles Collingwood was born on 30 May 1943 in St. John, New Brunswick, Canada. He is an actor, known for The Dark Crystal (1982), ITV Playhouse (1967) and Hotel Babylon (2006). He has been married to Judy Bennett since 13 November 1976. They have one child.
- Viv Richards was born on 7 March 1952 in St. John's, Antigua, British West Indies [now Antigua and Barbuda]. He is married to Miriam Richards. They have two children.
- Clarissa Dickson Wright was an English celebrity chef, television personality, businesswoman and a former barrister. She was best known as one half, along with Jennifer Paterson, of the incredibly popular television series, Two Fat Ladies. Having trained as a lawyer, Dickson Wright was the youngest woman ever to be called to the Bar.
At the age of 11, Clarissa was sent to Sacred Heart School. After school Clarissa studied for the Bar at Gray's Inn, while pursuing a law degree at University College London.
She practiced successfully as a barrister for several years. However, she found cookery to be her true calling when she worked at Books for Cooks in London's Notting Hill while recovering from 12 years of alcohol abuse.
During her time in Edinburgh, television producer Patricia Llewellyn asked her and Jennifer Paterson if they wanted to make a television programme; they made a pilot in autumn 1994. After the pilot, BBC2 commissioned a series of Two Fat Ladies. Three successful series were made and shown around the world. Paterson died in 1998 mid-way through the fourth series and Clarissa refused to make another series after her co-star's death.
She also appeared with Johnny Scott in Clarissa and the Countryman from 2000 to 2003 and played the gamekeeper in the sitcom Absolutely Fabulous in 2003. In 2005, Dickson Wright took part in the BBC reality television show Art School.
Dickson Wright has campaigned for the Countryside Alliance and was the first female Rector of the University of Aberdeen. Her autobiography, Spilling The Beans, was published in September 2007.
In 2008, she presented a one-off documentary for BBC Four, Clarissa and the King's Cookbook, where she makes recipes from a cookbook dating to the reign of Richard II.
During her cooking career, Clarissa ran her own catering business, worked on a yacht in the Caribbean and served 60 meals a day at her London luncheon club. She also became one of only two women in England to become a guild butcher. She was represented in the UK by Useful Talent who are specialists in celebrity-led endorsements. - Actor
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Andy Jones was born on 15 January 1948 in St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada. He is an actor and writer, known for The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood (1986), Extraordinary Visitor (1998) and The Kids in the Hall (1988).- Actor
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Michael Coady is an award-winning actor, producer, writer, working between LA, Toronto and his native Newfoundland, Canada. As an actor, he has made guest star and co-star appearances on shows like the BBC America Series, "Copper", "The Lottery" on Lifetime Network, CBC series "Murdoch Mysteries" and "Republic of Doyle", CMT series "Angels Among Us", History Channel series "Zero Hour", National Geographic Channel "Valentine's Day Massacre", and "1000 Ways to Die" on Spike TV. Michael's film credits include "My Mom's Darkest Secrets", "By Water's Edge" (screened at the 2011 Cannes Festival), "The Historian Paradox" (won Audience Choice Award at the Big Island Film Fest in Hawaii), "Silent Night in Munice" (with R.D. Call [Into the Wild, Babel, State of Grace]; screened at the Action on Film Festival in Los Angeles), and the multiple award winning web series "Dead Grandma". Michael's theater credits include the Toronto productions "Evita", "Cabaret," and the Canadian premiere of "Urinetown." He also produced and starred in the East Coast Canadian premiere of "Doubt" in 2008.
Michael is the Executive Director for Canada of We Make Movies, a film collective in Los Angeles and Toronto. Michael continues to write and produce his own projects like "Obsession" (which he also starred in) and his upcoming short screenplay "Cop Out", a winner of the We Make Movies Canada (WMM-CA) Screenplay Competition and chosen as one of WMM-CA's Slate One Films.- Actor
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Solomon Trimble (Mescalero Apache, Lakota) was born in Wichita Kansas. Solomon has been a traditional Native American Grass Dancer since the age of 3. Between the ages of 3-13, Solomon was also a member of a Northwest Native American champion youth drum group "The Young Spirit Singers". After the group disbanded, Solomon moved to New Mexico to be closer to his Grandfather and to attend the Native American Preparatory School. This was where Solomon found the love for poetry and math (though his grades did not reflect as great a love). Solomon's family could not afford his tuition and travel expenses for him to complete high school in New Mexico, so he returned to Portland and was recruited by the Dance West Dance Guild, the then Dance West Dance Company. Solomon studied Jazz, Tap and Ballet, under Terry Brock and Julane Stites, and helped choreograph a marriage between ballet and Native American dance which gave him the opportunity to travel to Canada and Japan, with Dance West.
For his senior year, Solomon decided to finish high school while living on the Lummi Reservation in Bellingham, Washington, with his older Sister and to be closer to his now infamous younger brother. This was also where he became more familiar with northwest tribal customs and learned to play the guitar. Trimble returned to Portland upon graduation and continued his education at Portland Community College, pursuing guitar and voice as a music major, to become a rock star. His love for mathematics and music were equal. Solomon could not afford to be classically trained to continue towards a degree in music, so he graduated in 2005, with an Associates of Science in Mathematics and graduated this spring 2008 from Portland State University with a Bachelors in Mathematics, and a Philosophy Minor. Solomon was a member of United Indian Students in Higher Education and the American Indian Science and Engineering Society; and is now acting as alum for both. For the past three years he has been a K through12 student teacher. Before accepting his role as Sam Uley, Trimble was considering attending graduate school for a masters in school administration or Lewis & Clarke Law School. He still hopes to become an attorney focused on Native American Issues. Trimble spends his free time connecting with Elders in his city, learning traditional songs of all tribes and participating in Native American ceremonies as invited in his area. He also tutors Native American youth in math, and culture to facilitate transitions from reservation life to the city.- Bob Cole was born on 24 June 1933 in St. John's, Newfoundland [now St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador], Canada. He was an actor, known for Hockey Night in Canada (1952), Republic of Doyle (2010) and Gold Rush 2002 (2002). He died on 24 April 2024 in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
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Justin Oakey is an award-winning filmmaker from Newfoundland, where he lives a traditional lifestyle full of hunting, fishing, and storytelling with his wife, children, and animals. Following his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Film Studies from Ryerson University, his award-winning shorts introduced a romantic, atmospheric vision of his home in rural Newfoundland to screens around the world. His claustrophobic micro-budget Riverhead (2016) and tense neo-noir thriller A Fire in the Cold Season (2019) found acclaim at film festivals and nominations at the Canadian Screen Awards.
Also an accomplished editor of film and television, Justin has cut a number of highly anticipated genre titles - such as crime thriller Blood for Dust (2023), and fantasy drama The King Tide (2023).- Ruby Holbrook was born on 28 August 1923 in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada. She was an actress, known for The Goodbye Girl (1977), The Man Who Came to Dinner (2000) and All My Children (1970). She was married to Hal Holbrook. She died on 8 December 2018 in Bloomsbury, New Jersey, USA.
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Ruth Lawrence is a director/writer/actor in film and theatre. In 2020, her first narrative feature, Little Orphans (2020) (Imagine That Productions), a micro-budget, premiered in Galas across Canada and won the Borsos Competition for Best Canadian Feature at Whistler Film Festival. In 2019, she released her first CBC-TV feature documentary, Circus by Komatik (2019) (Fire Crown Productions). Ruth was one of the writer-directors on the 2018 portmanteau feature, Hopeless Romantic (2018) (Northeast Productions). She directed The Ennis Sisters music video, The Ennis Sisters: Your Light (2018), to mark the 100th Anniversary of the CMHA. Her short films include Talus and Scree (2013) and Sweet Pickle (2009). Ruth co-produced the feature Hunting Pignut (2016), winner of two best feature awards, with Pope Productions. She is the director of the 5-episode web series, Buy the Boards (2014) by Luke Lawrence and Matt Wright.- Betty Baskcomb was born on 30 May 1914 in St. John's Wood, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Detective (1954), Armchair Theatre (1956) and It Always Rains on Sunday (1947). She was married to Antony R J Lehmann. She died on 15 April 2003 in West Wratting, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.
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Jennifer Nichols was born on 25 March 1931 in St. John's Wood, London, England, UK. She is known for Sea of Love (1989), Tootsie (1982) and The Secret of My Success (1987). She was previously married to Robert Nichols.- Producer
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Bill Clark was born on 20 May 1944 in St John's, Newfoundland, Canada. He is a producer and writer, known for NYPD Blue (1993), Brooklyn South (1997) and Fallen (1998).- Actor
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Greg Malone was born on 19 October 1948 in St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada. He is an actor and writer, known for Codco (1986), Untold Story (1999) and Maudie (2016).- Actress
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Florence Paterson was born on 3 November 1927 in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada. She was an actress, known for Little Women (1994), Bird on a Wire (1990) and It (1990). She was married to John Paterson. She died on 23 July 1995 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.- Actor
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Douglas Robert Steuart Bader was born in London on February 21, 1910. A good student, Bader won a scholarship to St Edward's School in Oxford. Following a visit to the RAF College at Cranwell, Bader set his sights on becoming a pilot and won a place as a cadet at Cranwell. During his time at Cranwell, Bader developed a reputation as a pilot of above average skill, albeit headstrong and inclined to challenge authority. An outstanding sportsman from school days, Bader excelled at rugby, cricket and also boxing and might have played rugby at national level, had it not been for his accident in 1931.
Bader was commissioned as an Officer in the Royal Air Force in 1930 and was posted to 23 Squadron at RAF Kenley. Bader's ability as a pilot was such that he was selected to fly in the Squadron's aerobatic display team at the prestigious RAF Hendon display in 1931 but he was also notorious for low level aerobatics. In December 1931, Bader crashed during an unauthorized low level aerobatic routine at Woodley while visiting the Reading Aero Club. Though Bader survived the crash, he came close to death in the days afterward and his injuries were so severe that both of his legs were amputated. He was fitted with artificial "tin" legs and soon learned to walk without the use of a stick and was not only soon driving his car but also flying - on an unofficial basis. Though Bader was passed by the Central Flying School as perfectly able to fly, the lack of any provision in King's Regulations to deal with his case meant that he could not be passed as fit to fly and Bader was offered a ground commission. Unwilling to remain in the RAF as a ground-based officer, Bader resigned and found work with the Asiatic Petroleum Company.
Never reconciled to civilian life, despite marriage and becoming a first class golfer, at the outbreak of the Second World War Bader applied to rejoin the RAF. With pilots in short supply the Regulations were overlooked and by June 1940 Bader had been posted to command 242 Squadron, a unit that had suffered high casualties during the Battle of France. Determined to raise morale, Bader's methods were typically uncompromising and he was responsible for transforming 242 back into an effective fighting unit.
During the Battle of Britain, Bader's aggressive and outspoken character and strong ideas on tactics brought him into conflict with his superior officers. Following the Battle, what became known as the Big Wing strategy favored by Bader became the chosen strategy of Fighter Command as it was better suited to the offensive posture of 1941, however undoubtedly Hugh Dowding had been right to reject the strategy in the desperate days of 1940.
The character of Fighter Command's operations during the summer of 1941 suited Bader's aggressive character perfectly. Promoted to Wing Commander, Bader was stationed at RAF Tangmere from where he lead the Tangmere Wing in sweeps over North West Europe aimed to bring the Luftwaffe into combat. By the summer of 1941, Bader had claimed 22 victories making him the fifth highest scoring pilot in the RAF. However, on 9th August 1941 Bader failed to return from an operation when his aircraft was downed near Le Touquet, France. The circumstances of Bader's loss are uncertain - Bader said that he thought that a German aircraft had collided with him, while General Adolf Galland said that Bader had been shot down by one of his pilots. Modern research suggests that Bader may have been a victim of 'friendly fire', accidentally misidentified and shot down by one of his fellow RAF pilots. Whatever the cause, Bader bailed out from his damaged machine and parachuted to the ground but both his artificial legs were badly damaged.
Bader was captured by German forces and was taken to a hospital near St Omer where his damaged artificial legs were patched up. General Adolf Galland offered safe passage to a British aircraft to deliver replacement legs by parachute drop. Unaware of the indomitable character of their prisoner, the German hospital staff allowed Bader to retain his clothing and with the help of sympathetic locals broke out from the hospital. He was taken to a hiding place at the home of a local farmer but was betrayed and was re-arrested. Taking no further chances, the Germans put Bader under close guard and he was sent to prisoner of war camp in Germany, eventually ending up in the infamous Colditz camp as a result of his constant and unremitting hostility to his captors. Bader remained in captivity despite numerous escape attempts until Colditz was liberated in 1945.
Bader was promoted to Group Captain following his return to the UK but left the Royal Air Force in 1946. He returned to his former employer where he eventually became managing director of a subsidiary, Shell Aircraft, serving until 1969 when he left to become a member of the Civil Aviation Authority Board.
Paul Brickhill's biography of Bader, "Reach for the Sky", was published in 1954 and was later made into a movie. Bader's autobiography, "Fight for the Sky", appeared in 1973. He was knighted in 1976 for his work on behalf of the disabled. Douglas Bader died in 1982, but his heroic memory remains an inspiration to many throughout the world. The Douglas Bader Foundation, set up after his death to continue his work, continues to assist those who have lost limbs.- Amber Le Bon was born on 25 August 1989 in St. John's Wood, London, England, UK.
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