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Angela Kerecz is an American born actress and writer. Originally from the small town of Waynesboro, MS, Angela was always very involved in the arts through years of dance, piano, and clarinet training. In high school, she enjoyed participating in the drama club and was director of the school's play during her senior year. Angela went on to attend the University of Southern Mississippi where she received a Bachelor's Degree in Polymer Science and a minor in Chemistry. She then moved to Jackson, TN and worked as a paint chemist, pharmaceutical sales representative, and later became a licensed realtor. In 2009, she met Bobby Kerecz, who was the lead singer for Chippendales at the time. A relationship soon turned into a marriage to Bobby on 10-10-10 on the beach in Hawaii. Bobby, a true entertainer at heart, reawakened the performer side of Angela, and they began pursuing an acting career together. Angela's first gig was as a featured extra on the TV show, "Nashville", which films in Tennessee. Being on a big set was a stimulus for Angela to know this was what she wanted to pursue. She used her analytical skills to study the business and develop her acting. Angela began to get noticed, and was offered a featured spot in a scene with Arnold Schwarzenegger for the film, "Sabotage", and was featured in the opening scene of "Scary Movie 5". She was also given a recurring feature as a waitress for 23 episodes of "Nashville." On the set of "Last Vegas", she was given some personal advice by Morgan Freeman, one of her favorite actors and a fellow Mississippian, who told her, "Every job is your last one until you get the next one." Inspired to keep following her dreams and work hard, she soon began acting in several independent films, where she landed strong supporting and lead roles in films such as "Shark Exorcist", "Hope", "The Cellular Effect" and many more which would help her move to the next level in her acting. Recently, Angela was in LA working where she had a supporting role in the film "One More Round", which stars Kevin Sorbo, among others. Angela is a diverse actress who has been cast in roles ranging from lawyer, counselor, seductress, mom, to the lead as a female superhero in a web series. Angela also does occasional modeling and commercial work. Together with her husband, Bobby, they wrote and produced "Souls Collide" - a short which they filmed in 2013. "Souls Collide" also gave Angela the opportunity to put her director's hat back on, which she truly enjoyed. This project then became the launch pad to the screenplay they have just written, "S.O.U.L.", a bio-pic of how they met and struggles they have faced - a story of Searching, Obsessions, Understanding, and Love - a story of redemption. "S.O.U.L." is in pre-production, and Angela and Bobby will star as themselves in this very personal project.- Kelly Deadmon is a New York City-based actress and has appeared in many TV shows and films. The most recent film being The Greatest Ever, starting 4/4/24 on Amazon Prime. Kelly has also hosted many shows including the Food Network, Biography Channel, and Harper's Bazaar: The Younger Games.
Born in Va and raised in TN, Kelly lives in Upper Manhattan with a husband, a teen boy, a basset and a bearded dragon. - Actor
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- Producer
Mark Collie was born on 18 January 1956 in Waynesboro, Tennessee, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for The Punisher (2004), Nashville (2012) and Fire Down Below (1997). He has been married to Tammy Stewart since 26 September 2009.- Actor
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Artrial Clark was born in Waynesboro, Mississippi and raised in a few locations in the southeastern region of the United States due to his mother's military career. Growing up, Clark knew he had a love for film, thus went to college and began to learn both the acting and crew sides of the film world. During a fall semester, Clark served as an intern on The Sound and The Fury, directed by James Franco. After studying Franco closely, balancing the roles of both director and actor, Clark began focusing on his acting career and making his debut in Free State of Jones, directed by Gary Ross. Clark is a multi-talented actor and has since worked alongside individuals, such as Chadwock Boseman, Joaquin Phoenix, Octavia Spencer, and Matthew McConaughey.- Cory Alexander was born on 22 June 1973 in Waynesboro, Virginia, USA. He is an actor, known for Eddie (1996) and Perfect Strangers (1986).
- Tom Breneman was born on 18 June 1901 in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Breakfast in Hollywood (1946). He was married to Billie Dunn. He died on 28 April 1948 in Encino, California, USA.
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Robert Lee Scott Jr. was born on 12 April 1908 in Waynesboro, Georgia, USA. He was a writer, known for God Is My Co-Pilot (1945), Keep 'Em Flying (1941) and A Secret War Story: Who Is John Birch? (2003). He was married to Kitty Scott. He died on 27 February 2006 in Warner Robins, Georgia, USA.- Ed McCaffrey was born on 17 August 1968 in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, USA. He has been married to Lisa Sime since 4 April 1992. They have four children.
- Claude Passeau was born on 9 April 1909 in Waynesboro, Mississippi, USA. He was married to Agnes Bernyce Spafford. He died on 30 August 2003 in Lucedale, Mississippi, USA.
- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Matt is an Actor, Director, and Writer that was born in Waynesboro, Mississippi but grew up in Morgan City, Louisiana. After years as a professional wrestler, bartender, and Security Forces member in the Air Force, Matt finally decided to follow his dream as a director and filmed, hosted, and edited a forty five minute long documentary about Mississippi craft beer named Better Late Than Never; The Story of Mississippi Craft Beer. After the documentary premiered at the Rails to Reels film festival in Meridian, Mississippi, he immediately signed up for Full Sail University for a Bachelors of Film degree. While there he developed a love for acting and has been in many short films.- Mac Wiseman was born on 23 May 1925 in Waynesboro, Virginia, USA. He died on 24 February 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
- Actor
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Gerald Blakey was born on 11 June 1953 in Waynesboro, Virginia, USA. He is an actor, known for Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV (2000), Haunted Hay Ride: The Movie (2008) and Hate's Haunted Slay Ride (2010).- Melanie Rogina was born on 21 June 1990 in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, USA. She is an actress, known for Princess of Mars (2009) and Cleavage: The Untold Story (2013).
- Spencer Johnson was born on 12 December 1981 in Waynesboro, Mississippi, USA.
- Beau Jack, considered one of the greatest lightweight boxers who ever laced on the gloves, was born Sidney Walker in Waynesboro, Georgia on April 1, 1921. After the death of his mother, young Sidney was raised in Augusta by his maternal grandmother, Evie Mixom, who called him the nickname "Beau Jack".
The young Jack worked as a shoe-shine boy in Augusta at the corner of Broad and Ninth streets. To make extra money, at the age of 15, he began fighting in "battles royal", a sports tradition in the Jim Crow-era South that pitted five to ten African Americans youths against each other in a no-holds-barred fight. The fighters were blindfolded, and the last man standing was the winner, receiving a typically meager purse put up by prosperous white men who put on the brutal spectacle for their own entertainment. Though the young Jack was not big (he was 5'6" tall and weighed 133 pounds), he often emerged victorious in the bouts. This was his introduction to pugilism in the racist South of the inter-war period. (For a vivid description of "battles royal", and the racism that underlied them, see Ralph Ellison's classic 1952 novel about African American alienation, "Invisible Man".) After fighting a battle royal at the Augusta National Golf Club, Jack got a position as a shoeshine at the club, before graduating to caddie. Working at the club enabled the personable Beau Jack to make the acquaintance of the great golfer `Bobby Jones', who gave him the money so that he could travel north and partake in formal boxing training. Turning professional as Beau Jack in 1940, he began his pro boxing career fighting in Massachusetts, where he ran up a record of 27 wins, four losses and two draws while establishing a reputation as a relentless and powerful fighter, traits that made him hugely popular among fight fans. He became renowned for a swarming style and for the high volume of his punches.
In 1941, he moved to New York City, the major leagues of professional boxing at the time, as the New York Boxing Commission and National Boxing Association (NBA) titles were then considered the equivalent of the world's championship. Major fights had taken place at New York City's Madison Square Garden since John L. Sullivan, "The Boston Strongboy", won the heavyweight crown in 1882, when the Garden went through its first incarnation as a showplace for the Barnum & Bailey's circus. Beau Jack became one of the most popular fighters in the history of New York fisticuffs, eventually headlining 21 bouts at the third and most famous incarnation of Madison Square Garden, a record that still stands in an era in which Madison Square Garden is in its fourth building. At the time, the sport was heavily controlled by organized crime, though there is no evidence of outright mob control of Jack.
Beau Jack knocked out 3-to-1 favorite Allie Stolz in the ninth round in their November 1942 match to determine the #1 challenger for New York's version of the world lightweight title. He won the crown from NBA champ Tippy Larkin, knocking him out in the third round, but lost it six months later to fellow future International Boxing Hall of Fame member Bob Montgomery, who bested Beau Jack on points in a unanimous decision. The two had three more memorable fights, starting with Beau Jack regaining the title from Montgomery before losing it to him once again in March 1944. And it was Montgomery who was the antagonist in the most famous fight of Jack's career.
Meeting lightweight champ Montgomery for a fourth time, their August 4, 1944 bout was proclaimed "The War Bonds Fight" as tickets were only made available to interested parties who purchased war bonds. Jack and Montgomery were enlisted men in the U.S. Army at the time of the contest, and both refused to take purses for the fight. Although it was not a title fight, interest was so great that the gate raked in a record $36 million, with 15,822 war bonds being sold. Many people who purchased war bonds left their tickets at the box office for distribution to U.S. servicemen, who were among the almost 16,000 fans who saw Jack best Montgomery on points after 10 rounds. One memorable moment in the evening was the spotlit appearance of heavyweight champ (and U.S. Army Sergeant) Joe Louis, who stood up from his seat in the front row, to a standing ovation from the crowd. Patriotism seldom go better than this until V-E and V-J days in 1945. Beau Jack was named "Ring Magazine" Fighter of the Year for 1944.
Beau Jack's next shot at the lightweight title was against another future hall-of-famer, Ike Williams, a protégé of Mafiosi boxing promoter Blinky Palermo. Palermo was partnered with former Murder Inc. button man Frankie Carbo, a Mafiosi and convicted murderer based in Philadelphia who was considered the "Czar of Boxing". Unlicensed to be a fight manager, Carbo operated his stable of fighters, which later included world heavyweight champ Sonny Liston, through a New York bookie operation. Palermo regularly shortchanged Williams on his purses and ordered him to throw fights. The two manipulated odds and then fixed the fights to maximize their returns. In the early 1940s, Abe "Kid Twist" Reles and Allie "Tick Tock" Tannenbaum agreed to testify against Carbo, but Reles' apparent suicide by throwing himself through a window of the Half Moon Hotel in Coney Island while under heavy police guard, an incident dramatized in the 1960 movie _Murder Inc. (1960)_ -- Peter Falk won a Best Supporting Actor nomination played Reles -- would eventually cause the case to be dismissed. Carbo was not portrayed in the film, though his bosses, Albert Anastasia and Louis Lepke were. (It was Palermo and Carbo who ordered Jake LaMotta's to take a dive against Billy Fox in 1946, an incident that is limned in Martin Scorsese's Raging Bull (1980), widely considered the greatest boxing movie ever made.) The two were later jailed after a successful prosecution headed by none other than U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy.
Williams, whom "Ring Magazine" later named as one of the "100 greatest punchers of all time", was two years younger than Beau Jack in a sport when a year was quite a very long time. The title bout, held on July 12, 1948, saw Williams K.O. Jack in the sixth round. This was the beginning of a rivalry that saw the two fighters matched three more times over the next ten years, with Jack failing to win on each occasion as his knowledge of the sweet science was clearly on the decline.
Williams took their first rematch by a split decision, while the second rematch was a draw on April 9, 1956 in Jack's hometown of Augusta. Meeting for a fourth and final fight (once again in August) on August 12th of the same year, Williams won the third as an exhausted 37-year old Jack was unable to answer the bell at the beginning of the ninth round. (Williams, usually ranked in the Top 10 in most lists of the all-time lightweight champions, held the NBA world title from April of 1945, when he beat champ Juan Zurita, until May 1951, when he was beaten by Jimmy Carter.) This was the last fight of both men's careers. Beau Jack retired with an official pro record of 83 wins (though some credit him with 88), including 40 K.O.'s, 24 losses and five draws.
After retiring from the ring, Beau Jack ran a drive-in Bar-B-Q stand, operated a small farm, and then refereed wrestling matches. After his boxing earnings were exhausted, Jack returned to shining shoes, this time at the reportedly Mafia-owned Fountainebleau Hotel in Miami, Florida. Jack became an advocate of a pension scheme for boxers, so that no former pro pug would be reduced to the dire straights he faced. Jack also trained fighters at Miami's Fifth Street Gym.
Despite suffering from poverty, Beau Jack did not ask for pity. "I've been to the top of the mountain," he said. "I was champion of the world. I've worked hard all my life, and I'm happy doing what I'm doing."
Beau Jack eventually was affected by pugilistic Parkinson's syndrome (which also claimed Joe Louis and Muhammad Ali). He died from its complications in a Miami nursing home on February. 9, 2000, nine years after being inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1991. - Born Martin Derell Dawkins in Waynesboro, Ms. and raised in Los Angeles, Ca. the "Dawk" has been a professional actor since 1999. He has appeared in a variety of movies and TV shows, and originated the character "Freddy" on the hit NBC show "Superstore." He also spent 14 years as a dancer on "Soul Train."
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- Art Department
Andy Lawler was born on 17 January 1979 in Waynesboro, Virginia, USA. Andy is known for Kung Fu Panda (2008), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010) and Red Tails (2012).- Additional Crew
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Victoria Trostle was born on 1 April 1951 in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, USA. She was a writer, known for Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes (1991), Yosemite: The Fate of Heaven (1989) and The Lathe of Heaven (1980). She died on 13 August 2012 in Oakland, California, USA.- Music Department
- Actor
- Art Department
Chris Jenkins was born on 19 September 1980 in Waynesboro, Virginia, USA. He is an actor, known for Familiar Strangers (2008), A Taste of Phobia (2018) and Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2012).- Remedy Rule was born on 27 September 1996 in Waynesboro, Virginia, USA.
- Music Department
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- Composer
Wycliffe Gordon was born on 29 May 1967 in Waynesboro, Georgia, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for Race (2016), Louis (2010) and Marsalis on Music (1995).- Nick Quillen was born on 30 April 1991 in Waynesboro, Virginia, USA. He is an actor, known for Cute Kitten Video (Please Watch) (2012).