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James Ransone attended Carver Center for Arts and Technology in Towson, Maryland from 1993-1997. The school is a "magnet school" that allows students to specialize in subjects such as theater, dance, writing, fine arts, and film, as well as all the required academic classes. Ransone specialized in theater, then changed majors to fine arts and graduated in 1997.

Robert Reiner was born in The Bronx, New York City to Estelle Reiner (née Lebost) and Emmy-winning actor, comedian, writer, and producer Carl Reiner.The family moved to suburban New Rochelle, Westchester County, New York when he was a child. Their address there (on Bonny Meadow Lane) was the same as that of the Petrie family on The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961).

His father was his role model, as Carl Reiner had created and starred in The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961). Estelle Reiner was also an inspiration for him to become a director; her experience as a singer helped him understand how music was used in a scene. Rob often felt pressured about measuring up to his father's successful streak, with 12 Emmys and other prestigious awards.

When Rob graduated high school, his parents advised him to participate in Summer Theatre. Reiner got a job as an apprentice in the Bucks County Playhouse in Pennsylvania. He attended UCLA Film School to further his education. Reiner felt he still wasn't successful, despite having a recurring role on one of the biggest shows in the country, All in the family (1971). He began his directing career with the Oscar-nominated films "This Is Spinal Tap", "Stand By Me", and "The Princess Bride".

In 1987, with these successful box-office movies under his belt, Reiner founded his own production company, Castle Rock Entertainment, along with Martin Shafer, Andrew Scheinman, Glenn Padnick, and Alan Horn. Under Castle Rock Entertainment, he went on to direct Oscar-nominated films "When Harry Met Sally", "Misery", and "A Few Good Men". Reiner credited former co-star Carroll O'Connor in helping him get into the directing business and showing Reiner the ropes.

Reiner was known as a political activist, co-founding the American Foundation For Equal Rights, a group that was an advisory for same-sex-marriage (called marriage equality). He spoke at rallies as an advocate for social change regarding issues including but not limited to domestic violence and tobacco use.

Reiner made cameo appearances on such television shows as "30 Rock", "The Simpsons", and "Hannah Montana", and in such films as "The First Wives Club", "Bullets Over Broadway", "Primary Colors", and "Throw Momma From The Train", among many others.

Pat Finn was born in Evanston, Illinois, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Middle (2009), Pas si simple (2009) and I Am Chris Farley (2015). He was married to Donna Crowley. He died on 22 December 2025 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Helen Siff was born on 2 June 1937 in New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Rien que pour vos cheveux (2008), Karate Kid (1984) and Ave, César ! (2016). She was married to Marshall Siff and Selig Moss. She died on 18 December 2025 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

The amazingly gifted and versatile Ms. Diane Ladd received immense praise for her dramatic efforts throughout the course of her electric and unique seventy-year career. Her timeless offbeat charm and beauty reminiscent of a lamented Hollywood Golden Era actress gleam in the most understated roles and continue to make her a sought-after unconventional performer.

Diego Borella was born in 1978 in Venice, Italy. Diego was an assistant director, known for Emily in Paris (2020) and Doc (2020). Diego died on 22 August 2025 in Venice, Italy.

Diane Keaton was born Diane Hall in Los Angeles, California, to Dorothy Deanne (Keaton), an amateur photographer, and John Newton Hall, a civil engineer and real estate broker. She studied Drama at Santa Ana College, before dropping out in favor of the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York. After appearing in summer stock for several months, she got her first major stage role in the Broadway rock musical "Hair". As understudy to the lead, she gained attention by not removing any of her clothing. In 1968, Woody Allen cast her in his Broadway play "Play It Again, Sam," which had a successful run. It was during this time that she became involved with Allen and appeared in a number of his films. The first one was Tombe les filles et tais-toi (1972), the screen adaptation of the stage play. That same year Francis Ford Coppola cast her as Kay in the Oscar-winning Le Parrain (1972), and she was on her way to stardom. She reprized that role in the film's first sequel, Le Parrain, 2ᵉ partie (1974). She then appeared with Allen again in Woody et les robots (1973) and Guerre et amour (1975).

In 1977, she broke away from her comedy image to appear in the chilling À la recherche de Mr. Goodbar (1977), which won her a Golden Globe nomination. It was the same year that she appeared in what many regard as her best performance, in the title role of Annie Hall (1977), which Allen wrote specifically for her (her real last name is Hall, and her nickname is Annie), and what an impact she made. She won the Oscar and the British Award for Best Actress, and Allen won the Directors Award from the DGA. She started a fashion trend with her unisex clothes and was the poster girl for a lot of young males. Her mannerisms and awkward speech became almost a national craze. The question being asked, though, was, "Is she just a lightweight playing herself, or is there more depth to her personality?" For whatever reason, she appeared in but one film a year for the next two years and those films were by Allen. When they broke up she was next involved with Warren Beatty and appeared in his film Reds (1981), as the bohemian female journalist Louise Bryant. For her performance, she received nominations for the Academy Award and the Golden Globe. For the rest of the 1980s she appeared infrequently in films but won nominations in three of them. Attempting to break the typecasting she had fallen into, she took on the role of a confused, somewhat naive woman who becomes involved with Middle Eastern terrorists in La petite fille au tambour (1984). To offset her lack of movie work, Diane began directing. She directed the documentary Heaven (1987), as well as some music videos. For television she directed an episode of the popular, but strange, Mystères à Twin Peaks (1990).

In the 1990s, she began to get more mature roles, though she reprized the role of Kay Corleone in the third "Godfather" epic, Le Parrain, 3e partie (1990). She appeared as the wife of Steve Martin in the hit Le père de la mariée (1991) and again in Le père de la mariée II (1995). In 1993 she once again teamed with Woody Allen in Meurtre mystérieux à Manhattan (1993), which was well received. In 1995 she received high marks for Les liens du souvenir (1995), her first major feature as a director.

New York City born David Johansen sang in Rock & Roll dance bands as a teenager, joining Charles Ludlum's Ridiculous Theater and starting the New York Dolls.

The highly influential Dolls made two iconic Rock & Roll records before disbanding in the mid seventies. At this time he created the David Johansen Group which recorded six highly acclaimed albums and toured hits such as "Funky but Chic" for the next ten years. Simultaneously he began performing Jump Blues, Calypso, and "Pre-Hayes code Rock & Roll" under the name Buster Poindexter The success of these shows led to Buster Poindexter's touring four swinging internationally acclaimed CD's.

During this time, in addition to his musical career, Johansen started appearing in various movies , including Deux dollars sur un tocard (1989) and Fantômes en fête (1988), as well as making various television appearances, including a season on Saturday Night Live (1975).

Val Kilmer was born in Los Angeles, California, to Gladys Swanette (Ekstadt) and Eugene Dorris Kilmer, who was a real estate developer and aerospace equipment distributor. His mother, born in Indiana, was from a Swedish family, and his father was from Texas. Val studied at Hollywood's Professional's School and, in his teens, entered Juilliard's drama program. His professional acting career began on stage, and he still participates in theater; he played Hamlet at the 1988 Colorado Shakespeare Festival. His film debut was in the 1984 spoof Top Secret ! (1984), wherein he starred as blond rock idol Nick Rivers. He was in a number of films throughout the 1980s, including the 1986 smash Top Gun (1986). Despite his obvious talent and range, it wasn't until his astonishingly believable performance as Jim Morrison in Oliver Stone's Les Doors (1991) that the world sat up and took notice. Kilmer again put his good baritone to use in the movie, performing all of the concert pieces. Since then, he has played two more American legends, Elvis Presley in True Romance (1993) and Doc Holliday in Tombstone (1993). In July 1994, it was announced that Kilmer would be taking over the role of Batman/Bruce Wayne from Michael Keaton.

Born on August 18, 1936, in Santa Monica, California, to Charles Robert Redford, an accountant for Standard Oil, and Martha Redford, Charles Robert Redford, Jr. was a scrappy kid who stole hubcaps in high school and lost his college baseball scholarship at the University of Colorado because of drunkenness. However, as a high school student, he had displayed a certain aptitude as a caricaturist and this contributed to his decision to seriously study art. Redford then enjoyed a year-long sojourn travelling around Europe, hitchhiking, living in youth hostels and generally living the painter's life. Eventually, he came to realise that his work was unoriginal and not very good. He therefore returned to New York to pursue studies in theatrical design at the Pratt Institute of Art. He subsequently enrolled in acting classes at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.

By the end of 1960, he was on Broadway in a series of plays including Barefoot in the Park, which launched him to fame. TV and stage experience coupled with all-American good looks led to movies and a breakthrough role in Butch Cassidy et le Kid (1969), when the actor was 33. Nos plus belles années (1973) and L'Arnaque (1973), both in 1973, made Redford No. 1 at the box office for the next three years. Redford used his clout to advance environmental causes and his riches to acquire Utah property, which he transformed into a ranch and the Sundance ski resort. In 1980, he established the Sundance Institute for aspiring filmmakers. Its annual film festival has become one of the world's most influential. Redford's directorial debut, Des gens comme les autres (1980), won him the Academy Award for Best Director in 1981. He waited eight years before getting behind the camera again, this time for the screen version of John Nichols' acclaimed novel of the Southwest, Milagro (1988). He scored with critics and fans in 1992 with the Brad Pitt film Et au milieu coule une rivière (1992), and again, in 1994, with Quiz Show (1994), which earned him yet another Best Director nomination.

Redford married Lola Van Wagenen on August 9, 1958; they divorced in 1985 after having four children, one of which died of sudden infant death syndrome. Daughter Shauna Redford, born November 15, 1960, is a painter who married Eric Schlosser on October 5, 1985, in Provo, Utah; her first child, born in January 1991, made Redford a grandfather. Son James Redford, a screenwriter, was born May 5, 1962. Daughter Amy Redford, an actress, was born October 22, 1970. Redford has a half-brother named William, who worked in medical research.

Born in Montclair, New Jersey in 1965. He discovered acting in his mid 20s in New York, where he was trained at Lee Strasberg's studio. Then his deep voiced, tall and pale persona showed up on TV and films in 1990. His first leading roles were in Laws of Gravity (1992) and Clean, Shaven (1993), the latter of which got him noticed by Quentin Tarantino. The next year, he played the memorable role of the raping torturer Zed in Tarantino's Pulp Fiction (1994).

He was then cast as the leading villain opposite Jim Carrey and Cameron Diaz in The Mask (1994), and as Redfoot in highly acclaimed crime drama The Usual Suspects (1995). In addition, the same year he had a supporting role as a bad guy in the Steven Seagal film Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995).

Greene has also played memorable roles in the films Blue Streak (1999), Ticker (2000) Training Day (2002), Brothers in Arms (2005), End Game (2006), Fist of the Warrior (2007), The Bounty Hunter (2010), Once Fallen (2010), and the TV series The Black Donellys (2007).

He's made guest appearances in the TV series Hawaii Five-O (2010) and Justified (2010), appeared as a policeman in Prodigy of Mobb Deep's music video for "A,B,C's", and was the focal point of House of Pain's music video for "Fed Up".

Recently, Greene delivered an emotionally-charged performance as 'Jordan Blaine' in the season two premiere of Tim Firtion's award-winning crime drama/thriller web series, The Jersey Connection (2018). The project has garnered many awards on the festival circuit, with Greene receiving two wins and another five nominations for his acting performance.

Greene continues to work primarily as a character actor.

Verónica Echegui was born on 16 June 1983 in Madrid, Spain. She was an actress and director, known for À l'amour, à la mort (2025), Justice IA (2024) and Intimidad (2022). She died on 24 August 2025 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain.

Trachtenberg grew up in Brooklyn and started her acting career young; she began appearing in commercials at the age of 3.

She continued to act and dance through her school years, making regular television appearances from the age of 10. She landed a recurring role in the kids' TV show The Adventures of Pete & Pete (1992) and starred in Harriet la petite espionne (1996), but it was her role as Buffy's sister Dawn from the fifth season of Buffy contre les vampires (1997) that really brought her to worldwide attention, and all before she was 18 years old.

More high profile TV and movie work followed.

Born in precisely the kind of small-town American setting so familiar from his films, David Lynch spent his childhood being shunted from one state to another as his research scientist father kept getting relocated. He attended various art schools, married Peggy Lynch and then fathered future director Jennifer Lynch shortly after he turned 21. That experience, plus attending art school in a particularly violent and run-down area of Philadelphia, inspired Eraserhead (1977), a film that he began in the early 1970s (after a couple of shorts) and which he would work on obsessively for five years. The final film was initially judged to be almost unreleasable weird, but thanks to the efforts of distributor Ben Barenholtz, it secured a cult following and enabled Lynch to make his first mainstream film (in an unlikely alliance with Mel Brooks), though Elephant Man (1980) was shot through with his unique sensibility. Its enormous critical and commercial success led to Dune (1984), a hugely expensive commercial disaster, but Lynch redeemed himself with the now classic Blue Velvet (1986), his most personal and original work since his debut. He subsequently won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival with the dark, violent road movie Sailor & Lula (1990), and achieved a huge cult following with his surreal TV series Mystères à Twin Peaks (1990), which he adapted for the big screen, though his comedy series On the Air (1992) was less successful. He also draws comic strips and has devised multimedia stage events with regular composer Angelo Badalamenti. He had a much-publicized affair with Isabella Rossellini in the late 1980s.

Michele Reiner was born on 3 March 1955 in the USA. She was a producer and actress, known for Misery (1990), Albert Brooks: Defending My Life (2023) and Joyeux Noël (1994). She was married to Rob Reiner. She died on 14 December 2025 in Brentwood, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Julian Dana William McMahon was born in Sydney, Australia, the second of three children of Lady Sonia McMahon (née Sonia Rachel Hopkins) and Sir Billy McMahon, the longest continuously serving government minister in Australian history, serving over 21 years as a government minister before serving as Prime Minister of Australia from March 1971 to December 1972. Sir Billy died March 31, 1988, age 80, four months before Julian's 20th birthday, and Julian's mother, Lady (Sonia) McMahon, died of cancer, three days after the 22nd anniversary of her husband's passing, in Sydney, on April 2, 2010, age 77, with Julian and his two sisters at her bedside.

Julian is of Irish and English descent. Julian started a Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Wollongong, but after more time spent in the University bar than at classes, he became bored after one year and began a career in modeling, working primarily in commercials. In 1987, he began print modeling assignments in Los Angeles, New York, Milan, Rome and Paris. His appearance in a TV commercial promoting jeans in his home country made him popular enough to be cast as the lead in The Power, the Passion (1989), an Australian "Dynasty"-like series. After 18 months on "The Power, The Passion," Julian then joined the cast of Summer Bay (1988), another successful Australian series, where he won a best actor award from a national magazine.

McMahon later performed on stage, appearing in a musical version of "Home and Away" in Britain as well as in "Love Letters" in Sydney and Melbourne. After a lead role in the feature film Wet and Wild Summer! (1993) with Elliott Gould, he moved to Hollywood so that he could read for more American projects. In 1992, he was cast as Ian Rain on NBC's daytime drama Un autre monde (1964). He left "Another World" after two years, in order to expand his range and experience, appearing in several Los Angeles stage productions. He also appeared in the feature film Magenta (1997) before landing the role of Agent John Grant on Profiler (1996) for four seasons, .

In his free time, McMahon enjoyed surfing, biking, and cooking. He was a fan of baseball, American football and basketball, and he collected classic books.

Eugene Allen Hackman was born in San Bernardino, California, the son of Ann Lydia Elizabeth (Gray) and Eugene Ezra Hackman, who operated a newspaper printing press. He is of Pennsylvania Dutch (German), English, and Scottish ancestry, partly by way of Canada, where his mother was born. After several moves, his family settled in Danville, Illinois. Gene grew up in a broken home, which he left at the age of sixteen for a hitch with the US Marines.

Moving to New York after being discharged, he worked in a number of menial jobs before studying journalism and television production on the G.I. Bill at the University of Illinois. Hackman would be over 30 years old when he finally decided to take his chance at acting by enrolling at the Pasadena Playhouse. Legend says that Hackman and friend Dustin Hoffman were voted "least likely to succeed."

Hackman next moved back to New York, where he worked in summer stock and off-Broadway. In 1964 he was cast as the young suitor in the Broadway play "Any Wednesday." This role would lead to him being cast in the small role of Norman in Lilith (1964), starring Warren Beatty. When Beatty was casting for Bonnie et Clyde (1967), he cast Hackman as Buck Barrow, Clyde Barrow's brother. That role earned Hackman a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, an award for which he would again be nominated in Je n'ai jamais chanté pour mon père (1970). In 1972 he won the Oscar for his role as Detective Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle in French Connection (1971). At 40 years old Hackman was a Hollywood star whose work would rise to new heights with La Fugue (1975) and La Chevauchée sauvage (1975), or fall to new depths with L'aventure du Poséidon (1972) and Eureka (1983). Hackman is a versatile actor who can play comedy (the blind man in Frankenstein junior (1974)) or villainy (the evil Lex Luthor in Superman (1978)). He is the doctor who puts his work above people in Mesure d'urgence (1996) and the captain on the edge of nuclear destruction in USS Alabama (1995). After initially turning down the role of Little Bill Daggett in Clint Eastwood's Impitoyable (1992), Hackman finally accepted it, as its different slant on the western interested him. For his performance he won the Oscar and Golden Globe and decided that he wasn't tired of westerns after all. He has since appeared in Geronimo (1993), Wyatt Earp (1994), and Mort ou vif (1995).

Softly-spoken, iconic actor Graham Greene was Oneida, born on the Six Nations Reserve in Ontario. He began his working life in the steel industry, as a draftsman, welder, carpenter and civil technician. For a while, he also operated a recording studio in Hamilton, Ontario, later sidelining as an audio technician for rock bands. Greene's acting career did not take off until the 1970s and 80s when he began performing in theatres, first in Toronto and then in England. Upon his return to Canada and with good reviews under his belt, he was cast opposite Al Pacino in the British-made historical drama Révolution (1985). He subsequently portrayed primarily First Nations people on the screen, becoming internationally best known for his Oscar-nominated role as Kicking Bird in Kevin Costner's epic Danse avec les loups (1990). He was featured in other A-grade productions like Cœur de tonnerre (1992), Maverick (1994) and La Ligne verte (1999).

For the small screen, Greene was top-billed as Ishi in the made-for-television movie The Last of His Tribe (1992), playing the last known survivor of the Yahi tribe (who died in 1916). He also played Chingachgook in L'échappée sauvage (1996), based on the classic pioneering novel by James Fenimore Cooper. His many episodic TV guest appearances include stints on Au-delà du réel - l'aventure continue (1995), La loi du colt (1997), Skinwalkers: The Navajo Mysteries (2002), 1883 (2021) and Tulsa King (2022). Greene co-starred alongside Lou Diamond Phillips in the short-lived supernatural drama series Wolf Lake (2001). They also appeared together in several episodes of Longmire (2012), with Greene featured as casino security chief Malachi Strand. Yet another recurring pivotal character was Greene's wealthy mine owner Rafe McCawley in the off-beat science fiction series Defiance (2013).

On stage, Greene has worked with the Native Earth Performing Arts, at the Theatre Passe Muraille, the Manitoba Theatre Centre and the Royal Alexandra Theatre. His many accolades have included an honorary doctorate in law from Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario (in 2008), a Grammy and, two Gemini Awards. He was inducted into Order of Canada in 2016 and became a recipient of the Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement in 2025.

Prior to his untimely death on September 1 2025, Greene resided with his wife Hilary Blackmore (plus lots of cats) outside of Toronto, continuing his acting career, writing and building boats.

Michael Madsen was an enigmatic force in the entertainment industry. Known for his rugged charm and brooding charisma, he perfected the art of bringing complex characters to life, seamlessly transitioning between nuanced vulnerability and unbridled intensity.

His powerful performances earned him critical acclaim and a dedicated fan base. His distinctive ability to effortlessly portray characters with a captivating blend of sensitivity and grit led to collaborations with renowned directors and fellow actors, garnering him accolades. His versatility allowed him to effortlessly navigate between genres, delivering unforgettable performances in films such as "Kill Bill: Vol. 1," "Thelma & Louise," and "Donnie Brasco," among others.

Beyond his remarkable acting career, his multifaceted talents extended to other creative endeavors. An accomplished poet, he published several volumes of poetry, revealing a profound depth and introspection that mirrored the complexity of his on-screen persona.

Emmy-nominated actor and director Malcolm-Jamal Warner was born in Jersey City, New Jersey. He was named after Malcolm X and legendary jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal.

Warner first rose to national prominence by starring on the celebrated and long-running classic television series "The Cosby Show." His work on the show garnered him a Primetime Emmy Nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. As a seasoned director, Warner worked on a host of television series, including being a regular director [and producer] on the comedy series "Malcolm & Eddie," and also directed several episodes of "The Cosby Show," "All That," "Keenan & Kel," "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air," "Sesame Street," and the AIDS awareness video "Timeout: The Truth about HIV, AIDS, and You' [which starred Magic Johnson and Arsenio Hall, and earned Warner the NAACP Key of Life Image Award. His short film, "This Old Man," received critical acclaim on the theater festival circuit.

In addition to his television credits, Warner made his feature film debut in Paramount Pictures' "Drop Zone," and was also seen in Warner Bros' Pictures "Fools Gold" opposite Matthew McConaughey, Kate Hudson, and Donald Sutherland; and in the independent films "Restaurant" with Adrien Brody, "A Fare to Remember," and "The List" with Wayne Brady.

On stage, Warner starred in the off-Broadway plays "Three Ways Home," "Cryin' Shame," for which he received the NAACP Theater Award for Best Supporting Actor, "Freefall" at the Victory Garden Theatre in Chicago, and in "A Midsummer Nights' Dream," at the La Jolla Playhouse in California. Warner received critical acclaim for his West Coast debut of his one-man theatrical production of "Love and Other Social Issues." He returned to the stage in 2013, reprising Sidney Poitier's role as Dr. John Prentice in "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner."

In the 2010s, Warner had recurring roles on two hit series, TNT's "Major Crimes," and FX's "Sons of Anarchy." He also appeared on NBC's critically acclaimed series "Community," and guest starred on "The Michael J. Fox Show," TNT's "Hawthorne", AMC's "The Cleaner," and Showtime's "Dexter." In 2011, he produced, directed, and starred in the BET original series "Reed Between the Lines" opposite Tracee Ellis Ross.

Warner's voice may have been as well known as his likeness, for four seasons he voiced the "Producer" on PBS' "The Magic School Bus." He was on the audio book version of "The Marvelous Effect" published by Berkley Trade, as well as in Simon & Schuster's "Fatherhood" by Bill Cosby. When not acting and directing, Warner was a poet and bass player. His jazz-funk band Miles Long performed in several major jazz festivals, including the Playboy Jazz Festival, and opened for high-profile artists including Earl Klugh and Luther Vandross; they also performed at the historic Apollo Theater. He also independently distributed his CDs, "The Miles Long Mix Tape" and "Love and Other Social Issues."

Warner lived in Los Angeles, California.

Rachael is best known for her role as Jodi Fountain on the much loved Australian series McLeod's Daughters, for which she was nominated at the 2007 TV WEEK Logie Awards for both a 'Silver Logie - Most Popular Actress' and the 'Gold Logie - Most Popular Personality in Television.' Other Australian TV credits include the following; 800 Words, All Saints and Home & Away all of which aired on Channel 7 as well as the Channel Nine mini-series Scorched.

In the US, Rachael has appeared in a wide range of network television programs. He credits include; The Rachels, Seeds of Yesterday alongside Heather Graham, If There Be Thorns, and she was cast in the lead role playing the daughter Cathy Baker and Treat Williams in Against the Wall for the Lifetime Network. Stalker, N.C.I.S.: Los Angeles, Cane, Law Dogs for CBS True Blue, for ABC, Touched for Hallmark and a strong recurring role in the A&E series The Glades.

Rachael also appeared in the feature films The Umbrella Man, Triangle, starring Melissa George and Liam Hemsworth and Hating Alison Ashley alongside Delta Goodrem.

Rachael studied ballet for 10 years and is an avid surfer and a passionate horse rider.

Born in New York City on June 25, 1925, the daughter of actors Gene Lockhart and Kathleen Lockhart, June Lockhart made her professional debut at age eight in a Metropolitan Opera production of "Peter Ibbetson", playing Mimsey in the dream sequence. In the mid-1930s, the Lockharts relocated to California, where father Gene enjoyed a long career as one of the screen's great character actors. June made her screen debut in MGM's version of A Christmas Carol (1938), playing--appropriately enough the daughter of stars Gene Lockhart and Kathleen Lockhart. June appeared in a dozen or more movies before 1947, when she made her Broadway bow playing the ingénue in the comedy "For Love or Money" with John Loder. She got a standing ovation on opening night; one critic compared her debut to the first big hits of Helen Hayes and Margaret Sullavan. The overnight toast of Broadway, she went on to win a Tony Award, the Donaldson Award, the Theatre World Award and the Associated Press citation for Woman of the Year for Drama for her work in that play. On television, she has co-starred in popular series like Lassie (1954) and Perdus dans l'espace (1965).

The normally erudite, soft-spoken and well-mannered Alabama-born actress Polly Dean Holliday, daughter of a truck driver, accumulated quite an extensive theater background by the time she hit sassy, blue-collar stardom on 70s TV as gum-cracking waitress Florence Jean Castleberry on the highly popular sitcom Alice (1976).

Following her studies at Alabama College for Women, where she appeared in such productions as "Medea" and "The Lady's Not for Burning" and at Florida State University, Polly began her professional stage career in outdoor drama in North Carolina before joining the Asolo Repertory Company in Sarasota, Florida, and becoming a long, respected company member. During her initial residency (1962-1972), she appeared in such classic and contemporary productions as "The Way of the World" (1962), "Major Barbara" (1967), "As You Like It" (1967), "Look Back in Anger" (1968), "Joe Egg" (1970), "Candida" (title role, 1971), "The Subject Was Roses" (1971) and "House of Blue Leaves" (1971). Later roles with the company included "Hay Fever" (1974) and "Free and Clear" (2004). Polly worked long and hard to disguise her Alabama drawl while building up a sturdy classical reputation. At the same time, she supplemented her income teaching piano and also music in elementary schools.

Making her off-Broadway debut in "Orphee" back in 1964, she moved to the East Coast in 1972 and appeared in New York productions of "Wedding Bond," and "The Girl Most Likely to Succeed" before taking her first Broadway bow in "All Over Town" directed by Dustin Hoffman in 1974. She then began appearing in small parts in such movies as Pittsville - Ein Safe voll Blut (1974), W.W. Dixie (1975) and Les Hommes du président (1976)

Polly won the flashy TV role of Flo in 1976. As the Southern-baked hash slinger who delightfully redefined trailer park trash, the actress gave a no-holds barred performance that earned her two Golden Globes awards and an Emmy nomination. She hit it so big with fans (her character introduced the catch phrase "Kiss mah grits!") that she was given her own spin-off, aptly titled Flo (1980). Surprisingly, the show lasted only one season despite another Emmy-nomination.

To avoid severe typecasting, Polly veered away from the television limelight and returned to her first love, the theatre. She won renewed respect and critical notice on Broadway and in regional theatre for her performances in "A Sense of Humor" (1983), "Black Coffee" (1985), her eccentric Martha Brewster in "Arsenic and Old Lace" (1986), as Amanda Wingfield in "The Glass Menagerie" (1988), her Tony-nominated turn as Big Mama in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (1990), "A Quarrel of Sparrows" (1993), her Veta in "Harvey" (1993), as spinster schoolteacher Flo Owens in "Picnic" (1994) and again off-Broadway in "Marco Polo Sings a Solo" (1998).

From time to time, Polly has taken on feisty roles in both comic and dramatic films, such as the old crank who meets a freakish end in the box-office critter hit Gremlins (1984), and on TV wherein she briefly replaced Eileen Brennan as Captain Amanda Allen in the series Private Benjamin (1981) after Ms. Brennan's near-fatal car accident in 1982.

Though Polly never recaptured the brash success of her Alice (1976) years, she has continued at a healthy pace primarily in guest spots. She nominally played wise and opinionated mothers and grandmothers on such shows as "Stir Crazy," "The Golden Girls," "Amazing Stories," "The Equalizer" and "Homicide: Life on the Streets." She also had recurring roles as Momma Love on the short-lived crime series The Client (1995) and as Patricia Richardson's mom on the hit sitcom Papa bricole (1991).

Broaching the millennium she continued sporadically with featured parts in such films as Madame Doubtfire (1993), Mr. Wrong (1996), À nous quatre (1998), Stick It (2006), Les femmes de ses rêves (2007) and Fair Game (2010). She has also been featured on stage in such plays as "The Time of the Cuckoo" (2000), "Dividing the Estate" (2007), "A Christmas Carol" (2013) and "The Old Friends" (2014).

Greg Biffle was born on 23 December 1969 in Vancouver, Washington, USA. He was an actor, known for Superstar Saturday Night: The Camping World SRX Series (2021), ESPN Speedworld (1979) and NASCAR on TNT (2001). He was married to Cristina Grossu and Nicole Lunders. He died on 18 December 2025 in Statesville, North Carolina, USA.

Terence was born in London and spent his early years watching American films and dreamed of being like the stars on the screen, He was awarded a scholarship for the Webber Douglas School of Dramatic Art. In his second year, during an audition, Peter Ustinov signed him for the title role in Billy Budd (1962). This was not only his remarkable film debut but his performance earned him his first and only Oscar nomination too in 1962 and marked the start of his international stardom. He consolidated his career by working with some of the top directors such as William Wyler (L'obsédé (1965)), Joseph Losey (Modesty Blaise (1966)), John Schlesinger (Loin de la foule déchaînée (1967)), Ken Loach (Pas de larmes pour Joy (1967)) and Pier Paolo Pasolini (Théorème (1968)). He then took a break from films and traveled around the world returning to cinema in a variety of films including, among others, Superman (1978), Rencontres avec des hommes remarquables (1979), Superman II (1980), The Hit - Le tueur était presque parfait (1984) (for which he was awarded the Grand Medaille de Vermeil in Paris), L'affaire Chelsea Deardon (1986), Le sicilien (1987), Wall Street (1987), Young Guns (1988), Futur immédiat, Los Angeles 1991 (1988), Priscilla, folle du désert (1994), Walkyrie (2008) and Song for Marion (2012). He has also published the first two instalments of his autobiography, Stamp Album, which became a best seller.