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- Actress
- Soundtrack
Jan Hooks is better remembered for her five-year run on Saturday Night Live (1975) (1986-91) on the series she impersonated actress ranging from Bette Davis, to Ann-Margret, to Sally Kellerman, to Jodie Foster. After she left the show, she was proposed by Linda Bloodworth-Thomason to replace Jean Smart on CBS's Designing Women (1986). She accepted. She played the role of Carlene Dobber for the final two seasons. She has also played memorable characters in feature-films including, Tina (the Alamo girl) in Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985), and Dixie Glick in Jiminy Glick in Lalawood (2004).- Actress
- Additional Crew
- Art Department
Gwen Verdon was born to the theater. Her mother, Gertrude, was a vaudevillian and dancer. Her father, Joseph, was an MGM studio electrician. She had to wear corrective boots as a child to straighten out her legs, which were misshapen by childhood illness. Nonetheless, she first appeared as a tapper on stage at age 6. She got her break in Bob Fosse's "Damn Yankees" in 1955. She married Fosse in 1960 and separated from him, although never divorcing him, in the mid-'70s. More stage and screen work quickly followed with highlights in "New Girl In Town", "Redhead", "Sweet Charity", and "Chicago". She and her daughter, Nicole Fosse, created the current stage musical "Fosse". Upon her death, Broadway dimmed all of its marquee lights in tribute.- Veteran little old man Italian character actor Leonardo Anthony Cimino steadily worked in both movies and TV shows alike from the late 1950's up until 2007. Cimino was born on November 4, 1917 in New York City. He was the son of tailor Andrea Cimino and his wife Leonilda. Leonardo played violin as a child and studied at Juilliard as a teenager. Moreover, Cimino studied acting, directing, and modern dance at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. A small, frail, and wizened fellow with a gaunt face, a slight build, and a distinguished air about him, Leonardo often portrayed shrewd Mafioso types, nice elderly gents, and various men of the cloth which include priests, cardinals, and even the Pope in "Monsignor." Cimino twice played Nazi concentration camp survivors: He was outstanding as the wise Abraham Bernstein in the excellent science fiction TV mini-series "V" and likewise marvelous as the kindly Scary German Guy in the delightful "The Monster Squad." Leonardo had a nice bit as the Baron's doctor in David Lynch's "Dune." Among the TV shows Cimino did guest spots on are "Naked City," "The Defenders," "Kojak," "Ryan's Hope," "The Equalizer," "The Hunger," and "Law and Order." Outside of movies and television, Leonardo acted on stage in such plays as "The Iceman Cometh," "They Knew What They Wanted," "A Memory of Two Mondays," "Mike Downstairs," "Night Life," "A Passage to India," "Handful of Fire," "The Liar," and "Cyrano de Bergerac." Cimino died at age 94 at his home in Woodstock, New York on March 3, 2012.
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Barrie Youngfellow was born on 22 October 1946 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. She was an actress, known for It's a Living (1980), The Scarlett O'Hara War (1980) and The Streets of San Francisco (1972). She was married to Sam Freed and Michael Mund Youngfellow. She died on 28 March 2022 in Woodstock, New York, USA.- Actor
- Writer
- Additional Crew
Caroll Spinney was born on 26 December 1933 in Waltham, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Sesame Street (1969), The Muppet Movie (1979) and The Great Muppet Caper (1981). He was married to Debra Spinney and Janice Spinney. He died on 8 December 2019 in Woodstock, Connecticut, USA.- Peter Lazer was born on 12 April 1946 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Hombre (1967), Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958) and Kraft Theatre (1947). He died on 14 November 2008 in Woodstock, New York, USA.
- Actress
- Writer
Gladys Hurlbut was born on 9 December 1898 in Dresden, New York, USA. She was an actress and writer, known for Higher and Higher (1943), The Rains of Ranchipur (1955) and The Mating Season (1951). She died on 25 January 1988 in Woodstock, New York, USA.- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Roger Payne was born on 29 January 1935 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Whales: An Unforgettable Journey (1997), Blue Water, White Death (1971) and Drama 61-67 (1961). He was married to Lisa Harrow and Katharine Boynton. He died on 10 June 2023 in South Woodstock, Vermont, USA.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Harrison Muller Sr. was born on 23 July 1926 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Warrior of the Lost World (1983), Hansel and Gretel (1958) and Max Liebman Spectaculars (1954). He died on 10 June 1998 in Woodstock, New York, USA.- Danny began his career in entertainment by performing standup comedy at the Comedy Store in both Los Angeles and New York City locations; specializing in Archie Bunker and Rodney Dangerfield impersonations. He then was hired by the Miller Brewing Company for several years where he worked as a voice-over and impersonation for various commercials. A member of the Screen Actors Guild; Danny had made appearances in films such as Ghostbusters, Police Academy III, Like Mike and television shows such as Miami Vice.
- Actress
- Stunts
Josephine McKim was born on 4 January 1910 in Oil City, Pennsylvania, USA. She was an actress, known for Lady Be Careful (1936). She was married to Gordon Chalmers. She died on 10 December 1992 in Woodstock, New York, USA.- Director
- Producer
- Editor
Leon Gast was born on 30 March 1936 in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA. He was a director and producer, known for When We Were Kings (1996), Smash His Camera (2010) and The Trials of Muhammad Ali (2013). He was married to Geri Spolan. He died on 8 March 2021 in Woodstock, New York, USA.- Actor
- Additional Crew
- Soundtrack
American tap dancer who was an international star in the 1930's and 1940's. His forte was to tap-dance to any kind of music - jazz, samba, Classical, Baroque - and to adapt his every movement to the character of the music at hand. His career effectively succumbed to the anti- Communist hysteria that existed in the U.S. after World War II, when he was blacklisted out of the entertainment industry as a "Communist sympathizer."- Following the death of Albert Grossman, Sally managed Bearsville Recording Studios and Bearsville Records. She appeared on the cover of Bob Dylan's album "Bringing It All Back Home" - the iconic woman in a red dress.
As a child, under the name Sally Coleman, acted in numerous TV commercials in the 1940's and 50's. Sally attended Professional Children's School in Manhattan. - Writer
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Chester Gould was interested in comics from an early age. He wrote and drew several strips while attending Oklahoma A&M University and at Northwestern University (where he graduated in 1921). After graduating from the Chicago Art Institute in 1923, Gould went to work for a Chicago area newspaper. Gould found work illustrating several minor comic strips, and also bombarded the major newspaper syndicates with ideas for a new strip.
It was sometime in 1931 that Gould got a idea, based on his own work as a newspaperman. Gould saw that the headlines were filled with stories about gangsters and their escapades. Gould was disgusted by the apparentm triumph of good over evil, and decided that his new character would fight against these hoods. He sent this strip, called "Plainclothes Tracy" to the Chicago Tribune. The editor at the Tribune loved the idea, but suggested that the strip needed a shorter name. And so, "Dick Tracy" premiered on October 4th, 1931.
From the beginning, Gould's strip stood out. Previous comic strips focused on either household comedies (like "Bringing Up Father") or boyhood adventures. Dick Tracy was one of the first strips to show the effects of violence on people; readers were shocked when a strip clearly showed Tracy shooting a villian in the face. The strip was a huge success, not only spawning a number of spin-offs, but entering the public consciousness as well. Tracy's chisled features became so familiar that it was easy for cartoonist Al Capp to parody him in "L'il Abner."
Like many of the great comics of the 30s and 40s, "Dick Tracy" slowly became a victim of the times. The art was still vibrant and creative, but Gould's two-dimensional, black/white characterization looked stodgy by the 1950s. In the 1960s, Gould made an ill-advised devision to update Tracy by outfitting him with space-age gadgets and a rocket ship(!).
Gould retired from the strip on December 25, 1977, turning it over to his long time assistant. "Dick Tracy" continues to run in newspapers around the world, long after its creator's death in 1985.- Actor
- Additional Crew
Allen Midgette was born on 2 February 1939 in Camden, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for Caldo soffocante (1991), Blondie: Mother (2011) and 7254 (1971). He died on 16 June 2021 in Woodstock, New York, USA.- Ivan Le Lorraine Albright was born on 20 February 1897 in North Harvey, Illinois, USA. He is known for The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945). He was married to Veda Partridge. He died on 18 November 1983 in Woodstock, Vermont, USA.
- Gaston Bell was born on 27 September 1877 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for The Third Degree (1913), The Wolf (1914) and Nathan Hale (1913). He died on 11 December 1963 in Woodstock, New York, USA.
- Actor
- Location Management
John Spencer-Churchill was born on 13 April 1926 in Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Hamlet (1996), History of the World: Part I (1981) and An Unlikely Obsession (2011). He was married to Lily Sahni, Dagmar Douglas-Stjernorp, Athina Livanos and Susan Hornby. He died on 16 October 2014 in Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England, UK.- Producer
- Writer
- Additional Crew
Stephen Hattman was born on 14 May 1945 in Mansfield, Ohio, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for The Flash (1990), Spenser: For Hire (1985) and Pointman (1995). He died on 11 February 2019 in Woodstock, Virginia, USA.- Caroline Francke was born on 19, July, 1899, at Far Rockaway, a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. Caroline and her sister Katherine were raised by their mother Caroline, a divorce who worked as a private secretary in Essex, New Jersey.
Francke attended the Connecticut College for Women and had studied playwriting at Columbia University before finding success on Broadway and in Hollywood. She is probably best remembered for her 1928 play, "Exceeding Small", and an unproduced play that became the movie, Bombshell (1933), starring Jean Harlow. In the 1940s she worked as a script writer for the popular "Henry Aldrich" radio series.
Caroline Francke died from a cerebral hemorrhage on 22 May 1960, at Woodstock, New York, the birthplace of her husband, artist Kenneth Downer (1903-1975). Along with her husband, an adopted daughter and her sister also survived. Her last production, "The 49th Cousin" debuted on Broadway just three months after her death. - David Robertson was born on 17 April 1945. David died on 20 August 2021 in Woodstock, Ontario, Canada.
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Alix Dobkin was born on 16 August 1940 in New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Thirsty (2016), Dyketactics (1974) and Our Time (1983). She was married to Sam Hood. She died on 19 May 2021 in Woodstock, New York, USA.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Edith Brandell was born on 2 April 1918 in New York, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for All Girl Revue (1940) and Nut Guilty (1936). She died on 24 December 1998 in Woodstock, New York, USA.- Actor
- Producer
- Additional Crew
Morey Bunin was born on 15 April 1910 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for Fearless Fosdick (1952), The Great Foodini (1948) and Pete Roleum and His Cousins (1939). He died on 26 February 1997 in Woodstock, New York, USA.- Fanny Simpson was an actress, known for Hubby Does the Washing (1912), The Boarding House Heiress (1912) and Child of the Tenements (1912). She died on 17 October 1961 in Woodstock, New York, USA.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Stan Szelest was born on 11 February 1942 in Buffalo, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Staying Together (1989). He died on 20 January 1991 in Woodstock, New York, USA.- Actor
- Writer
Grant Stewart was born on 18 April 1866 in Lewisham, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Arms and the Girl (1917) and The Rainbow Princess (1916). He was married to Helen Mackenzie. He died on 18 August 1929 in Woodstock, New York, USA.- Visual Effects
- Composer
Bill Keith was born on 20 December 1939 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was a composer, known for The Ballad of a Gunfighter (1964), Deep Water: The Building of the Catskill Water System (2002) and Give Me the Banjo (2011). He was married to Claire Keith. He died on 23 October 2015 in Woodstock, New York, USA.- E. Christopher Zeeman was born on 4 February 1925 in Japan. He was married to Rosemary Gledhill. He died on 13 February 2016 in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England, UK.
- Edmund Gilligan was born on 7 June 1898 in Waltham, Massachusetts, USA. He was a writer, known for Sealed Cargo (1951). He died on 29 December 1973 in Woodstock, New York, USA.
- Jesse Gress died on 21 February 2023 in Woodstock, New York, USA.
- Francisco Moncion was born on 6 July 1922 in La Vega, Dominican Republic. He was an actor, known for A Midsummer Night's Dream (1967), La valse (1973) and Camera Three (1955). He died on 1 April 1995 in Woodstock, New York, USA.
- Otis L. Guernsey Jr. was born on 9 August 1918 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for 13 Frightened Girls (1963). He died on 2 May 2001 in Woodstock, Vermont, USA.
- Helen Weaver was born on 18 June 1931 in Madison, Wisconsin, USA. She was an actress, known for Beside the Sea (2022) and New York in the 50's (2000). She was married to James Pierce. She died on 13 April 2021 in Woodstock, New York, USA.
- Make-Up Department
Lucy Walsh was born in 1953 in Dublin, Ontario, Canada. She is known for History Bites (1998), Canada: A People's History (2000) and Triple Sensation (2007). She was married to Michael Northcote. She died on 14 July 2013 in Woodstock, Ontario, Canada.- Producer
- Actor
Jon Kurtis was born in 1955 in the USA. He was a producer and actor, known for South Bronx Heroes (1985), Heart of Midnight (1988) and Class of Nuke 'Em High (1986). He was married to Virginia Kurtis. He died on 3 January 1988 in Woodstock, Vermont, USA.- Dean Schambach was born on 29 December 1932 in the USA. He was an actor, known for Sweet Honey Chile' (2013). He died on 26 October 2017 in Woodstock, New York, USA.
- Harold Farley was born on 23 August 1955 in Beeville, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Fighting Angels: The Series (2008), Inheritance, Italian Style (2014) and Life Coached (2012). He was married to Cheryl Deshone Sikes Farley. He died on 4 February 2019 in Woodstock, Georgia.
- David V. Robison came from an accomplished family of liberal and artistic leanings. His sister was a concert pianist and his oldest daughter, Paula Robison, is one of the premier flutists in the world, and teaches flute at the Mannes School of Music in New York City. After graduating in history from Columbia University, David taught at the African-American College Fiske University in Atlanta, where he met the black singer and actor Paul Robeson. Paul was Paula's godfather. David became active in the civil rights movement, and his leftist leanings led to his being blacklisted in the 1950s. During this period he wrote under several pseudonyms and was known as an accomplished rewrite man. In the 1960s he started writing again under his own name, and was one of the main script writers for the Defenders, with E.G. Marshall, and other popular TV shows. He moved to Woodstock, New York in the late 1960s and died there of lung cancer in 1977, survived by his wife Naomi, an actress and teacher, his daughters Paula and Deborah, and his son Joshua.
- Manuel Komroff was born on 7 September 1890 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for Small Town Boy (1937), The Scarlet Empress (1934) and The Magic Bow (1946). He was married to Elinor M. Barnard. He died on 10 December 1974 in Woodstock, New York, USA.
- Actor
Carl Henning was born on 1 June 1918. He was an actor. He died on 5 May 1997 in Woodstock, Illinois, USA.- Music Department
- Actor
- Composer
Alexander Semmler was born on 26 November 1900 in Germany. He was an actor and composer, known for This Is America: The Great Lakes (1946), Nash Airflyte Theatre (1950) and The Legend of Rudolph Valentino (1961). He died in April 1977 in Woodstock, New York, USA.- Philip Guston was born on 27 June 1913 in Montreal, Canada. He died on 7 June 1980 in Woodstock, New York, USA.
- John Billings was born on 7 August 1923 in Winchester, Massachusetts, USA. He was married to Nancy and Barbara. He died on 4 March 2022 in Woodstock, Virginia, USA.