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Mary Elizabeth Ellis is an American actress. She is best known for her role as The Waitress on the FX sitcom It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Ellis also starred in the NBC sitcom Perfect Couples and the Fox sitcom The Grinder. She also appeared as Nick's ex-girlfriend Caroline in the sitcom New Girl. From 2017 to 2019, she starred as Lisa Palmer on the Netflix horror-comedy Santa Clarita Diet.- Actor
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Lanky, charismatic and versatile actor with an amazing grin that put everyone at ease, James Coburn studied acting at UCLA, and then moved to New York to study under noted acting coach Stella Adler. After being noticed in several stage productions, Coburn appeared in a handful of minor westerns before being cast as the knife-throwing, quick-shooting Britt in the John Sturges mega-hit The Magnificent Seven (1960). Sturges remembered Coburn's talents when he cast his next major film project, The Great Escape (1963), where Coburn played the Australian POW Sedgwick. Regular work now came thick and fast for Coburn, including appearing in Major Dundee (1965), the first of several films he appeared in directed by Hollywood enfant terrible Sam Peckinpah.
Coburn was then cast, and gave an especially fine performance as Lt. Commander Paul Cummings in Arthur Hiller's The Americanization of Emily, where he demonstrated a flair for writer Paddy Chayefsky's subtle, ironic comedy that would define his performances for the rest of his career.
The next two years were a key period for Coburn, with his performances in the wonderful 007 spy spoof Our Man Flint (1966) and the eerie Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round (1966). Coburn followed up in 1967 with a Flint sequel, In Like Flint (1967), and the much underrated political satire The President's Analyst (1967). The remainder of the 1960s was rather uneventful for Coburn. However, he became associated with martial arts legend Bruce Lee and the two trained together, traveled extensively and even visited India scouting locations for a proposed film project, but Lee's untimely death (Coburn, along with Steve McQueen, was a pallbearer at Lee's funeral) put an end to that.
The 1970s saw Coburn appearing again in several strong roles, starting off in Peckinpah's Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973), alongside Charles Bronson in the Depression-era Hard Times (1975) and as a disenchanted German soldier on the Russian front in Peckinpah's superb Cross of Iron (1977). Towards the end of the decade, however, Coburn was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, which severely hampered his health and work output for many years. After conventional treatments failed, Coburn turned to a holistic therapist, and through a restructured diet program, made a definite improvement. By the 1990s he was once again appearing regularly in both film and TV productions.
No one was probably more surprised than Coburn himself when he was both nominated for, and then won, the Best Supporting Actor Award in 1997 for playing Nick Nolte's abusive and alcoholic father in Affliction (1997). At 70 years of age, Coburn's career received another shot in the arm, and he appeared in another 14 films, including Snow Dogs (2002) and The Man from Elysian Fields (2001), before his death from a heart attack in November of 2002. Coburn's passions in life included martial arts, card-playing and enjoying Cuban cigars (which may have contributed to his fatal heart attack).- Actor
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Ray Walston started his acting career as a spear carrier with a local stock company. When the family moved to Houston, Texas, Walston's father wanted to teach him the oil business, but Walston instead joined a traveling repertory company (selling tickets as well as acting). He went on to associate with Margo Jones at the Houston Civic Theater for six years, then spent three seasons with the Cleveland Playhouse before arriving in New York in 1945. He has won a Tony Award for his performance as the Devil in Broadway's "Damn Yankees", two Emmy Awards for Picket Fences (1992), and become a household name playing the extraterrestrial "Uncle Martin" on My Favorite Martian (1963). Ray Walston died at age 86 of lupus on New Year's Day 2001 in Beverly Hills, California.- Actress
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Laura Cayouette is an American actress, writer, producer, and director. Cayouette was born in Washington, D.C. and grew up in Maryland. Laura graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park with a BA in English, then graduated a year later from University of South Alabama with an M.A. in Creative Writing and English Literature. In 2014, Cayouette was made their Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient and her name was added to the university's clock tower. Before pursuing a career in acting, Cayouette worked as a nightclub DJ, model, English professor, dress shop manager and a ticket taker at Universal City Walk Hollywood. She studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York before moving to Los Angeles in 1992. There, she studied with Milton Katselas at the Beverly Hills Playhouse, then with Ivana Chubbuck at her studio.- Actor
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Lance Bass is the quintessential illustration of a highly successful and driven jack-of-all-trades: singer, host, actor, producer, writer, entrepreneur, philanthropist and cosmonaut.
Beyond his fame as a member of the phenomenally successful group *NSYNC, where the group sold an impressive 60 million plus records worldwide, Bass has made himself a household name throughout the globe. With countless career highlights in music spanning the past 20 years, including multiple Grammy® nominations, two diamond RIAA awards, MTV Video Music Awards®, American Music Awards® and People's Choice Awards® to name a just a few, he has expanded his accomplishments into multiple entertainment mediums.
Bass can currently be seen as a daily contributing panelist on The Meredith Vieira Show (2014), which he joined in September of 2015. In 2007, Bass lit up Broadway, starring as "Corny Collins" in the smash hit, "Hairspray", published his revealing memoir, "Out of Sync", and danced his way to the finals on season seven of ABC's hit competition show, Dancing with the Stars (2005). In 2003, he was inducted into the Mississippi Musician's Hall of Fame, making him the youngest person to ever receive this honor. In 2012, he joined Sirius XM and launched a pop culture daily radio show, called "Dirty Pop", with Lance Bass and, during the weekends, hosts their "Pop2k Countdown", where he can still be heard today.
Building on his passion for film and documentaries, Bass has established himself as an acclaimed producer with titles like Kidnapped for Christ, where he was awarded the Audience Award for Documentary Feature during it's Slamdance premiere this past January and Mississippi I Am, which recently won Best Documentary at the Manhattan International Film Festival. This November, he is being recognized for his outstanding achievements at the Mississippi Film Festival with an encore screening of Mississippi I Am. Other producing credits include the Miramax film, On the Line (2001), where he not only served as Executive Producer, but was also the film's star and earned him the coveted Movieguide® Award for excellence in family-oriented programming. In 2005, he executive-produced Randal Kleiser's romantic comedy, Lovewrecked (2005), starring Amanda Bynes, Chris Carmack and Jamie-Lynn Sigler. He is also the recipient of the Golden Apple Award® as Male Film Discovery of 2001.
While known for his success in music, including a #1 European dance single, in 2014, called "Walking On Air" and featuring newcomer Bella Blue, Bass has made numerous memorable guest appearances in film, television and as the animated voice in several popular children's cartoons. With his sights focused on hosting, Bass is preparing for his fifth consecutive year as co-host of the American Music Awards' Coca-Cola Red Carpet, has guest-anchored the KTLA Morning News in Los Angeles, filled in for Harvey Levin on TMZ and has become a frequent correspondent with the landmark entertainment show, Entertainment Tonight.
As an entrepreneur, he founded Famous Yard Sale, which was inspired by his memories of weekend yard sales in his hometown of Laurel, Mississippi, where he reinvented the yard sale as a virtual auction marketplace for celebrities to donate their excess belongings and raise money for their favorite charities. This led him to create and executive produce the Lifetime series Celebrity Home Raiders. Currently, he has partnered up with Slavco and Daniel Tuskaloski, and TeliApp to create Sparxx, a social relationship and dating app specifically designed for the LGBT community with the goal of breaking the mold of conventional LGBT dating apps. Sparxx was designed to help men and women and their personally defined sexuality, find meaningful and long lasting relationships.
Philanthropically, Lance remains active in various charitable organizations including serving on the Young Hollywood Board of the Environmental Media Association. He is also the National Youth Spokesperson for World Space Week, consistent with his interest in space travel. A fact that many are unaware of, Bass is a certified cosmonaut after several months of training in the Russian space program where Bass received cosmonaut certification and continued on to Houston's Johnson Space Center to take part in astronaut training. Additionally, Lance is a strong advocate for animals and has been a spokesperson for animal rescues all over the country, including directly working with Lucky Puppy, a dog rescue based in Los Angeles, CA.
Bass currently resides in Los Angeles with his husband Michael Turchin, whom he married in 2014 and was featured as a wedding special on E! in early 2015.- Actor
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Born in Jackson, Mississippi, Lester was brought up on his grandfather's farm, shucking corn, fishing, hunting, and picking cotton. He graduated from the University of Mississippi, majoring in Chemistry. He taught science and biology at a school in Purcell, Oklahoma, before moving to California. He divided his time between Southern California and Laurel, Mississippi. He spoke to youth groups and at religious gatherings about his faith, and shared the stage three times with Billy Graham. Lester died in 2020, aged 81. He was survived by his wife, his brother, two great-nieces, one great-great niece, and one great-great-nephew.- Krystal Summers was born in Laurel, Mississippi, USA. She is known for Ticked-Off Trannies with Knives (2010), Dead Don't Die in Dallas (2019) and Detour (2019).
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Erica Rowell Green is a former Junior Miss, hailing from Clarke County Mississippi. She is known for her dazzling beauty and magnetic personality. She is known for her roles in Women of the Movement as a 'Milam Sister,' The System, starring Tyrese Gibson, and Iron Mike where she is portraying 'Trump's Lady.' Green has been linked to blockbuster titles such as Losing Hope Finding Grace, and Championship Christmas. Green is a mother of five. Erica is adored on and off set. Anyone that knows her, loves her.- Marsha Blackburn was born on 6 June 1952 in Laurel, Mississippi, USA.
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Leontyne Price was born on 10 February 1927 in Laurel, Mississippi, USA. She is an actress, known for Romeo + Juliet (1996), Great Performances at the Met (1977) and NBC Television Opera Theatre (1949). She was previously married to William Warfield.- Vickie Landrum was born on 19 September 1923 in Laurel, Jones County, Mississippi, USA. She died on 12 September 2007 in Liberty, Liberty County, Texas, USA.
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He grew up in Laurel, Mississippi the son of Rex Broadway and Dorothy (Bustin) Broadway. He has two sisters and one brother. He majored in film and television at the University of Southern Mississippi and transferred to the University of North Texeas where he completed his studies.- Actor
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Charles Murray was born on 22 June 1872 in Laurel, Indiana, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Percy (1925), Vamping Venus (1928) and The Wizard of Oz (1925). He was married to Nellie Bae Hamilton. He died on 29 July 1941 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Hal Fort Atkinson III was born on 7 May 1945 in Laurel, Mississippi, USA. He was an actor, known for The Mighty Ducks (1992), The Babysitter (1995) and Bound and Gagged: A Love Story (1993). He died on 5 January 2014 in Tarzana, California, USA.
- Glenn Ruth was born on 13 June 1969 in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor, known for WWE Smackdown! (1999), WWF War Zone (1998) and WWE Raw (1993).
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Wil Wheaton Jr. was born in Laurel, Mississippi, USA. He is known for Mystery Men (1999), 200 Cigarettes (1999) and Doppelganger (1993).- Actor
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Sam Myers was a blues singer / drummer / harpist / harmonica player who was born in Laurel, MS, in 1938. He played in the Jackson, MS, area in the 1950s, backing up such "Delta blues" artists as Elmore James and even releasing a few singles on his own. He formed his own band in the 1960s and played what was called the "chitlin' circuit" throughout the 1960s and 1970s. Although he became well known in that area, he was unable to break out of Mississippi, and by the 1980s his career was waning. In 1985 he met guitarist Anson Funderburgh, in 1986 Myers was asked to join his already existing band called Anson Funderburgh & The Rockets and stayed until his death. The move revived Myers' career, and he toured nationally and recorded with the band, which won a W.C. Handy award in 1988 as Best Blues Band and another for Best Blues Album, "Sins".
Sam Myers died in Dallas, TX, on July 17, 2006.- Producer
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Victor Hobson was born on 3 February 1980 in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, USA. He is a producer and director, known for Victims of the Fallen, Soul Ties (2015) and Cinderella Li. He has been married to Tee Ashira since 5 February 2005. They have seven children.- Writer
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Kissy Dugan was born in Laurel, Maryland, USA. She is known for Ford v Ferrari (2019), The Badalisc and I cassamortari (2022).- Gerald Trump was born on 12 November 1937 in Laurel, Montana, USA. He was an actor, known for Combat! (1962), Ensign O'Toole (1962) and Angel (1960). He was married to Carole Trump. He died on 29 March 2014 in California, USA.
- Ed Young was born on 11 August 1936 in Laurel, Mississippi, USA. He is an actor, known for Sidekicks (1992), It's Not About Me (2013) and The Colbert Report (2005).
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Jerome Miller Jr. was born on 9 March 1942 in Laurel, Mississippi, USA. Jerome is known for Looper (2012), Self/less (2015) and Green Lantern (2011). Jerome was married to Lois. Jerome died on 5 June 2024 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.- Actor
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Jon Purvis was born on 4 September 1962 in Laurel, Mississippi, USA. He is an actor and editor, known for Locusts (2005), Elvis (2005) and Artistic License (2007).- Beth Richards was born on 14 September 1978 in Laurel, Mississippi, USA.
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Kristine Bogan was born on 14 May 1986 in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, USA. She is an actress and art director, known for Colin Hearts Kay (2010), Bad Blood (2006) and A Very Corporate Christmas (2007).