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Dame Judi Dench was born Judith Olivia Dench in York, England, to Eleanora Olive (Jones), who was from Dublin, Ireland, and Reginald Arthur Dench, a doctor from Dorset, England. She attended Mount School in York, and studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama. She has performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre, and at Old Vic Theatre. She is a ten-time BAFTA winner including Best Actress in a Comedy Series for A Fine Romance (1981) in which she appeared with her husband, Michael Williams, and Best Supporting Actress in A Handful of Dust (1988) and A Room with a View (1985). She received an ACE award for her performance in the television series Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill (1985). She was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1970, a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in 1988 and a Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour (CH) in 2005.- Actress
- Producer
- Soundtrack
Tatyana Marisol Ali was born on January 24, 1979, in North Bellmore, New York, to Sonia, a nurse from Panama, and Sheriff Ali, a retired police officer from Trinidad. At the age of four, she started singing and got a taste of fame when she begged her mother to take her to an audition for Sesame Street (1969).
She went on to perform in many productions in her native New York, including the Broadway show "Fences"--with James Earl Jones and, later, Billy Dee Williams--and the off-Broadway show "Orfeo del Campo". When she was seven, she appeared on Star Search (1983) and won twice, receiving a four-star rating when she appeared for a second time. At age 11, Tatyana moved from New York to Los Angeles to establish her career and, not long afterwards, got her breakthrough role:Will Smith's cousin, "Ashley Banks," from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990).
While filming "The Fresh Prince," she also had exciting side projects, including guest roles in television shows such as The Cosby Show (1984), The All New Mickey Mouse Club (1989) (aka "The Mickey Mouse Club"), Kyno's Storytime (1992), Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1990) and Foster's Field Trip (1994).
The public saw her grow on "Fresh Prince" from an adorable little girl to a stunning young woman, and she sang in several episodes of the show, most notably her rendition of Aretha Franklin's "Respect" and an original song, "Make Up Your Mind." Smith was so impressed with her singing that he asked if she would consider doing it professionally. Tatyana began preparing for her singing career during the last year of the show as she began training her vocal cords, recording demos and publicly performing on television and in various informal live concerts. Her performances on "The Fresh Prince" actually helped her build a fan base that anxiously waited for her first album launch. On August 25, she released her album "Kiss the Sky" (MJJ Music/Work/SME) and her single "Daydreamin'." The single was certified gold within weeks of its release, and it quickly rose on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles, where it reached #6 and stayed there for two weeks. She also contributed to major movies such as Crocodile Dundee II (1988) and Eddie Murphy: Raw (1987). Since then, she has had significant roles in two films, Fall Into Darkness (1996) and Fakin' Da Funk (1997). She has also guest-starred in several sitcoms, including In the House (1995), and had a cameo role in the film Kiss the Girls (1997). She also went to Harvard and graduated with a degree in Anthropology in June 2002. She is now working on a new album and starring in more movies.- Michael David Adamthwaite was born September 1, 1981, in Ontario, Canada. He entered the arts in his community theatre program in the mid 1990s. He then moved to Vancouver British Columbia to pursue acting professionally in September of 2000. In the years since, Michael has etched out a career as an Actor, Writer, Filmmaker, Teacher, & Voice Over Artist; with nearly twenty years in the Arts, and over one hundred Film and Television credits to his name. Michael is actively writing & developing multiple scripts, and has begun the design process for his first book, which he hopes to publish in the coming year.
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Donna Preston was born on 6 June 1986 in York, North Yorkshire, England, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018), The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017) and Judwaa 2 (2017).- Music Department
- Composer
- Actor
John Barry was born in York, England in 1933, and was the youngest of three children. His father, Jack, owned several local cinemas and by the age of fourteen, Barry was capable of running the projection box on his own - in particular, The Rialto in York. As he was brought up in a cinematic environment, he soon began to assimilate the music which accompanied the films he saw nightly to a point when, even before he'd left St. Peters school, he had decided to become a film music composer. Helped by lessons provided locally on piano and trumpet, followed by the more exacting theory taught by tutors as diverse as Dr Francis Jackson of York Minster and William Russo, formerly arranger to Stan Kenton and His Orchestra, he soon became equipped to embark upon his chosen career, but had no knowledge of how one actually got a start in the business. A three year sojourn in the army as a bandsman combined with his evening stints with local jazz bands gave him the idea to ease this passage by forming a small band of his own. This was how The John Barry Seven came into existence, and Barry successfully launched them during 1957 via a succession of tours and TV appearances. A recording contract with EMI soon followed, and although initial releases made by them failed to chart, Barry's undoubted talent showed enough promise to influence the studio management at Abbey Road in allowing him to make his debut as an arranger and conductor for other artists on the EMI roster.
A chance meeting with a young singer named Adam Faith, whilst both were appearing on astage show version of the innovative BBC TV programme, Six-Five Special (1957), led Barry to recommend Faith for a later BBC TV series, Drumbeat (1959), which was broadcast in 1959. Faith had made two or three commercially unsuccessful records before singer/songwriter Johnny Worth, also appearing on Drumbeat, offered him a song he'd just finished entitled What Do You Want? With the assistance of the JB7 pianist, Les Reed, Barry contrived an arrangement considered suited to Faith's soft vocal delivery, and within weeks, the record was number one. Barry (and Faith) then went from strength to strength; Faith achieving a swift succession of chart hits, with Barry joining him soon afterwards when the Seven, riding high on the wave of the early sixties instrumental boom, scored with Hit & Miss, Walk Don't Run and Black Stockings.
Faith had long harboured ambitions to act even before his first hit record and was offered a part in the up and coming British movie, Wild for Kicks (1960), at that time. As Barry was by then arranging not only his recordings but also his live Drumbeat material, it came as no surprise when the film company asked him to write the score to accompany Faith's big screen debut. It should be emphasised that the film was hardly a cinematic masterpiece. However, it did give Faith a chance to demonstrate his acting potential, and Barry the chance to show just how quickly he'd mastered the technique of film music writing. Although the film and soundtrack album were both commercial successes, further film score offers failed to flood in. On those that did, such as Never Let Go (1960) and The Amorous Mr. Prawn (1962), Barry proved highly inventive, diverse and adaptable and, as a result, built up a reputation as an emerging talent. It was with this in mind that Noel Rogers, of United Artists Music, approached him in the summer of '62, with a view to involving him in the music for the forthcoming James Bond film, Dr. No (1962).
He was also assisted onto the cinematic ladder as a result of a burgeoning relationship with actor/writer turned director Bryan Forbes, who asked him to write a couple of jazz numbers for use in a club scene in Forbes' then latest film, The L-Shaped Room (1962). From this very modest beginning, the couple went on to collaborate on five subsequent films, including the highly acclaimed Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964), King Rat (1965) and The Whisperers (1967). Other highlights from the sixties included five more Bond films, Zulu (1964), Born Free (1966) (a double Oscar), The Lion in Winter (1968) (another Oscar) and Midnight Cowboy (1969).
In the seventies he scored the cult film Walkabout (1971), The Last Valley (1971), Mary, Queen of Scots (1971) (Oscar nomination), wrote the theme for The Persuaders! (1971), a musical version of Alice's Adventures In Wonderland and the hit musical Billy. Then, in 1974, he made the decision to leave his Thameside penthouse apartment for the peace of a remote villa he was having built in Majorca. He had been living there for about a year, during which time he turned down all film scoring opportunities, until he received an invitation to write the score for the American TV movie, Eleanor and Franklin (1976). In order to accomplish the task, he booked into the Beverly Hills Hotel for six weeks in October 1975. However, during this period, he was also offered Robin and Marian (1976) and King Kong (1976), which caused his stay to be extended. He was eventually to live and work in the hotel for almost a year, as more assignments were offered and accepted. His stay on America's West Coast eventually lasted almost five years, during which time he met and married his wife, Laurie, who lived with him at his Beverly Hills residence. They moved to Oyster Bay, New York and have since split their time between there and a house in Cadogan Square, London.
After adopting a seemingly lower profile towards the end of the seventies, largely due to the relatively obscure nature of the commissions he accepted, the eighties saw John Barry re-emerge once more into the cinematic limelight. This was achieved, not only by continuing to experiment and diversify, but also by mixing larger budget commissions of the calibre of Body Heat (1981), Jagged Edge (1985), Out of Africa (1985) (another Oscar) and The Cotton Club (1984) with smaller ones such as the TV movies, Touched by Love (1980) and Svengali (1983). Other successes included: Somewhere in Time (1980), Frances (1982), three more Bond films, and Peggy Sue Got Married (1986).
After serious illness in the late eighties, Barry returned with yet another Oscar success with Dances with Wolves (1990) and was also nominated for Chaplin (1992). Since then he scored the controversial Indecent Proposal (1993), My Life (1993), Deception (1992), Cry, the Beloved Country (1995) and has made compilation albums for Sony (Moviola and Moviola II) and non-soundtrack albums for Decca ('The Beyondness Of Things' & 'Eternal Echoes').
In the late nineties he made a staggeringly successful return to the concert arena, playing to sell-out audiences at the Royal Albert Hall. Since then he has appeared as a guest conductor at a RAH concert celebrating the life and career of Elizabeth Taylor and made brief appearances at a couple of London concerts dedicated to his music. In 2004 he re-united with Don Black to write his fifth stage musical, Brighton Rock, which enjoyed a limited run at The Almeida Theatre in London.
He continued to appear at concerts of his own music, often making brief appearances at the podium. In November 2007, Christine Albanel, the French Minister for Culture, appointed him Commander in the National Order of Arts and Letters. The award was made at the eighth International Festival Music and Cinema, in Auxerre, France, when, in his honour, a concert of his music also took place.
In August 2008 he was working on a new album, provisionally entitled Seasons, which he has described as "a soundtrack of his life." A new biography, "John Barry: The Man with The Midas Touch", by Geoff Leonard, Pete Walker, and Gareth Bramley, was published in November 2008.
He died following a heart-attack on 30th January 2011, at his home in Oyster Bay, New York.- Actress
- Producer
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Amber Doig-Thorne is a British Actress and Producer. Amber has played leading roles in 29 Feature Films, numerous award winning short films, TV spots and comedy productions. Amber acquired her training at RADA, British Action Academy, and Beverly Hills Playhouse (USA). She is also a Comedian, Writer and Presenter. Amber has English, Irish and Scottish heritage; she is Neurodivergent (ADHD) and has previously lived in New Zealand. She played a lead role in IMDb's 2nd Most Anticipated Film of 2023 'Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey (2023) ', which was #1 in the US box office and had a worldwide cinematic release.
Amber is an incredibly versatile actor who brings her characters to life with great depth, emotional vulnerability and naturalism. She is also known for producing original comedy sketches - from which she has amassed over 3 million combined followers online. She was previously commissioned by BBC Comedy as a performer/writer - her sketch is available to view on BBC Three and iPlayer.
A talented sportswoman, Amber has competed at a national level in several sports. She has Firearms, Weapons and Screen Combat training, enjoys horse riding, archery, gymnastics, boxing and martial arts, and has danced in a West End Production. Amber speaks conversational French and Spanish, and is learning Russian.
A well-versed all rounder, Amber is also an established Presenter and Host - she has been flown around the world by the globe's most celebrated film studios to interview over 60 internationally renowned actors and directors about their upcoming films.
Amber is a Qualified Scientist and has a University Degree in Theoretical Physics. She interviewed Former US Vice President Al Gore regarding his stance on Climate Change, and is an active supporter of women in STEM.- Sean Avery was born on 10 April 1980 in North York, Ontario, Canada. He is an actor, known for Tenet (2020), Patriots Day (2016) and Mile 22 (2018). He has been married to Hilary Rhoda since 10 October 2015. They have one child.
- Keith Hamilton Cobb Graduated Sleepy Hollow High School and Westchester Community College. As well as New York University Tisch School of the Arts. He attended Circle in the Square Theatre School and Playwrights Horizons Theater School. His hobbies are writing, photography & renovating home. He lives in Los Angeles, California, USA. He has two sisters, Pamela and Lane Cobb, both of whom are physicians. His mother, Mary Lane Cobb is a retired physician and father James Cobb is a mechanical engineer. Keith has often said that his biggest inspiration are his hard working African American parents.
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Rodrigo Fernandez-Stoll was born in North York, Ontario in Canada. He grew up in Markham, Ontario. Attended Brother Andre High School and then the Humber College school for Performing Arts. He is a two time Canadian Screen Award nominee and his short film 'Job Interview' won the 2015 Canadian Comedy Award for best short and also the National Screen Institute BITE comedy award. He's also part of the production team behind CBC's International Emmy nominated 'The Amazing Gayl Pile'. Rodrigo has also released two full length musical comedy albums entitled 'Fog and Lasers'.- Actor
- Additional Crew
- Writer
Matthew MacFadzean was born in Toronto. He is a graduate of McGill University, the National Theatre School of Canada, and the Canadian Film Centre. He works as an actor, writer, and producer in TV and theatre, and is known for roles in Rabbit Hole, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, and The Hardy Boys. He lives with two dogs, a boy, and his wife, actress Natalie Lisinska.- Actress
- Additional Crew
JaNae was born in Toronto, Ontario on May 23, to an American mother and Guyanese/Canadian father, giving her dual citizenship. During high school, she joined the Improv team, as well as landing the lead role in the school production of "Cabaret". She entered the International Modeling and Talent Associations (IMTA) competition in L.A in 2004 and took home four awards, including "Actress of the year".
Her career started when wanting to be a track athlete, but after permanently hurting her leg, her life went a different direction, she always had a thing for the Arts but it did not really take effect until watching a film with Jada Pinkett Smith called "A Low Down Dirty Shame" It was the boldness and attitude of the female character that grabbed her interest in both her acting abilities and real life. From that point on she decided to focus in building her career, doing auditions for plays such as "The Kink in my Hair" and "The Lion King" winning call backs for both plays. She was discovered during a workshop by an agent while doing a monologue piece from the hit T.V. show "The Kink in my hair" This workshop discovery is now leading JaNae to becoming the strong bold female character that is launching her to stardom- Actor
- Cinematographer
- Director
John Bregar was born on 1 March 1985 in North York, Ontario, Canada. He is an actor and cinematographer, known for Kick-Ass 2 (2013), Servitude (2011) and Degrassi: The Next Generation (2001).- Actress
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Annika Pergament was born on 30 August 1968 in North Salem, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for Maid in Manhattan (2002), Non-Stop (2014) and Broken City (2013).- Harry Joseph Letterman was born on 3 November 2003 in North Salem, New York, USA.
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Andrew McCullough was born in Flushing, NY, to Frank and Hazeltine McCullough. His parents briefly moved the family to Boston before moving to Great Neck, Long Island. He entered Harvard at age 16, interrupted his studies to serve in World War II (on a crash crew in Italy and then as an Armed Forces Radio DJ in Rome), then graduated.
He and his Harvard friend Jack Lemmon tried their hands at songwriting in New York but were unsuccessful. He directed, wrote, or produced for CBS and other networks on several productions, including Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic. Robert Montgomery optioned his first play "The General's Other Son."
He married actress Bethel Leslie on June 7, 1953 and they had a daughter, Leslie. They later divorced in 1963.
At the end of the 50s, he moved to California and directed and wrote multiple episodes of many different programs.
His novel "Rough Cut" was published on August 19, 1976 by Morrow.
He worked as a 2nd Assistant Director on some Movies of the Week and several episodes of Happy Days (1974), as a 1st Assistant Director on Laverne & Shirley (1976), and was the 1st AD for the entire run of Family Ties (1982), also directing 14 episodes of that program.
After retiring from television, McCullough got a master's degree in Clinical Psychology which he practiced for over 20 years.
He was married to Janet Carlson from 1989 until her death in 2002.- Jennifer Kitchen was born in North York, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She is an actress, known for This Means War (2012), Firewall (2006) and Everything's Gone Green (2006).
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- Producer
- Writer
Johnny Venokur was born on 19 March 1956 in North Woodmere, New York, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Savage Streets (1984), Evil Laugh (1986) and Lord of Illusions (1995).- Actor
- Producer
Gugun Deep Singh is originally from Toronto. After moving with family to the Los Angeles area, he finished high school in Pacific Palisades and began focusing upon a career in medicine. He subsequently studied at theatre schools in Chicago and New York, and continues to work in the theatre as an actor, writer, and producer. He is a member of Rogue Machine Theatre in Los Angeles, and is a certified teaching artist specializing in Shakespeare and writing enrichment.- Actor
- Composer
- Editor
Jordan Francis was born on 10 May 1991 in North York, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is an actor and composer, known for Honey (2003), Camp Rock (2008) and The Save-Ums! (2003).- Actress
- Additional Crew
Lauren Dahl was born on 24 October 1978 in North York, Ontario, Canada. She was an actress, known for The Last Don (1997), Finding Kelly (2000) and Diagnosis Murder (1993). She died on 12 December 2004 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.- Colin Starkey was born on 5 March 1945 in York, North Yorkshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Mr. Holmes (2015), Crossroads (1964) and Second Verdict (1976). He was previously married to Rosemary Leach.
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- Transportation Department
- Additional Crew
Chris Gleason was born on 19 November 1963 in North York, Ontario, Canada. He is an actor, known for The Apprentice (2024), Reacher (2022) and The Wedding Rule (2023). He has been married to Colleen Gleason since 9 May 1987. They have two children.- Writer
- Actress
Cynthia Lindsay was born on 27 May 1915 in North Hempstead, New York, USA. She was a writer and actress, known for Vacation Playhouse (1963), My Three Sons (1960) and Bachelor Father (1957). She was married to Louis Lindsay, Russell Gleason and Robert Patten. She died on 5 May 2007 in Santa Monica, California, USA.- Actor
- Producer
Aaron Hale was born on 15 May 1994 in North York, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is an actor and producer, known for Miss Sloane (2016), Alien Creatures and Warehouse 13 (2009).- Producer
- Writer
Tom Lewis was born on 8 July 1901 in North Troy, New York, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for The Loretta Young Show (1953), Cause for Alarm! (1951) and El ídolo (1952). He was married to Loretta Young. He died on 20 May 1988 in Ojai, California, USA.