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David Kelley might be described as living the American Dream, 1990s' style: write a screenplay, move to Hollywood, make millions and marry a movie star. A former Boston lawyer, in the last decade, he switched careers to become a successful television producer whose shows are recognized for their quality as well as receiving top ratings. David Kelley was born in 1956 and is originally from Maine. He attended Princeton University and Boston University Law School. He married actress Michelle Pfeiffer in November 1993. They have two children: Claudia Rose Kelley, born in March 1993, who was adopted by Ms. Pfeiffer eight months before their marriage, and John Henry, born in August 1994. Claudia Rose Kelley was christened and given Mr. Kelley's name at the couple's wedding ceremony. Mr. Kelley was an associate at Fine & Ambrogne in 1983 when he wrote a film script based on some of his legal experiences. Through a family friend, he got the script optioned and acquired an agent in 1986. It was produced in 1987, as a film titled From the Hip (1987), starring Judd Nelson, Elizabeth Perkins, and John Hurt. At the same time, producers Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher (creators of the successful police drama Hill Street Blues (1981)) were planning a new series set in a law firm, and looking for writers with legal backgrounds. They saw Mr. Kelley's script and invited him to Los Angeles to discuss writing a single script for L.A. Law (1986). The meeting was so successful that Mr. Kelley joined the show's staff as a story editor. The next year, he became executive story editor, and after Terry Fisher left the show, he became the supervising producer. Steven Bochco left L.A. Law (1986) after the third season, and Mr. Kelley took over as executive producer, while continuing to write many of the scripts himself. Mr. Kelley has since produced more critically acclaimed and successful shows. He served as creative consultant on Doogie Howser, M.D. (1989), which was produced by Steven Bochco, and as executive producer and writer for Picket Fences (1992). He is the executive producer of Chicago Hope (1994). He is part of the television production division of Twentieth Century Fox, which has been owned by Rupert Murdoch's media conglomerate, The News Corporation Ltd., since 1985.- Jamie Sears is an American, bi-coastal actor, known for his work in film and television. He was born in Waterville, Maine to Penny (Berard) and Archie Sears. He is the youngest of four children.
Jamie is represented by talent agents Willie Fort & Brad Diffley of Mavrick Artists Agency (Youth and Young Adults Division) and talent agent Cheri Van Loon of Marilyn's Agency (TV/Film Division). - Actress
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Originally from Waterville, Maine, Diana spent 3 years traveling and backpacking through Western Europe after graduating from a small Boston college with a degree in design. Her international adventures led her to live in London and Auckland, New Zealand before settling in Los Angeles. Growing up in the rural northeast was often an inside sport due it its very long and very cold winters. There wasn't much to do so she found herself watching TV, especially "I Love Lucy" reruns. Diana, is also passionate about hiking, golf and has been known to jump out of a perfectly good airplane.- Actress
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Zuzu Weingart was born in Waterville, Maine, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Butcher's Crossing (2022), Yellowstone (2018) and The Waiting Game (2020).- Actor
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Brad Hallowell was born on 13 February 1981 in Waterville, Maine, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Tumbledown (2013), The Endless Possibility of Sky (2012) and Vacationland (2006).- Lillian Morris was born on 3 April 1952 in Waterville, Maine, USA. She is married to Lonnie. They have two children.
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Phil McGowan was born in Waterville, Maine, USA. He is known for Star Trek: Picard (2020), Cobra Kai (2018) and Ozark (2017).- Producer
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Robert Scott Wildes was born in Waterville Valley, New Hampshire, USA. Robert Scott is known for Neptunus Rex (2007), Thule (2011) and Settlement Heart.- Actor
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It's probably very safe to say that no performer within memory ever became a has-been as quickly as the man born Abbott Vaughn Meader. After toiling away on the small-club circuit for several years, his spot-on impersonation of then-President John F. Kennedy got him noticed by writer/performer/producer Earle Doud, who decided to build a comedy album around the nation's highly popular Presidential family. Built up of a series of satiric audio sketches about the Kennedys, and surrounding Meader with a supporting cast of top New York-based character actors, "The First Family" (Cadence: 1962) became an unprecedented success when it was released around Thanksgiving time in 1962. Its sales were so phenomenal that copies had to be rationed, it occupied several weeks at Number One on the Billboard Album charts, and was one of only two comedy albums ever to be awarded the Grammy for Album of the Year. A follow-up, "The First Family, Part Two" (Cadence: 1963), released the following summer, did almost as well. Both a third album and a TV special were in the works. Kennedy himself was a fan of the album, his biggest criticism being that he felt Meader sounded more like Robert F. Kennedy than himself.
Then, on November 22, 1963, the unthinkable happened. John F. Kennedy was shot and killed in Dallas. Literally within hours of the shooting, all of Meader's engagements were canceled. Meader, who admired Kennedy and was as much in shock as everybody else, was at a loss. His Kennedy impersonation, which comprised a small portion of his club act, could have been easily cut. But, as he himself later put it, "literally overnight, nobody wanted to know from me. As far as they were concerned, I was as dead as the President."
In the forty years since that time, Meader has made numerous attempts at a comeback. A 1970 album, "The Second Coming," on which Meador played a hip Jesus, won the praise of the critics, but didn't sell well. In 1975, he played Walter Winchell in the film Lepke (1975), again to critical praise. At one point, during the mid-'seventies, there was even talk of his doing a serious one-man show on JFK, much in the manner of Hal Holbrook's "Mark Twain Tonight!" or James Whitmore's "Will Rogers' U.S.A.," but nothing came of it. When last heard from, he was living in quiet retirement in Gulfport, Florida.
As to "The First Family," it was reissued several years ago, in tandem with "The First Family, Part Two," on CD on the Collector's Choice label. Heard today, it is a good-humored reminder of a bygone era.- Rex Downs was born on 22 August 1885 in Waterville, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for The Bottled Spider (1914), Defying the Chief (1914) and The Call of the Tribe (1914). He died on 3 February 1975 in Indio, California, USA.
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Nate Atkins was born on 21 September 1978 in Waterville, Maine, USA. He is a writer, known for Cultivation (2003), S. Darko (2009) and Cold Fusion (2011).- Casting Department
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Born and raised in small town Winslow, Maine, Mindy Zemrak originally attended the University of New England to pursue a degree in Psychology. Upon completion of her first semester, Zemrak changed her major and ventured to the west coast to the University of Southern California's School of Cinema-Television program, where she majored and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 2005.
Since graduating from one of the nations top film schools, Zemrak has worked on a variety of television shows and feature film projects, both independent and major studio productions. Her first feature film was "Ice Age: The Meltdown," followed shortly thereafter with the national hit TV show "Trading Spaces." Zemrak was both Script Supervisor and 1st Assistant Director for the feature film, "Fallen Angels" which was shot on location at the Ohio State Reformatory. In 2008 she was accepted into the DGA Assistant Directors Training Program. Mindy has worked on hit shows such as 'Las Vegas,' 'American Idol,' 'I Survived a Japanese Gameshow,' to name a few and 'Shark Tank' which she has been on since season 1.
Zemrak resides in Los Angeles and works as a Supervising Casting Producer at MGM on the Emmy Award Winning show 'Shark Tank,' now in it's 9th season.- James Alan Ricker II is an actor known for his starring role as Deputy Patrice Lambert on the popular History Channel television series Cryptid:The Swamp Beast (2014) and for his supporting role as Travis in the independent film Big Significant Things (2014). He has also appeared in Joseph Kosinski's sci-fi thriller Oblivion (2013), NCIS:New Orleans (2015), and Salem (2016).
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Dexter Smith was born in Waterville, Maine, USA. He is known for Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993), WandaVision (2021) and The Powerpuff Girls Movie (2002).- Paula Goodspeed was born on 4 July 1978 in Waterville, Maine, USA. She was an actress, known for American Idol (2002). She died on 11 November 2008 in Sherman Oaks, California, USA.
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Steve Perry was born on 12 December 1954 in Waterville, Maine, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Silverhawks (1986), Thundercats (1985) and Bloodshedding Love (2011). He was married to Erica Grace Balcom. He died on 16 May 2010 in Largo, Florida, USA.- Joe Hachey was born on 19 April 1917 in Waterville, Maine, USA. He was an actor, known for Over the Hill (1931) and Amateur Daddy (1932). He died on 25 February 1977 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- George Mitchell was born on 20 August 1933 in Waterville, Maine, USA. He has been married to Heather MacLachlan since 10 December 1994. They have two children. He was previously married to Sally Heath.
- Robert Maheu was born on 30 October 1917 in Waterville, Maine, USA. He was an actor, known for The Di Palma Forum at UNLV (2012), Le mystère Howard Hughes (2005) and Where I Stand: The Hank Greenspun Story (2008). He was married to Yvette Doyon. He died on 4 August 2008 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
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Alan is the Harvard Book Prize winner who coauthored a print/web/wap project entitled "9TimeZones.com," which was included in the Whitney Biennial. His work appears in a dozen-odd anthologies and in many periodicals, including Playboy, PC, and Britain's Guardian and Screenwriter. His Screenwright(R) screenplay formatter won a $3,333 cash award from Sun Microsystems, and he's written screenplays that finished in the quarters, semis and finals of various international competitions. Alan enjoys referring to himself in the 3rd person, and was inordinately pleased when ABC-TV's "Max Headroom" series purchased his debut student film, widely hailed as "the most uncommercial piece of ____ in Michigan State's history." Born down east, he now lives just a stone's throw from Phoenix... which is fine and dandy, until the stones are thrown back.- Tony Takacs was born on 25 August 1989 in Waterville, Maine, USA. He was an actor, known for Empire Falls (2005). He died on 19 February 2014 in Newburg, Maine, USA.
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Allen Baldwin was born on 22 October 1976 in Waterville, Maine, USA. He is an editor and producer, known for Neptune (2015), Humoresque (2010) and Twelve Steps Outside (2002).- Camera and Electrical Department
Mat Laskowski was born on 16 November 1976 in Waterville, Maine, USA. Mat is known for Awesome; I Shot That! (2006). Mat has been married to Erin Laskowski since 27 September 2003.- Additional Crew
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Tim Cornwall was born on 25 January 1979 in Waterville, Maine, USA. Tim is a cinematographer, known for To Be John Woo (2002), Trading Spaces (2000) and Life on the V: The Story of V66 (2014). Tim has been married to Jaiesta T. Fields since 5 March 2005.- Chris Hill was born on 9 February 1967 in Waterville, Maine, USA. He is an actor, known for Solitude.