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Frances Louise McDormand was born on June 23, 1957, in Gibson City, Illinois. She was adopted by Canadian-born parents Noreen Eloise (Nickleson), a nurse from Ontario, and Rev. Vernon Weir McDormand, a Disciples of Christ minister from Nova Scotia, who raised her in the suburbs of Pittsburgh. She earned a BA in theater from Bethany College in 1979 and an MFA from Yale University in 1982. Her career after graduation began onstage, and she has retained her association with the theater throughout her career. She soon obtained prominent roles in movies as well, first starring in Blood Simple (1984), in which she worked with filmmaker Joel Coen, whom she married that year. She frequently collaborated with Coen and his brother, Ethan Coen, in their films.
McDormand's skilled and versatile acting has been recognized by both the critics and the Academy, and in addition to many critics' awards, she has been nominated for an Academy Award six times - Supporting in Mississippi Burning (1988), Almost Famous (2000), and North Country (2005), and Lead in Fargo (1996), Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017), and Nomadland (2020), winning the Oscar for the latter three. She also won a Best Picture Oscar as co-producer of "Nomadland." Keenly intelligent and possessed of a sharp wit, McDormand is the antithesis of the Hollywood starlet - rather than making every role about Frances McDormand, she dissolves into the characters she plays. Accordingly, she has expressed some reservations about the iconic recognition she has gained from her touching and amusing portrayal of Police Chief Marge Gunderson, the quintessential Minnesota Scandinavian, in Fargo (1996).
McDormand and Coen adopted a son, Pedro McDormand Coen, who was born in Paraguay, in 1994. They live in New York.- Jackie Walters was born on 27 July 1958 in Port Gibson, Mississippi, USA. She has been married to Curtis Berry since 2002.
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One of the great jazz vocalists of all time, Lee Wiley was possessed of a wonderful warm, sensuous and somewhat smoky voice and was able to project more emotion into her songs than most of her contemporaries. She rose to fame at a young age in the 1930's, singing with the bands of Leo Reisman (at the Central Park Casino), Paul Whiteman (radio shows) and Glen Gray's Casa Loma Orchestra. She also recorded with Johnny Green and film composer Victor Young, a collaboration which resulted in her writing the lyrics for 'Anytime,Anyday,Anywhere', 'Got the South in My Soul' and 'Eerie Moan'.
Throughout the 1940's, Lee did prodigious recordings of standards by George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Rogers & Hart and others. She interpreted them in her uniquely intimate way, invariably backed by small combos of first rate musicians, such as Bud Freeman, Fats Waller, Billy Butterfield and Eddie Condon. Her renditions of 'Can't Get Out of This Mood', 'How Long Has This Been Going On?' and 'As Time Goes By' are possibly the best versions ever recorded. In June 1943, Lee married pianist and bandleader Jess Stacy, but this union only lasted four years. In the 1950's, she made fewer recordings, though her two RCA albums arranged by Ralph Burns, West of the Moon (1956) and A Touch of Blues (1957), are stand outs. Lee Wiley effectively stepped out of the limelight in the 1960's, except for a brief appearance at the 1972 New York Jazz Festival. She died of colon cancer, aged 67. A unique talent, she merited greater fame than was accorded her in her lifetime and since.- Sound Department
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Velcrow Ripper was born on 20 September 1963 in Gibson, British Columbia, Canada. He is a cinematographer and director, known for ScaredSacred (2004), Bones of the Forest (1995) and Eve and the Fire Horse (2005).- LaConte McGrew was born on 8 August 1982 in Port Gibson, Mississippi, USA. He was an actor, known for A Time to Kill (1996). He died on 30 August 2003 in Jackson, Mississippi, USA.
- Dorothy Shupenes was born on 9 April 1934 in Gibson, Pennsylvania, USA. She was an actress, known for Wanda (1970). She died on 19 February 2005 in Kingsley, Pennsylvania, USA.
- Pete Brown (1935 - 2015) was a professional golfer who made history by becoming the first African-American golfer to win an officially sanctioned PGA Tour title, at the 1964 Waco Turner Open in Burneyville, Oklahoma. After finishing the first and second rounds with a pair of 71s, Brown moved into contention in the third round by shooting a 68 to trail the leader, Dudley Wysong, by one stroke. Brown finished the final round with a 70 to defeat Dan Sikes by a single shot. Brown died in Augusta, Georgia on May 1, 2015 at the age of 80.
- Otis Byrd was born in 1961 in Port Gibson, Mississippi, USA. Otis died on 2 March 2015 in Claiborne County, Mississippi, USA.