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Robin Thede is a comedy writer, sketch/improvisational comedian and actress. She attended Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, earning a B.S.J. degree in Broadcast Journalism and African-American Studies. After college, Robin studied improvisation, sketch and comedy writing at The Second City in Chicago.
She is the creator, executive producer and star of "A Black Lady Sketch Show" (HBO). Prior, she created, executive produced and hosted the critically acclaimed late night show, "The Rundown with Robin Thede" (BET). Robin was named one of Variety's Top Ten Comics to Watch in 2019.
Prior, she was head writer and correspondent for The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore (2015) and as the head writer for the White House Correspondents Dinner (2016), making her the first African-American woman head writer in late night history and for the WHCD. Robin was also head writer on The Queen Latifah Show (2013), and wrote on Kevin Hart's sitcom Real Husbands of Hollywood (2013). She was a writer/performer on the sketch comedy series "In The Flow With Affion Crockett" (FOX) and has appeared in dozens of TV shows and movies, including Difficult People, Key & Peele, A Haunted House, and more. She will next appear in the upcoming thriller feature "Bad Hair" from writer/director Justin Simien.
Robin has written for dozens of comedians, including Chris Rock, Kevin Hart, Anthony Anderson, Mike Epps, Jamie Foxx and more. She has written for numerous award shows and specials, including the MTV Video Music Awards, The BET Awards, UNCF: An Evening of Stars, BET Hip Hop Awards and BET Honors. She was also a regular contributor for Funny or Die, where she created several viral sketches, including the viral hit "Every Little Step" with Mike Tyson, Wayne Brady and Bobby Brown.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Shannon Bolin was born on 1 January 1917 in Spencer, South Dakota, USA. She was an actress, known for Damn Yankees (1958), If Ever I See You Again (1978) and The Children (1980). She was married to Milton Kaye. She died on 25 March 2016 in New York City, New York, USA.- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Director
Jack Draper was born on 5 March 1892 in Spencer, Indiana, USA. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Rosenda (1948), Plunder of the Sun (1953) and Asesinos, S.A. (1957). He died in October 1962 in Mexico City, Mexico.- Nellie Blanche Lane was born in West Virginia to parents Charles Lane and L. Jenny Showalter and had two brothers and one sister. She attended high school in Murray City, Utah, always being a big girl she was frequently the target of school bullies, not letting the taunts get to her she came to embrace her large size after joining the John Robinson Circus in 1918 as a sideshow attraction under the stage name: "Jolly Nellie" boasting a great size of 642 pounds. In 1923 Nellie made her way to Los Angeles where she naturally landed the role of the sideshow fat lady in the film Circus Days (1923) starring child star Jackie Coogan a silent film about a young boy who runs away from home to join the circus. Long considered a lost film until 2010 where a print was discovered in Russia and presented to the Library of Congress.
In 1926 Nellie again landed the role of the sideshow fat lady in another silent film Spangles (1926) starring Marian Nixon a story loosely based on real life equestrienne May Wirth. That same year on tour in Hawaii she met Carl Leon Terrell a motorcyclist also on tour doing a motordrome act. Terrell had broken his leg after one of his acts went wrong and Nellie would take care of him during his recovery. It was during this time that they fell in love and they married shortly after his recovery. Her husband eventually became a circus owner and the couple toured the world with Nellie continuing as her sideshow act and Carl continuing his motordrome act. In 1933 Nellie's 15-year-old sister, Alice went with them. Nellie and Carl divorced at an unknown date.
Nellie did make 1 more appearance on film as an uncredited extra in the 1947 talkie Nightmare Alley (1947). A film about a con-man named Stanton Carlisle, a mentalist whose lies and deceit prove to be his downfall. Starring Tyrone Power in the title role. She can be seen in the background performing her fat lady circus act two minutes into the film. This is her last known appearance on film. Nellie died of cancer on September 5, 1955 at Los Angeles County General Hospital. She was cremated on September 12, 1955 at the Los Angeles County Crematory. On November 11, 1955, her ashes were mailed to Rose Hills Memorial Park, a prominent cemetery in Whittier, California. There they were inurned in the Santa Rosa Corridor of the El Portal de la Paz Mausoleum. Arrangements for this inurnment were made by Nellie's brother, Carl. - Actor
- Stunts
Frank M. Stites was born on 28 February 1882 in Spencer County, Indiana, USA. He was an actor, known for A Girl of Yesterday (1915), The Mysterious Contragrav (1915) and Grand Opening of the World's Only Movie City (1915). He was married to Jessie Maude Nelson. He died on 16 March 1915 in Universal City, California, USA.- Actress
- Writer
- Producer
Erin Stoddard is an American actress, singer and dancer, born and raised in Spencer, Massachusetts. She began her career studying ballet with both the Boston Ballet and the Joffrey in New York City. Ms. Stoddard graduated from NYU on the Dean's List and began her professional career as a New York Knicks City Dancer. She went on to perform in several Broadway shows, including "Beauty and the Beast", "A Christmas Carol" and most notably performed as Peggy Sawyer in the Broadway revival of "42nd St.". Ms. Stoddard also performed in several Broadway National Tours, including "ShowBoat" and "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat". She has been seen on television in Scrubs, Cavemen, and Passions. Ms. Stoddard is also known for Has-Been: The Ballad of Benjamin Beane (2009), Driving Backwards (2009) and Rose by Any Other Name... (2009). She writes and produces her own comedy series on YouTube titled "Women Can't Be Funny".- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Dave Dudley reigns supreme as the one and only king of trucker's country music. The tremendous success of his hit single "Six Days on the Road" in turn beget a whole new genre of country music. Other trucker's country songs Dave did are "Truck Drivin' Son of a Gun," "Trucker's Prayer," "Anything Leaving Town Today," "There Ain't No Easy Road," and "Two Six Packs Away." Moreover, "Six Days on the Road" has been covered by such artists as Steve Earle, Sawyer Brown, Red Sovine and George Thorogood & The Destroyers.
Born David Darwin Pedruska on May 3, 1928, in Spencer, Wisconsin, he grew up in Stevens Point. He received a guitar as a present from his father at age 11, but originally wanted to be a baseball pitcher. He played for the minor-league baseball team the Gainesville Owls. His budding baseball career was unfortunately cut short by an injury to his arm. Dave then decided to pursue a career as a country music singer. He worked briefly as a disc jockey at a Texas radio station and first began recording music for the National Recording Corporation. He had a few minor hit singles in the early 1960s prior to striking it big with his breakthrough smash "Six Days on the Road," which peaked at #2 on the country charts and cracked the Top 40 pop charts at #32.
Dave enjoyed a steady stream of hits throughout the 1960s and 1970s. He recorded more than 70 albums throughout his career. Although his songs failed to chart in the 1980s, he still remained a popular concert performer in that period. He received an honorary solid gold membership card from the Teamsters Union local in Nashville (the Teamsters Union is composed mainly of truck drivers). His songs are featured on the soundtracks to the films Four Friends (1981) and Dominick and Eugene (1988). In addition, Dudley--along with fellow country music singer/songwriter Tom T. Hall--composed the score for the road movie comedy Deadhead Miles (1972) (Dudley and Hall also sang a duet on the song "Day Drinking").
Dave Dudley died from a heart attack at age 75 on December 22, 2003. Although he's sadly no longer with us, Dave Dudley's deep, rich, booming baritone voice and excellent and exciting trucker's country songs shall forever live on as long as there are 18-wheelers hauling freight all over the world.- Lucy Blake was born on 7 July 1889 in Spencer, Massachusetts, USA. She is known for The Stolen Play (1917), Neal of the Navy (1915) and Sold at Auction (1917).
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- Additional Crew
- Sound Department
Tim Duquette moved to Los Angeles in 1990 in search of an acting career and within four weeks found what he was looking for when Director Oliver Stone cast him in the feature film "The Doors" as an antagonistic UCLA Film Student opposite Val Kilmer, Kyle Maclachlan and Oliver Stone himself, this feature film debut earned him his first Agent and his SAG card, he has been working ever since.
Starred as Roger in the 1998 cult classic "Project Metalbeast" opposite Kim Delany and Barry Bostwick, appeared in "Slaves Of Hollywood" opposite Hill Harper and "Freud's 2nd" Law directed by Ian Gamazon (Cavita).
Starred in the Award winning film shorts: "Inside" opposite Jeremy Sisto; "Thursday Afternoon" with Scout Taylor-Compton; "New Testament" and Richard Kelly's (Donnie Drako) "Visceral Matter" opposite Sasha Alexander.
Produced and Starred in the 1992 short A Fargo Night" based on the short story "The light of the World" by Ernest Hemmingway.
Professional theater actor (AEA) and has performed on the Los Angeles stage. Performed in the Award wining play "Father's Nose Bleeds" opposite Constance Zimmer.
A founding member and player of the Los Angeles Sketch comedy troupe "Live Off Sunset".
Featured player on "Saturday Night Live" from 2009 to 2014.
Made his debut as a Writer, Director, Producer in March 2007 with his film "Banged UP' which screened in New York City at the Anthology Film archives as part of the Newfilmmakers screening series and in limited release in NYC and LA.
Is the writer/director of the award winning documentary short "Mom's Apple Pie"
Optioned the rights to the novel "Bomber's Law" by best selling Boston crime author George V. Higgins (The friends of Eddie Coyle).- Nancy Naeve was born on 30 May 1968 in Spencer, Iowa, USA.
- William Teagardin was born on 12 November 1937 in Spencer, Indiana, USA. He is an actor, known for Common Bonds (1997) and Bastards (1999). He has been married to Janet Andre Gibson since 22 August 1967.
- Additional Crew
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Editorial Department
Lindsey Warren was born on 18 July 1984 in Spencer, Massachusetts, USA. She is known for Grown Ups 2 (2013), Day of Youth (2013) and Chainsaw Maidens from Hell (2016).- Additional Crew
- Actor
- Producer
Kent Victor Schuelke is a screenwriter, actor, journalist, on-set film production worker, Hollywood historian and tour guide. He has starred in three "B" movies using stage name Kent Cool.
As an Iowa college journalist, Schuelke landed a rare interview with legendary actor Cary Grant. When Grant died a few months later, Schuelke sold the piece to Andy Warhol's magazine, Interview.
Born and raised the son of a car salesman in an Iowa farming village, Kent has been obsessed with movies since age four.
Schuelke has worked hundreds of days on set, including low budget indie films, Network TV series, HBO and Comedy Central TV specials, TV commercials and major Hollywood productions. Schuelke has worked as a PA, Script Supervisor, Script Coordinator, Production Coordinator and Associate Producer. He has worked for Warner Brothers, Disney, Sony Pictures, HBO, Comedy Central, Fox Television, CBS Television, E! Entertainment, Jim Henson Creature Shop, Universal Studios, Telling Pictures and Clementine Films.
Kent studied acting in the Lifebook Acting Academy (Los Angeles) Scene Study classes for 2 1/2 years and was promoted to the level of Advanced Student. He also studied acting at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco.
Schuelke has worked as a script reader and written coverage for five independent film producers between 1992 and present.
Schuelke has written hundreds of articles on cinema for daily newspapers, print magazines and websites.
Schuelke has produced and performed more than 5,000 individual 2-hour tours of Los Angeles. His tours focus on LA landmarks, Hollywood history and filming locations.
Schuelke enjoyed several years of employment for two Los Angeles video game production companies and publishers - Activision and Pandemic Studios.
His start in the professional movie business was in 1992 when he began what became a 2-year internship on the documentary feature "The Celluloid Closet". In 1993 he was a key member of the team which produced the first-ever gay and lesbian comedy special for national television - Comedy Central's "Out There". Kent was hired to be associate producer of two Out There sequels in New York City and Los Angeles.
Kent was a general assignment newspaper reporter for a small-town Iowa daily newspaper for two years in the 1980s.
Kent lives in Los Angeles.- William Vaughn Moody, was an American College professor, poet, author and playwright. Orphaned at an early age, Moody had to work his way through prep school and later Harvard. By 1895 he had earned a master's degree in English from Harvard. He went on to be an instructor at Harvard and Radcliffe and later the University of Chicago, where he held the chair of Professor of English Literature. In 1903 Moody decided to leave the academic field to focus full time on writing.
Moody is probably best remembered as the author of "A History of English Literature", "The Great Divide", "The Faith Healer" and the lyrical drama "The Masque of Judgment".
On 5 July, 1909 Moody married Chicago high school English teacher Harriet Converse Tilden at Wesleyan Methodist Church in Québec, Canada. While most likely on their honeymoon, Moody became seriously ill on board a passenger ship in the South Atlantic. At first the illness mystified his doctors, but eventually they would discover he had an inoperative brain tumor. Moody passed away at Colorado Springs, Colorado on 17 October, 1910, barely a year after he first fell ill.
The 1948 book "A House in Chicago" by Olivia H. Dunbar, tells the story of Harriet Moody's romance and marriage with William Vaughn Moody and how in the years following his death their home became a mecca for many artists and intellectuals of that era. - Sean Patrick McGinn was born on 21 January 1971 in Spencer, Massachusetts, USA. Sean Patrick was a producer, known for Livelyhood (1997), Live Nude Girls Unite! (2000) and Springboard: Exploring the Digital Age (1999). Sean Patrick died on 5 October 2022 in Charleston, South Carolina, USA.
- Joe Kelly was born on 19 October 1982 in Spencer, Iowa, USA. He is an actor, known for For Always (2004).
- Patrick Ricard was born on 27 May 1994 in Spencer, Massachusetts, USA.
- Wayne Nunn was born on 3 April 1882 in Spencer, Indiana, USA. He was an actor, known for ...One Third of a Nation... (1939) and The Dancing Doll (1915). He was married to Ellen Zoe Barnett and Grace Valentine. He died on 17 December 1947 in New York City, New York, USA.