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Masey McLain is most known for her memorable performance as Rachel Joy Scott in the feature film I'm Not Ashamed: The True Story of Rachel Joy Scott at Columbine High School. The film's release launched Masey into the speaking circuit where she has traveled the country to speak to the next generation about how to live with passion and purpose. In 2018 Masey independently released her first album as a singer/songwriter, and has since discovered a passion for writing music for Television and Film. Her latest role is the fan-favorite character known as Ashley Baxter in the scripted drama based on the New York Times best selling series, The Baxters, by Karen Kingsbury. The much anticipated series is set to release in 2022.- Actor
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American actor, writer, director, and producer whose early pioneering work in African-American or "race" films was eclipsed in fame by his role as one of the title characters in the equally pioneering1950s sitcom The Amos 'n Andy Show (1951). A native of Vidalia, Louisiana, Williams broke into the theatre as a call boy for theatrical producer Oscar Hammerstein I, and learned comedy at the feet of Bert Williams, the great black vaudevillian. He moved to California following service in World War I, and began to land bit parts in films, particularly in so-called "race films," which were designed solely for black audiences. He wrote gags and later scripts for some of these films, and in 1940 was offered the opportunity to write and direct a film, The Blood of Jesus (1941), a religious drama which proved an enormous success in its limited arena. After more than a half dozen further films, Williams left the industry and co-founded the American Business and Industrial College in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Three years later, in 1950, a local radio station convinced Williams to audition for the television version of the hit radio show "Amos 'n Andy." Williams landed the role of Andy Brown, one of the leads, and the show proved enormously popular in original broadcast and in reruns. However, despite the near-unanimous sense that the comedy was superbly done, numerous racially-sensitive groups petitioned for its removal from the airways due to its presumed stereotypical depiction of black characters. Although the debate continues to this day, with positions pro and con taken on both sides of the color line, the show was removed from the air and despite its initial success and sterling comedy reputation, it has not been broadcast since in any regular form. Not until 2005 were home video presentations of the show publicly available. Williams managed only a few minor film and TV appearances following the cancellation of the show. He died of kidney failure at a Veterans Administration hospital in Los Angeles, on December 13, 1969, survived by his wife Eula. In 1983, fourteen years after his death, a number of his race films were discovered in a warehouse, and a reevaluation of the films and his work as writer and director was undertaken. A number of prominent critics and film scholars have praised Williams's work as primitive but pioneering and innovative examples of the filmmaking available to blacks in the mid-twentieth century.- Actor
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Rufus Beecham was born on 15 June 1910 in Vidalia, Georgia, USA. He was an actor. He died on 16 November 1976 in Hillsborough, Florida, USA.- Actor
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The youngest of five children, Devin's first ambition was to be a professional baseball player. Shortly after his fourteenth birthday, Devin's mother entered him in a modeling and talent competition to help him to overcome his shyness. After only a few weeks of training, Devin won three awards in the national event. A month later, Devin and his family drove to California and met with an agent. After booking three auditions in a single day, the family moved to Los Angeles permanently. Devin soon started getting work in commercials and student films, and quickly moved on to guest-starring roles on "Crossing Jordan," "Zoey 101," "Big Love," "Girlfriends," and "The War at Home."
When he's not working, Devin enjoys playing baseball, golf, and tennis, and hanging out with his older brothers.- Don Harris was born on 8 September 1936 in Vidalia, Georgia, USA. He was married to Shirley LaRue Harned. He died on 18 November 1978 in Port Kaituma, Guyana.
- Huie L. Rogers was born on 22 June 1934 in Vidalia, Georgia, USA.
- E.G. Tatum was born on 16 September 1884 in Vidalia, Louisiana, USA. He was an actor, known for The Symbol of the Unconquered (1920), Within Our Gates (1920) and The Gunsaulus Mystery (1921). He died on 17 August 1960 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
- Mel Blount was born on 10 April 1948 in Vidalia, Georgia, USA.
- Director
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Born in Vidalia, Georgia and then raised from age five up in Bettendorf, Iowa, Andrew is a man of many talents. At the age of 19, he has displayed many interests in the area of film, music, art, and computers. Determined to work in the film industry in his future, Andrew tries many new things in the field of arts.
Andrew established media company "Snapshot Studios" when he was 16 and experimented with video and photography. By the age of 18 Andrew was working for local music artists, including designing and photographing art for music albums and taking head shots for actors and actresses.
In 2007 Andrew completed his first film, "Somos Las Bolas" as director, writer, cinematographer and editor.- Carl Simpson was born on 18 April 1970 in Vidalia, Georgia, USA.
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Seaun Boseda was born and raised in the town of Vidalia, Louisiana. Seaun worked as a film projectionist at a local movie theater as a teenager. He's a screenwriter, indie producer, director and actor. Owner of indie film company, Black Sheep Cinema. He resides in the city of New Orleans. Seaun developed a niche for writing horror/action and grindhouse stories.- Fred Stokes was born on 14 March 1964 in Vidalia, Georgia, USA.