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Lauren Keyana "Keke" Palmer was born on August 26, 1993, in Harvey, Illinois, and raised in Robbins, Illinois, to Sharon and Larry Palmer, both former actors. Palmer showed vocal promise as a five-year-old when she belted out "Jesus Loves Me" in her church choir. A year later, the singer-actress had a solo in her kindergarten play but, to her mom's dismay, the mic had not been adjusted to suit her daughter's height.

Without missing a beat, Palmer lowered the mic and moved the crowd with her heavenly voice. At that very moment, her family knew there was something special about Keke (a nickname given to her by her sister).

Although music was still her passion, Palmer's first big break came via her acting skills, making her big-screen debut in Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004) as Queen Latifah's niece. Immediately recognizing her star potential, the film's producers encouraged her parents to take their daughter to California to explore other acting opportunities. Relocating required that Palmer's parents leave behind the security of their jobs, a newly purchased home, and uproot their other three children. However, it didn't diminish the family's support of Palmer's aspirations.

Once settled on the West Coast, Palmer did not waste any time. Within six weeks she had booked an episode of the critically acclaimed CBS series Cold Case (2003), a national K-Mart commercial, and was chosen from a nationwide search to play opposite William H. Macy in a TNT movie, The Wool Cap (2004). Her performance was so amazing that it earned her a Screen Actors Guild nomination - to date, she is the youngest actress (then at age 10) ever to receive a nomination in a Lead Actress Category.

In 2006, Palmer appeared as the lead character "Akeelah Anderson" in the critically acclaimed, award-winning film Akeelah and the Bee (2006). The film, about a young South Los Angeles girl who attempts to win a national spelling bee, won the hearts of audiences everywhere. Her breakthrough performance has received praise from many film critics and organizations. Among the list of nominations received, "Akeelah and the Bee" was listed as one of NBR's 2006 Top Independent Films of the Year, as well as four nominations from the NAACP Image Awards. Palmer, alone, won an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Motion Picture, as well as Outstanding Lead Actress in a Motion Picture by the Black Movie Awards. She has also received nominations for Most Promising Newcomer by the Chicago Film Critics, Best Actress by the Black Reel Awards, and Best Young Actress by the Broadcast Film Critics Association. Keke held her own in scenes with veteran co-stars Angela Bassett and Laurence Fishburne.

That very same year, Palmer appeared in Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion (2006), which was #1 at the box office for two consecutive weeks. Palmer went on to win a 2007 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture for her breakout role in "Akeelah and the Bee". She also received a ShoWest Award for Rising Star of the Year. Shortly after, Palmer lit up the small screen starring in the Disney Channel's hit movie, Jump in! (2007). This one-two punch of big-screen success coupled with small screen ratings power made Keke Palmer a household name in Hollywood.

Palmer contributed her first recording, which was featured on the "Akeelah and the Bee" soundtrack, titled "All My Girlz", and followed it up with the ever popular "My Turn Now" on the "Jump In!" soundtrack.

As if two soundtracks were not enough, she was also asked to sing "Tonight", an end-title song from the smash-hit Ben Stiller movie Night at the Museum (2006). Her Atlantic Records debut album, "So Uncool", is jammed with up-tempo R&B tracks, inspirational moments, and love songs. In 2008, Palmer starred in the Weinstein Co. feature, The Longshots (2008). The film was based on the true story of a young female quarterback, played by Palmer, that makes Pop Warner history; she starred opposite Ice Cube, for first-time director and Limp Bizkit front man, Fred Durst.

Palmer also starred as the title character in the hit Nickelodeon series, True Jackson, VP (2008), for 68 episodes. She played a high-school student who becomes the head of a major fashion label. In the fall of 2008, True Jackson bowed with over 4.8 million viewers, setting a record for Nickelodeon's largest audience for a live-action premiere. She has received four NAACP Awards for Best Actress in Children's Television for her role as True Jackson. In 2011, Keke joined the voice cast of Nickelodeon's Winx Club (2004). She played Aisha, the Fairy of Waves. For her voice work on Winx Club, she received another NAACP Award nomination, this time for Outstanding Performance in a Youth/Children's Series or Special.

Keke starred in the movie, Abducted: The Carlina White Story (2012), for the Lifetime Network. She had a voice role in the 20th Century Fox animated film, Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012), as the character Peaches. Her co-stars include Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Jennifer Lopez, and Queen Latifah.

Palmer was seen on the big screen in the Alcon/Warner Bros movie, Joyful Noise (2012), singing alongside legendary Queen Latifah and Dolly Parton; however, it was Palmer who the critics singled out for her "young and inspiring" rendition of the Michael Jackson song, "Man in the Mirror".

Palmer resides in Los Angeles, CA.

Nelsan Ellis was an award-winning American film and television actor and playwright, perhaps best known as Lafayette Reynolds on HBO's True Blood (2008).

Nelsan was born on November 30, 1977, in Harvey, Illinois, the son of Jackie Ellis and Tommie Lee Thompson. Following his parents' divorce, Ellis and his mother moved to Alabama. He moved back to Illinois as a teenager, and graduated from Thornridge High School in Dolton, Illinois, in 1997. Ellis attended Juilliard and, while there, wrote a semi-autobiographical play titled Ugly that was performed at the school and later won the Lincoln Center's Martin E. Segal Award. Ellis won a 2008 Satellite Award from the International Press Academy for best supporting actor in a television series for his role as Lafayette Reynolds in HBO's True Blood. Ellis won the "Brink of Fame: Actor" award at the 2009 NewNowNext Awards.

Tragically, Ellis died at the age of 39 on July 8, 2017, in Los Angeles, California, after complications from heart failure. His family released a statement on July 10, saying that Nelsan had been trying to quit alcohol in the days before his death, and suggesting that he suffered from alcohol withdrawal syndrome, leading to his heart failure.

Six-foot-three and weighing in at a lean, mean 215, Michael Forest was a rugged-looking addition to the Roger Corman and Gene Corman's list of leading men during their 1950s heyday. Between Corman films, he was a stage actor who worked in Shakespearean plays and other legitimate productions as classy as his real name (Gerald Michael Charlebois). Born in Harvey, North Dakota, he moved with his family at a very early age to Seattle, attended the University of Washington for a year and then made his way south to the sunnier campuses of San Jose State. Graduating with a B.A. in English and drama, Forest came to Hollywood in 1955 and started acting on TV and on stage at the Players Ring. In 1957, he began to study with veteran actor/acting teacher Jeff Corey, in whose classes Forest first encountered Roger Corman. Forest has also worked extensively on TV and European films.

LaRoyce Hawkins was born and raised in the south Chicago suburb, Harvey, Illinois. He is an actor and creative best known for his longtime role as Officer Kevin Atwater on the NBC hit drama Chicago P.D. He also has a recurring role on the HBO Max comedy series South Side and featured in the BET+ film North of the 10.

After starring in his third Mighty Ducks film, Matthew walked away from a life of glitz and glamour to study writing and theater at Northwestern University. A Nicholl Academy Screenplay Semi-Finalist, AFF second rounder, Screencraft and Final Draft Big Break Semi Finalist, former moderator of a storied L.A. Writer's lab, and NYFRINGE alum, he has ghost-written for Academy Award nominated directors and facilitates writing groups in residential treatment facilities. His work has been read at The Antaeus Theater's Lab Series, for IAMA, Rogue Machine, The Road, and the famed Actor's Studio. Most recently, his House Across The Street was named finalist for BPP Woodward Newman award and Persuasion has advanced into later round consideration with Berkley Rep's Ground Floor. You can find him in the mountains or on skates when he isn't doing what he loves most -- writing roles for world class interpreters and entertaining audiences with the absurd folly and heartbreak of living during a time when it seems like all our institutions are failing. He got started writing when he returned from the set of Mighty Ducks to his high school in South Suburban Chicago and asked the principle if he could study the differences between satire and tragedy within the same plot lines of "Fail Safe" and "Dr. Strangelove" and direct a production of a Gore Vidal satire as an independent study course. After much exhaustive study in the school library, he concluded he wanted to meld both tragedy and satire by making audiences laugh then pull the rug out from under them. And that's what he has endeavored to do ever since, more or less. The essay was lost to the erosion of time but the inspiration remains. Don't worry, he still loves to act and Matt is blessed to get to do it when he is able. As long as it doesn't interfere with staying current with his beloved White Sox between takes.

Throughout the 1970s and a good part of the 1980s, Bill Hayes and his second wife, Emmy-winning Susan Seaforth Hayes, reigned as the Lunt and Fontanne of daytime soaps. Prior to this he had become a noted singer/actor on the Broadway stage and in night clubs. Born William Foster Hayes III in Harvey, Illinois, on June 5, 1925, and raised in the Midwest, his father was a bookseller (for 41 years). He got his talent from his dad who enjoyed singing and local community theater performing on the sly. Bill entered WWII as a naval airman, then studied at De Pauw University, where he met and married first wife Mary. They went on to have five children. He later received his master's degree at Northwestern. Blessed with a sturdy tenor, his interest in a professional career was piqued after happening upon a tour of "Carousel" in 1947. From singing telegrams to barbershop quartets to choir directing to jazz group vocals, Bill persevered musically until earning his first big break on TV. A lead singing/stooge role in Olsen & Johnson's zany burlesque revue "Funzapoppin'" in 1949 led to him joining the pair on their short-lived TV show and, ultimately, his resident crooning on Your Show of Shows (1950) starring Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca. In the meantime he also performed in vaudeville and broke into films with a supporting role in Stop, You're Killing Me (1952). Despite a wife and family to support, he left the show on his own volition for the chance to star in a new Broadway musical. "Me and Juliet" opened with moderate success in 1953 and lasted over a year, touring with the show in its aftermath. Bill also happened to record "The Ballad of Davey Crockett," which became a surprise #1 Billboard hit and sold over three million copies. A nightclub and TV-variety fixture in the late 1950s, he later managed to flex his vocal chords in such musicals as "Bye Bye Birdie" (national tour), "Brigadoon," "The Pajama Game" and "George M!" The 1960s were a slow, difficult time for Bill professionally and personally, which culminated in the breakup of his marriage. Luck and talent played a part when he was hired to join the cast of Days of Our Lives (1965) playing the role of Doug Williams. The character was originally a louse and con artist, but grew more reputable after his character fell in love with feisty troublemaker Julie Olson, played by Susan Seaforth. Their seesaw romantic relationship became one of daytime's top story lines of the 1970s. Off-screen the couple also ignited sparks and, despite their major age difference (she is 18 years his junior), they married on October 12, 1974. In 1984, after 14 years and two daytime Emmy nominations, he and Susan left the show due to their dwindling status. While Susan went on to join the cast of The Young and the Restless (1973) the following year, Bill refocused on his singing by performing on the cabaret circuit and recording a few albums. The couple returned on and off to their soap opera alma mater over the years, but in 1999 they became part of the regular cast again with a stronger story line. Bill is still performing on stage, more recently playing Beauregard in "Mame" and with his wife in productions of "A Christmas Carol," "Love Letters" and "Same Time, Another Year," which is a sequel to "Same Time, Next Year."

A Satellite Award winner, Billboard-charting artist and graduate of Yale University, Adam Davenport has worked as an actor on such internationally-renowned stages as The Metropolitan Opera opposite Anna Netrebko and Sondra Radvanovsky, Lincoln Center opposite Emmy winner/Tony nominee Martha Plimpton, Carnegie Hall and Theatre Row. A citizen of Serbia and the United States, Davenport was born in Harvey, Illinois, one of the poorest neighborhoods in America and overcame many obstacles in his youth to graduate from Yale University's film school cum laude. Davenport directed Academy Award and Emmy winner Melissa Leo (The Fighter) and Tony and Emmy nominee David Harbour (Stranger Things) in his thesis film Midnight Son, shot by Oscar- and BAFTA-nominated cinematographer Tom Stern (long-time collaborator of Clint Eastwood). For his efforts, Davenport became a recipient of the Panavision New Filmmaker Award, a distinction shared by Paul Thomas Anderson and Steven Soderbergh on their first filmmaking efforts. Most notably, the short was archived by the United States Library of Congress as historian David Meeker cited it in his filmography of jazz on screen as the film's jazz score was used as a counterpoint to the dark subject matter of the story.

At 26, Davenport became the youngest director in the Playwright/Directors Unit of the Actors Studio: his interview was with Academy Award winner Martin Landau. At the Studio, Davenport directed readings and workshop productions of new scripts and classic plays with some of the most celebrated actors in the industry, including Long Day's Journey Into Night (with Academy Award and BAFTA nominee Alfre Woodard, Academy Award nominee Laurence Fishburne and Academy Award nominee Terrence Howard), A Delicate Balance (with Academy Award and BAFTA nominee Ed Harris, Golden Globe winner Frances Conroy, Emmy winner Jane Lynch and Alicia Silverstone), Sweet Bird of Youth (with Golden Globe winner and Academy Award nominee Sally Kirkland, SAG Award nominee Amy Landecker and Nick Stahl), and his own adaptation of John Kaye's novel The Dead Circus (with Golden Globe winner Michael C. Hall, Golden Globe winner Matt Bomer, Emmy nominee Giovanni Ribisi, Emmy nominee Zachary Quinto, Emmy nominee Jason Ritter, SAG nominee Vinessa Shaw and Kimberly Elise) and Lost Lake (with SAG nominee Frances Fisher).

Davenport was the producing partner for Academy Award winner Melissa Leo for ten years. After playing a significant role on her Oscar campaign for The Fighter, he co-produced the feature film Furlough, starring three Academy Award winners (Melissa Leo, Whoopi Goldberg and Anna Paquin), which was released theatrically by IFC Films. After working as a screenwriter in his twenties and optioning spec scripts to numerous A-list production companies including Arthur Sarkissian Productions (the Rush Hour franchise) and Hugh Jackman's producing partner John Palermo, Davenport left Los Angeles and began to study acting in New York City under Stella Adler's protege Milton Justice, who coached the likes of Mark Ruffalo, Benicio Del Toro, Kyra Sedgwick and Kathy Bates. It was on the stage where Davenport first began to garner notice for his range of quirky, off-beat and eccentric character portrayals, from a hot-tempered commodities broker who loves cocaine in Last of the Caucasians at The Barrow Group to a Trinidadian immigrant who manipulates women sexually to advance himself in Trinidadian/British playwright Mustapha Matura's Nice at The New Perspectives Theatre.

Adam made his New York stage debut in the 2015 opera adaptation of Tom Wolfe's "The Bonfire of the Vanities," directed by Michael Bergmann and produced at the Hecksher Theatre, the original site for Joseph Papp's New York Shakespeare Festival. The following year, he performed Lauridsen's "Luc Aeterna" and the North American premiere of Howard Goodall's "Eternal Light: A Requiem" with an international ensemble at Carnege Hall. He simultaneously performed in the Off-Broadway production of Naked Boys Singing and Verdi's Aida at The Metropolitan Opera while both productions were running.

Davenport made his screen acting debut in Colombian filmmaker Esteban Uribe's Cleanse Pest, Rest as a transgender sex worker who becomes a victim of a hate crime. He was subsequently cast to play Hercules in Alex Ewen's musical feature film Project Olympus, produced by Road Warrior Entertainment; according to Indiewire, he may be the first African-American actor to play the hero. Davenport then appeared on several television shows, including the HBO series High Maintenance and the Starz series Sweetbitter, and he was subsequently accepted into the Television Academy. Over his career, Davenport typically played supporting roles but was able to avoid being typecast as he often physically changed his appearance or voice from role to role. Says his collaborator and mentor, acting legend Sally Kirkland: "Adam is a character actor in a leading man's body." He is a member of Actors Equity Association and Screen Actors Guild.

As a musician, Davenport received critical acclaim for his debut single "My Return Address Is You," released by Universal Music Group, which broke into the Top 40 of the Billboard Dance Club Chart, where it charted for ten weeks and surpassed tracks from the likes of Zedd, Demi Lovato and Selena Gomez. The achievement also made Davenport the first African-American artist/producer in history to eponymously chart on Billboard for Electronic Dance Music (EDM). Davenport won an Independent Music Award at Lincoln Center for the project and was subsequently invited into the Recording Academy where he is a voter for the Grammy Awards. In January 2020, Davenport was honored as the Electronica Artist of the Year from the International Music and Entertainment Association (IMEA). Davenport released his subsequent records on established labels in Europe, including Alveda Music (Greece), Distar Records (Italy), Black Hole Recordings/Gameroom Records (Netherlands), Sound Red (Bulgaria), Housesession Records (Germany) and Break It Down Music (Netherlands).

Davenport relocated permanently to Europe and began working with filmmakers in Eastern Europe; he is one of the first actors of African descent to work in Serbian cinema. Legendary Serbian actor/director Radis Bajic, creator of the most watched television series in Serbian history, cast Davenport as real-life WWII pilot James Alonzo Walker in Heroji Halijarda. Stevan Filipovic, cast Davenport in Pored Nas, the sequel to his film Pored Mene, which won Best Film at FEST International Film Festival and was the highest grossing film of the year in Serbia when it was released. Filipovic also hired Davenport as the acting coach for the film. Davenport also worked as the acting coach for the Slovak film Vitaj Doma, Brate!, directed by Peter Serge Butko, starring Rober Jakab, one of the stars of Slovak and Czech cinema.

Davenport most recently worked opposite SAG nominee Erin Moriarty and Jamie Campbell Bower in Gary Fleder's True Haunting (Sony) and Academy Award and BAFTA nominee Kate Hudson in Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (Netflix), which closed the 66th London Film Festival and is directed by Academy Award nominee Rian Johnson. Both productions were filmed in Serbia. As part of his work in the ensemble of Glass Onion, Davenport won a Satellite Award for Best Ensemble, Motion Picture and received Best Ensemble wins from Atlanta Film Critics Circle, Boston Online Film Critics Critics Association, Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards, New York Film Critics Online, Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards and Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards. He also shares a Critics Choice nomination for Best Acting Ensemble with the cast of Glass Onion.

Davenport is the Founder and Artistic Director of The International Acting Studio (TIAS), with studios in Belgrade and Budapest overseeing the coaching and development of nearly 100 actors in Europe, including well-established actors such as Jelena Gavrilovic, Slaven Doslo, Andrea Osvart, Kata Dobo and Barnabas Reti. He has helped actors from the region secure roles on international productions, such as The Crown for Netflix, and studio projects for Universal, Sony, Amazon Prime and Legendary Pictures. He is a member of the National Alliance of Acting Teachers and the only acting teacher in Serbia and Hungary certified to teach the Oscar-winning Chubbuck Technique. He was trained and certified directly by Ivana Chubbuck herself, one of the most famous and influential acting teachers living today.

Davenport is also a Webby Awards nominee and also has served on the nominating committee for the NAACP Image Awards. He will star opposite César-winning French cinema icon Fanny Ardant in Personal Trainer, which will be the first English-language LGBTQ+ feature film to be shot in Serbia and Eastern Europe.

Tom had had over 500 appearances on national television as a stand up comedian. He was a frequent guest on the Late Show with David Letterman (1993)and has hosted the show in David's absence. He was an opening act for Smokey Robinson, Tony Orlando, Gladys Knight, Liza Minnelli, Sammy Davis Jr.and Frank Sinatra. He was Sinatra's opening act for 13 years.

As an actor, Tom has had roles on television in Murder, She Wrote (1984), Columbo (1971), Touched by an Angel (1994), WKRP in Cincinnati (1978) and Family Ties (1982). Tom had roles on the HBO movies The Rat Pack (1998)and Lansky (1999). He has also been in the feature films Spaceballs (1987), Man on the Moon (1999) and Trouble with the Curve (2012).

In 2013 he began appearing around the country in a one man show called "An Evening of Laughter and Memories of Sinatra".

Liam Ferguson was born on 17 December 1960 in Harvey, Illinois, USA. He is an actor, known for West Side Story (2021), Triple Frontier (2019) and Uncut Gems (2019).

Jennifer Alyx was born in Louisiana, and has lived and worked in Los Angeles, CA, Houston, TX, and currently Dallas, TX. She is an English language voice actress, director, and casting director known for Fire Force (Season 1 and 2), Smite, One Piece (2017-2024), and Classroom of the Elite (Season 1-3). Her acting experience includes a range of characters in Anime, Video Games, Live-Action Dubbing, and Animation.

With a voice that stirs the soul, lyrics that speak the heart, and a personality that resonates universally, Syleena Johnson continues to make her mark in the worlds of music, television, health and fitness, and sisterhood. Not even a global pandemic can stop this R&B Diva!

For her latest album Woman (2020), Grammy-nominated Syleena was inspired by the trials and tribulations of women everywhere. Exploring every facet of womanhood, she navigates the highs and lows of being a woman. From love to heartbreak, insecurity to self-assurance, and with echoes of freedom and sexuality, she leaves no stone or issue unturned. On April 23, 2021 the celebration of women continues with the release of The Making of a Woman; the deluxe version of Woman featuring two new tracks. Speaking on the release of the album, Syleena says: "so much has happened since I released Woman in January 2020...there's been a global pandemic; my heart has been broken by the racial injustice we've seen... but we've also had moments of hope with the election of Kamala Harris - so I felt like I had more to say!"

Every lyric intentional, Syleena has a God-given talent to connect with people. Since she burst onto the scene in the early 2000s with empowering anthems such as Hit on Me, Guess What, and Another Relationship, she has built a loyal fanbase worldwide. Although no stranger to autobiographical songs that represent the day-to-day struggles of being a woman, Syleena reveals; "When you have been disregarded, disrespected, looked over and so much more, I just felt like it was time, and I wanted to dedicate [Woman] to us." More than ever, Syleena amplifies her voice to demand equality and respect, presenting an impassioned and honest look into life as a woman. Including fan-favorites such as I Deserve More, Home, and Come Inside My House, Syleena delivers a vocal masterclass on Never Been Better and Water which are sure to satisfy the cravings of R&B lovers worldwide.

In recent years, Syleena has dug deep into her creativity and found innovative ways to bring her albums to life, taking fans on a journey with her music. Couples Therapy, a theatrical and enthralling depiction of the acclaimed album Chapter 6: Couples Therapy, saw Syleena flex her acting chops alongside a soulful cast consisting of Leela James, Dave Hollister and Willie Taylor of Day 26. The Making of a Woman is released in conjunction with a three-part docuseries of the same name (Syleena serves as Executive Producer alongside Dr. Syleecia Thompson and Sharí Nycole), on Fox Soul. Giving fans an insight into the creative process of making the album and the harsh reality of being a woman in the music industry, Syleena's perseverance, authenticity, and talent shines through.

Throughout the last decade the world has witnessed Syleena blossom on-screen, speaking her truth and living her purpose on shows like TV One's R&B Divas: Atlanta, Unwind, and Sister Circle Live, OWN TV's Iyanla: Fix My Life, and most recently Fox Soul's Cocktails with Queen's with Claudia Jordan, Vivica A. Fox, and LisaRaye McCoy. Syleena also co-starred in Equal Standard (2020) alongside Tobias Truvillion and Ice-T, an acclaimed film that looks at the lives of NYPD officers and the interweaving stories of race, rank, loss, and betrayal. On April 25, 2021 Syleena features on TV One's long-running series Unsung, further detailing Syleena's journey in the music industry, from the early days at Jive Records right through to being a trailblazing independent artist. Music Mondays, a series born out of the pandemic, continues to thrive, every Monday on Syleena's official Facebook page. Music Mondays gives musicians a platform to share their voice and connect with their audiences in a time when their stage has been taken away.

Syleena's triumphant foray into the world of health and fitness, to be detailed in the docuseries From One Stage to the Next, has inspired women worldwide to take control of their own health. With a Bachelor's in Nutrition Science and a certified hot yoga instructor, Syleena chronicled her journey to self-love following years of body image struggles rooted in adolescence and a career in the music industry in her 2018 book The Weight is Over. In December 2019 Syleena successfully competed in the Texas National Physique Committee (NPC Texas Cup) in Waco, Texas, taking home three trophies.

Whether it's through her timeless music, her unfiltered conversations on-air, or through being a health and fitness advocate, Syleena will continue to be a voice for issues that affect women and the Black community. The 'chapters' may have come to an end, but the story is far from over...

David Leonard was born on 16 September 1975 in Harvey, Illinois, USA. He is an actor, known for How It Ends (2018), Divergent (2014) and The Batman (2022).

Ruth Lewis was born on 29 November 1915 in Harvey, Illinois, USA. She was an actress. She was married to Marty Lewis. She died on 17 September 2000 in Glendale, California, USA.

Ivan Le Lorraine Albright was born on 20 February 1897 in North Harvey, Illinois, USA. He is known for The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945). He was married to Veda Partridge. He died on 18 November 1983 in Woodstock, Vermont, USA.

Hallie D'Amore was born on 13 August 1942 in Harvey, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for Forrest Gump (1994), Galaxy Quest (1999) and The Princess Diaries (2001). She was married to Richard D'Amore. She died on 14 December 2006 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Gerald Rowe was born on 12 December 1931 in Harvey, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Rollercoaster (1977), Broken (2004) and Dracula's Widow (1988). He was married to Marty McGaw. He died on 9 April 2003 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA.

Newton Thornburg was born on 13 May 1929 in Harvey, Illinois, USA. He was a writer, known for Cutter's Way (1981) and Beautiful Kate (2009). He was married to Karin Larson. He died on 9 May 2011 in Bothell, Washington, USA.

Sue Klaus was born on 27 September 1953 in Harvey, Illinois, USA. She is an actress and director, known for Crimes Against Humanity (2014), Some Girls Never Learn (2011) and The Universe & Young Pilot Nelson (2008).

Raffinae is an actor, stunt performer, and singer born May 31, 1991 in Harvey, Il and raised in the South Suburbs of Chicago. Growing up, Raffinae focused on her passion for music, with writing, singing, and performing since she was 9 years old. However, after she graduated from Columbia College Chicago, with a BA in Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management, her passion shifted. Raffinae had always wanted to pursue acting, and finally decided to go after her dream in 2014 when she began to do background work on various shows filming in Chicago. She then went on to become a stand-in, where the opportunity to become a stunt performer was presented to her. Since then she has taken on stunt roles on television and is a member of SAG-AFTRA.

Lou Boudreau was born on 17 July 1917 in Harvey, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for The Kid from Cleveland (1949), 1948 World Series (1948) and This Is Your Life (1970). He was married to Della de Ruiter. He died on 10 August 2001 in Olympia Fields, Illinois, USA.

Ed Cassidy was born on 4 May 1923 in Harvey, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Spirit: I Got a Line on You (1984) and Spirit: 1984, Version 2 (1970). He died on 6 December 2012 in San Jose, California, USA.

Michael Milella was born on 19 June 1957 in Harvey, Illinois, USA. He is an actor, known for Repo Men (2010), Pulse (2006) and Mulan (2020).

Jason Boskey was born on 21 December 1972 in Harvey, Illinois, USA. He is an actor, known for Little Miss Twenty Something (2015) and 10 Yards (2008).

Barry Gardner was born on 13 December 1976 in Harvey, Illinois, USA.

Raised in Ypsilanti, Michigan, by professional musician parents, graduated '98 Bachelor of Music from the University of Michigan, program in 'Music and Technology' (through the 'Center for Performing Arts Technology'), at neighboring Ann Arbor campus.

University piano concerto competition, university guest lecturer 'digital recording', UCLA film scoring, co-designed and built Ted Nugent's and Michael Lutz' 'Tazmania' recording studio. Sang with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Master Chorale at Los Angeles Disney Hall. Musical Director for various venues including California youth theater with director Nick Abruzzo.

Member of Los Angeles sound union, IATSE local 695.