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Mary Page Keller received formal training at the University of Maryland and the Boston Conservatory of Music, leading to various parts in musical theater in Washington, D.C. After training in New York, doing everything from theater to soap opera, she relocated to Los Angeles to star in Duet (1987) - one of the first series for the fledgling Fox TV Network. She went on to headline other series and has recently added writing and producing to her resume, including developing multiple pilots for NBC Universal and Warner Brothers TV with her husband and screenwriting partner, Thomas Ian Griffith. They live in Los Angeles and have two sons, Conner and Eamon..- Actress
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Born on April 7, 1943, in Monterey Park, California, Roberta Jymme Schourup quickly gave way to the name Roberta Shore, at a young age, as an actress and singer on film and TV. Raised in San Gabriel, California, Roberta began her career at age ten, singing country western songs at supermarket openings with Tex Williams, who invited her to join his weekly TV show from Knotts Berry Farm. This is when she changed her stage name to "Jymme Shore". She subsequently joined The Pinky Lee Show (1950), NBC's number one rated children's daily television program at the time.
The well-dressed, confident-looking teen actress with the pretty brunette bangs gained her best notice, however, when Disney Studios hired her as a snooty dating nemesis for Annette Funicello in a couple of the star's showcases. Because the name Jymme was often confused as a male, Walt Disney himself suggested she use her name Roberta. Prominently feature in Annette (1958), which was an episodic series culled from "The Mickey Mouse Club" files, and the highly popular feature film The Shaggy Dog (1959), both of which had Roberta fighting Annette over the affections of Tim Considine. Roberta also performed the theme song for that movie. She appeared many times on episodes of The Mouseketeers, although she herself was not a Mouseketeer as she was deemed too tall. She provided voices for some of their animated projects and, as a singer, was featured on the Disney label, including songs that recreated her distinctive squeaky vocal effect.
As she blossomed, she played a school friend for Elinor Donahue, during one season of Father Knows Best (1954); scored some points playing Henrietta, better known as "Hank", a tomboyish teen on The Bob Cummings Show (1961), a short-lived 1961 TV series starring Robert Cummings; and was one of a plethora of girlfriends for Ricky Nelson's on his family's show, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952). But the most notable role for Roberta on a TV series was as "Betsy Garth" on The Virginian (1962) for its first three seasons. A support player in other "young love" films, such as A Summer Place (1959), Blue Denim (1959) and Because They're Young (1960), nothing much clicked for Roberta, however, to push her into the front ranks.
Raised a Mormon, she eventually left the limelight altogether in 1965 and focused entirely on raising her family. She and her actor husband, Ron Frederickson, moved to Salt Lake City and little was heard from her again. A disc jockey on a Utah radio station at one time in the 1980s, decades later she was cast as Ishmael's wife, a major supporting role in Gary Rogers' The Book of Mormon Movie, Volume 1: The Journey (2003) movie in 2003. Her husband played Ishmael. More recently, she has been a manufacturer's rep for a furniture business.- Simon Scott was born on 21 September 1920 in Monterey Park, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Cold Turkey (1971), The Wild Wild West (1965) and Mod Squad (1968). He died on 11 December 1991 in Los Alamitos, California, USA.
- Pamela Brull was born on 25 August 1953 in Monterey Park, California, USA. She is an actress, known for The Philadelphia Experiment (1984), The Guardian (1990) and The Secret Empire (1979).
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- Actor
Bob Mackie was born on 24 March 1939 in Monterey Park, California, USA. He is a costume designer and actor, known for Rocketman (2019), The Carol Burnett Show (1967) and The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour (1971). He was previously married to Lulu Porter.- Actor
- Producer
Edwin Kho was born in Monterey Park, California, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Carry On (2024), Forelock and Maggie (2022).- Pilar M. Lastra was born on 15 January 1981 in Monterey Park, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Malibu Spring Break (2003), No Rules (2005) and Murder on the Yellow Brick Road (2005).
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Michanne Quinney was born in Monterey Park, California, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Mom (2013), S.W.A.T. (2017) and Criminal Minds (2005).- Actor
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Producer
Willis Chung was born in Monterey Park, California, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Magnum P.I. (2018), Fresh Off the Boat (2015) and Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021).- Actress
- Producer
- Writer
Christina July Kim was born in Monterey Park, California and moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico when she was 6 years old. She grew up in the Northeast Heights of Albuquerque and was the only Korean-American girl in her class all throughout school. Although Christina seemed very happy, she was very ashamed of her Korean heritage growing up. She first took a speech and drama class taught by M. Mercer in 8th grade where she landed the role of "Buttercup" in her school's production of "The Princess Bride". She escaped racial prejudices through acting and found freedom of expression through the theatre. In high school, she continued to study acting and with the counsel of her high school drama teacher D. Keyson, she decided to apply to the Bachelor of Fine Arts acting program at the University of Southern California. Out of 500+ applicants, Christina was accepted into the prestigious BFA program. Christina was Taft-Hartlied into SAG for her role as "Xiu" in the film Doc West (2009), starring Paul Sorvino and Terence Hill, produced by DAP Italy.- Actor
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Nicholas Wagner was born on 21 October 1979 in Monterey Park, California, USA. Nicholas is an actor and assistant director, known for Perry Mason (2020), The Lincoln Lawyer (2022) and Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000).- Danny Verduzco was born on 22 December 1986 in Monterey Park, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Four Rooms (1995) and The Crow: City of Angels (1996).
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- Actor
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Ulysses was born in Monterey Park, CA and grew up in Hong Kong. With both western and eastern cultural influence, not only can Ulysses read, write and speak fluent Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin) and English, he has a unique personality and character traits that combines both worlds adding a different flavor to his work. Performed with various performance groups growing up in Hong Kong and America, Ulysses is an actor, singer and improviser who recently graduated from iO West.- Anh Tuan Nguyen was born on 29 July 1981 in Monterey Park, California, USA. He is an actor, known for The Social Network (2010), Da 5 Bloods (2020) and Freedom Writers (2007).
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Sam Ly was born on 21 September 1988 in Monterey Park, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Bullet Train (2022), Mulan (2020) and Captain Marvel (2019).- Actor
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Walter Willison is a Tony Award nominee, winner of a Theatre World Award and recipient of a Special William Inge Award. He is a true Renaissance man; an actor, singer, lyricist, writer, director and producer. He starred on Broadway in "Grand Hotel", "Two By Two", "Pippin", "Norman, Is That You?", "Wild and Wonderful", "A Celebration of Richard Rodgers", "A Gala Tribute to Joshua Logan", "A Celebration of George Abbott", "A Christmas Carol: The Musical" at Madison Square Garden, "Anyone Can Whistle Live at Carnegie Hall"; Bernstein's "Mass: A Theater Piece for Singers, Players and Dancers", the Inaugural presentation of The Kennedy Center, "South Pacific: A 25th Anniversary Concert". Off-Broadway includes the title role in the first ever revival of Wright and Forrest's "Kean" at The York Theater, and he directed and starred as Noah opposite Pat Suzuki in The Jewish Repertory Theatre's "Two By Two: The Richard Rodgers' Centennial Concert". He starred as El Gallo in the historic First International Tour of "The Fantasticks" in Japan, directed by and costarring bookwriter/lyricist Tom Jones with composer Harvey Schmidt at the piano. Other notable stage appearances include "It's A Musical World: A Tribute to Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley" with Anthony Newley, Leslie Bricusse, Tony Bennett at The Hollywood Palladium; At the St. Louis Municipal Opera, he starred as Prince Charming in Walt Disney's "Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs" opposite Leslie Easterbrook, Perchik in "Fiddler On The Roof" with Herschel Bernardi, and Lancelot in "Camelot" with Tricia O'Neil and David Birney; numerous regional productions as Billy Bigelow in "Carousel" and Paul Bertholet in "Carnival", and the national tours of "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever" and "Your Own Thing".
Mr. Willison made his professional debut in the West Coast Premiere of Meredith Willson's "Here's Love" [aka "Miracle On 34th Street"] for The San Bernardino Civic Light Opera in 1964, followed by juvenile roles in The West Coast Premiere of "High Spirits" with Carolyn Jones, Mary Wickes and Adrienne Angel, "Bye Bye Birdie" with Dick Van Dyke and Rose Marie, "The Boyfriend" with Juliet Prowse and Lee Roy Reams, "Half a Sixpence" with Kenneth Nelson, and the West Coast Premiere of "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever" with Tammy Grimes and John Cullum in LA and San Francisco.
Films include Mike Frankovich's Emmy Award-winning "Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women", for which he was personally selected by Irving Berlin to play Ziegfeld star Frank Carter and croon Berlin's classic "A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody"; "Harry and Walter Go To New York", "The Initiation", "Somebody Help Me", "Edward II", and he wrote the lyrics [with music by Jeffrey Silverman] for the songs he sings in the cult classic "Fantasies" ["Once Upon a Love" in Europe, "Femme" in France, etcetera) starring Bo Derek, directed by John Derek.
On Television, he starred as Dr. Calvin Campbell in NBC's hit 1976-1977 series "McDuff, The Talking Dog", as Clyde Griffiths in Theodore Dreiser's "An American Tragedy" episode of Turnley Walker's "The Great Novelists" series on PBS, and as Dr. George "Buck" Wheaton on "Days of Our Lives". He appeared "The Tony Awards", "The Today Show", "The David Frost Show", "Celebrity Revue", "The Great NBC Smilin' Saturday Morning" TV special, hosted by Freddy Prinz; "The Dating Game", and numerous other variety and talk shows.
Walter has written and directed plays, musicals and nightclub acts across the US. He collaborated with Douglas Holmes on the book for the critically acclaimed 1997 revisal of Frank Loesser's "Greenwillow: The Musical Folktale" [which Variety heralded was "redeemed by its new book"], also directing the World Premiere at in Sarasota, Florida, subsequently produced at theatres including the Utah State Opera and in Branson, Mo.; wrote lyrics, with music by John Kroner, and collaborated with Douglas Holmes on the book for "Wonderful Life: The Musical" [based on Frank Capra's film], which has been performed at regional theaters around the US; adapted and directed Hal Hackady & Larry Grossman's "Minnie's Boys: The Marx Brothers Musical In Concert" for The Jewish Repertory Theatre, Off-Broadway; directed the West Coast Premiere of Kenward Elmslie & Claibe Richardson & Truman Capote's "The Grass Harp" starring Susan Watson [introducing a then-six-year-old Christina Applegate], and Your Own Thing at San Diego's Old Globe Theatre; wrote book & lyrics, directed and costarred in "Front Street Gaieties: Dodge City's Hottest Revue" also starring with Susan Watson and Charles Ward at The Mayfair Music Hall in Santa Monica, and Off-Broadway: "Broadway Scandals of 1928: the new speakeasy musical, also starring with Diane J. Findlay, Shelley Bruce, and Joanna Rush, both with music by Jeffrey Silverman, and "Options", starring with Julie Budd and Joanna Rush, also with lyrics and music by Willison and Silverman.
Mr. Willison was honored to collaborate with John Willis as Associate Editor for the books "Theatre World" #42, 43 and 44 and "Screen World" volumes #27, 38, 39 and 40. He served as Vice-President of Theater World Awards Board of Directors from 2004 to 2006. He directed "The 61st Annual Theatre World Awards" at Studio 54, starring such luminaries as Lucie Arnaz, John Cullum, Judy Kaye, Pat Suzuki, and "The 62nd Annual Theatre World Awards" at Studio 54, starring Lucie Arnaz, Harry Connick, Jr., Ralph Fiennes, Tammy Grimes, Harry Groener, Ken Page, John Rubinstein, and contributed special material for Liza Minnelli.
He has 29 recordings released on CD, as performer, producer, or both, including the Original Broadway cast recordings of "Two By Two", "Grand Hotel", "Broadway Scandals of 1928", "A Christmas Carol: The Musical", "Anyone Can Whistle: Live at Carnegie Hall", "Collette Collage", "Unsung Sondheim", "Lost in Boston I", "Lost in Boston II", "Unsung Irving Berlin"; Robert Wright & George Forrest's "Anastasia: The Musical and Premiere Recordings of Wright & Forrest Songs from 'Grand Hotel', 'At The Grand', 'Betting on Bertie' &' Kean' ", "A Bag of Popcorn and a Dream: an intimate bigscreen revue", "Beauty and the Beast: A Gothic Musical"; and he produced: "Marcia Lewis: Nowadays", Maltby & Shire's restored "Cyrano" & "The Grand Tour", and "Neva Small: My Place in the World". He contributed booklet notes for Martin Charnin's "Mata Hari", Bob Merrill's "Breakfast at Tiffany's", and Wright & Forrest's "ANYA".
In 1980, Mr. Willison joined forces with Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Jerome Lawrence and Margaret Goheen to create The William Inge Festival which annually honors our greatest living American playwrights, composers & lyricists in Inge's hometown of Independence, Kansas. He wrote, directed and appeared in tributes to Jerome Lawrence, Robert Anderson, William Gibson and Garson Kanin, appeared in "Penn Avenue to Broadway: A 25 Year Retrospective", with Hal Linden in "To Life!: A Tribute to Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick". At IngeFest 28, with Barbara Dana in his play "William Inge-The Interview: A Play on Reality" [based on interviews with William Inge], and with Ms. Dana, Susan Watson, Rita Gardner, Martin Vidnovic, Elizabeth Wilson in "Remember & Celebrate: Honoring Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt", recipients of the William Inge Distinguished Achievement in The American Theatre Award. In 2016 he starred with Marcy DeGonge Manfredi, John Schuck and Daisy Eagan in "The William Inge Festival 35th Anniversary Tribute" and wrote and directed "Splendor: A Tribute to the Oscars".
From 2016-2017 Mr. Willison served as Artistic Director of The Ziegfeld Society of New York City. In 2017 Mr. Willison conceived, wrote and directed "Ziegfeld Follies of the Air: The New 1934 Live from Broadway Broadcast Revue" at Birdland, starring with Liliane Montevecchi, Loni Ackerman, Shelly Burch, Carole Demas, and others; "The Unsinkable Tammy Grimes: A Musical Life in Revue" starring with Patricia Bosworth, Laura Kenyon, Chris Orbach, Lee Roy Reams, Steve Ross, Jane Summerhays and others; "We'll Take a Glass Together!: The Songs of Robert Wright & George Forrest" celebrating his 70th Birthday, starring with Karen Akers, Marcy De Gonge Manfredi, Heather Mac Rae, Lynnette Perry and Liliane Montevecchi, and in December 2017 he conceived, wrote, directed and costarred with Robert Cuccioli and Jim Dale in "Here's Love To The Music Man: A Celebration of Songwriter Meredith Willson".
He wrote and directed the acclaimed "Grand Hotel; The 25th Anniversary Reunion Concert", costarring with Liliane Montevecchi, Brent Barrett, Karen Akers and other fellow original cast members at 54 Below; directed Steve Ross & Karen Oberlin in "Cheek to Cheek: The Songs of Astaire & Rogers" and "The 32nd Annual Alec Wilder Tribute Concert" starring Klea Blackhurst and Karen Ziemba, also at 54 Below. In September, 2017, he appeared in his first solo nightclub act since 1978, "Walter Willison: Music In My Heart" at The Metropolitan Room, about which noted cabaret critic Sandi Durell praised "The expressive, sophisticated and natural Walter Willison, so capable when it comes to channeling emotions in every lyric. An extraordinary Broadway performer - an entertainer's entertainer."
Mr. Willison appears with a cast of Broadway Legends in Rick McKay's documentary "Broadway: Beyond The Golden Age" (2018). He wrote and directed "Blues, Ballads & Sin Songs: The Legend of Libby Holman" starring Lee Horwin with Joel A. Martin at the piano, which had its World Premiere at The Triad Theater in New York City on April 30th, 2018.
Most recently, Walter conceived, wrote, produced, and directed the critically acclaimed "Pippin: The 50th Anniversary Original Broadway Cast Reunion Concert", starring with John Rubenstein, Joy Franz, Candy Brown, Cheryl Clark, Gene Foote, Will D. McMillan, Pamela Sousa, Aaron Lee Battle, and the legendary Leland Palmer, at 54 Below in February 2023, which also live-streamed. He is a guest star in Bruce Kimmel's series "Sami", starring Cindy Williams, which drops on Amazon Prime on April 23, 2023. REV.4/20/2023- Location Management
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Manny Padilla was born in Monterey Park, California, USA. He is a producer and production manager, known for Super 8 (2011), Live by Night (2016) and Inception (2010).- Visual Effects
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Michael Scott was born on 26 March 1983 in Monterey Park, California, USA. He is a director, known for Ryan vs. Dorkman 2 (2007), Boss Level (2020) and I Am Number Four (2011).- Tony Cameron (born January 16, 1988) is an American actor. He began is acting career on stage and enjoys entertaining through all forms of art.
Cameron was born in Monterey Park, CA, the son of Robyn Hudson and Gregory Szuszka and has 4 younger siblings. He grew up and attended college in Huntington Beach, CA.
When he is not working, you can find him spending time with family and friends. Cameron is a huge fan of stand-up comedy and is always ready to tell you the latest jokes. His hobbies include: Basketball, video games and movie watching. - Actor
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Stacey Scheller was born on 19 January 1966 in Monterey Park, California, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Scorched (2003), After the Past (2004) and Shattered Day (2005).- Jennifer Harte was born on 4 October 1981 in Monterey Park, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Prehysteria! 2 (1994) and VideoZone (1989).
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Eliver Ling was born on 11 September 1983 in Monterey Park, California, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Better Criminal (2016), Retrieval and Broken Rings (2018).- Actor
- Additional Crew
Frankie Gonzalez was born on 13 March 1982 in Monterey Park, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Sport Science (2007), Big River (2005) and Autobiografía Anónima (2015).- Chelsea Jones was born on 27 December 1983 in Monterey Park, California, USA. She is an actress, known for My Uncle the Alien (1996) and Family Portrait (1994).
- Animation Department
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- Location Management
Kenny Mok was born on 2 December 1995 in Monterey Park, California, USA. He is known for X-Men '97 (2024), The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy (2024) and The Boys Presents: Diabolical (2022).