Williams was born in the Van Nuys district of Los Angeles, California to Francesca (née Bellini), a waitress, and Beachard Williams, an electronic technician. The family moved to Dallas, Texas when she was a year old and returned to Los Angeles when she was ten years old. She has one sibling, a sister, Carol Ann. Her maternal grandparents immigrated to America from Mineo, Sicily, rendering Williams of Sicilian/Italian descent. Williams wrote and acted, during childhood, at a church and later acted at Birmingham High School, graduating in 1965. She attended Los Angeles City College with a theater major.
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Cindy Williams | Early life
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Petaluma, "Mel's Drive-In" in San Francisco, Sonoma, Richmond, Novato, and the "Buchanan Field Airport" in Concord were some of the locations.
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1973
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Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat, Harrison Ford, Charles Martin Smith and Cindy Williams, to name a few.
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August 22nd, 1947.
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Williams was born in the Van Nuys district of Los Angeles, California to Francesca (née Bellini), a waitress, and Beachard Williams, an electronic technician. The family moved to Dallas, Texas when she was a year old and returned to Los Angeles when she was ten years old. She has one sibling, a sister, Carol Ann. Her maternal grandparents immigrated to America from Mineo, Sicily, rendering Williams of Sicilian/Italian descent. Williams wrote and acted, during childhood, at a church and later acted at Birmingham High School, graduating in 1965. She attended Los Angeles City College with a theater major.
Cindy Williams | Early life
Williams was born in Buffalo, New York, the son of Max and Lillian Jacobson. He cited the experience of growing up as the son of a vaudeville show producer as leading him to pursue his acting career as early as college. He attended both the University of Pennsylvania (1932–33) and Columbia University (1934), participating in amateur theatrical productions.
Jay Williams (author) | Early life
Williams was married to Bill Hudson of the musical trio Hudson Brothers in 1982. The marriage ended in divorce in 2000. Together they have two children: a daughter, Emily (born 1982) and a son, Zachary (born 1986). Williams is a practicing Catholic.
Cindy Williams | Personal life
Williams was born Donald William Schlit in Edmonton, Alberta in February 1938. He grew up in the small community of Stony Plain, Alberta, just west of Edmonton where he graduated from Memorial High School in 1955. From the age of twelve, he had a keen interest in the Film and Entertainment Industry.
Don S. Williams | Early life
Williams was born in Nantyglo, Monmouthshire, on 29 September 1886.
Jack Williams (VC) | Early life
Williams was born in Swan Hills, Alberta, but raised in Calgary, Alberta. He is a graduate of Henry Wise Wood Senior High School, and studied theatre at Ryerson University.
Evan Williams (actor) | Early life
Cynthia Jane Williams (born August 22, 1947) is an American actress known for her role as Shirley Feeney on the television sitcom "Laverne & Shirley" (1976–1982).
Cindy Williams | Introduction
Born in New York City, Williams is the son of a professional musician, Clarence "Clay" Williams Jr., and grandson of jazz and blues composer/pianist Clarence Williams and his singer-actress wife, Eva Taylor. Raised by his paternal grandmother, he became interested in acting after accidentally walking onto a stage at a theater below a Harlem YMCA.
Clarence Williams III | Early life
Williams was born in Denver, Colorado, on February 8, 1898, to Charles H. Williams and Evangeline Lloyd. He was the oldest of seven children. By 1910 the family had moved to California, and were living Belvedere, which was in Los Angeles County. He enlisted in the army during the mid-1910s, lying about his age, which would later cause some confusion about his true date of birth, which several sources still incorrectly report. Press releases during his film career claim that he was awarded the Purple Heart and the Croix de Guerre during World War I. He was married for the first time on June 6, 1916, to Vera Paloma Bennett of Utah.
Roger Williams (actor) | Early life
His interests included American football and chess.
Guy Williams (actor) | Early life
McCarthy was born on March 15, 2002, to Carol Schneider and actor Andrew McCarthy.
Sam McCarthy (actor) | Early life
Williams was born in Rusk, Texas. She made her film debut in the 1975 film "Smile"[NOTE: This is a common mistake, even on the imdb - the actress in Smile is not Caroline Williams, it's Carol Ann Williams, the sister of Cindy https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0930221/]. A decade later, she starred in "Alamo Bay" and "The Legend of Billie Jean". In 1986, Williams had small roles in "Thompson's Last Run" and "Getting Even" before portraying Vanita "Stretch" Brock in "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2". In 1989, Williams starred in "Stepfather 2". In 1990, she reprised her role as Stretch for a brief cameo in the film "" and also starred in "Days of Thunder".
Caroline Williams | Life and career
Bradford Cody Williams was born to Robert Cody "Bob" Williams and Patricia Packard Williams on January 8, 1951 in White Plains, New York.
Brad Williams (puppeteer) | Early life
Katt was born in Los Angeles to actors Bill Williams (birth name Herman August Wilhelm Katt) and Barbara Hale. He grew up in the San Fernando Valley and began acting as a teenager, sometimes appearing with his parents. He graduated from Army & Navy Academy, Carlsbad, California.
William Katt | Early life
Williams, the youngest of three boys, was born in 1954 in Santa Monica, California, to Doris May Moore and Canadian-born Frank Millar Blenkhorn of English, Scottish, and German ancestry. Barry and siblings Craig and Scott Blenkhorn grew up in Pacific Palisades, California, where actor Peter Graves was a neighbor. Williams decided, as a child, that he wanted to be an actor, and in 1967 he made his television debut in a "Christmas" episode of "Dragnet 1967". Williams continued to be cast in guest roles on other TV series including "Adam-12", "The Invaders", "That Girl", "", "The Mod Squad", "Here Come the Brides" , "Gomer Pyle USMC" and "Bartleby, the Scrivener" before being cast in 1969 as Greg Brady on "The Brady Bunch".
Barry Williams (actor) | Early life and career
Williams was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. He earned a degree in theatre from The Ohio State University. He lives in Los Angeles.
Nar Williams | Early life
His mother died when he was 19.
Christopher Jones (actor) | Early life
Williams was born 7 March 1986 "to a wealthy family, but when he was 10, his family lost everything they had so he had to struggle." In his early teen years, Williams wanted to become an actor and was paid only 50 cents for his first acting role. "He started working as an assistant with a counselor and a psychologist as a freelancer without any relevant qualification by which time he had chalked up 3 years worthy experience with the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA)."
Adebola Williams | Early life
Alexander was born Cynthia Ann Plotkin in Los Angeles, CA. Her mother, Nancy (née Kaufman), was an elementary school teacher, and her father, Gary Plotkin, was an attorney.
Cindy Alexander | Early life
Williams was born in Vancouver Island, British Columbia, the daughter of Simone and Jack Williams, a tugboat skipper and logger. She is the widow of social and political activist Tom Hayden.
Barbara Williams (actress) | Early life
Biggs was born on April 4, 1955, in Toledo, Ohio. When he was very young, he was a foster child. He decided to pursue acting when he was a student at Central Catholic High School and graduated in 1973. He received a BFA from Juilliard in 1977; studied acting at the Toledo Repertory Theatre.
Casey Biggs | Early life
Cynthia Ann Crawford was born in DeKalb, Illinois, on February 20, 1966, the daughter of Dan Crawford and Jennifer Sue Crawford-Moluf (née Walker). She has two sisters, Chris and Danielle, as well as a brother, Jeffery, who died of childhood leukemia at age 3. She has stated that her family has been in the United States for generations and that her ancestry is mostly German, English, and French. By appearing in an episode of "Who Do You Think You Are?" in 2013, she discovered that her ancestors included English nobility and continental royal families of the Middle Ages and that she was descended from Charlemagne.
Cindy Crawford | Early life
Cruse was born, Cindy Lerae Cruse, on May 18, 1963, in Odessa, Texas, the daughter of Joseph "Joe" Cruse Jr. and Nancy Wydette Cruse ("née", Lake), while she grew up in Tyler, Texas, with her two older brothers, Joseph "Joe" Cruse III and John Daniel Cruse, and two older sisters, Karen Wydette Cruse and Elizabeth Jane "Janie" Cruse. Her first marriage was to Timothy G. Miner, where they got married on November 30, 1985 in Tyler, Texas, while they would later divorce.
Cindy Cruse-Ratcliff | Early life
On 25 July 1916, Williams was born in Ameliasburg, Ontario.
Mildred Williams | Early life
At the time, he claimed to be a motion picture actor, however no records can be found of his involvement in the film industry at this time. By the time he registered for the draft for World War I, he was already divorced from his first wife. In 1920 he would marry his second wife, Ruby B. Noe, in Salt Lake City, Utah, on February 7, 1920. By 1930, he had divorced and remarried for the third and final time, to his wife, Ellen, by which point the couple had two children. During the 1920s he would work as a tradesman in Los Angeles.
Roger Williams (actor) | Early life
Williams was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, and grew up in Houston, Texas. He attended and played high school football at Wheatley High School, graduating in 1959.
Sid Williams | Early life
Cynthia Chenault was born January 5, 1937, in Hammond, Louisiana to Louis Robinaux. She had one child, actress Kimberly Beck, born in Glendale, California, in January 1956. Cynthia, then still known as Cindy Robbins, married New Jersey singer-songwriter Tommy Leonetti on November 27, 1965, in Beverly Hills, California. The two of them, plus her young daughter, moved to Sydney, Australia, and lived there for the remainder of the 1960s and for most of the 1970s before returning to America in the late 70's. Her husband Tommy died in 1979. She then married writer Robert Parks Chenault in 1983, and began around that time using her married name for her writing credits, rather than her screen name.
Cindy Robbins | Personal life
After college, Williams began her professional career by landing national commercials, which included Foster Grant sunglasses and TWA. Her first roles in television, among others, were on "Room 222", "Nanny and the Professor" and "Love, American Style". Williams accompanied an actor-friend from Los Angeles City College who needed a scene partner for the audition and was also accepted at The Actors Studio West, but rarely attended due to acting commitments Williams picked up important film roles early in her career: George Cukor's "Travels with My Aunt" (1972); as Laurie Henderson, Ron Howard's character's high school sweetheart in George Lucas's "American Graffiti" (1973) for which she earned a BAFTA nomination as Best Supporting Actress; and Francis Ford Coppola's "The Conversation" (1974).
Cindy Williams | Career
She was born to Thomas and Ruth Sydes, who had three other children: Anthony, Jonathan, and Debbie, Her father was a high school English teacher, and she attended North Hollywood High School, where she was a cheerleader.
Cindy Carol | Personal
Cranshaw was born in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, and became interested in acting while entertaining American troops before World War II.
Patrick Cranshaw | Early life
Williams was born and in London, England in 1984 to Shelley and Mick Williams, a postman. She is the first of three children; her sister is Candice and her brother is Adam. Williams attended St. John's Infant School and later St. Mary's Primary School before winning a scholarship to the Sylvia Young Theatre School, for which she began attending at the age of eight.
Jade Williams (actress) | Early life
Born and raised in Montreal, Quebec, Busby always dreamed of becoming an actress. From the time she was a child, she loved performing for an audience and throughout her elementary school and high school years, she devoted herself to every theater school production. Upon graduating from high school, Busby was accepted into the Professional Theater Program at Dawson College in Montreal and was admitted from among hundreds of applicants.
Cindy Busby | Early life
Cynthia Chenault (born January 5, 1937) is an American television actress and producer/writer active from the mid-1950s to the present. She used the screen name Cindy Robbins in her acting credits.
Cindy Robbins | Introduction
Williams married Lee Nelson on August 19, 1989. The couple have two sons.
Cindy Williams (journalist) | Personal life
Cynthia Irwin-Williams was born April 14, 1936 in Denver, Colorado. After a long chronic illness, Irwin-Williams died on June 15, 1990 in Reno, Nevada.
Cynthia Irwin-Williams | Personal life
Williams grew up in Los Angeles, mostly around the San Fernando Valley. She began auditioning at age 8 and attended Louisville High School, an all girls Catholic high school in Woodland Hills. Williams went on to briefly attend Mount St. Mary's but dropped out to move to New York City, where she worked as a junior agent at a modeling agency. It was during this time she wanted to take a break from acting. She is of mixed African-American and Italian descent.
Davida Williams | Early life
Tommy Leonetti was born Nicola Tomaso Lionetti in Bergen County, New Jersey in 1929. He married the American actress Cindy Robbins on November 27, 1965, in Beverly Hills, California.
Tommy Leonetti | Personal life
Cindy Walker was born on July 20, 1918 on her grandparents' farm near Mart, Texas (near Mexia, east of Waco), the daughter of a cotton-broker. Her maternal-grandfather F.L. Eiland was a noted composer of hymns and her mother was a fine pianist. From childhood Cindy Walker was fond of poetry and wrote habitually.
Cindy Walker | Early life
She was born in New Haven, Connecticut, but raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. She married fellow actor Alfred “Chibbie” Cibelli on April 6, 1965 in New Haven. They were married for three years before the union ended in divorce.
Mary Louise Wilson | Early life
Born on May 5, 1959 in Ridgewood, New Jersey, Williams was raised in a "boisterous" Catholic home, of largely Irish descent. He is the son of Dorothy May (née Pampel) and Gordon Lewis Williams, who was an executive vice president of the National Retail Merchants Association, in New York. His mother was an amateur stage actress. Williams is the youngest of four siblings. He lived in Elmira, New York, for nine years before moving to Middletown Township, New Jersey, when he was in junior high school. Williams graduated from Mater Dei High School, a Roman Catholic high school in the New Monmouth section of Middletown.
Brian Williams | Early life
Williams was born circa 1967 in Tallahassee, Florida. He graduated from Florida State University, where he earned a bachelor's degree followed by a master's degree and a PhD, completed in 2003.
Learotha Williams | Early life
Williams was born in Sacramento, California, the son of Augustus P. Williams and Eva M. Paget Williams. When he was six years old, he moved with his family to Oakland. Later he attended the Polytechnic College of California. Before he began his acting career, Williams worked in a bicycle shop, competed as a bicycle racer, and served as a newspaper photographer for the "Oakland Tribune".
Earle Williams | Early life
Williams was born in Brooklyn, New York. He attended Midwood High School, where he used his 6 ft 5 in (197 cm) height by playing power forward on the school basketball team. He went on to attend college at Binghamton University in Upstate New York. Then he received a Masters of Fine Arts degree in acting from New York University's Graduate Acting Program at the Tisch School of the Arts.
Victor Williams | Early life
Born Mary Carol Lee Ford on January 21, 1941 in Los Angeles, California, the third child of Oscar Ford, a vaudeville actor turned publicity agent and Lillian Ford, an actress. During the late 1940s, the whole family (along with her two older brothers) performed together on stage with their daughter as "The World's Youngest Mind Reader".
Victoria Carroll | Early life
Williams was born on September 3, 1956, in Smithdale, Mississippi, as Douglas LeAllen Williams, the son of Leon "Pop" Williams (1908/1909 – 1989), he died in a car accident, and Amanda "Mom" Williams (b:1919 – D:August 30, 2014), she died at the age of 94. He is the youngest sibling and younger brother of Melvin Williams, and the late Franklin Delano Williams.
Doug Williams (musician) | Early life
Williams was born Micah Sierra Williams on September 2, 1971 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was raised in Dayton, Ohio. Williams emancipated himself from his parents at the age of 13, moved to Florida, and supported himself as a street vendor.
Katt Williams | Early life
Roger Grimes Williams (February 8, 1898 – December 18, 1964) was an American actor of the 1930s. Born on February 8, 1898, in Denver, Colorado, his family would move to the Los Angeles area during the early 1900s. He served in the U.S. Army during World War I, being awarded several decorations. Married several times, he would enter the film industry in the early 1930s, where he would work for several years. Married three times, he had a short film career during the 1930s, after which not much is known of his life, until his death in Los Angeles in 1964.
Roger Williams (actor) | Introduction
Robinson was born on 30 July 1918, in Los Angeles, California, as the son of James O. Robinson Sr.
Jimmy Robinson (actor) | Early life
Conley was born in New York City, New York U.S.A. 1958.
Jack Conley (actor) | Early life
Griffith was born Freddy Merrill Griffith, the son of Victor Merrill Griffith and Linda Gayle Griffith, in Spartanburg, SC. Griffith is of Welsh and Scots-Irish ancestry. His ancestors fought in the American Revolutionary War, The Civil War in the United States, World War I, World War II, Korean War, and Vietnam War. He has a younger sister, Cynthia Lynn. From an early age he knew he wanted to be an entertainer. He studied at University of South Carolina, Spartanburg and Coastal Carolina. He waited to pursue his life's passion of being a professional actor until he was in his thirties.
Fred Griffith (actor) | Early life
He resumed his acting career in 1946.
Hugh Griffith | Early life
Lee Williams was born in Bangor. His early he life he lived in Holyhead with his father Peter Durkan and his mother Elaine He then went to a comprehensive school in Warrington in England. He enrolled to study fine art and fashion at Central Saint Martin's College of Art and Fashion in London, he eventually dropped out in his 2nd year when he was nineteen and began working for Vivienne Westwood, where he helped in her designer shows in Paris; it was here that the photographer Steven Meisel encouraged Lee to pursue modeling.
Lee Williams (actor) | Early life
He was born on July 5, 1963, to his parents in Lompoc, California, and has two siblings, sister Savita Carothers and late brother, Jamont David Wilson, who died in 2015. Wilson developed an interest in acting while attending high school in Lompoc.
Dorien Wilson | Early life
Arthur Williams was born in Islington. He was married to Emily Spiller and had a brother, Fred, who was also engaged in theatre and music hall. His nephew was the comic film actor Fred Emney. Williams first went into business as a law stationer before beginning his stage career.
Arthur Williams (actor) | Early life
Marshall was born in Gary, Indiana, to Vereen Marshall, a dentist, and Thelma (née Edwards). He attended New York University as an art student but transferred to the Actors Studio to study theater. He studied at the American Theatre Wing and with Sanford Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse.
William Marshall (actor) | Early life
When he was 14, he and his mother moved to Atlanta, Georgia, where his love for performing continued. He went to North Springs High School in Sandy Springs, Georgia.
John Schneider (screen actor) | Early life
James Raymond Simpson was born in Hackettstown, New Jersey, on November 21, 1975. He has two older brothers. He attended Hackettstown High School, where he took his first acting class. After graduating from Bloomsburg University with a BA in theater, he acted for four seasons at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in Williamstown, Massachusetts.
Jimmi Simpson | Early life
Walton was born in Tachikawa, Japan and grew up in Marion, Indiana.
Jim Walton (actor) | Early life
Perrineau was born in Brooklyn, New York. His parents changed his name to Williams when he was a child, but he later changed it back, after discovering there was already a Harold Williams in the Screen Actors Guild. He attended Shenandoah University and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
Harold Perrineau | Early life
Williams was born in Detroit, Michigan on February 6, 1901. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1920.
Edward Thomas Williams | Early life
He was married to three actresses, the first being silent film actress Kathleen Collins. For a time, he was married to B-movie actress Barbara Weeks. His last wife was Dorothy Peterson, whom he first met in the 1940s. Prior to meeting her he had been engaged to Lupe Vélez but she literally broke off the engagement at their friend Errol Flynn's home by breaking a framed portrait of Williams over his head and then urinating on the picture. Like his father, Williams was active in an array of notable and state related causes. He worked with the regional Agricultural Credit Association, The Production Credit Corporation, The Goat Raisers Association, The Texas Wool and Mohair Company, and the Bankers Association (all of which coincided both in his native Texas and adopted California).
Guinn &quot;Big Boy&quot; Williams | Personal life
It was his final onscreen appearance.
Robert Williams (actor) | Career
He was born in Berkeley, California, the son of Roger and Phyllis McGovern. His father was an actor and advertising copywriter.
Terry McGovern (actor) | Early life
Williams was born on 22 August 1959 in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire. Educated at North Bromsgrove High School and then Brasenose College, Oxford, where he performed with the Oxford University Dramatic Society, he made a career as a theatre actor with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal National Theatre. He came to wider public attention through his appearances on the BBC television programmes, "Alexei Sayle's Stuff" and "The Fast Show". Williams has described the huge popularity of the latter show as a "double-edged sword" as it has led to his being seen by the public as a comedian rather than as an actor.
Mark Williams (actor) | Early life
Guy Williams was born of Sicilian parentage on January 14, 1924, as Armando Joseph Catalano in the Washington Heights area of New York City. His parents, insurance broker Attilio Catalano and Clara Arcara, were from the island of Sicily, and were by then living in poverty. Attilio was the son of a wealthy timber grower in Messina, who purchased land in New Jersey. Williams grew up in the Little Italy neighborhood of The Bronx. In Public School 189, Williams stood out in mathematics. Later, he attended George Washington High School, while he occasionally worked at a soda fountain. He then left to attend the Peekskill Military Academy, where he was an enthusiastic student.
Guy Williams (actor) | Early life
According to Rual Askew of the "Dallas Morning News", who interviewed Williams in March 1957 and published a profile of the actor, Williams earned a B.A. in Journalism from New York University. According to other press sources (such as a February 1959 syndicated article in the "Daily Herald" of Provo, Utah), Williams obtained a degree in journalism from a correspondence school.
Grant Williams (actor) | Early life
Williams was born in Abilene, Texas, the son of Jackson Eugene (a tile setter) and Kathlyn (née Nations) Williams. Williams grew up dividing his time between living with his father in Oklahoma and his mother in Oakridge, Oregon. He graduated from Northwest Classen High School in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1956. It was in Oklahoma that he began his lifelong friendship with artist Edward Ruscha. He attended Oklahoma City University (1957–60) and North Texas State University for one semester, and served in the United States Navy from 1961 to 1963.
Mason Williams | Early life
Barrett was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. I. J. Williams. She began taking acting classes at an early age to overcome her timidness. After high school, she studied at Pasadena Community Playhouse for a year and acted at Encino Little Theatre.
Claudia Barrett | Early life
Colenback was born October 5, 1935, in Toledo, Ohio, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Colenback. His father, an executive vice president with Toledo Scale Company, died when he was 12. John Colenback attended Ottaway Hills Elementary School and was in 17 theatrical productions as a student at Ottawa Hills High School and was named best actor at Dartmouth College during his senior year there.
John Colenback | Early years
Snyder was born on May 27, 1947 in Los Angeles, California.
Christina A. Snyder | Early life
Williamson was born in Coral Springs, Florida, in 1988. When he was young, he moved from Coral Springs to San Diego, then moved again to Texas. During his high school tenure, Williamson participated in "speech tournaments", where he would act against other competitors. These experiences caused him to pursue acting as a profession. As he had been performing in theater for most of his life, he attended the University of Southern California's theater school, with the intent of becoming a professional stage actor.
Chase Williamson | Early life
Williams was born in Westchester County, New York, the daughter of Linda Barbara, a fundraiser for The Michael J. Fox Foundation, and Gurney Williams III, a freelance health and science writer. She is the younger sister of actress Kimberly Williams-Paisley and is sister-in-law to country music star Brad Paisley. Williams attended Rye High School in Rye, New York. In May 2001 she received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Boston University College of Fine Arts School of Theatre.
Ashley Williams (actress) | Early life and education
Samm-Art Williams was born in 1946 in Burgaw, North Carolina, the son of Samuel and Valdosia Williams. His mother was a school teacher, and Williams attended segregated public schools through high school. As Samm Williams, he entered New York City theater as an actor in 1973, performing in the play "Black Jesus". With New York's Negro Ensemble Company (NEC), Williams appeared in such plays as "Nowhere to Run, Nowhere to Hide" (St. Mark's Playhouse, 1974) and "Liberty Calland" (St. Mark's Playhouse, 1975), before taking on the name Samm-Art Williams for "Argus and Klansman" and "Waiting for Mongo" (St. Mark's Playhouse, 1975).
Samm-Art Williams | Early life and career
From 1920 Hawtrey's health deteriorated. He was knighted in 1922 and died on 30 July 1923 and is buried at Richmond. His memoirs were edited by Maugham and published in 1924 as "The Truth at Last". The later comic actor named Charles Hawtrey was no relation of Hawtrey; he was born George Hartree, and took Hawtrey's name as a stage name. He encouraged the suggestion that he was the earlier actor's son.
Charles Hawtrey (actor, born 1858) | Last years and posterity
Born in Coatesville, Pennsylvania, Richardson first started acting in plays in high school. She graduated from Coatesville Area Senior High School in Coatesville, Pennsylvania in 1969, and moved to Hollywood in 1971.
Susan Richardson | Early life
Williams was born in Nassau, The Bahamas, on November 12, 1874, to Frederick Williams Jr. and his wife Julia. At the age of 11, Bert permanently emigrated with his parents, moving to Florida in the United States. The family soon moved to Riverside, California, where he graduated from Riverside High School in 1892. In 1893, while still a teenager, he joined different West Coast minstrel shows, including Martin and Selig's Mastodon Minstrels in San Francisco, where he first met his future professional partner, George Walker. He and Walker performed song-and-dance numbers, comic dialogues and skits, and humorous songs. They fell into stereotypical vaudevillian roles: originally Williams portrayed a slick conniver, while Walker played the "dumb coon" victim of Williams' schemes.
Bert Williams | Early life
He was born on 8 January 1929 in Sekondi, Western Region of Ghana, to Nora Awoonor Williams and Francis Awoonor Williams. He had ancestral ties with the Awoonor Williams family and the Awoonor-Renner family. He attended Aggrey Memorial Secondary School, Achimota School and Adisadel College in Cape Coast, Ghana from 1941 to 1945 for his secondary education, Nelson College from 1948 to 1950 and Balham & Tooting College of Commerce in the United Kingdom from 1950 to 1952 after which he studied acting at the Stage Craft Centre in London, United Kingdom.
George Brigars Williams | Early life and education
John Towner Williams was born on February 8, 1932, in Floral Park, New York, to Esther (née Towner) and Johnny Williams, a jazz drummer and percussionist who played with the Raymond Scott Quintet. Williams has said of his lineage, "My father was a Maine man—we were very close. My mother was from Boston. My father's parents ran a department store in Bangor, Maine, and my mother's father was a cabinetmaker. [...] People with those roots are not inclined to be lazy." In 1948, the Williams family moved to Los Angeles where John attended North Hollywood High School, graduating in 1950.
John Williams | Early life and family
In her landmark photograph series "Untitled Film Stills", (1977–80), Sherman appears as B-movie and film noir actresses. When asked if she considers herself to be acting in her photographs, Sherman said, “I never thought I was acting. When I became involved with close-ups I needed more information in the expression. I couldn't depend on background or atmosphere. I wanted the story to come from the face. Somehow the acting just happened.”
Cindy Sherman | Early work
Williams was born on December 9, 1930 in Newton County, Arkansas (or Bullfrog Valley, Pope County, Arkansas), as part of a musical family; family members (such as brothers Junior and Hairl Dean) played fiddle, guitar, and banjo. Williams started on guitar, then switched to mandolin at age 17. In 1952, he was drafted into the United States Marine Corps and moved to San Diego, California for basic training. After serving at Twentynine Palms, California, he married Marjory Vogler and moved to Stockton, California.
Vern Williams | Early life
RJ Williams was born in Los Angeles, California, United States in 1978. He was educated at the Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences in Santa Monica, and attended film school at the University of Southern California.
R. J. Williams | Early life and education
Simon Williams was born in Windsor in 1946; his parents were actor Hugh Williams and actress and model Margaret Vyner. His sister Polly married his "Don't Wait Up" co-star and friend Nigel Havers. His brother is the poet Hugo Williams. Williams was educated at Harrow School where he fagged for older boys. He trained in repertory at Worthing, Birmingham and Bath, and later joined the Theatre Workshop.
Simon Williams (actor) | Early life and education
He died on 21 July 1923 at East Islip, New York, on Long Island. He was aged 66. His will said "I made my money from the actors; I herewith return it to them." He bequeathed his home in East Islip as a home for aging and destitute actors, with a fund for their maintenance. Most of the property, including a nine-hole golf course, was sold by the trustees in 1973 so they could expand the Actors Fund Home in New Jersey. Bergen Beach was sold off in lots after 1925. Bergen House was razed around 1930. What was left of the boardwalk and amusement park were torn down in 1939.
Percy G. Williams | Last years
Thomason was born in Abilene, Texas. After graduating in 2001, he moved to Los Angeles to begin his acting career.
C. J. Thomason | Early life
Born in Jamestown, New York, Ball was the eldest daughter of Howard and Marleah Ball. Her family moved to North Hollywood in 1941. She graduated from North Hollywood High School with the class of summer 1951.
Suzan Ball | Early life
Williams was born in Maysville, North Carolina. He attended White Oak High School in Jacksonville, North Carolina, where he graduated in 1996.
Tarvis Williams | Early life
Watros was born in Lake Orion, Michigan. She attended Macomb Community College in Clinton Township, Michigan, and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Theatre from Boston University, where she was part of Boston University's Professional Actors Training Program.
Cynthia Watros | Early life
He was born in Jackson, Tennessee, where his father was a grocery clerk and his mother, Robbie, was an artist. Jones's father admitted her to the state hospital in Bolivar, Tennessee, in 1945, for holding a gun to his head after he was caught being unfaithful. Jones and his brother were then placed in Boys Town in Memphis, where he became a fan of James Dean after being told he bore a resemblance to him. He then joined the Army, but went AWOL, and after serving a sentence in a military prison, he moved to New York, where he began his acting career.
Christopher Jones (actor) | Early life
Pulliam, born and raised in Columbus, Ohio, always wanted to be an actress.
Nicole Pulliam | Early life
She was born in Surbiton and has recalled many holidays at the caravan park in Font-y-Gary in South Wales as a child. She trained at the Stage School, Corona Theatre School and has acted since the age of four.
Susan George (actress) | Early life
Her last movie appearance was in 1945, when she retired from show business at the age of 18 with 47 credits to her name.
Cora Sue Collins | Early life and career
Williams was born in Oakland, California, and raised in Gridley, California by her mother, Barbara Artie King Liggett, an artist, pianist, and torch singer. Her father, David P. Williams, was a social worker and organizer who worked with Cesar Chavez and Ralph Nader, and also performed professionally as a comedian in San Francisco in the early 1950s. Williams started singing professionally right out of high school, mainly influenced by Harry Nilsson, Randy Newman, and especially Bessie Smith. Her later influences include singers June Christy and Anita O'Day.
Suzy Williams | Early life
Cecil was born in Amarillo, Texas. He graduated from the University of Houston and the American Conservatory Theater.
Derek Cecil | Early life
Williams was born in Atlanta, Georgia and came to live in Dayton, Ohio at a young age. His mother died in 1941 and he went to live with his aunt, in Dayton's Hunk Town. In 5th grade, at Edison School, Williams was allowed to assist a magician who gave a performance for the students. He was immediately fascinated. A teacher noticed he was good with his hands and showed him a Charlie McCarthy dummy doll. After graduation in 1951, William worked at SWS Chevrolet parking cars and then was hired at Wright Patterson Air Force Base. In the meantime, William continued to refine the art of projecting his voice.
Aaron Williams (ventriloquist) | Early life
Jones was born on January 8, 1957, in Paterson, New Jersey. He attended John F. Kennedy High School and graduated from Ramapo College. While at Ramapo, Jones had originally intended to study jazz under director Arnold Jones (no relation), but changed majors to theater after getting the lead in a production of "Cinderella Ever After" his sophomore year. Jones graduated from Ramapo in 1978, after which he moved to Los Angeles, California and drove a bus for the Southern California Rapid Transit District for the next four years. During that time, Jones stated he "fell in love, had a child, got separated".
Ron Cephas Jones | Early life
They had a son, John Jr. (born 1930).
Jack Howarth (actor) | Early and personal life
Williams married actress Barbara Hale June 22, 1946. They met during the filming of "West of the Pecos" and had two daughters, Jodi and Juanita, and a son, actor William Katt. Bill Williams died of a brain tumor at age 77 in 1992 and is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills). For his contributions to television, Bill Williams has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. It is at 6161 Hollywood Blvd.
Bill Williams (actor) | Personal life
Dekker was born in Las Vegas, Nevada. His mother, Hilary (née Williams), is a concert pianist, acting coach, actor, and singer, and his late father, David John Ellis Dekker, was an artist, set designer, opera singer, and actor. His mother is Welsh and his father was American, with English and Dutch ancestry. His maternal grandfather was Alun Williams, a radio broadcaster for the British Broadcasting Corporation. As a child, he and his parents moved all over the world, including his mother's native United Kingdom and Canada.
Thomas Dekker (actor) | Early life
Jones was born in Wooster in Wayne County in northeastern Ohio. He enlisted the United States Navy and moved to California when he was stationed at Naval Base Coronado.
Morgan Jones (actor, born 1928) | Early life
Williams is a native of Liverpool, Merseyside and grew up around Penny Lane, a street made famous by the Beatles song. He explained in 2014 that he wore trench coats and motorcycle boots as a young unknown actor, and would go to meet like-minded people, with a similar taste in fashion, at the Everyman theatre in Liverpool. Williams worked as an usher at the Everyman venue, selling ice creams for £8 per shift, but he states that his real payment was the ability to also see the theatrical performances. It was this early exposure to acting that served as a foremost inspiration for Williams's acting aspirations.
Scot Williams | Early life