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Don Briscoe's early acting credits include New York stage appearance in "Come Back Little Sheba," "The Tavern," and "Friends and Romans." He played Tony Merritt on "Days of Our Lives" in 1966. ... Read More »

Marie Wallace started her life in New York, born in a NY hospital and growing up in the heart of Manhattan. Marie appeared in her first professional production, Off-Broadway, at a very early age... Read More »

Clarice Blackburn earned a bachelor's degree in speech and drama at the Texas State College for Women, then made her professional debut in 1947 on Martha's Vinyard in "The Circle of Chalk." An o... Read More »

Louis Edmonds had a prolific stage career in New York City and even made a few films, but the actor is best remembered for two classic television roles: as Roger Collins on "Dark Shadows" (1966 to ... Read More »

Nancy Barrett was born in the 1940s in Shreveport, Louisiana, and she grew up in Oklahoma. Like many youngsters who would go on to find acting success, as a child Nancy put on plays in her backyard... Read More »

Joan Bennett rose to fame during the golden age of the Hollywood studio system, but a scandal had basically ended her movie career in 1951, leaving her with few professional options besides working... Read More »

Well known character actor David Ford was known as Sam Evans on the ABC-TV serial Dark Shadows from 1966 to 1968 replacing the previous actor Mark Allan. That same year, he married actress Nancy Ba... Read More »

While "Dark Shadows" was on the air, millions of kids would've given their eye teeth to have hung out on the set and call Denise Nickerson and Jonathan Frid "pal." David Henesy got to live that dre... Read More »

Lara Parker was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, and grew up in Memphis. She was named Mary Lamar Rickey and was always called Lamar by her family. Lamar is a family name, that of her great, great gra... Read More »

Denise Nickerson is best known for her role as Violet in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory . She left the acting business in 1978 to work as a nurse. Now, she spends her time at home as a full... Read More »

Kate was born in 1948 in Birmingham, Alabama, to Hogan (businessman) and Ruth. She has a younger sister, Jenny. She started her career as a model at 16, but gradually moved into acting, attend... Read More »

Roger Davis is best known for his acting roles in "Dark Shadows" and "Alias Smith and Jones" in the 1960s and 1970s. But he's also well known as the Henry Fonda-soundalike on more than 6,000 comme... Read More »

John Herbert Frid was born December 2, 1924, in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. During World War II, he served in the Canadian Navy. In 1948 he graduated from McMaster University and in 1949 was accepte... Read More »

While we know the month and day Shirley Grossman was born (September 18), accounts vary on what year it was. In later years, when she was known by the stage name Grayson Hall, she was purposely vag... Read More »

Diana Millay appeared in more than 100 episodes of such TV classics as "My Three Sons," "Perry Mason," "Wagon Train," "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." and "Rawhide." Her film credits include "Night of... Read More »

Actor Anthony George was born Ottavio Gabriel George on January 29, 1921 in Endicott, New York. He was the second son of Italian immigrant parents. His interest in acting began at an early age. ... Read More »

In one of his Broadway "Playbill" listings, Joel Crothers' start as an actor was explained: "Joel's introduction to television came about as a practical joke. His father was supervising the program... Read More »

When a reporter asked me about the size of my publishing company, I told him, '5 feet -7 inches' and I think that's still the best answer," says actress, writer, publisher Kathryn Leigh Scott. It w... Read More »