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John P. Wade (6/30/1876 Indiana - 7/14/1949)

  • Doctor or Sir roles in silents. (1914-38).
    IMDb

    Kristina Wagner
    WAGNER.JPG * WagnerI1.JPG 200*150 Soap star on GH
  • Kristina Network
  • Wagner World
  • 1963
    10/30 - Born Kristina Crump in INDIANAPOLIS, IN.
    Weds Malandro.
    1984
    (1984/08-91, 92-)General Hospital.
    1990
    09/04 - Born son Peter John.
    1993
    12/18 - Weds Jack Wagner.
    1994
    Double Dragon. 12/01 - Born son Harrison.
    2000
    06/13 Soap Opera Digest (Involved with 'Luke Spencer').
    2001
    Feb - Filed for divorce.
    IMDb-logo_ani.gif 63*22. TV Guide 03/21/1998. Soap Opera Weekly 10/12/1999.

    Raymond Walburn
    Walburn3Stooges.jpg 150*150 Character actor with a walrus look. Played people that act like they know everything. The lead in a series of "Henry the Rainmaker" films. Had a photo of him as a kid playing a snare drum in a band while in Plymouth. "That place (Plymouth) has a strong pull. During the war the impulse to go back home got so strong that I arrange fro the USO group I was with to do some show at Fort Benjamin Harrison. I did it so that I could go home and still not be considered unpatriotic."
    1887
    (09/09) Born in PLYMOUTH, IN, Sophia Street.
    1911
    Broadway.
    WW I.
    1923
    01/03 - Weds Gertrude.
    1934
    Hollywood.
    1937
    Thin Ice (w/ Sonja Henie).
    1939
    Eternally Yours [DVD](1939) DVD
    Lovely Loretta Young discovers that being a magician's wife can be tricky. She's jealous of hubby David Niven's professional status, and believes that he had more than rabbits in his hat. Directed by Tay Garnett; with Broderick Crawford, ZaSu Pitts. 91 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English. Plays All Regions.
    1947
  • The Sin Of Harold Diddlebock (Mad Wednesday) [DVD](1946) DVD
    Harold Lloyd's final film is actually a sequel to his 1925 comedy "The Freshman." After being fired from his job, staid bookkeeper Lloyd goes on a drinking binge that ends with him finding himself the new owner of a travelling circus. Directed by Preston Sturges; with Margaret Hamilton, Edgar Kennedy, Lionel Stander, Rudy Vallee. 89 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo; photo gallery; scene access.
  • 1949
    (06/12) Leave it to Henry.
    1949
    Henry series.
    1955
    Last film.
    1962
    (05/08) "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Fourm" Broadway.
    1969
    (06/28) Died.
    amg_sm.gif 150*188. Indpls Star Mag 03/27/1949

    William Walker
    Black actor that played decon types.
    1897 Pendleton 1992
    (as Bill Walker)
    Bio:
    1915
    PENDLETON High School.
    1927
    Wed Peggy Cartwright.
    1972
    Visit Pendleton alumni association.
    Career Highlights:
    1945
    Hollywood.
    1946
    The Killers
    1947
    The Foxes of Harrow.
    1949
    Africa Screams.
    1951
    The Well
    1952
    Wait 'Til the Sun Shine Nellie.
    1955
    Good Morning, Miss Dove.
    1957
    Raintree County.
    1958
    The Long Hot Summer. I Want to Live.
    1959
    Porgy and Bess.
    1962
    To Kill a Mockingbird 'Rev. Sykes'.
    1964
    See How They Run.
    1966
    Our Man Flint.
    1970
    The Great White Hope.
    Notes:

    May Wallace
    Silent actress in some Laurel & Hardy films.
    Aug 23, 1877 Hoosier Home: Russiaville Dec 11, 1938
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    Bio:
    Born May Maddox
    Career Highlights:
    1921
    The Cup of Life. My Lady Friends.
    1926
    The Collegians.
    1927
    Love 'Em and Weep. Sailors Beware. Fluttering Hearts. The Lighter That Failed.
    1932
    Readin' and Writin'. Free Eats. You're Telling Men. The Pooch. Young Ironside. County Hospital.
    1937
    When You're in Love. Way Out West. Pick a Star. Roamin' Holiday. Internes Can't Take Money. Midnight Madonna.
    1939
    Smashing the Spy Ring.
    Notes:

    Marion Warner (INDIANAPOLIS)

  • Silent actress that Tom Ince considered one of the best.
    (1915) The Octopus. (?) In the King's Service. (?) The Blood Letting.
    (Indpls News, 11/11/1916)

    Alice Washburn (1860 - 1929)

  • Silent old woman comic.

    Marjorie Weaver

    Contract player to 20th Century Fox. (Judie Parks (Rubenelle Parks Caraven, 1937 IU grad) from Portland, IN was her IU roommate and stand-in.)
    1935
    INDIANA UNIVERSITY grad.
    Wed Briggs.
    1942
    The Man Who Wouldn't Die (B Film Images)
    AMG Indpls Star 12/16/1940. kkghq@kappa.org 11/12/1997.

    George Webb (10/3/1887 INDIANAPOLIS - 5/24/1943)

  • Silent actor in serials and comedies.

    Lauren Weedman

    One woman show comic the works on stories for Comedy Central.
    North Central High School, INDIANAPOLIS, IN.
    2001
    The Daily Show.
    Indpls Star 08/16/2001.

    Helen Weir (1898? ANDERSON - )

  • Silent actress.
    (1915) The Builder of Bridges. (1915/09/02) The Incorrigible Dukane (
    Silent Majority). (1923) Love's Old Sweet Song.

    Natalie West

  • Co-star on "Roseanne".
    1956
    Born(?) in JEFFERSONVILLE, IN.
    1988
    (1988-95) Rosanne 'Crystal Anderson Conner'. 10/26 Louisville CJ.
    1989
    Do You Know the Muffin Man?
    1993
    Darkness Before Dawn.
    1995
    Bushwacked.
    2000
    Last Sentence (Wandering Eye Motion Picture).
    New Albany Public Library.

    Nancy Westbrook Nanon Mathicakis Hoosier Home: GARY

  • In 14 films, from East of Sumatra to The Egyptian.

    Bessie Emerick Wharton (1875 ROCHESTER - 12/13/1939)

  • Silent actress in Pearl White serials. Married director Leopold Wharton (Studio).
  • Cremated and placed with her father, Levi Emerick, in Rochester.
    (1914) The Exploits of Elaine (1994 National Film Registry). (1915) The New Exploits of Elaine. The Romance of Elaine.

    Chief Basil White Eagle
    WHITEEAGLECARD.JPG 100*150 True "Indian" actor.
  • Interview
  • 1917
    Born in Canada. Iroquois Indian.
    Northwest Passage. How the West Was Won. Bananza. The Long Ranger. The Rifleman. The Virginian. Niagara.
    1960s
    Totem Club (WTTW-TV, Chicago) Emmy nom 3 times.
    1989
    Move to LEITER'S FORD, IN.
    1999
    The Best Man (Lovestruck Pictures).
    2000
    WHITEEAGLE2000.JPG 100*150
    SB Trib, 09/05/1999.

    Robert J. Wildhack (1881 - 1940)

    Know for different kinds of sneezing.
    1881
    08/27 - Born in PEKIN, IN.
    1899
    Manual Training High School.
    1937
    Broadway Melody of 1938.
    Indiana's Laughmakers.

    Jan Wiley (08/28/2001) SHE-WOLF OF LONDON ( - 5/27/1993)

  • Actress in detective films.
    AMG

    Cynda Williams
    Black actress first sceen in Spike Lee's Mo Better Blues.
  • MOSAEC
  • Alexander Prod.
  • Bio:
    1966 - Born in Chicago. 1980-84 Northside High School, MUNCIE, IN. 1984-88 Ball State.
    1984/10/25-28 - "West Side Story" Muncie Civic Theatre (I was a spotlight operator. It was a great to hear her sing.)
    1990
    Mo' Better Blues [DVD](1990) DVD
    Spike Lee's enthralling, beautifully photographed look at the jazz world stars Denzel Washington as a talented, driven trumpet player who puts his career above the two women in his life and loyalty to ineffectual manager Lee above his combo's success. Cynda Williams, Joie Lee, Wesley Snipes and Giancarlo Esposito co-star; lively jazz score by Bill Lee, Branford Marsalis, and others. 130 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital Surround, Spanish Dolby Digital Surround, French Dolby Digital Surround; biographies; theatrical trailer.
    Wed Billy Bob Thornton (divorce 1993).
    1993
    Wed Arthur Louis Fuller
    2000
    Wed Rod Plummer.
    2001
    March.
    2002
    Currently she is artistist director for a children's drama program at the Village Theatre in LA. Working on film "Baby Girl". Possible to return to Muncie in Feburary 2003 to perform in "Ain't Misbehavin'"
    Notes: Muncie Star, 09/01/2002.

    Damon Williams
    "LA's hottest up and coming actor"
    Feb 15, 1975 Anderson
    IMDb
  • Official site
  • Bio:
    Born James Damon Williams.
    Moved to El Paso, TX.
    Career Highlights:
    2000
    Boys and Girls. Dread. Love & Sex. Cobwebs.
    2001
    O Brother, Where Art Thou?. Tomcats. Elegy. (02/12) Baywatch "Father Faust".
    2002
    Prophet.
    ?
    The Money Honey. Manchester Prep (TV). Diagnosis Murder. Metal of Honor (TV). Friday Night (TV).
    Notes:

    Richard Williams (EAST CHICAGO)

  • A member of radio's The Quiz Kids in the 1940s. May have done a Paramount short film.

    Isabel Withers (1/20/1896 - 9/3/1968)

  • Nurse type.
    1896
    01/20 - Born in FRANKTON, IN.
    1930
    Paid.
    1938
    Brother Rat.
    1947
    Dead Reckoning 'Nurse' (w/ Bogart).
    1949
    Mr. Belvedere Goes to College.
    1950
    Beware of Blondie.
    1952
    Monkey Business.
    1968
    09/03 - Died.
    AMG, IMDb

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    Jo Anne Worley
    Chicken joke lady on Laugh-In
    Sept 6, 1937 Lowell
    Bio:
    Career Highlights:
    1962
    Moon Pilot.
    1964
    On Broadway Tonight.
    1966
    01 - "The Mad Show".
    1967 Screen tested for HELLO DOLLY.
    1968
    (1968-70) Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In.
    1969
    (1969-71) The Andy Williams Show 'semi-regular'.
    1970
    Hot Dog.
    1971
    What's a Nice Girl Like You...? The Feminist and the Fuzz. (11/17) Night Gallery "House - with Ghost".
    1972
    (02/09) Adam-12 "Mary Hong Loves Tommy Chen".
    1973
    It Pays to Be Ignorant. (11/24) Emergency! "Zero".
    1975
    (03/3-7) The $10,000 Pyramid.
    1976
    The Shaggy D.A. The Gong Show. (01/19-23) The $20,000 Pyramid.
    1977
    (03/03) Hawaii Five-O "Blood Money is Hard to Wash". (11/20) Walt Disney Presents "The Mouseketeers At Walt Disney World"
    1978
    The Mouseketeers at Walt Disney World. (11/04) The Love Boat "Accidental Cruise/The Song is Ended/A Time for Everything/Anoushka".
    1979
    Nutcracker Fantasy. (09/22) CHiPs "Roller Disco: Part 2". (12/01) The Love Boat "The Stimulation of Stephanie/The Next Step/Life Begins at 40".
    1980
    Don't Miss the Boat. (03/06) Kraft Salutes Disneyland's 25th Anniversary.
    1981
    Through the Magic Pyramid.
    1982
    Tut and Tuttle.
    1985
    The Wuzzles. Pound Puppies. (02/10) Murder, She Wrote "My Johnny Lies Over the Ocean". (03/11-15) The $25,000 Pyramid.
    1989
    Family Feud "Funny Men vs. Funny Women".
    1991
    Beauty and the Beast.
    1992
    The Elf Who Saved Christmas.
    1995
    A Goofy Movie. Family Reunion: A Relative Nightmare.
    1996
    Old Navy ads. (02/04) Mad About You "Dream Weaver".
    1997
    Belle's Magical World.
    1998
    (05/11) Caroline in the City 'guest'. (10/28) Sabrina, the Teenage Witch "Good Will Haunting".
    1999
    06/16 - "The Wizard of Oz". (06) Rosie O'Donnel Show 'guest'. (11/21) Boy Meets World "Pickett Fences"
    2000 Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 2 [DVD]
    Notes: Jo Anne Worley 4714 Arcola Ave Toluca Lake CA 91602 or PO Box 2054 Toluca Lake CA 9161