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- Kelli Giddish is an American actress from Cumming, Georgia. She is primarily known for starring roles in crime-drama television series. She portrayed the protagonist Dr. Kate McGinn in the short-lived series "Past Life" (2010). and had the leading role of Deputy Marshal Annie Nolan Frost in "Chase" (2010-2011). Since 2011, she has had the regular role of Detective Amanda Rollins in the long-running series "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (1999-)
Giddish was raised in Georgia. Her paternal grandfather regularly took her with him when attending the performing arts venue Fox Theatre in Atlanta, and he encouraged her pursuit of an acting career. Giddish attended the Forsyth Central High School, and she became a favorite pupil of the drama teacher Yatesy Harvey. Giddish was regularly cast in Harvey's plays at a local community theater, and she participated in sleepover drama camps. In 1998, Giddish was the State Literary Champion for Girls' Dramatic Interpretation.
Giddish received her college education at the University of Evansville in Indiana, where she majored in theater performance. Following her college graduation, she moved to New York City and started appearing in Broadway plays. Giddish had her first regular television role in 2005, when cast as the new character Diana "Di" Henry in the soap opera "All My Children". Giddish left the series in September 2007. A 2008 episode depicted Henry's violent death, but had the character portrayed by Heather McKenzie.
Giddish had her first major television role in the crime-drama series "Past Life" (2010). In the series, Dr. Kate McGinn believes in reincarnation. She investigates modern crime cases, and uses information from the past lives of the people involved in each case. The series was inspired by the novel "The Reincarnationist" (2007) by M. J. Rose. Only 7 episodes were produced, and two of them were left unaired.
Giddish was next cast in a leading role in the crime-drama series "Chase" (2010-2011). The series focused on a team of U.S. Marshals who were regularly tracking down fugitives. The series only lasted for 18 episodes, but Giddish was praised for her portrayal of the main character. Giddish was subsequently cast in the regular role of Amanda Rollins in "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" . The character was introduced during an attempted revamp of the series, following the departure of co-star Christopher Meloni. The character dynamic of the series was rapidly changing, and new characters were being introduced.
Giddish continued to play Amada Rollins regularly from the 13th season of SVU to its 24th, and she became one of the longest-serving members of the cast. She has also portrayed Amanda in guest appearances at a number of other series, including "Chicago Fire", "Chicago P.D.", Law & Order: Organized Crime, and "Law and Order". The series often contrasted the life and career of Amanda with that of her younger younger sister Kim Rollins (played by Lindsay Pulsipher), a mental patient with bipolar disorder.
In 2015, Giddish married Lawrence Faulborn at a wedding ceremony in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. She gave birth to two sons, between 2015 and 2018. She divorced Faulborn in 2018. In 2021, Giddish married her second husband, Beau Richards. In late May 2023, Giddish announced that she was pregnant again, and expecting her third child. At that time, she was 43-years-old. - One of the most unlikely TV stars in history, Alvin Samples, Jr., was a carpenter by vocation and avid fisherman and teller of tall tales by avocation. A recording of Junior's tall tales, originally made for a radio program, was heard by Chet Atkins, who, in turn, introduced him to country music comedian Archie Campbell. The album the two men made, "Bull Session at Bull's Gap" on RCA, was a direct stepping stone to both men's being signed to the "Hee Haw" television show, where they remained regulars for years. A mammoth bear of a man, whose weight came close to 400 pounds, Samples was still a regular on the program when he died of a heart attack at age 57.
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Three time Academy Award-winning costume designer Anthony Powell had an interesting range of films, from costume period films to more contemporary settings, working with an impressive list of directors such as Steven Spielberg, Roman Polanski, George Cukor and William Friedkin. Powell contributed with the fashion and style of iconic characters like Indiana Jones, Cruela de Vil and Hercule Poirot in several films, and also works that bring a touch of class whether being the refined looks of the characters in Frantic (1988) or the colorful and detailed extravagance of a fantasy like Hook (1991), transforming Dustin Hoffman into an authentic and menacing pirate.
Right with his second film credit, Travels with My Aunt (1972), he won his first Oscar, an award he would receive two other times for his works in Death on the Nile (1978) and Tess (1979), and three other nominations for Pirates (1986), Hook (1991) and 102 Dalmatians (2000). But audiences were more familiar with Powell's career with the successful Indiana Jones trilogy (1981, 1984 and 1989), where he explored styles representing the early 20th Century in fascinating compositions, and the iconic hat and whip of Jones.- Margaret Lacey was born on 25 October 1911 in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Diamonds Are Forever (1971), Island of Terror (1966) and Far from the Madding Crowd (1967). She died on 4 October 1988 in Llandudno, Wales, UK.
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Tom Harkin was born on 19 November 1939 in Cumming, Iowa, USA. He is an actor, known for Dave (1993), Shrapnel (2009) and Rolling Stones: Forty Licks World Tour Live at Madison Square Garden (2003). He has been married to Ruth Raduenz since 1968. They have two children.- Stunts
Claude Terry was born on 12 August 1937 in Cumming, Georgia, USA. Claude died on 20 November 2019 in Decatur, Georgia, USA.- Camera and Electrical Department
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Harry Goodwin was born in 1924 in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK. He is known for Top of the Pops (1964) and Top Ten (1998). He died on 23 September 2013 in Davyhulme, Manchester, England, UK.- Soundtrack
R.J. Helton was born on 17 May 1981 in Cumming, Georgia, USA.- Donna Mareska was born on 12 July 1912 in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Seaside Concert Parties (1947). She died on 26 March 1999 in Surrey, England, UK.
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Lyndsay Ricketson was born on 27 June 1987 in Cumming, Georgia, USA. She is an actress, known for Diamonds Aren't Forever (2011), The Deadliest Lie (2021) and A Bitter Taste of Magic (2011).- Wilkie Bard was born on 19 March 1870 in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Nightwatchman (1928) and The Cleaner (1928). He was married to Nellie Stratton (performer). He died on 5 May 1944 in Buckinghamshire, England, UK.
- Robert Mark was born on 13 March 1917 in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK. He was married to Kathleen Mary Leahy. He died on 30 September 2010.
- Michael Kennedy was born on 19 February 1926 in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK. He was married to Joyce Bourne and Eslyn M. Durdle. He died on 31 December 2014 in England, UK.