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George Segal was born on February 13, 1934 in New York City, New York, to Fannie Blanche (Bodkin) and George Segal Sr., a malt and hop agent. All of his grandparents were Russian Jewish immigrants. After a stint in the military, he made his bones as a stage actor before being cast in his first meaty film role in The Young Doctors (1961). His turns in Ship of Fools (1965) and the eponymous King Rat (1965) heralded the arrival of a major talent. He followed this up with his Oscar-nominated performance in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), in which he more than held his own against Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) was a cultural phenomenon, the film that wrecked the MPDDA censorship code that had been in place since 1934, and a huge box office success to boot.
By the early 1970s, appearances in such films as The Owl and the Pussycat (1970), Blume in Love (1973), Born to Win (1971) and The Hot Rock (1972) had made him a major star with an enviable reputation, just under the heights of the superstar status enjoyed by the likes of Paul Newman. He followed up A Touch of Class (1973) (a hit film for which his co-star Glenda Jackson won an Oscar) with his brilliant performance as the out-of-control gambler in Robert Altman's California Split (1974).
At one time in the early 1970s, it seemed like George Segal would have a career like that enjoyed by his contemporary Jack Nicholson, that of an actor's actor equally adept at comedy and drama. Segal never made the leap to superstar status, and surprisingly, has never won a major acting award, the latter phenomenon being particularly surprising when viewed from the period 1973-74, when he reached the height of his career. It was at this point that Segal's career went awry, when he priced himself as a superstar with a seven-figure salary, but failed to come through at the box office. For example, The Black Bird (1975) was a failure, although his subsequent starring turn opposite Jane Fonda in Fun with Dick and Jane (1977) was a big hit that revitalized her career.
The thriller Rollercoaster (1977) became a modest hit even during a summer which saw it competing with Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977), and he gave a adroit comic performance in Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978) with Jacqueline Bisset and Robert Morley, which proved another box office success. For all practical purposes, even after the failures of The Black Bird (1975), and The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox (1976), it seemed like Segal, with a few deft career choices, could reorient his career and deliver on the promise of his early period.
At the end of the decade, he dropped out of a movie that would have burnished his tarnished lustre as a star: Blake Edwards' 10 (1979). 10 (1979) made Dudley Moore a star, while Arthur (1981) made him a superstar in the 1980s, a lost decade for Segal. It was an example of a career burnout usually associated with the "Oscar curse" (his No Way to Treat a Lady (1968) co-star Rod Steiger, for example, was a great character actor whose career was run off the rails by the expectations raised by the Academy Award). George Segal has never won an Oscar, but more surprisingly, has only been nominated once, for Best Supporting Actor of 1966 for his role as Nick in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966).
That he didn't return to the promise of the early 1970s may be the unintended consequence of his focusing on comedy to the detriment of drama. The comedy A Touch of Class (1973) made him a million dollar-per-film movie star, and that's what he concentrated on. Segal began relying on his considerable charm to pull off movies that had little going for them other than their star, and it backfired on him. These films weren't infused with the outrageously funny, subversive comedy of Where's Poppa? (1970), a success from his first period that he enjoyed along with co-star Ruth Gordon and director Carl Reiner.
When Segal first made it in the mid-1960s, he established his serious actor bona fides with a deal he cut with ABC-TV that featured him in TV adaptations of Broadway plays. He also played a very memorable Biff Loman in Death of a Salesman (1966), shining in performance in counterpoint to the vital presence that was Lee J. Cobb's Willy Loman. It was a good life for an actor, and he took time to show off his banjo-playing skills by fronting the Beverly Hills Unlisted Jazz Band, with which he cut several records.
While the 1980s were mostly a career wasteland for Segal, with no starring roles in hit films, he remained a popular figure on television, and appeared regularly on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962), where he would routinely sing and play the banjo during interviews. After a major role in the surprise hit Look Who's Talking (1989), he co-starred with Bette Midler and James Caan in For the Boys (1991), leading to a career revival in the 1990s, using his flair for comedy as part of the ensemble cast of Just Shoot Me! (1997). In the 2010s, he co-starred as the eccentric but lovable grandfather on the hit sitcom The Goldbergs (2013). On February 14, 2017, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television on his 83rd birthday. George Segal died at age 87 of complication from bypass surgery on March 23, 2021 in Santa Rosa, California.- Amanda Setton was born on 16 December 1985 in Great Neck, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for Sex and the City (2008), General Hospital (1963) and What Happens in Vegas (2008).
- Gina Mastrogiacomo was born on 5 November 1961 in Great Neck, Long Island, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Goodfellas (1990), The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991) and Jungle Fever (1991). She died on 2 May 2001 in Oceanside, California, USA.
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Nicole Blonsky (born November 9, 1988) is an American actress, singer, dancer, and Internet personality, who is best known for her breakthrough role as Tracy Turnblad in the film Hairspray (2007), for which she won a Critics' Choice Award and received a nomination for a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. She is also known for her starring role as Willamena Rader in the ABC Family series Huge (2010), for which she received a Teen Choice Award nomination.- Producer
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Trevor Engelson was born on 23 October 1976 in Great Neck, Long Island, New York, USA. He is a producer and manager, known for Deep Blue Sea (1999), Remember Me (2010) and License to Wed (2007). He has been married to Tracey Kurland since 11 May 2019. They have one child. He was previously married to Meghan Markle.- Actress
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Mimi Michaels was born on 22 February 1983 in Great Neck, New York, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Gamer (2009), Compulsion (2009) and Dope (2015).- Actress
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Carol Bruce was born on 15 November 1919 in Great Neck, Long Island, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987), American Gigolo (1980) and Behind the Eight Ball (1942). She was married to Milton Nathonson. She died on 9 October 2007 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
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Dan Ahdoot is a stand-up comic, actor, writer and producer based out of New York City and Los Angeles.
Dan is a national headliner who has been a frequent guest on The Tonight Show, and is an actor on Netflix's Cobra Kai, The Crew, and the NBC series Bajillion Dollar Properties. He has been on ABC's Super Fun Night with Rebel Wilson, Comedy Central's Workaholics and @midnight, Disney Channel's Kickin' It, and Adult Swim's Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell.
Dan has a diverse writing career as well. He has written the film Public Disturbance for Lionsgate, and has developed for television at CBS, ABC, FOX, Hulu, and Freeform.
He also hosts the #1 food podcast in the country, "Green Eggs and Dan."- Producer
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- Music Department
Frank Mele was born on 11 April 1978 in Great Neck, Long Island, New York, USA. Frank is a producer, known for Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest (2011), Space Station 76 (2014) and Special (2006).- Writer
- Producer
- Director
Hank Steinberg was born on 19 November 1969 in Great Neck, New York, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Without a Trace (2002), The Last Ship (2014) and For Life (2020). He has been married to Kara Dors since 10 June 2007.- Actor
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- Producer
Adam Kantor was born on 27 May 1986 in Great Neck, Long Island, New York, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway (2008), Billions (2016) and The Good Wife (2009).- Actor
- Producer
- Writer
Matthew Jayson Cwern was born on 27 December 1980 in Great Neck, New York, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for The Staircase (2022), The Blacklist (2013) and All Rise (2019).- Producer
- Actor
- Executive
Named as one of Variety's 10 Producers to Watch in 2016, a member of the Producers Guild of America, and the founder and partner of Yale Productions, Jordan Yale Levine has made a strong name for himself in the entertainment industry.
Jordan has garnered a substantial list of film credits, as well as having several projects in various stages of production and development. Jordan is responsible for the producing, financing and/or distribution of over forty feature films. These films include William Brent Bell's "Separation," starring Rupert Friend, Brian Cox, and Madeline Brewer, which Open Road released theatrically, Netflix's "Stowaway," starring Anna Kendrick, Toni Collette, and Daniel Dae Kim, "Becky," starring Kevin James and Lulu Wilson, which was selected for the Tribeca Film Festival in 2020, "Chick Fight," starring Malin Akerman, Alec Baldwin, and Bella Thorne, "I Used to Go Here, starring Gillian Jacobs and Jemaine Clement, which was selected for SXSW's 2020 festival, and produced alongside Andy Samberg's Party Over Here production company, Lionsgate's "Crypto," starring Kurt Russell, Alexis Bledel, & Beau Knapp, and " After Everything," with a cast featuring Maika Monroe, Jeremy Allen White, Sasha Lane, Joe Keery, and Marisa Tomei, which premiered at SXSW in 2018. Additional films include "Burn," starring Josh Hutcherson, Suki Waterhouse, Tilda Cobham Hervey, and Harry Shum Jr., IFC title "King Cobra," starring James Franco, Christian Slater, Garrett Clayton & Keegan Allen, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2016, "Already Gone," a co production with Keanu Reeves, which stars Justine Skye, Seann William Scott, & Shiloh Fernandez, Sony Pictures' "Welcome The Stranger," starring Riley Keough, Abbey Lee, and Caleb Landry Jones, and many more.
Recently produced films by Jordan that are in post production include "The Untitled Katie Holmes Project," written and directed by Katie Holmes, starring Holmes, Jim Sturgess, Derek Luke, and Melissa Leo, "Panama," starring Cole Hauser and Mel Gibson, "The Survivalist," starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers and John Malkovich, and "Rogue Hostage," starring Tyrese Gibson, John Malkovich and Michael Jai White.- Michelle Chin was born in Great Neck, New York, USA. She is known for Branded Fate (2018), General Hospital (1963) and The Brooklyn Cafe Show (2022).
- Peter Sussman was born on 22 April 1969 in Great Neck, New York, USA. He is a producer and actor, known for How to Make It in America (2010), How to Rob a Bank (and 10 Tips to Actually Get Away with It) (2007) and Mom P.I. (1990). He was previously married to Bethenny Frankel.
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Kevin received a B.A. in film directing from the School of Visual Arts in New York City, and has studied with Joe Paradise Film Acting Studio. He began his career at the New York based studio, The Shooting Gallery, involved with the production and distribution of over thirty films including You Can Count On Me and Croupier.
Kevin won Breakthrough Director at the 2010 Gotham Independent Film Awards, the Most Promising New Director Award at the 2010 Deauville Film Festival, and Best Drama at the 2010 High Times Stoney Awards for his feature directorial debut Holy Rollers. Starring Oscar nominated Jesse Eisenberg, Holy Rollers premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival in Dramatic Competition, was released in North America in the summer of 2010 and played in theaters worldwide throughout 2011. Asch also wrote, directed and produced the short, Characters, and produced the independent feature, Point&Shoot.- Producer
- Writer
- Actress
K.J. Steinberg was born on 28 June 1973 in Great Neck, Long Island, New York, USA. She is a producer and writer, known for This Is Us (2016), Mistresses (2013) and State of Mind (2007).- Eileen Ford was born on 25 March 1922 in Great Neck, Long Island, New York, USA. She was a producer, known for Search for a Supermodel (2000), What's My Line? (1950) and Scratch the Surface (1997). She was married to Jerry Ford. She died on 9 July 2014 in Morristown, New Jersey, USA.
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- Additional Crew
Suzanne Lederer was born on 29 September 1948 in Great Neck, Long Island, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for Great Performances (1971), Remington Steele (1982) and Hunter (1984).- Editor
- Editorial Department
- Music Department
Allyson C. Johnson was born on 12 January 1959 in Great Neck, New York, USA. She is an editor, known for Monsoon Wedding (2001), Vanity Fair (2004) and The Get Down (2016).- Producer
- Writer
- Actor
Ilan Hall was born on 6 April 1982 in Great Neck, New York, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Food to Get You Laid (2015), Knife Fight (2013) and Guy's Grocery Games: All-Star Invitational (2023).- Producer
- Production Manager
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Ezra Swerdlow was born on 2 March 1953 in Great Neck, Long Island, New York, USA. He was a producer and production manager, known for Spaceballs (1987), The Equalizer (2014) and Southpaw (2015). He was married to Lindsey Hicks. He died on 23 January 2018 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.- Guy Kingsley Poynter was born on 3 September 1915 in Great Neck, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Too Much Johnson (1938), Nom-de-Plume (1956) and Floods of Fear (1958). He died on 10 June 1983 in Kensington, London, England, UK.
- Amir Jacob Malin was born in 1954 in Great Neck, New York, USA. Amir Jacob is a producer, known for The Punisher (2004), Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights (2004) and Stage Beauty (2004).
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- Soundtrack
Eric Meyersfield was born in Great Neck, New York. He graduated from Cornell University with a B.A. in Theater. He has also studied at Oxford University as a student of the British American Drama Academy - his teachers were Derek Jacobi, Fiona Shaw and other British film stars. He has worked as an actor since the age of 12 in theater, film and television. He is also a professional musician, having signed a record deal with Elektra to arrange piano parts for the artist Kane (now Brad Kane on Warner Brothers). He currently studies with Milton Katselas in his advanced acting class.