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Leachman is an Emmy and Oscar-winning actress best known for her roles as the self-involved neighbor, Phyllis, on the Mary Tyler Moore Show, and as Frau Blücher in Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein. She was recently paired with professional dancer Corky Ballas, as a contestant on season seven of Dancing With the Stars. Her list of awards is record-setting, with eight Primetime Emmy Awards-more than any other female performer- and one Daytime Emmy Award; she has been nominated more than 20 times. She also won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in the 1971 film The Last Picture Show.Leachman began her career in television and films shortly after competing in the Miss America Pageant as Miss Chicago in 1946. Prior to that, she was very active in theatre starring in many productions at the Des Moines play house. She made her feature film debut in Robert Aldrich's film Kiss Me Deadly, and one year later appeared opposite Paul Newman and Lee Marvin in The Rack.She continued her career, mainly working in television on shows such as The Twilight Zone, Rawhide, Alfred Hitchcock Presents and Lassie in which she played Ruth Martin, Timmy's adoptive mom in the last half of season 4. Throughout the seventies, Leachman played her most notable character, the nosy neighbor/landlady Phyllis Lindstrom on The Mary Tyler Moore Show. The character was a fixture on the program for five years and later featured in a spinoff series, Phyllis, for which Leachman won a Golden Globe award.Some of her more recent work includes the role of Grandma Ida on Malcolm in the Middle, and wine-soaked, former jazz singer and grandmother, Evelyn, in the feature film Spanglish opposite Adam Sandler and Tea Leoni. She earned an Emmy nomination and SAG Award nomination for her performance in the HBO special Mrs. Harris. She has also staked her claim in the world of comedy with her many television roles and appearances. She recently "stole the show" at the Comedy Central Roast of Bob Saget with her sassy comebacks and unbeatable wit with which she out shined the other comedians.Cloris appeared on the hit show Dancing with the Stars and lasted seven weeks before being voted off, she was Grand Marshal at the world famous Rose Parade and did the coin toss at the Rose Bowl game between, Penn Sate and USC. If all this wasn't enough she managed to travel to Berlin, Germany to shoot the new Quentin Tarantino film, Inglourious Basterds also staring Brad Pitt.In April 2009, Cloris: My Autobiography was released by Kensington Books, reaching best seller lists around the country. Her latest venture has been the announcement of Cloris Line, an exciting, unique and elegant clothing and accessories line for women.In 2010 Fox cast her as the outrageous "Maw Maw" in their smash hit new comedy series Raising Hope.
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Tara
Born in Wyckoff, New Jersey on November 8, 1975, to Donna and Tom Reid, Tara started her career at six, when she appeared on a children's game show called Child's Play (1982). She later appeared in commercials for Jell-O, McDonald's, and Crayola. Tara attended the Professional Children's School in New York City. Her classmates included Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jerry O'Connell, Macaulay Culkin, and Ben Taylor. After several career moves, she became a pop culture icon with her role as Bunny, in The Big Lebowski (1998).American Pie and American Pie 2 brought her national fame and Tara was labeled the "All American IT Girl". This fresh-faced blonde ignited the screen in Cruel Intentions and fused with Ryan Reynolds in Van Wilder.She impressed critics with her role in Devil's Pond where she played a wife facing down physical and mental abuse from her newlywed husband.Her ability to assimilate into any role, Tara became a mother in the anticipated psychological thriller The Fields with Cloris Leachman and scheduled for a 2011 release.Tara continues to amaze with her bestselling Playboy spread and will be seen in the upcoming independent comedy Last Call as well as working on the Christopher Walken film and Val Kilmer on Kill The Irishman.Tara recently spoofed herself on Will Ferrell's Funny or Die website with a critically acclaimed video parody of The Big Lebowski 2, a proposed trailer for the rumored film where Tara plays all of the parts from the original film.
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Josh
The Fields will introduce Joshua Ormond as Steven in his first leading role. Joshua has appeared in numerous national commercials including NETFLIX, VERIZON, SWIFFER WET JET, IKEA and WALGREENS. He appeared in national spots for QUILTED NORTHERN, BRAWNY, and VANITY FAIR promoting THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH, AND THE WARDROBE. He also played the principle role of John in the feature film, BITTERSWEET. Joshua is represented by Innovative Artists Talent and Literary Agency.
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Bev
As Producing Artistic Director of Haymarket Theatre and Blue Ridge Theatre Festival (BRTF), Bev has produced and/or directed over 80 productions, from Chekhov to Shakespeare to Shaw – including more than 30 musicals . His Haymarket Theatre won more than 25 Virginia Theatre Critic awards. BRTF has presented shows internationally in Hungary, Romania, England, Scotland and Switzerland.As an actor, Bev has performed in shows from New York to Nevada and all over Europe. He was an Associate Artist at Theatre Virginia for 9 seasons where he performed in 35 productions.In addition to extensive and acclaimed theatrical credits, Bev'’s film credits include The New World, The Contender, True Colors, Dracula’s Widow, The Answer Man and Traxx. His television credits include Iron Jawed Angels, The Locket, The Color of Love: Jacey'’s Story, Vanishing Son II, My Name is Bill W., Traitor in My House, and Lincoln.Bev was a member of the Virginia Museum Theatre Conservatory, has studied directing and acting in New York with Nikos Psacharopoulus and has taught musical theatre classes both privately and on the university level. He created the BRTF Youth Ensemble, a training/ performance program for young theatre artists. In collaboration with Renewal Arts (RA) he has presented performances of Cotton Patch Gospel, The Apple Tree, Wenceslas Square, Two Rooms , Muriel: The World Walked Into Her Heart and portions of his one-man musical theatre journey, Nice Work… If You Can Get It! Bev was one of the founding members of Renewal Arts and has been on the RA Planning Team since 1998 for the Renewal Arts Forums held in Caux, Switzerland at the Initiatives of Change International Conference Centre.
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Faust
Faust graduated with a B.A in Theatre Arts from Hartwick College in 2001, then pursued training at the New Actors Workshop in New York City. He spent one year there under the tutelage of George Morrison, and Mike Nichols. Faust received his Masters in Acting from The New School for Drama (NYC) in the spring of 2008 and has since gone on to train with acclaimed acting coach, Larry Moss, and world renowned acting and voice coach, Patsy Rodenburg.Recent Television credits include ABC's Life on Mars, a college student in a DunkinDonuts commercial, a Russian immigrant in a PennyTalk Mobile commercial & a Wall St. Broker in a Suntory Vitamin-Water commercial. His favorite theatrical credits include Tony Kushner's Terminating (Hendryk), Harold Pinter's Celebration (Russell), Arthur Miller's The Crucible (Francis Nurse), Neil Simon's Rumors (Lenny Ganz), Tennessee William's Ten Blocks on the Camino Real (Quixote), and Woody Allen's Central Park West (Sam). Faust is a repertory member of Theatre Han (NYC) which is currently preparing for a fall production of Shakespeare's Hamlet.In 2009 Faust founded FSC Productions which, partnered with Evergreen Media Group, owns a full slate of intellectual property and projects in development, including The Conjuring, recently optioned by Warner Brother's New Line Cinema. Faust is co-founder of Mr. Big Productions. As Producer of The Fields, Faust oversaw all stages of production, and also starred in the film as "Barry."
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