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People From Dayton, Ohio
The following is a list of people from Dayton, Ohio. Actors, entertainers, and models *Tom Aldredge, actor *Ralph Byrd, actor *Nancy Cartwright, voice artist *Max Charles, actor *Mystro Clark, actor, comedian, and TV host * Willis "Bing" Davis, visual artist and teacher *Dr. Creep aka Barry Hobart, actor *Charles Michael Davis, actor *Mel Epstein, film producer *Dorothy Gish, silent actress *Luke Grimes, actor *Dorian Harewood, actor * Drew Hastings, comedian, actor, writer *Allison Janney, actress *Ken Jenkins, actor *Toccara Jones, fashion model and TV personality *Gordon Jump, actor *Chad Lowe, actor *Rob Lowe, actor * Dan Patrick (Pugh), sports anchor *Wendy Pepper, reality TV star and fashion designer * Keith Prentice, actor *Ted Ross, actor *Gary Sandy, actor *Sherri Saum, actress *Martin Sheen, actor *Candace Smith, Miss Ohio 2003, reality TV contestant * Beth Stelling, comedian *Andrea Thompson, actress * De'Angelo Wilson, actor *Jonathan Winters, comedian and actor * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dayton, Ohio
Dayton () is the sixth-largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Montgomery County. A small part of the city extends into Greene County. The 2020 U.S. census estimate put the city population at 137,644, while Greater Dayton was estimated to be at 814,049 residents. The Combined Statistical Area (CSA) was 1,086,512. This makes Dayton the fourth-largest metropolitan area in Ohio and 73rd in the United States. Dayton is within Ohio's Miami Valley region, north of the Greater Cincinnati area. Ohio's borders are within of roughly 60 percent of the country's population and manufacturing infrastructure, making the Dayton area a logistical centroid for manufacturers, suppliers, and shippers. Dayton also hosts significant research and development in fields like industrial, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering that have led to many technological innovations. Much of this innovation is due in part to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and its place in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toccara Jones
Toccara Elaine Jones (born March 13, 1982) is an American television personality, fashion model, occasional actress and singer. Jones was a contestant on the third season of the UPN The United Paramount Network (UPN) was an American broadcast television network that launched on January 16, 1995. It was originally owned by Chris-Craft Industries' United Television. Viacom (through its Paramount Television unit, which pr ... series ''America's Next Top Model'', where she was the eighth eliminated. Biography Jones attended Stivers School for the Arts in Dayton, where she majored in theatre and dance. Jones was honored by the Middletown, Ohio NAACP at the Freedom Fund Gala. She received a key to the city. Modeling career She is the twelfth finalist selected for America's Next Top Model, Cycle 3, Cycle 3, she won "Covergirl of the Week" four consecutive times though was never placed above fourth and was the eighth contestant eliminated. She was voted as one of the most mem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Thompson
Rebecca Andrea Thompson (born January 6, 1960) Film Reference. Retrieved May 19, 2013. is an American actress, known for her roles on the television series '''', '''', '' JAG'', '' 24'', and ''''. Early life Andrea Thompson was born January 6, 1960 in |
Beth Stelling
Beth Stelling (born April 9, 1986) is an American stand-up comedian and writer. She has performed in the Netflix series ''The Standups'' and served as a writer for the HBO television series '' Crashing''. Stelling has released two comedy albums, ''Sweet Beth'' and ''Simply the Beth''. Early life Stelling was raised in Oakwood, Ohio, a suburb of Dayton. While in high school, she won the 2003 Ohio Speech and Debate Association championship in Humorous Interpretation. In 2007, she graduated from Miami University with a BA in theatre. Stelling lived and worked in Chicago for five years until 2012, when she re-located to Los Angeles after releasing her first comedy album, ''Sweet Beth''. In 2014, she made her television debut on '' Conan'', and in 2016, was named both a "Comic to Watch" by ''Comic'' magazine and a "Comedian to Watch" by '' Out'' magazine. That same year, she was featured in an episode of ''Outside Comedy'', which premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival. Career Ste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candace Smith
Candace Elizabeth Smith (born February 1, 1977) is an American lawyer, actress, television personality, life coach, and author from Dayton, Ohio. Early life and education Smith was born in Dayton, Ohio and is a graduate of Chaminade Julienne High School. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from University of Dayton and a Juris Doctor from Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois. Her father was Ohio State Representative C. J. McLin. Her grandfather was civic leader Mac McLin and her half-sister is politician Rhine McLin. Career After passing the Ohio Bar exam in 2002, she began practicing commercial real estate law at the largest law firm in Ohio. During this time, she won the title of Miss Ohio USA. Miss Ohio USA Smith won the title of Miss Ohio USA 2003 in Portsmouth, Ohio and was crowned by outgoing titleholder Kim Mullen (herself a contestant in '' Survivor: Palau''). She went on to represent Ohio in the Miss USA 2003 in San Antonio, Texas. As Miss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Sheen
Ramón Antonio Gerardo Estévez (born August 3, 1940), known professionally as Martin Sheen, is an American actor. He first became known for his roles in the films ''The Subject Was Roses'' (1968) and ''Badlands'' (1973), and later achieved wide recognition for his leading role as Captain Benjamin Willard in ''Apocalypse Now'' (1979), as U.S. President Josiah Bartlet in the television series ''The West Wing'' (1999–2006), and as Robert Hanson in the Netflix television series ''Grace and Frankie'' (2015–2022). In film, Sheen has won the Best Actor award at the San Sebastián International Film Festival for his performance as Kit Carruthers in ''Badlands''. Sheen's portrayal of Capt. Willard in ''Apocalypse Now'' earned a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor. Sheen has worked with a wide variety of film directors, including Richard Attenborough, Francis Ford Coppola, Terrence Malick, David Cronenberg, Mike Nichols, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, and Oliver Stone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sherri Saum
Sherri Michelle Saum (born October 1, 1974) is an American actress. Saum is best known for her co-lead role as Lena Adams Foster in the Freeform drama series '' The Fosters'' (2013–2018) as well as a subsequent guest star role in its spinoff '' Good Trouble'' (2019–present). She is also known for her television roles in '' Beggars and Choosers'', '' Rescue Me'', ''In Treatment'' and ''Locke & Key'', as well as for her roles in the daytime soap operas '' Sunset Beach'' and ''One Life to Live''. Early life Saum was born in Dayton, Ohio,One Life to Live: Bios Accessed December 12, 2007 to a German mother and an African-American father. She got her start at a ''Model Search America'' convention near her home in |
Gary Sandy
Gary Lee Sandy (born December 25, 1945) is an American actor. He is best known for playing program director Andy Travis on the television sitcom ''WKRP in Cincinnati'' (1978-1982). Early life and education Sandy was born in Dayton, Ohio, the son of Austin and Dolores Sandy. He attended Fairmont High School in Kettering, Ohio, and lived in Moraine, Ohio. He later attended Wilmington College in Wilmington, Ohio, and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City. Television Sandy's early TV career included appearances on several soap operas in the early 1970s, and a number of appearances as a guest on shows including '' Medical Center'', ''Barnaby Jones'', and ''Starsky & Hutch''. Sandy's most notable role was as Andy Travis, the new program director at a struggling radio station on the CBS sitcom ''WKRP in Cincinnati''. The idea for the show was based on the real experiences of several people who had worked in the industry, including creator Hugh Wilson. Theat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ted Ross
Theodore Ross Roberts (June 30, 1934 – September 3, 2002) was an American actor who was probably best known for his role as the Lion in ''The Wiz'', an all-African American reinterpretation of ''The Wizard of Oz''. He won a Tony Award for the original 1975 Broadway production and went on to recreate the role in the 1978 film version which also starred Diana Ross (no relation), Michael Jackson, Richard Pryor, Nipsey Russell, and Lena Horne. Ross went on to appear in many films from including the role of Bitterman in the classic ''Arthur'' and on the television sitcoms ''Benson", "The Jeffersons'', '' What’s Happening Now", "The Cosby Show" and'' its spin-off ''A Different World''. His final role was in the 1991 movie ''The Fisher King .'' Biography Ross was born in Zanesville, Ohio, but his mother, Elizabeth Russell, a nightclub singer in the 1920s and 1930s, moved the family to Dayton when young Ross was seven. He loved the clubs on West Fifth Street—Dayton's answer to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Prentice
Keith Prentice (February 21, 1940 – September 27, 1992) was an American TV, film and stage actor, whose most famous role was the part of Larry in both the original stage and film versions of '' The Boys in the Band''. He also appeared on the TV soap ''Dark Shadows'' during the series' final months in 1971. For a number of years, his picture was displayed on the Tasters Choice coffee label. Prentice studied in New York City at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. His stage musical credits include '' Sail Away'', ''The Sound of Music'', '' Paint Your Wagon'', and ''The King and I''. In 1968, he appeared off-Broadway in the play ''The Boys in the Band'', a once controversial play featuring gay characters at a dramatic birthday party the Summer before the Stonewall riots. He also appeared in the film version of the play. In 1971, Prentice joined the cast of ''Dark Shadows'' playing Morgan Collins in the show's 1841 plot with parallel time. He also appeared as Nils Fowler in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wendy Pepper
Anne Eustis Pepper Stewart (August 23, 1964 – November 12, 2017), known as Wendy Pepper, was a fashion designer who appeared on the first season of the reality television show ''Project Runway'', which aired on Bravo from December 2004 through February 2005. She was also a contestant on the second season of Project Runway All Stars. Early life and education Pepper was born in Dayton, Ohio and lived in the town of Middleburg, Virginia. She graduated from The Madeira School in 1982 and then attended the University of Washington in Seattle, earning a degree in anthropology. While in college, Pepper studied abroad in Nepal and began to sew carpets with local Nepali women. This sparked her interest in design and working with fabric. She returned home and continued to learn more about textiles, fabric-painting, and quilting. ''Project Runway'' Runway clothes Pepper won two of the challenges, with her design for the Banana Republic challenge and the Grammy dress for Nancy O'Dell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Patrick (Pugh)
Daniel Patrick Pugh (born 1957), known professionally as Dan Patrick, is an American sportscaster, radio personality, and actor. He hosts ''The Dan Patrick Show'' broadcast on radio on Premiere Radio Networks and streaming on Peacock. He co-hosted NBC's ''Football Night in America'' and serves as a senior writer for ''Sports Illustrated''. He worked at ESPN for 18 years, where he often anchored the weeknight and Sunday 11 p.m. edition of ''SportsCenter''. Early life Daniel Patrick Pugh was born in Zanesville, Ohio, and was raised in Mason, Ohio, in a family of six children. He was a basketball player in high school at William Mason High School, where he scored a single-game personal best of 36 points and earned AP Class AA All-Ohio third-team honors. He graduated in 1974. He attended Eastern Kentucky University on a basketball scholarship for two years before transferring to the University of Dayton, where he majored in communications. Patrick is an alumnus of the Eta Hexaton ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
