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The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air (season 2)
The second season of ''The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air'' premiered on September 9, 1991 and concluded on May 4, 1992. In this season, the kitchen and living room sets of the Banks mansion (which is where most scenes were shot) were rebuilt to be larger and more contemporary, as opposed to the more formal style of the first season. They were connected by an archway, allowing scenes to be shot continuously between the sets. Episodes * Will Smith, James Avery, Janet Hubert-Whitten, Alfonso Ribeiro, Karyn Parsons, and Tatyana M. Ali were present for all episodes. * Joseph Marcell was absent for two episodes. * DJ Jazzy Jeff appeared in three episodes. Cast * Will Smith as William "Will" Smith (24 episodes, 1991-1992) * James Avery as Philip Banks (24 episodes, 1991-1992) * Janet Hubert-Whitten as Vivian Banks (24 episodes, 1991-1992) * Alfonso Ribeiro as Carlton Banks (24 episodes, 1991-1992) * Karyn Parsons as Hilary Banks (24 episodes, 1991-1992) * Tatyana M. Ali as Ashley Banks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air
''The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air'' is an American television sitcom created by Andy and Susan Borowitz for NBC. It aired from September 10, 1990, to May 20, 1996. The series stars Will Smith as a fictionalized version of himself, a street-smart teenager born and raised in West Philadelphia who is sent to move in with his wealthy uncle and aunt in Bel-Air, where his lifestyle often clashes with that of his upper-class relatives. Known as Smith's star vehicle into television, and later his film career, ''The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air'' was a top hit for NBC, running for 148 episodes over six seasons. A reunion special/retrospective reuniting the original cast debuted on HBO Max in November 2020. A more dramatic reimagining of the series, titled '' Bel-Air'' and based on the fan film of the same name, was given a two-season order for Peacock, and released on February 13, 2022. Summary The theme song and opening sequence set the premise of the show. Will Smith is a street-smar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlayne Woodard
Charlaine "Charlayne" Woodard (born December 29, 1953) is an American playwright and actress. She is a two-time Obie Award winner as well as a Tony Award and Drama Desk nominee. She was a series regular on the hit FX TV series Pose. She played the title role in the Showtime movieRun For The Dream, The Gail Devers’ Story Starring as Cindy in the ABC Movie Of The Week, Woodard was the 1st black Cinderella portrayed on TV or film. Currently, she’s in Marvel Studios' upcoming limited TV series Secret Invasion which is scheduled to premiere in early 2023. Career Woodard began her professional career in 1976 performing in the road company of Don’t Bother Me I Can’t Cope, written by Mickey Grant and directed by Vinette Carroll, the 1st black female director on Broadway. In 1977, she made her Broadway debut in the Revival of Hair, directed by Tom O’Horgan; played a supporting role in the movie version of Hair, directed by Milos Forman; starred as Cindy in the NBC Movie O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Hardy
Steve Hardy is a fictional character from the ABC soap opera '' General Hospital''. Former Major League Baseball infielder John Beradino originated the role of Steve Hardy on the show's April 1, 1963, premiere, portraying the character for 33 years until taken ill and last appearing on April 23, 1996. A leading presence on the series in over 4,300 episodes, Beradino received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1993, the same year ''GH'' celebrated its 30th anniversary. Jason Thompson portrayed the character in a flashback episode for the show's 52nd anniversary. Storylines Dr. Steven Hardy works on the seventh floor of General Hospital. He is so devoted to his work that his fiancée, Peggy Mercer, leaves him because she knows his job will always come before her. Steve's first patient is Angie Costello ( Jana Taylor), who had been in a severe car accident with her boyfriend Eddie Weeks. After the surgery, Angie's face is wrapped in bandages, and Steve and Nurse Jessie Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Beradino
John Beradino (born Giovanni Berardino, May 1, 1917 – May 19, 1996) was an American infielder in Major League Baseball and an actor. Known as Johnny Berardino during his baseball career, he was also credited during his acting career as John Berardino, John Baradino, John Barardino or John Barradino. Early life and education Beradino was born in Los Angeles. He grew up near Hollywood. Beradino attended Belmont High School, located in downtown Los Angeles. Beradino won a football scholarship to the University of Southern California in 1936. He soon switched to baseball. Beradino is often mentioned as having appeared in the silent ''Our Gang'' comedies produced by Hal Roach as a child actor but has not been identified as having appeared in any of the existing films. Career Baseball After attending the University of Southern California, where he played baseball under coach Sam Barry and was member of Phi Kappa Tau fraternity, Beradino was a major league player from 1939 to 1952 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doctor Dré
André "Doctor Dré" Brown (born December 5, 1963) is an American rapper, radio personality and former MTV VJ. Early life André Brown was born and raised in Westbury, New York, on Long Island. Career In the early 1980s, Doctor Dré was a DJ at WBAU, the radio station of Adelphi University in Garden City, New York. With three other DJs at the station, he formed the "Concept Crew", which began to create its own music. In 1986, they renamed themselves Original Concept, a hip-hop group that released one album on Def Jam Recordings, ''Straight from the Basement of Kooley High'' in 1988, featuring the track was "Pump that Bass." In a 2018 interview, Doctor Dré described his early college work: From 1989 to 1995, Doctor Dré and Ed Lover were the co-hosts of MTV's hip hop music program ''Yo! MTV Raps''. Dré teamed up with Lover in the early 1990s to co-host a morning radio show during the re-launch of radio station Hot 97 (WQHT) in New York City. The duo starred in the 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Maria Horsford
Anna Maria Horsford is an American actress, known for her performances in television comedies. Horsford is best known for her roles as Thelma Frye on the NBC sitcom ''Amen'' (1986–91), and as Dee Baxter on the WB sitcom '' The Wayans Bros.'' (1995–99). She had dramatic roles on the FX crime drama '' The Shield'' playing A.D.A. Beth Encardi, and CBS daytime soap opera ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' as Vivienne Avant, for which she was nominated for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Guest Performer in a Drama Series in 2016 and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2017. Horsford appeared in a number of movies, most notable as Craig Jones' mother Betty in 1995 comedy film ''Friday'' and its sequel '' Friday After Next'' (2002). Her other film credits include ''Times Square'' (1980), '' The Fan'' (1981), '' Presumed Innocent'' (1990), '' Set It Off'' (1996), '' Along Came a Spider'' (2001), '' Our Family Wedding'' (2010), and '' A Madea Christmas'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allen Payne
Allen Payne (born Allen Roberts on July 7, 1968) is an American actor best known for his role as Jason Alexander in the 1994 drama film ''Jason's Lyric'', as well as his portrayal of C.J. Payne on the family sitcom ''Tyler Perry's House of Payne'' (2006–present). Payne is also known for his portrayal of Lance Rodman on NBC's ''The Cosby Show'' during its final two seasons. On film, Payne also played Gerald "Gee Money" Wells in the 1991 film ''New Jack City'', and Detective Justice in the 1995 film '' Vampire in Brooklyn''. Life and career Payne was born Allen Roberts in the Harlem area of New York City, the eldest son of Allen Roberts and Barbara Reeves. He attended Pennsauken High School in Pennsauken Township, New Jersey. Payne's first television role was in a 1990 episode of ''The Cosby Show''. Over the span of two seasons, he portrayed Charmaine's boyfriend, Lance Rodman. Payne subsequently appeared in episodes of ''The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air'' and '' Malcolm & Eddie''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shelley Jensen
Shelley Jensen is an American television director and producer. He has directed episodes for a number of notable television series including ''The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air'', '' Friends'', ''Amen'', '' What I Like About You'', ''The Drew Carey Show'', '' Webster'', '' The Suite Life on Deck'', '' Sonny with a Chance'', '' I'm in the Band'', '' Good Luck Charlie'', '' Austin & Ally'' and other series. Jensen won a Daytime Emmy Award The Daytime Emmy Awards, or Daytime Emmys, are part of the extensive range of Emmy Awards for artistic and technical merit for the American television industry. Bestowed by the New York–based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences ... in 1996 for his directing work on Disney Channel's '' Adventures in Wonderland'' winning alongside David Grossman and Gary Halvorson. IMD ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Missouri Downs
William Missouri Downs is an American comedy writer, playwright, screenwriter, stage director, and author Life & Writing William Missouri Downs started as an actor earning an MFA in acting from the University of Illinois, but a bout with viral encephalitis left him with a slight stammer and ended his acting career. So he gave up acting, moved to New York and lived in a transient hotel on the corner of 77th and Broadway. There he studied playwriting at the Circle Rep Theatre under Lanford Wilson and Milan Stitt. Early in his career, he became a writer because he wasn't good at anything else. He was fired by the big band singer Peggy Lee (“Is that all there is”) for being a rotten spotlight runner and fired from the Carlyle Hotel in New York for being a bad waiter. He then moved to Los Angeles and lived at 10733 Ohio in a bungalow once owned by the writer John O'Hara while he earned an MFA in screenwriting from UCLA. While a student at UCLA film school, he won numerous scre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bell Biv DeVoe
Bell Biv DeVoe, also known as BBD, is an American music group from Boston, Massachusetts, formed from members of New Edition, consisting of Ricky Bell, Michael Bivins and Ronnie DeVoe. The band is best known for their debut album, the multi-platinum selling ''Poison'', a key work in the new jack swing movement of the 1990s that combined elements of traditional soul and R&B with hip hop. Two singles from the album, "Poison" and " Do Me!", both reached number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1990. The band released three more albums, though none had the success of their debut. Their most recent album '' Three Stripes'' came out in 2017. Despite only producing four albums of original material in a 31-year span, the group has continuously toured and performed live, both as an act on their own and on several New Edition reunion tours. History The trio of Ricky Bell, Michael Bivins, and Ronnie DeVoe has their origins as founders of the Boston-based quintet New Edition, which had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Zsa Zsa Gabor (, ; born Sári Gábor ; February 6, 1917 – December 18, 2016) was a Hungarian-American socialite and actress. Her sisters were actresses Eva and Magda Gabor. Gabor competed in the 1933 Miss Hungary pageant, where she placed as second runner-up, and began her stage career in Vienna the following year. She emigrated from Hungary to the United States in 1941. Becoming a sought-after actress with "European flair and style", she was considered to have a personality that "exuded charm and grace". Her first film role was a supporting role in '' Lovely to Look At'' (1952). She later acted in '' We're Not Married!'' (1952) and played one of her few leading roles in the John Huston-directed film, '' Moulin Rouge'' (1952). Huston would later describe her as a "creditable" actress. Outside her acting career, Gabor was known for her extravagant Hollywood lifestyle, her glamorous personality, and her many marriages. In total, Gabor had nine husbands, including hote ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
