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Karen Jane Allen was born in Carrollton, rural southern Illinois, to Patricia (Howell), a teacher, and Carroll Thompson Allen, an FBI agent. She spent her first 10 years traveling around the country with her parents and two sisters. She was always "the new girl in school." Acting did not really cross Allen's mind until she was in her early 20s, when she saw a Jerzy Grotowski theater production that impressed her so much, she instantly decided to give it a shot. She trained as a classical actress and enrolled at the Actors Studio and with Lee Strasberg in New York City. During this period, she made several student films and directed and acted in several plays. In 1976, she made her first film appearance in the award-winning small film The Whidjitmaker (1976).

Her first major film role came as Katy in 1978's National Lampoon's National Lampoon's Animal House (1978), which became one of the biggest hits of the year, obtained "classic" status, and launched a whole host of young "hot" stars. However, shortly after National Lampoon's Animal House (1978) opened, Allen was struck by a rare and dangerous eyesight condition called keratoconjunctivitis. Luckily, the condition subsided and Allen could continue her dramatic rise to the top. Lead roles in cult favorites like The Wanderers (1979) and the controversial thriller Cruising (1980) followed, as did smaller parts as in Woody Allen's Manhattan (1979). However, it was her performance in Rob Cohen's A Small Circle of Friends (1980), as well as her previously mentioned turn in National Lampoon's Animal House (1978), that caught the eye of a certain Steven Spielberg. He then cast her as the feisty heroine and co-star of Harrison Ford in his big-budget blockbuster Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), which became a huge hit in 1981-82 and is regarded by many film buffs as the greatest action-adventure film ever made.

Following the huge success of Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), Allen chose to spend more than two years out of the limelight, concentrating on smaller, more personal projects. She won a major award for her performances on Broadway, won critical acclaim for her portrayal of Abra in the hugely successful ABC production of East of Eden (1981), and had parts in two smaller films: Alan Parker's Shoot the Moon (1982) and Split Image (1982), co-starring James Woods and Peter Fonda. She returned to the mainstream in 1984 with Until September (1984) and Starman (1984), co-starring Jeff Bridges and directed by John Carpenter (of Halloween (1978) fame), but once again decided to leave the limelight for a couple of years to do more stage work and some troubled indie films. While Allen has worked almost constantly since then, giving notable performances in Paul Newman's screen adaptation of The Glass Menagerie (1987), the Christmas hit Scrooged (1988), and Steven Soderbergh's underrated King of the Hill (1993), she has not been able to scale the same dizzy heights as the early 1980s hits. Most of her lead roles in feature films since Starman (1984) have not been that well-received (Animal Behavior (1989), Ghost in the Machine (1993), and The Turning (1992) among them). However, she has been seen to good effect on TV in such films as Challenger (1990), in which she portrayed tragic schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe, and All the Winters That Have Been (1997), co-starring Richard Chamberlain.

She has also made special guest star appearances on such shows as Law & Order (1990), Knots Landing (1979), and Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985), and in several TV movies, including Hostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison Story (1996) and Secret Weapon (1990). She also played the lead in the CBS series The Road Home (1994). Karen Allen was married to soap star Kale Browne (with whom she co-starred in 'Til There Was You (1997)) in 1988 and they have a son, Nicholas. Apart from acting, Allen is also an accomplished singer, songwriter, and musician. She played in a band with Kathleen Turner, and recorded a duet with Jeff Bridges for the Starman (1984) soundtrack album.

She also writes plays, screenplays, and poetry; owns her own Ashtanga yoga enterprise; and spends time at her Berkshire Mountains farm or Upper West Side Manhattan townhouse. The classically trained actress also has a screenplay called "The Second Coming," which is about to be made into a movie. Most recently she has starred opposite Peter Coyote in The Basket (1999), and appeared in the blockbuster The Perfect Storm (2000), in which she co-starred with George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, and Diane Lane. In addition to these, she is working on Shaka Zulu: The Citadel (2001) and recently made an independent film, In the Bedroom (2001). Karen Allen is undoubtedly one of the most talented, ambitious, and versatile actresses of the last 20 years. In many ways, her own choices to "go back to theater and smaller projects" are the only things that have really stopped her being a major, major star. Allen was voted one of the most beautiful women in the world in 1983, and is a naturally attractive lady - who often plays characters significantly younger than herself. She also often plays unglamorous types - and there is no one better at portraying real, human, and wholly believable people.

Noell Coet An Actress By Day And A Fun Loving Girl By Night Grew Up In Texas And Acted In Productions In Her Childhood & Teen/Young Adult Years And Soon Blossomed Into New Works Of Productions Like Richard Schenkmann And Jesse Baget's Horror Piece Mischief Night In Which Not Only Did She Have The Starring Role As Well She Worked With Fellow Actress Erica Leerhsen & Actors Ian Bamberg & Charlie O' Connell And Veteran Actor Richard Riehle Starring In The Film.Noell's Other Work Inlcudes The 2017 Horror Film Be Afraid,Cowgirl's N' Angels And With Guest Roles On CSI Crime Scene Investigation & Longmire.

Born Allison Samuel Hall in Carrollton, Ohio, he graduated from Dartmouth and Yale. A veteran of the World War II Battle of the Bulge, Hall married actress _Grayson Hall_ in 1952. His first major writing gig was the iconic gothic soap opera Dark Shadows (1966) which he joined in 1967. There he met his writing partner Gordon Russell. They teamed up again after that show's cancellation as head-writers on One Life to Live (1968) taking over the reigns from series creator Agnes Nixon. They received two Daytime Emmy Award-nominations in 1980 and 1981 as they created memorable characters like Clint, Bo and Asa Buchanan, started the Viki/Dorian-feud which would last for decades and wrote the famous Karen Wolek on the witness stand-arc which won actress Judith Light an Emmy as well as a long-running career in prime time television. Hall worked alongside his wife on both Dark Shadows and One Life To Live and his son Matthew Hall also served as script writer under his father's guidance on One Life To Live and the Dark Shadows (1991) revival. In addition to his 10 years as head writer for the Llanview citizens, Hall also wrote for General Hospital (1963) and Santa Barbara (1984).

Christopher Charles Lloyd (born April 30, 1982), better known by his stage name Lloyd Banks, is an American rapper. He began his career as a member of East Coast hip hop group G-Unit, alongside childhood friends 50 Cent and Tony Yayo. After the group's 2003 release of their debut album, Beg for Mercy, Banks released his first solo album, The Hunger for More, in 2004, featuring the top ten hit single "On Fire". His second studio album, Rotten Apple, was released in 2006.

Banks left Interscope Records in 2009 and, along with the rest of G-Unit, signed with EMI the following year to distribute Banks third studio album The Hunger for More 2, which was released in 2010.

Frances Marion Neal was born on June 27, 1920 in Carrollton, Mississippi. The daughter of Homer Neal, an army surgeon, and his wife, Charlotte (nee Server) Neal, she grew up in Texas. She began a modeling career at age 15 and landed a part in "George White's Scandals of '40" on Broadway.

After moving to Los Angeles, Neal was signed by RKO and made her debut in a small part in "Citizen Kane." She became the second wife of actor Van Heflin on May 16, 1942, and was the mother of Kate, Vana, and Tracy Heflin. She and Heflin divorced in 1967 after 25 years of marriage.

Jaden Roberts was born on 27 September 2000 in Carrollton, Texas, USA. She is an actress, known for The Redemption of Henry Myers (2014), Brother's Keeper (2013) and What Would You Do? (2009).

Ken Rush was born in 1968 in Carrollton, Georgia (suburb of Atlanta). He attended Plantation High School in Plantation, Florida (suburb of Ft. Lauderdale) his freshman and sophmore years, and attended Carrollton High School his junior and senior years where he graduated in 1986. Member of the honor society and played football and baseball. His father (deceased in 1993), was a drywall contractor and equestrian trainer and mother, a hair & make-up artist, as well as interior designer were divorced in 1981. His older sister is Sandee (b. 1966), younger brother, Kevin (b. 1969) and younger sister Ashley (b. 1984). Ken's first film role was a one-line part in The Kindred (1997). His first television appearance was in Days of Our Lives (1998). Graduated in 1992 from the University of West Georgia with a degree in Finance. He also held many offices in the Eta Sigma Chapter of Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity. Ken began studying acting upon arrival in LA in 1995. Since moving to Southern California has taken up surfing, rock climbing and marathon running.

Megan Adelle was born on 29 October 1990 in Carrollton, Texas, USA. She is an actress, known for Straw Dogs (2011), Arachnoquake (2012) and Portrait of an American Family (2017).

Walter Smith Lawrence was born September 3, 1901 in Carrollton, Kentucky, the son of Kathryn Dunaway and Elliot Lawrence. He was a World War I veteran, a member of the Church and Masonic Lodge in Hollywood and a charter member of the screen actors guild. He had resided in Hollywood for 41 years when he died unexpectedly in Palm Dale, California, January 19, 1961, while filming an episode of "Wagon Train." Funeral services and burial were at Beeville, Texas.

Wendy Price was born in Carrollton, Georgia, USA. She is known for Shark Night (2011), He's Just Not That Into You (2009) and Driving Miss Daisy (1989).

Dave Levy was born on 25 October 1932 in Carrollton, Missouri, USA.

Steven Kelly Phelan was born August 2nd, 1993, in The Colony, Texas. At age nine, his family moved to Whitewright, Texas. There, amidst the monotony of rural life, Phelan began to try his hand at film making, with a small hand camera he had received one Christmas. It wasn't long before he had started an amateur career on YouTube making short films, sketch comedies, and music videos for his family and friend's entertainment. Once in high school, Phelan had expanded into heavy involvement with community theater in a much bigger town near Whitewright. He realized on stage that he not only wanted to get behind the limelight, but behind a camera as well. He would go on to graduate and enroll in Full Sail University's Bachelor's of Film program. in June of 2014, he graduated with intentions of starting his career in New York City. There, he plans to freelance film work and begin production on his first feature film.

Jim Lane was born on 29 March 1928 in Carrollton, Missouri, USA. He was a producer and production manager, known for Bonanza (1959), Dangerous Mission (1954) and The Veil (1958). He died on 10 August 1974 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Tommy West was born on 31 July 1954 in Carrollton, Georgia, USA.

Josh Harris was born on 27 April 1989 in Carrollton, Georgia, USA.

Ashley Cain-Gribble was born on 22 July 1995 in Carrollton, Texas, USA. She has been married to Dalton Gribble since 1 June 2019.

Matthew Rodriguez was born on 1 April 1998 in Carrollton, Texas, USA. He is an actor, known for Sunny & Share Love You (2007) and Over There (2005).

Kendra Felmly was born on 15 January 1997 in Carrollton, Texas, USA. She is an actress, known for Slim & Shorty vs. Evil! (2004), Split Ends (2007) and Split Ends (2007).

Elissa Clare was born on 12 December 1989 in Carrollton, Texas, USA. She is known for Red Sand: A Mass Effect Fan Film (2012).

Sybil Bernice Chism was born on 5 September 1905 in Carrollton, Greene, Illinois, USA. She died on 28 May 1980 in Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, USA.

Benjamin Adgate is an American composer, songwriter, orchestrator, lyricist, arranger, engraver, as well as performer in the academic and professional realms. He is a graduate of the Wanda L. Bass School of Music at Oklahoma City University with a Bachelor of Music in composition.

As a composer in New York City, Dallas, and Oklahoma City, his credits have included numerous premieres of new works ranging from the classical chamber, choral, opera, pop, and musical theatre realms. Benjamin has also been privately commissioned to write art songs and done extensive copyist work professionally. He has trained in composition with Dr. Edward Knight and Lendell Black, violin with John Arnold and Shana Druffner, voice with Jeffrey Picon, and piano with Claudia Carroll-Phelps. While at Oklahoma City University, Benjamin was an active member of Project 21, and his various compositional works were presented and performed by undergraduate and graduate students across various concentrations.

Benjamin has also been privately commissioned to write art songs and done extensive copyist work professionally. He has trained in composition with Dr. Edward Knight and Lendell Black, violin with John Arnold and Shana Druffner, voice with Jennifer Kerber and Jeffrey Picon, and piano with Claudia Carroll-Phelps. While at Oklahoma City University, Benjamin was an active member of Project 21, and his various compositional works were presented and performed by undergraduate and graduate students across various concentrations.

His major works include; Spoon River Anthology, East Side Prep, Sons of the Bible, his full orchestra piece Mythos, and his chamber piece inspired by David Auburn's Proof.

Harry Hicks was born in September 1874 in Carrollton, Missouri, USA. He was an actor. He died on 17 August 1939 in California, USA.

Mike Tolbert was born on 23 November 1985 in Carrollton, Georgia, USA.

Ashley Prillaman was born on 26 March 1987 in Carrollton, Texas, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Acid Tests (2010), TheInstaParents (2020) and Rack and Ruin (2014).

Frank Dalton was born on 21 March 1941 in Carrollton, Kentucky. He was an actor, known for World Class Championship Wrestling (1972). He died on 17 October 1995.