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Julianna Rose Mauriello was born in Irvington, New York on a glorious spring morning, May 26, 1991. Always singing, she appeared as a child in Party Scene of The Nutcracker at SUNY Purchase, asleep under the Christmas tree. Her fascination with performing continued to grow as she first watched her sisters and brother participate in Pleasantville High School's musical theater productions, and later joined them on stage as one of the Snow children in a performance of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel. A summer at French Woods Performing Arts Festival cemented her affection for the stage, leading to an introduction to prominent theatrical agent, Nancy Carson, and her first professional role as Li'l Titch in the 2002 revival of another Rodgers and Hammerstein classic, Oklahoma!.

To be closer to her work, she and the family moved into Manhattan. Julianna began attending Professional Performing Arts School where she is currently an honor student. Following her first professional stage experience, further appearances included Gypsy: A Musical Fable with Bernadette Peters, understudying several roles including Baby June, and New York City Center Encores!®, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. In addition to her stage work, she made commercials and specialty films, working for Volvo, Wendy's, AstraZeneca (Nexium), and Disney Entertainment.

In a twist worthy of entertainment lore, the original girl cast to star in a new Nickelodeon TV show declined to continue with the project. As a result, her agent put Julianna up for the role of 'Stephanie' in LazyTown, a fresh, funny show blending music, movement and healthful messages for young children, now a mainstay of Nick Jr.'s pre-school programming. The show's creator, Icelander Magnus Scheving, selected Julianna for her unique mix of talent and energy as an ideal nucleus for the show's positive messages. In connection with her work on LazyTown, Ms. Mauriello relocated to Iceland to shoot episodes for three seasons, learning Icelandic in the process; appeared as a presenter on Iceland's Edda Awards; and has made live and/or broadcast appearances in 70 countries on 5 continents.

In 2006, she was selected by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences as a nominee for its Daytime Emmy Award, "Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series". The world continues to reward LazyTown's upbeat message with many accolades and awards, the most recent being a nomination in the 'International' category by the British Academy of Film & Television Arts for its upcoming 2006 Children's' BAFTA.

Penny Peyser was born in Irvington, New York, USA. Penny is an actor and writer, known for The In-Laws (1979), Crazy Like a Fox (1984) and Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II (1976). Penny has been married to Doug McIntyre since 6 July 2002. Penny was previously married to David Brady and James Carroll Jordan.

Norman Grabowski was born on February 5, 1933 to Anthony & Mary Grabowski in Irvington, New Jersey, as Norman David Grabowski. He was an actor, best known for his roles in Blackbeard's Ghost (1968), The Towering Inferno (1974), Hooper (1978) and The Cannonball Run (1981). He died on October 12, 2012 in Cassville, Missouri.

James Gonzalez was born on 4 May 1911 in Irvington, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Iceland (1942), The Red Skelton Hour (1951) and The Lucy Show (1962). He died on 25 January 1971 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Yafeu Akiyele Fula was born October 9, 1977 in Montclair, New Jersey to Yaasmyn Fula. His father Sekou Odinga is a political prisoner currently incarcerated. Yafeu's mother and father were both respected members of the Black Panther Party along with Tupac Shakur's mother Afeni Shakur. Yafeu's family along with Tupac's family formed a strong bond together back in the days of the Panther 21 in New York. Kadafi and Tupac were inseperable, both growing up together living in the same households at times. Tupac served as Kadafi father figure and mentor. Always schooling him on the ways of the world, along with his mother. When Tupac was incarcerated in 1995 on the sexual assault charges, Kadafi would visit Tupac daily during visits, and it was there in one of those visits that Tupac and Kadafi came up with the rap group "Tha Outlawz". Kadafi was known as a local rebel by many in his community, he always spoke his mind and challenged the local authorities. Tupac kicked Kadafi out of Tha Outlawz briefly because of Kadafi defying him, amongst other things.

When Tupac was released in late '95, Kadafi went with him to DeathRow Records, and it was there in which Kadafi guest starred on Tupac's biggest album titled "All Eyez On Me", kadafi was featured on 3 songs. But sadly on September 7, 1996 Tupac was shot in a drive by shooting on the Las Vegas Strip, he clung on to life for six days. Kadafi was in the car directly behind Shakur, and saw the white cadillac pull up alongside Shakur and open fire. Kadafi was believed to have said that he could identify one of the shooters.

On September 13, 1996, like one of his prophetic rap songs, Tupac Shakur took his last breath and died. Kadafi was stunned by his loss, and immediately returned to New Jersey, before any detectives could interview him.

On the night of November 10th 1996, Kadafi was visiting his girlfriend in an East Orange, New Jersey housing project and it was there in which he was shot and killed. He was shot between the eyes at point blank range, in a dispute over money. He was killed by the cousin of former Outlaw Member Napolean. Kadafi was found slumped in a stairwell of the housing project, at 3:30 am with a bullet wound to his head. He was found with his bulletproof vest still on him. Yafeu Fula was only 19 years old when he died, he left behind a loving mother, and 2 beautiful daughters.

Robert Markowitz was born on 7 February 1935 in Irvington, New Jersey, USA. He is a director and producer, known for The American Parade (1974), Nicholas' Gift (1998) and Amazing Stories (1985).

Kay Sutton was born on 14 June 1915 in Irvington, New Jersey, USA. She was an actress, known for The Mad Miss Manton (1938), The Saint in New York (1938) and I'm from the City (1938). She was married to Frederick Moulton Alger, Daniel Topping, Clifton Stokes Weaver and Edward Cronjager. She died on 1 March 1988 in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, USA.

Tom Filer (1925-2013) was an actor, screenwriter and novelist. Born in New York, he made his home in Santa Monica Canyon, a Southern California community of writers, actors, artists and architects, and became its greatest chronicler.

His works include "The Man on Watch (New York: Harper and Brothers, 1961), "Finding Mahmoud" (iUniverse, 2001) and numerous Pushcart Prize-winning short stories. Unpublished works include "Harushima," a novel based on his wartime experiences as a Naval lieutenant in Micronesia; and "Civilization," "Goat Alley Tales," and "The Last Stand," a sweeping account of the 500-year history of Santa Monica Canyon, anchored by the story of his landlady, the mestizo owner of a rustic remnant of a Mexican land grant that once encompassed tens of thousands of acres.

Filer worked as a screenwriter and actor with Jack Nicholson, Monte Hellman ("Ride in the Whirlwind") and Roger Corman, supplementing his income with lobster diving and albacore fishing.

Filer taught writing at UCLA Extension, and held workshops in his home. In her first collection of short stories, author Mary Yukari Waters thanked Tom Filer and his Goat Alley writer's workshop for guiding her writing.

From the original Shaft to Love at First Bite, from Camelot to Soapdish, from top-grossing films to television to the Internet, Joel Freeman has built a reputation that spans over half a century of entertainment history.

He was born on June 12, 1922 in Irvington, New Jersey, USA. The son of Louis Freeman, a baker and inventor, and Frances Schary. His mother died when he was four and he was raised primarily by his fraternal grandparents.

He started in Hollywood at 20 at MGM...as a messenger. But after just six weeks, he was promoted to the Short Subjects department, and then moved to the Production Planning Office.

But 18 months later, Freeman was drafted and spent three years in the Air Force - two of them with the First Motion Picture Unit (AAF) where he was script supervisor and assistant director on some thirty training films.

The transition back to civilian life was an easy one: he immediately became an assistant director at RKO. During the next two years, he alternated between RKO and Selznick, working on films like The Farmer's Daughter, The Paradine Case, The Bachelor and The Bobby Soxer, Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House and The Setup. Freeman then returned to MGM as an assistant director, and eventually as associate producer. During that time he gained additional experience on some of the company's top films such as Madame Bovary, Battleground, Bad Day at Black Rock, Blackboard Jungle, The Tender Trap, Tea & Sympathy and Something of Value.

As an independent production supervisor, Freeman's feature films included Lonelyhearts, and he worked on several television series including The Californians and Highway Patrol. Later, he joined Dore Schary at Warner Brothers, to do Sunrise at Campobello as production supervisor and associate producer. That led to The Music Man at the same studio.

Another opportunity to work with Schary, this time on Act One, brought Freeman to New York City. He stayed to produce The Reporter, a television series for CBS's Richelieu Productions, and became head of program development for the same company.

Freeman was soon called back to California as associate producer and production supervisor on Warner Brothers' A Big Hand for a Little Lady and Not With My Wife You Don't! Pleased with Freeman's performance, Jack Warner asked him to be his associate on Camelot. Upon the film's very successful completion, Freeman became one of the top three executives at Warner Brothers, until the studio was sold to Seven Arts.

He was associate producer and production supervisor on Francis Ford Coppola's second film, Finian's Rainbow when Ken Hyman -- then head of worldwide production for Warner Brothers/Seven Arts -- asked Freeman to reactivate and executive produce The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter. A critically acclaimed classic, the film received two Oscar nominations.

Joel Freeman Productions Inc. was founded upon its completion, and Freeman was signed to a term producing contract at WB/7Arts where he developed Tom Sawyer, The Musical. Simulataneously, he served as executive consultant to Ken Hyman until the studio was sold.

Independent again, and moving successfully between features and television, he produced an ABC Movie of the Week, Weekend of Terror. Then with Gordon Parks directing, and Isaac Hayes providing an unforgettable score, Freeman produced the groundbreaking feature Shaft for MGM. Its success led to a partnership with Fox, with whom he produced the feature Trouble Man. And that led, in turn, to Fuzz Brothers, a television pilot created in partnership with MGM/ABC. He then executive produced It Happened One Christmas for Universal Television.

His next film, the hilarious Love At First Bite, had the distinction of being Melvin Simon Productions' biggest success, and one of AIP's two biggest box-office winners. He produced The Octagon for American Cinema, executive produced The Kindred for Feldman/Meeker and then became Senior Vice President, Production for New Century/New Visions Entertainment for two years until December, 1988. During that tenure he supervised such films as: The Gate, Russkies, Split Decision and Rooftops.

Soon afterward, The Completion Bond Company , who had consulted with Freeman previously, asked him to take over as producer of Next of Kin, then supervise The Guardian. He co-produced Soapdish for Paramount, supervised Ricochet, then went trouble-shooting in England on The Power of One -- the latter two projects for The Completion Bond Company, as well.

Freeman then became involved in various phases of development and pre-production of: Love at Second Bite (a sequel), To Have and Have Not (a remake),Mr. Shaft (a sequel), Someone Could Get Killed, Woof, Jekyll, Skyjack! Skyjack!, The James Barry Story, Mace, Piper, Stagecoach Mary, Stick and Ball and Harp.

He spent six months in Lithuania producing 13 hour-long episodes of the series The New Adventures of Robin Hood. Upon his return he developed and optioned many screenplays, including Booker; 44 Sunset; Anais: The Opposite of Innocence; The Fairy Godfather; Shattered Image; Maternal Instinct; Romantics, Misfits and Fools; Bloodthirsty; Air Med; Marti; Monte; and Return of the Vin Fiz. He also produced Cover to Cover, a live show for Hollywood Broadcasting.com.

Freeman was the recipient of the Director's Guild Award for Bad Day at Black Rock, and the NAACP Image Award as Producer of the Year for Shaft. He is a member of the Directors Guild of America, the Producers Guild of America (recipient of the Lifetime Membership Award) and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. In addition he served for many years on the Board of the Entertainment Industry Foundation.

Jerry Lobozzo was born on 23 October 1962 in Irvington, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor, known for Kirby: Right Back at Ya! (2001), Celebrity Deathmatch (1998) and Yu-Gi-Oh! (2000).

Robert Randolph was born on 20 December 1980 in Irvington, New Jersey, USA. He is a composer and actor, known for The Game Plan (2007), Elvis (2022) and 30 Rock (2006).

Jay W. Jensen was a legendary South Florida drama teacher. In a career which spanned over 5 decades, the Miami Beach High School drama instructor known as "The Teacher of The Stars," was an inspiration to hundreds, if not thousands of people. Jensen was born in Irvington, New Jersey. An only child, as a youth he developed a love of film and drama. In 1950, his family moved to St. Petersburg, Florida where he earned an Associate of Arts degree from St. Petersburg Community College. Then Jay moved to Miami where he graduated from the University of Miami with a BA in Education. Jay left Florida to briefly live in Havana, Cuba. Upon his return to Miami in 1954, he began teaching at Little River Junior High School. In 1957, after teaching for three years, Jay decided to "go to Hollywood and get discovered." In California, Jensen traveled to Los Angeles for an interview with movie producer Joe Pasternak. However, Pasternak told Jensen he was leaving the motion picture business, and Jay's dreams of a movie career were dashed. However, while in Hollywood, Jay worked as actress Carroll Baker's dance partner, and befriended actors Jim Backus and Bela Lugosi. After a failed interview with DesiLu Productions, Jay Jensen decided to return to Florida. In 1959, Jay was rehired by Miami-Dade County Public Schools, and began his 32 year career as a drama teacher at Miami Beach Senior High School. However, Jay didn't give up on his acting career. He acted in the South Florida produced "B" film, "Rehearsal For Sin," and had a few uncredited extra roles in such movies as Racing Fever (1964). Jay went on to earn a Master of Education Degree in Administration, Curriculum and Drama Education from the University of Miami. He directed over 300 hundred plays and musicals. His high school productions of the plays Hair, Viet Rock, and Gypsy, where both ground breaking and controversial for the times. Among his numerous students were movie actors Andy Garcia (The Godfather Part III (1990)), Mickey Rourke (Year of the Dragon (1985))and Neal Gold (The Warriors (1979)), actress Annabelle Gurwitch (Dinner & a Movie (1996)), movie directors Brett Ratner (Rush Hour) and Sara Sackner (Class Act (2006)), rapper Luther "Luke" Campbell, sportscaster Roy Firestone, executive producer Heather Winters (Super Size Me (2004)), music composer Desmond Child, casting director Debra Zane (Dreamgirls (2006)), musician and record producer David Chesky, artist Romero Britto, and kick-boxer 'Sherman 'Big Train' Bergman'. Jay also worked with supermodel Nicol Taylor and coached Jennifer Fox in Gypsy. Jensen was a long-time friend of award winning writer Tennessee Williams, actor Hurd Hatfield and actress Carol Baker. In 2001, Jensen was the casting director for the Mexican production of, "I Never Saw Another Butterfly." Contrary to various reports. Jensen received numerous awards during his life. He served as a regional director for the National Thespian Society, he hosted conferences before the Florida State Thespian Festival, and was also a Carbonell voter in South Florida. He was one of South Florida's leading community philanthropists. Jay donated over 4 million dollars to such institutes as the University of Miami's Theater Arts Department, the School of Education, the Lowe Art Museum, the Ring Theater, and the Peterson Schools in Mexico. In the 2006, Jay W. Jensen returned to the silver screen in the movie, Class Act (2006). Class Act (2006) was an awarded winning film about Jensen's inspirational teaching career, and he devotion to the arts. In July 2006, Jensen discovered he had prostate cancer. Though seriously ill, Jensen continued to work. He appeared numerous times on PBS Television asking for public donations and talking about his entertainment career. His last artistic discovery was actor Steven Brack. However, his illness quickly progressed; after a valiant battle, he passed away on Saturday, February 17, 2007 in Coral Gables, Florida.

Dennis Jakob was born on 26 December 1938 in Irvington, New Jersey. He is an editor, known for Apocalypse Now (1979), The Doors (1991) and The Wild Racers (1968).

Raheem Morris was born on 30 September 1976 in Irvington, New Jersey, USA.

Sun PK (born Peter Kwaloff) earned a BA degree from the School of Visual Arts, although he himself said that college "cured me of art." He worked in merchandising display, bartending, charter yacht crewing in the Virgin Islands, as assistant manager of a retail sex toy shop, drag entertainer, retail fabric sales and management, jingle writer (Nick at Nite, TV Land, The Rugrats, Club Disney), Broadway costume designer assistant with Tony award winner Ann Hould-Ward, and assistant project management for renowned interior decorator, Thomas Jayne.

Tired of not doing what he wanted to do, Sun PK decided to focus on his own vision. He recorded an acclaimed 'Neo Sunshine Pop' (alternative soft rock) album of his own songs called "Inquire Within" which received airplay on many American college radio stations. The CD also aired in London, France and Japan (where it was released as "It's A Smiley Face World" on Air Mail Recordings).

He was a frequent drag performer at Manhattan's Club 57, The Pyramid Club and The Roxy. He also had showings of his paintings in various galleries (Artspace - Utica, NY and Studio 4 West - Piermont, NY) in June and July of 2001.

In his "spare" time, he produced CD compilations of obscure 1950s-1960s sunshine pop music, which he shared with other like-minded collectors.

Doris Simons was born in 1930 in Irvington, New Jersey, USA. She was previously married to Merrill Pye.

William Black was born in 1871 in Irvington, New York, USA. He is known for Great Expectations (1917), Life Returns (1934) and Fascinating Youth (1926).

Gregory M. Brown is an American Actor, Writer, Director, and Producer.

Gregory M. Brown was born on November 20, 1948, in Irvington, New Jersey to Warren John Brown (1921-1998), a stage actor, singer, and musician who was performing at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, New Jersey and Nell Joyce (Garlick) Brown (1924-2018), who at the time was a housewife. His mother would eventually become the first female member of the Stock Transfer Agents Association in New York while a manager at Union Pacific Corporation. Greg is the oldest of three children. He has a sister, Suzanne Tara (Brown) Jordan and brother, David Patrick Brown.

At the age of six, his parents divorced after thirteen years of marriage. His mother, Greg and his siblings moved in with his mother's parents in Paterson, New Jersey where Greg grew up. Greg attended Eastside High School, known for the movie Lean on Me (1989) with Morgan Freeman. Greg graduated high school in 1966 and remained in Paterson until his enlistment in the U.S. Navy in November 1967. In 1968, Greg did a tour in Vietnam aboard the USS Steinaker (DD-863) a Navy destroyer and deployed on two other cruises to the Caribbean and North Atlantic respectively before being transferred to Fighter Squadron 101 at Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Greg had a niche for electronics and the evolving computer industry, learning computer programming while still in the Navy. Upon separation from active duty in 1971 and enlisting in the Naval Reserve, he started to work on Wall Street in the information technology field where he remained for the most part until his retirement as a Vice President at J.P. Morgan Chase in 2005.

As a teenager, Greg enjoyed performing in church and school plays but did not pursue the acting profession because of the divorce of his parents. His mother didn't approve, so, out of respect for his mother he waited until he was 59 years old and after his retirement from J.P. Morgan Chase and the military.

Oh Solo was born on 20 November 1983 in Irvington, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor, known for Comedy Only in da Hood (2001) and 106 & Park (2000).

Mike Hentz was born in 1954 in Irvington, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Infermental 1 (1982), Misunderstanding of the Moon (1992) and Die Stadt (1983).

Arthur Schroeck was born on 10 October 1938 in Irvington, New Jersey, USA. Arthur is a composer, known for Night Heat (1985), You're a Big Boy Now (1966) and Hollywood a Go Go (1964).

Mark Rudd was born on 2 June 1947 in Irvington, New Jersey, USA.

Frank Bausmith was born on 2 July 1925 in Irvington, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1995). He died on 17 November 2013 in Camarillo, California, USA.

Enid Rudd was born on 19 April 1929 in Irvington, New Jersey, USA. She was a writer and actress, known for Rocky King, Detective (1950), One Life to Live (1968) and So Young, So Bad (1950). She was married to Bernard Rudd. She died on 7 August 2015 in Jensen Beach, Florida, USA.

Lewis Yablonsky was born on 23 November 1924 in Irvington, New Jersey, USA. He was married to Donna King. He died on 29 January 2014 in Santa Monica, California, USA.