Todd Purdum
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Maurice Benard is an American actor. In 1993, he was cast as Sonny Corinthos on the ABC soap opera, General Hospital. Bernard has been nominated for several Daytime Emmy awards for his role of Sonny Corinthos, winning Outstanding Lead Actor in 2003 and 2019. He is a spokesperson for treatment of bipolar disorder with Mental Health America.
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Victoria Wilson
Victoria Wilson is a vice president and senior editor at Alfred Knopf. She was appointed by President Bill Clinton to the US Commission on Civil Rights and has served on the boards of PEN American Center, the National Board Review of Motion Pictures, the Writing Program of the New School of Social Research, and Poets & Writers. She lives in New York City and upstate New York.
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Hopwood DePree
Hopwood DePree grew up in Holland, Michigan, where one of his neighbors once said "he wasn't that great of a kid."
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As a young adult, he fled for the bright lights of L.A. where he successfully landed a job in front of a restaurant as a dancing chicken. The next day he was fired for not being “enthusiastic enough”.
He managed to graduate from the University of Southern California, beginning his career as an actor and independent filmmaker with his first film, “Rhinoskin” – a comedic documentary that followed his hapless adventures attempting to break into the entertainment industry. Having charged up $20,000 on his credit cards to make the film, he crossed his fingers and hoped for the best. Fortunately, he found critical success on the film f -
Jack Benny
Jack Benny (born Benjamin Kubelsky) was an American comedian, vaudevillian, radio, television, and film actor, and also a notable violinist. Widely recognized as one of the leading American entertainers of the 20th century, Benny played the role of the comic penny-pinching miser, insisting on remaining 39 years old on stage despite his actual age, and often playing the violin badly.
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Benny was known for his comic timing and his ability to get laughs with either a pregnant pause or a single expression, such as his signature exasperated "Well!" His radio and television programs, popular from the 1930s to the 1960s, were a foundational influence on the situation comedy genre.