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Kathleen McClellan is an American actress, model, television host, and former Miss Illinois Teen USA. She is perhaps first recognized for her role on Seinfeld as Melissa, Jerry's naked girlfriend, most recently noted for her starring role in the award-winning film, Rattlesnakes, and for her 2002-2004 role as the host of TLC's For Better or For Worse. She is currently(2022) hosting a new podcast and is thrilled to be launching her lifestyle brand Rich Life Simply Made.

McClellan grew up in Bloomington, Illinois. In 1988, she was crowned Miss Illinois Teen USA, was named Most Photogenic in the National Miss Teen USA Pageant, and was signed to Elite Model Management which began her modeling career in Paris.

While shooting a small part in the 1990's blockbuster Days of Thunder, director Tony Scott and Actor Robert Duval made a bet with McClellan that if she tried LA for 3 months she would land her own show. On their advice, she went, studied at the Howard Fine Acting school, and within 3 months landed a starring role in the pilot and the subsequent Fox Series Hotel Dix, along with Prince proteges Morris Day (of Morris Day and the time) and his sidekick Jerome. The Fox Series never aired but it did establish Kathleen as a respected and relevant comedic actor. She is still an active member at the Howard Fine Acting Studio.

McClellan is known for her work as a dramatic and comedic actress, fashion model, commercial actress, television personality, spokesperson, and television host. Notable modeling campaigns include Skyy vodka, L'Oréal Paris, Cherokee Jeans, Maui Jim Sunglasses, and Hanes. McClellan has starred in countless commercial campaigns including Coors, Budweiser, Chrysler, Visa, and Toyota.

She has been featured in Muscle and Fitness Magazine, InStyle, Mademoiselle, People, TV Guide, Maxim, and Stuff. She was the international spokesperson for and face of Sense Skincare.

She has guest-starred on many iconic comedic television shows such as Seinfeld, Murphy Brown, Suddenly Susan, Herman's Head, and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Recurring roles include Ladies Man and The Bold and the Beautiful.

McClellan was the host of TLC's For Better or For Worse (2003-2005). She was the sideline correspondent for Battle Dome (1999-2001) and host of Surprise Weddings (FOX), and Warner Brothers' Live from the Red Carpet. She has appeared as herself as a guest host on shows such as Wild On E!, MTV Spring Break, and as herself as a TV personality on Run Away With the Rich and Famous, Search Party, and The X Show. She and her home were featured on E! Celebrity Homes. Film work includes a role in the film The Set Effect. She is also featured in Charlie Robison's country music video "El Cerrito Place".

In 2019, McClellan made her comeback in the award-winning film, Rattlesnakes. McClellan executive produced and starred in Rattlesnakes alongside actors Jimmy Jean-Louis and Jack Coleman. McClellan took the film from initial concept to creation with Jimmy Jean-Louis (producer) and collaborated with Julius Amedume (writer/director) to adapt the original stage play set in London in the 1990s, to a modern-day film set in southern California. Much of the film was shot in McClellan's own Montecito home. Rattlesnakes enjoyed a limited theatrical release starting in April of 2019 and played at over 20 international film festivals, winning 8 awards.

McClellan has studied with Howard Fine, Larry Moss, Leslie Kahn, and The Groundlings Theater and resides in the Los Angeles area with her family.

Higgins was born in Bloomington, Illinois, attended Parkway Central High School in St. Louis, Missouri, graduated from Michigan State University in 1966, and served in the Army in Korea and Georgia from 1967 until 1970.

Best known as a TV ("Silver Spoons", "Best Of The West") and Broadway ("Shenandoah", "Oklahoma!", "City Of Angels") actor, he has also written numerous musicals and over 100 commercial jingles and theme songs. He wrote the book and lyrics and starred in "The Fields Of Ambrosia", which premiered at the George Street Playhouse in 1993. He reprised the role at the Aldwych Theatre on London's West End in 1996.

He subsequently co-wrote and directed "Johnny Guitar, The Musical" which opened at the Century Center For The Performing Arts in New York where it garnered numerous Drama Desk, Drama League, and Lucille Lortel Award nominations and won the Outer Critics' Circle Award as Best Off-Broadway Musical in 2004 and has gone on to tally over 30 productions around the country.

Higgins was also in the first touring company of "Grease" and has starred in many regional and stock musicals and plays around the country, including "Brigadoon", "Showboat", "Kiss Me Kate", " Guys & Dolls", "The Music Man", and "Side by Side With Sondheim".

James Murdock was born on 22 June 1931 in Bloomington, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for The Godfather Part II (1974), Rawhide (1959) and Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963). He was married to Betty. He died on 24 December 1981 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Richard Webb was born on 9 September 1915 in Bloomington, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Out of the Past (1947), Sullivan's Travels (1941) and Captain Midnight (1954). He was married to Florence Pauline Mendelsohn and Elizabeth Regina Sterns. He died on 10 June 1993 in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Michael Crowe was born on 14 August 1982 in Bloomington, Illinois, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Chicago Fire (2012), Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin (2022) and The Housewife (2023).

Brian Laesch was born on 10 September 1980 in Bloomington, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Shining Girls (2022) and Driving to Zigzigland (2006). He died on 11 September 2021.

As a veteran of the U.S. Navy, Rockwell applied burial in Arlington National Cemetery however, it was denied. After his assassination he was allowed to be buried in Culpeper National Cemetery in Culpeper, Virginia, however the pallbearers were denied access by the U.S. Army because they refused to remove their swastika armbands. His body was later cremated and his ashes are believed to reside with The New Order, a successor organization of the American Nazi Party headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Randall Oliver has been a consummate actor for almost 40 years . Beginning in high school thespians club and eventually on to stage and screen from Oliver Stones THE DOORS to starring in his first lead role as Claude Bruneaux in the Cajun thriller RUGARU where he was voted Best Actor in 2014 at the Lake Charles Film Festival. Nominated for Best Supporting Actor for Tag Team Truckers. After over 10 years in the nuclear industry he once again has returned full time to acting. This has led him to also produce in radio, television and film. He has co starred in such television shows as IN PLAIN SIGHT , BAYWATCH and Paramount studios DOWN HOME. He has appeared in films such as Cream Of The Crop, Mindreader, No Loss// No Gain, Tag Team Truckers,THE BIGFOOT ELECTION and many more.

Irene Delroy was born on 21 July 1900 in Bloomington, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for The Life of the Party (1930), Oh, Sailor Behave! (1930) and Men of the Sky (1931). She was married to William L. Austin and Girard F. Oberrender. She died on 14 June 1985 in Ithaca, New York, USA.

Ann Whitney was born on 19 January 1931 in Bloomington, Illinois, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Home Alone (1990), Chain Reaction (1996) and The Fugitive (1993). She was previously married to William Grant Whitney.

Born in Virginia and educated in Europe, Edward H. Griffith started out as a newspaper reporter, then switched to magazine writing. He took to the Broadway stage, and entered films as an actor/writer for the Edison Co. in 1915. He soon began directing two-reelers, graduating to features in 1917. Though the majority of his output was routine, he did turn out a string of smooth, successful romantic comedies in the late 1930s, several showcasing the icy, regal beauty of Madeleine Carroll.

Cleo Madison began her career with a theatrical company in Santa Barbara, California, in 1910. She stayed with the company for several years, and the troupe made the rounds of vaudeville and the theater circuit. Returning to California, and tired of touring, she decided to get into the motion picture business and secured work at Universal Pictures. After playing in numerous one- and two-reelers, Universal put her into a serial, The Trey o' Hearts (1914), which achieved great success. She was given better parts, and was eventually teamed with director Otis Turner, and the films they made together were big hits. She even began to write and direct her own films, among the first women to do so, and she made everything from westerns to action pictures to tearjerkers. She eventually became a victim of her own success; she was in such demand, and put herself through such a heavy schedule, that she had a nervous breakdown in 1922, and was off the screen for more than a year. She returned, apparently fully recovered, in 1924 and made several films. Then, for reasons never explained, she simply left the business. She died in Burbank, California, in 1964 of a heart attack.

Kelly Loeffler was born on 27 November 1970 in Bloomington, Illinois, USA. She is a producer, known for WNBA on ESPN (1997), PBS News Hour (1975) and A Radical Act: Renee Montgomery (2024). She has been married to Jeffrey Sprecher since 3 April 2004.

Patrick Hancock was born in Bloomington, Illinois, USA. He is known for Blades of Glory (2007), How I Met Your Mother (2005) and Mega Python vs. Gatoroid (2011).

Glenn was born in Bloomington, Illinois, which is where most people from his hometown of LeRoy, Illinois were born. He left the family funeral home business for the glamour of Hollywood, landing mostly bit roles in TV shows and movies. He later regretted some of his decisions and returned to LeRoy at age 50 try and set about repairing and renewing old relationships.

Rachel Crothers (December 12, 1870 - July 5, 1958) was an American playwright and theater director known for her well-crafted plays that often dealt with feminist themes. Among theater historians, she is generally recognized as "the most successful and prolific woman dramatist writing in the first part of the twentieth century."

Wendy Keeling was born on 31 July 1967 in Bloomington, Illinois, USA. She is an actress, known for Self Offense (2014), The Unconventional Gourmet (2016) and Shades of Scarlet (2017). She is married to Kevin Keeling.

Cousin of Jean Stapleton. Daughter of James R. Watson and Elizabeth Jane Stapleton Watson. Attended Lincoln Junior High School, Rockford, Illinois. Studied voice at the American Conservatory of Music, Chicago, Illinois. She made her Broadway debut in 1944 when she succeeded Joan Roberts in the role of "Laurey" in "Oklahoma!". She toured in the role from 1944 to 1946, then played it in London in 1947. Other New York musical roles include leading roles in "Toplitzky of Notre Dame" (1946-47), and three shows in 1948: "Sleepy Hollow", the revue "Hilarities" and "As The Girls Go". She took over for Mary Hatcher during the run of "Texas, Li'l Darlin'" (1949), and took over for Martha Raye as "Annie" during a 1958 NYC City Center revival of "Annie Get Your Gun". She substituted (May 1961) for Lucille Ball as "Wildcat Jackson" in "Wildcat" and later succeeded Miss Ball in the same role; she also appeared on Broadway in the Noël Coward musical, "Sail Away" (1961). She starred in the summer stock theatrical productions of such musicals as "South Pacific" (1955), "The Pajama Game" (1958) and "Annie Get Your Gun" (1961). She also was a popular night club performer. She made numerous television guest appearances during the 1950s and 1960s.

Albert Beich was born on 25 June 1919 in Bloomington, Illinois, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Mannix (1967), Burke's Law (1963) and Dead Ringer (1963). He died on 30 March 1996 in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA.

K. Gordon Murray was born on 8 January 1922 in Bloomington, Illinois, USA. He was a producer and actor, known for Savages from Hell (1968), Shanty Tramp (1967) and The Brainiac (1962). He died on 30 December 1979 in Key Biscayne, Florida, USA.

Jim DeChamp was born on 18 October 1980 in Bloomington, Illinois, USA. He is an actor, known for Nitro Circus Series (2006), Nitro Circus: The Movie (2012) and Nitro Circus (2009).

Michael Backes was born on 26 July 1955 in Bloomington, Illinois, USA. He is an actor, known for Jurassic Park (1993), Rising Sun (1993) and Congo (1995).

Arthur Hughes was born on 24 June 1893 in Bloomington, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Bananas (1971), The Great Gatsby (1974) and No Greater Love (1943). He died on 28 December 1982 in New York City, New York, USA.

Mary Bovard was born on 5 December 1917 in Bloomington, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for Somewhat Secret (1939), Criminal Investigator (1942) and The Mandarin Mystery (1936). She died on 6 September 2002 in Thousand Oaks, California, USA.

Margaret Illington was born on 23 July 1881 in Bloomington, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for The Inner Shrine (1917), Sacrifice (1917) and Animated Weekly, No. 38 (1912). She was married to Edward Bowes and Daniel Frohman. She died on 11 March 1934 in Miami Beach, Florida, USA.