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- Charles Dierkop was born on 11 September 1936 in La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA. He was an actor, known for The Sting (1973), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) and Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984). He was married to Joan Florence Addis. He died on 25 February 2024 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Ed Gein and his elder brother Henry lived on a rural farm near Plainfield, WI. George Gein, his father, was a tanner and carpenter and was drunk most of the time. Augusta, Ed's domineering mother, was the real power of the house. She was a religious fanatic who constantly warned her sons about the sins of premarital sex and railed against "evil" women. Ed's father died in 1940, and brother Henry died four years later fighting a marsh fire (although it was later suspected that Ed might have killed him). Ed stayed at the family farm with his mother and never strayed out of the surrounding few counties. When she died of a stroke in 1945, Ed was left all alone at the "tender" age of 39. He sealed her bedroom and the rest of his house off, living in just the kitchen and one other room. During the period of 1950-55, he visited three local cemeteries at night and dug up at least ten graves. He removed bits and pieces from each body, returning some to their graves. He used skullcaps for bowls, and stitched chair seats and lampshades out of human skin. On special occasions, he would dance outside in the moonlight wearing numerous stitched skin coverings, including the face masks of some of his victims. His first murder was committed on December 8, 1954, the other occurred on November 16, 1957. He attacked his last victim in her store and dragged her body to a truck parked out back. Later that evening the victim's son stopped in at the store to check on his mother and found the doors locked, the cash register missing and a trail of blood leading out to the back door. He recalled that he had seen Ed at the store the day before. When the police went to his farm, they found her headless body in his shed, hanging by it's heels from the rafters. Gein was arrested and eventually confessed to his crimes. On January 16, 1958, he was sent to Central State Hospital at Waupun, WI. In November 1968, he was judged competent to stand trial. He was now diagnosed to have chronic schizophrenia, found "not guilty by reason of insanity" and returned to Waupun. It has been theorized that Gein might have killed two men who hired him as their hunting guide in 1952 and were never seen again. There were also two other unidentified women's body parts were found at his farm. In that his murder & grave robbing victims were all of middle or elderly age, these two women's remains were decisively young, in their teenage years. This was never conclusively investigated. In 1978, he was moved to Mendota Mental Health Institute. Gein was a model prisoner and died quietly in his sleep in the geriatric psychiatric ward in 1984. He is buried next to his mother in the Plainfield Cemetery.- Director
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Belonging to an important family clan in Wisconsin, Joseph Losey studied philosophy but was always interested in theater and thus worked together with Bertolt Brecht. After directing some shorts for MGM, he made his first important film, The Boy with Green Hair (1948), for RKO. While he was filming The Prowler (1951) in Italy he was summoned to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee, the congressional committee charged with "rooting out" Communist "subversion" in the motion picture industry. Unwilling to subject himself to the committee's well-known intimidation tactics, Losey decided to seek exile in Great Britain. In the following years he used a pseudonym--"Joseph Walton"--for his films, which were of minor quality. He regained his prestige with the thrillers Chance Meeting (1959), The Concrete Jungle (1960) and Eva (1962). From that point on his films varied between top-quality work like Accident (1967) and much lower-quality projects such as Modesty Blaise (1966), which was a box-office success, and Galileo (1975), which wasn't.- Actor
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Hans Obma was born in La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Better Call Saul (2015), WandaVision (2021) and Narcos: Mexico (2018).- Scott Thorson was born on 23 January 1959 in La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA. He was a writer, known for Behind the Candelabra (2013), Fame for 15 (2001) and Reputations (1994). He died on 16 August 2024 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Val Bettin was born on 8 July 1923 in La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA. He was an actor, known for The Great Mouse Detective (1986), Shrek (2001) and Somewhere in Time (1980). He died on 7 January 2021 in Ventura, California, USA.
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Corey Sorenson was born on 23 June 1980 in La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Chicago Fire (2012), The Help (2011) and Get on Up (2014).- Actor
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Ford Sterling was born on 3 November 1883 in La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1928), Good and Naughty (1926) and The Trouble with Wives (1925). He was married to Teddy Sampson. He died on 13 October 1939 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Minnie Dupree was born on 19 January 1873 in La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA. She was an actress, known for The Young in Heart (1938), Anne of Windy Poplars (1940) and Two Masters (1928). She died on 23 May 1947 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Mary Yates was born on 8 March 1929 in La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA. She was married to Mike Wallace and Ted Yates. She died on 1 September 2012 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- Patricia Vollmar was born on 2 April 1941 in La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA. Patricia was a producer, known for Scalpel (1977) and The Bride (1973). Patricia died on 28 May 2008 in Ridgefield, Connecticut, USA.
- Lottie Alter was born on 16 January 1871 in La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA. She was an actress, known for The Eternal City (1915), The Lottery Man (1916) and An Arizona Romance (1910). She was married to Harry C. Bradley. She died on 25 December 1924 in Beechurst, New York, USA.
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Composer, songwriter ("Dream a Little Dream of Me"), conductor and arranger, educated at St. Joseph's College and Marquette University. He served in the US Army during World War II. He studied music with Joseph Schillinger and Carl Eppert, and he arranged for dance orchestras on NBC in Chicago, and also led his own orchestra, making many records. His specialty was Latin-American music. In 1941, he joined ASCAP, and composed several popular-music tunes including "From Me to You"; "When They Played the Polka"; "Antonio"; "A Windy Day on the Outer Drive"; "Pedigree on Pomander Walk"; "The Maid With the Slight Swiss Accent"; and "The Man Who Came to Rhumba". Also, "Lullaby for Latins".- Composer
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William S. Baker was born on 6 August 1925 in La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA. William S. was a composer, known for The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant (1971), Diary of a Stewardess (1973) and Sexcapade in Mexico (1973). William S. was married to Shirley Dawn Denison and Abigail Shelton. William S. died on 27 August 2008 in Austin, Texas, USA.- Producer
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Leilani Gushiken was born on 19 March 1977 in La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA. She is a producer, known for The Tuxedo (2002), The Terminal (2004) and The Ruins (2008).- Additional Crew
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Nick Ferrin is a Chicago actor who played the lead role of Steve in The Artifact. He's been an actor or behind the scenes contributor for dozens of TV and Movie productions in Chicago including Chicago Justice, ER, Stranger than Fiction, Batman Begins, and Shameless. He was also part of the Steppenwolf Theater in Chicago. He was directed in the role of 'Master Harold' by Tony-nominated K. Todd Freeman for the Steppenwolf's production of "Master Harold...and the Boys".- Editor
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Kimberly Huston was born on 14 August 1983 in La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA. She is an editor, known for Fast X (2023), Wonderwell (2023) and John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017).- Camera and Electrical Department
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DJ Kast was born in La Crosse, Wisconsin and graduated from Bangor High School in 2003. He attended film school at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh majoring in Radio-Television-Film with a minor in history. Afterwards he moved to Green Bay, Wisconsin with a position at a high-end photography and video house in Green Bay. After 5 years as a photo assistant/grip/camera assistant DJ transitioned to commercial photographer and cinematographer. In 2015 DJ co-created Shift Visuals, a video production and commercial photography company based in downtown Green Bay.- Writer
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Katie is a producer-writer with feature film credits that include "Method" (2004) and "Homecoming" (2009), released by Warner Brothers and Paramount respectively. She was the youngest Top 10 finalist in the first season of Ben Affleck and Matt Damon's HBO show "Project Greenlight."
Katie has optioned or sold an additional five scripts, including the Nicholl semi-finalist "Beyond Good & Evil" and developed projects with Latitude Productions, Junction Films and Animus Films, among others.
In addition to the entertainment business, Katie worked for several marketing agencies as a strategist and creative director. From 2020 to 2023, she ran marketing for Wilson Tennis as the Senior Director of Global Marketing for Racquet Sports.- Additional Crew
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John Solie was born in 1937 in La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA. He is known for Submersion of Japan (1973), Savage (1996) and Darktown Strutters (1975).- Actress
Frieda Stoll was born on 19 April 1887 in La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA. She was an actress. She died in April 1974 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Derek Burton Morris was born on 21 September 1988 in La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA. He is an actor, known for The Smart Ones (2012), Strange Misery (2017) and America's Court with Judge Ross (2010).
- John Toland was born on 29 June 1912 in La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA. He died on 4 January 2004 in Danbury, Connecticut, USA.
- Billie Bellport was born on 2 July 1911 in La Crosse, Kansas, USA. She was an actress, known for The Big Broadcast of 1937 (1936) and Fibbing Fibbers (1936). She died on 16 April 1986 in Santa Clara, California, USA.
- On the night of August 7, 1930 in Marion, Indiana, two African-American teenagers - 19-year old Abraham "Abe" Smith and 18 year old Thomas "Tommy" Shipp - who were in the Grant County jail after being charged with robbery, rape, and murder were taken from the jail at the hands of a howling mob and lynched. Also in the jail was sixteen year old James Cameron, who was friends with Smith and Shipp. Cameron narrowly escaped the fate of his two friends when someone in the crowd proclaimed that he was innocent. Proclaiming his innocence, Cameron was convicted of assault and sentenced to four years in prison. After his release, he moved to Milwaukee, working as a truck driver, day laborer,and factory worker before publishing his account of the events of August 7, 1930. In 1988, he founded the America's Black Hololcaust Museum in Milwaukee; this is a non-profit museum designed to preserve the history of lynching in the United States as well as telling the story of African Americans' struggle for equality. In 1993, Cameron received a full pardon from Indiana Governor Birch Bayh concerning his assault conviction.