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Vanessa Anne Hudgens was born in Salinas, California. Her family moved to San Diego, California, while she was still a toddler. She has a younger sister, Stella Hudgens, who is also an actress. Her mother, Gina Hudgens (née Guangco), an office worker, is from the Philippines. Her father, Greg Hudgens, a firefighter, was from a family from Missouri and Illinois.

Vanessa was interested in acting and singing at a young age, inspired by her grandparents, who were musicians. At the age of 8, she started appearing in musical theater. She fell deeper in love with the arts and began studying acting, singing, and dance more seriously with Jailyn Osborne. Vanessa very briefly attended Orange County High School of the Arts. After years of auditioning, she began seeing some success. This prompted her family to move to Los Angeles, California. She started homeschooling, so she missed out on the high school experience, and she finally landed her breakthrough role in High School Musical (2006).

Verna Felton had extensive experience on the stage and in radio before she broke into film and television. Her trademarks was her distinctive husky voice and her no-nonsense attitude. She was quite in demand for voiceover work, as evidenced by her roles in Cinderella (1950), Alice in Wonderland (1951) and Lady and the Tramp (1955). She appeared in many films, but is best remembered as Hilda Crocker in the TV series December Bride (1954), a character she carried over into its spinoff, Pete and Gladys (1960). Verna died in 1966 at 76 years of age of a stroke.

George Murdock was born on 25 June 1930 in Salina, Kansas, USA. He was an actor, known for Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989), Orange County (2002) and Breaker! Breaker! (1977). He was married to Catherine A. Miller. He died on 30 April 2012 in Burbank, California, USA.

Brandi Glanville was born on 16 November 1972 in Salinas, California, USA. She is an actress, known for The Hungover Games (2014), Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens (2016) and Missing at 17 (2013). She was previously married to Eddie Cibrian.

Karen Philipp was the sexy blond singer of Brasil '66, having joined the group after graduating from Redlands University in 1967. Soon after joining the popular combo, she and another member of the band began seeing each other and moved in together; he taught her Portuguese, the language of his native Brazil. In 1971, their romance fizzled and in 1972 Karen left the band to pursue her acting career; she has not returned to the music business. In 1981, she married writer-producer Pat Proft, with whom she has a son.

An extremely versatile character actor and originator of several memorable characterizations in the horror film genre, Dwight Frye had a notable theatrical career in the 1920s, moving from juvenile parts to leads before entering film. A favorite actor of Broadway theatrical producer-director Brock Pemberton, he originated the part of "the Son" in his hit 1922 production of Luigi Pirandello's "Six Characters in Search of an Author". Pemberton would continue to employ Frye in Broadway productions throughout the decade. Cast with Bela Lugosi in a 1926 production of "The Devil and the Cheese", he ultimately appeared in at least two Lugosi films.

Despite (or perhaps because of) his memorable, impassioned portrayals of real estate agent-cum-madman Renfield in Tod Browning's Dracula (1931) and Fritz the sadistic hunchbacked lab-assistant in James Whale's Frankenstein (1931), the industry seemed determined to typecast Frye, and his film career would be marked with frustration. The Crime of Doctor Crespi (1935) offered him billing second only to that of villain Erich von Stroheim, but all too soon, he was consigned to playing a lackluster array of crazies, spies, red herrings, grasping heirs and bit parts. He occasionally returned to the stage in comedies, musicals, and thrillers such as "Night Must Fall" and a stage version of "Dracula".

Frye was perplexed to find that his versatility in the theatre went unnoticed in Hollywood, where he was relegated to lunatic roles and often had his parts severely cut. Indeed, in Son of Frankenstein (1939) his role was deemed as unnecessary when an abrupt switch was made from Technicolor to black-and-white after his scenes were shot.

Dwight Frye, a devout Christian Scientist, had concealed a heart-condition from his friends and family. After the outbreak of WWII, unable to enlist, he worked nights (between films and local theatre-productions) as a draftsman for the Lockheed Aircraft Co. An uncanny physical resemblance to then-Secretary of War Newton Baker led his to being signed to a substantial role in Wilson (1944), directed by Henry King, based on the life of U.S. President Woodrow Wilson, but Frye succumbed to a heart-attack on a crowded bus a few days after being cast while returning home from a movie with his son. He was buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Glendale, California.

Ernie Reyes Sr. grew up with his parents, working in the labor field. There he had his first lessons in discipline. This didn't work at school, because Ernie would be the first to fall asleep and the last being able to read. He did however, excel in all sports his young friends were playing; basketball, soccer, kickball, etc.

In 1967, Ernie decided he had to work harder to achieve his goals. One of those goals was becoming a great martial artist and started training once a week. After graduating from Junior College, Ernie started training more seriously in Tae Kwon Do under Dan Choi and met his lifelong friend Tony Thompson. Ernie would train for 6 days a week and teach for free. Soon Ernie would be competing and be great at it. He became a Lightweight USA National Champion. After winning many trophies, Ernie developed his dynamic West Coast Demo Team. In that time, Ernie became a popular teacher. Some of his students were Cynthia Rothrock and George Chung.

Since then, Ernie won numerous titles and awards. Some are: Black Belt and PKA's Instructor of the Year, California State Tae Kwon Do Grand Champion, USA National Tae Kwon Do Champion in Fights and Forms.

Born Adain Edward Bradley in Kansas, USA, this young actor has been set for an acting career from the start. Adain was raised in York, United Kingdom where he indulged in his passion for film and television by becoming involved in the stage, short films and commercials. Having returned to the USA, he is located in Los Angeles.

Michael "Mike" Rianda is an American cartoonist, director, and writer. He is known for his work on the Disney Channel animated series "Gravity Falls (2012)" as a creative director and writer for season 1, and creative consultant for season 2. He is also known for directing, co-writing, and co-starring his feature directorial debut "The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021)".

Rita Taggart was born on 19 December 1947 in Salinas, California, USA. She is an actress and cinematographer, known for Mulholland Drive (2001), The China Syndrome (1979) and 1941 (1979). She was previously married to Haskell Wexler.

Wesley Ivan Hurt was born on 5 March 1979 in Salina, Kansas, USA. He is an actor, known for Popeye (1980) and River City (2002).

John Steinbeck was the third of four children and the only son born to John Ernst and Olive Hamilton Steinbeck. His father was County Treasurer and his mother, a former schoolteacher. John graduated from Salinas High School in 1919 and attended classes at Stanford University, leaving in 1925 without a degree. He was variously employed as a sales clerk, farm laborer, ranch hand and factory worker. In 1925, he traveled by freight from Los Angeles to New York, where he was a construction worker. From 1926-1928, he was a caretaker in Lake Tahoe, CA. His first novel, "Cup of Gold," was published in 1929. During the 1930s, he produced most of his famous novels ("To a God Unknown," "Tortilla Flat," "In Dubious Battle," "Of Mice and Men," and his Pulitzer Prize-winning "The Grapes of Wrath"). In 1941, he moved with the singer who would become his second wife to New York City. They had two sons, Thom (b. 1944) and John IV (b. 1946). In 1948, his close friend Ed Ricketts died, he went through a divorce, he took a a tour of Russia, and he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His wrote the screenplay for Viva Zapata! (1952), and 17 of his works have been made into movies. He received three Academy Award nominations. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962. US President Lyndon B. Johnson awarded him the United States Medal of Freedom in 1964, and he was commemorated on a U.S. postage stamp on what would have been his 75th birthday. His ashes lie in Garden of Memories Cemetery in Salinas.

Sacheen Littlefeather was born on 14 November 1946 in Salinas, California, USA. She was an actress, known for The Trial of Billy Jack (1974), Johnny Firecloud (1975) and Winterhawk (1975). She was married to Charles Koshiway Johnston. She died on 2 October 2022 in Novato, California, USA.

Margaret Reed is a classically trained NY theatre actor born in Salinas, CA with a rich resume of theatre, film, sitcom and dramatic television, and voiceovers. She currently recurs in the guest starring role of CIA Director Diana Greene on Queen Latifah's CBS TV series, "The Equalizer." Recent work also includes "Only Murders in the Building" with Steve Martin, Martin Short, Paul Rudd, and Selena Gomez and the Apple TV+ series "Dear Edward" with Connie Britton.

Maggie is no stranger to Dick Wolf's Law & Order and FBI TV universe, most recently playing her 9th role on one of the incarnations of his shows - "FBI: Most Wanted" and her 4th role on "Law & Order: SVU" as Child Psychologist Gretchen Blandon (previously as the recurring defense attorney role, Felicia Chatham.)

Films include the upcoming (2023) "Last Dance With You" starring Carrie Anne Hunt directed by Paul Jenkins of Meta Studios and the John Turturro directed "The Jesus Rolls" opposite Tim Blake Nelson, Bobby Cannavale, and Mr. Turturro.

Other primetime TV roles include the recurring role of Belinda Oliver, U.S. Arms Negotiator on the "The Americans," NBC's "The Blacklist," ABC's "Deception," and CBS' "Limitless" and as Maggie Biederhof to Kate Winslet's "Mildred Pierce" on HBO. An eerily prescient role as the infectious disease doctor on "Bull" (CBS) was filmed February 2020, one month before the COVID-19 lockdown. As Patti LuPone's nosy White neighbor on Ryan Murphy's "Pose" on FX, she "called the cops" on Billy Porter, Sandra Bernhard and friends.

Daytime drama fans know Maggie from her long-running role as the world-traveling kooky character Shannon O'Hara McKechnie on "As The World Turns." SitCom and Trekkie fans cheer her on as Jerry's vengeful ex-date Mary Contardi on the Baby Shower episode of "Seinfeld", Betty White's date's pregnant girlfriend on "The Golden Girls," Blossom's mom on "Blossom," and as Warp Field Theorist Dr. Serova on the "Force of Nature" episode of "Star Trek, TNG".

For her theatre roles, Margaret won the Dramalogue award as Kate Sullivan opposite Kevin Conway's Garfinkle in the L.A. premiere of the play "Other People's Money" and was awarded the NJ Theatre Critics award as Best Supporting Actress for "Dinner with Friends". Off-Broadway highlights include the world-premiere of Samuel Beckett's "Catastrophe" directed by the illustrious Alan Schneider and playing Vivien Leigh and Joan Plowright in Austin Pendleton's "Orson's Shadow" directed by Tony award winner, David Cromer. Maggie also played movie star Masha in a 3-theatre tour in "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike" (Cleveland Play House, GEVA, and the Cape Playhouse). Her most recent Off-Broadway play was as Bess Myerson in Barra Grant's autobiographical play "Miss America's Ugly Daughter." Among her many other theatre credits, Margaret recently played genetics professor Dr. Guzman, in Arun Lakra's award-winning play "Sequence" at the Adirondack Theatre Festival.

Margaret's theatre roots began in John Steinbeck's hometown, the lettuce & rodeo town of Salinas, California, playing a birthing mother in Mr. Steinbeck's play "Burning Bright" performed at his childhood home. Also in Salinas and nearby Monterey, Margaret starred in many musicals and plays. Her creativity continued to be nurtured in NYC and regional theaters after she earned her B.A. in Theatre Arts from the University of California at Santa Cruz and was awarded an M.F.A. from Cornell University where she played Nurse Ratched and Kate to Jimmy Smits' Chief Bromden and Petruchio. She then toured the U.S. in John Houseman's the Acting Company, playing many classical and Shakespearean heroines including Olivia in "Twelfth Night" and Lady Fidget in "A Country Wife."

Tyrees Allen was born on 31 July 1954 in Salina, Kansas, USA. He is an actor, known for RoboCop (1987), The Perfect Host (2010) and Alias (2001).

Karle Warren was born on 8 February 1992 in Salinas, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Judging Amy (1999), Lilo & Stitch (2002) and Crazy on the Outside (2010).

Eva-Marie was born in what she fondly refers to as the poor man's Monterey (or lettuce pit of the west coast) Salinas, California. The only daughter (of four children) to her father, William, who worked at Soledad prison moving onto Lieutenant and then boss of the SSU (Special Service Unit, Dept. Of Corrections) and her Munich born, mother, Maria Korn. Salinas is also hailed as Steinbeck country, where people pronounce the well known Rodeo as RO-DAY-OH.

Fredric went on a college acting teacher's recommendation to train with Method instructor Jean Shelton in San Francisco area. An array of teachers were there, J.D. Trow her improvisation teacher and director who performed with Robin Williams. Visiting professionals, Harold Klurman, Stella Adler and more.

This highly respected school had many gifted thespians go through her doors. Actors: i.e. Danny Glover, Joe Spano, Wendy Phillips, Judith Weston, Scott Paulin & blacklisted actor Wendell K. Phillips along with actor/director Dorothy Ann Puzo - the only writer/director daughter of Mario Puzo.

It was here that Fredric would immerse herself in every aspect of theatre. She stage managed, ran lights and sound for two one-act plays solely, stage managed "American Buffalo" in both Berkeley and San Francisco and made her debut at Shelton's in "Joe Egg."

She was a member of the One-Act-Theatre Company in San Francisco and a hit play she was a lead in was requested by The Magic Theatre for midnight shows, "Fumed Oak." The director decided against it, so Fredric decided to come to Los Angeles. Within two years she was in SAG through her writing and by producing a demo reel of her acting range.

She has belonged to many theatre companies in Los Angeles, West Coast Ensemble, Gypsy Playhouse, etc.

Miles Teves was born on 17 October 1963 in Salinas, California, USA. He is known for Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011), Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) and Watchmen (2009). He was previously married to Malena Teves.

Traci Burr is an American actress, writer, and producer. She was born and raised in Salina, Kansas. Here is where her artistic talents began to cultivate. Traci started her acting career on the stage by attending two years at Lovewell Institute for the Creative Arts, where she wrote and acted in several professional productions.

Shortly after Lovewell, Traci decided to make her passion a reality and moved to Los Angeles. While in LA, she began taking acting classes and dove heavily into improvisational theater. She completed her training at UCB, and continued to study with Improvisational Bootcamp offered at The Clubhouse. Traci was on several indie improvisational troupes, including Hugules, Tea Time, and a house team at Neon Venus called Apocalypse Meow.

In early 2019, Traci decided to study Sketch Comedy at the Pack Theater. Here she wrote and directed her first comedic short, 'Don't kill my baby.' She later obtained a position on the sketch house team called Peach as a writer and performer.

Traci has gained popularity due to her versatility and tenacious commitment to every project she is involved in. In late 2020, she teamed up with legendary cult horror writer/director Dustin William Ferguson. Here she began to broaden her roles and appeared in everything from a revenge-seeking military bad ass in Ebola Rex Versus Murder Hornets to a victim of zombies in Hell of The Screaming Undead.

She has performed in over 23 productions in 2021 so far and continues to widely vary her film choices. She is a Los Angeles resident, and is SAG eligible.

Roberts grew up on his parents' farm. At the age of one, he was already riding a horse with his mother. As a four-year-old he won the "Salinas Stockhouse Tournament". He later worked as a stunt boy in Hollywood film production, including for stars such as Charlton Heston, James Dean, Elizabeth Taylor, Roddy McDowell and James Coburn. Roberts became involved in equestrian sports early on and won national and international titles in various disciplines, including at world championships, such as the 1950 World Championship in Equitation. Four years later he won the National Championship in Western Equitation. The young horse lover already thought about training methods and quickly distanced himself from his father's work. His breaking-in and training methods, common at the time and known as breaking horses, were too brutal to make the animals compliant.

These experiences shaped his ideas about dealing with horses throughout his life. Thirteen-year-old Monty Roberts spent a few weeks observing the lives of wild horses in the Nevada desert, concentrating on how the animals communicate with each other. After these experiences, he tried horse communication when dealing with the animals. He called the horse language he discovered and researched "Equus". When working with horses, Monty Roberts wanted to treat horses with respect, with the aim of breaking the animals in without violence. In his work he paid particular attention to body language. He called his new non-violent method "Join up", which is based on the psyche of animals and which he continued to develop over the course of his professional life. His "follow-up" method was added later. With them he manages to get wild horses used to saddles, bridles and riders within 30 minutes - completely without the use of spurs or whips.

He combines his way of working with the message: "...leaving the world a better place for horses and for people, too." Monty Roberts acquired his own farm where he worked with racing and western horses using his methods. From 1984 to 1998 he headed the California Thoroughbred Breeders' Association (CTBA), a non-profit purebred horse breeding organization. During this time he founded the "California Thoroughbred Sales", a branch of the CTBA. Monty Robert's know-how about horses also became known at the English royal court and in 1989 he accepted an invitation from the British Queen Elizabeth II. He became an official advisor to the queen and the entire royal family. In 1996 his autobiography "The man who listens to horses" was published, in which he describes the beginnings and successes of his non-violent work with horses as well as his special methods. Other books followed, such as "Horse Sense for People" (2002) and "The Horses in My Life" (2004). Robert's horse books became international bestsellers.

There were also international TV reports, appearances on talk shows and the BBC documentary "Shy Boy", which became one of the most successful TV documentaries in recent years. Roberts has also been involved in therapy with problematic young people for many years. Monty Roberts developed workshops for managers who can learn from horses how to interact with other people in a non-violent manner. He is in demand as a speaker about his insights and experiences at international institutions and large companies such as General Electric, Pfizer, JP Morgan, Minolta, VW, BMW, Toyota, Astra Zenica and International Red Cross. Monty Roberts has received many awards for his contributions to the non-violent treatment of horses, including the British Horse Society Appreciation Award in 1998, an honorary doctorate from the University of Zurich in 2002, the Family Care Network's "Circle of Serving" Award in 2010, and the Family Care Network in 2011 with the Special Consideration Award from the California Air Force Association (CAFA) or in the same year as a Member of the Royal Victorian Order from Queen Elizabeth II.

He lives with his wife Pat at the Flag is Up Farms training center in California's Santa Ynez Valley and is still successful as a trainer and breeder.

Herbert Mullin was born on 18 April 1947 in Salinas, California, USA. He died on 18 August 2022 in Stockton, California, USA.

Otto Hulett was born on 27 February 1898 in Salina, Kansas, USA. He was an actor, known for The Mob (1951), ...One Third of a Nation... (1939) and I Spy (1955). He died in September 1983 in Katonah, Westchester County, New York, USA.

Cain Velasquez is an American mixed martial artist. He is known in the sports world for his career in the mixed martial arts organization Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is a former UFC Heavyweight Champion, with victories over Brock Lesnar and Junior Dos Santos. By the end of 2017, Velasquez was ranked #3 in UFC's official rankings. He is one of three children born to Mexican immigrant Efrain Velasquez and U.S. citizen Isabel. Velasquez made his fight debut in October 2006. He later met UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar in October 2010 at UFC 121 in a title match, where defeated Lesnar via Technical Knock-Out (TKO) in 4:12 of the first round. He later lost the title to Junior dos Santos at UFC on Fox in November 2011. He later faced dos Santos in a title rematch held at UFC 155 in December 2012. From 2006 to 2017, Velasquez fought a total of sixteen times and won fourteen of those matches.

In 2016, Velasquez began a film career, beginning with an appearance in the crime drama Term Life (2016), starring Vince Vaughn, Hailee Steinfeld and the late Bill Paxton. He quickly followed up with an appearance in the action drama Kickboxer: Vengeance (2016). In 2017, Velasquez appeared in the action-comedy Green Ghost and the Masters of the Stone (2021).

Lois Mitchell was born in 1952 in Salina, Kansas, USA. She is an actress, known for The Godson (1971).

A Master Storyteller with over 20 years experience in entertainment, working for industry giants like Disney and Viva Entertainment. Screenwriter & Creative Producer with a keen focus on strengthening the elements of story which resonate deeply to the audience at large. Passionate about crafting thrilling emotional experiences through story that captivate the imagination and connect hearts from all over the world.