Prince spent his final hours alone in his vast Minnesota compound and was discovered unconscious in an elevator more than 13 hours after he was last seen alive. Actors / Actresses - Minnesota Fun Facts. Minnesota is home to many Actors / Actresses who have left their marks in Film and Theater. The following is a list of those who were born (or raised) in Minnesota. Walter Abel (St. Paul, MN)Familiar face on stage and film as a character actor during the 1. Movies included; Fury (1. Holiday Inn (1. 94. By now the phones are no longer designed just to make calls or send messages, you can go on the internet, play games, take pictures. Anyway, with our small toys you. TreeHouse programs are designed to meet social, emotional, physical, intellectual and spiritual needs of at-risk teens. TreeHouse provides a safe environment as well. Latest weather radar images from the National Weather Service. NO TROLL THREADS! NO SOLICITING FOR BOOTLEGS! Discussion is fine, so long as the bootleg is not being promoted e.g. Prince news as the Purple Rain singer is found dead aged 57 of an overdose of the opioid fentanyl with more on his autopsy report, cause of death and AIDS.Mr. Skeffington (1. Abel had one of the longest Broadway careers in history. Frank Albertson (Fergus Falls, MN)Actor; Over one hundred appearances (1. Best remembered for his role as Sam Wainwright in the movie It’s a Wonderful Life (1. He also played the wealthy rancher Tom Cassidy at the start of Psycho (1. Usually cast as a supporting actor. Larry Anderson (Minneapolis, MN)Actor; numerous guest- star appearances on shows like: Charlie’s Angels, Happy Days, Knight Rider, Mork and Mindy, The A- Team, Matlock, Night Court, Beverly Hills 9. Boston Public, The O. C., Raising The Bar, Desperate Housewives, Mad Men, Everybody Loves Chris and many more. Loni Anderson (St. Paul, MN)Actress; WKRP in Cincinnati, 1. Married to Burt Reynolds from 1. Louie Anderson (Minneapolis, MN)Comedian; Talks about his childhood experiences as one of eleven children. Made his national television debut on the “The Tonight Show” in 1. Richard Dean Anderson (Minneapolis, MN)Actor; Mac. Gyver (1. 98. 5- 9. Stargate SG- 1 (1. Currently lives in Vancouver and Los Angeles, and owns a cabin in northern Minnesota. Peter Graves (Minneapolis, MN)Actor; appeared in more than seventy films, TV series and TV movies including Mission Impossible, 1. Airplane! Attended University of Minnesota. He is the brother of fellow actor, James Arness. Their family’s last name was “Aurness”. James Arness (Minneapolis, MN)Actor; Played Marshal Matt Dillon on the TV series “Gunsmoke” from 1. Gunsmoke made TV history as the longest running dramatic series, a record that held until 2. He left Minnesota at age 2. Hollywood. He is the brother of fellow actor, Peter Graves. Their family’s last name was “Aurness”. Hy Averback (Minneapolis, MN)Actor/Producer; Co- produced the popular 1. F- Troop and was the voice over the loudspeaker heard on the television series M*A*S*H. Nominated for three Emmys. Won the Directors Guild of America award twice for his work on M*A*S*H. Lew Ayres (Minneapolis, MN)Actor; All Quiet on the Western Front, 1. Dr. Kildare Movies, 1. Tammy Faye (Bakker) Messner (International Falls, MN)We struggled a bit with which category Tammy Faye would fit, but she was most well known for her television appearances on the PTL (Praise The Lord) Club with her husband Jim Bakker. She met Jim at the North Central Bible College in Minneapolis, MN. They married and moved to North Carolina when Tammy was age 2. Lynsey Bartilson (Edina, MN)TV actress most often seen on the series “Grounded for Life”. Also in the made for TV movie “Mrs. Santa Claus”, starring opposite Angela Lansbury. Appearances in numerous television series and movies. Jessica Biel (Ely, MN)Actress; Seventh Heaven, 1. Considered “The Sexiest Woman Alive” in 2. Esquire magazine. In October 2. 01. Justin Timberlake, original member of of the boy band, . They have been romantically linked since 2. Brianna Brown (St. Paul, MN)Actress; TV and Film lead appearances, a regular on TV’s General Hospital. Supporting roles in films like “”4. Year- Old Virgin”” and “”Knocked Up””. She was nominated by the Los Angeles Business Journal in the “”Women Making a Difference”” for her work in a charity group she founded called “”The New Hollywood.””Kelly Carlson (Minneapolis, MN)Actor; Nip/Tuck (TV 2. Miles to Graceland (2. Made of Honor (2. The Marine (2. 00. Richard Carlson (Albert Lea, MN)Film actor. Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Co- starred with Deborah Kerr and Stewart Granger in “King Solomon’s Mines”, and a number of B films including “It Came from Outer Space” and “Creature from the Black Lagoon” (1. Mo (Maureen) Collins (Minneapolis, MN)Actress/Comedian; 1. MADtv from 1. 99. Most recently appeared on Parks and Recreation (TV series). Rachael Leigh Cook (Minneapolis, MN)Actress; She’s All That, 1. Arlene Carol Dahl (Minneapolis, MN)Actress. Achieved notability during the 1. Panelist on game show “What’s My Line”. Best films include; Reign of Terror (1. Three Little Words (1. Journey to the Center of the Earth (1. Ian Anthony Dale (St. Paul, MN)Actor; The Hangover (2. The Bucket List (2. William Demarest (St. Paul, MN)Actor; My Three Sons. Richard Dix (St. Paul, MN)Major leading man at RKO Radio Pictures from 1. Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame. Academy Award (Oscar) nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role – Cimarron (1. Kimberly Elise (Minneapolis, MN)Actress; John Q, 2. Diary of a Mad Black Woman, 2. Mike Farrell (St. Paul, MN)Actor; M*A*S*H, 1. Providence, 1. 99. William Fawcett (High Forest, MN)An actor with a Ph. D. Fawcett was Professor of Theatre at Michigan State University in the early 1. He became a full- time actor after WWII and was a character actor in hundreds of TV movies, shows and film from 1. Ed Flanders (Minneapolis, MN)Actor; St. Elsewhere, 1. 98. Patrick Flueger (Red Wing, MN)Actor; The 4. Al Franken (New York City, NY – raised in St. Louis Park, MN)Actor/Comedian/Writer, Saturday Night Live. Became a highly political radio personality, eventually becoming a U. S. Senator for Minnesota in 2. Judy Garland (Frances Ethel Gumm) (Grand Rapids, MN)Actress/Singer; Made her stage debut at the age of 2 in Grand Rapids, MN. Her family moved to California when she was 4 years old. Her many film credits include; Love Finds Andy Hardy, 1. The Wizard of Oz, 1. Meet Me In St. Louis, 1. Her only Academy Award (Oscar) was a Special Award for her outstanding performance as a juvenile in The Wizard of Oz. She won a Golden Globe as Best Actress in A Star Is Born (1. Genevieve Gorder (Minneapolis, MN)Designer; Trading Spaces, 2. Dear Genevieve, 2. Joel Gretsch (St. Cloud, MN)Actor; Television, Film. Noteable TV series include “V” (2. The 4. 40. 0” (2. Taken” (2. 00. 2). Josh Hartnett (St. Paul, MN)Actor; Pearl Harbor, 2. Black Hawk Down, 2. In 2. 01. 1 he was nominated for an Academy Award (Oscar) in the Actor in a Supporting Role category for the film “Winter’s Bone”. Garrett Hedlund (Roseau, MN)Actor; Tron Legacy (2. Country Strong (2. Friday Night Lights (2. Four Brothers (2. Troy (2. 00. 4). 2. He starred as Jeff Bridges son in Tron Legacy and in Country Song with Gwyneth Paltrow and Leighton Meester. Tippi Hedren (New Ulm, MN)Actress; Starred in two Alfred Hitchcock classics: The Birds (1. Marnie (1. 96. 4). Hedren moved to New York City in 1. Alfred Hitchcock’s eye in a television commercial. She began her modeling career in downtown Minneapolis at Donaldson’s Department Store. She is the mother of actress Melanie Griffith. Don Herbert (Waconia, MN)Actor/Scientist; Watch Mr. Wizard, 1. 95. 1- 7. Mr. Wizard, 1. 97. Mr. Wizard’s World, 1. James Hong (Minneapolis, MN)Actor; over 4. He is more well known for his roles in the 1. Dr. Chew in “Blade Runner” (1. Chi Fu in Disney’s “Mulan” (1. Vincent Kartheiser (Minneapolis, MN)Kartheiser is an actor best known for his roles as Connor in the TV series “Angel” and Pete Campbell in the HBO series “Mad Men”. He first began acting on the stages of The Children’s Theatre Company in Minneapolis. His first film debut was in “Untamed Heart” filmed in Minneapolis and starring Christian Slater and Marisa Tomei. Linda Kelsey (Minneapolis, MN)Actress; played a young and perky reporter on Lou Grant, 1. She was nominated for the “Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series” four times but never won the elusive award. Craig Kilborn (Hastings, MN)Anchor/Host; ESPN; Late, Late Show. T. R. Knight (Minneapolis, MN)Actor; Grey’s Anatomy, 2. Charlie Korsmo (Born Fargo, ND. Raised Minneapolis, MN)Actor; Dick Tracy, 1. Hook, 1. 99. 1Peter Krause (Alexandria, MN)Actor; TV: Six Feet Under, 2. Dirt Sexy Money (2. Parenthood (2. 01. He started college as a pre- med student, but graduated with a B. A. Peter, MN. Don La. Fontaine (Duluth, MN)Voiceover Actor; Worked on more than 4. Most recognized for phrases like “In a world where. Paul, MN)Game show host and disc jockey. Best known as the host of “The Dating Game”, Lange first began his career as a disc jockey. His television career began as an announcer on The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show. He also hosted many other game shows including the “$1. Name That Tune”. He also appeared as himself in Bewitched, Laverne & Shirley. He graduated from the University of Minnesota. Jessica Lange (Cloquet, MN)Actress; Academy Awards (Oscar) for Best Actress (Blue Sky – 1. Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Tootsie – 1. She also has five Golden Globe Awards. Other films include “Big Fish”, “American Horror Story”, “The Vow”, “Cape Fear”. Lange studied art at the University of Minnesota and then later pursued acting. Tom Laughlin (Minneapolis, MN)Actor; best known for writing and starring in the Billy Jack films of the 1. The first Billy Jack only cost $8. June Marlowe (St. Cloud, MN)Actress; Readin’ and Writin’, 1. Little Rascals/Our Gang movies (Miss Crabtree)E. G. Marshall (Owatonna, MN)Actor, Emmy- award winner. Best known for his TV roles in The Defenders in the 1. Dr. David Craig on The Bold Ones: The New Doctors in the 1. Jared Mason (Minneapolis, MN)Actor/Musician; co- starred on Broadway in the Tony award nominated “Million Dollar Quartet” as Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis. He has toured with several national and international productions including STOMP. As musician/composer, he won the “Album of the Year” at the L. A. Music Awards in 2. Kevin Mc. Carthy (Seattle, WA)Actor; Most noted for “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” (1. Nominated for the Academy Award (Oscar) – Best Actor in a Supporting Role – “Death of a Salesman” (1. Daniel Mc. Keague (Hugo, MN)Voiceover Actor; Mc. Keague, a sales manager at the Twin Cities radio station KQRS, was selected from 1. Aflac Duck beginning on April 2. He will be paid in the low six figures for his first one- year contract. Ralph Meeker (Minneapolis, MN)Actor; Hundreds of roles in TV, Film, Stage. Prince's Former Bandmembers Share Their Favorite Stories. Prince with Wendy Melvoin from the Revolution. Photo: Nick Elgar/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images. Though Prince was one of pop music’s very brightest stars, he knew that he could shine even brighter surrounded by a great band. And none of his backing bands were greater than the Revolution, who supported his Purpleness from 1. Purple Rainand during which Prince made the bulk of his most important music. Almost exactly on the one- year anniversary of their former bandleader’s death, the core members of the Revolution — guitarist Wendy Melvoin, keyboardists Lisa Coleman and Matt Fink, drummer Bobby Z., and bassist Brown Mark — will reunite for a tour beginning April 2. Minneapolis. In advance of those concerts, the musicians shared their favorite Prince stories, which feature a cameo from Prince’s heroine Joni Mitchell and one very annoyed flight attendant. Wendy Melvoin“For my 2. Prince decided to throw a surprise party for me at a club called Tramps in Minneapolis. He even flew in my twin sister Susannah. At one point during the party, he said, . It was one of my most profound moments. Prince was a fan of Joni’s, just like Lisa . I remember a time when we were in California, and Prince called me and said, ! The three of us get in the car and we played Blue on the drive to her place. We got there and opened the door and Joni was calling for her cat Puss- Puss in that beautiful voice of hers. The walls of her house were covered with her portraits of people like Miles Davis — it was amazing. So we’re on the couch, having these incredibly deep conversations with Joni Mitchell, and Prince walks over to the piano and starts playing “A Case of You.” Then Joni says, ! That’s really pretty. What song are you playing?’ We all yelled, . He was funny, but he also loved for other people to make him laugh. I used to do this thing — it was on one of the first tours we ever did, warming up for Rick James in 1. I would fake throwing up. I’d pretend to be really, really ill and blow lunch. Prince thought that was hilarious. We were on a flight one day, and Prince leaned over and said, . Please!’ He was begging me. So sure enough, when the stewardess comes over to ask if we’d like anything to drink, I started pretending to throw up. She believed it was real, panics, and runs away to get another barf bag for me. Meanwhile, Prince is cracking up. When the stewardess realized I was faking . Prince just loved to have us as his court jesters: . It was so much fun. Actually, this reminds me: Prince did a thing once where he got into a wheelchair at an airport and Andr. It was in poor taste, of course, and you wouldn’t do anything like that now — but he was just an extremely funny person.”Brown Mark“Mine’s not a funny story, but it’s important to me: my very first encounter with Prince. I was a cook at the Pancake House when I was 1. At that time, in 1. Prince was dating a waitress there named Kim Upsher. And one day, I’m flipping pancakes in the kitchen, and I see a little guy with a big Afro walk into the restaurant. I was young, but I was already playing in bands, and I’d heard about Prince and looked up to him. So when this little guy with the big Afro walked in, I was sure it was him — I was freaking out. So Kim comes running into the kitchen and says, . Much later on, at a rehearsal after I’d been in the band for a while, I told him about the pancakes. Then he said, . At one of these rehearsals, Prince showed up with a handheld VHS video camera. It was the first time any of us had ever seen one of these things. Instead of rehearsing, he put a tape in the machine and we spent the whole day shooting skits — it turned into Prince’s version of Saturday Night Live. It was crazy. He had us chanting . I’m sure the tape is in the vault somewhere. I’ll never forget that day. It changed Prince’s life, because now he had easy access to creating for a visual medium. But it turned into a nightmare because he was watching every rehearsal. The video camera was our mirror; it became everything to him.”Lisa Coleman“It was 1. I was homeless, so I went to live with Prince at his purple house in Chanhassen, Minnesota. One day he started talking to me about getting my own place and having my own life in Minneapolis. Like, Now you’re here, Lisa, so what are you gonna do? He was giving me a talking to about moving out, but I didn’t quite understand that was what the conversation was about. It just felt tense.“So after our talk, I went for a walk to think about what had happened. I walked to the center of the town to get a beer — there was only one bar. A few minutes latter, Don Batts, Prince’s musical tech guy, came into the bar. He came over to me and said, . He feels bad.’ So I went back to the house. Prince was down in the basement in the studio. He came came out, gestured to me to come into the studio, and said, . I wrote you a song.’ In that short time — I’d only been gone an hour or two — Prince had written and recorded a song as an apology to me. It was called . Music was always how he communicated best.”These interviews have been edited and condensed. Outrageous Prince Stories.
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