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Known for timeless classics such as "We've Only Just Begun," "Rainy Days and Mondays," "Evergreen," "Just an Old Fashioned Love Song," and "Rainbow Connection," Paul Williams is responsible for what will remain part of our popular culture for many years to come. His music has been recorded by some of the biggest names in the entertainment industry.
Three Dog Night's versions of "Just an Old Fashioned Love Song," "Out in the Country," and "Family of Man" have sold millions of copies, worldwide. Karen Carpenter's rich vocals made "We've Only Just Begun," "Rainy Days and Mondays," "Let Me Be the One," and "I Won't Last a Day Without You," a part of our lives. Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Barbra Streisand, Willie Nelson, Kermit the Frog and Luther Vandross are among the hundreds of artists who have recorded Paul's songs.
Neal McCoy recently recorded Paul's "Party On," while Diamond Rio recorded and took "You're Gone" to the top of the charts. The video for "You're Gone" became Pick of the Week on Country Music Television. In 1997, Paul went back into the recording studio and recorded his CD, "Back to Love Again," which includes remakes of some of Paul's more classic hits such as "Rainbow Connection" and "I Won't Last a Day Without You," as well as new songs which contain the same quality, passion and depth that was heard and felt in his hits from the past. Richard Carpenter and Graham Nash appear as guest artists on the album, bringing to it a richness and a quality all its own. Critics, fans and the most famous in the music industry have all had positive reactions and reviews to the album.
No one sings a song like the songwriter who wrote it, and the same holds true for Paul's music. No one captures the emotion within the songs the way he can and does time and time again. Paul is one of the most celebrated songwriters of our time having won Academy, Grammy and Golden Globe Awards. His most recent accomplishments include his induction into the American Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Paul's reputation as a motion picture songwriter took hold in 1973, with an Academy Award nomination for "Nice to Be Around" (co-written with John Williams) from Cinderella Liberty (1973). 1975 brought Paul's second nomination for the soundtrack from Brian De Palma's cult classic, Phantom of the Paradise (1974). He not only wrote the words and music and produced the album for the rock cantata, but also held the audience captive with his devious portrayal of the evil Swan.
Paul went on to become the Music Supervisor for A Star Is Born (1976), bringing with it the challenge of working with three different composers to produce its award-winning score. Williams and Kenny Ascher won a Golden Globe Award for "Best Motion Picture Score." "Evergreen," co-written with Barbra Streisand, won the 1976 Oscar for "Best Song of the Year." In 1980, Paul was once again nominated by the Academy for the score from the box office smash hit, The Muppet Movie (1979), for "Best Original Score" as well as the song "Rainbow Connection" being nominated for "Best Song." "The Muppet Movie" soundtrack went on to win two Grammy Awards and became the biggest soundtrack album of the year, exceeding sales of one million units. Paul reunited with Henson Productions for the Disney feature film, The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992). He wrote and produced the songs for the soundtrack which brought with it yet another Grammy Award nomination for "Best Musical Album for Children."
Paul's other film credits include the songs and score for Bugsy Malone (1976), which starred Jodie Foster and Scott Baio. "Bugsy Malone" continues to be a favorite of children's playhouses and theaters, worldwide. He co-wrote the title song for "Flying Dreams" from The Secret of NIMH (1982), which was recently recorded as a duet by Kenny Loggins and Olivia Newton-John, and has written songs for The End (1978), Rocky IV (1985) and Ishtar (1987). Paul collaborated with Jerry Goldsmith on the title song for The Sum of All Fears (2002). The song is featured in the beginning of the movie with a Latin translation and again at the end in English, performed by Electra recording artist, Yolanda Adams. This may very well be the first time in entertainment history where a song has been presented in a film in two different languages. Paul Williams began his career as an actor with his portrayal of a 12-year-old prodigy in The Loved One (1965), playing opposite Jonathan Winters. He is probably best-known for his roles as Little Enos in the "Smokey and the Bandit" movies, as well as the orangutan Virgil in Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973).
In 1995, Paul received stellar reviews for his starring role as a wheelchair-bound hostage in Headless Body in Topless Bar (1995). Paul is also remembered for his roles in Oliver Stone's The Doors (1991), People Like Us (1990) (the NBC miniseries based on the Dominick Dunne bestseller), as the fun-loving amphibian Gus in Frog (1988) and Frogs! (1993) and Freddie the Bomb in Solar Crisis (1990). He rarely passes up the opportunity to return to his early roots of acting and played an emergency room doctor in Roger Avary's The Rules of Attraction (2002). Paul is no stranger to the small screen. He has appeared on Picket Fences (1992), Dream On (1990), Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show (1997), Boston Common (1996), Walker, Texas Ranger (1993) and The Bold and the Beautiful (1987).
Many people are unaware that Paul has provided voice-overs for countless animated series, some of which include his role as the Penguin in Batman: The Animated Series (1992), and his recurring appearances in Phantom 2040 (1994). Having obtained his certification from UCLA as a drug and alcohol counselor, Paul is very active on the speaker's circuit across the country. Speaking from his personal experiences with his own addiction and the knowledge that he gained through his education and his experience as a counselor, Paul continues to touch the lives and hearts of many people whose lives have been affected by drug abuse and/or alcoholism. He is actively involved with the Musician's Assistance Program and is on the Board of Directors for Community High School, a sober high school in Nashville, Tennessee which offers the teens assistance with their recovery as well as the education that they both strive for and deserve.
Paul has appeared on Prime Time Country (1996), The Geraldo Rivera Show (1987) and Primetime (1989), talking about the devastating effects of drugs and alcohol and the increased use of them amongst teens and pre-teens. Paul has been presented with the Global Arts Award from the Friendly House for his efforts on their behalf, the Spirit of Youth Award from the Pacific Boys Lodge for his efforts and contributions and the "Celebration of Hope" award given to him by Hazelden for his overall contribution in the recovery field. Recovery is not simply a field that Paul is active in, it is one that he is passionate about... this is just one way in which Paul gives of himself to others.- Actress
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Cynthia Gibb was born in Bennington, Vermont, USA on December 14, 1963 to a ballet dancer and teacher. Gibb's early dance training lent grace to her fresh-faced beauty, qualities which won her a modeling contract with New York's Eileen Ford Agency at age 14. Within a year she was on the cover of "Vogue" and "Young Miss." Spotted in a magazine by Woody Allen, Gibb was cast in a minor role as an autograph seeker in the filmmaker's Stardust Memories (1980) and promptly switched to an acting career. Cynthia Gibb graduated high school with honors, but with a sister at Yale and no financial aid available to her, she decided on an acting career. After appearing off-Broadway in "Nathaniel," she landed the recurring part of scatterbrained Suzi Wyatt Carter of daytime television's Search for Tomorrow (1951) right after high school graduation in 1981 at the age of 19. She joined the cast of Fame (1982) and spent three seasons as drama major Holly Laird on the popular series. Between the show's first and second seasons, she starred as a hockey coach's daughter, with whom Rob Lowe fell in love, in Youngblood (1986). Between the second and third seasons, she starred in the much praised Salvador (1986), as a lay worker (based on the real life Jean Donovan) who, along with four nuns, was murdered by an El Salvador death squad. Just before filming Malone (1987), Gibb finished Modern Girls (1986), in which she played, not surprisingly, a young actress. She appeared in the television movies, "Mary Christmas" (2002) (TV) played Mary Maloney opposite actor John Schneider. Cynthia has also appeared in many movies including "A Crime of Passion" (2003) (TV), "A Family Lost" (2007) (TV), "An Accidental Christmas" (2007) (TV) and "A Nanny For Christmas" (2010) with Emmanuelle Vaugier, 'Dean Cain (I)' and Sarah Thompson. She also starred in "Cinnamon" aka "My Dog's Christmas Miracle" (2011) (V) with Greg Evigan and Ashley Leggat.- Actor
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Actor, songwriter ("Christmas Eve"), composer and author Carleton Carpenter, was educated at Bennington (VT) High School. He appeared on Broadway, in "Bright Boy", "Three to Make Ready", and "John Murray Anderson's Almanac," and on television, and made many records. Carpenter wrote special material for Debbie Reynolds, Kaye Ballard, Marlene Dietrich and Hermione Gingold, and also scripts for films and television. Joining ASCAP in 1955, his other popular-song compositions include "I Wouldn't Mind," "Ev'ry Other Day," "Cabin In the Woods," "A Little Love" and "Come Away."- Additional Crew
Logan Goodman was born on 24 December 1950 in Bennington, Vermont, USA. Logan is known for Return of the Secaucus Seven (1980). Logan has been married to David Strathairn since 1980. They have two children.- Actress
- Producer
- Writer
Amy Halloran was born on 10 July 1981 in Bennington, Vermont, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Surviving Christmas (2004), Cold Case (2003) and Go Figure (2005).- Actress
- Writer
- Producer
Beatrice Boepple was born on 7 February 1962 in Bennington, Vermont, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child (1989), Quarantine (1989) and Matinee (1989). She has been married to Bruce Mattaway since 24 August 1997. They have two children.- Actress
- Casting Director
- Additional Crew
Heather Kennedy was born on 2 December 1969 in Bennington, Vermont, USA. She is an actress and casting director, known for Leprechaun (1992) and Princess Warrior (1989).- Actress
- Soundtrack
Pamela Blair was born on 5 December 1949 in Bennington, Vermont, USA. She was an actress, known for Annie (1982), Mighty Aphrodite (1995) and Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996). She was married to Don Scardino and Alfred Anthony Feola. She died on 23 July 2023 in Mesa, Arizona, USA.- Actress
- Stunts
She began her professional career as a child model at age 9. Her work was primarily on stage, including Shakespeare and musicals, and she is an accomplished stage combatant, specializing in heavy sword. She was the Artistic Director of the Fort Salem Theatre for several years, working as their resident soprano and fight choreographer. She was a returning actress at the Maryland Renaissance Festival.
She originated the role of Amy in the U.S. premiere of Howard Goodall's musical, "Girlfriends," in Washington, D.C., and the CD is available through the show's director.
She was an actress with Living Voices, touring two one-woman shows to schools, colleges and events; one piece deals with the Holocaust and Anne Frank, and the other with Irish immigration at the turn of the century. She is doing cabarets and giving talks on acting at various venues.
She was born in Bennington, VT and raised in Adelphi, Maryland. She attended Oxford University. Having resided several years in NYC, she now lives in Florida with her husband.
She is also a graduate of the New Seminary in NYC, and has an MSC and is an ordained minister.- Additional Crew
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Robert Alton was a ballet student in New York, and worked his way up to choreographer on many Broadway productions. He started choreographing films in 1936, and directed dance sequences in many of Hollywood's most famous musicals (The Harvey Girls (1946), Easter Parade (1948), Show Boat (1951)). He also directed many Broadway plays. He directed two films in the late 1940s and early 1950s, but both were critical and financial flops.- Script and Continuity Department
- Additional Crew
- Actress
Eleonora Baldwin was born on 2 May 1967 in Bennington, Vermont, USA. She is an actress, known for The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004), The American (2010) and Casanova (2005).- Actor
- Producer
David grew up in the suburbs of Buffalo, New York, the youngest child of a Presbyterian minister. After admission to Harvard College, David first aspired to be a foreign service officer, but the show business bug bit him while onstage frequently at Harvard's Loeb Drama Center and Hasty Pudding theatre, as well as under the summer stock mentoring of Fred Carmichael and Patricia Carmichael at the legendary Dorset Playhouse in Vermont, where David appeared alongside Elizabeth Franz and Fred Grandy. As President of Harvard's Hasty Pudding Theatricals in his senior year, it was David who chose the script written by fellow Harvardian and then-aspiring writer Mark O'Donnell for the 1974 Pudding show, "Keep Your Pantheon." During his early years in Hollywood, David studied acting with Nina Foch and Lilyan Chauvin. He also directed stage productions of Shakespeare's Richard III at the old Hollywood Center Theatre and Pierre La Mure's adaptation of his own original novel about Toulouse-Lautrec, "Moulin Rouge," at the Masquers' Club. While evaluating scripts, pre-publication novels, and film directors' rough cuts for United Artists under several different management teams in the late 70s and early 80s, David also volunteered his time to help several student filmmakers at AFI's Center for Advanced Film Studies learn to work with actors. David and his wife, actress Rose Marie Perfect, left full-time show business in 1991 by moving to Vermont to raise their children. Since then they continue to work occasionally in independent films ("The Mudge Boy," "Landslide") and regional theatre. Most recently they have both appeared in the "It's All Relative," written by Alyssa Polacsek and directed by Rebecca Burton for Lakota Films.- Actor
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- Producer
Dave Simonds (director) directed the documentaries The Hoy Boys, Forgotten Farms, Cherry Cottage: the Story of an American House, and Confronting Climate Change with Elizabeth Kolbert. He continues work on the short episodic series "Free Advice from an Old Guy" with Jay Tarses. As an actor, Simonds worked extensively in New York, and regionally at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, The Long Wharf Theatre, and The Portland Stage Company. He was a familiar face in the indie-film renaissance of the late 80s and early 90s. His screen credits include Amateur, The Book of Life, Signs and Wonders, The Fish in a Bathtub, Henry Fool, B Movie, among many others. He appeared in music videos for Everything But the Girl, Beth Orton and others. He was the co-founder of the award winning Cucaracha Theatre, which was housed in a warehouse in Tribeca before anyone knew how to find Tribeca. The New York Times proclaimed, "Cucaracha Theatre has become a center for some of the most interesting experimental theatre in New York."- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Tim Clark was born in Bennington, Vermont, USA. He is known for The Time Machine (2002), Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004) and Old School (2003).- Ola Moore was born on 30 September 1889 in Bennington, Ohio, USA. She was an actress, known for Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974). She died on 17 October 1990 in Tucson, Arizona, USA.
- Ross Powers was born on 10 February 1979 in Bennington, Vermont, USA. He is an actor, known for Las Vegas (2003), Snow Blind (2006) and Shaun Palmer's Pro Snowboarder (2001). He has been married to Marisa Pierce since 7 November 2002. They have two children.
- Jocelyn Benford was born on 26 August 1962 in Bennington, Vermont, USA. She is an actress, known for Hotel Mario (1994).
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Murray Phillips was born on 30 August 1962 in Bennington, Vermont, USA. He was an actor, known for The Iron Man (2006), Shteps (2002) and West Bank Story (2005). He died on 25 July 2021 in Hickory, North Carolina, USA.- Honora Ferguson was born on 15 June 1936 in North Bennington, Vermont, USA. She is an actress, known for Astonished (1990), Far from Poland (1984) and The Sky on Location (1983).
- Paul Valentine was born on 8 January 1956 in Bennington, Vermont, USA.
- Actress
- Writer
- Producer
Rachel Caccese was born in Bennington, Vermont, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for The 7 Day Diary (2011), Urban Farmers (2020) and Raising ASD (2023).- Writer
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Travis J. Kehoe was born on 3 November 1980 in Bennington, Vermont, USA. He is a writer, known for Zookeeper (2011), Dead Creek (2008) and Solvent (2015).- Paul Molloy was born on 3 August 1938 in Bennington, Vermont, USA. He was married to Jane Wells. He died on 11 June 2022 in Silver Spring, Maryland, USA.
- Peter Graves was born on 16 May 1952 in Bennington, Vermont, USA.
- Peter Bubriski was born on 20 August 1953 in Bennington, Vermont, USA. He is an actor, known for All the Rage (1997), We Pedal Uphill (2008) and The Autumn Heart (1999).