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Famous Mormons
Actors, Producers, Directors and other Entertainers Page 6
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Kieth Merrill Academy award-winning filmmaker |
He won the Academy award in 1973 for his documentary feature
titled The Great
American Cowboy. He was nominated again in 1997 for his
documentary short subject Amazon.
He is voting member of the Academy and was once offered half a
million dollars to deny his faith. Click here to read more: Reject it or I'll Shoot by Kieth Merrill,Meridian Magazine, 27 Sep 2000 |
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Matthew Modine actor |
He was raised in a tight-knit Mormon family, which was forced to
move every couple of years because his father worked as a
drive-in movie operator. All of the children worked in the
drive-ins. After seeing a documentary about the film Oliver!,
Modine decided he wanted to become an actor. Actor Matthew Modine Has Mormon Heritage by Lisa Russell and Sue Miller, People Weekly, Page 63, 21 Feb 2000.
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Gerald "Jerry" R. Molen producer |
He began his film career in 1957 in
the transportation department of Republic Studios. He worked as
transportation coordinator on such critically acclaimed films as
the Academy Award™ -winning Ordinary
People. He worked as unit production manager on 1985's The
Color Purple, his first teaming with director Steven
Spielberg. His first producing role came just one year later on
another Spielberg film, 1987'sBatteries Not Included. In
1988, he co-produced the Academy Award™ winning Rainman,
and appeared as Raymond Babbit's guardian, Dr. Bruner. He won
his first Academy Award™ for producing Schindler's
List (Best
Picture, 1993). Source: Davis Zone Johnny Lingo Internet Movie Database |
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Moroni Olsen |
June 27, 1889 – November 22, 1954 Moroni Olsen was born in Ogden, Utah to Mormon parents who named him after the prophet Moroni. After having worked on Broadway he made his film debut in a 1935 adaptation of The Three Musketeers. He later played a different role in a 1939 comedy version of the story, starring Don Ameche as D'Artagnan the Ritz Brothers as three dimwitted lackeys who are forced to substitute for the musketeers, who have drunken themselves into a stupor. One of his most famous roles was the voice of the Magic Mirror in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Olsen died from a heart attack at the age of 65. He was buried in Ogden City, Utah Cemetery. Wikipedia
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Kelly Packard actress
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Kelly Chemane Packard was born in Glendale, California, and grew up in Arizona. She later moved to Canyon Country, California. Packard began her career in television commercials at the age of 8 before going on to win the title of Miss California Pre-Teen in 1988. She has been in The Wonder Years, Boy Meets World, Step by Step and Living Dolls. TBS Superstation's RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT! She was also in California Dreams as a main character and was cast in Baywatch | IMDB |
[Terry Moore ] [George
Morgan] [Bruce
Neibaur] [Moroni
Olsen] [Pat
Priest]
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