Minnesota

	Birth : 22 June 1909, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA Death : 22 March 1958, Grants, New Mexico, USA (plane crash) Birth Name: Avrom Hirsch Goldbogen Nickname: Mike Todd
Filmography: Elizabeth Taylor: England's Other Elizabeth Himself (archive footage) "E! True Hollywood Story" Himself (archive footage) Around the World of Mike Todd Himself (archive footage)

Film producer Michael Todd was one of the major contributors to technical innovation in the film industry in the 1950s. Having worked with Fred Waller and Cinerama, he got tired of the three-panel format, left the company and tried to find the process for making "Cinerama coming from one hole". He joined forces with the American Optical Co.

	Birth : 5 July 1930, Duluth, Minnesota, USA
Filmography: Adventures of Red Ryder Little Beaver Jungle Girl Kimbu Mr. District Attorney Boy (uncredited)

Spry, curly-haired, dark-complexioned child actor Tommy Cook's most famous roles happened during his nascent career in serial adventures.

	Birth : 14 March 1919, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA Death : 28 August 1988, Los Angeles, California, USA (bone cancer)
Filmography: Always Leave Them Laughing The Affairs of Dobie Gillis The Affairs of Dobie Gillis

A prolific writer of satirical humor, Max Shulman was born in St.Paul, Minnesota, USA, the son of a Russian immigrant house painter, and began his writing career for the college humor magazine at the University of Minnesota.

	Birth : 5 August 1945, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA Birth Name: Loni Kaye Anderson Height: 168
Filmography: "The Sharon Osbourne Show" Herself The 17th Annual People's Choice Awards Herself The 8th Annual American Comedy Awards Herself - Presenter

A buxom, bedimpled, pert-nosed knockout, Loni Anderson took an assured place on one of the TV sex symbol pedestals during the late 70s and early 80s. A breakout hit in her Emmy-nominated role as "Jennifer Marlowe" on the TV sitcom "WKRP in Cincinnati" (1978), she later became a soap-styled fixture in mini-movies.

	Birth : 6 June 1898, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA Death : 26 March 1987, Essex, Connecticut, USA (heart attack) Height: 178
Filmography: Out of a Clear Sky (uncredited) The North Wind's Malice Tom Liliom Carpenter

A familiar character face in movies and television, Walter Abel was a dedicated stage actor who had studied at the prestigious American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York before moving on to a progression of stage work that culminated in his first appearance on Broadway in the original play "Forbidden" in late 1919.

	Birth : 8 September 1894, High Forest, Minnesota, USA Death : 25 January 1974, Sherman Oaks, California, USA (natural causes) Birth Name: William Fawcett Thomas Nickname: Doc T
Filmography: Driftin' River Tennessee Stars Over Texas 'Judge' Diamond Smith (as Bill Fawcett) Tumbleweed Trail Judge Town (as Bill Fawcett)

"Doc T". as he was known, was a Ph.D., and Professor of Theatre at Michigan State University in the early 1940's, just before World War II. He often spoke about leaving academia and actually trying his hand at the craft he taught. After the war, he got his chance and never looked back.

	Birth : 20 May 1940, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA Birth Name: Joan McConchie Height: 165
Filmography: "Broadside" Machinist's Mate Roberta Love "Broadside" Machinist's Mate Roberta Love "Perry Mason" Gina Gilbert / ... (4 episodes, 1958-1962)

Joan Staley was born Joan McConchie on May 20, 1940 in Minneapolis, Minnesota and started taking violin lessons by the time she was three years old. Living in Los Angeles, her prodigious talent was obvious and she soon joined a baby orchestra in Los Angeles and, within a few years, became a Junior Symphony performer at age six.

	Birth : 14 March 1922, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA Death : 9 October 1997, Snow Hill, Maryland, USA Birth Name: Archibald Winchester Johnson Nickname: Arch Johnson Height: 193
Filmography: Niagara Taxi Driver (uncredited) Garden of Eden "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" Bar Patron / ... (3 episodes, 1960)

Arch Johnson was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1922. A stage actor as well as a prolific television character actor, he was in the original production of "West Side Story" on Broadway and the revival of that show in the 1980s on Broadway as well.