Actors, Producers, Directors and other Entertainers
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Photo:Meridian
Magazine
Mitch Davis
Director and Screenwriter
He was 27 years old with two kids when he started film school,
29 years old with three kids when he left. He was hired out of
film school by Walt Disney Productions. Mitch left Disney to
take a job as VP of development for a company that had an output
deal with Columbia Studios. It was there that Mitch met Producer
Gerald Molen. He moved to Colorado to write scripts and was
called to serve as bishop. He was released after 5 years and
went back to film making.The
Other Side of Heavenwas
released in 2001.
Source:Sneak
Preview: The Other Side of Heaven by Kieth Merrill,Meridian
Magazine, 09 May 2001
Laraine Day
A
ctress
Laraine was born in Roosevelt, Utah, the daughter of a prominent
businessman. She became interested in acting when the family
moved to California. She achieved her greatest popularity
playing the part of Nurse Lamont in theDr.
Kildareseries.
She was married 13 years to her second husband, Leo Durocher,
and took such an active interest in his career that she became
known as "The First Lady of Baseball."
Eliza Dushku
Actress
"I kind of fell out of Mormonism at a young age. My brothers and
I were not completely rebellious, but I remember driving to
church in the minivan on Sunday--church is three hours long if
you're Mormon-- we would stop at a red light, throw open the
slider [door] and run for the hills. My mother would be
screaming!"
Source Kristin Veitch
Eliza was raised with a strict
Mormon parents she is not active at this time
He began performingwith
stock and repertory companies after graduating from the
University of Utah. A man of meek, edgy countenance, his
short stature and squinty stare could be used for playing both
humble and shady fellows. Although predominantly employed
as an owlish storekeeper, mortician, professor, or bank teller,
his better parts had darker intentions - exceptional as weasly,
mealy-mouthed, whining henchmen who would inevitably show their
yellow streak by the film's end. He moved on into TV in
the 50s and 60s, displaying a comedy side in many folksy, rural
sitcoms. He died of heart problems in 1970.
(Source:Gary
Brumburgh, IMDB)
He was the executive producerof
the $35,000 independent film Blair Witch that made $140 million,
in 1999. Matt Anderson, an alumnus of the Germany Berlin
Mission announced 28 Jul 2002 on the alumni web site that he
helped the elders teach the discussions to Kevin Foxe, and he
set a baptismal date. Kevin confirmed in an email to
Famous Mormons that he is very proud to be a member of the
Church.
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