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Offline dvlvan26

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Diversity of The Actors
« on: January 29, 2007, 06:42:19 PM »
Hello to All Cousins!

How diverse was the actors on DS?
and list the heritage of the actors.
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Re: Diversity of The Actors
« Reply #1 on: January 29, 2007, 07:40:56 PM »
I believe Grayson Hall/Shirley Grossman was a nice Jewish girl.
DS writer Violet Welles was also Jewish.

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Re: Diversity of The Actors
« Reply #2 on: January 29, 2007, 09:08:56 PM »
Quote from: dvlvan26 on January 29, 2007, 06:42:19 PM
Hello to All Cousins!

How diverse was the actors on DS?and list the heritage of the actors.

I think Frid's of Scotch ancestory, KLS is of Norwegian (I think) descent, Johnny Karlen is Polish, Dennis Patrick was Irish, we know Alexandra is Danish, I think Louie Edmonds was French, Marie Wallace is Irish.  Don't know about anyone else.  ;)
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Re: Diversity of The Actors
« Reply #3 on: January 29, 2007, 09:54:13 PM »
And Dan Curtis was Jewish!

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Re: Diversity of The Actors
« Reply #4 on: January 29, 2007, 11:21:58 PM »
As revealed in RJ Jamison's biography "Grayson Hall: a Hard Act to Follow," Grayson was part Rom (Gypsy) as well.

Overall, DS remained a very white show even as time went on and more and more series added African American characters.  I can only think of two black actors on DS, and one of them didn't have any lines.  Sho Onodera had one episode as Mr. Nakamura and again, maybe two lines?

I thought in the 1990 remake it would have added a lively degree of interest had Angelique been cast with a black actress.  (Of course, had a certain storyline been pursued, this would have meant casting David with a biracial actor as well.)

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Re: Diversity of The Actors
« Reply #5 on: January 29, 2007, 11:35:22 PM »
If a new version of DS was in the works, the role of Angelique would almost HAVE to be French Caribbean.

A new take on the old Puritan witches would be boring as hell.....
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Re: Diversity of The Actors
« Reply #6 on: January 29, 2007, 11:46:13 PM »
Jamaican model Iman was seriously considered as Angelique in 1990, which would have made the character's
roots Carribean & buried the Judah Z origins.

I think that would have been perfect.
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Re: Diversity of The Actors
« Reply #7 on: January 29, 2007, 11:56:51 PM »
In the role of King Johnny Romano, I'd like to see either Pat Cooper or Mario Cantone.  (I just can't make my mind up, who would be better?) :-
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Re: Diversity of The Actors
« Reply #8 on: January 30, 2007, 12:12:12 AM »
Quote from: David on January 29, 2007, 11:46:13 PM
Jamaican model Iman
Actually, she's Somalian.  :)
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Re: Diversity of The Actors
« Reply #9 on: January 30, 2007, 12:16:42 AM »
Quote from: Bob_the_Bartender on January 29, 2007, 11:56:51 PM
In the role of King Johnny Romano, I'd like to see either Pat Cooper or Mario Cantone.  (I just can't make my mind up, who would be better?) :-

Holy bleep, can you bleeping imagine bleeping Pat bleepin' Cooper as bleepin' King bleepin' Johnny bleepin' Romano! That would as bleeping funny as bleeping bleep! LOFL!  
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Re: Diversity of The Actors
« Reply #10 on: January 30, 2007, 12:21:28 AM »
Quote from: Raineypark on January 29, 2007, 11:35:22 PM
If a new version of DS was in the works, the role of Angelique would almost HAVE to be French Caribbean.

A new take on the old Puritan witches would be boring as hell.....

Now that would really be an interesting twist.
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Re: Diversity of The Actors
« Reply #11 on: January 30, 2007, 01:09:08 AM »
Quote from: dom on January 30, 2007, 12:16:42 AM
Quote from: Bob_the_Bartender on January 29, 2007, 11:56:51 PM
In the role of King Johnny Romano, I'd like to see either Pat Cooper or Mario Cantone.  (I just can't make my mind up, who would be better?) :-

Holy bleep, can you bleeping imagine bleeping Pat bleepin' Cooper as bleepin' King bleepin' Johnny bleepin' Romano! That would as bleeping funny as bleeping bleep! LOFL!

Oh, yeah, Pat would be absolutely great as King Johnny Romano.

I can see it now, Pat/King Johnny kvetching about how no one in the Romano tribe or Collinwood ever gave him a break

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Re: Diversity of The Actors
« Reply #12 on: January 30, 2007, 02:28:21 AM »
There was an African American nurse at the Collinsport hospital ..... she even had a few lines!  ;)
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Re: Diversity of The Actors
« Reply #13 on: January 30, 2007, 02:47:40 AM »
Anybody who has seen JF"s one man shows knows his diversity as an actor is amazing.

FYI, he's Scottish and English two generations removed on both sides.

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Re: Diversity of The Actors
« Reply #14 on: January 30, 2007, 03:48:05 AM »
Quote from: BuzzH on January 29, 2007, 09:08:56 PM
KLS is of Norwegian (I think) descent, ... we know Alexandra is Danish

Yes, Kathryn Leigh Scott is a nice Minnesota girl whose parents were born in Norway, and her family name is very Norwegian.

The Von Moltke family is originally German but some of them emigrated to Denmark for military and diplomatic posts in the 18th and 19th centuries.
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