All Entries in the "V" Category
Delila Vallot
Mini Biography:
A California native, this actress/dancer broke onto the scene at age 16 when she won the Dorothy Chandler Spotlight Award leading to an appearance on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. After continuing to pursue acting and dance training, she toured as a dancer with Jane’s Addiction and has appeared in television, commercials and [...]
Raf Vallone
Date of Birth: 17 February 1916
Birth Name: Raffaele Vallone
Mini Biography:
Raf Vallone was an internationally acclaimed Italian movie star known for his rugged good looks. The athletic Vallone, a former soccer player who often was compared to Burt Lancaster, was born Raffaele Vallone in 1916 in Tropea in Cambria, Italy, the son of a prominent lawyer [...]
Anthony Vallone
Height: 6′ 0½” (1.84 m)
Mini Biography:
Anthony studied filmmaking at Eastern Michigan University and in 1998 produced his first short film, In The Bag, that can be found at IFILM.com. Anthony, realizing his passion for film set out to produce another short film, Simplicity Patterns, directed by life-long friend Konstantinos ‘Dino’ Kovas (New Monkees).Anthony is one [...]
James Vallo
Mini Biography:
James Vallo started acting in Chicago supported by his waiter job for many years living on the edge he soon moved to Hollywood living on the streets with no money and homeless. But pursuing his dreams of working in films and TV constantly. He met and became great friends with Edward Asner and Eric [...]
Rick Vallin
Date of Birth: 24 September 1919
Birth Name: Eric Efron
Mini Biography:
Reliable “B” character actor Rick Vallin had the rangy physique, prominent cheekbones and swarthy look ideal for rugged films. In the 1940s and ’50s he was seen almost everywhere — in mysteries, musicals, oaters and, especially, the ever-popular edge-of-your-seat cliffhangers. Born in Russia in 1919, he [...]
Michael Vallier II
Date of Birth: 2 March 1981
Mini Biography:
Michael Vallier II, a US Army and Iraq War veteran, has been making films for the past 8 years. While studding video production at New England Tech in Warwick, RI, Michael was running a full-time production company, “Moon Drop Studios” and getting a jump start in his career. He [...]
Sonny Vallie
Date of Birth: 8 July 1926
Mini Biography:
Sonny Vallie was born James Archibald Brandon on the 8 July, 1926 in Palm Beach, Florida. He has had several stage names including Billie “Bill” Brandon, Youth Vallie and Sonny Vallie. His mother Bell Brandon was a Vaudeville Comediene, actress and a costume designer – and his father Arthur [...]
Alida Valli
Date of Birth: 31 May 1921
Birth Name: Alida Maria Laura von Altenburger
Height: 5′ 5″ (1.65 m)
Mini Biography:
This enigmatic, dark-haired foreign import was dubbed “The Next Garbo” but didn’t live up to post-war expectations despite her cool, patrician beauty, remote allure and significant talent. Born in Pola, Italy (now Croatia), on May 3, 1921, the daughter [...]
