Sunday, May 27, 2007
FILM/TV STARS ALAN ALDA - Vacations in Belgrade Lakes. TV/film actor, producer, director. ("M*A*S*H", "Crimes and Misdemeanors", "West Wing.") KIRSTIE ALLEY - Islesboro - TV/film actress ("Cheers", "Look Who's Talking" ) JAMES CAGNEY IV - Portland. ("Twelve Steps Outside" and "Nylarlathotep.") He is the son of James Cagney Jr. GLENN CLOSE - Prout's Neck, Scarborough. ("Fatal Attraction," "101 Dalmatians.") PATRICK DEMPSEY - Harpswell. (TV star, "Grey's Anatomy") Raised in Turner and Buckfield. JONATHAN FRAKES - Belfast. Married to Genie Francis. ("Star Trek: The Next Generation" played "Number 1," Commander William Riker.) GENIE FRANCIS ÑBelfast . Married to Jonathan Frakes. Popular soap star. Best known for her returning role as Laura Spencer on "General Hospital." DAVID E. KELLEY - East Pond, Oakland/Belgrade Lakes area. (TV producer ("L.A. Law," "Boston Legal") MICHELLE PFEIFFER - East Pond, Oakland; married to David E. Kelley. ("Dangerous Minds", "Batman Returns") ETHAN PHILLIPS - Summers on Great Pond in Belgrade Lakes area. (Played Neelix on "Star Trek" series). KELLY PRESTON - Islesboro. Actress married to John Travolta. ("Broken Bridges," "What a Girl Wants.") MARTHA STEWART - Seal Harbor, Mount Desert Island - Author, editor and homemaking advocate. JOHN TRAVOLTA - Islesboro. ( "Pulp Fiction," "Get Shorty"; latest film, "Wild Hogs.") Married to Kelly Preston. WALTER UNGERER - Camden - Media artist; Dark Horse Films. DICK WOLF - Mount Desert Island - Producer of "Law & Order." POLITICS & FINANCE GEORGE H. & BARBARA BUSH - longtime summer resident, Walker's Point, Kennebunkport - At age 82, oldest living former President. Best known quote: "Read my lips." DAVID ROCKEFELLER Sr. - Mount Desert Island - American banker, philanthropist, statesman. Age 92. Forbes Magazine ranks him 292 among world's richest people. DAVID ROCKEFELLER Jr. - Mount Desert Island JOHN ROBERTS - Hupper Island. Chief Justice of the United States OLYMPIA SNOWE - U.S. Senator. Falmouth. AUTHORS STEPHEN KING - Bangor - Born in Portland. Hugely popular horror novelist.To see Stephen King's house go to: http://entertainment.webshots.com RICHARD FORD - East Boothbay - Prize-winning novelist. ("Independence Day.") TESS GERRITSEN - Camden - Medical thrillers ("The Mephisto Club" "Harvest.") DAVID McCULLOUGH - Kennebunk native, graduated from Cape Elizabeth High School. Historian, author ("Truman" and "John Adams.") RICHARD RUSSO - Camden. Novelist. ("Empire Falls" ) ART/MUSIC ROBERT INDIANA - Vinalhaven. Internationally known artist who created first LOVE stamp for U.S. Postal Service. DON McLEAN - Camden. Pop balladeer. ("American Pie", "Starry, Starry Night.") ANDREW WYETH - Cushing. American realist painter. ("Christina's World.") JAMIE WYETH - Cushing. Son of Andrew Wyeth. American realist painter. SPORTS MIKE BORDICK - Summers in Belgrade Lakes area. Baseball player; from Winterport. Played for Oakland A's and Baltimore Orioles, New York Mets and Toronto Blue Jays. JOAN BENOIT SAMUELSON - Freeport. Former marathon runner. Won Gold Medal in 1984 Summer Olympics. ERIC WEINRICH - Yarmouth. From Gardiner. Retired from National Hockey League. Played 1988 U.S. Olympic team. DANNY BOLDUC - Oakland, runs Bolduc Insurance in Oakland. Played National Hockey League. FROM MAINE DAVID BRANCACCIO - Born in Waterville, 1960. Since 2005, host of "NOW" and former host of PRI's "Marketplace." He got his start with a small radio station in Waterville. LOU CARBONNEAU - Born in Lewiston. Graduated Bates College. "NYPD Blue" (2002) and "Friends and Family" (2001) JOHN CARIANI - Born Presque Isle. 2004 Best Actor for revival of "Fiddler on the Roof." Playwright "Almost Maine" premiered Portland Stage Co., Portland, 2004. Play inspired by memories of growing up in Presque Isle. CONRAD CHASE - Born in Portland. Game show/ reality TV. WILLIAM COHEN III - Bangor. Former U.S. Senator & Secretary of Defense. THOMAS HILDRETH - Vinalhaven. (Co-wrote, produced and starred in "Islander") JUDD NELSON - Portland. ("From the Hip" , a film written by David E. Kelley.) Nelson's mother was a Maine lawmaker. Sources: Internet Movie Data Base (IMDB), Wikipedia and other Internet sources.
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