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John Brockington

After graduating from UBC with a Bachelor of Arts in Honours English, in 1953, he then completed teachers training two years later. John taught at Lord Byng High School for three years. then went on to Yale University School of Drama to get a Doctorate in Fine Arts. In 1961 he came back to UBC…
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Aida Broadbent

Aida Broadbent was the primary choreographer for Theatre Under the Stars (TUTS). She made her dancing debut on the stage of the Capitol Theatre at 14. She soon moved to Hollywood, where from 1940 she choreographed a number of films including No, No, Nanette (1940), Sis Hopkins (1941) with Bob Crosby and Susan Heyward, and…
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Jay Brazeau

Jay Brazeau was born on December 22, 1953 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He has been featured in dozens of films and many more TV series and specials. His TV series guest appearances include; MacGyver The Gun (1988, 1990) Mom P.I. (1990) Neon Rider (1990, 1994) Highlander (1992) The X Files (1994) Stargate SG-1 (1998, 2001) The Outer Limits (1998, 2001) Millennium…
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Charlene Brandolini

Charlene started her musical theatre career as a teenager with Theatre Under the Stars where she won the E.V. Young Memorial Scholarship for “Most Promising Performer.” While performing in a revue in Montreal, Hugh Pickett brought her back to the Vancouver International Festival to be featured in West Side Story. She then went on to tour West…
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Leon Bibb

Charles Leon Arthello Bibb was born in Louisville, KY in 1922. Leon studied classical singing in New York City, and made his first theatre appearance, as a waiter, in the original production of Annie Get Your Gun (1946), starring Ethel Merman; he was heard and credited on the 1946 cast recording of the show. Bibb later turned toward folk music,…
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