平·克罗斯贝1904年5月2日生于华盛顿州的塔柯玛，父母均爱好音乐，所以他很早就对音乐发生浓厚的兴趣。但他的声乐老师并非伯乐，认为他唱歌的呼吸法不正确，只准他练习呼吸，不让他唱歌，从此他再也没有正式上过声乐课。在岗扎加大学肄业期间，他参加当地小型乐队，专在舞会中献唱，因此中途退...
美国男演员，曾出演《环游世界80天》《天堂可待》等四十多部影片。
生于罗得岛普罗维登斯，曾就读于潘布鲁克妇女学院、布郎大学、密执安大学戏剧学院。早年曾在地方电视台任时装评论员，还在纽约当健美模特儿。1937年进入电影界，与米高梅公司签订拍片合约，首先在影片中出演配角，直到40年代初，才成为米高梅影片公司的主要女演员之一。1940年，她在《费城故事》中的出色表演，使她获得了该处最佳女配角金像奖的提名；在演戏之余，她还在百老汇参加戏剧演出，她与拉尔夫．贝拉米合作演出了的百老汇名剧《国情咨文》。
汤姆·伊威尔，生于肯塔基州欧文斯博罗，曾就读于威斯康辛大学。1928年首次参加专业剧团演出，1934年在百老汇戏剧《他们不会死》中演出，经过几年的戏剧表演，获得了丰富的表演经验。
Petite, attractive Mari Blanchard rarely managed get the lucky breaks. The daughter of an oil tycoon and a psychotherapist, she suffered from severe poliomyelitis from the age of nine, which denied her a hoped-for dancing career. For several years, she worked hard to rehabilitate her limbs from paralysis, swimming and later even performing on the trapeze at Cole Brothers Circus. At the urging of her parents, she then attended the University of Southern California from where she graduated with a degree in international law. This was not to lead to a career, either. Sometime in the late 1940's, she joined the Conover Agency as an advertising model and, at the same time, was promoted by famed cartoonist and writer Al Capp, becoming the inspiration for one of his "L'il Abner" characters.
