Hollywood (R.I.P.)
- Daniel García Ordaz
- Mar 11, 2018
- 1 min read
Updated: Jul 2, 2019
Just a sampling of the Rio Grande Valley's people in Hollywood and/or in films. (There are many, many more known and unknown, but it's a start.) Click on their name for a link to more info--just a starting point. (I will have my students conduct further research.) These folks were either born in or lived in the Valley of deep S. Texas.
The following are Valleyites who were involved in the film industry who are now deceased: among them Star Trekkers, directors, singers, cinematographers, and writers, as well as a famous Flapper/silent film star, and others! They were involved with such films as The Wizard of Oz, Westerns, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, etc. . . . gone, but not forgotten!
*Fred Carson (1923—2001)
Harlingen: Stuntman, Actor
Stuntman Fred Carson
*Cleo Dawson (1902—1990)
Mission: Author, Actress, Psychologist
Writer and psychologist Cleo Dawson
*Freddy Fender/Baldemar Huerta (1937—2006)
San Benito: Actor, Musician
Freddy Fender Hollywood singer/songwriter, actor Baldemar Huerta
*Fran Fullenwider (1945—1997)
Harlingen: Actress
*Lois January (1912—2006)
McAllen: Actress, Dancer, Singer
Star of Westerns and appeared in The Wizard of Oz and on Broadway, Lois January, McAllen, Texas
*Karen Kirschenbauer/Karen Kristofferson (1938—2005)
Brownsville: Actress (sister of Kris Kristofferson)
Actress
*Bernard L. Kowalski (1929—2007)
Brownsville: Director, Producer, Assistant Director
Director
*Nancy Nash/Nancy Miller (1897—early 1960s)
McAllen: Actress, Silent Film Star, Flapper
Silent Film Star 1920s Flapper
*Rigoberto Felix Ordaz (1946—2016)
Mission: Actor, Cinematographer, Director, Screenwriter
Actor, cinematographer
*Trinidad Silva (1950—1988)
Mission: Actor
actor
*David Spielberg (1939—2016)
Weslaco: Actor
Actor
*Charles Williams (1909—1975)
Brownsville: Screenwriter/Novelist
Writer, Author
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