Coordinates	37°46′45.48″N122°25′9.12″N
name	Ronn Moss
birth name	Ronald Montague Moss
birth date	March 04, 1952
birth place	Los Angeles, California, USA
yearsactive	1969–present
spouse	Devin DeVasquez
website	Ronn Moss: Actor, Musician - His Official Website
notable role	Ridge Forrester on ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' }}

Ronald Montague "Ronn" Moss (born on March 4, 1952 in Los Angeles) is an American actor, musician and singer/songwriter, a member of the band Player, and best known for portraying Ridge Forrester, the dynamic fashion magnate on the CBS soap opera ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' since 1987.

Early life and music career

Ronn Moss was born and raised in Los Angeles. His father owned Mutual Ticket Agency, a ticket brokerage firm predating Ticketmaster, so from childhood Moss grew up surrounded by the theatre, concert, and rock & roll music world. At age 11, he started learning to play the drums, guitar and electric bass. In 1976, Moss joined creative forces with fellow singer/guitarist Peter Beckett, guitarist/keyboardist J.C Crowley, and drummer John Friesen to form the musical group Player, primarily as bassist and singer. In a garage in the Hollywood Hills, they wrote and rehearsed the music that would soon attract the attention of music impresario Robert Stigwood, who signed them to his RSO Records. In the first three weeks of 1978, their single "Baby Come Back" occupied the #1 position on the national pop charts & Player was voted to the Billboard Magazine honor roll of Top New Singles artist of 1978. The Australian edition of his 2000 album includes a fresh duet of the original hit 'Baby Come Back' & two bonus tracks, 'That's When I'll Be Gone' & 'Mountain'. Ronn Moss along with his band toured Australia between August and September 2006. More recently Moss also released his new solo album, "Uncovered".

''The Bold and the Beautiful'' and other film/TV work

Ron Moss plays the Saracen hero [[Ruggiero| Ruggero ]] who falls in love with Bradamante in the 1983 Italian film ''Paladini-storia d'armi e d'amori'' (aka ''Paladins—the story of love and arms'', aka ''Hearts and Armor'') – a film based on the legends surrounding the ''Peers'' of Charlemagne.

In 1987 Ronn Moss was offered the role of "Ridge Forrester" on a new soap opera, ''The Bold and the Beautiful''. Moss accepted the part; the show is broadcast in many nations across the globe and his major role has attracted thousands of fans worldwide. To this day, Moss is best-known for this role and he frequently travels overseas to promote the show and his music.

Ronn Moss has a large fan base in Australia. In 2006, a campaign surfaced to vote Moss as Australian of the Year. Moss recently featured in a television commercial for Berri, an Australian orange juice producer. The punchline of the advertisement was "you can tell when it's not all Aussie"; a line intended to show (in jest) that while Moss has long standing connections with Australia, his Hollywood career has resulted in his persona differing significantly from that of the cliché Australian male. He has appeared occasionally on the former program Rove Live when in Australia. He takes part in sketches that are parodies of daytime TV genre.

''The Bold and the Beautiful'' is a very popular prime-time show in much of Europe; in 2010 Moss was a participant in the Italian Dancing with the Stars, finishing second with his partner, Sara Di Vaira.

References

External links

Ronn Moss's Official Website

Ronn Moss's Official Myspace Page

A & A's Newssite 4 Ronn Moss

www.ronnmoss-uncovered.com

www.player-theband.com

Ronn Moss as Ridge Forrester @ RidgeForrester.com

Ronn Moss at the Internet Movie Database

Ronn Moss - Artist Profile

Category:American television actors Category:American male singers Category:1952 births Category:Living people

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Coordinates	37°46′45.48″N122°25′9.12″N
name	Katherine Kelly Lang
birth name	Katherine Kelly Wegeman
birth date	July 25, 1961
birth place	Hollywood, California
parents	Keith R. Wegeman and Judith Lang
years active	1979 - present
spouse	Skott Snider(m.1989–1995; 2 children)Alex D'Andrea(m.1997–present; 1 child)
children	Jeremy Skott Snider (b.1990)Julian Lang Snider (b.1992)Zoe Katrina D'Andrea (b.1997)
other names	Kelly Lang
notable role	Brooke Logan on ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' }}

Katherine Kelly Lang (born Katherine Kelly Wegeman on July 25, 1961) is an American actress. She is known for her role as Brooke Logan Forrester on ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' (1987 - present).

Personal life

She was born in Hollywood, California; she graduated from Beverly Hills High School. She is the daughter of Olympic ski-jumper Keith R. Wegeman and actress Judith Lang and the granddaughter of Oscar-winning cinematographer Charles Lang.

Lang has been married and divorced twice, the second time to manager Alex D'Andrea. D'Andrea represents such actors as Stephen Baldwin and works for Edmonds Entertainment. Lang is the mother of three children: Jeremy Skott Snider (born 1990), Julian Lang Snider (born 1992), Zoe Katrina D'Andrea (born 1997) and stepdaughter Danyelle Puschendorf D'Andrea (born 1991).

Career

Lang's first credit was a movie called ''Skatetown, U.S.A.'' (1979), with Scott Baio, Maureen McCormick and Patrick Swayze. That was followed by guest roles in various television series such as the short-lived ''The Powers of Matthew Star'' and ''Masquerade'' and the longer-running ''Riptide'', ''Happy Days'', ''The Fall Guy'', and HBO's ''1st & Ten''.

In 1985 Lang appeared in two music videos: Alabama's ''There's No Way'' (where she played the love interest of Alabama lead singer Randy Owen), and The Beach Boys' ''Getcha Back''.

In 1987, she was offered the part of blue-collar Brooke Logan on the soap opera ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' (''B&B;''), and has been an integral part of the program ever since. Her love affair with Ridge Forrester (played by Ronn Moss) has been a key story arc for over 20 years, and a love triangle among Brooke, Ridge, and Taylor (Hunter Tylo) stretched across an entire decade. The show's 5,000th episode included only the four core characters: Brooke, Ridge, Stephanie and Eric.

She appeared as her character, Brooke Logan on ''B&B;'''s sister show, ''The Young and the Restless'' in 1998. She interacted with Eric Braeden (Victor), Peter Bergman (Jack), and Eileen Davidson (Ashley). She previously appeared on ''Y&R;'' as Gretchen in 1981. She returned to ''Y&R;'' in July 2007 for a brief stint as Brooke.

Her work on ''B&B;'' has been recognized with seven Soap Opera Digest Award nominations, beginning in 1991 and most recently in 2005.

References

Category:American soap opera actors Category:1961 births Category:Living people

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Peter Beckett (born 10 August 1948, Liverpool) is an English musician and songwriter who has recorded written songs for many prominent recording artists and for several films, as well as produced solo work. He is best known as the lead singer and guitarist for 1970s soft rock group Player, which scored a U.S. #1 hit in 1977 with "Baby Come Back".

Beckett was born in the Aigburth district of Liverpool, England. He was greatly influenced by seeing the Beatles perform at the famous Cavern Club. At 16, he recorded his first record, "All Night Stand", with a band called ''The Thoughts''. "One Night Stand" was written by Ray Davies from The Kinks. He then joined a band called ''Winston G and The Wicked'', later renamed ''Whip''. After they disbanded, Beckett auditioned for Badfinger on the heels of "Come and Get It", and was on Peter Ham's and Tommy Evans' short list, but the job was offered to Joey Molland instead. Beckett then joined a progressive rock band called ''Paladin'', recording two albums called ''Paladin'' and ''Paladin Charge!.''

Moving to Los Angeles, California in 1974 he joined ''Skyband'' before hooking up with JC Crowley, Ronn Moss, and John Friesen to form Player. Player enjoyed a Number One hit in 1978 with "Baby Come Back" - voted most annoying record of 1978 by ''SpinIn'' magazine's yearly reader's poll.

After four successful albums, Player split up, and Beckett began writing songs for other recording artists such as Olivia Newton-John, The Temptations and Kenny Rogers as well as music for films and television throughout the 1980s. In 1991, Peter released his first solo CD called ''Beckett'', a combination of rock, pop, AOR tunes. He then joined up with Little River Band and toured with them for eight years.

Getting back together with Ronn Moss in 1996, they recorded Player's fifth album, ''Lost in Reality'' and toured the United States. Since then, Peter has produced, written and played on two solo CDs for Ronn Moss and composed music for a television show: ''The Bold And The Beautiful''. Beckett and Ronn Moss had a world tour in 2006 as well as some dates in the United States. Beckett is also working on a second solo CD and continues to write film scores as well as material for other artists.

External links

Official Peter Beckett/Player Website

[ allmusic's Biography of Peter Beckett]

Official Player Website

Category:Living people Category:English pop musicians Category:Musicians from Liverpool Category:Little River Band members Category:1948 births

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Coordinates	37°46′45.48″N122°25′9.12″N
name	Heather Tom
birth date	November 04, 1975
birth place	Hinsdale, Illinois, U.S.
partner	James Achor (2001-present)
occupation	Actress
years active	1989–present }}

Heather Tom (born November 4, 1975) is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Victoria Newman on ''The Young and the Restless'', Kelly Cramer on ''One Life to Live'' and currently Katie Logan on ''The Bold and the Beautiful''.

Career

Very early in her career, she played Heather Harper (Jonathan Bower's love interest) on an episode of ''Who's The Boss?''.

She is well known to American daytime drama fans for her role as Victoria Newman, daughter of the powerful Victor (Eric Braeden) and Nikki Newman (Melody Thomas Scott) on CBS' ''The Young and the Restless''. She played the role from 1991 until December 2003. She won two Daytime Emmy awards in 1993 and 1999 for "Outstanding Younger Lead Actress" along with nominations in 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2007 and 2008. Heather Tom holds the record for the most Emmy Award nominations for actresses under the age of thirty.

In 2003, she took on a new role as Kelly Cramer Buchanan on ABC's soap opera ''One Life to Live''. She also made a handful of guest appearances on ''All My Children'' in 2004 playing the Kelly Cramer Buchanan character. She is the third actress to portray Kelly Cramer Buchanan after Gina Tognoni and Tracy Lindsey Melchior. In August 2006, Tom announced she had decided not to renew her contract with ''One Life to Live'' after three years. She last aired in December 2006.

In February 2007, she guest starred on ''Monk'' and in March 2007, she and her sister Nicholle Tom guest starred on ''The Wedding Bells''. In October 2008, she guest starred in two episodes of ''Ugly Betty'' as a woman assisting Daniel Meade in gaining custody of his son.

In August 2007, she took over the role of Katherine "Katie" Logan (previously played by Nancy Sloan), the younger sister of Brooke (Katherine Kelly Lang), Donna (Jennifer Gareis) and Storm Logan (William deVry), on ''The Bold and the Beautiful.''

Tom has also worked extensively in theater, both in New York and on the West Coast.

Private life

Tom was born in Hinsdale, Illinois. Her younger siblings are: actor David Tom and his twin sister actress Nicholle Tom. David also played Billy Abbott on ''The Young and the Restless'' and also co-starred with her on ''One Life to Live'' as her brother, Paul Cramer. Nicholle also played Maggie Sheffield on '' The Nanny''.

Filmography

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Awards (Won)

Daytime Emmy Awards

(2011) Daytime Emmy Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for ''The Bold and the Beautiful''

(1999) Daytime Emmy Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series for ''The Young and the Restless''

(1993) Daytime Emmy Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series for ''The Young and the Restless''

Soap Opera Digest Awards

(1997) Soap Opera Digest Award Outstanding Younger Lead Actress for ''The Young and the Restless''

Award (Nominated)

Daytime Emmy Awards

(2008) Daytime Emmy Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for ''The Bold and the Beautiful''

(2007) Daytime Emmy Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for ''One Life to Live

(2005) Daytime Emmy Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for ''One Life to Live''

(2004) Daytime Emmy Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for ''The Young and the Restless''

(2000) Daytime Emmy Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series for ''The Young and the Restless''

(1998) Daytime Emmy Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series for ''The Young and the Restless''

(1997) Daytime Emmy Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series for ''The Young and the Restless''

(1996) Daytime Emmy Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series for ''The Young and the Restless''

(1995) Daytime Emmy Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series for ''The Young and the Restless''

(1994) Daytime Emmy Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series for ''The Young and the Restless''

External links

Heather Tom's Official Site

Category:1975 births Category:Living people Category:People from Hinsdale, Illinois Category:American film actors Category:American television actors Category:American soap opera actors Category:Daytime Emmy Award winners

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Coordinates	37°46′45.48″N122°25′9.12″N
birth date	July 03, 1962
birth name	Deborah Jo Hunter
birth place	Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.
othername	Deborah Morehart
yearsactive	1980-presently
spouse	Tom Morehart (divorced; 1980-1984) Michael Tylo (divorced; 1987-2005) Gersson Archila (married; 2009-present) }}

Hunter Tylo (born Deborah Jo Hunter, July 3, 1962) is an American actress, Author and former model. She is best known for her role as Taylor Hayes Forrester on ''The Bold and the Beautiful''. She originated the role in 1990, and still continues to play it today.

Early life

Tylo was born Deborah Jo Hunter in Fort Worth, Texas, the daughter of Jo Anne and Morris Jabez Hunter. She is of Cherokee Native American descent on her mother's side. She has an older sister named Elizabeth and a younger brother named Cliff. Tylo has been credited as Deborah Morehart; Morehart was the last name of her first husband.

Professional career

In 1984, credited as Deborah Morehart, Tylo appeared in the sorority slasher film ''The Initiation'' with future ''Melrose Place'' actor Daphne Zuniga.

Tylo subsequently became well known after playing regular roles in US daytime soap operas.

Her television debut was on ''All My Children'' in 1985. She met her future husband Michael Tylo on the set playing his love interest. She left the show and married Tylo in 1987. She played Marina Toscano on ''Days of our Lives'' from 1989 to 1990.

Tylo played the role of Dr. Taylor Hayes Forrester as a series regular on ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' from 1990 through 2002. She returned to the show in 2004 for a two-episode appearance as a vision. In May 2005, she returned as a series regular. She also acted in the American movie Down and Derby in 2005.

''Melrose Place'' controversy

In 1996, Tylo was cast in ''Melrose Place'' and opted to leave ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' to take the role. However, she was fired by ''Melrose Place'' producer Aaron Spelling prior to filming any episodes for the series, when she announced she was pregnant.

The character she was to play, Taylor McBride, was recast with Lisa Rinna taking the role. Tylo quickly returned to ''The Bold and the Beautiful''. Tylo sued Spelling on grounds of discrimination for being pregnant and won $4.8 million from a Los Angeles jury.

Prior to trial, during the discovery phase of the litigation, Spelling's lawyers were partially successful in an interlocutory appeal that forced Tylo to answer questions in her deposition about her pregnancy (and her husband's ability to get her pregnant).

Personal life

Tylo's first marriage was to Tom Moreheart; they had a son, Christopher "Chris" Morehart.

In 1987, she married Michael Tylo, with whom she had daughters Izabella Gabrielle and Katya Ariel Tylo and son Michael Tylo, Jr. The marriage ended in 2005.

In 1998, her infant daughter Katya was diagnosed with a rare cancer of the eye called retinoblastoma. Doctors removed the affected right eye and began chemotherapy. Later in the year a tumor was detected in Katya's other eye; that tumor inexplicably disappeared. Katya recovered and wears a prosthetic right eye.

In 2001, she wrote her autobiography, "Making a Miracle."

On October 18, 2007, Tylo's 19-year old son, Michael Tylo, Jr., drowned in the family pool in Henderson, Nevada. The Clark County coroner concluded that "the cause of death was drowning due to seizure disorder," and the death was ruled accidental.

In May 2008, Tylo filed a restraining order against boyfriend Corey Cofield, claiming that he had acted violently towards her and her children; she asked for the order to be withdrawn in October 2008, telling a judge that Cofield was attending therapy and was much better.

On November 28, 2009, Tylo and her boyfriend Gersson Archila married in a secret ceremony in Las Vegas, Nevada.

References

External links

Hunter Tylo Official Site

Hunter Tylo's Charity

Hunter Tylo on the Net

Retinoblastoma International

Category:1962 births Category:American Christians Category:American film actors Category:American soap opera actors Category:American television actors Category:Fordham University alumni Category:Living people Category:People from Fort Worth, Texas Category:Actors from Texas

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