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Jo Ann Marlowe was born Jo Ann Mares in Schuyler, NE in 1936 to Edward and Theora Mares.

Jo Ann was discovered on a family vacation in Hollywood at age 4 by a Warner Brothers director in a restaurant. The family relocated to California and Jo Ann took the stage name Jo Ann Marlowe.

Jo Ann acted for the next 10 years in 29 motion pictures including Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) which won an Oscar for James Cagney. Jo Ann played the role of 6 year old Josie Cohan. She is best known as the younger daughter, Kay, in Mildred Pierce (1945) with Joan Crawford and Ann Blyth.

Jo Ann left acting and went on to law school at Loyola University in Los Angeles and became a lawyer.

On September 10, 1960 she married John F. Dunne in California. The couple had a daughter, Kimberly who was born in 1963. The couple divorced in April 1968 in Los Angeles.

Jo Ann was a Chief Trial Lawyer for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Los Angeles until she suffered injuries in an accident in the late 1960's. Jo Ann was left in a coma until her death more than 22 years later when she died at her mother Theora Mares' home in Los Angeles.

Her mother Theora survived her until February 2011 when she passed away at age 96.

Jo Ann and her parents are buried at San Fernando Mission cemetery.

Patrick Rea is a prolific, award-winning independent filmmaker recognized for his innovative storytelling and creative directing style in horror and suspense. His feature film, "Nailbiter", won Best Director and/or Best Feature Film awards in several film festivals in 2012, "Nailbiter" was released on May 28, 2013 through Lionsgate Home Entertainment on DVD/VOD, Redbox and Digital Downloads. It has since aired on FearNet, the Chiller Network and The Horror Channel in the UK.

Rea's stylized short films have screened in over a hundred film festivals around the world. In the summer of 2008, Rea's short film "Woman's Intuition" won a Heartland Emmy Award. In 2009, Rea was co-director on the "Jake Johanssen, I Love You" comedy special, which aired on Showtime throughout 2010. Rea won his second Heartland Emmy Award with the short "Get Off My Porch". He has also been nominated for two Mid-America Emmy Awards.

Other directorial efforts include the recent 6 part docu-series on Kansas City's Children's Mercy Hospital titled "Inside Pediatrics" narrated by Paul Rudd, which received a 2015 Mid-America Emmy Award. His 2010 short film "Do Not Disturb" was featured in the "The Invoking 2" which was released in the Redbox on Oct 6th, 2015 through Image Entertainment.

Rea's latest horror feature "Arbor Demon" (formally "Enclosure") executive produced by Warren Ostergard and Marcel Sarmiento, and starring Fiona Dourif and Jake Busey had its World Premiere at FrightFest in the UK and was released on February 3rd, 2017 in North America through Gravitas Ventures and is currently available on platforms such as Redbox On Demand, Amazon, iTunes, Vudu.

In 2017, Rea co-wrote 7 episodes for Seasons 3 and 4 of CBS's Daytime Emmy Winning show "The Inspectors". He also directed two episodes for Season 3 which both aired in the spring of 2018.

Rea's recent feature, the family drama, "Belong to Us" was released on DVD in Walmart nationwide and on Video on Demand, August 6, 2019 from Archstone Distribution. His current horror feature, "I Am Lisa" is in post-production with an expected 2020 release.

Kelly (also known as KJ) was born in a small town in Nebraska. The acting addiction started early making home movies with his brother and cousins and watching Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis films over and again. In the sixth grade came his first actual show playing Santa's Head-Elf in the school Christmas musical. From there he went on to play Danny Zuko in 'Grease' and Jesus in 'Godspell' both in high school. Knowing that acting was where he wanted to be, he continued to pursue it through college graduating from Nebraska Wesleyan University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. After graduation he spent the next year working as an Adjunct Professor teaching Stage Make-up for Wesleyan, acting in Iowa-produced films, and also with the Nebraska Shakespeare Festival.

In August 2009 Kelly packed a car with six boxes and moved cross-country to New York, where he started auditioning within a day. It wasn't long before the Independent Film scene caught his attention. After a month in New York he was cast as the 'High School Bully', Zach, in Dear Diary: Shane's Story, an Indie-film being produced out of Los Angeles. In mid-September Kelly was brought to Los Angeles and within 24 hours was signed to The Wallis Agency for representation.

Maurice Wells was born on 9 August 1903 in Schuyler, Nebraska, USA. He was an actor, known for Panic in the City (1968), Shadow of the Cloak (1951) and Captain Video and His Video Rangers (1949). He was married to Emma Blankenhorn. He died on 25 June 1978 in Pasadena, California, USA.

Cliff Starkey was born on 14 November 1981 in Schuyler, Nebraska, USA. He is an actor, known for A Man and His Finger (2004).

Dorothy Delfs was born on 14 April 1909 in Schuyler, Nebraska, USA. She was married to Robert H. Emery. She died on 24 May 1992 in Phoenix, Arizona, USA.

Ed Husmann was born on 6 August 1931 in Schuyler, Nebraska, USA.