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Ian Michael Smith is an American actor, known for his starring role in Simon Birch. His short physical stature is a result of Morquio syndrome, a... rare enzymatic disorder affecting the circulatory, muscular and skeletal systems. A Chicago area hospital worker had approached the parents of young Ian Smith about his auditioning for the leading role in a soon-to-be-filmed motion picture. Like Smith, the film's hero is afflicted with Morquio Syndrome. The Smiths were concerned about exploitation but after reading the novel on which the film was based agreed to allow their son to audition. Although he eventually lost out on that role , Smith was recommended for another role in a film based on a novel. This time, his audition tape won over the director and the novice was hired to essay the title role of Simon Birch , suggested by John Irving's "A Prayer for Owen Meany". Because of his height, Smith was the perfect choice to play Simon, described as having been so small when he was born his mother didn't even notice the delivery.
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Rachel Melvin is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Chelsea Brady on Days of our Lives . Melvin was born in Elmhurst, Illinois... but moved to Phoenix, Arizona at age four. She was raised in Phoenix. She has an older sister named Jessica. She graduated from Mountain Pointe High School in 2003. She passed up a full scholarship to college so that she could move to California to pursue an acting career. Rachel went to the casino in Phoenix one night and won six hundred dollars playing bingo. It was the night before they changed the legal gambling age from 18 to 21. She used her money to move to Los Angeles. She took acting classes every weekend. Her idols include Meryl Streep, Mary Louise Parker, Anne Hathaway, Cynthia Nixon and Toni Colette. She now resides in Los Angeles, California. Melvin is a supporter of the American Diabetes Association, as well as various animal charities. She landed her first acting job in the 2005 independent film Boo.
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Ian Michael Smith is an American actor, known for his starring role in Simon Birch. His short physical stature is a result of Morquio syndrome, a... rare enzymatic disorder affecting the circulatory, muscular and skeletal systems. A Chicago area hospital worker had approached the parents of young Ian Smith about his auditioning for the leading role in a soon-to-be-filmed motion picture. Like Smith, the film's hero is afflicted with Morquio Syndrome. The Smiths were concerned about exploitation but after reading the novel on which the film was based agreed to allow their son to audition. Although he eventually lost out on that role , Smith was recommended for another role in a film based on a novel. This time, his audition tape won over the director and the novice was hired to essay the title role of Simon Birch , suggested by John Irving's "A Prayer for Owen Meany". Because of his height, Smith was the perfect choice to play Simon, described as having been so small when he was born his mother didn't even notice the delivery.
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Senta Moses is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her co-starring role as lab assistant Phoebe in the children's series Beakman's... World. Moses was born in Elmhurst, Illinois, she is of Italian and Lebanese decent. She has been in show business since she was 6 months old appearing in a diaper commercial—which she refers to as "embarrassing". She has since appeared in more than 100 national commercials—including ones for Teleflora, Wendy's and Toyota. At the age of seven, she landed the role of “Molly” in the National Touring Company of Annie, appearing in 487 performances. While pursuing her high school diploma at the Chicago Academy for the Arts, Moses co-starred in the 1990 feature film Home Alone and its 1992 sequel, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, as a cousin of Kevin McCallister . After graduation at age 16, Moses moved to California to attend University of Southern California's School of Theatre. Moses has appeared in the feature films Choose Connor, Can't Hardly Wait, D.C. Cab, Scream Queen, The Kiss and Tequila Body Shots.
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Scott Beehner is a film actor.

Bridget M. Brown is an actor.