Lowell

Varnum School is a historic school at 103 Sixth Street in Lowell, Massachusetts. The Greek Revival building was built in 1857 with a minor addition... added in 1886, and a substantial one in 1896 . It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. As of June 13th, 2010 The school currently sits in disrepair. The windows are boarded up, and the playground destroyed.
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Jonathan Bowers House is a historic house at 58 Wannalancit Street in Lowell, Massachusetts. The house was built in 1872 and added to the National... Register of Historic Places in 1976.
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Jerathmell Bowers House is a historic house at 150 Wood Street in Lowell, Massachusetts. It is the oldest known domestic building in the city. The... house was built in 1673 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.
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Howe Building is a historic building at 208 Middlesex Street in Lowell, Massachusetts. The building was constructed in 1883 and added to the National... Register of Historic Places in 1989.
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Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis was an American actress of film, television and theater. Noted for her willingness to play unsympathetic characters,... she was highly regarded for her performances in a range of film genres, from contemporary crime melodramas to historical and period films and occasional comedies, although her greatest successes were her roles in romantic dramas. After appearing in Broadway plays, Davis moved to Hollywood in 1930, but her early films for Universal Studios were unsuccessful. She joined Warner Bros. in 1932 and established her career with several critically acclaimed performances. In 1937, she attempted to free herself from her contract and although she lost a well-publicized legal case, it marked the beginning of the most successful period of her career. Until the late 1940s, she was one of American cinema's most celebrated leading ladies, known for her forceful and intense style. Davis gained a reputation as a perfectionist who could be highly combative, and confrontations with studio executives, film directors and costars were often reported.
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Olympia Dukakis is an American actress. In 1987, she won an Academy Award, a BAFTA and a Golden Globe for her performance in Moonstruck. She... received another Golden Globe nomination for Sinatra, and Emmy nominations for Lucky Day, More Tales of the City and Joan of Arc. Dukakis was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, the daughter of Alexandra and Constantine S. Dukakis. Her parents were Greek immigrants to the United States, her father from Anatolia and her mother from the Peloponnese. She has a brother, Apollo, and is a cousin of Michael Dukakis, a former governor of Massachusetts and the Democratic nominee for president in 1988, for whom she was a delegate from New Jersey at the 1988 Democratic National Convention. She is an alumna of Arlington High School in Arlington, Massachusetts, and was educated at Boston University. Dukakis has been married to actor Louis Zorich since 1962. They have three children. Dukakis has held a lengthy career in a diverse range of films, including Steel Magnolias, Mr. Holland's Opus, Jane Austen's Mafia!, The Thing About My Folks, and Moonstruck, for which she won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.
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Scott Richard Grimes is an American actor, voice artist and singer. Some of his most prominent roles are his appearances in ER as Dr. Archie Morris,... Party of Five as Will McCorkle, Band of Brothers as Technical Sergeant Donald Malarkey, and the popular animated sitcom American Dad!, voicing Steve Smith. He is also well known by cult fans for his role as Bradley Brown in the first two Critters films. Grimes was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, the son of Pam and Rick Grimes. He lived in neighboring Dracut, Massachusetts for much of his youth, and attended Dracut Public Schools. His sister, Heather Grimes, is also an actress. He is the uncle of Camryn Grimes, who is best known for her role as "Cassie Newman" on The Young and the Restless. Grimes started acting at an early age. In 1984, at the age of 13, he co-starred with Mickey Rooney in a made-for-TV holiday movie entitled, It Came Upon the Midnight Clear. In 1985, he appeared in an episode of the Twilight Zone called Little Boy Lost. He also began singing in childhood, and in March 1986 appeared on a Bob Hope TV special, singing "Somewhere Over The Rainbow".
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Michael Charles Chiklis is an American actor, voice actor, occasional director and television producer. Some of the previous roles for which he is... best known include Commissioner Tony Scali on the ABC police drama The Commish, LAPD Detective Vic Mackey on the FX police drama The Shield, the Thing in the Fantastic Four film series, and Jim Powell on the ABC science-fiction comedy-drama No Ordinary Family. Chiklis was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, the son of Charlie Chiklis, a second-generation Greek American who runs a hair/beauty salon, and Katherine, a hospital administrative aide from whom Chiklis has been described as inheriting his acting ability. Chiklis' paternal ancestors came from Lesbos Island and his mother is of Greek and Irish descent. Chiklis grew up in Andover, Massachusetts and began entertaining his family with celebrity imitations when he was five years old. As a child, Chiklis appeared in regional theater productions and became a member of the Actors' Equity Association at age thirteen. He later attended Boston University College of Fine Arts, where he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts.
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Vince Vouyer, born John LaForme on June 1, 1966, in Lowell, Massachusetts, United States, is a pornographic actor and director. He is sometimes... credited as Vince, Vince Voyeur, Vince Voyer or Vince Voyuer. Vouyer moved to Los Angeles, California in 1989. He spent his first years in the western U.S. as a fork lift mechanic by day, and an adult strip dancer by night. He became involved in making pornographic movies after meeting porn starlet Alicia Rio at a party. He appeared in his first sex scene on March 13, 1994. He has appeared in over 1,000 adult films since his debut in 1994. When Vouyer first entered porn, he was known for several years for his very long hair, large penis size and chiseled body. These days he keeps a short hairstyle. For many years, he worked mainly for Anabolic and Diabolic, porn companies that are connected to each other. After leaving Anabolic/Diabolic, he directed his own line of videos for Red Light District Video. Red Light District is the company that distributed the Paris Hilton porn video titled 1 Night in Paris.
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Mark Goddard is an American film actor who has starred in a number of television programs. He portrayed Major Don West, the space adversary of Dr.... Zachary Smith in the cult 1960s CBS series, Lost in Space, and Detective Sgt. Chris Ballard on The ABC TV series The Detectives. Goddard was born Charles Goddard in Lowell, Massachusetts. He is the youngest of five children, and grew up in Scituate, Massachusetts. He led both his high school baseball and basketball teams to the state championship finals. Goddard dreamed of becoming a basketball player but eventually turned to acting. He studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City. After two years, he moved to Los Angeles, California. In 1959, after just three weeks in Hollywood, he landed a role in the CBS Four Star Television series Johnny Ringo, having played the character of Cully, the deputy, to Don Durant's character of Ringo. At this time, he changed his name to Mark Goddard at the suggestion of his friend and mentor, Chuck Connors of ABC's The Rifleman.
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