Friday, May 28, 2021

Catherine Mary Stewart

Catherine Mary Stewart (née Nursall; born 22 April 1959 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) is a Canadian actress. She started her acting career with the lead role in Menahem Golan's outlandish musical The Apple (1980). She had a small part in Nighthawks (1981) and starred in two 1984 science fiction feature films, The Last Starfighter and Night of the Comet.

I purchased Catherine Mary's autograph from one of the Showmasters Facebook sales in March 2021.

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John Travolta

John Joseph Travolta (born 18 February 1954 in Englewood, New Jersey, USA) is an American actor and singer. He rose to fame during the 1970s, appearing on the television sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter (1975–79) and starring in the box office successes Carrie (1976), Saturday Night Fever (1977) and Grease (1978). His acting career declined throughout the 1980s, although he had commercial success with Staying Alive (1983) and Look Who's Talking (1989). He enjoyed a resurgence in the 1990s with his role in Pulp Fiction (1994) and has since starred in such films as Get Shorty (1995), White Man's Burden (1995), Broken Arrow (1996), Phenomenon (1996), Face/Off (1997), Swordfish (2001), Domestic Disturbance (2001), The Punisher (2004), Hairspray (2007), Bolt (2008) and The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009).

I got John's autograph through a private signing organised by The Hollywood Show in February 2021.

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Wednesday, May 19, 2021

Rhea Seddon

Margaret Rhea Seddon (born 8 November 8 1947 in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA) is a physician and retired NASA astronaut. After being selected as part of the first group of astronauts to include women, she flew on three Space Shuttle flights: as mission specialist for STS-51-D and STS-40, and as payload commander for STS-58. Both before and after her career in the astronaut program, she has been active in the medical community in Tennessee, Mississippi and Texas.

I met Rhea at Autographica 20 in Heathrow in April 2014.

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Hoot Gibson

Robert Lee "Hoot" Gibson (born 30 October 1946 in Cooperstown, New York, USA) is a former American naval officer and aviator, test pilot and aeronautical engineer. Selected by NASA in January 1978, Gibson became an astronaut in August 1979. Gibson flew five missions: STS-41-B in 1984, STS-61-C in 1986, STS-27 in 1988, STS-47 in 1992, and STS-71 in 1995. Gibson served as Chief of the Astronaut Office (December 1992 to September 1994) and as Deputy Director, Flight Crew Operations (March–November 1996). Gibson is active as a professional pilot who currently races regularly at the annual Reno Air Races.

I met Hoot at Autographica 20 in Heathrow in April 2014.

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Greg Johnson

Gregory Harold "Box" Johnson (born 12 May 1962 in South Ruislip, London, England) is a NASA astronaut and a retired colonel in the United States Air Force. Johnson is a veteran of two space flights, STS-123 and STS-134. He served as pilot on his first mission, which delivered the Kibo logistics module and the Dextre robot arm to the International Space Station. Johnson was also assigned as the pilot to the STS-134 mission, which launched on May 16, 2011 and landed on June 1, 2011. Greg Johnson has also served in numerous roles for NASA including as a Capcom for several missions. At present time Gregory H. Johnson (Colonel, USAF, Ret.) is the President and Executive Director for the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS).

I met Greg at Autographica 20 in Heathrow in April 2014.

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Monday, May 3, 2021

Ted Kotcheff

William Theodore Kotcheff (born 7 April 1931 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian film and television director and producer, known primarily for his work on British and American television productions such as Armchair Theatre and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. I know him best for directing the original Rambo movie First Blood (1982). He directed many other films including Wake in Fright (1971), Uncommon Valor (1983), Fun with Dick and Jane (1977), North Dallas Forty (1979), Switching Channels (1988), Winter People (1989), Weekend at Bernie's (1989), and The Shooter (1995).

I purchased Mr Kotcheff's autograph from RACC dealer Ron Dabitz who obtained the autograph at the Oldenburg Film Festival in Germany on 15 September 2011.

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Jarred Blancard

Jarred John Blancard (born 2 May 1973 in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) is an actor, known for It (1990), The Boys Club (1996), and Disturbing Behavior (1998).

I purchased Jarred's autograph from one of the Showmasters Facebook sales in April 2021.

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As Henry Bowers in IT

Sandahl Bergman

Sandahl Bergman (born 14 November 1951 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Valeria in the film Conan the Barbarian (1982), for which she won a Golden Globe and a Saturn Award. She starred as the titular protagonist in She (1984) and as the evil Queen Gedren in Red Sonja (1985).

I purchased Sandahl's autograph from one of the Showmasters Facebook sales in April 2021.

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