Charlotte Rae is a consummate actress whose career has spanned nearly four decades of uninterrupted, illustrious work. Charlotte has played every type of role, from the original Mammy Yokum in Broadway's "Li'l Abner" to the nurse in Joe Papp's production of "Romeo and Juliet" to her long-running, Emmy- nominated starring role as Mrs. Garret on NBC-TV's hit series "The Facts of Life."

She is the voice of Aunt Pristine Figg in the animated feature Tom & Jerry. She currently stars as Tarara Boomdeeyay in the Nickelodeon cartoon "The Brothers Flub," and also provides the voice of Adrienne on the animated series "Itsy Bitsy Spider," on the USA Cable Network.

Annually at Halloween, television audiences in America and the United Kingdom can enjoy Charlotte starring in the HBO special "The Worst Witch," with Diana Rigg and Tim Curry. Charlotte has guest starred on numerous television series including "Murder She Wrote," "All In the Family," "Barney Miller," "Good Times," Nancy McKeon's "Can't Hurry Love," and CBS TV's "Michael Hayes."

Charlotte's most recent stage credits include starring roles in "Love Letters" and "The Solid Gold Cadillac." She played the title role in "Driving Miss Daisy" at "Chicago's Briar Street Theatre." Charlotte was nominated for the Drama Critic's Circle Award for her work in Samuel Beckett's "Happy Days" at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, which was so well-received that she was also asked to perform "Happy Days" at CSC Repertory in New York City. She starred as Jack's mother in Stephen Soundheim's "Into the Woods" at the Music Center's Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles.

Charlotte's feature film performances include roles in Milos Foreman's production of "Hair," "The Hot Rock" with Robert Redford and as Woody Allen's mother in "Bananas."

RICHARD KIND

Richard Kind portrays Paul Lassiter, the irrepressible, neurotic press secretary to the Mayor of New York on ABC's hit comedy series, "Spin City" for Dreamworks Television. Co-starring opposite Michael J. Fox, Kind's character has just married his sweetheart Claudia and continues to hold his status as an audience favorite. Perhaps best known to television viewers as Mark, Fran's ex-husband on CBS's "Mad About You." He wrapped production on the independent film "Hacks" and can currently be heard as the voice of the character Molt, the dim-witted, obnoxious grasshopper in Disney's blockbuster animated film, "A Bug's Life."

He moved to New York where he made a living doing commercials, acting showcases and waiting tables. After about four years, Richard moved to Chicago where he worked with the Practical Theatre Company founded by Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Brad Hill and Gary Kroeger. He was then hired by Second City, where he honed his comedic talents for a few years in such productions as How Green Were My Values, John, Paul, Sartre and Ringo and True Midwest.

Richard has performed in countless television shows including stints as a series regular in "Carol and Company" with Carol Burnett; two ABC series, "Blue Skies" and "A Whole New Ball Game" as well as "Unsub." He has guest starred on "Nowhere Man" "The Commish," "The Nanny" and "Anything But Love" to name a few.

His feature film work includes a role in the Sundance film, "Johns," directed by Scott Silver, as well as roles in "Stargate," "Mr. Saturday Night" with Billy Crystal and many others. He also played the only voice ever attributed to Tom in the animated feature film, "Tom and Jerry."

DAVID L. LANDER

David L. Lander's formal acting training began at age 14, when he attended the High School of Performing Arts in New York City. David was given an on- the-air audition with "The Credibility Gap," a satirical radio show based on the news of the day. It was while with the Gap that he and fellow "Gapper" Michael McKean first performed "Lenny and Squiggy" before a live audience. One of the people living in that audience was Penny Marshall, who had just been given a new show for ABC-TV called "Laverne and Shirley." She convinced the boys to perform at one of her parties, where Garry Marshall saw them and asked them to try the characters out on the show. They appeared in over 200 episodes for seven years (1976-1983).

David has appeared in feature films, including: Who Framed Roger Rabbit, 1941, Used Cars, The Man With One Red Shoe, A League of Their Own, and in other films too embarrassing to mention. He actively works doing voice overs for radio, television and cartoons, including two new ABC-TV animated series, "Jungle Cubs" and "101 Dalmatians."

He has guest starred in over 30 television shows, and has been a recurring character on David Lynch's "Twin Peaks." He also starred in Lynch's only situation comedy, "On the Air." In addition, Lander made guest-starring appearances on such television series as "The Nanny," "Family Matters," "Dream On," "Saturday Night Live," "Matlock," "Head of the Class," "Highway to Heaven," "Father Dowling," "Simon," and "Star Trek: The Next Generation," "Married With Children," and "L.A. Heat."

His most recent work was in Family Reunion, an ABC movie of the week in which he played all 11 members of a family and he is currently appearing in the new USA Network series, "Pacific Blue." Currently, David is featured on the hit TV soap opera, "The Bold and the Beautiful."

HENRY GIBSON

Henry Gibson (Dr. Applecheeks) is an accomplished and highly versatile actor. Since achieving international fame on the widely-acclaimed "Laugh-In" television series, he has garnered critical praise in many diverse roles.

In the field of animation, Mr. Gibson's extraordinary vocal talents are familiar to millions. He starred as irresistible Wilbur the Pig in Paramount Picture's musical classic Charlotte's Web and the wryly ubiquitous Cat in the Hat in Tony Collingwood's production of Dr. Seuss' "Daisy-Head Mayzie."

Children throughout the world have enjoyed Gibson's wide range of colorful characterizations as a regular on "The Smurfs," "Wuzzles," "Galaxy High School," "Foofur," "The Blinkins," "Biskitts," "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures," "Robutt," "Fish Police," "Timeless Tales," "Real Monsters," "Santo Bugito" and "Rugrats."

His gallery of memorable feature film characterizations includes starring roles in "The Long Goodbye," "The Last Remake of Beau Geste," "The Incredible Shrinking Woman," "The Blues Brothers," "Tulips," "Health," "A Perfect Couple," "Monsters In the Closet," "Brenda Starr," "Inner Space," "Switching Channels," "The 'Burbs," "Gremlins II," "Color of a Brisk & Leaping Day" and "Mother Night."

RIP TAYLOR

From his first theatrical venture (in The Student Prince for John Kenley's circuit of theatres), it was indelibly clear that Rip Taylor belonged on the legitimate stage. He went on to play a dramatic Fagan in "Oliver!," then the nefarious Captain Hook in "Peter Pan," and finally on Broadway, with Ann Miller in "Sugar Babies." He followed that success with a national tour of the Lincoln Center's production of Anything Goes. His appearances in musical comedies and dramas, hundreds of television guestings (he's done every kind of TV show imaginable with the possible exception of The Jim and Tammy Hour), host of his own unforgettable "$1.98 Beauty Show" and, of course, his continuous round of nightclub and showroom appearances in Las Vegas, Atlantic City, Reno, Tahoe, Miami, Honolulu and a hundred other entertainment venues (yes, he's crossed both oceans guest starring on the most luxurious cruise lines; yes, he's starred on children's TV series like "Sigmund and the Sea Monster," and yes, he's made several thousand appearances for every charitable cause and fundraising that has ever requested the sheer delight of his indefatigable presence) have made Rip one of the most recognizable faces in all of show Manciniusiness. He will be singing the title song (under the direction of Henry) for the "Tom and Jerry" cartoon movie.

An appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show," seen by a Las Vegas show producer, led to his first strip appearance with "The Eleanor Powell Show" at the Dunes Hotel. His act, held over for four weeks, led to other tours and other Las Vegas guestings with other headliners (performers who would become his closest friends and most avid supporters) like Judy Garland, Debbie Reynolds, Sammy Davis, Jr., Ann-Margret, Charo and many others.