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In his one-and-a-half-hour interview, Jan Murray (1916-2006) talks about his early comedy career. He recalls recreating comedy acts in vaudeville shows and getting his first entertainment gigs, including at the...

In his nearly two-and-a-half hour interview for the American Comedy Archives at Emerson College, Steven Wright talks about his early comedy career and his anxiety performing in front of audiences...

In his four-hour interview, Donald A. Morgan talks about his early years as a musician and his interest in graphic design and architecture. He talks about first job in television...

In her three-hour remote TheirStory interview, Soledad O'Brien discusses growing up on Long Island, NY, attending Harvard University, and getting hired for her early jobs in journalism at WBZ in...

In his nearly three-hour interview, Danny DeVito talks about his early love of television and film, and reminisces about growing up in New Jersey. He speaks of early roles in...

In his one-hour interview, RuPaul Charles talks about his early life, and the influence shows like The Flip Wilson Show and Monty Python’s Flying Circus had on him. He recalls...

In his one-and-a-half-hour interview, Haim Saban talks about his childhood in Egypt and Israel, and his early ambition to go into business. He discusses his first foray into the music...

In her two-and-a-half-hour interview, Fatima Robinson discusses her early interest in dance and hip-hop, and how she got her start dancing in and choreographing music videos. She talks about meeting...

In her four-hour interview, Lyn Paolo describes growing up in Sunderland, England in a working-class town and developing an early interest in the movies and Hollywood of the 1960s. She...

In her almost three-hour interview, Kim Kimble talks about growing up in Los Angeles and the inspiration she took from her mother and grandmother, who were both hair stylists. She...

In his four-hour interview, Alan J. Levi discusses his early interests in electronics and photography, as well as his pre-college productions, Keep Your Spirits High and On Leave for Love...

In her four-hour-interview, Eryn Krueger Mekash discusses how she became interested in makeup and effects as a child. She talks about attending Sandy Burman's makeup effects school and what she...

In her three-hour interview, Yvette Lee Bowser discusses moving to Los Angeles at age five, her early interest in writing, and attending Stanford University. She shares how she got her...

In her three-hour-interview, Glenda Rovello discusses her early interest in design, getting her architecture degree at UT Austin, and how she got her start in production design -- working with...

In her three-hour interview, Sharon Bialy discusses growing up in Brooklyn, NY and her early love of theater. She shares how she came out to Los Angeles and got her...

In his two-and-a-half-hour interview, Ron Friedman (1932-2025) talks about his early life and his first writing jobs, penning gags for the comedian Shelley Berman and for The Perry Como Show...

In her two-hour interview, Debbie Allen discusses her beginnings in the entertainment industry. She talks of dancing and her Tony nomination for her role as "Anita" in West Side Story...

In her six-hour interview, Ane Crabtree talks about her childhood in Kentucky and her early interest in art, fashion, and design. She discusses studying fashion and leaving school to work...

In his three-hour interview, Ramin Djawadi talks about growing up in Germany and his early interest in music. He recalls attending Berkelee College of Music, and how he got his...

In his 75-minute interview, Leo Yoshimura talks about his early life, his first production design jobs in college, and attending the Yale School of Drama. He speaks of his production...