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Two And A Half Men Season 3
The third season of the American television sitcom ''Two and a Half Men'' aired on CBS from September 19, 2005 to May 22, 2006. Production The executive producers of the show for this season were the show's creators Chuck Lorre and Lee Aronsohn. The show's production companies were Chuck Lorre Productions, The Tannenbaum Company and Warner Bros. Television. The head writers for this season were Chuck Lorre and Lee Aronsohn. Other writers in this season were: Susan Beavers, Eddie Gorodetsky, Don Foster, Mark Roberts, Jeff Abugov and Jim Patterson. Gary Halvorson, Asaad Kelada, Rob Schiller, Jerry Zaks, Lee Aronsohn and James Widdoes were the directors for this season. Cast Main * Charlie Sheen as Charlie Harper * Jon Cryer as Alan Harper * Angus T. Jones as Jake Harper * Marin Hinkle as Judith Harper * Conchata Ferrell as Berta * Holland Taylor as Evelyn Harper Recurring * April Bowlby as Kandi * Melanie Lynskey as Rose * Emmanuelle Vaugier as Mia Guest * Sandra Purp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Aronsohn
Lee Aronsohn (born December 15, 1952) is an American television program, television screenwriter, writer, composer and television producer, producer. He is the co-creator of the successful TV series ''Two and a Half Men''. He has written for many situation comedy, sitcoms, such as ''The Love Boat'', ''Who's the Boss?'', ''Murphy Brown'', ''Grace Under Fire (TV series), Grace Under Fire'', ''The Big Bang Theory'', and ''Cybill''. Career In 1975, he founded the comic bookstore "Trade-a-Tape Comic Center" in Lincoln, Nebraska, which he ran for two years. , the store is still in operation, under its second owner. In 1997, he co-created the sitcom starring Rick Reynolds and Pam Dawber, ''Life... and Stuff''. In 2003, he co-created the sitcom ''Two and a Half Men'' and wrote the original music for the series as well. Besides writing scripts, Aronsohn has also worked as executive producer and directs one show per season. He is also executive producer and writer for ''The Big Bang The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerry Zaks
Jerry Zaks (born September 7, 1946) is an American stage and television director, and actor. He won the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play and Drama Desk Award for directing '' The House of Blue Leaves'' (1986), '' Lend Me a Tenor'' (1989), and ''Six Degrees of Separation'' (1991) and the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical and Drama Desk Award for ''Guys and Dolls'' (1992). Early life Zaks was born in Stuttgart, Germany, the son of Holocaust survivors Lily (Gliksman) and Sy Zaks, a butcher. His family immigrated to the United States in 1948, finally settling in Paterson, New Jersey, where he graduated from Eastside High School in 1963. He graduated from Dartmouth College and received a Master of Fine Arts from Smith College. Career Stage He made his Broadway acting debut in the original production of '' Grease'' as "Kenickie" and appeared in ''Tintypes'' in 1980. He made his directing debut in 1981 with the off-Broadway production of Christopher Durang's '' Beyond ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josie Davis
Josie Rebecca Davis (born January 16, 1973) is an American actress, screenwriter and producer, best known for her role as Sarah Powell in the television sitcom ''Charles in Charge'' from 1987 to 1990. Career Television Born January 16, 1973 in California, Davis began her acting career at the age of three years. After nine years of acting, she received her first role on television as the character Sarah Powell on the sitcom ''Charles in Charge'' for 104 episodes across four seasons. Sarah Powell was a quiet, bookish character, and after ''Charles in Charge'' wrapped, Davis had a difficult time shedding that image and getting people to forget the character she created and to see her as outgoing. Beginning as a teenager, Davis studied acting with the Brooklyn-born Paul E. Richards—Lee Strasberg's "right-hand man" at the Actors Studio in the 1950s. At 24, she auditioned and became a member of Actors Studio. At the time, the judges were Martin Landau, Mark Rydell, and Shelley Win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cloris Leachman
Cloris Leachman (April 30, 1926 – January 27, 2021) was an American actress and comedian whose career spanned nearly eight decades. She received many accolades including 22 Primetime Emmy nominations and won eight, tying Julia Louis-Dreyfus for the most acting Emmy Awards ever awarded to a performer. Leachman also won an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Golden Globe Award. She was known for her versatility and distinctive physicality, where she used props to accentuate and express her roles' characterizations. Born and raised in Des Moines, Iowa, Leachman attended Northwestern University and began appearing in local plays as a teenager. After competing in the 1946 Miss America pageant, she secured a scholarship to study under Elia Kazan at the Actors Studio in New York City, making her professional debut in 1948. In film, she appeared in Peter Bogdanovich's '' The Last Picture Show'' (1971) as a neglected 1950s housewife who has an affair with a student of her husband, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
June Squibb
June Louise Squibb (born November 6, 1929) is an American actress. She began her career by making her Broadway (theatre), Broadway debut in the musical ''Gypsy (musical), Gypsy'' (1959). Her film debut was in Woody Allen's romantic comedy ''Alice (1990 film), Alice'' (1990). She later had supporting roles in the films ''The Age of Innocence (1993 film), The Age of Innocence'' (1993), ''In & Out (film), In & Out'' (1997), ''Meet Joe Black'' (1998), ''About Schmidt'' (2002), and ''Far from Heaven'' (2002). For her role in Alexander Payne's road film ''Nebraska (film), Nebraska'' (2013), she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Squibb starred in her first leading role in the action comedy film ''Thelma (2024 film), Thelma'' (2024). She also voiced roles in the animated films ''Ralph Breaks the Internet'' (2018), ''Toy Story 4'' (2019), ''Soul (2020 film), ''Soul'''' (2020), and ''Inside Out 2'' (2024). Early and personal life Squibb was born in Vandalia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Sheen
Ramón Gerard Antonio Estévez (born August 3, 1940), known professionally as Martin Sheen, is an American actor. His work spans over six decades of television and film, and his accolades include three Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards. Sheen rose to prominence in his breakthrough roles in Terrence Malick's crime drama '' Badlands'' (1973) and Francis Ford Coppola's Vietnam War drama '' Apocalypse Now'' (1979). Sheen is also known for such notable films as '' The Subject Was Roses'' (1968), '' Catch-22'' (1970), '' The California Kid'' (1974), '' Gandhi'' (1982), '' Wall Street'' (1987), '' Gettysburg'' (1993), '' The American President'' (1995), '' Catch Me If You Can'' (2002), '' The Departed'', '' Bobby'' (both 2006), and '' Judas and the Black Messiah'' (2021). He also portrayed Uncle Ben in '' The Amazing Spider-Man'' (2012). He is also known for portraying Robert F. Kennedy in '' The Missiles of October'' (1974), Eddie Slovik ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jodi Lyn O'Keefe
Jodi Lyn O'Keefe (born October 10, 1978) is an American actress, model, and fashion designer. She came to prominence as Cassidy Bridges on the television series ''Nash Bridges'' (1996–2001) and played Gretchen Morgan on ''Prison Break'' (2007–2009), Jo Laughlin on ''The Vampire Diaries'' (2014–2017), and Lionel Davenport on ''Hit the Floor (TV series), Hit the Floor'' (2014–2018). Her film credits include ''Halloween H20: 20 Years Later'' (1998) and ''She's All That'' (1999). Early life O'Keefe was born in the Cliffwood Beach, New Jersey, Cliffwood Beach section of Aberdeen Township, New Jersey. She graduated from St. John Vianney High School (New Jersey), St. John Vianney High School. Career O'Keefe started her career as a model at the age of eight, and she modeled for a jeans company. Midway through her junior year of high school, O'Keefe left school to star on the soap opera ''Another World (TV series), Another World'', playing Marguerite "Maggie" Cory. She then got ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natalie Zea
Natalie Zea (born March 17, 1975) is an American actress known for her performances on television. Zea began her acting career in theatre. Her first major role was on the NBC daytime soap opera ''Passions'' (2000–2002), where she played the role of Gwen Winthrop, Gwen Hotchkiss. Her breakout role was on the American Broadcasting Company, ABC primetime soap opera ''Dirty Sexy Money'' as socialite List of Dirty Sexy Money characters, Karen Darling, where she starred from 2007 to 2009. Zea also has made many guest appearances on television, starred in a number of independent and made-for-television movies, and had recurring roles in ''The Shield'', ''Hung (TV series), Hung'', ''Californication (TV series), Californication'', and ''The Unicorn (TV series), The Unicorn''. In 2010, Zea began starring as Winona Hawkins in the FX (TV channel), FX critically acclaimed crime drama series ''Justified (TV series), Justified'' as a regular cast member during the first three seasons and recu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandra Purpuro
Sandra Purpuro is an American film and television actress. Her most prominent roles are those of Katherine McClain on '' Oz,'' and Liz Labella on '' DiResta''. She has also appeared in ''Lethal Weapon,'' ''Days of Our Lives'', ''The Young and the Restless'', and ''Switched at Birth''. Other work include guest appearances on series like ''Caroline in the City'', ''NYPD Blue'', '' Six Feet Under'', ''The Shield'', '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'', ''Will & Grace'', ''Two and a Half Men'', ''Desperate Housewives'', ''Malcolm in the Middle'', ''The Suite Life on Deck'', '' House M.D.'', ''Modern Family and '' 24''.'' Acting career Purpuro played Gloria Flores in the 2003 crime series The Handler. In 2006, she starred in the short film ''Man vs. Monday'', directed by Ian Ziering. Theatre In 1991, Purpuro acted in the musical comedy Prom Queens Unchained. Purpuro was praised for her role in the 1994 Broadway production of Grease directed and choreographed by Jeff Calhoun. Ben ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emmanuelle Vaugier
Emmanuelle Frederique Vaugier (, ; born June 23, 1976) is a Canadian film and television actress. Vaugier has had recurring roles as Minor characters in CSI: NY#Jessica Angell, Detective Jessica Angell on ''CSI: NY'', List of Two and a Half Men characters#Mia, Mia on ''Two and a Half Men'', Characters of Smallville#Dr. Helen Bryce, Dr. Helen Bryce on ''Smallville'', Human Target (2010 TV series)#Recurring characters, FBI Special Agent Emma Barnes on ''Human Target (2010 TV series), Human Target'', and as The Morrigan on ''Lost Girl''. In feature films, Vaugier appeared, albeit in a minor role, alongside Michael Caine and Robert Duvall in ''Secondhand Lions''. She starred as List of Saw characters#Addison, Addison in ''Saw II'', reprising her role in ''Saw IV'', and had a supporting part in the Josh Hartnett film ''40 Days and 40 Nights''. Early life Vaugier was born in Vancouver, the daughter of French immigrants. She grew up in a Roman Rite, Roman Catholic, French-speaking househ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melanie Lynskey
Melanie Jayne Lynskey ( ; born 16 May 1977) is a New Zealand actress. Known for her portrayals of complex women and her command of American accents, she works predominantly in independent films and television. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including three Critics' Choice Awards and nominations for three Primetime Emmy Awards. Lynskey made her film debut at age 17 portraying Pauline Parker in ''Heavenly Creatures'' (1994). She went on to establish herself as a character actress through supporting parts in '' Ever After'' (1998), '' But I'm a Cheerleader'' (1999), '' Coyote Ugly'' (2000), '' Sweet Home Alabama'' (2002), '' Shattered Glass'' (2003), '' Flags of Our Fathers'' (2006), '' Away We Go'', '' Up in the Air'', ''The Informant!'' (all 2009), '' Win Win'' (2011), '' The Perks of Being a Wallflower'' (2012), and ''Don't Look Up'' (2021). Her starring role in '' Hello I Must Be Going'' (2012) proved to be a turning point in Lynskey's career, with subsequent l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
April Bowlby
April Bowlby (born July 30, 1980) is an American actress and model. She is known for portraying Kandi on the CBS comedy series ''Two and a Half Men'' (2003–2015), Stacy Barrett on the Lifetime series ''Drop Dead Diva'' (2009–2014), and Rita Farr on the Max series ''Titans'' (2018) and ''Doom Patrol'' (2019–2023). Early life Her family moved from Vallejo, California to Manteca, California when she was a child. She attended and graduated from East Union High School. Bowlby began a modelling career before deciding to pursue acting. Career Bowlby secured the role of Kandi on the television series ''Two and a Half Men'' within months of her first auditions. She is also known for her role as Stacy Barrett in ''Drop Dead Diva''. She played Barney Stinson's obsessive ex-girlfriend Meg in ''How I Met Your Mother'', and has made appearances in '' CSI'', ''Psych'', and '' CSI: NY''. She has appeared in films such as '' All Roads Lead Home'' (2008), '' The Slammin' Salmon'' (200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
