Free to Be… You and Me featured songs and stories by celebrities such as an actor, singer and director of what?
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Free to Be... You and Me Free to Be… You and Me was a children's entertainment project, conceived, created and executive-produced by actress and author Marlo Thomas. Produced in collaboration with the Ms. Foundation for Women, it was a record album and illustrated book first released in November 1972 featuring songs and stories sung or told by celebrities of the day (credited as "Marlo Thomas and Friends") including Alan Alda, Rosey Grier, Cicely Tyson, Carol Channing, Michael Jackson, Shirley Jones, Jack Cassidy, and Diana Ross. An ABC special, also created by Marlo Thomas, using poetry, songs, and sketches followed two years later in March 1974. The basic concept was to encourage post-1960s gender neutrality, saluting values such as individuality, tolerance, and comfort with one's identity. A major thematic message is that anyone—whether a boy or a girl—can achieve anything.
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Jack Cassidy John Joseph Edward "Jack" Cassidy (March 5, 1927 – December 12, 1976) was an American actor, singer and director of stage, film, and television.
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Angela Besharah Angela Besharah (born August 12) is a Canadian actor, director, photographer and acting coach.
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Tony Hippolyte Anthony Hippolyte (12 May 1958 – 17 May 2016) was an actor, director and singer who appeared on stage, TV, radio and film.
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Idina Menzel Idina Kim Menzel ( ; born Idina Kim Mentzel; May 30, 1971) is an American actress, singer, and songwriter.
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Darien Brockington Darien Brockington is an American singer, songwriter, vocal arranger and actor.
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Davy Jones (musician) David Thomas Jones (30 December 1945 – 29 February 2012) was an English singer-songwriter, musician, actor and businessman best known as a member of the band The Monkees, and for starring in the TV series of the same name. His acting credits include a Tony-nominated role as the Artful Dodger in the original London and Broadway productions of "Oliver!" as well as a starring cameo role in a hallmark episode of "The Brady Bunch" television show and later reprised parody film; "Love, American Style"; and "My Two Dads". Jones is considered one of the great teen idols.
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Eddie Nartey Eddie Nartey (born 6 November 1984) is a Ghanaian actor, director, and producer. His supporting role in Frank Rajah’s "Somewhere In Africa" earned him a nomination at the Hollywood and African Film Critics Awards (NAFCA), Ghana movie awards. He was nominated in the best actor category for "Kiss Me If You Can.", He got his first opportunity to do his directorial debut entitled "Could This Be Love" where he co-wrote the movie with Evelyn, which cast Actors like Majid Michel, Kwadwo Nkansah (Lil Win), Nana Ama Mcbrown, Fred Amugi, and Gloria Sarfo Later collaborated with Juliet Ibrahim on the movie "Shattered Romance". He then wrote and directed the movie "Royal Diadem" and "She Prayed" the movie.
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Terrence Mann Terrence Vaughan Mann (born July 1, 1951) is an American actor, director, singer, songwriter and dancer who has been prominent on the Broadway stage for the past three decades. He is a distinguished professor in musical theater at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, North Carolina.
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Kevin Cahoon Kevin Cahoon (born July 21, 1971) is an American actor and singer-songwriter.
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Listen to Me Marlon Listen to Me Marlon is a 2015 documentary film written, directed and edited by Stevan Riley about the movie star and iconic actor Marlon Brando.
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Robert Townsend (actor) Robert Townsend (born February 6, 1957) is an American actor, comedian, film director, and writer. Townsend is best known for directing the films "Hollywood Shuffle" (1987), "Eddie Murphy Raw" (1987), "The Meteor Man" (1993), and various other films and stand-up specials, especially his eponymous self-titled character as the starring role as Robert Peterson on The WB sitcom "The Parent 'Hood" (1995–1999), in which he created the series, as well as directing episodes and Donald "Duck" Matthews in 1991's "The Five Heartbeats". Townsend's career included stand-up comedy routines which appeared on cable television. During the 1980s and early–1990s, Townsend gained national exposure through his many appearances on "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson". Townsend has worked with Halle Berry, Morgan Freeman, Chris Tucker, Beyoncé and Denzel Washington.
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Cheyenne Jackson Cheyenne David Jackson (born July 12, 1975) is an American actor and singer-songwriter. His credits include leading roles in Broadway musicals and other stage roles, as well as film and television roles, concert singing, and music recordings.
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Jeff Wiens Jeff Wiens is an American actor, director, writer and musician who has appeared in numerous television commercials and is co-founder of comedy duo, Franco & Billy. Franco & Billy's critically acclaimed IFC web series, "Get Hit", was one of "The Hollywood Reporter's" 2008 top ten webisodes and was featured in "The New York Times".
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Burl Ives Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives (June 14, 1909 – April 14, 1995) was an American singer and actor of stage, screen, radio and television.
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Harry Dean Stanton Harry Dean Stanton (July 14, 1926 – September 15, 2017) was an American actor, musician, and singer.
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John Raitt John Emmet Raitt (January 29, 1917 – February 20, 2005) was an American actor and singer best known for his performances in musical theater.
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Yodelice Maxime Rodolphe Nouchy better known by Maxim Nucci and as Yodelice (born 23 February 1979 Créteil) is a French singer-songwriter who performs in English. He has released five albums so far: "Maxim Nucci" (2006), "Tree of Life" (2009), "Cardioid" (2010), "Square Eyes" (2013) and "Like a Million Dreams" (2014). The songs belong to folk, rock and pop music. He is also known for his acting performance in Guillaume Canet's film "Les Petits Mouchoirs" with Marion Cotillard in 2010. The song "Talk to me" was featured.
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Michu Meszaros Mihaly "Michu" Meszaros (Hungarian: Mészáros Mihály; October 1, 1939 – June 12, 2016) was a Hungarian-born American actor, circus performer/entertainer, and stuntman, who as an American citizen was best remembered as a performer with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus and for his role in the NBC sitcom "ALF". He was 2 ft tall. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Meszaros was a television and film actor, and he also appeared opposite pop singer Michael Jackson in a Pepsi commercial and on the "Strange Days" album cover for The Doors. His last appearance was in 2015's "Death to Cupid".
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Gregory Jbara Gregory Jbara ( ; born September 28, 1961) is an American film, television and stage actor, and singer.
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Robert Hanley Robert Hanley (born June 17, 1947), also known as Broadway Bob. and Bob Hanley, is an American actor, entertainer, comedian, singer, and writer. Hanley has been cast in over 100 starring and co-starring roles in television variety, comedy and drama series including "Crazy Like a Fox" with Jack Warden, and "Pros & Cons" with James Earl Jones and Richard Crenna. Hanley hosted television game shows for the ABC and CBS networks, and, as stand-up comedian Broadway Bob, appeared on "The Merv Griffin Show". He headed the Robert Hanley Actors Studio for eighteen years. Currently, as a singer/entertainer with his own seventeen-piece orchestra, he performs at civic and fundraising events. He is the founder of the nonprofit Entertainment Fellowship.
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Christopher Jaymes Christopher Jaymes (born July 19, 1973) is an American musician, television and film actor, director, screenwriter and producer.