Reina James Reina James Reina James (born 1947) is a British author. She has written two novels, the first of which won the Society of Authors’ McKitterick Prize in 2007. James was born in 1947, shortly after her parents arrived in the UK from South Africa. Her father was the actor Sid James. During her teenage years she played in a folk group before marrying and starting a family. In her late 20s she appeared in the stage play "John, Paul, George, Ringo … and Bert" by Willy Russell, and later appeared in Russell's musical "Blood Brothers". Having worked since the 1980s
Marty Brill (comedian) Marty Brill (comedian) Marty Brill (born May 6, 1932 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American comedian. Brill was a comedian/writer/actor/musician who appeared regularly on 1960s and 1970s TV in both variety shows ("The Ed Sullivan Show", "The Merv Griffin Show", "The Tonight Show") and sitcoms ("The New Dick Van Dyke Show", "The Mary Tyler Moore Show"). In the late 1970s, Marty Brill did some writing in the 1970s for the "New Soupy Sales Show," also occasionally playing characters on the show, especially after Soup'y longtime sidekick (Clyde Adler) took ill during production of the series. He also was the lyricist