Brutally Normal (television)

Brutally Normal (television) Half-hour comedy series on the WB Network, which debuted on January 24, 2000 and ended February 14. An introspective look at four teenage friends coming of age under the overwhelming pressures of high school. Stars Mike Damus (Robert “Pooh” Cutler), Lea Moreno (Anna Pricova), Eddie Kaye Thomas (Russell Wise), Tangie Ambrose (Dru …

Bruns, George

Bruns, George (1914-1983) Composer-conductor; hired by Disney in 1953 to work on the music for Sleeping Beauty. He wrote “The Ballad of Davy Crockett,” and besides Sleeping Beauty, received Academy Award nominations also for Babes in Toyland and The Sword in the Stone. He also wrote themes for such films as The Love Bug, Zorro, …

Bruckheimer, Jerry

Bruckheimer, Jerry Prolific producer of films released by Disney/Touchstone. Titles have included Con Air, Enemy of the State, Armageddon, Gone in Sixty Seconds, Remember the Titans, Coyote Ugly, Pearl Harbor, Bad Company, The Pirates of the Caribbean films, Veronica Guerin, King Arthur, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, and The Lone Ranger. …

Brunner, Bob

Brunner, Bob (1938-2009) Composer, hired by Disney in 1963, where for over 17 years he composed music for numerous television shows, and over a dozen features including That Darn Cat; Monkeys, Go Home!; Blackbeard’s Ghost; Never a Dull Moment; The Barefoot Executive; and The Castaway Cowboy. As a kid he had been a Talent Round …

Browne, Roscoe Lee

Browne, Roscoe Lee (1925-2007) Actor; voiced Francis in Oliver & Company and Mr. Arrow in Treasure Planet, and acted in The World’s Greatest Athlete (Gazenga).

Brown Derby

Brown Derby See Hollywood Brown Derby.

Brown, Brandy

Brown, Brandy Actress; appeared on the Mickey Mouse Club on The Disney Channel from 1989 to 1990.

Brown, Bryan

Brown, Bryan Actor; appeared in Cocktail (Doug Coughlin) and Blame it on the Bellboy (Charlton Black).

Broughton, Bob

Broughton, Bob (1917-2009) At Disney from 1937 to 1982, Broughton was a camera operator and camera effects artist on both animated and live-action films, beginning with Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and continuing to The Black Hole. He was named a Disney Legend in 2001.

Brothers & Sisters (television)

Brothers & Sisters (television) A one-hour drama series on ABC, premiering on September 24, 2006, and ending on May 8, 2011. As told though the insightful eyes of the family’s most outspoken and public member, a group of siblings meet for a birthday celebration, only to find that underneath the idyllic family façade lie many …