About Melanie Benton
Prior Experiences
Melanie has had a lot of professional success.
"Melanie D. Calvert," "Dahlia Patton" is a retired respiratory care practitioner who now works with her first loves - acting, photography and writing.
Acting
Acting is her real love .
Very talented, Melanie has 3 acting agents and is actively moving forward in the business. Self motivated, she's constantly looking for acting parts.
Goals
Her Goals
Melanie is actively seeking an acting career by doing several TV appearances and voiceovers for local radio stations. She is able to change voice accent.
About Melanie
Prior Work Experience
"Melanie D. Calvert," "Dahlia Patton" is a retired respiratory care practitioner who now works with her first loves - acting, photography and writing. While running a successful photography business for years, she only recently turned to writing a novel through the urgings of her husband Western Fiction Writer W. R. Benton. Melanie's photography has appeared on the covers of all four of Mister Benton's "The Drum Series" Melanie's photography has graced her own books. Her first historical novel, "A Southern Moon Rising," was released in July 2008.
Melanie is actively seeking an acting career by doing several TV appearances and voiceovers for local radio stations. She is able to change voice accent.
Prior Acting Experience
High School:
Staff Artist |
School Newspaper |
"The Wildcat" |
Modern Dance |
Meridian, Ms |
"The Choralaires" |
Honor roll |
Meridian, Ms |
1976 -1977 |
Church Choir |
Meridian, Ms |
"The Gemini" |
Various Skits |
Meridian, Ms |
School & church related |
Television:
Hysterical Woman |
Demopolis, AL |
1978 EMT training tape |
Frequent Guest |
Jackson, MS |
TV station WLBT Midday MS |
Frequent Guest |
Jackson, MS |
TV show "Listen to the Eagle" |
Commercials |
Jackson, MS |
Wilson Kia 2010 |
Voiceover |
Jackson, MS |
MS Blood Services |
Theatre:
Various Skits |
Meridian, Ms |
Church Camp |
Various Skits |
Meridian, Ms |
Girl Scout Group |
Film and Commercials
Featured in 2006 & 2007 on WLBT's " Midday Mississippi " with host Wilson Stribling
Featured in 2006, 2007, 2009, and 2010, on "Listen To The Eagle" with host Paul Ott Carruth
Kia Television Commercial - Wilson Kia
Insurance Commercial - Richard Swartz Law Firm
Celebrity Shopper - Mall At Turtle Creek-Jonesboro, AR
Life Experiences
Raised a Farm girl - Veterinarian assistant throughout high school
School bus Driver
Mentor to Children
Film Processing
Writer of published cooking articles, as well as author of "A Southern Moon Rising"
Sears Portrait Studio Manager
Designer of women's clothing
Women's health advocate
Substantial weight loss (127 pounds) - Gastric bypass surgery
Singing
2010 Rankin's Got Talent
