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Paul Harvey
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Paul Harvey (September 10, 1882 – December 15, 1955) was an American actor who appeared in at least 177 films. He is not to be confused with Paul Harvey the broadcaster.
Primarily a character actor, Harvey began his career on stage and in silent films. He appeared in the Broadway and original film versions of The Awful Truth, then had supporting roles in many Hollywood films, often portraying dignified executives or authority figures.
He was a vacationing businessman whose car is commandeered by fugitive killer Humphrey Bogart in the 1935 crime drama The Petrified Forest and the minister who marries Spencer Tracy's daughter Elizabeth Taylor in the 1950 comedy Father of the Bride and its sequel. In the thriller Side Street, Harvey played a married man forced to pay $30,000 in blackmail money after having an affair.
Besides his numerous films, Harvey appeared in 1950s television series such as I Love Lucy, December Bride, My Little Margie, Father Knows Best and The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show before his death from a coronary thrombosis in 1955.
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Babushaan Mohanty
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Babushaan Mohanty (born Tanmay Mohanty) is a prominent Indian actor and playback singer known for his work in the Odia film industry. Born into a film family, his parents being veteran actors Uttam Mohanty and Aparajita Mohanty, he was exposed to cinema from an early age.
He made his acting debut in 2009 with Romeo: The Lover Boy, quickly gaining popularity for his screen presence and musical talent. Over the years, he became one of the leading stars of Odia cinema with successful films like Bou Buttu Bhuta, Pabar, and the critically acclaimed Daman, where his performance as a doctor was widely appreciated.
Apart from acting, Babushaan is also an accomplished playback singer, contributing songs to many of his films. In 2017, he expanded into filmmaking by launching his production house, Babushaan Films. Known for his versatility and strong fan base, Babushaan remains a major figure in contemporary Odia cinema.
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Elizabeth Gillies
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Elizabeth Gillies is from Haworth, New Jersey. After making her Broadway debut at age 15, Liz's career was launched on the generation-defining Nickelodeon series, Victorious where she quickly became a household name as 'Jade West.' She then captured audiences on the FX series, Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll, where she starred as the scene-stealing 'Gigi' opposite Denis Leary. From there, Gillies went on to star as 'Fallon Carrington' in the popular Netflix series, Dynasty which ran for an impressive 108 episodes. Her other television roles include The Orville, White Collar, The Black Donnellys as well as voiceover work on Family Guy, Robot Chicken, American Dad, Winx Club, and more.
On the film side, Elizabeth starred in and produced the 2024 film, Spread opposite Harvey Keitel. She can also be seen in the independent film, Arizona, opposite Danny McBride which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2018, the Drew Barrymore produced horror film, Animal, as well as the Warner Brothers feature Vacation. Gillies also starred in Warner Brothers' animated film, Catwoman.
In addition to her acting career, Gillies is a singer who performs regularly to sold out audiences across the country. She has two records out with her longtime friend and collaborator, Seth MacFarlane.
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Sean Connery
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Sir Thomas Sean Connery (August 25, 1930 – October 31, 2020) was a Scottish actor and producer. He won an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards (one being a BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award), and three Golden Globes, including the Cecil B. DeMille Award and a Henrietta Award. Connery was the first actor to portray the character James Bond in film, starring in seven Bond films (every film from Dr. No to You Only Live Twice, plus Diamonds Are Forever and Never Say Never Again), between 1962 and 1983. In 1988, Connery won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Untouchables. His films also include Marnie (1964), Murder on the Orient Express (1974), The Man Who Would Be King (1975), A Bridge Too Far (1977), Highlander (1986), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), The Hunt for Red October (1990), Dragonheart (1996), The Rock (1996), and Finding Forrester (2000).
Connery was polled in a 2004 The Sunday Herald as "The Greatest Living Scot" and in a 2011 EuroMillions survey as "Scotland's Greatest Living National Treasure". He was voted by People magazine as both the “Sexiest Man Alive" in 1989 and the "Sexiest Man of the Century” in 1999. He received a lifetime achievement award in the United States with a Kennedy Center Honor in 1999. Connery was knighted in the 2000 New Year Honours for services to film drama.
On October 31, 2020, Connery died at the age of 90.
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Nilda Fernández
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Nilda Fernandez (25 October 1957 – 19 May 2019) was a French singer of Spanish descent.
Daniel Fernandez was born on 25 October 1957 in de Sants neighbourhood of Barcelona. His family was of Andalusian Protestant descendant, and when the boy turned 6 years old, Daniel's parents moved to France and settled in Lyon. Later, Daniel returned to his native Spain and studied philology in Barcelona.
His first record Le Bonheur Comptant was released in 1981, but remained unnoticed (now it does not even enter into the official discography). After this, Daniel took up a variety of humble jobs to support himself, all the while singing in front of small audiences and eventually adopting the pseudonym Nilda, rearranging the letters in his name. In 1987, Nilda records the single Madrid, Madrid, but the actual fame arrived a few years later, in 1991, with the release of an eponymous album containing 'Nos fiancailles', 'L'invitation à Venise' and, again, 'Madrid Madrid'. Nilda receives 5 nominations to the prestigious french 'Victoires de la Musique' awards, and walks away as 'Best Male Promise' of the year. In the same year the singer also receives the Grand Prix de l'Académie Charles Cros. In 1993 Nilda releases another eponymous album, containing 'Marie-Madeleine', 'On t'a appris' and 'Sinfanai Retu' which is well received.
In 1995, Nilda released a novel titled Ça repart pour un soliloque, written on behalf of a woman, which caused an endless flow of questions from journalists about his sexual orientation. And later, during his collaboration with Russian pop singer Boris Moiseev, the artist was presented as gay.
In 1999, with Castelar 704, he wrote poems by Federico García Lorca (1898–1936), with Spanish guitarists, among them Tomatito, following Paco Ibáñez. In 1996, after paying tribute to Gérard Manset in a collective album, he sang in 1999, co-productions of the titles of his favorite French singers: Léo Ferré, Barbara, Jacques Dutronc, Michel Polnareff, Jane Birkin, Dick Annegarn, etc.
Nilda Fernández disappeared from the front stage after a tour in Russia (2000), choosing to stay in Russia and live there for the next 5 years. In 2006 he returns with concerts in France, Belgium, Russia and Switzerland and Cuba at the invitation of the French Alliance of Havana and Santiago de Cuba.
In March 2007, the second book by Nilda ‘’Les Chants du monde’’ is published, based on a diary written by the artist during the years he lived in Russia.
Fernández returnes to the french stage with the album 'Ti amo', which was entirely recorded in Genova, Italy, and released on 8 January 2010.
In 2017 Parisian publisher l'Archipel releases Nilda's autobiography, 'Contes de mes 1001 vies', in which the singer freely narrates episodes and adventures from his life as a nomadic singer, reconstructs his family's genealogy and remembers his childhood and teenage years between France and Spain.
Nilda Fernandez died on 19 May 2019 in his hometown Bize-Minervois, at the age of 61, after a heart failure.
Source: Article "Nilda Fernández" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
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Ajay Devgn
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Ajay Devgan is an Indian film actor, director and producer. He is widely considered as one of the most popular actors of Hindi cinema who has appeared in over a hundred Hindi films. He has won numerous awards, including two National Film Awards and four Filmfare Awards. In 2016, he was honoured by the Government of India with the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian honour of the country.
Devgan began his professional career with Phool Aur Kaante in 1991 and received a Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut for his performance. In 1998, he appeared in a critically acclaimed performance in Mahesh Bhatt's drama Zakhm and he received his first National Film Award for Best Actor for his role in the movie. In 1999, his most-talked-about film was Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam in which he played Vanraj, a man who tries to unite his wife with her lover. He has starred in more than hundred Hindi films. Having done so, he established himself as one of the leading actors of Hindi cinema.
In addition, Devgn owns a production company Ajay Devgn FFilms which was established in 2000. In 2008 he debuted as a film director with U Me Aur Hum. He is married to film actress, Kajol since 1999 and the couple have two children. In August 2009, Devgn changed his surname from Devgan to Devgn on the request of his family.
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Jon Bernthal
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Jonathan Edward Bernthal (/ˈbɜːrnθɔːl/; born September 20, 1976) is an American actor. He came to prominence for portraying Shane Walsh on the AMC horror drama series The Walking Dead (2010–2012; 2018), where he was a starring cast member in the first two seasons. Bernthal achieved further recognition as Frank Castle/The Punisher in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, appearing in the second season of Daredevil (2016), the spin-off series The Punisher (2017–2019), and the revival series Daredevil: Born Again (2025–present), and Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026). For his recurring guest role as restaurant owner Michael Berzatto in the series The Bear (2022–present), he won a Primetime Emmy Award.
His film roles include Snitch (2013), The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), Fury (2014), Sicario (2015), The Accountant (2016), Baby Driver (2017), Wind River (2017), Widows (2018), Ford v Ferrari (2019), King Richard, The Many Saints of Newark (both 2021), Origin (2023), and The Accountant 2 (2025).
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Nanni Moretti
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Giovanni "Nanni" Moretti (Italian pronunciation: [ˈnanni moˈretti]; born 19 August 1953; Brunico) is an Italian film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. The Palme d'Or winner in 2001, in 2012 he was the President of the Jury at the Cannes Film Festival. His films have won accolades including a Palme d'Or at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival for "The Son's Room", a Silver Bear at the 1986 Berlin Film Festival for "The Mass is Ended" and a Silver Lion at the 1981 Venice Film Festival for "Sweet Dreams", in addition to the David di Donatello Award for Best Film on three occasions (for "Caro diario" in 1994, "The Son's Room" in 2001 and "Il caimano" in 2006).
Moretti was born in Bruneck, Italy to Roman parents who were both teachers. His father was the late epigraphist Luigi Moretti, a Greek teacher at Sapienza University of Rome. His brother is literary scholar Franco Moretti. While growing up Moretti discovered his two passions, the cinema and water polo. Having finished his studies he pursued a career as a producer, and in 1973 directed his first two short films: Pâté de bourgeois and The Defeat (La sconfitta). In 1976, Nanni Moretti's first feature film Io sono un autarchico (I Am Self-Sufficient) was released. In 1978, he wrote, directed and starred in the movie Ecce Bombo, which tells the story of a student having problems with his entourage. It was screened at the Cannes Festival. Sogni d'oro won the Silver Lion at the 38th Venice International Film Festival. La messa è finita won the Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize at the 36th Berlin International Film Festival. He may be best known for his films Caro diario (Dear Diary, 1993; followed in 1998 by a sequel, Aprile) and La stanza del figlio (The Son's Room, 2001), the latter of which won the Palme d'Or at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.
Moretti has used certain actors several times in his films, generally playing minor roles. His father Luigi appears in 6 films, Dario Cantarelli and Mauro Fabretti in 5, Antonio Petrocelli in 4. More notable Italian actors he has employed frequently in his films include Silvio Orlando, who appears in 5 films (including the role of protagonist in Il caimano) and Laura Morante, who was featured in Sogni d'oro, Bianca and The Son's Room.[citation needed]. Having played waterpolo in the B division of the Italian championship, his experience later inspired his film Palombella Rossa ("palombella," which literally means "little pigeon," refers to a type of lob shot). His other work has not been widely seen outside Europe, but within his country Moretti is known as a maker of wryly humorous and eccentric films, usually starring himself. His most recent role was in the film Mia Madre (My Mother, 2015) Moretti is also an outspoken political leftist. In 2002, he organized street protests against the government of Silvio Berlusconi. Il caimano (2006) is in part about Berlusconi's controversies: in one of the three portraits of the Italian prime minister Moretti himself plays Berlusconi. Aprile also deals with Italy's political situation and Moretti's views on it. His 2011 film We Have a Pope screened In Competition at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival.
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Diana Barrington
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Diana Barrington is a British actress. She studied drama at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. She was married to Canadian actor Ken Pogue until his death in 2015. Barrington worked at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre in 1957, and was part of the York repertory company from 1961-1962. In 1962 she appeared in Alastair Dennett's play Fit to Print, as part of the Peter Haddon Company then resident at the Wimbledon Theatre. In 1963 Barrington was part of the Alexandra Repertory Company at The Alexandra, Birmingham; she appeared in plays including Fish Out of Water by Derek Benfield, Noël Coward's Hay Fever, Jean Anouilh's Becket and W. Somerset Maugham's The Constant Wife. In 1964 she appeared at the Royal Court Theatre in Edgar Wallace's On The Spot. Later in the year she appeared in Elmer Blaney Harris's Johnny Belinda at the Theatre Royal, Bath. In 1965 she was in GC Brown's A Summer Game, with the Repertory Players at the Savoy Theatre. In 1971 Barrington played Hippolyta / Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Neptune Theatre, Halifax, Nova Scotia. In 1978, Barrington appeared as Mary, Queen of Scots in Schiller's Mary Stuart. In the same year, she played Fanny Wilton in Ibsen's John Gabriel Borkman. In 1981, Barrington played two roles in the Shakespeare Festival at Stratford-upon-Avon. In 1982 she was in The Elephant Man at Theatre Calgary in Alberta, Canada. In 1989, Jay Scott raved about her performance in The Top of His Head. Some time before 1996, Barrington notified Equity that she was taking a break from acting, and as of 2005 she had not returned to the profession.
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Harry Gilby
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Harry Gilby has been training at the Television Workshop in Nottingham since he was 12. He played Nathan in original cast of The Full Monty at the Noel Coward Theatre in London's West End.
Harry Gilby made his acting debut in 2016, when he played a Village Lad in an episode of Jericho. In 2017 he played Charlie Lyndsay in the film Just Charlie, a transgender girl with a special talent for playing football. He was nominated for Most Promising Newcomer at the British Independent Film Awards 2017 for his role in the film Just Charlie. In 2018, he played Arlo in the short film Evie. In 2019, he made his feature film debut playing a young version of author J. R. R. Tolkien in Tolkien. He has also appeared in three episodes of Casualty as Toby Williams, a young boy dying of leukemia. He played Aethelstan in the final season of The Last Kingdom in 2022 and it's subsequent film Seven Kings Must Die in 2023.
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