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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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Chotika Wongwilas

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Noey Chotika Wongwilas is a Thai actress and model under contract with Thailand's Channel 3 Television broadcaster for whom she has acted in several lakorn/ dramas. Known primarily for her "villainous roles". Chotika grew up in Phatthalung Province in southern Thailand where she attended the Satri Phatthalung School. She obtained her B.A. in IT Business Management at Prince of Songkla University and then went on to earn a Master's degree in Recreation and Tourism Management at Chulalongkorn University.
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Elmer Clifton

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Born in Chicago, he was an actor in touring stock companies before making his screen debut in 1912. Joining D.W. Griffith's Fine Arts Studio in 1914, he was cast as Union officer Phil Stoneman in "The Birth of a Nation" (1915) and as The Rhapsodie in the Babylonian story of "Intolerance" (1916). He was also a second-unit director for those films. Promoted to director in 1917, Clifton supervised several successful Fine Arts comedies starring Dorothy Gish while continuing to serve as Griffith's assistant. Their association culminated with the blockbuster "Way Down East" (1920). Clifton shot much of its famous "Rescue from the ice" sequence and doubled for star Richard Barthelmess in the riskier scenes. He then left Griffith to form his own production company and had a smash hit with "Down to the Sea in Ships" (1922), a colorful whaling saga made on location in New England. It made a star of future "It Girl" Clara Bow, who appeared as a cross-dressing stowaway. In 1923 Clifton signed a lucrative seven-year contract with Fox and was poised to become one of Hollywood's major directors. Then tragedy struck. He was filming "The Warrens of Virginia" in Texas when his lead actress died from burns in an accident on the set. Although Clifton was blameless in the incident, he was fired by Fox and his career never regained its momentum.
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Titika Sarigouli

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Evseveia (Titika) Sarigoulis of Athanasios and Euphrosynis (November 30, 1934, Athens - January 22, 2021, Athens) was a Greek writer and actress. She had many participations in television programs, in film productions and in theater performances. She studied acting at a young age, beginning her career in film and theater in the early 1960s. In 1960, she made her film debut in the film The Secret of the Red Cloak. Two more film appearances followed in the following years in the films Phaedra and First Heartbeat. In the same decade, she began to be more actively involved in writing (he was a member of the Union of Young Greek Writers), starting to write and publish various books. For several decades she was more involved in writing than acting. To date she has written and published more than 60 books, most recently "Kilonas the Athenian" and "King Constantine the Great: A Tragedy in Five Acts". In the early 2000s, she continued her film career. More specifically, in 2004, she played in the film "Testosterone (film)" while in 2005 she participated in the comedy The Choir of Chariton and in the international production Opa! that part of the filming took place in Greece. In the same year, she made her television debut in the comedy series Paradise Street 7 with the role of the elderly Nina. This was followed by other television appearances in episodes of Maria the Ugly, The Stories of Policeman Becca, If You Love Me and Singles 2,1/2. She became particularly well-known to the general public in the period 2007-2008, with the role of the outspoken grandmother Julia in the comedy series "Daddy Don't Run" directed by Thodoris Papadoulakis and aired by Mega Channel. After the great television success, she played the role of the domestic helper Pulcheria in the comedy series "Lakis o glukoulis" where she starred for two seasons. In the following years, various roles followed in the series "My name is Vangeli", "Back at Home", "With my pants down" and "Dia Tavta". Also in 2012, she participated as a guest in Anna Vissi's video clip for the song "Tyranniemai". Her most recent television participation was in 2018 in the film "The Apachides of Athens",[8] as well as in the SKAI television series, "As long as I have you". In the cinema, she took part in the films "Plato Academy" and "The Heir" in 2009, "I Love Karditsa" and "4 Black Suits" in 2010, "From the Bones" in 2011, "Larissa Confidential" in 2012. Her last film participation was in 2020, in the film Ciao Italia.
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Dave Garroway

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David Cunningham Garroway (July 13, 1913 – July 21, 1982) was an American television personality. He was the founding host and anchor of NBC's Today from 1952 to 1961. His easygoing and relaxing style belied a lifelong battle with depression. Garroway has been honored for his contributions to radio and television with a star for each on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and the St. Louis Walk of Fame, the city where he spent part of his teenaged years and early adulthood. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dave Garroway, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Larissa Sirah Herden

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Larissa Sirah Herden, also known by her stage name Lary, was born on June 20, 1986, in Gelsenkirchen and is a German actress, singer, and director. She lives and works primarily in Paris and Berlin, holds an EU-wide work permit, and has a playable age range of roughly mid-thirties to early forties. In front of the camera, she has appeared in the miniseries “Player of Ibiza,” the feature film “The Magic Flute – The Legacy of the Magic Flute,” in “Rock ’N’ Roll Ringo,” the Netflix series “King of Stonks,” as well as in the award-winning series “Bad Banks,” where she played prominent leading or important supporting roles. In addition to her acting career, she is active as a singer and songwriter, has released several studio albums, and regularly combines her musical work with film and series projects, for example through title songs and soundtrack contributions. With a height of 174 cm, brown eyes and brown hair, fluent German, English, and French skills, and a profile established both on camera, on stage, and in the music scene, she ranks among the most versatile German-speaking actresses of her generation.
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Sanjana Singh

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Sanjna is an Indian film actress who appears in Tamil language various films and movies. She made her debut in the critically acclaimed 2009 film Renigunta. She made her début in the critically acclaimed 2009 film Renigunta, directed by Paneerselvam. A critic from The Hindu noted that "an understated yet powerful performance comes from Sanjana Singh, who plays the role of a sex worker forced into the profession by her husband. Her spontaneity and perfection in lip sync for the Telugu-influenced-Tamil accent shows that here's one Mumbai import, who goes beyond glamour and is worth looking out for." She was next seen as a Telugu woman in a special appearance in the film Ko, featuring alongside several actors in the song "Aga Naga". In 2010, she signed on to appear in the films Marupadiyum Oru Kadhal, Veyilodu Vilayadu and Mayanginen Thayanginen in item numbers. She will be seen in the crime thriller Yaarukku Theriyum with Harish Raj, revealing she only signed the film after the producers approached her for the role for the second time. She will be seen in Thappu Thalangal, directed by Adhiyaman, and Kadhal Padhai as the second wife of the character portrayed by Thalaivasal Vijay.[6] Her most high-profile releases will be Rendavathu Padam, a multi-starrer directed by C. S. Amudhan, who earlier made Tamil Padam and Ragalaipuram, also starring Karunas. She is also on SUN TV in Grammathil Oru Naal.
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James Maritato

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James Maritato is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his work in Extreme Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment under the ring names Little Guido Maritato and Nunzio Maritato wrestled for Jersey All Pro Wrestling on September 19. On November 15, he won the JAPW Tag Team Championship with Tracy Smothers. On January 16, 2009, Maritato was inducted into the ECPW Hall of Fame. In February 2009, it was announced that Maritato would be a trainer for the "Bodyslam U" professional wrestling school in New Jersey, while still competing on the independent circuit.In June Guido returned to Ring of Honor losing to Jay Briscoe at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. In late 2009, Maritato began competing for the National Wrestling Alliance under the name Nunzio. He also performed for the NWA On Fire expansion based out of New England. Maritato reunited again on October 6, 2012 as F.B.I., being defeated by Danny Doring and Roadkill in the House of Hardcore's first show At House of Hardcore 2, now returning under his Little Guido ringname, faced Vik Dalishus in a losing effort. On June 6, 2014, at House of Hardcore 4, Maritato defeated Matt Striker. Maritato wrestled at House of Hardcore's next event on June 7, 2014, in which he defeated Danny Doring. At House of Hardcore 7, Maritato teamed up with Team Tremendous (Bil Carr and Dan Barry) to take on Anthony Greene, Ben Ortiz, and Vik Dalishus in a winning effort. He then took part in a ten-man tag team match at House of Hardcore 10, teaming up with Officer Colt Cabana, Bill Carr, Dan Barry, and F.B.I. member Tony Mamaluke, to successfully defeat Afa Jr., Jade, Lance Anoa'i, L.A. Smooth, and Vik Dalishus. On August 8, 2010, Maritato took part in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling's ECW reunion show, Hardcore Justice, where he, Tony Mamaluke (billed as Tony Luke) and Tracy Smothers defeated Kid Kash, Simon Diamond and Johnny Swinger in a six-man tag team match.[46] On the following edition of TNA Impact!, the ECW alumni, known collectively as Extreme, Version 2.0 (EV 2.0), were assaulted by A.J. Styles, Kazarian, Robert Roode, James Storm, Douglas Williams and Matt Morgan of Ric Flair's Fourtune stable, who thought they didn't deserve to be in TNA.The following week TNA president Dixie Carter gave each member of EV 2.0 TNA contracts in order for them to settle their score with Fourtune.On the August 26 edition of Impact! Guido and Luke were squashed by Roode and Storm in a tag team match.The match ended F.B.I.'s association with TNA. Maritato was announced as a part of the new Total Nonstop Action India based project Ring Ka King working under the name Tony Broadway teaming with Joey Hollywood. However Ring Ka King only lasted one season and ended the same year. On March 6, 2006, Maritato was seen supporting his brother on the NBC game show Deal or No Deal in which he won $25,000.In 1996 Mariato competed in a mixed martial arts fight in Texas against Steve Nelson who was also his past opponent in UWFi. The fight appears on Nelson's official MMA record as a win. Mariato competed under the name James Stone which he also wrestled under in UWFi in Japan.
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Sergei Bondarchuk

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Sergei Bondarchuk (25 September 1920 — 20 October 1994) was a Soviet director, actor, and screenwriter. People's Artist of the USSR (1952). Academy Awards winner (War and Peace, 1969). BAFTA winner (Waterloo, 1971). His directorial debut was Fate of a Man, a WWII classic where he portrayed the main role. Bondarchuk is considered a master of big scale pieces with epic battle scenes that involved thousands of extras (War and Peace, Waterloo). He often starred star in his films, as well as cast his family, notably his wife, actor Irina Skobtseva (e.g. War and Peace, Vybor Tseli, Molchanie Doktora Ivensa). In late 1980s-early 1990s Bondarchuk started his long-term passion project – an adaptation of an epic novel “And Quiet Flows the Don,” together with the UK and Italy; however, the work couldn't be finished before the actor-director passed away in 1994. His son, actor-director Fyodor Bondarchuk, finished the piece in 2006.
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Daniyar Alshinov

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Daniyar Alshinov (born 23 November 1987; Akmolinsk) is a Kazakh actor and producer. He was born in Akmola region. Since childhood, he was a very developed and versatile child. At school, he showed promise of an outstanding mathematician, up to high school he was a member of the school's national team in mathematics. In the 10th grade, there was a creative explosion, the future actor began to write poetry nonstop, scratching out notebooks, school diaries. He regularly attended the meetings of poets of Astana, once even went to the Bard festival outside the city. At the same time, Daniyar tried himself in the school KVN. In the 11th grade, he was already one of the main players of the school team.
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