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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 who 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, it was announced that Connery had died at the age of 90.
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Jean Piat

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Jean Piat (23 September 1924 – 18 September 2018) was a French actor and writer. Piat was born in Lannoy, Nord. He enlisted in the Comédie-Française on 1 September 1947, and became a member on 1 January 1953. He left the Comédie-Française on 31 December 1972, and became an honorary member the following day. He was an officer in the Légion d'honneur and the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, and a grand officer in the Ordre national du Mérite. He was married to actress Françoise Engel (who died in 2005), and was a professor in the dramatic arts of the Simon Course. He died on 18 September 2018 at age 93 of heart attack, five days before his 94th birthday. Source: Article "Jean Piat" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
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Carole Bouquet

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Carole Bouquet (born 18 August 1957) is a French actress and fashion model, who has appeared in more than 40 films since 1977. Bouquet was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. She is best known internationally for her role as the Bond girl Melina Havelock in the 1981 movie For Your Eyes Only, but she also acted in a number of mainstream European films throughout the 1980s and continues to do so in France. She is also recognized for her work in Luis Buñuel's surrealist classic That Obscure Object of Desire (1977), and in the internationally successful film Too Beautiful For You (1989), for which she won the César Award for Best Actress. Also she received a César Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress in Rive droite, rive gauche (1984). Bouquet was a model for Chanel in the 1980s-1990s. She is the widow of producer Jean-Pierre Rassam with whom she had a son, Dimitri Rassam. From 1997 to 2005, she dated actor Gérard Depardieu, with whom she had worked several times. Bouquet was engaged to him from 2003 to 2005. In 1999 she was also a member of the jury of the 4th Shanghai International Film Festival Description above from the Wikipedia article Carole Bouquet, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Martin Rackin

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Martin Rackin (31 July 1918 – 15 April 1976) was an American writer and producer who was briefly head of production at Paramount Pictures from 1960–64. In the late 1950s he wrote and produced a series of films with actor Alan Ladd. Richard Fleischer described Rakin as "a real character. He was a fast-talking, breezy, nervous, con man type who blinked his eyes a lot. You always had the feeling that he was some sort of a street corner shell game operator keeping an eye open for the cops." From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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Varshini Sounderajan

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Varshini Sounderajan is an Indian actress and model who appears mostly in Telugu films. She made her acting debut in the National award-winning film Telugu anthology film Chandamama Kathalu in the year 2014. Shamili is born in Hyderabad. She completed her bachelor's degree in Electronics. She started her career as a model and made her film debut in the National award-winning film Chandamama Kathalu after appearing as a cameo in Shambo Shiva Shambo. She's also known for her performance in Telugu movies Lovers, Best actors, Kai Raja Kai, Sri Rama Raksha. She is also popular for her performance in the web series Pelli Gola presented by Annapurna Studios and directed by Mallik Ram.Following to its overwhelming response, a second season of the web series Pelli Gola 2 is released recently. She is also popular as a team leader in the TV show Dhee Ultimate Dance Show.
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Innocent

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Innocent Vareed Thekkethala popularly known as Innocent, was an Indian film actor and politician. He was born in Irinjalakuda in Thrissur district of the state of Kerala. He was one of the most successful and leading comedy actors of Malayalam cinema. He was noted for his witty mannerisms and dialogue delivery in the typical Thrissur accent.In 2013, Innocent was diagnosed with throat cancer (lymphoma) and was hospitalised. But sources close to him stated the cancer was in its early stages for which he duly took treatment. Innocent was a sitting member of parliament representing the Chalakudy constituency in the Lok Sabha.
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Nan Ji

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Nan Ji is an actor, producer and a founder of Daji Films. She graduated from the Performance Department of Beijing Film Academy. Nan Ji started learning dance at the age of 9, was admitted to the Dance Department of Minzu University of China at the age of 12, and was admitted to the Performance Department of the Beijing Film Academy at the age of 16. In 2014, he went to the United States to study acting under the tutelage of Hollywood star acting instructor Bobbie Shaw Chance, becoming classmates with Brad Pitt, Scarlett Johansson, Jennifer Aniston, etc.
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Tom Prior

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Actor, writer and producer, Tom Prior, is known for his work on both the screen and stage. Tom trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) graduating in 2012. His acting work includes; The Theory of Everything (2014 / Working Title) playing Eddie Redmayne's son Robert Hawking. Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014 / Twentieth Century Fox, Marv Films) and Endeavour (2014) series for ITV. Tom co-wrote Firebird (2020), a touching love story, based on true events, set in the Soviet Air Force, during the Cold War - in which he plays the lead role. He also produced the film. He recently completed his latest acting role playing Private Love, in Just Noise (2020), telling the true story of the British Government's cover up of military intervention during the struggle for independence in Malta. Tom has starred in London's West End productions of Tory Boyz (by James Graham), Prince of Denmark, and Romeo & Juliet. Tom was selected to train with the National Youth Theatre REP Company, he was one of 15 actors selected from around the UK; working in collaboration with the National Theatre, BBC, Royal Shakespeare Company. He wrote his first short film Breaking the Circle in 2014.
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Jeremy Lindsay Taylor

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jeremy Lindsay Taylor (born Sydney, 19 September 1973) is an Australian actor. He finished his education at Newington College in 1991 and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree, with a major in drama and sociology, from the University of Newcastle. He has an older brother, Mark, and an older sister, Pip. Jeremy is very close to his family. He is known for his long-running role as Kurt Peterson in Heartbreak High. Since then he has appeared in Something in the Air, McLeod's Daughters, Stingers and Blue Heelers. In 2006, he guest-starred in the Doctor Who audio adventure The Reaping. Taylor appeared in the feature films Tom White and Em4Jay and Bad Bush. His theatre credits include the Melbourne Theatre Company's Take Me Out. Taylor joined the cast of Canal Road in Series 1, Episode 9 as Cain Harvey in 2008. In 2009, he appeared the UK.TV mini-series False Witness. In 2007, Taylor co-starred with Lisa McCune, Ian Stenlake, Saskia Burmeister, John Batchelor, Matt Holmes, Jay Ryan, Kristian Schmid, Kirsty Lee Allan, and David Lyons in the hit Australian drama Sea Patrol. He portrayed Petty Officer Pete Tomaszewski "Buffer" in 39 episodes from 2007–2009. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jeremy Lindsay Taylor, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​
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Julianna Robinson

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During a performance of a play in Santa Barbara, Julianna was “discovered” by film director, Martin Denning. He asked her to come down to Hollywood and audition for the suits at Paramount Studios for their first ever CD Rom game of Star Trek. She booked the role and was able to get her SAG card, work side by side with the original Star Trek cast (and wear the original wardrobes from the show) and she made enough money to send herself to school abroad in London for a summer to study Shakespeare with the RSC. Since living in LA she has performed in countless plays, short films, TV shows and she’s also been the lead in a few award winning independent feature films (Wasting Away aka Aaah Zombies! Nun and The Funeral Guest). For her role of Emily in The Funeral Guest (available on Amazon) she won a best actress award from LA Indie Film Fest and she was nominated for a best actress award at Hoboken International Film Fest for her role of Sister Gracie Rose in Nun. Julianna has written and produced a couple of comedic shorts but The Party is Julianna’s directorial debut.
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