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Lauren Cohan

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Lauren Cohan (born January 7, 1982) is a British-American actress best known for her role as Maggie Greene in the AMC post-apocalyptic horror television series The Walking Dead (2011–2018; 2020–present). Her other notable TV roles include Bela Talbot in the dark fantasy drama Supernatural (2007–2008), Rose in the supernatural teen drama The Vampire Diaries (2010–2012), Vivian McArthur Volkoff in the action comedy Chuck (2011), and Francesca "Frankie" Trowbridge in the action comedy-drama Whiskey Cavalier (2019). Her film appearances include the comedy Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj (2006), the psychological thriller horror The Boy (2016), the biographical drama All Eyez on Me (2017), and the action thriller Mile 22 (2018).
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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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Gary Glitter

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Paul Francis Gadd (born 8 May 1944), known professionally as Gary Glitter, is an English former glam rock singer who achieved success in the 1970s and 1980s. His career ended after he was imprisoned for downloading child pornography in 1999, and was subsequently convicted of child sexual abuse and attempted rape, in 2006 and 2015, respectively. After performing under the name Paul Raven in the 1960s, he changed his stage name to Gary Glitter in the glam rock era of the early 1970s, with a sustained solo UK chart run of hits including "Rock and Roll, Parts 1 and 2", "Do You Wanna Touch Me", "I Love You Love Me Love", "I'm the Leader of the Gang (I Am)", and "Hello, Hello, I'm Back Again". He became known for his extreme glam image of glitter suits, make-up and platform boots, and his energetic live performances. He sold over 20 million records, had 26 hit singles which spent a total of 180 weeks in the UK Singles Chart; twelve reaching the Top 10, with three charting at number-one. He is listed in the Top 100 UK most successful chart acts. Glitter's popularity waned in the late 1970s, followed by a successful comeback as a solo artist again from the 1980s. His 1984 song "Another Rock and Roll Christmas" is one of the most played Christmas hits of all time. In 1998, his recording of "Rock and Roll" was listed as one of the top 1,001 songs in music history. Glitter also released seven studio albums, and at least fifteen compilation and live albums. The BBC described Glitter's fall from grace as "dramatic" and "spectacular". The late 1990s saw his image become irreparably tarnished, following his 1997 arrest and 1999 conviction and imprisonment in the United Kingdom for downloading thousands of items of child pornography. He was also charged at the same time, but acquitted, of sexual activity with an underage girl in the 1970s. Later, Glitter faced criminal charges and deportation from several countries in connection with actual and suspected child sexual abuse. He was deported from Cambodia on suspected child sexual abuse charges in 2002. After he settled in Vietnam, a Vietnamese court found him guilty of obscene acts with minors in 2006. After serving his sentence, Glitter was deported back to the UK where he was placed on the Sex Offenders' Register for life. In October 2012, he was arrested again as part of Operation Yewtree. He was released on bail, but was eventually charged, in June 2014, with historical child sex offences. On 5 February 2015 he was found guilty of one count of attempted rape, one count of unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl under 13 between 1975 and 1980, and four counts of indecent assault. On 27 February 2015, he was sentenced to a total of 16 years in prison. He was described by Alexis Petridis of The Guardian as a "public hate figure"; his performances on the BBC's Top of the Pops are not repeated. ... Source: Article "Gary Glitter" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Leonardo Thimo

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A Theater comic actor and Activist director known as much for his versatility as he is for his grimace face. His most widely recognized role may be Captain Jokes Parrot in Captain Jokes Parrot (2012) and its sequels, also loom large in his filmography. At the end of the 20th Century, on September 5th, was born a kid different from other children of the world, Leonardo Thimo. Leonardo Thimo grew up with a single dream to become an actor. So he became a Comedian for Theaters and Entertainer of the nightlife shows, showed his talent in video productions such as Funny Show: Part One (2011) Funny Show Part Two: The Video - Movie (2012) in the role of eccentric Borat of Heraklion and recently in the online series 14.000.000.000$!!! (2013) & A Crazy Leo Show (2013). Since 2001 , he consistently appears on the theatrical stage. He has studied Editing, Special Effects and Directing on Osterreich Klagenfurt TV between 2013-2014. He has starred on 96 theatrical plays and he has directed 28 theatrical plays, such as: Aristophanes, Molière, Dario Fo, Bertolt Brecht, Brothers Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Carlo Collodi, Charles Perrault, Charles Dickens etc. He has directed a lot of theatrical trailers and 26 music video clips and 19 short films/tributes. He makes Independent Comic Productions and other forms such as Dirty cops: Τα μπατσόνια (2012) and its sequels, also loom large in his filmography. He has an unusual style and he often works in Heraklion Crete, Athens and whole the Greece and also he is a Theatrical Actor from 2001 until now days. From November 2016 until our days, he is the owner of two dolls, Ataktoulis Ataktos and Sandy the Girlfriend and he makes children theatrical plays from 2014. On 2013 he went to Austria on Klagenfurt am Wörthersee and Velden am Wörthersee and he participated on a TV Show with Active European Citizens and Artists all over the Europe. From 2017 it is the owner Theatrical Manager of theatrical team ThES Erotokritos, included Eleni Anagnostopoulou, Konstantinos Gavroglou, Mixalis Dimitriou, Theodora Vlachou, Nikos Noulis, Nikolas Papaioannou, Danai Maria Karamolegou, George Kalaitzakis, Loukas Pitsos, etc. On August 2019, with writer Eleni Anagnostopoulou , made an Activist Documentary about disabilities people, with participation of Greek actors and actresses: Bessy Malfa, Spyros Bibilas, Marianna Xenidou, Jerome Kaluta, Vasilis Theodorou, Frida Trypi, Nikos Psarros, Despoina Tsolaki, Sofia Balasi,Konstantinos Gavroglou, Tassos Ziakas, Leonardo Thimo, Eleni Anagnostopoulou as "Alice" in AMEA: Akomi Mia Elpida Aliki (2019). Also participated on the Cinema in his first credit movie Φαντασία (2019) written and directed by Alexis Kardaras.
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Bruno Gerussi

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Bruno Gerussi was a celebrated Italian-Canadian actor renowned for his versatile performances in film, television, and theater. Born in Medicine Hat, Alberta, he gained prominence for his role as Nick Adonidas in the long-running Canadian television series "The Beachcombers." Gerussi's portrayal of the Greek-Canadian log salvager endeared him to audiences and earned him widespread recognition. His impressive career spanned several decades, showcasing his talent and dedication to the craft. Gerussi's legacy as an actor and his contributions to Canadian television remain cherished within the entertainment industry.
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Jane Hamsher

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Jane Hamsher (born Jane Murphy; July 25, 1959) is a US film producer, author, and blogger best known as the author of Killer Instinct, a memoir about co-producing the 1994 movie Natural Born Killers with Don Murphy (no relation) and others, and as the founder and publisher of the politically progressive blog FireDogLake (2004 – 2015). With Murphy, she also co-produced the subsequent films Apt Pupil (1998), Permanent Midnight (1998), and From Hell (2001). A contributor to The Huffington Post, she posts also in websites and political magazines, such as AlterNet and The American Prospect. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jane Hamsher, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Brigitte Lin

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Brigitte Lin Ching-Hsia (Chinese: 林青霞; pinyin: Lín Qīngxiá; born 3 November 1954) is a Taiwanese actress. She was a popular actress, regarded as an icon of Chinese cinema, who acted in both Taiwanese and Hong Kong films. She retired in 1994, although she had a minor role in the 1998 film Bishonen. She was born in Taipei, and was "discovered" in 1972 by a film producer, and first appeared in many Taiwanese romance films based on the novels of Chiung Yao. Her movie debut is in Chuangwai. She later switched over to making movies in Hong Kong. At the height of her popularity she was arguably one of the most sought-after actresses in the Chinese film industry. She starred in more than 100 movies. In Hong Kong movies, Lin made a career of playing transgender roles: in Peking Opera Blues she plays a tomboy who dresses in male Western clothes; in New Dragon Gate Inn she is a woman who dresses as a man, and in Swordsman II and III she plays a male character who castrates himself for power and so is now slowly turning into a woman. She had a good working relationship with Tsui Hark, acting in many of the films he directed (like Peking Opera Blues) and produced (Swordsman II). She married businessman Michael Ying in 1994 and left the film industry. She has two daughters, born in 1997 and 2001. She made her first public appearance since her marriage at a screening of Ashes of Time Redux at the 2008 New York Film Festival. Description above from the Wikipedia article Brigitte Lin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Bella Maclean

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Bella Maclean (born 1997 or 1998) is a British actress. On television, she appeared in the fourth season of the Netflix series Sex Education (2023) and the Disney+ series Rivals (2024). She is also known for portraying Martha in the 2021 London revival of Spring Awakening. Maclean was born in New York City to British parents. She spent her early childhood in New York for her parents' work, before they returned to England and settled in East Sussex when she was 10. In 2020, Maclean graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama with a Bachelor of Arts in Acting. Maclean made her professional stage debut as Martha in the 2021 London revival of Spring Awakening at the Almeida Theatre. Her performance was described as "an eye-catching turn as Martha" by theatre critic Fiona Mountford. She returned to the stage in 2024 as Bella Wilfer in the National Theatre's London Tide, a musical adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel Our Mutual Friend. The production was directed by Ian Rickson, adapted by Ben Power, and music by Powers and PJ Harvey. While the play and score received mixed reviews, Maclean's performance was positively reviewed. The official cast recording was released in October. In 2023, Maclean made her television debut in two episodes of the BBC One police procedural Silent Witness. She joined the cast of the Netflix comedy-drama Sex Education for its fourth and final season as Jem. She has also appeared in the short films Dragged Up and La La Means I Love You. In 2024, Maclean had her breakout role in the Disney+ adaptation of Jilly Cooper's Rivals. She portrayed Agatha 'Taggie' O'Hara, the overlooked daughter of Declan (Aidan Turner) and Maud (Victoria Smurfit) who struggles with dyslexia while trying to pursue culinary dreams. The show was met with widespread critical acclaim, while Maclean's scenes with love interest Rupert Campbell-Black (Alex Hassell) were described as "engagingly complex".
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Cheryl Bentyne

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Cheryl Bentyne (born Cheryl Benthien; January 17, 1954) is a jazz singer who spent much of her career with The Manhattan Transfer. Bentyne started singing at age 13 with her father's Dixieland and swing band. Following graduation from Mount Vernon High School, she enrolled at Skagit Valley College and studied music and theater. She moved to Seattle in the mid 1970s and sang with John Holte's New Deal Rhythm Band. The NDRB trombonist Gary McKaig gave her an album by the Manhattan Transfer. After four years in Seattle, she moved to Los Angeles. In 1979, Bentyne became the permanent replacement for singer Laurel Massé, who left the group after being injured in an automobile accident. Her first appearance was on the album Extensions (1979), which won the group its first Grammy Award, Best Jazz Fusion Performance for a vocalese version of the song "Birdland" by Weather Report. She won ten Grammy Awards with the Manhattan Transfer, including awards for her arrangement of "Another Night in Tunisia" with Bobby McFerrin and for writing the song "Sassy" for the album The Offbeat of Avenues. Her debut solo album, Something Cool (Columbia, 1992), was produced by trumpeter Mark Isham and consisted of traditional pop and jazz standards. This was followed by Dreaming of Mister Porter (2000), a tribute to Cole Porter; Talk of the Town (2004) with Kenny Barron, David "Fathead" Newman, Chuck Mangione; and Let Me Off Uptown (2005), a tribute to Anita O'Day. While still a member of the Manhattan Transfer, she recorded the album Duets with bassist Rob Wasserman. In 1991, she collaborated with Mark Isham on a song for the soundtrack to the film Mortal Thoughts. Bentyne left music in 2012 due to illness. Her spleen was removed and she was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma. Margaret Dorn replaced her in the Manhattan Transfer. Within a year, a doctor told her she was free of cancer, and she returned to singing. In 2013, she narrated an audiobook version of the best-selling book Little Girl Blue, a biography of singer Karen Carpenter. In 2014, she was a judge and mentor for the Songbook Academy, a summer program for high school students operated by the Great American Songbook Foundation founded by Michael Feinstein. Source: Article "Cheryl Bentyne" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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René Clément

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René Clément (March 18, 1913, Bordeaux – March 17, 1996, Monte Carlo, Monaco) was a French film director and screenwriter. Clément studied architecture at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts where he developed an interest in filmmaking. In 1936, he directed his first film, a 20 minute short written and featuring Jacques Tati. Clément spent the latter part of the 1930s making documentaries in parts of the Middle East and Africa. In 1937, he and archaeologist Jules Barthou were in Yemen making preparations to film a documentary, the first ever of that country and one that includes the only known film image of Imam Yahya. Almost ten years passed before Clément directed a feature but his French Resistance film, La Bataille du rail (1945), gained much critical and commercial success. From there René Clément became one of his country's most successful and respected directors, garnering numerous awards including two films that won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, the first in 1950 for The Walls of Malapaga (Au-delà des grilles) and the second time two years later for Forbidden Games (Jeux interdits). Clément had international success with several films but his star-studded 1966 epic Is Paris Burning?, written by Gore Vidal and Francis Ford Coppola and produced by Paul Graetz was a costly box office failure. Clément continued to make a few films until his retirement in 1975, including an international success with Rider On The Rain that starred Charles Bronson and Marlène Jobert. In 1984 the French motion picture industry honored his lifetime contribution to film with a special César Award. René Clément died in 1996 and was buried in the local cemetery in Menton on the French Riviera where he had spent his years in retirement. Description above from the Wikipedia article René Clément, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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