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Osmani Rodriguez
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Osmani Rodriguez is one of seven siblings and was born in Camaguey, Cuba. He is of Lebanese and Italian descent, speaks Spanish fluently, and was blessed to become an American citizen.
He and his family immigrated to the Untied States in 1971 and they settled in Boston Massachusetts.
Osmani's earliest roles began in theatre where he played "Chino" in West Side Story. Later he went on to play some of his favorite roles as "Nicky Arnstien" in Funny Girl, "Mr. Fagin" in Oliver, and "Max" in Lend Me a Tenor.
He and his wife, Rena, have produced and starred opposite each other in shows such as "Michael" in I Do, I Do! And the Miracle Worker.
He began to find interest and now loves to perform in print, commercial, and film work. To date he has played Principal roles in over eight national commercials. Some of which include the Principal Role as the "Security Guard" in the national commercial for American Express and the honor of playing opposite one of his favorite directors, Mr. Martin Scorsese (a dream come true), playing the "Pharmacist" for CVS, Principal in "Jenny O", and playing the "Pepsi Worker" for Pepsi Cola's national commercial, "The Machine".
Another dream come true, was playing the featured role of "Carlos" in the film, The Maiden Heist directed by Peter Hewitt and playing opposite some of his most favorite legend veteran actors: Morgan Freeman, Christopher Walken, William H. Macey, and Marcia Gay Harden.
Among some of his TV series experience was in the CBS Series "Waterfront" playing "FBI Agent Ramirez" with Billy Baldwin and filling in, two years in a row for George Lopez and Freddie Prince Jr. to help set up the NFL Opening Kick off games with White Cherry Entertainment.
On occasions, he may still be seen hosting the nationally televised eleven minute public service announcement for paternity acknowledgment.
Osmani loves to spend his spare time with his beautiful wife Rena and his two blessings, his sons Osmani Jr. and Nathaniel. IMDb Mini Biography By: Manager
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Françoise Blanchard
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Françoise Denise Aline Blanchard was a French actress and dubbing artist. Before choosing acting as a career choice, Blanchard worked as a hand model. Throughout the 1970s, she would work in films with such directors as Michel Gérard, Jacques Peroni, Bruno Mattei and Richard Balducci, before being cast in what became her most notable role, in Jean Rollin's 1982 horror film "La morte vivante" ("The Living Dead Girl") as Catherine Valmont, a young woman who is resurrected following a spillage of toxic waste and must devour human blood in order to survive. She received praise for her performance in the film, particularly the end scene, which was so powerful and convincing that it was believed that she had descended into a state of madness. Blanchard went on to appear in three more of Rollin’s works: "Les trottoirs de Bangkok" (1984), the short film "À la poursuite de Barbara" (1991) and her final film role "La nuit des horloges" (2007). She continued in roles during the 1980s, appearing in films, including Jesús Franco's "Revenge in the House of Usher". She had also served as French voice dubbing in film, including that of Olive Oyl in Robert Altman's Popeye (1980), Jane Bux in The NeverEnding Story III (1994) and Margot Wallace in "Hackers" (1995), as well as dubbing of several TV series, including "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" and "Totally Spies!". She died in 2013, twelve days before her 59th birthday.
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Rupert Murray
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Rupert Murray (born 28 May 1969) is a film director working in London. Murray began by making television documentaries for Channel Four's Cutting Edge series including Playing For England and Seconds To Impact (cameraman and editor), and short films Outsiders and This Was My War, co-directed with Beadie Finzi.
In 2005 he directed British documentary film Unknown White Male, the story of an Englishman Doug Bruce living in New York who experienced retrograde amnesia. The film premiered at Sundance and was nominated for a Grierson award, a British Independent Film Award and a Directors Guild of America award.
The film was greeted with some scepticism from film critics in the USA on release, several of whom believed it was an elaborate hoax. The filmmakers have consistently rejected this allegation. Influential film critic Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times said that he was "convinced of its truthfulness".
In 2007 he directed "Wild Art: Olly and Suzi" for BBC Storyville.
Murray also directed The End of The Line, a documentary about the effects of overfishing.The film was shown at Sundance 2009 and has resulted in major retailers changing their fish sourcing policy.
He is currently working on a film about climate sceptics for the BBC.
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Jill Clayburgh
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Jill Clayburgh (April 30, 1944 – November 5, 2010) was an American actress known for her work in theater, television, and cinema. She was a recipient of the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her breakthrough role in Paul Mazursky's comedy-drama An Unmarried Woman (1978). She also received a second consecutive Academy Award nomination for Starting Over (1979) as well as four Golden Globe nominations for her film performances.
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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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John Bennett
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John Bennett was educated at Bradfield College in Berkshire, then trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama, followed by a wide repertory theatre experience including Bromley, Bristol Old Vic, Dundee, the Edinburgh Festival and Watford before going to London's West End.
Often cast as a villain, Bennett had many roles on television including Market in Honey Lane, Porridge, Survivors, The Avengers, Strange Report, Bergerac, The Professionals and four episodes of The Saint. He also appeared in several films including The Fifth Element and The Pianist. He also had an extensive stage career.
Away from acting, Bennet was an enthusiastic amateur flier and an accomplished glider pilot. He died in 2005, aged 76.
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Neeraj Madhav
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Neeraj Madhav (born 26 March 1990) is an Indian film actor and dancer who works in Malayalam films.
Neeraj made his debut in Malayalam through the film Buddy (2013) directed by Raaj Prabavathy Menon. He's popular for his roles in Drishyam (2013), 1983 (2014), Sapthamashree Thaskaraha (2014), Oru Vadakkan Selfie (2015), Kunjiramayanam (2015), and Adi Kapyare Kootamani (2015)
Neeraj is a native of Thiruvannur, Calicut. He did schooling from St. Joseph's Boys' Higher Secondary School Calicut. Then graduated in Visual communications from SRM University, Chennai and later did post-graduation in Theatre from School of Drama and Fine Arts, Thrissur. His father Dr. K. Madhavan is a veterinarian, and his mother Latha, a teacher.
The young talent started off as a dancer with the first edition of reality television programme ‘Super Dancer’ on Amrita TV and made it to the final round. Neeraj is also a trained Bharata Natyam dancer, having learnt it under Kalamandalam Saraswathy and her daughter, Aswathy. He is also trained in the chenda and is a disciple of Kalanilayam Udayan Namboodiri.
Neeraj also has a younger brother Navneeth, another dancer turned actor in the family. He has acted in films such as Shikkar, Nallavan and Manikyakkallu and TV series such as Kuttichathan.
The actor made his entry to the Malayalam cinema industry through Raaj Prabavathy Menon's Buddy into which he was selected through an audition. He was later noticed by director Jeethu Joseph and was invited to be a part of his movies Memories and Drishyam both of which turned out to be huge box office hits. Meanwhile, Neeraj also acted in Abrid Shine's 1983 and Sathyan Anthikad's Oru Indian Pranayakadha.
Anil Radhakrishnan Menon's Sapthamashree Thaskaraha - the story of seven innocent thieves in which Neeraj plays one of the lead characters alongside Prithviraj, Anoop Kannan's Homely Meals and Apothecary (film) - a medical drama directed by Madhav Ramadasan are also other noted performances of the actor.
Neeraj also debuted as an official choreographer through Oru Vadakkan Selfie scripted by Vineeth Sreenivasan, with the fun song "Enne thallendammava". His other releases in 2015 also include Jamna Pyari, Kunjiramayanam, Madhura Naranga, KL.10 Pathu, Charlie and Adi Kapyare Kootamani. The upcoming movie Oozham, which has Prithviraj in the lead, will see Neeraj in a full-length role. The movie directed by Jeethu Joseph is expected to release in September this year, during Onam.
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Obie Scott Wade
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Obie Scott Wade's career began at PBS station WQED/Pittsburgh where he contributed to the development of a slate of programs including Where In Time Is Carmen Sandiego, and The Curious Shadow, a series concept developed with Dr. Donna Mitroff and Mr. Rogers company, Family Communications. Obie also helped spearhead the pubcaster's foray into location-based entertainment. He has served as experience architect for interactive concepts at LEGOLAND USA, Discovery World in Taiwan, The Tech Museum of Innovation in Silicon Valley, and other destinations. In 2001, Wade pioneered the creation of original internet content when he co-created and produced Julius & Friends with Paul Frank, the first animated web series for kids and families. Episodes of Julius & Friends were Official Selections at The Sundance Film Festival in 2001 and 2002. The series was distributed by Sony. Obie went on to write Baby Looney Tunes for Warner Animation, Al Roach: Private Insectigator for TCM, and several other animated properties. In 2008, Obie was invited to join INTER, a think tank funded by the U.S. Department of Labor tasked with crafting an experimental curriculum designed to teach people how to be creative. Obie served as the project's experience architect. The federal government was seeking a way to build a future workforce consisting of people who are more innovative. After years of developing and testing the curriculum across the US, the project proved one thing: it is impossible to teach people how to be creative. They either are creative or they aren't. In 2012, Obie returned to television and created SheZow, the animated series for kids 6-11. Distributed globally by Wildbrain and presented on Netflix Worldwide, SheZow chronicles the adventures of a boy bonded to a magic ring that transforms him into a female superhero. Considered a cult classic, SheZow was originally seen as controversial by several Christian groups including One Million Moms, the American Family Association, and The Catholic League. Obie continues to create and write episodic television and is the author of Oddry, a mid-grade novel about a young girl who was raised by hawks on the top ledge of a New York skyscraper. His mature comic book series, Shed, released in 2017, chronicles the rise of a new human virus, the experimental vaccine for which causes some recipients to evolve into a new breed of skinless hominid called Sarx.
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Frank Toogood
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Frank Toogood has been an award-winning designer within the creative industry for over two decades. At the beginning of his career Frank also served eleven years as a Territorial with the 70th (Essex Yeomanry) Signal Squadron, which was part of 71st (Yeomanry) Signal Regiment (V). During this time his passion for military history grew to the point where he decided to become a battlefield guide. Frank joined the International Guild of Battlefield Guides in 2006 and in 2008 after qualifying, was very proud to be presented his Guide's Badge from the late Prof. Richard Holmes. Besides running 'The Battlefield Guide', Frank also freelances for a number of other battlefield tour providers. Contact: [email protected] www.thebattlefieldguide.com www.typonic.com
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June Vincent
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June Vincent (born Dorothy June Smith, July 17, 1920 – November 20, 2008) was an American actress. Vincent began her career in film in the early 1940s. After having made 50 films, she retired from that field when her second child was born.
She later became a successful television actress appearing in many programs throughout the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. She appeared in three episodes of Have Gun - Will Travel and she made five guest appearances on Perry Mason including the roles of Madge Wainwright in the 1959 episode, "The Case of the Bartered Bikini," and title character and murder victim/villainess Laura Randall in the 1961 episode, "The Case of the Wintry Wife."
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