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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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Aleka Katselli
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Aleka (Alexandra) Katseli, née Mazaraki (Greek: Αλέκα Κατσέλη, Athens, October 19, 1917 - September 11, 1994), was a great Greek dramatic actress and a qualified dance artist.
She first appeared on the stage at the "Karolos Koun" Art Theater in 1942, during the Occupation. After liberation, and after a series of successes, she was hired in 1945 at the National Theater, where she made her first appearance as Portia in William Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice" under the instruction of her later husband, director Pelos Katseli. Two years later, upon leaving the National Theater, she appeared as the leading actress of the dramatic stage in various dramatic works by other companies. In 1950, she was rehired at the National Theatre, appearing in key roles in George Bernard Shaw's "Saint Joan" and Dionysios Roma's "Three Worlds".
At the same time, she starred in the film "Lycaena" and took part in the dance dramas "Marsyas" and "Forms of a Woman" of the Greek Dance Drama by Manos Hadjidakis (1949), continuing a rich theatrical career culminating in 1986, where she starred in the play "The House of Bernarda Alba" by Federico Garcia Lorca.
Her participation in Greek cinema, television and radio was notable.
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Theodore Roberts
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Theodore Roberts (October 8, 1861 – December 14, 1928) was an American movie and stage actor. He was a stage actor decades before becoming lovable old man in silents. On stage in the 1890s he acted with Fanny Davenport in her play called Gismonda (1894) and later in The Bird of Paradise (1912) with actress Laurette Taylor. He started his film career in the 1910s in Hollywood, and was often was associated in the productions of Cecil B. DeMille. He was buried in Hollywood Forever Cemetery.
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Ronan Summers
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The son of an Irish father and a Russian American mother, Ronan spent much of his early life moving around the world, following his fathers work and his changing family situation. By the time he was three, he had lived in New York, California, Greece, The Republic of Ireland and the UK. After his parents divorce at the age of three, Ronan moved to New York with his mother, where he began his elementary school education. Through out this time Ronan spent most of his school holidays with his father back in Ireland, who was eager that Ronan hold on to his roots there. When Ronan Reached his early teens the situation was reversed, and he began going to school in Ireland and returning to the USA for his holidays. This bi-continental upbringing has given him a unique insight into both American and European ways of life, and has proved invaluable at various stages of his professional career. After school, Ronan was accepted in to the acting degree course at the prestigious Royal Welsh College Of Music And Drama, where he received a 2:1 and graduated in 2004. Next, He moved to London, where he has since worked consistently in the many varied aspects of the acting world, from Television to Feature Films, Shorts to Voice Overs, Performance Capture to Commercials, and both small and large scale theatre. His job has taken him all over the world, and the dual citizenship given to him by his mixed parentage has proved to be one of his greatest assets. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Ronan Summers
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Saxon Sharbino
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Saxon Paige Sharbino (born June 11, 1999) is an American actress. She is known for portraying Amelia Robbins in the Fox series Touch and Kendra Bowen in the 2015 remake of Poltergeist.
Sharbino was born in Lewisville, Texas, the daughter of Angela and Ron Sharbino. She began acting at the age of nine. Saxon is the older sister of Brighton Sharbino and Sawyer Sharbino. She attended Bridlewood Elementary School for a few years, choosing to finish her elementary schooling at home while focusing on her acting. She would later come back to Flower Mound and skip a grade when starting Downing Middle School. In 2013, she and her family moved to Los Angeles, California.
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Christine Bermas
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Christine Bermas is a Filipino actress and model born on August 30, 2001, in Manila, Philippines. She began her career in entertainment as a member of the girl group Belladonnas before transitioning to acting in 2021. Christine gained recognition for her performances in Vivamax films such as Moonlight Butterfly (2022), Scorpio Nights 3 (2022), Island of Desire (2022), Relyebo (2022), Nightbird (2023), and Lampas Langit (2023).
Known for portraying daring and mature roles, she has often emphasized the difference between her on-screen persona and her real-life personality, describing herself as conservative off-camera. Before entering show business, she worked humble jobs, including selling local delicacies, to support her family.
Christine continues to build her reputation as one of Vivamax’s most prominent young actresses, with aspirations to take on more dramatic and emotionally challenging roles in Philippine cinema.
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Tavi Gevinson
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Tavi Gevinson (born April 21, 1996) is an American writer, magazine editor, and actress. She came to public attention at the age of 12, due to her fashion blog Style Rookie. By the age of 15, she had shifted her focus to pop culture and feminist discussion. Gevinson is the founder and editor-in-chief of the online Rookie Magazine, aimed primarily at teenage girls. In both 2011 and 2012, she appeared on the Forbes 30 Under 30 in Media list. In 2014, she was named one of "The 25 Most Influential Teens of 2014" by Time magazine.
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Liu Peiqi
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Liu Peiqi is a Chinese actor. He started his training in 1979 when he joined Military Art School. He joined Military Drama Group in Xinjiang Province in 1983. In 1985 he starred in his first movie, Father and Son, directed by Wang Bingling. After transferring to Beijing Military Drama Group, then the China National Drama Group, Liu starred in Days Without Leifeng, directed by Lei Xianhe. For his performance, he was awarded the Golden Rooster for Best Actor (China's version of the Academy Award). He was also awarded Best Performance in a Male Leading Role in the Outstanding Film Awards organized by the Chinese Ministry of Radio, Film and Television. Liu's recent credits include starring roles in Zhang Yimou's The Story of Qiu Ju, Zhou Xiaowen's Ermo and Chen Kaige's Together, for which he was awarded the San Sebastián International Film Festival Award for Best Actor, becoming the first Chinese actor ever to receive that award.
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Walter Williamson
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From earliest childhood, Walter Williamson wanted to be an actor. During his teen years in Richmond Virginia he acted, wrote, designed and directed for numerous community theaters before beginning formal studies at Virginia Commonwealth University. Mentoring by Robert John Versteeg at Louisburg College in North Carolina followed. Tapped by director Joe Layton to play Gov. White in the long running Paul Green outdoor drama, The Lost Colony, Williamson helped found the annual Elizabethan Festival there before going off to London as an international finalist for The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. On his return he began a series of jobs in dinner theaters, stock companies and repertory companies all over the east coast. The Barter Theater in Abingdon, Virginia was his first Equity assignment, followed by long associations with The Flat Rock Playhouse and The Virginia Museum Theater. New York called and Williamson worked constantly in OffBroadway and touring productions for several years. A long standing interest in writing surfaced and Williamson produced four books directed at young readers about theater and other subjects along with several plays. A move to Los Angeles in the early 1990s brought about several assignments for Adam Sandler as well as numerous other roles. Currently he divides his time between acting and writing and has recently sold his first screenplay. Single now, Williamson has one daughter by a previous marriage who just graduated from college.
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Cheng Zhi
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Zhi Cheng Zhi was born on February 3, 1926 in Wuchang, Hubei. Two years later he moved to Shanghai with his grandfather, tenth-ranking scholar. Grandfather was proficient in poetry, calligraphy, and seal engraving. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, he was the supervisor of the Yuelu Academy in Hunan. He has more than ten albums, and has compiled and published many representative works of the Tan School. He was employed as a librarian in the Shanghai Museum of Cultural History in the late 1950s. Young Zhi Cheng has loved Peking Opera since he was young. He returned to La Jinghu without a teacher at the age of six. He broadcasted on the radio at the age of eight and sang Peking opera. At the age of eleven, he produced the Peking Opera record "Yu Guo Yuan". After graduating from high school in 1944, Cheng was admitted to the Fudan Department of Economics. Because of his passion for acting, he participated in a charity fundraising event sponsored by Shen Bao at the time during his studies in Fudan. The repertoire for the free performance is "Rich Clouds", directed by Huang Zuolin.
On January 1, 1945, Cheng Zhi dropped out of school to perform a drama. He joined the hard work troupe led by Huang Zuolin and has since embarked on an acting career that he has worked for all his life. In 1947, Cheng Zhi entered Mandarin Pictures. The first film he participated in was "Fake Phoenix", in which he played "Hairdresser No.5". In the film, the hairdresser No.5 sang a popular song of self-singing and singing, which left a deep impression on the audience. impression. After succesuful debut Zhi Cheng shot more than a dozen films such as "Night Club" and "Corrosion".
In 1952, eight private film companies in Shanghai merged to form the Shanghai United Film Studio. In 1953 "Lianying" was incorporated into the Shanghai Film Studio. During this period, Zhi Cheng has participated in the filming of "My Life" and "Related Directors". In the mid-fifties, Cheng Zhi donated airplane cannons to perform Beijing opera "Empty City Plan" and "Capturing Cao", etc., and recorded the radio programs Peking Opera chanting and cross talk for Taiwan People's Broadcasting Station and Fujian People's Broadcasting Station. To enable the people of Taiwan to understand the motherland and contribute to the exchanges across the Taiwan Straits.
The Cultural Revolution began in 1966, Zhi Cheng was not spared, and the revolutionary masses became "objects of revolution" overnight. In July 1967, he was ordered to stay in the factory to inspect and participate in the so-called "study class", that is, the "isolation review" in disguise. One pass was ten months. In May 1968, the class ended. In 1969, a large number of people in the film system were decentralized to work in the "May 7th" cadre school in Fengxian. Zhi Cheng was still the "censorship object" and worked in the "cadre school" for four years.
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