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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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Tim Hassan
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Taim Hasan ( تيم حسن) is a prominent Syrian actor, known for his distinct dramatic roles in Syria and the Arab world. Hasan achieved fame in Syria through a number of highly acclaimed and extremely successful Syrian series most notably Saladin, Taifas and Nizar Qabbani. Taking on the title role in the Egyptian series King Farouk, Hassan's latest role has established him as one of the leading stars in the Arab world. He appeared perennially with Hatem Ali, one of Syria's leading directors, in a majority of his series such as The Philanderer Salem (2000), Saladin (2001), Taifas (2005) and King Farouk (2007), a role that earned him a best actor's award by Egyptian audiences and critics and earned him vast recognition and success and established him as one of the leading actors of his generation. He has also starred in The Waiting (2006). He is best known for his role as Abboud, a man who does not have a family, and he loved and cared for by the people of his new town.
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Alfredo Mayo
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Abandonó los estudios de Medicina para ingresar a los 18 años en la compañía teatral de Ernesto Vilches. Tras finalizar la Guerra Civil Española, donde llegó a ser teniente de Aviación. Inicia su carrera profesional siendo uno de los galanes favoritos de los directores del régimen franquista. Alcanzó una gran fama en la posguerra por encarnar el prototipo de galán militar y heroico y del franquismo. Debutó en 1935, pero su consagración llegó en 1941 con Raza, de José Luis Sáenz de Heredia. Tras ésta llegó A mí la legión (1942), de Juan de Orduña, con el que protagonizó también La leona de Castilla (1951), junto a Amparo Rivelles. Otras de sus películas son la extraordinaria La caza (1965), de Carlos Saura, Peppermint Frappé (1967), también de Saura, o Los desafíos (1969), dirigida por Víctor Erice. Participó en más de 250 películas.
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Michelle Smith
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Michelle Smith co-authored the discredited 1980 book titled Michelle Remembers with Canadian psychiatrist Lawrence Pazder. Eventually, Lawrence married his former patient Michelle. As a best-seller, Michelle Remembers relied on the discredited practice of recovered-memory therapy to make sweeping, lurid claims about Satanic ritual abuse involving Smith, which contributed to the rise of the Satanic panic in the 1980s. While the book presents its claims as fact, and was extensively marketed on that basis at the time, no evidence was provided; all investigations into the book failed to corroborate any of its claims, with investigators describing its content as being primarily based on elements of popular culture and fiction that were popular at the time when it was written.
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Barry Windsor-Smith
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Barry Windsor-Smith (born May 25, 1949) is a British comic book illustrator and painter whose best-known work has been produced in the United States. He attained note for working on Marvel Comics' Conan the Barbarian from 1970 to 1973 and for his work on the character Wolverine, particularly the 1991 "Weapon X" story arc. His other noted Marvel work included a 1984 "Thing" story in Marvel Fanfare, the "Lifedeath" and "Lifedeath II" stories with writer Chris Claremont that focused on the de-powered Storm in The Uncanny X-Men, as well as the 1984 Machine Man limited series with Herb Trimpe and Tom DeFalco.
After leaving Marvel, Windsor-Smith became the creative director and lead artist at Valiant Comics, where he illustrated the company's revival of the 1960s Gold Key Comics character Solar and created the original characters Archer and Armstrong. He was also the chief designer of the "Unity" crossover storyline. After leaving Valiant in 1993, Windsor-Smith did work through a number of publishers, including co-creating the vampiric character Rune with Chris Ulm, which was published as part of Malibu Comics' Ultraverse. Rune's adventures included a crossover with Conan that Windsor-Smith wrote and illustrated. He also provided art for the WildStorm Productions/Image Comics storyline "Wildstorm Rising," though he later came to regret that work. He subsequently created an oversized anthology series, Barry Windsor-Smith: Storyteller, through Dark Horse Comics, though it was cancelled after nine issues.
Windsor-Smith released his subsequent work through Fantagraphics, including the Storyteller spin-off Adastra in Africa, which had originally been conceived as a "Lifedeath III" story for Storm; two volumes of the retrospective hardcover art book Opus; and Monsters, a 360-page hardcover published in 2021 that had originally been conceived in the mid-1980s as a Hulk story. In 2022, Barry Windsor-Smith won the Eisner Awards for Best Graphic Novel, Best Letterer, and Best Writer/Artist for Monsters.
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Efi Stamouli
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Efi Stamouli was born in Thessaloniki. She graduated from the Drama School of the National Theatre of Greece (1978) and the Department of French Literature of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (1981). For a year (1978) she worked at the National Theatre of Greece and immediately afterwards, in 1979, she was a founding member of the Experimental Stage of "Techni", where she has remained with short breaks to this day. She has performed many roles in the classical and contemporary repertoire, having taken part in over 100 plays. Among them: Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream (Titania), Loulas Anagnostaki, The City (Elisabeth), Beckett, Waiting for Godot (Pozzo), Chekhov, Uncle Vanyas (Sonia), Ilias Kapetanakis, The Wenge (Froso), Marivaux, The Quarrel (Eglet), Goldoni, The Summer Trilogy (Giacinta), Ibsen, Enda Gambler (Eda), Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream (Pook), Brecht, The Chalk Circle (Grusa), Eric Rohmer, Trio in E flat (Adele), Catherine Anne, Tita-Lou (Tita), Euripides, Ion (Creoussa), T. Wertenbaker, For the Good of the Country (Liz Morden), Shakespeare, Twelfth Night (Viola), Iakovou Kambanelli, In Ibsen's Country (Elena Alving), Yannis Ritsou, The Dead House & The Moonlight Sonata, Chekhov, The Three Sisters (Masha), Brian Friel, Dancing in Lunasha (Kate), Brecht, Mother Courage (Anna Fierling), D. Kehaidi-El. Caviar, With Power from Kifisia (Fotini), Ingmar Bergman, After the Rehearsal (Raquel), Michael Frayn, Save It (Mrs. Clackett), Aristophanes, Churchgoers (Gria), Chekhov, The Seagull (Arkantina), Frank McGuinness, Working Girls (Ellen), Loulas Anagnostaki, Victory (Vasso), Ibsen, Vampires (Mrs. Alving), Akis Dimou, Tonight We Eat at Jocasta's (Jocasta), Joel Pommera, The Merchants (Narrator), Martin Cribb, In the Countryside (Corinne), Fento, The Smart Bird (Lucien), S. Serefa, The Road Will Take You, Frank McGuinness, Greta Garbo Came to Our Town (Greta Garbo), Carol Fresset, The Secret Room (Catherine), Chekhov, The Cherry Orchard (Lyubov Andreyevna), Dürrenmatt, The Old Lady's Visit (Claire Zahanasian), Martin McDonagh, The Beauty Queen (Magg), Beckett, The Endgame (Clove), Papadiamantis, Murder (Frangogiannou) etc.
In 2002, she collaborated with the NTNG, playing the leading role in George Skampardonis' play Gernao successfully, while from 2015 onwards she had the following collaborations with the same organization: Sofia Adamidou, My Name Is Sotiria (Sotiria Bellou), Dimitrios Koromilas, The Shepherdess' Lover (Yianenna), Emily Bronte, Wuthering Heights (Nelly), Ibsen, Pillars of Society (Betty Bernick).
She has collaborated with the directors: Nikos Hourmouziadis, Colin Harris, Nikos Charalambous, Nikos Armao, Nikos Politis, Takis Kalfopoulos, Eleni Karpeta, Ersi Vasilikioti, Pepi Oikonomopoulou, Nikiforos Papandreou, Glykeria Kalaitzi, Petros Zivanos, Andreas Voutsinas, Nick Filippou, Nikos Hatzipapas, Sotiris Hatzakis, Yannis Moschos, Yannis Leontari, Christina Hatzivassiliou, Stamatis Fasoulis, Yannis Kalavrianos. She has translated plays (Yukio Mishima, Charlotte Kitley, Connor MacPherson, Lolé Bellon). She has taught Acting at the Drama School of the National Theatre of Greece. Since 1997, she has taught Acting at the Theater Department of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
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Preston Paine
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Preston Paine first fell in love with cooking thanks to a close family friend named Chela, who showed him the foundations that have carried him to where he is now in his professional cooking career. From how to properly hold and use a knife, grill, sauté, braise and more, Chela inspired his love for exquisite CUISINE through her dark mole, fresh tortillas, stuffed cabbage soup and more. When Paine left Dallas to study Business Development with a focus in restaurant design and play football at Tulane University in New Orleans, he started picking up different jobs in restaurants and gaining inspiration from the famous local styles and flavors there. After graduating, he began his career helping write menus and design concepts for a restaurant management & development company based out of Dallas. After two years, he still had the urge to continue expanding his palate and knowledge of different cuisines around the world. Therefore, he decided to spend a year working as an onboard chef and traveling extensively. Once back stateside, he had the opportunity to work for the number one restaurant in the world, Eleven Madison Park. It retained ITS 3 Michelin-Star status during his time there. Unfortunately, the Covid pandemic shut down operations and sent him back to Dallas. Eager to take a turn at entrepreneurship and restaurant design, Paine connected with his now business partner and opened up an award-winning New York-Style bagel shop called Shug’s Bagels. Once the shop was up and running smoothly, he helped open A COUPLE OF restaurants located in the Thompson Hotel in downtown Dallas, including Catbird and Nine at The National. As the corporate executive chef FOR Exxir Hospitality, He ran 5 beautiful concepts throughout the Bishop Arts District that are some of the most recognized and awarded properties in all of DFW.
today, paine is the Executive Chef of Restaurants at the crescent hotel in Fort Worth, Texas.
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Akshay Anand
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Akshay Anand, born John Fitzgerald Gardner in Delhi, India, is an Indian actor, writer, director, and content creator with a career spanning over three decades in film and television. Discovered and mentored by legendary filmmaker Dev Anand, he made his film debut with a cameo in Hum Naujawan (1985), a project that also introduced actress Tabu. He gained early recognition in television with the Doordarshan series Indradhanush, which featured notable names such as Girish Karnad, Ashutosh Gowariker, Karan Johar, and Urmila Matondkar. Around this time, he was offered his first Hindi feature film, Do Pal, by Ravi Rai, marking the formal adoption of his screen name, Akshay Anand, in honor of his mentor.
Over the years, Anand has built a diverse portfolio in Indian entertainment, appearing in numerous successful films and television series across genres. He seamlessly transitioned into behind-the-camera roles, including writing, producing, and directing for both theatrical releases and OTT platforms. His work reflects a blend of artistic versatility and commitment to storytelling, earning him recognition as both a performer and a creative force in the industry. Bridging classical cinema influences with contemporary media, he continues to contribute to Indian film and television while mentoring emerging talent and exploring new narrative forms.
TMDB mini biography by: Ashvin Borad
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Jean-Claude Dreyfus
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Jean-Claude Dreyfus (born February 18, 1946, Paris) is a French actor. He began his career in film acting in 1973 in the film Comment réussir quand on est con et pleurnichard. Dreyfus is notable for his portrayal of a butcher in the black comedy Delicatessen by Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet. He collaborated again with Jeunet and actor Dominique Pinon in the films The City of Lost Children and A Very Long Engagement.
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Kaori Momoi
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Kaori Momoi (桃井 かおり, Momoi Kaori, born April 8, 1952 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese actress.
Momoi was born in Tokyo, and at the young age of 12 traveled to London to study dance at the Royal Ballet Academy. After 3 years she returned to Tokyo, later graduating from Japan's Bungakuza School of Dramatic Arts. In 1971, Momoi debuted in director Kon Ichikawa's Ai Futatabi (To Love Again) beginning a career that has already spanned 35 years and over 60 films.
As an actress, she has worked with some of the most notable films directors in Japan, including Akira Kurosawa (Kagemusha, 1980), Tatsumi Kumashiro (Seishun no Satetsu, 1974), Yoji Yamada (The Yellow Handkerchief, 1977 and Otoko wa Tsuraiyo, 1979), Shohei Imamura (Why Not?, 1981), Shunji Iwai (Swallowtail Butterfly, 1996), Jun Ichikawa (Tokyo Yakyoku, 1997), Mitani Koki (Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald, 1997), Yoshimitsu Morita (Like Asura, 2003) and, most recently, Takashi Miike (IZO, Sukiyaki Western Django).
She has also performed in The Sun (2005) directed by Alexander Sokurov and appeared in director Rob Marshall's film Memoirs of a Geisha.
For her film performances in Japan, Momoi has won many awards. She has won the Japanese Academy Awards for Best Actress twice and Best Supporting Actress once and was selected Best Actress at the 1983 New York International Film Festival for her role in Giwaku (Suspicion).
Popular among Japanese of all ages and a recognized trend setter, Momoi is never idle, pursuing various projects in producing, directing, screenwriting, and design in addition to her acting. She has also released some 15 record albums as a singer and is a much sought after essayist.
She won the award for best actress at the 7th Hochi Film Award for Giwaku.
Her latest movie is Maris Martinson's movie "Amaya", which was released on September 17, 2010.
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