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Stefan Kramer
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Stefan Kramer Solé (born January 19th, 1982 Santiago de Chile) is a Chilean impersonator and comedian. His first TV appearance was as a contestant on "¿Cuánto vale el Show?", on Chilevisión. Therefore, his debut as impersonator would be in the TVN television show "Noche de Juegos", in the comedy section of "Ponce Candidato", comedy character performed by Julián Elfebein. Kramer is better known in Chile by copying - with a great accuracy - the voice accents, gestures and expressions of dozens of characters from the Chilean media, like TV hosts, singers, politicians, sports players, sportscasters and celebrities, generally. He has participated in various TV shows like "Mekano" (Mega), "Amenaza Real" (Canal 13) (performing "Polimorphicuz", a man who suffers multiple personalities), "De Pe a Pá" (TVN), "REC" and "¿Cuánto vale el show?", both programs from Chilevisión and hosted by Leo Caprile. In 2006 Kramer has a great success in "Festival del Huaso de Olmué". He took part successfully in the second night of the Viña de Mar Festival in 2008. In a comedy routine that lasted almost 90 minutes, Kramer impersonated around 33 characters. The audience acclaimed and awarded him with two torches(gold and silver) and a Silver Gull ("Gaviota de Plata"). Many Chilean TV shows have taken advantage of the good rating that produces Kramer's routine and they have repeated it in uncountable occasions, without the comedian receives some money remuneration. His last performance in television was in the 30th Anniversary of the Chilean Telethon (he also had taken part the previous year in the same event), where he personified politicians and the Entertainer of the solidary crusade, Mario Kreutzberger, the worldwide famous "Don Francisco", the same of "Sábado Gigante".
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Rosanna Ortiz
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Rosanna Ortiz was born as Violeta Orbita. She is an actress, known for Araw-araw, gabi-gabi (1975), Patayin mo sa sindak si Barbara (1974) and Panic! (1973)
She was one of those who started the bold trend in the 60’s but she became a fine actress when she won Asia ’s Best Supporting Actress for the movie Patayin Mo Sa Sindak Si Barbara , directed by Celso Ad. Castilo. She was only 16 when she entered the movies in the late 60's. She appeared in several sex flicks such as Hayok and Ang Magsasaging ni Pacing. In 1971 alone, she finished 15 movies. While other bold stas remained in bold films, she transitioned to serious and dramatic roles such as in Daluyong (1971) for Ishmael Bernal, Ang Kampana ng Santa Quiteria (1971) for FPJ for which she earned a Famas Best Supporting Actress nomination, Anthony and Cleopatra (1972) for Dolphy and Patayin Mo sa Sindak si Barbara (1974) for Celso Ad Castillo, where she was praised for her memorable performance. She also appeared in Ibong Adarna with Dolphy, Panchito Alba and Babalu as the three prince brothers. She was the reason for the sensational killing of a businessman’s son which sent Eddie Fernadez and Berting Labra to prison.
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Adrian Frieling
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Adrian Frieling is the first and only German actor in Greece, who performed in 50+ Greek theatre productions and in 30+ movies, filmed in Greece. Born in Hamburg, grew up in Bremen, he studied "Applied Cultural Sciences" (fine arts and literature /theatre/film, in theory and practice [=acting, dramatics, directing]) at the University of Hildesheim, Germany. Master of Arts. Until 2000, he acted in more than 20 theatre productions of awarded German theatre company "Theater Mahagoni" and others in Hildesheim, Hannover, Berlin, Leipzig, Jena. Since 1998 he lives in Athens, working as theatre-director, and as actor with the directors: Michael Marmarinos, Angela Brouskou, Yorgos Valais, Roula Pateraki, Elli Papakonstantinou, Vassilis Noulas, Albrecht Hirche and others, and acting in film (/tv/web) with directors: Vassilis Mazomenos, Haris Raftogiannis, Nikias Chryssos, Costa-Gavras, Nikos Panayotopoulos, Constantine Giannaris, Stathis Athanasiou, Stefanos Tsivopoulos, and others.
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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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Hubert Reeves
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Hubert Reeves (born July 13, 1932), CC GOQ is a Canadian astrophysicist and popularizer of science.
Reeves was born in Montreal on July 13, 1932, and as a child lived in Léry. Reeves attended Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf, a prestigious French-language college in Montreal. He obtained a BSc degree in physics from the Université de Montréal in 1953, an MSc degree from McGill University in 1956 with a thesis entitled "Formation of Positronium in Hydrogen and Helium" and a PhD degree at Cornell University in 1960. His PhD thesis was "Thermonuclear Reaction Involving Medium Light Nuclei."
From 1960 to 1964, he taught physics at the Université de Montréal and worked as an advisor to NASA. He has been a Director of Research at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) since 1965.
Reeves resides in Paris, France. He often speaks on television, promoting science.
Source: Article "Hubert Reeves" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Petr Čepek
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Petr Čepek was a Czech actor associated with The Drama Club in Prague. His final film was Faust, directed by Czech surrealist Jan Švankmajer. Cepek attended the Academy of Performing Arts (DAMU) along with many notable Czech actors of the time, before appearing in Ostrava’s first theater, DPB until 1965. After joining with fellow colleagues in Prague’s Činoherní Klub, where he contributed to the formation of numerous famous theatre productions such as Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment and Gogo’s Revizor (The Government Inspector). Čepek turned to politics in the late 1980s, participating in political rallies and negotiations before returning to the Academy of Performing Arts (DAMU) to teach until his death in 1994. Čepek was honored posthumously for his double role in the Švankmajers film Faust.
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Barbora Bobuľová
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Barbora Bobuľová (born April 29, 1974) is a Slovak actress. Born in Martin, Slovakia, Bobuľová trained at the National Drama Academy in Bratislava before moving to Italy in 1995. She made her feature film debut in the Italian film The Prince von Homburg, that was selected to represent Italy at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival.
For her work in the 2005 film Cuore Sacro (Sacred Heart), she won Best Actress Awards at the David di Donatello awards, the Ciak d'Oro awards and the Flaiano Film Festival. In 2006 she received the Nastro Europeo at the Nastro d'Argento (Silver Ribbon) awards from the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists. Bobuľová’s additional film credits include Il siero della vanità, Check and Mate, Mirka, Poor Liza, That’s It and Green Ashes.
American television audiences know Bobuľová from her starring role in the Hallmark Hall of Fame movie In Love and War. Her additional TV credits include the Italian miniseries La Cittadella, La guerra è finita and Crociati. In 2008, Bobuľová co-starred with Shirley MacLaine in her first English-language film, a Lifetime original biopic, Coco Chanel.
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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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Katsuyuki Motohiro
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the Japan of the film director , TV drama and theater of the director . Born in Marugame City , Kagawa Prefecture. From 2013, he belongs to Production IG Planning Department.
In 1992, Fuji TV , a joint TV late-night drama "of production bad directorial debut in" [1] . Later, in the same series of omnibus drama “The World's Strange Stories ”, he directed “Let's End”. In 1996, she made her film director debut on July 7th, Sunny . " There is no money! Directing team of as one of the" Yuji Oda acquainted, "by the recommendation of Oda Bayside Shakedown has been appointed as chief director of". He directed the movie version series of this drama and won the 22nd and 27th Japan Academy Award for Excellent Director. He holds the first place in the performance of live-action Japanese paintings in the second series .
Studio Ghibli (named Studio Casino ) participated in the production of “ Satrare TRIBUTE to a SAD GENIUS ” .
In April 2011, he became a visiting professor at Shikoku Gakuin University “Body Expression and Performing Arts Management Major” (abbreviation: “Drama Course”). In October 2012, he made his debut as director of the animated film “ PSYCHO-PASS ”. Since 2013, he has been the director of the film festival “ Sanuki Film Festival ” in his hometown Kagawa Prefecture .
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Liis Remmel
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Liis Remmel (until 2021, Liis Lass; born April 2, 1989 in Põltsamaa) is an Estonian stage, film, and television actress.
Liis Lass was born in Põltsamaa, Jõgeva County in 1989. She graduated from secondary school at the Põltsamaa Gymnasium in 2008. Afterward, she studied acting at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre in Tallinn under course supervisor Elmo Nüganen, graduating in 2012 after appearing in diploma productions in works by Neil Simon, Molière, Alexander "Sasha" Pepelyaev, and Polly Stenham. Among her graduating classmates were: Henrik Kalmet, Karl-Andreas Kalmet, Priit Pius, Märt Pius, Pääru Oja, Piret Krumm, Maiken Schmidt, and Kaspar Velberg.
In 2012, Liis Lass made her first appearance on television in the role of Liisbet Reino on two episodes of the popular TV3 comedy-crime series Kättemaksukontor. This was followed by the recurring role of Anet on the Kanal 2 television crime serial Viimane võmm from 2014 until 2015, and the recurring role of Marion in the Kanal 2 television drama serial Restart in 2015.
Between 2010 and 2014, Lass appeared in six short films for Baltic Film and Media School's Media Department; in many of which she was paired with Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre classmate Pääru Oja.
In 2012, Lass appeared in director Ilmar Raag's French-Estonian drama Une Estonienne à Paris, playing the small role of Anne's daughter. The film stars Estonian actress Laine Mägi as Anne, an older woman who travels to Paris to care for an elderly Estonian émigré named Frida (played by French actress Jeanne Moreau), only to discover that she is not wanted.
In 2015, Lass had a starring role as Anne in the Urmas Eero Liiv directed thriller Must alpinist for Kopli Kinokompanii. The film is based on a 1989 incident involving director Urmas Eero Liiv and partly filmed in the Buryat village of Kyren where it allegedly took place. It also bears some resemblance to the Dyatlov Pass incident of 2 February 1959, where nine ski hikers mysteriously died in the northern Ural Mountains after establishing a camp on the slopes of Kholat Syakhl. In 2018, she appeared as Moonika, a young mother who abandons her newborn infant to the care of her ex-boyfriend, in the Liina Triškina-Vanhatalo-directed Allfilm drama Võta või jäta. In 2022, she appeared in the role of Liis in the Ergo Kuld directed and period romance-drama Soo, screen written by Martin Algus and based on the 1914 novel of the same name by Oskar Luts.
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