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Janis Paige

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Janis Paige (September 16, 1922 - June 2, 2024; born as Donna Mae Tjaden in Tacoma, Washington) was an American film, musical theatre and television actress. She began singing in public from the age of five in local amateur shows. She then moved to Los Angeles after graduating from high school and then got a job as a singer at the Hollywood Canteen during World War II. The Canteen, which was a studio-sponsored gathering spot for servicemen, is where Warner Bros. saw her potential and signed her up. She began her film career co-starring in secondary musicals, often paired with either Dennis Morgan or Jack Carson. She later was relegated to rugged adventures and dramas in which she was out of her element. Following her role in the forgettable Two Gals and a Guy released in 1951, she decided to leave the Hollywood scene. She then took to the Broadway boards and scored a huge hit with the 1951 comedy-mystery play, Remains to Be Seen, co-starring Jackie Cooper. She also toured successfully as a cabaret singer, performing everywhere from New York City and Miami to Las Vegas and Los Angeles. Stardom came in 1954 with the role of "Babe" in the Broadway musical The Pajama Game. (Doris Day went on to play the role on film.) After a six-year hiatus, Paige returned to films in Silk Stockings (1957), which starred Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse, plus the Doris Day comedy Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960) followed by a role as a love-starved married neighbor in Bachelor in Paradise with Bob Hope (1961). One of her rare dramatic roles was "Marion," an institutionalized hooker, in the 1963 drama, The Caretakers. Description above from the Wikipedia article Janis Paige, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Renate Krößner

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Renate Krössner or Renate Krößner (born 17 May 1945 in Osterode am Harz, Lower Saxony) is a German actress. She has appeared in such films as Nordkurve, Solo Sunny and Alles auf Zucker!. In television she has appeared on Tatort, Bruder Esel, Stubbe - Von Fall zu Fall and Einmal Bulle, immer Bulle. For her role in Solo Sunny, she won the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the 30th Berlin International Film Festival. In 1991, she was a member of the jury at the 41st Berlin International Film Festival. In 1993, Krößner won a Deutscher Filmpreis Best Actress award for her work in Nordkurve. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Remya Nambeesan

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Remya Nambeesan is an Indian film actress. She made her career debut in 2000 with Sayahnam. Following performances as a child artist in several Malayalam films during the early 2000s, she went on to play minor supporting roles, before essaying starring roles since 2006. In 2008, she appeared in her first non-Malayalam project, while receiving critical acclaim for her performances in the films Traffic (2011) andChaappa Kurish (2011). Besides acting, Remya has occasionally worked as a television presenter and singer as well.
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Yūsaku Matsuda

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Yūsaku Matsuda was a Japanese actor. He was born in Shimonoseki, to a Japanese father and a Zainichi Korean mother. He became an actor when he was 23 as a rookie police officer for the 1970s Japanese TV detective drama called Taiyō ni hoero! Apart from this role, his other defining role on television was in Tantei monogatari. He featured in many other TV shows and movies. He won the award for best actor at the 8th Hochi Film Award for Detective Story and The Family Game. He specialized in physical action movies. The 1989 movie Black Rain — directed by Ridley Scott and starring Michael Douglas and Andy Garcia— opened the door for Matsuda as an international actor. However, shortly after he made this movie, he died due to bladder cancer. He was survived by his second wife and three young children.
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Chelsea Islan

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Chelsea Elizabeth Islan is an Indonesian actress. She made her film debut in the 2013 Indonesian drama film Refrain, she later continued her acting career in several films such as Street Society (2014), Merry Riana: Mimpi Sejuta Dolar (2014), Dibalik 98 (2015), and Guru Bangsa: Tjokroaminoto (2015). She also appears in the popular NET TV sitcom Tetangga Masa Gitu. She is fluent in Indonesian and English. Early life Born in Washington DC to an Indonesian father and an American mother, Chelsea moved to Jakarta to start elementary school and stayed until she finished high school
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François Civil

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François Civil (born 29 January 1990) is a French actor. He has appeared in both French and English-language productions and is known for his roles in films such as Frank (2014), As Above, So Below (2014), Five (2016), Burn Out (2017), Love at Second Sight (2019), The Wolf's Call (2019), Who You Think I Am (2019), Someone, Somewhere (2019), BAC Nord (2021), for voicing Buzz Lightyear in the French version of the animated film Lightyear (2022), and for playing D'Artagnan in The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan (2023) and The Three Musketeers: Milady (2023). On television, he has starred in the Disney Channel teen sitcom series Trop la Classe! (2006), in the France 2 comedy-drama series Call My Agent! (2015–17), and in the Netflix comedy miniseries Fiasco (2024). Civil won a Chopard Trophy for Male Revelation at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, and has earned two nominations for the César Award for Best Supporting Actor; for BAC Nord in 2022 and for Rise in 2023. He was named Actor of the Year by GQ France's Men of the Year Awards in 2023. ... Description above from the Wikipedia article François Civil, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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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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Hadi El Gayar

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Hady El Gayar is an Egyptian actor. He studied acting at the High Institute of Theatrical Arts. His breakthrough came with his role in the popular play “Madraset Elmoshaghbeen” (School of Rowdies). He appeared in numerous television series, including “Almal wal Banun” (Fortune and Progeny), “Elraya Elbeida” (The White Flag), “Alnawares wal Soqur” (Albatrosses and Falcons). His notable film roles include those in “Thom Tashreq Alshams” (Then The Sun Rises) (1971) and “Ihtares Esabet Alnisaa” (Watch Out for the Women's Clan) (1986).
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Louis 'Babe' Pressley

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Louis "Babe" Pressley was an American professional basketball player. He played in the National Basketball League for the Chicago Studebaker Flyers. He was also a long-time player for the Harlem Globetrotters. Pressley signed with the Globetrotters in 1937 until 1958. Pressley was key in double teaming George Mikan, when the Globetrotters beat the Lakers. He was inducted into the Cleveland Hall of Fame in 1976. Pressley was recognized as an athletic great in an article concerning Abe Saperstein.
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Ben Crowe

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Ben Crowe is a very experienced actor, voice actor and voice acting coach with over twenty years in the business. He has his own broadcast quality studio complete with Neumann TLM-103 Mic. Ben has narrated several documentaries for TV including eight series of “Eddie Stobart- Trucks and Trailers” for Channel 5, “Fairground Attractions” and most recently “M1: The Road that made Britain great.” Ben has also voiced many TV Commercials and Video games including playing the Commander/Announcer in the upcoming “Battlefield V” and many other games such as Hitman, Titanfall, Evolve and numerous others. Recent ADR work includes Peaky Blinders, Howards End, Good Omens and many others. After winning the Prestigious BBC Carleton Hobbs Award in 1998 he began his career on the BBC Radio Drama Company straight after graduating from Mountview and has appeared in over 500 Radio plays. Ben also, regularly, gives Voiceover masterclasses at a number of the top London Drama Schools, including Central, Arts Ed, Italia Conti, Mountview and East 15. Alongside his voice over career he continues to act in Film, TV and Radio. Recent work includes Tim Burton’s Dumbo
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