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Falco
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Johann Hölzel (19 February 1957 – 6 February 1998), better known by his stage name Falco (from Falko Weißpflog), was an Austrian singer and musician. He had several international hits, including "Der Kommissar" (1981), "Rock Me Amadeus", "Vienna Calling", "Jeanny", "The Sound of Musik", "Coming Home (Jeanny Part II, One Year Later)", and posthumously "Out of the Dark".
"Rock Me Amadeus" reached No. 1 on the Billboard charts in 1986, making Falco the only artist in history to score a number-one hit with a German language song in the United States. According to his estate, he has sold 20 million albums and 40 million singles, which makes him the best-selling Austrian singer of all time.
Also notable was his very early, first notable, creation of a successful non-English language rap music song ("Der Kommissar"), recorded in December 1981. It was covered a year later by the British rock band After the Fire, hitting the US Billboard Hot 100 on 22 February 1983.
Hölzel died of severe injuries received on 6 February 1998, at age 40, when his Mitsubishi Pajero collided with a bus on the road linking the towns of Villa Montellano and Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic. At the time of his death, he was planning a comeback, which was successful with the posthumously released album Out of the Dark (Into the Light). His body was returned to Austria and buried at the Vienna Central Cemetery.
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Achim von Borries
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Achim von Borries, born 1968 in Munich, studied History, Political Science and Philosophy from 1989 to 1993 at the Freie Universität Berlin. In 1992 he continued his studies at the German Film and Television Academy (dffb). Borries was highly praised for his impressive screen debut ENGLAND! (2000), which was also his graduating film at the dffb. ENGLAND! ran successfully at several festivals and won 15 international awards including two from the German Film Critics Award in 2002 (Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography for Jutta Pohlmann). It was followed by his second directorial feature film LOVE IN THOUGHTS starring August Diehl, Daniel Brühl and Anna Maria Mühe in the main roles, which celebrated its premiere at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival in the USA in 2004.
Together with his sister Bettine he wrote the screen adaptations of the classic children’s books THE THREE ROBBERS, MULLEWAPP and LILLI THE WITCH. Achim von Borries has directed episodes of well-known German television series such as "Unter Verdacht" with Senta Berger. In 2010 for the 40th anniversary of the “Tatort” crime series, he directed the anniversary episode “Wie einst Lilly”, which also marked Ulrich Tukur’s debut as a “Tatort” police inspector.
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Bonnie Beecher
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Bonnie Jean Beecher (née Boettcher), later known as Jahanara Romney, (born April 25, 1941) is an American activist and retired actress. She made her television debut in the 1964 episode "Come Wander with Me" of The Twilight Zone. She sang the song referenced in the title, which has since appeared in works such as The Brown Bunny and Baby Reindeer. Her short television career ended in 1968, with the October episode "Spectre of the Gun" of Star Trek, and a November episode of The Outsider.
Beecher married Wavy Gravy (born Hugh Romney) on May 22, 1967. She adopted the name Jahanara Romney shortly after marriage.
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Fred Berger
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Fred Berger (born May 10, 1981) is an American film producer who was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture for the 2016 musical La La Land, for which he also won the 2016 Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture—Musical or Comedy and the Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture.
In addition to La La Land, Berger served as a producer on the films The Autopsy of Jane Doe and Taking Chance. As of 2016, he is a partner at Automatik Entertainment alongside Brian Kavanaugh-Jones.
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Sofía Garza
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Sofía Garza was born in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. At the age of 15 she started performing in school musical theater plays, and participated both as a singer and a composer on several music festivals. During her time in high school, Sofia traveled to France and Portugal, singing and dancing Mexican folklore music. She also participated in the first season of the show Latin American Idol (2006), which took place in Buenos Aires, Argentina. While studying for her B.A. in Communication and Advertising at Tec de Monterrey (ITESM), Sofia worked in several professional musical theater plays for the most prestigious local production company: Teló 77. Her most important roles at this stage were on the major shows "Rent" and "Footloose", starring as Mimi and Ariel, respectively. After graduating college, Sofia had her first appearance on a television series in 2010, working on 6 episodes of the show Morir en Martes (2010). A year later, she was offered the part of the lead antagonist in "Cursi", a comedy play written and directed by local playwright Luis Guerrero. In 2012, Sofia lent her voice and lyrics for a song composed by José Antonio 'Potro' Farías for the soundtrack of the Mexican film Me Late Chocolate (2013). That same year Sofia had the opportunity to open concerts for the famous Mexican pop band "Reik." Her real breakthrough in the national musical theater scene was in 2012, when Sofia moved to Mexico City after being chosen to alternate in the leading role of the original musical play "Si nos dejan", written and directed by prestigious Mexican playwright José Manuel López Velarde and produced by OCESA. After a two-year run in Mexico and a couple of tours in Colombia in 2013 and 2014, the show closed in August 2014 with more than 600 performances. Also in 2013, Sofia had a small role in the television series "Arrepentidos" produced by Fox Latin America and distributed by Nat Geo in Bogota, Colombia. In 2014 Sofia formalized her acting studies in the Mexican performance school CasAzul Argos. Studying and improving her acting and singing have become a regular activity for Sofia. Continuing with her television experience, Sofia participated in the show Soy tu doble (2012), both as a performer and a participant of this reality television series produced and transmitted by TV Azteca in Mexico, and Azteca America in the United States. By 2015, Sofia landed a role in the major television series Sense8 (2015), written and directed by Lilly Wachowski and Lana Wachowski, and co-directed by James McTeigue. The show is produced by Georgeville Television and is distributed worldwide by Netflix. By 2016, Sofia started head-lining the music show "Myst" in Mexico City, directed by Academy Award Nominee Felipe Fernández del Paso. She also appeared in the television show "Paquita la del Barrio" for Sony Pictures Television Latinamerica in early 2017.
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Nicole Oliver
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Nicole Lyn Oliver (born February 22, 1970) is a Canadian actress and singer. She is best known for her roles as Princess Celestia and Cheerilee in My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic and Zoe Trent in Littlest Pet Shop.
Oliver was born in Ottawa, Ontario. She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts from York University, a Masters degree in Communication from Royal Roads University, and additional training from the British American Drama Academy.
A prominent member of the Union of BC Performers, Oliver served on its executive board (2002–2005), chaired several committees, and continues to be part of the negotiation team during collective bargaining. In 2017, she was nominated for the Best Voice Award by UBCP ACTRA.
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Norman Maurer
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Norman Maurer was an American comic book artist, writer, director, and producer best known for his association with The Three Stooges comedy team. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he began his career in the comic book industry, producing two Three Stooges comic book issues in 1949. Maurer married Joan Howard, daughter of Moe Howard of The Three Stooges, in 1947. He directed and produced several films and television shows featuring the comedy team, including The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze (1963) and Kook's Tour (1970). Maurer's work significantly contributed to the legacy of The Three Stooges, blending his talents in both comics and film.
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Keiichi Enomoto
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Keiichi was born on December 11, 1977 in Tokyo, Japan, to Masahiro Enomoto, a businessman, and Hideko Enomoto, grand daughter of Ikebana master. Keiichi's early film influence were Castle in the Sky (1986), The Goonies (1985), Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) and Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983).
In 2012, Keiichi was cast as Sakamoto, a chief officer in The Railway Man (2013). He acted beside Jeremy Irvine. He then played a ninja in The Wolverine (2013) alongside Hugh Jackman. In 2013, he was cast as Omori Guard in Unbroken (2014), and worked under the direction of Angelina Jolie.
In 2017, he was featured as main cast in The 48 Hour Destination (2017), a TV series episode.
He then worked on several feature films, including Dora and the Lost City of Gold (2019) with Isabela Merced, Love and Monsters (2020) with Dylan O'Brien, Loveland (2021) with Hugo Weaving, Godzilla vs. Kong (2021) with Millie Bobby Brown, and Young Rock (2021) with Joseph Lee Anderson.
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Fulvia Franco
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Fulvia Franco (21 May 1931 - 15 May 1988) was an Italian
actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder.
Born in Trieste, the daughter of a businessman, Franco won
the third edition of the Miss Italia beauty contest held in 1948 in Stresa. As
a part of the contest that provided for the winner a role in a movie soon to be
realized with Totò, a member of the jury, Franco appeared in a bib part in Totò
al giro d'Italia. Thanks to the success of the film, Franco continued her film
career, even appearing in leading roles; her most significant and critically
apprecciated role was the sensual widow in L’avventura di un soldato, the
directorial debut of Nino Manfredi which was part of the anthology film L'amore
difficile.
Franco was married to the actor and boxer Tiberio Mitri for
about twenty years, and she starred with him on several fotoromanzi.
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Sue Ane Langdon
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Sue Ane Langdon (born 8 March 1936) is an American actress. She has appeared in dozens of television series and had featured roles in films such as A Guide for the Married Man and The Cheyenne Social Club, both directed by Gene Kelly, as well as The Rounders opposite Henry Fonda and Glenn Ford and two Elvis Presley movies, Roustabout and Frankie and Johnny.
She began her performing career singing at Radio City Music Hall and acting in stage productions. In the mid-1960s, she appeared in the Broadway musical The Apple Tree, which starred Alan Alda.
Her co-starring role on the television series Arnie won her a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress-Television.
In 1976, she appeared in Hello Dolly at The Little Theatre on the Square. In 1978, she appeared in Chicago for Kenley Players in Columbus, Ohio. She was featured mainly in comedies, with an occasional dramatic film.
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