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Pierre Drouot

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Pierre Drouot is a Belgian film producer, director, and screenwriter known for his significant contributions to Belgian cinema. Born in Oudenaarde, he grew up in a bilingual household, with a Francophone father and a Dutch-speaking mother, experiencing life in various Belgian cities, including Ghent and Bastogne. Drouot began his career in the 1960s, co-directing films such as Cash? Cash! (1967) and L'Étreinte (1969) with Paul Collet. The latter, an erotic film with feminist undertones, garnered attention in Belgium at the time. Transitioning to production, Drouot played a pivotal role in the Belgian film industry, serving as the director of the Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds (VAF), where he supported numerous Belgian filmmakers and projects. His dedication to fostering local talent and promoting Belgian cinema has left a lasting impact on the industry.
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Aung Lay

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Aung Lay (Burmese: အောင်လေး) is a Burmese actor and model who rose to prominence with critically acclaimed roles in films like Yar Zawin Yine Khae The. Aung Lay was born San Tun Aung on January 26, 1992, in Hlaingthaya Township, Yangon, Myanmar. He is the youngest of three siblings. He officially began his career in the entertainment industry in 2009 when he joined renowned model trainer John Lwin's model training. Following professional training, he quickly established himself as a runway and commercial model, becoming part of John Lwin's Star and Model Agency. His early career included numerous catwalk shows and appearances in popular music videos, which helped build his public profile. Aung Lay's work in modeling and music videos led him to the film industry. He received acting training at the Sarkawar acting training class. His big-screen debut provided his major breakthrough. He is known for selecting roles that challenged him, often earning praise from critics and fans alike. Yar Zawin Yine Khae The (2018) marked his major big-screen debut. He earned critical acclaim for his performance in the lead role, notably for his portrayal of a gay character. He co-starred in Ta Khu Lat (2018) film alongside actors like Tyron Bejay and Lin Aung Khit. Wind Up Dancer (2019) is a key film that solidified his status as a leading man in the Myanmar film industry. Aung Lay remains an active and influential figure, known for his dedication to his craft and versatile career spanning modeling, acting, and music.
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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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Sivaji Ganesan

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Viluppuram Chinnaiahpillai Ganesan Manrayar, commonly known by his stage name Sivaji Ganesan, was an Indian stage and film actor active during the latter half of the 20th century. Well known for his versatility and acting skills with numerous roles depicted on screen, he remains one of the most respected stage and film actors in the history of Indian entertainment, with a career spanning close to five decades and nearly 300 films in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi to his credit. Arguably the preeminent leading man during the "Golden Age" of Tamil cinema, Ganesan was the first Indian film actor to win a "Best Actor" award at an international film festival, the Afro-Asian Film Festival held in Cairo, Egypt in 1960. He was also the first Indian actor to be made a Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. He won the President's Award for more than 12 times, and was later conferred the highest and the most prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award for his contribution to Indian cinema in 1997. An iconic figure in Tamil pop culture, his work has continued to enjoy an enduring, far-reaching influence in Tamil society in general.
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Rita Redshoes

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Rita Pereira (born 10 July 1981), known by her stage name Rita Redshoes, is a solo musical artist from Portugal. In 1996 she sang with her first band, Atomic Bees, releasing an album in 2000 entitled love.noises.and.kisses. In 2003, she was invited to sing with David Fonseca, and shared with him the song “Hold Still” from Our Hearts Will Beat As One, his second solo album. In 2008 she released her debut solo album Golden Era. In 2010 the band Snow Patrol invited her to perform the single "Set the fire to the third bar" in Rock in Rio Lisbon.
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Gibson Gowland

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​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gibson Gowland (4 January 1877 Spennymoor, Durham, England, UK – 9 September 1951 London, England, UK) was an English film actor. Gowland came to the United States from England, by way of Canada, in 1913 where he met Beatrice Bird, also from England, whom he married. They moved to Hollywood, working as bit players. In 1916, his son, actor and photographer Peter Gowland, was born. His only starring role (out of 63 films) was in Greed (1924), directed by Erich von Stroheim, based on the Frank Norris novel McTeague, and costarring ZaSu Pitts. The film has since become a classic, despite its having been cut to one-fifth its original length for commercial release by MGM. Gowland portrayed the protagonist, dentist John McTeague. Von Stroheim also directed Gowland in his 1919 film Blind Husbands. Gowland was cast as Simon Buquet in the 1925 film version of The Phantom of the Opera. He had bit parts in dozens of films from 1938 to 1945, but was rarely credited on-screen. After two divorces, Gowland returned to England in 1944. He died in London at age 74 from a lethal case of diarrhea. He is buried in Golders Green Crematorium. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gibson Gowland, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Dagmar Lassander

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Dagmar Regine Hager (born June 16, 1943) is a German film actress best known for her work in European cinema during the 1960s and 1970s. Born in Prague, Czechoslovakia to a German father and French mother, she began her career as a costume designer in the Berlin Opera before later moving to Italy to begin her acting career. Her breakout role came in Hatchet for the Honeymoon (1970), directed by Mario Bava. Lassander became a recognizable presence in Italian exploitation and genre cinema, including giallo thrillers, horror, and drama. She is particularly remembered for her role in The Laughing Woman, directed by Piero Schivazappa.
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Campbell Morrison

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Campbell Morrison (born William Morrison; 21 June 1952 – 10 January 2008) was a Scottish actor. He played one of the main characters, Drew Lockhead in the soap opera Eldorado and also appeared in EastEnders playing DCI Charlie Mason. Morrison was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company in the early eighties. Other roles included Police Constable Eustace Oates in Jeeves & Wooster and Gordon Gallagher in the Sky One series Dream Team. He had two sons, Tom and Luke, from a previous marriage, and a daughter, Lily, with his wife, Nicki Ballantyne.
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Griffin Newman

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Griffin Newman (born February 19, 1989) is an American actor and comedian. He is known for starring as Arthur Everest in the Amazon Studios television series The Tick (2016–2019), as the voice of Orko in the Netflix animated series Masters of the Universe: Revelation (2021, 2024), cohosting the film podcast Blank Check with Griffin & David alongside critic David Sims, and for acting as cohost and sidekick Watto on The George Lucas Talk Show (2020–present). Description above from the Wikipedia article Griffin Newman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Nimrat Kaur

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Nimrat Kaur is an Indian actress who appears in Hindi films and on American television. She began her career as a print model in Mumbai and then started working as a theater actress. Kaur was launched in a two-part music video for the songs "Tera Mera Pyar" by Kumar Sanu and "Yeh Kya Hua" by Shreya Ghoshal in 2004. Kaur made her film debut with a small role in an English film - One Night with the King (2006). Kaur starred in Anurag Kashyap's production Peddlers (2012), her debut hindi film, which was screened at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, followed by The Lunchbox (2013) with Irrfan Khan, which was screened at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. In 2015, she starred in Showtime's TV series Homeland playing the role of Tasneem Qureshi, an ISI Agent.
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