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Mary Field
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Mary Field (June 10, 1909 – June 12, 1996) was an American film actress who primarily appeared in supporting roles. She was born in New York City. As a child she never knew her biological parents. During her infancy she was left outside the doors of a church with a note pinned to her saying that her name was "Olivia Rockefeller". She would later be adopted.
In 1937, she was signed under contract to Warner Bros. Studios and made her film debut in The Prince and the Pauper (1937). Her other screen credits include parts in such films as Jezebel (1938), Cowboy from Brooklyn (1938), The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938), Eternally Yours (1939), When Tomorrow Comes (1939), Broadway Melody of 1940, Ball of Fire (1941), How Green Was My Valley (1941), Mrs. Miniver (1942), Ministry of Fear (1944), Dark Angel (1946), Out of the Past(1947), Miracle on 34th Street (1947), and Life With Father (1947). During her time in Hollywood she appeared in approximately 103 films.
Her TV credits include parts in Gunsmoke, Wagon Train, and The Loretta Young Show. In 1963, her last acting role was as a Roman Catholic nun in the television series, Going My Way, starring Gene Kelly and modeled after the 1944 Bing Crosby film of the same name. She appeared in several episodes of the television comedy, Topper, as Henrietta Topper's friend Thelma Gibney.
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Russ Brown
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Russell Brown (May 30, 1892; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – October 19, 1964; Englewood, New Jersey) was an American Tony Award-winning actor of stage and film. Brown, a stage actor for decades, is best remembered by audiences as Captain Brackett in South Pacific (which he repeated in the movie version) and for his performances as 'Benny Van Buren' in the stage/film version of Damn Yankees in 1958, and the following year as park caretaker George Lemon in the classic courtroom drama, Anatomy of a Murder (1959). For his stage performance in "Damn Yankees!", he earned Broadway's Tony Award in 1956, as did actor Ray Walston, actress Gwen Verdon and her choreographer husband Bob Fosse, among others, all for the same Tony Award-winning musical.
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Eduardo Sánchez
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Eduardo Sánchez is an American filmmaker best known as the co-director, co-writer, and co-creator of The Blair Witch Project, the film widely credited with bringing found footage film into the mainstream. Released in 1999, The Blair Witch Project used improvised performances, POV camerawork, and viral internet marketing to create an unprecedented sense of realism, becoming one of the most influential and profitable independent films in cinema history. Sánchez has continued to work extensively within the horror genre, directing and writing films such as Seventh Moon, Lovely Molly, and Exists, securing his legacy as a foundational architect of modern horror cinema.
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Niamh Cusack
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Niamh Cusack (born 20 October 1959) is an Irish actress. Born to a family with deep roots in the performing arts, Cusack has been involved in acting since a young age. She has served with the Royal Shakespeare Company and performed in a long line of major stage productions since the mid-1980s. She has made numerous appearances on television including a long-running role as Dr. Kate Rowan in the UK series Heartbeat (1992–1995). She has often worked as a voice actress on radio, and her film credits include a starring role in In Love with Alma Cogan (2011).
The daughter of the Irish actor Cyril Cusack, she is the sister of Sinéad Cusack and Sorcha Cusack, and half-sister of Catherine Cusack. She has two brothers, Paul Cusack, a television producer, and Pádraig Cusack, Producer for the Royal National Theatre of Great Britain. Cusack's husband is the actor Finbar Lynch; they have a son.
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Roy Horn
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Roy Horn (born Uwe Ludwig Horn; October 3, 1944 – May 8, 2020) comprised, with Siegfried Fischbacher, Siegfried and Roy, the duo of German magicians and entertainers who became known for their appearances with white lions and white tigers. Horn's performing career ended on October 3, 2003 when he was severely attacked during a show at the Mirage in Las Vegas by a seven-year-old white tiger named Mantacore.
Horn died on May 8, 2020 at the age of 75 due to complications from COVID-19. Fischbacher stated that "the world has lost one of the greats of magic, but I have lost my best friend".
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Vivek Oberoi
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Vivek Oberoi (born Vivek Anand Oberoi) is an Indian film actor. He predominantly appears in Hindi films. He has won a number of awards, including two Filmfare Awards from five nominations. He is the son of Bollywood actor Suresh Oberoi.
He made his Hindi film debut with Arvind Khoja and Ram Gopal Varma's super-hit Company (2002). His performance earned him several awards including the Filmfare Awards for Best Male Debut and Best Supporting Actor. He achieved wider success for his performances in the 2002 romantic drama Saathiya, the 2004 comedy Masti, the 2005 natural horror Kaal and the 2007 biographical action Shootout at Lokhandwala.
In addition to his acting career, Oberoi is a philanthropist. He was awarded the Good Samaritan Award by Rotary International for his work with Project Hope and the Red and White Bravery Award in 2006 for helping re-build a village which was damaged by a tsunami. Oberoi serves as the World Health Organization's anti-tobacco spokesperson. He has been involved in projects such as Project Devi, the Cancer Patients Aid Association and Banyan, which works towards rehabilitating mentally challenged homeless women. He has also participated in stage shows, and featured as a talent judge for three seasons of the reality show India's Best Dramebaaz. He has featured on PETA's annual list of Sexiest Vegetarians on several occasions and is the founder of KARRM Infrastructures.
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Michael Shannon
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Michael Corbett Shannon (born August 7, 1974) is an American actor, producer, musician, and theatre director. He has been nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his roles in the Sam Mendes period drama Revolutionary Road (2008) and the Tom Ford psychological thriller Nocturnal Animals (2016). He earned Screen Actors Guild Award and Golden Globe Award nominations for his role in 99 Homes (2014), and a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Play for the Broadway revival of Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night (2016).
Shannon made his film debut in 1993 with Groundhog Day and received widespread attention for his performance in 8 Mile (2002). He is known for his on-screen versatility, performing in both comedies and dramas such as Pearl Harbor (2001), Bad Boys II (2003), Bug (2006), Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007), Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009), The Iceman (2012), Premium Rush (2012), The Night Before (2015), The Shape of Water (2017) and Knives Out (2019). He played Superman's Kryptonian adversary General Zod in Man of Steel (2013) and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), and is set to reprise the role in The Flash (2022). Shannon is a frequent collaborator of Jeff Nichols, appearing in all of his films: Shotgun Stories (2007), Take Shelter (2011), Mud (2012), Midnight Special, and Loving (both 2016). He is also known for his role as Nelson Van Alden in the HBO period drama series Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014), for which he was nominated for three Screen Actors Guild Awards. In 2021, he had a main role in the Hulu drama miniseries Nine Perfect Strangers.
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Keye Luke
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Keye Luke (Chinese: 陸錫麒, Cantonese: Luk Shek Kee; June 18, 1904 – January 12, 1991) was a Chinese-American actor. He was known for playing Lee Chan, the "Number One Son" in the Charlie Chan films, the original Kato in the 1939–1941 Green Hornet film serials, Brak in the 1960s Space Ghost cartoons, Master Po in the television series Kung Fu, and Mr. Wing in the Gremlins films. He was the first Chinese-American contract player signed by RKO, Universal Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and was one of the most prominent Asian actors of American cinema in the mid-twentieth century.
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Héctor Elizondo
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Héctor Elizondo (born December 22, 1936) is an American actor. Elizondo excelled in sports and later contemplated becoming an educator. Elizondo's first major role was that of "God" in a play for which he won an Obie Award. Since then Elizondo has participated in over eighty films and has made numerous television appearances, including his Emmy Award-winning role on the series Chicago Hope.
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Yiolanta Balaoura
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Yolanda Balaoura (Γιολάντα Μπαλαούρα) is a Greek actress.
She was born and raised in Karpenisi. She studied at the Theodosiadis Drama School in Athens. She began her career as an actress in 1983 by participating in the film comedy Roda, hanto kai kopana No2 playing a student. In 1985, she made her television debut in the comedy series by Yannis Dalianidis Ta lioantarakia tou kyr-Ilias, having one of the leading roles as Iro. This was followed by participation in nine video films from 1985 to 1989. During the same period, she participated in the cinema in the films Telecannibaloi and Gamos sto perithrio. In 1990, she played in the television series The Rebirth of a Nation in the role of Maria. In 1992, she played in the Mega Channel period series The Guards of Achaias, while in the 1992-1994 season she played Joy Papagiannis in the daily series of the same channel Parallel Roads. This was followed by special television appearances in the series The Unacceptable, High Rock, The Widow and the Worst, Mother is Only One and Magic Night. In the 1994-1995 season she took part in the series Cherchez la femme, followed by the comedy series Gin and Cherry the following season. In the 1997-1998 season she played alongside Katiana Balanika and Zacharias Rocha in the comedy series The Borrower on ANT1.
In 2004, she participated in the comedy series My Sweetest Lie. In the 2004-2005 season, she took part in four television series. On the one hand, she was part of the cast of the series Alonzo tholeia and Xechasé me, while she made guest appearances in the series Erastis Ditykon Proastion and Kemis de lei s' agapo. One of her best-known television roles was that of Elpida Matsouka in the Mega Channel comedy series The Apartment Building. She joined the cast of the series in December 2008 and left shortly before the end of the second season in 2010. In 2010, she took part in the comedy Τίτεια πίσευτις. From 2011 to 2012, she made special appearances in the comedy series Me lei Vangelis.
On television, he has appeared in the series The Lions of Mr. Elias, Door Frames, The Rebirth of a Nation, Honorable Gentlemen, Wanted Serial, The Mousama Family, The Guards of Achaia, Parallel Streets, The Unacceptables, High Rock, The Widow, the Widow and the Worst, There Is Only One Mother, Cherchez la femme, Magic Night, Gin and Cherry, They and I, Sofia Orthi, Borrowed Father, Men Don't Exist Anymore, The Sign of Love, Couples, My Sweetest Lie, Lover of the Western Suburbs, Colon, Forget Me, Nobody Says I Love You, Come on, Let's Make Love, Seven Deadly Mother-in-Laws, Daddy's Girls, The Apartment Building, My Name Is Vangelis, Our Best Years, Don't Start the Murmur, Mom's Cake, Three Miles, affection. The Shipwreck, Revenge Games
From 2011 until today he has been collaborating as an actor and collaborator with the State Theatre of Northern Greece in Thessaloniki, playing in various theatrical performances/
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