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Carroll Baker

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Carroll Baker (born May 28, 1931) is a former American actress who has enjoyed popularity as both a serious dramatic actress and, particularly in the 1960s, as a movie sex symbol. After studying under Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio, Baker began performing on Broadway in 1954. From there, she was recruited by director Elia Kazan to play the lead in the adaptation of two Tennessee Williams plays into the film Baby Doll in 1956. In the mid-1960s, as a contract player for Paramount Pictures, Baker became a sex symbol after appearing as a hedonistic widow in The Carpetbaggers (1964). The film's producer, Joseph E. Levine, cast her in Sylvia before giving her the role of Jean Harlow in the biopic Harlow (1965). Despite significant prepublicity, Harlow was a critical failure, and Baker relocated to Italy in 1966 amid a legal dispute over her contract with Paramount and Levine's overseeing of her career. In Europe, she spent the next 10 years starring in hard-edged giallo and horror films, including Romolo Guerrieri's The Sweet Body of Deborah (1968), a series of four films with Umberto Lenzi beginning with Orgasmo (1969) and ending with Knife of Ice (1972), and Corrado Farina's Baba Yaga (1973). Baker appeared in supporting roles in several acclaimed dramas in the 1980s, including the drama Star 80 (1983) as the mother of murder victim Dorothy Stratten, and the racial drama Native Son (1986), based on the novel by Richard Wright. Through the 1990s Baker had guest roles in several television series, such as Murder, She Wrote; L.A. Law, and Roswell. She formally retired from acting in 2003.
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Jay Dee Walters

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Jay Dee Walters is a multifaceted talent in the film industry, embodying the roles of a director, writer, actor, and producer with unmatched dexterity. With a clear vision and an unyielding drive for storytelling, Walters has carved a niche for himself in the world of cinema. As a director, Walters made significant waves with his critically-acclaimed work on "Grumpy Old Santa," a film he also co-wrote, demonstrating his unique blend of humor, heart, and originality. His writing prowess combined with his directorial skills brings characters to life, weaving stories that captivate and resonate. Beyond directing and writing, Walters has showcased his expertise behind the scenes as an executive producer for several noteworthy films, including "Grumpy Old Santa," "Blind Turn," "Cecil," and "Chasing Ghosts." Each film, though distinct in its narrative, bears the hallmark of Walters' dedication to quality cinema. In front of the camera, Walters is equally impressive. His magnetic performance alongside Rachel Boston in "Blind Turn" highlighted his versatility as an actor, while his portrayal of Blade, the stern principal in "Cecil," showcased his ability to delve deep into complex characters. Moreover, Walters has a penchant for surprising audiences with delightful cameos, such as those in "Chasing Ghosts" and "Grumpy Old Santa." Throughout his illustrious career, Jay Dee Walters has proven that he is not only a master of one craft but many, consistently captivating audiences, whether he's behind the camera, penning scripts, or gracing the screen. As he continues to blaze trails in the film industry, one can only anticipate the next brilliant chapter in Walters' cinematic journey.
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Mona Hammond

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mavis Chin OBE (born January 1, 1931), known professionally as Mona Hammond is a Jamaican-British actress of Chinese descent and co-founder of the Talawa Theatre Company. Born in Jamaica, Hammond emigrated to the United Kingdom in 1959, where she has lived ever since. Hammond has had a long and distinguished stage career. She is best known for her work on British television, most notably playing Blossom Jackson in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mona Hammond, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Mickey Knox

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Mickey Knox was an American actor and good friend of Lee Strasburg. When the McCarthy hearings blacklisted Knox as a possible Communist sympathizer, he found his career in ruins and subsequently moved to Italy where he became central in their dubbing industry. He found work as a dialog director, dubber, producer, voice actor, and writer as he would often be charged with translating scripts for the numerous Italian films to be shot in English. Knox worked closely with other dubbing legends including Robert Rietty, Lewis E. Cianelli, Ted Rusoff, and Robert Spafford. Like them, he would continue to occasionally appear in front of the camera as well.
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Christien Tinsley

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​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Christien Tinsley (born in 1974) is a make-up artist. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Makeup for his work in The Passion of the Christ (2004). He won an Academy Award for Technical Achievement in 2008 "for the creation of the transfer techniques for creating and applying 2D and 3D makeup known as Tinsley Transfers". He won the Indian Film Academy Award in 2010 for best make up for the 2009 Bollywood film Paa. Description above from the Wikipedia article  Christien Tinsley, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Jon Cross

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Jon has worked as an actor on stage both as cast and crew, on indie films both as cast and crew and has made no end of comedy sketches, music videos, movie reviews etc. He has also contributed both scores and songs to a variety of filmed projects. A prolific musician, Jon has released several albums under his band name Miscellaneous Plumbing Fixtures. He also runs the very successful movie site aftermoviediner where he interviews actors & directors, does movie reviews in written, video and podcast form, reports the latest updates from indie Hollywood and more!
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Edward Craven Walker

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Edward Craven-Walker was an industrialist who had served as a squadron leader during World War II. In 1960, he invented the "Astro Lamp" (known in the United States as a "Lava Lamp" or "Lava Lite"). Over seven million have been sold throughout the world, and Walker manufactured them from his factory in Bournemouth, in the south of England. At the time of his death his company was still manufacturing over ten thousand lamps per month. A life-long sun-lover, Walker wanted to promote the naturist movement, so, using the name Michael Keatering, he produced and directed three films. After the demand for nudist films ended, he never picked up the movie camera again, and returned to his day job.
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Giacomo Gianniotti

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Giacomo Gianniotti was born in Rome, Italy. He immigrated with his family at a young age and grew up in Toronto Canada. Giacomo splits his time in the year between Toronto, Rome, and LA, working in stage, film, and television. He is a bilingual actor working both in English and Italian. He graduated from Humber College's Theatre Program and has also completed an actor's residency at Norman Jewison's Canadian Film Centre, in Toronto. He is an actor, producer and director, looking for noteworthy stories about the curiosities of our existence. His first experience in film was a small role in a Giulio Base's feature film featuring Shelley Winters and Vittorio Gassman, shot in "Cinecitta" in Rome.
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Saoirse Ronan

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Saoirse Una Ronan (/ˈsɜːrʃə ˈuːnə ˈroʊnən/ SUR-shə OO-nə ROH-nən; born 12 April 1994) is an American-born Irish actress. Primarily known for her work in period dramas since adolescence, she has received various accolades, including a Golden Globe Award and nominations for four Academy Awards and seven British Academy Film Awards. Ronan made her acting debut in 2003 on the Irish medical drama series The Clinic and had her breakthrough role as a precocious teenager in the period drama film Atonement (2007), which earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her career progressed with starring roles in The Lovely Bones (2009) and Hanna (2011) and a supporting role in The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014). Ronan received critical acclaim and nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress for playing an Irish immigrant in New York in Brooklyn (2015), the eponymous high school senior in Greta Gerwig's Lady Bird (2017)—which won her a Golden Globe—and Jo March in Gerwig's Little Women (2019). Ronan has since produced and starred in the drama The Outrun (2024). On stage, Ronan portrayed Abigail Williams in the 2016 Broadway revival of The Crucible and Lady Macbeth in the 2021 West End revival of The Tragedy of Macbeth. In 2016, she was featured by Forbes in two of their 30 Under 30 lists, and in 2020, The New York Times ranked her tenth on its list of the greatest actors of the 21st century. Description above from the Wikipedia article Saoirse Ronan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Catharina Dahlin

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Swedish actress, born in Sundsvall on July 31, 1944. She always dreamed of being an actress and after landing a small role in an Italian film, she ended up living and working in Italy, playing uncredited roles in many films during the 1970s and 80s. For many years, she lived with a director named Roberto Carnicci, who was friends with Fellini, and Catharina was able to get small roles in four of Fellini's films: Satyricon (1969), Roma (1972), Amarcord (1973) and La città delle donne (1980). Amidst her many small roles, she also had quite a few speaking parts, such as in Delitto sull'autostrada (1982), where she's jokingly seduced by Tomas Milian who asks her: «Do you have a license for these pair of eyes?». Catharina moved back to Sweden in 1983 and began to work with astrology. She also studied to be a healer and has continued her acting career by appearing in some films by Swedish director Lars Mohlin.
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