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Dominique Lavanant
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Dominique Lavanant (born 24 May 1944) is a French film and theatrical actress. She is known for her comedy skills especially with posh and distinguished characters like Rosalind Russell's; characters often defined by the adjective BCBG, bon chic bon genre, and which refers to a particular stereotype of the French upper middle class – to be conservative in both outlook and dress.
Lavanant became known in the mid-1970s while filming Les bronzés with the acting troupe Le Splendid – (Gérard Jugnot, Josiane Balasko, Michel Blanc, Thierry Lhermitte, Christian Clavier, Marie-Anne Chazel).
She starred in the long-lasting French TV series Sœur Thérèse.com (2002–2011) playing a former policer who became a nun but is still a committed detective.
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Warwick Tennant Moss
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Warwick Tennant Moss is an Australian actor, television personality and presenter and dramatist and playwright as well as New South Wales Premier's Literary Award winning writer for the stage. Moss was born in Sydney and attended Newington College (1958–65), commencing as a preparatory school student in Wyvern House. In 1984 Moss produced, directed and acted in his own play Down An Alley Filled With Cats. This mystery thriller won the New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards for Theatre and had productions throughout Australia, as well as the on West End and in New York. It is published worldwide by Samuel French. In London he appeared in the Royal Command premiere of Stephen Sewell's play Dreams in an Empty City. Moss has appeared in Come In Spinner, Scales of Justice, Mother and Son, Police Rescue, G. P., The Flying Doctors, Punishment, Blue Murder, Evil Angels (A Cry in the Dark) and Danny Deckchair. In 1993 he hosted the national television show The Extraordinary, which ran for four years and was sold to over 70 countries. He later parodied this persona in a 2007 commercial for ANZ, in his trademark deep, mysterious voice, saying "How do I unlock equity from my home?". From 1998 to 2005 Moss directed, wrote and/or hosted the documentaries Pure Gold, Australia and The Olympic Games, Australia's Most Haunted Town, and The Reincarnation Experiments. He also produced and acted in the film version of his play Blood-Shot. In 2006 he produced, shot, wrote and hosted his own three-part documentary Inside The Outback. Warwick Moss also presented the Ten Network home improvement and renovations program Bright Ideas every Saturday between 12 noon and 2 p.m. for a number of years.
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Imogen Annesley
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Imogen Annesley is an Australian actress and director who is perhaps best known for her performances in the films Playing Beatie Bow, Howling III: The Marsupials and Queen of the Damned.
Annesley made her feature film debut as a teenager, with the leading role of Abigail Kirk in the 1986 Australian film Playing Beatie Bow. A time travel drama based on the novel by Ruth Park and directed by Donald Crombie, it was a failure at the box-office despite a number of positive reviews of the film and Annesley's performance. The film proved more popular on video release.
Her television credits include: Families, Water Rats, Farscape, Above the Law, Blue Water High and East of Everything.
Annesley is also the lady with the child in the Jimmy Barnes 1987 Australian music video, I'm Still On Your Side, filmed at Sydney's picturesque Hawkesbury River Train Station.
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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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Arthur Blake
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Arthur Blake (February 24, 1914 – March 24, 1985) was an American actor and nightclub entertainer who was famous for his female impersonations; particularly those of Bette Davis, Carmen Miranda, and Eleanor Roosevelt. He performed in nightclubs in cities throughout the United States and United Kingdom in the 1940s and the 1950s. Although he achieved fame for playing women, he impersonated men as well in his act.
Also a film actor, he is best remembered for the films Port of New York (1949, as Dolly Carney), Cyrano de Bergerac (1950, as Montfleury), Harem Girl (1952, as Abdul Nassib), and Diplomatic Courier (1952, as Max Ralli). In the latter film, his impersonations of Davis and Miranda were featured. In the 1960s and 1970s he was the headliner at the LGBTQ nightclub Crown & Anchor in Provincetown, Massachusetts.
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Masashi Ikeda
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Ikeda Masashi is a Japanese actor from Tokushima, Japan. He is affiliated with A-Plus. He first gained attention by reaching the Top 15 in the 31st Junon Super Boy Contest in 2018. Ikeda made his acting debut in 2021 with the television drama "Tokyo Mer: The Running Emergency Room."
While attending Tokushima Prefectural Tokushima Kita High School, he represented the prefecture in the 96th National High School Soccer Championship. After moving to Tokyo for university entrance exams, he was approached by A-Plus, leading him to pursue acting and audition for special effects roles, fulfilling a childhood ambition.
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Levee Duplay
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Levee Duplay, a visionary hailing from New Jersey, honed his unparalleled work ethic amidst the bustling streets of Manhattan, New York. In 2009, he ventured westward to Scottsdale, Arizona, where his entrepreneurial spirit flourished, leading him to establish an internet marketing firm. Under his astute leadership, the company quickly rose to prominence, accumulating over $100 million in sales, a testament to Duplay's innovative strategies and business acumen.
The remarkable success of his enterprise served as a catalyst for Duplay to delve into his fervent passions for film and music, sectors known for their ruthlessly competitive nature. His foray into these arenas is not merely a pursuit of personal interests but a demonstration of his multifaceted talents and relentless drive. Duplay's deep understanding of business dynamics, coupled with his meticulous attention to detail and unwavering discipline, has propelled him to achieve significant milestones in a remarkably short span.
Levee Duplay's journey is a compelling narrative of ambition, innovation, and the relentless pursuit of excellence. His achievements are a vivid illustration of what is possible when a profound work ethic is aligned with a passion for creativity and innovation. As he continues to explore and contribute to the realms of film and music, Duplay's story remains an inspiring testament to the power of perseverance and vision in carving out an indelible mark in the industry.
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Adriel Meka
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Adriel is a Canadian-American illustrator and animator. He was born in Montréal, Québec, Canada, grew up in the states, and graduated with a degree in animation from the Savannah College of Art and Design. Upon finishing an MFA in animation from the University of Southern California, he has worked at studios such as Disney and Nickelodeon on the hit shows Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, Monster High, and Bubble Guppies. Adriel has also become known for directing the animated short film, Camp Kona, and for his published works as an illustrator on the children's books I am A Triathlete, Gary and the Great Inventors, and Kulu the Wise Turtle.
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Albert Glasser
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Albert Glasser (January 25, 1916 – May 4, 1998) was a composer, conductor and arranger of film music, primarily in the realm of B-movies, during the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s.
He scored approximately 200 films during his career, many for American International Pictures and director Bert I. Gordon. For the US War Department, Glasser composed for Frank Capra's Special Services Unit and for Office of War Information radio shows for overseas broadcasts. For television, he composed the score for the early western The Cisco Kid. For radio, he composed scores for Hopalong Cassidy, Clyde Beatty, and Tarzan.
Glasser joined ASCAP in 1950, and his popular song compositions include "Urubu", "The Cisco Kid", "Someday" and "I Remember Your Love".
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Paula Jacobs
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Paula Elsa Jacobs (1932 – 26 June 2021) was a British actress whose television and film career spanned four decades.
Born in Liverpool in 1932 into a Jewish family, her father was J.P. Jacobs, whose company supplied all the elastic to Marks & Spencer. Jacobs made her first television appearance in Z-Cars in 1962, going on to play roles in Softly, Softly: Task Force (1972–1975), Shoestring (1979), Hammer House of Horror (1980), Mapp & Lucia (1985), Mrs Biggs in Porterhouse Blue (1987), The New Statesman (1989), Bergerac (1990), Maud Wilberforce in Jeeves and Wooster (1990), Brookside (1992), French and Saunders (1993), Coronation Street (1994), Casualty (1989–1995), Drop the Dead Donkey (1994–1998), Dalziel and Pascoe (2000), Midsomer Murders (2002), Agatha Christie's Poirot (2004) and Doctors (2008).
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