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Jan Miner
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Janice Miner (October 15, 1917 – February 15, 2004) was an American actress best known as the character Madge the manicurist in Palmolive dish-washing detergent television commercials from the 1960s to the 1990s.
Janice Miner was the daughter of a dentist and a painter, and had three brothers, Sheldon, Donald and Lyndsey. She studied at the Vesper George School of Art in her native Boston, then studied acting under Lee Strasberg and others. She made her stage debut in 1945 in a Boston production of Elmer Rice's Street Scene.
Miner then became established on radio, and worked through the 1950s in several series simultaneously. Among other roles, she was one of three actresses who played secretary Della Street on Perry Mason and one of five to play girlfriend Ann Williams on Casey, Crime Photographer. She also appeared as Mary Wesley on Boston Blackie.
Miner played featured roles in the anthology series Radio City Playhouse, in "Soundless", "Portrait of Lenore" and other episodes. Her appearance in the premiere broadcast of the series "created a minor sensation in the play Long Distance"; the episode proved so popular that she repeated her performance later in the season.
From circa 1948 through some time before the series ended in 1957, Miner starred as Julie Erickson, head of the titular orphanage in the soap opera Hilltop House, during most of the show's revival beginning in 1948. The series was sponsored by the Colgate-Palmolive Company, for which she later appeared in a famous, long-running series of television commercials.
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Marcelo Ribeiro
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Marcelo Ribeiro, born in 1970, is a Brazilian actor best known for his role as Hugo, the pre-adolescent protagonist in Walter Hugo Khouri's acclaimed 1982 film *Love Strange Love*, where he starred alongside Vera Fischer and Xuxa. Ribeiro began his acting career in 1981 with *Eros, the God of Love*, also directed by Khouri, and later appeared in *Sin Horizontal*. After stepping away from acting, he transitioned to behind-the-scenes work as a film production assistant, studying photography and establishing a small studio. In 2007, he briefly returned to the screen in the pornographic film *Estranho Amor*, directed by J. Gaspar for Brasileirinhas. Currently, Marcelo works as a technical and computer instructor for a multinational company and runs a personal website to showcase his work.
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David Warshofsky
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David Warshofsky (born David Warner) is an American actor. The aspiring actor studied in New York City at NYU's prestigious Tisch School of the Arts and reverted to his family's Russian surname upon joining the theatrical performer's union The Actor's Equity.
His talent for finding the heart of even the most minor characters first surfaced in 1989's Last Exit to Brooklyn, which he followed with a string of appearances on everything from the gadget-happy sitcom Home Improvement (ABC, 1991-99), to the medical drama Chicago Hope (CBS, 1994-2000).
Many of his film roles showcased his signature mix of everyman amiability and stoic intensity: there's the Navy SEAL instructor in G.I. Jane (1997); low-key cop in The Bone Collector (1999); greedy oil executive in There Will Be Blood (2007); and longtime CIA agent in the Taken trilogy.
He served as an assistant professor of theatre acting at the University of Southern California, and later juggled his promotion to Head of Acting with a supporting role in the Oscar-nominated Lincoln (2012).
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Michael Cyril Creighton
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Michael Cyril Creighton is an American actor best known for his portrayal of Howard Morris in Only Murders in the Building, Patrick in High Maintenance, Joe Crowley in Spotlight, and his Writers Guild of America Award-winning web series Jack in a Box.
His mother and maternal grandparents raised Creighton on Long Island, New York.
He works regularly in film, television and theatre, alternating between comedic and dramatic roles. Sarah Larson of The New Yorker says, "Creighton has a gift for expressing the tension between the desire to connect and the desire to protect oneself."
On the stage, Creighton's credits include the world premiere of Jordan Harrison's The Amateurs at Vineyard Theater and the New York premiere of Sarah Ruhl's Stage Kiss at Playwrights Horizons. For his portrayal of Kevin in Stage Kiss, he was named a "Face to Watch" by The New York Times and nominated for an Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play. He has often worked with the Brooklyn-based theatre company The Debate Society, originating several roles.
As a writer, in addition to creating and starring in the Writers Guild Award-winning web series Jack in a Box (2009–2012), he wrote and guest starred in an episode of the popular web series High Maintenance created by Katja Blichfeld & Ben Sinclair. The episode is called "Helen".
He was a founding member of the New York Neo-Futurists and performed weekly in Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind.
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Ahmed Helmy
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Helmy was born in Banha, Egypt. He graduated from the Higher institute of Dramatic Arts in Egypt, from the decoration department. Ahmed also graduated of the Academy of Arts, High Institute for Theatre Art in 1993.
As an actor and performer, Helmy is notable for his fast-thinking and witty comedy.[citation needed] His career in mainstream Egyptian film began when director Sherif Arafa spotted him on the children's program Leib Eyal (Kids' Play) on the Egyptian Satellite Broadcast[citation needed]. Sherif found in him the comedian actor he was looking for to star his film, Aboud Ala El Hodoud (Aboud at the Frontier). In that film Helmy made his first big screen appearance, co-starring alongside Alaa Waley El Din. Thereafter, he quickly made a jump to leading roles in films such as Omar 2000, El Nazer (The Headmaster), El Selem We Al Tho'ban (Snakes And Ladders).
In 2007, Helmy topped the Egyptian comedian market in number of audience and revenue, mostly due to the success of his movie Keda Reda.
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Antonis Kafetzopoulos
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Antonis Kafetzopoulos (Greek: Αντώνης Καφετζόπουλος; born 13 October 1951) is a Greek actor. He appeared in more than fifty films since 1980. He has won two Hellenic Film Academy Awards for his roles in the films Plato's Academy and Unfair World. He also won the best actor award in San Sebastián International Film Festival for his role in Unfair World He became popular to wider audience from the successful television series Kai oi Pantremenoi Ehoun Psyhi, aired in period 1997–2000
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Thiago Lacerda
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Thiago Ribeiro Lacerda, better known by his stage name Thiago Lacerda (born January 19, 1978) is a Brazilian actor and voice actor. He debuted on TV in the teen series Malhação in 1997, as the swimming teacher Lula. His first major role came in the miniseries Hilda Furacão, in 1998, which earned him a two-year contract with Rede Globo and the award for Revelation Actor that same year. In 1999 he got the lead role in Terra Nostra, where he played an Italian immigrant in search of a better life in Brazil.
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Eli Zavala
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Eli Zavala was born on May 5. Her mother is a retired teacher and her father is a civil engineer. She has two younger siblings.
After graduating from Law School, Eli traveled alone around Europe. After this journey she returned to Mexico, dropped her legal career and began studying dramatic arts at Escuela de Teatro in Monterrey. Soon after, she took classes at The American Academy of Dramatic Arts, in Los Angeles and at The Stella Adler Studio of Acting and The Linklater Center, in New York City.
Eli is fluent in Spanish, English and speaks some French and Italian. She is also a founder member of Splinter Pictures a NYC based film production company focused on creating highly artistic and character-driven stories, and a member of the board of directors of Cinematográfica y Escénica de México a non for profit with the mission of bringing better representation -and fighting misrepresentations- of minorities on the screen.
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Sadie Katz
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Sadie Katz is a working actress living in Los Angeles. Her most recent film Credits include starring in 20th Century Fox's Fan Favorite Horror franchise "Wrong Turn 6" playing the twisted, sexy Sally Hillicker. Showing her range and acting chops she also played the sweet sensitive, leading lady in "Chavez: Cage of Glory" opening in 400 theaters September 2013 along side Danny Trejo, Steven Bauer and Hector Echavarria. Katz also stars in the thriller "House of Bad" Fan Favorite Award Winner at Big Bear Horror Fest 2013. You can also see Sadie starring as a free-spirited partygirl with issues in "Nipple and Palm Trees" on Amazon, ITunes with Hulu just rereleasing it dubbing it a "Cult Comedy." Katz also penned the screenplay "Scorned" starring Anna Lynn McCord and Zane, release date February 2014 by Anchor Bay.
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Judie Aronson
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is an American actress who has starred in many films and a television show. She played Sara Duncan on the short-lived series Pursuit of Happiness (1987–88) Aronson was born in Los Angeles, California in 1964. Her first film role was in the 1984 horror film Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter as Samantha. In 1985, she starred in the hit comedy movie Weird Science as Hilly[3] and in the action movie American Ninja.[4] Other than short films, she hasn't appeared in film or television since the 2005 film Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. Aronson has made numerous guest appearances on such television shows as Sledge Hammer!, The Powers of Matthew Star, Simon & Simon, Midnight Caller, Full House, Beverly Hills, 90210, Las Vegas, Charles in Charge, and Law & Order: Criminal Intent. She made an appearance in the 1990 music video, "(Can't Live Without Your) Love and Affection" by Nelson.
In addition to her acting career, Aronson is also an entrepreneur. She owned a Curio Shoppe and currently runs Pilates studios in the Los Angeles area
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