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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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Suzann McLean

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British actress Suzann has worked extensively on the UK stage gaining praise for her Isabella in the National Theatre's 'Measure for Measure' and for her portrayal of a young Rwandan in the acclaimed play. Work in the theatre has stretched internationally with performances in Europe and the USA. Suzann's talent for comedy was recognised by the BBC resulting in a part in the hit comedy 'Coupling' followed by two seasons of the BAFTA nominated comedy 'Little Miss Jocelyn'. Development is continuous for Suzann as she moves from theatre to television and film; her range of special-guest appearances on some of the UK's best shows such as Dr. Who continues to grow reinforcing Suzann's presence on the UK screen. Suzann McLean is the winner of the African Film Awards for Best Actress 2011. She was awarded the MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2023 King's BIrthday Honours List for her services to the Arts and to Marginalized Young People in London. She is the Chief Executive Officer and Artistic Director of the Theatre Peckham in London, England.
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Merl Reagle

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Merl Reagle (b. January 5, 1950, Audubon, New Jersey) is an American crossword constructor. Since 1985, he has constructed a puzzle every Sunday for the San Francisco Chronicle (originally the San Francisco Examiner); it is now also published by the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Seattle Times, The Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio), the Hartford Courant, the New York Observer, and the Arizona Daily Star, among others. Reagle made his first crossword when he was six and sold a puzzle to The New York Times at age 16, a feat that made him the youngest published Times puzzle constructor at the time. Description above from the Wikipedia article Merl Reagle, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Perizaad Zorabian

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Perizaad was born in a Parsee family on October 23, 1973. Her family runs a poultry farm. Her name means 'Fairy's daughter'. She made her first appearance as a model for Clearisil, & a music video titled 'Nahin Raktha Dil Mein Kuch', then she re-located to New York, in the United States of America to study and obtain a degree in MBA. While there, she took part in theatrical plays with Lee Strasberg. After obtaining her MBA she returned home to assist her dad at their poultry farm, and also appeared in a TV play called 'Hum Pardesi Ho Gaye', where she played the character of a woman named Maya. 'Bollywood Calling' was her debut on the tinsel screen during the year 2001, thereafter this attractive young Parsi went on to act in 11 more movies, including the Hollywood flick 'Exitz' where she portrays the character of an Indian model. She has also acted the role of former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in a Chinese movie 'Bandung Sonata'.
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Petra Verkaik

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Stunningly gorgeous, buxom and voluptuous brunette knockout Petra Charlotte Verkaik was born to a Dutch father and Balinese mother on November 4, 1966 in Los Angeles, California. Petra was first featured in "Playboy" in the February, 1989 Great Playmate Hunt special edition. Verkaik was the Playmate of the Month in the December, 1989 issue of "Playboy." She has subsequently appeared in many "Playboy" videos and has the distinction of being the most published woman in "Playboy" history. In fact, Verkaik has been featured in over 70 "Playboy" magazines and special editions altogether. In 1997 Petra won the "Playboy" Reader's Choice Model of the Year Award. On her own website Verkaik has appeared in over 300 photo galleries and dozens of videos. Verkaik not only made a guest appearance on an episode of "Married with Children," but also has acted in such films as "Pyrates," "Auntie Lee's Meat Pies," "Love Potion No. 9," and "The Last Road." Petra Verkaik lives in Toluca Lake, California.
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Kristen Wiig

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Kristen Carroll Wiig (born August 22, 1973) is an American actress, voice actress, writer, producer, and comedian. She is known for her work as a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 2005 to 2012. She is a member of improvisational comedy troupe The Groundlings. She had recurring roles on Arrested Development, The Spoils of Babylon, The Spoils Before Dying, and the series MacGruber (2021) on Paramount+. She's also appeared in television series including Flight of the Conchords, 30 Rock and Portlandia. She's also appeared in several films including Knocked Up, The Brothers Solomon, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, Whip It, Extract, Date Night, Adventureland, MacGruber, Bridesmaids, All Good Things, Friends with Kids, Girl Most Likely, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, The Skeleton Twins, The Martian, Ghostbusters (2016), Downsizing, Wonder Woman 1984, and Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar. She is the voice of Ruffnut Thorston in the film series How to Train Your Dragon, Miss Hattie and Lucy Wilde in the film series Despicable Me, Lola Bunny in The Looney Tunes Show, and Jenny Hart in Bless the Harts.
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Richard Chevolleau

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Richard Chevolleau is a Jamaican-Canadian actor, best known for playing Augur on Earth: Final Conflict from 1997 to 2002. He was born in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1966. He moved to Toronto, Canada, with his family when he was 10 years old. He began acting in high school and continued to study acting after graduating. He studied the Meisner Technique with Paul Bardier and later trained at the Maggie Bassett Studio. Chevolleau's first professional acting role was in the television series Erben des Fluchs in 1989. He has since appeared in numerous television shows and films, including Street Time, This Is Wonderland, 'Da Kink in My Hair, Lost Girl, She's the Mayor, Saving Hope, Hannibal, Blood and Water, Killjoys, Hudson & Rex and Murdoch Mysteries. He is also a successful stage actor, having appeared in productions of August Wilson's Fences, King Lear, and The Crucible. In 2004, Chevolleau won a Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Guest Role Dramatic Series for his role in the television series The Eleventh Hour.
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Lillian Miles

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lillian Miles, (1907 - 1972) was an American actress in several films in the 1930s. Aside from singing and performing in the celebrated 'Continental' musical number in The Gay Divorcee (1934), starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, Ms. Miles film career was brief, unremarkable and confined to low-budget 'B' pictures. But she has something of a cult following nowadays for her performance in the infamous anti-dope exploitation movie Reefer Madness, made in 1936. It is she who appears in the film's most remembered sequence, playing an increasingly frenzied piano solo while Dave O'Brien shouts "play it faster, faster!". After a role in an Edgar Kennedy short in 1939 (Baby Daze), she retired from the screen. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lillian Miles, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Balasubramaniem

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Balasubramaniem (born August 18, 1966) is a well-known cinematographer from Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu who completed schooling and college in Thirupattur. Under the tutelage of P.C. Sreeram for nearly 5 years. Finally he made his independent debut as Director of Photography (DOP) with Kamal Hassan's Hindi version of Magalir Mattum titled Ladies only which was not released and later received acclaim for historical film, Vaatakudi Eranian. He did many films afterwards the prominent ones being Pithamagan, M Kumaran S/O Mahalakshmi, Thambi, Azhagiya Thamizh Magan and 180.
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Kenzō Saeki

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Saeki Kenzo (佐伯健三) is a Japanese singer. He was the vocalist of HALMENS. He also has a live band he performs with called Saeki Kenzo & Boogie The Mach Motors, they have not released any studio releases. Saeki was born in Ichikawa City, Chiba Prefecture. He started as a musician using kanji but changed his name to Katakana and hiragana due to a stroke counting fortune telling. He was the vocalist for Pearl Brothers, a Japanese rock unit formed in 1983. As a lyricist, he has written lyrics for many artists. He became a rock fanatic in elementary school, and from the fifth grade onwards he frequented Disk Union. He entered Chiba University's Faculty of Education affiliated junior high school, where he was greatly influenced by a Happy End concert. He went on to Chiba Prefectural Chiba High School. During high school, he formed Homelands with Higae and Ishihara, a band with no fixed members. Koji Ueno (a year younger than him at the same high school, and who would later join the Halmens ) also participated as a support member.
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