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Kate Capshaw

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Kathleen Sue Spielberg (Born: November 3, 1953, Height: 5 ft 7 inches (1.70 m)), known professionally as Kate Capshaw, is an American actress and painter with a multifaceted career that traverses action-adventure classics, heartwarming comedies, and artistic pursuits. Born in Texas, Capshaw embarked on an unexpected path: initially, she pursued a career in education, earning a Master's degree in Learning Disabilities and teaching special education. However, her artistic heart yearned for a different stage. Driven by this passion, she moved to New York and delved into acting, landing a role in the soap opera "The Edge of Night." Fate and Hollywood intervened in 1984 when Capshaw, after beating out 120 actresses, landed the pivotal role of Willie Scott in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. This action-adventure blockbuster, directed by Steven Spielberg, not only catapulted her to international fame but also sparked a personal connection that led to their marriage in 1991. Capshaw's career thrived in the 80s and 90s, showcasing her dramatic and comedic chops in films like Dreamscape, Black Rain, Love Affair, and Just Cause. She explored lighter roles in SpaceCamp and The Love Letter, proving her versatility. Beyond acting, Capshaw is a devoted mother to seven children, including actress Jessica Capshaw, and co-parent to adopted children with Spielberg. She has actively supported various charities, highlighting her dedication to humanitarian causes.
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Emerson Treacy

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Emerson Treacy (September 17, 1900 – January 10, 1967) was a film, Broadway, and radio actor. Treacy was teamed with comedienne Gay Seabrook to form the double-act Treacy and Seabrook. The team was very successful on radio and in theater during the early 1930s, with routines similar to those of real husband-and-wife team Burns and Allen. Modern audiences will remember Treacy as the flustered father of Spanky McFarland in the Our Gang short films Bedtime Worries and Wild Poses. Treacy played in dozens of other feature films, including small roles in Adam's Rib and The Wrong Man, as well as television programs such as The Lone Ranger, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, and Perry Mason. Treacy died after undergoing surgery on January 10, 1967.
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Danny Aiello

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Daniel Louis Aiello Jr. (June 20, 1933 – December 12, 2019) was an American actor. He appeared in numerous films, including The Godfather Part II (1974), The Front (1976), Once Upon a Time in America (1984), The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985), Moonstruck (1987), Harlem Nights (1989), Hudson Hawk (1991), Ruby (1992), Léon: The Professional (1994), 2 Days in the Valley (1996), Dinner Rush (2000), and Lucky Number Slevin (2006). He had a pivotal role in the Spike Lee film Do the Right Thing (1989) as Salvatore "Sal" Frangione, earning a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He also played Don Domenico Clericuzio in the miniseries The Last Don (1997).
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Margaret Sullavan

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Margaret Brooke Sullavan (May 16, 1909 – January 1, 1960) was an American actress. Sullavan started her career on the stage in 1929. In 1933 she caught the attention of movie director John M. Stahl and had her debut on the screen that same year in Only Yesterday. Margaret Sullavan preferred working on the stage and did only 16 movies. She retired from the screen in the early forties, but returned in 1950 to make her last movie, No Sad Songs For Me (1950), in which she plays a woman who is dying of cancer. For the rest of her career she would only appear on the stage. Sullavan was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in Three Comrades (1938). She died of an overdose of barbiturates on January 1, New Year's Day, 1960, at the age of 50. Description above from the Wikipedia article Margaret Sullavan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Stanley Ridges

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Stanley Ridges (17 July 1890 – 22 April 1951) was a British-born actor who made his mark in films by playing a wide assortment of character parts. Born 17 July 1890 in Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK, Stanley Ridges became a protégé of Beatrice Lillie, a star of musical stage comedies, and spent many years learning and honing his craft on the stage. Eventually making his way to America, Ridges began as a song-and-dance man on Broadway, but later turned to dramatic roles onstage, appearing in such plays as Maxwell Anderson's Mary of Scotland (as Lord Morton) and Valley Forge (as Lieutenant Colonel Lucifer Tench), becoming a romantic leading man. Ridges' silent film debut was in Success (1923). With his excellent diction and rich speaking voice, he easily made the transition into sound films, with his career taking off at age 43, in Crime Without Passion (1934), with Claude Rains. Ridges found himself cast in character roles, as his greying hair put his romantic leading man days at an end. His most best known roles were probably two different characters in one film, one of them the kindly Professor Kingsley and the other the murderous Red Cannon in the thriller Black Friday (1940). The Jekyll and Hyde transformations gave Ridges a chance to display his acting ability. Ridges was often cast in supporting roles in many classic films, and played the lead only once, in the B-picture False Faces (1943). Among Ridges's other film roles were as the Scotland Yard inspector who is shadowing Charles Laughton in the film The Suspect (1944), as Major Buxton (Gary Cooper's commanding officer) in Sergeant York (1942), as Professor Siletsky in To Be or Not to Be (also 1942), and as Cary Travers Grayson, the official White House physician in Wilson (1944). By 1950, he had just begun appearing in television anthologies such as Studio One and Philco Television Playhouse. His last feature film, the Ginger Rogers comedy The Groom Wore Spurs, in which he played a mobster, was released a month before he died. Stanley Ridges died 22 April 1951, in Westbrook, Connecticut, aged 60.
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David Gould

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My short films AWAKEN, INSEPARABLE COIL, and THE SEED have screened internationally and won numerous awards. My debut feature film THE CURE has screened and sold worldwide. AWARDS • OUTSTANDING CAREER ACHIEVEMENT AWARD at the Australian Screen Industry Awards 2013 • BEST SHORT FILM at the Australian Screen Industry Awards 2013 • BEST DIRECTOR AWARD at the Australian Screen Industry Awards 2011 • BEST NEW FILM AWARD at the Australian Screen Industry Awards 2011 • WINNER of the Sydney International Animation Festival 2010 • WINNER of the In-The-Bin Cart-orts Film Festival 2010 FINALIST • SEMI-FINALIST in the International Bluecat Screenwriting Competition 2010 • SEMI-FINALIST in the Australian Effects and Animation Awards 2010 • SEMI-FINALIST in the Australian Screen Sound Awards 2010 FILM FESTIVAL SELECTIONS • Gold Coast Film Festival, Gold Coast, AUSTRALIA, 2014 • Bahamas International Film Festival, Nassau, BAHAMAS, 2013 • Hawaii International Film Festival, Honolulu, HAWAII, 2013 • Summer Vibes Film Festival, Broken Hill, AUSTRLALIA, 2012 • Show Me Shorts Film Festival, Auckland, NEW ZEALAND, 2011 • AYACC Festival, Guiyang, CHINA, 2011 • Capalbio Cinema Festival, Tuscany, ITALY, 2010 • SIGGRAPH Asia Computer Animation Festival, Seoul, KOREA, 2010 • International Animation Festival, Sofia, BULGARIA, 2010 • Wood Hole Film Festival, Cape Cod, USA, 2010 • Anima Mundi Animation Festival, Rio de Janero, BRAZIL, 2010 • West End Film Festival, Brisbane, AUSTRALIA, 2010 • Gold Coast Film Fantastic, Gold Coast, AUSTRALIA, 2009 • Breckenridge Film of Film, Colorado, USA, 2009 VISUAL EFFECTS FILM CREDITS • The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, King Kong, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Tintin: The Secret of The Unicorn
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Christopher H. Bidmead

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Christopher H. Bidmead (born 18 January 1941) was an English screenwriter, script editor and journalist. He wrote three Doctor Who TV serials, all of which he also novelised and was also script editor for season 18. He was contracted to write several serials that were ultimately cancelled. They were In the Hollows of Time, a two-part (forty-five minute) story for the cancelled season 23, and a four-parter, Pinacotheca (a.k.a. The Last Adventure), which would have been the third part of The Trial of a Time Lord.
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Yang Chi-Ching

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Yang Chi-Ching (杨志卿) was a Chinese actor native of Hebei Province. He made his movie debut in 1941 and starred in several productions of Shanghai's Hwa Ying and Chung Luen film companies. In 1947, he joined the Cathay Film Company (國泰影業公司). Yeung settled in Hong Kong in 1951 and joined Shaw Brothers (邵氏兄弟) where he worked for over 30 years and appeared in more than 100 movies. Yeung was as brilliant as he was versatile, with the ability to handle all types of roles with ease. Yeung's wife Chan Wan Wa (Chen Yun Hua) was also a famous movie actress.
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Big Mama Thornton

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Willie Mae 'Big Mama' Thornton (December 11, 1926 – July 25, 1984) was an American rhythm-and-blues singer and songwriter. She was the first to record Leiber and Stoller's "Hound Dog", in 1952, which became her biggest hit, staying seven weeks at number one on the Billboard R&B chart in 1953 and selling almost two million copies. Thornton's other recordings included the original version of "Ball 'n' Chain", which she wrote. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Annabella Incontrera

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Annabella Incontrera (11 June 1943 – 19 September 2004), sometimes credited as Pam Stevenson, was an Italian film and television actress. Born in Milan, Incontrera attended the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia without finishing the course. She made her film debut at 16, in Love Now, Pay Later (L'inferno addosso, 1959), and appeared in about 40 films, mostly in secondary roles. In 1969, she married Guglielmo Biraghi, film critic for the newspaper Il Messaggero, but they divorced a few years later. She was romantically involved with the married British Labour Party politician Geoffrey Robinson, who in the 1970s was a businessman in charge of the Italian offshoot of British Leyland, and reputed introduced to his colleagues as 'Signora Robinson'. The actress suffered from a severe form of osteoporosis for years, and was forced to use a wheelchair. Source: Article "Annabella Incontrera" from Wikipedia in english, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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