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Katya Zamolodchikova was born on 1 May 1982 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Hurricane Bianca: From Russia with Hate (2018), Room 104 (2017) and Sebastian (2017).- Born and brought up in Lucknow, Aahana moved to Mumbai during her childhood making the shift from LaMartiniere Girls College, Lucknow to Mary Immaculate Girls High School, Mumbai.
Soon after she completed school, she involved herself with the Prithvi Theatre in Mumbai where she eventually realized that the stage is her first love. From being a backstage helper to selling tickets, she enjoyed every aspect of the wondrous world of Theatre.
Even after a degree in Commerce and Economics and a vocational advertising diploma from HR College, Mumbai, Aahana knew a desk job wouldn't cut it for her. She joined the first batch of Whistling Woods to learn everything there is to know about acting and to further solidify her talents.
Her professional stint with theatre began with Akvarious Productions and she went on to do several plays with Naseeruddin Shah's theatre company - Motley - where she played leading roles in productions such as 'By George' and 'Arms and the Man'. Her strong passion for theatre continues and she is part of the acclaimed production 'Sir Sir Sarla' since 2012 which is still running to house fulls shows.
In 2013, she was awarded an opportunity to work on a series that would change the landscape of Indian television - "Yudh" - a 20-episode mini series with Anurag Kashyap starring the legend himself Mr. Amitabh Bachchan. Aahana plays the lead role of Mr. Bachchan's daughter.
She has dabbled with almost every medium of entertainment, whether as a lead in Agent Raghav- Crime Branch, a television show on AND TV or as a host in Star Sports Pro Kabaddi. A star in the world of OTT and a glorious filmography to her name.
She tasted stardom with 'Lipstick Under My Burkha' a film that changed her life in 2017. After battling censorship followed by a ban, it finally released to packed houses in India making it a sleeper hit. Every role that has followed has not only challenged her as an actor but the audiences have loved and appreciated her. She's been a part of hit shows like Betaal on Netflix, Inside Edge on Amazon, Rangbaaz on Zee 5, Marzi on Voot Select.
Her hit films include The Accidental Prime Minister where she portrayed the role of Priyanka Gandhi, Khuda Hafiz where she played an arabic officer 'Tamena Hamid' for which she spoke in arabic and performed her own stunts for the first time.
She's playing the lead in the much awaited remake of the hit french series Call my Agent and Madhur Bhandarkar's India Lockdown. - Actor
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Ajith Kumar is an Indian film actor who has worked mainly in Tamil cinema. He is one of the leading actors in Tamil Cinema. He began his career as a supporting actor in a Telugu film before gaining critical recognition in the Tamil thriller Aasai (1995). A succession of high-grossing films followed where Ajith was usually depicted as a romantic hero, with Kadhal Kottai (1996) and Kadhal Mannan (1998) being the most notable. He later forayed into method acting, as seen in Vaali (1999), Mugavaree (2000), Kandukondain Kandukondain (2000) and Citizen (2001) before establishing himself as an action hero with popular films including Amarkalam (1999), Dheena (2001), Villain (2002), Varalaru (2006) and Billa (2007). He has won three Filmfare Best Actor Awards in Tamil, all for films which showcased him in multiple roles. Ajith performs predominantly in leading roles in major studio films, genres ranging from romantic comedies and drama to action thrillers.- Actor
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Alberto Ajaka was born on 1 May 1973 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is an actor, known for El puntero (2011), Juan y Eva (2011) and Wandering Heart (2021).- Amir Johnson is known for Heavy Weight on the Block 2 (2012), Heavy Weight on the Block (2009) and Delores Furst (2009).
- Amira Casar was born on 1 May 1971 in London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Call Me by Your Name (2017), The Contractor (2022) and The Last Summer of the Rich (2014).
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Ana Claudia Talancon was born on May 1st, 1980 in Cancun, Mexico. Her first performance was in her home town Quintana Roo in Cancun.
She studied acting in Cancun with the Cuban professor Albio Paz. She later went to Mexico City to continue her studies at the Acting Workshop of Héctor Mendoza and Raúl Quintanilla. She has starred in various soap operas such as 'Al norte del corazón', 'Señora','Romántica obsesión' (for which she won the Sol de Oro award in 1999 for Best New Actress) and 'Amor latino'.
Her big screen debut in the role of Valentina in _ El cometa (1999)_ by Marisa Sistach, for which she was nominated for the Ariel award for Best New Actress. Her performance as Amelia in The Crime of Padre Amaro (2002) with Gael García Bernal, gave her an international recognition.- Andrea Lowe was born in Arnold, Nottinghamshire, England, UK. Andrea is an actor, known for Sherwood (2022), Without Sin (2022) and DCI Banks (2010).
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Andrew Massey was born on 1 May 1946 in Nottingham, England, UK. He is known for Billy Elliot (2014) and The Final Curtain (2002). He was married to Sabra. He died on 1 June 2018 in Vermont, USA.- Actor
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Andy Pandini was born on 1 May 1968 in Gravesend, Kent, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for The Shop (2011), Simon and Emily (2008) and Inside Out (2010).- Director
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Andy started his career as a performer in the alternative theatre and circus, notably appearing with Circus Lumiere and the celebrated French circus Archaos. He also directed and performed with Rational Theatre from 1982-1989. He then made numerous music videos, including several collaborations with the band Underworld, and directed commercials for his own company Impossible Films. A film with Circus Archaos commissioned by La Sept TV in France led to a career in UK TV drama. After winning the Cable Ace award for direction of a mini-series for Cracker, Andy directed Angelina Jolie and David Duchovny in Playing God for Touchstone. More recently Andy has directed episodes of Endeavour, Poirot, Ripper Street and the successful ITV drama Unforgotten.- Additional Crew
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Anne Fletcher was born on 1 May 1966 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. She is a director and actress, known for The Proposal (2009), Step Up (2006) and Hairspray (2007).- Actress
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Anushka Sharma was born on 1 May 1988 in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh. Her father, Colonel Ajay Kumar Sharma, is an army officer, and her mother, Ashima Sharma, is a homemaker. Her father is a native of Uttar Pradesh, while her mother is a Garhwali. Her elder brother is film producer Karnesh Sharma, who earlier served in the Merchant Navy. Prior to joining the navy, Karnesh played for the under-19 Bangalore Ranji cricket team. Sharma has stated that being a military brat played an important role in shaping her as a person and contributing to her life. In an interview with The Times of India in 2012, she said, "I take pride in saying that I am an army officer's daughter even more than being an actor. She studied in Army School and graduated with specialization in arts from Mount Carmel College, Bangalore. She then moved to Mumbai to further her modeling career. Sharma says she originally wished to make it big in the modeling world but had no strong aspirations for films. She began her modeling career at the Lakme Fashion Week as a model for Wendell Rodricks's Les Vamps Show and was picked to be Rodricks's finale model at the Spring Summer '07 Collection. Since then she has done campaigns for Silk & Shine, Whisper, Nathella Jewelry and Fiat Palio.
Her first acting role was in Aditya Chopra's Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (2008) opposite Shahrukh Khan. The film was a huge success and her performance was appreciated. Film critic Taran Adarsh said, "Anushka looks the character and surprises you with a confident performance. It's no small achievement to share screen space with an actor of the caliber of SRK and Anushka manages it very well from start to end." Her second film, Badmaash Company, also under Yash Raj Films, was released on May 7, 2010. She was praised for breaking out of the shell of the conservative and homely Taani to play the feisty and independent Bulbul, and her performance was applauded.
She has two other projects on hand. She began shooting for her first venture outside of Yash Raj with Nikhil Advani and Akshay Kumar in Patiala House in December 2009. Patiala House is scheduled to be released on February 11, 2011. She has also started filming for her third Yash Raj Film, Band Baaja Baaraat, directed by Maneesh Sharma and co-starring debutant Ranveer Singh.- Anya Lahiri was born on 1 May 1982 in Golders Green, London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Goal! III (2009), Nature Unleashed: Tornado (2005) and I Can't Think Straight (2008).
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Ariel Gade was born on 1 May 1997 in San Jose, California, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007), Dark Water (2005) and Invasion (2005).- Art Fleming was born on 1 May 1924 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Airplane II: The Sequel (1982), MacArthur (1977) and International Detective (1959). He was married to Rebecca Lynn, Peggy Ann Ellis and Mildred Lauretta Goodrich. He died on 25 April 1995 in Crystal River, Florida, USA.
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Bailey was born in Chicago but moved to Florida after his parents divorced at a young age. He attended Duke University on a football scholarship and majored in Psychology. After graduation, Bailey moved to LA to pursue his boyhood dream of acting which encompassed a training stint in London (LAMDA). His first film break came in Adam Shankman's Cosmo's Tale (1998), which screened at both Sundance and Cannes. Bailey's career blossomed in television starting with Buffy, the Vampire Slayer then working with Oscar-winners in Saving Grace and Damages before his own critically acclaimed performance in Longmire. Bailey has starred in various projects since including Batman V Superman, Chicago PD, Grimm, 24: Legacy, Twin Peaks and Queen of the South. He was recently nominated for Best Lead Actor for his performance in Far Haven and is currently shooting Homestead (2024). Bailey resides in North Carolina with his wife and three children.- Actor
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Baran Bölükbasi was born on 1 May 1994 in Istanbul, Turkey. He is an actor, known for Vuslat (2019), Ögrenci Evi (2021) and 15/07: Break of Dawn (2021).- Barbara Merrill was born on 1 May 1947 in Santa Ana, California, USA. She is an actress, known for What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962), Saturday Night with Connie Chung (1989) and This Is Your Life (1950).
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Ben Easter was born on 1 May 1979 in Denver, Colorado, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Pearl Harbor (2001), The Experiment (2010) and So Little Time (2001).- Actor
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Ben Reed was born in Bixby, Oklahoma, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for American Sniper (2014), Starcrossed (2014) and The Greatest Showman (2017).- Casting Department
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Bernie Styles was born on 1 May 1918 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and casting director, known for Witness (1985), Body Heat (1981) and Sliver (1993). He died on 23 August 2017 in Rancho Mirage, California, USA.- Composer
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Bo Nilsson was born on 1 May 1937 in Skellefteå, Västerbottens län, Sweden. He was a composer and director, known for To Love (1964), Träfracken (1966) and Här börjar äventyret (1965). He died on 25 June 2018 in Stockholm, Sweden.- Stunts
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The daughter of a Japanese Hawaiian Dad and Caucasian Mom from Pasadena, Boni Yanagisawa grew up in So Cal working in her parents' nursery business. No surprise Boni was a girl scout,a cheerleader, homecoming queen and Miss Lake Elsinore.
Against her father's wishes, she set out to study martial arts, earning a black belt and opening her own dojo and teaching karate.
Competing internationally with Team Kani, Boni holds a 1999 National Blackbelt League Hall of Fame title. In 2000, she was recognized for excellence and inducted into the Masters Hall of Fame for her outstanding contributions to the martial arts and is a proud member of V10 Women Stunt Professionals.
Boni has appeared 3 times on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and has done stunts for Halle Barry, Zoe Saldana, Lucy Lui, Vanessa Williams, Eva Mendes, BaiLing, Lindsay Price, Gong Li and Jolene Blalock in Star Trek : Enterprise.
Boni recently worked on "Battleship" directed by Peter Berg and the comedy "Zookeeper" with Kevin James, as Maggie Q's stunt double "Priest", Jessica Alba's stunt double in the recent production of "Spy Kids 4" and Demi Moore's stunt double in "Charlie's Angels - Full Throttle" and thriller Mr. Brooks, with Kevin Costner & Dane Cook.
Boni's long and successful career includes stunt work in over 100 television & movie titles and well over a dozen acting credits.- Actor
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Brock Yurich was born on 1 May 1989 in New Philadelphia, Ohio, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for T-County (2016), The Hating Game (2021) and 49: A Tribute to Pulse Night Club (2017).- Chicago native Caitlin Leahy is the middle of five children to Matt and Ellen Leahy. She received a BA in Theatre from Columbia College in her hometown. Caitlin moved to Los Angeles, California shortly after to pursue a career in film and television. She works actively as a model having appeared in ads for HBO's Eastbound and Down, Bentley Motors, Honda, Chase, Ritz Carlton, Schlitz Brewing and many more.
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Caitlin Jean Stasey is an Australian actress who is well known for her roles as Francesca Thomas in Sleepover Club (2003), Rachel Kinski in Neighbours (1985) and Ellie Linton in the film adaptation of John Marsden's best seller 'Tomorrow When the War Began'
Caitlin is from Victoria, Australia, She began taking an interest in acting/performing when she was about six years of age. She also has an active interest in writing screenplays and documentary film making.
Caitlin was featured as part of the Australian Girls Choir in a Qantas commercial, singing "I Still Call Australia Home" and traveled the world as a member of the choir to film the commercial in 2000 before the Sydney Olympics. This commercial was named the "Greatest Australian Commercial" on 20 to 1.
In Caitlin's early years she played the role of Francesca "Frankie" Thomas which made a hit in both Australia, UK and Americas Nickelodeon TV.
Her role in Tomorrow, When the War Began (2010) was highly praised by critics and won her an IF (inside film) award in 2010 for best actress. one of the most prestigious film awards in Australia
She moved to Los Angeles in 2010.- Calep Emphrey Jr. was born on 1 May 1949 in Greenville, Mississippi, USA. He was an actor, known for Heart and Souls (1993). He was married to Bernadine Hinton. He died on 25 April 2017 in Greenville, Mississippi, USA.
- Carlos Trillo was born on 1 May 1943 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was a writer, known for Cybersix (1996), Cybersix (1999) and Polaroid (2018). He died on 8 May 2011 in London, England, UK.
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Carol Jones was born on 1 May 1955 in Redwood City, California, USA. She is an actress and cinematographer, known for There's Gotta Be Something More (2018), Knots Landing (1979) and The Waltons (1972). She has been married to Tony Potter since 14 February 1989. They have five children.- Actress
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Busty, luscious, and shapely redhead stunner Carrie Stevens was born on May 1, 1969 in Buffalo, New York. Carrie's research scientist father named her after the Carrie spectrophotometer. Stevens grew up in Hardwick, Massachusetts and studied journalism at Memphis State University. She was the Playmate of the Month in the June, 1997 issue of "Playboy." Carrie subsequently popped up in several "Playboy" videos and posed for a few newsstand special editions. Other major magazines she has been featured in are "Allure," "Glamour," and "Cosmopolitan." Stevens appears in the music video for "Never Let You Go" by the alternative rock group Third Eye Blind. Moreover, Carrie has acted in a handful of movies and TV shows: She not only had a recurring part as Celeste McCloud on the TV series "Black Scorpion," but has also made guest appearances on episodes of such television programs as "Weird Science," "Beverly Hills, 90210," "Pacific Blue," and "Two and a Half Men." Stevens writes a monthly column for "Hot Mom's Club" magazine and founded the on-line green fashion magazine "Envi-Image." She lives in Los Angeles, California with her son Jaxon.- Actress
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Cassie Jaye was born at the Fort Sill United States Army post in Oklahoma, but spent most of her childhood in Brier, Washington. When Jaye was 8 years old she began acting in the Taproot Theatre Company in Seattle. When she was 15 years old she moved to Las Vegas, Nevada, where she took film acting classes before deciding to move to Los Angeles when she turned 18. Between 2004-2008 she acted in numerous independent films and commercials in L.A., but during the 2007-2008 Writers Guild of America strike, Jaye decided to go behind the camera to direct and produce documentaries. In February 2008, she founded Jaye Bird Productions and directed her first feature documentary "Daddy I Do".
"Daddy I Do" premiered in 2010, won numerous awards at film festivals around the world, and became an educational tool to promote Comprehensive Sexual Education in schools. "Daddy I Do"s success encouraged Jaye to continue pursuing directing. In February 2012, Jaye premiered her second feature documentary "The Right to Love: An American Family", which chronicled the fight for Marriage Equality in California and won four Telly Awards.
Jaye has also directed many short documentaries, including: "Faces Overlooked", which exposed Marin County's hidden hunger crisis; "Making Mothers Visible", which was created for the International Museum of Women; "The Story of GoldieBlox", which won the audience favorite award in Morgan Spurlock's 'Focus Forward Filmmaker Competition'; and "Emily's Oz", a documentary ad campaign that Jaye directed for Xfinity Comcast which brought to life the imagination of a 7 year old blind girl.
Jaye's latest feature documentary, "The Red Pill", follows her journey learning about the Men's Rights Movement and is set to be released on March 7, 2017.
Jaye has been celebrated for her attention to nuance and balanced approach when directing films about politically controversial topics.- Actress
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Catherine Frot was born on 1 May 1956 in Paris, France. She is an actress and writer, known for Marguerite (2015), Le Dîner de Cons (1998) and Family Resemblances (1996). She has been married to Michel Couvelard since 1987. They have one child.- Actress
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Emmy nominated filmmaker Cecilia Peck has always been drawn to stories of individuals who stand up for their beliefs. She was Showrunner, Director, and Writer of the 2020 STARZ four episode documentary series Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult. She directed and produced the Netflix Original "Brave Miss World," the story of Miss World Linor Abargil's fight for justice and triumph over trauma following a brutal rape crime. She also directed and produced "Shut Up & Sing," which was shortlisted for the 2007 Academy Awards, won Best Documentary at the Aspen, Sydney, Woodstock Film Festivals, and Special Jury Prize at the Toronto and Chicago Film Festivals. It was named Best Documentary by the Boston and San Diego Film Critics Societies, and won the Courage in Film Award from the Women's Film Critics Circle among others. Cecilia produced "A Conversation with Gregory Peck," an intimate portrait of her father, which premiered as a Special Selection at the Cannes Film Festival, for TCM and American Masters. She directed and produced "Justice For All," an examination of capital punishment through the eyes of one death row prisoner, was Producer on "The Hamptons," 4 hour reality mini-series, ABC TV, and Assoc. Producer on "Defending Our Daughters" for Lifetime TV. A graduate of Princeton University, she lives with her husband writer Daniel Voll, and their two children, in Santa Monica, CA.- Actress
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Charli D'Amelio was born as Charli Grace D'Amelio on May 1, 2004 in Norwalk, Connecticut, USA. D'Amelio's career began on TikTok in the summer of 2019 with uploaded dance videos. She has since acquired over 52.5 million TikTok followers, 16.6 million Instagram followers, 3.59 million YouTube subscribers, and over 1.5 million Twitter followers. In just 10 months, she became the most-followed account on the social media platform TikTok. She surpassed the previous most-followed individual, Loren Gray, on March 25, 2020.
In January 2020, D'Amelio signed with talent agency UTA. She then landed a spot in a Super Bowl commercial for Sabra Hummus along with other celebrities. She was invited to attend Super Bowl LIV and meet Jennifer Lopez to create the viral TikTok challenge "J Lo Super Bowl Challenge." She is a part of the collaborative TikTok web group "Hype House" along with 18 others including Addison Rae and Dixie D'Amelio.
On March 27, 2020, D'Amelio collaborated on YouTube with actor Noah Schnapp.- Actor
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Charlie Schlatter was born on May 1, 1966, in Englewood, New Jersey. It was in junior high school that he fell in love with acting. He liked a girl and auditioned for the school play "Oliver" to impress her. The audition was a success, and he got the leading role. Later, Charlie attended Ithaca College, where he earned a BFA in musical theater. He starred in numerous plays there and became a skilled musician, playing guitar, drums, and piano. He spent his summers appearing in summer stock. During a performance of George Bernard Shaw's 'Misalliance', he was spotted by a casting director, who asked him to audition for Bright Lights, Big City (1988), playing the younger brother of Michael J. Fox's character. It was his first professional audition. Success! In 1994, Charlie married his current wife, Colleen, who works as a publicist and life coach. They have three children and live in southern California.- Chechu Bonelli was born on 1 May 1985 in San Nicolás, Buenos Aires, Argentina. She is an actress, known for 100% lucha, la película (2008), Super M (2002) and Mundo Boca (2011). She has been married to Darío Cvitanich since 26 December 2014. They have two children.
- Chris Coy was born on 1 May 1986 in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. He is an actor, known for The Deuce (2017), The Front Runner (2018) and The Killing of Two Lovers (2020). He has been married to Alice Coy since 2011. They have two children.
- Chris Henry Coffey was born on 1 May 1971 in Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA. He is an actor, known for Trust (2010), Chicago Fire (2012) and Mrs. Fletcher (2019).
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Actress Christanna Rowader is an LA Ovation Award winner as Mother in Stephen Flaherty's & Lynn Ahren's Ragtime.
She was born in Chicago, Illinois and has three older half-siblings on her father's side. Her parents, Darrell and Linda Rowader, live in Arizona (1993-present). Her father is a retired music teacher and guest conductor for the Prescott Pops Symphony Orchestra and her mother is a Registered Nurse. Previously, both parents were opera singers in Chicago (approx. 1977-1993).
When Christanna was 18, she moved to New York City and briefly studied at The New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts (2003). After that, she moved to Arizona and studied musical theater and creative writing at Arizona State University (2005-2009). She graduated with a Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies, concentrations in music and creative writing. In 2009, Christanna moved to Los Angeles.- Christian Benítez died on 29 July 2013 in Doha, Qatar.
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Born in Mexico City to a Mexican father and a Chilean mother, Christian's mixed Hispanic/Indigenous American ancestry traces back in part to the tiny village of Lanz in Navarra, Spain which still bears his family's name. The Lanz family settled in rural Campeche, Mexico in the late 1600's, with subsequent generations migrating west to Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz and eventually to the country's capital.
Christian spent over 16 years living throughout Mexico and Latin America before becoming a naturalized U.S. Citizen, eventually migrating to Hollywood and becoming one of the industry's most prolific bilingual voice actors. Equally proficient and accent-free in both English and his native Spanish, Christian Lanz accurately represents the voice of the new cross-cultural U.S. media market.
An eight-time Voice Arts Award winner and thirty-two-time nominee with several thousand commercials, promos, and movie trailers to his credit in both English and Spanish, Christian is a veteran voiceover announcer in addition to his work in animation and video games. He's a TV Academy member and serves since 2015 as the live announcer for the network telecasts of The Daytime Emmy Awards, The LA Emmy Awards, The Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards, The Children's and Family Emmys, The TV Land Awards, The American Cinematheque Awards, and Hallmark Channel's Hero Dog Awards.
For his elementary and high school education, Christian attended The Mirman School in Los Angeles, followed by The Oakwood School in North Hollywood, CA along with actor Chris Pine. After graduating high school, he worked as a ranch hand in the mountains of southern Chile for a summer before attending college and architecture school at the renowned Universidad Iberoamericana (Mexico City) from 1995 until graduating in 2000. While attending architecture school, Christian worked as a translator, English teacher and certified personal trainer. He was nominated for the prestigious "Premio Pani" Architectural Award in 2001 for his work in green/sustainable architectural design.
As a young immigrant, Christian first learned to speak English at the age of six by watching legendary voice actor Frank Welker as "Fred" in the original "Scooby Doo" animated television series. 30 years later, he would have the privilege of working alongside his childhood idol Welker on Cartoon Network's "Scooby Doo: Mystery Incorporated" TV series after joining the cast in the show's second season, along with appearances in several other "Scooby-Doo" series and films thereafter.
Some of Christian's most notable animation and video game roles include the vain and scheming "Chancellor Esteban" on Disney's Emmy-winning "Elena of Avalor", iconic Batman villain "Two-Face/Harvey Dent" in the "LEGO Batman : Family Matters" movie, the ruthless "Xever" (and his mutant alter-ego "Fishface") on Nickelodeon's hit "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" series, and as "Puss in Boots" for DreamWorksTV, a role which earned Lanz his first of two consecutive Voice Arts Awards for Best TV Animation Voiceover in 2016.
In his spare time, Christian enjoys playing guitar at his home recording studio, snowboarding, photography, and working on home improvement and design projects. A devoted automotive "gearhead" and lifelong aviation enthusiast, he also enjoys tuning performance cars, taking road trips with his family, and spending weekends at their mountain cabin in Lake Arrowhead, CA.
He resides with his wife and two sons in Los Angeles, CA.- Clifford "Cliff" Tatum Jr. was born Charles Clifford Tatum II circa 1938 in Florida, the son of Renee and Charles Clifford Tatum. His father was a Florida native, and his mother was from New York. They settled in New York City, where his father had an office position with the Long Island Railroad. They later moved to Kew Gardens section of Queens, New York, where Cliff grew up, attending P.S. 99. from 1944 to 1948. He started acting on radio and on stage, replacing an actor in the role of "Little Jake" in "Annie Get Your Gun" with Ethel Merman. That hit show closed in 1949 and he and appeared that same year in "A Month in the Country" in Westport, Connecticut, with Ruth Gordon and directed by Garson Kanin. That same year he appeared in a television production of "The Canterville Ghost." In 1951 he went to Hollywood to play an bitter handicapped polio victim adopted by Cary Grant and Betsy Drake in A Room for One More (1952). It would be his only theatrical movie performance, but was one that left a lasting impression. Like his character in the movie, Tatum was in the Boy Scouts, in Troop 15 in Queens. He returned to New York, acting in a number of television productions as he entered Forest Hills High School in Queens in 1952. In 1953 he became the first actor to portray Huckleberry Finn for television and appeared as an abandoned boy in Horton Foote's "John Turner Davis" on television. He apparently graduated from Forest Hills High School in 1955. In 1956 he appeared in a short-lived Broadway production, "The Hot Corner." Later that year he appeared on TV in "Roar of the Lion" as a dangerous juvenile menacing a widow and her young son: the production and Tatum's performance were highly praised by television columnist Charles Mercer. Tatum closed the year - and his acting career, it seems - in "The Chess Game," playing a 15-year-old fugitive wanted for murder, being sheltered by a cynical intellectual played by Ronald Colman. Tatum removed to Florida and attended the University of Miami. He was in the Air Force ROTC and joined the Air Force in 1960; he was married that same year. He became a fighter pilot, stationed at Okinawa for several years, then at Eaglin Air Force Base. He flew combat mission over Vietnam and Laos, later serving as a carrier pilot on the U.S.S. Enterprise from 1972 to 1975. He retired from the Air Force a decorated Colonel and entered commercial aviation as an airline pilot, charter pilot and instructor. In 2009 he was living in Redondo Beach, California, remaining active in aviation and veteran's affairs.
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Costa Cordalis was born on 1 May 1944 in Elatia, Greece. He was an actor, known for Sources of Life (2013), Neonstadt (1982) and Crime na Pensão Estrelinha (1990). He was married to Ingrid. He died on 2 July 2019 in Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.- Actor
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Creagen Dow was born in the USA. He is an actor and producer, known for The Big Bang Theory (2007), Disjointed (2017) and Rizzoli & Isles (2010).- Actor
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Daniel Peter "Dan" O'Herlihy was born on 1 May 1919 at Odessa Cottage, Wexford Town, County Wexford (Ireland) to John Robert O'Herlihy, a civil servant from Cork who later worked in the Department of Industry and Commerce, and Ellen (née Hanton). Dan had at least two siblings, a sister and a younger brother (Michael O'Herlihy, who became a television director). The family moved to Dublin when Dan was one year old. Educated at CBS Eblana (Dún Laoghaire Christian Brothers School), as a teenager he developed literary ambitions. Upon entering UCD, he applied to study law but rapidly switched to architecture which allowed him to use his drawing skills. While a student he published political cartoons in Irish newspapers under the initials "TOC".
O'Herlihy decided not to follow in his father's footsteps, forsaking the life of an architect in favour of the acting profession. The tall, distinguished-looking university graduate boasted a rich, resonant voice which enabled him to easily find work in radio plays, as well on the stage. He first came to note as a small part actor with the Gate and Abbey Theatre Players, on occasion putting his architectural qualifications to use as a set designer. His first leading role was in Sean O'Casey's play 'Red Roses for Me' in 1944. During one of his performances in Dublin, he was spotted by the director Carol Reed and cast as an IRA terrorist in Odd Man Out (1947). This, and another London-produced film, Hungry Hill (1947), resulted in good critical notices , prompting another genial filmmaker, Orson Welles, to cast O'Herlihy in the role of Macduff for his Mercury/Republic production of Macbeth (1948). While this enterprise was far from successful, the actor's rugged, bearded appearance sufficiently impressed Luis Buñuel to cast him in the titular role of Robinson Crusoe (1954).
Until the arrival of "Friday", the only other featured character, this definitive version of Daniel Defoe's shipwrecked 17th century mariner was a tour-de-force one man show, a compelling, wordless portrayal of agonised solitude. However, as the Mexican production was considered merely a B-movie in Hollywood, O'Herlihy was forced to invest some of his own money to have the film exhibited in Los Angeles. While he was rewarded with an Oscar nomination, few worthy job offers came his way. For the remainder of the decade, he worked under short-term contracts as a character actor (often billed as "Daniel O'Herlihy") for Universal and 20th Century Fox, typically cast in costume dramas like The Black Shield of Falworth (1954), The Purple Mask (1955) and The Virgin Queen (1955). When movie roles became scarce, he branched out into anthology television, eventually becoming a much sought-after guest star on popular prime time shows like The Untouchables (1959), Bonanza (1959) and The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964). Work on radio shows, like 'Johnny Dollar', 'Suspense' and 'Lux Radio Theatre', also continued to provide him with a steady source of income.
From the mid-1960s, he was afforded several better film opportunities: first, in a memorable dual role as the sinister, voyeuristic Dr.Caligari AND the handsome psychiatrist treating repressed mental patient Jane Lindstrom (Glynis Johns), in Robert Bloch's off-beat psycho-thriller, The Cabinet of Caligari (1962). Second, he played an anguished U.S. Air Force general contemplating orders to drop a hydrogen bomb over New York, in Sidney Lumet's gripping anti-war drama Fail Safe (1964). He was also, among later big screen appearances, one of many name actors in the star-studded military epic Waterloo (1970) (as Napoleon's "Marshal Ney"); unrecognisable in make-up as a reptilian alien in the 'Star Wars' clone The Last Starfighter (1984); as irredeemable villains in Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982) and RoboCop (1987); and as the inscrutable Andrew Packard in Twin Peaks (1990) on television. He continued to alternate film work with acting on stage in Los Angeles and at the Abbey Theater. Dan O'Herlihy died on 17 February 2005, aged 85. He left his papers to the care of University College Dublin (UCD) where he had graduated with a degree in architecture in 1945.- Actress
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Danielle Darrieux was born in 1917 in Bordeaux, France, to Marie-Louise (Witkowski) and Germain Jean Darrieux, a physician. She was raised in Paris. She was only fourteen when she auditioned for a secondary role in Le bal (1931): she got the part, and the producer offered her a five-year contract. She had her first romantic lead in La crise est finie (1934) and scored an international hit with the historical drama Mayerling (1936) in which she played Marie Vetsera opposite Charles Boyer. In 1938, she went to Hollywood to appear in the fine comedy The Rage of Paris (1938) but quickly returned to Paris.
Darrieux remained in France during the Occupation and was one of the leading actresses during this period, starring in major hits such as Premier Rendez-Vous (1941). In 1945, she appeared both on stage (in "Tristan et Isolde") and on screen (in Au petit bonheur (1946)). In the next three decades, she found several important roles, in films like La Ronde (1950), The Earrings of Madame De... (1953) -- in which she gave her best performance, as a society lady torn between her husband and her lover -- and The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967).
In 1970, she replaced Katharine Hepburn on Broadway in "Coco." Afterwards, she made occasional screen and stage appearances. But she made a triumphant comeback in 2002, playing Catherine Deneuve's mother in the international hit 8 Women (2002).
She died on October 17, 2017 in Bois-le-Roi, Eure, France. She was 100.- Actor
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Born (May 1, 1950) and raised in Flat Rock, Michigan, the son of a chiropractor, bald-domed, serious-looking Dann Harvey Florek majored in math and physics at Eastern Michigan University. A drama scholarship, however, changed his destiny and he left the college before graduating. He moved to New York and, following training at Juilliard, traveled frequently on the late 70's/early 80's stage in plays ranging from the classics ("Love's Labour's Lost," "A Midsummer Night's Dream," "The Philanderer") to contemporary pieces ("Saints," "Bicycle Boys," "Dark Ages," "One Tiger to a Hill," "The Freak," "Winterset," "Strange Snow," "Landscape of the Body," "Chopin in Space"). Younger brother Dave Florek is also an actor.
Making another big move to Los Angeles in the 1980's, Dann appeared on stage at the La Jolla Playhouse and Globe Theatre ("Big River," "The Three Cuckolds") while scouting out film and TV work. He eventually found a "working class" niche playing down-to-earth, pragmatic officials in TV crime dramas. Series credits include "Hill Street Blues," "The Equalizer," "Matlock," "21 Jump Street," Beverly Hills Buntz" and "Almost Grown." Dann also was given a recurring role on L.A. Law (1986) as the husband of secretary Roxanne (series' regular Susan Ruttan). He also became a durable support player and definable face in such films Eddie Macon's Run (1983) (debut), Sweet Liberty (1986), Angel Heart (1987), Sunset (1988) and Moon Over Parador (1988).
Florek would find long-term employment as Captain Cragen on the long-running cop show on Law & Order (1990). He returned to his role on a spin-off series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999). In all, he played the supervisory role for two and a half decades. During this lengthy tenure, he found time to play on a few other series, including a regular role on the short-lived baseball comedy Hardball (1994) and as a wacky Abraham Lincoln in the irreverent comedy The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer (1998). He also was handed a recurring coach role on Smart Guy (1997). Laying low since he retired his TV character, more recent work included the theatre plays "The Front Page" (Broadway revival, 2016) and "The Joy Wheel" (2019), as well as the films Hard Rain (1998), Beautiful Joe (2000) and Santorini Blue (2013).- Actor
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Darius McCrary is best known for his role as Eddie Winslow on the long-running television series "Family Matters". He began his career in Hollywood at the age of nine and has continued to provide performance excellence in multiple films, television, theater, and music projects.
McCrary has starred as a series regular on NBC's "Committed" as Bowie James and later as Jamal in UPN's "Eve." along with a role as Malcolm Winters on "The Young and the Restless". He appeared on the NBC/Paramount miniseries "Kingpin," HBO's multi-award-winning "Don King: Only in America," starring Ving Rhames and as Royce Slocumb in the classic comedy, "Kingdom Come" Other roles also include playing opposite to Robert De Niro in "15 Minutes" as detective Tommy Cullen, in the Oscar winning "Mississippi Burning" as Aaron Williams. and "Something to Sing About".
On stage, McCrary portrayed Malcolm Tremell in "The Maintenance Man," based on the novel by author Michael Baisden; he was Ray Collins in "Vampires: Los Muertos."
Other acting credits include Leah Daniels (Otis) on Fox's drama series, "Star"; "Hostage," "Something to Sing About," "Kingdom Come," "The Breaks", Legendary Ivan Whitman's in "Big Shots"; James Brown in front of "America's Soul", and the late great Gerald Lavert in "Mickey Howard's story".
Darius is an humanitarian at heart and is currently in production for his show and podcast Beyond Black, which is dedicated to highlighting that people are more than just the color of their skin and excellence doesn't start or end at the category that others may place you.
Alongside celebrities and up-and-coming actors & artists, he brings together incredible talents in the form of interviews, skits, reels, and short-films. The show will address important issues such as social justice & racial inequality, but also share an authentic look at the Real Darius McCrary.- Writer
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Dave Willis is an American writer, voice actor, and producer. A native of Texas, he got his start at Cartoon Network's Williams Street in 1995, where he would gain a writing jobs on Space Ghost Coast to Coast (1993) and its spin-off series Cartoon Planet (1995). Alongside fellow SGC2C writer Matt Maiellaro, Willis also co-created the series Aqua Teen Hunger Force (2000) for the network's Adult Swim block, in which he also voices the characters Meatwad and Carl Brutananadilewski. His other work includes co-creating the series Squidbillies (2005) and Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell (2013), in addition to voice acting roles in 12 oz. Mouse (2005), Archer (2009), and Ballmastrz 9009 (2018).- Actress
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Diahnne Abbott is an American actress from New York City. She is primarily known as the first wife of actor Robert De Niro (1943-). Their marriage lasted from 1976 to 1988, and ended in a divorce.
Abbott made her film debut in the psychological thriller "Taxi Driver" (1976), where she played an unnamed box office clerk at a pornographic movie theatre. Her first named film role was her portrayal of receptionist Jeannette Ross in the drama film "Welcome to L.A." (1976). In the film Ross has an affair with song-writer Carroll Barber (played by Keith Carradine).
Abbott next played a Harlem Club singer in the musical drama "New York, New York" (1977), where she performed the song "Honeysuckle Rose" (1929). Abbott had a more substantial role as bartender Rita Keene in the black comedy "The King of Comedy" (1983). Keene is the love interest of the protagonist, stand-up comedian Rupert Pupkin (played by Robert De Niro).
Abbott's other films of the 1980s included the dysfunctional family-themed drama "Love Streams" (1984) and the autobiographical film "Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling" (1986). Her role of Mother represented the mother of protagonist Jo Jo Dancer (played by Richard Pryor ).
In 1988, Abbott had her first recurring role in television, playing the character of Sonia in the three final episodes of the short-lived crime-drama Crime Story" (1986-1988). Her role ended in May, 1988, when the series was canceled.
Abbott was mostly out of the public eye during the 1990s. She returned to film roles with a minor part in the biographical film "Before Night Falls" (2000). The film concerned the life of Cuban novelist Reinaldo Arenas (1943-1990).
In 2002, Abbott had her first protagonist role as opera singer Leah in the drama film "Soliloquy". Abbott has made several film appearances since then, though rarely in major roles.- Diego Valeri has been married to Florencia since 2007. They have one child.
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Douglas Barr was born on 1 May 1949 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Dead Badge (1995), Spaced Invaders (1990) and Secrets of the Mountain (2010). He has been married to Clare Kirkconnell since 9 June 1984. They have one child.- Actress
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Drew Sidora was born on 1 May 1985 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Step Up (2006), Wild Hogs (2007) and White Chicks (2004). She has been married to Ralph Pittman since 21 August 2014. They have two children.- Dyana Ortelli was born in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. She is an actress, known for Three Amigos! (1986), American Me (1992) and La Bamba (1987).
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Eero Milonoff was born on 1 May 1980 in Helsinki, Finland. He is an actor, known for Border (2018), Ganes (2007) and The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Maki (2016).- A beautiful, talented Israeli Jew of Polish-Russian parentage, Elana Eden was already an established theatrical star in her homeland before she became a star in Hollywood. She was one of the five finalists for the title role in The Diary of Anne Frank (1959) until Millie Perkins got the part. When it came time to cast the title character in 20th Century Fox's next production, The Story of Ruth (1960), producer Samuel G. Engel and director Henry Koster were so captivated by Eden's screen test that they chose her over 300 other actresses (of which only 29 were given screen tests) for the part of Ruth. Eden gave a genuine, effectively subtle performance as the biblical heroine, and she will always be remembered as the screen's definitive Ruth.
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Elizabeth Rees was born on 1 May 1936 in Cardiff, Wales, UK. She was an actress, known for Dawn (1991), BBC2 Playhouse (1973) and Graham's Gang (1977). She was married to Jonathan Aitken, Peter Aitken, Rex Harrison and Richard Harris. She died on 15 April 2022 in London.- Costume and Wardrobe Department
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Elsa Peretti was born on 1 May 1940 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. She was a producer, known for Halston (2019), Scruples (1980) and Premis Nacionals de Cultura (2013). She died on 18 March 2021 in Sant Martí Vell, Girona, Catalonia, Spain.- Animation Department
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Eric Goldberg is an animator, director and voice actor from Pennsylvania who is known for his work on Looney Tunes: Back in Action, Pocahontas, Aladdin, The Princess and the Frog, Fat Albert, Fantasia 2000, Moana, Winnie the Pooh and Hercules. He voiced Marvin the Martian, Tweety Bird and Speedy Gonzales in Looney Tunes media. He is married to Susan.- Actress
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Ethel Ayler was born on 1 May 1930 in Whistler, Alabama, USA. She was an actress, known for The Bodyguard (1992), 9½ Weeks (1986) and To Sleep with Anger (1990). She died on 18 November 2018 in Loma Linda, California, USA.- Farah LeeAllen Fath was born in Lexington, Kentucky on May 1st, 1984. When she was only five, she decided to start a career in show-business. After finding success as a child model, she turned her attention to acting and at the age of 15 nabbed her first audition for the role of Mimi Lockhart on Days of our Lives. She would continue in the role for almost 8 years until 2007 when she moved to New York and took a part on One Life to Live (a part that was written specifically for her). After One Life to Live was canceled in 2011, Farah moved back to Los Angeles.
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Fernanda Young was born on 1 May 1970 in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was a writer and actress, known for Macho Man (2011), Normal People (2001) and Separação?! (2010). She was married to Alexandre Machado. She died on 25 August 2019 in Paraisópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil.- Gabriele Amorth was born on 1 May 1925 in Modena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. He was a writer, known for The Pope's Exorcist (2023), Satan Lives (2015) and Jak pokonac Szatana (2013). He died on 16 September 2016 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
- Gianni Lunadei was born on 1 May 1938 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was an actor, known for Pinocho (1986), Cuatro hombres para Eva (1966) and Mesa de noticias (1983). He was married to Perla Caron. He died on 17 June 1998 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Glen Ballard was born on 1 May 1953 in Natchez, Mississippi, USA. He is a composer and producer, known for Michael Jackson: Man in the Mirror (1988), Alanis Morissette: Jagged Little Pill - Live (1997) and The Eddy (2020).- Actor
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Legendary actor Glenn Ford was born Gwyllyn Samuel Newton Ford in Sainte-Christine-d'Auvergne, Quebec, Canada, to Hannah Wood (Mitchell) and Newton Ford, a railroad executive. His family moved to Santa Monica, California when he was eight years old. His acting career began with plays at high school, followed by acting in West Coast, a traveling theater company.
Ford was discovered in 1939 by Tom Moore, a talent scout for 20th Century Fox. He subsequently signed a contract with Columbia Pictures the same year. Ford's contract with Columbia marked a significant departure in that studio's successful business model. Columbia's boss, Harry Cohn, had spent decades observing other studios'-most notably Warner Brothers-troubles with their contract stars and had built his poverty-row studio around their loan-outs. Basically, major studios would use Columbia as a penalty box for unruly behavior-usually salary demands or work refusals. The cunning Cohn usually assigned these stars (his little studio could not normally afford then) into pictures, and the studio's status rose immensely as the 1930s progressed. Understandably, Cohn had long resisted developing his own stable of contract stars (he'd first hired Peter Lorre in 1934 but didn't know what to do with him) but had relented in the late 1930s, first adding Rosalind Russell, then signing Ford and fellow newcomer William Holden. Cohn reasoned that the two prospects could be used interchangeably, should one become troublesome. Although often competing for the same parts, Ford and Holden became good friends. Their careers would roughly parallel each other through the 1940s, until Holden became a superstar through his remarkable association with director Billy Wilder in the 1950s.
Ford made his official debut in Fox's Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence (1939), and continued working in various small roles throughout the 1940s until his movie career was interrupted to join the Marines in World War II. Ford continued his military career in the Naval Reserve well into the Vietnam War, achieving the rank of captain. In 1943 Ford married legendary tap dancer Eleanor Powell, and had one son, Peter Ford. Like many actors returning to Hollywood after the war (including James Stewart and Holden (who had already acquired a serious alcohol problem), he found it initially difficult to regain his career momentum. He was able to resume his movie career with the help of Bette Davis, who gave him his first postwar break in the 1946 movie A Stolen Life (1946). However, it was not until his acclaimed performance in a 1946 classic film noir, Gilda (1946), with Rita Hayworth, that he became a major star and one of the the most popular actors of his time. He scored big with the film noir classics The Big Heat (1953) and Blackboard Jungle (1955), and was usually been cast as a calm and collected everyday-hero, showing courage under pressure. Ford continued to make many notable films during his prestigious 50-year movie career, but he is best known for his fine westerns such as 3:10 to Yuma (1957) and The Rounders (1965). Ford pulled a hugely entertaining turn in The Sheepman (1958) and many more fine films. In the 1970s, Ford made his television debut in the controversial The Brotherhood of the Bell (1970) and appeared in two fondly remembered television series: Cade's County (1971) and The Family Holvak (1975). During the 1980s and 1990s, Ford limited his appearance to documentaries and occasional films, including a nice cameo in Superman (1978).
Glenn Ford is remembered fondly by his fans for his more than 100 excellent films and his charismatic silver screen presence.- Actress
Halston Owen is an American actress from Los Angeles, California best known for her role as Charlotte "Charlie" Dixon on ABC's hit television show "A Million Little Things". She was offered the role of Charlie Dixon in season 5, of "A Million Little Things" which filmed in Vancouver, Canada . In late 2023 she began production on Hurricanna (The Anna Nicole Smith Biopic, directed by Emmy nominated, Francesca Gregorin)i, where she joined an A list cast as Smith's daughter Dannielynn.- Actor
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Hannes Võrno was born on 1 May 1969 in Rakvere, Estonia. He is an actor and costume designer, known for Tappev Tartu (1998), Mushrooming (2012) and Tulivesi (1994).- Director
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Henry Koster was born Herman Kosterlitz in Berlin, Germany, on May 1, 1905. His maternal grandfather was a famous operatic tenor Julius Salomon (who died of tuberculosis in the 1880s). His father was a salesman of ladies unmentionables who left the family while Henry was at a young age, leaving him to support the family. He still managed to finish gymnasium (high school) in Berlin while working as a short-story writer and cartoonist. He was introduced to movies in 1910 when his uncle Richard opened a movie theater in Berlin and his mother went there every day to play the piano to accompany the films. Henry went with her--day care being nonexistent then--and had to sit for a couple of hours a day staring at the movie screen.
He achieved success as a short-story writer at age 17, resulting in his being hired by a Berlin movie company as a scenarist. He became an assistant to director Curtis Bernhardt. Bernhardt fell sick one day and asked Henry to direct (this was around 1931 or 1932). He had directed two films in Berlin for Aafa when Adolf Hitler came to power. He was in the midst of directing The Private Secretary Gets Married (1933) at that point, and having already been the victim of anti-Semitism, he knew he had to leave Germany, and soon. Any doubts he entertained about leaving were erased when, at a bank on his lunch hour one day, a Nazi SA officer insulted him; Henry hit the Nazi so hard he knocked him out. He proceeded to go directly to the railroad station and took a train for France. Upon arriving in France he was rehired by Bernhardt (who had left earlier). Eventually Henry went to Budapest and met and married Kató Király (1934). It was there he met producer Joe Pasternak, who represented Universal Pictures in Europe, and directed four films for him.
In 1936 he was signed to a contract with Universal and brought to Hollywood with Pasternak, several other refugees and his wife. At first he had some troubles at the studio (he didn't speak English), but eventually convinced Universal to let him make Three Smart Girls (1936) with Deanna Durbin and coached Durbin, who was 14 years old. The picture was a huge success and pulled Universal from the verge of bankruptcy. His second film, One Hundred Men and a Girl (1937) with Durbin and Leopold Stokowski, put Universal, Durbin, Pasternak and himself on top. He went on to do numerous musicals and family comedies during the late 1930s and early 1940s, many with Betty Grable, Durbin and other musical stars of the era. He stayed at Universal until 1941, then worked for MGM, and around 1948 moved over to 20th Century-Fox. He was nominated for an Academy Award for The Bishop's Wife (1947).
In 1950 he directed what was his biggest success to date--the James Stewart comedy Harvey (1950), but, although many in the industry thought it would be nominated for Best Picture, it wasn't. He directed the first American film in which Richard Burton appeared, My Cousin Rachel (1952), then was assigned by Fox to direct its first CinemaScope picture, The Robe (1953), also with Burton, which was a tremendous success. He directed a few more costume dramas, such as Désirée (1954) with Marlon Brando, then went back to family comedies and musicals, such as Flower Drum Song (1961) for Universal. After he finished The Singing Nun (1966) he retired from the film business to Leisure Village, Camarillo, CA, to indulge his lifelong interest in painting. He did a series of portraits of the movie stars with whom he worked.- Actor
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Henry Zebrowski was born on 1 May 1984 in Florida, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), The Characters (2016) and Murderfist (2017).- Isabel Glasser was born on 1 May 1958. She is an actress, known for Forever Young (1992), Pure Country (1992) and NYPD Blue (1993).
- Isabella Wei was born on 1 May 2004 in Hong Kong. Isabella is an actor, known for 1899 (2022), The Crow (2024) and High Wire.
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Became host of the Tonight Show in 1957 and quickly grew very popular with viewers. So popular, in fact, that the show was renamed "The Jack Paar Show" after only one year of hosting. Paar's trademark was his great ability to engage in conversation with guests that went above and beyond the generic "chat" that other hosts never rose above. He was very emotional and was known to weep on camera at times. Once he walked off the show in a huff when the network censored a joke he made referring to a "water closet". On his program he developed a regular roster of favorite guests including Zsa Zsa Gabor, Cliff Arquette, Genevieve, Hans Conried, Hermione Gingold, and Dody Goodman. After five years of hosting, he tired of the routine and switched to a weekly NBC variety series in 1962 that flopped. He next purchased a television station in Poland Springs, Maine, and sold it several years later. In 1973 he signed with ABC to compete with his NBC successor, Johnny Carson, on a limited schedule of one week a month, but failed to garner the acclaim he once enjoyed.- Actor
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Jacques Languirand was born on 1 May 1931 in Montréal, Québec, Canada. He was an actor and writer, known for Mars and April (2012), Deux immortels: Prélude à Mars et Avril (2011) and YUL 871 (1966). He was married to Yolande Delacroix-Pelletier. He died on 26 January 2018 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.- Actor
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Jake Cannavale was born on 1 May 1995 in Manhattan, New York, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Nurse Jackie (2009), Romance & Cigarettes (2005) and The Mandalorian (2019).- James Badge Dale was born on 1 May 1978 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for The Departed (2006), 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016) and World War Z (2013).
- James Cusati-Moyer is a graduate of the Yale School of Drama. In 2020 he received a Tony Nomination for Best Featured Actor In A Play for his performance in Slave Play by Jeremy O. Harris. He made his Broadway debut in Six Degrees of Separation. He was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
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James Murray was born on 1 May 1976 in Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA. He is a producer and actor, known for Impractical Jokers (2011), Awakened (2018) and Impractical Jokers: After Party (2017). He has been married to Melyssa Murray since 25 September 2020. He was previously married to Jenna Vulcano.- Actor
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Jamie Dornan was born on 1 May 1982 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for The Fall (2013), A Private War (2018) and Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar (2021). He has been married to Amelia Warner since 27 April 2013. They have three children.- Actor
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Jarreth J. Merz was born on 1 May 1970 in Zurich, Switzerland. He is an actor and producer, known for Infiniti (2022), Whiskey Cavalier (2019) and Titans (2018).- Soundtrack
Jerry Ross was born on 1 May 1933 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He died on 4 October 2017 in Meadowbrook, Pennsylvania, USA.- Jim Quinlan was born on 1 May 1934 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He was a writer, known for Michael (1996). He died on 29 March 2020 in Bradenton, Florida, USA.
- Joanna P. Adler is an Obie Award-winning actor who has long enjoyed a distinguished career in New York City -- which began under the aegis of New York's internationally acclaimed theatre artists Mabou Mines and Richard Foreman. Also honored with the inaugural New Dramatists' Boden Award to Actors, she has been described by the Village Voice as "One of New York's best stage talents." She's worked alongside Tony, Pulitzer, Emmy & MacArthur award winning writers and directors Off Broadway and regionally. She made her Broadway debut in Terrence McNally's "Deuce" starring Angela Lansbury and Marion Seldes. She's participated as both an actor & dramaturg in the development of countless new plays through the O'Neill Playwrights Conference, New Dramatists, New York Stage & Film and The Sundance Institute.
In addition to several world premieres across the US, countless recurring television appearances, a pilot for NBC starring Stephen Colbert and a series regular role as Opal in Devious Maids, she has shot over 60 national network commercials including Superbowl spots & many long-running campaigns. In 2017 and 2018, she garnered critical praise for her work as the Young Mr. Kaplan on "The Blacklist", and in the recurring role of Mary Ann Cunanan (Andrew Cunanan's mother) in Ryan Murphy's Emmy and Golden Globe Award winning "American Crime Story: The Assassination Of Gianni Versace." In 2019, Joanna was cast in the series regular role of Chyna in Darlene Hunt's "Patty's Auto" produced by Elizabeth Banks' Brownstone Productions and Warner Bros. Television. She studied Theatre & Art History at Williams College and in the Performance Studies Department of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. - Actress
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Joanna Lumley was born on 1 May, 1946 in Kashmir, India, to British parents, Thya Beatrice Rose (Weir) and James Rutherford Lumley. Her father was a major in the Gurkha Rifles, and she spent most of her early childhood in the Far East where her father was posted.
An aspiring actress, she first came to fame as a model in London's swinging 1960s, where she was photographed by the greats, including her friend, the late Patrick Lichfield. She was designer Jean Muir's muse and house model for several years before carving a career as a freelance model where she became one of the top ten most-booked models of the 1960s.
Lumley's breakthrough role was as Purdey in The New Avengers (1976), a role for which over 800 girls auditioned. Purdey propelled Lumley to instant fame and created one of the "must-have" hairstyles of the 1970s -- the Purdey bob. Lumley became a pin-up figure for a generation of British males who grew up watching her as the high-kicking action girl.
Other roles followed, most notably as Sapphire in Sapphire & Steel (1979) opposite David McCallum -- a sci-fi precursor to The X-Files (1993) and an under-rated gem of a series which has gained a cult following in recent years, despite the fact it has only ever been shown ONCE on terrestrial TV. During the 1980s, Lumley returned to the theater, making notable appearances as "Hedda Gabler" and as "Elvira" in "Blithe Spirit" -- a role that seems tailor-made for her. Lumley also made appearances in several films, including Trail of the Pink Panther (1982), Curse of the Pink Panther (1983), and a screen-stealing role in Shirley Valentine (1989).
It was her reinvention as a comic actress in Absolutely Fabulous (1992) that shot Lumley to wider international acclaim. Her role as Patsy in Absolutely Fabulous (1992) is regarded as one of the greatest female comic performances ever, earning Lumley a stream of awards, including several BAFTAs. Since Absolutely Fabulous (1992), Lumley has cemented her role as one of the UK's most-loved & respected actresses. She is rarely off UK TV screens and has also built a successful film career as a character/voice-over actress.
She recently teamed up with the writer/director Hugo Blick for the series of acclaimed monologues Up in Town (2002) which were critically regarded as the performance of a lifetime, and the recent Sensitive Skin (2005).
In 2007, she returned to the stage for the first time in over a decade in a production of Anton Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard", directed by Sir Jonathan Miller.- Actor
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Joe Cornelius was born on 1 May 1928 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Trog (1970), The File of the Golden Goose (1969) and Adam Adamant Lives! (1966). He was married to Antoniette Roma. He died on 30 October 2021 in the UK.- John Beradino was born on 1 May 1917 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for General Hospital (1963), Adventures of Superman (1952) and Young Doctors in Love (1982). He was married to Marjorie Ann Binder, Charissa Hughes and Jeanette Nadine Barritt. He died on 19 May 1996 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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John Henry Diehl has appeared more than 150 times in films and TV including Armageddon Time (2022), Five Days at Memorial (2022), Nixon, Stripes, and TV series Dark Winds (2022), Snowfall (2017), Castle Rock (2018), The Shield, and Miami Vice. Described by the Los Angeles Times as a "versatile and immediately recognizable" character actor, Diehl has has "...avoided the typecasting that is an accepted part of most character actors' careers." NY Times' A.O Scott hailed his "wry, cunning performance" in Wim Wenders' post 9/11 film Land of Plenty (2004). A member of The Actors Studio since 2004, Diehl's career has spanned over 40 years. Playing a colorful array of wackos in his earlier years, he has since become a fine character actor. In the early 80s Diehl played bit parts in movies such as Escape from New York (1981) with Kurt Russell and Stripes (1981) with Bill Murray and then landed a co-starring role in the pilot for Miami Vice (1984) playing Detective Larry Zito in a Hawaiian shirt. He continued that role in Miami Vice (1984) for three seasons before leaving to pursue other roles. Film credits include The Client (1994), A Time to Kill (1996), Stargate (1994), Nixon (1995) and Pearl Harbor (2001) and the first one to get eaten in Jurassic Park III (2001). He lives in New Mexico with his wife, singer Julie Christensen. They have one son, Los Angeles actor and filmmaker Magnus Diehl b. 1993.- Actor
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John Meillon was born on 1 May 1934 in Mosman, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He was an actor and writer, known for Crocodile Dundee II (1988), Crocodile Dundee (1986) and Walkabout (1971). He was married to Bunny Gibson and June Salter. He died on 10 August 1989 in Neutral Bay, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.- Director
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Born in southern China, John Woo grew up in Hong Kong, where he began his film career as an assistant director in 1969, working for Shaw Brothers Studios. He directed his first feature in 1973 and has been a prolific director ever since, working in a wide variety of genres before A Better Tomorrow (1986) established his reputation as a master stylist specializing in ultra-violent gangster films and thrillers, with hugely elaborate action scenes shot with breathtaking panache. After gaining a cult reputation in the US with The Killer (1989), Woo was offered a Hollywood contract. He now works in the US.- Actor
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Johnny Tedesco is known for Burnt Money (2000), El club del clan (1964) and Una ventana al éxito (1966).- Producer
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Jonathan D. Krane has been a force for change in the film industry. A graduate of both St. John's College and Yale University School of Law, his background in classical studies and law paved the way for him to identify five fundamental principles as its foundation. Implementing theories based on these principles, he has been able to achieve a high level of success as an industry leader.
His career began in 1980 through a partnership with director Blake Edwards. As co-founder of "Blake Edwards Entertainment" and an Executive Producer on all of Edwards' films, Krane learned the ins and outs of the business from a key position as the first producer/manager. From there, he easily transformed into a studio mogul. His studio, Management Company Entertainment Group (MCEG), was the first talent management/studio/production company, and the highest performing entertainment stock of 1988.
At MCEG, Krane focused on talent, putting Kim Basinger, Bruce Willis and Bridget Fonda in their first films. Managing over 150 clients, he also produced successful studio and independent films keeping low budgets and high production values. Look Who's Talking (1989) remains one the most profitable comedies ever, costing $7.5 million to make, grossing $140 million at the domestic box office, and earning over $450 million in all media worldwide. As a testament to his success, out of the 340 films that have grossed $100 million or more at the box office, Krane produced eight. Face/Off (1997) made over $240 million. Phenomenon (1996) made over $142 million. Michael (1996), which opened against Jerry Maguire (1996) in the Christmas of '96 to a staggering $27 million, made approximately $120 million. Primary Colors (1998) was chosen to open the '98 Cannes Film Festival. The General's Daughter (1999) made over $100 million and broke all records for dramatic video sales. Overall, Krane has produced 46 movies, both studio and independent.
Recognized throughout his career for his work, Krane has received numerous awards and honors including "The Hollywood Visionary Award" in 2000 from the Hollywood Film Festival, a nomination for the Independent Spirit Awards for Best First Feature for The Chocolate War (1988), an issue of Daily Variety dedicated to his 20-year career, The People's Choice Award for Look Who's Talking (1989), as well as The Golden Palm Award at the Palm Beach International Film Festival for The Point of Betrayal (1995), which he co-wrote and produced.
Krane has hosted seminars across the country on how to break into the film industry, and lectured at both the AFI Conservatory and USC. For fourteen years, his educational home was the UCLA Extension School, where he taught Motion Picture Production and Talent Management. By 2003, Krane undertook a lifelong dream of writing a comprehensive textbook on the industry. "A Revolutionary Approach to the Art and Science of Moviemaking" outlines a system by which movies can be produced both efficiently and profitably. Through its vision, this book has formed the basis of the curriculum for an innovative film institute Krane founded in 2005, the Krane Academy. It has also helped form the guiding principles of Krane's newest venture, The Edge, which will produce, finance, and distribute 15 films a year.- Jordan Cashmyer was born on 1 May 1995 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. She died on 16 January 2022 in Maryland, USA.
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Born in Flushing, New York, the impressively endowed Patty Jo Harmon was discovered as a guest on You Bet Your Life (1950) by Groucho Marx and later was invited to work with him on Tell It to Groucho (1961). The TV exposure parlayed into roles in such obscure films as Village of the Giants (1965) and more famous fare like Cool Hand Luke (1967), but she was used mostly for eye candy. With only a handful of television appearances to her name, she made a bigger career as a pin-up girl during the late 1960s and early 1970s, but she ultimately retired from acting to get married and start a family. Baking has always been a favorite pastime and she since started Aunt Joy's Cakes. She first started sharing her treats while working at Disney Studios and runs a wholesale bakery based in Burbank, California.- Juan Vattuone was born in 1949 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor, known for Extermineitors 3: La gran pelea final (1991) and Nunca es tarde (2015). He died on 1 May 2022 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.