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Spencer is a native of Montgomery, Alabama, which she claims is the proverbial buckle of the Bible belt. She's the sixth of seven siblings and holds a BS in Liberal Arts from Auburn University. A "closet" lover of acting, this practical Alabamian knew that she'd someday work in the film industry, but never dreamed it would be in front of the camera. In 1995, acclaimed director Joel Schumacher changed all that by giving her a small part opposite Sandra Bullock in the hit film A Time to Kill, and Spencer was on her way. In 1996, she teamed up with Bullock again in Bullock's directorial debut of Making Sandwiches, a short film that premiered at the 1997 Sundance Film Festival.
Spencer made her stage debut in Los Angeles and originated the role of "LaSonia" (pronounced lasagna) in famed writer/director Del Shore's, The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife, starring opposite veteran actors Beth Grant, Dale Dickey and David Steen (2003). The play garnered Spencer and her fellow cast mates critical acclaim and a bevy of awards. Since then, Spencer has continued to see success as an actor in both film and television, working alongside Hollywood's elite. In February 2009, she was lauded by Los Angeles Times publication: The Envelope, for her brief but memorable performance in the Will Smith drama Seven Pounds.- Actor
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Born in Cleveland, MS, but moved to San Antonio, TX with her mother and sister when she was age 6. She grew up splitting her time between these two homes before she moved to Los Angeles when she was age 18 to attend the University of Southern California. Received her MFA from Harvard University in 2012.
In addition to television and film, Alexandra is a classically trained stage actress, known specifically for Shakespeare. Totaling more than over 40 different stage productions, she has performed as Lady Macbeth in Scotland, Rosalind at American Repertory Theatre, Helena at the Los Angeles Philharmonic with Nancy Meckler from the RSC, Helena and Edmund at Theatricum Botanicum, and Pisanio and Thaisa with the Porters of Hellsgate.
Has been a spokesperson for Lenovo Computers and Proactiv, and has been in numerous commercial spots, including Blue Buffalo, Weight Watchers, and Osteo Bi Flex. Voice overs for Yelp, Service Titan, HopSkipDrive, and dozen other companies.- Actor
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Allan Trautman was born in Brooklyn, NY and moved to Miami Beach with his family at the beginning of 9th grade. He began acting in Miami Beach Senior High under the direction of famed drama teacher Jay Jensen. He spent four years in St. Louis at Washington University, earning a BA in Physics and Drama. He then earned an MFA in Acting from the California Institute of the Arts, where he met his wife, Diane. While in St. Louis, he began his puppetry career working on The Letter People at public TV station KETC. He performed in all 60 15-minute episodes, each one shot on a Friday (he skipped classes).
Two years after graduating from CalArts, while working full-time at Leo's Stereo in the San Fernando Valley, a friend told him about an audition notice for a "puppet school" sponsored by Sid and Marty Krofft. Allan spent the summer of 1980 at what were a series of workshops under the direction of Tony Urbano. There he met other young puppeteers who all became lifelong friends-Bruce Lanoil, Kevin Carlson, Tim Blaney, and others.
Much of the 1980s were spent working on projects for the Kroffts and for Dave Pavelonis and his Peppercorn Productions, as well as pursuing his acting career. During this time he was sent on an audition for Return of the Living Dead, and was cast as the Tarman, who went on to become an iconic zombie film character-among the first to ask specifically for "Brains!"
In 1990, as part of the then-pending purchase of The Muppets by the Walt Disney Company, Jim Henson came to Los Angeles to direct Muppetvision 3-D, an attraction for Disney's theme parks. Again, a friend was able to get Allan into the audition, and this was the beginning of Allan's career with The Jim Henson Company and the Muppets.
In 1991 Allan joined the cast of the ABC-TV series Dinosaurs as the animatronic puppeteer for Fran Sinclair. That show remained in production for 65 episodes, until the end of 1993, introducing Allan to sophisticated animatronics. This experience continued with movies like Babe, Men in Black, Doctor Dolittle, Jack Frost, The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas, Monkeybone, Cats and Dogs, Men in Black II, and The Country Bears.
After Dinosaurs, two producers on that show requested his presence on their next show, Unhappily Ever After, a sitcom on the brand-new WB Network. Allan puppeteered Mr. Floppy, the lead character's wise-cracking (imaginary) talking bunny, voiced in front of a live audience by Bobcat Goldthwaite.
In the meantime, Allan's work with The Muppets included videos such as It's Not Easy Being Green and Muppet Classic Theatre, the movie Muppets from Space, and, for TV, Muppets Tonight, It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie, and The Muppets' Wizard of Oz. In the summer of 2005, Allan became a founding member of Puppet Up!-Uncensored, Henson Alternative's puppet/improv show. He performed in the show off-Broadway, at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, on tour throughout the U.S., and on the historic Chaplin Stage on The Jim Henson Company lot. He also acted as puppetry technique instructor. He was one of three on-set puppeteers during production of The Jungle Book (2016), and was a core puppeteer on The Happytime Murders. Allan continues to work in physical as well as digital puppetry, in shows such as Splash and Bubbles for PBS Kids, and has moved into directing for that show and others.- Actress
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Aly Raisman, the daughter of Lynn and Rick Raisman, was born in Needham, Massachusetts, and graduated from Needham High School. She began taking gymnastics at the age of two. Raisman started her senior career in 2010, and that season, she helped the U.S. national team finish second at the World Championships. At the following year's Worlds, she helped the Americans finish first in the team competition and also finished third individually in the floor exercise event. Raisman was the women's national team captain at the 2012 Summer Olympics and led the U.S. to the team gold medal. She then won the bronze medal on balance beam and the gold medal on floor exercise. In 2013, Raisman was a contestant on season 16 of Dancing with the Stars (2005).- Andrew Golden and Mitchell Johnson stole nine weapons and 2,000 rounds of ammunition from their parents and grandparents homes, taking Johnson's stepfather's minivan and the next morning headed to Westside School, Jonesboro, Ark. on March 24,1998. After lunch the two middle school students lured the classes out. Golden ran inside and pulled the fire alarm and then ran back to the edge of a field where Johnson was hiding. As the children and teachers spilled out, the two boys began to shoot, using deer rifles, from 100 yards away, killing four students, all girls, and a teacher, wounding 10 others.
Golden and Johnson were tried as juveniles and were expected to remain in custody until the age of 21, in accordance with Arkansas law at the time. Johnson was released in 2005, and Golden was released in 2007. Because they were tried as juveniles, their records were sealed.
Drew Grant, at age 33, who had legally changed his name from Andrew Golden and had been living in Jackson, Missouri, died July 27,2019 when the vehicle he was driving crashed head-on into another vehicle on Highway 167 near Cave City, which is about 100 miles north of Little Rock. The other driver had crossed the divided road was killed in the crash. - Actress
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Ann Pirvu was born in Brasov, Romania. She is an actress and producer, known for Learning to Love Again (2020), Reign (2013) and Workin' Moms (2017). She has been married to Christopher Giroux since 23 November 2023.- Actress
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Growing up in the proverbial shadow of the studios, California native Ann Robinson acted in grade-school plays and later fibbed her way into the movie business as a stunt woman on movies such as Black Midnight (1949), The Story of Molly X (1949), and Frenchie (1950). She was part of Paramount's golden circle of new stars in the early 1950s but had only one leading role at the studio, in producer George Pal's The War of the Worlds (1953).
In 1957, she ran off to Mexico to marry a famous matador, Jaime Bravo ("and blew my career right out of the water"). Their son Jaime Jr. became a director with ABC Sports and has won several Emmy awards. Since 1987, Robinson has been married to real estate broker Joseph Valdez. She is a fixture at sci-fi conventions and autograph shows.- Actress
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Anne Consigny was born on 25 May 1963 in Alençon, Orne, France. She is an actress and director, known for Elle (2016), At Eternity's Gate (2018) and The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007).- Actress
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Anne Celeste Heche was an American actress, director, and screenwriter. She came to recognition portraying Vicky Hudson and Marley Love in the soap opera Another World (1964), which won her a Daytime Emmy Award and two Soap Opera Digest Awards. She came to mainstream prominence in the late 1990s with roles in the crime drama film Donnie Brasco (1997), the disaster film Volcano (1997), the slasher film I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997), the action comedy film Six Days Seven Nights (1998), and the drama-thriller film Return to Paradise (1998).- Anselmo Marini was born on 25 May 1937 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He died on 13 October 2023 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Anthea Turner was born on 25 May 1960 in Stoke-on-Trent, England, UK. She is an actress, known for The Lily Savage Show (1997), Mongrels (2010) and Absolute Power (2003). She was previously married to Grant Bovey and Peter Powell.
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Asia Jackson is an actress based in Los Angeles, CA. She is of African-American and Filipino descent. An Air Force brat, Asia moved from California to Mississippi when she was just two weeks old. Since then, she'd moved nine times around the world by the time she was thirteen. She spent two years of her elementary studies in Tokyo, Japan as well as Baguio City, Philippines. She discovered her passion for modeling and acting while attending college for computer science.- Actress
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Barbara Luddy was an American actress and vaudeville singer from Great Falls, Montana. From the 1950s to the 1970s, Luddy regularly worked as a voice actress for the Walt Disney Animation Studios. Her best known role was voicing the co-protagonist Lady in the animated romance film "Lady and the Tramp" (1955). Her other prominent voice roles included the heroic fairy Merryweather in "Sleeping Beauty" (1959) and the maternal kangaroo Kanga in the featurettes "Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree" (1966), "Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day" (1968), and "Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too" (1974). Archive footage of Luddy's voice was also used for Kanga in the feature film "The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh" (1977).
In 1908, Luddy was born in Great Falls, Montana. The city was named for its proximity to the Great Falls of the Missouri River, a series of 5 waterfalls located in north-central Montana. The city was established in 1883 by the businessman and politician Paris Gibson (1830-1920), who planned to use the waterfalls as a source for hydroelectricity. Great Falls became the first city in Montana with its own hydroelectric dam. Luddy's parents were Will and Molly Luddy.
Luddy was educated in a convent for Ursulines, a Catholic religious order dedicated to the education of girls. Luddy started performing as a singer in the vaudeville circuit during her childhood. By the late 1920s, Luddy served as an actress in a touring company with fellow vaudevillian Leo Carrillo (1880-1961). In 1929, their company toured Australia. The press in Sydney praised Luddy for "her pert audacity and vivaciousness".
During the 1930s, Luddy started regularly performing as a voice actress in radio shows. From 1936 to 1943, Luddy was part of the main cast in the anthology series "The First Nighter Program" (1930-1953). Most of the series' episodes featured romantic-comedy plots. In 1937, Luddy signed a long-term contract for her exclusive services in this series.
During World War II, Luddy was part of the main cast in the radio soap opera "Lonely Women" (1942-1943). It was one of the many soap operas created by scriptwriter Irna Phillips (1901-1973), who typically focused on depicting the complexities of modern life. Luddy voiced Judith Clark, a lovesick secretary. The cast of characters in this series was originally all-female, but male characters were among the late additions to the series.
By the 1950s, Luddy started regularly working for Disney Animation as a voice actress. By the 1960s, she started having minor roles in television. She appeared in then-popular series, such as the sitcom "Hazel" (1961-1966), and the soap opera "Days of Our Lives" (1965-).
In April 1979, Luddy died due to lung cancer. She was 70-years-old at the time of her death, dying a month before her 71st birthday. She is still fondly remembered by animation fans for her voice roles, long after her heyday. Her character of Lady became a regular supporting character in the Disney comic strip "Scamp" (1955-1988), where the eponymous protagonist was Lady's son.- Producer
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Benjamin Melniker was born on 25 May 1913 in Bayonne, New Jersey, USA. He was a producer, known for National Treasure (2004), Batman & Robin (1997) and Batman Begins (2005). He was married to Shirley Gross and Jean Brody. He died on 26 February 2018 in Roslyn Harbor, Long Island, New York, USA.- Best known as publisher and founder of Random House. Published many giants of 20th century American literature, including William Faulkner, James Michener, and Ayn Rand. Published James Joyce's Ulysses in the US after winning landmark Supreme Court obscenity case. Edited compilations of humor and joke books. Appeared regularly on "What's My Line?" and other TV shows.
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This vibrant, fine-humored coloratura was able to accomplish what most others of her ilk could or would not do -- she humanized opera and made it approachable to the masses. There were no diva-like traits in this star and the public absolutely adored her for it. Dubbed "America's Queen of Opera" in 1971 by Time magazine, Beverly Sills, the lovely blonde with the toothy smile and fireplace-warm personality, also gained notice for her rise to stardom without benefit of European training, eventually paving the way for other American-trained singers to succeed without the accustomed "Met certification". During her career she recorded 18 full-length operas as well as numerous recital discs. A Victor Herbert album she recorded won a Grammy Award in 1978. If not one of its most distinctive and charismatic voices, she certainly became opera's most accessible figurehead and with it enticed a surprisingly wide audience who would have typically turned away from the long-haired art form.
Brooklyn-born Belle Miriam Silverman arrived on May 25, 1929, to Russian-Jewish émigrés and the good humor already started at birth when she was nicknamed "Bubbles" due to bubbles emanating from her mouth as she arrived. At age 3 she made her debut on a kiddie show and won a Brooklyn "beautiful baby" contest as well. Her singing gifts were detected early on and she began to study at age 7. Performing increasingly on various radio shows well into her teen years, she made her operatic debut at age 18 singing the role of Frasquita in "Carmen" with the Philadelphia Civic Opera.
In the early 1950s Beverly toured with the Charles L. Wagner Opera Company and established herself in the roles of Violetta in "La Traviata" and Micaela in "Carmen". The highlight during this time came with her role as Helen of Troy in "Mephistopheles" with the San Francisco Opera in 1953. She met future husband Peter Greenough, an associate editor, while touring with the New York City Opera in 1955 (she had auditioned unsuccessfully for the company for nearly 4 years). The couple married a year later and went on to have two children: Meredith and Peter Jr. Despite her sunny, optimistic demeanor, Beverly had her fair share of misfortune. Her daughter was born deaf and son born autistic. For the remainder of her life she became an avid spokesperson for children with particular needs.
Her buildup on the opera scene was surprisingly gradual. Over the years she developed a strong repertoire of leading roles in the works of Mozart, Handel, Offenbach, Donizetti, Rossini and Verdi. Stardom came with the role of Cleopatra in Handel's "Julius Caesar" in 1966 at Lincoln Center, and she confirmed it with subsequent roles in "Le Coq d'Or, "Mamon", "Lucia di Lammermoor" "The Siege of Corinth" and "Il Trittico".
Throughout the 1970s and 1980s she made herself available to the public in lighter forums at such open venues as the Hollywood Bowl. She willingly shared both the stage and small screen with such unlikely co-stars as Carol Burnett ("Sills and Burnett at the Met"), Danny Kaye, John Denver, Tony Bennett, Johnny Carson and even the Muppets. She won four Emmys for her interview show "Lifestyles with Beverly Sills" in the late 70s. On the operatic side, some of her televised performances included that of "The Barber of Seville", "La Traviata" and "Manon".
Beverly's lyric soprano began to falter at around age 50 in the late 1970s. She bid her audiences adieu in a 1980 performance of "Die Fledermaus" with Joan Sutherland for the San Diego Opera. Later that decade she was the recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1980 and was paid tribute at the 1985 Kennedy Center Honors for her lifetime of contribution to the arts.
In later years Beverly worked behind the scenes after taking over the mismanaged City Opera Company and turning things around as its general director. She retired successfully from that leadership post in 1989 and five years later became chairman of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. Retiring in 2002, she took over the chair for the Metropoliatan Opera itself until 2005 due to family obligations and health issues. Her husband Peter died in September of 2006; ten months later Beverly would follow.
(Obviously) a non-smoker all her life, Beverly nevertheless developed lung cancer. Her father had died of the same disease back in 1947. She died on July 2, 2007 at her Manhattan residence. Her two children and one grandchild survive.- Actor
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Bill Robinson quit school at age seven and began work as a professional dancer the following year. Bojangles (the name referred to his happy-go-lucky ebullience) starred in vaudeville, musical stage and movies. He invented the stair tap routine and was considered one of the world's greatest tap dancers. His film debut was in Dixiana (1930). He worked in fifteen movies, but his movie fame came primarily from the films he made with Shirley Temple -- The Little Colonel (1935), The Littlest Rebel (1935), and Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938). In 1989 the US Congress named his birth date as National Tap Dancing Day.- Bill was born and bred in the North-East town of Middlesbrough, close to the North Yorkshire border, and trained at the Guildford drama school in the early Eighties.
Amongst his many Theatre credits are Mickey in the West End production of Blood Brothers, alongside Stephanie Lawrence, Tony Harrison's Trackers at the Royal National Theatre, Pastoral at the Soho Theatre.
Bill has been seen on television many times, most recently in Ted Lasso starring Jason Sudeikis, This Time with Alan Partridge starring Steve Coogan, Vera with Brenda Blethyn, the hugely popular drama Broadchurch with Olivia Colman and in the multi award-winning Downton Abbey opposite Phyllis Logan - as well as starring in Alan Bleasdale's Monicled Mutineer with Paul McGann, Hallmark's Blackbeard with Stacy Keach and Jessica Chastain, and the role of Stu Carpenter in Coronation Street for ITV.
His film credits include Lady Macbeth with Florence Pugh, Final Score with Pierce Brosnan, The Tournament with Robert Carlyle, In Our Name with Joanne Froggatt, United, the story of the Munich air disaster, with Jack O'Connell and David Tennant, Harrigan with Stephen Tompkinson and Extremis with David O'Hara. - Writer
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Bob Gale is an Oscar-nominated screenwriter-producer-director, best known as co-creator, co-writer and co-producer of Back to the Future (1985) and its sequels. Gale was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, and graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a B.A. in Cinema from the University of Southern California in 1973. He has written over 30 screenplays; his other film credits include 1941 (1979), I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978), Used Cars (1980), Trespass (1992) and Interstate 60 (2002), the latter which he directed. In addition to writing movies and occasionally television, Gale has written comic books including Spider-Man, Batman and the IDW Back to the Future title, thus proving to his father that he did not waste hours and hours reading comics in his youth. He has also served as an expert witness in over 25 plagiarism cases, even though this has occasionally required him to wear a suit and tie (oh, the horror!). When he's not in production, writing, shooting off his mouth or wasting time on the internet, he actually does take out the trash even when his wife doesn't ask. Well, sometimes he does...- Actor
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Bobby Slayton was born on 25 May 1955. He is an actor and writer, known for Bandits (2001), Dreamgirls (2006) and Loser (2000). He was previously married to Teddie Lee Tillett.- Actress
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Brec Bassinger, born May 25, 1999, is an American actress best known for her leading role as Bella Dawson on the Nickelodeon series "Bella and the Bulldogs", her role as Catherine in the "47 Meters Down" sequel, her recurring roles in "School of Rock" and "The Goldbergs", and her starring role in the DC Universe series "Stargirl" (2020).
Brec grew up in a small town in Texas, and first went to Los Angeles for acting when she was 13 years old. Growing up she enjoyed gymnastics, cheerleading, volleyball, and natural-beauty pageants. She was crowned the 2009 World's Our Little Miss. Her acting career started with a recurring role on Nickelodeon's "Haunted Hathaways." She graduated high school at 16 and continues to expand her education. A Type-1 diabetic, she has become a huge advocate for diabetes research and is a national ambassador for JDRF. She has now taken on the leading role of Stargirl for the CW.- Actress
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Cathryn Harrison was born on 25 May 1959 in London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Black Moon (1975), Images (1972) and The Dresser (1983). She was married to Paul Laing. She died on 1 October 2018 in Plymouth, Devon, England, UK.- Actress
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Cecile Callan was born in Long Island, New York, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Angels Twice Descending, Who's That Girl (1987) and Star Trek: Voyager (1995). She has been married to Brian Rooney since 24 May 1992. They have two children.- Chassman was born in 1938 in Zárate, Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor, known for Los chicos crecen (1976). He died on 20 May 1999 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Chelse Swain was born on 25 May 1983 in Malibu, California, USA. She is an actress, known for The Virgin Suicides (1999), Georgia Rule (2007) and The Naked Ape (2006).
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Striking Irish actor Cillian Murphy was born in Douglas, the oldest child of Brendan Murphy, who works for the Irish Department of Education, and a mother who is a teacher of French. He has three younger siblings. Murphy was educated at Presentation Brothers College, Cork. He went on to study law at University College Cork, but dropped out after about a year. During this time, Murphy also pursued an interest in music, playing guitar in various bands. Upon leaving University, Murphy joined the Corcadorca Theater Company in Cork, and played the lead role in "Disco Pigs", amongst other plays.
Various film roles followed, including a film adaptation of Disco Pigs (2001). However, his big film break came when he was cast in Danny Boyle's 28 Days Later (2002), which became a surprise international hit. This performance earned him nominations for Best Newcomer at the Empire Awards and Breakthrough Male Performance at the MTV Movie Awards.
Murphy went on to supporting roles in high-profile films such as Cold Mountain (2003) and Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003), and then was cast in two villain roles: Dr. Jonathan Crane, aka The Scarecrow, in Batman Begins (2005) and Jackson Rippner in Red Eye (2005). Although slight in nature for a villain, Murphy's piercing blue eyes helped to create creepy performances and critics began to take notice. Manhola Dargis of the New York Times cited Murphy as a "picture-perfect villain", while David Denby of The New Yorker noted he was both "seductive" and "sinister".
Later that year, Murphy starred as Patrick "Kitten" Braden, an Irish transgender woman in search of her mother in Neil Jordan's Breakfast on Pluto (2005), a film adaptation of the Pat McCabe novel. Although the film was not a box office success, Murphy was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical and he won Best Actor for the Irish Film and Television Academy Awards.
The following year, Murphy starred in Ken Loach's The Wind that Shakes the Barley (2006). The film was the most successful independent Irish film and won the Palm D'Or at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. Murphy continued to take roles in a number of independent films, and also reprised his role as the Scarecrow in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight (2008). Nolan is known for working with actors in multiple films, and cast Murphy in Inception (2010) as Robert Fischer, the young heir of the multi-billion dollar empire, who was the target of DiCaprio's dream team. His most well-known work is starring as Thomas Shelby in the British TV show Peaky Blinders beginning in 2013.
Murphy continues to appear in high-profile films such as In Time (2011), Red Lights (2012), and The Dark Knight Rises (2012), the final film in Nolan's Batman trilogy.
Murphy is married to Yvonne McGuinness, an artist. The couple have two sons, Malachy and Aran.- Soundtrack
Cinjun Tate was born on 25 May 1970 in the USA. He was previously married to Alyssa Milano.- Actor
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Broad-shouldered and beefy Claude Akins had wavy black hair, a deep booming voice and was equally adept at playing sneering cowardly villains as he was at portraying hard-nosed cops. The son of a police officer, Akins never seemed short of work and appeared in nearly 100 films and 180+ TV episodes in a career spanning over 40 years. He originally attended Northwestern University, and went on to serve with the US Army Signal Corps in World War II in Burma and the Phillipines. Upon returning, he reignited his interest in art and drama and first appeared in front of the camera in 1953 in From Here to Eternity (1953). He quickly began notching up roles in such TV shows as Dragnet (1951), My Friend Flicka (1955), Gunsmoke (1955) and Zane Grey Theatre (1956). He also turned in several strong cinematic performances, such as gunfighter Joe Burdette in the landmark western Rio Bravo (1959), Mack in the excellent The Defiant Ones (1958), Sgt. Kolwicz in Merrill's Marauders (1962) and Earl Sylvester in the gripping The Killers (1964). In the early 1970s Akins turned up in several supernatural TV films playing "no-nonsense" sheriffs in both The Night Stalker (1972) and The Norliss Tapes (1973), and was unrecognizable underneath his simian make-up as war-mongering Gen. Aldo in Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973). Akins continued starring in films and TV right up until the time of his death from cancer in 1994. By all reports a very gregarious, likable and friendly person off screen, Akins was married for over 40 years to Theresa "Pie" Fairfield, and had three children, Claude Marion Jr., Michele & Wendy.- Actress
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Connie Sellecca was born on 25 May 1955 in The Bronx, New York, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for The Greatest American Hero (1981), Hotel (1983) and Beyond Westworld (1980). She has been married to John Tesh since 4 April 1992. They have one child. She was previously married to Gil Gerard.- Actor
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Born May 25, 1979, in Salt Lake City, Utah, Corbin is the second of four children.
Corbin's acting career began when he was just 12 years old after attending an open casting call in his home town. The casting director he met that day believed in him and helped him get to Hollywood, where he began his career in entertainment.
He met his wife, McKenzie, and they were married in 2005.
He left Hollywood in 2008 and relocated to Utah to pursue his education. In 2013 he took a formal educational hiatus from the film industry to pursue his passion for medicine in Portland, Oregon.
He returned to the film industry in 2018 and now continues to work as an actor, director, producer, and writer. He balances this work with his work as an emergency medicine PA and pediatric mental health speaker, educator, and advocate.
Now the father of four, Corbin lives with his wife and children in St George, Utah.- Dalma Milevos is known for Sin código (2004), Ilusiones (compartidas) (2000) and Pasajeros de una pesadilla (1984). She has been married to Gustavo Rivier since 1981.
- Daniel Passarella was born on 25 May 1953 in Chacabuco, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. He is married to Graciela. They have two children.
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Daragh O'Malley is an Irish born film, theatre and television actor. Born in Limerick, Ireland to a politician and a medical doctor O'Malley trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art . Known for many film and TV and stage roles including his portrayal of Patrick Harper in the long-running [1993-2009] and iconic Sharpe TV series with Sean Bean. After a twelve-year absence from the stage O'Malley returned to UK theatre in 2012 playing Father Jack in Dancing at Lughnasa quickly followed by playing the firebrand John Rainey in a London revival of Irvine's Mixed Marriage - a performance which Michael Billington of The Guardian called "towering" in "the most compelling play in London". At The Royal Exchange in Manchester in 2014-15 O'Malley played Big Daddy in a widely acclaimed production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof for which he was nominated for an MTA Best Actor award.UK's The Stage selected O'Malley's performance in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof as one of the Top Five Performances in UK Theatre in 2015. In 2016 toured played Inspector Belsize in a major UK tour of Night Must Fall. In 2017 O'Malley played the leading role of the corrupt Russian cop Ivan in the UK Premiere of Gorky's The Last Ones in London' West End for which he was nominated for a West End Best Actor Award.- David Burke was born on 25 May 1934 in Liverpool, England, UK. He is an actor, known for The Woman in Black (2012), The Guardians (1971) and Spyship (1983). He has been married to Anna Calder-Marshall since 20 March 1971. They have one child.
- Deanna Dunagan is a Tony Award-winning actress who has had a prolific career acting on the Chicago stage. Originally from Monahans, Texas, Dunagan made her Broadway debut in the 1979 production of George Bernard Shaw's "Man and Superman" at Circle in the Square. In 1981, she performed in the first national tour of "Children of a Lesser God", during which time she visited Chicago for the first time. Having fallen in love with that city, Dunagan moved to Chicago after the tour ended and has lived there ever since. Over the last three decades, she has performed in more than 30 theaters in the Chicago area, garnering three Joseph Jefferson Awards and three "After Dark" Awards. In 2007, Dunagan returned to Broadway in the Steppenwolf Theatre's transplant production of Tracy Letts' "August: Osage County". For her performance, Dunagan won a Tony Award, Theatre World Award and a Drama Desk Award.
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Demetri Martin was born on 25 May 1973 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Dean (2016), Take Me Home Tonight (2011) and In a World... (2013). He has been married to Rachael Beame since 1 June 2012.- Cinematographer
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Dermott Downs was born on 25 May 1962 in Los Angeles County, California, USA. He is a cinematographer and director, known for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (2022), Doom Patrol (2019) and Arrow (2012).- Actress
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Dixie is the middle of three children. Her father owned several small retail stores. Early on, she dreamed of being an opera singer, but a botched tonsillectomy at age 7 spoiled any chances for that dream. Still, she sang regularly and studied classical music. She can play the piano, trumpet, and the harmonica. She graduated from Memphis State with an English degree. In 1960, she made her professional debut in a local production of "Carousel". Three year's later, she moved to New York and landed a role in Joseph Papp's production of Shakespeare's "A Winter's Tale". When she married businessman, Arthur Carter, she left the stage for eight years to raise two daughters, Ginna Carter - now an actress and Mary Dixie Carter, a screenwriter. At age 35, she returned to acting, but found that no agent wanted to give her a chance. A second marriage to Broadway actor, George Hearn, quickly ended.- Actress
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Red-haired Mary Eilene Janssen was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Universal studios sound mixer Henry Janssen and his wife Mary Ellen Thompson, a singer with the L.A. Civic Light Opera. Eilene got her start in show biz early on, in fact, at the tender age of eight months, when a photographer urged her mother to enter her in a contest for Adhor Milk. She won and her image henceforth featured on the side of the company's milk trucks. Before long, Eilene became Hollywood's most photographed baby, her face appearing in ads on magazine covers and billboards for Franilla Ice Cream, Heinz 57, Challenge Butter and as the "Weber Bread Girl".
In 1940, she had a cameo in her first motion picture, Sandy Gets Her Man (1940), as an impromptu stand-in for Baby Sandy. Several small movie roles followed. In 1944, Eilene was crowned "Little Miss America", a title accompanied by USO tours and a flurry of publicity. Her subsequent career as a juvenile actress was, moreover, facilitated by her ability to also sing, dance, and, most importantly, ride horses (which she did on her Hungarian grandpa's dairy ranch from the age of eighteen months). When Republic studio went on a nationwide search for two kids to play the young Roy Rogers and the young Dale Evans, they eventually settled on Michael Chapin for the role of 'Red' and Eilene Janssen as 'Judy Dawson'. The pair ended up co-starring in four second feature westerns.
Eilene's other ventures on the big screen included supporting roles in About Mrs. Leslie (1954) and The Search for Bridey Murphy (1956). She had the female lead in a cheap and cheerful western, Escape from Red Rock (1957), produced by Poverty Row outfit Regal Pictures and released through 20th Century Fox. She also acted in diverse TV shows, including episodes of The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1950), Sugarfoot (1957), The Beverly Hillbillies (1962), Perry Mason (1957) and Mister Ed (1961).
Eilene Janssen retired in 1968. Up to that point, she had essentially spent almost her entire life in show business.- Director
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Eli Craig was born on 25 May 1972 in Los Angeles County, California, USA. He is a director and writer, known for Tucker and Dale vs Evil (2010), Little Evil (2017) and The Tao of Pong (2004). He has been married to Sasha Craig since 5 September 2004. They have one child.- British YouTube Emily Hartridge's lifestyle, fitness and travel videos drew nearly 350,000 subscribers. She also worked on a British television series called, "Oh S**t, I'm 30." The 35-year-old was one of the first wave of social media stars, becoming famous seven years ago for her "Ten Reasons Why ..." videos that took a comic look at modern life. After gaining 3m views a month, she began presenting TV shows including 4OD's Oh Sh*t I'm 30 and interviewed actors including Eddie Redmayne and Hugh Jackman.
- Enzo Ardigo was a writer, known for Esperanza (1949) and Pelota de trapo (1949). He died on 20 February 1977.
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Alexandra Erinn Hayes (née Carter; born May 25, 1976) is an American actress and comedian. She is known for her role as Dr. Lola Spratt on the Adult Swim sitcom Childrens Hospital. She has played roles in a number of network sitcoms, including Alison on The Winner (2007), Melanie Clayton on Worst Week (2008-2009), and Sheila on Guys with Kids (2012-2013). In 2012, she had her first feature film role in the black comedy It's a Disaster. She also starred in the Amazon series The Dangerous Book for Boys and the first season of the CBS sitcom Kevin Can Wait.
In 2005, Hayes appeared as a chef Becky Sharp on FOX's short-lived Kitchen Confidential. Also, in that same year, she played the role of Pam Dawber in the TV movie Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Mork & Mindy alongside costar Chris Diamantopoulos. Hayes played Alison on the television show The Winner in 2007.
Hayes played the role of Dr. Lola Spratt in the satirical comedy series Childrens Hospital on Adult Swim. She was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series in 2016.
She played the role of Melanie Clayton on the CBS comedy series Worst Week. The series was an Americanized version of the British comedy The Worst Week of My Life. She then later starred on the NBC comedy series Guys with Kids. She starred in films such as It's a Disaster, The Watch, and They Came Together. Hayes co-starred in the second season of Hulu's reality TV parody series The Hotwives of Las Vegas in 2015.
In 2015, she performed as an inmate on the band Dengue Fever's video for the song "No Sudden Moves."
In 2016, Hayes began co-starring in the CBS series Kevin Can Wait, portraying the role of Kevin Gable's wife Donna. Following its renewal after the first season, Hayes was fired from the series for unspecified creative reasons. The series would be canceled after one more season.
Hayes attended University of Colorado at Boulder and graduated in 1998 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in performance. Hayes and her high school sweetheart husband, construction supervisor Jack Hayes, have two daughters named Maggie Mae (born June 10, 2007) and Lilah Grace (born April 29, 2009).- British-born Esmé Bianco is an internationally-acclaimed actress and performer, best-known for her role as "Ros" in the Emmy Award-winning show, Game of Thrones (2011).
Degree-educated in Drama and Theatre Arts at London's Goldsmiths University; Bianco's acting career started with performances in music videos for the likes of Robbie Williams and Slayer, and UK television appearances on BBC and Channel 4; before she was cast as "Ros" in the pilot episode of HBO's "Game of Thrones".
Although originally cast in the pilot for only one scene opposite Peter Dinklage, Bianco's talent spoke volumes and changed the course of the series. Astounded by her single performance, executives boldly swayed from the books on which "Game of Thrones" is based, turning "Ros", a one-time guest star fabricated for the pilot into a series regular. Interestingly, after getting the series green light, the original pilot episode was totally re-shot with the exception of Bianco's first scene with Dinklage; a scene which garnered her a three-season run. "Game of Thrones" secured her a loyal fan base across the globe and her popularity continues to grow along with her rising film career.
Bianco has enjoyed a successful modeling career, fronting campaigns for luxury lingerie brands, such as Agent Provocateur, Modern Courtesan and Atsuko Kudo, and has traveled the world with her burlesque and cabaret shows, creating high octane performances for the likes of Sting, the Monte Carlo Grand Prix, W hotel, Ministry of Sound and Vanity Fair.
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Ethan Suplee has established himself over the past few decades as an actor of considerable talent and accomplishment. His diverse and eclectic resume ranges from hilarious roles in such comedies as Mallrats (1995) and Without a Paddle (2004) to hauntingly dramatic performances in intense features such as American History X (1998), Blow (2001) and Cold Mountain (2003). His breakthrough performance as a young football player in Disney's Remember the Titans (2000) with Denzel Washington garnered him critical acclaim and led to another role opposite Washington in director Nick Cassavetes' thriller, John Q (2002).
Born in New York and raised in Los Angeles, Suplee is the son of actors Deborah Deeble and Bill Suplee. He landed his first role, at the age of 16, on the popular television series, Boy Meets World (1993). He had a recurring role as the reluctant bully "Frankie" for three seasons. Most recently for television, he made a powerful guest-starring appearance on NBC's Third Watch (1999) as a disturbed young man who filmed a video journal about his obsession with a girl.
He made his feature film debut in 1995 (alongside My Name Is Earl (2005) co-star Jason Lee) in writer/director Kevin Smith's Mallrats (1995), where he played the memorable "Willam Black", a young man determined to crack the mystery behind the mall's magic eye poster. Smith went on to cast Suplee in Chasing Amy (1997) and as the voice of "Norman the Golgothan" in Dogma (1999). More recent comedy credits include "Without A Paddle" with Seth Green and Matthew Lillard, director Todd Phillips Road Trip (2000) and Evolution (2001) for director Ivan Reitman.
Suplee showcased his impressive acting chops with a powerful and compelling performance in 1998 in director Tony Kaye's "American History X". He played a carelessly violent racist skinhead who tries to convince his friend (Edward Norton) to "come back to his roots" in their gang of white supremacists.
His role of high school football lineman "Louie" in Disney's "Remember the Titans" exposed Suplee to a larger audience, and he was singled out by many critics as a fresh and welcome screen presence, with the Hollywood Reporter calling his performance "scene-stealing."
With Ted Demme's 1970s drug-cartel drama "Blow," Suplee continued to raise his profile, playing "Tuna", the best friend of Johnny Depp's newly turned drug dealer "George Jung".
More recently, Suplee played a pivotal role of a young soldier in Miramax and Anthony Minghella's period piece "Cold Mountain," with Jude Law and Nicole Kidman. He also co-starred with Ashton Kutcher in New Line's The Butterfly Effect (2004).
Suplee co-stars opposite Jason Lee in NBC and Twentieth Century-Fox TV's half-hour comedy, "My Name is Earl." He plays "Randy", the brother of Lee's "Earl" who, following an epiphany, embarks on a mission to right all the wrongs he has inflicted on people.
For the big screen, Suplee will next be seen starring in Art School Confidential (2006) for director Terry Zwigoff (Ghost World (2001)), and he recently completed work for director Darren Aronofsky on Warner Bros.' The Fountain (2006) with Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz.
In his spare time, Suplee enjoys reading, cooking and playing chess. He has also recently starting taking Muay Thai kick-boxing classes three times a week. Muay Thai is a form of martial arts boxing using full contact sparring, kicks, punches, kick blocks and shadow boxing learned under professional instruction.- Producer
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Eve Ensler was born on 25 May 1953 in New York City, New York, USA. She is a producer and writer, known for Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), Her Story (2015) and One Billion Rising (2014). She was previously married to Richard McDermott.- Actor
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Frank Richard Oznowicz was born in Hereford, England to puppeteers Frances and Isidore Oznowicz. His family moved to Montana in 1951, eventually settling in Oakland, California. As a teenager, he worked as an apprentice puppeteer at Children's Fairyland amusement park. He is one of the primary puppeteers responsible for the development of Jim Henson's Sesame Street (1969) and The Muppet Show (1976) as well as over 75 other Muppet productions. George Lucas originally contacted Henson to play the part of Yoda in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980), but he recommended Oz for the part instead. He developed the character's trademark syntax, returning to voice and puppet the Jedi Master in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) and Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999).
Oz voiced the computer-generated Yoda in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) and Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005), supporting the transition of the character's rendering to digital. In 2011, the Blu-Ray edition of The Phantom Menace replaced the puppet Yoda with CGI to match the other prequel films.
He began a career of behind-the-camera puppet and live action filmmaking by co-directing The Dark Crystal (1982) with Henson. He went on to direct The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984), Little Shop of Horrors (1986), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988), What About Bob? (1991), The Indian in the Cupboard (1995), Bowfinger (1999), The Score (2001), The Stepford Wives (2004) and Death at a Funeral (2007).- Gabby Soleil was born on 25 May 1995 in Mission Viejo, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Johnson Family Vacation (2004), Cold Case (2003) and ER (1994).
- Gene Tunney's parents were Mary Jean (aka Rose) Lydon and John Tunney. Both of his parents were born in Mayo, Ireland, near Kiltimagh, and moved to New York City. He won the heavyweight boxing championship from Jack Dempsey in 1926 and successfully defended his title against Dempsey in 1927. In 1928, he successfully defended his title against Tom Heeney and then retired from the ring undefeated in 1928. He then married Andrew Carnegie's great niece, Mary Josephine Lauder (aka Polly) in October, 1928, went on an extensive honeymoon, then returned to the U.S. and had four children - three sons and one daughter. He enlisted as a Marine during World War I, and he joined the Navy during World War II and was made an officer. He wrote two autobiographies - 'A Man Must Fight' in 1932 and 'Arms for Living' in 1941. He was very successful with his business interests.
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Germán Paoloski is known for Diario de medianoche (2003), Botineras (2009) and Conflictos en red (2005).- Actor
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Gustavo Garzón was born on 25 May 1955 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is an actor and writer, known for Por un tiempo (2013), The Bottom of the Sea (2003) and Cielo raso (2009).- Composer
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Songwriter ("Magic Moments", "Baby Elephant Walk", "What the World Needs Now is Love") and author, educated at New York University. Joining ASCAP in 1943, he collaborated musically with Burt Bacharach, Sherman Edwards, Lee Pockriss, [error], Redd Evans, Don Rodney, John Barry and Henry Mancini. His other popular-song compositions include "Four Winds and the Seven Seas, The", "American Beauty Rose", "My Heart is an Open Book", "Broken-Hearted Melody", "What Do You See in Her?", "Sea of Heart Break", "La Charanga", "Our Concerto", "Johnny Get Angry", "You'll Answer to Me", "Don't Make Me Over", "Make it Easy on Yourself", "Only Love Can Break a Heart", "Story of My Life, The", "Blue on Blue", "True Love Never Runs Smooth", "24 Hours From Tulsa", "Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?", "Anyone who Had a Heart", "Walk On By", "Any Old Time of the Day", "Reach Out for Me", "I Wake Up Cryin'", "Don't Envy Me", "First Night of the Full Moon, The", "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me", "Magic Potion", "This Empty Place", "You'll Never Get to Heaven", "To Wait For Love", "Trains and Boats and Planes", "We Have All The Time in the World" and "Lifetime of Loneliness, A".- Actress
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Hillary B. Smith was born on 25 May 1957 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for One Life to Live (1968), Venice the Series (2009) and Maid in Manhattan (2002). She has been married to Phillip 'Nip' Smith since 1983. They have two children.- Actor
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Widely regarded as one of greatest stage and screen actors both in his native Great Britain and internationally, twice nominated for the Oscar and recipient of every major theatrical award in the UK and US, Ian Murray McKellen was born on May 25, 1939 in Burnley, Lancashire, England, to Margery Lois (Sutcliffe) and Denis Murray McKellen, a civil engineer and lay preacher. He is of Scottish, Northern Irish, and English descent. During his early childhood, his parents moved with Ian and his older sister, Jean, to the mill town of Wigan. It was in this small town that young Ian rode out World War II. He soon developed a fascination with acting and the theatre, which was encouraged by his parents. They would take him to plays, those by William Shakespeare, in particular. The amateur school productions fostered Ian's growing passion for theatre.
When Ian was of age to begin attending school, he made sure to get roles in all of the productions. At Bolton School in particular, he developed his skills early on. Indeed, his first role in a Shakespearian play was at Bolton, as Malvolio in "Twelfth Night". Ian soon began attending Stratford-upon-Avon theatre festivals, where he saw the greats perform: Laurence Olivier, Wendy Hiller, John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson and Paul Robeson. He continued his education in English Drama, but soon it fell by the wayside as he concentrated more and more on performing. He eventually obtained his Bachelor of Arts in 1961, and began his career in earnest.
McKellen began working in theatre over the next few years. Very few people knew of Ian's homosexuality; he saw no reason to go public, nor had he told his family. They did not seem interested in the subject and so he saw no reason to bring it up. In 1988, Ian publicly came out of the closet on the BBC Radio 4 program, while discussing Margaret Thatcher's "Section 28" legislation, which made the promotion of homosexuality as a family relationship by local authorities an offense. It was reason enough for McKellen to take a stand. He has been active in the gay rights movement ever since.
Ian resides in Limehouse, where he has also lived with his former long-time partner Sean Mathias. The two men have also worked together on the film Bent (1997) as well as in exquisite stage productions. To this day, McKellen works mostly in theatre, and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1990 for his efforts in the arts. However, he has managed to make several quite successful forays into film. He has appeared in several productions of Shakespeare's works including his well received Richard III (1995), and in a variety of other movies. However, it has only been recently that his star has finally begun to shine in the eyes of North American audiences. Roles in various films, Cold Comfort Farm (1995), Apt Pupil (1998) and Gods and Monsters (1998), riveted audiences. The latter, in particular, created a sensation in Hollywood, and McKellen's role garnered him several of awards and nominations, including a Golden Globe and an Oscar nod. McKellen, as he continues to work extensively on stage, he always keeps in 'solidifying' his 'role' as Laurence Olivier's worthy 'successor' in the best sense too, such as King Lear (2008) / King Lear (2008) directed by Trevor Nunn and in a range of other staggering performances full of generously euphoric delight that have included "Peter Pan" and Noël Coward's "Present Laughter", as well as Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot" and Harold Pinter's "No Man's Land" (National Theatre Live: No Man's Land (2016)), both in acclaimed productions brilliantly directed by Sean Mathias.
McKellen found mainstream success with his performance as Magneto in X-Men (2000) and its sequels. His largest mark on the big screen may be as Gandalf in "The Lord of the Rings" film trilogy directed by Peter Jackson, which he reprised in "The Hobbit" trilogy. He also reprised the role of 'King Lear' with new artistic perspectives in National Theatre Live: King Lear (2018) offering an invaluable mesmerizing experience as a natural force of stage - and screen - of infinite generosity through his unsurpassable interpretation of the titanically vulnerable king.- Ignacio de Soroa was born in 1915 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor, known for Stay Tuned for Terror (1965), Quiere casarse conmigo...?! (1967) and Mujeres perdidas (1964). He died on 13 September 1984 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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J. Michael Tatum was born on 25 May 1976 in McKinney, Texas, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Black Butler (2008), Attack on Titan (2013) and Summer Wars (2009).- Actress
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Jacqueline Ruth Weaver is an Australian theatre, film and television actress. She is known internationally for her performances in Animal Kingdom (2010) and Silver Linings Playbook (2012), both of which earned her nominations for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Weaver emerged in the 1970s as a symbol of the Australian New Wave through her work in Ozploitation films such as Stork (1971), Alvin Purple (1973), and Petersen (1974). Weaver's other films include Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975), Magic in the Moonlight (2014), The Disaster Artist (2017), Bird Box (2018), and Poms (2019).
In 2019-20, Weaver had main roles in Bloom and Perpetual Grace, LTD, and in 2021 she had a recurring role in Season 4 of Yellowstone.
In 2005, she released her autobiography, Much Love, Jac.- Actor
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Jamie Kyle Carter is an Australian actor born in Gold Coast, Australia. He is most commonly known for his role as Peter in The Bureau of Magical Things (2018). He was featured in a range of local films before debuting in his first feature film, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017). Carter continues to showcase his talent locally as both an actor and director while having the aspiration to eventually work overseas.- Actor
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Jamie Foreman was born on 25 May 1958 in Bermondsey, London, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Layer Cake (2004), Oliver Twist (2005) and Inkheart (2008).- Actor
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James Harvey Kennedy was born in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, on May 25, 1970. He became interested in acting at the age of 15, and appeared in a movie for the first time at age 19, as an extra in Dead Poets Society (1989). His first role in a movie was as Brad in the film Road to Flin Flon (2000), which was filmed in the early 1990s but was not released until spring 2000. He is most popular for playing the role of the movie buff, geeky Randy Meeks, in Scream (1996), Scream 2 (1997), and Scream 3 (2000). In 1998, he won a Blockbuster Award for Best Supporting Actor in a horror movie for his role as Randy Meeks in Scream 2 (1997).- Actress
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Jeanne Crain was born in Barstow, California, on May 25, 1925. The daughter of a high school English teacher and his wife, Jeanne was moved to Los Angeles not long after her birth after her father got another teaching position in that city. While in junior high school, Jeanne played the lead in a school production which set her on the path to acting. When she was in high school Jeanne was asked to take a screen test to appear in a film by Orson Welles. Unfortunately, she didn't get the part, but it did set her sights on being a movie actress.
After high school, Jeanne enrolled at UCLA to study drama. At the age of 18, Jeanne won a bit part in Fox Studio's film entitled The Gang's All Here (1943) and a small contract. Her next film saw Jeanne elevated to a more substantial part in Home in Indiana (1944) the following year, which was filmed in neighboring Kentucky. The movie was an unquestionable hit. On the strength of that box-office success, Jeanne was given a raise and star billing, as Maggie Preston, in the next film of 1944, In the Meantime, Darling (1944). Unfortunately, the critics not only roasted the film, but singled out Jeanne's performance in particular. She rebounded nicely in her last film of the year, Winged Victory (1944). The audiences loved it and the film was profitable.
In 1945, Jeanne was cast in State Fair (1945) as Margie Frake who travels to the fair and falls in love with a reporter played by Dana Andrews. Now, Jeanne got a bigger contract and more recognition. Later that year, Jeanne married Paul Brooks on New Year's Eve. Although her mother wasn't supportive of the marriage, the union lasted until her husband's death and produced seven children. The year 1947 was an off year for Jeanne, as she took time off to bear the Brooks' first child.
In 1949, Jeanne appeared in three films, A Letter to Three Wives (1949), The Fan (1949), and Pinky (1949). It was this latter film which garnered her an Oscar nomination as Best Actress for her role as Pinky Johnson, a nurse who sets up a clinic in the Deep South. She lost to Olivia de Havilland for The Heiress (1949). Jeanne left Fox after filming Vicki (1953) in 1953, with Jean Peters. She had made 23 films for the studio that started her career, but she needed a well-deserved change. As with any good artist, Jeanne wanted to expand her range instead of playing the girl-next-door types.
She went briefly to Warner Brothers for the filming of Duel in the Jungle (1954) in 1954. The film was lukewarm at best. Jeanne, then, signed a contract, that same year, with Universal Studios with promises of better, high profile roles. She went into production in the film Man Without a Star (1955) which was a hit with audiences and critics. After The Joker Is Wild (1957) in 1957, Jeanne took time off for her family and to appear in a few television programs. She returned, briefly, to film in Guns of the Timberland (1960) in 1960. The films were sporadic after that. In 1967, she appeared in a low-budget suspense yarn called Hot Rods to Hell (1966). Her final film was as Clara Shaw in 1972's Skyjacked (1972).
Jeanne died of a heart attack in Santa Barbara, California, on December 14, 2003. Her husband Paul Brooks had died two months earlier.- Joe Unger was born on 25 May 1949 in Lake County, Tennessee, USA. He is an actor, known for A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (1990) and The Bodyguard (1992).
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John Gabriel was born on 25 May 1931 in Niagara Falls, New York, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for Ryan's Hope (1975), El Dorado (1966) and The Hunters (1958). He was married to Sandy Gabriel. He died on 11 June 2021 in New York City, New York, USA.- John Nicholson the actor, is a native of New York City. What's not well known is that prior to moving to Los Angles to pursue acting full time, John spent over 14 years as a senior retail security executive. Having worked for companies such as Bloomingdales, TJ Maxx and Circuit City. In 2003 while living in Atlanta, John went on an audition on a dare from a friend. When he landed the lead role in the play, John found himself fully bitten by the acting bug. In 2006 at the urging of his mother, John quit his job and moved to Los Angeles, to pursue his dream of acting. John also began studying with famed method acting teacher Eric Morris. John and Eric developed a close bond, and John continued to study with Eric for 7 years. While not as popular as it once was and often misunderstood, John really found himself drawn to method acting's realism and use of personal experiences to fulfill character obligations. Sadly, in 2009 John's mother passed away after a brief battle with cancer. After his mother's death, John went through a period of soul searching and seriously considered quitting acting a few times. John ultimately decided he could best honor his mother by continuing to follow his dream of acting John has appeared in various roles on shows like the daytime soap drama's All My Children and General hospital, as well as lead roles in some independent films like, The Lookout and No need to take me home. In 2016 John Landed his first Television lead role as a homicide detective. The show, which is shot on location in Tennessee, is slated to air in early 2017.
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John Weitz was born on 25 May 1923 in Berlin, Germany. He is known for The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970), The Dick Cavett Show (1968) and The Sam Levenson Show (1951). He was married to Susan Kohner, Eva Lorant (Eve Orton) and Sally Blauner. He died on 3 October 2002 in Bridgehampton, New York, USA.- Jordi Webber is a 29 year old Actor/Musician out of New Zealand. He is of Maori heritage with a mix of English/Irish. Most notable for his roles in 'Choose Love' (Netflix), Home and Away (Seven Network), Nomad (US indie), Power Rangers (Nickelodeon), Mistletoe Ranch (Jaggi Productions) The Deadlands (AMC) and the upcoming Stan Original 'Prosper' He performs under kiwi music act 'Waazzoo and the vibes', an alternative pop/roots based in Auckland New Zealand.
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José Mário Branco was born on 25 May 1942 in Oporto, Portugal. He was a composer and actor, known for The Portuguese Woman (2018), Alfama em Si and A Confederação: O Povo É Que Faz a História (1977). He died on 19 November 2019 in Portugal.- Actor
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Joseph D. Reitman was born on 25 May 1968 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Happy! (2017), Money Monster (2016) and The Perfect Storm (2000). He was previously married to Shannon Elizabeth.- Actor
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Julian Bailey is a Canadian film, television, and voice actor. During his youth in Montreal, Canada, Bailey was cast in a CBC television movie before going on to lend his voice to beloved animated characters, Pepito, in the original 'Madeline' specials for HBO (with Christopher Plummer), and Mowgli, from popular anime 'The Jungle Book' series, among many others.
After graduating from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts (West), in Pasadena, California, Bailey moved to Chicago, Illinois, becoming involved in the local theatre scene and performing in a series of critically acclaimed productions. Bailey is an original member of The Piven Theatre Workshop Subscription Company, in Evanston, Illinois, where he was trained and mentored by Byrne and Joyce Piven (parents of actor, Jeremy Piven). After getting his SAG card in Chicago, Bailey returned to the Los Angeles area, where he auditioned without a booking for two years, while living out of his car; to make ends meet, Julian sold salads and sandwiches door to door at hair salons in West Hollywood and Beverly Hills and dressed up as characters for kids' parties across Southern California. Bailey eventually joined a stand up comedy workshop run by legendary comedy coach, Greg Dean, and was subsequently discovered by a talent agent at The Comedy Store on the Sunset Strip during a showcase performance.
Bailey went on to book a regular recurring role in the Lifetime Television series, 'For The People', in which he acted alongside Lea Thompson ('Back To The Future'). The show was canceled following its first season, and Bailey went back to doing various odd jobs, including the mobile lunch business and kids parties, as well as window cleaning, chauffeuring, and craft services on film sets, while still landing roles on shows like 'Judging Amy', 'Just Shoot Me', 'JAG', and 'The Young and The Restless', to name a few. A guest spot on the hit show, 'NCIS', earned Bailey fans around the world for his portrayal of a sociopathic young naval officer, and the actor would go on to appear in major motion pictures, such as 'Dark Phoenix' (with Jennifer Lawrence), and 'French Exit' (with Michelle Pheiffer). Bailey starred in the comedy feature film 'Meeting Spencer' (with Jesse Plemons and directed by the late BAFTA award winning director, Malcolm Mowbray), turned heads in the slasher flick 'He's Out There There' (with Yvonne Strahovski), and faced off with Jesse Eisenberg in the drama, 'The Hummingbird Project'. A career breakthrough came in 2021 when Bailey was cast in Amazon Prime Video's 'Three Pines', in which he starred alongside Alfred Molina, as part of a dynamic ensemble cast. The actor broke into video games with titles like 'Far Cry 5', 'Deus Ex: Mankind Divided', and 'The Division: Warlords of New York'. Notably, Bailey provides the lead voice (HQ) of the massive international hit, 'Rainbow Six: Siege', one of Ubisoft's most successful video game franchises in history, boasting more than 70 million registered players worldwide. Bailey has voiced several foreign films and television series for Netflix, including the title character for the English version of the globally popular Korean series, 'Vincenzo'.- Actor
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Justin Henry had a dream start in the business, when he was chosen for a pivotal role in Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) at the age of seven, without any acting experience. He was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Supporting Actor for his role in Kramer vs. Kramer (1979), becoming one of the youngest actors ever nominated. During the eighties, he appeared in a handful of films, including Martin's Day (1985) and John Hughes's teen film Sixteen Candles (1984). But after co-starring in Sweet Hearts Dance (1988), he left films to pursue an education, before returning eight years later to star in John Frankenheimer's television film Andersonville (1996). He has once again been working in front of the camera in independently directed films including Finding Home (2003) and My Dinner with Jimi (2003), and is long away from his film debut as the kid with no acting training. He has made the transformation to a full adult actor and is waiting for what the future has in store for him.- Actress
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Karen Valentine was born on a chicken farm in northern California and made her professional debut, at the age of 16, on The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) (aka "The Ed Sullivan Show"). After performing as a contestant on a live national broadcast of "The Miss Teenage America Pageant", Ed Sullivan phoned during the ceremonies and invited her to appear on his iconic variety show the following week. She has since starred in countless productions on stage and screen, including the acclaimed series, Room 222 (1969) as student teacher Alice Johnson, for which she received an Emmy Award. She was a regular panelist on the popular game show The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1965), exchanging quips with Paul Lynde, George Gobel and host Peter Marshall. Over the years she has starred in many made-for-television movies, series episodes and variety specials, as well as several feature films. She has been a fixture on TV talk shows and guest-hosted for Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962). Across the country, Ms. Valentine has appeared in many stage productions, on Broadway and off, as well as touring with national companies.- Actor
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Kevin Heffernan was born on 25 May 1968 in West Haven, Connecticut, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Super Troopers (2001), Club Dread (2004) and Beerfest (2006).- Kevin O'Morrison was born on 25 May 1916 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Sleepless in Seattle (1993), Funny Farm (1988) and Dear Ruth (1947). He was married to Linda Soma. He died on 11 December 2016 in Lynnwood, Washington, USA.
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Kick Gurry was born on 25 May 1978 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He is an actor and director, known for Edge of Tomorrow (2014), Spartan (2004) and Speed Racer (2008).- Actress
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Kitty Kallen was born on 25 May 1921 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. She was an actress, known for The Devil All the Time (2020), The Second Greatest Sex (1955) and Circle of Friends (1995). She was married to Budd Granoff and Clint Garvin. She died on 7 January 2016 in Cuernavaca, Mexico.- Actor
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Landon Beard was born on 25 May 1979 in San Diego, California, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Generation Um... (2012), Sacrifice (2005) and The 74th Primetime Emmy Awards (2022). He has been married to Vanessa Ray since 14 June 2015. They have one child.- Actress
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Leslie Uggams was born on 25 May 1943 in New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for Deadpool (2016), Deadpool 2 (2018) and American Fiction (2023). She has been married to Grahame Pratt since 16 October 1965. They have two children.- Lou Gish was a bright and sassy actress of natural poise and comic edge. The daughter of the actors Roland Curram and Sheila Gish, she demonstrated her range in her last two stage roles.
At the tiny Gate Theatre in Notting Hill, west London, in January last year, she played General Pinochet's Spanish lawyer in Thea Sharrock's riveting promenade production of Fermín Cabal's Tejas Verdas (Green Gables), a moving memorial to Chilean torture victims. Last summer she took on the role of Goneril in Steven Pimlott's lucid version of King Lear, starring David Warner, in the Minerva Theatre, Chichester.
In the first, she was sleek, reasonable, assured. In the second, she tore up the stage, dashing to the floor the Bible proffered by a distraught Albany (Raad Rawi) and channelling her evil complots through a serpentine presence beautifully contrasted with Zoe Waites's choleric Regan. Her younger sister, Kay Curram, played Cordelia.
Lou and Kay were returning to Chichester in part to memorialise their mother's last stage performance there - as Arkadina in The Seagull in 2003 (a production in which Kay played Nina) - but also to get over it. Typically, they arranged company visits to the local bowling alley and teased their leading man by calling him "Dave" - "He's so not a Dave," they said. Warner himself described Lou as "a wonderful, positive presence, a superb actress whose spirit remained with us for the entire run". She had been forced to leave the production when her illness took hold again.
Lou Gish was born and raised in London. After Macaulay church school, Alleyn's in Dulwich, and Furzedown school, Wandsworth, she took a degree at Camberwell School of Art. She first thought of going into journalism; as a student she won a prize for an article she wrote for Harper's magazine, and the then editor, Beatrix Miller, said she would take her on after graduation.
But Lou decided to change direction and took an office job with the actors' agent Jeremy Conway, where she answered the telephone and served the tea, sometimes jokingly dressed in a waitress uniform. A role in a fringe production in Paddington led to the acquisition of an agent of her own, and a notable cameo in Sean Mathias's 1994 revival of Noel Coward's Design for Living at the Donmar Warehouse. Rachel Weisz was a sensational, sulky Gilda in this production, and Gish, no way fazed, played Helen Carver as a screeching socialite in a glittering sheath.
When her parents first separated (Sheila Gish later married the actor and director Denis Lawson), Roland Curram sombrely announced to his daughters that he was coming out as gay. No big surprise there, said Lou, "as he had brought us up on a diet of Judy Garland, Bette Davis, Joan Crawford and Barbra Streisand." Gish and Curram had met while working on the film Darling in the mid-1960s. The star and the director, Julie Christie and the late John Schlesinger, were Lou's godparents - the coolest, she said, in the world.
In a second collaboration with Mathias, Lou played a mannish playwright and adoring assistant to Sian Phillips's Marlene Dietrich in Pam Gems's Marlene. She specialised in such strong, but marginalised, romantic figures: at the Watford Palace in 1998, in Phyllis Nagy's skilful adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's The Talented Mr Ripley, she played Marge as a hilarious piggy-in-the-middle. Later that year, she joined her stepfather Denis Lawson's production of Little Malcolm and his Struggle against the Eunuchs, starring Ewan McGregor, at the Hampstead Theatre, and subsequently in the West End. She played Ann, the object of the lads' fear and misogyny - and of a brutal attack - with devastating contempt.
In 1999, Michael Billington described how Lou - slim, green-eyed and dark-haired - lit up the Chichester stage as a rejected fiancée in Maria Aitken's revival of Noel Coward's underrated comedy Easy Virtue. She was the perfect, swish, middle-class Helena in Look Back in Anger at the Bristol Old Vic in 2001, and an effortlessly aristocratic Duchess of Malfi at the Salisbury Playhouse the following year. Of this latter performance, Alastair Macaulay wrote in the Financial Times that "she doesn't invite us into her tragedy; we are riveted by it from a distance."
Over the last 10 years of her life, Gish appeared regularly on television in such series as The Thin Blue Line (1995) EastEnders (1985), Casualty, Doctors (2000), Wire in the Blood, Coupling (2000) and Where the Heart Is.
She died of cancer at the age of 38 and was survived by her partner, the actor Nicholas Rowe, and her father, stepfather and sister. - Actor
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Marcos Mundstock was born on 25 May 1942 in Santa Fe, Argentina. He was an actor and director, known for Muchas gracias de nada (1979), El grosso concerto (2001) and Mastropiero que nunca (1977). He was married to Laura Glezer. He died on 22 April 2020 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.- Margaret Forster was born on 25 May 1938 in Carlisle, Cumbria, England, UK. She was a writer, known for Georgy Girl (1966), Daphne (2007) and Celebration (1979). She was married to Hunter Davies. She died on 8 February 2016 in London, England, UK.
- Mariann Mayberry was born on 25 May 1965 in Springfield, Missouri, USA. She was an actress, known for War of the Worlds (2005), Dogman (2012) and No God, No Master (2013). She was married to Scott Jaeck. She died on 1 August 2017 in Simsbury, Connecticut, USA.
- Classical stage and movie actress Marie Doro was a direct descendant of American political leader Patrick Henry. She was born Marie Katherine Steward in Pennsylvania in 1882. She began as a chorus girl in musical comedy under the management of impresario Charles Frohman, who took her to Broadway. There she worked for actor/stage director William Gillette, appearing in many melodrama, thrillers and comedies including "The Admirable Crichton" in 1903, "Sherlock Holmes" in 1905-06, "Electricity" in 1910 and "Diplomacy" in 1914 est. On tour of England in the mid-1900s, she starred with the unknown teenage Charles Chaplin. She starred in at least 18 movie, first under contract to Adolph Zukor in 1915, making her film debut in the starring role as Carlotta in Edwin S. Porter's comedy/drama The Morals of Marcus (1915) for the Famous Players Film Co. She is perhaps best remembered in the title role in Oliver Twist (1916), directed by James Young for the Jesse L. Lasky Feature Co. in 1916.
Although still a well-known movie star by the early 1920s, she became increasingly disillusioned with Hollywood and her acting career. She returned to the Broadway stage for one last time in "Lillies of the Field" in 1921. She moved to Europe for a time and starred in a few films in Italy and England, the last being Maurice Elvey's )Sally Bishop (1924)_ in 1924,' co-starring with Henry Ainley in the Stoll Film Co. production. In later life she became increasingly drawn to a more spiritual life, and ended as a recluse, actively avoiding friends and acquaintances. She was briefly married to actor Elliott Dexter, the marriage soon ending in divorce. She had no children and never remarried. - Director
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Marie Menken was born on 25 May 1909 in New York City, New York, USA. She was a director and cinematographer, known for The Life of Juanita Castro (1965), The Gravediggers from Guadix (1960) and Prison (1965). She was married to Willard Maas. She died on 29 December 1970 in Brooklyn, New York, USA.- Mario Sapag was born on 25 May 1935 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor and writer, known for El hombre que volvió de la muerte (1969), Somos novios (1969) and Vamos a soñar por el amor (1971). He died on 14 April 2012 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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As an actor, currently a fan favorite supporting character as Lyle The Pawnshop Guy on Netflix smash hit "Cobra Kai", Matt Borlenghi first came to attention on "All My Children", opposite Kelly Ripa, for which he was nominated for a Daytime Emmy and won a Soap Opera Digest Award. Borlenghi then starred on several prime time TV shows such as "The Jeff Foxworthy Show", "Pig Sty", "Party Girl", and "Police Academy: the series", as well as a pilot for a "Married with Children" spin-off titled "Enemies", opposite Nicole Eggert. Matt recently wrapped on two new planned series, "Townsend", as the title character and producer, and "Letters to Addy" in a supporting series regular role. Matt has been appearing on other shows lately such as "Saved by Grace", TV movies "Lethal Admirer", "The Bobby DeBarge Story" and "Our Dream Wedding" as well as films "115 Grains", "Divine Influencer" and "90 Days Past Due".
As a producer/creative, Borlenghi spent several years developing TV shows with and for production companies and networks. One of his shows, a crime investigation named "Postmortem in Vegas", was co-produced by NorthSouth Productions and A&E Networks and aired as a 1 hour special on LMN. Further, Matt created, wrote and is prepping another proposed TV series, "ATF", based on the life work of his good friend who spent 25 years working as an undercover ATF agent.
He also has a role in the remake of the super-successful video game "Mafia", as the voice of Sergio Morello.- Actor
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Michael Benyaer was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Michael is an actor, known for Deadpool (2016), The Expanse (2015) and Reboot (1998).- Actor
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Michael was born in New York City on May 25, 1960 to Warren and Jane Zorek. he was raised in Manhattan with a sister two years older, attending PS 6 and Riverdale Country School in the Bronx. At Riverdale he was a classmate of David Yazbek and Keith Levenson, graduating in 1978. He attended Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio where he majored in Drama along with Fellow classmate, Allison Janney. After graduating in 1982 he delivered singing telegrams in New York City before moving to Los Angeles in the fall of '82. Three weeks after arriving in Los Angeles he auditioned for and won the role of Bubba Beauregard in the 1983 film, "Private School." This was followed by roles in films and television before slowing down in the mid 1980s. Michael supported himself by working at Music Plus, Ed Debevic's and The Virgin Megastore. In 1995, Michael moved back to New York where he worked at the Virgin Megastore in Times Square. in 1998, Michael joined a Public Relations firm and met Shelly Friedland who became his wife in September of 2000. In March of 2002, their son Jeremy was born and three months later Michael became a stay at home father. In March of 2006 their daughter Diana was born. Both children model and Jeremy has a budding acting career. Michael occasionally auditions through Jeremy's manager, Ingrid French.- Actor
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Michael John Myers was born in 1963 in Scarborough, Ontario, to Alice E. (Hind), an officer supervisor, and Eric Myers, an insurance agent. His parents were both English, and had served in the Royal Air Force and British Army, respectively.
Myers' television career really started in 1988, when he joined Saturday Night Live (1975), where he spent six seasons. He brought to life many memorable characters, such as Dieter and Wayne Cambell. His major movies include Wayne's World (1992), Wayne's World 2 (1993), So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993), the Austin Powers movies and The Cat in the Hat (2003).- Music Artist
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Miles Davis, famous jazz trumpeter, composer and bandleader, was born 26 May 1926 in Alton, Illinois. He moved to New York in 1944 and studied at Juilliard. He left school and entered the jazz society of New York, meeting such famous musicians as Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker and Charles Mingus. His record debut came in 1946. Miles soon became a major figure of jazz. He changed the directions of jazz several times, recording albums such as "Birth Of The Cool" (1949) which started the cool-jazz era, "Milestones" (1953), "Kind Of Blue" (1959) which was the beginning of modal jazz, orchestral jazz masterpieces such as "Porgy And Bess" (1958) and "Sketches Of Spain" (1961), "In A Silent Way" (1968) and "Bitches Brew" (1969) - the first jazz/rock fusion albums. He collaborated with famous jazz players such as: Bill Evans, John Coltrane, Chick Corea, Philly Joe Jones, Joe Zawinul, Paul Chambers, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, John McLaughlin, Keith Jarrett and others. He retired from music in 1975 due to hip problems as well as his problems with drug addiction. He recovered and returned to music in 1980, collaborating with producer Marcus Miller and recording new, intriguing albums such as electronic-driven Tutu or Amandla, as well as Spanish-flavored music for Siesta (1987). Miles Davis is now arguably one of the greatest and most important jazz musicians of all time.- Actor, playwright and screenwriter Miles Malleson's list of credits reads like a history of British cinema in the first half of the 20th century. Born in Croydon in Surrey, he was educated at Brighton College in Sussex and Emmanuel College Cambridge. He had intended to become a schoolmaster but he opted instead for the stage and went into repertory theatre in Liverpool and then onto the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London.
He wrote his first play in 1913 and, in contrast to the characters he often portrayed on screen, held socially progressive views which were often reflected in his work. His output included two plays about the First World War, "D Company" and "Black Eill", and one about the Tolpuddle Martyrs. He also worked as a screenwriter on two documentaries for Paul Rotha, Land of Promise (1946) and World of Plenty (1943).
Following the outbreak of The Great War in July 1914 Malleson enlisted in the British Army as a Private (No. 2227) in the 1/1st (City of London) Battalion (Royal Fusiliers). He served from 5th September 1914 until receiving a medical discharge in 1915, which included a period spent in Egypt. Malleson made no secret of his objection to the war as both a member of the Independent Labour Party and a supporter of the No-Conscription Fellowship.
His most prolific period as a screenwriter was in the 1930s and 1940s, initially on historical subjects like Nell Gwyn (1934), Rhodes (1936), and Victoria the Great (1937). In many of these films he also began appearing in supporting roles, and from the mid-'30s onward he found himself in increasing demand as an actor as well as a writer. Over the next 30 years he appeared in nearly 100 films, featuring in everything from Alfred Hitchcock thrillers and Ealing comedies to Hammer horrors.
Usually cast as a befuddled judge or a doddering old doctor, academic or other local eccentric, he first caught audiences' imagination as the hearse driver in the Ealing chiller compendium Dead of Night (1945), after which he began to get bigger and better parts. He was particularly memorable as the philosophical hangman in Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949), Canon Chasuble in The Importance of Being Earnest (1952), Dr. McAdam in Folly to Be Wise (1952), the barrister Grimes in Brothers in Law (1957) and as Windrush Sr. in Private's Progress (1956) and I'm All Right Jack (1959).
Towards the end of his career he continued to appear in cameo roles in comedy films, and made several appearances in Hammer horror films including Horror of Dracula (1958) and The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959), before failing eyesight forced him into retirement in his late 70s. - Composer
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Mitch Margo was born on 25 May 1947 in New York, USA. He was a composer and actor, known for Riverdale (2017), The Monkees (1965) and The Robert Guillaume Show (1989). He died on 24 November 2017 in Studio City, California, USA.- Actress
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Molly Sims was born on May 25, 1973 in Murray, Kentucky to James and Dottie Sims. Following her graduation from high school, Molly attended Vanderbilt University with hopes of pursuing a law career. Two years into college, she submitted a few photographs of herself to a modeling agency at the suggestion of her roommate. When Sims received a call from NEXT Models, she dropped out of college to pursue modeling. Although Molly has appeared in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue and has a multi-year contract with CoverGirl, she is most famous for her role as Delinda Deline in NBC's comedy series Las Vegas (2003). Molly Sims has also appeared in several movies including Starsky & Hutch (2004) and The Benchwarmers (2006).- Mónica Vehil is known for Fiesta y bronca de ser joven (1992), Quiero morir mañana (1987) and El infiel (1986).
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Neil Marshall was born on 25 May 1970 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK. He is a producer and director, known for Dog Soldiers (2002), The Descent (2005) and Doomsday (2008). He was previously married to Axelle Carolyn.- Actress
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Patti was 17 before her mother allowed her to appear in an Andy Warhol project. Her start in a lesbian love-scene in Flesh (1968), was followed by a string of movies with some degree of nudity included. Since then, she has steadily appeared in good supporting roles, only with a few time-outs, i.e. for bearing Don Johnson's son, Jesse Johnson.- Music Artist
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Has 5 children: Daughters Leah, Dylan, and Jesamine, and sons Nathaniel and Stevie. His mother named him John after contracting polio of the throat right after his birth. She was bordering on delirium and blurted out the first name she thought of. She later renamed him Paul, but his name has never been legally changed.
He started his musical career as the guitarist and lead singer of the Jam in 1976, then in 1983 formed the Style Council with Mick Talbot. The band broke up after their record label refused to release their final album, and he embarked on a solo career in 1990.