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Offbeat, unconventionally pretty, and utterly mesmerizing, Ellen Barkin was born on April 16, 1954 in the Bronx, New York, to Evelyn (Rozin), a hospital administrator, and Sol Barkin, a chemical salesman. Her parents were both from Russian Jewish families. Raised in the South Bronx and Queens, New York area, she wanted to be an actress as early as her teens and was eventually accepted into Manhattan's High School of the Performing Arts.
Barkin then attended Hunter College and received her degree after double majoring in history and drama. At one point she wanted to teach ancient history, but instead turned her thoughts back to her first love: acting. Barkin then continued her education at New York's Actor's Studio. Fearful of the auditioning process, she studied acting for seven years before finally landing her first audition. While continuing her studies, she worked as a waitress at the avant-garde Ocean Club. Performing off-Broadway in such plays "Shout Across the River" (1979), "Extremities" (1983), "Fool for Love" (1984) and "Eden Court" (1985), she was applauded across the board for her first film lead in Diner (1982) opposite Mickey Rourke and Daniel Stern, and pursued sexy tough-cookie status thereafter with such quirky roles in The Big Easy (1986) starring Dennis Quaid and Siesta (1987) with Irish actor Gabriel Byrne, whom she married in 1987 and separated from in 1993 after producing a son and daughter. She and Byrne divorced in 1999.
With trademark squinting eyes and slightly off-kilter facial features, Barkin continued the fascination of her seamy/steamy girl-from-the-wrong-side-of-the-tracks status most notably opposite Al Pacino in the thriller Sea of Love (1989). In addition, she was well cast as Robert De Niro's abused wife in This Boy's Life (1993), and portrayed "Calamity Jane" in Wild Bill (1995) with earnest. Other impressionable offbeat projects included roles in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998), Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999) and Mercy (2000). On TV, she was well-cast in the mini-movie Blood Money (1988) and won an Emmy award for her gripping performance in Before Women Had Wings (1997) opposite Oprah Winfrey as another abused wife who, in this case, turns her violent anger on her own daughters.
In 2000, Barkin married billionaire Ronald O. Perelman, eleven years her senior and chairman of the Revlon company, and put her career relatively on hold, appearing sporadically in edgy films like She Hate Me (2004) and Palindromes (2004). Barkin and Perelman went through an acrimonious divorce in 2006.
Just prior to her divorce in late 2005, Barkin ventured into independent film production with Applehead Pictures, a company she set up with her brother George Barkin, who is a scriptwriter and former editor-in-chief of National Lampoon and High Times, and former Independent Film Channel executive Caroline Kaplan. In her first major acting appearance since her divorce from Perelman, Barkin co-starred in Ocean's Thirteen (2007) with George Clooney, Matt Damon, Brad Pitt and former co-star Pacino. She followed up Ocean's with a supporting role in Antoine Fuqua's Brooklyn's Finest (2009), Happy Tears (2009) with Parker Posey and Demi Moore, and Twelve (2010).
Barkin has produced features over time, including Letters to Juliet (2010) and Another Happy Day (2011) (she also starred in the latter project). On the small screen, she appeared in an episode of Modern Family (2009) and her new NBC show, The New Normal (2012), got a sneak peek during the Olympics.
More recent sightings have included the films The Chameleon (2010), Very Good Girls (2013), The Cobbler (2014), Hands of Stone (2016) and Active Adults (2017). She has had regular roles on the TV series The New Normal (2012) and Animal Kingdom (2016).- Music Artist
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Akon, born Aliaune Thiam, grew up in Senegal before he and his family (including his father, jazz percussionist Mor Thiam) eventually settled in the USA, in the state of New Jersey. There he discovered hip-hop and R&B music as well as crime. He was eventually jailed, but he used the time to work on his musical ideas. Upon release, Akon began writing and recording tracks in a home studio. The tapes found their way to SRC/Universal, which eventually released "Trouble," Akon's debut LP, in June 2004. The album was an interesting hybrid of Akon's hip-hop-influenced sung lyrics and silky, West African-styled vocals with East Coast- and Southern-styled beats.- Actor
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His striking menacing face and important presence as the deadly Hector The Toad in the classic Scarface (1983) was remarkable enough for movie viewers to never forget him and his role as the Colombian drug dealer who brutally murdered Tony Montana's associate in the infamous chainsaw scene from Brian De Palma's film. With De Palma, he also appeared as a porn film director in Body Double (1984) and as Rolando in Carlito's Way (1993), which reunites him with Al Pacino. Throughout his career, Al Israel has played from good guys and bad guys, from detectives to gunmen and mob bosses. Among his credits include Marked for Death (1990), Drop Zone (1994), Dangerous Minds (1995) and appearances in series like Miami Vice and The Shield; and also returned to his most famous role providing voice work for the video game Scarface: The World Is Yours. He died in 2011, at age 75, and despite of a somewhat limited resume to his credit he gave us plenty of his great talents as a character actor.- Actress
Alek Wek is a fashion model best known for being one of the first mainstream dark-skinned African models to appear on fashion magazine covers and work both campaigns and fashion shows in mid 1990's. Wek appeared on the covers or been featured in many international fashion magazines including Elle, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Vogue among others. She has been in campaigns for Victoria Secret, Clinique, Chanel, Calvin Klein Givenchy, Fendi, Armani, Christian Dior and Moschino among others. She also appeared in the high profile 2001 Victoria's Secret Fashion show. She was born In April 16, 1977 in Wau, South Sudan to Akuol and Athian Wek. Wek's Dinka ethnic heritage put her family at risk in the ongoing civil war in Sudan. She fled to Britain at age fourteen with her family in 1991 to escape ethnic genocide in Sudan. Wek was attending London's College of Fashion when was discovered at age eighteen at an outdoor market in Crystal Palace, London, England by as model scout. She made her debut that same year in Tina Turner's "GoldenEye" music video for the theme song for the namesake 1995 James Bond film.- Actress
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Alexandria has been featured as a Principal Actress on many popular Canadian and American television shows such as Emmy Nominated "Degrassi: The Next Generation", Carlo Liconti's "Rebels", SyFy/Showcase's "Haven", CBC's "Being Erica" and Discovery Channel's "Karma's a B*tch".
She also has an extensive repertoire in film - Toronto's International Film Festival 2014's "Guidance" won multiple awards nation-wide and Alexandria has enjoyed roles in Ed Gass-Donnelly/Peter Stormare's "Small Town Murder Songs", Triben Entertainment's "A Cry in the Dark", Temple Street Productions' "The Garden", Trophy Life (CFC), The Dance (CFC), Charlie's Bad Break, The Fantastic Plastic Brain (Discovery Health US/The Science Channel), Reel Wolf Productions Q, Red Roses for Albert, He's No Dummy (Julie Mee), A Mid Winters Daydream and many more.
Alexandria was featured in the International McDonalds McCafe campaign for Sochis 2014 Winter Olympics.
Training with Lewis Baumander, Nahanni Johnstone and Marvin Hintz, Alexandria is committed to continuously owning, developing and sharpening her skills.- Mexican character actor who achieved his greatest success in U.S. films. He was born in Mexico city, living in numerous places throughout the country. He received a private education in Houston, Texas as a teenager, but dropped out and roamed about doing an assortment of jobs. His family, however, brought him back to Mexico City, where he subsequently found work in the struggling Mexican film industry. He appeared in many Mexican films before director John Huston offered him the role of Gold Hat in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948). Bedoya stole the scenes in which he appeared as the smiling cutthroat and delivered the famous line about not needing any "stinking badges". He made a number of popular films in the U.S. in the next nine years, but a drinking problem destroyed his health. He died of a heart attack at the age of 53.
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Alina Foley was born on 16 April 2003 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress and director, known for The Spy Next Door (2010), Days of Our Lives (1965) and The League (2009). She was previously married to Rio Caster.- Alina Janowska was born on 16 April 1923 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland. She was an actress, known for Niezawodny system (2008), Skarb (1949) and Lalka (1978). She was married to Wojciech Zablocki and Andrzej Borecki. She died on 13 November 2017 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Andy Romano was born on 16 April 1936 in the USA. He was an actor, known for Under Siege (1992), Major League (1989) and Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995). He died on 14 September 2022 in Sequim, Washington, USA.
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Anita Carey was born on 16 April 1948 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England, UK. She was an actress and producer, known for Doctors (2000), The History of Mr. Polly (1980) and First Among Equals (1986). She was married to Mark Wing-Davey. She died on 19 July 2023 in the USA.- Actress
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Anya-Josephine Marie Taylor-Joy (born 16 April 1996) is a British-American actress. She is best known for her roles as Beth Harmon in The Queen's Gambit (2020), Thomasin in the period horror film The Witch (2015), as Casey Cooke in the horror-thriller Split (2016), and as Lily in the black comedy thriller Thoroughbreds (2017). She has been the recipient of the Cannes Film Festival's Trophée Chopard and was nominated for the BAFTA Rising Star Award.
Anya was born in Miami, the youngest of six children. Her father is Scottish who was born in South America, and her mother is Spanish-English who was born in Zambia in Africa, to an English diplomat father and a Spanish mother from Barcelona. Anya lived her childhood between Argentina and England. Her father was a banker and a powerboat racer, and her mother is a psychologist. Anya was raised in Argentina until the age of six, then moved to London, where the family lived in Victoria. She attended Northlands School in Buenos Aires, then preparatory school Hill House and Queen's Gate School in London, and is also a former ballet dancer. Anya's dream of becoming an actress came when she was very young and it finally became possible when she was offered a modeling job. It wasn't long until Taylor-Joy received her first part in the Show Business. When she was fourteen, she used her savings to move to New York, and at 16, she left school to pursue acting.
Anya's outstanding performance as Thomasin in Robert Eggers' period horror film The Witch (2015), and the positive reviews it got at the Sundance festival revealed her incredible potential to the world; it was widely released and viewed in 2016. She then starred as the title character in the thriller Morgan (2016), directed Luke Scott and also starring Kate Mara. She also starred in Vikram Gandhi's film Barry, which focused on a young Barack Obama in 1981 New York City. Taylor-Joy played one of Obama's close friends. In 2017, she headlined M. Night Shyamalan's horror-thriller film Split (2016), playing Casey Cooke, a girl abducted by a mysterious man with split personalities. In 2019, she reprised her role as Casey in the film Glass. Anya was also the lead actress in the music video for Skrillex's remix of GTA's song Red Lips. She was nominated for the 2017 BAFTA Rising Star Award.
Taylor-Joy is attached to star in Nosferatu, a remake of the film of the same name, to be directed by Eggers in her third collaboration with him. She will also star in The Sea Change.- Actress
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Aria Pullman is an American actor, musician, writer, and show creator. Raised in Upstate, NY, she freelanced for years modeling with some of the world's leading agencies. In addition, she has written and produced several award-winning web series. Her career in acting has garnered her roles on television, including Lucifer, Once Upon a Time, Rescue Me, and Jane the Virgin. Her films include Jersey Boys, Birthmother's Betrayal, and Home Invaders. Her work in songwriting for film and television consists of The Jimmy Kimmel Show, Shameless, Animal Kingdom, and Lucy in the Sky.- Actress
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Barbara Magnolfi was born in France to an Italian father and French mother. Raised in Rome, Italy, she began studying ballet at age four. Falling in love with the art of dance, she rose to the level of lead ballerina by age 10. Making the leap from stage to screen at 13, Barbara was spotted at a restaurant by director Antonio Pietrangeli and cast her on sight for his current film, Come, Quando, Perché. Innately comfortable in front of the camera, this experience with a master Italian lens-man was Barbara's confirmation of her chosen path.
Determined to pursue her dreams, at 15 she was forced to leave an abusive home situation. Out of necessity, she supported herself by working as a couture model at an upscale atelier for elite clients. There, she caught the eye of the fashion photographer and major print ads for Fiorucci and Coca-Cola to name a few soon followed. By the early 70s, it was evident that Barbara's star power was on the rise.
Making her entrance on the Italian silver screen in the mid 70s, Barbara officially debuted as the fetching Floriana in Sergio Martino's 1975 thriller, The Suspicious Death of a Minor. 1976 saw her in Duccio Tessari's "commedia all'italiana" romp La Madama and the romantic drama Ready for Anything, directed by Giorgio Stegani.
But the actress is most beloved for her standout performance in 1977 as the slinky, scene-stealing Olga, the nail-painting gossipy girl who takes great pleasure in harassing Jessica Harper about snakes in Dario Argento's classic film, Suspiria. Bringing a captivating element of electrically feminine power to the role, even Argento noted her beguiling presence, calling her 'La Mia Streghina' (my little witch). With an epic ensemble cast featuring classic Hollywood legends such as Joan Bennett and Alida Valli, and cited often as one of the greatest horror films of all time, Barbara's cinematic legacy was sealed through her indelible contributions to this genre-defying film.
She then starred in Umberto Silva's Difficile Morire, as an intrepid noblewoman living through Italy's social upheavals between 1911 and 1944. Shot at Cinecitta, the iconic Roman film studios, Barbara's workday often began by sharing breakfast and banter in the studio's cafeteria with none other than legendary director Federico Fellini, who was there preparing for his next film. In 1978, she played the main character in Enzo Milioni's The Sister of Ursula, a dark psychological thriller. However, during filming the producers decided to add unscripted scenes without the star's knowledge nor consent. Despite this devious attempt to associate the film with a disreputable genre, Barbara's outstanding lead performance as the complex Ursula was lauded by critics and fans alike. She wrapped up the decade as a sweet 16 year old girl who comes of age in director and scriptwriter Gianni Martucci's 1978's Blazing Flowers, where the set's family-like atmosphere offered Barbara a welcome respite from her recent professional tensions.
By the early 80s, Barbara was a young widow, as her husband, actor Marc Porel, died from meningitis due to complications of drug addiction. Barbara then devoted herself to informing the public about the dangers of drugs. To inspire others on their journey back to life, she spearheaded a series of anti-drug campaigns, opened an information center in Paris, was a celebrity speaker at many events for "Dico No alla Droga" (I say No to Drugs).
She turned to television in 1985-1986 when she co-starred with Fabio Testi in I figli dell'Ispettore, a prestigious television show directed by Aldo Lado, and worked once again with Sergio Martino, in his miniseries Caccia al Ladro d'Autore.
Her next roles took her to Australia, where in 1991 she guest starred in top-rated television series Police Rescue and the short film Gotcha. After focusing on her family for several years, in 1996 she accepted what proved to be a fateful invitation to visit Southern California. A sold out screening of Suspiria at the American Cinematheque at which she was a guest of honor marked her arrival in Hollywood.- Barbara Sarafian was born on April 16, 1968, in Ghent, Belgium. Her father was a half-Armenian painter, and her mother was a painter and teacher at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent. She was raised bilingual in French and Flemish/Dutch. She studied at the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Antwerp and at Parallax in Brussels.
At first she was known as "Sonja Duplex", her alter ego on the radio show "De Lieve Lust" on 'Studio Brussel'.
Her first appearance in a feature film was in the short film "Pasta!" Very shortly after that, she started an international career with "CQ", directed by Roman Coppola, and "Fortress 2 - Re-Entry", directed by Geoff Murphy. In 1999 she starred in her first big role in Peter Greenaway's "8 ½ Women" as Clothilde.
She took a sabbatical for a few years to raise her son.
In 2008, Sarafian starred in Christophe Van Rompaey's "Moscow, Belgium" as Matty, a 41-year-old mother of three surviving her husband's mid-life crisis and falling in love with Johnny, a much younger truckdriver. Her powerful performance in the role won her awards at numerous festivals, including two awards for best actress. In the USA, newspapers wrote about Barbara Sarafian turning in "an Oscar-caliber performance".
Subsequently, she appeared convincingly in "SM-rechter", "Saint", "Zot van A." and "Marieke, Marieke"; for the latter, she was nominated for best actress in a supporting role.
In 2011 she starred in the role of Eva Forrestier in Michael Roskam's "Rundskop" (Bullhead) along with Matthias Schoenaerts.
Between 2012 and 2015, she played starring and supporting roles in "Allez, Eddy", "Emmenez-Moi", "Hemel", "Billy the Bully" and "Brasserie Romantiek". For her role in "Brasserie Romantiek" she won the Ensor Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Most recently she has starred in Nic Balthazar's "Everybody Happy" as Laura Maris and as Marianne in Christophe Van Rompaey's "Vincent". For the latter film she won the 2016 Boccalino d'Oro Award for Best Actress.
Besides her work on the big screen, she has a comprehensive palmares in television series and shows. She plays main roles in i.a. "Dubbelleven", "Vossenstreken" , "Clan (The Out-Laws)" and "In Vlaamse Velden". For her role in "in Vlaamse velden" she won a TV star for Best Actress. Her main supporting roles were in "Zone Stad", "Kiekens", "Aspe" and "Professor T". She has also starred in sketch and comedy shows such as "achter de feiten", "Tegen de sterren op" and "Wat als?".
Barbara Sarafian has also played some acclaimed roles in theatre. Her remarkable performances were in i.a. 'Uniroyal', 'Alles van Eva (All about Eve)' and 'Closer'. Sarafian will be playing in Gilles Coulier's "Cargo", ..."Wij", and the TV series "Beau Séjour", "De Infiltrant" and "De Dag". - Actor
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A genial, well-respected, all-around "nice guy", the breezily handsome Barry Nelson was born Haakon Robert Nielsen on April 16, 1917, in San Francisco, California, to Betsy (Christophersen) and Trygve "Ted" Nielsen, both Norwegian immigrants. He was raised in nearby Oakland and graduated from the University of California at Berkeley in 1941. A talent scout from MGM caught Barry in a college production of "Macbeth" and quickly sized up his potential. Cast in earnest secondary roles including Shadow of the Thin Man (1941) and Dr. Kildare's Victory (1942), he was assigned the lead in the war film A Yank on the Burma Road (1942). Serving in WWII, he appeared in the Moss Hart play "Winged Victory", in what would become his Broadway debut, in 1943 and a year later he appeared as "Corporal Barry Nelson" in the 1944 film version of the play. Barry lost major ground in films during the post-war years, but certainly made up for it on the live stage by appearing in a string of New York successes ranging from "The Rat Race" to "The Moon Is Blue."
On TV, in addition to becoming a trivia statistic in the Hollywood annals as being the first to give video life to Ian Fleming's "007" agent James ("Jimmy") Bond in a one-hour production of "Casino Royale" in Climax! (1954), Barry lit up the small screen in such dramatic programs as Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) and, in particular, a memorable episode of The Twilight Zone (1959). He also starred in the series The Hunter (1952), a Cold War adventure, and My Favorite Husband (1953), in which he played the level-headed mate and "straight man" to daffy blonde Joan Caulfield. In the 1960s he continued to demonstrate his acting muscle on stage and TV, although he did manage to preserve on film his starring role in Mary, Mary (1963), a huge Broadway hit with Debbie Reynolds co-starring in place of stage partner Barbara Bel Geddes. The lightweight play "Cactus Flower" with Lauren Bacall was another bright vehicle, but star Walter Matthau's clout cost Barry the part when it went to film. Through it all Barry remained a thoroughly solid professional, particularly in the realm of TV-movies. Such standouts include his neighbor/undercover agent to criminals-on-the-run Don Murray and Inger Stevens in The Borgia Stick (1967) and his blind plane crash survivor in Seven in Darkness (1969).
The 1970s proved a very good decade indeed for Barry theater-wise with "Seascape," "The Norman Conquests" and Liza Minnelli's "The Act" among his pleasures, the last-mentioned earning him a Tony nomination. Despite co-starring roles in the blockbuster hit Airport (1970) and comedy Pete 'n' Tillie (1972), the silver screen would not become his strong suit in later years. By the early 1990s he had fully retired.
A popular, clean-cut, down-to-earth "Average Joe" with a charmingly sly side, you just couldn't help but like Barry Nelson. Although he certainly could play the deceptive villain when called upon, he was usually the kind of guy you'd root for having as a neighbor, pal or business partner. Divorced from actress Teresa Celli for quite some time and completely retired now, he and second wife Nansilee (they married in 1992) traveled extensively and enjoyed antique shopping in particular. In 2007, during one of their many excursions, Barry passed away quietly at age 89 at a hotel in Bucks County, Pennesylvania.- Actress
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Béatrice Romand was born on 16 April 1952 in Birkadem, Alger, Algeria. She is an actress and director, known for Claire's Knee (1970), A Good Marriage (1982) and Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre (1967).- Belinda Stewart-Wilson is an English actress, born in London, England, U.K. She is best known for her role in the popular TV sitcom The Inbetweeners as Polly McKenzie. Her father is a British Army officer Sir Blair Stewart-Wilson.During childhood she grew up on various military postings in the UK, Germany, and Austria before her family finally settled in London. She was educated at Hurst Lodge School in Ascot, Berkshire, before training at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, in London.Stewart-Wilson worked on a number of television shows, making mostly one-time appearances. Her most notable credits during this time period were the roles of Victoria Reynholm, the presumed dead wife of Douglas Reynholm in The IT Crowd, and Nikki in the TV series Jekyll alongside James Nesbitt and Gina Bellman. She also made an appearance in the commercially successful mockumentary feature film Razzle Dazzle: A Journey into Dance. Belinda also played a cameo role in Stephen Poliakoff's Joe's Palace in a scene with Michael Gambon.
- Pope Benedict XVI is a retired prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as the head of the Catholic Church and the sovereign of the Vatican city state from 2005 until his resignation in 2013. Benedict's election as pope occurred in the 2005 papal conclave that followed the death of Pope John Paul II. Benedict is known by the title "Pope Emeritus" upon his resignation.
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Benjamín Rojas was born on 16 April 1985 in La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is an actor and composer, known for Chiquititas: Rincón de luz (2001), Rebelde Way (2002) and Tu cara me suena - Argentina (2013).- Actor
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William Richard Werstine is an American actor and radio personality with autism and ADHD. He grew up in both New Jersey and Boston. He became a regular cast member of the Howard Stern show. He became known for The Ren & Stimpy Show, Futurama, Doug, Space Jam and several commercials featuring the red M&M.- Blake Fielder-Civil was born on 16 April 1982 in Northamptonshire, England, UK. He was previously married to Amy Winehouse.
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Björgvin Helgi Halldórsson was born on 16 April 1951 in Hafnarfjörður, Iceland. He is an actor and composer, known for Devil's Island (1996), Father's Estate (1980) and Golden Sands (1984). He is married to Ragnheiður B. Reynisdottir.Bó Halldórsson- Actor
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Bob Goody was born on 16 April 1951 in Brighton, Sussex, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Lifeforce (1985), Flash Gordon (1980) and The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989). He was married to Gina Donovan. He died on 5 March 2023 in the United Kingdom.- Actor
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Bobby Vinton was born on 16 April 1935 in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for Flushed Away (2006), Godzilla vs. Kong (2021) and Blue Velvet (1986). He has been married to Dolly Dobbins since 17 December 1962. They have five children.- Actor
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Born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Boyd Banks started his entertainment career at 17, when he won a contest for Best Stand Up Comedian in Edmonton, Alberta. After spending several years doing comedy in Vancouver, British Columbia, Banks moved to Toronto, where he began acting. Boyd's first roles were in various comedy series such as the cult favourite The Kids in the Hall (1988). His unique character looks and subtle performances on camera caught the eye of Toronto's top casting directors and Banks now works regularly in film and television from comedies to murder mysteries!- Carla María Campra Elizalde, better known as Carla Campra (Barcelona, April 16, 1999), is a Spanish actress and model. She is the sister of the also actor Guillermo Campra.
She participated as a runway model in different television programs such as El Club TV3 and Corazón, Corazón TVE, among others. She made commercials for different brands, but it was not until 2007 when she made her first film appearance, in the movie Atlas of Human Geography (2007). In 2008 she participated in the series Cazadores de hombres (2008) and in almost fifty chapters as the daughter of one of the protagonists in the series Yo soy Bea (2006). A year later she joined the cast of the series 90-60-90. Diario secreto de una adolescente (2009), as Julia. In 2010, she played Mariona in the sequel to the TV movie La Mari (2003) titled La Mari 2 (2009); that same year she got the role in the series of No soy como tú (2010). In 2011 she appeared in the second part of the TV movie La duquesa II (2011), playing a young Eugenia Martínez de Irujo. That same year she got her first starring role in film with the movie Ivan's Dream (2011).
After a few years with small recurring or episodic roles in series such as Águila Roja (2009), El secreto de Puente Viejo (2011), Centro médico (2015) or El hombre de tu vida (2016), she starred in 2018 in the series A Different View (2018), playing Flavia Cardesa, in which she remained for the two seasons. That same year she appeared in Asghar Farhadi's Everybody Knows (2018) movie, in the role of Irene González.
In 2020 she joined TVE's daily series Acacias 38 (2015) as Daniela Stabile. At the end of 2020 it was announced her incorporation as the main character in Netflix's original mystery series Feria: The Darkest Light (2022).
In 2022 she was chosen to play the role of Aitana Martinez / Mariana Santos in the series Holy Family (2022), while in film she had leading roles in two Spanish horror proposals, Veronica (2017) and The Communion Girl (2022). - Actress
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Catherine Scorsese was an American actress of Italian descent, often typecast as the typical Italian mother in films. Her best-known role was that of Mrs. DeVito in "Goodfellas" (1990).
Scorsese was born under the name "Catherine Cappa" in 1912. She was a native of Little Italy, Manhattan, New York City, with both of her parents being Sicilian Americans. Her father Martin Cappa worked as a stage coordinator in theatre, while her mother Domenica owned her own shop.
The Cappas were a large family. Catherine had three brothers and five sisters. The family lived in a three-room apartment in Little Italy, sharing spaces with other relatives and boarders.
By the 1930s, Catherine was working as a machinist in the Garment District. In 1933, she married the actor Luciano Charles "Charlie" Scorsese (1913-1993), who was also working in the garment industry at the time. The bride was 21 years old, while the groom was 20 years old. The couple had three children, including film director Martin Scorsese.
Scorsese made her film debut in her son's short film "It's Not Just You, Murray!" (1964). She also played maternal roles in "Who's That Knocking at My Door" (1967), "The King of Comedy" (1983), "Easy Money" (1983), "Goodfellas" (1990), and "Casino" (1995). She had bit parts in several other films. She appeared as herself in the documentary "Italianamerican" (1974), about the experiences of Italian-American immigrants.
Scorsese made her last film appearance in "Casino", at the age of 83. She was working at the time on her cookbook "Italianamerican: The Scorsese Family Cookbook". It was completed and published in 1996, months before her death. It was her only published work.
Late in life, Scorsese suffered from Alzheimer's disease, a chronic neurodegenerative disease. The disease eventually caused her death in January 1997. She was 84 at the time of death.- Music Artist
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Chance the Rapper was born on 16 April 1993 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is a music artist and actor, known for Waves (2019), Slice (2018) and Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021). He has been married to Kirsten Corley since 9 March 2019. They have two children.- Writer
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Considered to be one of the most pivotal stars of the early days of Hollywood, Charlie Chaplin lived an interesting life both in his films and behind the camera. He is most recognized as an icon of the silent film era, often associated with his popular character, the Little Tramp; the man with the toothbrush mustache, bowler hat, bamboo cane, and a funny walk.
Charles Spencer Chaplin was born in Walworth, London, England on April 16, 1889, to Hannah Harriet Pedlingham (Hill) and Charles Chaplin, both music hall performers, who were married on June 22, 1885. After Charles Sr. separated from Hannah to perform in New York City, Hannah then tried to resurrect her stage career. Unfortunately, her singing voice had a tendency to break at unexpected moments. When this happened, the stage manager spotted young Charlie standing in the wings and led him on stage, where five-year-old Charlie began to sing a popular tune. Charlie and his half-brother, Syd Chaplin spent their lives in and out of charity homes and workhouses between their mother's bouts of insanity. Hannah was committed to Cane Hill Asylum in May 1903 and lived there until 1921, when Chaplin moved her to California.
Chaplin began his official acting career at the age of eight, touring with the Eight Lancashire Lads. At age 18, he began touring with Fred Karno's vaudeville troupe, joining them on the troupe's 1910 United States tour. He traveled west to California in December 1913 and signed on with Keystone Studios' popular comedy director Mack Sennett, who had seen Chaplin perform on stage in New York. Charlie soon wrote his brother Syd, asking him to become his manager. While at Keystone, Chaplin appeared in and directed 35 films, starring as the Little Tramp in nearly all.
In November 1914, he left Keystone and signed on at Essanay, where he made 15 films. In 1916, he signed on at Mutual and made 12 films. In June 1917, Chaplin signed up with First National Studios, after which he built Chaplin Studios. In 1919, he and Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford and D.W. Griffith formed United Artists (UA).
Chaplin's life and career was full of scandal and controversy. His first big scandal was during World War I, at which time his loyalty to England, his home country, was questioned. He had never applied for American citizenship, but claimed that he was a "paying visitor" to the United States. Many British citizens called Chaplin a coward and a slacker. This and other career eccentricities sparked suspicion with FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover and the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), who believed that he was injecting Communist propaganda into his films. Chaplin's later film The Great Dictator (1940), which was his first "talkie", also created a stir. In the film, Chaplin plays a humorous caricature of Adolf Hitler. Some thought the film was poorly done and in bad taste. However, the film grossed over $5 million and earned five Academy Award Nominations.
Another scandal occurred when Chaplin briefly dated 22 year-old Joan Barry. However, Chaplin's relationship with Barry came to an end in 1942, after a series of harassing actions from her. In May 1943, Barry returned to inform Chaplin that she was pregnant and filed a paternity suit, claiming that the unborn child was his. During the 1944 trial, blood tests proved that Chaplin was not the father, but at the time, blood tests were inadmissible evidence, and he was ordered to pay $75 a week until the child turned 21.
Chaplin also was scrutinized for his support in aiding the Russian struggle against the invading Nazis during World War II, and the United States government questioned his moral and political views, suspecting him of having Communist ties. For this reason, HUAC subpoenaed him in 1947. However, HUAC finally decided that it was no longer necessary for him to appear for testimony. Conversely, when Chaplin and his family traveled to London for the premier of Limelight (1952), he was denied re-entry to the United States. In reality, the government had almost no evidence to prove that he was a threat to national security. Instead, he and his wife decided to settle in Switzerland.
Chaplin was married four times and had a total of 11 children. In 1918, he married Mildred Harris and they had a son together, Norman Spencer Chaplin, who lived only three days. Chaplin and Harris divorced in 1920. He married Lita Grey in 1924, who had two sons, Charles Chaplin Jr. and Sydney Chaplin. They were divorced in 1927. In 1936, Chaplin married Paulette Goddard, and his final marriage was to Oona O'Neill (Oona Chaplin), daughter of playwright Eugene O'Neill in 1943. Oona gave birth to eight children: Geraldine Chaplin, Michael Chaplin, Josephine Chaplin, Victoria Chaplin, Eugene Chaplin, Jane Chaplin, Annette-Emilie Chaplin, and Christopher Chaplin.
In contrast to many of his boisterous characters, Chaplin was a quiet man who kept to himself a great deal. He also had an "un-millionaire" way of living. Even after he had accumulated millions, he continued to live in shabby accommodations. In 1921, Chaplin was decorated by the French government for his outstanding work as a filmmaker and was elevated to the rank of Officer of the Legion of Honor in 1952. In 1972, he was honored with an Academy Award for his "incalculable effect in making motion pictures the art form of the century". He was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1975 New Year's Honours List. No formal reason for the honour was listed. The citation simply reads "Charles Spencer Chaplin, Film Actor and Producer".
Chaplin's other works included musical scores that he composed for many of his films. He also authored two autobiographical books, "My Autobiography" (1964) and its companion volume, "My Life in Pictures" (1974).
Chaplin died at age 88 of natural causes on December 25, 1977 at his home in Vevey, Switzerland. His funeral was a small and private Anglican ceremony according to his wishes. In 1978, Chaplin's corpse was stolen from its grave and was not recovered for three months; he was re-buried in a vault surrounded by cement.
Six of Chaplin's films have been selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the United States Library of Congress: The Immigrant (1917), The Kid (1921), The Gold Rush (1925), City Lights (1931), Modern Times (1936), and The Great Dictator (1940).
Charlie Chaplin is considered one of the greatest filmmakers in the history of American cinema, whose movies were and still are popular throughout the world and have even gained notoriety as time progresses. His films show, through the Little Tramp's positive outlook on life in a world full of chaos, that the human spirit has and always will remain the same.- Actress
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One of five children, Christine Cecilia McIntyre was born in Nogales, Arizona, on April 26, 1911, to John and Edna (nee Barnaby) McIntyre. In the early 1930s, Christine received a Bachelor of Music degree at Chicago Musical College, where she honed her operatic soprano voice (which can be heard in a handful of her movies); she also began her radio career in Chicago. By 1936, she was acting on the professional stage in L.A., starring in plays such as "The Bird of Paradise" with actors like Pierce Lyden. She broke into movies with a small role in Swing Fever (1937), signing for feature films with RKO. This led to a series of B westerns with stars like Buck Jones, Johnny Mack Brown, and Ray Corrigan. Then, in 1944, with her hair newly dyed blonde, she was discovered by producer Hugh McCollum at Columbia Pictures and signed a ten-year contract to do shorts for the studio. Over the next decade, she worked with comedians such as Andy Clyde, Hugh Herbert, and Shemp Howard (solo), not to mention both Joe Besser and Joe DeRita. However, she will forever be remembered for her prolific work with The Three Stooges. A favorite concert piece of hers, Johann Strauss' "Voice of Spring," was the basis for the 1945 Stooges short Micro-Phonies (1945), considered by many Stooge fans as the trio's finest effort and which also provides the best example of Christine's beautifully pure operatic soprano voice as she sings the above-mentioned aria (which Curly Howard, as "Senorita Cucaracha," hilariously lip-synchs to). Always focused, always a presence onscreen, Christine developed into a first-rate comedic actress--her timing was impeccable and she wasn't afraid to get "down and dirty" with slapstick experts such as the Stooges (she even beat up poor Shemp Howard in the classic Brideless Groom (1947), then knocked him through a door), and it was merely through unfortunate twists of fate that she never segued over into television at the same time that funnywomen Lucille Ball and Imogene Coca were making their small-screen marks. Though Christine's career at Columbia consisted mostly of comedy shorts, she did show up in occasional features, often westerns. In 1953, near the end of her Columbia contract, she married radio producer/writer/actor J. Donald Wilson (not to be confused with Jack Benny's announcer Don Wilson), and soon after retired from show business. Christine and J. Donald spent the next 30 years developing joint careers in real estate. The former actress passed away in Van Nuys, California, on July 8, 1984, six months after her husband.- Actor
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Christos Vasilopoulos was born on 16 April 1978 in Greece. He is an actor and producer, known for Banshee (2013), The Last Ship (2014) and Blindspot (2015). He was previously married to Antonia Ventouras.- Actress
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Claire Elizabeth Foy (born 16 April 1984) is an English actress. She studied acting at the Liverpool John Moores University and the Oxford School of Drama and made her screen debut in the pilot of the supernatural comedy series Being Human, in 2008. Following her professional stage debut at the Royal National Theatre, she played the title role in the BBC One miniseries Little Dorrit (2008), and made her film debut in the American historical fantasy drama Season of the Witch (2011). Following leading roles in the television series The Promise (2011) and Crossbones (2014), Foy received praise for portraying the ill-fated queen Anne Boleyn in the miniseries Wolf Hall (2015).
Foy gained international recognition for portraying the young Queen Elizabeth II in the first two seasons of the Netflix series The Crown (2016-2017), for which she won a Golden Globe and a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, among other awards. In 2018, she starred in Steven Soderbergh's psychological thriller Unsane and portrayed Janet Shearon, wife of astronaut Neil Armstrong, in Damien Chazelle's biopic First Man. For the latter, she was nominated for the BAFTA and Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress.
Foy was born in Stockport. She has said that her mother, Caroline, comes from "a massive Irish family". Her maternal grandparents were from Dublin and Kildare, respectively. She grew up in Manchester and Leeds, the youngest of three children. Her family later moved to Longwick, Buckinghamshire, for her father's job as a salesman for Rank Xerox. Her parents divorced when she was eight.
Foy attended Aylesbury High School, a girls' grammar school, from the age of twelve; she then attended Liverpool John Moores University, studying drama and screen studies. She also trained in a one-year course at the Oxford School of Drama. She graduated in 2007 and moved to Peckham to share a house "with five friends from drama school".- Conchita Martínez is a former professional tennis player.
She was the first Spanish player to win the women's singles title at Wimbledon, where she beat Martina Navratilova in the 1994 final. Martínez also was the singles runner-up at the 1998 Australian Open and the 2000 French Open. She reached a highest world ranking of No. 2 in October 1995 and finished the season in the Top 10 for nine years. Martínez won 33 singles and 13 doubles titles during her 18-year career, as well as three Olympic medals.
A five-time winner of the Fed Cup as a player, Martínez was the Spanish Fed Cup team captain from 2013 to 2017 and the Spanish Davis Cup team captain from 2015 to 2017, leading the Davis Cup team back into the top-tier World Group under her captaincy. She has also served as a part-time coach to Garbiñe Muguruza, guiding her to the 2017 Wimbledon title, and was the full-time coach to Karolína Plísková through 2018 and 2019. She began coaching Muguruza on a full-time basis in 2020. - Daniela Cardone is known for Poné a Francella (2001), Operación Gónada (2000) and De corazón (1997). She was previously married to Rolando Pisanú.
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Danny Quinn was born on 16 April 1964 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He is an actor and producer, known for David and Lola (1999), Space Rangers (1993) and Go Go Tales (2007). He was previously married to Lauren Holly.- David "Dave" Draper was a bodybuilding champion noted for his blond hair and 24 inch. biceps. Draper's muscles landed him a job as a t.v. show host for "David The Gladiator" show which was on Saturday nights from 8:00-10:00p.m. on channel KHJ-TV Los Angeles. Draper dressed as a gladiator and hosted Hercules, Gladiator, and assorted muscle-men type historical flicks starring Steve Reeves and Rock Stevens. Draper went on to capture the 1965 Mr. America title, the 1966 Mr. Universe, and the 1970 Mr. World. He acted in a number of films, his best role being in Don't Make Waves with Tony Curtis. He has written countless articles and books on training in bodybuilding. He currently runs the World Gym in Santa Cruz, California.Dave Draper
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'Lonesome' Dave Peverett was born on 16 April 1943 in Dulwich, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Nebraska (2013), Wild Hogs (2007) and I Love You Phillip Morris (2009). He died on 7 February 2000 in Orlando, Florida, USA.- Actor
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David Pirner was born on 16 April 1964 in Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for Reality Bites (1994), Twister (1996) and Chasing Amy (1997).Dave Pirner- David Graf was a Lancaster, Ohio native. He was a graduate of Lancaster High School in 1968. He went on to attend college at Otterbein University where he graduated in 1972 as a theater major. He attended Ohio State University grad school until 1975 when he dropped out to pursue an acting career in New York City. He broke into the movies with Four Friends (1981). David never forgot his roots. He always returned to Lancaster each year in October for the Fairfield County Fair. It was his way of keeping in touch. In a tragic coincidence, David passed away at the same age and condition that his father did. David is survived by his wife of 17 years, Kathryn Graf, two sons, Daniel and Sean; mother and brother who reside in Zanesville, Ohio.
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David Kohan is the Creator/Executive Producer of Will & Grace (1998), Good Morning, Miami (2002) and Executive Producer of The Stones (2004). For his work on "Will & Grace" he has been honored with an Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series; a People's Choice Award (Favorite New Comedy); four Golden Globe nominations (Best Comedy Series); four GLAAD Media Awards (Outstanding TV Comedy Series); a Founders Award from the Viewers for Quality Television, and the National Award for Excellence from the Human Rights Campaign.
As writing partners, David and Max Mutchnick began their careers writing for The Dennis Miller Show (1992). Their series writing credits include Hearts Afire (1992) with John Ritter and Markie Post, Good Advice (1993) with Shelley Long and Dream On (1990). In addition to "Will & Grace", they also created and served as executive producers on the comedy series Boston Common (1996) and "Good Morning, Miami." Currently, David and Max serve as Executive Producers on the new CBS comedy, "The Stones."
Born in New York and raised in Los Angeles, Kohan is the son of Emmy Award-winning television writer Buz Kohan (winner of 13 Emmys) and novelist Rhea Kohan. "I guess I felt a genetic imperative to write," says Kohan. He has a twin brother, Jono (born four minutes earlier), who works in the music business and a younger sister, Jenji, who is also a television writer/producer. Kohan moved to Connecticut to attend Wesleyan University, where he majored in English and philosophy. In 1986, he returned to Los Angeles after graduation and began a stint as a writer on "It's Garry Shandling's Show." Says Kohan, "Writing television was always a way to keep me off the mean streets of Beverly Hills where I might have fallen in with the wrong crowd of wealthy professionals."
In 1991, Kohan teamed up with Mutchnick, and after obtaining an agent, they have been writing together ever since. "I love sitcom writing," says Kohan. "To me it's the most satisfying venue for a writer. You write a script, and then two-and-one-half weeks later, you see the fruits of your labor." Kohan, who has an 8-year-old daughter, Olivia, lives in Los Angeles. When he's not working, he enjoys reading up on his favorite subject: "15th-century midwifery."- His father, a wine importer loved the theatre and encouraged his acting ambitions and got him his first job at 16 touring with a Shakespearean company painting scenery and doing walk on parts. His mother disapproved thinking it wasn't a job for a respectable middle class young man. By 1939 he'd graduated to leading roles but then the war came. He joined the army and rose through the ranks to become a major. Within four days of leaving the service he was back in the theatre in a play 'Fifty Fifty' and the 'Seagulls Over Sorento' which ran five years.
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David Lyons was born on 16 April 1976 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He is an actor and director, known for Safe Haven (2013), Record (2013) and Revolution (2012).- Actor
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Derrick Sherwin was born on 16 April 1936 in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Doctor Who (1963), Paul Temple (1969) and Ski-Boy (1974). He was married to Sherwin, Ingsumon and Jane Sherwin. He died on 17 October 2018 in Hampton Hill, London, England, UK.- Doris Day was born on 16 April 1910 in Hempstead, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Thou Shalt Not Kill (1939), Federal Fugitives (1941) and Village Barn Dance (1940). She died on 16 September 1998 in Huntington Beach, California, USA.
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Dorotea "Doris" Budimir (née Dragovic) is a Croatian singer-songwriter who has represented Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986 with the song "Zeljo moja", finishing 11th with 49 points, and Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 with the song "Marija Magdalena", finishing fourth with 118 points.
She cites Arsen Dedic, Gabi Novak and Tereza Kesovija as her biggest influences and childhood idols. She came to regional prominence in the early 1980s as a member of musical group More, and began her solo career in 1986. The same year, she represented Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986 in Bergen with the song "Zeljo moja", and finished the 11th with 49 points. Dragovic has since been one of the most famous pop singers in Yugoslavia, later Croatia and its region.
In 1999 Dragovic was chosen to represent Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999, after she won national election HRT Dora with her dramatic song "Marija Magdalena", written by prominent Croatian songwriter Tonci Huljic. She placed a respectable fourth in Jerusalem, despite having been drawn early in the singing order, sometimes cited as a disadvantage. Her performance also included the removal of some of her clothing - seen jocularly as a staple of Eurovision performances - and was well received in the first contest in which most countries allocated their points after a public telephone vote. This remains one of Croatia's best results at the contest. "Marija Magdalena" was also a radio hit on Greek radio station FLY FM 89,7 and reached number one on its airplay.- Music Artist
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Dusty Springfield has been acknowledged around the world as the best female soul singer that Britain ever produced. With her oddly erotic, throaty voice, she racked up a string of hits from the 1960s onwards. Born in London to Irish parents, Dusty grew up in and around London. Her early work included an all-girl trio, "The Lana Sisters" and, then, with her brother Tom Springfield (Dion O'Brien), The Springfields. Inspired by Phil Spector's "wall of sound", Dusty recorded her first pop song "I Only Want to Be with You" in 1963. It reached No. 4 in the charts and was the first song played on the new BBC TV pop show Top of the Pops (1964). The sixties brought a steady succession of top-ten hits and a lifestyle to match. However, Dusty used to campaign to get the little-known American soul singers a better audience in the United Kingdom which led to her own show The Sound of Motown (1965). In 1970, she moved to America and, although she attempted a few come-back tours, they never really worked. However, time in the studio did produce the seminal album, "Dusty in Memphis". A downward spiral of drugs and drink followed for most of the latter seventies but then she overcame these problems and, helped by lifelong fans "The Pet Shop Boys", came back with songs such as "What Have I Done to Deserve This?" and the album "Reputation". Cancer was diagnosed in 1994 and, although it was kept at bay for quite a while, it finally got her.- Actress
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The scintillating, sultry-eyed blonde (formerly a redhead) star of screen, TV and award-winning stage went on to become best known, however, for her sensual delivery pitching cigars in taunting '60s ads and commercials with her Mae Westian come-on line "Why don't you pick one up and smoke it sometime?" This, of course, was at a time when smoking was considered quite sexy and fashionable, and Edie Adams went above and beyond the call of duty in making these ads legendary.
Edie had her hand dipped in all pools of entertainment. She was a singing siren, an award-winning Broadway musical entertainer, a deft impressionist and comedienne, a serious dramatic actress, a commercial saleswoman and a viable TV celebrity. Off-stage, she showed remarkable poise and resourcefulness when her famous first husband, landmark TV comic Ernie Kovacs, was tragically killed in a January 1962 car crash in Los Angeles and she found her family finances in dire straits.
She was born Edith Elizabeth Enke on April 16, 1927, in the relatively small town of Kingston, Pennsylvania, but moved while fairly young to Grove City. Her family relocated again, this time to Tenafly, New Jersey, where she grew up. Following her graduation from high school, Edie aspired to become an opera singer and studied voice and piano at New York's Juilliard School of Music. She then went on to take acting classes at the Columbia School of Drama.
Her theatrical debut occurred with a 1947 production of "Blithe Spirit", and a year later she appeared in the stage show "Goodnight Ladies". Gradually building up her singing reputation via the nightclub circuit, her big break came when Arthur Godfrey booked her on his "Talent Scouts" show. She didn't come out the winner, but a TV director who caught sight of her performance envisioned in her a seductive "straight man" who could mesh well with a certain zany comedian. In 1951, Edie (then known as Edith Adams) was signed up as a featured singer on Ernie Kovacs's comedy show that originated in Philadelphia. The show, live and unrehearsed, became an innovative, groundbreaking effort in the relatively new medium. Outrageous and even incomprehensible at times, his comedy was deemed way ahead of its time and, as a result, had problems reaching mainstream audiences who didn't "get it", and the programs were short-lived. Various Kovacs platforms that included Edie were Ernie in Kovacsland (1951), "Kovacs on the Korner" (1952), and, of course, The Ernie Kovacs Show (1952). She and Kovacs eloped to Mexico City in 1954 and their union produced a daughter, Mia Kovacs. The duo were a popular couple in the Hollywood social circuit (moving there from New York in the late '50s) and the connections she developed out there were quite valuable in furthering her career.
Early '50s TV opened many doors for Edie and she waltzed right through them. Her New York stage debut in the popular musical "Wonderful Town" in 1952 had her walking away with the Theatre World Award for "Best Newcomer". A few years later, she slithered away with a supporting Tony Award for her bodacious take on the "Daisy Mae" character in the musical "Li'l Abner" (1956). Following that were more musical and dramatic ventures on the stage, including "The Merry Widow" (1957) (a show she would return to more than once), "Sweet Bird of Youth" (1960) and "Free as a Bird" (1960). On film, Edie showed the public that she wasn't just a pretty face with her sharply unsympathetic supporting performance in Billy Wilder's The Apartment (1960) and a funny, sexier one in the second of Rock Hudson and Doris Day's three battle-of-the-sexes romps, Lover Come Back (1961). Surprisingly, Edie and Ernie never appeared together in a film. Edie remained primarily a TV fixture and, outside of her Emmy-nominated coupling with Kovacs, winningly played the Fairy Godmother in Julie Andrews' popular TV version of Cinderella (1957), appeared regularly with Jack Paar and Dinah Shore on their respective variety shows, acted on various prime-time shows, and graced a number of celebrity game and talk show panels.
One of Edie's last pairings with Kovacs was in 1960 when they appeared as guests on the very last episode of The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (1957). The pair appeared as themselves, with one of the highlights being Edie crooning the lovely ballad "That's All". Kovacs' sudden 1962 death was a terrible reversal of fortunes for Edie. An inveterate gambler, he left her owing much money to the IRS. Instead of filing bankruptcy, however, she worked her way out of debt. In the process, her career received a second wind. Perhaps it didn't hurt that the public adored Edie and that she was a genuinely sympathetic figure in the wake of her private tragedy.
She returned to the nightclub circuit from whence she came, recorded albums, and also toured the country in various dramatic and musical comedy vehicles, including "Rain" (as Sadie Thompson), "Bells Are Ringing", "Annie Get Your Gun" (as Annie Oakley), "I Do! I Do!", "Anything Goes" and "Bus Stop". She also received outstanding notices in a few of her films, whether dramas (Love with the Proper Stranger (1963), The Best Man (1964)) or frivolous comedies (Call Me Bwana (1963), It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963), Under the Yum Yum Tree (1963), The Honey Pot (1967)). Moreover, she was handed her own musical variety show Here's Edie (1963) (aka "The Edie Adams Show") and received a couple of Emmy nominations for her efforts. She also took advantage of her famous impressions of Zsa Zsa Gabor and others, appearing in various TV comedy formats.
More than anything, however, it was her come-hither temptress pitching Muriel cigars that had TV audiences' tongues wagging. It was a smashingly successful and highly profitable coup for Edie professionally. Her late husband, a notorious cigar smoker, at one time sold Dutch Master cigars on TV. The idea then for Edie to pitch a competing slimmer cigar on TV was only natural. She had much to do with the direction of the commercials, which ran throughout the 1960s, providing them with a perfect blend of class, glamour and sensuality.
While growing noticeably heavier in later years, she never lost her trademark humor and sex appeal. Edie could still be seen from time to time on the stage in such shows as "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas", the female version of "The Odd Couple", "Hello, Dolly!" and "Nunsense". She remained committed to the end to restoring/preserving her late husband's videotapes and kinescopes of his ground-breaking '50s TV work. She also recalled her offbeat life with Kovacs in the book "Sing a Pretty Song", which was published in 1990.
Edie got married again in 1964, to photographer Marty Mills, with whom she had a son, Josh Mills. That union ended in divorce in 1971. The following year, Edie married jazz trumpeter Pete Candoli. She and Candoli, who died in January of 2008, divorced in 1989. In another eerie, tragic circumstance, daughter Mia Kovacs was killed in a 1982 Los Angeles auto accident at age 22 -- 20 years after her father's similar demise. Suffering from cancer and losing weight in her latter years, the beloved Edie died of complications from pneumonia at age 81 in Los Angeles.- Elisabeth Puglia was born on 16 April 1992 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. She is an actress, known for Innocent Belgium (2012), Vermist (2008) and Déjà Vu (2021).
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Emilio Aragón comes from one of the most cherished artistic families in Spain that have travelled their art throughout Europe, Latin America and the U.S. for several generations. Gabriel, Emilio's great-grandfather, was a young seminarian pertaining to the bourgeoisie in the Granada of the XIX century. Just when he's about to become a priest, he hangs his cloth for love. Virginia Foureaux, a magnificent ecuyere, daughter of the owner of the "Grand Cirque Foureaux" is the responsible for such a drastic turn in his life. Gabriel was hired by the circus and travels half the world to be with the love of his life. But the young acrobatic-horsewoman did not make it any easy for him, after various times of asking her in marriage she confessed: "I will only marry the most famous clown in Europe"...and Gabriel decided to do just that. This is how he became the famous Gran Pepino, creating a new trend in clown history. Clown and ecuyere got married and had 15 children. Here is where the saga of great comedy artists begins and generation after generation have made from their artistic work a way of life. Pompoff, Thedy and Emig; their children Gaby, Fofó and Miliki (the latter being the father of Emilio Aragón). Miliki (Emilio's father) and his two brothers embark bound to Cuba with a four month contract in 1945 that, with their starting to work in a whole new media from the very beginning of its existence - the television media - transformed into a life of work and success in Cuba, Puerto Rico, Argentina, Colombia, Venezuela and the United States during 27 years. They shared stage with great talents of their time such as Buster Keaton or worked in TV programs such as The Ed Sullivan Show or The Jack Parr Show. In this context of an artistic nomad family, citizens of the world, Emilio Aragón is born in Havana in 1959. Since his very early age music, comedy, rehearsals, stages, TV studios are his playing companions. This environment of creativity and opening, the different experiences that Emilio accumulates while attending different schools at each new country where he arrives are responsible for his generous and enterprising spirit. His experiences shape a mosaic of culture, languages, music, faces that make his way of understanding life an integral artistic expression. Since his beginnings as an artist, Emilio seems to interpret life on a musical scale. This his how the first time he sets foot on a stage as a professional he does it representing a mute character and his only link to the world is an instrument. From that moment on, Emilio Aragón has turned into one of the most versatile and prestigious artist in Spain. His work develops with the same intensity and quality both in front as well as behind the cameras producing, writing, and directing scripted series for television with great success. In Classical music, among many other projects, he was commissioned by Plácido Domingo to orchestrate songs from his most recent work "Pasión Española" (Spanish Passion), winner of a Grammy Award. He has been invited to conduct the major and most prestigious Symphonic orchestras in Spain, being commissioned works such as his latest and most recently premiered (January,2011) Cantatafor Baritone,Choir and Orchestra "Largo Suspiro de Vida" (Long Sigh of Life) with text from Nobel Prize winner José Saramago. In the year 2007 he produced his first approach to the film world producing "Carlitos y el campo de los sueños" (Carlitos and the Field of Dreams), film that has achieved numerous International Awards around the world. Musician, scriptwriter, actor, producer. All these years of experience in the audiovisual world have led him in a natural way to the Cinematographic language. The production and directing of his opera prima "Pájaros de Papel" (Papaer birds), a lifelong dream, seems he has been dedicating his whole life to. Recently Emilio was nominated for Best First Director Award at 2011 GOYAS (Spanish Oscars). It is in films, by way of directing, where Emilio Aragón today has his home. Additionally, Emilio received Cum Laude degree in History as well as an Honorary PhD. in Art awarded to him by the University of Suffolk in Boston for his contribution to the world of communications and the arts. Emilio serves as the Vice President of the Action Against Hunger Foundation. He has travelled with the foundation on several occasions to get a closer look at the work it does on site and to promote its work. Within the framework of these trips several documentaries have been produced and shown on television. In Guatemala, "Mil colores y una esperanza" (A Thousand Colors and One Hope) was aired on Channel 2 in 2003, and in Mali, "Mali, el corazón del Sahel" (Mali, the Heart of the Sahel), was aired on Antena 3 in 2004. "Armenio" (Armenian) will be aired on La Casa Encendida on July 1st, 2010. Emilio serves as the President of the Stanza Foundation, which promotes projects and activities geared towards strengthening music in children, including productions like the CD recording "The Brave Tin Soldier" and the ballet "Snow White." Board member of the Dales la Palabra Foundation that organized the construction Tres Olivos, the first integrated school in Spain for children with hearing disabilities. Member of the Intermon Oxfam advisory board.- Ernst Ziegler was born on 16 April 1894 in Weilerbach, Palatinate, Bavaria [now Rhineland-Palatinate], Germany. He was an actor, known for Something for Everyone (1970), The Naked Countess (1971) and Josefine M. (1970). He died on 11 April 1974 in Berlin, Germany.
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Fabián Robles was born on 16 April 1974 in Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico. He is an actor, known for Apuesta por un amor (2004), Mañana es para siempre (2008) and Soy tu dueña (2010).- Actress
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Although she made her career playing the quintessential Parisian coquette, Fifi D'Orsay was actually a Canadian. She was born Yvonne Lussier in Montreal, Québec, in 1904. At the age of 20 she arrived in New York, determined to become an actress. She was met by Helen Morgan, whom she knew from Montreal. Morgan put up the young Yvonne and taught her the ropes about finding jobs. She was soon hired to appear in The Greenwich Village Follies after an audition in which she sang "Yes! We Have No Bananas" in French and told the director that she was an ex-Follies Bèrgere showgirl from Paris. The director renamed her Mademoiselle Fifi". During the run she became involved with vaudeville veteran Edward Gallagher (who, with Al Shean, formed the hit comedy act "Gallagher and Shean"), who was 37 years her senior. He taught her "all the little tricks of the business". She said, "I wanted to learn everything about show business and he taught me - believe me!" She and Gallagher put together a vaudeville act and worked together for two years. When they parted ways, she was teamed with Herman Berrans by noted vaudeville sketch writer Herman Timberg. They put together an act that featured Fifi as a saucy music student and Berrans as her teacher, and it soon became a hit on the Orpheum circuit. Hollywood beckoned and on the strength of a favorable screen test, she dumped her fiancé (Berrans' brother Freddie) and took off for Hollywood. By this time she had adopted the last name "D'Orsay", after her favorite perfume. She continued her career in movies, alternating them with highly paid appearances in vaudeville. In 1950 the Palace Theatre revived vaudeville and Fifi returned to sparkling acclaim. She was one of the first major stars to appear on television in its early days, and later acted in such series as Bewitched (1964), Adventures in Paradise (1959) and Perry Mason (1957), among other shows. In 1971-72, at the age of 67, she appeared on Broadway in the Stephen Sondheim musical "Follies". She played "Solange LaFitte", a former Follies headliner (a character more than just a little reminiscent of her own life and career). Her song "Ah, Paris" was strong and sexy and helped make the cast album a success. "Follies" opened April 4, 1971, at New York's Winter Garden Theatre and ran for 522 performances. It won seven Tony Awards and the New York Drama Critics' Award for Best Musical. Fifi died on December 2, 1983- Francette Vernillat was born on 16 April 1937 in Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, France. She was an actress, known for The Adultress (1953), Maria du bout du monde (1951) and Le destin exécrable de Guillemette Babin (1948). She died on 2 December 2019 in Fontenay-lès-Briis, Essonne, France.
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Frank Williams was born on 16 April 1942 in South Shields, County Durham, England, UK. He is known for Senna (2010), Horizon (1964) and Williams (2017). He was married to Virginia Berry. He died on 28 November 2021 in Surrey, England, UK.- Actress
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In the Guinness Book of Records for the highest UK chart entry for a female debut act, Gabrielle took the charts by storm with 'Dreams'. Her debut album "Find Your Way" sold over a million copies worldwide, and has been followed by the albums "Gabrielle" and "Rise", the latter appropriately titled as a comeback album for Gabrielle (following personal turmoil regarding the widely publicised conviction of her husband).
"Rise" was an album full of songs of optimism and hope for the future, and remains her finest work to date. Born in London's East End to a single mother, Gabrielle is known for her trademark sequinned eye patch, the result of a lazy eyelid. Recently she has ditched the patches for funky sunglasses.- Actor
Galen Head was born on 16 April 1947 in Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada. He was an actor. He was married to Grace. He died on 14 March 2020 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA.- Additional Crew
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Gary Delaney was born on 16 April 1973 in Solihull, Warwickshire, England, UK. He is a writer and actor, known for Stand Up for the Week (2010), A League of Their Own (2010) and Unspun with Matt Forde (2016). He has been married to Sarah Millican since December 2013.- George 'The Animal' Steele ( his professional wrestling name) was born in Detroit, Michigan, USA as William James Myers. He was a wrestling superstar in the WWF. He had a public image of a wild type of creature that chewed on the turn buckles and sported a green tongue. In the 1990s he became an actor, known for Blowfish (1997) and Used Cars (1997). George was perhaps best known for playing the monstrous Tor Johnson in Ed Wood (1994). He was married to Patricia Randolph. He died on February 16, 2017 in Florida.
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Gerardo Mejía was born on 16 April 1965 in Guayaquil, Ecuador. He is an actor and producer, known for Breakneck, Colors (1988) and Can't Buy Me Love (1987). He has been married to Kathy Eicher since 15 July 1994. They have three children.- Actor
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Germán Burgos was born on 16 April 1969 in Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. He is an actor, known for Isi/Disi: Alto voltaje (2006), Isi/Disi: Amor a lo bestia (2004) and LaLiga (1954).- Music Artist
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Singer/songwriter Gerry Rafferty was born on April 16, 1947 in Paisley, Scotland. He was the third son of Irish miner and lorry driver Joseph Rafferty and Rafferty's Scottish wife Mary Skeffington. His abusive alcoholic father died when Gerry was only sixteen. Rafferty grew up in a council house on the town's Glenburn estate and attended St. Mirin's Academy. Inspired by his Scottish mother who taught him both Irish and Scottish folk songs and the music of Bob Dylan and the Beatles, Gerry started writing his own material. In 1963 he left St. Mirin's Academy and worked in a butcher's shop and as a civil service clerk while also playing with the local group Maverix on weekends. In the mid 60s Rafferty earned money busking on the London Underground. In 1966 he met fellow musician Joe Egan; they were both members of the pop band the Fifth Column. In 1969 Gerry became the third member of the folk-pop outfit the Humblebums which also featured comedian Billy Connelly. Rafferty and Connelly recorded two well-received albums on the Transatlantic label as a duo. In 1972 Gerry released his first solo album "Can I Have My Money Back?". That same year Egan and Rafferty formed the group Stealers Wheel. Stealers Wheel had a huge hit with the jaunty and witty song "Stuck in the Middle with You," which peaked at #6 on the Billboard pop charts. Stealers Wheel had a lesser Top 40 hit with "Star" ten months later and eventually broke up in 1975. In 1978 Gerry hit pay dirt with his second solo album "City to City," which soared to #1 on the Billboard album charts and sold over five million copies worldwide. The album also beget the hit song "Baker Street;" this haunting and poetic ballad was an international smash that went to #2 in America, #3 in the United Kingdom, #1 in Australia, and #9 in the Netherlands. Rafferty's third album "Night Owl" likewise did well. Moreover, Gerry had additional impressive chart successes with the songs "Right Down the Line," "Home and Dry," "Days Gone Down," and "Get It Right Next Time." Alas, a handful of albums Rafferty recorded throughout the 80s and 90s all proved to be commercial flops. Gerry sang the vocal on the song "The Way It Always Starts" for the soundtrack of the movie "Local Hero." Rafferty was married to Carla Ventilla from 1970 to 1990. He recorded his last album "Another World" in 2000 and released the compilation CD "Life Goes On" in 2009. Unfortunately, Gerry had problems with alcoholism that directly contributed to his untimely death at age 63 from liver failure on January 4, 2011; he's survived by his daughter Martha, granddaughter Celia, and brother Jim.- Actress
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From pioneering women's MMA to blazing a trail in movies, GINA CARANO is one of Hollywood's most unique rising stars. Carano began her training with Muay Thai to competitive MMA, where she competed in Strikeforce and EliteXC. Her popularity led to her being called the "Face of Women's MMA" and she was the fastest-rising search on Google and third-most-searched person on Yahoo and ranked 5th on a list of the "Top 10 Influential Women" of 2008. In August 2009, Carano fought Cris Cyborg in Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg, the first time two women headlined a major MMA event and at the time was the highest rated fight in Showtime history. Carano compiled a competitive record of 12-1-1 in Muay Thai and a 7-1 in women's MMA.[4]
Outside the ring, Carano served as a mentor to aspiring fighters in the 2007 Oxygen reality series Fight Girls and performed as 'Crush' in the revamped television series American Gladiators before her breakout performance in Steven Soderbergh's film HAYWIRE, holding her own against the likes of Michael Douglas, Michael Fassbender, Channing Tatum, Bill Paxton and Antonio Banderas. Gina's authenticity to making the Action look real earned her performance a Critics Choice Award Nomination for Best Actress in an action film. Hot on the heels came a role in the worldwide hit FAST AND FURIOUS 6 for Universal Pictures opposite Dwayne Johnson furthering her appeal as an Action Star. Next up, she co-starred alongside Robert DeNiro, Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Dave Bautista in Lionsgate's film HEIST followed by the role of 'Angel Dust' in the smash hit MARVEL/FOX film DEADPOOL opposite Ryan Reynolds based on the popular comic book. The film grossed over $870 Million dollars at the Box Office. After starring in the independent films DAUGHTER OF THE WOLF opposite Richard Dreyfuss and the dark comedy MADNESS IN THE METHOD with Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith, Gina had secured a lead role in Jon Favreau's highly reviewed Star Wars TV show THE MANDALORIAN for Disney +. Gina played 'Cara Dune', a former Rebel Shock Trooper in the series. However, after sharing a controversial post on social media, Gina was fired by Lucas Film and her character was written out of the show.
Carano was born in Dallas, Texas, the daughter of Dana Joy (née Cason) and professional football player Glenn Carano who played for the Dallas Cowboys and was the backup quarterback to Roger Staubach. She has two sisters, one older and one younger.
*Gina became the first recipient of ActionFest's Chuck Norris (Best Female Action Star) Award, given to the female action star of the year.
*Gina received the Artemis Action Warrior Award for her contributions to the female action genre and women's MMA. The award was presented to her by Action legend Zoe Bell- Actor
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Greg Baker was born on 16 April 1968 in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA. He is an actor and editor, known for I'm in the Band (2009), Sports Night (1998) and He Was a Quiet Man (2007).- Actress
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Guadalupe was born 16 April 1984 in Colegiales and lived in Mar del Plata until her sister was born in 1984. She's the eldest of two girls. Lives with her parents in Olivos, Buenos Aires. At the age of 3 she liked to sing Elis Regina bossa songs. Whe she was 9 she participated of the "Arion Choir" (Name given to a full colour African Butterfly). Ever since she sang, taped demos and formed a band with which she sang mostly jazz and rock cover songs in bars and pubs. She loves to sing sitting on a stool and soft lights. She studied at the Julio Bocca Comedy Arts School and in the year 2003 participated of the Reality Show called "Operacion Triunfo". She was the sixth finalist. After the show she participated as an actress in some soap operas and at the same time worked on her first soloist CD which is finally coming out in 2007.- Actor
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Hayes MacArthur was born in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Hayes is an actor and producer, known for Angie Tribeca (2016), Merry Happy Whatever (2019) and Super Troopers 2 (2018). Hayes has been married to Ali Larter since 1 August 2009. They have two children.- Actress
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Hayley Squires was born on 16 April 1988 in Forest Hill, London, England, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for I, Daniel Blake (2016), Beau Is Afraid (2023) and Adult Material (2020).- Actress
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Heidi Herschbach was born on 16 April 1982. She is an actress and producer, known for Yes Man (2008), Say Uncle (2005) and How I Met Your Mother (2005).- Music Department
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Born in Cleveland, Ohio, but brought up in Pennsylvania, where he played the flute in a local band, as a youth, before sending some arrangements to Benny Goodman. Goodman offered him a job and, after serving in WWII, he joined the rearranged Glenn Miller band. In 1952, he was given a two-week assignment at Universal to work on an Bud Abbott and Lou Costello film and ended up staying for six years. Success with The Glenn Miller Story (1954) allowed him to score many other films, helping along the way to change the style of film background music by injecting jazz into the traditional orchestral arrangements of the 1950s. He was nominated for 18 Oscars and won four; in addition, he won 20 Grammys and 2 Emmys, made over 50 albums and had 500 works published. Mancini collaborated extensively with Blake Edwards -- firstly on TV's Peter Gunn (1958), then on Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), which won him two Oscars; he won further Oscars for the titles song for Days of Wine and Roses (1962) and the score for Victor/Victoria (1982); he will be best-remembered for the theme tune for The Pink Panther (1963).- High Pitch Erik was born on 16 April 1971 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for WCW Monday Nitro (1995). He has been married to Male Husband since 1 January 2020.
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Ilan Muallem was born in Baltimore, MD. He attended Dawson College and studied acting at Dawson's Theatre and the ASM Performing Arts school both in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Studied at a two-year conservatory in New York. Performed in theatre. Has written, directed and performed in film shorts including "I Hate Ned" (2011), "Grit" (2015) and Spoken Word (2016). First appeared on-screen in 1999 and has had roles in many television series including Stargate Universe (2009), Smallville (2001), Satisfaction (2014), NCIS: New Orleans (2014), Secrets and Lies (2015), The Gifted (2017), Cardinal (2017), Mary Kills People (2017) and The Walking Dead (2010).- Actor
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Ivan Bortnik was born on 16 April 1939 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He was an actor, known for Antikiller (2002), Mama ne goryuy (1998) and Don't Cry Mommy 2 (2005). He was married to Tatiana Nikolaevna Borzykh. He died on 4 January 2019 in Moscow, Russia.- Actor
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J. Neil Schulman is a writer, publisher, radio personality, composer, prophet, filmmaker, and actor.
He was born in Forest Hills, New York, the only son of Julius Schulman, a renowned concert violinist who won CBS's Arthur Godfrey Talent Scouts competition, and to Betty Schulman, a painter. He grew up in New York City, New Orleans, and Massachusetts, and beginning in high school, regularly sold sports and event photography to newspapers, and once had his art photography submitted to New York's Museum of Modern Art. After dropping out of City University of New York, he pursued a career as a writer, making his first professional sale to the New York Times Book Review in 1973.
Schulman's journalism includes humor sold to Reader's Digest and the Los Angeles Times Book Review, op-eds in the Los Angeles Times and Orange County Register, and feature articles in magazines as diverse as National Review and Cult Movies.
In 1975 he moved to Southern California, living in Long Beach, Hollywood, and Venice, and settling in Culver City. In 1985 he married singer/composer Kate O'Neal, and lived bi-coastally between California and New York for five years. Their daughter, Soleil O'Neal-Schulman, was born in Culver City in 1991. They divorced the following year. During these years he worked as an assistant to a Hollywood talent agent, as a first reader for a New York book publisher, as a literary agent, and as a raunchy humor magazine editor. He produced classical music for Texas cable television, traveled as a researcher for a Pennsylvania public television station, taught a graduate course in media studies for the New School in New York City, and produced original radio drama for the Pacifica Radio Network. In 1989 he founded the first of two book publishing companies which made bestselling authors' books available either by on-demand print or for download, and he's been called a pioneer of the eBook by the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and Esquire. In 1990 he began a career as a radio talk show host.
He's the author of ten books including three novels. His career as an author began with his novel Alongside Night published in 1979, which won endorsements from Anthony Burgess and Nobel laureate Milton Friedman, and went on to win the Prometheus Hall of Fame Award. His 1983 novel, The Rainbow Cadenza, also won the Prometheus Award, and inspired a Laserium show. His latest novel, Escape from Heaven, was a finalist for the Prometheus Award, and is currently being developed as a feature film. Other books include a collection of short stories, a book which concludes that both of O.J. Simpson trials failed to reach the truth, a widely cited study of gun-control laws, and an omnibus collection including an essay on the meaning of life and eight of his poems. His latest book tells of his conversion from lifelong atheism to being a firm believer in God who still distances himself from religion.
His screen-writing career began with an original feature-film treatment sold to Herb Jaffe's Vista Films in 1983, and in 1986 he sold two original scripts to CBS's revived Twilight Zone, one of which, "Profile in Silver," was produced. The outlines and first two drafts of that teleplay are included in his 1999 book, Profile In Silver And Other Screenwritings. The book also includes the bulk of Schulman's early works written for the screen as well as commentaries about his adventures and trials in the film and TV industries.
In 2005 he began a producing partnership with Nichelle Nichols, and produced, wrote, and directed his first feature film, Lady Magdalene's.- J. Seward Johnson was born on 16 April 1930 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA. He was married to Cecelia Joyce Horton and Barbara Kline. He died on 10 March 2020 in Key West, Florida, USA.
- James Goodrich was born on 16 April 1946 in Portland, Oregon, USA. He was married to Judy Loudin. He died on 30 March 2020 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Janina Faye is a former child actress, quite popular during the 1950s and 1960s. She was born in England to a Polish expatriate father. She appeared in several classic fantasy and horror films, having a substantial role in "Dracula" (1958).
In 1948, Faye was born in Hammersmith, a district of West London. For decades, Hammersmith had a substantial population of Polish expatriates. Faye was born under the name "Janina Faye Smigielski" to Jan Smigielski and his wife Florence Louisa Jonathan. Her father was one of several Polish expatriate pilots recruited by the Royal Air Force (RAF) during World War II. During the Battle of Britain (1940), Smigielski served as part of the "No. 303 Squadron RAF". It was one of the 16 Polish squadrons serving in the RAF during the war.
Faye had started her acting by 1956, with bit parts in various films. Her first credited role was in the drama film "The Story of Esther Costello" (1957), where she played a child version of the eponymous Esther Costello. The film was based on a 1952 novel by Nicholas Monsarrat (1910 -1979), intended as an expose of large-scale fund-raising. Costello was loosely based on deaf-blind activist Helen Keller (1880 - 1968), and the character was also deaf-blind. In the film, Costello is taken under the wing of a wealthy female patroness. She is then used by the patroness' husband to financially exploit would-be-philanthropists through self-serving fund-raising campaigns. The man eventually rapes the teenage girl. The film was the 11th most popular film at the British box office in 1957.
In 1958, Faye had her first substantial role in the horror film "Dracula". She played the original character Tania, daughter of the Holmwood family's housekeeper and treated as a surrogate niece by Lucy Holmwood (played by Carol Marsh). When "Aunt Lucy" turns into a vampire, she starts preying on young Tania. The character of Lucy was based on Lucy Westenra from the original novel, a fledgling vampire who only preyed on children. The film was a box office hit and inspired several sequels, thought Faye did not appear in any of them.
In 1959, Faye had a minor role in the horror comedy "The Headless Ghost". The film's plot features three college students who decide to spend the night in a haunted castle. Most of the ghosts there are harmless, but a headless ghost decides to hold the trio as prisoners. He wants them to locate his head, which has been missing since his execution. The film was produced by the film studio Anglo-Amalgamated, and was primarily intended as an export for the American market.
In 1960, Faye had a leading role in the film "Never Take Sweets from a Stranger", which covered the previously taboo matter of child sexual abuse. Faye played Jean Carter, a young girl who accuses an adult man that he offered her a reward to see her naked. The man is wealthy, respected, and well-connected, while the Carter family are newcomers in town. Local society refuses to believe Carter and is hostile towards her. Until the old man targets Carter again and kills Carter's only friend, with his actions removing his cover of respectability. The film was intended as a "social message" film about the exploitation of children, but was a box office flop as audiences and critics founds the subject matter distasteful. The film was rediscovered in the 1990s, gaining critical acclaim for its realistic portrayal of its subject matter.
In 1961, Faye portrayed a young version of Hellen Keller in theatrical productions of the play "The Miracle Worker" (1959) by William Gibson (1914-2008). The play depicted the childhood of Hellen Keller and the lessons of her teacher, Anne Sullivan (1866 - 1936). The play was based on "The Story of My Life" (1903), Keller's autobiography.
In 1962, Faye had a supporting role in the crime thriller film "Don't Talk to Strange Men", portraying a sister of the protagonist Jean (played by Christina Gregg). In the film, Jean has a telephone conversation with a stranger and is infatuated with the man. Only to realize that the stranger is a serial killer who is targeting both Jean and Jean's sister as potential victims. The film was not particularly successful, though modern critics have found that its warnings against trusting strangers are still relevant for adolescents.
Also in 1962, Faye has a major role in the science fiction horror film "The Day of the Triffids", based on a 1951 novel by John Wyndham (1903-1969). The film depicts an invasion of the Earth by extraterrestrial, carnivorous plants. As most people on Earth are blinded by the effects of a meteor shower, orphaned schoolgirl Susan (played by Faye) maintains her eyesight. She finds herself surrounded by panicked blind people who try to grab her. The film was relatively popular, though its detractors have complained about major deviations from the source novel and about a rather weak conclusion to its main plot.
In 1964, Faye had a supporting role in the film "The Beauty Jungle", which dealt with beauty contests and their seedy behind-the-scenes workings. Faye played Elaine Freeman, younger sister of the protagonist Shirley Freeman (played by Janette Scott). In the film, Shirley is a typist who has won a beauty contest despite having no previous experience or preparation. She decides to enter beauty contests full-time. She wins substantial amounts of money, but has to deal with contest judges blackmailing her into sleeping with. She is eventually disillusioned with the beauty contest circuit, and is disturbed when she realizes that Elaine is following in her footsteps.
By the mid-1960s, Faye was regularly appearing in television and her film career was on hiatus. In 1969, Faye had a relatively minor role in the exploitation film "The Smashing Bird I Used to Know" (1969). The film's main character was Nicki Johnson (played by Madeleine Hinde), an emotionally troubled teenage girl. Nicki is sexually harassed by her mother's boyfriend, and stabs him to death.
Also in 1969, Faye had a supporting in the film "Dance of Death", an adaptation of a 1900 play by August Strindberg (1849-1912). The play and film focus on the relationship between Edgar and Alice, an aging couple which is about to experience their 25th wedding anniversary. They have grown to hate each other, they have alienated their children, and they live an isolated life. So their anniversary "celebration" consists of vicious attempts to destroy each other. Faye plays their daughter Judith, who aspires to marry her cousin and has vampire-like tendencies.
During the 1970s, Faye mostly appeared in television roles. She appeared in the historical series "Napoleon and Love" (1974), which depicted the relationship between the emperor Napoleon I and his various wives and lovers. Her only film appearance in this decade was the biographical film "John Keats: His Life and Death" (1973), covering the life of the Romantic poet John Keats (1795-1821). Keats died at the age of 25 due to tuberculosis, but his work found enduring popularity following his death. Faye portrayed Fanny Brawne (1800-1865), Keats' fiancee and the muse for many of his works.
Faye made infrequent television appearances during the 1980s and 1990s. She made a comeback to film when she appeared in the the horror short film "Green Fingers" (2000), concerning a mysterious woman and her strange garden. The film was reminiscent of horror anthology stories, though it was not intended as part of a larger work.
By 2021, Faye was 73-years-old. She has seemingly retired from acting, though she has at times appeared in film festivals. Following an appearance in the Festival of Fantastic Films in Manchester, she has often come in contact with fans of her old films. As one of the few surviving cast members of "Dracula" (1958), Faye has at times been interviewed and asked to offer additional information about her co-stars. She has had a following among fans of classic horror films. - Jasna Djuricic was born on 16 April 1966 in Ruma, Serbia, Yugoslavia. She is an actress, known for Quo Vadis, Aida? (2020), Grupa (2019) and White White World (2010). She is married to Boris Isakovic.
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Jay O. Sanders was born on 16 April 1953 in Austin, Texas, USA. He is an actor, known for The Day After Tomorrow (2004), Kiss the Girls (1997) and Edge of Darkness (2010). He has been married to Maryann Plunkett since 1 October 1991. They have one child.- Jesse Welles was born on 16 April 1946 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for Wizards (1977), Hey Good Lookin' (1982) and Medical Center (1969). She has been married to Stephen Nathan since 11 January 1976. They have three children. She was previously married to Danny Kortchmar.
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Joan Alexander was born on 16 April 1915 in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA. She was an actress, known for The New Adventures of Superman (1966), The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure (1967) and The Tales of Hoffmann (1951). She was married to Arthur Stanton, Dr. Robert P. Crowley and John Sylvester White. She died on 21 May 2009 in New York City, New York, USA.- Actor
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Pittsburgh-born John Hodiak was one of several up-and-coming male talents who managed to take advantage of the dearth of WWII-era superstars (MGM's Clark Gable, Van Johnson, Robert Taylor and James Stewart, among others) who were off serving their country. John's early death at age 41, however, robbed Hollywood of a strong player and promising character star.
Born on April 16, 1914, the eldest of four (one daughter was adopted), John was eight years old when his middle-class family moved to a thriving Polish community in a suburb of Detroit, Michigan. His father, Walter, was born in the Ukraine and his mother, Anna, was Polish. Expressing interest in music and drama at an early age, he was encouraged by his father who had appeared in amateur shows. He found roles in school plays (done in Hungarian or Polish), sang in the Ukrainian church choir, played the clarinet, and even took diction lessons. Not to be outdone, his athletic skills were also put on display. At one point, he was considered by the St. Louis Cardinals for their farm league but he declined the offer in favor of pursuing an acting career.
Following high school, John found work as a golf caddy and stockroom clerk (at a Chevrolet company) before breaking into radio (WXYZ) in Detroit and (later) Chicago. His more notable roles was as the title figure in "L'il Abner" (a role created on radio) and in the serials "Ma Perkins" and "Wings of Destiny". While in Chicago he was noticed by MGM talent agent Marvin Schenck and signed. Proud of his heritage, he refused to change his name to a more marquee-friendly moniker despite mogul Louis B. Mayer's concerns. Hodiak made his debut as a walk-on in A Stranger in Town (1943), and had a bit part in one of Ann Sothern's "Maisie" series Swing Shift Maisie (1943) before becoming her leading man in a subsequent entry (Maisie Goes to Reno (1944)) the following year.
His inability to sign up for military duty due to his high blood pressure ended up giving him a starring career. Attention started being paid after he played Lana Turner's soldier husband in Marriage Is a Private Affair (1944). An interested Alfred Hitchcock then borrowed John for the role of Kovac, the torpedoed ship's crew member, in one of his classic war dramas Lifeboat (1944) starring the irrepressible Tallulah Bankhead at 20th Century-Fox. The studio was so impressed with John's work in this that it cast him in two other quality films: Sunday Dinner for a Soldier (1944) and A Bell for Adano (1945), both of which showed off his quiet but rugged charm.
In the former he played the patriotic title role and co-starred with Anne Baxter. No sparks as of yet between these two, but a year or so later they reconnected at a party and started dating. They married on July 6, 1946. The second film, the exquisitely sensitive and moving war picture A Bell for Adano (1945) made him a star by Hollywood standards. Co-starring a rather miscast Gene Tierney (as a blonde Italian village girl) and William Bendix, John was more than up to the challenge of playing the role of U.S. Major Joppolo, originally created on Broadway by Fredric March. The irony of it all is that the actor never found better roles (at MGM) than the ones he filmed while lent out to Fox.
Back at MGM, John went through the usual paces. He was overlooked in the rousing Judy Garland vehicle The Harvey Girls (1946), but seemed much more at home in the film noir Somewhere in the Night (1946) and in the WWII drama Homecoming (1948) that starred Clark Gable and Lana Turner, with John and wife Anne Baxter serving as second leads.
With MGM's male roster of talent back home now from the war, John was unceremoniously relegated to second leads that supported the top-tier actors, including Gable, Spencer Tracy, Robert Walker, James Stewart and Robert Taylor. While several of his subsequent post-war films drew desultory reviews, notably the Greer Garson "Miniver" sequel The Miniver Story (1950), Hedy Lamarr's so-called tale of intrigue A Lady Without Passport (1950), and the Clark Gable western Across the Wide Missouri (1951), John did manage to co-star in two of MGM's more stirring war pictures -- Command Decision (1948) and Battleground (1949). Occasionally deemed "glum" and "wooden" by his harsher critics, John's MGM contract expired in 1951 and he began to freelance. Most of the work that followed were starring roles in low-budget entries. Battle Zone (1952) had John and Stephen McNally as two Korean war photographers distracted by the lovely Linda Christian, and Conquest of Cochise (1953) featured a miscast John as the famed Indian warrior.
John reaped better rewards on the stage during this time. Receiving excellent reviews following his 1952 Broadway debut as the sheriff in "The Chase" (he received the Donaldson Award), the actor returned to Broadway as Lieutenant Maryk in "The Caine Mutiny Court Martial (1954) co-starring Henry Fonda. He was extremely disappointed when former fellow MGM player Van Johnson was cast as the lieutenant in the acclaimed film version starring Humphrey Bogart as Captain Queeg.
The father of daughter Katrina Baxter Hodiak, who was born in 1951, John and Anne's varied backgrounds (he was middle class and she more high society -- her grandfather being the renowned Frank Lloyd Wright) and their busy film careers created significant problems. They divorced on January 27, 1953. John later built a home for his parents and younger brother in Tarzana, California and eventually lived there with them. His later years grew difficult and were plagued by self-doubt, a diminishing career and an equally diminishing social life.
John's key Broadway success in "Mutiny" led to a fine comeback role on screen as a prosecuting attorney in Trial (1955), finding "guest artist" work on dramatic TV as well. What might have led to a strong resurgence, however, was sadly cut short. On the morning of October 19, 1955, 41-year-old John suffered a coronary thrombosis and died instantly while shaving in the bathroom of his home. He was on his way to the 20th Century-Fox lot to complete final work on his last film, On the Threshold of Space (1956), when he was stricken.
The movie was released posthumously with John's role left intact. While no previous record of a heart ailment, per se, was ever uncovered, the hypertension that kept him out of the service, at a relatively young age, no doubt contributed to his death. It was an extreme shock to lose someone so relatively young, and even sadder for those he loved and left behind, including his 4-year-old daughter. Katrina Hodiak later became a composer, an actress and a theater director). John was interred at the Calvary Cemetery in Los Angeles.- Johnny Sandlin was born on 16 April 1945 in Decatur, Alabama, USA. He was married to Ann. He died on 19 September 2017 in Decatur, Alabama, USA.
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Johnny Silver was born on 16 April 1918 in Indiana, USA. He was an actor, known for Guys and Dolls (1955), Spaceballs (1987) and A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001). He was married to Gloria Manos. He died on 1 February 2003 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
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Jonathan Niven Cryer is an American actor, comedian and filmmaker. Born into a show business family, he made his motion picture debut as a teenager photographer in the 1984 romantic comedy No Small Affair; his breakout role came in 1986, in the John Hughes-written film Pretty in Pink. In 1998, he wrote and produced the independent film Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God... Be Back by Five.- Actress
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Jordana Beatty was born to a family of Australian descent. Her mother, Alexandra, is a Honda attorney, and her father, Zac, is a nightclub bartender.
After seeing the incredible musical Mary Poppins, she realized she wanted to act all her life. She began her career doing national commercials in her native Australia, before landing her first on television with a recurring role on Legend of the Seeker. In 2006, she made her feature film debut in America with a small cameo in Superman Returns. She then made a guest appearance in two episodes on the Australian series All Saints.
It wasn't until 2010, however, when she was cast in the lead title role in Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer, opposite Heather Graham and Preston Bailey. Released on June 10th, 2011, it became her major breakthrough role, earning her international glory.
During her spare time, Jordana Beatty enjoys singing, playing with friends, traveling, collecting American Girl dolls and showcasing her ballet talents as a member of the Australian Ballet Junior program.- Actress
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Juliette Marquis was born in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]. She is an actress and producer, known for Horn Maker, Dent (2017) and Into the Sun (2005).- Actor
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is an American retired professional basketball player who played 20 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Milwaukee Bucks and the Los Angeles Lakers. During his career as a center, Abdul-Jabbar was a record six-time NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP), a record 19-time NBA All-Star, a 15-time All-NBA selection, and an 11-time NBA All-Defensive Team member. A member of six NBA championship teams as a player and two more as an assistant coach, Abdul-Jabbar twice was voted NBA Finals MVP. In 1996, he was honored as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History.
In 1975, he was traded to the Lakers, with whom he played the final 14 seasons of his career and won five additional NBA championships. Abdul-Jabbar's contributions were a key component in the "Showtime" era of Lakers basketball. Over his 20-year NBA career, his teams succeeded in making the playoffs 18 times and got past the first round 14 times; his teams reached the NBA Finals on 10 occasions.
At the time of his retirement at age 42 in 1989, Abdul-Jabbar was the NBA's all-time leader in points scored (38,387), games played (1,560), minutes played (57,446), field goals made (15,837), field goal attempts (28,307), blocked shots (3,189), defensive rebounds (9,394), career wins (1,074), and personal fouls (4,657). In 2007, ESPN voted him the greatest center of all time, in 2008, they named him the "greatest player in college basketball history", and in 2016, they named him the second best player in NBA history (behind Michael Jordan). Abdul-Jabbar has also been an actor, a basketball coach, and a best-selling author.- Karl Yune portrays Maseo Yamashiro (mentor and friend to Oliver Queen) on the hit show Arrow. Karl's character Maseo is a DC Comics character who has had a strong presence throughout season 3 in the flashback story line, as well as in the present day story as Maseo's alter ego Sarab (2nd in command of the League of Assassins and ally to DC character Ras Al Ghul). Karl was born and raised in Washington D.C. and was accepted to Columbia University as a business major. His study and love of Shakespeare during a literature course influenced him to switch his major to theater at the University's School of the Arts. While at Columbia, Yune won the role of Romeo in an off Broadway production of Romeo and Juliet and was later signed to a talent manager. Karl continued to work as a theater actor in New York City and won critical and rave reviews for his performance as Gloucester in a contemporary rendition of Shakespeare's Richard the III. While casting The Last Samurai, director Edward Zwick was impressed with Yune's audition tape and Karl went to Los Angeles for the first time to meet with the famed director. Zwick later informed Karl that the studio was to cast the film out of Japan, but encouraged Karl to move to Los Angeles as he saw promise in the young actor's talent. Inspired, Karl moved to Los Angeles, only to learn that he was offered a five year contract back in New York, on the popular daytime TV drama All My Children. Yune passed on the offer and soon booked his first lead role in the cult film Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid. The following year Karl was picked by producer Steven Spielberg to play the memorable role of Koichi, the secret lover to Li Gong's Geisha Hatsumomo, in Memoirs of a Geisha, based on the international best selling novel. Karl continued to work in lead and supporting roles in award winning independent, foreign, and Hollywood films. In 2010, Karl was again chosen by producer Steven Spielberg and director Shawn Levy to star as Tak Mashido, the reclusive legend of the robot fighting world in the scifi drama Real Steel. Karl now resides in Los Angeles, California.
- Károly Gesztesi was born on 16 April 1963 in Budapest, Hungary. He was an actor, known for A titkos hely (2003), Valami Amerika (2002) and Hungarian Vagabond (2004). He was married to Claudia Liptai, Zsuzsa Csarnóy and Nikoletta Karel. He died on 4 January 2020 in Budapest, Hungary.
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Kelli O'Hara was born on 16 April 1976 in Elk City, Oklahoma, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for The Gilded Age (2022), The Accidental Wolf (2018) and All the Bright Places (2020). She has been married to Greg Naughton since 28 July 2007. They have two children.- Kelly Smith was born on 16 April 1979 in Tallahassee, Florida, USA. She is an actress, known for 9-1-1 (2018), Mistresses (2013) and Boston Legal (2004).
- Kim Sun-young was born on 16 April 1976 in Ganggu-myeon, Yeongdeok-gun, South Korea. She is an actress, known for Three Sisters (2020), Concrete Utopia (2023) and Crash Landing on You (2019).
- Coming from an artistic family of actors, writers and producers. Father is Phil Proctor actor, comedian and founder of the Firesign Theatre, mother is Barbro Semmingsen, television producer. Kristin's television debut was at the age of 8 on Norwegian television. Born in Los Angeles and raised in Norway, she later went on to train at American Repertory Theatre, a part of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. Her first major stage role was starring as "Sasha" opposite Debra Winger and Arliss Howard in the A.R.T production of "Ivanov". She has since then appeared with Drew Barrymore in Riding in Cars with Boys (2001) and on the ground breaking HBO show The Wire (2002), as well as numerous TV shows and national commercials.
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It is not a secret that Lara Dutta is a beauty with brains. This was demonstrated when she scored the highest possible marks in the history of the Miss Universe Contest. After this she was crowned Miss Universe 2000, making history as not only the most beautiful but also the most intelligent young woman to wear this crown in the history of Miss Universe.
Lara was born in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, on April 16, 1978. Her dad is retired Wing Commander L.K. Dutta and her mother is Jennifer Dutta. Lara has two sisters, one of whom serves in the Indian Air Force, and is the cousin of Nitin Sawhney.
In 1981 the Dutta family re-located to Bangalore, and she was enrolled in St. Francis Xavier Girls' High School where she studied till her 10th Standard, and later did her First Year and Second Year Junior College at the Frank Anthony Public School. After graduating from school, she then went on to earn a degree in Economics from Bombay University. She is fluent in both Hindi and English.
In 1997 Lara enrolled and subsequently won the Miss Gladrags competition, leading her to represent India at the Miss Intercontinental, and thereafter being crowned Miss Universe in 2000 in Cyprus, making her the second Indian to win this prestigious award.
After completing her Miss Universe commitments, she received several offers from Bollywood movie makers, and starred in Andaaz in 2003, which won her considerable recognition, and she subsequently won the best female debut award from Femina.
Thereafter, most of her movies failed to make a mark at the box office, however, she did become popular and a household name. Some of the movies she is remembered for are 'Masti', 'No Entry, 'Kaal', 'Partner', Hey Baby' amongst others.
She is also known for her sense of humor, and a talent for writing. She has now announced that she will writing scripts, and hopes that one day someone from Bollywood will make flicks out of them.- Leonor Manso was born on 16 April 1948 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She is an actress, known for Vulnerables (1999), Made in Argentina (1987) and Anita (2009). She was previously married to Patricio Contreras and Antonio Grimau.
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One of America's most heard men back in the day with thousands of radio programs to his credit and the possessor of one of the most prominent male voices of that medium's war-era "Golden Age," veteran actor Les Tremayne was considered to have the third most distinctive tones on the airwaves, only behind Bing Crosby and Franklin D. Roosevelt!
Born Lester Tremayne Henning in London, England, on April 16, 1913, the family moved to Chicago, Illinois when the boy was only four. Wanting to bury his British accent growing up in the States, Tremayne took an an eager interest in community theatre. He began his professional career as a dancer in vaudeville, supplementing his income on the side as a barker in various amusement parks.
Tremayne received his first radio job in Chicago when he was 17 years old. While gaining experience, he attended Northwestern University where he studied Greek drama and also took up anthropology at Columbia University and UCLA. During the 1930s and 1940s, Tremayne was usually heard in more than one show per week. Growing in leaps and bounds as a voice that could handle many types, ages and accents, his first big break occurred in 1934 as the leading man on the soap drama "The Romance of Helen Trent." He then replaced actor Don Ameche as the leading man on the popular weekly radio drama "The First Nighter," a stint that lasted six years. During that time, his more popular series work included that of super-sleuth Nick Charles in "The Adventures of the Thin Man." He also became the announcer on "The Bob Crosby Show."
Searching for bigger opportunities, Tremayne transplanted himself to both Los Angeles New York in 1943, and continued to find radio work as the title role in "The Falcon," played detective Pat Abbott in "The Abbott Mysteries," appeared on Bob Crosby's programs "The Old Gold Show" and "The Bob Crosby Show," and co-starred as the straight man alongside "The Great One" on "The Jackie Gleason/Les Tremayne Show" when Crosby enlisted for WWII service. Other shows would include a breakfast talk format, "The Tremaynes," with second wife Alice Reinheart, as well as the programs "Cavalcade of America," "Ford Theatre," "Inner Sanctum Mysteries," "Kraft Music Hall," "Lux Radio Theatre" and "The Whistle," among so many others.
In the 1950s, Tremayne took on films and the new medium of TV. Typically playing military types, erudite professionals, shifty execs and errant husbands, his more officious roles included playing a police commission chief in The Racket (1951); a colonel in Francis Goes to West Point (1952); a lawyer in Susan Slept Here (1954); a senator in A Man Called Peter (1955) and another colonel in The Perfect Furlough (1958). Best remembered for his characters in cult 1950s sci-fiers, he co-starred or was featured in The War of the Worlds (1953), The Monolith Monsters (1957), The Monster of Piedras Blancas (1959) and The Angry Red Planet (1959). His mellifluous voice was also utilized in films (Forbidden Planet (1956)), in film trailers (The Iron Petticoat (1956)) and for narrating documentaries (Adventures in the Red Sea (1951)).
On TV, Tremayne earned frequent appearances on such established programs as "The Danny Thomas Show," "Mr. Adams and Eve," "The Thin Man," "Bachelor Father," "77 Sunset Strip," "The Jack Benny Program," "The Rifleman," "State Trooper," "M Squad," "Thriller," "Perry Mason," "Alfred Hitchcock Presents," "Checkmate" and "The Andy Griffith Show." He also had a recurring TV role as Major Stone on The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (1954) and co-starred as Inspector Richard Queen, the father of the famed mystery writer (played by George Nader on the series The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen (1958).
A flurry of unworthy low-budget films came Tremayne's way in later years including Shootout at Big Sag (1962), King Kong vs. Godzilla (1963), The Slime People (1963), Creature of Destruction (1968), Strawberries Need Rain (1971) and Fangs (1974). He also found work with the CBS Mystery Radio Theatre, and also provided voices for "Mr. Magoo," "Johnny Quest," "The Smurfs," "Go-Bots," "Scooby Doo" and "Rikki Tiki Tavi."
Inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1995, Tremayne would take his final bow in the comedy film horror The Naked Monster (2005) which featured several other cult actors of '50s sci-fi/horror including Kenneth Tobey, John Agar, Robert Clarke, Robert Cornthwaite, Jeanne Carmen, Lori Nelson, Ann Robinson and Gloria Talbott.
Tremayne died of heart failure in Santa Monica, California, on December 19, 2003, at the age of 90, and was survived by his fourth wife, Joan Hertz.- Actress
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Lesley Vogel was born on 16 April 1956 in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Sister Sensei (1994), Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List (2015) and Loving (1983). She was previously married to Skip Panettiere.- Actress
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Liliana Mumy was born in San Marcos, California. Her father is actor Bill Mumy. Among his many roles, her father appeared as a child in the 1961 The Twilight Zone episode "It's a Good Life". Liliana appeared with her father, as his child, in the revival series' 2003 sequel episode "It's Still a Good Life". She currently voices Beth Tezuka, in the animated web series Bravest Warriors and Leni Loud in the Nickelodeon TV series The Loud House, and has been joined by her father on some episodes of both shows. She has also appeared in other motion pictures. Her most notable film appearances are in Cheaper by the Dozen, Cheaper by the Dozen 2, The Santa Clause 2, as well as The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause. In 2002.