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Timothy James Curry was born on April 19, 1946 in Grappenhall, Cheshire, England. His mother, Maura Patricia (Langmead), was a school secretary, and his father, James Curry, was a Methodist Royal Navy chaplain. Curry studied Drama and English at Birmingham University, from which he graduated with Combined Honors. His first professional success was in the London production of "Hair", followed by more work in the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Glasgow Citizens Repertory Company, and the Royal Court Theatre where he created the role of Dr. Frank-N-Furter in "The Rocky Horror Show". He recreated the role in the Los Angeles and Broadway productions and starred in the screen version entitled The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975). Curry continued his career on the New York and London stages with starring roles in "Travesties", "Amadeus", "The Pirates of Penzance", "The Rivals", "Love for Love", "Dalliance", "The Threepenny Opera", "The Art of Success" and "My Favorite Year". He also starred in the United States tour of "Me and My Girl". He has received two Tony Award nominations for best actor and won the Royal Variety Club Award as "Stage Actor of the Year".
A composer and a singer, Tim Curry toured the United States and Europe with his own band and released four albums on A&M Records. In addition to an active movie and television career, he is a sought-after actor for CD-ROM productions. His distinctive voice can be heard on more than a dozen audio books, and in countless animated television series and videos. He lives in Los Angeles, California.- Producer
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Alan Kirschenbaum was born on 19 April 1961 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for Yes, Dear (2000), Down the Shore (1992) and Stark Raving Mad (1999). He was married to Vicki Juditz. He died on 26 October 2012 in Burbank, California, USA.- Sharp-featured, incisive Surrey-born actor whose chief trademark was a memorably mellifluous voice. This, he used to maximum effect as a tool for impersonating a gallery of suave, urbane - usually rather likeable - villains, rogues and assorted shady types. He often imbued these characters with an air of smugly superior disdain.
Alan had reinvented himself as an actor after abandoning his first profession as industrial psychologist. He made his theatrical debut in 1928 in "Heartbreak House" by by George Bernard Shaw and appeared on the London stage two years later. For the remainder of the decade, he made a living as a supporting player (with a penchant for period costume) in works by Shakespeare, John Galsworthy, J.M. Barrie, and Oscar Wilde. While preferring the intimacy offered by provincial theatre, he also shone on the grander stage of the Old Vic, and, in 1936, appeared in "St. Helena" on Broadway. That same year, he made his feature film debut in The Conquest of the Air (1931).
During World War II, Alan's voice was heard regularly as announcer and newsreader for the BBC European Service. This led to a constant stream of work as a radio actor and reader of English literature and poetry. In the course of the next three decades, he impersonated the good (detective Lord Peter Wimsey) and the bad (Othello, Judas, Richard III) with equal verve. His television career -- beginning in 1938 -- went along a similar path. Alan was the very first 'BBC Sherlock Holmes' in 1951, taking his cue for the role from the drawings of Sidney Paget and the characterisations by Arthur Conan Doyle. The six instalments (all live transmissions) were well-received but did Alan no favour: the resulting publicity led his agent to ask for higher salaries and this, in turn, led to fewer job offers.
On the big screen, Alan was best served by being the ill-fated Fred Hale in Brighton Rock (1948); the duplicitous traveller on the Sleeping Car to Trieste (1948); and the corrupt financier Mark Cruden in Delayed Action (1954). On television, he will remain the definitive incarnation of the Sheriff of Nottingham in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955). Alan's sheriff is devious and cunning, a sophisticated arch villain of great clarity, an equal to the hero -- if it were not, of course, for the ineptitude of his minions. After the end of his tenure as Richard Greene's nemesis, Alan popped up as assorted police inspectors, professional types, legal eagles and men of the cloth, in many a popular series, including Danger Man (1960) and Department S (1969). He retired from the screen in 1970, and died in August 1991 in London at the age of 84. - Actress
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Alejandra Reynoso was born in Los Angeles County, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Castlevania (2017), Pokémon Horizons: The Series (2023) and Winx Club (2004).- Actor
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Alessandro Preziosi was born on 19 April 1973 in Naples, Campania, Italy. He is an actor and director, known for Loose Cannons (2010), Per amore del mio popolo (2014) and Medici (2016).- Alexis Arguello was born on 19 April 1952 in Managua, Nicaragua. He was an actor, known for Miami Vice (1984), Cat Chaser (1989) and Fists of Steel (1989). He was married to Sulvia Urbina, Patricia Barreto and Loretta Martinez. He died on 1 July 2009 in Managua, Nicaragua.
- Alexis Thorpe was born in Newport Beach, California. She made her acting debut on The Young and the Restless (1973), after which she moved onto film projects including, The Forsaken (2001) and Pretty Cool (2002) and fell in love with films. So she has decided to leave "The Young and the Restless".
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Ali Wong was born on 19 April 1982 in San Francisco, California, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Ali Wong: Baby Cobra (2016), Always Be My Maybe (2019) and Beef (2023). She has been married to Justin Hakuta since 27 November 2014. They have two children.- Director
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Anna Maria Tatò was born on 19 April 1940 in Barletta, Italy. She was a director and writer, known for Marcello Mastroianni: I Remember (1997), Le serpentine d'oro (1978) and Doppio sogno dei Sigg. X (1980). She died on 3 June 2022 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Antonio Carluccio is an OBE, OMRI and a much loved and respected Italian cookery writer, chef, restaurateur and food expert. He was born on the Amalfi Coast in the South and raised in the wooded North-West has given Antonio a rare and privileged breadth of culinary knowledge. It was here, in Piedmont, at the age of seven that Antonio started his life-long past-time of hunting and collecting mushrooms and fungi with his father.
After time spent living in Germany, in 1975 Antonio moved to London and while learning English, traded as a wine merchant of Italian wines. His hobby of studying and collecting wild mushrooms continued to flourish as he found many varieties growing in the English countryside close to London, almost completely undiscovered.
Antonio took over the Neal Street Restaurant in Covent Garden in 1981, which traded for 26 years. In 1991 Antonio opened a deli next to the restaurant and in 1998 started the first Carluccio's Caffè in Market Place, London.
In 1983 Antonio made his first appearance on BBC 2 talking about Mediterranean food and at the same time was asked to write his first book, An Invitation to Italian Cooking. Subsequently he has written thirteen books, published worldwide and made numerous television programs including the hugely popular Antonio Carluccio's Northern Italian Feast and Southern Italian Feast.
In 2011 his travels around Italy were filmed for the popular BBC series Two Greedy Italians, made with friend and fellow chef Gennaro Contaldo. Recognition
In 1998, Antonio was awarded the Commendatore OMRI by the President of Italy for services to Italian gastronomy, the equivalent of a British knighthood. In 2007 he was awarded an honorary OBE.
Carluccio's operates from over 57 UK locations. In addition the company has granted franchises over two territories: the first over Ireland with presently one location open in Dublin; the second over 6 countries in the Middle East including three locations presently open in Dubai. - Actor
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Ariel Rot was born on 19 April 1960 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is an actor and composer, known for Superlopez (2018), The Other Side of the Bed (2002) and Tuno negro (2001). He has been married to ? García since 2012. They have two children.- Actor
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Arshad Warsi was born on April 19, 1968 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, and did his schooling at a boarding school, Barnes School, Deolali in Nashik district, Maharashtra. He was orphaned at the age of 14 and struggled for a living in Mumbai during his early days. He is an actor, dancer, film producer, television personality, choreographer and playback singer.
Financial circumstances forced Warsi to start work as a door-to-door cosmetics salesman at age 17. Later he worked in a photo lab. Meanwhile, he had a keen interest in dancing and received an offer to join Akbar Sami's Dance group in Mumbai, which started his dancing and choreographing career. He also assisted Mahesh Bhatt in Thikana (1987) and Kaash (1987). Then in 1991, he won the Indian dance competition, followed by the fourth prize in the Modern Jazz category in 1992 World Dance championship, London, at the age of 21. Soon, he started his own dance studio, 'Awesome' with that money and also formed a dance troupe. It was here, his future wife, Maria Goretti, a St. Andrew's College student joined him, before she became a VJ. He was also associated with English theater group in Mumbai, choreographing shows for Bharat Dabholkar and got an opportunity to choreograph the title track for the film, Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja (1993). He made his screen debut with the 1996-film Tere Mere Sapne where he starred opposite Simran & Chandrachur Singh.- Actress
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American actress and political activist Ashley Judd was born Ashley Tyler Ciminella on April 19, 1968, in Granada Hills, California. She grew up in a family of successful performing artists as the daughter of country music singer Naomi Judd and the sister of Wynonna Judd. While she is best known for an ongoing acting career spanning more than two decades, she has increasingly become involved in global humanitarian efforts and political activism.- Actor
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Atanas Srebrev (born April 19, 1971) is a Bulgarian actor well-established in strong supporting roles. Because of his level of English-speaking ability, Srebrev is recognized as being the first Bulgarian actor to make his own way in Hollywood. He trained at the National Academy of Theater and Film Arts in Sofia, Bulgaria. Highly versatile and instantly recognizable among SyFy Channel viewers, he has appeared in over 100 films. Not limited to SyFy Channel features, he has appeared in mainstream film releases including 300: Rise of an Empire (2014), Mechanic: Resurrection (2016) and Rambo: Last Blood (2019).- Austin Lysy was born on 19 April 1977 in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, USA. He is an actor, known for Garden State (2004), Everybody's Fine (2009) and Hitch (2005).
- Barry Brown was born on 19 April 1951 in San Jose, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Bad Company (1972), Piranha (1978) and Daisy Miller (1974). He died on 27 June 1978 in Silver Lake, California, USA.
- Basak Köklükaya was born on 19 April 1974 in Ankara, Turkey. She is an actress, known for Küçük Kiyamet (2006), Something Useful (2017) and The Third Page (1999). She has been married to Mehmet Murat Inal since 13 September 2003.
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Bernie Worrell was born on 19 April 1944 in Long Beach, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), Romeo Must Die (2000) and Friday (1995). He was married to Judie. He died on 24 June 2016 in Everson, Washington, USA.- Bianca-Rose Lasky is a teen actress and model. Born in Binghamton, New York and now resides in the Town of Union, New York. Bianca-Rose got her first taste of "stardom" when she was crowned "Miss Broome County" in 2012. Bianca-Rose got her first break in the film industry being cast as "Giovanna Buffalino" in the mob series "K-town- the series". Since then she has been involved in many more films and many more coming up. Check out the "filmography" page to see a complete list. When not acting, Bianca-Rose loves to spend time with her family, especially her dog Fiona. Bianca-Rose is also very active in school- She attends Union Endicott High school where she plays Tennis, indoor track, outdoor track She is also involved in various clubs in school as well. Bianca-Rose is managed by Tara Graham and her talent agency is I.T.S. Models and talent based out of Lancaster PA. the sky is the limit for this kid.
- Binnur Kaya was born on 19 April 1972 in Ankara, Turkey. She is an actress, known for My Father and My Son (2005), Vavien (2009) and Aramizda Kalsin (2013).
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Blitz Bazawule is a Filmmaker and Musician born in Ghana and based in New York. Blitz's feature directorial debut 'The Burial Of Kojo' premiered on Netflix in 2019 via array. He co-directed Beyoncé's Black Is King which earned him a Grammy nomination in 2020. Blitz is directing 'The Color Purple Musical' for Warner Bros produced by Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg, Quincy Jones and Scott Sanders. Blitz is the founder of Africa Film Society and the recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship, the TED Fellowship and the Vilcek Prize.- Writer
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Bobby Russell was born on 19 April 1941 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. He was a writer, known for The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia (1981), The Grasshopper (1970) and Kill Me Again (1989). He was married to Vicki Lawrence. He died on 19 November 1992 in Nicholasville, Kentucky, USA.- Actor
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Boran Jing was born on 19 April 1989 in Shenyang, Liaoning, China. He is an actor, known for The Climbers (2019), Monster Hunt (2015) and Time Raiders (2016).- Carla Conte was born on 19 April 1977 in Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina. She is an actress, known for Un amor en tiempos de selfies (2014), Dos amigos y un ladrón (2008) and Según Roxi (2015).
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Carlos Cores was born on 19 April 1923 in San Fernando, Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor and director, known for Lindor Covas, el cimarrón (1963), The Bitter Stems (1956) and Asalto a la ciudad (1968). He died on 8 February 2000 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.- Actress
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Cassandra Lee Morris is an American voice actress. Born in Connecticut, she had taken interest in voice acting from a young age, and initially got her start doing voice work for various audiobooks before landing her first major voice roles with the New York-based 4Kids Entertainment, ultimately making her debut as Melissa in Magical DoReMi (1999). Following additional roles in two series within the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise, Morris would ultimately move to Los Angeles in the early 2010s, where she would find bigger success upon voicing Ritsu Tainaka in K-On! (2009), Kyubey in the Puella Magi Madoka Magica franchise, Leafa in the Sword Art Online franchise, and Taiga Aisaka in Toradora! (2008). She is also well known for her video game roles as Morgana in Persona 5 (2016) (along with its spinoffs) and Sothis in Fire Emblem: Three Houses (2019), and would also voice Elora in Spyro Reignited Trilogy (2018), Lin Lee Koo, in Xenoblade Chronicles X (2015), and Anastasia Hoshin in Re: Zero, Starting Life in Another World (2016).- Actress
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Catalina Sandino Moreno made her screen debut as the title character in the critically-acclaimed film "Maria Full of Grace" from Fine Line Features/HBO. For her performance, Sandino was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, a Screen Actors Guild Award for Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role and won an Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead. The film debuted in the U.S. at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award, and opened in limited release in July 2004. The film won the Grand Special Prize at the 2004 Deauville Film Festival. Sandino has earned other awards and nominations for her performance, including the Silver Berlin Bear for Best Actress at the 2004 Berlin International Film Festival, the Golden Space Needle Award for Best Actress at the 2004 Seattle International Film Festival and the award for Breakthrough Actor at the 2004 Gotham Awards. She was named ShoWest's International Star of the Year for 2005. She currently lives in Los Angeles.- Actress
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Catherine Lloyd Burns was born on 19 April 1961 in New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Keeping the Faith (2000), Michael (1996) and Everything Put Together (2000). She has been married to Adam Forgash since 10 January 1999. They have one child.- Actor
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Christopher Stills was born on 19 April 1974 in Boulder, Colorado, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for American Hustle (2013), Hot Pursuit (2015) and I, Tonya (2017).- Actress
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Constance was blonde; star sister Norma Talmadge was brunette. She was buoyant and a comedienne; Norma was introspective and a tragedienne. Nicknamed "Dutch" by her stage mother Peg as she looked like a cherubic Little Dutch Boy, silver screen star Constance Talmadge was one of silent pictures' most popular and enduring stars of romantic comedy.
Born in Brooklyn in April 19, 1898 (various sources give different years ranging from 1897 to 1903), her New York City childhood was humbling and tragic. Their father Fred Talmadge was a chronic alcoholic who ultimately deserted his family, which included sister Natalie Talmadge, while all three girls were quite young. By the time Norma had become a commodity for Vitagraph Studios, Constance, in her early teens, begged to follow.
Constance's first comedy short for Vitagraph was In Bridal Attire (1914). As the two sisters were as different as night and day, professional jealousy never entered into the picture. In fact, all three sisters remained consistently loyal throughout their lives. Appearing in a number of two-reel comedies predominantly with comedian Billy Quirk, Constance drew major acclaim in the role of The Mountain Girl in D.W. Griffith's epic masterpiece Intolerance (1916). Her role was so inspiring that when Griffith re-issued her segment as a solo feature entitled The Fall of Babylon (1919), he re-shot her death scene ending so that her character would wind up living happily ever after.
Throughout the late '10s and early '20s the elegant Constance charmed audiences with a number of flapper-era comedy vehicles, many of them co-starring silent film great Harrison Ford (not related to the present-day star). These include A Pair of Silk Stockings (1918), Happiness a la Mode (1919), Romance and Arabella (1919), Wedding Bells (1921) and The Primitive Lover (1922). She grew so much in stature that she eventually formed her own production company. Constance, as did sister Norma, abruptly left films with the advent of sound. The notion that they willingly abandoned their careers while very much on top does not quite ring true. Both she and Norma's pronounced and rather squeaky Brooklyn accent did not prove all that suitable for talkies (particularly for the dramatic Norma) and it's more likely that they left Hollywood on their own terms before they were shunned.
Both sisters invested wisely in business ventures in later life. Married four times, Constance became reclusive and fell victim (as did sisters Norma and Natalie) to alcohol abuse in later years. She died of pneumonia in Los Angeles on November 23, 1973.- Actress
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Cora Sue Collins was born in Beckley, West Virginia. A chubby-cheeked, curly-haired child actress, she was nudged (or, rather, propelled) into show business by her ambitious mother. Though she was heavily in demand during the 1930s, Cora never posed a serious threat as a rival to Shirley Temple. Much of her popularity stemmed from an uncanny histrionic talent in being able to cry on demand. Cora Sue appeared in her first film, The Strange Case of Clara Deane (1932), at the age of five. Clark Gable's first wife, Josephine Dillon, was her voice coach.
Cora enjoyed a succession of small acting parts throughout the first half of the decade, by 1934 earning a respectable $250 a week. That year, she appeared in eleven films. Hand-picked by Greta Garbo to play the star's younger self in Queen Christina (1933), she developed a long-standing friendship with Garbo, as well as with Lucille Ball and other established stars, later saying "I was never intimidated by them because they were all actors, just like me".
One of Cora's notable performances was as the illegitimate daughter of Colleen Moore in The Scarlet Letter (1934). New York Times reviewer Andre Sennwald found her performance in the crime drama Evelyn Prentice (1934) 'agreeable', "in spite of the pretty-pretty lines with which the script writers have loaded her." She also commanded a rare leading role as the juvenile delinquent daughter of a court judge in Youth on Trial (1945). However, soon after, she left showbiz at the tender age of 18 in the wake of a small supporting part in Week-End at the Waldorf (1945).
The reason for her premature retirement from the screen came to light decades later, elicited through interviews with the former child star. The casting couch had always been an open secret in 1930s and 40s Hollywood. Dare to refuse and the message might well be that classic line "you'll never work in this town again!" In 2020, Cora Sue revealed that she had rebuffed the sexual advances of a screenwriter (33 years her senior) whom she had previously regarded as both friend and mentor. She later confronted MGM studio boss Louis B. Mayer, whose response was "nonchalant and dismissive". So she quit. In 2014, Cora reflected "To this day, I do think it's the best single decision of my life. I could have still been working in films or on the Broadway stage, but I learned the luxury of anonymity at a very early age; it's fun to be a housewife from Phoenix, I like it."
Post-Hollywood, Cora studied architecture and then lived the life of a socialite in Mexico for some years, hosting lavish parties. She was married three times, respectively to Ivan Stauffer, wealthy owner of a ranch in Nevada, to a James Morgan Cox and to a Phoenix theatre owner named Harry Nace.- Actor
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Courtland Mead was born on 19 April 1987 in Mission Viejo, California, USA. He is an actor, known for The Little Rascals (1994), The Shining (1997) and Recess (1997).- Cynthia O'Neal was born on 19 April 1934 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Wolf (1994), Carnal Knowledge (1971) and Primary Colors (1998). She was previously married to Patrick O'Neal.
- David Cavazos was born on 19 April 1987 in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico.
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On the big screen, David Richard La Haye accumulates several awards and nominations, for his diverse roles in French and English.
Known as a very versatile character actor, he's been nominated 4 times at the Genie/Canadian Screen Awards ; One for his extremely effective portrayal of an intellectually challenged man in "L'enfant d'eau (Behind the blue, 1995) for which he won the top Genie award in1996, another for his magnificent interpretation in "Un crabe dans la tête" (Soft shell man, 2002), a third for a very fine performance in "Nouvelle-France" (Battle of the brave, 2005), and a fourth for his mesmerizing character in "Confessions of a hitman" in 2022.
Recently, we've seen him in many different feature films such as "Big Muddy", "All you can eat, Buddha", "Another kind of wedding", "Hochelaga, land of the souls", "Wars", "Arlette", "Corruption of divine providence" (for which he won 3 international awards), and "Frame" (for which he gathered 10 international awards, as Best actor).
He will soon appear in the American movie of Chuck Russell, "Witchboard".
His latest television projects were "Bad blood 2", "Blue moon 3", "Street legal", "Les pays d'en haut", "Edgar", "Patrick Sénécal présente", "Portrait robot" and "Stat".
David also gathered multiple nominations at the Jutra/Iris Awards, and at the Gémeaux/Gemini Awards.- Actor
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David Parry was born on 19 April 1954. He is an actor and executive, known for Beverly Hills Cop III (1994), Full Metal Jacket (1987) and The Lost Platoon (1990).- Writer
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David Soren is a director, writer, and actor known for Captain Underpants (2017), Turbo (2013), and Merry Madagascar (2009). A DreamWorks veteran of twenty years, Soren has worked as a story artist on "The Road to El Dorado," "Chicken Run" and "Shrek." He then served as the head of story on the hit animated comedy, "Shark Tale." Soren joined DreamWorks after graduating from Sheridan College, located near his hometown of Toronto, Canada.- Actor
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Dennis Dun was born on 19 April 1952 in Stockton, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Big Trouble in Little China (1986), Prince of Darkness (1987) and Year of the Dragon (1985).- Actor
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Sargent was a trim, handsome man with a longish chin. He played a variety of gawky businessmen roles in feature films before finding a niche in tv history as the second Darrin on "Bewitched". Shortly before his death, Sargent publicly proclaimed he was gay, and became what he called "a retroactive role model" in the battle for gay rights.- Diego Buonanotte has been married to Jenny Scropanich since 2011. They have three children.
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Dudley Moore, the gifted comedian who had at least three distinct career phases that brought him great acclaim and success, actually started out as a musical prodigy as a child. Moore -- born in Dagenham, Essex, England to working class parents in 1935 -- won a music scholarship to Magdalen College, Oxford, to study the organ. At university, he also studied composition and became a classically trained pianist, though his forte on the piano for public performance was jazz. After graduating from Magdalen College in 1958, Moore was offered a position as organist at King's College, Cambridge, but turned it down in order to go to London and pursue a music and acting career. Fellow Oxonian Alan Bennett (Exter Colelge, B.A., Medieval History, 1957) had already recommended him to John Bassett, who was putting together a satirical comedy revue called "Beyond the Fringe". "Beyond the Fringe" was to be Moore's first brush with fame, along with co-stars Bennett, future theatrical director Jonathan Miller (now Sir Jonathan, who studied Medicine at Cambridge and was a physician), and Peter Cook, who was destined to become Moore's comic partner during the 1960s and '70s.
It was Miller who had recommended Cook for "Beyond the Fringe", in much the same way that Bennett had bird-dogged Moore. Cook, who had studied modern languages at Cambridge, had been part of the famous Cambridge theatrical, the Footlights revue in 1959, had subsequently gone to London to star in a West End revue for Kenneth Williams, "Pieces of Eight". This old-fashioned review was such a success there was a sequel, "One Over the Eight". He was advised by his agent not to star in the Fringe with the three others as he was a professional, whereas they were amateurs. Ironically, the great success of "Beyond the Fringe", which was a new kind of satirical comedy, would doom the very old-fashioned reviews that Cook had just tasted success in. "Beyond the Fringe" not only won great acclaim in the UK, but it was a hit in the U.S.. The four won a special Tony Award in 1963 for their Broadway production of "Beyond the Fringe" and there was a television program made of the revue in 1964.
Moore and Cook were offered the TV show Not Only... But Also (1965) by the BBC in 1965. Peter Cook was on as a guest. Their pairing was so successful, it enjoyed a second season in 1966 and a third in 1970. They were particularly funny as the working-class characters "Pete" and "Dud". The duo then broke into the movies, including The Wrong Box (1966) and Bedazzled (1967). In 1974, the duo won their second Tony Award for their show "Good Night", which was the stage version of their TV series "Not Only... But Also".
In the mid- to late 1970s, they issued three comic albums in the guise of the characters "Derek" and "Clive" (Moore and Cook, respectively), two lavatory attendants that many viewed as reincarnations of their earlier TV characters "Pete" and "Dud". The albums, ad-libbed in a recording studio while the two drank vast quantities of alcohol, were noted at the time for their obscenity. Their typical routine was a stream-of-consciousness fugue by Cook, interspersed with interjections by Moore. With their obscenity-laden, free-formed riffs, Derke and Clive presaged the more free-wheeling shock comedy of the 1980s and '90s.
They subsequently split up as Moore could no longer tolerate Cook's alcoholism. Under the influence, Cook would become abusive towards Moore, whose acting career was undergoing a renaissance in the late '70s while his career has stalled. Ironically, it was playing an alcoholic that brought Moore to the summit of his success as an actor.
After marrying American actress Tuesday Weld in 1975, Moore moved to the U.S. and began a second career as a solo screen comedian, stealing the show from Chevy Chase and Goldie Hawn as the horny conductor in the movie comedy, Foul Play (1978). When George Segal dropped out of the movie 10 (1979), director Blake Edwards cast Moore in the lead role as the composer undergoing a mid-life crisis. It was a huge hit, but was surpassed by his Oscar-nominated turn as the dipsomaniac billionaire in Arthur (1981). In the early 1980s, Moore was a top box office attraction. In 1983, the National Alliance of Theater Owners named him the Top Box Office Star-Male of the Year.
His career began petering out after he turned down the lead in Splash (1983), a role that helped establish Tom Hanks as a top movie comedian and position him for his transition into movie drama and super-stardom. As Hanks star waxed, Moore's star waned, and by 1985 he was reduced to playing an elf in Santa Claus: The Movie (1985), one of the all time turkeys. Even a second turn as "Arthur" in Arthur 2: On the Rocks (1988) couldn't revive his box office, the dependent clause of the title all too well describing his career. His TV series Dudley (1993) was a bust, and the 1990s proved a wasteland for the once-honored and prosperous comedian.
Moore was deeply affected by the January 1995 death of Peter Cook by a gastrointestinal hemorrhage at the age of 57. Moore organized a two-day memorial to Cook in Los Angeles that was held in November 1995. Less than four years later, in September 1999, Moore announced that he was afflicted with progressive supra-nuclear palsy, a disease for which there is no treatment.
Dudley Moore was invested as a Commander of the Order of The British Empire (one step below knighthood) in June 2001. Moore personally attended the ceremony at Buckingham Palace to accept his CBE from Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales (later King Charles III), despite being unable to speak and being wheelchair-bound. He died in Watchung, New Jersey on March 27, 2002, a month shy of his 67th birthday, from the pneumonia related to progressive supra-nuclear palsy.
Dudley Moore was married four times, to actresses Suzy Kendall, Tuesday Weld, Brogan Lane and Nicole Rothschild, and had two sons, one with Tuesday Weld and one with Nicole Rothschild.- Actress
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Tap dancing at the age of 16 months, pert and pretty Elinor Donahue has been entertaining audiences for six decades. Born Mary Eleanor Donahue in Tacoma, Washington, on April 19, 1937, she appeared as a radio singer and vaudeville dancer while a mere toddler, then was picked up by Universal Studios at the age of 5.
Cast in minor child roles in such pictures as Mister Big (1943), the precocious youngster eventually moved to MGM but didn't attain the juvenile stardom of a Margaret O'Brien or Elizabeth Taylor, whom she supported in both The Unfinished Dance (1947) and Love Is Better Than Ever (1952), respectively. Still and all, Elinor's talent and wholesome appeal was recognized and the 50s brought her into the TV era.
Elinor became more accessible, finally winning nationwide "girl-next-door" notice in her late teens as the oldest daughter of "ideal" parents Robert Young and Jane Wyatt in the classic family show Father Knows Best (1954). Suffering more than her share of teen angst, she played Betty ("Princess") Anderson from 1954 to 1960.
By the time the series was finished, Eleanor was blossoming into a pretty, wholesome, romantic ingénue. She became Andy Griffith's first longstanding girlfriend on The Andy Griffith Show (1960) for one season, but then suffered a major slump. She revived in the 70s with steady roles on The Odd Couple (1970) (as Tony Randall's girlfriend), Pilot (1977) as a typical sunny mom, and as a guest for countless other shows, including Barnaby Jones (1973), Newhart (1982) and The Golden Girls (1985).
An extremely pleasant personality, she was primarily tapped into playing nice, friendly, non-flashy parts in both lightweight comedy and dramatic. Possessing a suitable voice for commercials and cartoons, she has lately found recurring roles on Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993) and a few soaps, including Santa Barbara (1984) and Days of Our Lives (1965), the latter in which she played a rare malicious part.
Though she may not have had much of a chance to shine in her career, Elinor has certainly been a steady, reliable player who has not let her fans down with her obvious warmth and pleasing disposition. Into the 90's, guest appearances included "Murder, She Wrote," "Coach," "Friends," "Herman's Head," "Ellen," "Cold Case," and a recurring role as "Rebecca Quinn" on Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993). Her last credits were several appearances as a judge on The Young and the Restless (1973) in 2010 and a featured role in the film The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004).
The widow of TV executive producer Harry Ackerman (he was 25 years her senior), whose list of credits included Leave It to Beaver (1957), Bewitched (1964) and Gidget (1965), and a mother of four sons, Elinor married third husband, contractor Louis Genevrino, in 1992. In 1998, she published a memoir entitled "In the Kitchen with Elinor Donahue", in which she relived some of her memories of Hollywood along with providing more than 150 of her top-grade recipes.- Eliot Ness was an American Prohibition agent; primarily remembered for his efforts to enforce Prohibition in Chicago. He dedicated much of his efforts against the local crime boss Al Capone and Capone's criminal organization, the Chicago Outfit. Ness led a team of law enforcement agents known as "The Untouchables", who were reputedly incorruptible. Ness' posthumously released memoir, "The Untouchables" (1957), has been adapted into two television series, one film, and one video game.
- Elise Ivy was born on 19 April 1981 in Austin, Texas, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008), Take Care (2012) and Please Give (2010).
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Ellen Weston was born on 19 April 1939 in New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Guiding Light (1952), Get Smart (1965) and Medusa's Child (1997).- Fernando Botero was born on 19 April 1932 in Medellin, Colombia. He was an actor, known for Mi pasión por David (2012), Akt utan ord II (1976) and Espejismo (1981). He was married to Sophia Vari, Cecilia Zambrano and Gloria Zea. He died on 15 September 2023 in Monte Carlo, Monaco.
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Flavio Medina was born on 19 April 1978 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. He is an actor, known for Estar o no estar (2015), Alma de hierro (2008) and Valiant Love (2012).- Actress
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Françoise Rosay was born on 19 April 1891 in Paris, France. She was an actress and writer, known for Carnival in Flanders (1935), The Halfway House (1944) and Nobody's Children (1951). She was married to Jacques Feyder. She died on 28 March 1974 in Montgeron, Essonne, France.- Gabriel Heinze was born on 19 April 1978 in Crespo, Entre Ríos Province, Argentina. He has been married to Florencia Bordi since 2000. They have three children.
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Gad was born in Morocco in April 1971. His father was a mime. He was a student at Georges Bizet school and Lycée Lyautey in Casablanca but didn't like school much. In 1988, Gad left Casablanca to go to Montreal. He stayed there for 4 years, during which he was a political science student for one year, worked on radio, wrote humorous stories and played them in night clubs.
In 1992, he came to Paris and took Le Cours Florent course where he has, among others, Isabelle Nanty as a teacher. He wrote a one-man show named 'Décalages' which told a lot about his experiences in Montreal and Paris in 1996. Three years later, he presented his second one-man show named 'La Vie Normale', again staged by Isabelle Nanty. Gad was revealed as a humorist but is also a great actor who starred in various French movies. Gad lived with French actress Anne Brochet and has a son, Noé. One of his best friends in business is Jamel Debbouze.- Garfield Morgan was born in Birmingham, England, in 1931. After a brief sojourn working as a trainee dental technician, he trained as an actor at a local drama school. His career began at the Arena Theatre in Birmingham in the fifties and he later became involved in both production and directing duties at The Marlow Theatre in Canterbury, Kent, and at The Library Theatre, Manchester. During the seventies he was Associate Director of Northgate Theatre and Associate Director of The Nottingham Playhouse.
His television career began in the mid-fifties and although initially playing small parts, during the sixties he began to take on bigger roles, including the part of Detective Chief Inspector Lewis in the BBC's long-running Softly Softly (1966) series. He often played policemen but none more famous than DCI Frank Haskins in The Sweeney (1975), opposite John Thaw and Dennis Waterman, during the seventies, where he was an admirable foil to Thaw's brash, renegade Inspector Jack Regan. He was also a regular in other TV series such as The Nineteenth Hole (1989), You Must Be the Husband (1987) and Shelley (1979), all during the eighties, and No Job for a Lady (1990) opposite Penelope Keith in the nineties.
He preferred acting on stage and in television so his film career was rather limited but he did have a decent role in The Odessa File (1974) in 1974.
In his personal life, early on he was married to the actress Dilys Laye before it ended in divorce. After a short illness, Morgan died from cancer on December 5, 2009. His former wife died just a few months previously. - Actor
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George was the son of the San Francisco Chief of Police who became a college athlete. He was the Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the Pacific Fleet during World War I. In the early 1920s, George wound up in Hollywood where he worked as a stuntman and part time actor. In 1924, Director John Ford picked virtually unknown George to star in his first picture, The Iron Horse (1924). Over the next two years, he would appear in four more Ford films and would co-star with Janet Gaynor in The Blue Eagle (1926) and Sunrise (1927). "Sunrise," a winner of two Academy Awards, was the story of a simple farmer who lets another woman talk him into murdering his wife. George remained popular until sound came along. By that time, his popularity was sliding, but he did make the transition to sound. With his rugged looks and physical size, he was soon a Western Cowboy Star. He was in some of the best stories ever written, Riders of the Purple Sage (1931), and in some of the worst. But he was consistently in the Top Ten money-making Western Stars. He would appear in a few films outside the horse set, such as Ever Since Eve (1934), but those roles would be few. By the end of the 1930s, George was still a popular 'B' movie Cowboy Star, but he would not take the parts as seriously as he did a decade before. During World War II, he hung up his spurs, and he re-enlisted in the Navy where he fought in the Pacific and was decorated many times. After the war, when he would not find work in acting, John Ford, his old Director, would give him work with the cavalry in three of his films.- Getúlio Vargas, nicknamed "the father of the poor", was a Brazilian president, lawyer, politician, and dictator who served as the 14th and 17th president of Brazil. Vargas rose to power in 1930 under a provisional presidency, remaining until 1934 where he was elected under a 1934 Constitution. Three years later, Vargas would seize powers under the context of a potential communist revolution, beginning an 8-year long dictatorship with Vargas at its center. Though he was ousted in 1945 after fifteen years of being president, he returned in 1951 after being elected by the people.
- Gillian Jones was born on 19 April 1947 in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. She is an actress, known for Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), The Rover (2014) and Packed to the Rafters (2008).
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Gizem Emre was born on 19 April 1995 in Berlin, Germany. She is an actress and publicist, known for Suck Me Shakespeer (2013), Suck Me Shakespeer 2 (2015) and Alarm für Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei (1996).- Harry McEntire was born on 19 April 1990 in Redhill, Surrey, England, UK. He is an actor, known for The Last Kingdom (2015), Episodes (2011) and Eric & Ernie (2011).
- Hayden Christensen was born April 19, 1981 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. His parents, Alie and David Christensen, are in the communications business. He is of Danish (father) and Swedish and Italian (mother) descent. Hayden grew up in Markham, Ontario, with siblings Kaylen, Hejsa, and Tove. Hayden set out to become an actor when a chance encounter at the age of eight placed him in his first commercial, for Pringles. When he was thirteen, he had starring roles in several dramatic television series.
His biggest break was a major part in the Fox Family Network's Higher Ground (2000). On the series, Hayden showed off his acting talent as a teen who was sexually molested by his stepmother, and turns to drugs in despair. Later, he appeared in the television movie Trapped in a Purple Haze (2000), where he co-starred with his friend Jonathan Jackson. Hayden also had a role in the film The Virgin Suicides (1999).
On May 12, 2000, it was announced that Christensen would star as Anakin Skywalker in the prequels Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) and Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005). The star was chosen by director George Lucas because he felt that Hayden had raw talent and good chemistry with actress Natalie Portman. Lucas stunned the movie world by picking the then-unknown actor after he had turned down such big names as Leonardo DiCaprio and Jonathan Jackson, as well as 400 other candidates.
His role as the troubled, misunderstood teenager Sam Monroe in Irwin Winkler's Life as a House (2001) won him 'Breakthrough Performance of the Year' from the National Board of Review. The film also placed him as a nominee for 'Best Supporting Actor' at both the Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Awards. Hayden then starred in Shattered Glass (2003), quoted by some of the real Stephen Glass' colleagues as giving an eerie and uncanny portrayal.
Since his Star Wars days, Hayden has headlined several action films, including Jumper (2008) and Takers (2010).
When not working, he enjoys spending quality time with his family (such as big brother Tove), hanging out with his friends, and exploring other hobbies such as the blues, jazz and piano.
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Hertha Töpper was born on 19 April 1924 in Graz, Styria, Austria. She was an actress, known for Eugen Onegin (1963), Eugen Onegin (1972) and Great Performances (1971). She was married to Franz Mixa. She died on 28 March 2020 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.- Actor
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Hugh O'Brian had the term "beefcake" written about him during his nascent film years in the early 1950s, but he chose to avoid the obvious typecast as he set up his career.
O'Brian was born Hugh Charles Krampe on April 19, 1925, in Rochester, New York, to Ohio-born parents Edith Lillian (Marks) and Hugh John Krampe, a United States Marine Corps officer. His paternal grandparents were German immigrants, while his mother was of half German Jewish and half English/Scottish descent. O'Brian first attended school at New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois, then Kemper Military School in Booneville, Missouri. Moving from place to place growing up, he managed to show off his athletic prowess quite early. By the time he graduated from high school, he had lettered in football, basketball, wrestling and track. Originally pursuing law, he dropped out of the University of Cincinnati in 1942 (age 19) and enlisted in the Marine Corps. Upon his discharge he ended up in Los Angeles. Hugh joined a little theater group and a Santa Barbara stock company, where he developed his acting chops and slowly built up his résumé. He was discovered for TV by director/actress Ida Lupino, which opened the door to his signing with Universal Studios for films.
Hugh's gentlemanly ruggedness, similar to a James Garner or a Gene Barry, was ideal for pictures, and his lean physique and exceptionally photographic mug had the modest, brown-eyed, curly-haired looker plastered all over the movie magazines. He rebelled against the image for the most part and, as a result, his years with Universal were not as fruitful as they could have been. For the duration, he was pretty much confined as a secondary player to standard action pictures such as The Return of Jesse James (1950), The Cimarron Kid (1952), The Battle at Apache Pass (1952), Red Ball Express (1952), Son of Ali Baba (1952), The Lawless Breed (1952), Seminole (1953), Saskatchewan (1954) and Drums Across the River (1954). It was Rock Hudson who earned all of the Universal glamour guy roles and the out-and-out stardom that could easily have been Hugh's. In 1954, he left Universal to freelance but did not fare any better with more serviceable roles in White Feather (1955) and The Twinkle in God's Eye (1955).
Hugh finally earned top status in the "B" action adventure The Brass Legend (1956) but it did little to advance his film career. Offered the starring role in The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955) on TV, a year later, it became a mainstay hit and Hugh an "overnight" star. During his six-year run on the western classic, he managed to show off his singing talents on variety shows and appeared on Broadway, replacing Andy Griffith for a week in the musical "Destry Rides Again" in January of 1960.
The hirsutely handsome bachelor remained a durable talent throughout the 60s and 70s with plentiful work on the big screen, including Come Fly with Me (1963), Love Has Many Faces (1965), Ten Little Indians (1965), Ambush Bay (1966), Africa: Texas Style (1967), Strategy of Terror (1969), John Wayne's last film The Shootist (1976), and Bruce Lee's last film Game of Death (1978), as well as with the TV-movies Wild Women (1970), Harpy (1971), Murder on Flight 502 (1975), Benny and Barney: Las Vegas Undercover (1977), Murder at the World Series (1977), Cruise Into Terror (1978). He also starred in the crime adventure series Search (1972), but never got the one role to earn the critical attention he merited. In addition, he kept busy on the summer stock circuit.
In later years, he appeared in the Arnold Schwarzenegger/Danny DeVito comedy "Twins"; returned as "Wyatt Earp" in the TV movies The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw (1991) and Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone (1994); and made guest appearances on such TV shows as "Fantasy Island," "The Love Boat," "Matt Houston," "Murder, She Wrote," "L.A. Law" and made his last on-camera appearance on the series "Call of the Wild" in 2000.
A sports enthusiast, his hobbies included sailing, tennis, swimming and long-distance bicycling, and his many philanthropic efforts did not go unrecognized. His proudest achievement was the Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership (HOBY), which he founded in 1958 after spending considerable time with Dr. Albert Schweitzer and his clinic in Africa. Struck by the impassioned work being done by Schweitzer, O'Brian set up his own program to help develop young people into future leaders. O'Brian was awarded honorary degrees by several prestigious institutions of higher learning. The perennial bachelor finally "settled down" and tied the knot at age 81 with longtime companion Virginia Barber, who was close to three decades his junior. They lived in his Benedict Canyon home.
Hugh died on September 5, 2016, in Beverly Hills, California, of natural causes.- Actor
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A young dramatic actor of film and TV who has appeared in several dark big-screen dramas, the Irish-born O'Conor (not to be confused with the late American actor Hugh O'Connor) began acting at the age of eight. O'Conor was still a relative unknown pre-teen when he co-starred with Liam Neeson in the British-made feature Lamb (1985), playing the ten-year-old Owen, a lonely epileptic boy who is temporarily rescued from a violent and oppressive children's home by Brother Sebastian (Neeson). It was three years before the actor landed another major film role, that of the youthful version of Martin Sheen's narrator (seen in flashbacks) in the 1988 film adaptation of Hugh Leonard's heartwarming Tony-winning play "Da". His next film was the Daniel Day Lewis tour de force My Left Foot (1989). Directed by Jim Sheridan, the film told the story of the severely handicapped writer Christy Brown. Once again, O'Conor played the lead as a child, but this was a much more demanding and widely-seen performance. Much lighter in tone was the big-budget remake of _The Three Musketeers (1993)_, in which O'Conor played the Boy King Louis, who is protected from assassination by the title characters. O'Conor's first starring role came with Ben Ross' dark British comedy The Young Poisoner's Handbook (1995), in which he was an amateur toxicologist unwisely paroled from prison after testing his theories on family and friends, with fatal results. Based on a true story, it was a thoroughly unpleasant bit of work, yet found an appreciative audience. The following year, O'Conor played a teen trying to form a rock band in 1959 Russia in Red Hot (1993).- Ian Lansbury was born on 19 April 1989 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Murder, She Wrote (1984).
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Ignacio was born in Lanús Este, Buenos Aires, Argentina. When he was eleven, his family moved to Mexico City, where he went to high school. His family then moved to New York City where he applied to Syracuse University and got accepted into the theater program. At the end of his sophomore year they moved once again to Los Angeles and he transferred to Loyola Marymount University. At the beginning of his senior year he was cast on ABC's General Hospital.
He is starring as Don West in the Netflix show Lost In Space.- Actor
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Known for his breakthrough starring role on Freaks and Geeks (1999), James Franco was born April 19, 1978 in Palo Alto, California, to Betsy Franco, a writer, artist, and actress, and Douglas Eugene "Doug" Franco, who ran a Silicon Valley business. His mother is Jewish and his father was of Portuguese and Swedish descent.
Growing up with his two younger brothers, Dave Franco, also an actor, and Tom Franco, James graduated from Palo Alto High School in 1996 and went on to attend UCLA, majoring in English. To overcome his shyness, he got into acting while studying there, which, much to his parents' dismay, he left after only one year. After fifteen months of intensive study at Robert Carnegie's Playhouse West, James began actively pursuing his dream of finding work as an actor in Hollywood. In that short time, he landed himself a starring role on Freaks and Geeks (1999). The show, however, was not a hit to its viewers at the time, and was canceled after its first year. Now, it has become a cult-hit. Prior to joining Freaks and Geeks (1999), Franco starred in the TV miniseries To Serve and Protect (1999). After that, he had a starring role in Whatever It Takes (2000).
Although he'd been working steadily, it wasn't until the TNT made-for-television movie, James Dean (2001) that James rose to fan-magazine fame and got to show off his talent. Since then, he has been working non-stop. After losing the lead role to Tobey Maguire, James settled for the part of "Harry Osborne", Spider-Man's best friend in the summer 2002 major hit Spider-Man (2002). He returned to the Osborne role for the next two films in the trilogy.
Next was Deuces Wild (2002) and City by the Sea (2002), in which Robert De Niro personally had him cast, after viewing his performance in James Dean (2001). He was seen in David Gordon Green's Pineapple Express (2008) opposite Seth Rogen, in George C. Wolfe's Nights in Rodanthe (2008), starring Richard Gere and Diane Lane and in Paul Haggis' In the Valley of Elah (2007), starring Tommy Lee Jones. Also starring opposite Sean Penn in Gus Van Sant's Milk (2008) in which his performance earned him an Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Actor. Definitely growing out of his shyness, James Franco is turning into a legend of his own.- Born in a small Minnesota town to a policeman and elementary school teacher, Jamison Haase first set foot on stage in the fifth grade, but it was hardly love at first sight. Instead, it was not until many years later that he discovered his love of his acting, after being cast as Wally Webb in a high school production.
Jamison attended the University of Minnesota Duluth, where he received his BFA in Theatre, and later moved to Minneapolis to continue working in theater, film and commercials. Since moving to Los Angeles, Jamison has appeared in many films and television shows, including The Last Ship (2014), The Judge (2014), and Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014), and has worked with Robert Duvall, Robert Downey Jr., Stanley Tucci, Dennis Quaid, Adam Baldwin, Cliff Curtis and many more.
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Jan Kobuszewski was born on 19 April 1934 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland. He was an actor, known for Alternatywy 4 (1986), Zona dla Australijczyka (1964) and Kalosze szczescia (1958). He was married to Hanna Zembrzuska. He died on 28 September 2019 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.- Actress
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One of the leading sex symbols of the 1950s and 1960s, film actress Jayne Mansfield was born Vera Jayne Palmer on April 19, 1933 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, the only child of Vera J. (nee Palmer; later Peers) and Herbert W. Palmer. Her parents were well-to-do, with her father a successful attorney in Phillipsburg, New Jersey, where she spent a portion of her childhood. Her parents were both born with the same surname, and her ancestry was seven eighths English and Cornish and one eighth German. She was reportedly a talented pianist and played the violin when she was young.
Tragedy struck when Jayne was three, when her father suddenly died of a heart attack. Three years later, her mother remarried and she and her mother moved to Dallas, Texas, buying a small home where she had violin concerts in the driveway of their home. Her IQ was reportedly 163, and she attended the University of Dallas and participated in little-theater productions. In 1949, at the age of 16, she married a man five years her senior named Paul Mansfield. In November 1950, when Jayne was seventeen, their daughter, Jayne Marie Mansfield was born. The union ended in divorce but she kept the surname Mansfield as a good surname for an actress.
After some productions there and elsewhere, Jayne decided to go to Hollywood. Her first film was a bit role as a cigarette girl in Pete Kelly's Blues (1955). Although the roles in the beginning were not much, she was successful in gaining those roles because of her ample physical attributes which placed her in two other films that year, Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) and Illegal (1955). Her breakout role came the next year with a featured part in The Burglar (1957). By the time she portrayed Rita Marlowe in Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957) and Playgirl After Dark (1960), Jayne was now known as the poor man's Marilyn Monroe. She did not get the plum roles that Marilyn got in her productions. Instead, her films were more of a showcase for her body more than anything else. She did have a real talent for acting, but the movie executives insisted she stay in her dumb blonde stereotype roles. By the 1960s, her career had options that grew lower. She made somewhat embarrassing guest appearances like on the popular game show What's My Line? (1950), she appeared on the show four times in 1956, 1957, 1964, and 1966 and many other 1950s and 1960s game shows. By 1962, she was dropped from 20th Century Fox and the rest of her career had smaller options like being in B movies and low budget movies or performing at food stores or small nightclubs.
While traveling from a nightclub in Biloxi, Mississippi and 30 miles from New Orleans to where she was to be on television the following day, she was killed instantly on Highway 90 in Slidell, Louisiana in a car crash in the early hours of June 29, 1967, when the car in which she was riding slammed into the back of a semi-tractor trailer truck that had stopped due to a truck in front of the tractor trailer that was spraying for bugs. Her car went under the truck at nearly 80 miles per hour. Her boyfriend Samuel Brody and their driver Ronnie Harrison, were also killed. The damage to the car was so bad that the engine was twisted sideways. She was not, however, decapitated, as had long been misreported. She was 34 years old.
Mansfield's funeral was on July 3, 1967 and hundreds of people lined the main street of Pen Argyl for Mansfield's funeral, a small private ceremony at Fairview Cemetery in Plainfield (outside Pen Argyl), Pennsylvania (where her father was also buried), attended by her family. The only ex-husband to attend was Mickey Hargitay. Her final film, Single Room Furnished (1966), was released the following year. In 2000, Mansfield's 97 year old mother, Mrs. Vera Peers, was interred alongside Mansfield.
After Mansfield's death, Mansfield's mother, as well as her ex-husband Mickey Hargitay, William Pigue (legal guardian for her daughter, Jayne Marie), Charles Goldring (Mansfield's business manager), and Bernard B. Cohen and Jerome Webber (both administrators of the estate) all filed unsuccessful suits to gain control of her estate, which was initially estimated at $600,000 ($3,712,000 in 2018 dollars), including the Pink Palace (estimated at $100,000 ($619,000 in 2018 dollars)), a sports car sold for $7,000 ($43,000 in 2018 dollars), her jewelry, and Sam Brody's $185,000 estate left to her in his last will ($1,145,000 in 2018 dollars).
In 1971, Beverly Brody sued the Mansfield estate for $325,000 ($2,011,000 in 2018 dollars) worth of presents and jewelry given to Mansfield by Sam Brody; the suit was settled out of court.
In 1977, Mansfield's four eldest children (Jayne Marie, Mickey, Zoltan, and Mariska) went to court to discover that some $500,000 in debt which Mansfield had incurred ($3,093,000 in 2018 dollars) and litigation had left the estate insolvent.- Jeanne Rejaunier graduated from Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, and did postgraduate studies at the Sorbonne, Paris, the Universities of Florence and Pisa, Italy, and the Goetheschule, Rome, as well as at UCLA, California and the New School for Social Research, New York. While at Vassar, Rejaunier began a career as a professional model, and subsequently became an actress in Manhattan, Hollywood and Europe, appearing on and off Broadway, in films and television, on magazine covers internationally and as a principal in dozens of national commercials. Rejaunier achieved international success with the publication of her acclaimed first novel, The Beauty Trap, which sold over one million copies and became Simon & Schuster's fourth best seller of the year, the film rights to which were purchased outright by Hollywood studio Avco-Embassy. Rejaunier has publicized her books in national and international tours on three continents in five languages. Her writing has been extolled in feature stories in Life, Playboy, Mademoiselle, Seventeen, National Geographic, BusinessWeek, Fashion Weekly, Women's Wear, W, McCalls, American Homemaker, Parade, Let's Live, Marie-Claire, Epoca, Tempo, Sogno, Cine-Tipo, The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and countless other publications. In addition to The Beauty Trap and Everybody's Husband, Rejaunier also published four other novels: The Motion and the Act; Affair in Rome; Mob Sisters; and Odalisque at the Spa; as well as nonfiction titles My Sundays with Henry Miller; Hollywood Sauna Confidential; The Paris Diet; Titan of the Muses; Modeling From the Ground Up; The 50 Best Careers in Modeling; The Video Jungle; Astrology and Your Sex Life; Astrology For Lovers; Japan's Hidden Face; The Complete Idiot's Guide to Food Allergy; The Complete Idiot's Guide to Migraines and Other Headaches; she is also the author of six spiritual books, The Planes of Heaven series, the titles of which are: Planes of the Heavenworld; Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Heaven But Didn't Know Where to Ask; The Kingdom of Heaven and 4th Dimensional Consciousness; The Afterlife in the Here and Now; Living in Eternity Now; and The Eightfold Path and the 8th Plane of Heaven. Branching out as a filmmaker, Ms. Rejaunier directed, produced, filmed and edited the 4 hour documentary, The Spirit of '56: Meetings with Remarkable Women. Many of her videos are available on YouTube.
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Jennifer Taylor (born Jennifer Bini) is an American actress from Hoboken, New Jersey. She is primarily known for the role of Chelsea Melini in the sitcom "Two and a Half Men". Her character was the girlfriend of protagonist Charlie Harper (played by Charlie Sheen) in season 6 (2008-2009), and his fiancee in season 7 (2009-2010). While Charlie was a womanizer, Chelsea was one of the few women which he genuinely loved.
Taylor was born to an Italian-American family. She is a former beauty contestant. She was the third runner-up in the 1995 Miss Florida USA pageant, and the first runner-up of the 1996 pageant. She started appearing in films by 1998. Taylor had a small role in the neo-noir thriller "Wild Things" (1998), which depicted several characters with hidden agendas. She also appeared in the sports comedy "The Waterboy" (1998), about a man in his early 30s who becomes a college football player.
By the early 2000s, Taylor started regularly appearing in various television roles. She had played three different characters in early seasons of "Two and a Half Men", before being cast in the regular role of Chelsea. Taylor also had the guest star role of Eve in a 2005 episode of the fantasy series "Charmed". Her character was a married mother who attempted to seduce regular character Leo Wyatt (played by Brian Krause) during a playdate of their respective children.
During the 2010s, Taylor primarily appeared in television films. In the theatrical film "Ashley" (2013), Taylor portrayed Stacy Collins (the protagonist's mother). Her character was the mother of Ashley Collins (played by Nicole Fox), an adolescent lesbian whose self-harm habits turned off her lovers. Stacy attributed her daughter's mental problems to Ashley having suffered sexual abuse by her father at an early age.
In the Christian-themed drama "God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness" (2018), Taylor had the supporting role of Meg Harvey. Her character was the owner of a soup kitchen, who supported the efforts of the controversial pastor Dave Hill (played by David A. R. White). The film earned 7.4 million dollars at the worldwide box office. It was the third film in its series, but under-performed at the box office.
In 2022, Taylor was cast as the humanoid angel Grace in the salvation-themed television series "Saved by Grace". Its first season lasted for 5 episodes. By 2022, Taylor was 50-years-old. Her acting career has lasted for 24 years, mostly devoted to playing supporting characters. She seems to have no intention to retire yet. Taylor has two children, son Jake and daughter Samantha. She has stated in past interviews that gardening was her hobby, and that she used to grow several fruits and vegetables in her private garden.- Producer
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At first glance, Jesse James is the consummate biker rebel. Tattoos, knives, goatee, black t-shirts and skulls all around him and his world help create that image. That image, in turn, reflects a mere fraction of the man that is West Coast Choppers. The rest of his life reflects his passion as an artist, his love for his children, and the success that naturally flows from a love of custom motorcycles, hard work and a job done well.
Originally from Long Beach, California, Jesse grew up around his father's antiques business. His dad's small shop was quartered in a shared warehouse with a large after market parts manufacturer for Harley-Davidson's and sport bikes. Those childhood influences set the stage for his path in life.
Jesse got his first mini-bike at age 7, and, with that thrill, his passion for two-wheeled machines was kindled. He made his first crude motorcycle exhaust system during his freshman year of high school in his mother's garage. His perfectionist attitude, however, prevented him from keeping it; he threw it away before anyone saw it.
He played college football, but a knee injury ended his athletic career early. The injury forced him to find a new job that would allow him to establish himself. He trained intensely to become a bodyguard and worked for years protecting such notable bands as Soundgarden, Danzig and Slayer, touring the world with them. During this period of his life, he met his former wife, with whom he has two children: 5-year-old (as of Feb. 2003) son, Jesse Jr., and 7-year-old daughter, Chandler. Another career-threatening injury, on the job at a concert, forced him to again reevaluate his professional life. It was then he decided to make a career out of his number one passion: custom motorcycles. Learning his trade from legendary custom hot rodder Boyd Coddington, Jesse immersed himself in the world of hand-crafting bikes.
West Coast Choppers was born in the early 1990s, and quickly established its, and his, reputation as a celebrity motorcycle manufacturing facility. He started the shop in a small dusty corner in a friend's garage, with no loan, no partners, and only a glimmer of the future. Slowly, painstakingly, and with great sacrifice, Jesse built his future empire, and continues to build his bikes the same way. By hand, from the ground up. West Coast Choppers now employs over 50 people, and builds bikes ranging from $50,000-$150,000, for such clients as Shaquille O'Neal and Kid Rock. In 2002, Monster Garage (2002) debuted on The Discovery Channel, bringing Jesse squarely to the forefront of reality television. With him as the host and team leader of the show that features custom hot-rodding at its absolute most bizarre, Jesse's West Coast Choppers has become an integral part of the program, as the Monster Garage team often utilizes Jesse's shop and machinery to help them meet the challenges of the weekly show. Conveniently, the warehouse that serves as Monster Garage's set is located mere blocks from West Coast Choppers' Long Beach location.- Jonas Neubauer was born on 19 April 1981 in Los Angeles County, California, USA. He was married to Heather Fujiko Ito. He died on 5 January 2021.
- Jorge Esmoris is known for The Story of Artigas (2011), Sr. y Sra. Camas (2011) and Mulher do Pai (2016).
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Jorge Zamora was born on 19 April 1928 in Havana, Cuba. He was an actor, known for Romancing the Stone (1984), The Bermuda Triangle (1978) and Teatro del crimen (1957). He died on 30 November 2022 in Mexico City, Mexico(undisclosed).- Julio López was an actor, known for Moebius (1996), Treinta segundos para morir (1981) and Sea of Love (1998). He died on 5 August 2012 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Abdulkadir Dogulu (born 19 April 1982), better known as Kadir Dogulu, is a Turkish actor.
Kadir Dogulu was born on 19 April 1982 in Mersin, Turkey. He worked during his secondary and high school years in many places as a cook and operator. He met Hande Yener through his brother, Kemal Dogulu, who is Yener's stylist. Soon afterwards, he worked with Hande Yener for a while and appeared in her song's music video called "Romeo". Then he began to receive offers of acting. He played as a leading actor in Küçük Sirlar, a Turkish remake of Gossip Girl. He has played in several successful series.
Kadir Dogulu married actress Neslihan Atagül on 8 July 2016. The couple had met on the set of Fatih Harbiye in 2013.- Actress
Kailia Posey was born on 19 April 2006 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. She was an actress, known for Eli (2019) and Toddlers & Tiaras (2009). She died on 2 May 2022 in the USA.- Kansas Carradine was born on 19 April 1978 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Rapid Eye Movement (2006), Homo Erectus (2007) and Open Fire (1989). She has been married to Alain Gauthier since 2004. They have two children.
- Karlee Leilani Perez first attended college to become a Police officer in Tampa, Florida, but at the age of 19 shifted career paths and began training to become a professional wrestler for the WWE. Karlee soon made it to the mainstream shows, traveling the world and filming all year long in front of packed arenas that held up to 100,000 fans or more. After 8 years of being on the road and developing a loyal fan base, she decided to invest all her time in pursuing her dreams in acting and producing. She moved to Los Angeles and appeared on a Robert Rodriguez series for 4 seasons and made appearances in other films and television shows such as the feature film Seized and The Mapplethorpe biopic with Matt Smith. She has invested into acquiring the rights of some incredible IPs and life stories, and is currently Executive Producing a untitled Miami River Cops series with producing partner Mark Canton and Sebastian Gutierrez attached as the show-runner, She has several other projects in the pipeline including a new Untitled Daymond John series she is Executive Producing.
- Kasie Head was born on 19 April 1981 in Blackwell, Oklahoma, USA. She is an actress, known for Just My Luck (2006), Deal or No Deal (2006) and Deal or No Deal (2005).
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Almost everyone who has spent time with Kate Hudson -including directors, family members, co-stars and interviewers - is quick to comment on her ability to light up a room. Through some combination of a winning smile, solid work ethic, and good old-fashioned talent, the young actress has gone from indie beginner to Vanity Fair cover girl in just three years. What's more, she's done it all without capitalizing on the success of legendary actress mom, Goldie Hawn.
Kate Hudson was born in Los Angeles, California, to Goldie Hawn and Bill Hudson, a comedian, actor and singer. She was raised by her mother and her mother's longtime boyfriend, actor Kurt Russell, whom she considers to be her father. Kate is the sister of actor Oliver Hudson, the half-sister of actor and hockey player Wyatt Russell, and the granddaughter of band musician Rut Hawn. She is the niece of entertainment publicist Patti Hawn, record producer Mark Hudson and musician Brett Hudson. Kate is of Hungarian Jewish (from her maternal grandmother), Italian (from her paternal grandmother), English, and German ancestry.
By all accounts, Hudson was a born performer - as a child she danced and sang at every opportunity. Her family hoped that she would attend New York University after graduating from high school, but she opted to get her feet wet in the professional acting world first. She made her big-screen debut as an ambitious young starlet stranded in a tiny California town in Desert Blue (1998). Her next two films, while critically panned, made it into wider release: 200 Cigarettes (1999) (in which she played an earnest but accident-prone ditz) and Gossip (2000) (which cast her as a rich, virginal college student). Perhaps Hudson's biggest break was landing the role of rock groupie (or "Band Aide") Penny Lane in Almost Famous (2000). The part was originally intended for Sarah Polley; when Polley backed out to pursue another project, director Cameron Crowe considered scrapping the film altogether. Hudson, who had been cast in a smaller role (as William's stewardess sister), begged for a chance to read for Penny. Crowe was impressed, Hudson got the part, and the show went on. As much as Tinseltown gossipmongers would like to put them at odds, mother and daughter agree that Hawn is one of Hudson's biggest supporters.- Actress
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Kelen Sadie Coleman is an American actress. She was born on April 19, 1984, in Nashville, Tennessee, and grew up in Potomac, Maryland. She later attended University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
After filming her first project in North Carolina, she came to Los Angeles in 2007 to access more projects. Soon she began scoring roles in Television and Film.- Actress
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Chiu first starred in the television series, Sana Maulit Muli (2007) which won her the year's Most Promising Female Star at GMMSF. This followed by a string of successful projects and leading roles in dramas such as the Philippine adaptation of My Girl (2008), action-melodramas Tayong Dalawa (2009), Kung Tayo'y Magkakalayo (2010), rom-com My Binondo Girl (2011-2012), family drama Ina, Kapatid, Anak (2012-2013) and period drama Ikaw Lamang (2014).
She also starred in several films including Bride for Rent (2014), the sixth highest grossing Filipino film of all time grossing P326 million at the box office. Her other high profile films include I Love You, Goodbye (2009) and Bakit Hindi Ka Crush Ng Crush Mo? (2013).
She has received a PMPC Award for Best Drama Actress, four FAMAS Award nominations (winning one) and was hailed Princess of Philippine Movies and TV for her accomplishments in the film and television industry.- Director
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Larry Peerce was born in 1930 in Bronx, New York, to the later Metropolitan Opera tenor Jan Peerce and his wife, Alice. Peerce's directorial career stretched from 1964 to 2001, embraced different genres and generated different results.
In the 1960s it seemed as if Peerce would become a major filmmaker. His first film, One Potato, Two Potato (1964), was a sensitively told story about an interracial marriage. It won an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay for Orville H. Hampton and Raphael Hayes, and garnered Barbara Barrie top acting honors at the Cannes Film Festival. While toiling on series TV in the mid-'60s, helming the westerns Branded (1965) and The Wild Wild West (1965), Peerce made a successful rock-and-roll concert film, The Big T.N.T. Show (1965), which showcased a lot of talent, including The Ronettes and producer Phil Spector. He next made the interesting The Incident (1967), a film based on a true story about a pair of teenage toughs terrorizing the riders on a subway car. The film was rough and gritty, which befitted the story, marked the screen debut of both Martin Sheen and Tony Musante and was Beau Bridges' introduction to adult roles.
Peerce seemed poised for the breakthrough to the "big time" with his film version of Philip Roth's novel, Goodbye, Columbus (1969), which was a critical and box-office success. He won a nomination for Best Director-Motion Pictures from the Directors Guild of America for the movie, while screenwriter Arnold Schulman won an Oscar nod for Best Adapted Screenplay and Ali MacGraw was launched on her brief career as a superstar.
However, with the change in decades, his talents seemingly floundered. The Sporting Club (1971) was a flop with critics and audiences, and his ambitious adaptation of John Knowles' coming-of-age novel A Separate Peace (1972) drifted away without making any impact. He next directed Elizabeth Taylor in the cosmetic-surgery potboiler Ash Wednesday (1973), which faded as fast as the diva's stalled career.
Turning to made-for-TV movies, Peerce had a success with the adoption drama The Stranger Who Looks Like Me (1974), then had two winners at the box office with The Other Side of the Mountain (1975) and its sequel. He next directed a disaster movie about a psychotic sniper loose in a football stadium, Two-Minute Warning (1976), one of the bloodiest movies made up to that time, which was severely edited when it ran on TV.
He failed when attempting a return to adaptations of memorable books, with his take on Sylvia Plath's novel The Bell Jar (1979). He continued to work in TV movies during the 1980s, but at the end of the decade had a major flop with his big-screen adaptation of Bob Woodward's John Belushi biography Wired (1989), though it did introduce actor Michael Chiklis. In the 1990s he stuck to TV movies, retiring in 2001 after helming Second Honeymoon (2001).- Popular South Korean actress Lee Da-He has won several awards. She has starred in numerous Korean dramas, such as Miss Ripley (2011), The Slave Hunters (2010), Mai geol (2005), and Green Rose (2005). Being able to speak Korean, Japanese, English, and Chinese fluently has made Lee Da-hae extremely well-liked in China. She is the first Korean actress to appear in Chinese dramas and deliver her lines in Mandarin.
Lee relocated to Sydney, Australia, with her family when she was in the fifth grade. She was referred to as the "Korean Dancer Girl" at school and participated in traditional Korean dance performances at several festivals during her teens. She studied in Australia and lived overseas for several years, which helped her become proficient in Chinese and English. After winning a pageant while on break from school, Lee, then a junior at Burwood Girls High School, traveled back to Seoul alongside her mother to pursue an acting career.
Lee, who was well-versed in traditional Korean dances, made his way into the entertainment industry by winning the Miss Chunhyang pageant in 2001. She began her acting career playing small and supporting roles in South Korean television dramas till In 2004 when she landed her first lead role in the Im Sung-han drama "Lotus Flower Fairy," where she played the innocent-hearted daughter of a shaman who becomes estranged from her family and society at large after her identity is revealed. The crowd instantly applauded her as she won Best New Actress at the 41st Baeksang Arts Awards. However, 2005 was going to be Lee's big year. She demonstrated her flexibility in two highly popular, yet distinct, series. Her heroine in Green Rose falls in love with a guy who is falsely accused of trying to kill her father. Years later, she gradually starts to believe that her sweetheart, who everyone thought was dead, is actually a doppelganger. Her first SBS-produced TV show, Green Rose, has Lee back again with her Lotus Flower Fairy co-stars, Han Jin-hee and Jung Hye-sun. She portrayed a charming con artist in the film My Girl, who consents to pose as a long-lost cousin of the hotelier in order to carry out his grandfather's final desires. Particularly My Girl catapulted Lee to fame both domestically and on the Korean Wave. - Actress
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As a 4th generation member of the film industry London grew up on set. By the age of 7 she joined SAG/AFTRA and by 18 was working behind the camera as well. Upon graduating from UC Irvine with a degree in business she launched a successful YouTube channel and works as a recording artist.- Louis De Santis was born on 19 April 1927 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada. He was an actor, known for Aux frontières du possible (1971), Une histoire inventée (1990) and Quand je serai parti... vous vivrez encore (1999). He died on 26 April 2022 in Montréal, Québec, Canada.
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Luis Miguel's exceptional artistic career began in 1982, when at the age of 12 he debuted with his first recording, "Uno + Uno Dos Enamorados (1 + 1 = 2 Lovers)". It became an immediate hit and catapulted him onto the Latin music charts, making him a household name in Spanish speaking countries all over the world. More albums followed and he received a Grammy, the first of four, for his duet with Sheena Easton for "Me Gustas Tal Como Eres (I like the way you are)" in 1985. In 1988 and 1989 the albums "Busca Una Mujer (Looking for a woman)" and "20 Años (20 Years)" were perhaps the most successful recordings with several hits including "La Incondicional (The Unconditional)" (the all-time most famous song of this singer) and "Tengo todo excepto a ti (I've got everything but you)" and celebrated the 20th anniversary of Luis Miguel. In 1991, he co-produced with the mexican composer Armando Manzanero his eighth album Romance, (first in a series of Bolero albums) which attained sales of 7 million internationally and garnered more than 70 Platinum albums worldwide. With the success of Romance he was responsible for popularizing the gender of the bolero to an entire new generation of music lovers. Along with his singing, his electrifying performances ranked him as #2 in the world with Performance and Amusement magazines for having sold the most tickets for consecutive dates at one venue (Auditorio Nacional in Mexico City, 1997). Other highlights of his remarkable career include a duet with Frank Sinatra, Come Fly With Me (Duets II), the first Spanish album to debut at Number 14 in the Billboard Top 200 (Romances, 1997), numerous Lo Nuestro Awards, hundreds of Gold and Platinum albums, three World Music Awards and a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, 1996. Also he performed the song "Sueña" (Dream on) included in the Spanish soundtrack of 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame'.
His aversion to record an English album has limited his fame only to the Hispanic countries.- In 1906, Madge went to New York City to study at the Art Students League where she hoped to become an illustrator. This lasted until she appeared in a student musical, which led to a full time job in a traveling stock company. By 1912, Madge was a Broadway Star with the bedroom farce "Little Miss Brown". For the next five years, Madge continued to find success on Broadway appearing in similar roles. Within 3 months of the formation of Goldwyn Pictures, Sam Goldwyn had signed Madge Kennedy to a big movie contract. Goldwyn was at his best when it came to publicity. It was Goldwyn himself who gave Madge the title of "winsome", and Madge was as winsome and sweet as her light comedies suggested. Some of her films were 'Baby Mine (1917)', 'Our Little Wife (1918)', The Kingdom of Youth (1918)' and 'Dollars and Sense (1920)'. While at Goldwyn, Madge shared a dressing room with actress Mabel Normand. After 21 films, Madge left Goldwyn Pictures and appeared in a handful of films produced by her husband, Harold Bolster. These films included 'The Purple Highway (1923)' and 'Bad Company (1925)'. After that, Madge retired from the screen and returned to the stage. After a few years and her remarriage, Madge retired from acting altogether. In 1952, Madge was coaxed out of retirement by George Cukor for the small role of Judge Carroll in 'The Marrying Kind (1952)'. With that, she started another career as Character Actress appearing in films like 'Lust for Life (1956)', 'The Catered Affair (1956)', 'North by Northwest (1959)' and 'The Day of the Locust (1975)'. On the small screen, Madge played the part of Aunt Martha on "Leave It to Beaver (1957)".
- Margarita Linton was an actress, known for Vivir un instante (1951), Chão, amor (1968) and Crisol de hombres (1954). She died on 18 April 2009 in Capital Federal, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Maria began hitting tennis balls at the age of four. At the age of six, she participated in an exhibition in Moscow which featured Martina Navratilova. At the age of nine, she began training at Nick Bollettieri's Tennis Academy. During her first two years at the Academy, she was separated from her mother Yelena due to visa restrictions and finances. Maria would travel to tournaments with her father, Yuri, and coaches Robert Lansdorp, and 1984 Australian Open boys' doubles champion Mike Baroch. Yuri eventually replaced Baroch and Lansdorp with former ATP Top 100 player Michael Joyce, who guided Maria to 3 Grand Slam titles and the World #1 ranking (Lansdorp was quoted as saying in 2004: "I've never received anything from one player. Not even a $500 gift. They're all multi-millionaires but I've never received one thing. And I'm telling you, if Maria doesn't put a Mercedes convertible in my driveway, I'm going to shoot myself". Sharapova attended Lansdorp's 75th birthday party in 2013). Off-court, her interests include modeling, singing, jazz dancing, movies such as Pearl Harbor (2001), and reading.
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Marijonas Mikutavicius is known for Moterys meluoja geriau. Kristina (2013), Gautas Iskvietimas (2016) and Sidabrine Gerve (2010).- Marivi Lorido Garcia was born on 19 April 1958. She is a producer, known for Just the Ticket (1998). She has been married to Andy Garcia since 24 September 1982. They have four children.
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Marta was born in Northern California and attended San Mateo High School Performing Arts. At the age of 14 she was dancing professionally with The Peninsula Ballet Theater, and was acting, singing, and dancing with The Pacific Light Opera. She majored in English at Georgetown University, then moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in the performing arts where worked as an actress, writer, dancer, and choreographer, before focusing on directing and producing original work in fiction and documentary.- Actress
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A charismatic and multi-lingual actress, Marta Milans has appeared across all genres in television, film and theater. She is most notably known for her role in the Warner Brothers/DC film "Shazam!," where she portrayed Rosa Vasquez, the foster mother of the title character. Milans stars in Netflix's hit original series "White Lines," which premiered in May 2020. It hails from internationally acclaimed and Emmy award winner producer Álex Pina, who also created "Money Heist." In the drama, Milans plays the character of "Kika," who returns to Ibiza after many years away in Miami. She quickly becomes embroiled in her dysfunctional family's drama, and gets sucked back into island life and the misadventures of her teenage friends.
In 2018, Milans starred in Emmy award winning producer Álex Pina's Spanish television series "The Pier," which aired on HBO in Europe and the Middle East and on Starz in the US. For her role, she earned the "breakout" award at the Sardinia Film Festival. In 2019, she starred in the Netflix Spain series "The Minions of Midas," directed by Academy Award winner Mateo Gil.
Born and raised in Madrid, Milans fulfilled her dream of living in New York and studying theater, when she graduated from NYU with a double major in Acting and Art History. Since then, she has been fighting to make room for herself in Hollywood, slowly but steadily. She started working Off-Broadway in New York City and eventually landed roles in TV shows like "Law & Order: SVU."
In film, Milans has starred opposite Ron Perlman in the thriller "Asher" and in Steve McQueen's "Shame" alongside Michael Fassbender. She also starred in the short film "Strangers," for which she won the "Drama Award" at the Santa Monica Film Festival. She has also appeared in "The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby" and "Devoured," the latter for which she received two Best Actress Awards both in Molins International Film Festival, in Barcelona and also in the New York Horror Film Festival. The drama was executive produced by Sofia Vergara.
Her television credits also include HBO's "Wizard of Lies," "High Maintenance," The CW's "No Tomorrow," and NBC's "The Mysteries of Laura." On stage, Milans starred in Tanya Saracho's Mala Hierba at Second Stage Theatre, earning rave reviews. In October 2013, Milans became one of the leads, character Becca Parker, in the TV show Killer Women, which aired in 2014 on ABC. (Produced by Martin Campbell, Disney Studios, Ben Silverman and Sofia Vergara. It also stars Tricia Helfer, Michael Trucco, Marc Blucas and Alex Fernandez).
Milans spends her time across Spain, New York and Los Angeles. She is a multilingual actress (she is fluent in almost 7 languages; she's trying to learn Russian). Milans has developed her career in her native Spain as well, being featured in lead roles for both feature films and television , such as The Blue Skin, directed by internationally renowned Gonzalo Lopez Gallego and a series lead for the TV series The Brave Ones (Valientes).
In addition to acting, Milans has been busy establishing the sales of her family's Organic Goat Cheese from Spain in the United States. Santa Gadea Organic Goat Cheese just launched at Wholefoods this fall. Milans serves as spokesperson and Vice President of the company.
She is actively involved with Art of Elysium a non-profit organization that focuses on bringing art to sick & developmentally challenged children both in Los Angeles and New York City. She is an accomplished yogi, lover of sports and travel, and of course theater and film.- Casting Director
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Mary Jo Slater was born on 19 April 1946 in the USA. She is a casting director and producer, known for Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991), The Last Castle (2001) and The Arrival (1996). She has been married to William Henry Taron since 9 September 1990. They have four children. She was previously married to Michael Hawkins and Jeffrey Wilson.- Actress
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Masha Mashkova was born on 19 April 1985 in Novosibirsk, Novosibirskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She is an actress and producer, known for Mafia: Game of Survival (2016), Masha from Russia (2018) and Goryachie novosti (2009). She has been married to Sacha Seberg since 11 May 2012. They have two children. She was previously married to Artyom Semakin.- Actor
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Matt Sato, originally from Hawaii, is based in Los Angeles. With his diverse ethnicity of Asian, Hawaiian and Caucasian heritage, he is able to represent numerous cultures in his acting roles. Matt began his acting career at the age of thirteen with his first principal guest star role in "Hawaii Five-0". His passion for acting was evident and he continued to perfect his craft in acting workshops and lessons in Hawaii and in L.A. His credits progressed to include local commercials, national commercials (Hasbro Beyblades, Clean & Clear, Zuru Toys) along with modeling requests from companies such as Hollister. Matt landed roles in the popular teen web series "Chicken Girls" and a film produced by and starring the legendary James Hong - "Patsy Lee and The Keeper of the Five Kingdoms", which is anticipated to be released in 2023. In October, 2020, Matt was selected for a recurring role in Nickelodeon's series "Side Hustle". In 2021, Matt was thrilled to return to his home of Hawaii to work as a series regular in "Doogie Kamealoha, M.D." on Disney+ (which received rave reviews) and then again in Season Two of this series in 2022, which will be released on Disney+ on March 31, 2023. In addition, Matt booked recurring roles in "Saved by The Bell" (Reboot series on Peacock), "Grownish" (Series filmed in 2022 for Hulu), "High School Musical: The Series" (Season Four - 2022 - will air on Disney+ in 2023) and a Guest Star role in "NCIS" in 2022. Matt Sato's popularity and reputation as an ambitious professional actor is soaring and his future as a versatile and talented actor in the entertainment industry is unlimited.- Actress
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Born Mary Jeanette Robison. She was the youngest daughter of Henry Robison of Penrith, Cumberland, England and Julia Schelesinger of Liverpool, Lancashire, England. Her father died in 1860 and her mother remarried. In 1866/67 they were living in St Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and moved back to London, England in 1871. She ran away from home to marry Charles Leveson Gore in 1875 and in 1877 the young couple went to Fort Worth, Texas, USA to establish a cattle ranch. They survived for two years before moving to New York where her husband died about 1881.
In 1884 she took up acting to support her three children (only her son Edward Gore survived childhood). She played both leads and supporting roles on the road and on Broadway, and over several decades she became highly respected as a character actress. She appeared in a few silent films, then returned to the screen for good in 1926 and flourished in the subsequent sound era. She was usually cast as crusty, gruff, domineering society matron or grandmother. For her portrayal of Damon Runyon's Apple Annie in Frank Capra's Lady for a Day (1933), one of her rare starring roles, she received a Best Actress Oscar nomination. Ultimately she appeared in more than 60 films, the last of which was released the year of her death.