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- Giorgio Cantarini was born in Orvieto, Italy on April 12, 1992. He has lived in Rome and Paris. He made his cinema debut at just five years old in the role of Joshua in the film "La Vita è Bella" (Life is Beautiful) by Roberto Benigni, a role for which he won the Jackie Coogan Award (Young artist award of Hollywood), becoming the youngest winner of this award and the only Italian to do so. In 1999, sought after by Ridley Scott, he played a cameo role in the American Blockbuster movie "the Gladiator", winner of five Oscars. In the following years, he worked on two occasions for the American brand, Hallmark, firstly in the film "In Love and War" by John Kent Harrison, a film for American TV, and then in the popular Hallmark card commercial "Bicycle boy", which was used for several years. He took a break from the world of cinema to concentrate on his studies and sport, but during that time he still made guest appearances on Italian TV, both on the Italian RAI and Mediaset channels. In 2005 he took part in the TV program "Ballando con le Stelle", a RAI 1 primetime TV show conducted by Milly Carlucci. The program is an Italian adaptation of the "Strictly Come Dancing" BBC format talent show. In 2007, he returned to the big screen with the film "Il giorno, la notte. Poi l'alba" (Day, night. Then dawn) by Paolo Bianchini and "il mattino ha l'oro in bocca" (2008) by Francesco Patierno, starring Elio Germano, while in 2010 he was in the Italian TV series "Distretto di Polizia"(Police Precinct), produced by Mediaset's Canale 5. In 2012, Cantarini won a place at Rome's prestigious National School of Cinema (Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia), graduating in 2014. After graduation, he was immediately cast in the lead role of the web series "AUS- adotta uno studente" (Adopt a Student), the first ever RAI web series, produced in collaboration with Premio Solinas. A move to Paris and a brief interlude in France to pursue professional openings was followed by a return to Italy and in 2015/2016 he performed, directed and produced Pinter's play for theater, "The Dumb Waiter", together with his friend and colleague, Miguel Gobbo Diaz, in Rome and Vicenza. In 2017, he played the lead role in "Il dottore dei pesci" (The fish doctor) by Susanna Della Sala, an Italo-American short film which was presented at numerous film festivals in Europe and Canada. At the beginning of 2018 he moved to New York for a period of study at the New York film Academy. In the same year, he was selected for the cast of "Lamborghini - the Legend", directed by Bobby Moresco (Academy Award winner for best screenplay for the film "Crash"), filmed in Italy and starring Antonio Banderas and Alec Baldwin.
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Agata Trzebuchowska is a director and screenwriter. She graduated from University of Warsaw and Wajda Film School.
Agata played the title role in Pawel Pawlikowski's film Ida, which won Poland's first Oscar in the Best Foreign Language Film category.
Her first short film called Heat (co-created with Mateusz Pacewicz) premiered at Sundance Film Festival in 2017. She also made the 30-minutes experimental drama called Vacancy (producer: Munk Studio), which was screened at many worldwide festivals, among others Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival, Krakow Film Festival, The Polish Film Festival. Agata also directs music videos.
Apart from film, Agata has some experience in theatre. She wrote and directed a performative reading called Alice on Verge in collaboration with feminist theatrical group called Polish Now. Recently she made a video for Agnieszka Glinska's play The Hearing Trumpet.
She is developing two feature screenplays.- Al Silverman was born on 12 April 1926 in Lynn, Massachusetts, USA. He was a writer, known for Foster & Laurie (1975), Brian's Song (1971) and Brian's Song (2001). He was married to Rosa and Rosa Magaro. He died on 10 March 2019 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
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Álex Angulo was born on 12 April 1953 in Erandio, Vizcaya, País Vasco, Spain. He was an actor and producer, known for Pan's Labyrinth (2006), The Day of the Beast (1995) and Live Flesh (1997). He died on 20 July 2014 in Fuenmayor, La Rioja, Spain.- Actress
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Alice Lee was born on 12 April 1989 in Glenview, Illinois, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (2020), Brittany Runs a Marathon (2019) and Sierra Burgess Is a Loser (2018).- Actress
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Alicia Coppola is an American actress, primarily known for television roles. In 1968, Coppola was born in the town of Huntington, New York, which is located on the north shore of Long Island. The town is a major bedroom community for nearby New York City.
Coppola attended the Kent School, a co-educational college preparatory school located in in Kent, Connecticut. She graduated in 1986, and later enrolled at New York University, a private research university. She graduated in 1990, at the age of 22.
Coppola started her television career with a one-shot role on the legal-themed comedy-drama series "Against the Law" (1990-1991). From 1991 to 1994, she played the role of public relations manager Lorna Devon in the soap opera "Another World" (1964-1999). In one of the story arcs of the series, Lorna found out that she was the illegitimate daughter of romance novelist Felicia Gallant (played by Linda Dano), one of the series' main characters. In 1994, Coppola left the series and she was replaced in the role of Lorna by fellow actress Robin Christopher (1965-).
For much of the 1990s, Coppola mostly appeared in guest roles in various television series, such as "NYPD Blue", "Touched By an Angel", and "Chicago Hope". Among her few notable roles was that of Lieutenant Stadi in the science fiction series "Star Trek: Voyager" (1995-2001). In the pilot episode "Caretaker", Stadi is a Betazoid helmsman of the USS Voyager and the love interest of pilot Tom Paris (played by Robert Duncan McNeill). Stadi is killed during the accidental teleportation of the spaceship to the Delta Quadrant and Paris is chosen as her replacement. The character is alluded to in later episodes and appears more prominently in the spin-off video game "Star Trek: Starship Creator" (1998) and the alternate-reality-themed anthology series "Star Trek: Myriad Universes" (2008-2010).
Coppola played the recurring role of Patricia Damiana in the short-lived drama series "Trinity" (1998-1999). The series depicted the family life of an Irish-American police detective in the neighborhood of Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan. The series lasted a single season, consisting of 10 episodes. Two of them remained unaired when the series was canceled.
In 1999, Coppola gained the main role of Karen Chandler in the comedy-drama series "Cold Feet" (1999), the American adaptation of the successful British series "Cold Feet" (1997-2003, 2016-). The British series depicted the relationship problems of three different British couples, such as mutual infidelities, cases of uncertain paternity of the couple's children, and the consequences of not informing your romantic partner about your previous marriages. The American series only lasted a single season, and was canceled due to low ratings. Only 4 of the 8 episodes were ever aired.
In 2000, Coppola gained the main role of investment banker Marissa Rufo in the stock-market themed television series "Bull" (2000-2001). The series depicts an alliance of young, ambitious investment bankers who are trying to create a new company, while competing with the investment firms which previously employed them. And each of the main characters has secret agendas of their own. The series lasted a single season, and only 12 of the 20 episodes were ever aired. The series had been inspired by the "bull market" (period of generally rising prices in the financial market") of the 1990s, but its release coincided with the "dot-com crash" (2000-2002), a financial crisis in the United States.
In the early 2000s, Coppola returned to mostly making guest star appearances in television. She appeared in a number of police procedural series, such as "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation", "Law & Order: Criminal Intent", "Monk", and "Bones". From 2003 to 2005, Coppola played the recurring character of Liutenant Commander Faith Coleman in the military-themed legal drama series "JAG" (1995-2005) and its spin-off series "NCIS" (2003-). In both series, Coleman is depicted as an officer of the Judge Advocate General's Corps (JAG Corps), a legal department within the United States military.
Coppola was next part of the main cast in the post-apocalyptic series "Jericho" (2006-2008), where she played Mimi Clark. In the series, Clark is an an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) agent from Washington D. C. , who was visiting Kansas on an audit mission when the United States' major cities fell victim to nuclear attacks. With the country in ruins and her family and friends wiped out in the attacks, Clark is effectively stranded in Kansas. During the second season of the series, Clark develops a romantic relationship with local farmer Stanley Richmond (played by Brad Beyer). The two characters get married in the finale of the series, during the opening stages of a Second American Civil War.
In 2007, Coppola had a notable film role as FBI Agent Spellman in the adventure film "National Treasure: Book of Secrets", which depicts a re-investigation of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln (1865) and the possible involvement of the historic secret society Knights of the Golden Circle (1854-1864). The film was a major box office hit of its era, earning about 457 million dollars at the worldwide box office. It was the 9th most financially successful film of 2007, outperformed by only 8 films: "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" (1st), "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" (2nd), "Spider-Man 3" (3rd), "Shrek the Third" (4th), "Transformers" (5th), "Ratatouille" (6th), "I Am Legend" (7th), and "The Simpsons Movie" (8th). "National Treasure" outperformed a number of minor hits, such as the period film "300" (10th), the thriller film "The Bourne Ultimatum" (11th), and the thriller film "Live Free or Die Hard" (12th).
In the video game "Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2" (2009), Coppola voiced the character of She-Hulk/Jennifer Walters, one of Marvel Comics' popular female characters. In the comics, Walters is depicted as a shy female lawyer who happens to be the first cousin of Hulk/Bruce Banner. After being seriously injured in an assassination attempt, Walters received a blood transfusion from her cousin Banner, who was the only available donor with a blood type matching her own. This resulted in her gaining super-powers similar to his own. She-Hulk typically retains Walters' intellect and legal training, but displays a much more outgoing and flirtatious personality than Walters.
In 2010, Coppola started playing the recurring character of FBI agent Lisa Rand in the military-themed police procedural series "NCIS: Los Angeles" (2009-), a spin-off of the series "NCIS". In the series, Rand is an expert on kidnapping cases and consults the main characters in a number of cases. Rand has appeared in several episodes from 2010 to 2018.
In 2011, Coppola gained the supporting cast role of Valentina in the supernatural television mini-series "The Nine Lives of Chloe King" (2011), an adaptation of the namesake novel series by British writer Elizabeth J. Braswell. The series depicts the Mai, a human-cat hybrid race who claim descend from the Egyptian cat goddess Bastet. Valentina is depicted as the leader of the Mai who live in San Francisco, and a veteran of its never-ending-war with an organization of assassins called "The Order". Valentina devotes most of her time to her political and military duties, and apparently neglects her only daughter Jasmine (played by Alyssa Diaz), one of the series' main characters.
In 2012, Coppola played the recurring character of forensic pathologist Jonelle in the police-themed comedy-drama series "Common Law" (2012). The series depicts a duo of homicide detectives of the Los Angeles Police Department, who have been assigned as partners by their superiors, despite their feelings of hatred for each other. Jonelle is depicted as the ex-girlfriend of one of the two main characters, Travis Marks (played by Michael Ealy). The series lasted a single season, consisting of 12 episodes.
In the early 2010s, Coppola continued to appear mostly as a guest star in television series such as "Teen Wolf", "Criminal Minds", and "Sons of Anarchy". In 2016, she joined the cast of the soap opera "The Young and the Restless" (1973-), playing the recurring character of Dr. Meredith Gates. In the series, Gates is depicted as a doctor employed in a prison infirmary. She is the attending physician of one of the series' main villains, businessman Victor "Darth Victor" Newman (played by Eric Braeden). Victor manipulates Gates into falling in love with him, in part relying on her sympathy for his betrayal by his own family, and on part on his apparent resemblance to Gates' father and her obvious "daddy issues". Coppola left the series after the completion of her character arc.
From 2016 to 2018, Coppola played the recurring role of ambulance driver Sue in the series "Shameless" (2011-). Sue is depicted as a work colleague for the main character Ian Clayton Gallagher (played by Cameron Monaghan), who works as an emergency medical technician (EMT) during seasons 7 and 8. Sue does not appear in Season 9, where Ian has lost his job and is serving prison time for past crimes.
In 2019, Coppola joined the cast of the musical television series "Empire" (2015-), in the recurring role of assistant district attorney Megan Conway. In the series, Conway uses ruthless tactics during an investigation on the criminal connections of the Lyons family, powerful executives of the music industry with shady pasts.
By 2019, Coppola was 51-years-old but she remained a rather popular character actress, with no signs of her career slowing down. .- Writer
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Alvin Sargent was an American screenwriter who wrote Ordinary People and the Marvel screenplays for Sony: Spider-Man 2, Spider-Man 3 and The Amazing Spider-Man. His writing for Spider-Man 2 got widespread acclaim. He also wrote a few episodes of Paper Moon. He was married to film producer Laura Ziskin, who produced the Spider-Man films he had written.- Actor
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Amr Waked was born in Cairo, Egypt in 1972. He studied economics and theatre in the American University in Cairo. In his early experience as an actor Amr joined the Temple Theatre Troop in 1994, and Yaaru Theatre Troop in 1999, where he trained and developed his tools as a stage performer.
With his experience onstage, Waked managed to film his first role on the big screen in 1998 when he joined Ossama Fawzy's of "Gannet El Shayateen". Waked's award winning performance paved his way to become a popular actor famous for his gravity and vast range.
In 2003, Waked joined Stephen Gegan's cast of Syriana, which was his first appearance in an international film. His performance was acclaimed and presented him with other opportunities in international productions, like House Of Saddam and Salmon Fishing In The Yemen.
In 2005, Amr co-established "zad communication & production llc" to begin his experience as a producer. The communication agency and production house was to focus on developmental and social issues in Egypt and the Middle East. In 2012, zad produced its first feature film "Winter Of Discontent", directed by Ibrahim El Batout, which opened in the 69th Venice Film Festival in 2012.- Actress
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Halifax native, Amy Kerr, began her career as a model at the age of fifteen. A multiple award winner at myriad modeling and acting competitions, as well as beauty pageants, Amy has booked many Internet, print and billboard campaigns including Kameleon Jewelry, uMame Maternity, Metrin Skincare, Bodog, Maxim, UMM, Sports Direct/ Wagerline, Nova Scotia Tourism and The Canadian Cancer Society. She was featured on the covers of Eco Apparel catalogue, en.Vision and Faces Magazines. Some of her ads were seen in Elle and Ok! Magazines, in store fronts and on billboards in places such as downtown Disneyland in Califaornia. Despite her modeling success, her passion has always been acting. After graduating from high school, Amy auditioned for a local agency to represent her for acting, and she began to take acting classes. Shortly thereafter, she landed her first guest starring role as Desh in the sci-fi tv series "Lexx: The Dark Zone". Amy has since worked with many leading actors - opposite of Cybil Sheppard and Tim Matheson in "Martha Inc.", where she played Martha Stewart's daughter, Lexi; with Dean Cain, Brian Bosworth, and Mimi Kuzyk in the action flick "Phase IV"; and with Chris Cuthbertson, Sebastian Spence, Christopher Shyer, Ryan Scott Greene and Nigel Bennett in Afterdark Productions feature film "A Bug And A Bag of Weed" and she played opposite of Joe Flaherty and Chris MacDonald in the award winning feature film "Summerhood". She can also be seen as J-Roc's baby's mama in multiple episodes of "Trailer Park Boys" in seasons 6 and 7. She also worked opposite of Flava Flav in the U.S.sit-com "Under One Roof" as his probation officer Candy. New projects to see Amy in are "Sex! With Hot Robots" by award winning filmmaker Jay Dahl which was the Gala opener at the 2010 AFF and aired on CTV & Bravo. You can see her in multiple episodes of "TV with TV's JonathanTorrens" airing on TvTropolis, Picnicface's feature film "Roller Town" and a Canadian National commercial for Dempster's Bread starring Sidney Crosby.- Actress
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Ana Maria Nascimento e Silva was born on 12 April 1952 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was an actress and producer, known for O Viajante (1998) and Os Trombadinhas (1980). She was married to Paulo César Saraceni. She died on 30 November 2017 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.- Actor
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He was born in Leeds on the 12 April 1957, and moved with his parents Ken, a telephone engineer, and Maureen, a solicitor's secretary to North Shields on 1st April 1966, where he was educated at Whitehouse Primary School, Marden High School, where he got involved in school musical productions and Tynemouth Sixth Form College where he was in the O level drama group appearing in plays and pantomimes. He trained as a teacher at Bretton Hall College near Wakefield but decided he would rather act and made his stage debut in 1981 in Bouncers with the Hull Truck Theatre. He moved to London in 1986 and finally settled in York where he lives with his actress wife Andrina Carroll and son Elliott who was born in 1995.- Actor
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One of Hollywood's most private and guarded leading men, Andy Garcia has created iconic characters while at the same time staying true to his acting roots and personal projects.
Garcia was born Andrés Arturo García Menéndez on April 12, 1956, in Havana, Cuba, to Amelie Menéndez, a teacher of English, and René García Núñez, an attorney and avocado farmer. Garcia's family was relatively affluent. However, when he was two years old, Fidel Castro came to power, and the family fled to Miami Beach. Forced to work menial jobs for a while, the family started a fragrance company that was eventually worth more than a million dollars. He attended Natilus Junior High School and later at Miami Beach Senior High School. Andy was a popular student in school, a good basketball player and good-looking. He dreamed of playing professional baseball. In his senior year, though, he contracted mononucleosis and hepatitis, and unable to play sports, he turned his attention to acting.
He studied acting with Jay W. Jensen. Jensen was a South Florida legend, counting among his numerous students, Brett Ratner, Roy Firestone, Mickey Rourke, and Luther Campbell. Following his positive high school experiences in acting, he continued his drama studies at Florida International University.
Soon, he was headed out to Hollywood. His first break came as a gang member on the very first episode of the popular TV series Hill Street Blues (1981). His role as a cocaine kingpin in 8 Million Ways to Die (1986) put him on the radar of Brian De Palma, who was casting for his gangster classic The Untouchables (1987). At first, he envisioned Garcia as Al Capone's sadistic henchman Frank Nitti, but fearing typecasting as a gangster, Garcia campaigned for the role of "George Stone", the Italian cop who gets accepted into Eliot Ness' famous band of lawmen. Garcia's next notable role came in Black Rain (1989) by acclaimed director Ridley Scott, as the partner of police detective Michael Douglas. He then co-starred with Richard Gere in Internal Affairs (1990), directed by Mike Figgis. In 1989, Francis Ford Coppola was casting for the highly anticipated third installment of his "Godfather" films. The Godfather Part III (1990) included one of the most sought-after roles in decades, the hot-headed son of "Sonny Corleone" and mob protégé of "Michael Corloene", "Vincent Mancini". A plum role for any young rising star, the role was campaigned for by a host of actors. Val Kilmer, Alec Baldwin, Vincent Spano, Charlie Sheen, and even Robert De Niro (who wanted the role changed to accommodate his age) were all beaten out by the up-and-coming Garcia. His performance was Oscar-nominated as Best Supporting Actor, and secured him international stardom and a place in cinematic history. Now a leading man, he starred in such films as Jennifer 8 (1992) and Hero (1992). He won raves for his role as the husband of Meg Ryan in When a Man Loves a Woman (1994) and gave another charismatic gangster turn in Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995). He then returned in Night Falls on Manhattan (1996), directed by Sidney Lumet, as well as portraying legendary mobster Lucky Luciano in Hoodlum (1997). In perhaps his most mainstream role, he portrayed a cop in the action film Desperate Measures (1998). Garcia then starred in a few lower-profile projects that didn't do much for his career, but things turned around in 2001, with the first of many projects being his role as a cold casino owner in Ocean's Eleven (2001), directed by Steven Soderbergh. Seeing his removal from Cuba as involuntary, Garcia is proud of his heritage which influences his life and work. One such case is his portrayal of renowned Cuban trumpet player Arturo Sandoval in For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story (2000). He is an extremely private man, and strong believer in old-fashioned chivalry. Married to his wife, Maria Victoria, since 1982, the couple has three daughters. One of the most talented leading men around, Garcia has had a unique career of staying true to his own ideals and thoughts on acting. While some would have used some of the momentum he has acquired at different points in his career to get rich off lightweight projects, Garcia has stayed true to stories and films that aspire to something more. But with a presence and style that never seem old, a respect from directors and film buffs, alike, Andy Garcia will be remembered for a long time in film history.- Actress
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Ann Miller was born Johnnie Lucille Ann Collier on April 12, 1923 in Chireno, Texas. She lived there until she was nine, when her mother left her philandering father and moved with Ann to Los Angeles, California. Even at that young age, she had to support her mother, who was hearing-impaired and unable to hold a job. After taking tap-dancing lessons, she got jobs dancing in various Hollywood nightclubs while being home-schooled. Then, in 1937, RKO asked her to sign on as a contract player, but only if she could prove she was 18. Though she was really barely 14, she managed to get hold of a fake birth certificate, and so was signed on, playing dancers and ingénues in such films as Stage Door (1937), You Can't Take It with You (1938), Room Service (1938) and Too Many Girls (1940). In 1939, she appeared on Broadway in "George White's Scandals" and was a smash, staying on for two years. Eventually, RKO released her from her contract, but Columbia Pictures snapped her up to appear in such World War II morale boosters as True to the Army (1942) and Reveille with Beverly (1943). When she decided to get married, Columbia released her from her contract. The marriage was sadly unhappy and she was divorced in two years. This time, MGM picked her up, showcasing her in such films as Easter Parade (1948), On the Town (1949) and Kiss Me Kate (1953). In the mid-1950s, she asked to leave to marry again, and her request was granted. This marriage didn't last long, either, nor did a third. Ann then threw herself into work, appearing on television, in nightclubs and on the stage. She was a smash as the last actress to headline the Broadway production of "Mame" in 1969 and 1970, and an even bigger smash in "Sugar Babies" in 1979, which she played for nine years, on Broadway and on tour. She has cut back in recent years, but did appear in the Paper Mill Playhouse (Millburn, New Jersey) production of Stephen Sondheim's "Follies" in 1998, in which she sang the song "I'm Still Here", a perfect way to sum up the life and career of Ann Miller. On January 22, 2004, Ann Miller died at age 80 of lung cancer and was buried at the Holy Cross Cemetary in Culver City, California.- Actress
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Anna Karin was born in Sweden as Agneta Karin Kellerman and is the eldest of three siblings. Her mother was a medical nurse, and her father was a prominent criminal investigator. She is a descendant of Nordic royal "King Oscar II", who was the king of Sweden and Norway. Based upon her unique background, Anna can easily adapt into a Mid-Atlantic aristocratic dialect that is sometimes capitalized upon in her selected roles. The Mid-Atlantic "posh" accent was cultivated by the upper classes. It was used by women such as Joan Crawford, Grace Kelly, Katherine Hepburn, Bette Davis and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. In comedy Mid-Atlantic dialect was used in the sitcom "Frasier" by Kelsey Grammer and David Hyde Pierce. She otherwise speak American English with a very light Swedish accent, which she sometimes enhances for certain roles. Her Swedish is fluent, and she also speak some Italian.
Anna started her career at age 17 when she quickly became a sought after model, and then an actress in Europe. Her rapid career rise caused her to live in numerous countries, including England, Spain, Sweden, Italy, before she permanently relocated to the United States. She was previously married to Arthur Diller, and then to Chris Majer. After making 3 films in Spain and Italy, she landed the supporting role of Renate in the Swedish TV-Series "Polisen som vagrade ta semester". She was credited with numerous commercials throughout Europe before being cast in Hollywood films, and received her SAG card on her first US film "Red Shoe Diaries" in which she played a main character alongside David Duchovny.
She was professionally trained by Sandy Marshall (Meisner), and Roy London.
Anna continued to be cast in leading and supporting roles in the US. Examples include the Sundance-acclaimed "Red Meat" with John Slattery, Jennifer Grey, Lara Flynn Boyle and James Frain. In "EDtv" she was cast opposite Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey, and directed by Ron Howard. In "Sacred Cargo" she starred with Martin Sheen, Chris Penn and J.T. Walsh. Her notable television credits include HBO's "The Ben Stiller Show".
Her recent credits include "The Real Husbands of Hollywood" - Supporting role with Kevin Hart, Nelly and Boris Kojoe. "Enough about Jack" (Pilot) - Lead role with Lara San Giacomo and Gail O'Grady "I Do" - Lead role and Associate Producer with Kevin McCarthy and Brian Tochi. "Ashley's Ashes" - Supporting role with Daniel Baldwin and Clint Howard. "Searching for FOY" - Lead role, Co-creator and Co-producer - A travel/ comedy series which garnered a stellar YouTube following and over 1,800,000 views, all without any extensive promotion. "Yonderquest" - Starring role, Co-creator, Co-producer.
Current Projects in development.- "Talking to Wise Women": A video series created and produced by Anna and originally distributed by "The Cinema Guild" to educational markets. Her current development work now is providing a more commercial approach, including a TV program based on the original material, a book, and a web-site that will help guide young women today by exposing them to elder women's views and advice regarding young women's real questions and problems.
- "Land of the Condor": A book based on Anna's spiritual journeys in the Amazon while visiting Shamans (based on Anna's personal diary).
- Anna is an avid photographer involved with photography exhibitions.
- Anna teamed up in developing the "Human Potential Project" with Chris Majer, a prominent global educator, on management methods used to transform organizations from incremental growth to explosive growth.
Anna became dedicated to personal empowerment to help others. Her research engaged her in shamanic journeys during a life-changing journey to the Amazon with "The Pachamama Alliance". Her research and travels included providing hands-on support and personal funding to preserve the Earth's tropical rain forests by empowering indigenous people, who remain our natural custodians, along with contributing to the creation of a new global vision of sustainability for all.
She is a graduate of the "Hoffman Process" from the Hoffman Institute as well as the Landmark Forum.
Anna was also an active participant with several Junior League supporting projects for women building better communities. She has worked with the elderly in providing the health benefits of Comfort Dogs, which blessed her with opportunities to touch people with care, unconditional love, acceptance, and comfort. Anna is also an animal rights activist.
Anna Karin is Swedish/American and has dual citizenship. She has a current American passport as well as a current EU passport, and she lives in Los Angeles (Studio City), California.- Actress
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Annabelle Stephenson was born in London, England. Her family emigrated to the Gold Coast, Australia when Annabelle was an infant. Annabelle started performing from a young age, getting involved in school plays, dancing and music. Her first professional job was in 2006, when she landed the role of 'Miriam Kent' in the hit children's TV show "H20: Just Add Water". After graduating high school, Annabelle was one of the select few accepted into the prestigious school NIDA (National Institute of Dramatic Art) in Sydney. She joined the alumni of successful Australian actors, such as Cate Blanchett, Baz Luhrmann and Sam Worthington, and graduated with a B.A. in Acting. Since graduating NIDA, Annabelle has had a stellar career in TV, film, theatre and radio in Australia. She has now moved to Los Angeles.- Annette McCarthy was born on 12 April 1958. She was an actress, known for Twin Peaks (1990), Baywatch (1989) and The Fall Guy (1981). She was married to Mark A. Mangini. She died on 6 January 2023 in the USA.
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Art Alexakis was born on 12 April 1962 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Antitrust (2001), Blast from the Past (1999) and 40 Days and 40 Nights (2002). He has been married to Vanessa Crawford since 2009. They have one child. He was previously married to Stephanie Greig, Jenny Dodson and Anita.- Belinda Emmett was born on 12 April 1974 in Umina Beach, New South Wales, Australia. As a teenager, she worked for local radio station Coast Rock FM before landing her first major acting role as "Tracy Russell" in the popular sitcom Hey Dad..! (1987). She became a household name two years later when she joined the cast of popular drama series Home and Away (1988) as "Rebecca Fisher". In early 1998, at the age of twenty-three, Belinda was diagnosed with breast cancer. She took time off from Home and Away (1988) to undergo chemotherapy treatments and, twelve months later, she was deemed to be in remission. In late 1999, Belinda met comedian Rove McManus at the opening of Sydney's Fox Studios. The pair began dating and were married five years later. Rove proudly called Belinda his "greatest reward". In 2000, Belinda began working on the popular drama series All Saints (1998) as "Jodie Horner". However, one year later, she was diagnosed with secondary bone cancer after experiencing severe back pain, which she was told would eventually claim her life. On 29 January 2005, Belinda married her long-time love, Rove McManus, at Mary Immaculate Church in Sydney. Belinda Emmett passed away on 11 November 2006 surrounded by her family and friends. She was fare-welled at a funeral held at the same church she was married in less than two years earlier. Belinda was a much-loved actress who will be remembered for her courageous fight against cancer and her charity work, which helped raise awareness of the importance of early detection of breast cancer.
- Beverly Cleary was born on 12 April 1916 in McMinnville, Oregon, USA. She was a writer, known for Ramona and Beezus (2010), Ramona (1988) and ABC Weekend Specials (1977). She was married to Clarence Thomas Cleary. She died on 25 March 2021 in Carmel, California, USA.
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Bhai Nirmal Singh Khalsa was born on 12 April 1952 in Jand Wala Bhime Shah, Distt. Ferozepur, Punjab, India. He is known for Nanak Shah Fakir (2015), Aappan Pher Milange (2012) and Turban Girl (2013). He died on 2 April 2020 in Amritsar, Punjab, India.- Producer
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Bill Bryden was born on 12 April 1942 in Greenock, Scotland, UK. He was a producer and director, known for Aria (1987), Ill Fares the Land (1983) and The Mysteries (1985). He was married to Angela Douglas and Deborah Morris. He died on 5 January 2022 in the UK.- Actor
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Bjørn Alexander was born in Mo i Rana, Norway. He is an actor and assistant director, known for Downsizing (2017), Paradox (2016) and Superking.- Producer
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Bob Markell was born on 12 April 1924 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was a producer and art director, known for 12 Angry Men (1957), The Defenders (1961) and Bicentennial Minutes (1974). He died on 25 January 2020 in Shelter Island, New York, USA.- Music Artist
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Lead vocalist for the band "Panic! at the Disco" with members Nicole Row and Dan Pawlovich. There are four members that have dropped out of his band. Brendon Urie is the only original band member left. In September 2018, Urie voluntarily kicked former guitarist Kenneth Harris out of the band as a touring member due to allegations of Harris communicating via Snapchat with young fans asking for selfies and nudes. The band is currently seeking a replacement guitarist. His family are practicing Mormons, but Brendon decided that he did not follow the same beliefs, which created some tension. He even thought about attending college in Arizona, but the rest of the band convinced him to stay. The band was signed by Fall Out boy bassist Pete Wentz to his label Decaydance Records, DCD2 Records, and their first album "A Fever You Can't Sweat Out" was released in September 2005. This album contains one of "Panic at the Disco's!" most well known song, "I Write Sins Not Tragedies."
Brendon Boyd Urie was born in St. George, Utah and raised in Summerlin, Nevada. His maternal grandmother, who was from Hawaii, was of Portuguese, Native Hawaiian, and English descent; Brendon's other ancestry is English, Scottish, Irish, German, Welsh, and Danish.- Brent Hinkley was born on 12 April 1962 in East Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He is an actor, known for The Silence of the Lambs (1991), Ed Wood (1994) and Falling Down (1993).
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Brian McFadden was born on 12 April 1980 in Artane, Dublin, Ireland. He is an actor and composer, known for Finbar's Class (1995), 20 to 1 (2005) and Brian McFadden: Chemical Rush (2010). He was previously married to Vogue Williams and Kerry Katona.- Actress
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Brigitte Kingsley is a Canadian actor, writer and producer. She was born in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. Her family moved to Whitby, Ontario when she was ten years old. At the age of fourteen, Brigitte Kingsley began her acting career in high school with television commercials such as Oxy, Foot Locker, McDonalds, Head & Shoulders and Radio Shack to name a few. She became the "hostess with the mostess" on the television series Game Nation for 4 seasons as host Suki Diefenbaker.
She studied theatre and psychology at York University. Shortly after graduating with Honours from York University with her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Theatre Studies, Brigitte Kingsley launched her production company Defiant Empire Corporation with business partner Andrew Cymek.
Brigitte Kingsley has now produced more than twenty feature films and MOWs and two television series to date. In 2006 she produced and starred in her first feature film Dark Rising (also starring WWE superstar Jay "Christian" Reso). The feature was released through Universal Vivendi and was nominated for 6 Canadian Comedy Awards in 2008 for Best Writing, Directing, Male Performance and Best Female Performance, which Brigitte earned for her role as the lead character "Summer Vale". It was later released in the US and internationally through EOne and subsequently expanded into a sequel Dark Rising 2: Summer Strikes Back! and the television series The Savage Tales of Summer Vale both released in 2011 on Super Channel and acquired by Cinemavault for International sales and by MarVista for the US.
In 2008, Brigitte Kingsley became president of Black Walk, an established production company that has produced content in the industry for over 25 years. In 2010, she completed her third feature film Medium Raw: Night of the Wolf, an action-thriller starring John Rhys Davies (Lord of the Rings), William B. Davies (X-Files), which was released through Anchor Bay Canada, US, UK and Australia. In 2011, she took on the responsibility of Decade Distribution in order to increase her knowledge in the sales and distribution side of film and also produced her first Telefilm supported feature film "Two Hands to Mouth" - an official selection of the Madrid International Film Festival. In 2012, she was nominated for another Canadian Comedy Award for her role as Summer Vale in Dark Rising 2: Summer Strikes Back! and starred and co-executive produced the fourth Dark Rising project: Warrior of Worlds (also starring Colin Mochrie, Peter Outerbridge and Scott Thompson).
In September 2012, Brigitte left Black Walk to start her own production company Good Soldier Films with partner Andrew Cymek. Their first productions include Night Cries, which won best screenplay at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival (2015), The Man in the Shadows that played at Dances with Films and Cinefest (2015) and the country musical Country Crush starring Jana Kramer, Madeline Merlo and Sophie Tweed-Simmons acquired by SHOUT! Factory in the US, released as a Walmart Exclusive and was named best Narrative Feature, Best of Festival Film and Audience Choice at the Desert Rocks Film and Music Festival in Hesperia, California (2016). Most recently Brigitte has been producing romantic comedies and Christmas films for partners including Super Channel, Hallmark / Crown Media, UPTV, Lifetime, BYU and Great American Family (GAC). Her productions include From Friend to Fiancé which was the top summer movie on Hallmark in 2019, Autumn Stables, Home for Harvest, Mistletoe Magic, A Very Corgi Christmas, My Boss' Wedding to name a few. In 2020, she began to write and has produced four of her screenplays since - including Christmas by Chance (Lifetime), UnPerfect Christmas Wish (UPTV), Picture Perfect Romance (Super Channel) and The Art of Christmas (GAC) which will air this holiday season. Brigitte also just produced and starred in a sci-fi comedy supported by the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund (NOHFC) called "Astonishing Tales of Terror: Rocktapussy" released in Canada through Black Fawn Distribution and in the US through Nicely Entertainment.
Brigitte Kingsley is on the Board of directors for Canadore College's Television/Video Production and Digital Cinematography program and collaborates with the Canadian Armed Forces on several initiatives to increase moral among the deployed troops and vets during the holidays.- Actress
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Brooke Jaye Taylor was born in El Paso, Texas, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Will Trent (2023), The Summer I Turned Pretty (2022) and Jungle Cruise (2021).- Actress and former model Brooklyn Danielle Decker was born in Kettering, Ohio, the oldest child of Tessa Renee (Moore), a nurse, and Stephen Michael Decker, a pacemaker salesman. She has a younger brother, Jordan. Decker has German, English, and Irish ancestry. When she was a teenager, she was discovered by a talent spotter in a shopping mall in Charlotte, North Carolina and embarked on a modeling career. Her first modeling engagement was for a prom dress maker.
Huge modeling success followed, with Decker appearing in various magazines and campaigns. In 2006, she appeared in her first Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. Decker appeared again in the 2007 and 2008 issues, and was the cover girl in 2010. Alongside modeling, Decker began acting, winning roles in TV series such as Chuck (2007), Royal Pains (2009) and Ugly Betty (2006). She then moved on to movie projects, including Just Go with It (2011), Battleship (2012) and What to Expect When You're Expecting (2012).
Since 2009, Decker has been married to tennis player Andy Roddick. - Bruce Myers was born on 12 April 1942 in Radcliffe, Manchester, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988), Relic Hunter (1999) and The French Revolution (1989). He was married to Corinne Jaber and Ivanka Polchenco. He died on 15 April 2020 in Paris, France.
- Bryan Magee was born on 12 April 1930 in Shoreditch, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Power Game (1965), Thinking Aloud (1984) and Viewpoint (1959). He was married to Ingrid Soderlund. He died on 26 July 2019 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK.
- Camila Morgado was born on 12 April 1975 in Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She is an actress, known for Good Morning, Verônica (2020), Olga (2004) and Seven Women (2003).
- Carlos Reutemann was born on 12 April 1942 in Santa Fe, Argentina. He is known for Buenos Aires, la tercera fundación (1980), Formula 1 (1950) and Videomatch (1990). He was married to Veronica Ghio and María Noemí Claudia Bobbio. He died on 7 July 2021 in Santa Fe, Argentina.
- Carlos Sainz was born on 12 April 1962 in Madrid, Spain. He is an actor, known for Asesinato en el Hormiguero Express (2018), Sébastien Loeb: Off Roads (2016) and Club Disney (1989). He has been married to Reyes Vazques de Castro since 1992. They have three children.
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Carol Emshwiller was born on 12 April 1921 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. She was an actress and writer, known for Family Focus (1976) and Carol (1970). She was married to Ed Emshwiller. She died on 2 February 2019 in Durham, North Carolina, USA.- Actor
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Charles Napier was born in the tiny community of Mt. Union, near Scottsville, Allen County, Kentucky, to Linus Pitts Napier, a tobacco farmer and postman, and his wife, Sara, on April 12, 1936. He attended public school in Scottsville. After graduating high school, he enlisted in the Army in 1954. He rose to the rank of E-5 (Sgt.) while serving as company clerk with Company A 511th Airborne Infantry, 11th Airborne Division. He was a lively character actor who usually played edgy military types and menacing bad guys. His film debut was in Russ Meyer's Cherry, Harry & Raquel! (1969).
Napier went on appearing in other Meyer movies, including the homicidal Harry Sledge in Supervixens (1975) and also became a regular playing smaller roles for Jonathan Demme. His memorable portrayals of tough guys included the scheming intelligence officer in Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) and the short-tempered front man in The Blues Brothers (1980).- Actor
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Chico Anysio was born on 12 April 1931 in Maranguape, Ceará, Brazil. He was an actor and writer, known for The Time and Turn of Augusto Matraga (2011), Escolinha do Professor Raimundo (1990) and Tieta of Agreste (1996). He was married to Malga di Paula, Zélia Cardoso de Mello, Alcione Mazzeo, Nancy Wanderley, Rose Rondelli and Regina Chaves. He died on 23 March 2012 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.- Actor
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Victor Daniels was given the title of "Chief" in an honorary capacity and identified himself as Cherokee although his background is vague. His application for a social security number lists his birth date as April 12, 1899, and his birth-place as Arizona. Thundercloud was the eldest of nine children born to Jesus Daniels and Tomaca Daniels (as indicated on his social security application). But on his marriage record to Mildred Turner in 1925, he said his name was "Victor Vazquez."
Raised on a ranch in Arizona, he claimed he was educated at the University of Arizona at Tucson but the Office of the Registrar checked their databases and found no attendance record for a Victor Daniels. He worked in cattle ranches and rodeos in addition as a mining foreman, boxer and guide before entering movies as a stuntman in 1929.
By 1935, Hollywood had given him the professional name of "Chief Thundercloud" and he was appearing in acting roles, many of them uncredited. For the next two decades he played strong, grim roles in such "B" westerns as Cyclone of the Saddle (1935), Ramona (1936), The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1938), Young Buffalo Bill (1940), North West Mounted Police (1940), The Law Rides Again (1943), Romance of the West (1946), Davy Crockett, Indian Scout (1950) and Santa Fe (1951). He eventually earned screen credit for his tribe members and chiefs, typecast more as evil than good.
Chief Thundercloud is probably best known for creating the role of faithful sidekick "Tonto" in the serial The Lone Ranger (1938) and its sequel The Lone Ranger Rides Again (1939). He also played the title role of Paramount Pictures' Geronimo (1939). On TV, he appeared in such programs as "Death Valley Days," "The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin," "My Little Margie" and "Buffalo Bill, Jr."
Following an uncredited part as a chief in the classic western The Searchers (1956), he died at age 56 following surgery for stomach cancer in Ventura County, California on November 30, 1955. Twice married, he was survived by second wife Frances, a former singer, and their two children. He was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Los Angeles area.
Not to be confused with noted Chief Thunder Cloud (1856-1916), a Blackfoot tribe member and Army scout who went on to perform with P.T. Barnum and his Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.- Actor
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Chris Nash was born on 12 April 1961 in Farmington, Connecticut, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for The Wraith (1986), Philippines, My Philippines (1989) and Mischief (1985).- Actress
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Christina Moore is a true multi-hyphenate who has successfully built a career as an actor, writer, and producer over her 20-year career. She has starred in more than 80 television shows and films and has produced ten films in the last seven years.
Moore is best known for her work as a sketch comedian in "MadTV" (FOX), as Laurie Forman in "That 70s Show" (FOX), as Butterfly in "Without a Paddle" (Paramount), as Tracy Clark in the re-make of "90210" (CW), as Christina Ross in "Jessie" (Disney Channel) and as Mandi Heiser in TNT's hit series "Claws". She has also starred on such hit shows as "Friends", "True Blood", "Mom", "Last Man Standing", "Two and a Half Men", "Will & Grace" & "24".
In December 2022, Moore released two holiday movies worldwide. "I Believe in Santa", which she produced and stars in, was released on Netflix and quickly became the #2 movie globally on Netflix. "A Hollywood Christmas", which she developed and produced, was released on HBO Max and rapidly became the #1 movie on HBO Max. In summer 2022, she also released the film "That's Amor" on Netflix, which became the #2 movie in the US and #3 globally in its first two weeks on Netflix, garnering over thirty million viewing hours. Representation is extremely important to Moore, which is why her films have diverse casts and characters of all backgrounds, religions and sexual orientations.
In 2015, Moore began her work behind the camera when she co-wrote and produced the film "Running Wild", starring Sharon Stone. The film graced the festival circuit and debuted with a small theatrical release. Emboldened by this, Moore helmed a creative team that worked tirelessly to creatively develop and produce ten more films over the next seven years. Her focus lays on excellent story-telling and high production value while creating a nurturing environment for young talent to emerge. The films have homes on Netflix, HBO Max and Amazon Prime.
Moore has also ventured into the world of event series in which she is the female lead and a co-producer. "Casa Grande" is represented by Warner Bros Television Group and being released by Telus Canada and FreeVee USA in early 2023.
Moore is married to John Ducey. They reside in Sherman Oaks, CA.- Actress
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New Yorker Claire Catherine Danes was born in Manhattan, the daughter of Carla (Hall), a day-care provider and artist, and Christopher Danes, a computer consultant and photographer. She has an older brother, Asa. Her paternal grandfather, Gibson Andrew Danes, was a Dean of the Yale School of Art and Architecture. She is of mostly German and British Isles descent.
Claire was educated at Dalton School, New York, The New York City Lab School for Collaborative Studies, The Professional Performing Arts School and Lycée Français de Los Angeles. From 1998, she attended Yale University, studying psychology, but dropped out after two years to concentrate on her acting career.
Danes first came to major public attention when she appeared as "Angela Chase" in My So-Called Life (1994). She won an Emmy nomination and a Golden Globe award for this performance. A successful film career followed, including the role of "Juliet", opposite Leonardo DiCaprio, in Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet (1996). She continued acting in such varied project as The Hours (2002), Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) and Stardust (2007).
In 2010, she appeared in the HBO Production, Temple Grandin (2010), playing the title character. She received huge critical acclaim for the role, and won an Emmy, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award for her performance. Since 2011, she has starred on the SHOWTIME series Homeland (2011), receiving great critical acclaim and winning Emmys and Golden Globes.- Actress
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Clarke Wolfe an actress, writer and entertainment host. In 2021, she co-wrote and directed her first film, a horror short titled "Say Something." Her hobbies include golf, wine tasting, movie trivia and karaoke. Clarke splits her time between Los Angeles, California and her hometown of Atlanta, Georgia along with her dog Rufus.- Actress
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Claudia's parents met when her father was in the Air Force, stationed at Brindisi, Italy where he met her mother, an Italian native. She was born and raised in Providence, Rhode Island where as an East Providence High School student, she was selected for the All State Track and Field team. She participated in three Junior Olympics and finished third in the long jump at the East Coast Invitational.
After high school, she attended Baldwin Wallace College in Ohio where she majored in broadcasting and journalism. She had her own campus radio program, worked at the Providence American Newspaper and at the Boston television station WHDH-TV.
She represented Rhode Island as Miss Teen USA in 1991 and Miss USA in 1997. In addition, she has done many commercials for such companies as Coor's Light, Sears, Denny's and Pepsi.- Actor
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Dan Lauria was born on 12 April 1947 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He is an actor and director, known for The Spirit (2008), The Wonder Years (1988) and Stakeout (1987). He was previously married to Eileen Cregg.- Actor
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David Cassidy was born on April 12, 1950 in Manhattan, to Jack Cassidy, a very skilled actor and singer, and Evelyn Ward, an actress. By the time he was five, his parents were divorced and Jack had married actress Shirley Jones, an actress who in 1955 had just made Oklahoma! (1955). When David was about 10, his mother moved to California from New Jersey. A few years later, she married a director and, like Jack Cassidy and Shirley Jones, the marriage ended in divorce. David was thrown out of schools and hardly made it through one year of college. When he was eighteen, he went east to New York to perform in a play called "The Fig Leafs are Falling." He did some other spots on TV, but in 1970 he got the opportunity to play Keith Partridge on the TV show The Partridge Family (1970). (He did not know until he got the part that his real life stepmother Shirley Jones was to play his mother Shirley.) The show ended in 1974, but not the close relationship he had with his "sister" Susan Dey, who played Laurie Partridge. In 1976, David's father Jack died when his apartment caught on fire. That year, David married Kay Lenz, but they later divorced. He married again to a horse trainer in 1984, but it did not last either. In 1990, he married Sue Shifrin. He had two children, a son named Beau, with Sue, and actress Katie Cassidy. In 1994, he wrote a book about his years being Keith Partridge, and performed updated songs from the Partridge Family years.
David died on November 21, 2017, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He was sixty seven.- Born in Cumberland, WI, Dave grew up on the West Side of St. Paul, MN. He was a three sport athlete, playing football, baseball and hockey at Humboldt H.S. He was recently named as one of the St. Paul High School Athletic Conference's all-time best 100 athletes. Played Junior A Hockey for the St. Paul Vulcans and briefly at the University of Minnesota under the 1980 Olympic Gold Medal USA Hockey coach Herb Brooks. Played 10 years of professional hockey, with teams such as the NHL Detroit Red Wings & Minnesota North Stars, plus, the WHA New England Whalers, Minnesota Fighting Saints & Birmingham Bulls.
Currently lives in Pittsburgh, PA. where he manages the Island Sports Center and coaches AAA travel hockey teams for the Pittsburgh Hornets. Got his role as Jack Hanson when Jack Carlson could not appear in the movie with his two other real life brothers, Steve and Jeff. Dave was originally scheduled to play Dave "Killer" Carlson. - Composer
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David Jisse was born on 12 April 1946 in Pessac, France. He was a composer and actor, known for Les enquêtes du commissaire Maigret (1967), Chronopolis (1982) and Les cinq dernières minutes (1958). He died on 18 July 2020 in Paris, France.- Writer
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Television would never be the same after David Letterman made his second attempt at a show in 1982. But his career before becoming host of the show was quite an interesting and long one.
Letterman was born in Broad Ripple, a neighborhood in Indianapolis, to Dorothy Marie (Hofert), a church secretary, and Harry Joseph Letterman, a florist. He is of German, English, and Scots-Irish descent. His childhood was relatively unremarkable, but he exhibited tendencies of the class clown and showed a very strong independent streak as a child. Letterman went on to graduate from Ball State University in the late 1960s and married Michelle Cook in 1969. From 1970 to 1974, he worked as a weatherman and TV announcer and from 1974 to 1975 as a radio talk show host.
As the late 1970s approached, Letterman was working as a struggling stand-up comic at The Comedy Store and started writing for television shows. He wrote for the summer series "The Peeping Times" and for such shows as Good Times (1974). Letterman had become something of a minor celebrity by 1978, by which time he had appeared on The Gong Show (1976), Mary Tyler Moore's variety series, Mary (1978), Liar's Club (1976), The $10,000 Pyramid (1973), Password Plus (1979) and the variety series, The Starland Vocal Band Show (1977). (It was also revealed on the Game Show Network that Letterman hosted a pilot of a game show in the seventies called The Riddlers (1977), but it was not made into a series.)
This exposure prompted many appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962). He became so popular that he was permanent substitute host by the end of the 1970s. NBC saw great potential in the young irreverent comedian, so they gave Letterman his own daytime talk show, The David Letterman Show (1980), which was a disaster and aired for only a few months. At about this time, Tom Snyder was having problems with his late-night show, Tomorrow Coast to Coast (1973), which aired after the "Tonight Show." His problems were mostly with his co-host, Rona Barrett, and Snyder was forced off air in late 1981. Letterman, who was still permanent co-host of the "Tonight Show," took over the post-Carson slot with [error].
Letterman's show was extremely unconventional. For starters, Letterman was very political, whereas Johnny Carson had steered away from political jokes. Letterman's early antics changed talk shows. He would often stage elevator races in Radio City Music Hall. He made random calls to strangers and talked about the strangest subjects. At one point, Letterman got his associate Larry "Bud" Melman to stand outside the Russian Embassy and hand out pamphlets encouraging defection. He often made his guests feel uncomfortable with his intelligent and abrasive style, and guests often participated in funny and unusual skits with him. Letterman became almost an instant success, and some say he surpassed Carson in popularity.
As the late 1980s approached, Letterman was becoming more and more of a household name, often at odds with the censors over his show, and never one to kowtow to guests' wishes. But that only made him more popular, and he garnered more and more status as a world class talk show host. Among the more classic moments in his early show was the time he covered his suit with Alka Seltzer and jumped in a vat of water. Letterman helped Andy Kaufman with his wrestling saga, as Kaufman and Jerry Lawler pretended to get in a fight on "Late Night." Letterman also became known for his on-screen reclusiveness with respect to other shows. While Carson at one point in his career would often make cameos and guest appearances, Letterman would shy away from cameos and stuck almost solely to doing his "Late Night" show.
In 1992 Johnny Carson made a landmark announcement: he was retiring. Many thought that Letterman would be the natural choice as Carson's replacement, but many at NBC were leaning toward current "Tonight Show" substitute host Jay Leno. The battle was very public and very vicious, but in the end Leno won out, and Letterman continued hosting the post-"Tonight Show" slot. But, in 1993, Letterman made his own big announcement: he was leaving NBC for a lucrative contract with CBS to star in the Late Show with David Letterman (1993). The battle intensified even more. NBC claimed that many of Letterman's gimmicks and jokes, including throwing the pencil at the camera, the Top Ten List, and Larry "Bud" Melman, among many others, were NBC's "intellectual property." NBC lost, but Larry "Bud" Melman would now be called by his real name, Calvert DeForest, on the CBS show. Competing in the late night wars with not only Leno but also Chevy Chase, Arsenio Hall and Ted Koppel, Letterman consistently won over all of his competition until the summer of 1995, when Leno had guest Hugh Grant on his show to discuss his highly publicized arrest for being caught with prostitute Divine Brown and Grant cried on screen. The ratings were tremendous, and Leno has consistently beaten Letterman ever since.
In recent years, Letterman has toned down his act. He dresses more conservatively and tends to go the more traditional route of talk shows. It can be said that every talk show since, including Craig Kilborn and especially 'Conan O'Brien', has been influenced a great deal by Letterman's unconventional, irreverent, off-the-wall style. It was thought that Letterman was going to retire in the mid-'90s, but an impressive 14 million-per-year deal has kept Letterman with CBS. Near-tragedy struck, however, in January of 2000 when Letterman was diagnosed with coronary arterial blockage and underwent quintuple bypass surgery. The operation was successful, however, and Letterman received countless get-well cards and a great deal of publicity. Among David's better-known incidents in recent years have been Drew Barrymore's infamous table dance, an interview with a bizarre and ditzy Farrah Fawcett, his appearance in the movie, Cabin Boy (1994) (written by and starring his former "Late Night" writer and performer Chris Elliott), his stint as host of The 67th Annual Academy Awards (1995), and his appearance in the Andy Kaufman biopic, Man on the Moon (1999). When Politically Incorrect (1993) was canceled in 2002, Letterman was sought after to leave CBS for ABC, but he declined to do so and stayed with CBS, where he remained until his retirement in May 2015.
Aside from being a talk show host, Letterman is an active producer. His production company is called Worldwide Pants. Over the years he has been executive producer of his original show, his new show, Everybody Loves Raymond (1996), The Building (1993), Bonnie (1995), The High Life (1996), The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (1999), and Ed (2000).- Actress
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Delaney Rose Stein was born on 12 April 2005 in California, USA. She is an actress, known for Tangled (2010), Logan (2017) and Frozen II (2019).- Actor
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Dennis Banks was born on 12 April 1937 in Leech Lake Indian Reservation, Minnesota, USA. He was an actor, known for The Last of the Mohicans (1992), War Party (1988) and Desert Haiku (2014). He died on 29 October 2017 in Rochester, Minnesota, USA.- Actress
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Diane Gaeta Marshall-Green is a Mexican American actress and artist who was born in Texas and raised in Manhattan, Dallas, Miami and Upper Saddle River, New Jersey. While in high school she attended the Young People's Program on Saturdays at the Lee Strasberg Institue. In College, she attended Tisch School of the Arts at New York University and continued with the Strasberg Institute and John Markland. She is a Producer through her company LocaBella Productions and has multiple projects upcoming.- Actor
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Ed O'Neill is an American actor best known for playing Al Bundy on Married... with Children (1987), the most iconic working class character on television since Archie Bunker. Upon his debut on the world stage in Youngstown, Ohio on April 12, 1946, he was christened Edward Philip O'Neill, Jr. Both his father, Ed, Sr., a steelworker and truck driver, and his social worker mother, the former Ruth Ann Quinlan, were Irish-Americans.
A gifted athlete, the 6'1" O'Neill attended Ohio University on a football scholarship, but transferred after his sophomore year to Youngstown State University, where he played as a defensive lineman. In 1969, he was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers, but was cut in training camp. (Al Bundy was a former high-school football star constantly reminiscing about his glory days on the high school gridiron. Terry Bradshaw, the Hall of Fame Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback, twice appeared on "Married with Children".)
After being cut by the Steelers, O'Neill went back to YSU to join the new theater department. After graduating, he became a social studies teacher at his alma mater, Ursuline High School, before fully committing to acting. He was a member of the company at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts, one of the top regional theaters in America.
After numerous supporting parts in movies and television, he was cast as the New York City detective Popeye Doyle in the 1986 television movie that was a pilot for a proposed television series. "Popeye Doyle" was based on the classic police drama The French Connection (1971), with O'Neill playing the role originated by Gene Hackman). The television movie and O'Neill's performance got good reviews, but it was not picked up as a series.
A year later, O'Neill was cast as Al Bundy in the sitcom "Married with Children", which debuted on the then-new Fox Network in April 1987. It ran 10 years, until June 1997, and made O'Neill a star.
During the production of "Married with Children" and after its cancellation, O'Neill appeared in movies, guested on television shows, and made television commercials. The second iconic fictional policeman role that O'Neill took over was Sgt. Joe Friday in his 2003 remake of Jack Webb's classic crime series Dragnet (2003), which appeared on ABC. The network canceled the show during its second season. Since 2009, O'Neill has played Jay Pritchett on the ABC's sitcom Modern Family (2009), for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award in 2011.
Since 1986, O'Neill has been married to actress Catherine Rusoff. They have two daughters, Claire and Sophia.- Actress
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Eline Powell is a Belgian actress. Powell was born in Leuven, Belgium. She has a brother. When she was in high school she participated in theater classes. She graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in 2011 with a BA degree in acting, with special skills in ballet, Hip Hop, Flamenco, singing, violin and speaks Dutch and French, as well as English with American, South American, Estuary, and Irish accents.
She started her career making a short film For Elise playing Mila, then appeared in small roles in films such as Quartet, Novitiate and Knights of the Roundtable: King Arthur both of 2017. In 2014, she won the lead role in the Italian drama film Anita B. as Anita directed by Roberto Faenza. Then in 2016 she appeared in Game of Thrones as Bianca.
Powell was cast to star in the upcoming Freeform series Siren playing Ryn, a mermaid.- Actress
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Elissa Leeds was born in New York City, New York, USA. She is a former actress and manager, known for All My Children (1970), The Woman in Red (1984) and Charlie's Angels (1976). After a career in acting, Elissa founded Reel Talent Management in 1987. In addition to management, she is also a producer.- Elspet Gray was born on 12 April 1929 in Inverness, Inverness Shire, Scotland, UK. She was an actress, known for Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), Six with Rix (1972) and Fly Away Peter (1948). She was married to Brian Rix. She died on 18 February 2013 in London, England, UK.
- Emilio del Guercio is known for 1973, un grito del corazón (2008), Todos a la vez (1969) and Memoria AMIA: La memoria (2016).
- More on cause of death: Eric Feldary died of burns suffered when a gas explosion wrecked his West Hollywood home. Feldary, 55, was taken to a hospital with second and third degree burns over more than 50 per cent of his body. A sheriff's deputy who investigated the blast said Feldary told him he forgot to close the valve of a gas heater the night before. When he struck a match in the morning the roof was blown off and the 5-room House was lifted from its foundation, the officer said. A neighbor, Leslie Warner, 57, heard the explosion and rushed out to see Feldary running from the house, his clothing afire. Warner extinguished the flames with a garden hose and summoned the fire department. Feldary was born in Budapest. Before coming to Hollywood he was well known in Hungary as a fencer, and enacted such roles several times in Hollywood.
- Fernando Lúpiz was born on 12 April 1953. He is an actor, known for Detective de señoras (1990), Double Edged (2006) and Little Women Forever (1995).
- Flavio Briatore was born on 12 April 1950 in Verzuolo, Piedmont, Italy. He is an actor, known for Vita Smeralda (2006), Fabio Rovazzi: Faccio quello che voglio (2018) and Emigratis (2016). He has been married to Elisabetta Gregoraci since 14 June 2008. They have one child. He was previously married to Marcy Schlobohm.
- Frank Bank was born on 12 April 1942 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Leave It to Beaver (1957), The New Leave It to Beaver (1983) and Life with Archie (1962). He was married to Rebecca Fink, Jeri Lynn Handelman and Marlene Kay Blau. He died on 13 April 2013 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Franz Mazura was born on 12 April 1924 in Salzburg, Austria. He was an actor, known for The Metropolitan Opera Presents (1977), Lulu (1979) and Der Ring des Nibelungen (1980). He was married to Elisabeth Friedmann. He died on 23 January 2020 in Mannheim, Germany.
- Gaby Álvarez is known for Isla flotante (2006), Tendencia (2003) and Caiga quien caiga - CQC (1995).
- Gillo Dorfles was born on 12 April 1910 in Trieste, Austria-Hungary [now Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy]. He was a writer, known for A proposito di 'Arden of Feversham' (1968), Ultra Dorfles (2018) and Latta e caffè - Riccardo Dalisi, Napoli e il teatro della decrescita (2009). He died on 2 March 2018 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy.
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Ginny Weirick was born on 12 April 1981 in Santa Clara County, California, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Entourage (2004), Private Practice (2007) and The Hanging Tree (2008).- Gretel Bergmann was born on 12 April 1914 in Laupheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. She was married to Bruno Lambert. She died on 25 July 2017 in New York City, New York, USA.
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Hannah Dunne is a series regular (as Lizzie) on Amazon's Golden Globe-winning series Mozart in the Jungle, created by Roman Coppola, Jason Schwartzman, and Alex Timbers. She starred off-Broadway opposite Molly Ringwald in Terms of Endearment. Dunne was seen guest starring opposite Steve Buscemi on season one of Horace and Pete, written and directed by Louis C.K., and previously guested on the FX series Louie. Dunne's film credits include Noah Baumbach's Frances Ha, My Dead Boyfriend, and Richard Loncraine's 5 Flights Up.- Actor
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Hardy Kruger was born Eberhard August Franz Ewald Krüger in Wedding, Berlin, thee son of Auguste (Meier) and Max Krüger. At thirteen years, he became a member of the "Hitler Jugend" (Hitler Youth), as did all 13-year-old boys in Germany then. The purpose of the organization was to prepare the boys for military service. At age 15, Hardy made his film debut in a German picture (Junge Adler (1944)), but his acting career was interrupted when he was drafted into the German army in 1944 at age 16 and posted to an infantry regiment.
Years later, Hardy related how he "hated that [Nazi] uniform." During the filming of A Bridge Too Far (1977) in which he portrayed a Nazi general, he wore a top-coat over his S.S. uniform between takes so as "not to remind myself of my childhood in Germany during W.W.II." It is said, that during his war years, Hardy was captured and taken prisoner by U.S. forces but attempted to escape thrice, the third time successfully.
After the war, Hardy returned to acting, and eight years later was "discovered" by foreign film distributor J. Arthur Rank who promptly cast him in three British pictures, practically filmed back-to-back: The One That Got Away (1957), Bachelor of Hearts (1958) and Chance Meeting (1959), in which he appeared simply as a foreigner and not a German, as was usually the case. Following the release of these films, Hardy's career took off. Despite anti-German sentiment that still prevailed in postwar Europe, Hardy, described as "ruggedly handsome" and a "blond heartthrob," became an international favorite, paving the way to his first American role as co-star with John Wayne in the Tanganyika-shot wildlife adventure Hatari! (1962).
Hardy was so taken aback by the beauty of the land, that he bought the film's location ("Momilla Farm") and built a small home for himself and a small bungalow hotel for tourists to see the animals. Hunting was forbidden on the property, and, later, a cattle farm was started with the meat being sold to local hotels. Hardy described his home there as "a sort of African Walden where I can get away from the world from time to time."
In 1979, due to the dissolution of the alliance of Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania (formerly Tanganyika), the border with Kenya was closed and remained so for half a decade which caused a serious decline in tourism. The business aspects of his property were shut down for a period of time, but eventually things picked up and the place was transformed into a proper tourist hotel, known (fittingly) as Hatari Lodge.
Fluent in English, French and German, Hardy found himself in much demand by British, French, American and German producers and became more selective in his scripts. "I'd rather sit out a picture than take a role I don't think is right for me" he would later say. He died in January 2022, in Palm Springs, California, 11 years after his last film credit.- Actress
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Brunette Helen Forrest was born Helen Fogel in Atlantic City, New Jersey. She loved singing from early childhood and keenly listened to recordings by all the major female jazz and blues vocalists of the day. At the age of ten, Helen competed in a dance marathon and sang with her brother's band in Washington, D.C. By the time she reached her mid-teens, was a salaried employee of CBS radio and WNEW (New York), singing under the pseudonyms Bonnie Blue, Blue Lady and Marlene. In 1937, she was invited for a guest spot with the orchestra of Bunny Berigan. Clarinettist and bandleader Artie Shaw witnessed her performance and was so impressed that he promptly hired her as main female vocalist to perform alongside the great Billie Holiday.
Though their styles and repertoire differed considerably, Billie was very supportive and became a powerful (though sadly short-lived) influence on young Helen. When Billie was forced to leave the band in October 1938 due to race-related issues (much to Shaw's disgust), Helen was thrust into the limelight as the band's sole vocal star. Performing out of the Blue Room of New York's Hotel Lincoln, she recorded the first of some 40 sides with Shaw, including two tracks that made it to Number 1 in the U.S. charts: "They Say" and "Thanks for Everything". Though Helen was not, perhaps, a jazz singer in the truest sense, she brought to her songs a wistful 'girl-next-door' quality that no other singer of the time possessed in equal measure. The femininity and warmth of her voice and the clear, emotional phrasing of her lyrics were never more effectively expressed than in the Tin Pan Alley ballads showcased by the Shaw orchestra, notably Rodgers & Hart's "I Didn't Know What Time It Was", "What's New", Jimmy Van Heusen's "Deep In A Dream" (which reached Number 3 in the charts) and "Melancholy Mood" (from the Broadway musical 'Very Warm For May').
Helen's vocals contributed in no small measure to the success and popularity of the Artie Shaw orchestra and she herself became a national favorite. However, when Shaw impulsively disbanded the organisation in November 1939, Helen found herself momentarily unemployed. Benny Goodman, who was notorious for his off-hand attitude towards his singers, seized the opportunity for a bargain and hired her at half her previous salary. Thus began the second phase of Helen's career which lasted until 1941. She made 54 recordings with the Goodman band, many of them arranged by the brilliant Eddie Sauter who tailored many songs specifically for her voice, including "How High The Moon", Gershwin's "The Man I Love" and , another Number 1 hit, "Taking A Chance On Love", by Vernon Duke. After two years, Helen felt herself unable to cope any further with Goodman's abuse and left to join trumpet playing bandleader Harry James in what became a very productive collaboration.
Unlike her previous employers, James didn't merely utilize Helen as a band vocalist, but as jazz critic George T. Simon put it, he built "the arrangements around his horn and Helen's voice, establishing warmer moods by slowing down the tempo so that two, instead of the usual three or more choruses, would fill a record ...many an arrangement would build to a closing climax during Helen's vocal, so that she would emerge as its star" (p.270, "The Big Bands", 1968). Helen recorded several top hits with the band, notably "Skylark", "I Don't Want To Walk Without You" and "I've Heard That Song Before". She was frequently paired with the band's main male vocalist, Buenos Aires-born crooner Dick Haymes, performing duets such as "Long Ago And Far Away". At this time, Helen was also showcased in several colourful motion pictures as part of 'Harry James and His Music Makers' , singing one of her most enduring numbers (and the title of her autobiography, co-written with Bill Libby) "I Had The Craziest Dream" in Springtime in the Rockies (1942). The film starred Betty Grable, who eventually became Mrs. Harry James. Helen, who had been romantically involved with James, left the band in late 1943 to pursue a solo career.
During the next few years, Helen free-lanced, playing in clubs and theatres and teaming up with Haymes for a popular radio show. As the big band era drew to a close, she became less active as a recording artist, though, in 1955, Helen briefly rejoined the James orchestra to record some of their earlier hits together on a new compendium LP, entitled 'Harry James in Hi Fi'. In the early 60's, she went on tour with the Sam Donahue-led orchestra of Tommy Dorsey, then, in 1964, with Frank Sinatra. Helen had a stroke in 1980, but still went on to work on her final album, 'Now and Forever', which was released in 1983. Rheumatoid arthritis eventually necessitated her retirement and she died in July 1999 at the age of 82. To this day, Helen Forrest is regarded by many as the most outstanding female vocalist of the swing era.- Music Artist
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Herbert Grönemeyer was born on 12 April 1956 in Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany. He is a music artist and actor, known for Das Boot (1981), The American (2010) and A Most Wanted Man (2014). He was previously married to Anna Henkel-Grönemeyer.- Music Department
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Herbie Hancock is an American actor that was born. Herbert Jeffery Hancock, on April 12, 1940, Chicago, IL. He is best known as a piano player, jazz star, and a composer. He has won many Grammy Awards and has performed with many famous musicians beginning with Miles Davis in the 1960s. He achieved fame with the Mtv generation in the 1980s with his instrumental hit, "Rock it". He and his wife Gigi, have been married since 1968. Later in life, Herbie returned to fame by acting in movies such as. Hitters, Round Midnight, and "Valerarian, World of a Thousand Cities" (2017).- Actress
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Ilana Glazer was born on 12 April 1987 in Long Island, New York, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Broad City (2014), Rough Night (2017) and Broad City (2010). She has been married to David Rooklin since 25 February 2017.- J. Alexander was born in South Bronx, New York, USA. He is known for America's Next Top Model (2003), Katy Keene (2020) and Cuts (2005).
- Jade Calegory is an American actor and best remembered for playing one of the leading roles in the sci-fi/comedy "Mac and Me" (1988). He plays Eric, a teen who befriends a strange alien who jumped on his car during moving day and he tries to help him return home. The role required a wheelchair-bound kid and Jade fit such criteria since he suffers from a health condition that doesn't allow him to walk. Thanks to his charisma, he landed the role but he also had some previous small roles in a couple of soap operas in the early 1980's.
While the film wasn't a critical or commercial success (winning two of its four nominations at the Razzie Awards), Calegory received some praise and a nomination at the 1989's Young Artist Awards in the Best Young Actor in a Motion Picture Comedy or Fantasy category. During promotion for the movie, he appeared in many talk-shows (including "Geraldo") where he discussed not only the film and his condition but also shared plenty of positive thoughts to other disabled young people - he was also a spokesperson for the "Friends Who Care" community.
After "Mac and Me", he appeared in one episode of "Kids Incorporated" and the TV movie "Alien Nation" (1989), and in recent years he turned his efforts to artistic works and photography. - James Dougherty was born on 12 April 1921 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was married to Rita Lambert, Patricia Scoman and Marilyn Monroe. He died on 15 August 2005 in San Rafael, California, USA.
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During the early times of the Depression when life was more famine than feast, child stars became the blue plate special of the day, served up by Hollywood to help nourish a nation besieged with troubles. Following 20th Century-Fox monumental success with Shirley Temple in the early 1930s, every studio was out searching for its own precocious little commodity who could pack 'em in the aisles despite the lean times. While Paramount whipped up "Little" Mitzi Green, MGM offered Jackie Cooper in the hopes of finding a similar box office jingle. Wildly talented Janie Withers fit the bill, too, and although she earned pint-sized prominence just like the others, it was also for Temple's Fox Studios. As such, Jane remained somewhat of a side course to Temple's main dish (what child star didn't?) throughout much her young "B" level reign. Nevertheless, she became a major bright star in her own right.
The freckled, dark-haired hellraiser was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on April 12, 1926. The daughter of Walter and Lavinia Ruth (Elble) Withers, her parents wasted no time in prodding little Jane quickly into the world of entertainment. Jane was a natural--performing by the time she could walk and talk. By age three, she was taking singing and dancing lessons and at age 4, was starring on her own radio program in Atlanta. A spot-on mimic, she was simply uncanny when it came to impersonating the superstars of her day (W.C. Fields, Marie Dressler, Charles Chaplin) and was a veteran pint-sized performer by the time her family moved to Los Angeles after her father was transferred by his company. Jane was enrolled in Lawlor's Professional School and was soon modeling in shows, entertaining at benefits and making the usual rounds of the studios nabbing extra work while waiting for that one big film break.
She found it at age 8 when she won the plum role of the spoiled, obnoxious, doll-ripping, bicycle-riding brat who terrorizes sweet Shirley Temple in Twentieth Century-Fox's Bright Eyes (1934). The infamy earned Jane a sweet contract at Fox and for the next seven years she did it her way as the tyke star of close to 50 "B" level films. Where Shirley was cuddly and ultra huggable, brunette-banged Jane was fun, rambunctious and full of kinetic energy--a scrappy little tomboy who could take on any boy at any time. Her lively vehicles took full advantage of her talents for impersonating movie stars, too. Her first major success came in the form of the title role in Ginger (1935) in which Jane imitated the balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet and was rewarded by the studio with a contract of $125 weekly for six months. Her singing and dancing skills were utilized in such vehicles as This Is the Life (1935) and Paddy O'Day (1936). As the star, she was toned down, of course, from the all-out brat she played against Temple. Jane kept filmgoers entertained throughout the late 1930s with pictures like Pepper (1936) and Angel's Holiday (1937), in which she did an hilarious impression of Martha Raye. She ended 1937 with a bang when she was named one of Motion Picture's Poll's "Top Ten" (#6) box office favorites. Guess who was #1?
The early 1940s would tell the story as to whether Jane could survive the dreaded awkward teen transition that haunted every popular child star. She received her first screen kiss at age 13 in Boy Friend (1939) and was singled out for her work in The Ritz Brothers' Pack Up Your Troubles (1939), but Jane's antics simply didn't play as well and the studio began to lose interest. In fact, both Shirley and Jane felt the pressures of growing up and Darryl F. Zanuck let both of them go in July of 1942. Jane signed a three-year picture deal with Republic Pictures with lukewarm results. Her best dramatic role at that time came with The North Star (1943).
In 1947, the same year as her last picture of the decade, Jane married a wealthy Texas oil man, William Moss, and had three children by him--William, Wendy, and Randy. The marriage was not a happy one and lasted only six years. She also was suffering from rheumatoid arthritis. In 1955, she remarried, this time to Kenneth Errair, one-quarter of the harmonizing group "The Four Freshmen." They had two children, Ken and Kendall Jane. At the same time, she attempted a Hollywood comeback. While studying directing at the USC film school, she met producer/director George Stevens who cast her in an enviable character role in the epic-sized Giant (1956) supporting Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, and James Dean. Other film roles followed with The Right Approach (1961) and Captain Newman, M.D. (1963).
It was TV, however, that would turn Jane into a wealthy woman as a friendly household pitchwoman. Her decades-long job as the dress-downed Josephine the Plumber pushing Comet cleanser made her one popular gal when working in films became a non-issue. From time to time she made guest appearances on such fun, lightweight shows as The Munsters (1964), The Love Boat (1977), Murder, She Wrote (1984), and Hart to Hart (1979). Known for her strong spiritualism and charitable contributions, Jane's buoyant, indefatigable nature was still, at age 90+, highly infectious. She not only did voiceover work for Disney's animated features but still popped up here and there for interviews and convention signings--as bright-eyed and bushy-tailed as she was in her childhood heyday. A widow in 1968, (her second husband perished in a June 14th plane crash in California), she also lost one of her five children, Randy, to cancer when he was only 33.- Geneva "Gee" was born into a large family with deep roots in the Seventh Ward. She is what New Orleans natives call a "Creole's Creole". Her father was a barber who owned a business on St. Anthony Street and her mother was a hairdresser. She was the second born in a close knit family of four siblings which consisted of an older brother Walbert and two younger sisters, Zernell and Zona. She always wanted to be an entertainer and as a child would dance and rehearse skits to perform for family and friends in the neighborhood. Encouraged by Mrs. Leah McKenna, Principal at Rivers Frederick Junior High School, she participated in whatever recital or program being presented at the school or other venue. She credits her mother for being her staunchest supporter "who was the foundation of my life and all my successes."
Her earliest memories of performers who inspired her are of Pearl Bailey, Eartha Kitt and Lena Horne appearing on the Ed Sullivan Show. The family relocated and she arrived in LA convinced she would make it. She got an agent and changed her name to Janell Michelle. She was also enrolled at the time in Manual Arts High School. While she commuted weekly to Las Vegas to work as a dancer, she graduated 25th scholastically in a class of 500. After graduation, she acted in bit parts in made for television programs finally landing a roll in Buffalo Soldier (1970) and Mephisto Waltz (1971. At 23, she met and fell in love with and married Robert DuQui, a widower with 4 children. This marriage produced a son, Robert Diego Duqui and ended in divorce. She married Robert Tucker in 1979. In 1983 the couple welcomed a baby girl, Iam.
She is a successful businesswoman in New Orleans LA. - Actor
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Jared Turner was born in New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand on April 12, 1978. His family moved to Sydney, Australia, in 1980. Jared grew up living in the western suburbs of Sydney.
Jared graduated from Theatre Nepean, University of Western Sydney in 2000 at the age of 22.
He went on to act in numerous theatre productions, both in Australia and abroad, as well as local TV drama, All Saints (1998), before landing a lead role on the award-winning New Zealand feature film, Fracture (2004).
Upon returning to New Zealand, Jared was guest cast in acclaimed NZ comedy-drama, Outrageous Fortune (2005), followed by regular appearances in the TV series, Go Girls (2009). Shortly after, Jared was cast in one of the lead roles for the international hit show, The Almighty Johnsons (2011), playing "Ty Johnson", the human incarnation of Hod, the Nordic God of all things dark and cold. Jared has since become a well-known figure in New Zealand, appearing on numerous local film and television productions over the last several years.
Most recently, Jared was a member of the lead cast in the new Australian drama, Secret Daughter (2016), which also stars Australian Pop music sensation, Jessica Mauboy.
Jared has also appeared in numerous international productions including "30 Days of Night" (2007)", "Underworld: Rise of the Lycans" (2009), Spartacus (2010), and as Slanter, the leader of the Gnome rebellion in MTV's hit fantasy series, The Shannara Chronicles (2016)- Actor
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Jay Baker started entertaining people professionally at the age of seventeen as a musical stage performer and soon found himself moving to Los Angeles where he spent the next two decades as a working actor.
Eagle-eyed viewers will recognize Jay's appearances on The Dukes of Hazzard (1979), Baywatch (1989) and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993), as well as other popular television series of the 80s and 90s. He's also featured in the cult classic films April Fool's Day (1986) and Shag (1988).
In 2001, after moving his family from California back to his native Tennessee, Jay looked for a way to combine his skills as a carpenter and handyman with his professional pursuits in television. That effort paid off when Jay was booked as an on-air carpenter for DIY Network's Emmy-nominated home improvement program, "Warehouse Warriors".
Sticking with a formula that works, Jay went on to host a number of other home improvement programs including "Build and Outdoor Kitchen", Floors, Doors & Windows (2003) and two popular "Ultimate Workshop" series (The Ultimate Workshop II (2003)). In 2003, he and his co-hosts from "Warehouse Warriors" provided their carpentry and contracting expertise to the families of service men and women serving in Iraq for the DIY Network series, "Help on the Homefront". He can also be seen as the host of a special honoring the home-building organization, Habitat for Humanity.
Jay has found yet another way to combine his talent for television and carpentry, this time as an award-winning producer for Knoxville, TN-based RIVR Media on series such as DIY to the Rescue (2003), Grounds for Improvement (2005) and Wasted Spaces (2006).
When he's not working on a television program - in front of or behind the camera - he's working on his home, spending time with his two children, or taking a walk in the woods feeding his fascination with nature. His lakeside home has proven a retreat for his friends around the country who just need to "get away", and he enjoys the opportunity to live his dream of sitting on the dock and sharing his space with friends and loved ones.- Actor
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Jean-Pierre Marielle was born on 12 April 1932 in Paris, France. He was an actor, known for The Da Vinci Code (2006), Tous les matins du monde (1991) and Micmacs (2009). He was married to Agathe Natanson, Catherine-Françoise Burette, Michèle Bompart and Noëlle Leiris. He died on 24 April 2019 in Saint-Cloud, Hauts-de-Seine, France.- Actress
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Jennifer Bond was born in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for The Offer (2022), Melissa & Joey (2010) and Palm Swings (2020).- Actress
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Jennifer Marie Morrison was born in Chicago, Illinois, the oldest child of teachers David and Judy Morrison. She was raised in Arlington Heights, IL, with a younger sister and brother. She attended the same school her parents taught at, Prospect High School. As a child, she did some work as a model. After graduating from high school, she attended Loyola University in Chicago, where she studied Theater and English. She then moved on to study at the Steppenwolf Theater Company, before relocating to Los Angeles, California to pursue her acting career. Morrison's movie debut came in 1994, playing the daughter of Richard Gere and Sharon Stone in Intersection (1994). Success followed with various film and television roles, including the lead in Urban Legends: Final Cut (2000). She came to wide scale public attention in 2004 for her role as Dr. Allison Cameron in the television series House (2004), for which she was nominated for a prestigious Screen Actors Guild Award. Since leaving "House M.D.", her career has continued to progress with roles in Star Trek (2009), How I Met Your Mother (2005) and Warrior (2011).- Actress
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Jessie James Decker was born on April 12, 1988 in Vicenza, Italy as Jessica Rose James. She is an actress known for her country music career with songs, "I Look So Good" and "Boys In The Summer". She has been married to Eric Decker since June 22, 2013. They have two children.- Actor
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Jimmy Makulis was born on 12 April 1935 in Athens, Greece. He was an actor, known for Three Insane Asylum Runaways (1954), Café Oriental (1962) and Mein Schatz ist aus Tirol (1958). He died on 28 October 2007 in Athens, Greece.- Music Department
Joan Eloi Vila was born on 12 April 1959 in Spain. He is known for El Terrat 13 anys: Mals endreços (2003), Una altra cosa (2002) and Defecte 2000 (1999). He died on 17 January 2021 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.- John Antonelli was born on 12 April 1930 in Rochester, New York, USA. He was married to Gail Harms and Rosemarie. He died on 28 February 2020 in Rochester, New York, USA.
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John Dunsworth was born in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, not far from the sea where he would spend much of his time on his yacht when not working. John was one of Halifax's most venerable and revered actors, appearing in countless CBC radio dramas and held leading roles in over 25 Neptune Theatre productions. In 1970, long before the days of waterfront renewal, John convinced the city of Halifax to lease to him a run-down old building by the shipyards which he turned into Pier One Theatre - Halifax's first and arguably its most successful alternative theatre company.
John first met Mike Clattenburg in the mid-1990s when he auditioned for a small role in Mike's short, One Last Shot. Halfway through shooting, John's small role blossomed into a leading part - a part that garnered him a Best Performance award from the Atlantic Film Festival. From there, John developed that role into the character Jim Lahey, the trailer park supervisor on the series Trailer Park Boys.
John's final acting credits include "Trailer Park Boys" (2001-2018), short film George (2018), and "Sir John A. And the Curse of the Anti-Quenched" (2017)
Beyond acting, John was an avid bridge player, holding master points. He also holds, until somebody proves otherwise, the Internet Scrabble record for having three 7-letter words in a row. Around town, John was easy to spot. He drove an old truck with a thousand pound winch that he would use to hauling granite. In 1987, John founded Filmworks Casting where he worked as Halifax's most successful casting director. Prior to that, John worked in the transportation industry, driving a cab for three years and working the CNR trains from Halifax and Sydney.- Writer
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Raised in Corvallis, Oregon, Jon Krakauer graduated from Hampshire College in 1976, after which he worked as a carpenter and commercial salmon fisherman in Alaska before embarking on a career as a writer. He is the author of 8 books, including Into the Wild, Into Thin Air (which was one of three finalists for the 1998 Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction), Under the Banner of Heaven, Where Men Win Glory, Missoula, and Classic Krakauer. His work has also been published by National Geographic, Rolling Stone, Smithsonian, The New Yorker, The Washington Post, and The New York Times. In 1999, he received an Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. According to the award citation, "Krakauer combines the tenacity and courage of the finest tradition of investigative journalism with the stylish subtlety and profound insight of the born writer." In the aftermath of the 1996 Everest tragedy that was the subject of Into Thin Air, Krakauer became involved with the American Himalayan Foundation in order to repay some of his personal debt to the Sherpas who did so much to assist him and the other survivors of that calamity; presently he serves as the board chair.- Actress
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Jordana Ariel Spiro was born on April 12, 1977 in Manhattan, New York. She was raised in Manhattan and studied at the Circle in the Square Theatre School. She also briefly attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London. Spiro splits her time between Los Angeles and New York. In addition to acting, Spiro has a passion for photography and has produced and directed several shorts. In fall 2009, she began the MFA Program in Filmmaking at Columbia University.
Spiro begun her acting career in the 1990's appearing in mostly comedic TV shows and TV movies: Maybe This Time (1995), Her Last Chance (1996), If These Walls Could Talk (1996), Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997), Silk Stalkings (1991), Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990) and City Guys (1997). She got her first recurring roles on One World (1998) and Undressed (1999). Her first regular role was on the short lived The Huntress (2000) as Annette O'Toole's bounty hunter daughter. After The Huntress she mostly guest starred on TV shows, such as Out of Practice (2005), CSI: NY (2004), Cold Case (2003) and had a recurring role on JAG (1995) as Lt. Catherine Graves.
She also appeared in feature films: Must Love Dogs (2005), Partner(s) (2005), Alone with Her (2006), Living & Dying (2007), The Year of Getting to Know Us (2008) and Trespass (2011). She starred in TBS' comedy My Boys (2006) as P.J., a twenty-something guy's girl, who tries to find romance within her world dominated by male friends. "My Boys" ended in 2010 after four seasons. She also appeared in Neal Brennan's The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard (2009) opposite Jeremy Piven, Ed Helms and Rob Riggle. In 2011, she had a recurring role on Harry's Law (2011) as Rachael Miller. She also guest starred on Dexter (2006) and had a recurring role as Detective Jenna Villette on The Good Wife (2009). She was the lead on The Mob Doctor (2012), but unfortunately it was cancelled after 13 episodes. Besides guest starring on Tyrant (2014) and Royal Pains (2009), she has had a recurring role since 2015 on NBC's hit Blindspot (2015) as Sarah Weller.- Actress
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Stage, screen and radio actress Josephine Crawford Melville was born in Essex, England, of African and Jamaican ancestry to parents Edmund and Byrel Melville. She started out as a dancer, transitioning to acting in 1983. Three years later, she debuted in Moon on a Rainbow Shawl at the Theatre Royal, Stratford East, which marked the beginning of a lengthy association with that company. Her appearances in other stage productions have included Sleeping Beauty and Sinbad the Sailor. On screen from 1983, Melville had a small role in the motion picture Empire State (1987). She made guest appearances in Pie in the Sky (1994) and The Bill (1984) , prior to her best known role as Tessa Parker in nine episodes of the long-running soap EastEnders (1985). At the time of her untimely death, Melville had completed filming for the futuristic thriller Slammer in which she had a starring role as Detective Russell. Outside of the performing arts, Melville also wrote poetry and was active in promoting both African and Caribbean culture in Essex. She was a founder of the charitable Southend-based South Essex African Caribbean Association (SEACA), whose stated aim was to "share and celebrate our culture, heritage and arts with the wider community, promoting understanding, tolerance, community, and social cohesion." Josephine Melville passed away unexpectedly backstage at the Nottingham Playhouse after playing the part of Aunt Maggie in the play Nine Night.- Juan Pablo Brzezicki is known for Wandering Heart (2021) and Tenis Pro (2004).
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Judy Marte was born on 12 April 1983 in New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Raising Victor Vargas (2002), NYC 22 (2012) and On the Outs (2004).- Actress
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Katelyn Mary Pippy was born on April 12th, 1993, in Fort Hood, Texas, to John and Katherine Pippy. She became interested in performing at the age of 8 originally through choir class and then her interests evolved into musical theatre and eventual film and television acting. Katelyn has acted in numerous theatre, film, and television roles. Her most recent role was as a series regular on the Lifetime hit series _"Army Wives" (2007)_. Katelyn completed 61 shows of the series before taking time off of acting after earning acceptance to the Ivy League Institution Cornell University. In May of 2015 Katelyn graduated from Cornell with a Bachelor of Arts degree, where she also participated in numerous extracurriculars and played Division 1 Women's Ice Hockey. Katelyn is now living full time in Los Angeles.- Actor
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Kelly Donovan was born on April 12, 1971 three minutes before his brother, Nicholas Brendon. He started his career behind the scenes. He was a P.A. on an independent movie called The Hard Truth (1994) and was the set dresser for Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997). Kelly always had a passion for acting, though, and decided to pursue his original dream and step in front of the camera. His first break in the world of entertainment was his small role in City Guys (1997). Months afterwards, he made a guest appearance on MTV's late night program Undressed (1999). The highlight, though, was when he portrayed "Xander Harris"' double on Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997). After his guest spot on "Buffy", he continued doing stuntwork for his brother and also worked behind the scenes in the Art Department. Currently, Kelly still does stuntwork for various television series, the most recent being Alias (2001).- Actor
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Kim Bodnia is a Danish actor, who was born in Copenhagen in 1965.
Kim Bodnia is educated as an actor at the Copenhagen Theatre school (1988-1991). After an amazing theatre career as an actor and creator of new Danish theatre in Copenhagen, he had his breakthrough in Nightwatch (1994) for which he received The Robert Award for best supporting actor.
After his breakthrough, he established the companies Bella Entertainment1 and Bella Film Production, which have produced a number of his films since then.
In 1996, the much acclaimed cult film, Pusher was released and Kim Bodnia was honored for his lead role as Frank. Then followed films as Bleeder (1999), In China They Eat Dogs (1999), Escape (2001), Dragonfly (2001), Jolly Roger (2001), Old Men in New Cars (2002), Himmelfald (2002).
In 2010 he had a role in the Danish director Susanne Bier's Oscar winning film - Best Foreign language "In A Better World " and Kim starred along side Trine Dyrholm and Pierce Brosnan in the success film "Love is All you Need (2012)
In November 2014, he won the The Angela Film Prize Award for European Film making at the Killkenny Subtitle Film festival in Ireland.
Today Kim Bodnia is a highly respected actor for his work and his role as Martin in the Nordic Noir most famous Danish/Swedish Television crime show "The Bridge I and II". He won The Golden Nymph Award for best actor in television in 2014 at The Festival de Télévision de Monte-Carlo.
Kim had a lead role in Rosewater, directed by Jon Stewart, his first movie as a director. The film received amazing criticism and the acting opposite Gael Garcia Bernal was astonishing.
In 2018, Kim landed the role as Konstantin in the international TV success series, Killing Eve and the TV series has been a huge success worldwide and has won numerous prizes as Best TV series at the 2019 Golden Globes and The Critics' Choice Awards. Kim was nominated at the TV Baftas in 2019 and 2020, as best supporting actor for his role as Konstantin. Killing Eve stopped the series after 4 series in 2022.
Kim played the role as Vesimir in the hit Netflix series, The Witcher II, which premiered in 2022 and Kim returned as "Jens" in the Danish film "Nightwatch, Demons are Forever", launched in Denmark in December 2023.
in 2023 and 2024 Kim is attached to the "Untitled Formula One Racing Movie" alongside Brad Pitt and he can be seen in the world premiere of "Young Woman & The Sea" in the summer of 2024.- Actor
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Kubilay Aka was born on 12 April 1995 in Istanbul, Turkey. He is an actor, known for The Pit (2016), Arif V 216 (2018) and Love 101 (2020).- Director
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Liam O'Donnell was born on 12 April 1982 in Randolph, Massachusetts, USA. He is a director and writer, known for Skyline: Warpath, Skylines (2020) and Beyond Skyline (2017). He has been married to Phet Mahathongdy since 12 December 2009. They have one child.