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- Carlos de la Mota is known for Mañana es para siempre (2008), Timeless Love (2010) and Por ella soy Eva (2012).
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Adolfo Aristarain began working on a regular basis in the film industry in 1965, as second assistant director. Before shooting his first film in 1978, he worked as an assistant director in more than thirty feature films, in different parts of the world, such as Sergio Leone's _Erase un vez en el Oeste_ (1968), Mario Camus' _La Colera del Viento_ (1970), Melvin Frank's _A Touch of Distinction_ (1972), Juan José Jusid's _Los Gauchos Judios_ (1974) and _No Toquen a la Nena_ (1976). From 1984 to 1985 he completed eight episodes for the series "Pepe Carvalho" (Spain) based on the Vazquez Montalban's character. In 1987, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, he shot a coproduction with Columbia Pictures, a feature film originally known as _Deadly_ and then renamed The Stranger, that he does not wish to release in Argentina, because he says he doesn't like it.- Actress
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Agnès Jaoui was born on 19 October 1964 in Antony, Hauts-de-Seine, France. She is an actress and writer, known for The Taste of Others (2000), Look at Me (2004) and Family Resemblances (1996). She was previously married to Jean-Pierre Bacri.- Alberto Irizar was born in 1924 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor, known for Yo soy porteño (1982), Olmedo 79 (1979) and Domingos de teatro cómico (1969). He died on 19 October 1985 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Aleksandra Hamkalo was born on 19 October 1988 in Zielona Góra, Lubuskie, Poland. She is an actress, known for Pierwsza milosc (2004), Big Love (2012) and Suicide Room (2011).
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Alex Feldman was born in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]. He is an actor and director, known for The Americans (2013), Eternity Hill (2016) and Law & Order (1990).- Alex Montoya was born on 19 October 1907 in El Paso, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for The Magnificent Seven (1960), The Flight of the Phoenix (1965) and Soldiers of Fortune (1955). He died on 25 September 1970 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Amy Linker was born on 19 October 1966 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for Square Pegs (1982), D.A.R.Y.L. (1985) and Holy Hollywood (2021).
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Andy Comeau was born on 19 October 1970 in New Boston, New Hampshire, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag (1997), One Hour Photo (2002) and Huff (2004). He has been married to Dawn Lewis since 2007. They have one child.- Actress
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Angela Sun was born on 19 October 1979 in Santa Clara County, California, USA. She is an actress and director, known for Street Kings (2008), A Perfect Getaway (2009) and Plastic Paradise: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch (2013).- Actress
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Anna Galvin was born on 19 October 1969 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. She is an actress and writer, known for Tin Man (2007), Warcraft (2016) and The Sentinel (1996). She has been married to Raul Inglis since 2003. They have one child.- Actress
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Annie Golden was born on 19 October 1951 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. She is an actress and composer, known for Hair (1979), Orange Is the New Black (2013) and I Love You Phillip Morris (2009).- Art Parkinson was born on 19 October 2001 in Moville, County Donegal, Ireland. Art is an actor, known for Kubo and the Two Strings (2016), San Andreas (2015) and Game of Thrones (2011).
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Auguste Lumière was a French engineer, industrialist, biologist, and illusionist, born in Besançon, France. He attended the Martinière Technical School and worked as a manager at the photographic company of his father, Antoine Lumière. Although it is his brother Louis Lumière who is generally acclaimed as the "father of the cinema", Auguste also made a major contribution towards the development of the medium, first by helping with the invention and construction of the cinematographe (the world's first camera and projection mechanism), and second by appearing as a subject in many of the films shot by Louis. Along with his brother, he is also credited with giving the world's first public film screening on December 28, 1895. However, according to Louis, Auguste lost interest in the cinematographe as soon as construction had been completed, and thereafter showed no further interest in the film medium. After his work on the cinematograph he began focusing on the biomedical field, becoming a pioneer in the use of X-rays to examine fractures. He also contributed to innovations in military aircraft, producing a catalytic heater to allow cold-weather engine starts.- Beatriz Día Quiroga was born on 19 October 1936 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was an actress, known for Alta comedia (1965), Marco, el candidato (1994) and El pulpo negro (1985). She died on 14 October 2016 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Benjamin Salisbury was born on 19 October 1980 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. He is an actor, known for Captain Ron (1992), The Nanny (1993) and S1m0ne (2002). He has been married to Kelly Murkey since 2 July 2006.- Actor
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Tall, dignified-looking Bernard Hepton enjoyed a six-decade-long career on both stage and screen during which he particularly excelled at subtle, self-effacing, or introspective roles. An electrician's son, Hepton grew up in the West Yorkshire city of Bradford. Due to poor eyesight, he missed out on wartime service and instead trained as an aircraft engineer and draughtsman. A teenage 'fire watcher' during the war, he found his boredom relieved by a chance introduction to one-act amateur plays. Immediately fascinated by theatre, he joined the Bradford Civic Playhouse where he became a protégé of the director Esme Church. He then acted on stage in York for two years (in his own words tackling "anything from Agatha Christie to Shakespeare"), subsequently graduating as artistic director at the prestigious Birmingham Repertory Theatre and the Liverpool Playhouse. In 1964, Hepton joined the fledgling BBC2 hoping to produce and direct. Before long, however, he ended up in front of the cameras. Specialising in the classics (especially period drama) his many diverse faces over the years included those of kindly clerk Wemmick in Great Expectations (1967), Pallas in I, Claudius (1976) , Hungarian émigré Toby Esterhase, head of the 'Circus' surveillance section, in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979) and Smiley's People (1982), Inspector Goole in An Inspector Calls (1982) (whose author, J.B. Priestley, incidentally grew up in the same street as Hepton), Sir Thomas Bertram in Mansfield Park (1983), and Mr. Woodhouse in Jane Austen's Emma (1996). In addition to numerous one-off guest spots, Hepton also had two notable leading roles in the 1970s: as the humane kommandant in Colditz (1972) and as the Belgian cafe owner/resistance fighter Albert Foriet, aiding the escape of downed Allied airmen from occupied territory in Secret Army (1977).- Director
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Bob Sweeney was born on 19 October 1918 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was a director and producer, known for Hawaii Five-O (1968), Marnie (1964) and The Andros Targets (1977). He was married to Bev. He died on 7 June 1992 in Westlake Village, California, USA.- Breaux Greer was born on 19 October 1976 in Houston, Texas, USA. He has been married to Katy Mixon Greer since October 2016. They have two children.
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Brian Avery was born on 19 October 1973 in Santa Clarita, California, USA. He is an actor and assistant director, known for Baby Driver (2017), Ford v Ferrari (2019) and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009).- Cinematographer
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Carlos Suárez was born in 1946 in Oviedo, Asturias, Spain. He was a cinematographer and writer, known for Makinavaja, el último choriso (1992), Rowing with the Wind (1988) and Oviedo Express (2007). He died on 19 October 2019 in Gijón, Asturias, Spain.- César Bono was born on 19 October 1950 in Mexico City, Mexico. He is an actor, known for Vecinos (2005), Keiko en peligro (1990) and Matinée (1977).
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Christopher Lee Kattan was born in Sherman Oaks, California, to model Hajni Joslyn and actor Kip King. Chris moved to Mt. Baldy when he turned five, and resided there until the age of fifteen, when he moved to Bainbridge Island, Washington for high school.
After he graduated from high school, Chris moved to the L.A. area to join up with the improv/sketch comedy group "The Groundlings". He became a featured player on Saturday Night Live (1975) in March of 1996, and a cast member in September of the same year. He remained on the show until May 2003. Chris lives in the Los Angeles area.- Actor
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Chris has always been interested in storytelling, making movies with his brother from the age of 5. A natural performer, he entertained his family with imitations of his favorite actor, Jim Carrey, and began getting involved with plays at age 8. He repeatedly asked his Mom to let him become an actor. Finally in 2001, Chris began his career, booking commercials in rapid succession as well as guest starring in television episodes of NBC's ER, Fox's Malcolm in the Middle and The Bernie Mac Show and CBS's The District. His first feature film role was a young Bruce Willis in 'The Whole Ten Yards. In the Fall of 2003, Chris won the role of 'Will Roberts' in the long running NBC daytime drama, _"Days of Our Lives" (1965). His work on Days of Our Lives resulted in a nomination for a 2003 Young Artist Award, in the category of Best Younger Actor. Chris attended Chapman University, where he earned a B.F.A. in Screen Acting with a philosophy minor. Since Chapman Chris became known for his role in Westworld. As well as being an actor, Chris is proficient in accordion, and plays shows in a band with his brother called Glory, Gerogia!.- Actress
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Ciara Renee (born 19 October 1990), is a NYC actress, model, singer and dancer. Renée replaced Patina Miller in the Tony-Award winning Broadway revival of Pippin as Leading Player. She also appeared in Big Fish on Broadway, as The Witch, as well as regional productions of The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Broadway workshops of Hamilton and Bull Durham. Highly active in the New York City concert circuit, Renée often plays Joe's Pub, 54 Below, Le Poisson Rouge, and Highline Ballroom.- Dan Tobin's career in Hollywood as a small part supporting player spanned three decades, beginning in 1939. Adding to his slightly shifty appearance -- squinty eyes, high cheekbones and generally sporting a thin moustache -- was a fussy, bumptious manner, which made him ideal typecasting as supercilious, miserly, smugly conceited or obsequious types. Though Tobin's screen personae could be sinister, or at least underhanded, they also often provided comic relief, as, for instance, his somewhat camp, bow-tied employee Gerald Howe in Woman of the Year (1942). On stage, he had his biggest hit in Philip Barry's classic comedy play "The Philadelphia Story" (Broadway (1939-40), playing the part of Alexander 'Sandy' Lord.
By the mid-1950's, Tobin had drifted from films towards guest appearances in early anthology series and sitcoms on television. He had a regular spot in the final season of Perry Mason (1957) as Raymond Burr's restaurateur friend Terrance Clay. As the ideal character to be deflated, he was also employed to good comic effect in several episodes of Bewitched (1964) and The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (1968). Tobin retired from acting in 1977 and died five years later at the age of 72. He had been married to TV scriptwriter Jean Holloway. - David Lewis was born on 19 October 1916 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for The Apartment (1960), General Hospital (1963) and The Absent Minded Professor (1961). He died on 11 December 2000 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Desmond Barrit was born on 19 October 1944 in Morriston, Swansea, Wales, UK. He is an actor, known for Northanger Abbey (2007), A Christmas Carol (1999) and A Midsummer Night's Dream (1996).
- Desmond Harrington was raised in the Bronx New York. Prior to acting he worked as a laborer, landscaper, a cold caller at a brokerage firm, and a bartender in Manhattan, where a co-worker invited him to attend an acting class. Harrington landed his first role in Luc Besson's The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc.
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Originally born Harris Glen Milstead just after the end of WWII, Baltimore's most outrageous resident eventually became the international icon of bad taste cinema, as the always shocking and highly entertaining transvestite performer, Divine.
Milstead met maverick film director & good friend, John Waters, at high school in Baltimore, and the two combined to star in and direct several ultra low budget, taboo breaking cult films of the early 1970s. Their first efforts included Roman Candles (1967), Eat Your Makeup (1968) and Mondo Trasho (1969)....however, their most infamous work together was the amazing Pink Flamingos (1972), in which Divine starred as "Babs Johnson", the "filthiest person alive" living in a pink trailer with her egg-eating grandmother, chicken-loving son and voyeuristic daughter.
Divine also starred as career criminal Dawn Davenport in Female Trouble (1974), as bored housewife Francine Fishpaw in Polyester (1981), as outlaw gal Rosie Velez in Lust in the Dust (1984) and in Waters' loving (but still slightly bizarre) salute to teen dance TV shows as Ricki Lake's mother in the superb Hairspray (1988).
Milstead's health deteriorated due to to his obese frame, and he passed away in his sleep from a combination of heart attack and apnea in 1988.- Donrue Leighton was born on 19 October 1913 in New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Oh, Doctor (1937). She was married to Thomas Phipps, William Tannen and Edgar L. Marston. She died on 5 November 1963 in Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
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Ed Evanko was born on 19 October 1941 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He was an actor, known for Sudden Death (1995), Double Jeopardy (1999) and First Wave (1998). He died on 18 November 2018 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.- Actress
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Elena Chernyakova is an actress living in Los Angeles, CA. She started her acting career in July 2012 after graduating from Northwestern University with a degree in Communication Studies, Business Institutions Program, and International Studies. Over the past several years Elena has appeared in numerous films, webseries and TV shows. She is currently studying full-time at the Lee Strasberg Theater and Film Institute in Los Angeles.- Emilio Massera was born on 19 October 1925 in Paraná, Entre Ríos, Argentina. He died on 8 November 2010 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Enrique Bernoldi was born on 19 October 1978 in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil.
- Errikos Briollas was born on 19 October 1933 in Athens, Greece. He was an actor, known for Peiraias, ora 7:30 (1967), Sharp as a Needle (1961) and A Storm in a Child's Heart (1965). He died on 20 June 2018.
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Eugenio Zanetti is an award-winning Designer, Theater and Opera Director, as well as an accomplished painter and the writer of two plays. With a multifaceted career that spans almost 30 years and three continents, Mr. Zanetti is internationally recognized as an artist of extraordinary and versatile qualities. Among others, his films include, "What Dreams May Come, " (Academy Award Nominee), "Flatliners, " "Last Action Hero, " "Soapdish, " "Tall Tale, " the Artgentinean films "Camila" and "The Truce" (both Academy Award Nominees), "The Power of Darkness" (Moscow Film Festival Award for Design), "Some Girls" (Toronto Film Festival Design Award), "Medea", "The Passengers of the Garden, " "Restoration" for which he won an Academy Award. More than 40 theater and opera productions in Europe and South America include: "A Masqued Ball" and "Nabucco" by Verdi, "Madame Butterfly" and "Tosca" by Puccini, etc. In a very successful career as Director of Musicals, he has received in Argentina the Thalia Award (equal to the Tony) for his work in "They Are Playing Our Song, " "Chicago, " and "Dracula" as a Director, and the same award as Author for "The White Queen" and the Star of the Sea Award for "The Cherry Orchard, " "Chapter Two, " "Company, " and "Peer Gynt."- Actor
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Evander Holyfield is an American former professional boxer who competed between 1984 and 2011. He reigned as the undisputed champion at cruiser-weight in the late 1980s and at heavyweight in the early 1990s, and remains the only boxer in history to win the undisputed championship in two weight classes in the three belt era. Nicknamed "the Real Deal", Holyfield is the only four-time world heavyweight champion, having held the unified WBA, WBC, and IBF titles from 1990 to 1992, the WBA and IBF titles again from 1993 to 1994, the WBA title a third time from 1996 to 1999; the IBF title a third time from 1997 to 1999 and the WBA title for a fourth time from 2000 to 2001.- Fernanda Neil was born on 19 October 1982 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She is an actress, known for Carmilla (2010), Rebelde Way (2002) and 100% lucha, la película (2008).
- Frankie Paul was born on 19 October 1965 in Kingston, Jamaica. He died on 18 May 2017 in Kingston, Jamaica.
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George Fenton was born on 19 October 1949 in Bromley, Kent, England, UK. He is a composer and actor, known for Groundhog Day (1993), Ever After: A Cinderella Story (1998) and The Bounty Hunter (2010).- George McCrae was born on 19 October 1944 in West Palm Beach, Florida, USA. He is married to Yvonne. He was previously married to Gwen McCrae.
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Born in Pasadena, California, George Nader became interested in acting while still in school and appeared in several productions at the Pasadena Playhouse. This led to several small parts in movies before earning the lead role in the ridiculous 3-D thriller Robot Monster (1953). The movie was bad but profitable, and Nader soon had a contract with Universal Pictures. Unfortunately, the studio already had on its roster such good-looking and athletic actors as Rock Hudson, Tony Curtis and Jeff Chandler, so Nader often found himself being cast in their leftovers, usually playing parts that emphasized his "beefcake" appeal. (At 6' 1" and 180 pounds, Nader had the kind of physique fan magazines drooled over and unlike many of his colleagues, he frequently appeared with his chest hair intact.) However, he did enjoy a few good years in the mid-1950s, turning in a commendable performance in Away All Boats (1956) before his career began to decline. He tried his hand at three TV series and then relocated to Europe, where he enjoyed a modest revival in the late 1960s starring as "Jerry Cotton" in a series of West German films.- Actress
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Gillian Jacobs was born on October 19, 1982 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US. Her father, William F. Jacobs Jr., was an investment banker and her mother, Martina Magenau Jacobs, was an alumni relations officer at Carnegie Mellon University.
Gillian is an alumnus of Mt. Lebanon High School, Pennsylvania, and Juilliard School, New York. She holds a bachelor's degree in fine arts and began acting at a young age by attending acting classes at the Pittsburgh Playhouse on weekends.
Jacobs made her acting debut portraying the role of Titania in Pittsburgh Public Theater's stage adaptation of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at the age of 16. Years later, she made her debut in a feature film with the Building Girl (2005) then, made her television debut with the role of Adele Congreve in three episodes of The Book of Daniel (2006).
In 2006, Gillian appeared in "Cagelove", an off-Broadway production. The play received negative reviews from all quarters yet, all reviews appreciated Gillian's acting talent.
Jacobs' performance as CJ in the Nonames (2010) remains the most memorable role in the pre-breakout of her career, which brought huge laurels for her acting as well as the Special Jury Award and Copper Wing Award in Phoenix Film Festival.
Her big break came in the form of Community (2009), wherein she played the role of Britta Perry for six seasons until curtains came down on the show. In 2015, she also appeared in the HBO series Girls (2012) with a recurring role as Mimi-Rose Howard.
In 2016, she joined the Love (2016) to play the role of Mickey Dobbs for three consecutive seasons on Netflix. Her other streaming platform collaboration for a TV series came in 2021 with Invincible (2021) on Amazon Prime where she plays the role of Atom Eve. She will feature as Chris Riley, wife of legendary basketball coach Pat Riley, in Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (2022) and Maggie in Minx (2022) for a recurring role. Both shows will debut on HBO and HBO Max respectively in 2022.
Gillian's other prominent film appearances include Choke (2008), Gardens of the Night (2008), The Box (2009), Life Partners (2014), Walk of Shame (2014), Don't Think Twice (2016), Life of the Party (2018) and I Used to Go Here (2020) while her future projects are The Contractor (2022) and Any Other Night.
She also appeared on the back of the camera as well. In 2015, Gillian directed a short documentary titled The Queen of Code (2015) about Grace Hopper, a rear admiral in the US Navy and a computer scientist, who ushered in the digital era.
Later, she directed a short film Curated (2018) in the form of Shatterbox, a film series from TNT and Refinery29. Her latest as a director came with Higher, Further, Faster (2020) for Marvel 616 (2020).
In 2022, she will have her directing and acting credit together on a feature film with The Seven Faces of Jane (2022) for the first time.
In-person Jacobs is a teetotaler. She says she made a choice while young to never have an alcoholic beverage or do drugs. She says her father is an addict, and together with reading the cautionary tale in the young adult novel "Go Ask Alice", about a 15-year-old drug addict, made an impact on her life in this regard.
Another book that shaped Gillian's perspective of life is "No Turn Unstoned" by Diana Rigg, a collection of terrible reviews that undeniably great actors received over the years. It was given to her by an acting teacher after she received a very bad review in a local paper for her initial performance in "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Thanks to this experience, she started to see these performances as an opportunity, a chance to improve instead of a burden.- Gladys Zender was born on 19 October 1939 in Contamana, Loreto, Peru. She has been married to Antonio Meier since 1965. They have four children.
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Gloria Jones was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and moved to Los Angeles at the age of 8, where she first started singing. Gloria's first taste of fame came at the age of 14, when, while still at school, she formed with Frankie Kahrl and Billy Preston the successful gospel group the Cogic Singers. Although she remained with the group for some four years, she soon found herself drawn into the Los Angeles pop scene.
In 1964, Gloria Jones, in her late-teens, was discovered by hit songwriter Ed Cobb. Signing with Cobb's Greengrass Productions, Gloria recorded her first hit record, "Heartbeat Pts 1 & 2," which Cobb wrote and produced. "Heartbeat" became a classic rhythm and blues tune which later was recorded by Dusty Springfield, Spencer Davis and many other artists who attempted to capture the Gloria Jones sound.
By then, Gloria had gone on to record other songs for Uptown records, a subsidiary of Capitol/EMI. Included among these tunes was another Cobb written song, "Tainted Love". In fact the group, Soft Cell, whose version of "Tainted Love" reached #1 worldwide, originally heard Gloria sing this classic years before in Northern England. So strong was Gloria's following there that she was proclaimed the "Northern Queen of Soul." Gloria also recorded an LP for the Uptown label entitled Come Go With Me which was released in 1966.
Gloria studied piano, and acquired an advanced classical degree primarily in the works of Bach. Eventually, she was to meet Pam Sawyer, who asked her to write for Motown Records. Jones and Sawyer were amongst the second string of writers at Motown but still wrote for such artists as Gladys Knight & the Pips, Commodores, The Four Tops and The Jackson 5. As Jones was also initially a singer for the label, protocol demanded a pseudonym, so for some of her earlier co-writes she used the name LaVerne Ware.
Songs that Gloria worked on during this period include The Supremes' "Have I Lost You" (writer), Marvin Gaye and Diana Ross "My Mistake" (writer), Junior Walker's "I Ain't Goin' Nowhere" (writer/producer) and the Four Top's "Just Seven Numbers" (writer). The most fondly remembered song that Gloria penned was Gladys Knight and the Pips "If I Were Your Woman", which was nominated for a Grammy award in 1971. However, Gloria left Motown at the end of 1972, subsequent to the release of her much acclaimed album Share My Love.
Gloria first met Marc Bolan of T. Rex in 1969 while performing in Hair (Los Angeles cast). The late Jobriath invited the cast to a party in Hollywood for Marc. While touring in Europe, Marc and Gloria met for the second time at the Speakeasy in London. In 1972, she was recommended by Warner Brothers Bob Regere to sing backing vocals behind T. Rex at the Winterland in San Francisco. Their mutual interest in all kinds of music brought them closer together, in mixing the various sounds of Rock and Soul. This went on to influence the likes of Boy George, Marc Almond, and so many others to take their sound into the eighties.
Soon after joining T. Rex, Gloria and Marc became romantically involved. Together, they had a son, Rolan Bolan (Rolan Seymour Feld Bolan, 26.09.1975). She sang backing vocals and played clavinet with T. Rex from 1973 to 1977. Gloria released an album in 1976, called Vixen, featuring several songs written by Marc Bolan, as he also was the producer. In 1977, Gloria worked with the group Gonzales, producing several of their singles, and also penning the disco smash, 'I Haven't Stopped Dancing Yet' for the group. She toured the UK with Gonzales, first on the Bob Marley tour, and then with Osibisa.
She was the driver of the car, an Austin Mini, that crashed and killed Marc Bolan on 16 September 1977. Gloria nearly died in the accident, and was in the hospital for several days afterwards. She did not learn of Marc's death until the day of his funeral. When she was well enough to leave the hospital, she soon found that Bolan's fans had looted what was left of hers and Marc's possessions, and since she and Marc were not legally married, she was not entitled to any inheritance, except for 10,000 GBP which Marc left her in his will, drafted in 1973.
Having lost her possessions, Jones and her son quickly moved back to Los Angeles where they stayed with Gloria's family.
In 1978, Gloria released the album Windstorm, which was a dedication to the memory of Marc Bolan. On the back cover, it is written "Special Dedication in memory of my son's father, the late Marc Bolan, whom we miss very much." Her single 'Bring On The Love' was a success on American R&B charts.
Gloria stayed in the music business for several years after, releasing an album produced by Ed Cobb, titled 'Reunited' in 1981. She also collaborated again with Billy Preston and other Cogic Singers for a 1984 reunion album "The Cogic's".
Gloria has since worked as a musical supervisor for films and is presently living in Sierra Leone, where she is building The Marc Bolan School Of Music And Film.- Heikki Johannes Kovalainen is a Finnish racing driver. He raced in Formula 1 between 2007 and 2013 for the Renault, McLaren, Team Lotus and Lotus F1 teams.
He was supported by the Renault Driver Development programme early in his racing career, during which he won the World Series by Nissan championship and finished runner-up in the GP2 series. Renault signed him on as a full-time Formula One test driver for 2006, and then promoted him to a race seat for 2007. He gained his first podium by finishing second in the Japanese Grand Prix that year.
He moved to McLaren for the 2008 season, where he partnered Lewis Hamilton. His second season saw him achieve his first pole position at Silverstone and his first victory at Hungaroring, becoming the 100th driver to win a Formula One Grand Prix. He remained with the team for the 2009 season.
In 2010, he moved to the newly created Team Lotus where he also remained for 2011 and 2012, with the team renamed Caterham F1 for 2012. 2012 was his last full season in Formula One. Kovalainen competed in the last two races of the 2013 season for Lotus F1 as a short-notice stand-in for regular driver Kimi Räikkönen.
In 2015, Kovalainen moved to Japan to compete in Super GT in the GT500 class. - Hiromi Hayakawa was born on 19 October 1982 in Fukuoka, Japan. She was an actress, known for El Señor de los Cielos (2013), El Chema (2016) and Monster High: Great Scarrier Reef (2016). She was married to Fernando Santana. She died on 27 September 2017 in Mexico City, Mexico.
- Iben Dorner was born on 19 October 1978 in Holstebro, Denmark. She is an actress, known for Tatort (1970), Borgen (2010) and Den som dræber (2011).
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Irene Escolar is a Spanish actress, she received the Goya Award and the Irizar Award in San Sebastián International Film Festival for her critically acclaimed role of June in "An Autumn without Berlin". She is fluent in Spanish, English and French. Her professional life includes 20 films and 28 theatre plays. She is also very well known for her theatre career. In 2019 she was picked to play the leading role in Movistar +'s first international series, Dime Quién Soy and was invited to be member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. She is the creator and executive producer, alongside Bárbara Lennie, of Escenario 0 for HBO Europe, a project that mixes different disciplines to create an exceptional fusion between the performing and audiovisual arts. In 2021 she shot "Official Competition" directed by Gastón Duprat and Mariano Cohn alongside Penélope Cruz and Antonio Banderas and "You have to come and see it" directed by Jonás Trueba, film that won the Special Jury Award in Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. In 2022 she has been part of "Las chicas están bien" first film of Itsaso Arana and premiered the show "Finlandia" written and directed by the prestigious French director Pascal Rambert.- Writer
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Writer, director and producer J.S. Cardone has made a steady succession of hugely enjoyable and satisfying mystery thrillers and horror chillers since the early 80s. He was born as Joseph S. Cardone in 1946 in Pasadena, California. Cardone graduated from college with a degree in political science. He spent four years each as both a rock band member and a theater director before working as a writer at Universal television for an additional three years. Cardone made his promising feature film debut with the nifty low-budget fright flick "The Slayer." His follow-up movies are likewise on the money solid and entertaining affairs; they include the creepy and underrated sci-fi/horror sleeper "Shadowzone," the gripping supernatural serial killer opus "Shadow Hunter," the terrifically trashy vampire doozy "The Forsaken," and the pleasingly eerie zombie effort "Wicked Little Things." Cardone has also written scripts for such pictures as the "Prom Night" remake, "The Covenant," "Sniper 3," "Alien Hunter," and "Crash and Burn." He usually writes the scripts for the movies he directs and has served as a producer on a handful of films. Moreover, J.S. Cardone often works with his cinematographer brother Michael, producer wife Carol Kottenbrook, and actress Lori Heuring.- Actress
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Jani Zhao was born on 19 October 1992 in Leiria, Portugal. She is an actress, known for Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023), California (2018) and Sentimentos (2009).- Janine Perreau was born on 19 October 1942 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress, known for The Red Danube (1949), Shower of Stars (1954) and The Shanghai Story (1954). She has been married to Dr. Dean Robert Smylie since 8 August 1980. She was previously married to Robert Ramon Morones.
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Jason Reitman is a Canadian filmmaker and producer who notably directed Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Juno, Thank You for Smoking, Up in the Air, Young Adult and Tully. He produced Chloe and Jennifer's Body, two films that advanced Amanda Seyfried's career for adult oriented roles. He is the son of Ivan Reitman, who directed the first two Ghostbusters films and Twins.- Actress
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Country singer Jeannie C. Riley, was born as Jeanne Carolyn Stephenson on October 19, 1945 in rural Anson, Texas. Her father was an automobile mechanic and her mother was a nurse. Jeannie fell in love with country music while growing up in Texas and made her public debut as a teenager on her guitarist uncle Johnny Moore's local jamboree show. She married husband Mickey Riley while still in high school. Her daughter, Kim Michelle Riley, was born on January 11, 1966.
The Riley family moved to Nashville, Tennessee later in the year. Jeannie worked as a secretary at Passkey Records while recording demos on the side. Her debut single "What About Them" was a flop. However, Riley scored a massive smash in 1968 with the marvelously sharp comical, sassy, embarrassing & exasperating (others see it different, in their own eyes, ways & personalities), Tom T. Hall's composition of "Harper Valley PTA". The song was a huge crossover success. It peaked on both the pop and country charts, on the Nielsen Top 40, that Casey Kasem counted down, on radio stations all across North America, alike at #1, thus making Riley the first female country singer to have a hit single simultaneously soar to the #1 spot on both the Nielsen pop & country charts.
Riley not only won the Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance (she was also nominated for Grammys as "Best New Artist" & "Record of the Year"), Harper Valley P.T.A. also won the Single of the Year from the Country Music Association. In addition, the song inspired a 1969 TV musical variety program with Riley as the host, a 1978 film adaptation starring Barbara Eden, and an early 1980s spin-off sitcom that also starred Eden. Riley's follow-up singles "The Girl Most Likely", "Country Girl", "Oh, Singer", and "Good Enough to be Your Wife", were all Top 10 country hits.
At the height of her popularity in the early 1970s, Riley made guest appearances on numerous TV shows. In the mid-1970 decade, Jeannie became a born-again Christian and formed the Red River Symphony band, which had a minor hit in 1976 with "The Best I Ever Had". She continued to remain a popular contemporary Christian music singer throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Following a taxing six year battle with clinical depression, Riley has bounced back and hosts her own weekly radio show, "Inside Nashville Country".- Actress
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Jennifer Holliday was born on 19 October 1960 in Houston, Texas, USA. She is an actress, known for Ally McBeal (1997), I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988) and Fairy Tale Forest. She was previously married to Rev. Andre Woods and Billy Meadows.- Jill Freedman, a hard-working, hard-living photographer who immersed herself for months at a time in the lives of street cops, firefighters, circus performers and other tribes she felt were misunderstood. After the assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968, she took up residence in a plywood shantytown erected in Washington by the Poor People's Campaign, which he had organized. There she took photos that landed her in Life magazine and produced her first book, "Old News: Resurrection City," in 1971.
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The entrancing and exotic-eyed "B"-level leading lady Jody Lawrance, whose 1950s career was spotty at best, provided lovely diversion from the manly adventure movies she helped bring to the screen. Personal turmoil and studio conflicts, however, ultimately hurt her career and the remainder of her life was spent out of the limelight.
She was born Nona Josephine Goddard in Fort Worth, Texas, on October 19, 1930. Her childhood was troubled and disruptive. Parents Ervin S. ("Doc") and Eleanor (née Roeck) Goddard divorced while Jody was a child. Ervin, nicknamed "Doc" although he was not one, was an amateur inventor and research engineer at the Adel Precision Products Company at one point. Moving to California, he eventually married Grace McGee in 1937. Jody subsequently migrated to California and lived with her father and stepmother in their Van Nuys bungalow. Marilyn Monroe (then Norma Jeane Baker) was a foster child of her stepmother Grace, who knew Norma Jeane's mother when both worked for Columbia -- Grace as a film librarian and and Gladys as a film cutter. Jody and Norma Jeane lived together briefly in 1941-1942.
Jody went on to attend Beverly Hills High School (studying under Benno Schneider and his wife) and the Hollywood Professional School. Excelling as a swimmer, Jody's first shot was appearing in a water show operated by Larry Crosby, who was also a publicity manager for famous younger brother Bing Crosby.
The teenager was awarded her first on-camera professional part on the TV show "The Silver Theatre" in 1949. Because her real name, Nona Goddard, lacked glamour, she changed it to Jody (short for Josephine, her middle name) Lawrance (her maternal grandmother's maiden name). Jody's drama teacher Schneider managed to get her an introduction to Columbia. The studio took an immediate interest in the 19-year-old beauty and signed her to a 7-year contract at $250 per week.
Jody made four relatively strong films in 1951. She provided damsel-in-distress duty in her screen debut between up-and-coming screen hero John Derek and established villain Anthony Quinn in the spirited swashbuckler Mask of the Avenger (1951). This was followed by The Family Secret (1951) playing the altruistic fiance to a murder suspect (again, John Derek. Things looked even more promising when she co-starred an exotic love interest to robust Burt Lancaster in the Eastern adventure yarn Ten Tall Men (1951). Her final film that year was a horror opus portraying the fiance to Louis Hayward as the The Son of Dr. Jekyll (1951).
She started the following year off with the adventure film The Brigand (1952) opposite handsome, sliver-eyed Anthony Dexter, better known for his captivating Valentino-like looks than for his acting ability. In 1953 career problems surfaced when the studio assigned Jody, who had now completed six film projects, to a lackluster role in one of its minor musicals, a poor man's version of "On the Town" entitled All Ashore (1953) which starred sailors-on-leave Mickey Rooney, Dick Haymes and Ray McDonald. Peggy Ryan, Barbara Bates and Jody were cast as their the love interests. Set this time on California's Catalina Island instead of New York, Jody balked at the assignment while citing a lack of confidence in her singing and dancing abilities. She ask the studio to replace her but Columbia refused and the actress begrudgingly filmed the movie. Her "difficulty" with the studio on this assignment ultimately led to a break of her contract. Feeling overlooked by the studio at the time, she supposedly did not regret her release too much.
On her own, however, the quality of Jody's films declined markedly with her the "Poverty Row" independent film, the sub-par and highly distorted biographical piece Captain John Smith and Pocahontas (1953) again starring Anthony Dexter. It was revealed that Jody suffered a frightening allergic reaction on the set after dying her lighter hair jet black for the role. Among many other problems, the 23-year old, blue-eyed actress was quite miscast in the role of the much younger Indian maiden. The released film was a dismal failure and Jody's career suffered as a result.
Finding almost no offers in 1954-1955 and in order to make ends meet, Jody took on employment as an ice cream shop waitress near the UCLA campus in Los Angeles. The story goes that one day one of her customers was her former co-star Burt Lancaster. He came to her aid by introducing her to his friend, director Michael Curtiz, who reignited her career with his minor film noir The Scarlet Hour (1956) which starred Tom Tryon and had Jody playing a second femme role behind Carol Ohmart, who was being built up as Paramount's supposed answer to a difficult Marilyn Monroe at the time. Jody was promoted as one of the "Deb Stars of 1955" along with other hopefuls including Cathy Crosby, Anita Ekberg, Mara Corday, Marisa Pavan and Lori Nelson, among other lesser known actors.
Back on the boards again, Jody revived her look on screen as a blonde again. Things looked hopeful when Paramount Studios signed her to a contract, earning $300 a week. In the spiritual drama The Leather Saint (1956), she plays a platinum-blonde nightclub singer (and even sings a bit of "I'm in the Mood for Love" in the film) and temptress to (once again) John Derek whose Episcople minister agonizes over his decision to box for money in order help medically finance church/community projects for special needs children.
Things fell apart once more, however, when Paramount released her the following year. It seems that the studio was perturbed when, while promoting her to the public as a sexy single, Jody resisted the cheesecake angle and also secretly married Bruce Tilton (1930-2007), an airplane parts company executive, in Las Vegas on April 7, 1956 and was pregnant. A daughter, Victoria, was born a year later.
She remained unproductive career-wise during this period of new marriage and more family. By April of 1958, however, the Tilton marriage had dissolved and a bitter custody suit ensued (in the end, Jody lost). While she returned to the screen, the pickings were slim. She landed minor parts in the Shirley Booth vehicle Hot Spell (1958) and Barry Sullivan film The Purple Gang (1959), and found isolated work on TV in such dramatic fare as "Perry Mason," "The Loretta Young Show" and "The Rebel". Her last screen role of any substance was the minor western Stagecoach to Dancers' Rock (1962) starring Martin Landau.
Jody met second husband Robert Wolf Herre and they married in November of 1962. Two children, Robert Jr. and Abigail ("Chrissy") were born from this relationship. Other than an isolated TV appearance on "The Red Skelton Show" in 1968, little was heard of Jody following this period until it was learned that she had died in Ojai, California on July 10, 1986, at age 55.- Producer
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John Edward was born on 19 October 1969 in Long Island, New York, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for What If God Were the Sun? (2007), Crossing Over with John Edward (2001) and Will & Grace (1998). He is married to Sandra. They have two children.- Writer
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John le Carré was born in Poole, Dorset in England on 19 October, 1931. He went to Sherborne School and, later, studied German literature for one year at University of Bern. Later, he went to Lincoln College, Oxford and graduated in Modern Languages. From 1956 to 1958, he taught at Eton and from 1959 to 1964, he was a member of the British Foreign Service as second secretary at British Embassy in Bonn, and then, as Politician Consul in Hamburg. His first novel was written in 1961 and, by the time of his death in December 2020, he had published nearly 30. His books took many prizes, and inspired numerous films.- Actor
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If "born to the theater" has meaning in determining a person's life path, then John Lithgow is a prime example of this truth. He was born in Rochester, New York, to Sarah Jane (Price), an actress, and Arthur Washington Lithgow III, who was both a theatrical producer and director. John's father was born in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, where the Anglo-American Lithgow family had lived for several generations.
John moved frequently as a child, while his father founded and managed local and college theaters and Shakespeare festivals throughout the Midwest of the United States. Not until he was 16, and his father became head of the McCarter Theater in Princeton New Jersey, did the family settle down. But for John, the theater was still not a career. He won a scholarship to Harvard University, where he finally caught the acting bug (as well as found a wife). Harvard was followed by a Fulbright scholarship to study at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Returning from London, his rigorous dramatic training stood him in good stead, and a distinguished career on Broadway gave him one Tony Award for "The Changing Room", a second nomination in 1985 for "Requiem For a Heavyweight", and a third in 1988 for "M. Butterfly". But with critical acclaim came personal confusion, and in the mid 1970s, he and his wife divorced. He entered therapy, and in 1982, his life started in a new direction, the movies - he received an Academy Award nomination for his portrayal of Roberta Muldoon in The World According to Garp (1982). A second Oscar nomination followed for Terms of Endearment (1983), and he met a UCLA economics professor who became his second wife. As the decade of the 1990s came around, he found that he was spending too much time on location, and another career move brought him to television in the hugely successful series 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996).
This production also played a role in bringing him back together with the son from his first marriage, Ian Lithgow, who has a regular role in the series as a dimwitted student.- Producer
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Initially an indie film favorite, actor Jon Favreau has progressed to strong mainstream visibility into the millennium and, after nearly two decades in the business, is still enjoying character stardom as well as earning notice as a writer/producer/director.
The amiable, husky-framed actor with the tight, crinkly hair was born in Queens, New York on October 19, 1966, the only child of Madeleine (Balkoff), an elementary school teacher, and Charles Favreau, a special education teacher. His father has French-Canadian, German, and Italian ancestry, and his mother was from a Russian Jewish family. He attended the Bronx High School of Science before furthering his studies at Queens College in 1984. Dropping out just credits away from receiving his degree, Jon moved to Chicago where he focused on comedy and performed at several Chicago improvisational theaters, including the ImprovOlympic and the Improv Institute. He also found a couple of bit parts in films.
While there, he earned another bit role in the film, Rudy (1993), and met fellow cast mate Vince Vaughn. Their enduring personal friendship would play an instrumental role in furthering both their professional careers within just a few years. Jon broke into TV with a role on the classic series, Seinfeld (1989) (as "Eric the Clown"). After filming rudimentary roles in the movies Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994), Notes from Underground (1995) and Batman Forever (1995), he decided to do some risk taking by writing himself and friend Vaughn into what would become their breakthrough film. Swingers (1996), which he also co-produced, centers on Jon as a luckless, struggling actor type who is emotionally shattered after losing his girlfriend, but is pushed back into the L.A. social scene via the help of cool, worldly, outgoing actor/buddy Vaughn. These two blueprint roles went on to define the character types of both actors on film.
In 1997, Jon appeared favorably on several episodes of the popular TV sitcom, Friends (1994), as "Pete Becker", the humdrum but extremely wealthy suitor for Courteney Cox's "Monica" character, and also appeared to fine advantage on the Tracey Takes On... (1996) comedy series. He later took on the biopic mini-movie, Rocky Marciano (1999), portraying the prizefighter himself in a highly challenging dramatic role and received excellent reviews. Other engagingly offbeat "everyman" films roles came Jon's way -- the ex-athlete in the working class film, Dogtown (1997); a soon-to-be groom whose bachelor party goes horribly awry in the comedy thriller Very Bad Things (1998); a newlywed opposite Famke Janssen in Love & Sex (2000); a wild and crazy linebacker in The Replacements (2000); as Ben Affleck's legal partner in Daredevil (2003); and another down-and-out actor in The Big Empty (2003). He wrote and directed himself and Vaughn as two fellow boxers who involve themselves in criminal activity in Made (2001). Both he and Vaughn produced. He also directed the highly popular Will Ferrell comedy Elf (2003), in which he had a small part.
Jon went on to re-team favorably with his friend, Vince Vaughn, who enjoyed a meteoric rise into the comedy star ranks, in such light-weight features as The Break-Up (2006), Four Christmases (2008) and Couples Retreat (2009), the last of which he co-wrote with Vaughn.
Jon has made even greater strides as a writer, producer and/or director in recent years with the exciting mega-box office action-packed Iron Man (2008), starring Robert Downey Jr., and its sequels, Iron Man 2 (2010) and Iron Man 3 (2013). Jon's character of "Happy Hogan" would be featured in a number of Marvel Comic adventures. Other offerings behind the scenes have included the adventure dramedy Chef (2014), in which he also starred in the title role; the revamped film version of The Avengers (2012) also starring Downey Jr., and it's sequels Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Avengers: Endgame (2019); and the animated Disney features The Jungle Book (2016) and The Lion King (2019) and the TV series The Chef Show (2019).
Favreau's marriage to Joya Tillem on November 24, 2000, produced son Max and two daughters, Madeleine and Brighton Rose. Joya is the niece of KGO (AM) lawyer and talk show host, Len Tillem. On the sly, the actor/writer/producer/director enjoys playing on the World Poker Tour.- Writer
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Jorge Bellizzi was born on 19 October 1927 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was a writer and producer, known for Me llaman Gorrión (1972), Teatro de humor (1981) and Alta comedia (1965). He died on 16 August 2002.- Writer
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Comedian, actor, and writer Josh Wolf has become one of the most sought after personalities in comedy today. From adding his quick witted commentary on comedy round tables, to becoming a New York Times Bestselling Author, writing on hit television shows, and headlining stand-up comedy tours across the nation, Wolf has proved time and time again he is one of the most dynamic and multi-faceted comedians in the entertainment business. Wolf is a regular round table guest and writer on the hit E! series, Chelsea Lately (2007), and recently appeared as a performer on the new E! series, After Lately (2011)_. On March 19, 2013, Wolf will debut his latest book, "It Takes Balls: Dating Single Moms and Other Confessions from an Unprepared Single Dad" [Grand Central Publishing.] Funny and brutally honest, the book details Wolf's adventures as a struggling stand-up comedian, while juggling being a single parent in Los Angeles.
Born in Boston, Massachusetts and raised in Amherst, Wolf had a love for comedy and making people laugh from an early age. As a teenager, he took to the stage in the Boston area, performing his first stand-up show when he was 15 years old. By the time he was in his mid-twenties, he was ready for a fresh start, and moved to Seattle, Washington in hopes of expanding his comedy career. He was able to get more stage time and practice in the comedy world, as indie musicians were dominating Seattle's live entertainment scene. When he was 28, Wolf decided to make the move to Los Angeles. After several years in Seattle he had made his mark in the local comedy circuit, and wanted to play with the big boys of comedy. He quickly discovered it wasn't any easier being a small fish in a saturated comedy pond, than a big fish in the entertainment pond of a port city.
In 1999, Wolf got his first big break, performing a one-man show at the HBO Workspace, which landed him a talent deal at 20th Century Fox, and a deal for his own television series with ABC. A deal with NBC soon followed. While testing the waters on the television front, Wolf began writing for TV, and quickly found it was another aspect of the entertainment business that he loved. He wrote on numerous sitcoms including "Yes, Dear," Will Smith's "All of Us," and "Cuts," starring Shannon Elizabeth. He soon decided he wanted to dedicate all his time to writing, and stepped down from stand up, and appearing on camera.
In 2006 Wolf returned to television, appearing on the fourth season of NBC's "Last Comic Standing." This also marked his return to sitcoms, recurring on the hit series "My Name Is Earl" from 2006-09, and recurring and writing for "Raising Hope" in 2010-11. 2009 was also a banner year for Wolf, as he started making regular appearances on Chelsea Handler's hit E! television series "Chelsea Lately," and he toured nationwide with stand up comedy sensation Larry the Cable Guy. Wolf also found a way to tap into his passion for sports, and hosted two seasons of "The College Experiment," a comedic weekly online college sports show for Fox Sports. In 2011 Wolf ended his touring with Larry the Cable Guy, and committed to appearing on "Chelsea Lately" once a week, while in conjunction writing for the show. He also became a New York Times Bestselling Author, for his contributions to Chelsea Handler's bestselling book "Lies that Chelsea Hander Told Me."
In 2012, Wolf landed a book deal with Grand Central Publishing to pen his first book written solo, "It Takes Balls: Dating Single Moms and Other Confessions from an Underprepared Single Dad." He also recently wrote a screenplay feature for Adam Sandler's production company, Happy Madison. In addition to his work on Chelsea Lately (2007), his stand-up comedy tours, and his book, Wolf also works on a podcast with fellow "Chelsea Lately" round table member, Ross Mathews. Airing on The Road Hop Network, "Josh and Ross" showcases the guys sharing their unique view on pop culture and the news of the day.
Wolf lives in the Los Angeles area with his wife Beth. In his downtime, he loves to hang out with his wife and kids, Trevor, Kaitlynn, and Jacob. On the charity front, Wolf has a passion for supporting the troops & actively participates with various organizations.- African American actress Juanita Moore entered films in the early 1950s, a time in which few black people were given an opportunity to act in major studio films. Fortunately Moore's roles began improving as Hollywood developed a social consciousness toward the end of the decade. In 1959 she received an Academy Award nomination for her performance in Imitation of Life (1959), a glossy updating of a once controversial Fannie Hurst novel about racism. Within the next decade Hollywood underwent several sociological upheavals, and Juanita was one of the beneficiaries. She became a fixture in black-oriented films of the 1960s and 1970s, appearing in such films as Uptight (1968), Thomasine & Bushrod (1974) and Abby (1974). She also appeared in Walt Disney Pictures' The Kid (2000), and was in a total of more than 50 films. Moore retired in 2001 and passed away New Year's Day 2014 . She was 99.
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Kacey Ainsworth has been working in the entertainment industry since 1978. Originally starring in the West End cast of Annie. Reprising her role for a further 3 years. She then went on to study at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama gaining a BA (Bachelor of Arts for Drama). After graduation Kacey worked at The National Theatre, The Royal Court Theatre, The Bush and for the RSC. She continued to successfully mix working in both Musical and Non Musical theatre roles. In 1998 Kacey appeared in Mike Leigh's Gilbert and Sullivan movie "Topsy Turvy" which went on to win an Oscar for Make Up Design. In 2000 Kacey was cast as Little Mo in the BBC's top rated continuing drama Eastenders. A role which won her 5 acting nominations. She was awarded Most Popular Actress at The National Television Awards and Collected the award for best continuing drama the the BAFTAS. She stopped working for 7 years whilst bringing up her children but returned to create the role of Cathy Keating in the ITV/PBS masterpiece hit series "Grantchester" with James Norton and Robson Green. Her numerous credits include both short and independent British movies, television, theatre and radio. She is also a voiceover artist for many well known global brands.- Karina Mazzocco was born on 19 October 1970 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She is an actress, known for La venganza (1999), Padre Coraje (2004) and Sin código (2004). She was previously married to Ignacio Fonda.
- Karoline Schuch was born on 19 October 1981 in Jena, German Democratic Republic. She is an actress, known for Tatort (1970), Hanna's Journey (2013) and Balloon (2018).
- Karrie Emerson was a beautiful, engaging and energetic slender brunette actress who had a fleeting ten year career. She was born in 1960. Karrie first began acting in the late 70s. She popped up in guest spots on such TV shows as "Dallas," "Vega$," "The Jeffersons," and "T.J. Hooker." She briefly appeared as a sunbather in Samuel Fuller's outstanding "White Dog." Emerson had a recurring role on the popular daytime soap opera "The Edge of Night." Karrie was especially impressive and memorable in substantial lovely luckless lass in jeopardy lead roles in the enjoyably trashy low-budget 80s horror favorites "Evils of the Night" and "Chopping Mall." Alas, following her small part in the TV mini-series "From the Dead of Night" Karrie Emerson abruptly stopped acting in the late 80s.
- Kate Manx was born on 19 October 1930 in Akron, Ohio, USA. She was an actress, known for Hero's Island (1962), Private Property (1960) and Perry Mason (1957). She was married to Leslie Stevens and Anthony Brady Farrell. She died on 15 November 1964 in Torrance, California, USA.
- Katharine Bard was born on 19 October 1916 in Highland Park, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for Suspense (1949), Playhouse 90 (1956) and How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life (1968). She was married to Martin Manulis. She died on 28 July 1983 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Katja Herbers is the daughter of violinist Vera Beths and oboist Werner Herbers. Growing up she spent time in America, accompanying her mother on tour with the chamber music group L'Archibudelli. Her mother remarried cellist Anner Bylsma and her father remarried costume designer Leonie Polak, who introduced her to the theater. She had a Canadian au pair and learned to speak Dutch, German, and English growing up.
Herbers went to the Ignatius Gymnasium in Amsterdam. She studied psychology at the University of Amsterdam. During her psychology studies she attended the local theatre school De Trap. She moved to New York and went to the HB Studio. She then got accepted to the Theaterschool in Amsterdam.
During her studies, she starred in the films Pietje Bell (2002) and Brush with Fate (2003). After graduation, Herbers became a member of Johan Simons' Theater Company NTGent in Ghent. She then joined the renowned Munich Kammerspiele in Germany. She worked with directors such as Alex van Warmerdam, Ivo van Hove and Theu Boermans under whose direction she performed many Schnitzler plays, including his monologue Fräulein Else, for which she received rave reviews. In 2013, she won the Guido de Moor Award for young talent, for her portrayal of Irina in Chekhov's Three Sisters. She played a lead role in Theu Boermans' The Chosen, which won an International Emmy and the prestigious Prix D'Europe.
Katja is also a gifted singer and has performed Im Wunderschönen Monat Mai - a composition inspired by the great Schubert and Schumann songs by Reinbert de Leeuw especially written for an actress.
While achieving many successes on stage, Katja continued filming as well. She worked with the Oscar Nominated and International Emmy Awarded Director Ben Sombogaart on the Dutch blockbuster feature De storm (2009). Critics raved about her portrayal of the Dutch Queen (then Princess) Maxima in the mini-series Beatrix, Oranje onder Vuur (2012). Rudolf van den Berg directed her in the feature film Süskind (2012), in which she played the right hand of Dutch war hero Walter Süskind, who helped escape over a thousand children during World War II. Jelle de Jonge directed her in the romantic comedy Love Over Distance (2017), which she co-wrote.
Really all of Holland knows her for her portrayal of the emotionally unstable but lovable Joyce in the TV hit series Divorce (2012), which glues a record breaking 25% of all Dutch television viewers to the screen every Sunday evening.
Internationally, Katja is known for playing physicist Helen Prins on Sam Shaw's Manhattan (2014). She had a recurring role on season three of FX's The Americans (2013). She played Dr. Eden on the final season of HBO's The Leftovers (2014), and starred opposite Mark Duplass in Manhunt (2017).
In 2018 she joined HBO's Westworld (2016) as Grace/Emily.
Katja divides her time between Los Angeles, New York and Amsterdam. - Kenneth Washington was born on 19 October 1946. He is an actor, known for Westworld (1973), Police Story (1973) and Hogan's Heroes (1965).
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Kevin Alves is a Canadian born film and television actor most well known for his most recent work on Showtime's original series Yellowjackets. He began his work in his teenage years with a debut role on made for TV film called Kayaks Adventures of Gabe and Allie. Kevin worked on Syfy's Warehouse 13 and recurred role as Fabio on the 12th season of Teen Nick's Degrassi: The Next Generation. He then went on to recur for two seasons on both Freeform's Shadowhunters as Bat Belasquez from The Mortal Instruments and Netflix's Locke & Key as Javi Gonzalez. Currently, he can be seen as a series regular playing Travis Martinez on Showtime's genre binding series, Yellowjackets. The highly talked about show has already been renewed for a third season and recently nominated for 7 Primetime Emmys, multiple Critics Choice and Writers Guild Awards.- Director
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Kundan Shah was born on 19 October 1947 in India. He was a director and writer, known for Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa (1994), Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro (1983) and Hum To Mohabbat Karega (2000). He died on 7 October 2017 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.- Actress
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Best known for her role as Aunt Esther Anderson on "Sanford And Son", she appeared in many films including "Don't Be A Menace To South Central While Drinking Your Juice In The Hood" (1996), "Friday" (1995), "The Legend of Dolemite" (1994), "West From North Goes South" (1993), "The Meteor Man" (1993), "CB4" (1993), "Shakes The Clown" (1991), "My Blue Heaven" (1990), "Mausoleum" (1983), "Goodbye Cruel World" (1982), "Zapped!" (1982) and "Stonestreet: Who Killed The Centerfold Maid" (1977). Page also appeared in many television series' in her career, "Redd Foxx, The E! True Hollywood Story," "Biography," "The Parent Hood," "The Sinbad Show," "Martin," "Family Matters," "Amen," "227," "Starsky And Hutch," "Different Strokes," "The Love Boat," "Redd Foxx," "B.A.D. Cats," and "Sanford And Son."- Actor
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Lloyd Haynes was born on 19 October 1934 in South Bend, Indiana, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Room 222 (1969), Star Trek (1966) and Good Guys Wear Black (1978). He was married to Carolyn Yvonne Giorella, Saundra Lee Madariaga and Alice Elizabeth Ellis. He died on 31 December 1986 in Coronado, California, USA.- Producer
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Lou Scheimer was an American animation producer, voice actor, and theme score composer from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was one of the co-founders of the animation studio Filmation (1962-1989), and was often credited as an executive producer in its television shows. As a voice actor, he is primarily remembered for voicing the benevolent King Randor and the inept magician Orko in the animated series "He-Man and the Masters of the Universe". He also voiced several of the series' secondary characters.
In 1928, Scheimer was born to a German-Jewish in Pittsburgh. His father was a recent German immigrant. He reportedly decided to move to the United States, after being involved in a fist fight with members of the antisemitic Nazi Party (NSDAP, 1920-1945). Scheimer received his tertiary education at the Carnegie Tech University (later renamed to Carnegie Mellon University), a private research university located in Pittsburgh. The university was originally a technical school, established by the industrialist Andrew Carnegie in 1900. Its name commemorated its founder. Scheimer graduated in 1952, with a bachelor's degree in Fine Arts.
Scheimer soon found work in the animation industry. In the mid-1950s, he was appointed to the position of art director for the production company Larry Harmon Pictures. The company was producing television cartoons, primarily featuring Bozo the Clown and Popeye. It was owned by producer Larry Harmon (1925 -2008), who voiced Bozo. While working there, Scheimer former a close working relationship with former Disney animator Hal Sutherland ( 1929-2014). The two later became business partners.
In 1961, Larry Harmon Pictures shut down. Scheimer and Sutherland were subsequently hired by the minor production company True Line. While working there, they were contracted by the Japanese-American company SIB Productions to create an animated television series for them. They fulfilled the contract by producing the space-travel-themed series "Rod Rocket" (1963). The contract allowed True Line to hire additional personnel. Scheimer and Sutherland formed a close relationship with their new co-worker Norm Prescott (1927-2005).
In 1962, Scheimer started independently working on commercials. He figured that he could form his own company to produce animation. In September 1962, Scheimer and Sutherland formed Filmation. The company's name was a short form of the term "film animation". Prescott joined them soon after the company's formation. The trio were the company's main producers. They immediately started work on the animated feature film "Journey Back to Oz" (1972), loosely based on the Oz novels by L. Frank Baum. Due to financial problems, it took them about a decade to complete the film.
For its first few years, Filmation primarily produced animated television commercials. The company's first big break came c. 1966. Scheimer and his partners were hired by DC Comics editor Mort Weisinger (1915-1978) to produce an animated adaptation of the superhero Superman. The result was the animated series "The New Adventures of Superman" (1966-1970), the first animated adaptation of the character since the 1940s short film series which had been produced by the Fleischer Studios. Due to this series' perceived success, DC Comics later assigned further animated projects to Filmation. The company produced animated adaptations of (in order of release): Superboy, Aquaman, and Batman.
Filmation had its second big break with another comic book adaptation. Scheimer and his partners signed a contract with Archie Comics to produce an animated adaptation of the teenage humor series "Archie". Filmation created "The Archie Show" (1968-1969), featuring Archie's main characters as a bubblegum pop band. The series' music was highly popular, and the song "Sugar, Sugar" became the No. 1 song of 1969 on the Billboard charts. Filmation went on to create several spin-offs of the series in the 1970s. Among the most successful spin-offs was "Sabrina the Teenage Witch" (1970-1974). Filmation took a minor fantasy character of Archie Comics, Sabrina, and turned her into a popular series protagonist.
By the early 1970s, Filmation had emerged as a leading company in television animation. But it was no longer an independent company, as Scheimer and his partners had sold their ownership rights in 1969. The company functioned as a subsidiary of the TelePrompTer Corporation, which was the largest cable television provider in the United States during the 1970s. Scheimer remained on the company's helm, while some of his partners entered semi-retirement. In 1981, TelePrompTer was acquired by Westinghouse Electric Corporation. Filmation had a new corporate parent, but Scheimer continued leading the company.
Filmation had another hit in their hands when they produced "He-Man and the Masters of the Universe" (1983-1985), an animated adaption of a line of Mattel toys. It was among the earliest first-run syndicated cartoons. Due to the lack of supervision by a network, the series had greater artistic freedom than previous projects by Filmation. Scheimer wanted to instill moral values on the young viewers, so the series often focused on moral dilemmas, and questions concerning the priorities of its heroes. The series also had a successful spin-off of its own, "She-Ra: Princess of Power" (1985-1986).
In 1989, Westinghouse decided to shut down Filmation and to sell the studio's properties. Scheimer effectively went into retirement after the end of his studio. In the late 1990s, he was hired by the Dutch company Dreamweavers to create an adult animated film. The result was the science fiction film "Robin and the Dreamweavers", where an evil siren seeks power through manipulating "mankind's baser carnal desires". The film had problems in finding a distributor.
Scheimer spend the last decades of his life struggling with Parkinson's disease, which would eventually cause his death. In 2012, he was honored with an Inkpot Award for his contributions to animation. He died on October 17, 2013, two days before his 85th birthday. Several of his animated works have maintained a cult following into the 21st century, thanks to their colorful characters and their distinctive designs.- Actor
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Born in Saint-Apollinaire, Québec, Louis-José Houde is a French-Canadian comedian, who is mostly known for his stand-up comedy. He also had his own TV show and has been the host for the prestigious Gala de l'ADISQ for 9 consecutive years. Houde started acting in feature films, such as Bon Cop, Bad Cop (2006), De père en flic (Fathers and Guns, 2009) and Le Sens de l'humour.
He graduated at the Quebec's École nationale de l'humour in 1998. In 2003, Louis-José Houde won a Félix Award for comic show of the year. In 2014 he was the first guess on the new SNL Québec and won another Félix Award, this time for the comic show on DVD of the year.- Actor
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Manolo Escobar was born on 19 October 1931 in Las Norias de Daza, El Ejido, Almería, Spain. He was an actor, known for Todo es posible en Granada (1982), The Moment of Truth (1965) and En un lugar de La Manga (1970). He was married to Ana Marx Schiffer. He died on 24 October 2013 in Benidorm, Alicante, Comunitat Valenciana, Spain.- Actor
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Mark Wood was born on 19 October 1983 in Aberdeen, Grampian, Scotland, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for The Redwood Massacre (2014) and Ashes (2015).- Actor
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Sir Michael Gambon was born in Cabra, Dublin, Ireland, to Mary (Hoare), a seamstress, and Edward Gambon, an engineer. After joining the National Theatre, under the Artistic Directorship of Sir Laurence Olivier, Gambon went on to appear in a number of leading roles in plays written by Alan Ayckbourn. His career was catapulted in 1980 when he took the lead role in John Dexter's production of "Galileo". Since then, Gambon has regularly appeared at the Royal National Theatre and the RSC. Roles include, King Lear, Othello, Mark Anthony and Volpone. He was described by the late Sir Ralph Richardson as being "The Great Gambon" and he is now considered to be one of the British theatre's leading lights. He was made a CBE in 1992.- Mike Gray hails from the great state of Texas. Born in Houston, by the age of 12, Mike's interest in being a performer was realized when he made his acting debut at Canterbury Episcopal School in the play production Red Riding Hood. An eye opener to Mike, as well as his parents, performing was a hidden talent that obviously needed to be cultivated. Multi-talented and a skilled athlete, Mike became very involved in school sports which temporarily put his acting on the back burner. However, it was evident that the flame was still burning bright, as he couldn't stop picking up the camera. Shooting hilarious YouTube videos with his friends, holding full-scale casting calls (in his mother's living room) and further honing his skills as a budding actor, comedian and director/editor - Mike realized that entertainment was his passion. Upon graduation from Frisco High School, Hollywood came calling and Mike was accepted into the acting bachelors program at AMDA College & Conservatory of the Performing Arts in Los Angeles. Taking full advantage of being in the entertainment capital of the world, Mike fully immersed himself into his training, and gradually started to book short films, commercials, as well as stage productions. Mike was conspicuously talented, and shortly before graduating, he caught the eye of a local talent manager and quickly hit the ground running. Since that time, Mike has had turns on theater productions, national commercials, network television and feature films. A truly creative spirit, Mike also continues to expand his repertoire as a photographer, director and editor under the mantle Mike Gray Film.
- One of the hardest working child actresses of the 1950s, Mimi Gibson earned over $100,000 (in 1963 dollars) from appearances in 35 movies and over 100 Television Shows. Her mother took Mimi and her sister to Los Angeles after her father's death when she was a baby. Her mother lived off her acting income. When Mimi turned 18 she found out that all her earnings were gone. At the age of 20 she had become very angry and upset. She skipped getting a college degree and got married to get away from her mother.
She reconciled with her mother a few years later but the experience has bothered her ever since. She is presently active in the Screen Actor's Guild and A Minor Consideration and has pushed for revisions in Coogan's Law that assures actors retain a substantial portion of their income. - Actor
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Gooding is best known for appearing in hit television shows such as Deadwood, Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G., Family Time, Barbershop, Hangin' With Mr. Cooper, Playmakers, Smart Guy, and Wild & Crazy Kids. On the big screen, he received critical acclaim for his role as Sweetpea in the Paramount feature film Baby Boy directed by the late John Singleton. In addition to his successful acting career, Omar has also excelled as a producer, writer, and hip-hop artist releasing his first solo album under the moniker Big O, and touring the country in the smash musical Redemption of a Dogg which chronicled the life of hip hop icon Snoop Dogg.- Omar Lefose is known for Norman's Awesome Experience (1988), El profesor Punk (1988) and Son amores (2002).
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Pat Klous was born on 19 October 1948 in Hutchinson, Kansas, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Flying High (1978), A Man Called Sloane (1979) and The Dukes of Hazzard (1979). She was previously married to David Beach, Douglas J. Brooks and Michael Meinhardt.- Actress
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Paulina Andreeva was born on 12 October 1988 in Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia]. She is an actress and writer, known for Plachu s vami (2019), The Method (2015) and Better Than Us (2018). She has been married to Fedor Bondarchuk since 17 September 2019. They have one child.- Actor
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Paulo Brunetti was born on 19 October 1973 in Puerto Deseado, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. He is an actor and director, known for No (2012), Mujeres de Lujo (2010) and Mamá Mechona (2014).- Actor
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Peter Appel was born on 19 October 1959 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for Bad Education (2019), Luck (2011) and Léon: The Professional (1994).- Actor
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Peter Max a multi-dimensional artist who used bold color to bring art and joy to people - in museums and galleries and on people's walls or on their favorite t-shirt or magazine cover. As a close friend of Michael Lang, one of the co-creators of Woodstock, he helped him with the festival. It was there where Max met many of the musicians that he has painted things like album covers and tour posters for over the years. He has worked with some amazing musicians like The Beatles, The Grateful Dead, and Jimi Hendrix. He also created a clothing collection with Wrangler in the early '70s.
Peter Max, famous for pop art encompassing psychedelic imagery, a wide spectra of color, and unique portraits, said it was an encounter with an astronomer when he was a child that sparked his fascination with the universe and greatly influenced his art. Artist Peter Max has carved a half-century career of bold playful images, vibrant colors, and psychedelic shapes-a cheerful, energetic style that's drawn a celebrity following and resonates as much today as when he started his career in the '60s.- Actor
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Peter Tosh was born on 19 October 1944 in Grange Hill, Jamaica. He was an actor and composer, known for Savages (2012), Pineapple Express (2008) and Lords of Dogtown (2005). He died on 11 September 1987 in Kingston, Jamaica.- Actor
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Phil Armijo was born on 19 October 1979 in Rawlins, Wyoming, USA. He is an actor and cinematographer, known for Class of '09 (2023), The Walking Dead (2010) and Dynasty (2017).- Writer
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Philip Pullman was born on 19 October 1946 in Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK. He is a writer and producer, known for The Golden Compass (2007), His Dark Materials (2019) and The Adventures of John Blake. He has been married to Judith Speller since 15 April 1970.- Pilar Alcón was born on 19 October 1952 in San Martín de Pusa, Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. She is an actress, known for USA, violación y venganza (1983), Policía (1987) and Adolescence (1982).