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Pink was born Alecia Beth Moore in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, and was later raised in Philadelphia. Her parents, Judith Moore (née Kugel), a nurse, and Jim Moore, a Vietnam veteran, divorced when she was very young. Her mother is from an Ashkenazi Jewish family, while her father has Irish, German, and English ancestry. As a child, all Pink wanted was to become a singer, and she was driven by the music of Madonna, Mary J. Blige, 4 Non Blondes, Janis Joplin, Billy Joel and Whitney Houston. She was a very unique teenager, and went through phases as a skateboarder, hip-hopper and gymnast.
Pink spent several years as part of the club scene in Philadelphia, singing guest spots and performing for talent shows. At the age of 13, she was asked by a local DJ to sing back-up for his rap group, Schools of Thought. A short time later, she was discovered by a record executive and joined a female R&B group, Choice. When that didn't work out, she signed with LaFace Records and began her solo career. In spring 2000, she released her debut, "Can't Take Me Home". She co-wrote many songs and watched it go multi-platinum by the year's end. Her debut included the Top 10 hit, "There You Go", which was certified a gold single.
Pink is now considered an icon in the world of pop music. For example, in 2019 she won the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music, becoming the first non-British artist to have won the award since the Brit Awards began in 1977 (originally known as the BPI Awards). This was especially impressive as she was chosen ahead of the likes of Phil Collins, a British musician who has sold more records and had a longer career but never won the award.- Actor
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Adrian Bustamante was born Raul Bustamante on September 8, 1981, in Fremont, California to Raul and Marie, and was the first of their four children (1 sister and 2 brothers). The Bustamante family, moved to Antioch, California, where Ryan grew up and graduated College. Adrian's parents divorced when he was young and both his parents remain strong supporters in his life. Ryan attended A couple community colleges taking multiple acting classes, but not making a move towards his true love of acting for another 9 years.
Though Adrian received no formal training after his time in college he decided to make a run full time at acting after a long career in real estate. He began acting in San Francisco, California and booked his first major role on the NBC Network Drama "Trauma." While working on Trauma Adrian's Career began to roll, working on numerous commercials and working on the CBS day time soap "The Young and the Restless."
Adrian has since been in numerous television shows and films, and is garnering a name around Hollywood.- Actor
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Adrian Cronauer was born on 8 September 1938 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Street Fighter (1994), Home from the War: The Voices of Vietnam (2009) and Radio Star - die AFN-Story (1995). He was married to Jeanne Steppe Muse. He died on 18 July 2018 in Troutville, Virginia, USA.- Adrián Cuneo was born on 8 September 1912. He was an actor, known for Carmen (1943), Mi fortuna por un nieto (1940) and Un atardecer de amor (1943). He died in 1995.
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Adrian Uribe was born on 8 September 1972 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. He is an actor and producer, known for Nosotros los guapos (2016), Overboard (2018) and Alma de hierro (2008).- Actress
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Aimee Mann is a Grammy- and Oscar-nominated singer-songwriter. She has released 9 albums including Bachelor No. 2, @#%&*! Smilers, Lost in Space, and Mental Illness in January 2017. Her work includes the soundtrack from the critically acclaimed film Magnolia. "Save Me" was later nominated for an Academy Award. Earlier in her musical life, Mann fronted the band 'Til Tuesday, releasing three albums. She has made memorable cameo appearances in films such as The Big Lebowski and television show such as IFC's Portlandia and The Daily Show to name a few.- Alan Feinstein has appeared in over 100 television productions, co-starring on "Nip Tuck," "Crossing Jordan," and "N.Y.P.D. Blue." Series leads in "The Runaways," "Jigsaw John," "Berrengers," Second Family Tree," and more than 800 episodes of daytime drama. He co-starred opposite Peter Strauss and Peter O'Toole in "Masada," Lindsay Wagner in "The Two Worlds of Jenny Logan," Vanessa Redgrave in "Second Serve," as well as opposite Diane Keaton in the feature film "Looking For Mr. Goodbar."
Winner of the New York Drama Desk Award for his portrayal of "Marco" in Arthur Miller's 'A View From the Bridge'.
3 Los Angeles Drama-logue awards for his performances in 'Cold Storage', 'Dancing in the End Zone', and as "Jamie" in 'Long Days Journey Into Night'.
Alan's roles on Broadway include his debut in Edward Albee's 'Malcolm,' and was picked by Tennessee Williams for the role of "Stanley Kowalski" in the 25th anniversary Broadway revival of 'A Streecar Named Desire'. He starred on stage at the Guthrie Theatre in 'The Price' after having auditioned for playwright Arthur Miller.
He also starred in productions of Herb Gardner's 'Conversations With My Father' at Philidelphia's Walnut Street Theatre and the Pioneer Theatre Company of Salt Lake City.
Other performances include productions at The Old Globe, The Long Wharf Theatre, The Williamstown Summer Festival, The Alley Theatre, The Philidelphia Theatre Company, and was a member of New York's famed Circle Repertory Company.
Los Angeles stage appearances include 'Talley's Folly' at the Grove Theatre Center, David Mamet's 'Lakeboat', directed by Joe Montegna at the Tiffany Theatre, Tina Howe's 'One Shoe Off', the world premiere of 'The Sisters' at the historic Pasadena Playhouse, and 'Ghetto' at the Mark Taper Forum. - Writer
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One of the most distinguished (if frequently overlooked) directors ever to emerge from the British film industry, Alexander Mackendrick, was in fact born in the US (to Scottish parents), but grew up in his native Scotland, where he studied at the Glasgow School of Art. He started out as a commercial illustrator, and his first film endeavors were in animation (for advertising films) but he soon found himself attracted by live-action, shooting numerous short documentaries and writing screenplays throughout the 1940s. He made his feature debut in 1948 with the Ealing comedy classic Whisky Galore! (1949), set in his native Scotland, and more than half his total feature output would be for the studio including such masterpieces as The Man in the White Suit (1951) and The Ladykillers (1955) -- comedies with a rather darker, more satirical edge to them than the rather cosy and parochial British comedy more typical of the era. His first Hollywood film pushed this style to its limit in Sweet Smell of Success (1957), a vicious, no-holds-barred portrait of the world of ruthless New York gossip columnists. Although now acclaimed as one of the great American films, and a career high-point for Mackendrick, stars Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis and cinematographer James Wong Howe, it was a critical and box-office disaster that, sadly, ensured that Mackendrick would never again scale such heights. After just three more films, he was offered an academic job as the Dean of the Film Department of the California Institute of the Arts, which he accepted and held from 1969 until shortly before his death.- Music Artist
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One of the greatest playback singers in Bollywood history, Asha Bhosle has recorded over 10,000 songs for over 800 movies. Although every class (ghazals, pop, etc) of song was within her vocal range, her specialty was in sensual songs or Western-styled songs--she had an uncanny knack for making every actress for whom she sung, from Zeenat Aman to Urmila Matondkar, smolder on screen as never before.
Born on 8 September 1932, Asha, like her sister, the legendary Lata Mangeshkar, was trained by her father, Dinanath Mangeshkar, in classical music, and it was only a matter of time before she too turned to playback singing. She made her debut with the film Chunaria (1948), but it took her a long time to make it to the top. Between 1948 and 1957, she sang more songs than any other playback singer, but the majority of these were in small, indistinct films--and whatever big film she got a chance to sing in, it was usually for the heroine's best friend or in a duet with bigger singers like Shamshad Begum, Geeta Dutt, or her own sister. And unfortunately having made an ill-advised marriage that alienated her from her family, she had no choice but to take up all available assignments to provide for her children.
However, in 1957, she got her big break with composer O.P. Nayyar in the films Tumsa Nahin Dekha (1957) and Naya Daur (1957). And 1958 saw the release of three of her films: Lajwanti (1958), Howrah Bridge (1958), and Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi (1958); their hit songs took Asha right up to the top. Thereafter, she became Nayyar's premier singer until the early 1970s, and they created musical magic together, particularly in the films Phir Wohi Dil Laya Hoon (1963), Mere Sanam (1965), Humsaya (1968), and Pran Jaye Par Vachan Na Jaye (1974).
Initially Asha's singing style was initially reminiscent of Dutt's, but she soon overcame that and evolved her own distinctive style. Her voice possessed a lilting, versatile quality that could capture any song at any form or scale. By the end of the 1960s, she was second only to her sister, and the two of them were the queens of Indian playback singing right through to the 1990s. However, in spite of her incredible vocal range, she was getting typecast in singing sensual songs.
The 1970s saw her start a new relationship (which eventually became her second marriage) with composer Rahul Dev Burman - and so saw the birth of a great combination. A master of 1970s pop and disco music, Burman gave Asha a hip and happening sound altogether, and the two of them made their greatest hits with Haré Rama Haré Krishna (1971), Jawani Diwani (1972), Procession of Memories (1973), and Hum Kisise Kum Naheen (1977). Unfortunately, she again got stereotyped, this time in singing mainly Western-styled songs.
However, in 1981, the composer Khayyam revealed another, more lyrical quality to Asha's voice. Their collaboration in the Urdu film Umrao Jaan (1981), where the songs were mostly poetry, reveal some of her finest songs. And Permission (1987), another such film, got her the National Award. Today, unlike her sister, she has remained active in playback singing--she still makes actresses sizzle in songs, most notably in the films Rangeela (1995), Dil To Pagal Hai (1997), and Taal (1999). She has also released several Indipop (Indian pop) music albums, and their success has reaffirmed Asha's.
Recently, she was nominated for the prestigious Grammy Award for Best Contemporary World-Music Album. Even at 70, there is no stopping Asha Bhosle....- Actress
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Ashlynn Ross was born on 8 September 1989 in Louisiana, USA. She is an actress, known for American Horror Story (2011), Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal (2008) and The Iceman (2012).- Actor
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Austin 'Chumlee' Russell was born on 8 September 1982 in Henderson, Nevada, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Driven: The Story of Tanner Godfrey (2013), Pop Star (2013) and Bob Dylan: Like a Rolling Stone (2013).- Music Artist
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Tim Bergling, also known as Avicii, was a Swedish DJ and producer who worked on live concerts. In 2011, his single ''Levels'' was on the 100 billboard chart. He was also known for ''Hey Brother''. He sometimes appeared on Radio 1's Pete Tong show. He was born in Stockholm, Sweden, and died in Muscat, Oman.- Actor
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Bassist and singer Ben Orr was born Benjamin Orzechowski on September 8, 1947 in Cleveland, Ohio. His Russian and Czechoslovakian parents actively encouraged his musical endeavors. Ben grew up in Lakewood and Parma Heights, Ohio. He played bass, keyboards, and percussion instruments in his teen years. Known locally as "Benny 11-Letters", Orr dropped out of Valley Forge High School to join the group, "The Grasshoppers", as both the lead singer and guitarist. "The Grasshoppers" were the house band on the local Cleveland TV music variety show, "Upbeat"; the group also released two singles on the Sunburst label and dissolved in 1967 after two members were drafted. Ben got drafted as well, but received a deferment after serving one and a half years in the Army. In 1970, Orr moved to Columbus, Ohio and met mellow musician, Ric Ocasek; the two formed a folk band called "Milkwood". "Milkwood" released an album, titled "How's the Weather?", in 1972. In the mid 70s, Ben became a member of the Boston, Massachusetts nightclub group, "Cap'n Swing"; two other members of this particular band were Ocasek and guitarist Elliot Easton. "Cap'n Swing" broke up in 1975. In 1976, Orr, Ocasek, Easton, drummer David Robinson, and keyboardist Greg Hawkes formed the hugely popular, successful and innovative New Wave synth-pop band, The Cars. Ben sang lead vocals on such hit "Cars" songs as "Bye, Bye Love", "Just What I Needed", "Let's Go", "Drive" and "Moving in Stereo". In 1986, he recorded the solo album, "The Lace", which beget the Top 40 hit song, "Stay the Night". Moreover, Orr was featured on Ocasek's solo album, "This Side of Paradise", and the Joni Mitchell albums, "Misses" and "Chalk Mark, in a Rain Storm". Ben left The Cars in 1987. From 1998 up until his death, Ben performed with his own band, "Orr", and the side bands, "Big People" and "the Voices of Classic Rock". He reunited with The Cars for the documentary The Cars: Live (2000) in the summer of 2000. Orr died at age 53 from pancreatic cancer on October 3, 2000 in Atlanta, Georgia.- Actor
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Benny Ibarra was born on 8 September 1970 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. He is an actor and producer, known for Instructions Not Included (2013), Sexo y otros secretos (2007) and The Patriarch (2016). He is married to Celina del Villar. They have one child.- Actor
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Bernie Sanders was born on 8 September 1941 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for My X-Girlfriend's Wedding Reception (1999), The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel (2020) and Tucker Carlson Tonight (2016). He has been married to Jane Sanders since 28 May 1988. He was previously married to Deborah Shiling.- Beto César was born on 8 September 1951 in Provincia Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is an actor, known for La herencia del Tío Pepe (1998), Días Contados (2017) and PinBall (1995).
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Bill Kaiserman is known for Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend (1985).- Producer
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Brad Silberling was born on 8 September 1963 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. He is a producer and director, known for City of Angels (1998), A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004) and Moonlight Mile (2002). He has been married to Amy Brenneman since 30 September 1995. They have two children.- Braian Toledo was born on 8 September 1993 in Marcos Paz, Buenos Aires, Argentina. He died on 27 February 2020 in Marcos Paz, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Brian Huskey was born on 8 September 1968 in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Veep (2012), Another Period (2013) and Bob's Burgers (2011).- Producer
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Brooke Burke holds many titles, including: mother, television host, fitness guru, pod-caster, author, social media mogul (with almost 4 million followers), and cancer survivor. Forbes recognized Brooke's work by listing her as one of America's top ten moms to follow.
Brooke wrote her first biography entitled, "The Naked Mom, A Mother's Fearless Revelations", and then co-authored her 2nd book, Chicken Soup for the Soul's, "The Joy of Less".
Amongst her many credits, Brooke is often recognized for first winning, and then going on to Co-Host 8 seasons of, "Dancing With The Stars". For the past two years, she hosted and co-produced the award winning Saturday morning educational show, "Hidden Heroes". Currently she stars in TV Land's new branded content series entitled, "I Dare You", in which she is dared by the TV Land audience and fans of her social media to take on the wildest of challenges.
Brooke has ventured into the world of Podcasting, launching "The Brooke Burke Show". Her guests have included authors, celebrities, chefs, inspirational women and close friends.
In 2007, Brooke founded and launched BabooshBaby.com, the online store for her popular post-pregnancy belly wraps, Tauts. Brooke later developed Baboosh Body, a fitness product (belly wrap) made to trim the tummy. In 2011, Brooke launched the online mommy destination, ModernMom.com, of which she remains the CEO.
In 2012, Brooke brought her own personal brand of fitness workouts via her DVD series with SONY HOME ENTERTAINMENT, "Transform Your Body With Brooke Burke", "Strengthen & Condition and Tone & Tighten", "Brooke Burke Body: Sexy Abs", and "Brooke Burke Body: 30-Day Slimdown".
Inspired by her dedication to promote women's awareness of the importance of physical and mental health, Brooke's next fitness project was to create her signature "Booty Burn" workout which she personally teaches in her hometown of Malibu, California. "Being a teacher and helping women transform their lives has been one of the most rewarding efforts of my career."
Continuing her quest to educate women about health and the value of exercise, this year Brooke designed and produced her newest passion project BrookeBurkeBody, a fitness lifestyle app that allows anyone to take a fitness journey with her anytime, anywhere.
Brooke has graced the cover of countless fitness, fashion, and lifestyle magazines proving that she is an inspiration to women. She has proudly been the feature story in Health, Fitness, Women's Health, Redbook, and Ladies Home Journal, to name a few.
In 2007, Brooke did her first Primetime Network hosting gig on CBS's "Rock Star INXS" and then "Rock Star Super Nova" with iconic producer Mark Burnett. In 2010, she hosted, "She's Got The Look", while simultaneously taking on (then) her new role as co-host of "Dancing With The Stars". She continued to co-host DWTS' for eight consecutive seasons. Brooke also co-hosted Miss America for four years.
Synonymous with Health & Wellness, over twelve years ago the Skechers Shoe Company chose Brooke to become a spokesperson for their brand starring in multiple National commercials for them.
Brooke has always been heavily involved in humanitarian causes. 12 years ago, she became a "Smile Ambassador" for Operation Smile. Her efforts have included hosting their biggest fundraisers in Los Angeles and New York, appearing in PSA's, raising funds, and traveling on medical missions with her family to personally experience the miracle of helping those less fortunate. Brooke has personally helped raise large sums of money for Operation Smile, but more importantly she has helped change children's lives forever. Continuing to pursue her dedication to charities, in the past two years Brooke has emceed the annual UNICEF gala in Dallas, Texas.
Brooke beat cancer in 2013, but she continues to bring awareness and inspiration to people regarding the disease. She became the face of the American Cancer Society's "Bucket List" campaign in 2014.
The most important pursuit in Brooke's life is and always will be the raising and caring of her four children.- Byron Morrow was born on 8 September 1911 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Star Trek (1966), Black Sheep Squadron (1976) and The Mysterians (1957). He was married to Zelda Maxine Friend and Dorothy Nicholas Morrow. He died on 11 May 2006 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
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C. Robert Cargill was born on 8 September 1975 in San Antonio, Texas, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for The Black Phone (2021), Doctor Strange (2016) and Sinister (2012). He has been married to Jessica Cargill since 4 May 2002.- Actress
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Over the course of her career, Cari Shayne has amassed an impressive resume with leading roles in numerous television pilots, television series, feature films, and made-for-TV-movies. Cari began her career as a teen, starring as Karen Wexler on the daytime drama General Hospital (1963) and quickly parlayed into prime-time when she recurred as Neve Campbell's best friend on the hit Fox series Party of Five (1994).
Shayne has also carried a number of made-for-television movies such as Naomi & Wynonna: Love Can Build a Bridge (1995) in which she portrayed the life of the young, country music sensation, Naomi Judd. She starred alongside Thomas Gibson, Meredith Baxter, and Tom Conti as the lead character in Louisa May Alcott's The Inheritance (1997), the western classic Shaughnessy (1996) with Sarah Paulson, and The Price of Heaven (1997) directed by Peter Bogdanovich in which she starred with Grant Show and the incomparable Cicely Tyson.
Cari has guest-starred and recurred on a long list of television shows such as Cold Case (2003), The Division (2001), Star Trek: Voyager (1995), Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990), to name a few, and also starred in the television pilots, Forbidden Island (1999) and "Dope."
After appearing as Detective Rachel Harding on Criminal Minds (2005) in 2008, Cari decided to take a break from acting and enrolled in nursing school to explore the medical field. After training in the trenches at LA County USC Medical Center, Cari became a high-risk Obstetrical Nurse, working with both women and babies in a hospital setting.
After an 11-year hiatus, Cari has returned to her television roots as Dr. Genevieve Cates in the Emmy Award-winning series The Bay (2010) on Amazon and recently made an appearance as Jack and Rebecca's maternity nurse in This is Us.- Writer
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Carmen Campagne was born on 8 September 1959 in Willow Bunch, Saskatchewan, Canada. She was a writer and composer, known for Gala de l'ADISQ (1979), Carmen Campagne: Un bon chocolat chaud (1995) and Galala (2015). She was married to Jean Fortier. She died on 4 July 2018 in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Quebec, Canada.- Carola Häggkvist was born September 8 1966 outside Stockholm, Sweden to parents Jan and Anita Häggkvist. 1983, at the age of 16, Carola represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest singing her breakthrough single "Främling" (Holm/Forsberg), and landed at #3 after Luxemburg and Isreal. Her debut album "Främling" (Mariann Music 1983) sold over 1.000.000 copies, and is still the most sold album in Sweden in history. The summer tour of 1983 set records at the box office at nearly every stop through Sweden. The album "Runaway" (Polydor International 1986) was written and produced by the BeeGees and released throughout Europe. Carola made her acting debut in the stage version of "The Sound of Music" in Stockholm 1995, for which she won the Swedish Guldmasken Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical/Comedy 1996. 1998 Carola gave Moses' sister Miriam her Swedish voice in "Prinsen Av Egypten" (The Prince of Egypt / Dreamworks 1998). In 2000 Carola played herself in "Livet är en Schlager" (Sonet Film 2000), written by Jonas Gardell and directed by Danish Susanne Bier.
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Christiane Krüger, the daughter of German movie star Hardy Krüger, was born on September 8, 1945 in Hamburg, Germany, four months after V-E Day brought an end to the war in Europe. She has appeared mostly in German-speaking movies and television, though she has made forays into English-language roles, including the 1985 TV mini-series Anne of Green Gables (1985). However, she is most famous to American audiences for her turn as an Eva Perón clone in Radley Metzger's exploitation cinema classic "Mother" (1973). Basically a grindhouse flick with Metzger's typical arthouse pretensions, "Mother" (a.k.a. "Little Mother", "The Story of Evita" and "Blood Queen" in the UK) is a roman a clef loosely based on the life of Eva Perón, updated from the 1940s and '50s to contemporary times. In the film, Kruger played Marina, a schemer who sleeps her way to the summit, first by becoming a TV weather-girl before making it as the wife of a top South American politician who becomes President of his beknighted country.
In this celluloid potboiler, the cruel and sadistic, Machiavellian Marina is the real power behind the throne and becomes so powerful, other politicians conspire to assassinate her lest she replace her bewitched hubbie as president. Like any Metzger film, female nudity is plentiful, and though there are many instances of body-doubling, in a generous amount of scenes, Krüger herself appears in the all-together, showing the charms that captivated the TV station manager, the future president of a banana republic, then said banana republic itself. Surely one of the summits of trash cinema!- Actress
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Christine Weatherup was born in Los Angeles, California, USA. Christine is an actor and director, known for Watchmen (2019), See You Next Christmas (2021) and Bosch (2014).- Christopher Connelly was born on 8 September 1941 in Wichita, Kansas, USA. He was an actor, known for Benji (1974), Atlantis Interceptors (1983) and Peyton Place (1964). He was married to Cindy Carol. He died on 7 December 1988 in Burbank, California, USA.
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Clayton Norcross was born on September 8, 1954 at Edwards Air Force Base and was raised in Arcadia, California. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Telecommunications and Film Production from San Diego State University. His breakout role was the portrayal of Thorne Forrester on the runaway hit, soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful (1987).
This was the first of 4 contract roles he would play on television. The other 3 are: Milagros (2000), The Mystery Woman (2017), and the Italian sketch comedy 'A Place in the Heart'.
Clayton's love of the stage led him to perform in "Agency" for The Coast Playhouse and "Los Angeles Stories" at The Victory Theatre. He became internationally well-known when The Bold and the Beautiful (1987) was syndicated in over 100 countries worldwide.
Clayton divides his time between Hollywood and Europe, working in film, TV and theatre. His recent television credits include the CBS prime time series, Hawaii Five-0 (2010), Omicidio su misura (2012), and the British action miniseries, Air Force One Is Down (2013), where he co-starred with Linda Hamilton, and Jeremy Sisto.
For the past few years, 2012, Clayton's been shopping a self-penned screenplay, entitled 'Brutal Angels'. When he's not busy in front of the camera, Clayton spends his time volunteering at environmental organizations, including Heal the Bay, World Wildlife Fund and California League of Conservation Voters.- Actor
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Fahrettin Cüreklibatir, better known by his stage name Cüneyt Arkin, is a Turkish film actor, director, and producer. Having starred in somewhere around 250 movies and also TV series, he is widely considered as one of the most prominent Turkish actors of all time. His films shown abroad credited him as George Arkin. Arkin's films have ranged from well-received dramas to mockbusters throughout his career spanning four decades.
Early in his career, Arkin became known for starring in historical dramas taking place during the first centuries of the Ottoman Empire and Anatolian Seljuks, such as Malkoçoglu Cem Sultan and Battal Gazi. While gaining success with such action-based films, he also took part in political films in the late 1970s, the most famous of those being The Adam Trilogy directed by Remzi Aydin Jöntürk. Arkin and Jöntürk continued their collaboration on many other films.
In the 1980s, Arkin became known abroad for the film Dünyayi Kurtaran Adam (The Man Who Saves The World, also known as Turkish Star Wars), an extremely low-budget science fiction tentatively famous for featuring bootlegged scenes from Star Wars. Today the B movie has a cult following.
Fahrettin Cüreklibatur was born in the village of Gökçeoglu in the Alpu district of Eskisehir Province, Turkey to a family of Crimean Tatar and Nogai origin.
After graduation from the university as a physician, Cüreklibatir married his classmate Güler Mocan in 1965. In 1966, their daughter Filiz was born. The marriage did not last long due to Cüreklibatir's newly flourishing career as a film actor.
In 1968, he took the stage name Cüneyt Arkin, and met Betül Isil, the daughter of a wealthy family that owned a tile manufacturing company. Isil, a graduate of a university in Switzerland was working as a flight attendant at the time. They were engaged in 1969, married in 1970, and divorced in 1971. Soon afterwards, they remarried and Betül gave birth to two sons, Murat and Kaan Polat. Arkin's wife and sons have starred in several of his films.- Producer
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The youngest of five, David Arquette was born in Winchester, Virginia and is part of the illustrious Arquette family, whose work has spread over several generations. His parents, Lewis Arquette, an actor, and Brenda Denaut (née Nowak), an acting teacher and therapist, had 4 other children: Rosanna Arquette, Richmond Arquette, Patricia Arquette, and Alexis Arquette, all actors. His paternal grandfather, Cliff Arquette, was also an entertainer. David's mother was from an Ashkenazi Jewish family (from Poland and Russia), while David's father had French-Canadian, Swiss-German, and English ancestry.
Like his siblings, Arquette started working at an early age, and his first major role came as Luke Perry's character's best friend in the hit film Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992). But his major break both personally and professionally didn't come until 1996 when he was cast in the slasher flick Scream (1996) starring opposite close friend Drew Barrymore, Neve Campbell and more importantly Friends (1994), with Courteney Cox who he married in San Francisco in the summer of 1999. Scream (1996) earned worldwide success and acclaim as did Arquette for his role as lovable simple cop "Dewey". His role proved to be so popular that in the original script his character was meant to die, but due to test audiences response to Dewey the script was changed and he returned for both Scream 2 (1997) and Scream 3 (2000). Usually known for his goofiness in more mainstream roles, his greatest performances and reviews have come for his indie films such as Johns (1996), Dream with the Fishes (1997) and The Grey Zone (2001). David and wife Courteney Cox reside in LA and produce their own DIY show Mix It Up (2003) because of their love for home improvement.- Actor
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David can be seen as Chef Derek Finway in "Pig," opposite Nicolas Cage, answering the question, "Who has my pig?"
Best known for his roles as a goofy, callow youth in films like Spring Break, Splash, Total Recall, and Turner and Hooch, David is a veteran in the industry with a career that spans over four decades. He appeared on Broadway in his teens in Liz Swados' "Runaways" before making his screen debut in "Life on The Mississippi," playing the young Mark Twain. Over the years David has performed in countless television series and commercials, in regional theatre around the country, and often works behind the scenes as an editor, camera operator, and assistant director.
David is a long time member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, as well as SAG-AFTRA and Actors Equity.- David Lee Smith was born on 8 September 1963 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA. He is an actor, known for The Man from Earth (2007), A Walk to Remember (2002) and Mysterious Skin (2004).
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Began as an actor in Kurt Russell-Disney Films in 1974. Made the switch to the Stunt world following a successful career as a junior pro surfer. Born, bred, and resided in Malibu. Many, many stunts later, David made the promotion to Stunt Coordinator in 1978 on Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978). Coordinating TV and films all over the world brought him up to the position of 2nd Unit Director on Gorky Park (1983). "Action" movies proceeded to explode along with David's career. Befriending Harrison Ford, two of David's most notable 2nd units were Patriot Games (1992) and Clear and Present Danger (1994). As shown in Filmography, he worked back-to-back until the break from Disney, offering to 1st unit Direct the feature, Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco (1996). Directorial debut grossed over $100 Million. Completed two features for 1997, Desperate Measures (1998) & Sphere (1998) with Barry Levinson.- Actress
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Hollywood has always welcomed with open arms exotic, sexy imports to its gallery of glamour girls and serious actresses; look at how Greta Garbo, Ingrid Bergman, Marlene Dietrich and Sophia Loren have been embraced. Buxom and alluring French siren Denise Darcel fell into the secondary ranks of thick-accented, post-WWII hopefuls which would include a wave of other temptations such as Märta Torén, Viveca Lindfors, Corinne Calvet and Bella Darvi.
This particularly luscious Parisian was born Denise Billecard on September 8, 1925, one of five daughters born to a baker and his wife. The daughters were raised outside of Paris in a small town for a time, but Denise eventually moved back to Paris after WWII as a young adult and college student (University of Dijon). She was working as a dime store cashier when she entered and won a beauty contest that resulted in a lot of publicity for her as "The Most Beautiful Girl in France". She capitalized on this by developing her own nightclub act and touring around the Riviera with it -- blazing a name for herself.
Denise came to the United States as the wife of an American Army captain, but the marriage soured quickly after about a year. She turned to the movies. In her first, the war film To the Victor (1948), she managed to turn heads despite her small, unbilled appearance as a club singer. She made the most of her sexy version of "La vie en rose" and, with that, moved into a top femme acting role with the western Thunder in the Pines (1948), which had both pre-"Superman" George Reeves and post-"Dick Tracy" Ralph Byrd fighting for her attention. She then was the sole femme in the successful war picture Battleground (1949), providing sexy distraction amid all the bombings. This alone pushed her sex symbol status to its peak. As a result she provided a little extra steam in the jungles with her exotic part in the Lex Barker entry Tarzan and the Slave Girl (1950).
And then it was over. Despite providing more sexy cabaret entertainment in the film Young Man with Ideas (1952) starring Glenn Ford, and grabbing notice in such man-oriented action in Westward the Women (1951) with Robert Taylor, Flame of Calcutta (1953) with Patric Knowles and Vera Cruz (1954) co-starring Gary Cooper and Burt Lancaster, Ms. Darcel's film career fell completely away.
She never took herself or her image too seriously during her prime and was known and admired for her fine sense of humor, playing the sexy foil to such comic stars as Olsen and Johnson on stage -- in "Pardon My French" (1950) -- and Milton Berle on TV. She even hosted her own short-lived TV quiz show Gamble on Love (1954) at one point. But as far as movies were concerned, she returned only once more to film the utterly forgettable and exploitative 7 Women from Hell (1961).
Hollywood folklore has it that Ms. Darcel gave the cold shoulder to the heated romantic advances of both Columbia mogul Harry Cohn and producer playboy Howard Hughes, and thereby sealed her own fate. While waiting out the snub, she left Hollywood and made live appearances on stage, in dinner theaters and around the nightclub circuit, appearing in such plays and musicals as "Oh, Captain!" (1958), "The Little Hut" (1961) and "Can-Can" (1961).
She once was an opening act for singer/dancer Joel Grey, and made even more money the more she playfully revealed herself to her paying customers. But she was never invited back to Hollywood. Married and divorced five times in all, the vivacious Ms. Darcel remained close to her two sons, Chris and Craig, and made ends meet later by working as a Las Vegas casino dealer. She died of an aneurysm on December 23, 2011, at age 86.- DeVeren Bookwalter honed his TV and movie acting talents originally in stage work in New York. From the east he moved to Los Angeles in the early 1970s, to plumb the opportunities of West Coast acting. One of the first of varied small roles in his new movie career was The Omega Man (1971). Bookwalter had a particular passion for Shakespeare and found an adequate outlet in his association with R. Thad Taylor's Shakespeare Society of America in West Hollywood. Working out of a turn-of-the-century Victorian mansion converted to several production stages, the SSA was especially devoted to performing all of Shakespeare's plays with a pool of LA legitimate theater, TV, and movie talent. Bookwalter played Feste the Clown in the SSA's ambitious Twelfth Night (1971)which used the mansion's massive backyard patio as the central stage. The production included young British actors Vincent Mongol and Vickery Turner and veteran funny man Avery Schreiber. When the mansion's owners tore it down in early 1972 (for the proverbial parking lot), Taylor moved the SSA to a converted garage a few miles north and with Bookwalter and the addition of a varied trove of talented volunteers constructed within it a half scale model of the Globe Theater.
Reconstituting the new location as the LA Globe Theater, the SSA continued the goal of completing Shakespeare's plays, along with a steady insertion of new plays and some modern classics. Bookwalter took the helm as director and star in the SSA's acclaimed Cyrano de Bergerac (1975) which garnered the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards for production, director, and lead performance for that year. The SSA completed the Shakespeare collection of plays in 1976-77 season, and Bookwalter once again moved into movies, including the American TV production of Othello (1981). His most notable movie role was as the home grown terrorist leader Bobby Maxwell in the Clint Eastwood continuing Dirty Harry installment The Enforcer (1976). Thereafter Bookwalter moved into the steady work of soap operas (1982-84) and finally returned to New York where he passed away before his time in 1987. - Donatella Raffai was born on 8 September 1943 in Fabriano, Marche, Italy. She was an actress, known for Sweet Deceptions (1960), The Anto War (1999) and Scommettiamo che...? (1991). She was married to Silvio Maestranzi, Fabrizio Bogiankino and ???. She died on 10 February 2022 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
- She is well known for her portrayal of Lola Rhodes on The CW's teen drama series Gossip Girl, she is also recognized for her role as Mia Bowers on NBC's Deception.
She spent her early years in Minneapolis, Minnesota and New York.
She made her screen acting debut in a 2006 short film titled Lilly in the Woods and went on to play the role of Emma in the 2007 feature Freezer Burn. - Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Eric Yellin was born on September 8, 1966 in Los Angles, California. He was a hugely successful assistant director, known for numerous TV series including; Sneaky Pete (2018), The Following (2015) and Royal Pains (2013) as well as many well known feature films such as; Fair Game, 27 Dresses and The Squid in the Whale. He leaves behind his wife, two children and many friends and family. He died after a long battle with cancer on January 10, 2022 in Newport Beach, California.- Actress
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Esmeralda Pimentel was born on 8 September 1989 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Verano de amor (2009), El Candidato (2020) and El color de la pasión (2014).- Actor
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Although Frank Cady's most famous role would be that of general-store owner Sam Drucker, one of the less nutty residents of Hooterville in both Green Acres (1965) and Petticoat Junction (1963), he had a history as a film, stage and television actor long before those shows. Cady also appeared on some radio programs including Gunsmoke. In the 1950s, Cady played Doc Williams in The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952), along with numerous supporting parts in movies and also appeared in television commercials for (among other products) Shasta Grape Soda. Cady has been most prolific in television and was the only actor to play a recurring character on three TV sitcoms at the same time, The Beverly Hillbillies (1962), Green Acres (1965), and Petticoat Junction (1963). Usually cast as a gregarious small-town businessman, druggist, store clerk or other type of all-around Midwestern-type good guy, Cady was actually a California native, born in Susanville in 1915. The acting bug bit him when he sang in an elementary school play, and after graduating from Stanford University he headed to London, England, to train in the theater. When World War II broke out he was already in Europe, so he enlisted in the Army Air Force and spent the next several years in postings all over the continent. After his discharge he returned to the US and headed for Hollywood. An agent saw him in a local play, signed him, and he was on his way. One of his earlier--and more atypical--roles was as a seedy underworld character pulled in for questioning in a cop's murder in the noir classic He Walked by Night (1948), and he played a succession of hotel clerks, bureaucrats, henpecked husbands and the like for the next 40+ years. He did much television work from the mid-'50s onward. Cady resided in Wilsonville, Oregon and at the time of his death had two children; daughter, Catherine Turk; son, Steven; three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.- Gary Speed was born on 8 September 1969 in Mancot, Wales, UK. He was married to Louise Speed. He died on 27 November 2011 in Chester, Cheshire, England, UK.
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Gaetano John "Gaten" Matarazzo III (born September 8, 2002) is an Italian-American actor. He began his career on the Broadway stage as Benjamin in Priscilla, Queen of the Desert & as Gavroche in Les Misérables. He stars as Dustin Henderson in the Netflix science-fiction drama series, Stranger Things (2016).
Matarazzo was born in New London, Connecticut & raised in Tuckerton, New Jersey. He has cleidocranial dysplasia (CCD), a trait he shares with his Stranger Things character. He uses dentures as a result of his condition, and uses his fame to raise awareness about it.
Matarazzo uses his platform to raise awareness of CCD and fundraise for CCD Smiles, an organization that helps cover costs of oral surgeries for those with cleidocranial dysostosis. Matarazzo has also started a line of T-shirts whose proceeds will go to CCD Smiles. On his social media sites, Matarazzo actively notifies his followers of how to donate to CCD Smiles and different events he will participate in. Recently, his sister also started a Facebook campaign to raise money for the organization.
Since 2017, Matarazzo has served as spokesman for Verizon FiOS.- Hailing from Chicago (his birth has also been noted as late as 1907 which to the purpose would be too late), Gavin Muir had that sort of lean and hungry John Carradine face and slight build that begged for character villain parts. Indeed he was bit by the acting bug and started in regional theater but jumped to Broadway by 1920, though his first role noted was "Enter Madame" in 1922. This play was also the debut Broadway performance for another young actor destined for Hollywood -- but a sadly short career -- Ross Alexander. By 1923 Muir's abilities beckoned further demands, and he produced and performed in the comedy "Love Set". In fact the majority of his plays were comedy rather than drama. And with twenty-one plays to his credit (until 1939) and making the round of famous New York houses, the St. James and the Lyceum, for example, Muir worked with some Broadway's greatest leads and some later fellow film actors, such as, Harry Davenport, Robert Warwick, and Henry Hull. Although he had one film for an uncredited part in 1932, he was a fixture of the Broadway theater season until 1933. Although Muir still had a few more Broadway plays to do, he was finding his niche in Hollywood. The next year he was in the film adaptation of the play Mary of Scotland (1936) directed by John Ford. Along with an assemblage of some of the best character actors of Hollywood, Muir joined a rogues' gallery of self-seeking Scottish lords who included: Robert Barrat, William Stack, and Ian Keith trying to discredit the young queen. Muir was busy thereafter through the war years of the 1940s his acting, and especially his various British accents (he was sometimes mistaken as a British actor) but others were in demand as military officer, doctor, noble, dignitary - and, of course, villains. Into the 1950s he even endured Abbott and Costello in their continued pop success, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951), one of five such formula 'Meet' films. The film parts continued to get leaner, so he ventured into TV, doing playhouse theater and also some series. He was a regular-the butler Hollister - on The Betty Hutton Show (1959) and did not retire until later 1965 after over seventy screen appearances.
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Germán Daffunchio was born on 11 September 1961.- Actress
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Gina Belafonte was born on 8 September 1961 in New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for BlacKkKlansman (2018), The Commish (1991) and Operation Splitsville (1998). She is married to Scott McCray. They have one child.- Actor
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Golo Euler is a German actor. He was born on September 8, 1982 in Starnberg, Germany. From 2002 to 2006 he attended the Bavarian Theater Academy August Everding. The actor is known for the movies Kasimir and Karoline (2011), Westwind (2011), Anderwo (2014) and Grand Budapest Hotel (2014). The last pig (2016) and Fado (2016) are his new upcoming movies.- Actor
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Harry Secombe was one of Britain's best loved comic entertainers. Born in Swansea, South Wales he began singing as a child in local church choirs. His first job was as a clerk although he had considered a career in opera. During World War Two he served in the Army in North Africa and Italy. He met the comedian Spike Milligan while on duty in the Western desert and their common bond was a unique brand of humour. Secombe appeared in many troop concerts where he was known for his trademark high pitched laugh and blowing raspberries. After the war he appeared as a comic at London's famous Windmill Theatre and in 1945 became one of the stalwarts of the hugely successful radio series Educating Archie. His greatest popularity began in 1951 with the birth of radio's Crazy People, later to be renamed The Goon Show. One of the most famous radio comedy programmes of all time it helped launch the careers of Secombe, Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers and Michael Bentine.
Whilst the Goon Show was in its prime the comedy team made several films associated with the series including Down Among the Z Men (1952) and in 1955 Secombe had his own TV show, The Harry Secombe Show. His other popular TV shows, often written by Marty Feldman and Barry Cryer, included Secombe and Friends (1966) and Have a Harry Christmas (1977). On stage he had a long running success with Leslie Bricusse's Pickwick (1963) and he revived the show in the 1980s.
His most notable film work began with Davy (1957) in which he played a music hall performer who auditions for an opera at Convent Garden. It was meant as a star vehicle for him but was not a box office success. International audiences became familiar with him when he played Mr Bumble, the beadle in Oliver! (1968) and films such as The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins (1971) and Starstruck (1972).
Knighted in 1981 and much slimmed down after a serious attack of peritonitis, he continued to appear in concerts and on television as well as writing several volumes of autobiography. He toured Australia and in 1983 became the host of Highway, a weekly TV religious programme. This was Secombe toned down, far from his rollicking past and with no jokes, but it gave him a chance to sing seriously. The show ran for nearly ten years.
Ill health continually dogged the comedian in his final years and he battled with cancer and a severe stroke. He continued to appear on television, notably narrating D Day - The Official Story (1994) and presenting Top Ten Comedy Records (2000).- Hayden Tweedie was born on 8 September 1992 in Dallas, Texas, USA. She is an actress, known for D.O.G (2019), Living & Dying (2007) and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999).
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Hazel Brooks was born on 8 September 1924 in Cape Town, South Africa. She was an actress, known for Body and Soul (1947), Sleep, My Love (1948) and The Basketball Fix (1951). She was married to Cedric Gibbons and Dr. Rex Ross. She died on 18 September 2002 in Bel-Air, California, USA.- Heather Thomas was born on 8 September 1957 in Greenwich, Connecticut, USA. She is an actress, known for Zapped! (1982), The Fall Guy (2024) and The Fall Guy (1981). She has been married to Harry M. Brittenham since 10 October 1992. They have one child. She was previously married to Alan Rosenthal.
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Henry Wilcoxon was given the lead role of Marc Antony in Cecil B. DeMille's Cleopatra (1934). It would prove to be the beginning of a long relationship with DeMille he would become a familiar DeMille character actor and DeMille's associate producer in the later years of DeMille's career. However, after DeMille died, he worked sporadically and accepted minor acting roles.- Hillary Brooke's image as the epitome of glacial, regal, upper-class British gentility is muted somewhat by the fact that she was born Beatrice Sofia Mathilda Peterson to a middle-class American family in Long Island, New York. She was the sister of actor Arthur Peterson, best-known as the demented "Major" on the soap-opera satire Soap (1977). Always a beauty, she had a successful career as a photographer's model before breaking into show business. Her "British" accent came about when she realized that she was just one of innumerable tall, good-looking blondes vying for roles, and needed something to make her stand out among them. She came up with affecting a British accent and it worked; she began to get more and more roles that called for a "British" blonde, so she kept the accent.
Her film debut was in New Faces of 1937 (1937), in which -- billed as "Beatrice Schute" -- she played a showgirl. She began working steadily in films in the early 1940s, and appeared in such major productions as The Woman in Green (1945), The Fuller Brush Man (1948), The Philadelphia Story (1940), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941), Wake Island (1942), Jane Eyre (1943) and The Enchanted Cottage (1945), in addition to the usual run of "B" westerns and thrillers in which many up-and-coming young actresses had to put in time. In the early 1950s she began appearing on television including 23 appearances on The Abbott and Costello Show (1952) as "Hillary Brooke", the object of Lou Costello's affections. She had worked previously with the duo in their second color film, Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952), in which she played a pirate chief.
She had no compunctions about taking a pie in the face, a vase on the head, a pratfall, or tussling with Bingo the chimp, and more than held her own. She also had a similar role as the girlfriend of Vern Albright (Charles Farrell) in My Little Margie (1952) and alternated between television and film roles in the 1950s. One of her better-known roles was as little David MacLean (Jimmy Hunt)'s mother, Mary, who is taken over by the Martians in the sci-fi classic Invaders from Mars (1953). She also played Doris Day's character's best friend in The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956), and, the next year, had her final film role in Spoilers of the Forest (1957), after which she turned exclusively to television.
She retired from the film industry in 1960, after marrying film executive Raymond A. Klune, and died in Bonsall, California, aged 84, in 1999. - Writer
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Hitoshi Matsumoto and his childhood friend Masatoshi Hamada teamed up as comedy duo Downtown. When they had their own TV shows in late 80s, they became phenomenal pop culture among young Japanese people. Unlike other comedy duos in Japan, they are still together, and they dominate prime time TV shows in Japan. They are most notably famous for their yearly "batsu" TV special aired on New Years Eve from 18:30 - 00:00 that has been running for 10 consecutive years which gained a large following internationally via YouTube.- Igor Vovkovinskiy was born on 8 September 1982 in Bar, Ukrainian SSR, USSR (now Bar, Ukraine). He was an actor, known for Hall Pass (2011), The Dr. Oz Show (2009) and Verbal Shenanigans (2014). He died on 20 August 2021 in Rochester, MInnesota, USA.
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Indraneil Sengupta is an Indian model and film and television actor. He moved to Mumbai to work in the entertainment industry.
Sengupta began his modelling career in the 90s and was one of the finalists in the Gladrags Manhunt Contest in 1999. He went on to appear in brand advertisements for VIP Frenchie, Tata Indigo Marina car, and Aquafina. He also walked on the ramp for Rohit Bal and worked for choreographers like Achla Sachdev and Marc Robinson
Later, Sengupta appeared in music videos like Pal Pal Tere Yaad Sataye (2000) by Falguni Pathak, Chamak Cham Cham by Yesudas, and Koi Diya Jale Kahin (Rum Pum Bum) by Asha Bhosle
In 2004, he debuted in the Hindi film industry with Shukriya: Till Death Do Us Apart (2004), alongside Shriya Saran, Aftab Shivdasani and Anupam Kher
In 2006, he was cast in the TV show Pyaar Ke Do Naam: Ek Radha, Ek Shyaam (2006), where he met Barkha Bisht. In 2007, he and Bisht appeared as contestants on the dance show Nach Baliye 3 (2007). They tied the knot in 2008.
Sengupta appeared in the horror film 1920 (2008), playing Mohan Kanta, the antagonist. During this time, he also appeared in TV serials like Maayka: Saath Zindagi Bhar Ka (2007).
He played the lead role of Angshuman opposite Indrani Haldar in the popular Bengali film Angshumaner Chhobi (2009), the only Bengali movie to get entry into the Indian Panorama in Goa. He also won the Anandalok Fresh Face of the Year (male) award in 2009 for this movie.
Sengupta went on to feature in Bollywood movies like Mumbai Salsa (2007) and Kahaani (2012), as well as Bengali movies like Janala (2009), Jodi Ekdin (2010), Bedeni (2011) and Uro Chithi (2011), and System (2012).
In 2010, Sengupta starred in the Bengali movie Autograph (2010), playing the role of a young aspiring director. The film was a tribute to Satyajit Ray and Uttam Kumar. In 2012, he was featured in the Bengali movie Aparajita Tumi (2012), playing the role of a young Bangladeshi professor.
From 2015 to 2022, Sengupta appeared in several Bengali, Bangladeshi, Marathi, Hindi, and Telugu movies like Kiriti O Kalo Bhromor (2016), Boss 2 (2017), Aithe 2.0 (2018), Choices (2021), and Doctor G (2022).
Between 2015 and 2020, he also appeared in several TV shows like Episode #2.55 (2016), Nimki Mukhiya (2017), Shrimad Bhagwat Mahapuran (2019) and Yeh Hai Chahatein (2019). He featured in several web series like Tadap (2019), Karkat Rogue (2020), Aranyak (2021), Human (2022), The Fame Game (2022), and The Broken News (2022) as well.
Sengupta won the ITA Award for Idea Glamour Face of the Year Male in 2008 and the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor (Bengali) for Mishawr Rawhoshyo (2013) in 2014.- Actor
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Growing up in Portland, Oregon, Jake discovered his love for acting after one of his teachers encouraged him to try out for local projects. He soon began acting in commercials and by age eleven, Jake and his family made the move down to Hollywood. His first high profile role was that of Josh Jordon, son to Bruce Willis and Michelle Pfeiffer in The Story Of Us. Jake followed that up with parts on several television shows including Once And Again, The Closer and Veronica Mars. He played Lash in the 2005 movie SKY HIGH starring Kurt Russell and Michael Angarano and starred in Brian Crano's play the 12th Premise as Con From 2006-2008 he starred alongside Jeffrey Tambor and John Lithgow on NBC's Twenty Good Years. With roles in Extreme Movie, Fired Up and the 2010 hit EASY A, Jake demonstrated his ability as a comedic actor.
Jake's latest movie A Bag Of Hammers, has him teaming up with writer/director Brian Crano once more. Not only did Jake co-write the movie with Brian, he also stars in the film as Alan; one half of a pair of misfit best friends, who can't seem to find what's missing from their lives. It's not until an abandoned young child comes into the picture, that they realize what was missing was the love that only family can provide. A Bag Of Hammers debuted at the 2011 South by Southwest festival.- Actor
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Celebrated French stage actor/director/producer Jean-Louis Barrault was born on September 8, 1910. A superlative tragedian and mime, his dedication to both avant-garde and classical plays helped revive the French theatre after World War II, while presenting world premières of works by such playwrights as Samuel Beckett, Eugène Ionesco and Jean Genet. A rebel with many causes, he once hid French Underground members on the set of his greatest film Children of Paradise (1945).
Barrault initially was a teacher and studied art before turning to the theatre. A gifted student of both Charles Dullin of drama and Etienne Decroux of pantomime, he supported himself as a bookkeeper and flower salesman during those lean years. He made his official film bow in Vagabonds imaginaires (1950) (billed as J.L. Barrault), and took his first curtain call a year later playing a servant in "Volpone" at the Theatre de l'Atelier. While he made quite an impact in numerous classic, romantic films, including Bizarre, Bizarre (1937), Mirages (1938) and Children of Paradise (1945) (the last two opposite the exquisite Arletty), the theatre would remain Barrault's greatest passion, marking his directorial debut with "Les beaux jours" in 1935. Five years later he would join the Comedie Francaise as both actor/director.
In 1936 Barrault met actress Madeleine Renaud, who was a decade his senior, and married her four years later. Together the couple founded many theatres (including the Renaud-Barrault Paris stage company in 1947) and toured extensively, becoming the Lunt and Fontanne of European theatre with such performances in "Christopher Columbus" (1957) (she as his Queen Isabella), "The Misanthrope" (1957) and "The Marriage of Figaro" (1964) among their many collaborations. In November of 1952, Barrault and Renard made daunting Broadway debuts touring in repertory with "Les Fausses Confidences", "Baptiste", "The Trial", "Amphitryon", "Scapin", "Keep Your Eyes on Amelie" and "Hamlet". In 1957, they returned with "Christopher Columbus", "Volpone", "The Misanthrope", "Intermezzo", and others. He received a "special" Tony award for his work.
Barrault's thin frame, gentle bearing and sensitive features belied a great power and those same talents were utilized magnificently, if sporadically, on film, associating with the greatest of directors including Abel Gance, Georg Wilhelm Pabst, Sacha Guitry, Jean Delannoy, Max Ophüls and Jean Renoir. His initial impression playing Beethoven's nephew Karl in The Life and Loves of Beethoven (1936), led to other fine filming. Arguably his most notable triumph on film was his portrayal of Baptiste in Children of Paradise (1945), which was based on the life of the mime-actor Jean-Gaspard Deburau, a character he originally suggested to Marcel Carné and Jacques Prévert. The phenomenal success of that film singlehandedly revived public interest in the art of pantomime and subsequently influenced the popularity of legendary mime Marcel Marceau. Barrault's peerless performance in that role is still studied in acting and mime schools today. Elsewhere, he appeared in historical characterizations ranging from that of composer Hector Berlioz to Napoleon Bonaparte.
In later years Barrault served twice as director of the Theatre des Nations and in 1974-1981 was the director of the Theatre d'Orsay. His last film performance at age 78 was in La lumière du lac (1988). The beloved 83-year-old actor died of a heart attack in Paris on January 22, 1994; wife Madeleine died in September of that same year at age 94.- Jean-Michel Beau was born on 8 September 1943 in Troyes, Aube, France. He died on 23 April 2020 in Lunel, Hérault, France.
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Jennifer grew up in Brookfield, Massachusetts. With an ER physician for a father and a paramedic/firefighter for a mother, she became an EMT as soon as she turned 18, and worked on an ambulance for 7 years throughout college and graduate school.
She graduated Summa Cum Laude from Westfield, where she was nominated three times for the Kennedy Center: ACTF Irene Ryan Best Actress award. She went on to receive her MFA in Acting from Brandeis University.
Upon moving to NYC after graduating, she primarily worked in classical and experimental theatre until meeting one of the Duplass Brothers after a performance of a play she was in. This led to her first film role, a small part in Baghead, and sparked a shift to include more film and television. She now splits her time between LA and NYC.- Producer
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Joe Sugg is a YouTuber, actor, writer and producer, known for the Youtube channels ThatcherJoe (2012), ThatcherJoeVlogs (2013) and ThatcherJoeGames (2014). He has acted in the West End production of Waitress (2019) and the BBC drama The Syndicate (2021), and has voiced characters in the Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon (2019) and The Amazing Maurice (2022).- John McGlynn was born on 8 September 1953 in Scotland, UK. He is an actor, known for Les Misérables (1998), Wimbledon (2004) and The Emperor's New Clothes (2001).
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Jonathan Taylor Thomas was born Jonathan Taylor Weiss on September 8, 1981 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, to Claudine (Gonsalves) and Stephen Weiss. He has an older brother, Joel, and has Pennsylvania Dutch (German) and Portuguese ancestry. Growing up, he liked the music group Boyz II Men, and his favorite TV shows were Roseanne (1988) and Grace Under Fire (1993), but he also liked watching CNN news, to keep up to date with current events. One thing that Jonathan does not like is meat. He has been a vegetarian since he was four years old, and he doesn't use products that are tested on animals because he believes that it is wrong to hurt them.
When Jonathan was four years old, his family moved from Bethlehem to Sacramento, California. At the age of seven, Jonathan was working as a model for print advertisements in Sacramento, and over the next few years, he appeared in TV commercials for Kelloggs cereal, Mattel toys and for many other products. By this time, Jonathan was ready for bigger roles, and in 1989, he landed the part of Greg Brady's son Kevin in the TV special The Bradys (1990). In 1990, he landed his biggest role yet, as Randy Taylor on Home Improvement (1991). Jonathan's audition went well, but what really gave him an edge over the other boys was that the casting directors thought that he looked a lot like his TV dad-to-be, Tim Allen.
In 1991, Jonathan's parents divorced. He lived with his mother and his brother. He began work in feature length movies, as the voice of young Simba in Disney's The Lion King (1994), and as Ben Archer in Man of the House (1995) opposite Chevy Chase. Among his other movies are Tom and Huck (1995), The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996), Wild America (1997), and I'll Be Home for Christmas (1998).- Joy Laville was born on 8 September 1923 in Ryde, Isle of Wight, England, UK. She was married to Jorge Ibargüengoitia and Kenneth Rowe. She died on 13 April 2018 in Cuernavaca, Mexico.
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Julian Richings was born and raised in Oxford, England, and is one of three boys. All pursued careers in professional theatre: his older brother is a set designer, and his younger brother is a lighting designer. After graduating from the University of Exeter Drama Department in 1977, he performed extensively in theatres throughout the UK. In 1980 he toured internationally in a highly acclaimed adaptation of James Joyce's Ulysses with resident spells in New York, Chicago, Toronto and Grotowski's Teatr Laboritorium in Wroclaw, Poland. Julian settled in North America in 1984 and became an established presence in Toronto's theatre and film scene, assuming roles in three landmark independent films; The Red Violin, Cube and Hard Core Logo. The latter, directed by Bruce McDonald in 1996, is ranked among the greatest Canadian films of all time, in which Julian played the bitter punk legend Bucky Haight. He continued to work frequently with Bruce McDonald and reprised the role in Hard Core Logo 2 almost fifteen years later. Julian worked with Special Effects legend Stan Winston on Wrong Turn (2003) and applied his physical theatre skills to create the terrifying role of Three Finger. Although he only appeared in the original movie, five subsequent films were made in what became a highly successful horror franchise. He has since become a familiar figure in horror and genre films, collaborating with indie trailblazers Foresight Features and Black Fawn Films. With Vortex Productions, he starred in Anything For Jackson, for which he received a BITS (Blood In The Snow) Award. He has also appeared in Robert Eggers' The Witch and Ari Aster's Beau Is Afraid for A24 films and the blockbusters X-Men 3, Man of Steel, and Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief. In Percy Jackson, he is the only actor to have appeared in both the movie (as Charon) and the Disney series (Crusty). Among his hundreds of television appearances, Julian is perhaps best known for recurring roles in Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital (Otto), Patriot (Peter Ichabod) and perhaps most significantly as the Grim Reaper in Supernatural (Death). Over the years, due to his portrayals of various vampires, creatures and aliens, together with many a spectacular onscreen demise, Julian has enjoyed collaborating with special effects teams worldwide, spending many hours in makeup and prosthetics. At one particularly busy phase of his career, his severed head was prominently displayed on the walls of half a dozen special effects shops across North America. Julian is always happy to meet fans, share his many stories from working in the industry for almost fifty years, and simply discuss his love of performing. He has become a favourite guest at ComicCons and Fan Conventions.- Actor
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Intense, mysterious, talented, handsome and bilingual - Julio Perillán was born in Washington into a Spanish family. He is graduated in Physics. After his father's death Julio went on moto to Hollywood "to learn a little cinema". In 1998 he was began acting in a play Masque of Poe ( Sacred Fools )directed by Bradley Warden (review Backstage West). Step by step, from casting to casting Julio tried himself as actor, producer, screenwriter (Besame Cuba), director of casting, coordinator of post-production etc...etc... In 2003 he returned to his roots, arrived to Spain to take care of his grandparents. He was playing a few small roles in two TV Series (Los 80, Ceuntame) and few very interesting shorts (Otra vida, Chico meets chica, La Carta). At the same time Juanma Bajo Ulloa looked for unknowns and interestings actors for his new movie "Fragil". By chance, he saw Julio in an independent American story (probably his great performance in Eden's Curve) and offered him the lead lead part in Fragil. Now Julio is working on set of La hora fria - new movie Elio Quiroga - as one of the leads. He lives in Madrid and L.A. where plays many in theatre.- Writer
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Lisa Kennedy Montgomery was born on 8 September 1972 in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. She is a writer and producer, known for The Help (2004), Budweiser Commercial, 'Dale Earnhardt Jr. Switching Numbers' (2005) and Friend or Foe (2002). She has been married to David Michael Lee since 27 May 2000. They have two children.Kennedy- Kenneth MacDonald was born Kenneth Dollins on September 8, 1901, in Portland, IN. He began his career as a stage actor in the 1920s and came to Hollywood in the early 1930s. He broke into motion pictures, but after several small roles, he found employment difficult to come by. He hit upon the idea of a little self-promotion, wrote a pamphlet called "The Case of Kenneth MacDonald" and distributed it to as many producers as he could find. The ploy worked; he started getting jobs at most of the studios in Hollywood, and became a regular fixture in Columbia's Charles Starrett series of "Durango Kid" westerns.
However, he is probably best remembered as a foil for many of Columbia's comedy teams in the studio's two-reelers, particularly The Three Stooges. His suave demeanor and rich, booming voice perfectly fit the role of the con man, crooked lawyer or criminal gang leader he often played, and he showed a surprising flair for physical comedy, taking a two-finger poke in the eyes from Moe Howard, a pie in the face from Larry Fine or an iron bar on the head from Curly Howard with the best of them. He left the Columbia shorts department in 1955 and semi-retired from acting.
From 1951-53 he was a frequent guest star, mostly as a sheriff, on the television series The Range Rider (1951). From 1957-66 he had a recurring role as Judge Carter on the television series Perry Mason (1957). He was also a frequent guest star as Col. Parker on the ABC television series Colt .45 (1957). Kenneth MacDonald died at age 70 at the Motion Picture Country Home in Woodland Hills, CA, on May 5, 1972 from a combination of brain and lung cancer. - Director
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Kimberly Peirce was born on 8 September 1967 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA. She is a director and producer, known for Boys Don't Cry (1999), Stop-Loss (2008) and Carrie (2013).- Make-Up Department
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Kristina Ellery was born on 8 September 1985. She is an actress, known for Ted (2012), R.I.P.D. (2013) and Everlasting (2016).- Actor
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Larenz Tate was born on the west side of Chicago to Larry and Peggy Tate, the youngest of three brothers. His brothers are actors Larron Tate and Lahmard J. Tate. In 1984, Larenz and his family moved to California. It was while living in California that Larenz's parents got him and his brothers involved in a drama program at the Inner City Cultural Center. At first, the boys were interested just to meet girls. However, when they saw classmate Malcolm-Jamal Warner get cast in the role of "Theo Huxtable" on The Cosby Show (1984), they began to take it more seriously. From then on, the brothers began getting other small roles. Larenz's career first took off in a Christmas episode of The Twilight Zone (1985), after which roles began pouring in. He has gone on to star in both television series and movies.- Actor
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Larry Zerner was born on 8 September 1963 in Hollywood, California, USA. He is an actor and legal representative, known for Friday the 13th: Part 3 (1982), Fame (1982) and Death House (2017).- Soundtrack
Lauren Hashian was born on 8 September 1984 in Lynnfield, Massachusetts, USA. She has been married to Dwayne Johnson since 18 August 2019. They have two children.- Actress
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Leah LaBelle, born Leah Vladowski on 8 September 1986 in Toronto, Canada, was the only child of Troshan and Anastasia Vladowski. Troshan and Anastasia, musicians and immigrants to the United States, defected from communist Bulgaria during a tour of Western Europe in 1979 at the height of success with such Bulgarian pop music groups as Sreburnite Grivni and Tonika. LaBelle graduated from Garfield High School in Seattle, Washington in 2005 and later attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts.
LaBelle has been performing, singing and dancing, publicly since 1990 but marks 1993 as the start of her pursuit of a music career. In 1997, LaBelle won the Washington State Pre-teen Miss America Pageant and was 1st runner-up in the National Pageant. In 1998 she joined the nationally acclaimed Total Experience Gospel Choir and can be heard in several recordings with the group and as part of the Langston Hughes musical, Black Nativity over the following five years. In 2000, LaBelle was part of the WAM Network children's reality show, Caught in the Middle and continued on the show for two seasons. In 2002, she won the Grand Prize at KUBE 93.3 Summer Jam Idol and was the opening act at Summer Jam 20. Headline acts included Usher, Nelly, Jermaine Dupri, Mario, Da Brat, LL Cool J, Busta Rhymes, Nappy Roots, and others.
In 2004, LaBelle was a finalist on the FOX Network Series American Idol, placing 12th overall out of over 70,000 contestants. In 2005, Leah LaBelle pursued a management contract with Sixthboro Entertainment of NYC and recorded a demo with Vocal Arranger, Tavarius Polk and Grammy Award winning producer, Andreao "Fanatic" Heard.- Leandro Regúnaga was born on 8 September 1957 in La Cruz, Corrientes, Argentina. He was an actor, known for La furia (1997), La bailanta (1988) and Monzon Case: Second Trial (1996). He died on 12 July 1999 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Gambian Louis Felix Danner Mahoney was born on Septenber 8, 1938 and came to England ostensibly to train as a doctor. However, he abandoned medicine for the stage, probably his original intention. He enrolled at acting school in the 1970s. He was a tireless campaigner for racial equality in his profession, as a member of the Equity Afro-Asian Committee and as co-creator, with Mike Phillips, of the Black Theatre Workshop. He helped establish the Equity Performers Against Racism group, developed to circumvent Equity rules preventing political campaigning, in which he was helped by a number of white actors. He was Vice President of Equity between 1994 and 1996. In addition to appearing with most of the major theatre companies he notched up numerous television performances. One of his most famous roles was as the dying werewolf Roy in Being Human (2008).- Actor
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Born in Manhattan, New York. He is of Greek, Native American (Choctaw), and English descent. He received an MFA from the Old Globe/USD program in San Diego, and a BA degree from Denison University. Acting credits include Jed in, "The Chosen," english dubbing for Netflix TV/Film, motion capture for "Red Dead Redemption," and a national network commercial campaign. A classically trained actor, notable theater credits include Angelo in, "The Comedy of Errors," (directed by Scott Ellis), Antonio in, "Twelfth Night," (directed by Rebecca Taichman), and Mr. Darcy in "Pride & Prejudice" at Virginia Stage Company. Writing credits include his WWII play, "Luft Gangster," which experienced an Off-Broadway run at the Sheen Center, and was directed by Austin Pendleton to very favorable reviews. In addition to acting, Lowell also competed as a 26-time NCAA All-American, and 4-time National Champion Swimmer for Denison University. In 2023, he was inducted into the Denison University Athletic Hall of Fame.- Lyndon LaRouche was born on 8 September 1922 in Rochester, New Hampshire, USA. He was a producer, known for Firewall the Financial Crisis of 2007-2013 (2012), Sunday (1981) and Lesser-Known Presidential Candidates' Forum (2004). He was married to Helga Zepp and Janice Neuberger. He died on 12 February 2019 in the USA.
- María Elina Ruas was born on 8 September 1931 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was an actress, known for Edad difícil (1956), Alejandra (1956) and Los ojos llenos de amor (1954). She died on 9 July 2016 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Mario Adorf, a tell-tale name indeed. Mario calls to mind the actor's Italian roots (his father was a Calabrian surgeon) whereas Adorf reveals his German origins (his mother was a radiologist from the German region Eifel). As for the full name Mario Adorf it echoes to perfection the international character of this living legend's long career. Born in 1930, Mario Adorf was still studying drama at the famous Otto Falkenberg School in Munich when he landed his first role in the first installment of the "O8/15" series in 1954. It was a small part but it didn't go unnoticed and got him new roles in German films, the most remarkable of which being that of Bruno Lüdke, the mentally retarded serial killer in Robert Siodmak's 1957 masterpiece "Nachts, wenn der Teufel kam". It earned him his first prize (the German Film Award of the outstanding young actor of 1958). After this Mario Adorf's career turned international. His Mediterranean looks, his rugged face, his dark oily frizzy hair and his volubility made him an ideal villain in European-made westerns, spy or mafia films. These flicks - made in the 1960s - were mostly just commercial and Adorf hammed his parts but he did it so brilliantly that he alone made them watchable. From the 1970s on, the quality of his films improved and Adorf could lend his remarkable acting talents to more ambitious works such as "Il Delitto Matteotti", in which he was a striking Mussolini, or "Die Blechtrommel", where he was terrifying as a boorish grocer contaminated by Nazism. The list of great directors he worked with is impressive: Robert Siodmak, Volker Schlöndorff, Wolgang Staudte, Michel Deville, Dino Risi, Mikhaïl Kalatozov, Luigi Comencini, Peter Fleischmann, Billy Wilder, John Frankenheimer, Claude Chabrol, Fassbinder... Likewise he served many a great author, either in the theatre (Shakespeare, Tennessee Williams, Richard Nash) or the big or small screen (Grass, Böll, Schnitzler, Heny Miller, Joseph Conrad, Gorky, Patrick Süskind...). He also sang and wrote books (five novels and one memoir). Hyperactive for more than fifty-five years now, Mario Adorf, still in fine form at the age of seventy-eight, is still ... hyperactive!- Actor
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Mark Lindsay Chapman was born on 8 September 1954 in London, England, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for Titanic (1997), The Langoliers (1995) and Chapter 27 (2007).- Actor
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Martin Freeman is an English actor, known for portraying Bilbo Baggins in Peter Jackson's The Hobbit film trilogy, Tim Canterbury in the original UK version of sitcom mockumentary The Office (2001), Dr. John Watson in the British crime drama Sherlock (2010) and Lester Nygaard in the dark comedy-crime drama TV series Fargo (2014).
His other notable film roles include the romantic comedy Love Actually (2003) and the comic science fiction film The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005).- Editor
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Matthew Hannam was born on 8 September 1981 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He is an editor, known for The Iron Claw (2023), White Noise (2022) and Enemy (2013).- Actor
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Matthew Josten was born on 8 September 1997 in Santa Clarita, California, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Sneakerheads (2020), Meet the Robinsons (2007) and Rodney (2004).- Silent-screen star May McAvoy was born in an upscale area of New York City. Her well-to-do family owned and operated a large livery stable situated where the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel now stands. She initially wanted to be a teacher but became intrigued with show business after watching a friend rehearse a show at a nearby vaudeville theater. A model whose first job was a commercial for Domino Sugar, she moved into extra work in films and received her first major break with The Devil's Garden (1920) co-starring Lionel Barrymore. Stardom was hers, however, as the lead in Sentimental Tommy (1921), which led to a Paramount contract.
McAvoy later stated that she was not content to play whatever part the studio might choose for her and she demanded quality. She claimed that Cecil B. DeMille wanted her as the leading lady for _Adam's Rib (1923)_ but she balked at bobbing her hair and wearing the required pelt for the caveman sequence. She believed that he was able to have her unofficially suspended because of her refusal. Whatever her reasons for leaving Paramount, May bought out her contract and freelanced for the next six years. McAvoy wound up flourishing in such movies as The Enchanted Cottage (1924), Tessie (1925) and Lady Windermere's Fan (1925), while replacing Gertrude Olmstead as Esther in her best known silent film, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925). Mostly forgotten today except by more devoted film enthusiasts, May nevertheless holds a steadfast position in film history thanks to her co-starring role in Hollywood's first talkie, The Jazz Singer (1927) opposite Al Jolson, which is actually a silent film with several sound musical and speaking sequences; she herself had no talking scenes. Coincidentally, May also starred in England's first all-talking picture The Terror (1928). She retired after her marriage in 1929 and bore one son, Patrick. She returned to films for a decade and a half in the 1940s for MGM but never received any screen credit for these parts (her final role was as an extra in Ben-Hur (1959). She was widowed in 1973 and died a decade later of a heart attack. - Melis Hacic was born on 8 September 1994 in Istanbul, Turkey. She is an actress, known for Bir Litre Gözyasi (2018), Wolf (2018) and Börü (2018).
- Michael Armand Hammer was an American businessman best-known, however, for his family ties.
He was the grandson of Armand Hammer; the son of Glenna Sue (née Ervin) and Julian Armand Hammer; the brother of Casey Hammer and half-brother of Jan Ward; and father of businessman Viktor Hammer and actor Armie Hammer.
He oversaw his family's Hammer International Foundation, the Armand Hammer Foundation, and owned numerous businesses that included Hammer Galleries, and Hammer Productions, a television and film production company located in Los Angeles, California. He studied at the University of San Diego, where he graduated with a degree in business administration in 1978. He later graduated from the Columbia University Graduate School of Business in 1982 with a Master of Business Administration degree. - Michael Ayr was born on 8 September 1953 in Great Falls, Montana, USA. He is an actor, known for L.A. Law (1986), Lisa (1990) and Guiding Light (1952).
- Michael-James Wixted was born on 8 September 1961 in Santa Monica, California, USA. He is an actor, known for QB VII (1974), The Swiss Family Robinson (1975) and Love Story (1973).
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Miles Jupp was born on 8 September 1979 in London, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Johnny English Reborn (2011), Sherlock Holmes (2009) and The Legend of Tarzan (2016). He is married to Rachel Jupp. They have five children.- Actor
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Mitchell Whitfield is an American actor from Brooklyn, New York with more than four decades in the entertainment industry; his career has spanned Film, Television, Stage and Voiceover. He is best known for playing Stan Rothenstein in My Cousin Vinny, Barry Farber on Friends, Donatello in TMNT the Movie, and Dr. Bruce Hampton on Minor Adjustments. He has also lent his voice to numerous animated series, including series regular roles on Vampirina, Transformers: Robots in Disguise, and Goldie and Bear, to name a few. He currently lives in Los Angeles, California with his wife Tracy and their two children, Ryan and Samantha.- Actress
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Moya Brady was born on 8 September 1962 in Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Pride & Prejudice (2005), The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009) and The NeverEnding Story III (1994).- Davis Heppenstall is known for Manila Luzon: Go Fish (2019), RuPaul: The Realness (2016) and RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (2012).Naomi Smalls
- Natalie Roles was born on 8 September 1968 in Enfield, Middlesex, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Highlander: The Raven (1998), The Bill (1984) and It Couldn't Happen Here (1987).