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John Roche

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Roche (February 6, 1893 – November 10, 1952) was an American actor of the stage and screen. Roche was born in the small village of Penn Yan, New York, on February 6, 1893. He graduated from the University of Rochester, after which he began his acting career touring with stock companies during the 1910s and early 1920s. In 1922, he broke into the film industry with a featured role in The Good Provider. During the 1920s, he acted in both films and on stage, including several roles in Broadway productions. He acted steadily in films until 1936, in both featured and supporting roles. In the mid-1930s he took a break from films, focusing on the stage, including directing the play, Mackerel Skies, which had a short run at the Playhouse Theatre in New York in 1936. Roche returned to films in 1941, with a small role in the Norma Shearer vehicle, We Were Dancing (1942), based on the Noël Coward play of the same name. Over the course of his career he was involved in over half a dozen Broadway productions and appeared in over 50 films. His final screen appearance was in 1946's The Brute Man. Roche died on November 10, 1952, in Los Angeles, California.
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Varshini Sounderajan

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Varshini Sounderajan is an Indian actress and model who appears mostly in Telugu films. She made her acting debut in the National award-winning film Telugu anthology film Chandamama Kathalu in the year 2014. Shamili is born in Hyderabad. She completed her bachelor's degree in Electronics. She started her career as a model and made her film debut in the National award-winning film Chandamama Kathalu after appearing as a cameo in Shambo Shiva Shambo. She's also known for her performance in Telugu movies Lovers, Best actors, Kai Raja Kai, Sri Rama Raksha. She is also popular for her performance in the web series Pelli Gola presented by Annapurna Studios and directed by Mallik Ram.Following to its overwhelming response, a second season of the web series Pelli Gola 2 is released recently. She is also popular as a team leader in the TV show Dhee Ultimate Dance Show.
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Kendrick Cross

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Kendrick Cross (born May 1, 1971) is an American actor. He began acting on stage, before appearing on television, in episodes of Dawson's Creek, Army Wives, Drop Dead Diva and One Tree Hill. Cross had a recurring roles on The Game, The Haves and the Have Nots and Saints & Sinners. He also guest starred on Born Again Virgin, House of Cards, Homeland, Dynasty and Black Lightning. In 2019, Cross starred in the Oprah Winfrey Network prime time soap opera, Ambitions. The series was canceled after single season. In 2021, he had a recurring role on Queen Sugar and appeared on Genius: Aretha. In 2022, Cross had a recurring role as Agent Wallace in the fourth season of Netflix series, Stranger Things, and starred in the Allblk horror anthology series, Terror Lake Drive. In film, Cross has appeared in For Colored Girls (2010), The 5th Wave (2016), All Eyez on Me (2017), Acrimony (2018), Tales from the Hood 2 (2018), Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (2018), and The War with Grandpa (2020). In January 2023, he joined the cast of General Hospital in the recurring role of Detective Bennett.
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Risa Shimizu

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Risa Shimizu (清水 理沙, Shimizu Risa, born September 9, 1988) is a Japanese actress and voice actress (seiyuu) from Kanagawa Prefecture who is affiliated with Aksent. She graduated from Kunitachi College of Music, Department of Performance, majoring in vocal music. Her hobby is watching kabuki. Her special skills are piano, percussion, singing, dancing, and nagauta shamisen. She has been involved in the entertainment industry since she was an infant. At the age of 4, she joined the Himawari theater company. Afterwards, she mainly participated in period dramas and stage plays as a child actress, but in 1999 she participated in the dubbing of The Lion King 2: Simba's Pride, after which she began working as a voice actress.
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Benjamin Sadler

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Benjamin Sadler (born February 2, 1971) is a German actor who was born in Toronto, Canada, the son of a German graphic designer and a British teacher. He lived in Canada until he was five. In 1976 he moved with his parents to Germany. After studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, his career as actor started in 1994 with roles in German thrillers such as Wolffs Revier and SK-Babies. In 2001 he appeared in the German-Italian film Maria Magdalena in the role as John the Baptist beside Maria Grazia Cucinotta and Danny Quinn. In 2002 he worked on two further religious films: The Bible - The Apocalypse with Richard Harris and Luther with Joseph Fiennes and Sir Peter Ustinov. He also appeared as the young emperor Augustus (Peter O'Toole was the emperor in later life). In 2006 he played the part of a physician in the film Dresden. In 2007 he starred as a lawyer and father of a thalidomide-handicapped daughter, for which he received a Bambi Award in 2007. He explained in an interview that he was proud to be a part of the film, which influenced the German parliament to pass a law giving greater financial compensation for victims of thalidomide. Description above from the Wikipedia article Benjamin Sadler, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Bill Cobbs

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William Francisco Cobbs (June 16, 1934 – June 25, 2024) was an American actor. He was known for such film roles as Louisiana Slim in The Hitter (1979), Walter in The Brother from Another Planet (1984), Reginald in Night at the Museum (2006) and Master Tinker on Oz the Great and Powerful (2013). He played Lewis Coleman on I'll Fly Away (1991–1993), Jack on The Michael Richards Show (2000), and had guest appearances on Walker, Texas Ranger and The Sopranos. In 2020, he won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Performance in a Daytime Program for the series Dino Dana. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bill Cobbs, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Sabrina Salerno

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Sabrina Debora Salerno, also known as Sabrina, is an Italian singer, songwriter, record producer, glamour model, actress and television presenter. Sabrina is 175 cm (5' 9") tall. In her native town, Genova, she attended the Foreign Languages High School. But as early as at the age of 15 she started winning Beauty Contests: first Miss Seaside, then Miss Liguria. In 1986 Sabrina starts her career as a show-girl, in the TV program “Premiatissima” with Johnny Dorelli. Later on she took part in the Channel 5 show “Grand Hotel”: it was on that occasion that she met DJ and producer Claudio Cecchetto. The same year Cecchetto produces for her “Sexy Girl”, Sabrina's first hit in the Italian and German charts. Between 1987 and 1988 the Sabrina takes part as a singer in the “Sandra & Raimondo TV Show”: during the Summer her first album is released, with the simple title “Sabrina”. With “Boys” (recently remixed for the international markets) Sabrina tops all European, South-American and Australian charts. In Spain she is considered a true sex-symbol for her sunny and mediterranean beauty. In England she is produced by Stock Aitken and Waterman for the single “All of me”. In 1990 next to Raffaella Carrà, Sabrina is back on TV in the show “Ricomincio da 2” on RAI 2 Channel. In 1991 Sabrina takes part in Sanremo Festival, in a duet with Jo Squillo with the song “Siamo donne”, later included in the album “Over the Pop” and, after a new successful international tour, she gets back to Channel 5 to compére the show “Bellezze sulla neve” (“Beauties on the Snow”). A long period of work in a recording studio bring Sabrina to a radical artistic change. In Summer ‘94 a new artistic career is started: with a production team headed by Monti-Portaluri and Zafret, the mix “Rockaville” is released, which again gets a good success not only in Italy. The collaboration carries on with the mix “Angel Boy” which sees the participation of famous English rapper Neal A.D. In Summer ‘95 the single CD “Fatta e rifatta” is released, an ironic song that was much talked about by the press and media. In October ‘95 her first rock album, completely in Italian, is released. The title is “Maschio dove sei” (“Male, where are you”), and is produced by Massimo Riva, with the collaboration of Vasco Rossi. Sabrina’s sudden change to rock is well accepted, and the album gets released in several European countries. Mini Biography by: [email protected]
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Julian Curry

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Julian Burnlee Curry was an English actor best known for playing Claude Erskine-Browne in ITV's legal comedy-drama Rumpole of the Bailey. The son of William Burnlee Curry (1900-1962), headmaster of Dartington Hall School from 1930 to 1957, and Marjorie Graham (née McIldowie), Curry was educated at Dartington Hall School and King's College, Cambridge Curry made his first television appearance in 1965 in an episode of the series For Whom the Bell Tolls. Other TV appearances include roles in Pride and Prejudice (1967), Softly, Softly (1968), Nicholas Nickleby (1968), Z-Cars (1965 & 1975), The Floater (1975), The Way of the World (1975), Brassneck (1975), The Glittering Prizes (1976), Trilby (1976), The Onedin Line (1976), Campion's Interview (1977), Rumpole of the Bailey (1977–1992), The Life of Shakespeare (1978), Prince Regent (1979), The Vanishing Army (1980), Psy Warriors (1981), A Fine Romance (1982), the BBC Television Shakespeare production of King Lear (1982), The New Statesman (1984), Three Up, Two Down (1985), Lytton's Diary (1985–86), Death of a Son (1989), Around the World in 80 Days (1989), Sherlock Holmes (1991), Thatcher: The Final Days (1991), Inspector Morse (1993), Bugs – Assassins Inc (1995), It Might Be You (1995), Kavanagh QC (1997), The Wyvern Mystery (2000), Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years (2001), The Hunt (2001), Prince William (2002), Stig of the Dump (2002), Midsomer Murders (2004), The Brief (2005), and The Queen's Sister (2005) Curry's film appearances included The Mini-Affair (1967), The Brontë Sisters (1979), Manions of America (1981), Escape to Victory (1981), The Missionary (1982), Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend (1985), Fall From Grace (1994), Loch Ness (1996), Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny (1996), Seven Days to Live [de] (2000), and Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004).
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Wan Peng

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Wan Peng is an actor under Easy Entertainment. She graduated from the Beijing Dance Academy, majoring in Classical Dance. In 2018, Wan made her debut in the coming-of-age youth drama "When We Were Young", for which she received positive reviews and became known for her role. She received the Best Newcomer award at the China News Entertainment Awards and the Outstanding Actress award at the China Internet Radio and Video Convention. In 2019, Wan's popularity increased after starring in the romantic comedy "My Girlfriend is an Alien". The series received popularity overseas, and for her role, she received the Most Promising Television Actor award at the Tencent Video All-Star Awards.
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Fred Kohler

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From Wikipedia Fred Kohler (April 20, 1888 – October 28, 1938) was an American actor known for his playing heavies. Fred Kohler was born in Kansas City, Missouri. As a teen, he began to pursue a career in vaudeville, but worked other jobs to support himself. He lost part of his right hand in a mining accident during this time. Eventually he was able to join a touring company, and worked steadily in show business for several years. America's budding film industry drew a 20-something Kohler to Hollywood, where he made his start in silent films. His first role was in the 1911 short The Code of Honor, and he had an uncredited role in Cecil B. DeMille's feature film Joan the Woman (1917), but a steady stream of parts did not begin until The Tiger's Trail (1919). Kohler's stern features earned him a niche playing villains. His role as Bauman in The Iron Horse (1924) is a notable example. With the advent of the talkies, Kohler reprised many of his silent roles in remakes with sound, particularly in Westerns based on novels by Zane Grey. At the beginning of the sound era, he appeared in the Allan Dwan film Tide of Empire (1929) alongside Renée Adorée and Tom Keene. Kohler died of a heart attack on October 28, 1938 at age 50. He was buried in an unmarked grave at Inglewood Park Cemetery in South Los Angeles community of Inglewood, California. His son Fred Kohler, Jr. (1911–1993) was also an actor in many western films.
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