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Ji Jin-hee

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Ji Jin-Hee (June 24, 1971), or Jin-Hee Ji, is a South Korean actor best known for his roles as lead actor in various South Korean drama series, which include Miss Kim's Adventures in Making a Million, Love Letter, Spring Day, and the highly popular and successful, Dae Jang Geum. He first debuted at music video of Jo Sung-Bin, Like A Trash Movie, in 1999. His first known drama series was Juliet's Man with actress, Ye Ji-Won. In November 2004 he married his girlfriend of six years, Lee Su-yon. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ji Jin-Hee, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.                    
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Karl Merkatz

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Karl Merkatz (17 November 1930 – 4 December 2022) was an Austrian actor. Merkatz was born on 17 November 1930 in Wiener Neustadt, the son of a toolmaker. He first wanted to become a carpenter. After World War II he was an active Boy Scout in Wiener Neustadt. However, later he started to enroll in acting lessons in Salzburg, Vienna and Zurich. Then he found employment in theatres, most notably in Munich, Salzburg, Hamburg and Vienna. During his later career he starred in several roles in television and motion pictures. In the role of Edmund Sackbauer (Mundl) in the 1970s, he became famous as the typical Viennese. Another big success came with the films "Bockerer" starring as a naive Viennese during the Second World War in Vienna (the later films are set in the subsequent years to 1945). From 1999, Merkatz was chairman of the human rights group SOS Mitmensch. Merkatz died in Straßwalchen on 4 December 2022, at the age of 92. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mariya Kiselyova

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Maria Aleksandrovna Kiselyova is a Russian synchronized swimmer, three-time Olympic champion, three-time world champion, nine-time European champion, Honored Master of Sports (2000), TV presenter and actress. Member of the Moscow City Duma of the VII convocation (2019-2024). In 1996 she entered the Faculty of Journalism of Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov, who graduated in 2002. Three-time Olympic champion (together with Olga Brusnikina), three-time world champion, nine-time European champion, multiple winner of the World and European Cups, winner of the Goodwill Games in 1998, multiple champion of Russia.
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Miyabi Natsuyaki

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Natsuyaki Miyabi (夏焼雅) is a Japanese pop singer, actress, model, and clothing designer. She is a former member of Hello! Project, having joined as a member of Hello! Project Kids in 2002 and later debuted as a member (and later sub-captain) of Berryz Koubou in 2004. During her time in Hello! Project, she was also a member of Aa!, Sexy Otonajan, Buono!, BeriKyuu, DIY♡, and Mellowquad. She graduated from Hello! Project on March 3, 2015 in a joint graduation concert with the other members of Berryz Koubou. In April 2016, Natsuyaki formed and became the leader of the three-member vocal group PINK CRES. In June 2021, PINK CRES. disbanded and Natsuyaki started activities as a solo talent.
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Nadine Lustre

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Nadine Alexis Paguia Lustre (born 31 October 1993) is a Filipino actress and recording artist. She is best known for her roles in the films Diary Ng Panget (2014), Beauty and the Bestie (2015), Never Not Love You (2018), Ulan (2019), Greed (2022), and Deleter (2023). She won the Best Actress Award at the 67th FAMAS Awards, the 42nd Gawad Urian Awards, and the 29th Young Critics Circle Awards for Never Not Love You. She won the Best Actress Award at the 48th Metro Manila Film Festival for Deleter and at the 71st FAMAS Awards for Greed. She also won Best Supporting Actress at the 73rd FAMAS Awards for Uninvited.
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Alan Reed

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Alan Reed (born Herbert Theodore Bergman; August 20, 1907 – June 14, 1977) was an American actor, best known as the original voice of Fred Flintstone on The Flintstones and various spinoff series. He also appeared in many films, including Days of Glory, The Tarnished Angels, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Viva Zapata! (as Pancho Villa), and Nob Hill, and various television and radio series. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alan Reed, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Asya Suleeva

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Asya Suleeva (Kazakh: Ася Сулеева; born 1 March 1950; Georgievka) is a Soviet and Kazakh film director and screenwriter. Graduated from the Department of Documentary Film and Television Directors of VGIK (1975); acting studio at Kazakhfilm (1975). She studied in the scenario workshop of Lev Varshavsky. In cinema since 1975. Asia began her career as a documentary filmmaker. The director also works fruitfully in the genre of feature films. The feature film "My House on the Green Hills" is her first experience in this role. The script of this film was written by her in collaboration with the famous Russian cinematographer Sergei Bodrov. The film dedicated to children was recognized at many prestigious film festivals, had a successful distribution in America, it was bought by 36 countries of the world. The second picture created by director Suleeva - the film "Sorcerer's Dolls" also became a participant and prize-winner of international film festivals.
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Sean Connery

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Sir Thomas Sean Connery (August 25, 1930 - October 31, 2020) was a Scottish actor and producer who won an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards (one being a BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award), and three Golden Globes, including the Cecil B. DeMille Award and a Henrietta Award. Connery was the first actor to portray the character James Bond in film, starring in seven Bond films (every film from Dr. No to You Only Live Twice, plus Diamonds Are Forever and Never Say Never Again), between 1962 and 1983. In 1988, Connery won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Untouchables. His films also include Marnie (1964), Murder on the Orient Express (1974), The Man Who Would Be King (1975), A Bridge Too Far (1977), Highlander (1986), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), The Hunt for Red October (1990), Dragonheart (1996), The Rock (1996), and Finding Forrester (2000). Connery was polled in a 2004 The Sunday Herald as "The Greatest Living Scot" and in a 2011 EuroMillions survey as "Scotland's Greatest Living National Treasure". He was voted by People magazine as both the “Sexiest Man Alive" in 1989 and the "Sexiest Man of the Century” in 1999. He received a lifetime achievement award in the United States with a Kennedy Center Honor in 1999. Connery was knighted in the 2000 New Year Honours for services to film drama. On October 31, 2020, it was announced that Connery had died at the age of 90.
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Kara Wai Ying-Hung

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Kara Wai Ying-Hung (Chinese: 惠英紅, born 2 February 1960), also romanised as Kara Hui, is a Hong Kong actress of Manchu ethnicity. Known to the international audience for her kung-fu roles in Shaw Brothers Studio films in the 1970s and 1980s, Kara Wai has since portrayed a wide range of roles on screen and on television with much success. In 1982, she became the first recipient of the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress. Her portrayal of a mother in the 2009 film At the End of Daybreak won her acting awards at the Hong Kong Film Awards, Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards, Changchun Film Festival, Pacific Meridian, Asian Film Awards and Golden Horse Awards.
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Amir

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Laurent Amir Khlifa Khedider Haddad (born 20 June 1984), better known as Amir Haddad, or simply as Amir, is a French-Israeli singer and songwriter. He took part in 2006 in the Israeli music competition Kokhav Nolad, released his album Vayehi in 2011 and was a finalist in French competition The Voice: la plus belle voix as part of Team Jenifer finishing third in the competition. He represented France in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with the song "J'ai cherché", which finished in 6th place. Haddad was born in Paris, France to Maghrebi Jewish parents from Tunisia and Morocco. He grew up in Sarcelles (Val-d'Oise) and immigrated to Israel in 1992 at the age of eight as part of Aliyah, the family settled in Herzliya, north of Tel Aviv district. He sang as a young child in the synagogue and in various social events. Amir was born with a hearing loss of 50% and only hears out of his left ear. He came to fame in 2006 with his participation in the fourth season of the Israeli song competition Kokhav Nolad (in Hebrew כוכב נולד meaning A Star is Born), the Israeli equivalent of the Pop Idol held May to September 2006. He was the first candidate to sing mostly French language songs during the audition. He advanced for 4 stages before being eliminated. The series was won by Jacko Eisenberg. Not winning in the season, he finished his obligatory military service in the Israeli Defence Forces and continued his studies in dentistry in Hebrew University of Jerusalem graduating in 2012. His song "Kache limtso milim", the Hebrew version of Patrick Bruel's French hit "J'te l'dis quand même", came alongside a music video. Bruel loved Amir's rendition so much he invited him to sing it with him in a grand event in Raanana Park on 23 May 2008 in front of 8000 spectators. He sang it yet again much later in 2013, during the gala in tribute of Anaelle Ledoroth in Paris on 27 May 2013. In 2011, Amir Haddad released his debut studio album Vayehi co-written by himself and Omri Dagan during the years when Amir was a university student. The album included his already popular version of "Kache limtso milim". He also revived a 1990s hit "Désenchantée" by French artist Mylène Farmer. Haddad's version was produced by the famous Israeli producer Offer Nissim. Meanwhile, he pursued his passion in music. At the end of the competition, Haddad was signed to a French label, creating a following in France, Switzerland, the United States and Brazil in addition to Israel. He cooperated with a number of artists, notably Shlomi Shabat, Haim Moshe, Dudu Aharon, Gad Elbaz and Eyal Golan. In 2014, he took part in season 3 of the French television series The Voice: la plus belle voix broadcast on TF1 from 11 January 2014 to 10 May 2014. In the blind auditions, Haddad sang "Candle in the Wind" from Elton John with all four coaches, Garou, Mika, Jenifer and Florent Pagny turning their chairs. Haddad chose to be part of Team Jenifer. He made it to the Final where he finished third. Source: Article "Amir Haddad" from Wikipedia in english, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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