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Stéphane Sirkis
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Stéphane Sirkis (June 22, 1959 – February 27, 1999) was a French musician and composer. He is best known for being a guitarist of the band Indochine from 1982 to 1999.
He is the twin brother of singer Nicola Sirkis, the lead singer of the band.
Sirkis died on February 27, 1999, while his brother Nicola Sirkis was recording of a track from the album Dancetaria. According to his brother Stephane Sirkis died of hepatitis C.
Source: Article "Stéphane Sirkis" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
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Guido Magnone
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Guido Magnone, born February 1, 1917, in Turin, Italy, and died July 9, 2012 in Clamart, was a French mountaineer and sculptor.
Son of Italian immigrants, Guido Magnone arrived in Paris when he was four years old. Having become a cardboard worker, he took up swimming, water polo, and, a gifted sculptor, took courses at the Beaux-Arts. It was only in 1942, at the age of 25, during a chance stay in Chamonix, that he discovered the mountains. He devoted himself to it and became one of the best climbers of his generation, adding to his list of prestigious conquests: first climbs of Fitz Roy in Patagonia, of the west face of the Drus in the Alps, of Makalu in the Himalayas. His rope companions are Lionel Terray, Gaston Rébuffat, Louis Lachenal.
Regarding the Fitz Roy, it was reached in 1951 by Lionel Terray and Guido Magnone who achieved the final feat. The ascent must be considered one of the most extraordinary mountaineering feats of all time, not only for the extreme difficulties overcome in free and artificial climbing, worthy of the Petit Dru West Face.
In 1957, he took over as head of the National Union of Mountain Centers from Jean Franco, appointed director of the Praz de Chamonix mountaineering and ski school, and participated in the creation of the largest leisure organization for young people, the Union of Outdoor Centers (UCPA), born of the merger between the National Union of Mountain Centers and the French Nautical Union. The infrastructures put in place will contribute to popular dissemination of mountaineering, skiing, boating and diving. "With hindsight, he wrote in 2005, I know that it was the UCPA that brought me the greatest wealth. The twenty years invested in the creation and development of this social action organization have been, in many respects far greater than the 8,000 meters of a Himalayan conquest".
Guido Magnone lives between Paris and Saint-Raphaël and from 1977, he returns to his first passion: sculpture, to devote himself fully to it around 1990. He begins to exhibit again in 1996. In 2002, he exhibits his sculptures in Paris , Bourg-la-Reine, Aosta then in Etroubles in 2009.
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Donna Hayes
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Donna Marie Hayes, the author of These Broken Roads: Scammed and Vindicated, One Woman's Story. My book was published by Sibylline Press, a women-owned press dedicated to publishing the brilliant work of women over 50. I’m also a SAG actress, cabaret singer, New York City resident, and performer who can be found on a stage or in front of a camera.
I’ve been featured on the Dr. Oz Show (Defy Your Age), Orange Is the New Black (Netflix), Black Girls Rock (BET), Celebrity Ghost Stories (Biography Channel) as well as in several other New York City Off-Broadway and TV productions. Most recently, I was cast in my first regular role in a TV series, Miss Education, set to debut soon. I trained at the William Esper Studio and Wickham Vocal Studios in New York City.
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Samantha Fraughton
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Samantha Fraughton (she/her) is a playwright and actor living on Treaty 6 territory in Edmonton. She obtained her Bachelor of Arts in drama in 2015, and Juris Doctor in 2021, both at the University of Alberta.
In 2020, Samantha was awarded the Gerald L. Gall global community services grant for development of the play Talk Treaty To Me, and in 2022 with co-playwright Theresa Cutknife, she completed Talk Treaty To Me at the Banff Centre Playwrights’ Lab. Talk Treaty To Me had a nearly sold-out run at the 2023 Edmonton Fringe, and was remounted at Fort Edmonton Park in May 2024.
Samantha is currently completing an interdisciplinary masters degree in law and theatre. Her research seeks to use the tools of theatre to understand Nêhiyaw and Western law simultaneously, as a means of decolonizing Treaty law.
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Sheldon Ingram
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Sheldon was born and raised in Atlantic City, NJ He is described as dynamic, charismatic, intense and powerful on camera, while possessing a smooth baritone voice with comfortable range.
His emergence in the acting industry follows intensive training in New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta and Cork, Ireland. Storytelling has been Sheldon's calling card since the age of five and he has dedicated that artistic ability to television reporting his entire career, earning multiple Emmys and awards for excellence in writing. In May 2022, he pivoted to launching his professional acting career. Within the first four months of his acting career he booked roles for two major projects, Netflix feature film The Deliverance directed by Lee Daniels and a guest star role on Law & Order: SVU, as well as roles in Lifetime's upcoming A Rose for Her Grave.
Sheldon's first two acting role were in Norfolk, VA, as he was featured in Soldier's Story as Lt. Davenport, and later starred in Cast in History as Sam Nixon. Both were productions of On Cue Theater Company. He is a graduate of Morris Brown College in Atlanta, GA.
Sheldon brings a charismatic, unflinching and straight-forward style to his roles, blended with compassion, respect and relatable moments. He believes the spoken word holds power and carries messages from the soul. Sheldon says acting, in its most pure expression, is a deeply meaningful reflection of the human experience.
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Robert Wilcox
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Robert Wilcox (May 19, 1910, Rochester, New York – June 11, 1955, New York City), was a U.S. movie actor of the 1930s and 40s. His career began in earnest in 1936 after being discovered doing a summer-stock production of The Petrified Forest. He was married twice, first to Florence Rice in 1937, and then later to Diana Barrymore in 1950.
He is perhaps best known for playing Bob Wayne and his alter ego, The Copperhead in the 1940 movie serial Mysterious Doctor Satan.
Wilcox died of a heart attack on June 11, 1955. He was 45 years old.
He is buried at Riverside Cemetery in Rochester, New York.
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Rhoslynne Bugay
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Rhoslynne Bugay is a first-generation Filipino-Canadian actress, singer, and dancer. Raised in Toronto, Kingston, and the Philippines, she developed a strong passion for math, science, music, and the dramatic arts. Her love for storytelling found expression in high school plays, musicals, and award-winning jazz ensembles.
Driven by her curiosity and affinity for film and television, Rhoslynne explored opportunities in that aspect of the industry. She appeared in several commercials and made her crossover to film in the cult classic Silent Hill, where she portrayed one of the main Dark Nurses. She also gained valuable experience performing in theaters across Canada, with her favorite role being Nala in Disney's The Lion King.
As her career progressed, she began booking more television roles until her focus shifted when she became a mother. During this time, Rhoslynne dedicated herself to her family, finding inspiration in her eldest daughter to rekindle her passion for storytelling and acting.
Her recent work includes the role of Dr. Aranda in the feature film Bloody Hell, which premiered internationally at SXSW 2023. Rhoslynne recurs as Danielle Ramos in season 3 of the Apple TV+ produced series Ghostwriter, Aurora in Topline, and Murdoch Mysteries, and has been seen in Sort of, Private Eyes, The Parker Anderson's, and Kim's Convenience.
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Michel Caron
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Michel Caron (29 April 1929 in Sèvres - 3 September 2001 in Le Mesnil-Simon, Eure-et-Loir) was a French operatic tenor and stage actor.
He sang in operettas like The White Horse Inn (1960) and opéra-bouffe La Périchole with Jean Le Poulain and Roger Carel, and Barbe Bleue with Jean Le Poulain and Arlette Didier (1968).
From childhood, Michel Caron wanted to become an actor. He entered the René Simon class, then the Conservatoire de Paris where he won three first prizes: opera, comic opera and operetta.
Caron's career began at the Théâtre du Châtelet to perform Guy Florès during a revival of The White Horse Inn (1960/1961).
He was then at the top of the bill for two plays of opéra-bouffe, performed in 1968, La Périchole with Jean Le Poulain and Roger Carel and Barbe Bleue with Jean Le Poulain and Arlette Didier.
Source: Article "Michel Caron (tenor)" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Dillon Vibbart
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Dillon Vibbart is an American director, producer, writer, and actor. His first feature film, Social Norm (2016), won Best Narrative Feature at the California Film Awards and was distributed domestically by Osiris Entertainment and Gravitas Ventures. Born and raised in Ventura, CA, he produced and directed dozens of short films while attending school where he studied filmmaking. He has worked for major movie studios in Hollywood and various production companies while continuing to write, produce, and direct exciting new films.
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Carlos Flores Delpino
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Born in Talcahuano in 1944. He studied Veterinary Medicine at the Austral University. He arrived in Santiago in the 60's where he studied Theater at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, and then Film at the Escuela de Artes de la Comunicación of the same University. In 1969, he interrupted his studies to work with Guillermo Cahn in the production company Tercer Mundo. There he made his first audiovisual works. He is scriptwriter in "Casa o Mierda" (1969), directed by Guillermo Cahn and Samuel Carvajal in photography. His first documentary as director is "Nütuayin Mapu" (1969).
In 1970 he is hired by the Experimental Film Department. His first work was the production of the short film "No nos trancarán el paso" (1971), by Guillermo Cahn. Later he directed the first feature-length documentary produced entirely by the Film Department of the University of Chile, "Descomedidos y Chascones", which was not released on the planned date due to the military coup.
During the dictatorship, Carlos Flores decided to stay in Chile and dedicated himself to advertising. In 1976, together with Guillermo Cahn, they became partners in the production company Foco Film, dedicated to advertising and documentaries. "Pepe Donoso" was his first documentary after the military coup, a visual document about the life of José Donoso, produced by Guillermo Cahn. For this film, he won the 1977 CINE UC Award and the 1977 Chilean Art Critics Circle Award.
In 1979 he participated in the collective and clandestine production of the documentary short film "Recado de Chile", co-produced by Guillermo Cahn and the ICAIC of Cuba, about the activities that the Agrupación de Detenidos Desaparecidos carried out on Chilean soil. The work was never shown in Chile and was premiered in 1979 at the Lille International Short Film and Documentary Festival (it participated as the work of an "Anonymous Collective"). It was also presented at the First International Festival of New Cinema of Havana 1979; in both instances it won awards. At the end of the decade, Flores began the making of "The Chilean Charles Bronson" (1982). The film, produced by Guillermo Cahn, was recently screened at the 12th Buenos Aires Independent Film Festival BAFICI.
His academic training includes Literature at the Department of Humanistic Studies at the University of Chile, a Diploma in Cultural Criticism at the Arcis University and a degree in Theory and History of Art at the University of Chile. He is a graduate in Theory and History of Art at the same university, whose thesis work was transformed into the book "Eccentrics and Cunning" (2007). In addition to his work at the Chilean Film School, he was Director of the Bachelor's Degree in Documentary Film at the Academy of Christian Humanism. In 2007 he made his last work to date, a co-direction with Miguel Angel Vidaurre called "Corazón Secreto", produced under the auspices of the Chilean Film School.
In 2010 he left the Film School of Chile to join the Film and Television Career at the University of Chile, as Career Director.
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