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Claire Danes

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Claire Catherine Danes (born April 12, 1979) is an American actress. She is the recipient of three Primetime Emmy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. In 2012, Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world, and she was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2015. Danes gained early recognition as Angela Chase in the 1994 teen drama series My So-Called Life. The role won her a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress and a Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. She made her film debut the same year in Little Women (1994). Her other films include Home for the Holidays (1995), Romeo + Juliet (1996), The Rainmaker (1997), Les Misérables (1998), Brokedown Palace (1999), the 1999 English dub of Princess Mononoke (1997), The Hours (2002), Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003), Shopgirl (2005), Stardust (2007), and A Kid Like Jake (2018). From 1998 to 2000, Danes attended Yale University before dropping out to return to acting. She appeared in an Off-Broadway production of The Vagina Monologues in 2000 and made her Broadway debut playing Eliza Doolittle in the 2007 revival of Pygmalion. In 2010, she portrayed Temple Grandin in the highly acclaimed HBO television film Temple Grandin, which won her a second Golden Globe and her first Primetime Emmy Award for the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie. From 2011 to 2020, she starred as Carrie Mathison in the Showtime drama series Homeland, for which she won two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, two Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress – Television Series Drama, and the Television Critics Association Award for Individual Achievement in Drama.
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Zayn Marie Khan

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Zayn Marie Khan (born 20 March 1995) is an Indian actress, theatre artist, and assistant director who works primarily in Hindi films and streaming productions. Before acting, she worked as an assistant director on Shakun Batra's *Kapoor & Sons* (2016) and Advait Chandan's *Secret Superstar* (2017). Khan made her feature acting debut as Anushka Tiwari in Shirish Kunder's psychological crime thriller *Mrs. Serial Killer* (2020). She played Shahana in the romantic anthology *Feels Like Ishq* (2021), appearing in Sachin Kundalkar's episode "The Interview," and portrayed Meera Rao in the relationship drama series *Aryan & Meera* (2021). Her breakthrough role was Sarika "Shalu" Vartak in Vasan Bala's neo-noir black comedy thriller *Monica, O My Darling* (2022). Khan later appeared as Sarina Kapoor in the second season of the drama series *Made in Heaven* (2023). She played corporate lawyer Zoya Ahmed in the third season of the legal drama series *Illegal - Justice, Out of Order* (2024). Her other roles include the horror-comedy *Pritam Pyaare* and Sub-Inspector S. Janaki in the bilingual action thriller *Dacoit: A Love Story* (2026).
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Lindsey Collins

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Lindsey Collins is an American film producer and studio executive known for her long career at Pixar Animation Studios. She joined the studio in May 1997 and worked in a variety of production capacities on several Pixar feature films, including A Bug's Life, Toy Story 2, Finding Nemo, and Ratatouille. She also provided the voice of Mia in Cars. Before joining Pixar, Collins worked for three years at Walt Disney Feature Animation, where she managed creative teams on Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and Hercules. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Diplomacy and World Affairs from Occidental College.
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Jim Bywater

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Jim Bywater was a British actor and musician perhaps best known for the role of Wilf Starkey in Coronation Street. In the 1970s and 80s, Bywater was a member of Belt and Braces, Gavin Richards' leftwing political theatre company, and of the Belt and Braces Roadshow Band which released music in the decade. In 1976 Bywater met his wife, the actress and broadcaster Jeni Barnett whilst starring together in a Belt and Braces production. On 16th June 2026, Barnett posted a blog entry announcing Bywater's recent death at the age of 82 following a long illness.
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Vicky Dawson

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Vicky Dawson is an American actress best known for her role in the 1981 cult slasher film The Prowler, where she played the lead character Pam MacDonald. The Prowler is a horror classic among fans for its intense gore and special effects by Tom Savini, making Dawson's performance particularly memorable to genre enthusiasts. Dawson also appeared on popular TV shows during the 1970s and early 1980s, including Ryan’s Hope, a soap opera where she had a recurring role. While her film and TV appearances were somewhat limited, The Prowler has given her lasting recognition in the horror community.
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Jay Manuel

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Jay Manuel (born August 14, 1972) is a Canadian TV host, Creative Director, make-up artist, and author. He is most recognizable as the Creative Director on the popular reality television show America's Next Top Model for the first eighteen seasons. Manuel also was featured as the host of Canada's Next Top Model. Manuel is the Founder and CEO of the beauty line, Jay Manuel Beauty. In 2017, the brand opened its first retail location at Roosevelt Field Mall. Later that year, he was one of the judges for Miss Universe 2017. In 2020, he released his first book, The Wig, The Bitch & The Meltdown.
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Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi

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His Imperial Majesty Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi was born in Tehran on October 26, 1919, and became Shahanshah of Iran in 1941.During his reign, he pursued the modernization and development of Iran through major reforms in education, healthcare, agriculture, industry, and social welfare.His era also witnessed significant economic growth, the expansion of educational institutions, and the advancement of women’s rights and opportunities.In January 1979, His Majesty left Iran and went into exile; he passed away in Cairo on July 27, 1980, and was laid to rest at Al-Rifa’i Mosque.
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Dennis Weaver

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Billy Dennis Weaver (June 4, 1924 – February 24, 2006) was an American actor and president of the Screen Actors Guild, best known for his work in television and films from the early 1950s until just before his death in 2006. Weaver's two most famous roles were as Marshal Matt Dillon's deputy Chester Goode on the western Gunsmoke and as Deputy Marshal Sam McCloud on the police drama McCloud. He starred in the 1971 television film Duel, the first film of director Steven Spielberg. He is also remembered for his role as the twitchy motel attendant in Orson Welles's film Touch of Evil (1958). Weaver was born June 4, 1924, in Joplin, Missouri, the son of Walter Leon "Doc" Weaver and his wife Lenna Leora (née Prather). Weaver wanted to be an actor from childhood. He lived in Shreveport, Louisiana, for several years and for a short time in Manteca, California. He studied at Joplin Junior College, then transferred to the University of Oklahoma at Norman, where he studied drama and was a track star, setting records in several events. During World War II, he served as a pilot in the United States Navy, flying Grumman F4F Wildcat fighter aircraft. After the war, he married Gerry Stowell (his childhood sweetheart), with whom he had three children. Under the name Billy D. Weaver, he tried out for the 1948 U.S. Olympic team in the decathlon, finishing sixth behind 17-year-old high school track star Bob Mathias. However, only the top three finishers were selected. Weaver later commented, "I did so poorly [in the Olympic Trials], I decided to ... stay in New York and try acting. Career Weaver's first role on Broadway came as an understudy to Lonny Chapman as Turk Fisher in Come Back, Little Sheba. He eventually took over the role from Chapman in the national touring company. Solidifying his choice to become an actor, Weaver enrolled in the Actors Studio, where he met Shelley Winters. In the beginning of his acting career, he supported his family by doing odd jobs, including selling vacuum cleaners, tricycles, and women's hosiery. In 1952, Shelley Winters helped him get a contract from Universal Studios. He made his film debut that same year in the movie The Redhead from Wyoming. Over the next three years, he played in a series of movies, but still had to work odd jobs to support his family. In 1955 he appeared in an episode of The Lone Ranger "The Tell-Tale Bullet", which is viewable on YouTube. While delivering flowers, he heard he had landed the role of Chester Goode, the limping, loyal assistant of Marshal Matt Dillon (James Arness) on the new television series Gunsmoke. It was his big break; the show went on to become the highest-rated and longest-running live action series in United States television history (1955 to 1975), an honor now held by Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. In 1970, Weaver landed the title role in the NBC series McCloud, for which he received two Emmy Award nominations. The show, about a modern Western lawman who ends up in New York City, was loosely based on the Clint Eastwood film Coogan's Bluff. Weaver married Gerry Stowell after World War II, and they had three sons: Richard, Robert, and Rustin Weaver. Gerry died April 26, 2016, at 90. Death Weaver died from prostate cancer at his home in Ridgway, Colorado, on February 24, 2006, at age 81. CLR
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Ethan Pringle

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Ethan Pringle (born May 30, 1986) is an American rock climber with notable ascents in sport climbing (his 2015 repeat of Jumbo Love, the world's first 9b-graded route); in traditional climbing (his 2016 ascent of Blackbeard's Tears, one of the world's hardest traditional climbs); and in bouldering. He has also been active in competition climbing, winning the American national competition lead climbing championships in both youth and adult formats, and silver at the World Youth Championships.
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Domee Shi

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Domee Shi (/ˈdoʊmi/; Chinese: 石之予; pinyin: Shí Zhīyǔ; born 8 September 1989) is a Canadian animator, film director and screenwriter. She has directed the short film Bao (2018) and the feature films Turning Red (2022) and Elio (2025). Shi began working for Pixar in 2011 as a storyboard artist, contributing to multiple films, including Inside Out (2015), The Good Dinosaur (2015), and Toy Story 4 (2019). She was also an additional story artist for Incredibles 2 (2018). For Bao, Shi won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 91st Academy Awards, and also earned nominations for the 43rd Annie Awards, the International Online Cinema Awards, and the Tribeca Film Festival. She was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature for both Turning Red and Elio. Description above from the Wikipedia article Domee Shi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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