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Mylene Dizon
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Mylene Dizon (born Mylene Lilibeth Inocencio Dizon on 06 September 1976) is a Filipina actress. She is best known for her roles in the films 100 (2008), Aparisyon (2012), Heneral Luna (2015), and Uninvited (2024), among others.
Dizon has three Best Actress Awards from Cinemalaya, Gawad Urian, and Golden Screen Awards for her performance in the 2008 drama film 100. In 2025, she won another Best Actress award for her role in Habang Nilalamon ng Hydra ang Kasaysayan during the 21st Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival.
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Ilaiyaraaja
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Ilaiyaraaja is an Indian film composer who works in the South Indian cinema predominantly in Tamil since mid 1970s. Widely regarded as one of the the greatest Indian music composers of all time, Ilaiyaraaja is also an instrumentalist, conductor, singer, and songwriter. He has composed more than 6500 songs and provided film scores for more than 1500 films, also being acclaimed for his exceptional background scores.
Singers S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra and S. Janaki have sung more of his songs than any other singers. He integrated folk—in Tamil—and introduced western musical sensibilities into the South Indian musical mainstream. Ilaiyaraja is also known for creating music by fusing symphonic orchestration with traditional Indian instrumentation, often performed by Budapest Symphony Orchestra. In 1993 he organised a full symphony performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London and thus became the First Indian to compose a full symphony, with Ravi Shankar being the only other Indian to do so. He is also the first Asian to compose a full symphony performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. He has won five Indian National Film Awards (the highest film honor in India); three for Best Music Direction and two for Best Background Score. In 2010 he has received Padma Bhushan, awarded by the Government of India.
In the 2000s, he composed a variety of non-film music, including religious and devotional songs, an oratorio, and world music. He is usually referred to by the title Isaignani (English: Musical Genius), or as The Maestro. Ilaiyaraja is a gold medalist in classical guitar from Trinity College of Music, London. In 2003, according to an international poll conducted by BBC, more than half-a million people from 165 countries voted his composition Rakkamma Kaiya Thattu from the 1991 film Thalapathi as the fourth in the world's top 10 most popular songs of all time. He was also nominated in the Best Indian album Music Awards category at US based Just Plain Folks Music Organization, which is the largest grassroots music organization in the world, and stood third for his "Music Journey: Live in Italy". In 2012 he received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for his creative and experimental works in music field. In 2014 he has been chosen for his outstanding contribution to the Indian film music and was awarded the SIES Sri Chandrasekarendra Saraswati National Eminence award. In 2015, he was also honoured with the Centenary Award for lifetime achievement at the 46th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) at Panaji, Goa. On December 31, 2015, he was nominated by the Kerala Government for Nishagandi Puraskaram, the top award conferred by the Kerala Government's Tourism Ministry, for his artistic excellence and contributions to the Indian film industry.
Popular world cinema portal Taste of Cinema placed Ilaiyaraja at the 9th position in its list of 25 greatest film composers in the cinema history thus becoming the only Indian to feature in that list. In a poll conducted by CNN-IBN celebrating 100 years of Indian cinema in 2013, Ilaiyaraaja was voted as the greatest music composer of India with a maximum of 49%.
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Kenji Chen
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Kenji Chen (born November 18, 1984 in Taiwan) is a Taiwanese actor known for his charismatic performances in television dramas and web series across Greater China. He made his acting debut in the historical drama Confucius in 2012 and quickly earned recognition for his versatility and screen presence.
Throughout his career, he has taken on a wide range of roles in both romantic and fantasy dramas, appearing in well-loved productions such as My Little Princess (2016), The Visioner (2017), Fall in Love at First Kiss (2019), Painted Skin (2020–2022), and The Last Immortal (2023). He most recently starred in The Comic Bang (2025) as Qian Ye, and Strange Notes (2024) as A Chao.
With more than a decade of acting experience and at least 14 credited works, Kenji continues to be a familiar face in modern Chinese-language entertainment, portraying layered characters in both romantic and mystical storylines.
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Vera Marshe
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Appeared in films like Monsieur Verdoux (1947) as Mrs. Vicki Darwin, The Babe Ruth Story (1948), Davy Crockett, Indian Scout (1950), The Abbott and Costello Show (TV series), Adventures of Superman (TV series), Meet Corliss Archer (TV series) as Mrs. Mary Franklin, The Pride of the Family (TV series) as Cynthia, The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (TV series), The McConnell Story (1955), Lassie (TV series), The Lineup (TV series), The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet (TV series), and Perry Mason (TV series).
Vera Marsha passed away in 1984.
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Rupert Julian
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Rupert Julian (25 January 1879 – 27 December 1943) was the first New Zealand cinema actor, director, writer and producer.
Born Thomas Percival Hayes in Whangaroa, New Zealand, Son of John Daly Hayes (JNR)and Eliza Harriet Hayes. Rupert Julian performed on stage and in film both in his native country and Australia before emigrating to the United States in 1911, where he started his career as an actor in Universal silent movies. He turned to directing in 1915, often directing his wife Elsie Jane Wilson, but his work was merely routine until he was assigned to complete Merry-Go-Round in 1923 when director Erich von Stroheim was fired from it. In 1924, he directed Lon Chaney in the first cut of The Phantom of the Opera, which was largely revisited at the request of the production. He soon fell into a professional decline after the advent of sound, and after directing The Cat Creeps and Love Comes Along (both in 1930), his career faded.
Rupert Julian died in Hollywood, California at the age of 64 and was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.
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Mikhail Rasumny
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Mikhail Rasumny (May 13, c.1884 in Odessa, Russian empire – February 17, 1956 in United States) was a Soviet- and American film actor. His age in a February 1935 passenger list was given as 51, meaning that he was probably born in 1883 or 1884 and not in 1890 as stated in other sources.
Rasumny was born in Odessa, son of the famous cantor Solomon (Ephroim Zalmen) Razumny, who was chief cantor of the choral synagogues in Kishinev, Nikolayev and Odessa. After the death of his father in 1905 he moved to Saint Petersburg, where he began his theatrical career. He later moved to Moscow and emigrated to Berlin in 1927. In 1933 he opened in Paris a Yiddish revue theater "Der kundes", in 1934 another Yiddish company "Parizer Azazel", then in 1938 in New York — Yidishe dramatishe studie (Yiddish Dramatic Studio).
Buried at Beth Olam Cemetery in Los Angeles.
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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. He 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, Connery died at the age of 90.
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Rukmini Vasanth
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Rukmini Vasanth (born December 10, 1994) is an Indian actress who works primarily in Kannada cinema, alongside appearances in Tamil and Telugu films. Trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, she made her acting debut in the Kannada crime thriller *Birbal Trilogy: Case 1 – Finding Vajramuni* (2019) and appeared in the Hindi film *Upstarts* (2019). She achieved recognition portraying Priya in the two-part romantic drama *Sapta Sagaradaache Ello – Side A* (2023) and *Sapta Sagaradaache Ello – Side B* (2023), winning the Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada.
In 2024, Vasanth starred in the neo-noir action film *Bhairathi Ranagal*, the vigilante action film *Bagheera*, and made her Telugu debut in *Appudo Ippudo Eppudo*. She subsequently appeared in the Tamil films *Ace* (2025) and *Madharaasi* (2025), and portrayed Princess Kanakavathi in the period action drama *Kantara: Chapter 1* (2025). She later appeared in *Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-ups* (2026).
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Khalid Al-Obaid
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Khaled Al Obaid (born January 19, 1938) is a veteran Kuwaiti actor known for his impactful roles in theater, television, and cinema. He began his artistic career in 1963 on the stage and quickly became one of the most recognizable figures in Kuwaiti drama.
He studied at Omar Ibn Al-Khattab School and worked at the Ministry of Electricity and Water, initially as a supervisor at water stations and later as an accountant. His early professional life in public service preceded a decades-long acting career defined by strong performances and versatility.
Al Obaid is particularly known for portraying complex and often antagonistic characters, bringing emotional depth and authenticity to each role. He gained wide acclaim for his work in notable television series such as Al-Samt (The Silence, 1980) and Al-Shareeb Bezza (2002), as well as several stage plays and Kuwaiti films.
Beyond his professional achievements, he is a family man with six sons and three daughters. His legacy as a pioneer in Kuwaiti performing arts continues to influence generations of actors and audiences across the region.
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Brian Trenchard-Smith
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Brian Trenchard-Smith is an Anglo Australian film and television director, producer, and writer, with a reputation for large scale movies on small scale budgets, many of which display a quirky sense of humor that has earned him a cult following. Quentin Tarantino referred to him in Entertainment Weekly as one of his favorite directors. His early work is featured in Not Quite Hollywood, an award winning documentary released by Magnolia. Among his early successes were the 20th Century Fox release The Man from Hong Kong, a wry James Bond/Chop Sockey cocktail, the Vietnam battle movie Siege of Firebase Gloria, and the futuristic satire Dead End Drive-In, a particular Tarantino favorite. BMX Bandits, showcasing a 15-year old Nicole Kidman, and Miramax's The Quest, starring ET's Henry Thomas, won prizes at children's film festivals in Montreal and Europe. He has also directed 35 episodes of television series as diverse as Silk Stalkings, Time Trax, The Others, and Flipper. Born in England, where his Australian father was in the RAF, Trenchard-Smith attended UK's prestigious Wellington College, where he neglected studies in favor of acting and making short films, before migrating to Australia. He started as a news film editor, then graduated to network promos before he became one of a group of young people that, as he recalls, "pushed, shoved, lobbied and bullied the government into introducing investment for Australian made films." He persuaded Australia's largest distribution-exhibition circuit at the time, the Greater Union Theater Organization, to form an in-house production company that he would run. The company made three successful films in a row, and his career was underway. In parallel careers, he was also founding editor of Australia's quarterly Movie magazine for 6 years, and has made over 100 trailers for other directors in Australia, Europe, and America. Among his 39 movies, 5 were commissioned by Showtime, including the remake of the World War II classic, Sahara, the highly rated, Happy Face Murders, starring Ann-Margret, and DC 9/11: Time of Crisis, with Timothy Bottoms as President Bush. His frequently repeated family drama for Lifetime, Long Lost Son starring Gabrielle Anwar, introduced future Gossip Girl's Chace Crawford to audiences in the title role." I knew from his first scene, he was going to be hot." In 2009, Trenchard-Smith shot Porky's - The College Years, a re-imagining of the famous 80's franchise of teen comedies. His recent ecological thriller Arctic Blast, starring Michael Shanks, was chosen to premiere at the 2010 Possible Worlds Canadian Film Festival in Sydney. Trenchard-Smith writes for filmindustrybloggers.com as The Genre Director, and is a contributing guru to trailersfromhell.com. He is married to Byzantine historian Dr. Margaret Trenchard-Smith, lives in Los Angeles, and is a member of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
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