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Betty Buckley
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Betty Lynn Buckley (born July 3, 1947) is an American actress and singer who has worked in film, television and theatre. She possesses a singing of voice of great power and beauty and has achieved great success in cabaret and concerts. Betty has also sustained a successful recording career with numerous cast albums and 18 solo albums to her credit, for which she has been nominated for two Grammys.
Buckley is widely known for the 1977–81 TV series Eight Is Enough. She joined the show in its second season when the original star, Diana Hyland, died after the first four episodes of season one, and her character Joan Bradford died as well. Buckley was cast as the central character's new romantic interest, Sandra Sue "Abby" Abbott, who became stepmother of the eight children to which the series' title refers. Betty later received two Daytime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Performer in a Children's Program/Special, for NBC Special Treat - Bobby and Sarah (1984) and ABC Afterschool Special - Taking a Stand (1989).
From 2001 to 2003, Betty Buckley played a role in seasons 4–6 of the HBO series Oz. She also has guest-starred in a number of television series, including Without a Trace, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and Monk. Betty also guest-starred in a Christmas special of the TV series Remember WENN, in which she sang "You Make It Christmas".
On film, Buckley appeared in the original movie version of Carrie in 1976, playing Miss Collins, Carrie's gym teacher. She went on to appear as Margaret White in the notorious 1987 musical adaptation of the film on Broadway; an expensive and creatively disastrous flop in which she nevertheless scored a personal triumph. In 1977, she recorded an uncredited solo on the song "Walking in Space", in the movie Hair.
Her screen roles during the 1980s include Bruce Beresford's film Tender Mercies, where she played a country music singer and sang the Academy Award-nominated song "Over You". She also appeared in the Woody Allen film Another Woman (1988), Roman Polanski's Frantic (1988) and Lawrence's Kasden's Wyatt Earp (1994). In 2008, Buckley played Mrs. Jones in M. Night Shyamalan's The Happening. In 2017, Buckley was one of the stars of M. Night Shyamalan's Split, a major success which was the number-one film at the box office for three weeks running.
Buckley has worked regularly in the theatre throughout her career. In 1969, she made her Broadway debut as Martha Washington in the original company of Tony winner 1776; a role she famously won on her first day in New York. That same year, she made her West End debut in the original London cast of Promises, Promises.
In 1982, Buckley starred as Grizabella in the original Broadway production of the musical Cats, which features the song "Memory". For this role, she won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. In 1985 she played the titular character in another Tony winning musical The Mystery of Edwin Drood. This was the third time Buckley had originated a role in a show that went on to win the Tony for Best Musical. Buckley starred in both London (1994) and New York (1995) as Norma Desmond in the musical Sunset Boulevard. For her role in the London production, she received an Olivier Award nomination for Best Actress in a Musical.
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Lisa Anderson
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Lisa Andersen (born March 8, 1969) is an American four-time world surfing champion. She won four successive world titles from 1994 to 1997. She was named ASP's Rookie of the Year in 1987. She was named as one of the 100 "Greatest Sportswomen of the Century" by Sports Illustrated for Women. She was named the "1998 Female Athlete of the Year" by Conde Nast Sports for Women magazine. She is a two-times winner of Surfer Magazine's Readers Poll. In 2002, she was inducted into the Surfer's Hall of Fame. In 2004, she was inducted into the Surfing Walk of Fame (located in Huntington Beach, California) as that year's Woman of the Year.
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Salvatore Vecchio
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Salvatore Vecchio is a Senior Editor for National Geographic Television and Film. His films have garnered multiple Emmys and he has personally been nominated three times for an Emmy in the Craft of Editing. In addition to his editorial work, he is a Voice Over artist and a member of AFTRA/SAG, and he has narrated over a hundred films for National Geographic's Domestic and International Channels. Prior to joining National Geographic Television and Film, Salvatore was a freelance editor, cutting films for the Discovery Channel, Smithsonian Networks, and other independent producers.
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Kevin Kilner
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Kevin Kilner is an American actor who is best known for his roles in the television series Earth: Final Conflict, Almost Perfect, and Smart House. Kilner was born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1958. He attended Johns Hopkins University, where he played lacrosse. After graduating, he moved to New York City to pursue a career in acting. He made his television debut in 1989, in an episode of The Cosby Show.
Kilner's breakthrough role came in 1994, when he was cast as William Boone in the science fiction series Earth: Final Conflict. The series ran for five seasons, and Kilner's performance as Boone was praised by critics. He was nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Actor on Television in 1997.
In 1995, Kilner starred in the sitcom Almost Perfect, opposite Nancy Travis. The show was canceled after two seasons, but Kilner's performance was again praised by critics.
In 1999, Kilner starred in the family film Smart House. The film was a critical and commercial success, and Kilner's performance as Nick Starkey was well-received.
Kilner has continued to work in television and film since then. He has appeared in a number of other television series, including The Practice, Dollhouse, and The Good Wife. He has also appeared in a number of films, including Raising Helen, A Cinderella Story, and Home Alone 3.
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Marie Kristin Gabert
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Marie Kristin Gabert is a German professional wrestler better known by the ring name Alpha Female. She is currently working for World Wonder Ring Stardom. is a German professional wrestler and mixed martial artist, currently signed to WWE performing on their NXT UK brand. She is best known on the independent scene as Alpha Female and Jazzy Gabert. She has wrestled for World Wonder Ring Stardom, Impact Wrestling (TNA) and in the Mae Young Classic tournament. She is also a professional powerlifter, strongwoman, and bodybuilder. abert started training in 2001 under the wing of Joe E. Legend and Murat Bosporus, as well as other trainers from the German Wrestling Federation (GWF) promotion. Her first match took place on 7 April, where she faced Wesna and Blue Nikita in a three-way match under the ring name Jazzy Bi for the NWA Germany European Women's Championship, a match won by the champion Wesna. Gabert continued competing in the GWF. On 20 April 2002 Gabert teamed with Ahmed Chaer and Chris The Bambikiller in a six-person tag team ladder match against Wesna, Carlos Gallero and Fake Dog, which they would lose. Two months later on 22 June, Gabert teamed with Blue Nikita in a tag team match against Wesna and Missy Blond, which they would lose. She would continue to wrestle against Nikita and Wesna in Germany in promotions such as Professional Wrestling Alliance (PWA) and European Wrestling Association (EWA) from 2003 to 2006.
Gabert made her debut for the Queens of Chaos promotion, located in Paris, France on 11 December 2006 competing in the one-night tournament to determine the number one contender for the Queen of Chaos championship. She defeated Pandora in the first round match, only to lose in the finals to April Hunter during a four-corners elimination match. Gabert returned to the promotion a month later on 21 January 2007, unsuccessfully challenging Hunter for the Queen of Chaos championship in a Iron Man match. Two months later on 18 March, Gabert once again lost to Hunter in a title match. On 1 July in the Fighting Spirit Federation promotion, Gabert unsuccessfully challenged Minx for the Queens of Chaos European championship. On 15 September, she defeated Allison Danger and Jetta to become the number one contender for the Queens of Chaos championship, and defeating Wild Xenia later in a singles match.
In January, 2008, she won her first title -the EWE women's championship- in Bilbao, Spain against the Italian wrestler Lisa Schianto. She retained her EWE title in San Fernando, Cádiz, Spain (April, 14, 2008) against Croatian wrestler Wesna Busic and retained too in Sevilla, Spain (June, 28, 2008) in front of the Swedish Jenny Sjödin. Gabert made her mixed martial arts debut on October 15, 2016, defeating Manuela Kuhse via technical knockout.
Gabert faced Reina Miura on April 16, 2017, at Rizin FF 5: Sakura. She lost the fight by second-round submission
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John Wesley Shipp
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John Wesley Shipp (born January 22, 1955) is a European-American businessman, entrepreneur and actor known for his various television roles. He played the lead Barry Allen on CBS's superhero series The Flash from 1990 to 1991, and Mitch Leery, the title character's father, on the drama series Dawson's Creek from 1998 to 2001. Shipp has also played several roles in daytime soap operas including Kelly Nelson on Guiding Light from 1980 to 1984, and Douglas Cummings on As the World Turns from 1985 to 1986 (which earned him his first Daytime Emmy Award). In 2014, he was cast as Barry Allen's father Henry on the current The Flash series on The CW network.
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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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Rostyslav Synko
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Rostyslav Oleksandrovych Synko (August 21, 1933, Stepano-Krynka, Donetsk Oblast — October 23, 2010, Kyiv) was a Ukrainian film director, screenwriter, and sculptor. He was named an Honored Worker of Culture of the Ukrainian SSR in 1983.
He was born in the village of Stepano-Krynka, Donetsk Oblast, into the family of an economist. He graduated from the acting department of the Kyiv Institute of Theater Arts named after I. Karpenko-Kary (1955).
From 1955 to 1957, he served in the Belarusian Military District Ensemble, performed on stage at the Kyiv Theater for Young Audiences, and then worked at the Kyiv Television Studio (1957–1964).
Since 1965, he has been a director at the Ukrteleviz studio.
Co-organizer of the Ivan Kavaleridze Memorial Fund (1992) and the I. Kavaleridze Museum-Workshop in Kyiv on Andriivskyi Uzviz, director (1993–2010).
He taught at the Kyiv State University of Theater, Music, and Television named after I. Karpenko-Kary.
He was a member of the National Union of Cinematographers of Ukraine.
He died on October 23, 2010, in Kyiv.
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Sandy Farina
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Sandy Farina is a singer-songwriter, best known for her role in the film Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. She also wrote the song "Kiss Me in the Rain" for Barbra Streisand. She is currently a session singer for television commercials. -Wiki
Farina surfaced in a coast-to-coast talent search in which Pepper director Michael Schultz interviewed some 1,500 women for the part of Strawberry Fields. In the funky tradition of dreams come true, Farina got her shot because a Stigwood executive happened to have his car serviced at a gas station owned by a friend of the Farinas. Besides the unleaded gas, he got a tape of Sandy. Impressed, he flew her to L.A. for an audition. “Her voice stood out,” explains Schultz of his eventual choice. “Also, she had a genuinely naive country look that none of the other girls had.” -People Magazine 8/21/78
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Azadeh Masihzadeh
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Azadeh Masihzadeh was born in 1979 in Shiraz. She had always dreamt of making movies, and suddenly she started making one with no education in directing. She made “360 Degrees” a 6-minute experimental/story short to examine herself as a director. After entering some festivals and winning some prizes, she decided to take directing classes and take filmmaking a serious matter in her life. She took directing classes with “Shahram Mokri” the director of “Cat and Fish” and a Documentary Making workshop with the Oscar winner “Asghar Farhadi”. In that workshop she made the best Documentary named “All winners, All losers”, 2018.
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