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Greta Meyer
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Greta Meyer (August 7, 1883 – October 8, 1965) was a German actress in motion pictures beginning in the silent film era. She performed for almost seventy years. She belonged to the most famous theatrical family in Germany, comparable to the Barrymore family in America. Her early film efforts came in films like De jantjes (1922) and Die Königsloge (1929).
Meyer came to America in 1923 from her native Germany. She subsequently became a U.S. citizen.
She appeared in many Hollywood movies between 1933 and 1942, including The Great Waltz (1938) and Bitter Sweet (1940).
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Chris Bender
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Chris Bender (born 1971) is an American film producer whose beginnings were through developing and co-producing an American Pie film series based on his and writer Adam Herz's own high school experiences. In November 1998, he established the management and production company Benderspink with partner J.C. Spink, a fellow alumnus of Bucknell University. Benderspink had a successful first-look deal with New Line Cinema for over 15 years, a first-look deal with Universal Cable Productions, and before that, CBS Studios and Fox 21.
In 2016, Bender and Spink split up to pursue forming their own companies. J.C. Spink died in 2017 and was celebrated by industry friends and family at a memorial service.
Chris Bender founded Good Fear Content in 2016 with Jake Weiner. The company produces clutter-busting media across theatrical, TV and emerging digital platforms, focusing on nurturing and establishing new voices aspiring to be generation-defining talent. Under the company's banner, Bender's most recent release was as producer on David Robert Mitchell's Under the Silver Lake with Oscar nominee Andrew Garfield, Riley Keough, and Topher Grace. The film was screened in a Cannes competition and released by A24 domestically in April 2019. In 2020, Amazon Studios released My Spy. Pete Segal directs the film, and Dave Bautista and Kristen Schaal are the stars. That project was followed by Mulan, a live-action version of the classic adventure of a young Chinese maiden disguised as a warrior to save her father. Released by Disney, the film is directed by and stars Yifei Liu, Jet Li, Gong Li, and Donnie Yen.
Other projects produced by Bender include the hit comedy We're the Millers, starring Jennifer Aniston and Jason Sudeikis; Horrible Bosses 2, starring Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis, and Charlie Day; and Vacation, starring Ed Helms, Christina Applegate, and Chris Hemsworth, all for New Line.
Bender has produced or developed projects that have grown into six franchises in various genres: Final Destination, American Pie, The Ring, Cats & Dogs, The Butterfly Effect, and The Hangover series. Eight of his movies have opened to number one, and Bender was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for A History of Violence.
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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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Willam Belli
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Willam Belli commonly referred to as simply Willam, is an American actor, drag queen, model, reality television personality, recording artist and author, who is known for his recurring role as transgender woman Cherry Peck in Ryan Murphy's medical drama Nip/Tuck and for being a contestant on the fourth season of RuPaul's Drag Race, for which he remains the only contestant ever disqualified from the series. In addition to acting, Belli found viral success with his music video parodies "Chow Down" and "Boy Is a Bottom" with his Los Angeles drag queen pop trio, DWV. However, the group split in June 2014, because of a personal conflict among the groupmates.
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Dalton Vigh
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Dalton Vigh de Souza Varela (Rio de Janeiro, July 10, 1964) is a prominent Brazilian actor known for his extensive work in television, film, and theater. He gained national recognition for his role as Said Rachid in the acclaimed telenovela The Clone (2001), and later as Marconi Ferraço in Duas Caras (2007), both of which solidified his status as a leading man in Brazilian drama.
Over the years, Dalton has appeared in more than 30 productions, including Looks & Essence, Brave Woman, Kardec, and Nothing to Lose. He also starred in long-running series such as Poliana Moça and The Adventures of Pollyanna, portraying the character Otto Monteiro.
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Master Dave Johnson
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Dave Johnson (Sei Ei Do – Shodai Soke), born David Daryl Johnson, October 13, 1954) is an American martial artist, martial art system creator, martial arts instructor, actor, fight scene choreographer, and philosopher. He is the founder of Sei Ei Do (SEIEIDO), (Meaning: The Elite Path of Mastery), an eclectic blend of martial arts drawing from different combat disciplines and philosophies. He is recognized as a “Pioneer of Online Martial Arts.” Johnson began his journey into the world of martial arts in 1959. For more than six decades he has studied more than a dozen styles of martial arts. In 1996 he was named “Master Instructor of the Year” by the World Martial Arts Hall of Fame and was featured on the cover of Inside Tae Kwon Do magazine.
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Hamdy Ghaith
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Mahmoud Hamdy El Husseini Ghaith was an Egyptian actor, who was born in the village of Shalashlamoun, Ash Sharqia in 1924. He studied at the Faculty of Law and then studied at the Higher Institute of Cinema. He continued his theatrical studies in the French capital, Paris, and debuted through the movie Struggle in the Valley. In cinema, he presented many films, most notably Dawn of a New Day, The Message, and Land of Fear. He has also worked in television dramas since the 1960s, many of which belonged to religious and historical works, such as: Muhammad is the Messenger of God, Islamic Conquests, There Is No God But Allah, and Zezenia. He died in 2006 of respiratory failure at the age of 82.
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Paul Kean
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Christchurch New Zealand born and raised through the 1950’s and 60’s in a creative family household - not unfamiliar with stage appearances.
Soaked in British culture for the year of 1966 when on family holiday in UK included Pop Culture through Pirate Radio Stations, Top Of The Pops TV, Carnaby Street, LOUD Duke Box in TheEarls Cout Overseas Vistors Club Cavern Bar with Troggs, Kinks, Marc Bolan's T-Rex ... and a reading a weekly BEANO Comic.
Matured in the 1970/80’s into being a musician, potter, producer, enabler, father, event manager, sound engineer, band manager, video maker, curator of exhibitions, pretend farmer and a lover of cooking.
Received a diploma in Film and Television Production in 1989.
Resident of the NZ Music Hall of Fame with Toy Love who made their mark touring and charting both in Australia and New Zealand way back in 1979/80.
This has been followed by 43 years performing and recording with his partner Kaye Woodward in the legendary Bats who have toured USA, EU, UK and Australasia more times than they can count.
And now ... a late life morphing into acting in the Weed Eaters.
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Kara Flowers
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Born and raised in Lyons, Kansas, growing up an athlete, an artist, and a serious tomboy. Her favorite childhood memories come from summering at Lake Wilson with her family. Her mother and father are both Kansas natives. Kara discovered performance art after watching the movie SLAM, starring poet Saul Williams and started writing and performing poetry at the age of 13. She gave up sports to spent her high school career as a Debate and Speech & Drama (Forensics) competitor. Earning five State titles, and two National Semi-Finalist titles (National Forensic League), she attended Kansas State University and continued to compete with the Collegiate Speech Team. Her most important mentor as a youth, was her high school debate coach, Mr. Troyer. Kara moved to Atlanta, Georgia in 2006, and attended law school in 2010. Kara works as a film, television, and commercial actor, a model, and spokesperson. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Kara
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Sohrab Modi
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Sohrab Modi (1897–1984) was one of the towering figures of early Indian cinema—a director, producer, and actor whose work brought historical grandeur and social reform to the silver screen. Known for his booming voice and Shakespearean gravitas, he began his career in theatre and was deeply influenced by Parsi stage traditions. He founded Minerva Movietone in the 1930s, a studio that became synonymous with epic historical dramas and socially relevant films.
Modi’s hallmark was his dedication to moral seriousness and elaborate period detail. His most celebrated works include Pukar (1939), Sikandar (1941), and Prithvi Vallabh (1943), films that combined visual splendor with stirring oratory and nationalist undercurrents. He was also a pioneer of courtroom and social dramas—Jhansi Ki Rani (1953), one of India’s first Technicolor films, and Ek Din Ka Sultan (1945) reflected his enduring interest in justice, reform, and strong historical women.
Though later overshadowed by more contemporary styles of filmmaking, Sohrab Modi’s legacy remains vital. He helped define the moral and aesthetic vocabulary of early Indian cinema, and his work continues to be remembered for its theatrical eloquence, patriotism, and cultural pride.
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