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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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Marin Judas

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Marin Judas is a French actor and model born in Paris in 2000. He is represented by Mon Agence and resides in Paris. He speaks French and English. Marin Judas has worked with several renowned actors and directors, including Yaël Langmann, Julia Ducournau, Jodie Foster and Grégoire Colin. His projects include series such as “Chair tendre”, “Amours solitaires”, “Culte 2be3” and films such as ‘Titane’ and “Vie Privée”. In addition to his acting career, Marin Judas-Bouissou is also a model. In 2024, Judas modelled at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics, where he walked the runway for the Ouest World fashion house.
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Lisa Ann Hadley

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lisa Ann Hadley (born January 11, 1972) is an American actress. She is best known for the role of Dr. Julie Devlin in the ABC daytime television soap opera Port Charles, which she played from 1997 to 2001. Hadley was born in Seattle and grew up in Arlington, Washington; she is the youngest of four children. She attended Pepperdine University achieving a BFA in theater and went on to study acting in New York and Los Angeles. Hadley began in television in 1995 with a guest spot as a waitress in an episode of Partners. In 1996, she played the former girlfriend of Tom Cruise in the film Jerry Maguire. In the 1996-1997 season, she had recurring roles on both Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and in Melrose Place. In 1997, Hadley was Marie in the short film Cusp. Hadley was Dr. Julie Devlin on the soap opera Port Charles. In 1999, she appeared as Taliah in the film The Lords of Los Angeles, and guest starred as Merriam Rusk on the British-Canadian horror anthology television series The Hunger. Later that year, she appeared as a beautiful Princess in a Honey Nut Cheerios cereal television commercial. From 2001 to 2002, Hadley had recurring roles on TV shows including Gilmore Girls, JAG, and Pasadena. In 2002, Hadley had roles in films Infested and Dead Above Ground.
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Robert Foxworth

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Robert Foxworth is an American actor born on November 1, 1941, in Houston, Texas. He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in acting from Carnegie Mellon University and began his career as a stage actor, notably performing at Washington D.C.'s Arena Stage. Foxworth is best known for his television roles, including Chase Gioberti on the popular soap opera "Falcon Crest" (1981–1987), and Bernard Chenowith in the drama series "Six Feet Under" (2001–2003). He also starred in Gene Roddenberry's 1974 TV movie "The Questor Tapes." Over his long career, Foxworth appeared in diverse television shows such as "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine," "The West Wing," and "Law & Order," and lent his voice to characters like the Autobot Ratchet in the "Transformers" film series. Foxworth was married to actress Elizabeth Montgomery from 1993 until her death in 1995 and has been married to Stacey Thomas since 1998. He is recognized for his versatility in film, television, and stage acting.
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Karlheinz Böhm

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Karlheinz Böhm was an Austrian actor. The son of conductor Karl Böhm, he is best known internationally for his role as Mark, the psychopathic protagonist of Peeping Tom, directed by Michael Powell. Before that, he had played the young Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria in the three Sissi movies. He made three notable U.S. films in 1962. He played Jakob Grimm in the 1962 MGM-Cinerama spectacular The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm and Ludwig van Beethoven in the Walt Disney film The Magnificent Rebel. (The latter film was made especially for the Disney anthology television series, but was released theatrically in Europe.) He appeared in a villainous role as the Nazi-sympathizing son of Paul Lukas in the MGM film Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, a Technicolor, widescreen remake of the 1921 silent Rudolph Valentino film. Between 1974 and 1975, Böhm appeared prominently in four consecutive films from prolific New German Cinema director Rainer Werner Fassbinder: Martha, Effi Briest, Faustrecht der Freiheit (aka Fistfight of Freedom or Fox and His Friends), and Mutter Küsters' Fahrt zum Himmel (Mother Küsters' Trip to Heaven). In 2009 he provided the German voice for Charles Muntz, villain in Pixar's tenth animated feature Up. Since 1981, when he founded Menschen für Menschen ("Humans for Humans"), Böhm had been actively involved in charitable work in Ethiopia, for which in 2007 he was awarded the Balzan Prize for Humanity, Peace and Brotherhood among Peoples. Karlheinz Böhm has been married to Almaz Böhm, a native of Ethiopia, since 1991. They had two children, Nicolas (born 1990) and Aida (born 1993). Böhm had five more children from previous marriages, among them, the actress Katharina Böhm (born 1964). In 2011 Almaz and Karlheinz Böhm were awarded the Essl Social Prize for the project Menschen für Menschen. He died in 2014, aged 86.
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Arnold Palmer

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Arnold Daniel Palmer (September 10, 1929 – September 25, 2016) was an American professional golfer who is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most charismatic players in the sport's history. Since embarking on a professional career in 1955, he won numerous events on both the PGA Tour and the circuit now known as PGA Tour Champions. Nicknamed "The King", Palmer was one of golf's most popular stars and seen as a trailblazer, the first superstar of the sport's television age, which began in the 1950s. Description above from the Wikipedia article Arnold Palmer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Nigel Stepney

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Nigel Stepney, born on November 14, 1958, in Devizes, England, was a skilled British motorsport mechanic and engineer known for his career in Formula 1. Stepney began his F1 journey in the 1970s, working with teams like Shadow and Lotus before joining Ferrari in 1992, where he played a crucial role as part of the team that led Ferrari to multiple World Championships with Michael Schumacher in the early 2000s. Renowned for his technical expertise and hard work, he advanced to become Ferrari’s head of performance development. In 2007, Stepney became involved in one of Formula 1's most significant controversies, known as the "Spygate" scandal. He was accused of passing confidential Ferrari information to McLaren, leading to a high-profile investigation and a substantial fine for McLaren. After his departure from Formula 1, Stepney continued to work in motorsports, applying his engineering skills to touring car and endurance racing. Tragically, Stepney passed away in a car accident on May 2, 2014. Despite the controversy, he is remembered for his technical contributions to Formula 1 and his role in Ferrari’s successful years during the Schumacher era.
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Julia Foster

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Julia Foster (born 2 August 1943 in Lewes, Sussex, England) is an English actress. Foster's credits include the films The Bargee (1964) with Harry H. Corbett, Alfie (1966) with Michael Caine, Half a Sixpence (1967) with Tommy Steele, and Percy (1971) with Hywel Bennett. On television she starred as the eponymous heroine in the BBC production of Moll Flanders (1975) and also appeared alongside John Stride in the Yorkshire Television series Wilde Alliance in 1978. She also appeared with Michael Winner in a British TV advert for Esure car insurance. She played Queen Margaret of Anjou in the BBC productions of Shakespeare's Henry VI and Richard III, which received its UK broadcast in January 1983. Foster's first husband was Lionel Morton, once the lead singer with the 1960s pop band The Four Pennies. She is the mother of British television celebrity Ben Fogle with her second husband, veterinarian Bruce Fogle. Foster is also a seller of antique furniture, in particular decorated Scandinavian furniture of the 18th and 19th centuries. Description above from the Wikipedia article Julia Foster, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Eddie Money

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Edward Joseph Mahoney (March 21, 1949 – September 13, 2019), known professionally as Eddie Money, was an American singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who had success in the 1970s and 1980s with a string of Top 40 hits and platinum albums. Money is well known for songs like "Baby Hold On", "Two Tickets to Paradise", "Think I'm in Love", "Shakin'", "Take Me Home Tonight", "I Wanna Go Back", "Walk on Water", and "The Love in Your Eyes".
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Olga Damani

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Olga Damani (Greek: Όλγα Δαμάνη, Athens, November 17, 1943) is a Greek actress. He was born in Athens on November 17, 1943. In 1975 he graduated from the Dramatic School of the Art Theater. She began her career with various theater performances at the "Karolos Koon" Art Theater, later followed by various television series and films. From 1975 to 1985 he collaborated with the "Karolos Koun" Art Theater and participated in works such as Seven on Thebes by Aeschylus, Hens by Aristophanes, Bacchus by Euripides and many others From 1986 to 1995 he collaborated with the National Theater in the plays: Exile by Pavlos Matesi, Churchmen by Aristophanes, Bengera by D. Kapetanakis, The Murder of Mara by P. Weiss and many others. With directors such as Vassilis Papavasileiou, Giorgos Armenis, Stavros Tsakiris, Nikaitis Kontouris, Yiannis Diamantopoulos, Vassilis Nikolaidis, Andreas Boutsinas and others. in performances of ancient drama and modern dramaturgy: Aristophanes, Aeschylus, Moliere, Maribaud, Goltoni, Shakespeare, Ibsen, Lorca, Arthur Miller, Eduardo de Filippo, D. Solomos, Palamas, Gouzelis, Hurmouzis, Scurtis, Armenis, etc. On private television she has appeared in the series Like Crazy Birds, Fanny, Dyed Red Hair, Department of Morals: Grace and Rhinestones, The Wedding Dress Rehearsal, Dusty Clouds, Due to Honor, Vendetta, No Problem, Airy Silences, Dancing in Silence, Jordan , Secrets and mistakes, Angelina's treasure, 10th commandment, The stories of the policeman Beka, Yugerman, Karyotakis, The Island, Kato Partali, Wild Bees (Season 2) and Sasmos.
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