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Marcia Wallace

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Marcia Karen Wallace (November 1, 1942 – October 25, 2013) was an American actress and comedian, primarily known for her roles on sitcoms. She is best known for her roles as receptionist Carol Kester on the 1970s sitcom The Bob Newhart Show, Mrs. Carruthers on Full House, and as the voice of elementary school teacher Edna Krabappel on the animated series The Simpsons, for which she won an Emmy in 1992. The character was retired after her death but sporadically appears through archive recording. Wallace was known for her tall frame, red hair, and distinctive laugh. She had a career spanning five decades on TV, film, and stage. She was a frequent guest on The Merv Griffin Show, which led to her receiving a personal request to appear on The Bob Newhart Show in a role created especially for her. Diagnosed with breast cancer in 1985, she became a cancer activist, and remained so throughout her life.
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Amy Floyd

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Amy (she/her) is an apprentice teacher with the Academy of Performance Combat (APC) and advanced actor combatant with the British Academy of Dramatic Combat. She has been working with Captivate Action as an actor and assistant since 2013, and since 2021 as a Director and tutor. Her credits as a fight performer and actor include Netflix’s The Witcher, Marvel’s Secret Invasion, Disney’s Culprits, ITV’s The Long Call, Macbeth in Macbeth and Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol (Shadow Road Productions), Nina in The Seagull (Wateryard Theatre) and various Performance Capture work for Rockstar Games and Frontier Developments.
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Roberto Fiesco

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Roberto Fiesco (born October 28, 1972) is a mexican film director and producer. He studied at the University Center for Cinematographic Studies of the National Autonomous University of Mexico and at the National School of Theatrical Art enat of the National Institute of Fine Arts. He has produced numerous short films, feature films and movies. Some of them have been recognized with national and international awards. He has also worked as a teacher at the Universidad del Nuevo Mundo, at the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, at the Escuela Superior de Medicina of the Instituto Politécnico Nacional and at CUEC (UNAM). He received the National University Award for Young Academics in the area of ​​Artistic Creation and Extension of Culture in 2006.
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Russi Taylor

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Russi Taylor (May 4, 1944 - July 26, 2019) was an American voice actress. She was the current voice actress of Disney's Minnie Mouse character from 1986 until her death, longer than any other voice actress. This includes performances in the Disney's House of Mouse and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and Mickey Mousekersize and television series and the Kingdom Hearts video game series, among many others. She also provided the voices of Martin Prince, Sherri and Terri, and Üter on the animated television series The Simpsons. Description above from the Wikipedia article Russi Taylor, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Krishnudu

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Known for playing supporting roles in Telugu cinema, actor Krishnudu has appeared in several films, including Shock (2006), Pokiri (2006), Happy days (2007), Vaana (2008), Yuvatha (2008), Vinayankudu (2008), and Oye! (2009). The actor made his debut as a lead actor in the film Villagelo Vinayakudu (2009), which rose him to fame among his peers. Krishnudu has been part of big Telugu films like Arya 2 (2009), Veera (2011), Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu (2012), Manam (2014) and Gopala Gopala (2015). His other projects include Jayammu Nischayammu Raa (2016) and Oollo Pelliki Kukkala Hadavidi (2018) and Velakkariyayirunnalum Neeyen Mohavalli (2018).
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Renaud Capuçon

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Renaud Capuçon (born 27 January 1976) is a French classical violinist. Since late 2016 he has been teaching at the Royal Northern College of Music. Capuçon was born in Chambéry on 27 January 1976. He entered the conservatory in his native city at the age of 4, and then the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris (CNSMDP) at the age of 14 where he studied under Gérard Poulet. Three years later he completed his studies there, winning first prize in both chamber music and violin. He then entered several international competitions and joined the European Union Youth Orchestra, and then the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra as first violin under the direction of Claudio Abbado. At the same time he launched his career as a soloist and chamber musician, playing with Nicholas Angelich, Jérôme Ducros, Frank Braley, Hélène Grimaud, Gérard Caussé, as well as with his younger brother Gautier, a cellist. In 1996, he founded an annual festival at La Ravoire near Chambéry, the Rencontres artistiques de Bel-Air, which ended in 2010. It welcomed the most important chamber players including Jean-Pierre Wallez, Michel Dalberto, Martha Argerich, Stephen Kovacevich, Augustin Dumay, Gérard Caussé, Paul Meyer, Emmanuel Pahud, Katia and Marielle Labèque. In 2013 he began directing an Easter festival in Aix-en-Provence. He has recorded chamber works of Ravel, Schubert, Brahms, as well concertos for violin by Schumann and Mendelssohn under the direction of Daniel Harding. After playing a Vuillaume, a Guadagnini, and then a Stradivarius, in 2005 the Banque de Suisse Italienne BSI loaned him a Guarnerius, the "Panette" of 1737 that had belonged to Isaac Stern. The prizes he has won include the 1992 first in chamber music and 1993 first in violin at CNSMD de Paris, then in 1995, the prize of the Berlin Academy of Arts. In 2000, he was named talent of the year by Victoires de la musique classique, which in 2005 awarded him the title "instrumental soloist of the year". In 2006 he received the Georges Enescu violin prize from the Société des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs de musique. On 25 May 2009, he participated in the film 7.57 am-pm directed by Simon Lelouch, in which he performed the Melody of Orpheus by Gluck on his Guarnerius in the middle of a crowd of commuters on Line 6 of the Paris Métro, unrecognized and unremarked by the passing crowd. In June 2011, he was appointed Chevalier of the National Order of Merit by the French government and ‘Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur’ in March 2016. He has worked with contemporary composers such as Nicolas Bacri (solo violin sonata, 1999), Karol Beffa (duet for violin and cello Masques, concerto for violin, string quartet Mosaïques), Pascal Dusapin (concerto for violin - Aufgang), Bruno Mantovani (concerto for violin - Jeux d'eau, 2012) and Wolfgang Rihm (concerto for violin - Gedicht des Malers, 2015). On 4 January 2019, he performed a concert during “Winter at Tantora” music carnival running at Al-'Ula, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in northwestern Saudi Arabia. ... Source: Article "Renaud Capuçon" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Stella Stevens

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Stella Stevens (born Estelle Eggleston; October 1, 1938 – February 17, 2023) was an American actress, model, film producer, director, and writer. She began her acting career in 1959 and starred in popular films such as Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962), The Nutty Professor (1963), The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1963), The Silencers (1966), Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows (1968), The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970), and The Poseidon Adventure (1972). Stevens also appeared in numerous television series, miniseries, and movies including Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1960, 1988), Bonanza (1960), The Love Boat (1977, 1983), Hart to Hart (1979), Newhart (1983), Murder, She Wrote (1985), Magnum, P.I. (1986), Highlander: The Series (1995), and Twenty Good Years (2006). In 1960, she won a Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress. She appeared in three Playboy pictorials, and was Playmate of the Month for January 1960. Stevens died from Alzheimer's disease in Los Angeles at the age of 84. [Biography, excerpted, from Wikipedia]
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Fatima Loukili

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Fatima Loukili (February 1960) is A Moroccan Actress, Screenwriter and Journalist. Between journalism and cinema, she held several positions in the field of communication. In cinema, Fatima began her experience by writing dialogue for a television film, “The Last Page,” directed by Jilali Farhati in 1985, before working on writing scripts and dialogues for a group of Moroccan cinematic and television works, including “Women and Women,” “Thirst,” and “Islam oh Peace.” by Saad Al-Sharaibi, “Oud Al-Ward” by Hassan Zainoun, “It has salt and sugar and you don’t want to die” by Hakim Al-Nouri and others... She recorded her presence in several films by performing a group of acting roles, including her role in “ A Door to the Sky” (1989), “Casablanca, O Casablanca” (2002) and “Kid Nsaa” (1999) by Farida Benlyazid, and “The Beach of Lost Children.” (1991), “Detained Memory” (2003) Jilali Ferhati, “Silence” by Mostafa Derkaoui, in addition to the short film “Hertzian Connexion” by Nabil Ayouch...
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Carole Bouquet

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Carole Bouquet (born 18 August 1957) is a French actress and fashion model, who has appeared in more than 40 films since 1977. Bouquet was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. She is best known internationally for her role as the Bond girl Melina Havelock in the 1981 movie For Your Eyes Only, but she also acted in a number of mainstream European films throughout the 1980s and continues to do so in France. She is also recognized for her work in Luis Buñuel's surrealist classic That Obscure Object of Desire (1977), and in the internationally successful film Too Beautiful For You (1989), for which she won the César Award for Best Actress. Also she received a César Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress in Rive droite, rive gauche (1984). Bouquet was a model for Chanel in the 1980s-1990s. She is the widow of producer Jean-Pierre Rassam with whom she had a son, Dimitri Rassam. From 1997 to 2005, she dated actor Gérard Depardieu, with whom she had worked several times. Bouquet was engaged to him from 2003 to 2005. In 1999 she was also a member of the jury of the 4th Shanghai International Film Festival Description above from the Wikipedia article Carole Bouquet, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Ralph Rieckermann

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At the age of 7 Ralph demonstrated a natural interest and aptitude in all things musical. In his younger years Ralph's innate musical talents were nurtured by private lessons with many highly accomplished tutors mostly focusing in the disciplines of Jazz, Latin and Rock. Under the guidance and training of his tutors Ralph began playing the electric bass, guitar, drums and percussion. At the age of 16 Ralph decided to take music to a professional level and started classical lessons on piano and the upright bass which led him to study classical music for four years in one of the most esteemed Music Conservatories in Germany. His Conservatory training included, music history composition, upright bass, piano and classical orchestra. This gave Ralph the foundation to create musical styles which combine almost all music genres. His global success began In 1991 Ralph joined the world famous rock band The Scorpions as the new Bass Player. During his 12 year career as a member of "The Scorpions" Ralph recorded 8 gold and platinum awarded albums that sold millions of copies all over the world. In addition to his contributions as Bass Player, Ralph wrote the song titled "Mysterious" which was to be the last most successful song for "The Scorpions" since "Winds of Change". That song went to 3rd on the American charts. Throughout his tenure with "The Scorpions" Ralph has toured the world six times. Then in 1999 while still touring with "The Scorpions" he was offered his first film score in Lancelot: Guardian of Time (1997), starring, 'Mark Singer (I)', Claudia Christian, and John Saxon. Having become involved in his first Feature Film Ralph realized that scoring for cinema and Film Producing would be his new life's work. This experience then led him to co-produce and co-finance Gangland (2001), Starring 'Costas Mandylor', Sasha Mitchell, Kathleen Kinmont, Ice-T, Coolio, Jennifer Gareis, Kristanna Loken. In addition to producing Gangland (2001), Ralph also acted in and wrote the two main title tracks. Becoming more involved in the movie industry he took on the feature Redemption (2002) (V) as Composer. For Redemption (2002) (V) he created the entire score, 16 songs and the title track. From here on film became his life. Ralph started becoming more passionate about working in the film industry than touring around the world, and ended his work with the "The Scorpions" in 2004 and since leaving the band Ralph has created the Film Scores for more then 38 Feature films. Also won 3 Awards (including Nyciff 2011 Genre Award Best Original Score Ralph Rieckermann / "The Last Gamble" In addition Ralph also took on the responsibility of the music supervision for over 26 films. The natural combination of digital and live instrumentation allows Ralph the creative flexibility and tools to compose for any genre of music from rock to classical. Ralph's intimate knowledge of music and composition and a wide range of talents and tools allows him to create scores for any film style and genre. Also his professional training and education combined with his many years of Rock and film industry experience makes Ralph Rieckermann one of the most promising new composers to watch.
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