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Ave Ninchi
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Ave Maria Ninchi (14 December 1914 – 10 November 1997) was an Italian supporting actress who played character roles on stage, television, and in over 98 feature films that included Tomorrow Is Too Late (1949) and Louis Malle's Murmur of the Heart (1971) and Lacombe Lucien (1974).
Ninchi has worked with some of Italy's top movie stars, including Sophia Loren, Anna Magnani, Marcello Mastroianni, Alberto Sordi, and Gina Lollobrigida; her performances playing in duo with Aldo Fabrizi and Totò are particularly memorable. Her television career was at its peak during the 1960s and 1970s when she was appearing in some of Italy's top-rated series.
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Wim Wenders
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Ernst Wilhelm "Wim" Wenders (born 14 August 1945) is a German filmmaker and playwright, who is a major figure in New German Cinema. Among the honors he has received are prizes from the Cannes, Venice and Berlin film festivals. He has also received a BAFTA Award and been nominated for three Academy Awards and a Grammy Award.
Wenders made his feature film debut with Summer in the City (1970). He earned critical acclaim for directing the films Alice in the Cities (1974), The Wrong Move (1975), and Kings of the Road (1976), later known as the Road Movie trilogy. Wenders won the BAFTA Award for Best Direction and the Palme d'Or for Paris, Texas (1984) and the Cannes Film Festival Best Director Award for Wings of Desire (1987). His other notable films include The American Friend (1977), Faraway, So Close! (1993), and Perfect Days (2023).
Wenders has received three nominations for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature: for Buena Vista Social Club (1999), Pina (2011), and The Salt of the Earth (2014). He received a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video for Willie Nelson at the Teatro (1998). He is also known for directing the documentaries Tokyo-Ga (1985), The Soul of a Man (2003), and Pope Francis: A Man of His Word (2018).
Wenders has been the president of the European Film Academy since 1996 and won an Honorary Golden Bear in 2015. He is an active photographer, emphasizing images of desolate landscapes. He is considered an auteur director.
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Oleg Stefan
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After graduating from high school in 1976, he entered the Shchepkin Theatre School in Moscow. As a second-year student, he played two roles on the stage of the Maly Theatre. In 1979, his television and film career began. After graduating from theatre school in 1980, he was accepted into the troupe of the Academic Maly Theatre of the USSR, where he played with such actors as Smoktunovsky, Tsarev, Ilyinsky, Zharov, the Solomin brothers, and Martsevich. He worked on radio, television, and in cinema. He toured many cities in the Soviet Union with his solo concert program. In 1985-1986, he served in the ranks of the USSR Armed Forces in the Moscow region in the engineering troops. On the stage of the Maly Theatre, he played in more than 20 plays. Some of them are: Long Day's Journey into Night, Agony, Cyrano de Bergerac, and The Shore. In early 1992, Stefanko emigrated to the United States. Living in New York, he mastered new professions: waiter, taxi driver, bartender, car dealer; security guard, kickboxer; was engaged in the sale of insurance policies. At the same time, he worked in the modeling business, theater, played on the stage of the "Theater of New York City". In New York, Oleg starred in his first American film. In 1994, he moved to Los Angeles, worked in television and film. He was accepted into two American acting guilds: SAG - Screen Actors Guild and AFTRA - American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. In Los Angeles, he continued his education at the "L.A. Actors Circle Theater School". Having received American citizenship, he changed his last name to Oleg Stefan. Under this name, he starred in 14 Hollywood films, working with such actors as Robert De Niro, Michael York, Gene Hackman, Sigourney Weaver, Jude Law, James Belushi, Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Alec Baldwin, Vincent Perez, Julia Roberts, Clive Owen, Paul Giamatti, Tom Wilkinson, Denis O'Hea and others. He later returned to Russia, where he continued acting. Oleg Stefanko gained wide fame for his role as Leonid Zubov in the TV series "The Forester". In total, Stefanko has 76 film and television works, in 54 of which he played the leading roles. Personal life: First wife - Larisa Stefanko, Daughter - Kristina, Son - John (Ivan), born in the late 1990s. It was decided to call him Ivan. But after some time his name was changed to John, as it sounds better to Americans. Second wife - Anna Stefanko.
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Katelyn Pearce
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Katelyn is an Actress, Producer and Model based out of New York City. Born in Dallas, Raised in Michigan, and came to New York by way of Chicago.
Katelyn can be seen in Showtime's Billions, Hulu's The Path, and CBS's Limitless. Along with her television work, Katelyn has worked on several feature film projects, including the Sundance Lab film, Porno, directed by Academy Award winner Keola Racela (SXSW 2019). Other film works includes Clinton Road with Eric Roberts, Ice T & Vincent Pastore, Maybe There's a Tree with Creed Bratton & Colin Mochrie, and Gone by Dawn with Hannah Fierman.
Katelyn is also an accomplished producer who started her production career as Executive Producer of the multi-award winning web series So SOHA and as producer of director John A. Gallagher's We Remember. She serves as Director of Production for Living the Nightmare Films and Associate Producer for Living the Dream Films, both based in New York City.
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Madeleine McGraw
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Madeleine Grace McGraw (born December 22, 2008) is an American actress. She gained recognition for her roles in various horror-themed projects, including Outcast (2016–2018) and The Black Phone (2021), which earned her a Saturn Award nomination for Best Performance by a Younger Actor.
She also starred as Zoey Campbell in the Disney Channel series Secrets of Sulphur Springs (2021–2023) and has since portrayed a younger version of Hope van Dyne in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018) and the Disney+ series What If...? (2023).
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Aris Velouchiotis
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Aris Velouchiotis (Greek name: Άρης Βελουχιώτης - real name: Thanasis Klaras - Θανάσης Κλάρας, Lamia, 27 August 1905 – Mesounta Arta, 16 June 1945) was a Greek journalist, politician, KKE member and leader of ELAS, the largest resistance organization in Greece during the Occupation.
He was born in Lamia to a wealthy family. He studied agronomy at the Averofia Middle Agricultural School of Larissa, but soon abandoned his profession and moved to Athens. There he was initiated into communist ideology and in 1924 became a member of the Federation of Communist Youth of Greece. During his military service he was sent to the Disciplinary Ulama of Kalpaki. He was very active within the ranks of the KKE, and at the end of 1928 he became editor-in-chief of Rizospastis. He was imprisoned in Syngrou, Aegina and Gyaros and as a KKE official he operated in Thrace. During the Metax dictatorship he was imprisoned in Aegina and Corfu, where he signed a statement of repentance. In the Greco-Italian War he served in the artillery and after the collapse of the front he asked the KKE to organize a guerrilla force against the occupiers. After the establishment of ELAS in February 1942, he became the head of a small armed group, changing his name to Aris Velouchiotis. Through his own actions, his section developed impressively and became the nucleus of ELAS in central Greece.
In November 1942, he collaborated with Napoleon Zervas and British saboteurs in blowing up the Gorgopotamos bridge, one of the largest sabotage operations of World War II. He became captain of the Roumeli General Headquarters in March 1943 and in May of the same year he became captain of the General Staff of ELAS, where he remained until its dissolution. With the outbreak of civil conflicts with the EDES in October 1943, Velouchiotis commanded the ELAS units that fought a two-front war in Epirus against Zervas and the Germans. In mid-April 1944, he attacked and destroyed the 5/42nd Evzone Regiment of the resistance organization EKKA. During the period April–September 1944 he was sent to the Peloponnese, where he directed operations against the Germans and the Security Battalions. For his contribution, the Mountain Government of the Greek People's Liberation Army (PEEA) in May 1944 awarded him the rank of Major General. During the December War, he was sent with Stefanos Sarafis to Epirus, where he easily dismantled the forces of EDES. After the defeat of ELAS in the December War and the subsequent Varkiza Agreement, he signed an order for the demobilization and disarmament of his men, thus legitimizing the Varkiza Agreement, but shortly after he formed an armed group of his loyal comrades. He was expelled and disowned by the KKE and, persecuted by government forces, committed suicide on June 15, 1945 in Mesounta, Arta.
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Kristen Schaal
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Kristen Joy Schaal (/ʃɑːl/; born January 24, 1978) is an American actress, voice actress, comedian, and writer. She is best known for her voice roles as Louise Belcher on Bob's Burgers and Mabel Pines on Gravity Falls, as well as for playing Mel on Flight of the Conchords, Hurshe Heartshe on The Heart, She Holler and Carol Pilbasian on The Last Man on Earth. She provides several voices for BoJack Horseman, most notably for the character of Sarah Lynn, for which she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance. Other roles include Amanda Simmons on The Hotwives of Orlando, Hazel Wassername on 30 Rock, Victoria Best on WordGirl, Trixie in the Toy Story franchise, and Anne on Wilfred. She was an occasional commentator on The Daily Show from 2008 to 2016. She voiced Sayrna in the 2019 EA video game, Anthem. Schaal was born in Longmont, Colorado, to a Lutheran family of Dutch ancestry. She was raised on her family's cattle ranch, in a rural area near Boulder, Colorado. Her father is a construction worker and her mother is a secretary.
Schaal attended Skyline High School where she graduated in 1996. She has a brother, David, who is three years older. She graduated from Northwestern University and then moved to New York in 2000 to pursue a comedy career. In 2005, she had her first break when she was included in the New York article "The Ten Funniest New Yorkers You've Never Heard Of".
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Vanessa Evigan
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Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, Vanessa got her start on the small screen at only eight years old, when she was an extra on the TV show MyTwo Dads, which starred her father, Greg Evigan. Vanessa knew then she wanted to be an actress, but it wasn't until she was 11 that her parents allowed her to get into the business. Her mother, Pamela Serpe Evigan, who was a dancer on Broadway, and her father, Greg Evigan, had strong feelings about her getting into the business too young. Vanessa is the oldest of three children: her brother, Jason Evigan, who is a singer songwriter best known for his number one hit "Heart Attack" he wrote and produced for Demi Lovato, and her sister, actress Briana Evigan, who is best known as Andie from Step Up 2 The Streets.
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Nassar
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M. Nassar is an Indian film actor, director and producer, who mainly works in the South Indian film industry. He is the incumbent president of the Nadigar Sangam.
Nassar made his acting debut in K. Balachander's Kalyana Agathigal (1985) portraying a secondary supporting role, before moving on to play villainous roles in S. P. Muthuraman's Velaikaran (1987) and Vanna Kanavugal. He played the protagonist in Yuhi Sethu's Kavithai Paada Neramillai, though his breakthrough role came through his performance as a police officer in Mani Ratnam's Nayakan. He subsequently became a regular in Mani Ratnam and Kamal Haasan's ventures, appearing in pivotal character roles in Roja, Thevar Magan (1992), Bombay (1994) and Kuruthipunal (1995).
Nassar made his directorial debut with Avatharam (1995), a film based on the backdrop of a folk art troupe. The film won critical acclaim, but failed to become a commercially successful venture.
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Catherine Anne Davies
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Catherine Anne Davies, better known by the stage name the Anchoress, is a Welsh-born multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and author.
Davies formed the Anchoress in 2013. The Anchoress's debut album Confessions of a Romance Novelist, was released on 15 January 2016 via Kscope. The album was named amongst the Guardian critics' Albums of the Year, won HMV's Welsh Album of the Year, Best Newcomer at the PROG awards, and a nomination for Welsh Music Prize.
In July 2016, the Anchoress supported and duetted with Manic Street Preachers at the Eden Project and again supported the band in June 2017, before duetting on "Little Baby Nothing" at the Q Awards in October 2017. She supported Simple Minds on the UK leg of their Acoustic Tour in May/June 2017. In 2017, Davies co-wrote and engineered 5 tracks on long-term collaborator Paul Draper's debut solo album Spooky Action. She performed with Draper on his 6-date UK tour in September 2017 and appears on keyboards and vocals on the live album Spooky Action: Live at the Scala.
From 2014 until July 2018, Davies performed in Simple Minds, contributing additional guitar, vocals and keyboards. She met Jim Kerr, the lead singer and one of the principal songwriters in Simple Minds, when both were in the Dark Flowers, a band assembled to record a 2013 album of songs based on a Sam Shepard book. She has also performed live with Ed Harcourt at Glastonbury Festival,[16] as well as Martha Wainwright.
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