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Atef Salem
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Atef Salem is a famous Egyptian director, born in Sudan to Egyptian parents. He enriched Egyptian cinema with many notable films. Among his famous films are Mother of the Bride (1963) and its sequel, The Grandson (1975). He began his artistic career as an actor in the movie Magda (1943), then worked as an assistant director for several directors, then as a director.
He directed 32 films between 1954 and 2001. Many of his films were scripted by the novelist Naguib Mahfouz. His 1967 film Khan el Khalili was entered into the 5th Moscow International Film Festival.
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Marty Feldman
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Martin Alan Feldman (8 July 1934 – 2 December 1982) was a British actor, comedian and comedy writer, known for his prominent eyes; he suffered from thyroid disease and developed Graves' ophthalmopathy, causing his eyes to protrude and become misaligned. He recognized his appearance as a factor in his career success.
Feldman starred in several British television comedy series, including At Last the 1948 Show and Marty, the latter of which won two BAFTA awards. He also co-created the BBC Radio comedy programme Round the Horne. Feldman starred in Every Home Should Have One, one of the most popular comedies at the British box office in 1970. He was the first Saturn Award winner for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Igor in Mel Brooks' 1974 comedy horror film Young Frankenstein.
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Jasmine Mathews
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Jasmine Mathews (born February 9, 1991, in Houston, Texas) is an American actress best known for her roles in films such as The Tomorrow War and The Man from Toronto.
Her more notable film appearances include: The Tomorrow War (2021) – sci-fi action film starring Chris Pratt; The Man from Toronto (2022) – action comedy starring Kevin Hart and Woody Harrelson; Big George Foreman (2023) – biopic about boxer George Foreman; and All the Lost Ones (2024) – a drama.
Her well-known television appearances include: Sweetbitter (2018), The Rookie (2019), Heathers (2018) – where she played Heather McNamara, and Blue Bloods (2017).
She completed her Master of Fine Arts at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She also studied at the British American Drama Academy in London.
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Tony Hendra
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Tony Hendra (10 July 1941 – 4 March 2021) was an English satirist, actor and writer who worked mostly in the United States. Educated at St Albans School (where he was a classmate of Stephen Hawking) and at St John's College, Cambridge, he was a member of the Cambridge University Footlights revue in 1962, alongside John Cleese, Graham Chapman and Tim Brooke-Taylor.
Hendra was probably best known for being the head writer and co-producer in 1984 of the first six shows of the long-running British satirical television series Spitting Image, and for starring in the film This Is Spinal Tap as the band's manager Ian Faith.
Hendra died on 4 March 2021 of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
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John Ridgely
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John Ridgely (born John Huntington Rea, September 6, 1909 – January 18, 1968) was an American film character actor with over 175 film credits.
He appeared in the 1946 Humphrey Bogart film The Big Sleep as blackmailing gangster Eddie Mars and had a memorable role as a suffering heart patient in the film noir Nora Prentiss (1947). He appeared in a large number of other Warner Bros. films in the 1930s and 1940s.
Freelancing after 1948, John Ridgely continued to essay general-purpose parts until he left films in 1953. Thereafter, he worked in summer-theater productions and television until his death from a heart attack at the age of 58 in 1968.
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Saleem Mairaj
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Saleem Mairaj was born in Karachi, Pakistan. He began his career as a theatre actor and acted in various plays. He gained popularity through his debut television serial titled "Colony 52" which was aired on Pakistan Television Corporation (now PTV Home) in 1990s. He has since appeared in various television serials. His work in television includes Ishq Ki Inteha (2009), Kash Main Teri Beti Na Hoti (2011), Ullu Baraye Farokht Nahi (2013), Kise Apna Kahein (2014) and Kitni Girhain Baaki Hain (2014). Saleem made his Lollywood debut in 2007 horror film Zibahkhana. He has also starred in 2008 drama film Ramchand Pakistani and 2013 mystery thriller film Josh: Independence Through Unity. Saleem has made a cameo appearance in 2014 comedy film Na Maloom Afraad and in its sequel Na Maloom Afraad 2 (2017). He will appear in Upcoming Action-Comedy film Jhol, and in the horror flick Pari.
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Moni Moshonov
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Shlomo (Moni) Moshonov was born in Sofia, Bulgaria in 1951. He immigrated to Israel with his family at the age of four. His father, Moshe, who studied law in Sofia, sold textiles in the Ramla market.[1] Moshonov grew up in Ramla. He did his military service in an IDF entertainment troupe. After studying drama at Tel Aviv University, he joined the Haifa Theater, remaining with the group for five years.[2] In 1977 he made his first film appearance in Masa Alunkot ("Journey of Stretchers") alongside Gidi Gov.[1] In 1978–98, Moshonov and Shlomo Baraba hosted the satirical TV show Zehu Ze!, first on Israeli Educational Television and then Channel 2. He also appeared in the films The Man Who Flew in to Grab (1981), Every Time We Say Goodbye (1986) and Deadline (1987). During the 1980s he starred in five "Festigal" song festivals, performing children's songs. He also starred in Arik Einstein's children's video Like Grownups in 1991. In 1992 he wrote, produced and starred in the film Cables.[2] He appeared in many theater plays in the Cameri Theater, Habima and the Beit Lessin Theater, as well as several entertainment shows with Baraba.[3] In 2006 he directed Ideal Wedding at Habima and starred in The Goat: or, Who Is Sylvia?.[4][5] In 2000 he starred in Besame Mucho and in Dover Kosashvili's Late Marriage in 2001, for which he won the Israeli Film Academy Award for best supporting actor. In 2002 he starred in Amos Gitai's Kedma. In 2003 he played in Kosashvili's next film Gift from Above, and starred in Year Zero. In 2004 he joined the sketch show Ktsarim on the Channel 2, for which he won an Israeli Film Academy Award for best actor in a comedy series, and in 2007 he hosted the Israeli version of Thank God You're Here on Channel 10. In 2006 he starred in Forgiveness ("Mechilot") and in We Own the Night in 2007. In 2008 he joined the cast of the second season of Betipul,[4] and starred in Two Lovers.[1] Moshonov is married to actress Sandra Sadeh and is the father of opera singer Alma Moshonov and actor Michael Moshonov.[6] He lives in Tel Aviv, near Habima Theater.[7] In 2005, he was voted the 66th-greatest Israeli of all time, in a poll by the Israeli news website Ynet to determine whom the general public considered the 200 Greatest Israelis.[8] In 2012 he played in Israeli TV Series, "The Gordin Cell" as Peter Yom-Tov, an old Shin-Bet agent, from Bulgaria.
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Zuria Vega
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Zuria Valeria Vega Sisto ( Mexico City , January 10, 1989) known as Zuria Vega , is a Mexican actress . She is the daughter of the actor Gonzalo Vega and the actress Leonora Sisto; She is the sister of Marimar Vega and Gonzalo Vega Sisto.
Professional Her career began as a child as an extra in the play Mrs. President starring and directed by her father. At the age of 17, she was selected to participate in the series SOS: Sex and Other Secrets in the role of Roberta , daughter of Luz María Zetina , this being her first job on television .
In January 2008, Roberto Gómez Fernández and Giselle González gave her the role of Renata Higareda in the soap opera Alma de Hierro , alongside Alejandro Camacho and Blanca Guerra among others.
In 2009, producer Nathalie Lartilleux invited her to star in the telenovela Mar de amor in which she played the role of Estrella Marina , alongside Mario Cimarro . In 2010 she participated in the third season of Mujeres assassinas 4 and in 2012 she starred in the telenovela A refuge for love , alongside Gabriel Soto and participated in the series Cloroformo .
In November 2013, the new telenovela premieres, How Poor So Rich, where she plays Guadalupe and shares the lead role with Jaime Camil .
In 2014 she married actor Alberto Guerra .
In 2015, producer Angelli Nesma Medina invited her to star in the telenovela Que te perdone Dios in which she played the role of Abigail, alongside Mark Tacher .
In 2017, producer Juan Osorio invited her to star in My husband has a family , where she participated alongside Daniel Arenas , where she coincided in the second season with her brother Gonzalo Vega Sisto
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Milicent Patrick
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Milicent Patrick was an American actress, makeup artist, special effects designer and animator. In 1939 Patrick began working for Walt Disney Studios and during her time there became one of the studio's first female animators. Patrick continued her career at Universal Studios and is cited as being the first woman to work in a special effects and makeup department. She is best known for being the creator of the head costume for the iconic Gill-man from the movie Creature from the Black Lagoon, but was, until recently, not credited for this creation.
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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 who 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, it was announced that Connery had died at the age of 90.
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