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Marley Shelton

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Marley Eve Shelton (born April 12, 1974) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Wendy Peffercorn in David Mickey Evans's coming-of-age comedy The Sandlot (1993), the Customer in Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez's neo-noir anthology film Sin City (2005), Dr. Dakota Block in Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino's double-feature film Grindhouse (2007), and Sheriff Deputy Judy Hicks in two installments of Wes Craven's Scream franchise (2011–2022). Her other notable films include Pleasantville (1998), Never Been Kissed (1999), Sugar & Spice (2001), Valentine (2001), Bubble Boy (2001), and Rampage (2018).
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Riteish Deshmukh

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Riteish Deshmukh is an Indian actor who appears in Bollywood films. He is the son of Vilasrao Deshmukh, the Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises, Government of India, and the former Chief Minister of Maharashtra. Deshmukh debuted with K. Vijaya Bhaskar's Tujhe Meri Kasam (2003), but it was not until 2004 that he achieved success, when he appeared in the commercially successful comedy Masti and the critically acclaimed Bardaasht. His work in Masti was nominated for several awards, including the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor category. He later starred in films such as Heyy Babyy, Dhamaal, Rann, and House Full.
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Krzysztof Komeda

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Krzysztof Trzciński (27 April 1931 – 23 April 1969), known professionally as Krzysztof Komeda, was a Polish film composer and jazz pianist widely regarded as one of the most influential Polish musicians. He is best known for writing the scores for Roman Polanski's films Knife in the Water (1962), Cul-de-sac (1966), The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967), and Rosemary’s Baby (1968). Komeda's album Astigmatic (1965) is often considered one of the most important European jazz albums. British critic Stuart Nicholson describes the album as "marking a shift away from the dominant American approach with the emergence of a specific European aesthetic." Komeda is also known for blending jazz with classical and traditional Polish music.
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Per Linderoth

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Per Linderoth graduated from The Danish School of Performing Arts, Copenhagen in 1986. He had his first breakthrough in Nikolaj Cederholms and Hanna Lundblads International Ballade. Critics compared his virtuoso performance to both Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton. His presence and continuous search for the subconscious motives of the character are the underlying features of his acting. Per Linderoth's interest in different forms of expression and his versatility as an actor have given him the opportunity to perform in a wide range of art forms and styles including: Theatre, Film, TV and Radio, classical, modern and experimental text-based drama, comedies, music-theatre, musicals, children's theatre, cabaret, revue and multi-disciplinary shows with text, song and dance. Per has a wealth of experience in the field of role-play, interactive theatre and forum theatre. Per has also worked on a range of television and film as a voice over and dubbing artist. He was part of the original team, developing the emotion technique Alba-emoting with Susana Bloch and the TheatreClan.
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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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Miyu Takagi

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Miyu Takagi is a Japanese voice actress and performer best known for her work in anime and multimedia projects. She was born in Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture, on September 8, 1996, and grew up in Chiba Prefecture, which she considers her hometown. Standing 164 cm tall and affiliated with 81 Produce, Takagi began her career after participating in the "Wake Up, Girls! AUDITION" in 2012, where she impressed judges with her rendition of "Lost my music." Her breakthrough came in 2014 when she debuted as Miyu Okamoto in both the theatrical film Wake Up, Girls! Seven Idols and the television series Wake Up, Girls!. She also became a member of the voice actress and idol unit Wake Up, Girls!, contributing not only her voice but her presence on stage until the unit disbanded in 2019. Takagi continued building her career with notable roles in the Hacka Doll project, voicing Hacka Doll No. 1 in its anime adaptation that aired in 2015. She performed as part of the Hacka Doll unit alongside fellow voice actresses Kaya Okuno and Nanami Yamashita. That same year, she earned the Special Award at the 9th Seiyuu Awards as a member of Wake Up, Girls!, recognizing her contribution to the industry. Outside of anime, Takagi has served as a local ambassador, notably lending her voice to the character Namiki-chan, mascot of the annual Iida Okanomachi Festival in Nagano Prefecture. With her vibrant energy and dedication, she continues to be a prominent and beloved figure in Japan’s voice acting scene
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Bangis Schastlivy

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Bangis the Happy is the son of an influential Guinean and a simple Russian woman, a Leningrad hippie, an episode actor, a writer and a musician. His whole life is a series of exciting events: a meeting with his father, whom he has never seen, gold mining, losses and gains. Despite all the difficulties, the name Banguis corresponds to reality. No matter what happens, he is still happy. Bangis no longer acts in film or performs anywhere, but the craving for creativity still lives. Therefore, he writes the “book of life.”
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Alice Joyce

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From Wikipedia Alice Joyce (October 1, 1890 – October 9, 1955) was an American actress, who appeared in more than 200 films during the 1910s and 1920s. She is known for her roles in the 1923 film The Green Goddess and its 1930 remake also called The Green Goddess. It was director Sidney Olcott at the Kalem Company in New York City who gave Alice Joyce her first chance, casting her in his 1910 production, The Deacon's Daughter. She was eventually sent to work under director Kenean Buel on the West Coast after Kalem acquired the old Essanay Studios property in East Hollywood in October 1913. Joyce spent time with Kalem (1910–1915) and Vitagraph (1916–1921), later worked as independent for various studios. Her stardom began to wane with the advent of sound motion pictures. Joyce was known as "The Madonna of the Screen" for her striking features and presence. She made her last movie in 1930, after which she and ex-husband Tom Moore worked a late vaudeville circuit for a time. She declared voluntary bankruptcy in 1933. Joyce was active in San Fernando Valley women's organizations in her later years. She did book reviews and made sketches for friends.
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Chiara Terzuolo

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Obsessed with the written word since a young age, Chiara Terzuolo started freelance journalism in 2011. Her work has been featured in The Japan Times, Lonely Planet, Atlas Obscura, inTouch, Jetsetter, All About, Japan Today and other travel and culture-related media. Over the past 10 years she has worked as a content marketer, editor and consultant, making Japan easier to explore for visitors and helping local businesses, governments and media improve their communications with this new market. While she mainly focus on English-language media, she also work in Japanese and have been featured on NHK as an inbound travel specialist. She often speaks at events related to travel in Japan and the needs of visitors, most recently for the Ministry of Culture, the Australian Embassy and JTB (Japan's largest travel agency).
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Merab Ninidze

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Merab Ninidze (born 3 November 1965) is a Georgian actor. He is best known for the roles of Oleg Penkovsky in The Courier, Walter Redlich in Nowhere in Africa, and Giulio Sabbadin in Conclave. Ninidze was born into an artistic family and was introduced to acting at a young age. He was heavily involved in the theatrical world in Georgia. At the age of 13, he successfully auditioned for the role of Prince Edward in Shakespeare's Richard III at the Rustaveli State Academic Theatre in Tbilisi, which premiered in 1979 and toured the UK three times. From 1982 to 1985, he studied at the Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Georgia State Film Institute under the guidance of Gizo Jordania, which eventually led him to become a full-fledged member of the Theatre Company. Later, he would perform in plays such as Hamlet, The Merchant of Venice, The Diary of Anne Frank, and David Kldiashvili's Step-Mother. Ninidze's first major film role was in Tengiz Abuladze's 1984 film Repentance, in which he played Tornike Aravidze. At the age of 25, Ninidze immigrated from Georgia following the Civil War in Georgia. During this time, he was offered a role in Goran Rebic's Yugofilm, which led him to work in Vienna for several months. For more than 20 years, Ninidze has worked in Georgian, Russian, German, and English-language film and TV.
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