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Ellen Parren

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Ellen Parren (Heelsum, 1987) is a Dutch actress. She graduated in 2009 at the Toneelacademie Maastricht. From 2007 Parren performed with Toneelgroep De Appel. In 2007 she also played a minor role in the feature film Alles is Liefde. Parren played in the television series S1ngle (Dutch broadcaster NET 5), Missie Aarde (Dutch network VPRO) and Jeuk (Dutch network VARA). In 2016 she performed the role of reporter in the satirical TV program Zondag with Lubach. Parren is part of music theater company Circus Treurdier, which made the program TreurTeeVee for VPRO's 3Lab. Desciption above from Wikipedia (nl), the free online encyclopedia. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. Full list of contributors on Wikipedia (nl) article Ellen Parren.
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Harry Baur

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Harry Baur (12 April 1880 – 8 April 1943) was a French actor. Initially a stage actor, Baur appeared in about 80 films between 1909 and 1942. He gave an acclaimed performance as the composer Ludwig van Beethoven in the biopic Beethoven's Great Love (Un grand amour de Beethoven, 1936), directed by Abel Gance, and as Jean Valjean in Raymond Bernard's version of Les Misérables (1934). He also acted in Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset's silent film, Beethoven (1909), and in La voyante (1923), Sarah Bernhardt's last film. In 1942, while in Berlin, to star in his last film Symphone eines Lebens, Baur's wife was arrested by the Gestapo and charged with espionage. His effort to secure her release led to his own arrest and torture. He was being falsely labelled as a Jew but confirmed freemason. He was released in April 1943, but died in Paris shortly after in mysterious circumstances. Academy Award-winning American actor Rod Steiger cited Baur as one of his favorite actors who had exerted a major influence on his craft and career.
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Leyland Hodgson

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Leyland Hodgson (5 October 1892 – 16 March 1949), also known as Leland Hodgson, was an English-born American character actor of the 1930s and 1940s. Born in London on 5 October 1892, Hodgson entered the theatre in 1898. In his early 20s Hodgson was part of a touring theatre company, spending his time in the British areas of the Far East, before entering the stage in Australia. In 1930 moved to the United States, where he made his film debut in the Oscar-nominated film, The Case of Sergeant Grischa in 1930.
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Ramsés Tuzzio

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Ramses Tuzzio was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is a director, editor, screenwriter, producer and actor. He graduated from the Design career in Animation and Cartoons in 2011 at the Instituto Nueva Escuela. He studied script with Paulo Soria in La Nave de los Sueños (2018) and has been part of the annual Audiovisual Production workshop at the Munro University Center (2018). Since 2010, he has directed, edited and produced short films of various genres. In 2022, he directed and produced his first feature film, entitled "Oregano: The Failure Family", a grotesque dramatic comedy.
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Mitchell Slaggert

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Mitchell Slaggert is an American actor and model, based in New York. He appeared in the Broad Green feature film Wish Upon, opposite Joey King and Ryan Phillippe, and directed by John Leonetti. He also appeared in the limited series El Diablo Guardian for Blim. After being scouted on the street in Wilmington N.C., he was cast as the lead of the independent film MOSS by Daniel Peddle which premiered in the US Fiction Competition at the 2017 LA Film Festival on June 21, 2017. As a model, Mitchell has been the face of Calvin Klein Underwear, Dsquared2, David Yurman, Versace and featured in numerous publications around the world
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Marie-Louise Elia

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Marie-Louise ‘Malou’ Elia is a Lebanese screenwriter, director, and editor. She studied Film Directing and Screenwriting in Beirut and New York. A Film Independent alumna and a 2022 Global Media Makers fellow, Marie-Louise wrote and directed several short films and documentaries. She also edited many documentaries and short fiction films - some are currently having their festival run. In 2014, she was selected among the editing talents of the Beirut Talents. In addition to writing the series “Men Home La Hon”, Marie-Louise is currently developing three films: The Savior, a feature comedy, "Yearning" a short dramatic film and another feature screenplay We Find You Anywhere, winner of the Most Promising Screenplay prize, second place, at the Cinemai’yat Film Festival (2016). She is also a lecturer at the Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts (ALBA), and formerly at Saint Joseph University and the Lebanese University.
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Wong Aksan

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Sri Aksana Sjuman (born September 22, 1970) is a musician and film score composer from Indonesia. Aksan's rise to success began when he became the drummer for Dewa 19 in 1995, replacing Wawan Juniarso. After releasing the fourth album Pandawa Lima, Aksan faced a bitter reality as he was ousted from Dewa 19 on June 4, 1998. He was later replaced by Tyo Nugros, who joined the band from 1999 to 2007, before being succeeded by Agung "Gimbal." In 2000, Aksan joined Potret, replacing Arie Ayunir. He is also the son of legendary Indonesian director Sjuman Djaja from his marriage to Farida Oetoyo.
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Maxim Baldry

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Maxim Baldry (also known as Max Baldry) is an English actor. As a child he played Stepan in the 2007 comedy film Mr. Bean's Holiday, before moving on to roles in Rome and Skins. More recently, he has been seen in Russell T Davies' BBC drama series Years and Years. Baldry lived in Moscow, Russia for the first seven years of his life where he then moved back to his native England in 2003. He became interested in acting from a very young age, and was involved in many independent stage productions one of which was Peter and the Wolf performing in the V&A before joining Jackie Palmer Stage School in 2005. His parents are Simon and Karina Baldry.
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Patricia Rivadeneira

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Patricia Rivadeneira Ruiz-Tagle, born on August 6, 1964, in Santiago, Chile, is a distinguished actress and cultural manager with a career spanning over three decades in theater, film, and television. She began her television career in 1986 with the series "Secreto de familia," portraying Soledad Barca. Throughout the 1990s, Rivadeneira became a prominent figure in Chilean telenovelas, with notable roles in "Trampas y caretas" (1992) as Ana Rosa Astudillo, "Sucupira" (1996) as Regina Lineros, and "Aquelarre" (1999) as Rodolfa Patiño. In cinema, she collaborated with acclaimed Chilean directors, including Raúl Ruiz in "The Wandering Soap Opera" (1993) and Miguel Littín in "Cinco marineros y un ataúd verde" (2000). Beyond acting, Rivadeneira has been active in cultural management. Between 2001 and 2006, she served as Chile's Cultural Attaché in Italy under President Ricardo Lagos Escobar. Subsequently, from 2007 to 2011, she was the Cultural Director at the Italo-Latin American Institute (IILA) in Rome. In recognition of her efforts in promoting cultural ties between Chile and Italy, she was honored with the Order of the Star of Italy. In recent years, Rivadeneira returned to Chilean television, appearing in series such as "Perdona nuestros pecados" (2017–2018) as Estela Undurraga, "Juegos de poder" (2019) as Verónica Egaña, and "Demente" (2021) as Flavia Betancourt. Additionally, she co-founded Escenix, a digital platform dedicated to streaming Chilean theater productions. Rivadeneira's multifaceted career and dedication to the arts have solidified her status as a significant figure in Chilean culture.
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Paco Boublard

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Paco Boublard (born 20 February 1981) is French actor and photographer. He is known for his roles in various TV series and for his role in the film Regarde-moi (Look at Me) by Audrey Estrougo, which won three awards. Alongside his acting, he made a career as a journalist and photographer. In 1999, Paco Boublard met his first talent agent, Stephane Lefebvre. He began his career by joining the small screen. In 2002 and 2003, performing roles in Commissaire Moulin, Navarro, or R.I.S, police scientifique which was his debut in television. In 2005, he landed the lead role in the film Regarde-moi (Look at Me) by Audrey Estrougo (which film won Talents des Cités award 2005, Arlequin prize for Best Junior Screenplay 2006). That same year he joined the agency as agent agitator. In 2009, he was crowned best new actor at the Festival de la fiction TV de La Rochelle for his role in the TV movie fr:Belleville Story by Arnaud Malherbe (which incidentally, was also awarded the prize for best TV movie). Meanwhile, Paco Boublard was developing a career as a photographer. After meeting with director Stéphane Davi for various audiovisual projects, in 2010 he joined collectif artistique Objectif496. Source: Article "Paco Boublard" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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