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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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Katie Evans

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Katie Evans, also known as K.Evans, is an award-winning screenwriter/playwright & filmmaker, as well as an experienced actor and director. Evans works as the Executive Producer and is the Co-Founder of the independent production company, Four Lights Films, after having recently earned her BFA in Theatre Studies. She received her first principal role in a feature film when she was cast as Kasper in "Dancing with Georgia" and has since appeared as principal roles in other features and shorts, most notably, "Thank You For Her", " Left Down Raven Street" and "Jobs of the Afterlife: The Mini Series."
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Donald Fagen

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Donald Jay Fagen (born January 10, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter and musician who was the co-founder, lead singer, co-songwriter, and keyboardist of the rock band Steely Dan, formed in the early 1970s with musical partner Walter Becker. In addition to his work with Steely Dan, Fagen has released four solo albums, beginning with The Nightfly in 1982, which was nominated for seven Grammys. In 2001, Fagen was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Steely Dan. Following Becker's death in 2017, Fagen initially wished to retire the Steely Dan name out of respect, but as of 2024 he continues to tour using the band name.
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Kanhaiyalal Chaturvedi

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Kanhaiyalal was born in Varanasi into a theatrical family. His father, Pandit Bhairodutt Choube, owned a drama company but disapproved of his son’s interest in acting. Undeterred, Kanhaiyalal began working backstage and gradually transitioned into small stage roles. After his father's death, he moved to Bombay to pursue a career in cinema—initially aspiring to become a writer and director. However, fate had other plans, and he made his screen debut as an extra in Sagar Ka Sher. He rose to national and international fame for his iconic portrayal of the scheming moneylender Sukhilala in Mehboob Khan’s Mother India (1957), one of Indian cinema’s most legendary villains. He had originally played the same role in Aurat (1940), making him the first Indian actor to reprise a character in a remake 17 years later. Mother India also earned the distinction of being India’s first official entry to the Academy Awards (Oscars) for Best International Feature Film—cementing Kanhaiyalal’s performance in global film history. Known for his mastery of negative and elderly roles, Kanhaiyalal acted in over 100 films including Ganga Jamuna, Upkar, Apna Desh, Dushman, and Grahasti. He also wrote dialogues and lyrics for films like Sadhana. His cinematic legacy lives on through the 2022 documentary Naam Tha Kanhaiyalal, produced by his daughter Hemaa Singh. TMDB mini biography by: Ashvin Borad
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Raaj Kumar

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Raaj Kumar [born Kulbhushan Pandit, Loralai, Baluchistan, British India (present-day Balochistan, Pakistan)] was an Indian actor who worked in Hindi films. He worked as a sub-inspector under Bombay Police before entering the film industry. He made his acting debut in Rangeeli (1952). Some of his notable films include Mother India (1957), Waqt (1965), Pakeezah (1972), Heer Ranjha (1970), and Kshatriya (1993). He had a successful career spanning several decades and was recognized for his unique acting style.
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Dorothy Christy

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dorothy Christy (born Dorothea J. Seltzer, May 26, 1906 – died May 21, 1977) was an American actress. Christy acted with Will Rogers, Buster Keaton and the Marx Brothers, and with Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in the film Sons of the Desert (1933), in the role of Mrs. Laurel. She was Queen Tika of Murania in The Phantom Empire, Gene Autry’s 1935 cliffhanger serial. She concluded her cinema career in 1953. Dorothy Christy died of natural causes five days shy of her seventy-first birthday.
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Brenda Zambrano

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Brenda Zambrano is a Mexican design model, Instagram powerhouse, entertainer, YouTuber, and web-based media force to be reckoned with, who rose to worldwide distinction as an entertainer and television superstar as a result of her amazing display on various TV shows. television and unscripted television programs. dramas like Acapulco Shore (2018), Super Shore (2017), AcaPlay (2018), and many others. She is also famous for sharing her design content on Instagram and lifestyle video blogs on a YouTube channel called “Netting the Show” alongside Ella Guty’s boyfriend.
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Adam Behan

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Adam Behan is an Irish stunt performer and actor based in Dublin, Ireland. He graduated from Bow Street's Screen Acting Program in 2016. Behan possesses various specialised skills, including fight performance and swordsmanship, horse riding and saddle falls, wire work and jerk-backs, full and partial body burns, water stunts, and firearms training. He holds certifications such as PADI Divemaster, IRATA Level 1 Rope Access Technician, and AP8 Level 1 Stunt Rigging. Additionally, he has a brown belt in kickboxing and licenses for heavy goods vehicles and powerboats. Behan is a member of Stunt Register Ireland and has collaborated with renowned stunt teams like the Devils Horsemen.
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Reika Saiki

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is a Japanese idol, professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist. She's currently working in Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling, where she is a former one-time Tokyo Princess Tag Team Champions and Tokyo Princess Of Princess Champion. Saiki was trained in the Wrestle-1 dojo under Akira Nogami and Kaz Hayashi, and made her debut in March 2016. In June of the same year, Saiki debuted in Tokyo Joshi Pro, eventually signing with the promotion later in the year. Outside of professional wrestling, she is a member of the idol group Cheer ♡ 1, and is one half of the J-Pop idol unit Deadlift Lolita with fellow professional wrestler Ladybeard Professional wrestling careerEdit While working as an idol, began training for a career in professional wrestling in late 2015, joining the Wrestle-1 dojo where she trained under Kaz Hayashi and Akira Nogami. She made her debut in March of 2016, defeating Hana Kimura. In May, Saiki started to compete in Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling, where she has scored victories against Azusa Takigawa. In June of 2016, she began competing for Tokyo Joshi Pro, a sister company of DDT Pro Wrestling. At DDT’s Peter Pan event on August 28, she took part in a battle royal for the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship, but was unsuccessful. On March 12, 2017, Saiki received her first opportunity at the Tokyo Princess Of Princess Championship, unsuccessfully challenging Yuu.[5] In July 2017, she took part in the Tokyo Princess Cup, defeating Yuu for the first time in the second round. She eventually made it to the final, where she defeated Yuka Sakazaki to win the tournament. This would led to defeat her for the Tokyo Princess of Princess Championship on August 26, the first championship of her career. She made her first successful defense on September 30, defeating Mizuki, and once again successfully defended it on November 3 against Rika Tatsumi. She lost title in her third defense against Miyu Yamashita on January 4, 2018. On May 3, 2018, Saiki and Marika Kobashi defeated the NEO Biishiki-gun (Saki-sama and Azusa Christie) to win the Tokyo Princess Tag Team Championship for the first time. On August 25 Saiki and Kobashi lost the titles to MIZUKI and Yuka Sakazaki.
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Joel Roman

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Joel Roman is a character actor that was born and raised in Bridgeport, CT. His parents are Maria and Noel Roman. He also has a younger brother and sister named Jonathan and Jeanette Roman. Represented by Sylvia Hutson Agency, Joel is an experienced actor and is a member of SAG/AFTRA. Throughout his career Joel has acted in movies such as: Cielto Lindo (alongside 'CSI: Miami' Adam Rodriguez), The Journey, Dockweiler (alongside Tony Todd), Skid Marks (alongside 'Glee' Dianna Agron) , The Grind, Remembering Phil (alongside Nicholas Turturro) and Dibs playing strong lead and supporting characters. Joel appeared on TV shows like Law & Order, Johnny Zero, Filmfakers, Americas Most Wanted, ICarly, Happily Never After and FBI: Criminal Pursuit. Joel has also done Off-Broadway plays in New York and California, including A Midsummer's Night Dream (alongside former Miss America Kate Shindle and NFL Hall of Famer John Riggins) and the Madwoman of Chaillot. Joel has done commercials for McDonalds, Wal-Mart, and Spanish TV station Mun 2. Joel started acting during his senior year in Warren Harding High school and attended RCA, better known as Regional Center for Arts. After he graduated in 2000, he continued to work on his craft and attended Housatonic Community College, where he took acting classes. He attended workshops in New York at TVI Studios and trained with independent coaches. In addition, Joel studied and took workshops while living in Hollywood, CA. His one man show, "Hollywood's Lost Child, It Ain't Easy being Godly gave him a great opportunity to use his skills. He wrote, co-directed, and produced his first play. He performed it at Housatonic theater in Connecticut and in New York at the One Act Festival. He's also won the best actor award at the Smithfield One Act Festival in Virginia in August 2013. He will be performing his play under a new name, "Hollywood to Holiness: It Ain't Easy Being Godly" in Hampton Roads, surrounding cities, and wherever God calls him to minister this amazing message. A remake of Othello, "MyOthello," through Americorps, which he urbanized the production by switching around the set, wardrobe, and some of the language in the script, landed Joel's Directorial Debut summer 2011. The motive behind this remake was so that today's youth could understand and relate to Othello. Joel always gives all the praise and glory to God and thanks Him for all the blessings He has given him.
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