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Carola Neher

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Carola Neher (born Katharina Karolina Neher; 2 November 1900 – 26 June 1942) was a German stage and screen actress and singer. In 1926, she went to Berlin to work with Bertolt Brecht, who wrote the role of Polly Peachum in "The Threepenny Opera" for her. While in Berlin, she practiced boxing with Turkish trainer and prizefighter Sabri Mahir at his studio, which opened to women, including Vicki Baum and Marlene Dietrich, in the 1920s. Carola Neher positioned herself as a "New Woman", challenging traditional gender categories. In 1932 she left Germany after Adolf Hitler's ascension to power. She first emigrated to Prague, where she worked at the New German Theater, but went on to the Soviet Union in 1934, where she met Gustav von Wangenheim and worked with him at his Cabaret Kolonne Links. In 1936, during the Great Purge, she denounced herself as a Trotsky supporter and was arrested on 25 July 1936. She was sentenced to ten years in prison and sent to Black Dolphin Prison near Orenburg in Russia, where she died of typhus.
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Ten Yamasaki

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Ten Yamasaki is a Japanese idol, model and actress. She is a member of the idol group Sakurazaka46 (Keyakizaka46) and an exclusive model for the fashion magazine ViVi. Yamasaki is referred to as "the ace of Sakurazaka46" and "the symbol of Sakurazaka46." The number of songs in which she has taken the center position in Sakurazaka46 is the highest in the group's history. She leads live performances with her overwhelming dance skills and strong singing voice. Yamasaki also plays a central role in variety shows. Staff and members of the group often mention how significant her presence is. As an actress, Yamasaki has played the lead role in the short film "A Train of Memories" and a supporting role in the television drama "Kokoro no Fufufu." She has appeared in numerous well-known commercials. Additionally, as a model, she has taken on prominent roles in fashion shows and served as a brand model, showcasing her versatility. She is affectionately known as Ten-chan.
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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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Masaki Iwana

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Masaki Iwana (born c. February 1945 - Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. Also a noted Butoh dancer. Iwana has presented his performances and workshops continuously – and has created works built on his sharpened aesthetic in more than 100 cities and 40 countries around the world. Iwana represents the institute for the research of Butoh – La Maison du Butoh Blanc, based in southern Normandy in France. In 2008 he produced and created the theatrical film Vermilion Souls, following this with A Summer Family in 2010, Princess Betrayal in 2012, and Charlotte-Susabi in 2017.
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Sofia Kiprskaya

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At the age of five, she began to study music. Graduated from the St. Petersburg State Conservatory. N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov and her graduate school (class of Anna Makarova). She studied at the Prague Conservatory and the Royal Conservatory of Brussels (class of Jana Bošková). Since the 2008–2009 season she has been a soloist with the Mariinsky Symphony Orchestra, since 2011 she has been a concertmaster of the harp group. Laureate of the International Harp Competition named after. Felix Godfroy (Namur, Belgium; 1st prize and special prize "Silver Rooster"), International Harp Competition. Lily Laskin (Deauville, France; 2nd prize), Franz Josef Reinl Foundation Harp Competition (Munich; 1st prize), St. Petersburg International Music Competition. Empress Elizaveta Petrovna "Golden Harp" (I prize and special prize for the best performance of Tchaikovsky's works), the International Harp Competition named after. Martin Geliot (Paris; 1st prize and special prize of the jury chairman - composer Jacques Charpentier) and many other musical competitions. After winning the competition Martin Gelio Sophia Kiprskaya recorded a solo CD Recital in Paris. Laureate of the “Constellation of Talents” competition and holder of the “Star of Academician D.S. Likhachev”, winner of the Yuri Temirkanov Prize, Prize of the Union of Concert Workers of the Russian Federation, Prizes “Hope of Russia”, “Young Talents” and the 1st Prize of the Art Theater in the field of arts in the nomination "Classical music". Laureate of the Prize of the President of the Russian Federation for young cultural figures for 2021. Sofia Kiprskaya took part in the European Harp Congress in Lyon and Cardiff, represented Russia at the International Harp Congress in Amsterdam and Sydney. She performed with solo programs at the festivals Virtuosos of the Planet, Stars of the White Nights, Musical Olympus, Crescendo, Stars on Baikal, Palaces of St. Petersburg, Musical Expedition, festivals in Mikkeli (Finland) and Santander (Spain), International Harp Festival (Soka, Japan), Forte Music Fest (Almaty). She gave concerts in the largest halls in Japan, Australia, France, Serbia, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Spain, Italy, the USA, including New York's Carnegie Hall, the Fontainebleau Hall, the Prague Rudolfinum Hall, the Concert Hall of the Mariinsky Theatre, the Great and Small Halls St. Petersburg Philharmonic, the Big and Small Halls of the Moscow Conservatory. Collaborated with the Grand Symphony Orchestra. P. I. Tchaikovsky, the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, the State Symphony Orchestra of the Republic of Tatarstan, the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and other ensembles. As a member of the Mariinsky Theater Symphony Orchestra, she has recorded a large number of CDs.
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Eso Dike Okolocha

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Okolocha Esowese Dike professionally known as Eso Dike is a Nigerian actor, musician, television personality, lawyer and media entrepreneur. He is known for his role as Tsola in The Smart Money Woman (2020), Leye in Ndani TV's Game On, (2020), Malik in Africa Magic's Ricordi (2021). He was one of the highest grossing Nollywood actors in the year 2022 after starring in Ijakumo, The Wildflower and The Stand Up; all of which combined, made upwards of ₦300 million Naira at the Nigerian box office.
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Lola Glaudini

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Lola Glaudini (born November 24, 1971, New York City, New York) is an American actress. She attended Bard College. She was a regular on the CBS series Criminal Minds as Elle Greenaway, but left the show early in the second season because she reportedly became unhappy living in Los Angeles and wanted to return to the East Coast. She had a recurring role on the HBO series The Sopranos as Federal Agent Deborah Ciccerone-Waldrup. Before those roles she appeared on NYPD Blue as Dolores Mayo, a heroin-addicted office assistant. She has guest starred in The Good Guys, The King of Queens, Andy Richter Controls the Universe, Boomtown, Special Unit 2, Law and Order: Criminal Intent, Las Vegas, Two And A Half Men, Monk, and ER. Lola also appeared briefly in the Neil LaBute film, Your Friends & Neighbors. In the 2006 film Invincible, she had a brief role as the first wife of Vince Papale, played by Mark Wahlberg, where she is seen berating Papale's career failures and informs him of divorce. She most recently played the role of Kat Damatto on the NBC mini-series Persons Unknown.
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Jeff Burr

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​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Jeff Burr (July 18, 1963 - October 11, 2023) was an American film director, Writer and producer best known for his work in horror sequels, such as Stepfather II, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III, Puppet Master 4 and 5, and Pumpkinhead II. Burr attended the University of Southern California (USC) with R. A. Mihailoff who played Leatherface in Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jeff Burr, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Werner Peters

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Werner Peters (7 July 1918 – 30 March 1971) was a German film actor. He appeared in 102 films between 1947 and 1971. Peters was born in Werlitzsch, Kreis Delitzsch, Prussian Saxony, and died of a heart attack on a promotion tour for his latest film in Wiesbaden, Germany. His film career started with the lead in Wolfgang Staudte's Der Untertan, produced in the young German Democratic Republic. Peters then worked in West-Germany, appearing mostly in supporting roles in popular movies. He also established himself in the European and international film industry by frequently playing sinister German or Nazi characters. Description above from the Wikipedia article Werner Peters, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Barbara Butcher

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Barbara Butcher is an American forensic scientist and a former New York City death investigator. She is also an author who wrote a memoir titled What the Dead Know: Learning About Life As A New York City Death Investigator. During her 22-year career with the New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner (OCME), she worked on more than 5,500 death scenes, including over 700 homicides. She was the second woman ever hired for the role of Death Investigator in Manhattan and the first one to hold the position for more than three months. She was a key figure in the victim identification efforts following the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center. She is also a graduate of Long Island University with a Bachelor of Science and holds a Master's in Public Health from Columbia University.
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