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Kate Mulgrew
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Katherine Kiernan Maria "Kate" Mulgrew (born April 29, 1955) is an American actress, most famous for her roles on Star Trek: Voyager as Captain Kathryn Janeway and Ryan's Hope as Mary Ryan. She has performed in multiple television shows, theatre productions and movies, she has also earned multiple awards for her acting, including an Obie Award, a Golden Satellite Award and a Saturn Award. She has also been nominated for a Golden Globe Award. She is also an active member of the Alzheimer's Association National Advisory Council and the voice of Cleveland's Metro Health System.
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Dolores Moran
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Dolores Moran (January 27, 1924 – February 5, 1982) was an American film actress and model.
Moran's brief career as a film actress began in 1942 with some uncredited roles in such films as Yankee Doodle Dandy. By 1943 she had become a popular pin-up girl and appeared on the cover of such magazines as Yank. She was given supporting roles in films such as Old Acquaintance (1943) with Bette Davis and Warner Bros. attempted to increase interest in her, promoting her along with Lauren Bacall as a new screen personality when they co-starred with Humphrey Bogart in To Have and Have Not (1944). The film made a star of Bacall, but Moran languished and her subsequent films did little to further her career, this probably had something to do with Howard Hawk's decision to marginalise Moran in order to boost the screen presence of Bacall, excising some of Moran's scenes.
The Horn Blows at Midnight gave her a leading role with Jack Benny and Alexis Smith but her film appearances after this were sporadic, and she suffered ill health that reduced her ability to work. Her film career ended in 1954 with a featured role in the John Payne and Lizabeth Scott western film Silver Lode.
She was married to the film producer Benedict E. Bogeaus in Salome, Arizona, in 1946. Their son, Brett Benedict, born August 30, 1948, in Hollywood, later became a successful businessman. They divorced in 1962, he died of a heart attack in 1968. Moran had an affair with director Howard Hawks while filming To Have and Have Not, which Hawks undertook mainly as revenge for his rejection by Bacall in favour of Bogart.
In 1982, Dolores Moran died of cancer. She was survived by her son, sister, and mother.
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Samantha Allen
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Nina Samuels is a British female professional wrestler.
Professional wrestling career
British Empire Wrestling (2014-2017)
Samuels wrestled as early as 16 November 2014 in British Empire Wrestling at BEW Empire Fights Back - Home Is Where The Heart Is, where she defeated Lola. She returned to British Empire Wrestling on February 21, 2015 at BEW Return Of The Storm, in a three-way match against Astronomica and Queen Maya. Returning on 9 May at BEW Ambition Of An Empire, Samuels teamed with Chardonnay in a tag match defeating Dragonita & Erin Night. On 19 September at BEW/RCW Britain's Rising 2, Samuels teamed with Kirsty Love in a tag match lost to Dragonita & Shanna. The following year, Samuels returned on 21 February 2016 at BEW The Rising Empire in a match lost to Dahlia Black. She returned during the final month of the year on 4 December at BEW Britain's Rising IV in a match against the reigning champion Leah Owens for the Revolution Championship Wrestling's Women's title, but did not succeed in winning the championship. Samuels returned on 22 January 2017 at BEW Danger Things! - 18+ Live Extreme Wrestling, where she competed in a International Grand Prix Qualifying match where she lost to Laura Di Matteo. Despite losing the qualifyer, Samuels competed on 3 June at the 2017 International Grand Prix three-way match against Shotzi Blackheart Christi Jaynes. On 4 June, during the second night of the BEW International Grand Prix event, Samuels lost a match against Toni Storm. On 3 September at BEW Ambition Of The Empire 2, Samuels teamed with Jamie Hayter at Kaitlin Diemond & Thunder Rosa.
Pro-Wrestling EVE (2017-present)
Samuels debuted on 18 February in Pro Wrestling EVE at EVE A Day At The Resistance, where she teamed with Meiko Satomura & Shanna in a tag match losing to Emi Sakura, Erin Angel & Nixon Newell. At the event, she also teamed with Shanna in a tag match defeating The Owens Twins (Kasey Owens & Leah Owens). She finished the year with a match on 12 November at EVE SHE-1 ~ Ace Of EVE, where she defeated Martina.
She returned on 13 January 2018 at EVE Not Made To Be Subtle in a EVE Championship Rumble match eventually won by Sammii Jayne. She last wrestled on 29 September at EVE Strong Women Style - Show 2, losing to Laura Di Matteo.
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Thomas G. Waites
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An American actor and acting instructor born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Waites runs an acting studio in New York City which is named for him. He has been a member of the Actor's Studio since 1984. Since the 1970s, Waites has appeared in over 30 television and film productions. Some of his credits as a television actor include NYPD Blue, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Oz, Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent and The Jury. In film, he appeared in Unwed Father, State of Grace, ...And Justice for All, Gangland, An American Affair, The Warriors, and the John Carpenter film The Thing.
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Tamannaah Bhatia
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Tamannaah Bhatia also known as Tamannaah, is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Telugu and Tamil films. She has also appeared in Hindi films. In addition to acting, she also participates in stage shows and is a prominent celebrity endorser for brands and products.
In 2005, she made her acting debut in the age of 15 in the Bollywood film, Chand Sa Roshan Chehra and appeared in Abhijeet Sawant album song "Lafzon main" from the album Aapka Abhijeet which was also released in the year 2005, before working in Telugu cinema and Tamil cinema. In the same year, Tamannaah made her Telugu film debut in Sri, and the next year she appeared in her first Tamil movie, Kedi. In 2007, she starred in two college-life-based drama films, Happy Days in Telugu and Kalloori in Tamil.
Her projects include the Tamil films Ayan (2009), Paiyaa (2010), Sura (2010) and Siruthai (2011), Veeram (2014) and Telugu films include 100% Love (2011). Other films include Racha (2012), Thadaka (2013), Baahubali: The Beginning (2015), Bengal Tiger (2015) and Oopiri (2016). She thus established herself as one of the leading contemporary actresses in Telugu cinema and Tamil cinema.
Tamannaah has acted with major actors including Ajith Kumar, Vijay, Surya, Karthi, Dhanush, Jayam Ravi, Arya, Pawan Kalyan, Mahesh Babu, Nagarjuna, Allu Arjun, Ramcharan, Jr.Ntr, Ravi Teja, Prabhas, Saif Ali Khan, Ajay Devgn, Akshay Kumar, Ranveer Singh. She is one of the highest paid actresses in South Indian cinema.
She is the first actress in India who was nominated at Saturn Awards (for Best Supporting Actress) but Lost to Jessica Chastain for Crimson Peak.
Tamannaah received the Kalaimamani Award in 2010 from the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.
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Suranne Jones
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Sarah Ann Akers, known professionally as Suranne Jones, is an English actress and producer. Known for her numerous collaborations with screenwriter Sally Wainwright, she rose to prominence playing Karen McDonald on ITV's Coronation Street between 2000 and 2004. Upon leaving, she furthered her television career in drama series such as Vincent (2005–2006), Strictly Confidential (2006), Harley Street (2008), and Unforgiven (2009).
Jones starred as Detective Rachel Bailey in the police procedural Scott & Bailey (2011–2016), and garnered further attention with headline roles in Single Father, Five Days (both 2010), A Touch of Cloth (2012–2014), and The Crimson Field (2014). For her portrayal of Gemma Foster—a GP who suffers personal betrayal—in Doctor Foster (2015–2017), Jones received several awards, including the 2016 British Academy Television Award for Best Actress. Subsequent credits include Save Me (2018), Vigil (2021–present), and Gentleman Jack (2019–2022). For the latter, on which she served as executive producer, Jones was again nominated for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress.
On stage, Jones has appeared in productions of A Few Good Men (2005), Blithe Spirit (2009), Top Girls (2011), Beautiful Thing (2013), Orlando (2014), and Frozen (2018).
Jones was born Sarah Ann Jones in Chadderton, Greater Manchester, on 27 August 1978. She has an older brother named Gary. Jones was raised Catholic; her priest suggested to her father she be christened Sarah Ann(e) instead of Suranne, her great-grandmother's name, as Suranne was not "a proper name".
She grew up in a house on Foxdenton Lane, surrounded by two farms and their fields and commented that one of her earliest memories is of "cows looking in the window as we ate our tea". As a child she was talkative, and later recounted that her priest would tell her, "I'm praying you can concentrate just a bit more".
Jones was educated at Cardinal Langley Roman Catholic High School in Middleton. Talking of her childhood, she commented, "I think I always wanted to be different and felt very stifled at school". She also said, "I was bullied at school and I let that get hold of me and withdrew into myself — I regret letting that happen." She became a member of the Oldham Theatre Workshop and completed a BTEC National Diploma in Performing Arts, which she felt "[wasn't] quite the same as drama school"
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Loleh Bellon
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Marie Laure Viole Bellon, generally known as Loleh Bellon, (1925–1999) was a French stage and film actress as well as a playwright. In 1949, for her role in Robert Desnos' La Place de l'Étoile, she was awarded the Prix des Jeunes comédiens. She is remembered for her performances in Giraudoux' Judith and in Claudel's L'Annonce faite à Marie. Bellon was also a successful playwright, especially with Dames du jeudi (1976), Une absence (1988) and La Chambre d'amis (1995). For her play L'Éloignement (1987), she was awarded the Molière prize.
Born on 14 May 1925 in Bayonne, Marie Laure Viole Bellon was the daughter of Jacques Bellon, a magistrate, and Denise Simone Hulmann, a well-known photographer. In 1947, she married the Spanish writer Jorge Semprún Maura (1923–2011), with whom she gave birth to Jaime Semprún (1947–2010), also a writer. Following a divorce in 1960, she married the poet Claude Roy (1915–1997) in 1962. Loleh Bellon was the younger sister of the film director and screenwriter Yannick Bellon.
Bellon studied for the theatre under the Russian-born actress and drama teacher Tania Balachova, the actor and theatre manager Charles Dullin, and the actor Julien Bertheau. After making her stage début in 1945 in J. B. Priestley's Dangerous Corner, in 1947, she played in L'An Mil by Jules Romains. In 1949, for her performance in La Place de l'Étoile, she was awarded the Prix des Jeunes comédiens.
She embarked on her cinema career in the late 1940s, working with Jean-Louis Barrault and Jean Vilar. Her first major success was the role of Marie in Le Point du jour (1949) directed by Louis Daquin. She appeared in two more of Daquin's films, The Perfume of the Lady in Black (1949) and Maître après Dieu (1950). Thanks to her sister Yannick Bellon, in the 1970s she starred in Quelque part quelqu’un (1972) and Jamais plus toujours (1976).[3]
As a playwright, in 1976 her Les Dames du Jeudi was awarded the Ibsen prize. Other successes included L'èloignement (1987), Une absence (1988) and La Chambre d'amis (1995).
Loleh Bellon died on 22 May 1999 in Le Kremlin-Bicêtre in the Paris suburbs.
Source: Article "Loleh Bellon" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Gareth Davies
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Gareth Davies is an actor and writer from Sydney, Australia. Some of his theatre credits include The Cherry Orchard (Melbourne Theatre Company), As You Like It (Bell Shakespeare) and The Only Child, for which he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the Sydney Theatre Awards (Belvoir St Theatre). Gareth wrote and performed in And They Called Him Mr Glamour (Belvoir St Theatre), and Masterclass 1 & 2, which was nominated Philip Parsons Award. Additional theatre credits include The Government Inspector, The Suicide, The Seagull, Doku Rai and I Feel Awful.
Gareth's TV credits include Elegant Gentleman's Guide to Knifefighting and The Letdown. He can also be seen in the Simon Stone-directed feature The Daughter.
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Haylee Roderick
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Haylee Roderick has been an accomplished dancer for 16 years. She has received extensive training in classical and contemporary ballet, jazz, and hip-hop at the acclaimed Center Stage Performing Arts Studio in Orem, Utah. Her media credits include: a dancer on the TV show Glee, principle dancer on the Disney film High School Musical 3, The GLEE Live Tour 2011, The 82nd Academy Awards, and a featured performer in the production "Dancing under the Stars." Haylee has trained with some of the best choreographers in the country including Kenny Ortega, Chucky Klapow, Brooke Lipton, and Zachary Woodlee. Haylee continues her life long passion for dance by training with the industries' top choreographers in Hollywood. She is on the April 2011 cover of "Dance Spirit Magazine." She lives in Sherman Oaks.
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Innocent
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Innocent Vareed Thekkethala popularly known as Innocent, is an Indian film actor and politician. He was born in Irinjalakuda in Thrissur district of the state of Kerala. He is one of the most successful and leading comedy actors of Malayalam cinema. He is noted for his witty mannerisms and dialogue delivery in the typical Thrissur accent.In 2013, Innocent was diagnosed with throat cancer (lymphoma) and was hospitalised. But sources close to him stated the cancer was in its early stages for which he duly took treatment. Innocent is currently a sitting member of parliament representing the Chalakudy constituency in the Lok Sabha.
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