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William Beaudine

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From Wikipedia William Beaudine (January 15, 1892 – March 18, 1970) was an American film actor and director. He was one of Hollywood's most prolific directors, turning out films in remarkable numbers and in a wide variety of genres. In 1915 he was hired as an actor and director by the Kalem Company. He was an assistant to director D.W. Griffith on The Birth of a Nation and Intolerance. By the time he was 23 Beaudine had directed his first picture, a short called Almost a King (1915). He would continue to direct shorts exclusively until 1922, when he shifted his efforts into making feature-length films. Beaudine directed silent films for Goldwyn Pictures (before it became part of MGM), Metro Pictures (also before MGM), First National Pictures, Principal and Warner Brothers. In 1926 he made Sparrows, the story of orphans imprisoned in a swamp farm starring Mary Pickford. Beaudine had at least 30 pictures to his credit before the sound era began. Among his first sound films were short Mack Sennett comedies; he made at least one film for Sennett while contractually bound elsewhere, resulting in his adopting the pseudonym "William Crowley." He would occasionally use the pseudonym in later years, usually as "William X. Crowley." He ground out several movies annually for Fox Films, Warner Brothers, Paramount, and Universal Pictures. His most famous credit of the early 1930s is The Old-Fashioned Way, a comedy about old-time show folks starring W. C. Fields. Beaudine was one of a number of experienced directors (including Raoul Walsh and Allan Dwan) who were brought to England from Hollywood in the 1930s to work on what were in all other respects very British productions. Beaudine directed four films there starring Will Hay, including Boys Will Be Boys (1935) and Where There's a Will (1936). Beaudine was often entrusted with series films, including the Torchy Blane, The East Side Kids, Jiggs and Maggie, The Shadow, Charlie Chan and The Bowery Boys series. His efficiency was so well known that Walt Disney hired him to direct some of his television projects of the 1950s and had him direct a feature western, Ten Who Dared (1960). Beaudine became even busier in TV, directing Naked City, The Green Hornet, and dozens of Lassie episodes. His last two feature films, both released in 1966, were the horror-westerns Billy the Kid vs. Dracula (with John Carradine) and Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter. By the end of the decade he was the industry's oldest working professional, having started in 1909. Beaudine died of uremic poisoning in 1970 in California and was interred in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood.
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Pa. Ranjith

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Pa. Ranjith is an Indian film director, screenwriter and film producer working in Tamil cinema. His films, which explore sociopolitical issues through the lens of the disenfranchised have helped to establish a new wave of politically conscious genre films in the Tamil industry. Pa. Ranjith is often considered a 'trailblazer' in the modern Tamil cinema industry for his filmmaking and political activism. After working in the industry as an assistant director and as an apprentice under director Venkat Prabhu, he marked his directorial debut in 2012 with the romantic comedy film Attakathi, before earning unanimously positive reviews for his second film, the action drama Madras (2014). He then went on to write and direct two films starring Rajinikanth, Kabali (2016) and Kaala (2018), which brought him wider recognition, and later directed the critically acclaimed period sports action film Sarpatta Parambarai (2021) and social drama Natchathiram Nagargiradhu (2022). Ranjith has also been notable as a producer through his company Neelam Productions. He produced the critically acclaimed films Pariyerum Perumal (2018), Writer (2021), Seththumaan (2022) and Bommai Nayagi (2023).
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Annie Cordy

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Léonie Juliana, Baroness Cooreman (16 June 1928 – 4 September 2020), also known by her stage name Annie Cordy, was a Belgian actress and singer. She appeared in more than 50 films from 1954 and staged many memorable appearances at Bruno Coquatrix' famous Paris Olympia. Her version of "La Ballade de Davy Crockett" was number 1 in the charts for five weeks in France in August 1956. She was born in Laeken, Belgium, where in 2004, King Albert II of Belgium bestowed upon her the title of Baroness in recognition for her life's achievements. Cordy was born in the Brussels suburb of Laken, Belgium, the daughter of Maria de Leeuw and Cornelius January Cooreman. She had a brother, Louis, and a sister, Jeanne. At the age of eight, her mother enrolled her in a dance class. She learned piano and music theory, while pursuing her studies, and participated in charity galas. Between the dance numbers, she sang the hits of the day. Artistic director of Le Lido encouraged her to leave Brussels, her hometown, and Annie Cordy arrived in Paris on 1 May 1950, to be hired as a lead dancer. Cordy recorded her first songs in 1952 ("Les Trois Bandits de Napoli", "Quand c'est aux autos de passer", "La bourrée d'Auvergne montagnarde") and made her debut in the musical, "La Route fleurie", alongside Georges Guétary and Bourvil. This lasted until 1955. Then she made her film debut in 1953 when she appeared as herself in Boum sur Paris, next to Jacques Pills and Armand Bernard. That same year, she had her first hit record with "Bonbons, caramels, esquimaux, chocolats" or "Léon". In 1954 she starred in April Fools' Day as Charlotte Dupuy, alongside her friend Bourvil, Louis de Funès, Denise Grey, and Maurice Biraud. The film was a big success with almost three million ticket sales. She also played Madame Langlois in Sacha Guitry's Royal Affairs in Versailles, with Michel Auclair, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Jean-Louis Barrault, Bourvil, Gino Cervi, Claudette Colbert, Nicole Courcel, Daniel Gélin, Jean Marais, Gisèle Pascal, Édith Piaf, Gérard Philipe, Micheline Presle, Tino Rossi, Orson Welles, and Nicole Maurey. The film was the #1 movie in France in 1954. It is still one of the 100 most successful films at the French box office of all time, the 89th highest grossing title. In 1955 her song "Fleur de Papillon" became a hit. She also starred in two motion pictures. First, Hello Smile ! directed by Claude Sautet, with Henri Salvador, Louis de Funès, Darry Cowl and Jean Carmet and an Italian comedy, Beautiful but Dangerous, in which she just made a short appearance. In 1956 she starred as Cri-Cri in Le Chanteur de Mexico, directed by Richard Pottier, with Luis Mariano, Bourvil, and Fernando Rey. The film was again a big success, with almost 5,000,000 tickets sold, and it was #5 at the box office for 1956 and #247 of all time in France. At the same time she had a hit on the song charts with the French version of The Ballad of Davy Crockett, which stayed at number 1 for 5 weeks in France in August 1956. In 1957 she played Titine in a West German remake of Victor and Victoria, directed by Karl Anton. That same year, she starred in her second musical, "Tête de linotte" with Jean Richard which lasted until 1960. ... Source: Article "Annie Cordy" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
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RJ Balaji

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RJ Balaji, is an Indian radio jockey based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He is best known as the host of the BIG FM 92.7 show Take it Easy and its now defunct segment Cross Talk, where he made prank calls to unsuspecting victims. Although mainly a radio jockey, Balaji is also active in other fields; he is known for his association with the television shows Ungalil Yaar Adutha Prabhu Dheva and Why This Kolaveri, and for his performance in the films Theeya Velai Seiyyanum Kumaru (2013), Vadacurry (2014) Naanum Rowdy Dhaan (2015) and Pugazh (2016). He has also been a presenter at many inter-school cultural events in Chennai, and has contributed to many social causes, such as providing relief support to the victims of the 2015 South Indian floods. Balaji was married at the age of 21 years, and has a son named Mahanth who, as of 2015, is three years old
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Olivia Munn

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Lisa Olivia Munn (born July 3, 1980) is an American actress. After an internship at a news station in Tulsa, she moved to Los Angeles, where she began her professional career as a television host for the gaming network G4, and on the series Attack of the Show! (2006–2010) before appearing as a recurring correspondent on the Comedy Central late-night series The Daily Show with Jon Stewart from 2010 to 2011. On television, she has taken dramatic roles, acting in both the Aaron Sorkin HBO political drama series The Newsroom (2012–2014) and the Jonathan Tropper Apple TV+ dark comedy crime series Your Friends and Neighbors (2025). On film, she has taken leading roles in The Predator (2018), Buddy Games (2019), Love Wedding Repeat (2020), and Violet (2021) with supporting roles in Big Stan (2007), Date Night (2010), Magic Mike (2012), Deliver Us from Evil (2014), Mortdecai (2015), Office Christmas Party (2016), and Ride Along 2 (2016). She portrayed Psylocke in the superhero film X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) and voiced a role in The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017). She married comedian John Mulaney in 2024, with whom she has two children. She is a vocal advocate for women's rights and has used her platform to speak out against anti-Asian harassment. She was named one of Time magazine's Women of the Year for 2025. Description above from the Wikipedia article Olivia Munn, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Jeon Mi-do

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Jeon Mi-do made her acting debut in the musical Mr. Mouse in 2006. She made her television debut in the 2018 series Mother in which she played a minor role. The following year, she made her big-screen debut in the fantasy film Metamorphosis. Jeon landed her first lead role in a television series with the medical drama Hospital Playlist. When she first auditioned, she thought it was to play one of the patients but director Shin Won-ho told her he was considering her for the lead role. During an interview, director Shin said that "Although we make the character, we felt she was destined to play Song-hwa." Her performance earned her a nomination for Best New Actress in the television category at the 56th Baeksang Arts Awards.
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Franco Fabrizi

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Franco Fabrizi (Cortemaggiore, 15 February 1926 - Cortemaggiore, 18 October 1995) was an Italian actor. Son of a barber and a cinema cashier, was a soap opera photo actor, for example, the fotoromanzo Arizona Kid, in the newspaper Avventuroso Film. When he was 24 years old, with a few experience in cinema, has got a small important roll in Chronicle of a Love (Cronaca di un amore) (1950), Michelangelo Antonioni's long film debut. Federico Fellini offers him the starring role in I vitelloni. In Italy, he was considerated the Cary Grant all'italiana.
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Pablo Santiago

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Pablo Santiago was a renowned Filipino film director and producer, celebrated for his significant contributions to Philippine cinema, particularly in the action genre. He began his career in the film industry in the 1950s, making his directorial debut with Lo Waist Gang in 1958, a film that played a pivotal role in establishing Fernando Poe Jr. as a leading action star. Over his extensive career, Santiago directed numerous acclaimed films, including Nag-uumpugang Bato (1961), Nueva Vizcaya (1973), and Bontoc (1977).
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Steven Williams

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Steven Lloyd Williams (born January 7, 1949) is an American actor. He has been nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award and one NAACP Image Award. He is best known for his roles as Captain Adam Fuller on 21 Jump Street, Lt. Jefferson Burnett on CBS's original drama The Equalizer (1989), Det. August Brooks on TNT's short-lived series L.A. Heat, Mr. X on FOX's scifi series The X-Files, Russell "Linc" Lincoln in Linc's, and Rufus Turner in Supernatural. He appeared as Trooper Mount in The Blues Brothers (1980), Nester in the 1985 sequel film Missing in Action 2: The Beginning, and bounty hunter Creighton Duke in the 1993 horror film Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday. He has also had many guest appearances on television shows including The Dukes of Hazzard, The A-Team, Booker, MacGyver, Veronica Mars, Stargate SG-1, Martin, The Bernie Mac Show, and Criminal Minds. He is the uncle of cartoonist Aaron Williams. Description above from the Wikipedia article Steven Williams, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Olivia Trujillo

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From comedy to drama, actress on the rise Olivia Trujillo has quickly made a name for herself in the entertainment industry bringing diverse and dynamic characters to life on screen. This year, Olivia can be seen starring in the independent thriller feature "Borrego," opposite Lucy Hale and Nicholas Gonzalez. She will also lend her voice to "Vivo," Sony Pictures Animation's first-ever musical adventure featuring all-new original songs from Lin-Manuel Miranda, alongside Zoe Saldana, Michael Rooker, Nicole Byer, and Gloria Estefan. In television, Olivia exploded into our hearts and households with her breakout role in the critically acclaimed, Apple TV+ drama series "For All Mankind" as Aleida Rosales, an immigrant daughter raised by a single father after her mother's passing. Olivia has also made her mark in comedy, appearing on Comedy Central's "Drunk History" in 2019. Born and raised in San Diego, California with roots in Spain, Mexico and Portugal. Olivia prides herself on being biliterate, speaking both Spanish and English. Olivia is passionate about mental health awareness and equality. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous
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