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Richard Chamberlain

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George Richard Chamberlain (March 31, 1934 – March 29, 2025) was an American actor of stage and screen who became a teen idol in the title role of the television show Dr. Kildare (1961–1966). He subsequently appeared in several TV mini-series, such as Shōgun (1980) and The Thorn Birds (1983) and was the first to play Jason Bourne in the 1988 made for TV movie "The Bourne Identity". Chamberlain has also performed classical stage roles and worked in musical theatre. Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Chamberlain, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Karey Kirkpatrick

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Karey Kirkpatrick (born c. 1965) is a screenwriter. His films include James and the Giant Peach, Chicken Run, The Spiderwick Chronicles, Charlotte's Web and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy adaptation. He directed Imagine That starring Eddie Murphy as well as Over the Hedge with Tim Johnson. Kirkpatrick attended the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts, graduating in 1988. Formerly, he performed in the SAK Comedy Lab improvisational theater in Orlando, Florida. He is an alumnus of Baton Rouge Magnet High School in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Description above from the Wikipedia article Karey Kirkpatrick, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Tyler Hinman

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Tyler Hinman (born November 5, 1984) is a crossword solver and constructor and a five-time winner of the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament (ACPT). He won the tournament for the first time as a 20-year-old in 2005 and by 2009 had won five consecutive titles, a feat unprecedented in the 32-year history of the tournament. Hinman was also one of the featured players in the award-winning 2006 documentary film Wordplay. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tyler Hinman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Lyle Waggoner

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lyle Wesley Waggoner (April 13, 1935 - March 17, 2020) was an American actor and former model, best known for his work on The Carol Burnett Show from 1967 to 1974 and for playing the role of Steve Trevor in the Wonder Woman television series from 1975 to 1979. Waggoner was also the first centerfold for Playgirl (albeit with limited nudity) in June 1973. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lyle Waggoner, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Jerold Wells

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jerold Wells (8 August 1908 - 19 July 1999) was an English actor. He appeared primarily in British comedies. Some of his best-known roles were in Time Bandits, where he played Benson, a mentally disturbed follower to Evil, and in Jabberwocky, where he played a footless man known as Wat Dabney. He also had a career in television, where he appeared in The Two Ronnies, The Old Curiosity Shop, and The Benny Hill Show. He was born in Wallington, Hampshire and died in Bath, Somerset. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jerold Wells, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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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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Honorine Magnier

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At the age of 21, Honorine Magnier joined the Cochet course. She stayed there for two years. During this period, she had her first theatrical experiences, notably in Le Malade imaginaire , directed by René Camoin where she played Angélique . She will then spend a year at the Sudden workshops. While she has just passed the competition for the Studio-théâtre d'Asnières , Honorine Magnier prefers to accept the role of Valentine in the play Lady Oscar alongside Amanda Lear , and begins a long tour. She then goes on to perform roles intelevision series , such as My Worst Anguish or Les Petits Meurtres by Agatha Christie and in short films. After a new stint in the theater in the play Nelson , where she crosses paths with Chantal Ladesou and Armelle , Honorine Magnier was chosen in 2017 to play Rose Orsini in the TF1 series, Research Section. After having played in 28 episodes, she left the series in 2021 and then joined the cast of Tomorrow belongs to us on the same channel.
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Ione Skye

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Ione Skye Lee (née Leitch; born September 4, 1970) is a British-American actress. She made her film debut in River's Edge (1986) before finding mainstream exposure by starring in Cameron Crowe's Say Anything... (1989). She continued to appear in films throughout the 1990s, with notable parts in Gas Food Lodging (1992), Wayne's World (1992) and One Night Stand (1997). Her other credits include The Rachel Papers (1989), Guncrazy (1992), Four Rooms (1995), Fever Pitch (2005) and Zodiac (2007). Skye's television work includes regular, recurring and guest roles on series such as Covington Cross (1992), The Twilight Zone (2002), Private Practice (2008), Arrested Development (2005–2019), Good Girls (2020), La Brea (2021) and Barons (2022). In addition to acting, Skye paints and has written several children's books. In 2006, VH1 ranked her 84th on its list of the "100 Greatest Teen Stars". Description above from the Wikipedia article Ione Skye, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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May Picqueray

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May Picqueray, whose real name is Marie-Jeanne Picqueray, is a French anarchist, anarcho-syndicalist, pacifist and antimilitarist activist of the 20th century. Born July 8, 1898 in Savenay, a singular figure in the libertarian movement, she lived through most of the major political and social struggles of her time. May Picqueray grew up in a modest environment, she spent her childhood between Châteaubriant and Saint-Nazaire, marked by a harsh education and a strong sensitivity to social injustice. At a very young age, she worked and emancipated herself, getting closer to the working and revolutionary circles who would forge her future commitment. Attracted by the social revolution, she campaigned in the 1920s within anarchist and trade unionist circles, particularly in the metals union. In 1922, she went to Moscow as a union delegate and openly denounced the privileges of the Bolshevik leaders in the face of the misery of the people, which confirmed her distrust of authoritarian communism. Deeply pacifist, she mobilized in defense of the anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, going so far as to send a parcel bomb to the United States embassy to force the press to talk about their cause, without causing any victims. Hostile to all dictatorships, she fought against fascism, Stalinism, the Spanish Civil War and the Second World War, participating in helping refugees, Spanish children and networks of false papers and escapes from French camps. A feminist before her time, May Picqueray claims an independent life, refusing traditional family models. She raises her three children alone, born to three different partners, while tirelessly pursuing her activist and professional activity. A press proofreader, she became a figure in the proofreaders' union and worked for several newspapers, including Le Canard Enchaîné, while remaining active in anti-militarist and anti-nuclear struggles and in support of conscientious objectors. From 1974 to her death, she ran the libertarian newspaper Le Réfractaire, organ of the Friends of Louis Lecoin, thus continuing the fight for peace and individual freedoms until her death in Paris on November 3, 1983.
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Sorrell Booke

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Sorrell Booke January 4, 1930 – February 11, 1994) was an American actor. He found his calling early in life, like most actors, when his family encouraged him to entertain relatives by doing impressions and telling jokes. He went on to study at Yale and Columbia University, and mastered five languages. During the Korean War, Booke worked in counter-intelligence where his lingual talents served him well. His intelligence and subtlety are often overlooked when considering his signature role as Jefferson Davis "Boss" Hogg during his run on The Dukes of Hazzard (1979). He died of cancer in 1994, just after his 64th birthday.
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