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A. Michael Baldwin
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. A. Michael Baldwin (born April 4, 1963) is an American actor, producer, and screenwriter.
He is the son of animator Gerard Baldwin, who worked on classic shows such as The Jetsons, Rocky and Bullwinkle, George of the Jungle and many more.[1] Michael Baldwin began acting in his teens and was also a member of the Teenage Drama Workshop at California State University. He is best known for his roles as Mike in the Phantasm films (except for Phantasm II). Baldwin practices Eastern Mysticism, and in the 1980s temporarily left acting to explore his spirituality. Some of his latest accomplishments are writing, producing, and appearing in Vice Girls, and its sequel. He has also taught acting classes and workshops in Los Angeles.
As of March 2005, he teaches acting in Austin, Texas.
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W.D. Mochtar
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Born in Pontianak. Education: HIS. During the Japanese occupation, between 1942 - 1945, Wagino became the Japanese army, (Keigun Heiho) in Pontianak. In this unit, he has also been included in entertainment programs as a singer and dancer. Early in 1946 he moved to Java and joined T.R.I. in Krawang. Followed the move to Jogya, then guerrilla in West Java. Out of the army after the transfer of Sovereignty, was immediately involved in the film. His introduction to film occurred through "Tirtonadi" (1950). Then, until 1955, he became a permanent player at the Tan & Wong Bros studio which later changed its name to Tjendrawasih Film. Part of his job was to play in 1001-style films that were in fashion in those years. Between 1955 and 1959 absent from film. Just back again through: "South Storm" (1960) directed by Sofia Waldy who later became his wife (Sofia WD). In 1960 the husband and wife founded the Libra Music al Show which organized entertainment shows to various parts of the country. diverting from the blank period of filming at that time. The members he brings are generally film players. W.D. Mochtar appears in singing and dancing events. His play in "Matjan Kemajoran" (1965) suddenly catapulted his name to the top. Subsequent plays in Wim Urnboh-directed films have further strengthened his position as one of the top players since the beginning of the history of colorful filmmaking here. Chosen as best actor in the selection of Best Actor Actress PWI-Jaya 1971 for his play in "Sanrego". His films include: "The Bride of Teens" (1971), "Mama" (1972), "Figure" (1973), "Against the Storm" (1974), "Krakatau" (1977) "The adventurous adventurer" (78), " The Job "(79) etc.
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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 who 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, it was announced that Connery had died at the age of 90.
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Geraldine Fitzgerald
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Geraldine Fitzgerald, Lady Lindsay-Hogg was an Irish-American actress and a member of the American Theatre Hall of Fame. She was born south of Dublin, the daughter of Edith Catherine and Edward Martin FitzGerald.
She studied painting at the Dublin School of Art. Inspired by her aunt, and began her acting career in at Dublin's Gate Theatre. After two seasons in Dublin, she moved to London, where she found success in films The Mill on the Floss, The Turn of the Tide, and Cafe Mascot.
Fitzgerald's success led her to the Broadway stage in 1938. She made her American debut in the Mercury Theatre production of Heartbreak House. Producer Hal B. Wallis saw her in this production and subsequently signed her to a contract with Warner Bros, where she starred in Dark Victory and Wuthering Heights.
Afterwards, appeared in Shining Victory, The Gay Sisters, and Watch on the Rhine, but her career was hampered by her frequent clashes with studio management. Although she continued to work throughout the 1940s, the quality of her roles began to diminish and her career lost momentum.
In 1946, shortly after completing work on Three Strangers, she left Hollywood to return to New York City, where she married her second husband, Stuart Scheftel, a grandson of Isidor Straus. She returned to Britain to film So Evil My Love, receiving strong reviews, and The Late Edwina Black, before returning to the United States. She became a naturalized United States citizen on April 18, 1955.
The 1950s provided her with few opportunities in film, but during the 1960s she asserted herself as a character actor and her career enjoyed a revival. Among her successful films of this period were Ten North Frederick, The Pawnbroker, and Rachel, Rachel. Her later films included The Mango Tree, for which she received an Australian Film Institute Best Actress nomination, and Harry and Tonto, in a scene opposite Art Carney. She also starred in Arthur 1 and 2, miniseries Kennedy, Do You Remember Love, Easy Money, Poltergeist 2, as in Circle of Violence, a television film about elder abuse.
Fitzgerald returned to stage acting, and won acclaim for her performance in the 1971 revival of Long Day's Journey Into Night. In 1976, she performed as a cabaret singer with the show Streetsongs, recorded an album of the show for Ben Bagley's Painted Smiles label. She also achieved success as a theatre director; becoming one of the first women to receive a Tony Award nomination for Best Direction of a Play. While in New York, Fitzgerald collaborated with playwright and Franciscan brother Jonathan Ringkamp to found the Everyman Theater of Brooklyn, a street theater company, that performed throughout the city.
She appeared on television, in such series as Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Robert Montgomery Presents, Naked City, St. Elsewhere, The Golden Girls, and Cagney and Lacey. As well, she starred in Our Private World, and Mabel and Max. She won a Daytime Emmy Award as best actress for her appearance in the NBC Special Treat episode "Rodeo Red and the Runaways".
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Bobby Kottarakkara
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Bobby Kottarakkara was an Indian actor who acted in Malayalam films. He was born to Pareedkunju Ravuthar in Kottarakkara. He began his acting career on stage. He made his film debut with Mucheettukalikkaarante Makal. Bobby soon became a well-known actor. He performed in around 300 roles in a variety of films, some of which are such as Mazhavilkavadi, Kannezhuthi Pottum Thottu, Golanthara Vartha, Kaazhchakkappuram and Chithram. He also acted in several TV serials.
It was during the filming of Vakkalathu Narayanankutty that Bobby died of a massive heart attack in December 2000. The film had Jayaram and Mukesh in the main roles and was released a few months after his death
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Ehsan Alikhani
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Ehsan Alikhani is an Iranian producer, television presenter, and director. He is a graduate of business administration from the University of Tehran. The first live program that he worked on as a presenter was in 2001. He has performed in programs such as The Morning Came, Mah-e Asal, Three Stars, Orange Spring, New Era, and more. He first appeared in front of the camera as a presenter on the TV program Iranian Boys, and after performing Tide, he became a figure with the Mah-e Asal program. He is currently working on television as the director, producer, and host of a talent show called New Era, of which two seasons have been produced and aired. Alikhani has the experience of investing in and producing movies such as No Date, No Signature and The Last Snow. The former was the product of the Jalilvand brothers (Vahid Jalilvand and Ali Jalilvand), and the second was produced by Hassan Mostafavi, production manager of the second season of Shahrzad.
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Yami Gautam Dhar
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Yami Gautam Dhar (née Gautam; born 28 November 1988) is an Indian actress who works in Hindi films. The daughter of film director Mukesh Gautam, she began her career as a model, and starred in television soap operas such as Chand Ke Paar Chalo (2008–2009) and Yeh Pyar Na Hoga Kam (2009–2010). After making her film debut in the Kannada film Ullasa Utsaha (2010), she had her first Hindi film release in the comedy-drama Vicky Donor (2012), which won her the Zee Cine Award for Best Female Debut.
Gautam earned acclaim for her supporting roles in the thrillers Badlapur (2015) and Kaabil (2017), and greater success came for starring in the war film Uri: The Surgical Strike and the satire Bala (both 2019). She starred in the streaming films Bhoot Police (2021), A Thursday (2022), Dasvi (2022), and Chor Nikal Ke Bhaga (2023), and had further commercial success in the comedy film OMG 2 (2023) and the political thriller Article 370 (2024).
She is married to filmmaker Aditya Dhar.
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Stephen King
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Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author. He is widely known for his horror novels and has been crowned the "King of Horror". He has also explored other genres: suspense, crime, science-fiction, fantasy, and mystery. Though known primarily for his novels, he has written approximately 200 short stories, most of which have been published in collections.
His debut, Carrie (1974), established him in horror. Different Seasons (1982), a collection of four novellas, was his first major departure from the genre. Among the films adapted from King's fiction are Carrie (1976), The Shining (1980), The Dead Zone and Christine (both 1983), Stand by Me(1986), Misery (1990), The Shawshank Redemption (1994), Dolores Claiborne (1995), The Green Mile (1999), The Mist (2007), and It (2017). He has published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman and has co-written works with other authors, notably his friend Peter Straub and sons Joe Hill and Owen King. He has also written nonfiction, notably Danse Macabre (1981) and On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (2000).
Among other awards, King has won the O. Henry Award for "The Man in the Black Suit" (1994) and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller for 11/22/63 (2011). He has also won honours for his overall contributions to literature, including the 2003 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, the 2007 Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America and the 2014 National Medal of Arts. Joyce Carol Oates called King "a brilliantly rooted, psychologically 'realistic' writer for whom the American scene has been a continuous source of inspiration, and American popular culture a vast cornucopia of possibilities."
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Moeka Koizumi
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Moeka Koizumi (小泉 萌香, Koizumi Moeka, February 27, 1996) is a Japanese actress, voice actress and singer from Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture. She affiliated with Amuse. After awarding grand prix in sing & voice acting area of Amuse Audition Festival 2014, she made her first debut through the stage, 2015.
In 2021, She form a group Unit call "harmoe" with Haruki Iwata, Managed by Pony Canyon. Their 1st single "Kimagure Tictack(きまぐれチクタック, Capricious Ticktack)" reached the 11th place on the daily Oricon Singles Chart. And still active to this day.
She is best known as the Nana Daiba, Shioriko Mifune, Jennifer Yuka Sasago in the each multimedia franchise named Revue Starlight, Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club, D4DJ.
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Unni Mary
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Unni Mary is a film actress and producer who works mainly in Malayalam films. She has also worked in Telugu, Tamil and Kannada films. She acted under the screen name Deepa in Kannada.
Unnimary was born to Augustine Fernandez and Victoria on 12 March 1962. She had her primary education from St.Teresa's Convent School, Ernakulam. She has a brother, Joseph Martin. She learned classical dance at the age of 3. Her mother owned a ballet troupe and she performed in many stages in India and abroad.
She married Rejoy, a Professor at St Alberts college, Ernakulam on 12 March 1982, and they have a son, Nirmal. Their son Nirmal is married to Ranjini and they have a son, Rihan.
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