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Josef Hader
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Josef Hader was born on February 14, 1962 in Waldhausen, Austria. After attending grammar school in Melk (Lower Austria) he started studying Germany and History in 1981, but actually he focused on his talent as a comedian. In 1982 he wrote his first cabaret play called "Fort Geschritten". For his second play "Der Witzableiter und das Feuer" (1985) he won the Austrian "Salzburger Stier"-Award. After aborting his study and writing "Biagn und Brechen" (1988) and "Bunter Abend" (1990) he celebrated his breakthrough with the tragicomic play "Indien", which was filmed by Paul Harather in 1993 with Josef Hader himself in the leading role. With Indien (1993) and his following plays "Im Keller" (1993) and "Privat" (1994) he became one of the most successful and most respected comedians in Austria. In the Austrian thriller Komm, süsser Tod (2000) ("Come sweet death") Josef Hader came back to the cinemas in a leading role a second time after "Indien". He also wrote the screenplay for this movie.
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Basanta Choudhury
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Basanta Choudhury (5 May 1928 – 20 June 2000) was an Indian actor in Bengali and Hindi films. He worked with directors Asit Sen, Rajen Tarafdar, Ajay Kar & Bijay Bose, often in leading roles. He is a former Sheriff of Kolkata.
His first film was Mahaprasthaner Pathe by director Kartik Chattopadhay in 1952. Some of his memorable films are, Bhagaban Shri Krishna Chaitanya, Jadu Bhatta, Andhare Alo, Deep Jwele Jaai with Suchitra Sen, Anushtoop Chhanda, Abhaya O Srikanta, Raja Rammohan Roy, Diba Ratrir Kabya, Devi Chaudhurani. He was also involved with amateur theater and radio.
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Pete Schrum
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Attending a catholic school, Peter "Pete" Schrum realized that he wanted to be an actor. Born in 1934, Peter started doing play acting and drama all over the place. He was enthused to work and loved doing stage. He and lifelong friends vowed to become actors one day. Peter was the only one to uphold the promise. Every so often, Peter would be out of work and laugh about some of his characters. Most memorable for playing the shotgun-firing bartender, Lloyd, in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991). Schrum took up the job of the Coca-Cola Santa Claus, then stopped working for years. Pete's last film, Hulk (2003) was released in mid 2003. You can spot him as Sgt. Crowe.
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Mathieu Carrière
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Mathieu Carrière (born August 2, 1950 in Hanover, Germany) is a German actor. Carrière grew up in Berlin and Lübeck; he attended the Jesuit boarding school Lycée Saint-François-Xavier in Vannes, France, a school which had previously been attended by the director of Carrière's first major film, Volker Schlöndorff. In 1969 Carrière moved to Paris to study philosophy and continue his acting. Carrière is also a director and a writer and is known to fight for the rights of fathers. His sister Mareike Carrière is also a well known actor. After playing the young Tonio at the age of 13 in Rolf Thiele's 1964 film Tonio Kröger, he played a main part in the 1966 German movie Der junge Törless (Young Törless). In 1980, he was a member of the jury at the 30th Berlin International Film Festival.
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Chris Houghton
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Chris Houghton is an American animator, voice actor, storyboard artist, writer, director, and producer. He is most known for co-creating the Disney Channel animated series {Big City Greens (2018)} with his brother Shane Houghton, as well as being the voice of Cricket Green and various characters. He has also worked on {Gravity Falls (2012)} as a storyboard artist, revisionist, and character designer and {Wander Over Yonder (2013)} as a storyboard artist and revisionist. He also worked on the Nickelodeon animated series {Harvey Beaks (2015)} as a writer and storyboard director and {Fanboy & Chum Chum (2009)} as a storyboard revisionist. He was also a character designer for {Clarence (2013)} and {Adventure Time (2010)}.
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Ciara Chyanne Morgan
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Ciara Chyanne Morgan is a self-taught designer who took extended fashion courses at OTIS College of Art and Design, the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising, Woodbury University, and has a degree in sales and marketing from HBCU Tuskegee University. With a passion for design, she has her own brand, Ciara Chyanne, that focuses on contemporary, elevated ready-to-wear, and she designs and consults for other companies. Ciara has been featured in Essence magazine, her designs have been worn by Elaine Welteroth and Liza Koshy on shows such as The Talk and Live! with Kelly and Ryan, and she was recently featured on The Tamron Hall Show’s “Up & Coming Designer Series.” Ciara is also a recipient of the 2022 VISA “She’s Next In Fashion” grant.
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Kari Wells
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Kari Wells is a British actress, TV host, TV personality, and stand-up comedian living in Atlanta, GA. She is married to Dr. Duncan Wells, an orthopedic surgeon. She is most known as a series regular on Bravo's reality show Married to Medicine and on Tyler Perry's The Haves & Have Nots. She also appeared as the principal in films like Grand Prince of Moscow, Road to Lyrics, and Winter Break.
Kari speaks three languages and has had many successful careers as a model, owner of a film production company, and has had extensive training in film and television. Kari has been a real estate developer and investor in Atlanta and Aspen for over 20 years, and now she is CEO of her own medical realty company.
Kari is also a published author of “The Pink Monkey,” a book she wrote to teach children about tolerance and acceptance.
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Andrea Martin
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Andrea Martin (born January 15, 1947) is an American-Canadian actress, singer, and comedian whose career spans television, film, and Broadway. She is best known for her Emmy Award-winning performances on the influential sketch comedy show SCTV, where she became famous for her memorable characters and sharp celebrity impersonations. On Broadway, Martin has won two Tony Awards for her roles in "My Favorite Year" and the revival of "Pippin," and she holds the record for the most Tony nominations for Best Featured Actress in a Musical, with credits in acclaimed productions such as "Noises Off," "Fiddler on the Roof," and "Young Frankenstein". In film, she is celebrated for her comedic role in "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" and its sequels, as well as appearances in "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" and "Wag the Dog". Martin has also lent her voice to animated films, including "Anastasia" and "Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius," further showcasing her versatility. Inducted into Canada’s Walk of Fame, Martin is recognized for her contributions to comedy and the performing arts, and she remains a beloved figure for her dynamic stage, screen, and television work.
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Mark Henn
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Disney animator, whose contributions to animation have included several Disney leading or title characters, most notably heroines. His work includes Princess Jasmine in Aladdin, Young Simba in The Lion King and Mulan in Mulan. He has also been animator of such films as 2007's Enchanted and the Goofy short How to Hook Up Your Home Theater. Additionally he directed the award-winning short film John Henry. Recently, he was the supervising animator of Princess Tiana in The Princess and the Frog.
On August 11, 2024, Henn was honored by the Walt Disney Company as a Disney Legend at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California at the conclusion of that year's D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event. The actresses who played the five Disney Princesses for whom he had served as the supervising animator―Jodi Benson, Paige O'Hara, Anika Noni Rose, Linda Larkin, and Ming-Na Wen―appeared together on stage to express their gratitude to Henn for creating such memorable animated characters.
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Irene Handl
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Irene Handl (27 December 1901 – 29 November 1987) was a British character actress who appeared in more than 100 British films; she also wrote novels.
Irene Handl was born in Maida Vale, London, the younger of two daughters of an Austrian-born father—Friedrich (later Frederick) Handl (1874–1961) and German mother, Marie (née Schiepp or Schuepp; 1875 – before 1924). Both of Handl's parents became naturalised British citizens. Her father came to England via Switzerland and started as a bank clerk, before becoming a stockbroker, then became a private banker. The Handls lived a comfortable middle-class life, with a German cook and housekeeper living in the family home. From 1907 to 1915, Handl attended the Paddington and Maida Vale High School. In the 1920s Handl travelled several times to New York with her father, with the ship's log listing her on each occasion as having no occupation and residing in the family home. Handl studied at an acting school run by a sister of Dame Sybil Thorndike, and then made her stage debut in London in February 1937, at the relatively advanced age of 36. In 1939, and by now an actress, she was living with her widower father in London. She continued to live with her father until his death in 1961. Her elder sister Liane (1898–1977) had married Russian electrical engineer and photographer Victor Kraminsky (born Viktor Azar'evich Kraminskii; later known as Victor Kennett; 1894–1980) in 1920 in Marylebone, Middlesex (now London). They had at least one child, a son, Charles Kennett.
Handl appeared in supporting roles in more than 100 British films, mostly comedy character parts such as slightly eccentric mothers, grannies, landladies and servants. She was a passionate lover of rock and roll, especially the work of Elvis Presley, and was president of the Lewisham branch of the Elvis Presley fan club. She was also a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, and one of Britain's most avid champions of Chihuahuas, being inseparable from the pair that she owned. Handl had minor roles in such landmark films as Night Train to Munich and Brief Encounter. Her other notable roles included the wife of the union activist Fred Kite (played by Peter Sellers) in I'm All Right Jack (1959); Mrs Gammon, the formidable cook, opposite Gordon Harker in Small Hotel (1957); Tony Hancock's landlady in The Rebel (1961); Sherlock Holmes's housekeeper, Mrs Hudson, in The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970); and Morgan's Communist mother, Mrs Delt, in Morgan – A Suitable Case for Treatment (1966). She also had small roles in two of the Carry On films, Carry On Nurse and Carry On Constable), and played Miss Peach in the original version of The Italian Job. She worked until 1987, the year of her death. Her last role was released posthumously the following year.
Handl died in her flat in Kensington, West London, on 29 November 1987, aged 85, reportedly from cancer. She never married. She was cremated at Golders Green Crematorium, North London.
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