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Asunción Vitoria

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The dark, thin-lipped, almond-eyed, María Asunción Vitoria Farré was active throughout the sixties, seventies and eighties in numerous supporting roles, usually on the serious side, alternating her work as an actress with occasional periods as an TV anchorwoman. Although long linked in her personal life with Jaime Jesús Balcázar, she was less conspicuous in Balcázar productions than in the films of Ignacio F. Iquino’s IFI company. Vitoria was much active as a silky-voiced dubber from the early sixties to the mid-eighties. In this capacity, she supplied the Spanish voice for the blonde woman who is assaulted at the beginning of Juan Bosch’s La diligencia de los condenados (Stagecoach of the Condemned) and for Simón Andreu’s lover in Giuseppe Rosati’s Campa carogna…la taglia cresce (Those Dirty Dogs). In the late seventies, she was much in demand to dub various actresses in Spanish softcore films: sometimes she would dub as many as four roles within the same film, even if the characters in question were holding conversations with each other. The last work know of Vitoria was radio speaker.
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Natalya Kudryashova

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Natalya Aleksandrovna Kudryashova (Russian: Наталья Александровна Кудряшова; born 12 October, 1978; Nizhny Novgorod) is a Russian actress, filmmaker and screenwriter. Winner of the Diploma for the Best Debut of the Open Russian Film Festival "Kinotavr" for directing the film "Pioneers-Heroes" (2015) and the Best Actrees Prize for her role in the film "The Man Who Surprised Everyone" (2018) in the Horizons Competition of the 75th Venice Film Festival.
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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 31 October 2020, it was announced that Connery had died at the age of 90. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sean Connery, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Vijay Raghavendra

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Vijay Raghavendra is an Indian film actor who appears predominantly in Kannada films. Referred to popularly as "Chinnari Mutha", Vijay is the son of producer S. A. Chinne Gowda and nephew of actor Rajkumar. Vijay started his career as a child artist through the film Chalisuva Modagalu (1982) and won critical acclaims for his performances in Chinnari Mutha (1993) and Kotreshi Kanasu (1994). The latter film won him the National Film Award for Best Child Artist. His first adult lead role was in Ramoji Rao's production titled Ninagagi in 2002, which was a commercial success and one of the highest-grossing films of the year. However, his subsequent projects under-performed at the box office until he was noticed for his role in the T. S. Nagabharana's period drama Kallarali Hoovagi in 2006, followed by his home production film Sevanthi Sevanthi in the same year. For playing the role of Puttaraj Gawai in the biographical film Shivayogi Sri Puttayyajja in 2016, Vijay won the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actor. In 2013, by public vote, Vijay won the first season of the game show Bigg Boss – the Indian version of Celebrity Big Brother, currently produced by Endemol India.
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Mircea Diaconu

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Born in Vlădești, Argeș County, he graduated high school in Câmpulung in 1967 and Bucharest's Caragiale Academy of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography in 1971. He made his theatrical debut a year before graduating, at the Bulandra Theater, in Truman Capote's The Grass Harp. His screen debut came in Dan Pița's Nunta de piatră (1972); he would later appear in the same director's Filip cel Bun (1975). Other directors with whom he has worked include Alexandru Tatos (Mere roșii, 1975; Secvențe, 1982; and Secretul armei secrete, 1988), Virgil Calotescu (Buletin de București, 1982; and Căsătorie cu repetiție, 1985), Nae Caranfil (Asfalt Tango, 1996; and Filantropica, 2002) and Cătălin Mitulescu (The Way I Spent the End of the World, 2006). In all, he has appeared in more than sixty films. Diaconu worked with Lucian Pintilie both in film (the 1981 De ce trag clopotele, Mitică?) and in theater: Gogol's The Government Inspector at Bulandra, and Shakespeare's As You Like It at the Nottara Theater. Liviu Ciulei hired him at Bulandra in 1972, and he remained there for a decade, before moving on to Nottara. At Bulandra, he appeared in Twelfth Night and The Tempest, both under Ciulei's direction; and in Marin Sorescu's Răceala, directed by Dan Micu. At Nottara, he appeared in Alexander Ostrovsky's The Forest; Ultimul bal, after Liviu Rebreanu's Forest of the Hanged; and Mihai Ispirescu's Într-o dimineață. He became the director of Nottara Theater in 2004, working as such until his resignation in 2011.
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Jukka Hildén

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Jukka Hildén (born 3 August 1980) is a Finnish media personality and member of The Dudesons stuntgroup. On the Music Television USA website Jukka is introduced as "the rockstar, the show man, the never-stopping energizer bunny of the Dudesons crew". Hildén was born in Helsinki. When Hildén was nine years old, his homemade bomb destroyed the living room of his home and severely burned his face. He is a Finnish special operations paratrooper due to Finland's compulsory service. Currently, he resides in Helsinki, Finland and Hollywood, California. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jukka Hilden, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Lindy Booth

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Lindy Booth (born April 2, 1979) is a Canadian actress who currently resides in Los Angeles, California. She's best known for playing Riley Grant on the Disney Channel series The Famous Jett Jackson (and Agent Hawk in the show-within-a-show Silverstone) and Claudia on Relic Hunter. She also portrayed A.J. Butterfield on the NBC series The Philanthropist. Other credits include guest starring as different characters in two 2002 episodes of the A&E Network series A Nero Wolfe Mystery ("Before I Die" and Poison a la Carte"), and a recurring role in season two of the USA Network series The 4400. She also starred as Dodger Allen in the 2005 movie Cry Wolf, as Nicole in the 2004 remake of Dawn of the Dead, and had a small part in Wrong Turn with Eliza Dushku. She appears in Dark Honeymoon. In addition, she has guest starred in TV shows such as CSI: NY and Ghost Whisperer. She also played Stephanie Goodison on Syfy's Warehouse 13 and portrayed Lana Turner in 2001's Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows. Booth was born in Oakville, Ontario and attended T. A. Blakelock High School, graduating in 1998 prior to beginning her film career. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lindy Booth, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Fabian Aichner

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is an Italian professional wrestler currently signed to WWE, where he performs in their developmental territory NXT using his real name. He previously performed on the independent circuit throughout Europe under the ring name Adrian Severe. Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2011–2017) Fabian made his professional wrestling debut on December 12, 2011 for New European Championship Wrestling (NEW). In 2012, Fabian competed in the finals of the NEW World Heavyweight Championship tournament but ultimately did not win the tournament nor the championship. In 2013, Fabian once again reached in the finals of a NEW tournament, this time competing in the Deadline tournament but he once again would not win the tournament; the same would happen in the Deadline tournament in 2014. After his return to the independent circuit following the Crusierweight Classic, Fabian would win the NEW World Tag Team Title Tournament with Mexx. NXT (2017–present) On June 5, 2017, it was announced that Aichner had signed a contract with WWE. On June 22, Aichner made his return at a NXT live event in a losing effort against Adrian Jaoude. It was later revealed that Aichner had gained almost 30 lbs of muscle since his appearance in the Cruiserweight Classic. He made his television debut on the September 27 episode of NXT, losing to Kassius Ohno. Aichner had his first televised victory on the November 1 episode of NXT, defeating Johnny Gargano. During the inaugural USA Network broadcast of the December 13 episode of NXT, Aichner challenged for the NXT Championship held by Andrade Almas but was unsuccessful in winning the title.
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Virginia Davis

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Virginia Davis (December 31, 1918 - August 15, 2009) was born in Kansas City, Missouri. Her father was a traveling furniture salesman and spent much time away from home. With her husband gone for weeks at a time, Margaret Davis, a housewife, focused all her attention on her daughter; she began taking Virginia to dancing lessons and modeling auditions when she was 2. A striking child with long curls, Virginia was soon appearing in advertisements that played between films in local theaters. She also entered Georgie Brown's Dramatic School in Kansas City, where she studied drama and dance. In the summer of 1923, 22-year-old Walt Disney, a struggling but ambitious director, saw Virginia in an advertisement in a Kansas City theater and immediately decided to hire her. He quickly contacted Margaret Davis, who was eager to advance her Virginia's career. Alice's Wonderland (1923), the first short film of the Alice series, was filmed at the Davis home in Kansas City; both Margaret Davis and Walt Disney made brief appearances (which marked Disney's first live appearance in one of his own cartoons). After filming, Disney returned to Hollywood and began to build his movie empire with only forty dollars and one short film starring little Virginia Davis. The Davis family soon followed Disney to Hollywood, although their daughter's career was not the only reason for the move; Virginia had suffered pneumonia and other health problems, and her doctor told her parents that she would be healthier in a drier, warmer climate. Virginia signed her first contract with Disney for a salary of $100 a month, and she began filming the Alice shorts in Walt Disney's first studio, his uncle's garage. His brother Roy O. Disney was the cameraman, and the Disney family dog Peggy appeared in many of the films. The Alice shorts became very popular, providing Disney with his first national success. But as the series progressed, Disney became more interested in the animation aspect, which minimized Virginia's live-action role; she only made about thirteen of the Alice shorts before her contract was severed. She later auditioned for the role of voice of Snow White in Disney's film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), but she didn't get the role because her mother refused to accept the frugal salary. Virginia had some small roles in full-length films, including The Harvey Girls (1946), before she left acting to earn a degree from the New York School of Interior Design. She later became an editor for the 1950s magazine "Living for Young Homemakers", and in the 1960s she began working for real estate agents in Connecticut and later California. In 1992, interest was renewed in the Alice series. Living in retirement in Montana, Virginia was suddenly overwhelmed by the number of fans seeking to honor her and the remarkable role she played in the birth of Walt Disney Studios. She was the guest of honor at the Pordonone Silent Film Festival in Italy in 1992, and she was inducted as a Disney Legend in 1998. Virginia also became very active in silent film festivals and events at Disneyland and Walt Disney World.
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Kengo Kawanishi

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Kengo Kawanishi (河西 健吾, Kawanishi Kengo, February 18, 1985) is a Japanese male voice actor. He was born in Osaka and his blood type is A. He was formerly affiliated with Office Kaoru, but is now affliated with Mause Promotion. He debuted as a voice actor in 2006. In June 2010, he dubbed Sterling Knight for the first time as Christopher in "Starstruck", and in October 2015, he starred for the first time in the anime series "Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans" in the role of Augustus. Chika Umino, the original author of "March Comes In Like a Lion," described him as "a shining dark voice."
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