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Mengke Bateer

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Mengke Bateer (simplified Chinese: 孟克巴特尔; traditional Chinese: 孟克巴特爾; pinyin: Mèngkè Bātè'ěr, pronounced [mə̂ŋkʰɤ̂ pátʰɤ̂àɚ]; born November 20, 1975), commonly referred to simply as Bateer in China, is a Chinese Inner Mongolian former professional basketball player. Playing at the center position, he played parts of three seasons in the NBA, winning the NBA Finals during one of them. However, he spent the majority of his career competing in the Chinese Basketball Association for the Beijing Ducks as the winner of the CBA finals and later, with the Xinjiang Flying Tigers before ending his career with the Sichuan Blue Whales in the lesser National Basketball League. Mengke scored a total of 8 points with the Toronto Raptors on his last season in the NBA. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Nicolas Jaeger

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Nicolas Jaeger, born in 1946 in Boulogne-Billancourt and died in 1980 in Lhotse, is a French doctor and mountaineer. He is the author of more than a hundred solo ascents in the Mont-Blanc massif and in the Andes, including many “first solos”. On October 15, 1978, he was one of the first French people to reach the summit of Everest, with Pierre Mazeaud and Jean Afanassieff accompanied by the Austrian Kurt Diemberger, altitude cameraman. Son of photographer Janine Niépce and film producer Claude Jaeger, Nicolas Jaeger was born on October 20, 19462 in Boulogne-Billancourt. He was very close to his grandfather Niepce, one of the pioneers of aviation, co-founder of the Construction of flying machines and spare parts company, with whom he learned whole passages from the Adventures of Tintin albums by heart, developing according to his mother his vocation as an adventurer. He studied medicine and practiced mountaineering: he became a doctor and in 1975 graduated from his promotion as a mountain guide. In 1977, Nicolas Jaeger was the leader of an expedition to Peru during which he opened new routes alone on several peaks over 6,000 meters. He returned to Peru in 1978 for an ultra-light expedition which again allowed him to make his first solo ascents. The same year, Nicolas Jaeger participated in the first ascent of Everest by a French expedition led by Pierre Mazeaud, with Jean Afanassieff and Kurt Diemberger. He reached the summit on October 15 with Afanassieff and they were the first to descend an 8,000-meter peak on skis. This heavy expedition, with its many porters, oxygen cylinders, altitude camps, does not correspond to the style of mountaineering practiced by Nicolas Jaeger, a light mountaineering, often alone. But this expedition is an opportunity for him to climb Everest (a mountain still rarely climbed at the time), to benefit from a media exposure which will facilitate his future projects and to observe the behavior of the human body at high altitude. . The following year, he went to live alone from July 27 to September 27, 1979 at an altitude of 6,700 meters in Peru, under the summit of Huascarán, to study human physiology at high altitude on his own. He is looking for “a kind of super-acclimatization” made possible by prolonged stays at altitude. He writes a daily diary of his stay, the Carnets de solitude, which he will publish on his return. Not having suffered from altitude sickness during this long stay, he noticed his great ability to acclimatize to altitude. With his experience of altitude and solo mountaineering, he returned to the Himalayas in 1980 with the goal of climbing the south face of Lhotse, alone, without oxygen, without the help of porters. On April 28, 1980, Jaeger disappeared after being last seen nearly 8,200 meters above sea level on the south face of Lhotse. He was married and the father of two daughters.
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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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Lori Sutton

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Lori Sutton was a sexy, shapely and attractive blonde actress who popped up in a handful of movies and TV shows made throughout the 80's. Lori began her film career in the early 80's with small parts in History of the World: Part I (1981), Looker (1981), perfectly cast as a "Playboy" playmate in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) and Los albóndigas en remojo (1984). Sutton graduated to more substantial roles in the mid-80's: she was very funny as the stuck-up "Edith Hutton" in the uproariously raunchy Night Patrol (1984), memorably feisty as lusty police detective "Beverly McAfee" in Malibu Express (1985), and quite engaging as sweet health spa instructor "Delores Lane" in the charming A Polish Vampire in Burbank (1985). Moreover, she made guest appearances on the TV shows Chips (1977), Matt Houston (1982), Falcon Crest (1981) and Hunter (1984). Alas, Lori Sutton abruptly stopped acting in 1990.
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Gordan Kičić

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Gordan Kičić is a Serbian actor, comedian and director. Acclaimed for both his comedic and dramatic roles, he is prominent for his starring role in the acclaimed television series Balkan Shadows, and for his roles in praised Serbian films War Live (2000), Sky Hook (2000), Mala noćna muzika (2002), Kad porastem biću Kengur (2004), Seven and a Half (2006) and Redemption Street (2012). He is also known for his supporting role as foolish Rajko in the popular television comedy Otvorena vrata. In November 2019, he made his directorial debut with the successful film Realna priča. He is a permanent member of the Atelje 212 theatre. In 2010, he won the Zoran Radmilović Award for his performance in the cult theatre's production of Hair.
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Yûko Mizushima

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Attracted attention with "Ten, Pai, Pon, Chin Gymnastics" of the late-night program " Good Morning ". After that, appeared in numerous television dramas and variety shows, in the mid-1980s from its glamorous of Nikkatsu Roman Porno albeit at work ( "Head mistress pink stockings" in pseudo-production activities, pantyhose is torn the (Playing the role) has also appeared. Since then, she has written film criticism in magazines. Since 2005, she has been a member of the Japan Movie Pen Club. Member of the Mystery Writers of Japan .
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Olga Lindo

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Olga Helena Frances Lindo was born in London at the end of the Victorian era to Frank and Marion (née Wakeford) Lindo. She had one brother Reginald David Marion Lindo (1900-72). Her father was a well-known actor-manager and author. It was no surprise then when Olga made her stage debut aged just fourteen in The Sleeping Beauty Re-Awakened at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London's Covent Garden. She joined her father's touring company taking on a wide range of roles. By 1925 she had been described as formibable by the Times for her portrayal of Sadie Thompson in Maugham's Rain at the Garrick Theatre. Her range was extrordinary and she graced the London stage for over half a century. Whilst not her first love she also had a very successful screen career. Olga Lindo died in London in 1968 aged 69.
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Kristen Holden-Ried

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Kristen Holden-Ried (born 1 August 1973) is a Canadian actor best known for his roles as William Compton in the Showtime series The Tudors, Dyson in the Syfy series Lost Girl, and Quint Lane in the film Underworld: Awakening. Holden-Ried was born in Pickering, Ontario, Canada, in 1973. He studied at Montreal's Concordia University School of Business, but he ultimately decided to pursue a career in acting. Holden-Ried made his acting debut in 1995, with a starring role in the television movie Young Ivanhoe. He went on to appear in several other television movies and television series, including The Outer Limits, The Dead Zone, and Smallville. In 2007, Holden-Ried was cast as William Compton in the Showtime series The Tudors. He appeared in the first seven episodes of the series, and his performance was praised by critics. In 2010, Holden-Ried was cast as Dyson in the Syfy series Lost Girl. He appeared in all five seasons of the series, and his performance was one of the most popular aspects of the show. In 2012, Holden-Ried played Quint Lane in the film Underworld: Awakening. He reprised the role in the 2016 film Underworld: Blood Wars. Holden-Ried is also a voice actor. He has voiced characters in several animated television series and video games, including Captain Canuck, Assassin's Creed: Syndicate, and The Legend of Korra. Holden-Ried is married to actress Erin Krakow. They have two children.
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Gunilla Hutton

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gunilla Hutton (May 15, 1942, Gothenburg) is a Swedish-born American actress and singer,[1] perhaps best known for her roles as the second Billie Jo Bradley (1965–66) on Petticoat Junction (1963-70) and as a regular cast member in the television series Hee Haw until 1992. She was raised in Fort Worth, Texas.[2] She appeared in Perry Mason, The Love Boat, and Murder Can Hurt You (1980). In 2015, she appeared in a MeTV commercial promoting Petticoat Junction, alongside cast members Linda Kaye Henning and Lori Saunders.
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Ian MacNaughton

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Edward Ian Macnaughton (30 December 1925 – 10 December 2002) was a Scottish former actor-turned-television producer/director, best known for his work with the Monty Python team. He was born and brought up in Glasgow, educated at Strathallan School, and died in a car accident in Munich. Serving as both director and producer of Monty Python's Flying Circus, MacNaughton also directed the team's first film, And Now For Something Completely Different and their German special, Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus. In 1979, he made the short movie Le Pétomane about farting artist Joseph Pujol, starring Leonard Rossiter. He also was the producer of Spike Milligan's Q, which was a big influence on the Monty Python team. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ian MacNaughton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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