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Periklis Hoursoglou

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Studies He was born in Athens in 1955. He studied at the School of Mathematics of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, at the same time he studied "Directing" at the Lykourgos Stavrakos School. He has attended screenwriting and production workshops and seminars. With the script of his second feature film, "The Gentleman in Grey", he participated in the "Sources" workshop of the EU Media program. The script was analyzed by Jan Fleischer. With the scripts of his films: "Eyes from Night" and "The Manager", he participated in the script workshops of the "Mediterranean Film Institute" (MFI). Jan Fleischer was the script analyst for both of these films. He speaks English and French. Artistic work Assistant Director: From 1976 to 1992 he worked as an assistant director alongside the directors: George Panousopoulos, Andrea Thomopoulos, Alexis Damiano, Takis Papagiannidis, but mainly alongside Pantelis Voulgaris. Documentary director: He directed documentaries for the shows "Athens is not only Greece", "E.R.T. in Northern Greece", "The E.R.T. all over Greece", "Small portraits", "Background". In 2011, he wrote and directed the 13-episode documentary series "I met happy craftsmen" for ET-1. In 2013, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the liberation of Kavala, he wrote and directed the documentary "Kavala - Reflections of yesterday, transformations of today".
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Lubna Azabal

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Lubna Azabal is a Belgian actress, born in Brussels to a Moroccan father and a Spanish mother. After studing at the Conservatoire royal of Brussels, she began a theatrical career in Belgium. In 1997, she took her first film role when Belgian film-maker Vincent Lannoo chose her to act beside Olivier Gourmet in his short film J'adore le cinéma. She performs in both French and Arabic films. She was raised trilingual (French, Spanish and Berber). She also speaks fluent English and Arabic. Her most widely known role is in the 2005 Golden Globe-winning Palestinian political thriller, Paradise Now. She can also be spotted in a smaller role in Ridley Scott's recent film Body of Lies. Azabal won the Black Pearl Award 2010 (Abu Dhabi Film Festival) for Best Actress for her role in the film Incendies. She also won the Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role at the 31st Genie Awards.
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Mary Treen

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Mary Treen (born Mary Louise Summers, March 27, 1907 – July 20, 1989) was an American film and television actress, a familiar face who brought levity to the screen. A minor actress for much of her career, she managed to secure a plain, unassuming niche for herself in the Hollywood of the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. Early years She was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the daughter of attorney Don. C. Summers and actress Helene Sullivan Summers. In 1908, when Mary Louise was 11 months old, her mother sued her father for divorce on the grounds that he failed to provide for her. Her father died while she was an infant. She was reared in California by her mother and her stepfather, a physician. Treen attended the Westlake School for Girls and a convent where she tried out successfully in school plays. Career During her career, Treen was seen in over 40 films. Among her film roles were Tilly, the secretary of the Building and Loan, in It's a Wonderful Life (1946) and the role of Pat in the drama Kitty Foyle (1940) starring Ginger Rogers. Her longest-running role was as Hilda, the maid and baby nurse, in 64 episodes from 1962 to 1965 of the NBC and CBS sitcom The Joey Bishop Show. Earlier, in the 1954–1955 season, she was cast in thirty-eight episodes as Emily Dodger on the CBS sitcom Willy. Death Treen died of cancer in Newport Beach, California, July 20, 1989. She was 82. Her only survivors were distant cousins. One of her cousins was actor Mort Mills.
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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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Darby Hinton

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Darby Hinton (born August 19, 1957) is an American actor and filmmaker initially cast in commercials when he was six months old. From 1964–1970 he portrayed Israel Boone, a son of American pioneer Daniel Boone, on the NBC adventure series Daniel Boone, with Fess Parker in the title role. He also co-starred as Simon Graham in the two-part 1968 episode, Boomerang, Dog of Many Talents of NBC's Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color, with Darren McGavin, Patricia Crowley, and Russ Conway.
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Leslie Sachs

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Leslie S. Sachs is an American actress who has appeared in a variety of films and television shows. She is best known for her roles in the films Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995) and Scorned (1993). Sachs was born in New York City and began her acting career in the early 1990s. She has appeared in a number of films, including Hard Promises (1991), The Flamingo Kid (1984), and Night Eyes Three (1993). She has also appeared in a number of television shows, including The X-Files, Quantum Leap, and Frasier.
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John Hollis

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John Hollis was an English actor. He played the role of Lobot in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back and the German porter at the chateau in The Dirty Dozen. He appeared in the classic 1978 film Superman as one of the Elders of Krypton, and reprised his role in the 1980 theatrical version of Superman II. He also played the role of Ernst Stavro Blofeld in the cold open of the 1981 James Bond film For Your Eyes Only, going uncredited due to the controversy over the film rights and characters of Thunderball. In this sequence, his character was famously lifted from a wheelchair and dropped to his death down a chimney stack by Bond after he had attempted to kill Bond by using a remote control link to Bond's MI6 helicopter. Hollis also took the role of Sondergaard in the Jon Pertwee era of Doctor Who in the story The Mutants, and appeared in The Avengers episode The Cybernauts as a sensei and also in The Tomorrow People. John Hollis was a versatile character actor for BBC Radio. Notable roles include Magwitch in Great Expectations, Leonard Bast in Howards End, Conan Doyle's Inspector Lestrade and Shakespeare's Bardolph.
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Dylan Patton

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Dylan Michael Patton was born in Texas on July 13th, 1992. Dylan began his acting career at the age of 7 and his natural character appeal in front of the camera helped him to book various commercials both regional and national. In the spring of 2002, Dylan's agent received a call from a producer who was casting a television pilot in Nashville Tennessee. After only a few callbacks, Dylan landed the lead role of Dakota Manning in "Our Family". Dylan spent the next year auditioning and booking more regional and national commercial spots for such companies as "Subaru" and "Hasbro." The following spring in 2003, Dylan auditioned for an independent film called Sheeba (2005). The film was starring Edward Asner and Judge Reinhold. The producer was looking for an 11-year-old boy to play the film's leading character, Clay Thomas. Dylan landed the role and shot the film during the entire summer of 2003. In Early 2009, he joined the cast of NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives, playing the role of Will Horton from February 27, 2009 to January 20, 2010.
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Betta St. John

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Betta St. John (born November 26, 1929, Hawthorne, California) is an American actress, singer and dancer. Born as Betty Jean Striegler, St. John made her film debut at the age of ten in Destry Rides Again (1939) and as an orphan in Jane Eyre (1944). She was discovered by Rodgers and Hammerstein and played a small role in the Broadway musical, Carousel in 1945. By 1949, she created the role of Liat in the musical South Pacific and followed the production to London. On film, she appeared in The Robe (1953), Dream Wife (1953), All the Brothers Were Valiant (1953), The Law vs. Billy the Kid (1954), and The Student Prince (1954). St. John appeared in two Tarzan films and ended her career as the heroine of Horror Hotel (1960). She continued to act in films and television until 1965 when she retired. Description above from the Wikipedia article Betta St. John, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Taemin

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Lee Tae-min (이태민; born July 18, 1993), known professionally as Taemin (태민), is a South Korean singer-songwriter, dancer and actor under SM Entertainment. He is the maknae of the South Korean boy group SHINee and a member of the group SuperM. Aside from group activities, Taemin debuted as a soloist in 2014 with the release of his first extended play, Ace. It peaked at number one on the South Korean Gaon Album Chart, and its lead single "Danger" reached number five on the Gaon Digital Chart. His first studio album, Press It (2016), also charted at number one on the Gaon Album Chart. In July 2016, Taemin made his solo debut in Japan with the release of his second EP, Solitary Goodbye. Taemin released his second Korean studio album, Move, in 2017 and the title track gained attention for its distinctive choreography. In 2018, he released his first Japanese studio album, Taemin, and embarked on his first Japanese tour. In February 2019, Taemin released his second Korean mini-album, Want, with a title track of the same name. His third Korean studio album, Never Gonna Dance Again, was released in 2020, led by singles "Criminal" and "Idea". As an actor, Taemin's first role was as Junsu in the 2009 MBC comedy Tae-Hee, Hye-Kyo, Ji-Hyun.
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