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Demis Roussos
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Artemios "Demis" Ventouris-Roussos (15 June 1946 – 25 January 2015) was a Greek singer, songwriter and musician. As a band member he is best remembered for his work in the progressive rock music act Aphrodite's Child, but as a vocal soloist, his repertoire included hit songs like "Goodbye, My Love, Goodbye", "From Souvenirs to Souvenirs" and "Forever and Ever".
Roussos sold over 60 million albums worldwide and became "an unlikely kaftan-wearing sex symbol".
Roussos was born and raised in Alexandria, Egypt, in a Greek family. His father George (Yorgos) Roussos was a classical guitarist and an engineer and his mother Olga participated with her husband in an amateur theatrical Greek group in Alexandria (there were three such groups in the Greek community); her family originally came from Greece. As a child, he studied music and joined the Greek Church Byzantine choir in Alexandria. His formative years in the ancient port city's cosmopolitan atmosphere were influenced by jazz, but also traditional Arab and Greek Orthodox music. His parents lost their possessions during the Suez Crisis and consequently decided to move to Greece.
After settling in Greece, Roussos participated in a series of musical groups beginning with the Idols when he was 17, where he met Evángelos Papathanassíou (later known as Vangelis) and Loukas Sideras, his future bandmates in Aphrodite's Child. After this, he joined the Athens-based band We Five, another cover band which had limited success in Greece.
Roussos came to a wider audience in 1967 when he joined progressive rock band Aphrodite's Child, with Vangelis and Sideras, initially as a singer but later also playing bass guitar, achieving commercial success in France and other parts of Europe from 1968 to 1972. They set off for London to break into the international music scene but were turned back at Dover due to visa problems. They retreated to Paris where they decided to stay, signing a record deal there with Philips Records. Their first recording sessions were delayed by the general strike of May 1968 but later the same year the song "Rain and Tears" was issued across Europe. The song appeared on the album End of the World in October. Composed by Vangelis and the French lyricist Boris Bergman, the song featured Roussos's unusual high tenor. The song was only a minor hit in Britain but was successful in many other countries. Roussos's operatic vocal style helped propel the band to international success, notably on their final album 666, based on passages from the Book of Revelation, which became a progressive rock cult classic. ...
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Tony Blackburn
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Antony Kenneth Blackburn is an English disc jockey, singer and TV presenter.
Blackburn first achieved fame broadcasting on the pirate stations Radio Caroline and Radio London in the 1960s, before joining the BBC, on the BBC Light Programme.
Blackburn was the first disc jockey to broadcast on BBC Radio 1 at its launch, on 30 September 1967, and has had several stints working for the corporation. He has also worked for Capital London and Classic Gold Digital, and currently BBC Radio 2, BBC Local Radio, and British Forces Broadcasting Service. He has also had a singing career.
As a DJ, Blackburn is known for his championing of Motown and soul music as well as his legendary presenting style.
In 2002, Blackburn was the first winner of the British reality TV series I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
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Erin Moran
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Moran's first acting role was at the age of five, in a television commercial for First Federal Bank. At the age of six, she was cast as Jenny Jones in the television series Daktari, which ran from 1966 to 1969. She made her feature-film debut in How Sweet It Is! (1968) with Debbie Reynolds, and made regular appearances on The Don Rickles Show in 1972, and guest appearances in The Courtship of Eddie's Father, My Three Sons, Bearcats!, and Family Affair. As a young child, she also appeared in the television series Gunsmoke.
In 1974, at the age of 13, Moran was cast to play her best known role, Joanie Cunningham on the sitcom Happy Days, the feisty younger sister of Richie Cunningham (Ron Howard). Moran continued the role in 1982, in the short-lived spin-off series Joanie Loves Chachi, alongside Scott Baio, although she later stated that she had only reluctantly agreed to star in the series; she would have preferred to remain with Happy Days. She won the Young Artist Award for Best Young Actress in a New Television Series for her role. After Joanie Loves Chachi's cancellation in 1983, she returned to Happy Days for its final season.
In 1983, Moran said in an interview that the Happy Days producers had pressured her to change from about the age of 15: they had "suddenly wanted me to lose weight and become this sexy thing."
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Erwin Knausmüller
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Erwin Knausmüller (1912 — 2000) was a Soviet stage and film actor of Austrian origin.
In 1932 he graduated from the Academy of Trade in Graz, Austria. He took part in anti-fascist activities. From 1936 he lived and worked in Moscow. Member of the World War II in the ranks of the Soviet Army. Honored with Order of the Patriotic War 2nd Class.
He made his film debut in 1959 in the film by Ilya Gurin The Golden Eshelon. Knausmüller starred in 61 feature films in total.
Erwin Knausmüller died in Moscow on January 4, 2000. Buried in Moscow at the Vvedenskoye Cemetery.
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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.
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Howard Freeman
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Howard Freeman (December 9, 1899 – December 11, 1967) was an American stage actor of the early 20th century, and film and television actor of the 1940s through the 1960s.
Freeman was born in Helena, Montana, and began working as a stage actor in his 20s. He entered the film industry in 1942, when he played a small uncredited role in Inflation. Despite his late start in film acting, Freeman would build himself a fairly substantial career in that field that would last over twenty-three years. From 1943 onward he worked on a regular basis, sometimes in uncredited roles, but more often than not in small but credited bit or supporting parts.
In 1951 he began appearing on numerous television series, which would be his main acting roles for the remainder of his career, lasting into 1965.
He retired from film and television acting in 1965, and settled into retirement in New York City, where he was living at the time of his death.
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Sara Davies
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Sara Davies MBE is a British businesswoman, entrepreneur, and television personality. She is the founder and owner of Crafter's Companion, a company she started while a student at the University of York. In April 2019 it was announced that she would join the panel of the BBC television programme Dragons' Den for its seventeenth series. In 2021 Davies was appointed the North East Ambassador for Smart Works Newcastle, a charity supporting unemployed women into work through clothing and coaching.
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Yuika Motokariya
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Motokariya Yuika was born in the Meguro ward of central Tokyo on September 8th, 1987. While her first role was in the ongoing serial Mr. Kinpachi In Class 3B she was first truly introduced to audiences in the seminal Swing Girls. She had joined a theatrical group at age ten. Since 2002 she has been consistently in front of the camera for the big and small screens and has not paused even for her studies at the drama department of Nihon University of Tokyo. There was a minor controversy when she was spotted in public apparently in a drunken state in 2011 because it clashed with her image. At the end of that year she presented a sexier image in her most recent photo book. Beginning 2012 and for three years Yuika was a host of a variety show called Osama No Buranchi on TBS. Her younger sister Riina was also a announcer on television. Resembling a young Kimura Tae, Yuika has of course pushed products like coffee and cars, has several photo books to her name and has conducted fan meet and greets as late as 2018. She is a fan of singer and songwriter Aiko, enjoys jogging and reading. She is handled by Stardust Agency.
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Jesse Einstein
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Jesse Einstein is an actor, voice-over artist, and filmmaker living in Los Angeles.
He has appeared on television (The League, Kroll Show, Lopez) and stage (Originating the role of Komitas in Komitas at Atwater Village Theatre, Jared in Paloma at LA Theatre Center, and playing Marvin in Falsettos at Third Street Theatre “Pitch perfect!” - LA Times) and in film where he’s worked with William H Macy, Rhea Perlman, John Rubinstein, and Brittany Snow. As a voiceover artist he has performed in commercials and narrated dozens of widely-distributed audiobooks.
As a filmmaker, Jesse has produced internationally distributed content for Sky TV, Radical Productions, Rock the Vote, Mom+Pop Music, The Media Collective, and Dawn Machine.
Jesse is a member of The Road Theatre and Road Friez Sketch Comedy Team (performing monthly at The Ruby in Los Angeles), and is an alum of University of Southern California (David Dukes Scholarship Award), The Atlantic Acting School (NYU), Second City, and UCB.
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Christoffer Bro
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Christian Christoffer Christoffersen Bro er søn af lærer Viggo Johannes Christoffersen Bro (død 1937) og hustru søndagsskolelærer Anna Christensen (død 1964). Han blev stud.mag. og havde læst hos Einar Juhl, da han kom på elevskole på Aarhus Teater 1958-60. Der fik han straks debut som Puk i "En skærsommernatsdrøm". Han viste også sit komiske talent som Jonatan i "Folk og røvere", som Elin Reimers partner i musicalen "Rose Marie" og som Herløv i "Eventyr på Fodrejsen" i 62. I 1959 var han med til at oprette Forsøgsscenen i Århus. Han spillede i revyer på ABC-teatret i 62/63, og på Dansk Skolescene var han Peter i "Anne Franks dagbog" i 62 og Leander i "Scapins gavtyvestreger" i 64. I 1963 var han også på Folketeatret som Pierrot i "Don Juan". I tv spillede han Les i "Jimmys tog" i 63 og Lexy i "Candida" i 64. I København fik han mange gode opgaver - bl. a. som Kirsebærkat i "Sommeren" på Boldhus Teatret, som "Kong Ubu" i Riddersalen og som Søren Brun i "Radiserne" på Allé Scenen med søsteren Vigga Bro som Trine. Christoffer Bro var pioner i det opsøgende teaterarbejde på landets arbejdspladser. Han var direktør på Gladsaxe Teater i årene 1972-1984, hvor der bl.a. blev vist følgende forestillinger: "Niels Klim", "Heksejagt", "Hvem er bange for Virginia Woolf?" og "Kristihimmelfartsfesten". Efter tiden som teaterchef fortsatte Christoffer Bro som skuespiller og har været instruktør på teatrene. Han iscenesatte bl.a. revyen "Spektakler i juli", "Lille Malcolm", "Arbejderen kan 300 ord", "Hvem er det der blir snydt", "Månebørn", "Henrik og Pernille" og "Med hatten lige på hovedet". Han havde roller i "The Boys in the Band", "Seks på Weekend", "Den gamle dame besøger byen", "Clockwork Orange", "Rygter, rygter", "Eventyr på fodrejsen", "Brok" og i mangfoldige andre opsætninger. Fra 1963 til 1978 var han gift med skuespillerinden Helle Hertz, med hvem han fik 3 børn. De er alle - Anders Peter, Nicolas og Laura - uddannede skuespillere. Han filmdebuterede som marinesoldat i filmen "Sorte Shara" og har gennem årene haft en del småroller. Han spillede Tom i "Paradis retur", Soldaten i "Sommerkrig" og han medvirkede i en række sengekantsfilmm ligesom han havde roller på TV. Bl.a. huskes han for sin rolle som Fiffig Jørgensen i julekalenderen "Nissebanden i Grønland" fra 1989 og han spillede den usympatiske Nicolaisen fra Taxanævnet i TV-serien "Taxa" i 1998-1999.
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