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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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Hoon Lee
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Tong Hoon Lee (born July 18, 1973) is an American stage, film and television actor, known for playing Job in the Cinemax original series Banshee and the King in the Broadway revival of The King and I, and voicing Hamato Yoshi/Splinter in the 2012 version of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Shredder in Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
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Robin Givens
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Robin Simone Givens (November 27, 1964) is an American actress and model. She's best known for her roles as Jada Jet in CW's Batwoman, Stephanie Carlisle in OWN's drama Ambitions, Sierra McCoy in CW's Riverdale, Abby in Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys, Kim in Head of State, Wilma Cuthbert on UPN's sitcom Sparks, Jacqueline Broyer in Boomerang, Imabelle in A Rage in Harlem, Kiswana on the miniseries The Women of Brewster Place, and Darlene Merriman on ABC's sitcom Head of the Class.
She first began acting in 1985 with an appearance on The Cosby Show, followed by roles in Diff'rent Strokes and the 1986 television film Beverly Hills Madam, opposite Faye Dunaway. That same year, she landed her breakthrough role as rich girl Darlene Merriman on the ABC sitcom Head of the Class - she reprised her role in the 2021 HBO remake.
In 1989, while starring in Head of the Class, she appeared in The Women of Brewster Place with Oprah Winfrey. She later starred in the feature films A Rage in Harlem (1991) and Boomerang (1992).
In 1994, she posed nude for Playboy magazine. She was ranked No. 88 on Empire magazine's "100 Sexiest Stars in Film History" list in May 1995.
From February to April 16, 2006, she played the role of Roxie Hart in the Broadway play Chicago. From February to April 16, 2006, she played the role of Roxie Hart in the Broadway play Chicago. In 2007, she toured the country playing a part in the I'm Ready Productions play Men, Money & Golddiggers. She starred in the 2009 stage play A Mother's Prayer.
After meeting in March 1986, she married boxer Mike Tyson on February 7, 1988. Tyson was then estimated to have $50 million, and they did not have a prenuptial agreement. In October 1988, Givens filed for divorce, citing spousal abuse and was granted a temporary restraining order. Tyson sought an annulment, accusing her of stealing millions of dollars and manipulating the public. She responded by filing a $125 million libel suit for defamation. Their divorce was finalized on Valentine's Day in 1989. She was the spokesperson for the National Domestic Violence Hotline for several years.
In 1993 she adopted her first son, Michael "Buddy" Givens. In 1997, she married her tennis instructor, Svetozar Marinković; she filed for divorce months later. In 1999, she had a biological son, William "Billy" Jensen, with tennis player Murphy Jensen. They dated from 1999 until 2002.
In June 2007, she released her autobiography Grace Will Lead Me Home.
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Ruth Mix
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Nadine Ruth Mix (July 13, 1912 - September 21, 1977) was the daughter of western film star Tom Mix, and a B-movie actress during the 1930s.
Born in Dewey, Oklahoma, to Tom and Olive Stokes Mix, she started her acting career following in her father's footsteps. In the mid-1920s she starred in several silent films. She made a total of twelve westerns, particularly The Tonto Kid, Fighting Pioneers, Saddle Aces and Gunfire, all made in 1935. In 1936 she starred in three cliffhanger serials, The Black Coin, The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand, and Custer's Last Stand.
She played the female lead in a few B-westerns, starring alongside Wally Walls and Hoot Gibson. She then retired from acting and began taking the lead role for her father's circus and wild west show.
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Anthony Franciosa
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Anthony Franciosa (born Anthony George Papaleo; October 25, 1928 – January 19, 2006) was an American actor.
Franciosa began his career on stage and made a breakthrough after portraying a brother of the drug addict in the play A Hatful of Rain, which earned him a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play. He reprised his role in its subsequent film adaptation, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor.
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Thomas Borchert
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Thomas Borchert (born 20 July 1966) is a German actor and singer who rose to fame as one of Europe's leading actors in musical theatre.
His first professional role was the Rum Tum Tugger in Cats, and he has experienced a successful career in notable productions, including Dan in the European premiere of Neck to Normal, Naroch in the world premiere of Moses, Count von Krolock in Tanz der Vampire, Dracula in Dracula, and Dantès in The Count of Monte Christo, a role that was written for Borchert personally by composer Frank Wildhorn.
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Geno Segers
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Geno Segers is an American actor known for his roles as Mason Makoola in the Disney XD television series Pair of Kings, Chayton Littlestone on Cinemax's Banshee, Kincaid on MTV's Teen Wolf and also as co-host of Fort Boyard: Ultimate Challenge for two seasons.
Born Lonnie Geno Segers, Jr., he is the oldest son of Lonnie G. Segers Sr. and Sandra Eldridge. His ancestry is African American,and Native American. Segers was a footballer, wrestler, and track athlete in high school and college. He played football at Western Carolina University, after which he played in the American National Rugby League. From there, he moved to New Zealand to play for the Richmond Rovers rugby league team. At the suggestion of a friend, Segers auditioned for voice ads at a New Zealand radio station. His voice (Segers is a bass) earned him a lot of attention, and caught the attention of an agent that led Segers to be cast as Mufasa in the Australian production of The Lion King. He went on to star in the American and Chinese productions as well.
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Ignacio Serricchio
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Ignacio Serricchio (born April 19, 1982) is an Argentinian-American actor. He is a graduate of Syracuse University's drama department. In October 2004, he joined the cast of the daytime serial General Hospital as troubled youth Diego Alcazar. He left the soap in November 2006 but returned as Diego on February 22, 2008 until his character was killed off on March 5, 2008. In 2005, he portrayed a streetwise Mormon missionary in the critically acclaimed film States of Grace. He was a series regular on Witches of East End.
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Geneva Maccarone
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Geneva Maccarone is an actress known for her work on A Madea Homecoming (2022) and Chicago P.D. (2018-2019). She was born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island and raised in Tampa, Florida and is of Cape Verdean and Italian descent. Geneva was a professional cheerleader in the NFL for The Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2012-2013). She started her acting career at the age of 13 at The Performing Arts Center (now known as The Straz Center) summer camp and landed the lead role in Whisperwood, an original play written and directed by Fred Johnson, in Tampa, Florida. She has always had an appreciation for the arts since a young age and hopes to inspire and empower young women with her work.
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Antonia Tootill
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Antonia is a British/Canadian/Portuguese actress, presenter and voice artist, originally from the Channel Islands, who trained at Drama Centre London. She is represented by BMA Artists. Antonia has a background in theatre; she joined the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain at 15 and appeared in the orginal cast of Sharman MacDonald's play "Lu Lah Lu Lah (She Town)" as Judith. She later discovered a love for Screen and Voice work, and has appeared in several short films (including the award-winning 'The Port') which have been screened at festivals internationally. She is a trained Meisner actor, a member of Equity, and you can find her listed in Spotlight and IMDb. Antonia now also works as a presenter for Asmodee Live, and is a regular cast member for their RPG show 'Of Dice & Pen'. She has also trained in horse-riding to an intermediate level at the Warwick International School of Horse-riding, passed her BASSC Unarmed Combat Fight Performance Test with Distinction, and has a 2nd white belt in San Shou Kuan (Chinese Kickboxing).
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