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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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Lashana Lynch

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Lashana Rasheda Lynch (born 27 November 1987) is a British actress. She is best known for playing the role of Rosaline Capulet in the ABC period drama series Still Star-Crossed (2017) and fighter pilot Maria Rambeau in Captain Marvel (2019). Lynch made her film debut in the 2012 drama film Fast Girls. She later co-starred in the BBC television film The 7.39. On television, she has appeared in Silent Witness and Death in Paradise and was a regular cast member on the short-lived BBC comedy Crims in 2015. In 2016, Lynch was cast as leading character Rosaline Capulet in the American period drama series Still Star-Crossed, produced by Shonda Rhimes. In 2018, she joined the cast of Y as Agent 355. In 2019, she played fighter pilot Maria Rambeau in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Captain Marvel. She has been cast as Nomi in the James Bond film No Time to Die, due for release in November 2020. Description above is from the Wikipedia article Lashana Lynch, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Hanli Rolfes

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Hanli Rolfes (credited as Hanli Rolfes-Opperman from 2002-2010) is a South African actress best known for her role as Sarah-Lee Odendaal on the SABC1 soapie Generations, from 1996-2001. She received an Honours degree in Drama (cum laude) from the University of Pretoria in 1994. Shortly thereafter she made her television debut as Lieutenant Bernice Fox in Scholtz Films's Die Laksman, after which she started her six-year stint on Generations. She has had lead roles in a number of major shows on Afrikaans pay channel kykNET, including the roles of Louise Schoeman in the soapie Villa Rosa, Sophia Landman in the drama series Kruispad, Sonja Mostert in Binnelanders and Lanie in Getroud Met Rugby, a drama series she co-created with her husband at the time, Deon Opperman. Other television series she has appeared in include Justice For All, The Adventures of Sinbad, Vetkoekpaleis, Egoli, Iemand om lief te hê (Someone to Love), Jozi Streets, 4Play: Sex Tips for Girls, Askies, Soul City, Skeem Saam, Hartland and Geraamtes in die Kas. She also has numerous theatre credits, including the Afrikaans plays Boesman my Seun (2005), Twaalfuurwals (2006), Kaburu (2007) and Knypie Oppie Kant (2008). She was one of the contestant panelists on the SABC2 game show Where Were You?, from August to November, 2008. Hanli was married to fellow actor and playwright Deon Opperman from 2002-2010, with the marriage ending in divorce.
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Rudolf Krause

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Rudolf Krause (1964 in Karlsruhe) ist ein deutscher Schauspieler. Rudolf Krause wurde 1964 in Karlsruhe geboren und lebte dort bis er acht Jahre alt war. Dann siedelte die Familie nach Hannover über. Durch seinen Musiklehrer kam ein Kontakt zur Statisterie des Opernhauses Hannover zustande. In kleinen Rollen sammelte er erste Erfahrungen auf der Bühne und war an vielen Musiktheater-Inszenierungen beteiligt u.a. mit den Regisseuren Herbert Wernicke und Intendant Hans-Peter Lehmann. Er entschloss sich für eine Schauspielausbildung, die er an der Hochschule der Künste Berlin erhielt. Danach war er für ein Jahr an der Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz engagiert und anschließend an der Landesbühne Niedersachsen Nord in Wilhelmshaven. Danach arbeitete er frei - in Berlin, in Wien und Zürich, in Schauspiel-, Tanz- und Musiktheaterproduktionen, u.a. am Maxim-Gorki-Theater, dem Berliner Ensemble, der Neuköllner Oper, dem Fasson Theater Zürich - und immer öfter auch in Fernsehproduktionen.  Sechs Jahre lang machte er Improvisationstheater und trat im Chamäleon-Varieté in Berlin und als Gast des Impro-Theater-Ensembles Die Gorillas auf. Seitdem unterrichtet er unterschiedliche Formen der Improvisation sowie Rollen- und Szenenarbeit als Dozent am Michael Tschechow Studio Berlin. Er ist Mitglied des Freyer Ensembles, des Malers, Regisseurs und Bühnenbildners Achim Freyer und arbeitete mit ihm in Inszenierungen an der Deutschen Oper Berlin, der Staatsoper Unter den Linden und zuletzt 2013 am Musiktheater Linzin 'Cage Stage', einem Projekt mit Werken - und nach Ideen - von John Gage, zusammen mit Musikern desBrucknerorchesters Linz und dem Dirigenten Dennis Russell Davies. Rudolf Krause wurde für seine Rolle als Hauptkommissar André Langner im Pilotfilm Verdecktes Spiel der Krimi-ReiheUnter Verdacht 2002 für den Deutschen Fernsehpreis in der Kategorie Bester Schauspieler in einer Nebenrolle nominiert und 2003 zusammen mit Drehbuchautor Alexander Adolph, Regisseur Friedemann Fromm und den SchauspielernSenta Berger und Gerd Anthoff mit dem Adolf-Grimme-Preis ausgezeichnet.
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Ray Bolger

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Ray Bolger began his career in vaudeville. He was half of a team called "Sanford and Bolger" and also did numerous Broadway shows on his own. He, like Gene Kelly, was a song-and-dance man as well as an actor. He was signed to a contract with MGM in 1936 and his first role was as himself in The Great Ziegfeld (1936). This was soon followed by a role opposite Eleanor Powell in Rosalie (1937). His first dancing and singing role was in Sweethearts (1938), where he did the "wooden shoes" number with red-headed soprano/actress Jeanette MacDonald. This got him noticed by MGM producers and resulted in his being cast in his most famous role, that of the Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz (1939). Surprisingly, even though the film was a success, Bolger's contract with MGM ended. He went to RKO to make Four Jacks and a Jill (1942). After this, Bolger went to Broadway, where he received his greatest satisfaction. In 1953 he turned to television and got his own sitcom, Where's Raymond? (1953), later changed to "The Ray Bolger Show". After his series ended, Bolger made frequent guest appearances on TV and had some small roles in movies. In 1985 he co-hosted That's Dancing! (1985) with Liza Minnelli. Bolger died in 1987 at the age of 83. Interred at Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, California, USA, in the Mausoleum, Crypt F2, Block 35.
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Louis Tomlinson

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Louis William Tomlinson (born 24 December 1991) is an English singer-songwriter and actor, best known as a member of the boy band 'One Direction'. Tomlinson began his career as an actor, initially appearing in ITV drama, Fat Friends, as an extra. He also went on to appear in another ITV drama film, If I Had You (2006), and the BBC drama Waterloo Road. In 2010, he became a founding member of 'One Direction' after auditioning as a solo artist on "The X Factor". Following the band's hiatus, Tomlinson released the single "Just Hold On" with Steve Aoki in December 2016. Description above is from the Wikipedia article Louis Tomlinson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Elena Yakovleva

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Elena Yakovleva is a Russian film and stage actress known for the leading role in Intergirl (1989) and also as a lead of the popular Russian TV franchise 'Kamenskaya'. She was born Elena Alekseevna Yakovleva on March 5, 1961, in Novograd-Volynsky, Zhitomir province, Ukraine republic of the Soviet Union (now Novohrad, Ukraine). Her father, Aleksei Nikolaevich Yakovlev, was an Army officer. Her mother, Valeria Pavlovna, was a science researcher. Her great-grandmother was an actress. Young Yakovleva was fond of theatre, she participated in school plays. In 1978 she graduated from a secondary school and took a job as a librarian at public library in Kharkov, then worked at a local electronics industry. In 1980 she moved to Moscow and enrolled in the State Institute for Theatrical Arts (GITIS). In 1984 she graduated from the class of Vladimir Andreev as an actress, and joined the troupe of Sovremennik Theatre in Moscow. In 1983, while still a student, Yakovleva made her big screen debut as Lera opposite Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy in Dvoe pod odnim zontom: Aprelskaya skazka (1983). From 1986-1989 she was a member of the troupe at Moscow Theatre named after M.I. Ermopova, however, she was not very busy on stage. In 1989 Elena Yakovleva shot to fame with the leading role as Tatiana, a medical nurse turned prostitute because of the grim life in the Soviet Union, in Intergirl (1989), a film adaptation of the eponymous book by Vladimir Kunin. She received numerous awards and nominations for the role, and was named the "Best Actress" of 1990 in the Soviet Union. Elena Yakovleva became a celebrity in Russia after her portrayal of a compassionate prostitute, but she managed to overcome the drawback of her popularity and departed from being typecast as a "femme fatale" of Russian cinema. After the success of Intergirl (1989), she demonstrated her range and multifaceted talent playing a string of leading and supporting roles in about 20 films. Her role as Kamenskaya, a criminal investigator in modern day Moscow, turned into a six-year gig, and brought Yakovleva a new wave of popularity, becoming her most acclaimed work on television. From 1984 - 1986, and since 1989, Elena Yakovleva has been a member of the troupe at "Sovremennik" Theatre in Moscow, under directorship of Galina Volchek. There her stage partners has been such actors as Sergey Shakurov, Dina Korzun, Valentin Gaft, Inna Churikova, Sergey Garmash, Marina Neyolova, Chulpan Khamatova and other notable Russian actors. Elena Yakovleva has been married to actor Valeri Shalnykh, and the couple has one son, Denis, born in 1992. Yakovleva is a popular TV show host in Russia. Outside of her acting profession she spends time playing tennis, or walking her two dogs; she is also involved in public activity related to social causes. Yakovleva is residing with her family in Moscow, Russia.
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Jerry Lewis

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Jerry Lewis (March 16, 1926 - August 20, 2017) was an American comedian, actor, film producer, writer, film director and singer. He is best-known for his slapstick humor in stage, radio, screen, recording and television. Lewis is also known for his charity fund-raising telethons and position as national chairman for the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA). Lewis won several awards for lifetime achievements from The American Comedy Awards, The Golden Camera, Los Angeles Film Critics Association, and The Venice Film Festival, and he has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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Wanda De Jesus

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Wanda De Jesus (born August 26, 1958) is a American actress. She is most notably recognized for her role as the fourth actress to portray Santana Andrade in NBC's soap opera Santa Barbara. Aside from her work on soap operas, Wanda appeared in several TV shows in a guest starring role, and she had a recurring role on CBS' crime series CSI: Miami as MDPD Detective Adelle Sevilla. On the week of June 14, 2010, she made her debut on All My Children as Iris Blanco, the mayor of Pine Valley county. On September 10, it was announced that she was leaving Law & Order: Los Angeles after two episodes. Description above from the Wikipedia article Wanda De Jesus, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Chika Ikogwe

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Chika Ikogwe is an African-Australian actor, playwright, and screenwriter. She is a graduate of the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney. Chika co-wrote "The House at Boundary Road Liverpool" which made its world premiere at The Old 505 Theatre in November of 2019. Chika was the recipient of the 2018 BBM Youth Support Award in Drama, the 2018 Leslie Walford AM Award, the winner of ‘Best Newcomer’ at the Sydney Theatre Awards in 2019 and the recipient of the 2020 ATYP Rose Byrne Emerging Female Leader in the Arts scholarship.
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