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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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Olga N. Bogdanova
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Olga N. Bogdanova is a Russian-born actress, dancer and model with a passion for ballet and car racing.
She was born in Moscow, Russia shortly before the collapse of USSR, and witnessed country's challenges and struggles to transition into a new era. Olga's parents, Nicolay and Natalia, have realized very early on her love for the performing arts. At the age of 4 she joined the ballet studio and never stopped dancing ever since; over the course of her life, Olga continues to challenge herself with learning and perfecting new dance styles (modern, contemporary, jazz, Latin ballroom, Argentine tango, Russian and Irish folk dancing, and more).
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Leonid Kanevskiy
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Soviet, Russian and Israeli theater, film and dubbing actor, TV presenter; Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1984). Member of the Public Council of the Russian Jewish Congress.
Leonid Semenovich Kanevsky was born on May 2, 1939 in Kiev in a Jewish family. My mother studied piano at the Kiev Conservatory, graduated from the 2nd year, got married at the age of 19, left the conservatory and went with her husband to the Caucasus, where he worked. In 1933, the elder brother Alexander was born, 6 years later Leonid was born.
At the age of 17, he left for Moscow and entered the Shchukin College for the course of Vera Konstantinovna Lvova.
From 1960 to 1967, he was an actor of the Moscow Lenin Komsomol Theater.
From 1967 to 1991 — actor of the Moscow Theater on Malaya Bronnaya.
His film debut was a cameo role in the film "Forty Minutes before Dawn" (1963).
The actor was widely known for the role of police major Alexander Tomin in the TV series "The Investigation is conducted by Experts", as well as the role of a smuggler in the comedy "Diamond Hand" and haberdasher Bonacieux in the mini-series "D'Artagnan and Three the Musketeer."
In 1991, he repatriated to Israel, where, together with director Eugene Arie, he created the Gesher Drama Theater in Tel Aviv (translated from Hebrew - "bridge"); the basis of his troupe are Russian actors who played on the stages of Moscow and Leningrad theaters.
In 2003, he was the host of the TV game "The Ninth Shaft" on the Israeli Channel 9.
From January 2006 to the present — presenter of the documentary TV show "The investigation was conducted ..." on "NTV".
In 2009, he starred in the TV series "Semin" and "Semin. Retribution."
He also took part in the dubbing of the cartoon "Cars 2" in the role of scout Finn Mcmistle.
Over the years of his creative activity, the actor has starred in more than fifty films and television series.
Member of the Union of Cinematographers of the Russian Federation.
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Julius Tannen
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Julius Tannen was one of the first vaudeville stand-up comedians. He never used props, sets, costumes or stooges. He just put on his hat, walked on stage, took it off, and did his monologue, then put his hat on again and walked off. This was rather revolutionary in his day and Tannen paved the way for many stand-ups to come, such as Bob Hope, Milton Berle, Frank Faye and Jack Benny. Julius Tannen later had a long career as a character actor in Hollywood, and became an invaluable member of the Preston Sturges stock company, giving memorable performances in such Sturges classics as "Christmas in July," "The Miracle of Morgan's Creek," and "Unfaithfully Yours."
Date of Birth 16 May 1880, New York City, New York
Date of Death 3 January 1965 , Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California (stroke)
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Asami
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Sugiura Asami was only nineteen when she starred in Kiss Me Or Kill Me: Todokanakutemo Aaishiteru. It is safe to say that the former occurred given how she went on to star in various exploitation, adult, gravure and action features. She had opted against attending university after receiving permission from her parents and worked as a waitress, in telemarketing and at a pachinko parlour before being introduced to the movie industry by a friend. It was a role involving taking one's clothes off and she grabbed the opportunity. She was offered a modelling job at an adult magazine and for a studio in 2005. She changed agents twice in 2006. She opted to be simply known as Asami before using her full name in 2008. That did not last. She reverted back to 'Asami' only in 2009. The Machine Girl films brought attention to her at a different level and were publicity successes. Was it her intense gaze, her mini-skirted legs, liberated wiles or the weapon infused arms? She met director Iguchi Noboru in 2007 and would go on to appear in several of his films. She starred in several pink and pornographic films before announcing her departure from the scene for a transition into mainstream films in 2008. She did not shy away from provocative roles however. Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival of Japan gave her a special performance award in 2014. Asami likes reptiles, watching films and karaoke. Asami plays the piano and the saxophone. She has several photo books to her name.
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Vonetta McGee
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Vonetta Lawrence McGee (January 14, 1945 – July 9, 2010) was an American actress. She debuted in the Spaghetti Western The Great Silence and went on to appear in blaxploitation films such as Hammer, Melinda, Blacula, Shaft in Africa, Detroit 9000, and 1974's Thomasine & Bushrod alongside her then-boyfriend Max Julien. In 1975, she was Clint Eastwood's co-star in The Eiger Sanction. She was a regular on the 1987 Universal Television situation comedy Bustin' Loose, starring as Mimi Shaw for its only season (1987–88).
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Brad Batten
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The Batten Twins were a professional wrestling tag team, consisting of twin brothers Bart and Brad Batten. They performed under the "Batten Twins" name in Central States Wrestling, Continental Wrestling Association, International Championship Wrestling, Jim Crockett Promotions, Southern Championship Wrestling, Texas All-Star Wrestling, World Championship Wrestling, and the World Wrestling Council, and the name U.S. Express in World Class Championship Wrestling. The team also appeared in various independent promotions during the 1990s including, most notably, Atlantic Coast Championship Wrestling, IWA Mid-South, Smoky Mountain Wrestling and Southern States Wrestling.
A popular tag team in the Southern United States during the 1980s,[5] the Battens faced off against some of the top tag teams of the era. They began their wrestling career working for the Poffo family in 1983. As identical twins, the brothers were a rarity in pro wrestling at the time of their debut. Their tenure in the NWA's Central States territory saw them engaged in a long feud with Sheik Abdullah. They held the NWA Central States Tag Team Championship a record four times, defeating The Midnight Express, the Midnight Rockers, Sheik Abdullah and Akio Sato, and Bobby Jaggers (in a singles match) for the title.
The Battens were also major stars in Puerto Rico during the late-1980s where they won WWC Tag Team Championship four times and the WWC Caribbean Tag Team Championship twice. Their unexpected "heel turn" made them one of the most hated wrestlers in the country. After returning to the U.S., the Battens continued wrestling on the Southern independent circuit until the early-2000s. In April 2005, The Batten Twins ended their 23-year career with a retirement tour of their home state.
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Adolfo J. Kolmerer
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Adolfo is an Award winning Film and commercial director based in Berlin, Germany Born in Caracas, Venezuela, and soon after getting his degree in informatics Adolfo decided to do something different. So he packed all his stuff in a 20 kgs suitcase, left his home country and moved to Berlin, Germany. While learning german and doing various jobs, he was invited to visit a movie set and in that moment he found his true calling: making films.
He learned the ropes of filmmaking quickly and never looked back. he has been doing his dream job ever since - shooting shorts, features, commercials and music videos. He's the happiest person when he is on set, very passionate about what he does and enjoys pushing the limits and going the extra mile.
Adolfo can work fluently in three languages: English, Spanish and German. And he greatly enjoys going everywhere in the world to do what he loves.
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Heydon Prowse
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Heydon Prowse (born 1981) is a British actor who played the role of Colin Craven in the 1993 Agnieszka Holland-directed adaptation of the Frances Hodgson Burnett novel The Secret Garden.
The Secret Garden is Prowse's only film credit to date.
He is now an editor of the online magazine http://dontpaniconline.com where he posts his political satire videos.
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Maxim Baldry
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Maxim Baldry (also known as Max Baldry) is an English actor. As a child he played Stepan in the 2007 comedy film Mr. Bean's Holiday, before moving on to roles in Rome and Skins. More recently, he has been seen in Russell T Davies' BBC drama series Years and Years.
Baldry lived in Moscow, Russia for the first seven years of his life where he then moved back to his native England in 2003. He became interested in acting from a very young age, and was involved in many independent stage productions one of which was Peter and the Wolf performing in the V&A before joining Jackie Palmer Stage School in 2005. His parents are Simon and Karina Baldry.
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