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Anya Beyersdorf

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Anya Beyersdorf is an Australian actress-turned-writer/director born in Armidale, New South Wales. In 2014 she won an AWGIE Award - the Monte Miller Award for her screenplay Paradise at the Australian Writer's Guild Awards. In 2016, she was awarded one of four inaugural Lexus Australia Short Film Fellowships by the Sydney Film Festival. She was also a Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting Semi-finalist. Beyersdorf trained in acting and directing in the theatres of Berlin after winning the Marten Bequest Prize for Acting for 2008/2009, working under Bulgarian director Dimiter Gotscheff on the play The Powder Keg at Der Haus der Berliner Festspiele, as well as traveling and studying performance in Poland, Denmark and the USA. Beyersdorf was one of eight actresses who played the title character Angie in John Winter’s directorial debut feature film, Black & White & Sex. It was her second feature film, after Rats and Cats in 2007. Beyersdorf has acted in six short films, including playing the role of Emma in Emma and the Barista on ABC TV. She played the lead role in the Australian Film Commission short film Love’s Labour, which was nominated for a Dendy Award in 2007. She also played the role of Tamara in the short film Dugong, which was nominated for an Australian Film Institute Award in 2007.
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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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Pressly Coker

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Samuel Pressly Coker IV was born on November 22nd in Alma, Michigan, to parents Susan (McCall) and Samuel Pressly Coker III, and has younger twin sisters, Katherine and Kathleen. He is a classically trained actor, growing up on the northeast American stages of Shakespeare, and training primarily out of New York City. Pressly made his television debut in the long-running series, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2010), and has subsequently appeared in the television series Suits (2011), NCIS (2014), Real Husbands of Hollywood (2015), The Affair (2015), and General Hospital (2018). From a young age, Pressly has been an avid martial arts enthusiast, and holds black belts in both Shito-Ryu Karate and Ketsugo Jujutsu.
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Antonio Centa

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Antonio Centa (10 August 1907 – 19 April 1979) was an Italian film actor. Born in Maniago, Province of Pordenone, Centa was among the most active and popular actors between the mid-1930s and 1943 (when the Italian film industry almost halted because of the war). He was especially popular with the female audience, and had critically acclaimed performances, notably in Renato Castellani's films A Pistol Shot and Zazà. After the war his success declined, and he gradually started to be cast in supporting roles. Source: Article "Antonio Centa" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Brooke Lewis Bellas

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Brooke Lewis Bellas is an actress and producer, known for the mystery iMurders (STARZ) opposite Billy Dee Williams, Gabrielle Anwar, and Frank Grillo, the mobster movie Sinatra Club opposite Michael Nouri, Danny Nucci, and Jason Gedrick (Netflix), the thriller Kinky Killers (SHOWTIME) opposite Charles Durning and Michael Pare, and her comedic mobster Vampire "alter ego" character Ms. Vampy (Hyvio). She began her dreams in Philly, then moved to NYC and got her first "break" playing Donna Marsala in the Actors’ Equity Association Off-Broadway hit comedy Tony n' Tina's Wedding. She moved to Hollywood and launched Philly Chick Pictures in 2002. In 2007, she played Dr. Grace Sario in the horror, mystery "Kinky Killers" on SHOWTIME and had the title 'Scream Queen' bestowed upon her in the entertainment industry. In 2010, she was honored with the 'B-Movie Award for Scream Queen of The Year' for her work in "Slime City Massacre". In 2015, she was a guest at the prestigious SAG-AFTRA Foundation Independent Features Screening Series with "The Mourning". In 2016, she was honored with the 'Mary Pickford Award' to "Highlight Women in The Film Arts" at Zed Fest. In 2017, she was honored by the prestigious Actors Awards with the 'Best Actress In A Drama Award' for her work in "Sprinkles". In 2017, she was also acknowledged with the honorable 'Stella Adler Acting Award' at the Action On Film International Film Festival, 'Grace Kelly Gold Actor Award' at the West Coast International Film Festival, as well as the Los Angeles Film Awards 'Inspiring Woman in a Film' Award. In 2018, she was honored by the prestigious Actors Awards with the 'Best Actress In An Indie Film Award' for her work in "Psycho Therapy" and the West Coast International Film Festival with the 'Legendary Actress' Jury Award. In 2019, she was inducted into The Carney Board for the honorable Carney Awards Character Actor Hall Of Fame created in honor of character actor icon Art Carney. In 2020, she was honored in the best-selling historical commemorative coffee table book '1000 Women In Horror, 1895-2018' and at the NOVA Fest with the 'Best Supporting Actress in a TV Series Award' for her work opposite star Casper Van Dien in “Stripped”. In 2021, she was inducted into the Phillytainment 'PA Celebrity Hall Of Fame' and was also honored by television’s coveted The Telly Awards. In 2022, she was honored by the prestigious Actors Awards with the 'Best Actress Award' for her work in "Red Rooms". She has been fortunate to work opposite a long list of talented veteran actors, which includes, Mark Ruffalo, Andy Richter, Charles Durning, Michael Pare, Michael Madsen, Bronson Pinchot, Billy Dee Williams, Gabrielle Anwar, Tony Todd, William Forsythe, Michael Nouri, Danny Nucci, Jason Gedrick, Joey Lawrence, Dominique Swain, Courtney Gains, and many others. Brooke is a proud member of the Producers Guild of America (PGA), The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences- New York Chapter (NY NATAS) and San Francisco/Northern California Chapter (SF/NorCal NATAS) and Emmy Awards Judge, Online Film & Television Association, Hollywood Radio & Television Society, Women In Film, Alliance for Women in Media, Film Independent, and the National Association of Voice Actors (NAVA). And, during football season, you will find her watching the games and cheering for the Philadelphia Eagles!
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Norman Ferguson

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“I was born on the East Side of New York in 1902. Played games in and out family entrances of saloon on Second Avenue until chased by bartender. Sold newspapers on Fifth Avenue at the age of ten. Had ambition to become fireman but moved across the bridge to the wide open spaces of Brooklyn and decided to be a cowboy instead. Was transferred from public school to high school in Brooklyn by mistake and much to every one’s surprise became a stenographer. But consistent misspelling forced me to draw pictures for a living. And then came Mickey Mouse, with whom I have been associated in California for the past two years.” -published in the June 20, 1931 edition of The Motion Picture Daily
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Conor Kelly

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After trying his hand at the "corporate grind," Conor relocated to LA where he happened to come upon SoulCycle one morning. It only took one class for Conor to realize that his true calling was doing something in the fitness industry. Riding like a mad man, Conor decided to bring his Soul to SoulCycle and moved back from the West Coast to open Soul GWCH. You can find him "rocking the suburbs" or "tearing down downtown!" He won't stop until everyone understands that they can become the best version of themselves with every pedal stroke.
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Robert Pastorelli

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Robert Joseph Pastorelli (June 21, 1954 – March 8, 2004) was an American actor. He had many roles on TV, in movies, and on the stage, including the seven years he played the portly painter Eldin Bernecky on the television series Murphy Brown. His last role was as an oddball hit man in Be Cool, reuniting him with Michael star John Travolta. Pastorelli died of a heroin overdose in 2004. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Pastorelli, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. ​
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Sydney Sweeney

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Sydney Bernice Sweeney is an American actress. She gained mainstream attention in the Netflix series Everything Sucks! (2018) for her role as Emaline and has portrayed Eden in the Hulu series The Handmaid's Tale (2018) and Alice in the HBO miniseries Sharp Objects (2018). Since 2019, she has starred as Cassie Howard in the HBO teen drama series Euphoria and as Olivia Mossbacher in The White Lotus. In film, she had a role in Quentin Tarantino's 2019 comedy-drama Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, portraying Snake, a member of the Manson Family.
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Elke Sommer

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Elke Sommer, born Elke von Schletz, is a German actress, entertainer and artist, who has starred in many Hollywood films. She was spotted by film director Vittorio De Sica while on holiday in Italy, and began appearing in films there in 1958. Also that year, she changed her surname from Schletz to Sommer, which was easier to pronounce for a non-German audience. She quickly became a noted sex symbol and moved to Hollywood in the early 1960s. She also became one of the most popular pin-up girls of the time, and posed for several pictorials in Playboy magazine, including the September 1964 and December 1967 issues. Sommer became one of the top film actresses of the 1960s. She made just shy of 100 film and television appearances between 1959 and 2005, including A Shot in the Dark with Peter Sellers, The Art of Love with James Garner and Dick Van Dyke, The Oscar with Stephen Boyd, Boy Did I Get a Wrong Number! with Bob Hope, the Bulldog Drummond extravaganza Deadlier Than the Male, The Wrecking Crew with Dean Martin, and The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz. In 1964, she won a Golden Globe award as Most Promising Newcomer Actress for The Prize, a film in which she co-starred with Paul Newman and Edward G. Robinson. A frequent guest on television, Sommer sang and participated in comedy sketches on episodes of The Dean Martin Show and on Bob Hope specials, made 10 appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, and was a panelist on the Hollywood Squares game show many times between 1973 and 1980, when Peter Marshall was its "Square-Master", or host. Sommer's films during the 1970s included the thriller Zeppelin, in which she co-starred with Michael York, and a remake of Agatha Christie's frequently filmed murder mystery Ten Little Indians. In 1972, she starred in two Italian horror films directed by Mario Bava: Baron Blood and Lisa and the Devil. The latter was subsequently re-edited (with 1975 footage inserted) to make a different film called House of Exorcism. Sommer went back to Italy to act in additional scenes for Lisa and the Devil, which its producer inserted into the film to convert it to House of Exorcism, against the wishes of the director. In 1975, Peter Rogers cast her in the British comedy Carry On Behind as the Russian Professor Vrooshka.[2] She became the Carry On films' joint highest-paid performer, at £30,000; this was an honor that she shared with Phil Silvers (who starred in Follow That Camel). Most of her movie work during the decade came in European films. After the 1979 comedy The Prisoner of Zenda, which reunited her with Sellers, the actress did virtually no more acting in Hollywood films, concentrating more on her artwork. She provided the voice for Yzma in the German release of The Emperor's New Groove. Sommer also performed as a singer, recording and releasing several albums. Description above from the Wikipedia article Elke Sommer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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