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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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Tara Summers

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Tara Summers (born December 19, 1979) is an English actress. The granddaughter of bridge player Fritzi Gordon, Summers was educated at Heathfield St Mary's School, in Berkshire. A graduate of Brown University (class '01)(where she received a B.A. in History), the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art(class '03), and the National Theatre Institute. Summers has written and starred in her own one-woman theatrical show, Gypsy of Chelsea.The play is the story of her own childhood, charting her mother's turbulent journey from cocaine addiction to recovery. In 2007 and 2008, Summers starred as Katie Lloyd on Boston Legal, for which she was nominated, with her castmates, for a SAG Award in the category of Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series in 2008 and again in 2009. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tara Summers, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Mina Meguro

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Mina Meguro, born on March 27, 1973, in Tokyo, Japan, is a versatile actress and voice artist. She is affiliated with the prestigious Bungakuza theater company. After graduating from Otsuka Women's Junior and Senior High School (now Otsuka Nakano Junior High School and High School), Meguro embarked on her journey in the performing arts. In 1991, she joined the Bungakuza Actor Training Institute, where she progressed from undergraduate to trainee and eventually became a full-fledged member of the Bungakuza theater company in 1996. Meguro made her stage debut in 1994 with the Bungakuza Atelier production "Singer." Her exceptional performances in roles such as Filima in "Heart Broken" and Christine in "My Sister Indis House" earned her the prestigious Yomiuri Theater Award for Outstanding Actress and the Sugimura Haruko Award in 2001. Meguro shares a connection with voice actress Mie Sonozaki, a friend from her days in the theater club at Otsuka Women's Junior and Senior High School.
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Nora Arnezeder

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Nora Arnezeder is a French actress and singer. Arnezeder was born in Paris, France. Her father, Wolfgang, is Austrian and Catholic, and her mother, Piera, is an Egyptian Jew. At the age of two, she left Paris with her parents for Aix-en-Provence. When she was fourteen, she moved to Bali for a year and, once back in Paris, studied dancing and singing. Her first major role was in 2008, in Paris 36 (French: Faubourg 36), which was directed by Christophe Barratier. In this film, Nora Arnezeder sang "Loin de Paname", which was nominated for Best Original Song at the 82nd Academy Awards. In 2009, she was the face of Guerlain's fragrance "L'Idylle". In 2012, Arnezeder appeared in the films Safe House, with Ryan Reynolds, and, as Celia, in The Words, opposite Ben Barnes. Arnezeder also starred in the horror slasher film Maniac alongside Elijah Wood.
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Robbie Coltrane

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Anthony Robert McMillan (March 30, 1950 - October 14, 2022), known professionally as Robbie Coltrane, was a Scottish actor and comedian. He gained worldwide recognition as Rubeus Hagrid in the Harry Potter film series (2001–2011), and as Valentin Dmitrovich Zukovsky in the James Bond films GoldenEye (1995) and The World Is Not Enough (1999). He was appointed an OBE in the 2006 New Year Honours by Queen Elizabeth II for his services to drama. In 1990, Coltrane received the Evening Standard British Film Award – Peter Sellers Award for Comedy. In 2011, he was honoured for his "outstanding contribution" to film at the British Academy Scotland Awards. Coltrane started his career appearing alongside Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, and Emma Thompson in the sketch series Alfresco (1983–1984). In 1987, he starred in the BBC miniseries Tutti Frutti alongside Thompson, for which he received his first British Academy Television Award for Best Actor nomination. Coltrane then gained national prominence starring as criminal psychologist Dr. Eddie "Fitz" Fitzgerald in the ITV television series Cracker (1993–2006), a role which saw him receive the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor in three consecutive years (1994 to 1996). In 2006, Coltrane came eleventh in ITV's poll of TV's 50 Greatest Stars, voted by the public. In 2016 he starred in the four-part Channel 4 series National Treasure alongside Julie Walters, a role for which he received a British Academy Television Award nomination. Coltrane appeared in two films for George Harrison's Handmade Films: the Neil Jordan neo-noir Mona Lisa (1986) with Bob Hoskins, and Nuns on the Run with Eric Idle. He also appeared in Kenneth Branagh's Shakespeare adaptation Henry V (1989), the comedy Let It Ride (1989), Roald Dahl's Danny, the Champion of the World (1989), Steven Soderbergh's crime-comedy thriller Ocean's Twelve (2004), Rian Johnson's caper film The Brothers Bloom (2008), Mike Newell's Dickens film adaptation Great Expectations (2012), and Emma Thompson's biographical film Effie Gray (2014). He was also known for his voice performances in the animated films The Tale of Despereaux (2008), and Pixar's Brave (2012).
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Rance Howard

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Rance Howard (born Harold Engle Beckenholdt; November 17, 1928 – November 25, 2017) was an American actor who starred in film and on television. He was the father of actor and filmmaker Ron Howard and actor Clint Howard, and grandfather of actresses Bryce Dallas Howard and Paige Howard. Howard appeared in films such as Cool Hand Luke (1967), Chinatown (1974), Splash (1984), Ed Wood (1994), Apollo 13 (1995), Independence Day (1996), A Beautiful Mind (2001), Cinderella Man (2005), Frost/Nixon (2008), Nebraska (2013), and Max Rose (2016). He received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Program for co-producing the television film The Time Crystal (1981).
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Michael Reilly Burke

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Michael Reilly Burke (born June 27, 1964) is an American actor. He played Rex Van De Kamp on the unaired pilot of Desperate Housewives. Steven Culp replaced him before the pilot aired. He also appeared in The WB series Charmed in the episode Heartbreak City. Michael is a 1982 graduate of Marin Catholic High School in Marin County, California. He starred as serial killer Ted Bundy in the 2002 film Ted Bundy. He played the role of Officer Kevin Lund on ABC Family's Lincoln Heights. He has guest starred on 3 different Star Trek series and all 3 CSIs.
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Ronnie Steadman

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Born in Tennessee and raised in Alabama, Ronnie Steadman began his acting career after college, where he began as a math major but realized that he wanted a different path. He didn't figure that path out until after graduating when he got the rare (at that time) opportunity to work on a Hollywood film shooting in Alabama. He was hired as a driver for the late, great Walter Matthau, whose winning personality, along with his illustrious career, inspired Ronnie to give it a go. After that, he quickly exhausted the resources available in Chattanooga, TN where he resided at the time. After moving back to Alabama for year to live with his mother after his father's death, he moved to Los Angeles. It was there he got his basic training at the Joanne Baron/DW Brown studio, a two year Meisner program. He excelled there and began to do theater shortly after, where he most notable played John Merrick aka "The Elephant Man" to rave reviews. Along the way, he has starred in many other theater productions as well as numerous television shows and movies. He was married to the actress, Lori Rom, in 2003 with whom has two children, Mackenzie and Elliot
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Renzo Montagnani

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Renzo Montagnani (September 11, 1930 – May 22, 1997) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Montagnani was born in Alessandria, Piedmont, and debuted as theatre actor thanks to the help of Erminio Macario. His first cinema success was his dramatic role in Metello (1970), but he later switched to the commedia all'italiana with his roles in the last two chapters of the Amici miei series (1982 and 1985). In the 1980s he also participated to a TV show as Don Fumino, an easy-speaking Tuscan parish priest. Montagnani also intensively worked as dubber, dubbing actors such as Michel Piccoli, Charles Bronson and Philippe Noiret for the Italian version of movies. He was also the Italian voice of Thomas O'Malley in the 1970 Disney film The Aristocats. In his later years he participated to numerous commedia sexy all'italiana films, often pairing with Edwige Fenech, the most popular actress of the genre, and also with Alvaro Vitali as the comic sidekick. In 1959, Montagnani married Eileen Jarvis, who was a member of the Bluebell Girls. In 1963, they had one son, Daniele. Montagnani died in Rome of lung cancer on 22 May 1997 at the age of 66. He was buried in England. His son Daniele, died of cancer in 2004 and was buried alongside his father. Source: Article "Renzo Montagnani" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Nikki Addams

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is an American professional wrestler known best as Nikki Addams and Nikki Syxx. Nikki is known for her work throughout the New York and New Jersey circuits including New York Wrestling Connection (NYWC), Women Superstars Uncensored (WSU), American Championship Entertainment (ACE). Nikki began working for New York Wrestling Connection in 2011. She competed in an unsuccessful tag match at NYWC Fire On The Green on February 19 teaming with Samuel Patrick Alexander Zinc against Francis Kipland Stevens and Violet. Nikki won her first championship on June 18 at NYWC Going The Distance, in a three-way match against Brittney Savage and Violet Stevens for the vacant NYWC Starlet Championship. She then lost the title on September 29, to Rick Cataldo at NYWC Till I Collapse in a match officiated by referee Alicia. Nikki worked her first event for American Championship Entertainment on July 9, at ACE Crossroads VII. She was defeated by Alicia in a singles match. She worked her next match at ACE Overdrive on February 25, defeating Sienna Duvall. On May 5, 2012, at ACE Aftermath, Nikki won a singles match against Cherry Layne. Nikki would face and defeat Rick Cataldo at ACE Crossroads VIII on September 29, redeeming her loss at NYWC Till I Collapse. She wrestled once more on April 13, 2013 at ACE Day Of Reckoning in a tag match, teaming with Smith James and Vince Steele as The New Age Wrecking Crew against Alicia and The Movement (FNB and Jamal Jackson). Nikki worked several matches for Women Superstars Uncensored on April 2. She wrestled in the first round of WSU World Title King & Queen Of The Ring 2011 Tournament in a losing tag with Corey Havoc against the team Julio DiNero and Mercedes Martinez. Nikki wrestled unsuccessfully against Jessicka Havok on April at WSU 5th Annual J-Cup. Nikki participated in a WSU World Title #1 Contendership 23-Man Uncensored Rumble won by Lexxus on June 25 at the WSU Uncensored Rumble IV. She defended her NYWC Starlet title on August 6 in two singles matches against Niya and Barbie. She wrestled her last WSU match on October 13, 2012 at WSU Full Steam Ahead in a losing matching against title holder Marti Belle for the WSU Spirit Championship.
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