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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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Hyaneyoung Olvera

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is an American female professional wrestler known simply by her ring name Hyan. Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2014-present) Reality Of Wrestling (2014-2017) Hyaneyoung debuted as early as July 26, 2014 in WWE Hall of Famer Booker T's Reality Of Wrestling at ROW Summer of Champions. Her first match was in a 10-woman battle royal for the vacant ROW Diamonds Division Championship. She returned the following year during the November 14, 2015 ROW TV Taping, winning her first singles match defeating Miranda. The following month on December 12 at ROW Christmas Chaos X, she wrestled in her second title match challenging reigning champion Ivory Robyn for the Diamonds title, but did not succeed in defeating Robyn for the championship. She returned on February 6, 2016 in a title rematch against Robyn, but did not succeed in winning the title on that second occasion. A year later, Hyaneyoung returned on February 11, 2017 at ROW Breaking Point, where she challenged reigning champion Kylie Rae for the Diamonds title. This marked Hyan's third title challenge in ROW, as well her third unsuccessful attempt at winning the championship. Returning during the March 11 ROW TV Taping, Hyaneyoung defeated Miranda in a rematch. Metroplex Wrestling (2017-2018) Under a shortened ring name of Hyan, she made her debut on September 9, 2017 at MPX One Shot in a match lost against Machiko. She returned on November 18 at MPX Armageddon where she defeated Kyra Maya. Returning on March 24, 2018, Hyan wrestled at MPX H-Town is a Problem, losing against Baby D. SHIMMER Women Athletes (2017-2018) Hyan debuted on November 12, 2017 during Volume 98, teaming with Jewells Malone in defeating Cherry Lane & Trixie Tash in a tag match. Returning on April 15, 2018, Hyan wrestled during Volume 103, losing to Saraya Knight. RISE (2017-2018) Debuting on November 10, 2017, Hyan wrestled at RISE 5: Rising Sun in a match defeating Indi Hartwell. She returned the following month on December 1 at RISE 6: Brutality, teaming with Maritza Janett in defeating Trixie Tash & Willow Nightingale. Hyan returned on April 13, 2018 at RISE 7: Sensation, in a match losing to Shazza McKenzie. Capital Wrestling Alliance (2018) Hyan's first match was on January 27, 2017 during the First Annual Raven Black Memorial Tournament, where she teamed with Nyla Rose in a tag match, defeating Amazing Maria & Miss Hannah. Later during the event, she competed in the Raven Black Memorial Battle Royal, eventually won by Amazing Maria. NOVA Pro Wrestling (2018) Debuting on March 10 at NOVA Rip Her to Shreds, Hyan teamed with Ariela Nyx in a tag match lost to Aspyn Rose & Jinx. Later on that date, she returned for the following event NOVA Sink or Swim, where she wrestled in a four-way match against Aspyn Rose, Harlow O'Hara and Jinx. Debut July 26, 2014
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Christopher Murney

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Christopher Murney (born July 20, 1943) is an American actor and vocal artist. He is the father of singer and actress Julia Murney. Murney attended several universities before picking up several undergraduate degrees (in Business Administration, Speech, and in Drama), and one graduate level degree (Master of Fine Arts in Theatre from Pennsylvania State University). Murney has worked on the stage, in television series, and in movies. In television, he appeared as Buck Miller in 1994 and in 2001 on the soap opera One Life to Live, as Buddy in 1977 The San Pedro Beach Bums, and starred as Mackie Bloom in the first three seasons of Remember WENN. In the movies, Murney has appeared in such films as 1985's The Last Dragon as Eddie Arcadian, 1986's Maximum Overdrive, 1987's The Secret of My Success, 1990's Loose Cannons, and in 1991's Barton Fink. He played Hanrahan in the 1977 film Slap Shot, where he beats up Paul Newman on the ice. His voice can be heard as Chester Cheetah for Cheetos and most recently (2006) in the popular video games, as Dwayne from VCPR New World Order talk radio in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories by Rockstar Games, and as Black Garius, the bad guy, in Neverwinter Nights 2, and as various characters in Red Dead Revolver. Description above from the Wikipedia article Christopher Murney, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Mario Machado

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​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Mario Machado (born Mario Jose de Souza Machado in Shanghai, China, on April 22, 1935) is the Eurasian eight-time Emmy Award-winning television and radio broadcaster who made television history when, in 1970, he became the first Chinese-American on-air television news reporter and anchor in Los Angeles and perhaps in the nation Description above from the Wikipedia article  Mario Machado, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Jack Thompson

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​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jack Thompson, AM (born 31 August 1940) is an Australian actor and one of the major figures of Australian cinema. He was educated at the University of Queensland, before embarking on his acting career. In 2002, he was made an honorary member of the Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS). He is best known as a lead actor in several acclaimed Australian films including such classics as Wake in Fright (1971), Sunday Too Far Away (1975), The Man from Snowy River (1982) and Breaker Morant (1980). He won Cannes and AFI acting awards for the latter film. He was the recipient of a Living Legend Award at the 2005 Inside Film Awards. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jack Thompson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Devon Aoki

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Devon Edwenna Aoki (born August 10, 1982) is an American actress and model. Her acting career includes films like 2 Fast 2 Furious, D.E.B.S., Sin City, Dead or Alive, War and Mutant Chronicles. She did not have her driver's license prior to filming 2 Fast 2 Furious and had to learn to drive during filming. She was cast as Tatsu Yamashiro in Arrow season 3, but was replaced by Rila Fukushima due to a scheduling conflict. Description above from the Wikipedia article Devon Aoki, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Robin McLeavy

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Robin McLeavy (born 19 June 1981) is an Australian actress. McLeavy is from Sydney, Australia. She graduated from NIDA in 2004. McLeavy starred as Lola Stone in the critically acclaimed Australian horror film, The Loved Ones. The film was screened at Toronto International Film Festival in 2009 and won the Audience Choice Award. In 2009, McLeavy played the role of Stella Kowalski opposite Cate Blanchett and Joel Edgerton in the Sydney Theatre Company production of A Streetcar Named Desire. The production was directed by Liv Ullmann and toured to the Kennedy Center in Washington DC and the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York. She received the Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Supporting Performer. She appeared in four encore seasons of Holding the Man, an award-winning play by Tommy Murphy. She played Isabella in Benedict Andrews's production of Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare at the Belvoir Theatre, Sydney, 5 – 25 July 2010. She appeared as Honey in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, directed by Benedict Andrews for the Belvoir Theatre Company in 2007, and for which she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the Sydney Theatre Awards. Between 2011 and 2016 McLeavy played frontier tribal abductee survivor Eva Oates on the Western series Hell on Wheels. This character, including physical likeness, was inspired by the real story of Olive Oatman. She portrayed Nancy Lincoln in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter in 2012. In 2015, McLeavy took on the role the voice of Nutsy, a Koala in Blinky Bill the Movie alongside Ryan Kwanten, Rufus Sewell, David Wenham, Toni Collette, Richard Roxburgh, Deborah Mailman, Barry Otto, and Barry Humphries on the Australian computer-animated adventure film based the book by Dorothy Wall; and she played Barbara Henning in Backtrack.
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Richard Gunn

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He attended High School in Palm Desert, California and went on to earn his BA from UC Santa Cruz. While there he acted in productions with the professional repertory company, Shakespeare Santa Cruz. He is best known for his starring role in James Cameron's 'Dark Angel' for which he won a People's Choice Award in his early 20's, after taking a break from the entertainment industry to live on a ranch for several years in his 30's, Richard Gunn is back and has now become a critic and fan favorite as the iconic hero Chief of Police John Sanders in the cable hit 'Granite Flats' opposite Christopher Lloyd, Parker Posey, and Carey Elwes. IMDb Mini Biography By: valtepe
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Virginia O'Brien

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​Known to classic film fans by various nicknames--including Miss Deadpan, Frozen Face, and Miss Ice Glacier--this statuesque, dark-haired singer/actress carved a unique niche for herself on stage and screen by the hilarious Sphinx-like way she delivered a song. The daughter of the captain of detectives of the Los Angeles Police Department, Virginia Lee O'Brien became interested in music and dance at an early age (it didn't hurt her career chances that her uncle was noted film director Lloyd Bacon). Her big show-business break came in 1939 after she secured a singing role in the L.A. production of the musical/comedy "Meet the People". On opening night, when time came for her solo number, Virginia became so paralyzed with fright that she sang her song with a wide-eyed motionless stare that sent the audience (which thought her performance a gag) into convulsions. Demoralized, Virginia left the stage only to soon find out that she was a sensation. Signed by MGM in 1940, she deadpanned her way to acclaim and immense popularity with appearances in some of the studio's most memorable musicals including Thousands Cheer (1943), The Harvey Girls (1946), Till the Clouds Roll By (1946), Ziegfeld Follies (1945), Panama Hattie (1942), Ship Ahoy (1942), Meet the People (1944) and Du Barry Was a Lady (1943), performing inimitable renditions of such classic songs as "The Wild Wild West" (from The Harvey Girls), "A Fine Romance" (from Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)), "It's a Great Big World" (from The Harvey Girls (1946)), "Poor You" (from Ship Ahoy (1942)), and "Say We're Sweethearts Again" (from Meet the People (1944)). Although too often relegated to featured songs and small supporting roles, she still managed to become an audience favorite by the sheer force of her personality, polished vocals and way with a comic quip. The latter ability is especially apparent in one of her last MGM films, Merton of the Movies (1947), in which she co-starred with Red Skelton. In 1948, after 17 memorable screen appearances for MGM, the studio unceremoniously dropped her from its roster. She returned to films only twice more after her termination from MGM, in Universal's Francis in the Navy (1955) and Disney's Gus (1976), preferring to focus her energies on television and the stage, where she delighted audiences for three more decades. In the 1980s the still youthful beauty toured the country in a one-woman show and recorded a live album at the famed Masquers Club entitled, "A Salute to the Great MGM Musicals". One of her last significant stage appearances came in 1984 as Parthy Ann in the Long Beach Civic Light Opera's production of "Showboat", with Alan Young. She remained in semi-retirement in a large home in Wrightwood, California, for most of her later years until her death at the Motion Picture Country Hospital in Woodland Hills, 16 January, 2001, from a heart attack.
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Shelly Manne

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Sheldon "Shelly" Manne (June 11, 1920 – September 26, 1984) was an American jazz drummer. Most frequently associated with West Coast jazz, he was known for his versatility and also played in a number of other styles, including Dixieland, swing, bebop, avant-garde jazz, and later fusion. He also contributed to the musical background of hundreds of Hollywood films and television programs. Manne's father Max Manne and uncles were drummers. In his youth he admired many of the leading swing drummers of the day, especially Jo Jones and Dave Tough. Billy Gladstone, a colleague of Manne's father and the most admired percussionist on the New York theatrical scene, offered the teenaged Shelly tips and encouragement. From that time, Manne rapidly developed his style in the clubs of 52nd Street in New York in the late 1930s and 1940s. His first professional job with a known big band was with the Bobby Byrne Orchestra in 1940. In those years, as he became known, he recorded with jazz stars like Coleman Hawkins, Charlie Shavers, and Don Byas. He also worked with a number of musicians mainly associated with Duke Ellington, like Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney, Lawrence Brown, and Rex Stewart. In 1942, during World War II, Manne joined the Coast Guard and served until 1945. In 1943, Manne married a Rockette named Florence Butterfield (known affectionately to family and friends as "Flip"). The marriage would last 41 years, until Shelly Manne's death. When the bebop movement began to change jazz in the 1940s, Manne loved it and adapted to the style rapidly, performing with Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker. Around this time he also worked with rising stars like Flip Phillips, Charlie Ventura, Lennie Tristano, and Lee Konitz. Manne rose to stardom when he became part of the working bands of Woody Herman and, especially, Stan Kenton in the late 1940s and early 1950s, winning awards and developing a following at a time when jazz was the most popular music in the United States. Joining the hard-swinging Herman outfit allowed Manne to play the bebop he loved. The controversial Kenton band, on the other hand, with its "progressive jazz", presented obstacles, and many of the complex, overwrought arrangements made it harder to swing. But Manne appreciated the musical freedom that Kenton gave him and saw it as an opportunity to experiment along with what was still a highly innovative band. He rose to the challenge, finding new colors and rhythms, and developing his ability to provide support in a variety of musical situations. In the early 1950s, Manne left New York and settled permanently on a ranch in an outlying part of Los Angeles, where he and his wife raised horses. From this point on, he played an important role in the West Coast school of jazz, performing on the Los Angeles jazz scene with Shorty Rogers, Hampton Hawes, Red Mitchell, Art Pepper, Russ Freeman, Frank Rosolino, Chet Baker, Leroy Vinnegar, Pete Jolly, Howard McGhee, Bob Gordon, Conte Candoli, Sonny Criss, and numerous others. Many of his recordings around this time were for Lester Koenig's Contemporary Records, where for a period Manne had a contract as an "exclusive" artist (that is, he needed permission to record for other labels). ... Source: Article "Shelly Manne" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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