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Glory Annen

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​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Glory Anne Clibbery was born in Kenora, Ontario, Canada. She attended the Victoria Composite High School of Performing Arts in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and at age 17 she emigrated to England to further her education at Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, graduating in 1976. She remained based in England but worked around the world as she pursued an acting career. Description above from the Wikipedia article Glory Annen Clibbery, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Princess Davis

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Princess Davis is an Actress born in Toronto Ontario, Canada and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia. She discovered her passion for acting at the young age of three and started training consistently to expand her craft. She can be seen in her Supporting Lead role on “The Four Fathers” (2022). As well as her recurring role on Showtime’s hit “Yellowjackets” (2021), and Hallmark’s “Cut, Color, Murder”(2022). Also in her large role on Lifetime’s “Imperfect High”(2021), and much more. In addition to on-camera acting, she is also a voice actor and portrays Black Widow in “Marvel’s Battleworld: Treachery at Twilight”(2021) She’s also on “Molly of Denali” (2021) and “Polly Pocket”(2022). Princess’ love for storytelling inspires her daily to find new ways of embracing humanity while continuously growing into the best human and artist she can be. She is a graduate from Vancouvers’ Acting School and is represented by RED Management
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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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Luke Grimes

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Luke Timothy Grimes (born January 21, 1984) is an American actor, born in Dayton, Ohio as the youngest of four children. Luke graduated from Dayton Christian High School in 2002. He moved to New York City to study acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Grimes has appeared in All the Boys Love Mandy Lane, War Eagle, Arkansas, and Assassination of a High School President, which received a limited release in March 2009. He also appeared in the ABC drama Brothers & Sisters, as Ryan Lafferty, the illegitimate son of William Walker, patriarch of the show's family. Beginning with Season 4, he became a series regular. Description above from the Wikipedia article Luke Grimes, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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James Stewart

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James Maitland "Jimmy" Stewart was an American film and stage actor, known for his distinctive voice and his everyman persona. Over the course of his career, he starred in many films widely considered classics and was nominated for five Academy Awards, winning one in competition and receiving one Lifetime Achievement award. He was a major MGM contract star. He also had a noted military career and was a World War II and Vietnam War veteran, who rose to the rank of Brigadier General in the United States Air Force Reserve. Throughout his seven decades in Hollywood, Stewart cultivated a versatile career and recognized screen image in such classics as Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, The Philadelphia Story, Harvey, It's a Wonderful Life, Shenandoah, Rear Window, Rope, The Man Who Knew Too Much, and Vertigo. He is the most represented leading actor on the AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) and AFI's 10 Top 10 lists. He is also the most represented leading actor on the 100 Greatest Movies of All Time list presented by Entertainment Weekly. As of 2007, ten of his films have been inducted into the United States National Film Registry. Stewart left his mark on a wide range of film genres, including westerns, suspense thrillers, family films, biographies and screwball comedies. He worked for a number of renowned directors later in his career, most notably Alfred Hitchcock, John Ford, Billy Wilder, Frank Capra, George Cukor, and Anthony Mann. He won many of the industry's highest honors and earned Lifetime Achievement awards from every major film organization. He died at age 89, leaving behind a legacy of classic performances, and is considered one of the finest actors of the "Golden Age of Hollywood". He was named the third Greatest Male Star of All Time by the American Film Institute.
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Teresa Espinosa

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Teresa Espinosa is a proud native of Dallas, Texas. After graduating from CalArts, she has been professionally as a dancer and choreographer for the past 21 years. Teresa, who early on in her career at the age of 24, was nominated for an Emmy Award for contributing choreography to Janet Jackson’s Velvet Rope HBO Special, and traveled the world as one of her dancers. This auspicious start was a telling sign of a very successful and exciting career. Teresa’s extensive list of accomplishments includes working with many of the renowned artists of our time, such as Prince, Britney Spears, Missy Elliot, Mariah Carey, Pink, Rihanna, Limp Bizkit, Usher, Hannah Montana/ Miley Cyrus, Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez, Hailee Steinfeld, and Sofia Carson. Her work as a dancer and choreographer have also appeared in numerous television shows, award shows, commercials, and films. Some of these credits consist of The Oprah Winfrey Show, Ellen, The X Factor, America’s Best Dance Crew (Beat Freaks), Good Morning America, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Billboard Awards, American Music Awards, Kid’s Choice Awards, Old Navy, Nike, You Got Served, End of Watch, Barbie: The Princess & The Popstar, Magic Mike, and Magic Mike XXL. She also has worked on the hit TV show, Lip Sync Battle: Channing Tatum vs. Jenna Dewan-Tatum and Joseph Gordon-Levitt vs. Anthony Mackie. Espinosa’s latest work as Associate Director/ Choreographer for Magic Mike Live is currently playing at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas.
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Hideaki Anno

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Hideaki Anno (born May 22, 1960 in Ube, Yamaguchi) is a Japanese animation and film director. Anno is best known for his work on the popular anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion. His style has come to be defined by the touches of superflatism and postmodernism that he injects into his work, as well as the thorough portrayal of characters' thoughts and emotions, often through unconventional sequences incorporating psychoanalysis and emotional deconstruction of these characters. He married comics artist Moyoco Anno in 27 April 2002. Anime directed by Anno that have won the Animage Anime Grand Prix award have been Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water in 1990, Neon Genesis Evangelion in 1995 and 1996, and The End of Evangelion in 1997. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hideaki Anno, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Terry Wilson

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Terry W. Wilson (September 3, 1923 – March 30, 1999) was an American actor most noted for his role as "Bill Hawks", the assistant trail master, in all 267 episodes of the NBC and ABC western television series, Wagon Train, which aired from 1957 to 1965. Wilson appeared in more than thirty-five films and television programs between 1948 and 1981. Many of his early roles were uncredited. On July 2, 1953, he was cast as a stagecoach guard in episode 121, "Woman from Omaha", of The Lone Ranger. In 1956, he had another uncredited role as a robber in the ABC/Warner Brothers western series, Cheyenne, the first television western in an hour-long format, starring Clint Walker. Wilson was with Wagon Train for the entire run and worked with all the other stars on the program, including Ward Bond, Robert Horton, John McIntire, Robert Fuller, Frank McGrath, Denny Miller, and Michael Burns. Terry enlisted and served in the Marine Corps from 1943 to 1946. CLR Wilson died at age 75 on March 30, 1999. He was survived by his wife Mary Ann Wilson and three children.
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Nobuko Otowa

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Nobuko Otowa (1 October 1925 – 22 December 1994) was a Japanese film actress. She appeared in 134 films between 1950 and 1994. She was married to film director Kaneto Shindō. She posthumously won the award for best supporting actress at the 19th Japan Academy Prize for A Last Note, having been diagnosed with terminal liver cancer during its production. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nobuko Otowa, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia​
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Květa Fialová

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​Květa Fialová se narodila na Slovensku, v obci Vel'ké Dravce v okrese Lučenec. Její maminka byla výtvarnice, vedle malby se věnovala i sochaření. Na Slovensku žila rodina do roku 1938, kdy je slovenští nacionalisté přinutili odejít do Čech. Z konce 2. světové války si dospívající Květa odnesla nanejvýš traumatizující zážitek, když ji spolu s matkou brutálně znásilnili sovětští vojáci. Tato zkušenost byla počátkem jejího komplikovaného a rozporuplného vztahu k mužům. Po válce se matka vrátila na Slovensko a Květa Fialová zůstala sama. Přitahovalo ji divadlo a v roce 1946 začala hrát v Českém Těšíně. Téhož roku byla přijata na brněnskou konzervatoř. Pokračovala studiem na JAMU, které úspěšně zakončila v roce 1950. Ještě během studia se objevila v malé roli zapomenutého budovatelského snímku VELKÁ PŘÍLEŽITOST. V 50. letech postupně prošla divadelními angažmá v Opavě, Českých Budějovicích, Kolíně a jednu sezónu hrála dokonce ve vzdáleném Martině na Slovensku. Přestože se pohybovala na oblasti, byla obsazena v několika nevýrazných filmech oné doby. Do Prahy mladou herečku pozval v roce 1958 Jan Werich. Divadlu ABC zůstala v následujících desetiletích věrná i po jeho připojení k Městským divadlům pražským až do roku 1991 a i později zde pohostinsky vystupovala. Příchod do Prahy znamenal větší nabídku filmových rolí. V 60. letech ztvárnila řadu výrazných filmových postav. Objevila se např. ve válečných dramatech SMRT SI ŘÍKÁ ENGELCHEN nebo OSTŘE SLEDOVANÉ VLAKY. Česká kinematografie ale především v Květě Fialové objevila ideální představitelku krásných osudových žen a v 60. letech se tak herečka stala pro mužské publikum sexy symbolem. Její životní rolí se stala postava barové zpěvačky v parodii na divoký západ LIMONÁDOVÝ JOE ANEB KOŇSKÁ OPERA. Protože neuměla zpívat, pěvecký part za ni nazpívala zpěvačka Yvetta Simonová. Ta ji ostatně zastoupila po pěvecké stránce i v muzikálu ZVONOKOSY o několik desítek let později. Typově podobné role femme fatale si zopakovala i v parodiích na brakové detektivky (FANTOM MORRISVILLU) a špionážní thrillery bondovského střihu (KONEC AGENTA W4C PROSTŘEDNICTVÍM PSA PANA FOUSTKY) a v detektivkách (PARTIE KRÁSNÉHO DRAGOUNA). Slušný prostor jí od konce 60. let poskytla i televize. Objevila se např. v inscenaci VAJÍČKO, seriálu HŘÍŠNÍ LIDÉ MĚSTA PRAŽSKÉHO nebo v představení CHARLIEHO TETA. Její filmová, televizní i divadelní kariéra plynula bez větších propadů a s přibývajícím věkem bez problémů měnila svůj herecký typ z osudových žen na zralé elegantní dámy a babičky, které hrála s nezaměnitelným šarmem a nadhledem. Taková byla její hraběnka v parodii ADÉLA JEŠTĚ NEVEČEŘELA nebo babička v rodinné komedii S TEBOU MĚ BAVÍ SVĚT. Své role uměla ztvárnit s typickou sebeironií a lehkou nadsázkou. Má široký herecký rejstřík, objevila se prakticky ve všech žánrech, největší podíl ale tvořily komedie, které také měly největší ohlas. V pozdějším věku našla svou parketu v postavách záhadných a komicky výstředních starých dam a řadu si jich zahrála zejména v televizních inscenacích, jako např. TŘI ALBERTI A SLEČNA MATYLDA, ZÁHADNÁ PANÍ SAVAGEOVÁ nebo TŘI DÁMY S PISTOLÍ. I v důchodovém věku, kdy většina hereček postupně mizí z obrazovek a filmového plátna, zůstala často obsazovanou a populární herečkou. Z jejích četných, většinou komediálních divadelních rolí stojí za zmínku např. Marta Brewsterová ve hře Jezinky bezinky nebo hlavní ženská role v černé komedii Harold a Maud. Pokud jde o osobní život, poprvé se provdala už v 21 letech, ale vzhledem k jejímu svéráznému vztahu k mužům manželství trvalo velmi krátce. Mladou herečku manželský život vyděsil natolik, že od manžela utekla a nějaký čas dokonce přespávala v opuštěné márnici kolínského hřbitova. Svého druhého muže, režiséra Pavla Hášu, poznala v roce 1957 a o dva roky později se vzali. Manželství nejenže vydrželo, ale lze ho považovat za šťastné - především díky tomu, že oba partneři k sobě byli nanejvýš tolerantní a dopřávali si vzájemně velkou míru svobody. V roce 1962 se jim narodila dcera a dnes je již Květa Fialová babičkou. Herečka se vždy zajímala o východní nauky, zejména budhismus, o okultismus a čarodějnictví. Vlastní sbírku předmětů vztahujících se k tomuto okruhu zájmů.
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