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Zoe Caldwell

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Zoe Ada Caldwell OBE (14 September 1933 – 16 February 2020) was an Australian-born actress. She was a four-time Tony Award winner, winning Best Featured Actress in a Play for Slapstick Tragedy (1966), and Best Actress in a Play for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1968), Medea (1982), and Master Class (1996). Her film appearances include The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985), Birth (2004), and Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011). She was also known for providing the voice of the Grand Councilwoman in the Lilo & Stitch franchise and in Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep. Description above from the Wikipedia article Zoe Caldwell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Nova Pilbeam

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Nova Margery Pilbeam (15 November 1919 – 17 July 2015) was an English film and stage actress. Pilbeam gained attention as a child stage actress. This led to much work in her teen years. She appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's film The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934), in which she plays a girl who is abducted, following this with her lead performance as Lady Jane Grey in Tudor Rose (1936). She had a starring role in Hitchcock's Young and Innocent (1937), which she regarded as "the sunniest film I was involved with", and formed a constructive professional relationship with Hitchcock. She appeared in an early British television drama in 1939. That year David O. Selznick wanted Pilbeam for the lead in Hitchcock's Rebecca (1940), and thought she could be an international film star. However, her agent was worried about the length of a five-year contract; meanwhile, Hitchcock, whose outlook on the film was not the same as Selznick's, auditioned hundreds of others over many months, at last giving the role to Joan Fontaine. Unlike some of her peers, Pilbeam never made a film in Hollywood. She continued acting, with appearances in at least nine British films along with many stage roles, throughout the 1940s. One of her last films was The Three Weird Sisters (1948). She remained working on stage for a short while longer, appearing at the Duchess Theatre in Toni Block's play Flowers for the Living in February 1950. Pilbeam married Pen Tennyson, a great-grandson of the poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson and an assistant director to Hitchcock, in 1939. Tennyson became a film director the year they were married, but died in a plane crash in 1941 while working as part of the Admiralty's instructional films unit. She was married to BBC Radio journalist Alexander Whyte from 1950 until his death in 1972. Their child Sarah Jane was born in 1952. In her last years, Pilbeam lived in Dartmouth Park, north London. She died on 17 July 2015 in London, aged 95.
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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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Yurika Hino

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Yurika Hino (日野 由利加, Hino Yurika, January 16, 1963) is a Japanese actress and voice actress affiliated with Office PAC. After graduating from the Bunka Gakuin Literature Department Drama Course, she joined the Theater Company Subaru in 1987 after working at the Drama School, and left the group in December 2011. In recent years, in addition to acting activities, she has been focusing on teaching younger generations who aim to become voice actors. In the voice acting business, she mainly dubbs Western movies of various genres, including the dubbing of Famke Janssen, Winona Ryder, and Carrie-Anne Moss. In anime and game works, she often plays the role of an adult woman or mother. She is also active as a stage actor.
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Sacheen Littlefeather

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Sacheen Cruz Littlefeather (born Marie Louise Cruz; November 14, 1946 – October 2, 2022) was an American actress, model, and Native American civil rights activist. Littlefeather was born to a Native American (Apache and Yaqui) father and a European American mother. During the 1969 occupation of Alcatraz, she became involved in the Native American activist community. Littlefeather represented Marlon Brando at the 45th Academy Awards in 1973, where she—on Brando's behalf—declined the Best Actor award that he won for his performance in The Godfather. The favorite to win, Brando boycotted the ceremony as a protest against Hollywood's portrayal of Native Americans and to draw attention to the standoff at Wounded Knee. During her speech, the audience's response to Brando's boycotting was divided between booing and applause. After the Academy Award speech, she went on to work in hospice care. She continued to work in activism for a number of health-related and Native American issues, and had produced films about Native Americans. In June 2022, the Academy sent Littlefeather a statement of apology, which was read in full at An Evening with Sacheen Littlefeather on September 17. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sacheen Littlefeather, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Danny Keogh

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Danny Keogh is a veteran actor whose work strongly ties itself to the theatre. A native of South African, born in Uganda, Danny's theatrical career earned him numerous award nominations. Danny's screen debut was in 1977 and since then added onto an extensive career spanning over 3 decades. His most notable screen credits include the Clint Eastwood-directed film Invictus (2009) and the Sci-Fi trilogy-marker Starship Troopers 3: Marauder (2008). Notable television appearances include The Lost Future (2010) (TV), The Sinking of Laconia (2011) (TV) and Labyrinth (2012) (TV). - IMDb Mini Biography
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Katharina Schüttler

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Katharina Schüttler (born 20 October 1979) is a German television and film actress. Her film debut was in the movie Die Lok in 1992. She is best known internationally for leading roles as Clara Rosenbaum in The Promise (2011) and as Greta Müller in the television drama Generation War (2013). Schüttler grew up in Cologne. Her father is an actor, director and former theatre director and her mother is a playwright. After high school she studied acting at the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media from 1999 to 2003. In 2002, she played the title role in the German premiere of the play Lolita in a staging of Peter Kestmüller at the Schauspiel Hannover. Katharina Schüttler preferably plays radical roles in which people are torn in existential situations. In 2006, she was awarded by the critics survey of the magazine Theater Today 2006. Source: Article "Katharina Schüttler" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Charles Reisner

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Charles "Chuck" Reisner (14 March 1887 – 24 September 1962) was an American film director and actor of the 1920s and 1930s. He directed over 60 films between 1920 and 1950 and acted in over 20 films between 1916 and 1929. He starred alongside Charlie Chaplin in A Dog's Life in 1918 and The Kid in 1921. In 1930 under MGM he directed the film Chasing Rainbows a musical which starred actors Bessie Love and Charles King. He died of a heart attack in La Jolla, California in 1962. Description above from the Wikipedia article Charles Reisner, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Accie Julius Connor

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Accie Julius Connorbetter known by his ring name D'Lo Brown (also formatted as D-Lo Brown), is an American professional wrestling road agent and semi-retired professional wrestler. Brown is well known for his time with the World Wrestling Federation between 1997 and 2003, where he held the WWF Intercontinental Champion and WWF European Championship. He is also known for his appearances in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where he held the NWA World Tag Team Championship, Ring of Honor and in Japan with the promotions All Japan Pro Wrestling and Pro Wrestling Noah. In September 2009, Connor was re-signed by TNA as their lead agent. Additionally, D'Lo was in charge of talent development and acquisitions heading up the TNA Gut Check program. On the March 7, 2013 episode of Impact Wrestling, Brown attacked Kurt Angle and revealed himself as the Vice President of Aces & Eights, turning heel in the process. Three days later at Lockdown, Brown interfered in Angle's steel cage match against fellow Aces & Eights member Wes Brisco, costing Angle the match. Later that evening, the President of the Aces & Eights was revealed to be Bully Ray.Brown wrestled his first televised match in four years on the May 2 episode of Impact Wrestling, losing to Kurt Angle in an I Quit Match.As a result of his loss, Brown was demoted to a prospect the following week. On July 17, Brown announced his release from TNA Return to AJPW (2013) On August 11, 2013, All Japan Pro Wrestling announced that Brown would be returning to the promotion the following month to take part in the 2013 Ōdō Tournament.Brown returned to the promotion on September 11 in a non-tournament tag team match, where he and Bambi Killer defeated Burning (Atsushi Aoki and Yoshinobu Kanemaru), with Brown pinning Kanemaru for the win.Three days later, Brown was eliminated by Kanemaru in his first round match in the Ōdō Tournament.For the rest of the tour, which lasted until September 23, Brown worked midcard tag team matches, suffering pinfall losses in most of them.On October 3, Brown was announced also for All Japan's next tour, which started October 12. Brown continued teaming regularly with Bambi Killer, which eventually led to the two forming a heel stable named DK (Dark Kingdom) under the leadership of Kenso on November 21. Future Stars of Wrestling (2014–2015) Brown formerly held a weekly class on Friday for "Future Stars of Wrestling" training center in Las Vegas. Personal life Conner is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) graduating from the University of Maine.He and his wife Jennifer were married in 2001 and have two daughters, Bria (born in 2003) and Payton (born in 2009).
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David Saucedo

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David Saucedo is an American actor who came to acting later in life. One of his early roles was with Mexican television royalty, Angelica Vale in the lead role of, "No Me Hallo." The show was originally intended as a web series but after its success online, Univision decided to also air the series on its network. David appeared in two episodes playing the role of Peppino. Later, after a long audition process he was cast in the role of Cesar Arista (in the Christopher Landon directed) Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones. This was the second time he had worked with director, writer and producer Oren Peli. Previously, David shot the (as of yet unreleased) Oren Peli directed project "Area 51." Since then, he has played opposite Salma Hayek in How to Make Love to an Englishman and was the gritty drug enforcer, Rosco in 6 Ways to Sundown staring Bai Ling, Tom Sizemore and Dominique Swain. More recently, David spent a month in Seattle, WA, filming alongside Bill Oberst Jr. and Jason Vail in "Valley of the Sasquatch" as Sergio Guerrero. He also worked on Circle and Savageland. With over three million hits on YouTube, in the music video by The Cataracs, "All You," David plays a coyote that smuggles the band into Mexico. Also a music video, On Theory of a Deadman's "Hurricane" staring Andy Dick, he plays a police officer. The song has garnered over a million hits. He is a former funeral counselor and believes that those years spent in the funeral industry help him understand the characters he plays. He has owned a coffee house/art gallery, been a former owner of a small indie record label, was a punk rock musician, is a photographer and an ordained minister. As one of the many odd jobs he has held, he helped clear out the famous old Swabs Pharmacy in Hollywood.
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