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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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Celia Freijeiro

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Es una actriz de teatro, televisión y cine española nacida en Vigo (Galicia) en 1983. Sus trabajos en televisión son los que le han dado un mayor reconocimiento por parte del gran público. Empezó en series de la televisión autonómica de Galicia como 'Maridos e mulleres'. Después apareció en series de gran impacto en el panorama televisivo nacional como 'El comisario' de Telecinco o 'Amistades peligrosas' de Cuato. En 2011 protagonizó junto a Eduardo Noriega la serie 'Homicidios' de Telecinco. Más recientemente ha aparecido en 'Bajo Sospecha' de Antena 3 o 'Seis hermanas' de Televisión española. En el cine, su participación más destacada fue en la cinta 'Todo es silencio' del director José Luis Cuerda. En el teatro, ha participado en más de diez obras en las que destacan 'Los Cenci' y 'El color de agosto' por las cuales consiguió nominaciones a los Premios Valle Inclán de Teatro. En 2007 creó su propia productora llamada Pocapena Producciones.
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Pascale Petit

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Pascale Petit (born Anne-Marie Pettit; 27 February 1938) is a French actress. She appeared in more than fifty films from 1957 to 2001 Working as a hairdresser, she entered films when her beauty was noticed by actress Françoise Lugagne whose husband Raymond Rouleau was searching for young actresses for his directorial debut The Crucible (1957). Petit played the role of Mary Warren. The following year she was awarded the Prix Suzanne Bianchetti in 1958 for her role as Rosalie in One Life (1958). During the 1960s Petit appeared as the female lead in several European international co-productions such as portraying Cleopatra in the 1962 film A Queen for Caesar. Petit appeared opposite Roger Moore, Ray Danton, Jeffrey Hunter, Guy Madison and Curd Jurgens. In the 1970s and 1980s she performed a variety of roles on French Television. Source: Article "Pascale Petit (actress)" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Jake Epstein

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Jake Epstein is a Canadian actor, singer and writer. He is best known for playing Craig in 'Degrassi: The Next Generation' (Gemini Award), Chuck in 'Designated Survivor' and Brian in 'Suits,' along with many other leading roles. On stage, he appeared on Broadway as Peter Parker in 'Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark,' Gerry Goffin in 'Beautiful: The Carole King Musical' (original Broadway cast), and starred in the US National Tours of Green Day's American Idiot and Spring Awakening. Was guitarist and lead singer in a band called Mind the Gap which he started with four of his best friends. They did a couple of gigs around Toronto. Has one older sister, Gabi Epstein. Some of his favorite bands are: Pink Floyd, System of a Down, The Beatles, Radiohead, and the Headstones (lead singer, Hugh Dillon, played his father on Degrassi). Used to be a brown belt in karate. He directed his first play in 2003 called "The Dead and the Rooster". His favorite acting career was playing in the "Oliver" play at the Royal Alex Theatre as the "Artful Dodger". His acting career shot off after that. He plays drums for a band called Funkasaurus Rex. Attended Earl Haig Secondary School, the same high school as his Degrassi: The Next Generation (2001) co-star Stefan Brogren. Appeared with the actor that plays Jimmy's Dad (Conrad Coates) in two different series, first in the "Zack Files" (2000) and in "Degrassi: The Next Generation" (2001). Parents are Ian Epstein and Kathy Kacer. Auditioned for a role on Glee (2009). Plays with his competitive soccer team; the North York Cosmos [March 2003] Appearing as Melchior in the US Tour of Spring Awakening. [July 2009] Appearing on Girls vs. Boys Hawaii [August 2004] Filming season 5 of Degrassi. [May 2005] He is from an Ashkenazi Jewish family (from Russia, Slovakia, and Panevezys in Lithuania). He went to Claude Watson School for the Arts with his future Degrassi: The Next Generation (2001) co-star Stacey Farber from Grades Four to Eight. He worked with Robert Clark in The Zack Files (2000) and his elder brother Daniel Clark in Degrassi: The Next Generation (2001). His favourite film is Forrest Gump (1994). He was born only one day after his The Zack Files (2000) and Degrassi Goes Hollywood (2009) co-star Michael Seater. He played Craig Manning in Degrassi: The Next Generation (2001) and was born only two days before the premiere of the original series Degrassi High (1987). His favourite television series are Family Guy (1999) and Breaking Bad (2008). As a child, he was a fan of X-Men: The Animated Series (1992) and Spider-Man: The Animated Series (1994). He was the only one of the three main stars of The Zack Files (2000), the other two being Michael Seater and Robert Clark, who did not subsequently star in Strange Days at Blake Holsey High (2002). Family (2) Spouse Vanessa Smythe (7 July 2018 - present)
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Gene Lyons

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gene Lyons (February 9, 1921 – July 8, 1974) was an American television actor from Pittsburgh, best known for his role as police commissioner Dennis Randall on the NBC detective series Ironside starring Raymond Burr. A life member of The Actors Studio, Lyons was in the Broadway production of Witness for the Prosecution for two years. His other Broadway credits include Masquerade (1958), The Trip to Bountiful (1953), Harriet (1942), and This Rock (1942). In 1953, Lyons played a police detective on the CBS drama series Pentagon U.S.A.. He appeared in 1954 as Steve Rockwell on the CBS daytime drama Woman with a Past. Before joining Raymond Burr as a regular on Ironside, he appeared on Perry Mason in 1965 as murderer Ralph Balfour in "The Case of the Wrathful Wraith." He also made guest appearances on nearly two dozen other series including The Dick Van Dyke Show, Gunsmoke, Have Gun, Will Travel, The Fugitive, Ben Casey, Star Trek ("A Taste of Armageddon"), The Twilight Zone ("King Nine Will Not Return"), The Alfred Hitchcock Hour and The Untouchables. He also appeared in films including Kiss Her Goodbye and The Young Don't Cry. Lyons died in Los Angeles, California on July 8, 1974 and is buried at Calvary Catholic Cemetery in Pittsburgh.
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Alan Reed

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Alan Reed (born Herbert Theodore Bergman; August 20, 1907 – June 14, 1977) was an American actor, best known as the original voice of Fred Flintstone on The Flintstones and various spinoff series. He also appeared in many films, including Days of Glory, The Tarnished Angels, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Viva Zapata! (as Pancho Villa), and Nob Hill, and various television and radio series. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alan Reed, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Sture Bergwall

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Sture Ragnar Bergwall best known as Thomas Quick. A Swedish man previously believed to have been a serial killer, having confessed to more than 30 murders while incarcerated in a mental institution for personality disorders. Between 1994 and 2001, Quick/Bergwall was convicted of eight of these murders. However, he withdrew all of his confessions in 2008, as a result of which his murder convictions were quashed, the final one in July 2013, and he was released from hospital. Bergwall picked up the name Thomas from a murder i Växjö, Sweden, in 1964. The victim was Thomas Blomgren, who was murdered and raped at 14. Quick was the maiden name of his mother.
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Ludi Boeken

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Ludi Boeken (born 1951 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch film producer, director and actor. His daughter, Julia Levy-Boeken, is an actress. He was born in Amsterdam. He attended the London Film School from 1970 to 1973, and Tel Aviv University from 1973 to 1976. He started his career as a war correspondent for the BBC and for Dutch television in the Middle East, South America, Central America, and Africa. He is a partner at Acajou Films, a film production company, with Pascal Judelewicz. In the years of 2004 and 2007, he was executive director of Terranova, a German TV station. Source: Article "Ludi Boeken" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Carsten Byhring

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Carsten Byhring (born December 8, 1918 in Christiania, died April 6, 1990) was a Norwegian actor on stage, in television and in film. His career started in high school, when he performed a small pantomimer with comedic content. The cabaret scene he debuted in 1941, by Søilen Theatre in Oslo. In the period 1947-1959 he was employed at the cabaret scene Chat Noir, but made many guest appearances at the Central Theatre, The Norwegian Theatre, the Norwegian Opera and Oslo Nye Teater. Byhring appeared often in dramatic roles but was best known for his comedic talent, and he focused in particular monologue genre. He has released several classic character performances, his interpretation of Doolittle in George Bernard Shaw play Pygmalion is among his most famous. He had many film roles, but especially he is remembered as Kjell in the first 13 "Olsenbanden" films. He also produced and directed two films for children - Bear Patrol (1956) and On cruises with Terna (1958). Byhring was the older brother of Svein Byhring. In his last interview - which was made by See and Hear the spring of 1990 - said a parent with cancer Carsten Byhring that he had been a large consumer of cigarettes since he was 14. Yet he was unable to put away South State-cigarettes. "But I have at least begun to smoke filter cigarettes," he said humorously to See and Hear the interview. Shortly thereafter, Carsten Byhring away - he died of cancer 6 April 1990, aged 72. (Wikipedia)
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Callee Wilkerson

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is an American independent professional wrestler better known as Barbi Hayden and Abilene Maverick in Women of Wrestling (WOW). Professional wrestling career NWA & Affiliate Promotions (2010–2017) Barbi first wrestled at WOW Let's Roll on September 10, 2010. She competed in a losing title match against WOW Women's Champion Jen-Alise. On October 8 at WOW WarZone 3, Barbi faced Alise and Lillie Mae in a three-way match for the WOW Women's Title still held by Alise. Both Barbi and Mae lost to Alise during this match. On November 12 at WOW Breakdown, Barbi wrestled Alise again for the WOW Women's Championship, resulting in a time limit draw. In the spirit of receiving gifts during the holdiday month of December, Barbi finally won the WOW Women's title from Alise at WOW Christmas Carnage on December 10. On February 12, 2011, Barbi wrestled her first successful title defense against Simply Luscious at WOW Valentine's Vengeance. At WOW Spring Slampede on March 11, Barbi successfully defended her title against Jen-Alise and Simply Luscious in a three-way match. On April 8, at NWA Houston April's Fools, Barbi won the vacant NWA Houston Women's Championship, defeating Lillie Mae. On May 13, at NWA Houston Shut Up & Wrestle Barbi defended the NWA Houston Women's title against Jen-Alise and Simply Luscious, winning another three-way match, with a count-out victory. On May 21 at NWA Southwest Free Rules, Barbi suffered her first defeat of the year after meeting Starr in singles competition. At NWA Houston Showdown Tennessee Vs Texas, she lost a title match to NWA World Women's Champion Tasha Simone. During the July 6th edition of NWA Houston, Barbi lost to Mr. B. On August 12, at NWA Houston Back To Old School, Barbi lost the NWA Houston Women's Championship to Jen-Alise. These two would meet in the following month on September 9, in a title match at NWA Houston Lets Roll in a match in which Barbi won NWA Lone Star Women's Championship. She only kept the title for a month, losing it to Alise on October 14, at NWA Houston Hear No Evil, See No Evil, Speak No Evil. Barbi finished out 2011 in NWA Houston with a victory over Angel Blue on December 9 at NWA Houston Christmas Carnage.
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