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Amy Poehler

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Amy Poehler (/ˈpoʊlər/; born September 16, 1971) is an American actress, comedian, writer, producer, and director. After studying improv at Chicago's Second City and ImprovOlympic in the early 1990s, she co-founded the improvisational-comedy troupe Upright Citizens Brigade. The group moved to New York City in 1996 where their act became a half-hour sketch-comedy series on Comedy Central in 1998. Along with other members of the comedy group, Poehler is a founder of the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. Description above from the Wikipedia article Amy Poehler, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​
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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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Jaimie Alexander

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Jaimie Alexander (born March 12, 1984) is an American actress known for portraying Jessi on the TV series Kyle XY and Sif in the 2011 superhero film Thor, it's 2013 sequel, Thor: The Dark World, and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.. Since 2015 she stars in the NBC series Blindspot. Jaimie Alexander was born in Greenville, South Carolina, and moved to Grapevine, Texas when she was four years old. She is the only girl in a family of five children. Alexander first got into acting in grade school, where she took theater for fun. Alexander stated that she was actually kicked out of theater when she was in high school because she could not sing, so she instead went into sports. When she was 17, she substituted for a friend at a meeting with a scouting agency and she met her manager, Randy James, who sent her some scripts. After her graduation from Colleyville Heritage High School, a year and a half later, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue her acting career. Licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Christian Sève

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Christian Philippe Séve Flaten (Santiago de Chile, January 19, 1985) is a Chilean film, theater and television actor. It was unveiled in 2009 in the nightly teleserie. Where is Elisa? of TVN, playing Sebastián Cousiño, a boy of strong and explosive character. Since 2007 he has participated in various theater, film and television projects. In television, he has been part of the cast of productions such as, Los Ángeles de Estela, "Secretos en el jardín", "La chúcara", "Un Diablo con Ángel" and the adaptation in Chile of "Modern Family" and in cinema in films like "Myths and legends", "The clean swimming pools", "The forest of Karadima" and "Alma". In theater, he has worked in more than twenty professional productions. He has served as assistant professor in the subject of voice in the career of Theater at the University of Development and has conducted classes on theater and creative tools for early childhood as a visiting professor at various universities. Her acting career has complemented her with music, being a disciple of the outstanding organist (Ph.D. in Fine Arts) Luis González Catalán. then he participated in He is brother of the theater director, playwright and writer Natalie Séve and actress Paulette Sève, debuted together in 2009 in the teleserie ¿Dónde está Elisa? with 24 and 25 years respectively in the roles of Sebastián and Florencia. He has Norwegian descent from his mother and French ancestry from his father. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sharon Blackwood

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Sharon Blackwood was reared in the small town of Greensboro, Georgia. This upbringing served her well in her first television guest roles, on I'll Fly Away and In the Heat of the Night. She has been fortunate to work opposite Sidney Poitier, Kenneth Branagh, Ellen Burstyn, Tom Wilkinson, Joel Edgerton, Ruth Negga, Jason Bateman and Diane Keaton. Her feature films include Robert Zemeckis' "Flight" and Boaz Yakin's , "Remember the Titans" both starring Denzel Washington; Ross Katz's The Choice; Gregory Jacobs' Magic Mike XXL; Andy Tennant's Sweet Home Alabama. She also appeared in Terence Davies' The Neon Bible and as Lola Loving in "Loving", both of which were nominated for the Palm D'or at the Cannes Film Festival. Ms. Blackwood began her acting career in the theatre. Beginning with the role of Ada in "Tobacco Road", she then did very diverse characters including Aunt Julia in "Hedda Gabler", Woman (Veronica) in "Veronica's Room" as well as performing in the musical "Side by Side by Sondheim. She received Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from West Georgia College, where she studied voice with Metropolitan Opera Soprano Inge Manski-Lundeen; with whom she studied throughout her career. Her favorite operatic roles include Dorabella in Cosi Fan Tutte and Mother in Amahl and the Night Visitors. She continues as an Oratorio soloist in Atlanta, Ga. Ms. Blackwood is a former Vice President of the League of Women Voters of Georgia and continues her work with them and other service organizations. Married to Michael Blackwood for over 45 years, she has two daughters and two grandchildren who have been her support and inspiration throughout her career.
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Alexander Korda

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​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sir Alexander Korda (/ˈkɔːrdə/; born Sándor László Kellner, 16 September 1893 – 23 January 1956) was a British film producer and director and screenwriter, who founded his own film production studios and film distribution company. Born in Hungary, where he began his career, he worked briefly in the Austrian and German film industries during the era of silent films, before being based in Hollywood from 1926 to 1930 for the first of his two brief periods there (the other was during World War II). The change led to the divorce from his first wife, the Hungarian film actress María Corda, who could not make the transition because of her strong accent. From 1930, Korda was active in the British film industry, and soon became one of the leading figures in the industry. He was the founder of London Films and, post-war, the owner of British Lion Films, a film distribution company. Korda was the first filmmaker to have been officially knighted. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alexander Korda, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Camille Mitchell

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Camille Mitchell has garnered extraordinary acclaim for her versatility onstage and onscreen. A leading lady at the Stratford and Shaw festivals, The London Times hailed her as "a gift to the theater." In 2011, she appeared as Mrs. Robinson in "The Graduate" at Vancouver's Arts Club Theatre. For her television role as tough-talking Sheriff Nancy Adams on Warner Brothers' Smallville (2001) over five seasons, she was nominated for the Leo Award for Best Supporting Performance by a Female in a Dramatic Series. Other recurring roles on television include Evelyn on "Life Unexpected"(2010); Becca in "The L Word"; the spiritual Ingrid Rayne on Poltergeist: The Legacy (1996) for Showtime and the hyper model's agent Roxanne on Madison (1993) for CTV. Other guest-star roles include Vesta on "Caprica" (2010) with Eric Stoltz;The Chris Isaak Show (2001) (MuchMoreMusic), Mysterious Ways (2000) (PAX/NBC), _"The Outer Limits" (1995)with Julie Harris_ (Showtime), and _"Peacemakers" (2003)with Tom Berenger_ (USA). Films include "Concrete Blondes"(2012) with Jonathan Rhy-Davies and "Frankie and Hazel" with Joan Plowright and Micah Barnes. She won Canada's Jessie Award for her portrayal of Ariel in Shakespeare's "The Tempest" opposite Gordon Pinsent at the Vancouver Playhouse and was also nominated for Best Actress Awards for Blanche in "A Streetcar Named Desire," Madame Tourvel in "Les Liaisons Dangereuses," and Elizabeth in "The Crucible." Born in Santa Monica to Hollywood star Cameron Mitchell and Viennese actress Joanna Mitchell, Camille was raised in Vancouver, Canada, and studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, England.
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Mieko Harada

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mieko Harada (原田 美枝子, Harada Mieko, born on December 26, 1958) is a Japanese actress from Tokyo. She has played various roles in many motion pictures, television shows and television dramas since her debut in 1974. She most notably portrayed Lady Kaede in Akira Kurosawa's 1985 film Ran, and further collaborated with him in his 1990 film Dreams. Harada also most notably provided the voice for Kaguya in the 2002 anime film InuYasha the Movie: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass. She is currently working on television dramas as of 2007. She won the award for best actress at the 21st Hochi Film Award for Village of Dreams and at the 23rd Hochi Film Award for Begging for Love. Harada is married to Ryo Ishibashi since 1987 and has three children. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mieko Harada, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Élie Semoun

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Élie Semoun (born Élie Semhoun on 16 October 1963) is a French comedian, actor, director, writer and singer. Élie Semoun was born in France, to a Sephardic Jewish family of Moroccan-Jewish and Algerian-Jewish descent. In 1980 at the age of 17, Semoun wrote two collections of poems and two plays. Beginning in 1988, he had regular appearances on the television series Vivement lundi! on TF1, where he played a horse mounted on rollers. His comedy career began in 1990 with his partner Dieudonné M'bala M'bala, with whom he wrote and performed daring, skits with scathing takes generally taboo subjects such as racism and poverty, often playing up contrasts between himself and his partner in terms of origin, color, and religion. Their first show was held at Café de la Gare in 1991. The duo acquired a certain notoriety in 1992 after several appearances on their fellow comedian Arthur's show Emission Impossible, where they were noticed for their particularly corrosive sketches. They followed this up with one success after another at Le Splendid Theater, Paris's Palais des glaces, and at Casino de Paris. Élie and Dieudonné formed one of the most popular comic duos of the 1990s. In 1997 the duo split due to artistic and financial differences. Élie resented how Dieudonné handled their relations with the media and admitted that he was unhappy that his friend had turned towards film (and that he left to appear in the United States) and antisemitism. Dieudonné managed the financial aspects of their career, and Semoun felt their money was not divided equitably. Breaking out on his own, Semoun continued his success with Petites Annonces d'Élie (which had been at first intended to be a show with Dieudonné) alongside his friend the actor Franck Dubosc. Once again his performance was promoted by his friend on the show Les Enfants de la télé (France) Inspired by actual classified ads recorded by them in a van, the "Petites Annonces d'Élie" (Élie's Classified Ads) are seen through the character of Cyprian, a repulsive looking man searching for a "busty blond". Semoun went back on stage with a one-man show, Élie and Semoun. He supported Bertrand Delanoë during Paris's municipal elections of 2001 and Lionel Jospin during the presidential election of 2002. In 2003, he released an album of French songs called simply "Chansons". In early 2005, he performed in a show (co-authored with Franck Dubosc and Muriel Robin entitled Élie Semoun se prend pour qui? Élie Semoun maintained in the years following his separation with Dieudonné a complex and strained relationship with his former partner. First strained, then reconciled, they have again grown apart during the public controversy aroused by the political stances of Dieudonné. "Some have speculated on the reunion of our duo, but I must tell you that this is clearly out of the question! It's over." In 2012, he declared that "the Dieudonné he knew and the Dieudonné of today appear to him like two completely different people, and he is unable to reconcile them in his mind". ... Source: Article "Élie Semoun" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Rodger Bumpass

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Rodger Albert Bumpass (born November 20, 1951) is an American character actor and voice actor Noted as his long-running-role as Squidward Tentacles on the hit series SpongeBob SquarePants. He also voiced Professor Membrane on Invader Zim, created by Jhonen Vasquez. Bumpass had many other credits in animated films, animated television series, and video games. Bumpass' voice acting credits go back as far as a 1962 episode of The Jetsons. He has repeatedly denied that his name is, in fact, a joke. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rodger Bumpass, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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