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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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Frank Orth

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Frank Orth was an American actor born in Philadelphia. He is probably best remembered for his portrayal of Inspector Faraday in the 1951-1953 television series “Boston Blackie”. By 1897, Orth was performing in vaudeville with his wife, Ann Codee, in an act called “Codee and Orth.” In 1909, he expanded into song writing, with songs such as “The Phone Bell Rang” and “Meet Me on the Boardwalk, Dearie.” His first contact with motion pictures was in 1928, when he was part of the first foreign-language shorts in sound produced by Warner Bros. He and his wife also appeared together in a series of two-reel comedies in the early 1930s. Orth's first major screen credit was in “Prairie Thunder,” a Dick Foran western, in 1937. From then on, he was often cast as bartenders, pharmacists, and grocery clerks, and always distinctly Irish. He had a recurring role in the Dr. Kildare series of films and also in the Nancy Drew series as the befuddled Officer Tweedy. Among his better roles were the newspaper man Cary Grant telephones early in “His Girl Friday,” one of the quartet singing “Gary Owen” in “They Died with Their Boots On” (thereby giving Errol Flynn as Gen. Custer the idea of associating the tune with the 7th Cavalry), and as the little man carrying the sign reading “The End Is Near” throughout Colonel Effingham's Raid. However, Orth is probably best remembered for his portrayal of Inspector Faraday in the 1951-1953 television series “Boston Blackie.” A short, plump, round-faced man, often smoking a cigar, Orth as Faraday wore his own dark-rimmed spectacles, though rarely in feature films. In 1959, Orth retired from show business after throat surgery. His wife died in 1961 after around fifty years of marriage. Orth died on March 17, 1962. He is buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery in the Hollywood Hills next to his wife.
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Yann Arthus-Bertrand

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Yann Arthus-Bertrand (born 13 March 1946) is an environmentalist, activist, journalist and photographer. He has also directed films about the impact of humans on the planet. He is especially well known for his book Earth from Above (1999) and his films Home (2009) and Human (2015). It is because of this commitment that Yann Arthus-Bertrand was designated Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Environment Programme on Earth Day (22 April 2009). Reference: Wikipedia contributors. (2021, 27 janvier). Yann Arthus-Bertrand. Wikipedia.
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Salim Kumar

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Salim Kumar is a National Award winning Indian film actor and mimic predominantly acting in Malayalam cinema. He is one of the prominent comic actors of the current generation in Malayalam cinema, but has shown his versatility in the drama genre of films, such as Achanurangatha Veedu, Gramophone, Perumazhakkalam and Adaminte Makan Abu. Salim Kumar's role as Abu in Adaminte Makan Abu won him both the National Award and Kerala State award for Best Actor for the year 2010. Earlier he had won a Kerala State Film Award for the Second Best Actor in 2005 for his role as Samuel in Achanurangatha Veedu.
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Taylor Kitsch

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Taylor Kitsch is a Canadian actor and model best known for his portrayal of football player Tim Riggins on the NBC series "Friday Night Lights". He was in many movies including the supernatural film "The Covenant", the X-Men spin-off "X-Men Origins: Wolverine", the Disney film "John Carter", the war film "Lone Survivor" and HBO's lgbt drama "The Normal Heart". In November 2014, he was cast in the second season of HBO's popular anthology crime series "True Detective" which costarred fellow Canadian Rachel McAdams. He plays the lead role of David Koresh, founder of the Branch Davidians in the 6-part mini-series Waco.
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Travis Tomko

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Travis David Tomko is an American retired professional wrestler, entrepreneur, best known for his tenures with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) under the ring name Tomko between 2006 and 2010. Prior to this, he worked for WWE on the Raw brand under the ring name Tyson Tomko from 2003 to 2006. He also performed in New Japan Pro-Wrestling from 2006 to 2008. He is a two-time tag team champion having simultaneously held the TNA World Tag Team and IWGP Tag Team championships. Following retirement from wrestling, Tomko currently works as a personal trainer.
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Malashri

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Malashri was born and brought up in Madras (now Chennai) into a Telugu speaking family. She shot to fame with Nanjundi Kalyana in 1989 but her personal life hit an all-time low the same year when her mother died in a road accident. She had an affair with actor Sunil, her co-star in many films. But in 1994 she met with a car accident when her car got hit by a truck. While Malashree suffered multiple injuries, Sunil died within an hour. It was rumoured that they even had plans of getting married. She is currently married to film producer Ramu and they have a daughter together, Ananya (b. 2001). Her sister Subhashri was also an actress, who appeared in South Indian films.
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Dixie Lee

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Wilma Winifred Wyatt (November 4, 1911 – November 1, 1952) better known as Dixie Lee was an American actress, dancer, and singer. She was the first wife of singer Bing Crosby. Born Wilma Winifred Wyatt in Harriman, Tennessee on November 4, 1911 to Evan Wyatt and the former Nora Scarborough. She adopted the professional name "Dixie Carroll" to enter an amateur singing contest in Chicago in May, 1928. She won the contest and the prize was a job as a singer at a roadhouse called College Inn. Whilst working there, she was spotted by a talent scout and given a part in the traveling company of Good News. A film contract was subsequently offered and Winfield Sheehan of the Fox film studio changed her name to Dixie Lee, to avoid confusion with actresses Nancy Carroll and Sue Carol. She appeared in at least 16 films from 1929 to 1935.
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Kevin Csolak

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Kevin Csolak is a professional actor, dancer, and singer. Born in Flemington, New Jersey, Kevin spent his youth at his mother's performing arts school. He was signed at age ten with Shirley Grant Management. He recurred as Daniel Hughes on As The World Turns for CBS and performed at the Hilton Theatre on Broadway (presently The Lyric Theatre) in the original cast of How the Grinch Stole Christmas. The following year, Kevin performed in the world premiere cast of Cirque du Soleil's Wintuk as Jamie at the Wamu Theatre at Madison Square Garden. Kevin attended Frances A. Demares Elementary School, Reading-Fleming Intermediate School, JP Case Middle School and graduated from Hunterdon Central Regional High School in Flemington, NJ. He was very active in Student Government and from 7th through 12th grade was class president. Kevin was accepted to New York City's PACE University's prestigious Musical Theatre Class of 2018. After a year with the program, he moved to Los Angeles, California to focus on his film and TV career. While in LA Kevin worked closely with top LA dance icons and mentors including Marty Kudelka, Ivan Koumaev, Misha Gabriel, Anze Skrube, and others. Repped by Clear Talent Group for dance, Kevin continues to work in the commercial dance industry. Kevin danced for Hayley Kiyoko in the 2018 VMA's and for Justin Timberlake in the 2018 Super Bowl 52 Halftime Show. Kevin was honored to work with Casey Nicholaw in the world premiere of The Prom musical at the alliance in Atlanta. He was back on Broadway in the original cast of Tina Fey's Mean Girls at the August Wilson Theatre. He went on to play the principle role of A-Rab in Ivo Van Hove's West Side Story at The Broadway Theatre in NYC. A career highlight has been playing Diesel in Steven Spielberg's Oscar Nominated West Side Story movie. He was one of five actors who were featured in both the movie and the Broadway revival. During the Spring and Summer of 2021, Kevin found himself back on the west coast shooting Season 6 of Warner Bros. and TNT's Animal Kingdom in the role of Andrew to be released in 2022. Kevin was named to The Ensemblist's Inaugural 2018 list of 'Ones to Watch' in 2019 as one of the 'exciting new talent hitting Broadway Stages this year.' He was also featured in Pop Culturalist, Nyota Magazine, and in Time Out NY's Top Ten Hot Boys on Broadway.
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Anthony Strachan

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Scottish actor of stage, film and TV, Anthony Strachan has worked extensively in television including: Mountain Goats BBC 1; Bob Servant Series 2 BBC Scotland; Sunset Song Terence Davies; Bob Servant Independent BBC Scotland; Garrow’s Law Twenty Twenty Productions; Gary Tank Commander, Rab C Nesbitt, Will And Greg Sketch Show BBC Comedy Unit; Lip Service Kudos For BBC 3; Hotel Babylon Carnival Productions For BBC; Pramface, Holby City, Sunburn BBC; Inspector Rebus, Taggart SMG; High Times 2, High Times STV; Monarch Of The Glen Ecosse; Border Café Series Hartswood; Young Persons Guide To Being A Rockstar Channel 4 Television; Take The High Road Scottish Television. Antony’s film work includes: Sunset Song Terence Davies; Redirected Kino Kultas, Emilis Velyvis; Afterlife Gabriel Films; Sylvia Ariel Films; Once Upon A Time In The Midlands Midland Films; 16 Years Of Alcohol 16 Years Ltd; Young Blades Mario Andreacchio; The Trench William Boyd; Rbs Commerical; The Right Move Commerical. On the Stage Antony’s work includes: The Day I Swapped My Dad For Two Goldfish, National Theatre Of Scotland; Mother Goose, Perth Theatre; Sergeant Cracker’s Christmas Quest, Carnegie Hall; Peter Pan 360 Entertainment, San Francisco; Jack And The Beanstalk, Pinocchio, Mother Goose, ; Babes In The Wood, Aladdin Adam Smith Theatre; Sunshine On Leith Dundee Rep and Festival Theatre Edinburgh; A Winter’s Tale, Much Ado About Nothing Royal Lyceum; Once Upon A Dragon, The Houghmagandie Grid Iron; Elizabeth Gordon Quinn National Theatre of Scotland; Into The Dark Visible Fictions; Much Ado About Nothing, Worzel Gummidge Byre Theatre; Brazil The Latchmere Theatre; When The Dons Were Kings Lemon Tree; The Good Person Of Szechwan, Petra Tag Theatre Company; The Arbor Sheffield Crucible Theatre.
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