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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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Lou Costello

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​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Louis Francis Costello (March 6, 1906 – March 3, 1959) was an American actor and comedian best known as half of the comedy team of Abbott and Costello, with Bud Abbott. Costello was famous for his bumbling, chubby, clean-cut image that has appealed to many Americans over the decades, and for his shouted line of "HEEEEYYY ABBOTT!!." Description above from the Wikipedia article Lou Costello, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Michael B. Jordan

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Michael Bakari Jordan (born February 9, 1987) is an American actor, producer and director. He is best known for his film roles as shooting victim Oscar Grant in the drama Fruitvale Station (2013), boxer Adonis Creed in Creed (2015), and Erik Killmonger in Black Panther (2018), all of which were written and directed by Ryan Coogler. Jordan reprised his role of Creed in Creed II (2018) and Creed III (2023); the latter also marked his directorial debut. Jordan initially broke out in television, playing Wallace in the first season of the HBO crime drama series The Wire (2002). He went on to play Reggie Montgomery on the ABC soap opera All My Children (2003–2006) and Vince Howard in the NBC sports drama series Friday Night Lights (2009–2011). His other films include Chronicle (2012), That Awkward Moment (2014), Fantastic Four (2015), and Just Mercy (2019), in which he portrayed Bryan Stevenson. He has also starred in and produced the HBO film Fahrenheit 451 (2018), for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie.
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Frédéric Molas

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Frédéric Molas is a French YouTuber known for creating and portraying his character Le Joueur du Grenier (literally "The Attic Gamer") in his web television series of farcical retrogaming video reviews. Similarly to the Angry Video Game Nerd (which is the direct inspiration for the show) it generally revolves around retro game reviews that involve rants against games of particularly low-quality or poor design. On 13 September 2012, he created a new series called Papy Grenier, where on the contrary, he talks about good video games for a period of 5 to 8 minutes per episode. He created later the Bazar du Grenier ("The Attic Mess") channel which is including more diversified videos (including playthroughs or cinema critics). He has more than 3,3 million subscribers on Youtube on his primary channel, and more than 1,5 million on his secondary Bazar channel. Therefore, it is one of the leading French channels on the website.
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K. A. Thangavelu

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K. A. Thangavelu (Tamil:டணால் கே.எ தங்கவேலு) popularly known as "Danaal Thangavelu" was a Tamil film comedian popular in the 1950s to 1985 and above. Not known for physical, acrobatic comedy like his contemporaries J.P.Chandrababu and Nagesh, Thangavelu's humor is recognized for his impeccable timing in verbal agility and the characteristic twang of his delivery. He was a successful comedian and his role as a phony writer Bhairavan in the movie Kalyana Parisu [Wedding Present] was much appreciated by Tamil movie fans. Thangavelu's humor enriched movies such as Thillana Mohanambal in his role as a nattuvangam master (dance choreographer) to the heroine. He died on September 28, 1994.
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Louise Linton

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Born in Scotland, Louise was quick to take to the stage with her first title role on stage at age six. Immediately dedicating herself to the craft she went on to attend the prestigious Edinburgh Drama Academy and later earned the coveted Honors Certificate from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts.  After boarding school she volunteered in Zambia for six months during the Second Congolese War and wrote a book about her experience. Louise then moved to Los Angeles and in a few short years has racked up roles in the indie feature, “BANKING ON LOVE”, a role on mega hit “CSI: NY” and the FOX, FUEL TV sketch comedy show, “THE DAILY HABIT”.  Robert Redford cast her in the United Artists film, “LIONS FOR LAMBS”, starring Tom Cruise and Meryl Streep. Then she booked a lead role in the Roy Lee thriller “THE ECHO”. Linton then joined the cast of indie comedy “SCREWBALL” . Following this, she filmed global US detective smash “COLD CASE” and then left Los Angeles to film “CREW TO CREW”, set in Rome.  Immediately after her return to Los Angeles Louise then booked the female lead in “SCAVENGERS” opposite Sean Patrick Flanery. Louise then completed a role in the comedy, “SHE WANTS ME” opposite Charlie Sheen, Josh Gad, and Hillary Duff. She then filmed “THE POWER OF FEW” opposite Christopher Walken and Christian Slater in Louisiana.  In Spring 2011, Louise filmed the Lifetime movie, “WILLIAM & KATE” about the Royal couple. After this she spent the summer on stage in New York starring in the Off Broadway show, “MANIPULATION” at the famous Cherry Lane Theater. After New York, Louise traveled to Alabama to shoot Hallmark Hall of Fame’s Award Winning Feature, “A SMILE AS BIG AS THE MOON”. This June, Louise will film the lead role in the psychological thriller, “INTRUDER” opposite John Robinson (Elephant, Lords of Dog Town) in Oregon. In July she will play the female lead in the romantic comedy, “SERIAL DATERS ANONYMOUS”. (Taken from louiselinton.com)
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Gregory Ryan Alosio

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Gregory Alosio is an award winning American director & producer. He is known for his documentary short film Death & Life which won several awards. Accolade Global Film Competition awards in May 2016: Award of Recognition. Long Beach Indie Film Festival: Best Documentary Short Film. Canada Shorts Canadian and International Short Film Festival: Award of Commendation. Hollywood International Independent Documentary Award: Award of Recognition. Impact Docs Award: Award of Merit. Reel Madness Film Festival: People’s Choice Award. Mr. Alosio has also directed several country music videos including the European award winning Suspicious Minds for country star Dwight Yoakam, and most recently Liar also by Dwight Yoakam. In 2013 Mr. Alosio directed the family film The Christmas Colt
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Dakota Blue Richards

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​Dakota Blue Richards (born 11 April 1994) is an English actress. Ten thousand girls turned up for open auditions in Cambridge, Oxford, Exeter and Kendal for the role of Lyra Belacqua in the adaptation of 'His Dark Materials: Northern Lights' to the film 'The Golden Compass (2007)'. In June 2006, twelve-year-old Dakota, a Londoner schoolgirl, was awarded the part after the casting directors' took a shine to her in the Cambridge auditions. Her mother is an American anthropologist.
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Marilyn Burns

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Marilyn Burns was born Mary Lynn Ann Burns on May 7, 1949 in Erie, Pennsylvania, and raised in Houston, Texas. She attended the University of Texas at Austin where she graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Drama. Marilyn was one of the original scream queens, remembered primarily for her role in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974). She played Sally Hardesty, a teenager who travels with her brother and some friends to the cemetery where her grandfather was buried to investigate reports of grave vandalism, and then encounters an insane, murderous family, including the chainsaw-wielding Leatherface. Her follow-up appearance was in Eaten Alive (1976), where she played a vacationer who unwittingly stumbles upon a hotel managed by a maniac who feeds his guests to his crocodile. Marilyn earned her scream queen status by starring in other horror movies; Kiss Daddy Goodbye (1981) and Future-Kill (1985). She appeared in the television miniseries Helter Skelter (1976) about the real-life trial of Charles Manson and his family. She played Linda Kasabian, a member of the Manson Family whose testimony helped lead to the convictions of the cult leader and many of his followers. Marilyn had an uncredited cameo as Sally Hardesty in The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1995), and made a cameo appearance as Verna Carlson in Texas Chainsaw 3D (2013). However, aside from these roles and occasional appearances at horror conventions, she lived a relatively quiet life out of the spotlight in the Houston area in her later years. Marilyn Burns died at age 65 in her sleep on August 5, 2014 and was found in her Houston, Texas home by family members, the cause was an apparent heart attack, although not specified.
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Hal Mohr

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Hal Mohr, A.S.C. (August 2, 1894 in San Francisco – May 10, 1974 in Santa Monica, California) was a famed movie cinematographer. He is known for his Oscar-winning work on the 1935 film, A Midsummer Night's Dream. He was awarded another Oscar for his work on The Phantom of the Opera in 1943, and received a nomination for The Four Poster in 1952. From a young age, Hal Mohr wanted to pursue a career in cinematography because he was curious to learn about how to make pictures move onscreen. He worked as a photo finisher in a photo lab to gain experience with the camera. When he was 19 years old, he filmed his first movie, Pam's Daughter, which, unfortunately, was never seen by the public because of problems with the motion picture distribution company. Although Mohr mainly worked as a cinema portraitist on movies such as The Wedding March, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and the Technicolor The Phantom of the Opera, he was passionate about exploring the limits of the camera. Mohr shot in deep focus years before Gregg Toland -- Bullets or Ballots and The Green Pastures were both shot in deep focus. He was inspired by the moving shots in the Italian movie, Cabiria, and developed a camera with special tracking abilities for his 1914 film, Pan's Mountain. Notably, Mohr is the only person to have won a competitive Academy Award without being nominated for it. In 1936, a write-in campaign won him the Best Cinematography Oscar for his work on A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935). The Academy later changed the Oscar rules, making write-in voting impossible. In 1944, Mohr became the first person to win an Oscar for both Black-and-White and Color cinematography when he won his second Academy Award, this time with W. Howard Greene for Best Cinematography in a Color Film, for their work on The Phantom of the Opera (1943). Mohr was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematographer for his work on The Four Poster (1952), a film based on a play of the same name, written by Jan de Hartog. He was also nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Cinematography in a Black and White Film, for his work on the same movie. Other film cinematographer credits include Little Annie Rooney (1925), The Big Gamble (1931), Cheers for Miss Bishop (1941), Another Part of the Forest (1948) and The Wild One (1953). Mohr served as president of the American Society of Cinematographers from 1930 to 1931. Then, for two terms from 1963 to 1965 and finally from 1969 to 1970. He was one of the first members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and a senior member of the Academy's Board of Directors. He headed the Academy's Cinematography Branch for over 20 years, and was also a part of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Before his death, he would travel the country promoting cameramen and the industry of cinematography. For his many contributions to motion pictures and the film industry, Hal Mohr received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame located at 6433 Hollywood Blvd.
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