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Kerry Ellis

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Kerry Jane Townsend (born 6 May 1979), better known by her maiden name Kerry Ellis, is an English actress and singer who is best known for her work in musical theatre and subsequent crossover into music. Born and raised in Suffolk, Ellis began performing at an early age before attending Laine Theatre Arts from the age of 16. Ellis made her first professional stage appearance in 1998 and went on to make her West End debut in the 2001 revival of My Fair Lady as Martine McCutcheon's understudy in the role of Eliza Doolittle. After meeting Queen guitarist Brian May in 2002, she landed the role of Meat in the original London cast of We Will Rock You and has subsequently played lead roles in West End musicals Les Misérables, Wicked (which also took her to Broadway) and Oliver! as well as appearing in national tours and concert productions of musicals like Miss Saigon, Chess, The War of the Worlds and RENT. Ellis, who has received several awards and nominations for her performances, has fast become recognised as the First Lady of West End musicals. She has also worked sporadically in film and television. Despite her misfortune on The Voice UK in 2012, Ellis had been expanding her repertoire as a solo artist in collaboration with May since 2002. She has released a studio album Anthems (2010), which reached number 15 on the UK Albums Chart, as well as an extended play Wicked in Rock (2008) and a live album Acoustic by Candlelight (2013). In addition to headlining solo concert tours like Anthems: The Tour and The Born Free Tour, and singing in concerts across the world, Ellis also appears as a featured artist on several albums and is featured on three cast albums. With May, she also involves herself in charity work with the Born Free Foundation.
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Jeff Rosick

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Jeff Rosick is an Actor, Music Composer, Producer, Writer and Graphic Designer from Portland, Oregon. Shortly after moving to Los Angeles, Jeff became known for his role as Buddy Garrity Jr. on the Emmy Award winning television show Friday Night Lights. Later, he played a stoic young hit man in the TV pilot Metro, under the direction of Academy Award winner Stephen Gaghan, and went on to work opposite David Duchovny in NBC's Aquarius as Officer Colin McInerny. While recurring on NBC's Parenthood, Jeff played a high school bully opposite Craig T. Nelson and Miles Heizer, and then guest starred on FOX's Bones as Darrell Taggert - a good guy having a good time, in the wrong place at the wrong time. On the set of the NYTVF-nominated television pilot Camp Abercorn, Jeff reunited as a Boy Scout camp staff member opposite his Friday Night Lights father Buddy Garrity, played by actor Brad Leland. Jeff went on to score original music to the pilot, as well. After attending Loyola University Chicago and Gonzaga University, Jeff earned his B.A. in Theatre. Shortly after graduating, he landed his first film role in the indie feature Norman, starring Dan Byrd, Richard Jenkins and Adam Goldberg. Future collaborations led Jeff into writing, producing, starring in and scoring films like The Massacre at Black Divide and Constant. He has studied with top acting coaches that include Katt Shea, Rod Rowland, and UCB in Los Angeles. Jeff is constantly working in the entertainment industry, whether as an Actor, Music Composer, Graphic Designer or one of his various other creative roles. He is a classically trained pianist, plays the guitar and sings (bari-tenor).
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Ramin Karimloo

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Ramin Karimloo is an Iranian-Canadian actor and singer, recognized chiefly for his work in London's West End. He has played leading male roles in both of the West End's longest running musicals: The Phantom and Raoul in The Phantom of the Opera, and Jean Valjean, Enjolras, and Marius in Les Misérables. He also originated the role of the Phantom in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Love Never Dies, which continues the story of The Phantom of the Opera. He made his Broadway debut as Valjean in the 2014 revival production of Les Misérables, for which he received a Tony Award nomination.
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Lupe Vélez

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lupe Vélez (July 18, 1908 – December 13, 1944), was a Mexican and American stage and film actress, comedian, dancer and vedette. Vélez began her career as a performer in Mexican vaudeville in the early 1920s. After moving to the United States, she made her first film appearance in a short film in 1927. By the end of the decade, in the last years of American silent films, she had progressed to leading roles in numerous movies like El Gaucho (1927), Lady of the Pavements (1928) and Wolf Song (1929), among others. She was one of the first successful Latin American actresses in the United States. During the 1930s, her well-known explosive screen persona was exploited in a series of successful films like Hot Pepper (1933), Strictly Dynamite (1934) and Hollywood Party (1934). In the 1940s, Vélez's popularity peaked after appearing in the Mexican Spitfire films, a series created to capitalize on Vélez's well-documented fiery personality. Nicknamed The Mexican Spitfire by the media, Vélez's personal life was as colorful as her screen persona. She had several highly publicized romances and a stormy marriage. In December 1944, Vélez died of an intentional overdose of Seconal. Her death, and the circumstances surrounding it, have been the subject of speculation and controversy.   Description above from the Wikipedia article Lupe Vélez licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.  
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Lee Meredith

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Lee Meredith (b. October 22, 1947, River Edge, New Jersey) is an American actress. She was born Judith Lee Sauls and grew up in Fair Lawn, New Jersey. She is married to Burt Stratford. In 1975 she appeared in a sketch scene with Walter Matthau and George Burns in the original Broadway production and film version of The Sunshine Boys. However, she is best known for playing Ulla in the original 1968 version of The Producers. Her most recent appearance is on the DVD edition of that film (2002), where she gives an interview. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lee Meredith, 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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Barnett Parker

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Within the British colony of expatriate actors in Hollywood during the 1930's, Barnett Parker, born 11 September 1886, in Batley, Yorkshire, England, was among the most stereotypical. Harrowgate College-educated, straight-backed, balding and well-intoned, Parker caricatured a multitude of unctuous, stiff-upper-lip butlers, man-servants or waiters, though his performances could, at times, verge on the brink of being camp. When driven to frustration his characters commonly resorted to incoherent twitter or wild gesticulation. Parker was trained under Marie Tempest and George Alexander in England. He first acted on Broadway at the Lyceum Theatre as Wilfred Tavish in Arthur Wing Pinero's "The "Mind the Paint" Girl" in 1912. He was well served with further roles in hit plays like "Hobson's Choice" (1915), "Artists and Models" (1924) and "The Red Robe" (1928). He was at first prone to reject film offers, professing to favor acting on stage. Nonetheless, the celluloid medium eventually beckoned, enticing him to sign with the East Coast-based studio Thanhouser in 1915. He worked in films during the daytime (while treading the boards at night) and quickly landed a plum role as a weak socialite, rescuing Gladys Hulette in Prudence, the Pirate (1916). He was seldom thereafter afforded the opportunity for heroic acts. During the 1930's, he was primarily in demand for small roles as dandified or 'silly ass' Britishers, giving value for money in films like Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936), Personal Property (1937), Live, Love and Learn (1937) and Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937). Looking rather older than his years, Barnett Parker died at the Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Los Angeles after multiple heart attacks on August 5, 1941.
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Will Arnett

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Will Arnett, born May 4, 1970, is a Canadian actor and comedian renowned for his roles in "Arrested Development" as G.O.B. Bluth II and "30 Rock" as Devon Banks. Transitioning from TV success, he secured significant film roles in "Semi-Pro," "Blades of Glory," "Hot Rod," "Let's Go to Prison," and "The Brothers Solomon." His prolific voice work encompasses animations like "The Nut Job," "Monsters vs. Aliens," "Horton Hears a Who," "Ice Age 2: The Meltdown," and "Sit Down, Shut Up." Notably, he's lent his voice to GMC Trucks and various commercials. In August 2014, Arnett established Electric Avenue, a production company focusing on diverse content development, securing a deal with CBS TV Studios. Presently, Arnett splits his time between New York and Los Angeles.
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Mario Feliciani

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Mario Feliciani (12 March 1918 – 11 August 2008) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Born in Milan, after completing his classical education Feliciani attended the Accademia dei filodrammatici obtaining the diploma. He made his stage debut in 1941, with the theatrical company "Palcoscenico". Later he was part of various companies, obtaining his first personal successes in 1946, with the drama La luna è tramontata. From 1947 to 1952 he was a member of the Piccolo Teatro's stage company directed by Giorgio Strehler. He had also a very long and important collaboration on stage with Vittorio Gassman, also performing tours abroad with him. In the 1970s he came back to Piccolo Teatro for two important works, Santa Giovanna dei macelli (1970–71) and Le case del vedovo (1975-76). Feliciani was also very active in films, on television and as a voice actor, on the radio and in the dubbing. Married to the actress Giuliana Pogliani, after obtaining the annulment Feliciani was married to actress Vittoria Martello. Source: Article "Mario Feliciani" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Liza Pulman

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Liza is a member of the Olivier award nominated Fascinating Aïda and most recently performed in their latest act Absolutely Fabulous at Pizza on the Park in London and Theater Row in New York where they received a 2005 Drama Desk nomination. She most recently appeared in the current series of Midsomer Murders on the BBC. Theatre credits: Liza trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and her theatre credits include The Black and White Ball (King’s Head Theatre) The Fairy Godmother in Cinderella (Theatre Royal, Brighton) The Mother in Take Flight (Menier Chocolate Factory) Mrs Darling in Peter Pan (Bristol Hippodrome) Little Red Riding Hood in Into the Woods (Derby Playhouse), Fanny in Fanny (Sadlers Wells, Lost Musicals Season), Violet in the original cast of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (London Palladium), Tessa in The Gondoliers, Nephew’s Wife in A Christmas Carol (Chichester Festival Theatre), Emma Fairfax in Doctor Dolittle opposite Philip Schofield (No.1 UK Tour), Mrs Darling in Peter Pan(Swindon), Goldilocks in Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Book (Soho Theatre), Lady Nelson in Nelson The Musical (Soho Theatre), Maid Marian in Robin Hood (Nuffield Theatre, Southhampton), Vittoria in The Coffee House (Minerva, Chichester), Tatyana in Eugene Onegin, Adele in Die Fledermaus (Lyric, Hammersmith/Tour), Cathy in Wuthering Height (European Tour), Brenda Blossom in Hollywood Pinafore (Barbican), Belinda in Otherwise Engaged (Perth Rep), Yum-Yum in The Mikado (Carla Rosa, Richmond Theatre, Tour), La Vie Parisienne in Gabrielle (D’Oyly Carte). Liza appears on the original cast album of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Fascinating Aïda’s Absolutely Fabulous and Jason Carr’s album Listen Up! (Dress Circle Records).
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