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Sasheer Zamata

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Sasheer Zamata Moore (born May 6, 1986) is an American actress, writer, and comedian known for her work as a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 2014 to 2017. She has also served as a celebrity ambassador for the ACLU. She has appeared on Hulu’s Woke, Comedy Central’s Robbie, the horror comedy film Spree, the Lionsgate’s romantic comedy The Weekend, and the movie I Feel Pretty with Amy Schumer. She stars as Denise on the ABC sitcom Home Economics. She is one half of the weekly podcast Best Friends, with her best friend Nicole Byer.
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Rita Hayworth

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Margarita Carmen Cansino (October 17, 1918 – May 14, 1987), known by her screen name Rita Hayworth, was an American film actress and dancer of Spanish Roma and Irish descent. After going through extensive white-washing procedures, she attained fame in the 1940s as the titular femme fatale in the film noir Gilda. Being one of the most popular stars of the era, she was the top pin-up girl for American soldiers during WWII and was nicknamed "The Love Goddess". She is listed as number 19 on the American Film Institute's 50 greatest female screen legends.
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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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Roshni Walia

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Roshni Walia (born 20 September 2001) is an Indian actress.[1] Walia began her career with television advertisements and firstly acted in television shows Main Lakshmi Tere Aangan Ki.[2] She is also known for her work in Bharat Ka Veer Putra – Maharana Pratap as Maharani Ajabde[3] and Tara Mane in Tara From Satara on Sony Entertainment Television.[4] Early life Roshni Walia was born on 20 September 2001[5][6] in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India. She lives in Mumbai. Her mother is Sweety Walia.[7] She has an older sister, Noor Walia.[8] Walia's maternal grandfather was an army officer.[9] Career Walia began her career with television commercials.[10] Thereafter, Walia played in Life OK drama series Main Lakshmi Tere Aangan Ki, in it she played the role of Jiyana.[10] Later, Walia was cast in Life OK's another drama series Ringa Ringa Roses, she played the daughter of Samir Soni's character.[11] In 2014, Walia played the role of young Maharani Ajabde Punwar, the first wife of Maharana Pratap in Bharat Ka Veer Putra – Maharana Pratap.[9][12] She was nominated for the Best Child Actor - Female in 13th Indian Telly Awards 2014.[13][14] In December 2014, Walia featured in the third season of youth crime drama series Gumrah: End of Innocence. The show aired on Channel V India, in which she played the role of Aarohi. In 2015, Walia portrayed the character of Survi in Zee TV's Yeh Vaada Raha.[15] In 2019, she played Tara Mane in Tara From Satara on Sony TV.
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Stephen Kerr

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I have always enjoyed performing in front of others for as long as I can remember. At 19 I was trained by a Circus in the United States and coached and performed many different acts with them on and off for just under 10 years. I began studying acting in 2015 with the UK Screen Acting Academy and have thoroughly enjoyed myself since doing so. I have had various parts in music videos, short films as well as voice work. I have been cast in a lead role in an upcoming independent feature film. Additional skills: I am trained in Juggling different objects such as balls, clubs, fire and knives. I can juggle solo, with a partner or with a group. I am also a trained fire eater and breather i have performed numerous times in Glasgow and throughout the UK.
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Stephen Ford

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Stephen Ford is a Swedish-American actor and director. After acting in shows like Teen Wolf, Switched At Birth and Private Practice he began his own production company, Ascender Productions. His career started at a young age when he began doing commercials and creating short films with his neighborhood friends. As his family was in the military, he moved around the United States a lot as a kid, growing up in Alaska, Alabama, California, Kansas and Florida. After relocating to Los Angeles as a teenager, he skipped around various Disney, Fox and Nickelodeon sitcoms. This led him to starring in the American adaptation of Kamen Rider Ryuki as the lead of CW's Kamen Rider Dragon Knight. Since then he has appeared in various indie films and hit television shows like ABC's Private Practice and Desperate Housewives, MTV's Teen Wolf and Freeform's Switch At Birth. He took a break from acting to focus on directing in 2014 and he partnered with the Warner Brothers YouTube company Machinima as their lead narrative show runner to create original narrative content based on video game properties like Ubisoft's Rainbow Six: Siege and The Division. When Machinima folded up shop, he created Ascender Productions. A small production company with a focus on creating high quality digital and narrative content.
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John Ford

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John Ford (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973) was an American film director. He was famous for both his westerns such as Stagecoach (1939), The Searchers (1956), and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), and adaptations of such classic 20th-century American novels as The Grapes of Wrath (1940). His four Academy Awards for Best Director (1935, 1940, 1941, 1952) is a record, and one of those films, How Green Was My Valley (1941), also won Best Picture. In a career that spanned more than 50 years, Ford directed more than 140 films (although nearly all of his silent films are now lost) and he is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers of his generation. Ford's films and personality were held in high regard by his colleagues, with Ingmar Bergman and Orson Welles among those who have named him as one of the greatest directors of all time. In particular, Ford was a pioneer of location shooting and the long shot which frames his characters against a vast, harsh and rugged natural terrain.
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Tanya Jade

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Tanya started acting as the result of a friendly dare, which brought out natural instincts for the craft and she hasn’t looked back. Since starting in 2014 she has been cast in over twenty-five films, two television series, six theatre productions, plus various commercials and music videos. Most recently, All Joking Aside, directed by Shannon Kohli (Supergirl, ShadowHunters, Van Helsing, You, Motherland) Cinequest New Visions Award Winner and Soccer Mom Madam on Lifetime, directed by Kevin Fair. Her first solo-written/directed short film, Wallpaper, is currently entering the festival circuit. She made her commercial Directing Debut with the Winter Arts Festival TV commercial for the City of Perth, which she also wrote, choreographed and performed in. Her multicultural heritage and diverse upbringing allows Tanya to play a broad spectrum of roles and appeal to a wide range of audiences. Since discovering this passion, Tanya has submerged herself into acting courses and a magnitude of training around the world. In her endless quest for continuous improvement, she completed Atlantic Acting School's Summer Intensive Program in New York and has been recently honing her skills with renowned coach, Andrew McIlroy. Tanya has a strong background in dance, she speaks Chinese (Mandarin) and some Spanish, is an advanced scuba diver, freediver, rides a motorbike, is highly adaptable and also trains in stunts. Her strong work ethic and enthusiasm ensures her utmost dedication to every role.
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Bob Crosby

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George Robert Crosby (August 23, 1913 – March 9, 1993) was an American jazz singer and bandleader, best known for his group the Bob-Cats, which formed around 1935. The Bob-Cats were a New Orleans Dixieland-style jazz octet. He was the younger brother of famed singer and actor Bing Crosby. On TV, Bob Crosby guest-starred in The Gisele MacKenzie Show. He was also a regular cast member of The Jack Benny Program, on both radio and television, taking over the role of bandleader after Phil Harris' departure. Crosby hosted his own afternoon TV variety show on CBS, The Bob Crosby Show (1953–1957). Crosby received two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, for television and radio. [biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia]
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Renzo Montagnani

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Renzo Montagnani (September 11, 1930 – May 22, 1997) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Montagnani was born in Alessandria, Piedmont, and debuted as theatre actor thanks to the help of Erminio Macario. His first cinema success was his dramatic role in Metello (1970), but he later switched to the commedia all'italiana with his roles in the last two chapters of the Amici miei series (1982 and 1985). In the 1980s he also participated to a TV show as Don Fumino, an easy-speaking Tuscan parish priest. Montagnani also intensively worked as dubber, dubbing actors such as Michel Piccoli, Charles Bronson and Philippe Noiret for the Italian version of movies. He was also the Italian voice of Thomas O'Malley in the 1970 Disney film The Aristocats. In his later years he participated to numerous commedia sexy all'italiana films, often pairing with Edwige Fenech, the most popular actress of the genre, and also with Alvaro Vitali as the comic sidekick. In 1959, Montagnani married Eileen Jarvis, who was a member of the Bluebell Girls. In 1963, they had one son, Daniele. Montagnani died in Rome of lung cancer on 22 May 1997 at the age of 66. He was buried in England. His son Daniele, died of cancer in 2004 and was buried alongside his father. Source: Article "Renzo Montagnani" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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