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Eddiejames 'EJ' Castro

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Eddiejames "EJ" Castro has been acting since he could barely walk. He lives in L.A. County and was born and raised in Southern California. He is attending a Visual and Performing Arts Magnet School. At the age of 5, he booked his first national commercial. For several years now he has been a very active member of Phantom Projects Theatre Group. He is also a very proud student of The Groundlings. EJ is a member of SAG/AFTRA. Before and after joining he has done several principal/co-star and lead roles on television, theatre, film, and voice-overs. He is a horror movie and history buff, and is studying film and video production.
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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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Vasilis Avlonitis

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Vasilis Avlonitis (Greek: Βασίλης Αυλωνίτης; 1 January 1904 – 10 March 1970) was one of the most famous old-school Greek comedians. He performed in numerous films and stage productions in the mid to late 20th century. Vasilis Avlonitis is best known for his collaboration in films with Georgia Vasiliadou; he usually played her husband, brother or neighbour. Together they would cause laugh since he portrays the fat guy and she would be the ugly funny lady having problems with him. They would get calm at the end of the film, by resolving their arguments and/or marrying each other. Avlonitis has also carried demanding drama roles, such as the leading character in the film Tis nyhtas ta kamomata.
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Ade Chike Torbert

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Ade Chike Torbert, is an actor & dancer. Born in Brooklyn, NY. He began studying dance & theater at the age of 6, & was later accepted into the esteemed Fiorello H. LaGuardia High school as a dance major. Ade Chike then went on to train at The Alvin Ailey School, Boston Conservatory & New World School of the Arts. He is most known for his work on the critically acclaimed television series David Makes Man, Power Book III: Raising Kanan, & the Hulu Original; East Los High. He's also made several guest appearances on television shows such as; One Day She'll Darken, The Real O'Neals & Nickelodeon's Game Shakers. In 2010 he competed on FOX's So You Think You Can Dance, & secured a spot as a Top 4 finalist. He has appeared in numerous projects such as; Grease: Live!, Dancing With The Stars, Glee, Fuller House & the Tony Award Winning Broadway Musical; FELA!
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Harada Aoi

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"The eternal elementary school student," Harada Aoi is the youngest first generation member and she is known for her young appearance and childish nature. She took a one year break from activities, starting May 2018, in order to focus on her studies for the last year of highschool and enter a good university. She resumed her activities on July 5, 2019 where she did a surprise come-back at Keyaki Republic. After returning she had noticably matured both in mind and body. Since returning she has been taking the role as the intelligent girl of the group, scoring highest on academic tests and appearing on quiz shows.
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Gale Page

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gale Page (born Sally Perkins Rutter July 29, 1910 – January 8, 1983) was an American singer and actress. Page was the daughter of R.L. and Isabel (Gale) Rutter of Spokane. Her aunt and uncle were Elizabeth Gale Page (1866-1929) and Miles Poindexter, a U.S. senator from Washington and later U.S. Ambassador to Peru. She was also the great-granddaughter of Joseph Gale, the first governor of Oregon. Page was a radio actress and singer before being signed to a Hollywood film contract by Warner Brothers in 1938. She sang on a Spokane station before getting a job on KYW radio in Chicago, Illinois, subsequently moving to NBC, where her network activities included singing on Fibber McGee and Molly. Page was cast as blues singer Gertrude Lamont in the 1935 soap opera Masquerade. Beginning on May 27, 1936, she played Gloria Marsh on the soap opera Today's Children. In the summer of 1939, she co-starred with Jim Ameche on Hollywood Playhouse. She made her film debut in Crime School (1938) with Humphrey Bogart and also appeared in The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938) before winning the role of the fourth daughter in Four Daughters (1938). She co-starred in this with the Lane Sisters and was the only film "daughter" not played by one of the Lanes. She appeared in three other films with the Lane sisters: Daughters Courageous (1939) and the two "Four Daughters" sequels: Four Wives (1939) and Four Mothers (1941). Page appeared in only 16 films during her career, including Heart of the North (1938), You Can't Get Away with Murder (1939), Naughty but Nice (1939), They Drive by Night (1940), Knute Rockne, All American (1940), The Time of Your Life (1948), and Anna Lucasta (1949). Page was a semi-regular performer on the television series Robert Montgomery Presents from 1954 until 1957. Page died in Santa Monica, California, aged 72, from lung cancer.
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Julia Wróblewska

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Julia Wróblewska urodziła się 18 października 1998 r., czyli jest zodiakalną Wagą. Mieszka w Warszawie, gdzie uczęszcza do liceum. Jej figlarne spojrzenie i charakterek małej diablicy sprawiają, że postrzegana jest jako bardzo żywa i roześmiana nastolatka. Kocha frytki, naleśniki i kanapki z Nutellą. Jest ruchliwa, inteligentna, kontaktowa. Leniwa jedynie, kiedy chodzi o sprzątanie. Julka ma młodszą siostrę Oliwię. Pomimo tak wielu sukcesów zawodowych, tego iż została okrzyknięta najsławniejszym dzieckiem w Polsce, oraz że jest porównywana do takich sław jak Dakota Fanning, Julka przede wszystkim pozostała sobą. "Jestem nadal taką samą nastolatką jak moje koleżanki. Może różnię się od nich tym, że kiedy one się bawią, ja muszę uzupełniać zaległości w szkolę". Poza aktorstwem Julkę fascynuje również harcerstwo, przez kilku lat należała do grupy harcerskiej. Pomimo wielu godzin spędzonych na planie Julka ma czas na swoje hobby: jazdę na rolkach czy łyżwach z koleżankami.
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Miss DuPont

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Miss DuPont (April 28, 1894 – February 6, 1973) was an American film actress and fashion designer. Sometimes credited as Patty DuPont, Miss DuPont was born as Patricia Hannon in Frankfort, Kentucky, though sources sometimes state her place of birth as Frankfort, Indiana. She appeared as a wealthy and naive American woman seduced by Erich von Stroheim's odious count in Foolish Wives (1922). Although Stroheim is credited with discovering her, she had already made several films beginning in 1919 with The Day She Paid. Miss DuPont died in Palm Beach in 1973.
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Blanca de Silos

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María de las Nieves Silos y López de la Calle, considerada como la actriz española de la posguerra, que empleó el nombre artístico de Blanca de Silos, falleció en Segovia, ayer, viernes, cuando contaba con 88 años. Su corta carrera profesional de apenas 20 años, que alcanzó su punto máximo con Mariona Rebull, de José Luis Sáenz de Heredia, en 1947, comenzó en el teatro a las órdenes del actor y director Luis Escobar, en plena guerra civil, en una Segovia, cuna de militares, que Dionisio Ridruejo proclamó por decreto como 'la ciudad de los autos sacramentales'. Después de su paso por las compañías del Teatro Nacional y María Guerrero, debutó en las pantallas del llamado cinematógrafo con el Frente de Madrid (1939), de Edgar Neville, y hasta tuvo un papel importante en Raza, con un guión del entonces jefe del Estado, Francisco Franco, que firmaba bajo el seudónimo de Jaime de Andrade. Protagonizó una docena de películas, como En un rincón de España (1948), de Jerónimo Miura, la primera película en color realizada con un sistema con patente española; y trabajó con actores de la categoría de José Nieto, Raúl Cancio o Guadalupe Muñoz Sampedro, siendo dirigida por Florián Rey, Antonio Román, Luis Marquina o Jerónimo Miura, entre otros. Retirada prácticamente de la profesión a finales de la década de los años cuarenta, Blanca de Silos volvió a las pantallas con papeles secundarios, hasta su última película, Sábado en la playa (1967), dirigida por Esteban Farré, protagonizada por Vicente Parra. Con motivo del centenario del cine español, en 1996, la Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España le entregó una de las 46 medallas que concedió en esta efemérides, en el apartado de interpretación. Blanca de Silos, cuyos restos recibirán sepultura hoy, sábado, en el cementerio segoviano, estuvo casada con Max von Kettemburg, con quien tuvo dos hijos.
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Tammy Baldwin

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Tammy Suzanne Green Baldwin (born February 11, 1962) is an American politician and lawyer who has served as the junior United States senator from Wisconsin since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, she served three terms in the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing the 78th district, and from 1999 to 2013 represented Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. In 2012, Baldwin was elected to the United States Senate, defeating Republican nominee Tommy Thompson. In 2018, Baldwin was reelected, defeating Republican nominee Leah Vukmir. On April 12, 2023, Baldwin announced her candidacy for reelection in the 2024 United States Senate election in Wisconsin. Baldwin, who is a lesbian, became the first openly LGBT woman elected to the House of Representatives and to the Senate in 1999 and 2013, respectively. She was also the first woman to be elected to either chamber from Wisconsin. Baldwin identifies as a progressive, and she has a consistent progressive voting record. She supports Medicare for All, LGBTQ rights, and gun control, and opposed the Iraq War.
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