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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.
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Patrick Gorman
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Patrick has appeared as a performer in almost all phases of entertainment. He was born in Visalia, California.
Although he's been in SAG over 50 years, he began his professional career as a dancer. He was with Judy Garland at the Palace on Broadway and Donald O'Connor and Sammy Davis Jr. in Las Vegas. After his military service, he was a clown at the Cirque Medrano (in Paris, France) and was the only American in "How To Succed In Business Without Really Trying" (also in Paris).
Patrick performed in television, film and stage in France before appearing in Joseph Papp's New York Shakespeare Festival. He has appeared on and off-Broadway and spent time in such prestigious repertory companies as Seattle Rep, ACT (San Francisco) and Actor's Theatre Louisville, among others. His two favorite roles in theatre were "Truffaldino" in "The Servant of Two Masters" and the prosecuting attorney in "In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer", both at Seattle Rep.
In television and film, his favorites are "Jacques Du Bois", the arrogant French fencer on Happy Days: The Duel (1979) and "Major General John Bell Hood" in the films, Gettysburg (1993) and Gods and Generals (2003). Patrick still trains, is a Black Belt in Aikido and, along with acting, his passions are poker, chess, Japanese calligraphy and the Foreign Language Committee for the Oscars. IMDb Mini Biography By: Patrick Gorman
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Ever Anderson
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Ever Gabo Anderson, born on November 3, 2007, in Toronto, Canada, is a Canadian-American actress and model. She is the daughter of American actress Milla Jovovich and British director Paul W. S. Anderson, and has two younger sisters, Dashiel and Osian. Her ancestry includes Russian and Serbian roots from her mother's side and English heritage from her father's lineage.
Despite initial attempts by her parents to dissuade her from pursuing acting, Ever remained steadfast in her pursuit. Fluent in English and Russian, she is also proficient in French, residing in Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, California, where she practices taekwondo.
At the age of nine, Ever graced the cover of Vogue Bambini, photographed by Ellen von Unwerth, and captured the attention of renowned photographers like Karl Lagerfeld, Mikael Jansson, and Peter Lindbergh.
Her debut in a feature film occurred in "Resident Evil: The Final Chapter" (2016), directed by her father. In this film, she portrayed a younger version of Alicia Marcus, a character her mother portrayed as an adult. Ever gained recognition for her portrayal of the young Natasha Romanoff in the film "Black Widow". Additionally, she played the role of Wendy Darling in the film "Peter Pan & Wendy", marking significant milestones in her burgeoning career as an actress.
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Nehal Anbar
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Nehal Amber was born in Cairo but she would later study (high school) in the United States. She married the musician Magdy Al Husseiny but the couple later (divorced).
At the (university level), Nehal studied tourism.
Among the theatrical performances in which she has assumed roles are “Al Laaib bil Nar”, “Al Nisaa wa Al Gharib”, “Ayam Al Ghariba”.
Moreover, she has assumed roles in the following television productions: “Al Aaila wa Al Nas”, “Souq Al Asr”, “Al Maraa Aslaha Nimr”, “Dimouaa Al Ghadab”, “Hawanim Garden City”, “Souq Al Hareem” and “Akhir Meshwar”.
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Bill Moores
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Bill Moores was born on 16 October 1934 to George and Lillian Moore – but he became Moores after his father accidentally wrote an extra “S” on the birth certificate. He grew up in Old Swan and Huyton Quarry, and lived in Prescot until his death on Monday 13 April 2015 at the age of 80.
He began his acting career in local am-dram, performing with the Rainhill Garrick Society and the Rainhill Amateur Operatic Society. On TV, he was best-known for a long stint as Cedric – perpetually drunk and always propping up the bar – in the Liverpool-set sitcom Watching (1987-1993). He also starred in Our Day Out (1977), The Spongers (1978), The Muscle Market (1981), Boys from the Blackstuff (1982), No Surrender (1987) and Riff-Raff (1991).
Alongside his TV and theatre work, he was head of the Liverpool division of actors’ union Equity for several years. He was also a familiar face behind the counter at HLS Motor Factors on Warrington Road, Prescot, and KLS on Hall Lane.
In his later years he toured retirement homes with an acting company.
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Angelo Rizzoli
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Angelo Rizzoli (31 October 1889 – 24 September 1970) was an Italian publisher and film producer.
Rizzoli was born in Milan on 31 October 1889. Orphaned at a young age and raised in poverty, he rose to prosperity. He apprenticed in the printer trade and later became an entrepreneur in his twenties.
In 1927, Rizzoli founded company A. Rizzoli & Co. (later RCS MediaGroup). In 1927 Rizzoli acquired Novella magazine, a bi-weekly primarily for women that reached a circulation of 130,000 copies, from Mondadori an independent publisher who specialized in books and magazines. After his initial purchase, he added several new publications including Annabella, Bertoldo, Candido, Omnibus, and Oggi e L'Europeo. In 1949 he began publishing books including both classics and popular novels. He purchased Cartiera di Lama di Reno in 1954, the foundation for what would become an Italian publishing empire. His operations were moved in 1960 to a complex on Via Civitavecchia in Milan.
He was amongst the first producers of daily newspapers within the relatively newly established nation of Italy.
Active in film, he had control of the French company Francinex with which he co-produced Federico Fellini's La Dolce Vita (1960) and 8½ (1963), as well as French films such as Une Parisienne (1957). In 1964 Rizzoli opened the original Rizzoli International Bookstore in New York City at 712 Fifth Avenue, designed by architect Ferdinand Gottlieb. The bookstore was featured in various Hollywood films, most notably, Woody Allen's Manhattan and Falling in Love with Robert De Niro and Meryl Streep. He also produced the controversial documentary film Africa Addio.
A museum about Rizzoli's life and career is located at Villa Arbusto within the guest house of that place,[8] at Lacco Ameno. Within this are held 500 photographic-records or evidence of his activities taken on-set during production. The museum also holds the Pithekoussai Archaeological Museum.
Rizzoli married Anna Marzorati with whom he had two children, Andrea and Giuseppina. Rizzoli died aged 81 years of age.
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Jet Li
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Li Lian Jie (born April 26, 1963), better known by his stage name Jet Li, is a Chinese martial artist, actor, film producer, wushu champion, and international film star who was born in Beijing, China, and who has currently taken up Singapore citizenship.
After three years of intensive training with Wu Bin, Li won his first national championship for the Beijing Wushu Team. After retiring from wushu at age 17, he went on to win great acclaim in China as an actor making his debut with the film Shaolin Temple (1982). He went on to star in many critically acclaimed martial arts epic films, most notably the Once Upon A Time In China series, in which he portrayed folk hero Wong Fei-hung.
Li's first role in a Hollywood film was as a villain in Lethal Weapon 4 (1998), but his first Hollywood film leading role was in Romeo Must Die (2000). He has gone on to star in many Hollywood action films, most recently starring beside Jackie Chan in The Forbidden Kingdom (2008), and as the title character villain in The Mummy: Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor (2008) opposite Brendan Fraser. Recently, he appeared in the 2010 film The Expendables.
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Sabrina Impacciatore
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Ha seguito corsi di recitazione presso l'Actor's Studio di New York e a Roma con Cosimo Cinieri, Lucia Poli, Francesca de Sapio, Michael Margott, Jack Waltzer. Viene scoperta da Gianni Boncompagni che la lancia come ragazza pon pon aDomenica In. Finita quell'esperienza Sabrina porta a termine gli studi (maturità scientifica e corso parauniversitario sulle telecomunicazioni) e inizia a lavorare nella redazione di Rock 'n' Roll (1993), uno spin-off di Non è la RAI, programma al quale prende parte nel 1993 e nel 1994 curando l'angolo della posta, del dibattito con le ragazze del programma e interpretando alcuni sketch comici. All'interno del programma ha anche interpretato due pezzi come cantante e condotto il gioco di uno sponsor. Successivamente, è tornata in TV nel 1997 interpretando il ruolo di "Darla" in Macao, sempre con Boncompagni. Nel 1997 è anche protagonista della sitcom di Rai 2 Disokkupati, insieme a Paolo Ferrari, Pierfrancesco Loche, Adolfo Margiotta eStefano Masciarelli, per la regia di Franza Di Rosa. Negli anni duemila ha condotto su LA7 la trasmissione La valigia dei sogni, e nello stesso periodo, con il film ...e se domani, ha vinto il premio come migliore interpretazione femminile al Festival di Annecy. Sempre nei primi anni duemila ha partecipato a varie trasmissioni televisive interpretando personaggi irriverenti, tra cui una parodia di Lara Croft, protagonista del celebre videogioco Tomb Raider, in programmi come Ciro presenta Visitors. Interpreta inoltre ruoli in radiodrammi o radiosceneggiati. Nel 2001 ha vinto al Flaiano Film Festival come migliore attrice non protagonista per L'ultimo bacio. Nel 2008 ha recitato nel videoclip Drammaturgia del gruppo musicale rock italiano Le Vibrazioni, e ha inoltre ricevuto due candidature di fila ai David di Donatello come migliore attrice non protagonista: una nel 2007 per N (Io e Napoleone) e l'altra nel 2008 per Signorina Effe. Nel 2009 è protagonista nella miniserie televisiva Due mamme di troppo, su Canale 5. Nel 2010torna sul grande schermo con il film Baciami ancora di Gabriele Muccino, ed è scelta come conduttrice del Concerto del Primo Maggio (prima donna in assoluto nella storia della manifestazione) insieme al collega Rolando Ravello. Nel giugno2010 partecipa a La camera scura, una mostra di foto d'attori, organizzata da Amnesty International e presentata a Roma, per dire no alla pena di morte.
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Owen Teale
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Owen Teale (born 20 May 1961) is a Welsh actor.
Trained at the Guildford School of Acting, Teale made his television debut in The Mimosa Boys in 1984. He later appeared in Knights of God (1989), Great Expectations (1989), Waterfront Beat (1990) and Boon (1990) before being cast as Will Scarlet in the 1991 TV movie Robin Hood. He went on to appear in such series as Dangerfield, Ballykissangel and the long-running Belonging, and later Spooks and Murphy's Law. In 2005, he played a lead role in Marian, Again—opposite Stephen Tompkinson, Samantha Beckinsale and Kelly Harrison—in which he was the abusive husband of Harrison's eponymous character.
His film debut was in War Requiem in 1989. He later appeared as Lophakin in the 1999 adaptation of The Cherry Orchard, opposite Charlotte Rampling as Ranevskaya and Alan Bates as Gayev. His appearance in King Arthur, as Pelagius, was relegated to the DVD extended edition. He played Nazi Judge Roland Freisler in the HBO film Conspiracy. In 2006 he appeared in the Torchwood episode "Countrycide"; in 1985, he had appeared in the Doctor Who serial Vengeance on Varos as "Maldak". In 2006 he had a role in the HBO UK TV movie Tsunami: The Aftermath. In 2007, he guest-starred in the Doctor Who audio drama The Mind's Eye. In the same year, he starred in The Last Legion. In 2011, appeared as Ser Alliser Thorne in the HBO TV adaptation of George R. R. Martin's novel series A Song of Ice and Fire, called Game of Thrones.
Teale has been married twice: to Dilys Watling and then to Sylvestra Le Touzel.
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Sisse Marie
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Sisse Marie Holzmann Søby (born 21 November 1985) is a Danish singer, model, TV hostess and songwriter.
She was born in Aalborg. In 2001 she won the most prestigious song contest for young people on Danish national television, which led to a gold certified album. The following year she received a Grammy for Best Teen Album. Since then, she worked as a model in Milan, London, Atlanta, Copenhagen, Oslo, Munich, Amsterdam, Istanbul and Stockholm. She has done model photos, catalogues and billboards for Tiffany Bridal, O'Neill, Heineken, Volvo, Citroën and Wonderbra. She has done photo series and covers of Cosmopolitan, T3, Ché and Marie Claire and runway for Italian Vogue.
In 2005 she released the single "Boom", which went in at No. 4 on the official Danish single chart. The following year she began as a hostess at the Danish MTV, and made the subsequent two seasons. Her program was MTV's most watched.
On 25 October 2010 she released the now gold certified single "Every Time (You Look at Me)". The song went straight to number 1 in Denmark and the music video was on the release day the 8th most watched on YouTube in the world. On 9 May 2011 she released the single "Dirty Hands" which went No. 1 on MTV Denmark and Brazil. 19 February she released the single "Kill for Your Love" which went No. 1 on MTV Denmark and on the national TV-channel DR MAMA.
On 15 November 2012 Sisse Marie had her song "Paralyzed" featured in the best selling video game of all time The Sims. She was also designed as a digital character in the game. The game has sold more than 150 million copies worldwide.
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