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Vince Martin

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Vince Martin (born July 3, 1955) is a Dutch-Australian actor, editor, director, jazz singer, and musician, best known for his role as Steven Richardson AKA Mr. Bad in E Street (1991-1992). He raised in Australia from the age of 7. Martin began as a film editor on police drama series Homicide. His editing career had begun at the age of 16 at Crawford Productions. He quickly moved on to directing television series for the same company. Starting in the 1970s, he became a regular face on Australian television, with both guest starring television series roles, and regular roles in several soap operas.
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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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Hikaru Akao

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Hikaru Akao (赤尾 ひかる, Akao Hikaru, born June 16, 1995) is a Japanese voice actress born in Saitama Prefecture. She is affiliated with I'm Enterprise. She is a member of the voice-actor group teaЯLove, formed by Marine Entertainment in June 2018. During junior high school and high school, she was in the broadcasting club. In college, she was in the orchestra club while studied vocal music and violin. After graduating from the Japan Narration Actors Institute, she joined I'm Enterprise in 2015. Her first performance after becoming an affiliated member of I'm Enterprise was Seria Morino in the TV series Gekidol, which aired in 2021. On March 5, 2022, she won the Best New Actress Award at the 16th Seiyuu Awards.
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Gérard Caillaud

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Gérard Caillaud (10 April 1946 – 28 January 2023) was a French actor and theatre director. Born in Poitiers on 10 April 1946, Caillaud studied at the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique until 1971, when he became a resident of the Comédie-Française. He performed many pieces by Molière until his departure in 1978. From 1984 to 1997, he was director of the Théâtre des Mathurins, where he staged plays such as Les Palmes de Monsieur Schutz, which won him a Molière Award for Best Director in 1990. On television, he played the role of Capitaine Bonaventure in the series Sœur Thérèse.com. Gérard Caillaud died on 28 January 2023, at the age of 76. Source: Article "Gérard Caillaud" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Liam Payne

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Liam James Payne (born 29 August 1993) is an English singer and songwriter, best known as a member of the boy band 'One Direction'. He made his debut as a singer when he auditioned as a solo artist for the British television series, "The X Factor" in 2008. He reauditioned in 2010, when the guest judge, Nicole Scherzinger, suggested to Liam join 'One Direction', with Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson. In his career as a member of 'One Direction', he has co-written many songs. He released his first single as a solo artist, "Strip That Down", in 2017. Description above is from the Wikipedia article Liam Payne, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Michèle Laroque

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Michèle Laroque is a French comedian, comedian and actress, who has starred in more than 60 films and television productions since 1988. She was born on June 15, 1960, in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France. Michèle Doïna Laroque was born on Wednesday June 15, 1960, at the Santa Maria clinic in Nice. She is the daughter of Doïna Trandabur, a Romanian dancer and violinist who fled the communist dictatorship in Romania then led by Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej. His father, Claude Laroque, of French nationality, is a real estate developer. Pierre Laroque, a senior civil servant who set up social security in France, is a cousin of his father. She then lived in the Musicians district and studied economics and English at the University of Nice. She stays in the United States on the Austin campus in Texas. She obtained a degree in economics and a diploma in general university studies in English. In 1979, in the company of her best friend, she was the victim of a terrible car accident which led them both to the clinic for two years, with a multitude of femur fractures in 18 pieces. During this period, she underwent a dozen operations, two years in bed and a long convalescence. It was following this psychological trauma that she decided to become an actress. Recovering from her accident in 1981 after a long rehabilitation, she resumed her studies and took classes with Julien Bertheau at the Municipal Conservatory of Antibes. Recommended to Jean Poiret, she went to Paris at the age of 25 to perform her first play in 1985 at the Théâtre des Blancs-Manteaux (one of the halls of which bears her name) in René Badache's play Save the women babies, staged by Francoise Thyrion. In 1987 at the Théâtre des Variétés, It's even better in the afternoon by Ray Cooney, adapted by Jean Poiret. She then chained roles in the theater for seven years. She was nominated for the César for Best Actress in La Crise (1992) and Pédale Douce (1996).
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Lova Moor

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Lova Moor (born Marie-Claude Jourdain; 5 March 1946) is a French dancer and singer. Lova Moor was born in La Grève-sur-Mignon, Charente-Maritime. She began her career as a nude dancer. Hired by Alain Bernardin at the Crazy Horse Saloon, she quickly reached notoriety by becoming leader of the troupe and by marrying her employer, who died in 1994. Beginning in 1995 she also had a brief relationship with French playboy Constantin Djirjirian. In 1986, she released her debut single, "Tendresse SOS" which passed unnoticed, then "Et je danse" in 1988 which hit No. 9 on the French SNEP Singles Chart. Her next singles, "Je m'en balance" (1989), "Danse encore" (1990), "My Life" (1991), "Jealous" (1992), "As You Want" (1993), "Ma Géographie" (1993), "Oh les mecs" (1997) and "Batucada" (1998). A compilation containing another song "C'est vrai" was released in 2003 by Yvon Chataigner. She appeared in three films: Crazy Horse de Paris (Alain Bernardin, 1977), Saturday, Sunday and Friday (Castellano & Pipolo, 1979) and Le Tronc (Bernard Faroux and Karl Zéro, 1992). Source: Article "Lova Moor" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Christopher Goutman

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Christopher Goutman is an American soap opera producer, writer, actor, and director. He has played minor roles on Search for Tomorrow, Texas and The Edge of Night. After leaving acting, he began to direct on All My Children, As the World Turns, Guiding Light, and Another World. He was later the Executive Producer of Another World for seven months until its cancellation. After that he was hired to be the Executive Producer of "As the World Turns" which was subsequently canceled. Last air date was September 17, 2007. During the 2007 Writers Guild of America strike, he became the Head Writer of ATWT with Vivian Gundaker as his Co-Head Writer. He is married to actress Marcia McCabe, whom he met while he was on Search for Tomorrow. Description above from the Wikipedia article Christopher Goutman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Märta Torén

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​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Märta Torén (21 May 1926 – 19 February 1957) was a Swedish stage and film actress of the 1940s and 1950s. Torén began her career on the stage and from 1947 she appeared in films. She appeared on the cover of the June 13 issue of Life Magazine in 1949. One of her most important roles was opposite Humphrey Bogart in Sirocco (1951). Torén died at the age of 31 from a brain hemorrhage. Description above from the Wikipedia article Märta Torén, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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David Hallyday

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David Hallyday (born David Michael Benjamin Smet; 14 August 1966) is a French singer, songwriter and amateur sports car racer. Hallyday was born in Boulogne-Billancourt and is the son of the French singers Johnny Hallyday and Sylvie Vartan. David Hallyday is a first cousin of actor Michael Vartan. He is the older half-brother of actress Laura Smet. Hallyday is most known for writing music for others, including a collaboration with his father on the 1999 album Sang pour sang. He appeared in the teenage comedy He's My Girl (1987), also performing its title theme song. "He's My Girl" reached #79 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and #72 on Cash Box. His 1991 album Rock 'n' Heart spawned a bigger hit, "Ooh La La", which reached #51 on the Hot 100. Hallyday married Estelle Lefébure in 1989; they divorced in 2001. They have two children, Emma and llona. He married Alexandra Pastor, the daughter of businessman Michel Pastor, in 2004. Their son Cameron was born on 8 October 2004. Source: Article "David Hallyday" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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