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Raymond Pellegrin
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Raymond Pellegrin (1 January 1925 – 14 October 2007) was a French actor.
Born in Nice, Pellegrin made his screen debut in the 1945 French feature Naïs. He was also famous in France for dubbing Jean Marais for the voice of Fantômas in the eponymous film trilogy.
He married actress Dora Doll on 12 July 1949; the couple had a daughter named Danielle, and divorced in 1955. He married actress Gisèle Pascal on 8 October 1955; on 12 September 1962, the couple had a daughter, Pascale Pellegrin, now also an actress. In his films, he is sometimes credited as "Raymond Pellegrini." He died in Garons.
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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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Tank Abbott
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David Lee "Tank" Abbott (born April 26, 1965) is an American retired mixed martial arts fighter, professional wrestler, and author. He currently hosts his own podcast series titled "The Proving Ground with Tank Abbott." Abbott is perhaps best known for being an icon in the early stages of mixed martial arts and the UFC, but has also competed in the PRIDE Fighting Championships, Strikeforce, EliteXC, and Cage Rage. His fighting style, which he developed brawling in the bars and streets of Huntington Beach, California, was described by his future manager Dave Thomas as "Pit Fighting". Abbott was the first fighter to regularly wear what would be known as traditional MMA gloves in the UFC. He also authored a novel titled Bar Brawler.
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Fabianne Therese
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Fabianne Therese (born Fabianne Therese Gstottenmayr) is a Sri-Lankan and Austrian-American actress known for starring in several successful independent films including Netflix's "Teenage Cocktail, John Dies at the End (2012)[2] opposite Paul Giamatti, Anchor Bay's The Aggression Scale (2012),[3] A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III (2013)[4] opposite Charlie Sheen, and the AMC series The Trivial Pursuits of Arthur Banks (2011)[5] opposite Adam Goldberg.
Fabianne Therese was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and grew up all over the world, as her family at various times lived in Austria, Sri Lanka, Abu Dhabi, and Palm Springs.[1] She had originally focused on becoming a track runner before getting involved in acting.[6] She is the great-great-granddaughter of Ceylonese newspaper editor and democratic activist Armand de Souza
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Penny Edwards
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Penny Edwards was an american actress who had a career on stage, television, and in films.
When she was twelve years old, Edwards danced in Let's Face It, and at the age of fourteen, she appeared on Broadway as a dancer in Zigfeld Follies of 1943. Her other Broadway credits include Laffing Room Only, and The Duchess Misbehaves.
Edwards' film debut came in My Wild Irish Rose. She also appeared in the films Trail of Robin Hood, Spoilers of the Plains, Heart of the Rockies, In Old Amarillo, North of the Great Divide, Sunset in the West, Street Bandits and Missing Women, among others. In the late 1940s, Edwards toured the United States for fourteen months, performing in vaudeville.
Public response to Edwards' appearance with Roy Rogers in Sunset in the West (1950) led to her receiving a long-term contract with Republic Pictures.
In the 1950s, Edwards appeared on television in westerns and mystery programs. Edwards appeared as Nan Gable in the 1958 episode, "Two-Gun Nan," on the syndicated television anthology series, Death Valley Days. In the story line, Nan is a woman sharpshooter affiliated with William F. Cody's Wild West Show. She sets out on a daring 180-day thoroughbred horse ride from San Francisco to New York City to prove that a woman could undertake such a task. Robert "Buzz" Henry played her husband, Frank Gable, and William O'Neal was cast as Cody. Still living in 1958, Nan Gable appeared with series host Stanley Andrews at the conclusion of the episode.
In 1954, Edwards announced her retirement from acting "to do the Lord's work in whatever way He wills." However, in 1956 she appeared as Molly Crowley in the TV western series Cheyenne in the episode titled "Johnny Bravo."
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Julian Glover
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Primarily a classical stage actor, Julian Glover trained at the National Youth Theatre, performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company and became a familiar face to British television viewers by appearing in many popular series during the 1960s and 1970s. His talent for accents and cold expression made him an ideal choice for playing refined villains. During the 1980s, Glover achieved some fame in Hollywood by playing roles in such popular films as Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980), For Your Eyes Only (1981) and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989).
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Robin Bartlett
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Robin Bartlett (born April 22, 1951) is an American actress. She was born in England, but was raised in Switzerland.
She was formerly married to the actor Alan Rosenberg.
She appeared in the short-lived series The Powers That Be and had a recurring role as Debbie Buchman (the sister of Paul Reiser's character) in the series Mad About You.
She has played a teacher at least twice – as Mrs. Elliott in 1989's Lean on Me, then again as French teacher Mrs. Grober in the 1991 film If Looks Could Kill – Teen Agent.
Starting this fall, she will be appearing as Hannah Pitt in Signature Theatre Company's 20th anniversary production of Tony Kushner's Angels in America.
Played Bridget Kearns in Shutter Island in 2010. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robin Bartlett, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Chishū Ryū
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Chishu Ryu (May 13, 1904 in Kumamoto, Japan – March 16, 1993 in Yokohama, Japan) was a famous Japanese film actor, a favourite of the director Yasujiro Ozu. From 1928 to 1992 he appeared in at least 155 films, including Ozu's Tokyo Story (1953) and Yoshitaro Nomura's Castle of Sand (1974). From 1969 until his death, Ryu became familiar to a new generation as the curmudgeonly but benevolent Buddhist priest in Yoji Yamada's Tora-san movie series (a role he parodied to great effect in a cameo in Juzo Itami's 1984 comedy, The Funeral).
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Jules Berry
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Jules Berry (born Marie Louis Jules Paufichet; 9 February 1883 – 23 April 1951) was a French actor.
Berry and his two brothers were born to parents who sold hardware and settled in Poitou. The family moved to Paris in 1888. Berry completed his studies at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand and then graduated from École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts.
It was during his studies that Berry developed an interest in the theater. Following an audition, he was hired by the Théâtre Antoine-Simone Berriau to act in La Mort du duc d'Enghien by Léon Hennique, and Le Perroquet vert by Arthur Schnitzler.
Later he performed at the Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique and the Théâtre de l'Athénée. During a tour in Lyon, he was noticed by Jean-François Ponson, who hired him for a period of 12 years at the Théâtre royal des Galeries Saint-Hubert in Brussels. Audiences in Brussels gave him a warm welcome, where he played in productions such as Le Mariage de mademoiselle Beulemans.
Berry subsequently performed in 30 successful plays for Marcel Achard, Alfred Savoir, Louis Verneuil, and Roger Ferdinand. One of Berry's first movie roles was the silent film Oliver Cromwell (1911) directed by Henri Desfontaines. His first appearance in a talking picture was Mon coeur et ses millions (1931) with Suzy Prim. Over the course of his career, Berry acted in 89 motion pictures.
Bombastic, extravagant, and whimsical, Berry was as flamboyant as any entertainer of the period, including Pierre Brasseur. Berry is often considered one of the greatest actors in the history of French cinema.
Among Berry's best films are: The Crime of Monsieur Lange by Jean Renoir, Les Visiteurs du Soir by Marcel Carné, Le Jour Se Lève by Marcel Carné, Strange Inheritance by Louis Daquin, Baccara by Yves Mirande, 27 Rue de la Paix by Richard Pottier and L'Habit vert by Roger Richebé.
Berry ended his film career in 1951 to interpret the texts of Jacques Prévert.
Berry was romantically involved with actresses Jane Marken, Suzy Prim, and Josseline Gaël. He and Gaël had a daughter named Michelle in 1939.
A compulsive gambler, Berry frequented casinos and horse races. In April 1951, Berry was admitted to the Hôpital Broussais, where he died of a heart attack caused by treatment for rheumatism. He is buried in the Père Lachaise Cemetery (division 80).
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Oliver Jackson-Cohen
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Oliver Mansour Jackson-Cohen is a British actor. He is best known for playing Luke Crain in 'The Haunting of Hill House' and Peter Quint in 'The Haunting of Bly Manor', a Netflix original anthology series.
Jackson-Cohen was born in London, son of David Cohen, a fashion designer and Betty Jackson. He studied at Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle, located in London and at the Youngblood Theater Company on weekends. His first television role came when he was just 14 years old in the series 'Hollyoaks' as Jean-Pierre and later appeared in another television series 'The Time of Your Life' as Marcus in 2007.
In 2008 he played Phillip White in the BBC series 'Lark Rise to Candleford' as Philip White
Oliver Cohen portrayed Damon in the 2010 film 'Going the Distance' also starring Drew Barrymore and Justin Long. Currently, one of his most notable works is in the film 'Faster' playing a murderer beside Dwayne Johnson and Billy Bob Thornton. Between 2002 and 2023, Cohen managed to build a very remarkable career in television, cinema and streaming, having around 26 credits and counting, including series, limited series, films and short films.
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