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Suliane Brahim

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Suliane Brahim (born 1 April 1978) is a French actress. With a background in theatre, she has also performed in film and on television, most recently in a lead role in the series Zone Blanche (Black Spot). Brahim was born the eldest of three children in Chartres, France, to a father of Moroccan descent and a Breton mother. She was raised in Bourges. She studied the Swahili language at the Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales, planning on a humanitarian career, as well as theatre at École nationale supérieure des arts et techniques du théâtre. In 1996, Brahim performed in her first play and continued into the next decade, becoming a boarder and, later, member of Comédie-Française. Her performances onstage include Peer Gynt, Dom Juan, Lucrezia Borgia and Romeo and Juliet. Since 2013, Brahim has been in several films and television shows, leading to her being cast as Major Laurène Weiss in the France 2 thriller Zone Blanche in 2017 and Virginie in The Swarm (French: La Nuée) in 2020. She is also a recipient of the Prix Suzanne Bianchetti, given to the most promising young French actress. Source: Article "Suliane Brahim" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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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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Howard Goorney

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Howard Jacob Goorney (11 May 1921 – 29 March 2007) was a Manchester born Jewish actor, committed communist and a founder member of Joan Littlewood's 'Theatre Workshop'. He wrote The Theatre Workshop Story, published by Methuen - a definitive account of the company's early years, including their move to the Theatre Royal in Stratford East. He is also known for numerous theatre roles, including Bill Bryden's The Mysteries and Lark Rise to Candleford at the National Theatre in the 1970s and 1980s, TV roles such as Knock Knock in Only Fools and Horses, and films like The Hill, The Offence, Blood on Satan's Claw and Fiddler on the Roof.
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Martha Pinson

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Martha Pinson is a filmmaker based in New York. The feature film she directed, "Tomorrow," recently won Best Narrative Feature at 3 USA festivals: SCAD Savannah, Napa Valley, and Seneca FF, NY. In 2011, she directed the short, "It's Not Saturday," for VisionFest'11's filmmaker challenge. It premiered at the Hoboken Film Festival in NJ. In 2010. She directed a 4-camera video of "The Man in Room 306,"off-Broadway production and ten short plays in dramatic readings at the Drama Bookshop, NY. In 2008-09, she wrote and directed the pilot episode for "Rescue Meal," about firehouse chefs. In 2006, she directed "King Alive," a short film in which Craig Edwards performs Martin Luther King excerpts. In 2005, she directed Sheila Evan's "Billie Holiday Cabaret" in Provincetown, MA, to a standing ovation. In 2002, she completed her award-winning short, "Don't Nobody Love the Game More than Me," which aired nationally on the PBS' "Independent Lens." It screened in over 20 festivals and was awarded Best Short by the Westchester and Toronto Online Festivals. In 1999-2000, she produced and directed Bob Rogers' 10-character comedy, "Small Potatoes," in its successful six-week Off Broadway run on Theater Row. In 1998, she directed "Acts of Faith" by Stephen E. Mantin at Chain Lightning in New York, to excellent reviews. She was a second unit director on "Just the Ticket," starring Andy Garcia. Martha has written numerous original and adapted screenplays, including "Body Count 1968" - an award winning coming-of-age drama, an adaptation of Stendhal's "The Red and the Black" and a stage adaptation of the same, "Climbing Ladders in the Moonlight." She adapted novelist Sonja Greenlee's novel of the Daytona Beach underworld in 1976, "The Last Resort." She and Ms. Greenlee also collaborated on the award-winning "The Loophole," a comedy about exotic dancers who perform Shakespeare. Martha has been directing consultant to Richard Wenk, Darren Starr, and Tom Cavanagh, and Script Supervisor for major directors including Martin Scorsese ("Hugo," "Boardwalk Empire" pilot, "Shutter Island," "The Departed," "The Aviator," "New York Stories," and more), Sidney Lumet ("Prince of the City," "Night Falls on Manhattan," "Daniel," "Deathtrap" and others), Milos Forman ("Ragtime"), Oliver Stone ("Wall Street"), Iain Softley, Andrew Niccol, and Brian De Palma.
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Himoud Brahimi

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Himoud Brahimi born in Algiers on March 18, 1918, was a poet, inspired writer, swimmer - he broke the world record for freediving in 1956 at the Paris swimming pool - memorable actor of the Algerian National Theater and best cinema Algerian in the 1970s and 80s, (he notably distinguished himself in the film "Tahya Ya Didou" by Mohamed Zinet and "Taxi El Makhfi" (The Clandestine) by Benamar Bakhti), an essential character in the heated debates from then to the Algiers cinema library. Mohamed Brahimi, baptized "Himoud" by his nanny M'Barka, nicknamed Momo by his French admirers, is a profound and multifaceted character, his career will be dominated by his relationship to the sciences of metaphysics, publishing, among others, The Supreme Identity (1958), a manifesto on theology and philosophy. This Sufi Muslim was interested in Christianity, Judaism and even Hinduism, revealing a philosophy inherent in integral love and knowledge through light: "I learned that the value of man lies not in not in what he can imagine and create for the world of the senses; but to encourage the infiltration of light into what is still unknown in it, to enlarge the knowledge of the infinite that it conveys.” Described as a blessed poet, Momo – it is true – left his mark with these verses and especially with his text “Mienne Casbah”. The love he has for her – and by extrapolation to his entire country. Friendly humanist without limits has always advocated love of one's neighbor, whatever the country and its culture, but proclaiming his city as a "sleeping conscience of a civilization" in the Mediterranean, a reference to the historical and cultural memory of Algeria and an immutable link between the past and the present. He led this fight until his death on June 30, 1997 in Algiers. He will have lived rebellious, loving freedom and dignity.
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Vyjayanthimala

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Vyjayanthimala was born to actress and dancer Vasundhara Devi in a Tamil-speaking family in Chennai, India, on August 13, 1933. At the age of 4, she got the rare chance of performing a dance before the Pope. Then at the age of 15, while in her final year at school, she was signed-up by family friend, M.V. Raman, for a role in a Tamil film 'Vazhkai'. This movie was successful at the box office and was re-made in Hindi during 1951 and released as 'Bahaar'. Since her entry into films from 1949, this actress, who is also proficient in Bharat Natyam, has appeared in approximately 62 movies, the majority of them in the Hindi language. Her career spanned from 1949 through to 1989. She has received a total of five awards for her performances in 'Devdas', 'Sadhna', 'Ganga Jamuna', and 'Sangam', as well as a lifetime achievement award during 1995. Her dance numbers, such as 'Hothon Pe Aisi Baat Main Dabake Chali Aai...', 'Man Doley Mera Tan Doley...'; 'Chad Gaiyo Paapi Bichua...'; 'Main Ka Karu Ram Mujhey Buddha Mil Gaya' continue to be popular even today. She made waves when she appeared in a fire red swimsuit in 'Sangam'. She also paved the way for other South Indian actresses, like Hema Malini, Rekha, Sridevi, etc. to make a transition to Bollywood. Her career was managed by her grandmother, Yadugiri Devi. She married Raj Kapoor's personal physician, Dr. Chamanlal Bali after he divorced his first wife and re-located to Chennai, where she gave birth to a son, actor Suchindra Bali. After quitting films, Vyjantimala took up shrimp farming, opened up a dance academy, even took an active interest in politics, and with the backing of Indira Gandhi's Congress Party was elected Member of Parliament during the 1980s. She chose to quit politics due to principled differences during 1999. After the passing of her husband, she now resides in Chennai, with her son, who is an aspiring actor in his own right, and has removed herself completely from Bollywood, in particular, and movies in general, though she could have easily continued on for another decade. One of her hits 'Naya Daur', originally in Black & White, has now been colorized, and re-released. In 2007, she published her autobiography titled "Bonding," where she revealed that she didn't have an affair with Raj Kapoor, her leading man and director from "Sangam" (1964). In 2011, her son Suchindra and daughter-in-law Nandini presented her with a grandchild named Swara.
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Michael Carbonaro

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Michael Carbonaro (born April 28, 1982) is an American actor who was born in New York, New York. In 2003, he kicked off his film career starring as Mikey Falcone in A Tale of Two Pizzas (2003), alongside Vincent Pastore and Frank Vincent, and a year later was featured in the Chappelle's Show (2004) on Comedy Central. He has also starred in the successful Off-Broadway hit comedy, Jewtopia, as the lead character Adam. Following that, Carbonaro took on the bold role of Andy Wilson, a somewhat innocent, fresh-faced teen, in the 2006 comedy, Another Gay Movie (2006). For his work, he was recognized with an OUTfest "Best Actor in a Feature Film" award. Carbonaro has also taken to the television screen playing diverse soap opera characters in All My Children (2006), The Guiding Light (2006) and as rapist Jeff Trapido in, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2007). Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Carbonaro, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Evanna Lynch

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Evanna Patricia Lynch (born 16 August 1991) is an Irish actress and activist. She is best known for portraying Luna Lovegood in the Harry Potter film series. Born in County Louth, Ireland, Lynch made her film debut in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) and reprised her role in successive sequels to critical praise, concluding with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011). Lynch appeared in G.B.F. (2013), which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival to positive reviews. She made her stage debut in Houdini as Bess Houdini, which toured the UK in 2013. Lynch starred in the indie drama My Name Is Emily, which premiered at the 2015 Galway Film Fleadh to critical acclaim. In 2017, Lynch starred in revival of Disco Pigs at the Trafalgar Theatre in London. In 2018, she competed and scored third place on season 27 of Dancing with the Stars. She went on to star in the British stage adaptation of The Omission of the Family Coleman at the Theatre Royal, Bath in 2019. As an activist, Lynch advocates for veganism and animal rights. She has been involved with several non-profit organisations and launched both a vegan-themed podcast and the cruelty-free cosmetics brand Kinder Beauty Box.
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Sig Ruman

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Sig Ruman was a German-American actor known for his portrayals of pompous and often stereotypical Teutonic officials or villains. Ruman made his film debut in Lucky Boy (1929). He became a favorite of the Marx Brothers, appearing in A Night at the Opera, A Day at the Races, and A Night in Casablanca. His German accent and large stature kept him busy during World War II, playing sinister Nazi characters in a series of wartime thrillers. During this period, he also appeared in several films by director Ernst Lubitsch including Ninotchka and To Be or Not to Be. Ruman continued playing over-the-top German characters later in his career for Billy Wilder in The Emperor Waltz, Stalag 17, and The Fortune Cookie.
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Grey DeLisle

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Grey DeLisle (born August 24, 1973), sometimes credited as Grey Griffin, is an American voice actress, comedian and singer-songwriter. DeLisle is known for various roles in animated productions and video games. On September 27, 2018, she released her debut comedy act, titled "My First Comedy Special". On November 10, 2019, The Simpsons producers announced that DeLisle would replace Russi Taylor as the voice of Martin Prince and Sherri and Terri, after Taylor's death in July 2019. Description above from the Wikipedia article Grey DeLisle, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia .
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