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Colin Clive

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Colin Clive was born to a British colonel and his wife in St. Malo, France on 20 January 1900. His schooling was at the Convent of the Holy Cross, Boscombe, and Stonyhurst College, in preparation for entering Sandhurst, the British royal military academy. Unfortunately, a riding accident shattered the young man's knee and disqualified him for military service. Clive entered the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, making his debut in 1919 as 'Claude' in The Eclipse. After almost ten years of touring, he was chosen for the role of 'Stanhope' in the war play Journey's End, replacing Laurence Olivier who had another commitment. Journey's End was Clive's beginning and his end. Both the actor and the character were alcoholics - Clive to relieve monstrous stage fright, Stanhope to numb the agonies of war. When Journey's End was filmed in 1929, Clive started his film career. He made 18 films, each stylish, quirky, and highly individualistic. Colin Clive died in Los Angeles, California on 25 June 1937, of tuberculosis worsened by chronic alcoholism. He was 37 years old.
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Barbie Hsu

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Barbie Hsu is a Taiwanese actress and singer. She is most well known for her role as Shan Cai in Taiwanese drama Meteor Garden, a Japanese manga adaptation of Boys Over Flowers and Mars with Vic Chou of F4. She has also acted in movies, her first being the Chinese movie The Ghost Inside. She also had a singing career prior to her acting career. She was in a duo group called "S.O.S." (Sisters of Shu) with her sister Dee Hsu. Their last album was called Abnormal Girls. Due to the nature of the term S.O.S, they changed their group name to ASOS (A Sisters of Shu). Barbie Hsu has endorsed Tissot watches since 2005 and signed an additional 3-year contract in April 2008. On 16 November 2010, Barbie married Chinese entrepreneur Wang Xiaofei in a civil ceremony Beijing and held the wedding banquet on Hainan Island on 22 March 2011.
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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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Harriet Nelson

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Harriet Nelson will always have a secure place alongside Barbara Billingsley and Jane Wyatt in the "TV's Golden Age Mom Hall of Fame." For fourteen years, she, husband Ozzie Nelson, and their two boys, David Nelson and Ricky Nelson, were the quintessential role models of the '50s ideal nuclear family. Harriet, the daughter of actors, was practically born in a trunk. She made her debut amid the footlights at age 6 weeks with her parents. The Iowa beauty attended St. Agnes Academy in her early years. Quite a dazzler in her youth, she was playing vaudeville when she attracted the attention of saxophone-playing Ozzie Nelson and was hired by him as vocalist for his orchestra in 1932. They married three years later. Harriet had a bold, sassy edge to her that proved a perfect counterpoint to Ozzie's genial, stumbling personality in their off-the-cuff routines. During the '40s, they were regulars on Red Skelton's radio show and even took over the comic's time slot when Red was drafted into the army. As Harriet Hilliard, she moved to leading lady status in a number of cool, snazzy war-era musicals, the most notable as "second lead" to Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in Follow the Fleet (1936). Other minor efforts included Cocoanut Grove (1938), Sweetheart of the Campus (1941) with Ozzie, Juke Box Jenny (1942), and Honeymoon Lodge (1943), also with Ozzie. Breezy, tuneful films, but nothing to write home about. Once Harriet partnered with Ozzie in their own radio series "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" in 1944, the family-oriented woman's career became unequivocally bound to his. They extended their devoted radio audience to TV (1952-1966). The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet (1952), which now included both their sons, made household names of the entire clan. David followed in his father's footsteps as director/producer, while Ricky turned pop teen idol with such hits as "Hello, Mary Lou" and "Travelin' Man," songs that were introduced on the show. Following the show's long run, Ozzie and Harriet lay back a bit and settled in Laguna Beach, California, touring occasionally on stage. A second series entitled Ozzie's Girls (1973) lasted only one season. Following Ozzie's death in 1975, Harriet turned somewhat reclusive, save for a few mini-movies or guest spots. She never fully recovered from son Ricky's death in a plane crash in 1985. She was the doting grandmother of actress Tracy Nelson and of twin rockers Matthew Nelson and Gunnar Nelson, who were simply called "Nelson." A heavy smoker most of her life, she never smoked in public, feeling it did not befit her "perfect mom" image. She died of emphysema and congestive heart failure in 1994.
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Rajiv Menon

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Rajiv Menon is an Indian advertising director, cinematographer, actor and film maker known for his works predominantly in Tamil cinema. He is known for directing critically acclaimed Tamil films like Minsara Kanavu and Kandukondain Kandukondain. As a cinematographer his accomplishments include works such as, Bombay, Morning Raga, Guru, Kadal, and Cheluvi. Menon's first directorial venture Minsara Kanavu was not only a commercial success but also received four National Film Awards. His second directorial venture was the multi-starrer Kandukondain Kandukondain. In addition to directing the film, he also wrote the story and screenplay for the film. The film fetched him the Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Director award. Menon has also set up Rajiv Menon Productions and Mindscreen Film Institute, which supplies equipment for documentaries, advertising films and cinema. He has acted in a Malayalam film called Harikrishnans and has given a cameo in Minsara Kanavu.
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Imre Bajor

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Bajor Imre (Budapest, 1957. március 9. – Budapest/Veszprém, 2014. augusztus 6.) magyar színész, humorista. Bajor Rezső és Hodálik Judit gyermekeként született 1957. március 9-én. Két gyermeke van Hámori Eszter színésznőtől, Lili és Marcell. Színészi pályáját az Állami Déryné Színházban kezdte 1976-ban, 19 évesen. Színházi karrierjének alakulásában Verebes István játszott fontos szerepet, amikor a színházi körökben frekventált, Balettcipő nevű lokálban felfedezte tehetségét. 2012-ben így vallott erről: „[n]agyon fiatal, ismeretlen fiú voltam, és már akkor is én szórakoztattam az ott lévő társaságot. Pista kérdezte, mivel foglalkozom, mert ez hihetetlen, amit ott előadok […]”. Verebes ajánlására Berényi Gábor, a Játékszín igazgatója adott neki egy kisebb szerepet egy gyerekdarabban, majd a Verebes István által rendezett Hyppolit, a lakáj című darabban már neves színészek között játszott. Sok rendezővel dolgozott, de legtöbbet Verebessel. Idővel kapcsolatuk barátsággá alakult. 1984-től öt éven át az Állami Déryné Színház színésze volt, majd 1989-től a Játékszínben játszott, 1999-től szabadfoglalkozású színészként dolgozott, emellett az abban az évben indult Heti Hetes állandó tagja volt. Számos színpadi darabban feltűnt, de a Szomszédok című tévésorozat szerzett számára országos ismertséget, ahol 77 epizódban Oli urat, a női fodrászt alakította. Horváth Ádám a Hyppolit, a lakáj kétszázadik előadásán látta meg őt és ötlötte ki számára a fodrász szerepét. Az Árpa Attila által rendezett Pasik című sorozatban 2000–2003 között forgatott és játszotta Palika szerepét. A filmezés is fontos volt a számára, szerepelt többek között a Meseautó című, közönségsikert aratott 2000-es remake-ben, amelyben az eredetileg Kabos Gyula által alakított komikus karaktert formálta meg. 2004-ben Tímár Péter Le a fejjel! című produkciójában Hernádi Judit és Gálvölgyi János partnere volt. Nagy népszerűségre tett szert, több show-ba meghívták, és Csóközön című önálló estjével bejárta az országot. Az 1990-es évektől a Rádiókabarék meghatározó szereplője volt; széles körben ismertté vált, itt elhangzott produkciójának refrénje: „én, a Gyula, meg az Ottó, a Tóth Ottó”. A fellépések előtt mindig lámpalázzal küzdött különösen akkor, amikor több év kihagyás után állt ismét színpadra. Ez történt a Verebes István által rendezett Mágnás Miska operettszínházi premierjén, ahol Oszvald Marikával játszotta a címszerepet. „Létezik egyfajta elvárás velem szemben, amelynek meg kell felelnem. Minden este meg kell nyerni a közönség szívét, hiszen mindig mások ülnek a nézőtéren. Színre lépés előtt nap mint nap izgulok, de ez jó fajta stressz. Ha már nem lenne, akkor abba kéne hagynom a pályát” – mondta egy interjúban. Többször szinkronizált, pl. a Jó reggelt, Vietnam! című filmben ő volt a főhőst alakító Robin Williams, a Dr. Dolittle 2. részében pedig az Archie-t, a cirkuszi medvét szinkronizáló Steve Zahn magyar hangja. 2010 januárjában otthonában összeesett, majd kórházba került kimerültség miatt, később kiderült, hogy vérnyomásproblémái is vannak. Két és fél hónapos kényszerpihenő után tért vissza a színpadra és a Heti Hetesbe. 2013-ban megint beteg lett, 2014 elején ismét kórházba került, kiderült, hogy agydaganata van. A kínai Kantonba is elutazott gyógykezelésre, de végül az ottani orvosok mégsem kezelték. 2014. augusztus 6-án, 57 éves korában hunyt el. Forrás: Wikipédia
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Scarlett Johansson

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Scarlett Ingrid Johansson (born November 22, 1984) is an American actress. The world's highest-paid actress in 2018 and 2019, she has featured multiple times on the Forbes Celebrity 100 list. Her films have grossed over $14.3 billion worldwide, making Johansson the ninth-highest-grossing box office star of all time. She has received various accolades, including a Tony Award and a British Academy Film Award, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards and five Golden Globe Awards. Johansson aspired to be an actress from an early age and first appeared on stage in an Off-Broadway play as a child actor. She made her film debut in the fantasy comedy North (1994), and gained early recognition for her roles in Manny & Lo (1996), The Horse Whisperer (1998), and Ghost World (2001). Johansson shifted to adult roles in 2003 with her performances in Lost in Translation, which won her a BAFTA Award for Best Actress, and Girl with a Pearl Earring. She was nominated for Golden Globe Awards for these films, and for playing a troubled teenager in the drama A Love Song for Bobby Long (2004) and a seductress in psychological thriller Match Point (2005). The latter was her first collaboration with Woody Allen, who later directed her in Scoop (2006) and Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008). Johansson's other works of this period include The Prestige (2006) and the albums Anywhere I Lay My Head (2008) and Break Up (2009), both of which charted on the Billboard 200. In 2010, Johansson debuted on Broadway in a revival of A View from the Bridge, which won her a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress, and began portraying Black Widow in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Iron Man 2. She reprised the role in eight films, most recently in her solo feature Black Widow (2021), gaining global recognition for her performances. During this period, Johansson starred in the science fiction films Her (2013), Under the Skin (2013) and Lucy (2014). She received two simultaneous Academy Award nominations—Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress—for the respective roles of an actress going through a divorce in the drama Marriage Story (2019) and a single mother in Nazi Germany in the satire Jojo Rabbit (2019). Labeled a sex symbol, Johansson has been referred to as one of the world's most attractive women by various media outlets. She is a prominent brand endorser and supports several charitable causes. Divorced from actor Ryan Reynolds and businessman Romain Dauriac, Johansson has been married to comedian Colin Jost since 2020. She has two children, one with Dauriac and another with Jost.
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Vivienne Soan

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Graduated in Drama from Goldsmiths College in 1977, her first professional engagement was a five year European tour with a devising comedy troupe. London engagements at the original comedy store and the alternative comedy scene in the early 80's is where Vivienne met and married comic performer Martin Soan her now husband of 29 years. Whilst bringing up two daughters Vivienne was a keen Saxophonist from 1988 - 2012 playing with Funk, Punk and Glam rock bands live and for Videos, film, radio. In 2002 Vivienne played tenor Sax in the Kit Kat band for the Chichester Festival Theatre stage production of Cabaret.
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Skai Jackson

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Skai Jackson (born April 8, 2002) is an American actress best known for portraying the role of Zuri Ross in the Disney Channel sitcom Jessie (2011–2015), which she subsequently reprised in its sequel Bunk'd (2015–2018). Jackson began acting at the age of five, making her debut in the film Liberty Kid (2007). She has provided the voice of Glory Grant across the Marvel Rising series (2018–2019) and voiced Summer in the animated series DreamWorks Dragons: Rescue Riders (2019–2022). In 2019, Jackson released her debut book, Reach for the Skai: How to Inspire, Empower, and Clapback. The following year, she was a semi-finalist on the 29th season of Dancing with the Stars.
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Chen Tang

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Born in Kobe, Japan, and raised in Memphis, Tennessee, Chen Tang has taken a professional acting and modeling career from Miami, Boston, New York and finally Los Angeles where he has become recognized as an actor whose commitment enables him to transform into a wide range of characters. Chen has had guest starring and reoccurring roles in "30 Rock" and "Delocated," as well as numerous lead and supporting roles in studio and independent films including the hit comedy "Let's Be Cops." He has also graced the stage in theatrical productions like David Henry Hwang's Broadway hit "Chinglish" and has numerous print and commercial campaigns for brands such as Starbucks, Apple, Old Navy, Costco, Muscletech, and Underarmour. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Scott Eriksson
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