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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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Mary Johnson

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Mary Johnson, born Carlsson, was a Swedish international actress. She made her acting debut as a teenager in 1910. Her first appearance in a film was three years later in "Mannekängen/The Model" (1913) where she met Karl Gerhard Johnson. That film directed by Mauritz Ztiller was never finished. Karl Gerhard Johnson and Mary Carlsson married the same year. She was later married to the Norwegian actor Einar Rød (1920-1931), and the well known German actor Rudolf Klein-Rogge( 1932-1955). Mary Johnson made about 40 feature films during her artistically active years 1913 to 1931.
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Fran Fullenwider

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Fran Fullenwider was born on November 16, 1945 in Harlingen, Texas, USA. She moved to England in the at an early age and was said to have given up dieting at age 21, reaching the weight of 286 pounds. This is how she entered the UGLY Agency in London, an agency looking for "abnormal" looking people. Her most famous film appearance is in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, but she appeared in many movies and was a good friend of Federico Fellini, who always hoped to cast her in one of his films. She died of a heart attack on May 2nd, 1997, in Westminster, London. She was 52 years old.
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Rin Takanashi

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Takanashi Rin, born in Funabashi city, Chiba prefecture, is a Japanese model, film and television actress. After being scouted in Harajuku, she entered the audition for Fuji TV's variety show "Idol Road" and won the Grand Prix in 2005. The idol group Pink Jam Princess was formed at the end of the year and she was one of the five members. The group was short-lived and disbanded after releasing a single. Takanashi's career as actress began when she starred in the 2008 film adaptation of the Japanese novel "GOTH" as one of the lead characters, Morino Yoru. Her breakthrough came a year later with the 33rd entry of Super Sentai series, Samuri Sentai Shinkenger in which she starred as Shiraishi Mako / Shinken Pink. In 2012, she co-starred with Kase Ryo in the film "Like Someone in Love". For this film, she won the Best New Actress Award at the 27th Takasaki Film Festival. Takanashi received her first starring role in TBS renzoku dorama "Houkago Groove". Subsequently, she appeared in NHK Asadora "Hanako to Anne" as Daigo Ayako, friend of Hanako. Takanashi has been a regular model of the fashion magazine "andGIRL" since February 2017. On January 20, 2018, Takanashi Rin announced her engagement with Urawa Red Diamonds and Japan's National Football Team defender, Makino Tomoaki, on her Instagram. The couple submitted their marriage registration on February 9, 2018 and held their wedding reception on December 26, 2018. Takanashi Rin is represented by the agency STARDUST.
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Beanie Feldstein

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Elizabeth Greer "Beanie" Feldstein (born June 24, 1993) is an American actress. She first gained recognition for her starring roles in the comedy film Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (2016), the comedy-drama film Lady Bird (2017), and the coming-of-age comedy film Booksmart (2019), the latter of which earned her a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical. Feldstein has appeared on the Broadway stage, making her debut as Minnie Fay in Hello, Dolly! (2017–18) and portraying the lead role of Fanny Brice in the first revival of Funny Girl (2022), a performance for which she earned a nomination for the Drama League Award for Distinguished Performance. In 2021, she portrayed Monica Lewinsky in the third season of the FX anthology series American Crime Story: Impeachment.
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Myolie Wu

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Wu Hang Yee (English name: Myolie ) is a Hong Kong actress for the Hong Kong TVB television station and a singer under contracts with Neway Star She has won "Best Actress" for her role in Curse of the Royal Harem, a TVB grand production, "Most Favourite TV Female Character" for her role in Ghetto Justice and also won "Extraordinary Elegant Actress" in TVB Anniversary Awards 2011, making her the first-ever Triple TV Queen of the year. She's married to a businessman and the couple has three sons together with him.
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Christophe

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Daniel Bevilacqua (13 October 1945 – 16 April 2020), better known by the stage name Christophe, was a French singer and songwriter. He was born in the Paris suburb of Juvisy-sur-Orge, to an Italian father. Born in a suburb of Paris, Bevilacqua was rebellious at school and started leading a pop group when in his mid-teens. His first single, "Reviens Sophie" in 1963, was unsuccessful, but after changing his name to Christophe, his second single, "Aline", in 1965, rose to the top of the French pop music charts. He continued to have success in France through the 1960s and early 1970s. His hits include the songs "Marionettes", "J'ai entendu la mer", "Excusez-moi Monsieur le Professeur", and "Oh!... Mon Amour" which he sang in French and Italian. After a small break, he returned in 1971, with Francis Dreyfus launching the Motors record label (Disques Motors) and becoming the producer of Christophe records. The result was the 1973 album Les Paradis perdus. In 1974, he recorded "Les mots bleus", with lyrics by Jean-Michel Jarre. In 1978, he came back with "Le Beau Bizarre". In 1983, Christophe released another single, "Succès fou", followed by "Clichés d'amour" in 1984 in which he sang 1940s and 1950s classics such as "Arrivederci Roma" and "Dernier baiser", a French version of the Mexican classic "Besame mucho". In 1985, he wrote "Ne raccroche pas" a song which is believed to be about the Princess Stephanie of Monaco. The following year, he wrote the song "Boule de flipper" for Corynne Charby. In 1996, after a break, he returned with his album Bevilacqua. In 2001, he released another album Comm' si la terre penchait. In February 2002, Christophe performed, in Clermont-Ferrand, his first live concert in more than two decades, followed by two appearances at the Olympia in March 2002. Christophe's 1970s song "Les mots bleus" was covered by Thierry Amiel in 2003. In 2011, Christophe took part in a tribute album for Alain Bashung two years after the latter's death. He sang "Alcaline", a song written by Bashung in 1989 for his album Novice. In 2016, Christophe collaborated with Jean-Michel Jarre on the album "Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise" with the song "Walking The Mile". In 1971, Christophe married his girlfriend Véronique and fathered his daughter Lucie. He died after being in critical condition due to COVID-19 associated with a previous comorbidity (COPD) on 16 April 2020. Source: Article "Christophe (singer)" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Mikako Ichikawa

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Mikako Ichikawa is a Japanese actress and model from Tokyo, Japan. She became an exclusive model for the Japanese fashion magazine "Olive" in 1994. She left the position in 1998. After leaving the exclusive model position, she, then, appeared in magazines such as "CUTiE," "Zipper," "spoon," "Soen," and "GINZA," as well as made her acting debut in the short film "How to Jujitsu." Mikako won the Best Actress Award at the 24th Moscow International Film Festival in 2003 for "blue." In 2016, she won the Mainichi Film Award for Best Supporting Actress and the 40th Japan Academy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress for "Shin Godzilla."
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Tavi Gevinson

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Tavi Gevinson (born April 21, 1996) is an American writer, magazine editor, and actress. She came to public attention at the age of 12, due to her fashion blog Style Rookie. By the age of 15, she had shifted her focus to pop culture and feminist discussion. Gevinson is the founder and editor-in-chief of the online Rookie Magazine, aimed primarily at teenage girls. In both 2011 and 2012, she appeared on the Forbes 30 Under 30 in Media list. In 2014, she was named one of "The 25 Most Influential Teens of 2014" by Time magazine.
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Bernardo Sassetti

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Started studying classic piano at age 9. Studied jazz with Horace Parlan and Sir Roland Hanna. Started playing jazz professionally in 1988 in Portugal, and has since given concerts all over the world. Has recorded many CDs, in solo or as part of different ensembles, including a participation in Guy Barker's 3rd CD, alongside the London Philarmonic Orchestra and Sting. He has scored original soundtracks for some classic Portuguese movies, such as Os Crimes de Diogo Alves (1911) (João Tavares) and Maria do Mar (1930) (J. Leitão de Barros) as well as for more recent films: Facas e Anjos (2000) (Eduardo Guedes) and "Aniversário" (Mário Barroso, 2000). With his trio he represented Portugal in the 1st European Jazz Festival in Athens, 2001. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Miguel Tecedeiro
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