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Gabriel Macht is an American actor. He was born in the Bronx, New York,
to Suzanne, a museum curator and archivist, and actor
Stephen Macht. Gabriel has three siblings,
and moved with his parents to California when he was young.
Gabriel had his first success on screen when he was 8-years-old. He was
nominated for a Best Young Motion Picture Actor Award for his
performance in the movie
Why Would I Lie? (1980). Briefly
withdrawing from the business as a child, he returned as an adult with
favorable roles that further developed his talents. After high school,
Macht studied theatre at Carnegie Mellon School of Drama in Pittsburgh.
Macht remains active in the theater and is involved with the Mad Dog
Theater Company in New York where he performed the play "To Whom It May
Concern" for the company at the Belgrade International Theatre Festival
in 1997. His other theater credits include "Steve Martin's Picasso at
the Lapin Agile" at Promenade Theater Off Broadway and Theater on the
Square in San Francisco; Roger Kumble's "Turnaround" at the Coast
Playhouse in Los Angeles; "La Ronde" directed by Joanne Woodward at
Williamstown Theater Festival; "What the Butter Saw" directed by Joe
Dowling at Arena Stage in Washington DC. On the big screen, Macht was
seen in Edward Zwick's highly acclaimed, "Love & Other Drugs" where he
starred opposite Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway who were both
nominated for Golden Globes® for their performances. Macht also starred
in the comic book inspired film, "The Spirit" as the titular character
opposite Samuel Jackson, Scarlett Johannson, and Eva Mendes directed by
Frank Miller. He was previously seen in Robert De Niro's critically
acclaimed film, "The Good Shepherd" with Matt Damon and Angelina Jolie.
Macht's additional screen credits include the comic drama "Middle Men"
with Giovanni Ribisi and Luke Wilson, the arctic thriller "Whiteout"
with Kate Beckinsale, the romantic comedy "Because I Said So" with
Diane Keaton; Joel Schumacher's "Bad Company" opposite Anthony Hopkins;
"The Recruit" opposite Al Pacino and Colin Farrell; "Behind Enemy
Lines" with Owen Wilson and Gene Hackman and "American Outlaws" where
he first starred opposite Colin Farrell. His role in "A Love Song for
Bobby Long" garnered Macht critical acclaim for his performance as the
tormented writer, Lawson Pines' starring opposite John Travolta and
Scarlett Johansson in the 2004 film. On television, Macht had guest
starring roles on "Sex and the City," and "Spin City" and was a regular
on Steven Spielberg's supernatural drama for NBC "The Others," and
starred as William Holden in ABC's "The Audrey Hepburn Story".
Macht is best known for his role as Harvey Specter in USA drama
Suits (2011). He resides in New York,
Los Angeles, and the Sunshine Coast, Australia. He is of
Ashkenazi Jewish descent on both sides of his family.- Actress
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Diane Lane was born on January 22, 1965, in New York. She is the
daughter of acting coach Burton Eugene "Burt" Lane and nightclub
singer/centerfold Colleen Farrington. Her parents' families were both
from the state of Georgia. Diane was acting from a very young age and
made her stage debut at the age of six. Her work in such acclaimed
theater productions as "The Cherry Orchard" and "Medea" led to her
being called to Hollywood. She was 13 when she was cast by director
George Roy Hill in his wonderful 1979
film A Little Romance (1979),
opposite Sir Laurence Olivier. The film
only did so-so commercially, but Olivier praised his young co-star,
calling her the new Grace Kelly.
After her well-received debut, Diane found herself on magazine covers
all over the world, including "Time", which declared her the "new young
acting sensation". However, things quietened down a bit when she found
herself in such critical and financial flops as
Touched by Love (1980),
Cattle Annie and Little Britches (1980),
Movie Madness (1982),
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains (1982)
and, most unmemorably, Six Pack (1982),
all of which failed to set her career on fire.
She also made several TV movies during this period, but it was in 1983
that she finally began to fulfill the promise of stardom that had
earlier been predicted for her. Acclaimed director
Francis Ford Coppola took note of
Diane's appeal and cast her in two "youth"-oriented films based on
S.E. Hinton novels. Indeed,
Rumble Fish (1983) and
The Outsiders (1983) have become
cult classics and resulted in her getting a loyal fan base. The
industry was now taking notice of Diane Lane, and she soon secured lead
roles in three big-budget studio epics. She turned down the first,
Splash (1983) (which was a surprise hit
for Daryl Hannah). Unfortunately, the other
two were critical and box-office bombs:
Walter Hill's glossy rock 'n' roll
fable Streets of Fire (1984) was
not the huge summer success that many had thought it would be, and the
massively troubled Coppola epic
The Cotton Club (1984)
co-starring Richard Gere was also a
high-profile flop. The back-to-back failure of both of these films
could have ended her career there and then -- but thankfully it didn't.
Possibly "burned out" by the lambasting these films received and
unhappy with the direction her career was taking, she "retired" from
the film business at age 19, saying that she had forgotten what she had
started acting for. She stayed away from the screen for the next three
years. Ironically, the two films that were the main causes of her
"retirement" have since grown in popularity, and "Streets of Fire"
especially seems to have found the kind of audience it couldn't get
when it was first released.
The process of rebuilding her career was a slow and gradual one. First
came the obscure and very sexy straight-to-video thriller
Lady Beware (1987), followed by the
critically acclaimed but little seen
The Big Town (1987) with
Matt Dillon and
Tommy Lee Jones. In the former, Diane
plays a very mysterious and sexy stripper and her memorable strip
sequence is a highlight of the film. Despite her sexy new on-screen
image, it wasn't until 1989's smash hit TV mini-series
Lonesome Dove (1989) that Diane
made another big impression on a sizable audience. Her performance in
the hugely popular and critically acclaimed western epic as a
vulnerable "whore with a heart" won her an Emmy nomination and much
praise. Film producers were interested in her again. Another
well-received TV production,
Descending Angel (1990),
was followed by smaller roles in major films like
Richard Attenborough's
Chaplin (1992) and Mike Binder's
Indian Summer (1993), and larger
parts in small independent films like
My New Gun (1992),
Vital Signs (1990) and
Knight Moves (1992). Indeed, the
latter two films co-starred her then-husband,
Christopher Lambert, with
whom she had a daughter named Eleanor.
Diane was now re-established in Hollywood and started to appear in
higher-profile co-starring roles in some big-budget, major movies like
Walter Hill's
Wild Bill (1995), the
Sylvester Stallone actioner
Judge Dredd (1995), the
Robin Williams's comedy
Jack (1996) and
Murder at 1600 (1997) co-starring
Wesley Snipes. However, all of these still
did not quite make Diane a "big-name star" and, by 1997, she found
herself, possibly by choice, back in smaller, personal projects.
Her next role as a frustrated 1960s housewife in the independent hit
A Walk on the Moon (1999)
deservedly won her rave notices and, at last, gave her career the big
lift it needed. The cute but tear-jerking comedy
My Dog Skip (2000) also proved to be
a small-scale success. However, it was the £330-million worldwide
grossing blockbuster hit
The Perfect Storm (2000) that
finally made Diane Lane the household name that she always should have
been.
After the worldwide success of "The Perfect Storm", she was more in
demand than ever. She played
Leelee Sobieski's sinister junkie
guardian in the slick thriller
The Glass House (2001), and
co-starred with Keanu Reeves in the #1
smash hit Hardball (2001). However,
her greatest career moment was still to come with her lead role in the
enormous critical and commercial hit
Unfaithful (2002), in which she
superbly portrayed Richard Gere's
adulterous wife. Her performance won the respect of critics and
audiences alike, as well as many awards and nominations including Best Actress Oscar and Golden Globe nominations.
Her follow-up films including Under the Tuscan Sun (2003), Must Love Dogs (2005), Hollywoodland (2006), Secretariat (2010), and the blockbuster, Man of Steel (2013), were all received and her performances were highly praised. She won further Best Actress Golden Globe nominations for her roles in Under the Tuscan Sun (2003) and Cinema Verite (2011).
She is very well regarded within the industry, adored by film fans, and
has a credibility and quality that is all too rare today. Her immense
talent at playing human and real characters, her "drop dead gorgeous"
beauty and down-to-earth grittiness guarantees that she will stay on
top, and she guarantee has already shown the kind of resilience that
will keep her working for a long, long time.- Actress
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Olivia d'Abo is an English actress and singer from London. She debuted as a teenager in 1984, and has remained active over the following decades. Her most famous role was playing the free-spirited Karen Arnold in the historical television series "The Wonder Years" (1988 -1993). The series lasted for 6 seasons, and a total of 115 episodes.
In 1969, d'Abo was born in London. Her father was singer and songwriter Mike d'Abo (1944-), lead vocalist for the pop band Manfred Mann (1966-1969). D'Abo's mother was the model Maggie London. Through her father, d'Abo is a first cousin, once removed of fellow actress Maryam d'Abo (1960-). Maryam is known for playing the Bond girl Kara Milovy in the spy film "The Living Daylights" (1987).
D'Abo settled in the United States in the 1980s. She attended high schools in the Los Angeles area. She made her screen debut in the sword and sorcery film "Conan the Destroyer" (1984), at the age of 14. The film was based on the "Conan the Barbarian" stories by Robert Ervin Howard (1906-1936), with the main role reserved for actor Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947-). D'Abo played Princess Jehnna of Shadizar, who Conan has to escort on a quest to retrieve the magical gemstone Heart of Ahriman and the missing Horn of Dagoth. The film earned about 31 million dollars at the domestic box office.
Months later, the romantic drama film "Bolero" (1984) was released. D'Abo had the supporting role of the Gypsy girl Catalina, who befriends the main character Ayre "Mac" MacGillvary (played by Bo Derek). The film was a box office flop, and was received negatively by most critics. It was nominated for 9 Golden Raspberry Awards, winning 6. D'Abo herself won the "Golden Raspberry Award for Worst New Star".
After a brief hiatus in her career, d'Abo had her next starring film role in the gymnastics-themed film "Flying" (1986). She played Robin Crew, an adolescent gymnast who injured her leg in a car accident. Throughout the film, Robin tries to get back into shape and to rejoin her gymnastics team. The film received only a limited release in movie theaters, but achieved some success in the home video market. The film has a minor cult following, due to featuring Keanu Reeves (1964-) in one of his earliest roles.
Also in 1986, d'Abo had the female lead role in the action film "Bullies". She played Becky Cullen, a female member of a clan consisting of bullies and thugs. Her family objects when she falls in love with a member of an enemy family. The film was loosely inspired by the play "Romeo and Juliet", but had a modern setting. The film earned about 2.9 million dollars at the box office.
In 1988, d'Abo joined the main cast of the historical series the "The Wonder Years", playing the main character's older sister. The series often contrasted the conservative views of the Arnold family's parents with the liberal views expressed by Karen Arnold (d'Abo's character). D'Abo left the series main cast in 1991, as her character was de-emphasized. However, she remained available for guest appearances until the series' finale. The role of Karen Arnold's husband in the later seasons was played by David Schwimmer. This was Schwimmer's first recurring role in a television series.
In 1990, d'Abo played the time traveler Chanel-6 in the science fiction comedy "The Spirit of '76". In the film, time travelers from a dystopian 22nd century attempt to retrieve valuable documents from the year 1776. By accident, they end up in the year 1976. While acclimating themselves to this era, they embrace the era's own revolutionary spirit. The film only had a limited release in movie theaters, but was noted for a soundtrack that included many of the era's hits.
D'Abo often appeared in guest roles in television series during the early 1990s. She eventually gained a major role as a series regular in the sitcom "The Single Guy" (1995-1997). The sitcom had a similar premise with some of the era's hit sitcoms, featuring single people who are struggling with relationships. But it failed to find an audience of its own, and only lasted for two seasons.
D'Abo gained her first major voice acting role in the short-lived animated series "Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm". It was an adaptation of the video game series "Mortal Kombat", featuring many of the same characters. D'Abo voiced military officer Sonya Blade, one of the protagonists of the series. The series only lasted for 13 episodes. The final episode featured a failed insurrection against the evil emperor Shao Kahn, and left the fates of several characters without resolutions.
From 1999 to 2000, d'Abo played female super-villain Ten/ Melanie Walker in the superhero series "Batman Beyond" (1999-2001). Her character was depicted as a member of the playing card-themed super-villain team Royal Flush Gang, and as a love interest for Batman/ Terry McGinnis.
D'Abo played Jane Porter (Tarzan's wife) in the animated series "The Legend of Tarzan" (2001-2003). She had the same role in the spin-off animated film "Tarzan & Jane" (2002). The series was a loose adaptation of the "Tarzan" stories by Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950).
D'Abo had villainous roles in the superhero series Justice League (2001-2004). She voiced both Star Sapphire/Carol Ferris and Morgaine le Fey. She had a more heroic role in the animated film "Ultimate Avengers" (2006), playing the Russian super-heroine Black Widow/Natalia Romanova. She returned to this role in the sequel, "Ultimate Avengers 2" (2006).
From 2002 to 2008, d'Abo played criminal mastermind Nicole Wallace in the police procedural "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" (2001-2011). Her character was depicted as the archenemy of Robert Goren, though she only appeared in 5 episodes. During the series, she murders multiple people. She denies accusations that she has killed her own daughter, claiming that her daughter's death was accidental.
From 2008 to 2009, d'Abo played Jedi master Luminara Unduli in the animated series "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" (2008-2020). In 2009, d'Abo voiced Carol Ferris in the animated film "Green Lantern: First Flight". In 2010, d'Abo voiced the super-heroine Elasti-Girl/Rita Farr in an episode of "Batman: The Brave and the Bold". Easti-Girl is a founding member of the Doom Patrol, and often appears in adaptations of the team's adventures. In 2012, d'Abo voiced another version of Star Sapphire in the animated film "Justice League: Doom". In 2014, she voiced Star Sapphire in the video game "Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham".
In 2019, d'Abo voiced Luminara Unduli again, in a cameo role in the live-action film "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker". As of 2021, d'Abo is 52-years-old. She has never retired, and continues to work regularly in both films and television. D'Abo has had an enduring appeal, and is well-remembered for playing popular characters over the decades.- Actor
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One of stage, screen and TV's finest transatlantic talents, slight, gravel-voiced, pasty-looking John Vincent Hurt was born on January 22, 1940, in Shirebrook, a coal mining village, in Derbyshire, England. The youngest child of Phyllis (Massey), an engineer and one-time actress, and Reverend Arnould Herbert Hurt, an Anglican clergyman and mathematician, his quiet shyness betrayed an early passion for acting. First enrolled at the Grimsby Art School and St. Martin's School of Art, his focus invariably turned from painting to acting.
Accepted into the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1960, John made his stage debut in "Infanticide in the House of Fred Ginger" followed by "The Dwarfs." Elsewhere, he continued to build upon his 60's theatrical career with theatre roles in "Chips with Everything" at the Vaudeville, the title role in "Hamp" at the Edinburgh Festival, "Inadmissible Evidence" at Wyndham's and "Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs" at the Garrick. His movie debut occurred that same year with a supporting role in the "angry young man" British drama Young and Willing (1962), followed by small roles in Appuntamento in Riviera (1962), A Man for All Seasons (1966) and The Sailor from Gibraltar (1967).
A somber, freckled, ravaged-looking gent, Hurt found his more compelling early work in offbeat theatrical characterizations with notable roles such as Malcolm in "Macbeth" (1967), Octavius in "Man and Superman" (1969), Peter in "Ride a Cock Horse" (1972), Mike in '"The Caretaker" (1972) and Ben in "The Dumb Waiter" (1973). At the same time he gained more prominence in a spray of film and support roles such as a junior officer in Before Winter Comes (1968), the title highwayman in Sinful Davey (1969), a morose little brother in In Search of Gregory (1969), a dim, murderous truck driver in 10 Rillington Place (1971), a skirt-chasing, penguin-studying biologist in Cry of the Penguins (1971), the unappetizing son of a baron in The Pied Piper (1972) and a repeat of his title stage role as Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs (1974).
Hurt shot to international stardom, however, on TV where he was allowed to display his true, fearless range. He reaped widespread acclaim for his embodiment of the tormented gay writer and raconteur Quentin Crisp in the landmark television play The Naked Civil Servant (1975), adapted from Crisp's autobiography. Hurt's bold, unabashed approach on the flamboyant and controversial gent who dared to be different was rewarded with the BAFTA (British TV Award). This triumph led to the equally fascinating success as the cruel and crazed Roman emperor Caligula in the epic television masterpiece I, Claudius (1976), followed by another compelling interpretation as murderous student Raskolnikov in Crime and Punishment (1979).
A resurgence occurred on film as a result. Among other unsurpassed portraits on his unique pallet, the chameleon in him displayed a polar side as the gentle, pathetically disfigured title role in The Elephant Man (1980), and as a tortured Turkish prison inmate who befriends Brad Davis in the intense drama Midnight Express (1978) earning Oscar nominations for both. Mainstream box-office films were offered as well as art films. He made the most of his role as a crew member whose body becomes host to an unearthly predator in Alien (1979). With this new rush of fame came a few misguided ventures as well that were generally unworthy of his talent. Such brilliant work as his steeple chase jockey in Champions (1984) or kidnapper in The Hit (1984) was occasionally offset by such drivel as the comedy misfire Partners (1982) with Ryan O'Neal in which Hurt looked enervated and embarrassed. For the most part, the craggy-faced actor continued to draw extraordinary notices. Tops on the list includes his prurient governmental gadfly who triggers the Christine Keeler political sex scandal in the aptly-titled Scandal (1989); the cultivated gay writer aroused and obsessed with struggling "pretty-boy" actor Jason Priestley in Love and Death on Long Island (1997); and the Catholic priest embroiled in the Rwanda atrocities in Shooting Dogs (2005).
Latter parts of memorable interpretations included Dr. Iannis in Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001), the recurring role of the benign wand-maker Mr. Ollivander in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010), the tyrannical dictator Adam Sutler in V for Vendetta (2005) and the voice of The Dragon in Merlin (2008). Among Hurt's final film appearances were as a terminally ill screenwriter in That Good Night (2017) and a lesser role in the mystery thriller Damascus Cover (2017). Hurt's voice was also tapped into animated features and documentaries, often serving as narrator. He also returned to the theatre performing in such shows as "The Seagull", "A Month in the Country" (1994), "Afterplay" (2002) and "Krapp's Last Tape", the latter for which he received the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award.
A recovered alcoholic who married four times, Hurt was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) by the Queen in 2004, and Knight Bachelor of the Order of the British Empire in 2015. That same year (2015) he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. In July of 2016, he was forced to bow out of the father role of Billy Rice in a then-upcoming London stage production of "The Entertainer" opposite Kenneth Branagh due to ill health that he described as an "intestinal ailment". Hurt died several months later at his home in Cromer, Norfolk, England on January 15, 2017, three days after his 77th birthday.- Daryl McCormack (born January 22, 1993) is an Irish actor. He is best known for his roles in the RTÉ One soap opera Fair City and the BBC series Peaky Blinders. His films include Pixie and Good Luck to You, Leo Grande. McCormack made his West End debut in 2018 as Brendan in The Lieutenant of Inishmore. He played Romeo in Romeo and Juliet and the title role in Othello. In his early career, he was almost cast in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
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James Murray was born on 22 January 1975 in Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK. He is an actor and director, known for Masters of the Air (2024), The Crown (2016) and Lee (2023). He has been married to Sarah Parish since 15 December 2007. They have two children.- Actress
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Rising to fan-magazine fame through her stint as Lucy Camden on
7th Heaven (1996), Beverley was born in Arcadia, California. Before
her most famous role, Beverley started her career off with a well-known
temper tantrum, alongside her mother, in the middle of a shopping mall.
A talent agent heard the noise and quickly rushed over. The rest is
history. Television and modeling gigs quickly followed and her debut TV
role was in the series
Big Brother Jake (1990). Her
first large film role came in
The Crow: City of Angels (1996).
Shortly after, she was on the WB as one of the fresh faces of the hit
7th Heaven (1996). While busy with
the show, Beverley graduated from high school in 1999 and has attended
Loyola Maramount University and studied film. She also actively
participates in RADD Kids and K-Mart Kids Race Against Drugs charities,
among others. While active on her show, she also starred in the
independent short film, Mean People Suck (2001). In 2011, Beverley joined the cast of The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2008), as the new school guidance counselor.- Actress
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Actress Sami Gayle stars as "Nicky Reagan-Boyle" on CBS' cop drama Blue
Bloods.
Gayle began her acting career as Baby June in the off-Broadway
production of "Gypsy," starring Patti LuPone. She then reprised her
role when the production transferred to Broadway shortly thereafter.
Gayle later co-starred in the off-Broadway plays "Oohrah!" at the
Atlantic Theatre Company and MCC Theatre's "Family Week," under the
direction of Academy-Award winner Jonathan Demme. She was featured in
the 2007 Broadway production of "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole
Christmas! The Musical."
Gayle's breakthrough role in film came in 2012 when she co-starred as a
young prostitute opposite Adrien Brody, in director Tony Kaye's
DETACHMENT. Also that year,she starred opposite Nicolas Cage and Josh
Lucas in Millennium Films' STOLEN.
In February 2014, Gayle starred in the film adaptation of VAMPIRE
ACADEMY for The Weinstein Company. She played "Mia Rinaldi," nemesis to
the film's Rose and Lissa. In April 2014, she appeared opposite Kristen
Wiig and Guy Pierce in the indie, HATESHIP LOVESHIP, which premiered at
the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival. Later in the year, Gayle
will be seen with Robin Wright in THE CONGRESS, which had its world
premiere at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.- Director
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Moved to New York City at the age of seventeen from Akron, Ohio.
Graduated from Columbia University with a B.A. in English, class of
'75. Without any prior film experience, he was accepted into the Tisch
School of the Arts, New York.- Raquel Cassidy was born on 22 January 1968 in Fleet, Hampshire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Downton Abbey (2019), Downton Abbey (2010) and Teachers (2001).
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From the age of five, Linda Blair had to get used to the spotlight,
first as a child model and then as an actress, when out of 600
applicants she was picked for the role of Regan, the possessed child,
in The Exorcist (1973). Linda
quickly rose to international fame, won the Golden Globe, and seemed to
be set to take the Academy Award for that role, but when it leaked how
some parts of the role were not performed by her (the demonic voice was
dubbed by Mercedes McCambridge, and
eight seconds of a stunt dummy were used) that dream broke, and with
that disappointment probably came the first blow to what looked like
the beginning of an A-list career.
Over the next few years she had no trouble securing lead roles in a
number of pictures, including the highly successful television films
Born Innocent (1974) (the
#1 TV movie of that year) and
Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic (1975),
as well as the Exorcist sequel
Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977).
However, when she was peer pressured into buying cocaine at the age of
18, it led to an arrest and subsequent sentencing to three years
probation. The much-publicized drug bust caused Linda to be blacklisted
in Hollywood, and her career was soon reduced to B-movies and
occasional TV guest appearances only.
Although her career never returned to its former glory, Linda proved to
be a good sport about embracing the change, and out of the '80s emerged
lead roles in two cult classics: the women-in-prison film
Chained Heat (1983) and the femme
fatale vigilante action film
Savage Streets (1984). She
continued acting in numerous films throughout the '80s and '90s,
including the Exorcist spoof
Repossessed (1990). In 1997, she also
took to the Broadway stage and starred as "Rizzo" in the revival of
"Grease." She received widespread mainstream attention again in the
2000's with the theatrical re-release of the Exorcist, followed by a
hosting job on the hit Fox Family TV series
Scariest Places on Earth (2000),
which ran for six years and followed Linda as she visited notorious
"haunted" locations around the world.
Linda was born in St. Louis, Missouri, to Elinore, a real estate agent, and James, an executive headhunter. She has a brother, Jimmy, and a sister, Debbie. Linda has been a Hollywood icon for over 40 years, but it is her first
love of animals that has ultimately taken center stage in her life. She
now runs the Linda Blair WorldHeart Foundation, a non-profit 501C3 tax
deductible organization dedicated to rescuing and rehabilitating
abused, neglected, and abandoned animals from the harsh streets of the
Los Angeles area, as well as from the overcrowded and overwhelmed city
and county animal shelters. She works and lives on the 2-acre rescue
sanctuary full-time in California, which was featured on The Today Show
in a segment titled "From Devil to Angel." Of course, she also makes
frequent appearances at horror fan conventions to celebrate the legacy
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Christopher Masterson was born on 22 January 1980 in Long Island, New York, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for My Best Friend's Wedding (1997), Malcolm in the Middle (2000) and Cutthroat Island (1995).- Actress
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Piper Laurie was a three-time Oscar nominee, nominated by BAFTA as well as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for best performance by an actress in 'The Hustler' with Paul Newman.
Laurie was born Rosetta Jacobs in Detroit, Michigan, to Charlotte Sadie (Alperin) and Alfred Jacobs, a furniture dealer. She had an elder sister. Her family was of Russian Jewish and Polish Jewish descent.
Young Rosetta had been studying acting with Benno and Betomi Schnider for three years when she auditioned for Universal Studios, who signed her to a long term contract and was renamed Piper Laurie. She made more than twenty films, appearing opposite such actors as Tony Curtis, Rock Hudson and Tyrone Power.
Disgusted with the lack of serious roles, Laurie finally broke her lucrative Hollywood contract, moved to New York, lived on a budget, worked on live television and theater, and within two years changed her life and her career.
She stopped working for fifteen years after 'The Hustler' to devote her energies to the Civil Rights and anti-Vietnam War movements, feeling acting was less important. When she accepted work again she was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Supporting Actress for 'Carrie' with Sissy Spacek, and again as Best Supporting Actress in 'Children of a Lesser God' with Marlee Matlin. She won the Golden Globe for her role in the David Lynch cult favorite 'Twin Peaks' and was nominated for an Emmy for both Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress in 'Twin Peaks'.
She was nominated a total of twelve times for the Emmy, including one for the original and celebrated live broadcast of 'The Days of Wine and Roses' with Cliff Robertson, directed by John Frankenheimer, as well as for her comedic performance in 'Frasier'. She won an Emmy for her performance in 'Promise' opposite James Woods and James Garner. She was Harvard's Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year, and she also received an SFECA award for her performance as Dolly in the film 'The Grass Harp'.
In 2010, she played an elderly grandma who learns to smoke a bong in the feature film 'Hesher', with Joseph Gordon Levitt and Natalie Portman. Most recently she appeared as Grandma Hershe in White Boy Rick, starring Matthew McConaughey, and as Rose Muller in 'Snapshots', directed by Melanie Mayron. In 2013, she made her musical stage debut in 'A Little Night Music' as Madame Armfeldt.
Laurie performed on Broadway in the Tony-nominated Lincoln Center production of 'Mornings at Seven' directed by Dan Sullivan at the Lyceum Theatre. She also appeared on Broadway in the 20th Anniversary production of 'The Glass Menagerie', in which she played Laura Wingfield, with Maureen Stapleton (only 7 years older) as her mother, Amanda, at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre.
Off-Broadway, she appeared in Molly Kazan's 'Rosemary and the Alligators' and in Larry Kramer's 'The Destiny of Me'. She toured in a one-person play about Zelda Fitzgerald, written by Bill Luce. In 2010 she directed Jim Brochu in his one-man show 'Zero Hour', for which he received the Drama Desk Award for best solo performance on or off Broadway, playing Zero Mostel.
Laurie was divorced from Wall Street Journal's movie critic, Pulitzer Prize-winner Joe Morgenstern. They had a daughter. Laurie's autobiography, Learning to Live Out Loud, was published by Crown in 2011 to rave reviews and is now available as an audio book on audible.com.- Actor
- Producer
- Music Department
Paul Balthazar Getty is an American actor and musician. A member of the Getty family, his acting debut was in Lord of the Flies (1990) as Ralph. He went on to appear in Lost Highway (1997) and had a recurring role as Richard Montana in Charmed (2003-04), Thomas Grace on the American action drama Alias (2005-06), and Tommy Walker on the American drama Brothers & Sisters (2006-11), the latter two of which have aired on ABC.- Actress
- Producer
Jennifer Spence is a multiple award-winning actor known for her regular roles on You Me Her, Travelers and Continuum. Born in Toronto to a Japanese Canadian mother and British Canadian father, she studied at the prestigious National Theatre School of Canada in Montreal before landing in Vancouver where she began her career in film and television. Other memorable appearances include lead, recurring and guest starring roles on Family Law, The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco, Life Sentence, Beyond, Van Helsing, Frequency, The Killing, Motive, Supernatural, Stargate Universe and Exes & Ohs. Next up is a lead role in a new series called Traces for UKTV and BBC Studios. A project that is especially close to her heart is the feature film Down River. Written and directed by her husband, Ben Immanuel, Jennifer starred in and was an associate producer on the multiple award-winning film which was released theatrically in Canada to audience and critical acclaim. One of Jennifer's greatest passions is mentoring young women through various programs in the film, television and theatre community.- Choi Min-shik first made a name for himself in theater before breaking
into the film world with a role in Park Chong-won's acclaimed film 'Our
Twisted Hero' (1992). In the mid-nineties he continued to act in
theater productions as well as in several TV dramas, including Moon
Over Seoul with Han Seok-gyu. 1997 marked his return to motion
pictures, with a role as a tough-talking police investigator in Song
Neung-han's No. 3 (1997). His biggest role
came in 1999, when he was cast in Korea's most successful film ever,
Shiri (1999). His portrayal of a North
Korean agent garnered him much praise and a Best Actor Award from the
1999 domestic Grand Bell Awards.
After starring in a theater production of Hamlet in spring of 1999,
Choi took on the role of a husband who discovers his wife's infidelity
in Happy End (1999), and in early
2001 starred as a third-rate gangster opposite Hong Kong actress
Cecilia Cheung in the acclaimed
Failan (2001). In 2003 he starred in the
now classic Oldboy (2003). - Actor
- Director
- Producer
The son of a sales clerk and a department store owner, Bill Bixby was
the sixth-generation Californian born as Wilfred Bailey Bixby, on
January 22, 1934, in San Francisco, California. An only child growing
up in the 1940s and 1950s, he attended schools in the same area, took
ballroom dance lessons, before attending Lowell High School, where he
excelled in drama. After his graduation from high school, he attended
San Francisco City College, where he majored in drama. He transferred
to the University of California-Berkeley, where he majored in the
pre-law program, but never stopped falling in love with his interest in
acting. After almost graduating, he left his native San Francisco, to
travel to Los Angeles, where he became a lifeguard and a bellhop.
Two years later, in 1959, two executives noticed him and hired him
immediately for commercial work and modeling, in Detroit, Michigan. At
the same time, he auditioned for theater roles. He joined the Detroit
Civic Theatre Company and made his professional stage debut in the
musical, "The Boy Friend." Long after his trip to Michigan, he
continued doing commercial work and made numerous guest appearances on
popular TV sitcoms.
He made his TV debut in an episode of
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1959).
He also did many other roles, most notably as "Charles Raymond" in
The Joey Bishop Show (1961).
After many guest and recurring roles, he landed a co-starring role
opposite Ray Walston in
My Favorite Martian (1963),
in which he portrayed a newspaper reporter playing host to a visitor
from another planet. After the first season, it became a hit and Bixby
became a household name to millions of fans who liked the show. The
show was going well until its cancellation in 1966, which left Bixby in
the dark, for the time being. However, he finally got the chance to go
onto the big screen. The first of the four post-"Martian" 60s movies he
played in was the Western,
Ride Beyond Vengeance (1966).
The following year, he played in
Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding! (1967)
and, soon after, he was approached by
Elvis Presley to appear in both
Clambake (1967), and
Speedway (1968). Afterwards, he once
again returned to series television, this time playing widowed father,
"Tom Corbett", on
The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1969),
based on the popular 1963 movie. After its first season, it became a
much bigger hit than his first show and Bixby, heretofore one of
Hollywood's most confirmed bachelors, changed his views on marriage and
family, subsequently taking actress
Brenda Benet as his bride and fathering a
son. He also tried his hand at directing an episode of the series,
called "Gifts Are For Giving," about Norman's highly treasured gift.
After completing its second season, Bixby received an Emmy nomination
for Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, but didn't win. By its third season
in 1972, the show had bad scripts and ABC decided to pull the plug.
Once again, Bixby was not long out of work and was offered a chance to
star in a lead role as "Anthony Dorian/Anthony Blake," on his first and
only NBC dramatic series called,
The Magician (1973). The show
focused on Anthony performing magic tricks which helped people who were
in trouble, and in real-life, Bill became a fine magician, performing
to both children and adults. But sadly, the show was canceled after one
season due to its expensive costs.
After a seven-year absence from the big screen, he co-starred in
another western, opposite Don Knotts and
Tim Conway, in
The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975).
Like most of the theatrical movies he did, it was not a blockbuster at
the box office, but was still an average hit. In late 1977, he was
offered the role of "Dr. David Bruce Banner," in a two-hour pilot
called,
The Incredible Hulk (1977).
About a physician/scientist who turned into a green monster whenever he
became angry, the idea appealed to CBS, and several months later, they
premiered a new science fiction-dramatic series, called,
The Incredible Hulk (1977).
When it debuted as a mid-season replacement, it became the #1 show in
the United States, and in many other countries. His character became
famous for ripping up shirts each time he turned into the Hulk, played
by bodybuilder Lou Ferrigno. Bixby had
wanted to direct some episodes, but the time he had to spend in the
make-up chair for the transformation sequences made that problematical,
and he managed to helm only one segment, "Bring Me the Head of the
Hulk," in the fourth season. The series was canceled in 1981 (although
the last few episodes didn't air until 1982).
Bixby, once again, came back to series television, acting in, producing
and directing his last sitcom,
Goodnight, Beantown (1983),
on which he played "Matt Cassidy." Chosen for the role of "Jennifer
Barnes," was one of Bixby's old friends,
Mariette Hartley, who had won an Emmy
for her guest appearance in
The Incredible Hulk (1977)
as Banner's second wife. The two played co-anchor newscasters of a
Boston television station whose sparring on and off the air developed
into friendship and respect. Discounting a brief, inconsequential
return to the network's schedule in the summer of 1984, the series
lasted for less than a year, from April 1983 to January 1984.
Bixby now decided to concentrate on directing and worked on
Wizards and Warriors (1983),
Goodnight, Beantown (1983)
and Sledge Hammer! (1986). He
also directed the pilot for a New York spy series, "Rockhopper." He
also appeared in front of the camera as the host of the daytime
anthology series,
True Confessions (1985),
which dealt with real-life crises of everyday people. Bixby
additionally served as host for two shows targeting younger viewers:
"Against the Odds," a series of biographies of prominent people,
frequently from history, for the Nickelodeon cable channel; and "Once
Upon a Classic," a collection of British TV adaptations of literary
classics on PBS.
He came back to reprise his role of "Dr. David Banner" from
The Incredible Hulk (1977)
by acting in, producing, and directing the three spin-off movies:
The Incredible Hulk Returns (1988),
The Trial of the Incredible Hulk (1989)
and
The Death of the Incredible Hulk (1990).
He also directed TV movies such as
Baby of the Bride (1991)
and
Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind (1991).
In April 1991, while directing one of his last movies, he became very
ill and was diagnosed with prostate cancer. He underwent surgery and by
December, his cancer seemed to be in remission, so he came back to
guest star as "Nick Osborne" in a two-hour TV movie/pilot called
Diagnosis Murder: Diagnosis of Murder (1992).
In mid-1992, while his cancer continued to be in remission, Bixby
returned to work as a director to direct several episodes of the
popular NBC sitcom, Blossom (1990),
where he became the main director of the show. At first, he hid his
illness from the cast and crew, until one of the producers found out,
and then he announced publicly that he wanted to continue working until
he could no longer do so. Prior to going public with his cancer, he
directed a TV movie starring Roseanne Barr
and Tom Arnold,
The Woman Who Loved Elvis (1993),
which was his final directing project.
Unfortunately, the cancer returned by mid-1993 and, on November 21,
1993, six days after directing his last episode on "Blossom" (1991),
Bill Bixby died at age 59 in his home after a two-year battle with cancer. For over 30 years, he was in great demand and his big roles and
directing credits have been a personal testimony to his fans. His life
is gone, but his legacy lives on for years to come.- Actress
- Director
- Soundtrack
Katie Finneran was raised in Miami, Florida. After a brief stint in
conservatory training, she left college to make her mark in the
entertainment industry. She quickly began racking up credits in
theater, film and television. She has appeared in You've Got Mail (1998), Liberty Heights (1999) and
Night of the Living Dead (1990). Her television work includes appearances on Frasier (1993), Oz (1997)
and Sex and the City (1998). Her greatest achievements have been onstage. Katie's
regional theater work includes "Hedda Gabler" with Kate Burton (Bay Street
and Williamstown Theatre Festival) and "The Smell of the Kill"
(Berkshire Theatre Festival). Her off-Broadway credits include parts in
"Arms and the Man", "Edith Stein", "Bosoms and Neglect", "You Never Can
Tell", "A Fair Country" and Encore's "Lil' Abner". She has also
appeared on Broadway with Kevin Spacey in "The Iceman Cometh", 'Neil Simon (I)''s
"Proposals", "The Heiress", "In the Summer House", "My Favorite Year",
"Two Shakespearean Actors", "On Borrowed Time" and as Sally Bowles in
the Tony-winning revival of "Cabaret".
Katie shot to stardom with her winning, witty turn as Brooke Ashton in
Michael Frayn's farce "Noises Off!", for which she received critical acclaim
and a 2002 Drama Desk and Tony Award for her portrayal. Katie left the
show on July 14, 2002, to begin her work on the CBS sitcom
Bram and Alice (2002).- Actor
- Writer
- Director
O-T fagbenle is an Emmy nominated actor, director, writer and producer. From drama to comedy, writing, producing, and acting, O-T Fagbenle has become one of the most-watched talents in the entertainment industry today. He made history in 2020 by becoming the first person to create, write, direct, compose, executive produce, and star in the pilot of a television series broadcast on a major network with his original TV comedy series, "Maxxx." (Channel 4, Hulu). This year, Fagbenle was seen starring in a lead role opposite Scarlett Johansson in Marvel's feature film "Black Widow." The film premiered in the US on May 7, 2021.
On the television front, Fagbenle recently garnered a nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his work in the Golden Globe and Emmy award winning drama series "The HandmaidsTale" (HULU). Based on the best-selling novel by Margaret Atwood, the series is set in Gilead, a future totalitarian society that has formed throughout the United States. Fagbenle instantly became a fan favorite as Luke, June Osborne's (Moss) husband from the previous unrepressed world, and his heartbreaking scenes have contributed to the casts many award nominations and wins including: Outstanding Drama Series at the Primetime Emmy Awards, Best Drama Series for the Critic's Choice Television Awards, Best Television Series - Drama at the Golden Globe Awards, Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, and Best International Programme at the BAFTA Television Awards.
Fagbenle recently wrapped production on Showtime's much anticipated anthology series "The First Lady" where he'll star as Barack Obama opposite Viola Davis, Gillian Anderson, and Michelle Pfeiffer. The limited series is a reframing of American leadership, told through the lens of the women at the heart of the White House. It was also recently announced that Fagbenle has joined the cast of Apple TV+'s limited series "WeCrashed" where he'll star opposite Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway. "WeCrashed" is about the greed-filled rise and inevitable fall of WeWork, one of the world's most valuable startups, and the narcissists whose chaotic love made it all possible. Fagbenle will play Cameron Lautner, a partner at a powerful investment firm who is tasked with trying to instill discipline at WeWork.
In Europe Fagbenle recently has held lead roles in two flagship UK series: Harlan Coben's "The Five" on Netflix and "The Interceptor" for the BBC. In theatre, Fagbenle led the National Theatre cast of August Wilson's New York Drama Critic Circle award-winning play, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, to the prestigious Olivier Award. Fagbenle was also nominated for Best Actor (alongside his alma mater Ralph Fiennes) for the illustrious Evening Standard Awards.
Additional film and television credits for Fagbenle include: the HBO film "Looking" completing his memorable characterization of Frank from the network's cult dramedy series of the same name, the BBC's critically acclaimed features "NW," by Zadie Smith and "Walter's War" as Walter Tull, a biopic of the first mixed heritage officer in the British Army," "Breaking and Entering" (Miramax) opposite Jude Law, Robin Wright, and Juliette Binoche,and "I Could Never Be Your Woman" (The Weinstein Co) alongside Michelle Pfeiffer, Paul Rudd, and Saoirse Ronan. Fagbenle also starred in the television series "Thorne," an adaptation of the Mark Billingham novels Sleepyhead and Scaredy Cat. Directed by "24" producer Stephen Hopkins, the six one hour episodes also starred Sandra Oh, and David Morrissey, and was sold to over 100 countries.
In addition to his work in front of the camera, Fagbenle has a passion for working behind the scenes as well. He wrote, produced, directed, composed, and starred in the British comedy series "Maxxx."The series centers around a formerly famous boyband star Maxxx (Fagbenle) who tries to make his music comeback in a bid to win back his famous supermodel ex-girlfriend (Jourdan Dunn), and prove to the world he isn't a washed up, has been.The series debuted in the UK on Channel 4 and made its US debut on Hulu in 2020.
Born in London and raised across London, Spain, and Nigeria, Fagbenle was a world traveler at a young age. As a child music was his passion and he played the saxophone in bands across Europe, performing at the Edinburgh Festival, Wembley Arena, the Royal Albert Hall,
and even touring Spain. At 16 years old he landed his first proper role in a Nigerian
adaptation of the William Shakespeare play Macbeth. He went on to attend the prestigious Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, graduating early in 2001 and joining alumni such as Sean Bean, Ralph Fiennes, and Anthony Hopkins. Theatre became his passion, as he appeared in dozens of plays across the UK, working in notable productions including the national tours of shows such as Ragamuffin, Romeo & Juliet [as Mercutio], and the West End debut of Porgy and Bess,The Musical. His work was met by outstanding reviews and multiple awards and nominations including an Off West End nomination for Best Actor for his leading role as Suplianek in The Conquest of the South Pole and taking home the M.E.N. Theatre Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his part in the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award nominated play Six Degrees of Separation.
When not on set, Fagbenle loves to play basketball, volunteers at numerous schools providing free drama and music classes for kids, and launched the charity organization ABC Foundation which is dedicated to providing tech opportunities to young women in Africa. Fagbenle currently splits his time between Los Angeles, London, and Atlanta.- John Wesley Shipp was born in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. John Wesley is an actor, known for The Flash (2014), Dawson's Creek (1998) and NYPD Blue (1993).
- Actor
- Writer
- Producer
Phil Wang was born on 22 January 1990. He is an actor and writer, known for Wonka (2023), 3 Body Problem (2024) and @Elevenish (2016).- Actor
- Stunts
- Additional Crew
Sonny Chiba was born as Sadao Maeda in Fukuoka, Japan on January 22, 1939. His father was a military test pilot. During his youth, he had an interest in both theater & gymnastics. He was talented enough to make the Japanese Olympic Team until a chronic back injury ended his career. However, he took a strong interest in karate under the guidance of the Mas Oyama during college & soon earned his first black belt. However, his life changed again when he was discovered during a talent search by Toei Studios in 1960. He soon began his screen career under the name Shinichi Chiba, appearing as the space chief in Uchu Kaisoku-ken. Over the next decade, he busied himself w/ appearances in Japanese crime thrillers, steadily building a reputation for playing hard men of few words & direct actions.
With his proficiency in karate, judo & kenpo, he took advantage of the early 1970s martial arts boom sparked by Bruce Lee. He starred in The Street Fighter (1974), playing a mercenary style street thug who would do anything for a price & take on anyone, even the yakuza. The approach of the film was quite different from the Bruce Lee films in that Lee only eliminated his enemies when he was defending his friends or his honor. Instead, he was only aiming for a fistful of dollars for his deadly services & would engage in mortal combat for the highest bidder, although this often clouded his judgement to his own detriment. The only person the Street Fighter respects is his martial arts teacher, karate master Masaoko who manages to easily out smart & out fight him. Upon its release, the film was criticized for its excessive violence.
A sequel quickly followed w/ him back in Return of the Street Fighter (1974), which was then followed by a third Street Fighter movie starring Etsuko Shihomi in the gritty Sister Street Fighter (1974). There was a fourth & final film in the series Gyakushu Satsujin ken.
He had firmly established himself as a key anti-hero of Asian martial arts cinema who said little & used his fists to sort out his troubles. With the demand high from fans, he remained busy on screen for the next 20 years, starring in numerous Japanese film & TV productions w/ an emphasis on bruising fights, samurai swords, yakuza gangsters & beautiful girls in trouble.
Outside of Japan, the Street Fighter film series has achieved enduring popularity through many midnight cult screenings. Their style heavily influenced Quentin Tarantino. He has used strong references & imagery from the Street Fighter movies in several of his films including True Romance (1993) and Pulp Fiction (1994). When he came around to casting for Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003), he was eager to have Chiba accept the key role of the hot headed & sometimes humorous Okinawan sword maker Hanzo Hattori. He continued to be a major figure & influence in the world-wide passion in martial arts movies for over 3 decades, contributing to the genre by encouraging & training young hopefuls seeking to make their mark on screen.
He passed away on August 19, 2021.- This moody, baby-faced hunk had the slick, sullen, magnetic good looks
and rebel attitude of an Elvis Presley,
not to mention a startling resemblance. Sure enough, the timing would
prove right for Michael St. Gerard, making a killer impression on
teenage girls first on film, then TV -- as greaser types and even Elvis
himself -- in the early 90s.
Born in New York Mills, New York, he
developed an early interest in acting and first found work in Japanese
commercials and the off-Broadway stage. He made a strong impression in
an otherwise mediocre teen film
Senior Week (1988), then really set
the wheels in motion with his second film, the
John Waters' retro classic
Hairspray (1988) in which
Ricki Lake pines for the St. Gerard amid an
American Bandstand type setting circa 1962. The amiable and tuneful
satire worked perfectly and St. Gerard managed to stand out among the
cult figures who appeared, including
Divine,
Sonny Bono and
Debbie Harry.
St. Gerard got to play
Presley twice in films with
Heart of Dixie (1989) and
Great Balls of Fire! (1989),
the latter film a biopic on
Jerry Lee Lewis, played all-out by
Dennis Quaid. So much attention was placed
on St. Gerard's Elvis imitation that the producers of a new TV series
looking to recapture Elvis' early years had to look no further. The
highly ambitious Elvis (1990) ran for 10
episodes and St. Gerard was magnificent in the role, with
Millie Perkins and
Billy Green Bush equally terrific as
his parents, Gladys and Vernon Presley. The show, however, was canceled
despite the critical praise heaped upon it.
Michael moved ahead to the
popular teen show
Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990),
playing an acting teacher in it second season, but this time
Luke Perry and
Jason Priestley grabbed the sexy
attention. From there a few insignificant direct-to-video exports
materialized, such as
Into the Sun (1991),
Live Wire (1992) and
Replikator (1994), but his career had
simmered.
In 1994, St. Gerard had a spiritual awakening after leading a
Sunday School class, and, with it, decided to retire and focus his
energies on religious instruction. He subsequently became a pastor in
the Harlem area of New York City, extending himself and his church in
particular to inner-city youths, and spends little time reflecting on
his past stardom. - Actress
- Soundtrack
Mara Davi was born on 22 January 1984 in Alameda County, California, USA. She is an actress, known for New Year's Eve (2011), Meet Dave (2008) and Hustling (2011). She has been married to Aaron Gaines since 8 June 2008.- Actress
- Composer
- Writer
Willa first became popular in 2001 as the self proclaimed Bad Girl of
Pop when she released her debut album.
Outside of music Willa hosts a few reality television shows. Also after
studying opera for over four years Willa achieved a degree as a
professional opera singer and is also whistle registered.
Willa was born and raised in Ruskin Florida. She began pursuing her
dream of becoming a singer at the age of 8 when she started singing
with the Tampa Bay Childrens Choir. By the time she reached age 11 she
had moved on from the children's choir to the Tampa-based children's
performing arts troupe Entertainment Revue. This group consisted of 20
girls ages 5 to 16 who toured the area and sang at such places as Walt
Disney World and Busch Gardens. Willa moved her way up from a chorus
member to the role of featured soloist. When Willa was 15 she left the
troupe and landed spot with a local foursome called FLA. She didn't
stay long with the group before deciding to head out to Los Angeles.
In 1999 Willa then performing under the stage name Mandah was signed to
Music Corporation of America MCA. While with MCA she released a song
called Lullaby on the double-platinum soundtrack Pokemon The First
Movie. She also landed a spot as an opening act for the Backstreet Boys
which brought her attention for her performances as well as her
relationship with one of the groups members Nick Carter. Soon Willas
label changed her stage name from Mandah to avoid confusion with
another female singer to Willa Ford and tried to promote her as a
beautiful singer with a good girl image. After some negative publicity
that tainted their clean-cut image for Willa MCA decided to drop her
letting her move on to a label that would embrace her bad girl image.
While during a mall tour for Nautica Kids Willa was noticed by
LavaAtlantic Records. It wasn't long before LavaAtlantic would give
Willa a deal and put her into their recording studio with a diverse
variety of writers and producers. Unlike some other teen singers at the
time Willa preferred to write most of her lyrics herself as well as
executive produce the songs herself.
On July 17 2001 Willa released her debut album Willa Was Here. The album
contained the single I Wanna Be Bad. The album used smooth pop/R&B
grooves and hot dance beats and vocoders. The album reached 56 on the
Billboard 200 album chart and became a multi-platinum smash worldwide.
In 2001 Willa served as the spokesperson for Pantene ProVs ProVoice
campaign and appeared on the in-concert cable special Teensation. Also
Willa hosted MTVs Total Request Live TRL and Say What Karaoke many
times. MTV was impressed by Willas hosting and she received a contract
with them.
In 2002 Willa co-wrote and sang a duet with South Korea pop star Park Ji
Yoon entitled Nastified which appeared on Parks 5th album Man. Also
Willa hosted The Morning After which lasted throughout 2003 along with
her debut reality series I Bet You Will. Her song I Wanna Be Bad became
the theme song for Six Flags theme parks and was also used by 7 Up for
one of their campaigns. Willa also became a model for Bongo ads.
In 2003 Willa came back with a hot dance song that forever immortalized
a sorority chant A Toast To Men which featured guest rapper Lady May.
The single was from her unreleased sophomore album Sexysexobsessive.
The single did well, but because of some legalities at her label her
album wasn't released. This also caused her to leave the label and go
in search of a new one.
While fans wait for her sophomore release Willa has kept herself busy
outside of music. In 2005 she hosted the first season of the fighting
competition reality TV show The Ultimate Fighter. After the shows
finale Willa got a shot at being the 2005s summers guest doll for the
Las Vegas Pussycat Dolls show.
In 2006 she was one of the four celebrity quarterbacks for the Dallas
Desires in the third Lingerie Bowl which was shown on pay-per-view
during halftime of Super Bowl XL. In
the May 2006 issue of Stuff Magazine, Willa ranked 48 in the supplement 101
Sexiest Online Women.- Actress
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Ann Sothern's film career started as an extra in 1927. Originally a
redhead, she began to bleach her hair blonde for comedy roles. After working at MGM and on Broadway, Ann was signed by Columbia
Pictures for Let's Fall in Love (1933). The next year she would work with Eddie Cantor in his
hit Kid Millions (1934). For the next two years, Ann would appear in a number of
"B" pictures until she was dropped by Columbia in 1936. She then went
to RKO, where the quality of her films did not improve. She appeared in
a series of "B' pictures movies with Gene Raymond, but her career was going
nowhere. In 1938 she left RKO and played the tart in Trade Winds (1938), which got
her a contract at MGM. She was given the lead in a "B" comedy about a
brassy, energetic showgirl not salesgirl--originally intended for
Jean Harlow--that wound up becoming a huge hit and spawned a series of
sequels that ran until 1947: Maisie (1939). Ann also appeared in such well
received features as Brother Orchid (1940), Cry 'Havoc' (1943) and A Letter to Three Wives (1949). After 1950 the roles
dried up and Ann turned to television and another hit series, playing
the meddlesome Susie in the 1953 series Private Secretary (1953). The series was
canceled in 1957 and Ann came back in The Ann Sothern Show (1958), which ran from 1958 to
1961. In 1965, she would be the voice of the 1928 Porter in the camp
classic My Mother the Car (1965). While the 1970s and 1980s were relatively quiet for
Ann, she would be nominated for an Academy Award for her role as the
neighbor of Lillian Gish and Bette Davis in The Whales of August (1987).- Actor
- Cinematographer
- Additional Crew
Seymour Cassel, the veteran character actor who was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role as the hippie swinger Chet in John Cassavetes' Faces (1968), studied acting at the American Theatre Wing and at the Actors Studio. He made his movie debut in Cassavetes' first film, Shadows (1958), on which he also served as associate producer.
Seymour Joseph Cassel was born on January 22, 1935 in Detroit, Michigan, to Pancretia Ann (Kearney), a performer, and Seymour Joseph Cassel, who owned a night club. His father was of Russian Jewish and German Jewish descent, and his mother was of Irish heritage. Cassel's early career was tied to Cassavetes, who himself had a flourishing career as an actor on television and in major Hollywood productions in addition to becoming, arguably, the first great independent movie director after the collapse of the studio system in the late 1950s/early 1960s. As for Cassel, after his uncredited role in "Shadows," he co-starred with Cassavetes in The Webster Boy (1962) and Too Late Blues (1961) before winding up in support of his friend in Don Siegel's drama The Killers (1964), a movie shot for TV that had to be released theatrically due to its heightened violence (it was also Ronald Reagan's last movie). Cassel primarily made his living on TV in the 1960s, frequently typecast as beatniks and hippies. He had a supporting role in the Cassavetes-directed episode "A Pair of Boots" (1962) for The Lloyd Bridges Show (1962) as well as appearing on such popular programs as 12 O'Clock High (1964), Combat! (1962) and The F.B.I. (1965) before scoring with his aging hippie in "Faces" at the end of that tumultuous decade.
Along with "Shadows," "Faces" remained his favorite Cassavettes film. In addition to acting, Cassel was also a crew member on the film, as the technical staff numbered all of seven. He helped shoot the film as a second cameraman, as well as adjusting the lighting. As the film was financed by Cassavettes himself, there were no union regulations to deal with, nor a studio schedule to keep.
Several of Cassavettes' films were shot in continuity, so the actors could develop a character in sequence--similar to stage acting--rather than the traditional method of film making, which is shot out of sequence. Cassel had stated that this technique enhanced the success of his works by eliminating the "fourth wall" between the audience and the actors. He believed that acting tells the film's story, not the images and that what is important is how the audience relates to the characters on screen.
As their careers matured, Cassel also co-starred with Cassavetes in two TV movies, Nightside (1973) and Nightside (1973) and appeared in supporting roles in three more Cassavetes-directed films: The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976), Opening Night (1977) and Love Streams (1984).
In addition to appearing in studio films, Cassel remained prominent in the American independent film community since the death of his friend and collaborator. He contributed a cameo appearance in the directorial debut of Steve Buscemi (with whom he appeared as a co-star in the black comedy In the Soup (1992)), Trees Lounge (1996), and has appeared in three films by Wes Anderson: Rushmore (1998), The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) and
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004).
Cassel was prized by independent directors for two things: his positive nature, and his (perhaps) facetious declaration that he'd be in any independent film for the price of a plane ticket if he liked the script.
He died on April 7, 2019 in Los Angeles, California.- Actor
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Conrad Veidt attended the Sophiengymnasium (secondary school) in the
Schoeneberg district of Berlin, and graduated without a diploma in
1912, last in his class of 13. Conrad liked animals, theater, cinema,
fast cars, pastries, thunderstorms, gardening, swimming and golfing. He
disliked heights, flying, the number 17, wearing ties, pudding and
interviews. A star of early German cinema, he became a sensation in
1920 with his role as the murderous somnambulist Cesare in
Robert Wiene's masterpiece
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920).
Other prominent roles in German silent films included
Different from the Others (1919)
and
Waxworks (1924).
His third wife, Ilona (nicknamed Lily), was Jewish, although he himself
wasn't. However, whenever he had to state his ethnic background on
forms to get a job, he wrote: "Jude" (Jew). He and Lily fled Germany in
1933 after the rise to power of
Adolf Hitler, and he became a British
citizen in 1939. Universal Pictures head
Carl Laemmle personally chose Veidt to play
Dracula in a film to be directed by Paul Leni
based on a successful New York stage play: "Dracula". Ultimately,
Bela Lugosi got the role, and
Tod Browning directed the film,
Dracula (1931). In his last German film,
F.P.1 Doesn't Answer (1932),
Veidt sang a song called "Where the Lighthouse Shines Across the Bay."
Although the record was considered a flop in 1933, the song became a
hit almost 50 years later, when, in 1980, DJ
Terry Wogan played it as a request on the
Radio 2 breakfast show. That single playing generated numerous phone
calls, and shortly thereafter the song appeared on a British
compilation album called "Movie Star Memories" - a collection of songs
from 1930s-era films compiled from EMI archives. The album was released
by World Records Ltd., and is now out of print but can still be ordered
online ("Where the Lighthouse Shines Across the Bay" is track 4 on side
2). Veidt appeared in Germany's first talking picture,
Bride 68 (1929),
and made only one color picture,
The Thief of Bagdad (1940),
filmed in England and Hollywood. His most famous role was as Gestapo
Maj. Strasser in the classic
Casablanca (1942); although he was not
the star of the picture, he was the highest paid actor. He died while
playing golf, and on the death certificate his name is misspelled as
"Hanz Walter Conrad Veidt". Because he had been blacklisted in Nazi
Germany, there was no official announcement there of his death. His
ex-wife, Felicitas, and daughter Viola, in Switzerland, heard about it
on the radio.- Actress
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Violet Ramis was born on 22 January 1977 in New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for Caddyshack (1980), Stuart Saves His Family (1995) and Behind Closed Doors (2016).- Brian McCardie was born in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. He is an actor, known for Time (2021), Filth (2013) and Rob Roy (1995).
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David Wark Griffith was born in rural Kentucky to Jacob "Roaring Jake"
Griffith, a former Confederate Army colonel and Civil War veteran. Young
Griffith grew up with his father's romantic war stories and
melodramatic nineteenth-century literature that were to eventually shape his movies. In 1897
Griffith set out to pursue a career both acting and writing for the
theater, but for the most part was unsuccessful. Reluctantly, he agreed
to act in the new motion picture medium for
Edwin S. Porter at the Edison Company.
Griffith was eventually offered a job at the financially struggling
American Mutoscope & Biograph Co., where he directed over four hundred
and fifty short films, experimenting with the story-telling techniques
he would later perfect in his epic
The Birth of a Nation (1915).
Griffith and his personal cinematographer
G.W. Bitzer collaborated to create and
perfect such cinematic devices as the flashback, the iris shot, the
mask and cross-cutting. In the years following "Birth", Griffith never
again saw the same monumental success as his signature film and, in
1931, his increasing failures forced his retirement. Though hailed for
his vision in narrative film-making, he was similarly criticized for
his blatant racism. Griffith died in Los Angeles in 1948, one of the
most dichotomous figures in film history.- Producer
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Guy Fieri was born on 22 January 1968 in Columbus, Ohio, USA. He is a producer and actor, known for Diners, Drive-ins and Dives (2006), The War with Grandpa (2020) and Alex Vs. America (2022). He has been married to Lori Fieri since 1995. They have two children.- Actor
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Brad Hoss was born on 22 January 1982 in Mentor, Ohio, USA. He is an actor and cinematographer, known for Hyenas (2011), The Joy of Painting from Home with Stephanie Beatriz (2020) and See You on the Other Side (2010). He has been married to Stephanie Beatriz since 6 October 2018. They have one child.- Actor
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Lee Joon-young was born on 22 January 1997. He is an actor, known for D.P. (2021), Good Casting (2020) and Badland Hunters (2024).- Actor
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Michael Cristofer was awarded a Pulitzer Prize and an Antoinette Perry
"Tony" Award for the Broadway production of his play, The Shadow Box.
Other plays include Breaking Up (Primary Stages), ICE, (Manhattan
Theatre Club); Black Angel, (Circle Repertory Company); The Lady and
the Clarinet starring Stockard Channing, Amazing Grace starring
Marsha Mason and Man in the Ring, the story of prize fighter Emile Griffith,
which received the American Theater Critics Award for best
American play in 2017.
Mr. Cristofer's film work includes the screenplays for
The Shadow Box (1980) directed by Paul Newman (Golden Globe Award, Emmy
nomination), Falling in Love (1984), with Meryl Streep and Robert DeNiro, The Witches of Eastwick (1987) with Jack Nicholson, The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990) directed by Brian De Palma, Breaking Up (1997) starring Russell Crowe and
Salma Hayek, Georgia O'Keeffe (2009) (Writers Guild Award) with Joan Allen and
Jeremy Irons, Casanova (2005) starring Heath Ledger, and Chuck (2016) starring Liev Schreiber.
His directing credits include Gia (1998), for HBO Pictures starring Angelina Jolie, Mercedes Ruehl, and Faye Dunaway, which was nominated for 5 Emmys and for which he won
a Director's Guild Award. He next directed Body Shots (1999) for New Line
Cinema and Original Sin (2001) starring Antonio Banderas.
For eight years he
worked as co-artistic director of River Arts Repertory in Woodstock,
N.Y., where he wrote stage adaptations of the films Love Me Or Leave Me
and the legendary Casablanca, directed Joanne Woodward in his own
adaptation of Ibsen's Ghosts and produced the American premier of
Edward Albee's Three Tall Women - a production which later moved to
Off-Broadway. His most recent works for the theater are in workshop at
the Actor's Studio where he is a member. After a fifteen year hiatus, Mr. Cristofer has returned to his acting career appearing in Romeo and Juliet (NY Shakespeare Festival), Trumpery by Peter Parnell, Three
Sisters (Williamstown Theater), Body of Water with Christine Lahti, and
the acclaimed Broadway revival of A View from the Bridge with Liev
Schreiber and Scarlett Johansson.
His film work includes The Girl in the Book (2015), The Other Woman (2009) with Natalie Portman and Michel Franco's Chronic with Tim Roth. He created the role of Gus in Tony Kushner's The Intelligent
Homosexual... at the Public Theater and starred in Stephen Belber's
Don't Go Gentle at MCC Theater. He appeared as the infamous Truxton
Spangler in the AMC series Rubicon (2010) and was recently seen in the NBC series, Smash (2012),
American Horror Story (2011), Showtime's Ray Donovan (2013). On the USA Network series, Mr. Robot (2015), he plays Evil Corp CEO, Philip Price.- Writer
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Justin Hurwitz was born on 22 January 1985 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for La La Land (2016), First Man (2018) and Whiplash (2014).- Actor
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Michael Kopsa was a Canadian actor and voice artist. He was known for playing Ned Cecil from Fantastic Four, Paul Klein from Watchmen and voiced Beast from X-Men: Evolution, Commander Volcott O'Huey from Galaxy Angel and Char Aznable from Mobile Suit Gundam. He died in October 2022, aged 66, from a brain tumor.- Actress
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Diana Douglas was born on 22 January 1923 in Devonshire, Bermuda. She was an actress, known for Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987), Remington Steele (1982) and The Whistle at Eaton Falls (1951). She was married to Donald Albert Webster, Bill Darrid and Kirk Douglas. She died on 3 July 2015 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
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Dan Finnerty was born in Rochester, New York, USA. Dan is an actor and producer, known for The Hangover (2009), Family Switch (2023) and Drake: Falling Back (2022). Dan has been married to Kathy Najimy since 8 August 1995. They have one child.- Mexican American bilingual actress Katie Barberi is arguably one of the most recognizable telenovela stars
of her time. Since beginning her career at 10 years of age, Katie has enjoyed a successful career in both
English speaking and Spanish speaking television on a global level.
At eight years of age, Katie knew she wanted to be an actress and a singer. By the age of nine, Katie had
appeared in "Macbeth" and "La Boheme" in the Children's Chorus of The Nevada Opera Company.
At ten years of age, Katie quickly began acting professionally in Los Angeles in television, film and on
stage, with her first project being Lillian Hellman's "Watch on the Rhine".
In her teen years, she had the opportunity to do starring roles in three Disney films: "Spooner", "Appearances", and "Not Quite Human II", opposite Robert Urich, Ernest Borgnine and Alan Thicke. Guest starring roles included debuting in network television opposite Jason Bateman in "It's Your Move", and opposite Michael Landon in his final made for TV movie, "Us" She played Maria Delucci in a recurring role in the NBC series "The Bronx Zoo". At fifteen, Katie starred opposite Anthony Newley and Mackenzie Astin in the now cult classic film "The Garbage Pail Kids Movie".
Katie moved to Mexico City in 1994, and starred in such record-breaking telenovelas as "Alguna Vez Tendremos Alas" opposite Kate del Castillo, "El Privilegio de Amar", "Por Tu Amor", and "Salome" for the Mexico City-based studio, Televisa.
She then starred in such Telemundo mega hits as "Doña Barbara" and "Eva La Trailera", opposite her dear friends, the late Edith Gonzalez and Vanessa Bauche, Bella Calamidades, and Mi Corazon Insiste opposite Jen Carlos Canela and Ana Layevska.
Katie starred for three seasons and 200 Episodes as Úrsula on the hit Nickelodeon Latin America
television series "Grachi". She then completed four seasons of the hit Nickelodeon series, "Every Witch
Way", which aired on Nickelodeon prime time, reprising the role she made famous in "Grachi".
Recent turns in United States television include starring and guest starring roles on "Burn Notice" opposite Sharon Gless, the USA Network pilot "The Arrangement" opposite John Pankow, the pilot "The Blexicans" opposite Rick Najera and Marla Gibbs, and playing the CEO of the gas company, Brenda McKinney, in Season 8 of "Chicago Fire".
She has starred in several premiere stage productions in the United States and Mexico, including the rock
opera "Dracula", "Equus", "I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change" and the critically acclaimed comedy
"Sweet Fifteen" at the San Diego Repertory Theatre, ending its initial run in 2006. In 2018, Katie was very excited to return to the stage in "Hundreds and Hundreds of Stars" at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago. In 2019, also in Chicago, she starred in the world premiere of "The Abuelas" at Victory Gardens. In 2022, Katie fulfilled a dream of starring in Lin Manuel Miranda's "In the Heights" as the feisty and loving matriarch of the Rosario family, Camila.
Also in 2022, Katie filmed the post-apocalyptical film short "Power Day", written and directed by Chris Edgar, and an as yet untitled series for Paramount Plus, premiering in 2023.
Katie was a proud member of the SagAftra negotiating committee for the first Spanish speaking television
contract in United States history. She is repped in Los Angeles by Newman/Thomas Management, and in Mexico by BluTalent.
Instagram: @therealkatiebarberi
Twitter: @katiebarberi - Nick first became interested in acting when his mom pushed him to audition for a community theater production of "Pirates of Penzance". Nick was cast as a pirate and instantly fell in love with the stage. He began studying acting on weekends and taking theatre and jazz performance in high school. When he and his entire family were selected for a national WalMart/Sony PS2 commercial, Nick realized he preferred the camera to the stage. Despite being offered a full academic scholarship to a university, Nick decided to move to Los Angeles to pursue his love of film and television. He does not regret his decision.
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The son of an affluent architect, Eisenstein attended the Institute of
Civil Engineering in Petrograd as a young man. With the fall of the
tsar in 1917, he worked as an engineer for the Red Army. In the
following years, Eisenstein joined up with the Moscow Proletkult
Theater as a set designer and then director. The Proletkult's director,
Vsevolod Meyerhold, became a big influence on Eisenstein, introducing him to the
concept of biomechanics, or conditioned spontaneity. Eisenstein
furthered Meyerhold's theory with his own "montage of attractions"--a
sequence of pictures whose total emotion effect is greater than the sum
of its parts. He later theorized that this style of editing worked in a
similar fashion to Marx's dialectic. Though Eisenstein wanted to make
films for the common man, his intense use of symbolism and metaphor in
what he called "intellectual montage" sometimes lost his audience.
Though he made only seven films in his career, he and his theoretical
writings demonstrated how film could move beyond its nineteenth-century
predecessor--Victorian theatre-- to create abstract concepts with
concrete images.- Nancy Priddy was born on 22 January 1941 in South Bend, Indiana, USA. She is an actress, known for The Sweetest Thing (2002), Bad Moms (2016) and The Waltons (1972). She was previously married to Robert Applegate.
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Summer Qing is a native of Beijing, and graduated from Beijing Film
Academy's renowned performing division. She made an attention-grabbing
film debut as the female lead in Kaige Chen's
1990 Cannes Film Festival-competing
Life on a String (1991), about a pair of blind musicians in a rural village.
Qing's naturalistic performance contributed greatly to the film, which
cemented Chen's reputation as one of the foremost international
filmmakers. Soon after, she played the lead in the film of another
acclaimed director, Zifeng Ling's Kuang
(Crazy), and was nominated for Best Actress at one of China's top film
awards, the Hundred Flowers awards. The TV series, "Close to Forbidden
City", then shot her to fame across the country as a sweet-natured
ingénue.
In 1996, she starred in the Chinese historical epic,
The Emperor's Shadow (1996) (The Emperor's Shadow),
which is a fictionalized account of China's first emperor and his
relationship with a court musician. In official competition at the San
Sebastian Film Festival, the film was widely recognized for its vast
scope and breathtaking visuals. Qing's leading men were
You Ge, one of China's most popular actors today,
and Jiang Wen, the internationally renowned
actor and director. Testament to her popularity then was Disney's
choice to have her voice the part of Mulan (1998), an important Chinese folk
figure, in the dubbed Chinese version of their 1998 worldwide hit
animated movie. That period also saw her play memorable parts in such
TV series as Sun Rise in the East, Rain in the West and Coming and
Going. Most Chinese TV audiences remember her from the 2000 big-budget
China Central Television landmark production of
Xiao ao jiang hu (2001) (The
Legendary Swordsman), which was based on a popular martial arts novel
by Louis Cha.
She continued to play regularly in films and TV series over the course
of the next decade. In 2007, she was featured in the Hong Kong action
movie, Flash Point (2007), which was a
box-office hit across Asia. Most memorably, she played the pivotal part
of Soong Ching-ling, wife of Sun Yat-sen and an honored historical
figure known to every Chinese person, in the hugely successful 2009
film The Founding of a Republic (2009). The
film was made to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the People's
Republic of China and produced by China Film Group and DMG
Entertainment, which is also one of the producers behind Looper. For
that role, she won a Hundred Flowers Award for Best Supporting Actress.
She won the same prize at the Macau International Film Festival.
In 2011, Qing joined the cast of Looper (2012). Director
Rian Johnson acclaimed her as the perfect
figure for Chinese women. Qing worked with
Bruce Willis,
Joseph Gordon-Levitt and
Emily Blunt in her first Hollywood
production. Looper got released worldwide on September 28th, 2012.- Actress
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Mary Castle was born on 22 January 1931 in Pampa, Texas, USA. She was an actress, known for The Lawless Breed (1952), Stories of the Century (1954) and Gunsmoke (1953). She was married to Edward Frezza, Wayne Cote and William Grant. She died on 29 April 1998 in Palm Springs, California, USA.- Actress
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Abi Tucker was born on 22 January 1973 in Australia. She is an actress, known for Heartbreak High (1994), McLeod's Daughters (2001) and The Secret Life of Us (2001).- Actress
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A Hong Kong Oscar winner and daughter of martial arts legend 'Pei-pei
Cheng', Eugenia Yuan started out her career not as an actress, but as a
champion rhythmic gymnast for the U.S. Olympic Team. Eventually, career
switching from an athlete to on-screen ingénue, Eugenia made her screen
debut co-starring with her mother in the martial arts picture _Flying
Dragon, Leaping Tiger (2002). She caught the eye of movie executives on
both sides of world who offered to groom to take inherit her mother's
kung fu crown. Eugenia opted instead to co-star in the dark, low-budget
feature Charlotte Sometimes which garnered an honor at the Independent
Spirit Awards and was publicly championed by national film critic
Roger Ebert and featured in his own film
festival. Eugenia returned to Hong Kong to star in the feature
collection of three dramatic shorts by heavy weight local directors
entitled Three... Extremes where she nabbed the Hong Kong Film Award as
"Best Newcomer" (Hong Kong's equivalent of the Academy Awards). Soon
after, Hollywood director Doug Liman
hand-picked her for the title role of the cult hit mockumentary Mail
Order Wife (2004)), which brought her to national attention when she
was named as a "Rising Star/Screen Acting Discovery" by the Hamptons
International Film Festival where the film premiered. She was later
nominated for Hong Kong's prestigious Golden Horse Award for her
starring role in The Eye 2 (2004) and
made memorable turns in John Dahl's
The Great Raid (2005) and, most
recently, the Oscar-winning Memoirs of a Geisha. Eugenia continues to
shuttle back and forth between Los Angeles, New York, and Hong Kong to
take Studio, Chinese-language and American independent roles alike
including the 2007 Gotham Awards winning film Choking Man. She also
co-stars with Hong Kong icon 'Tony Leung Ka Fai' in the Hong Kong
thriller _Zhan. gu (2007). Most recently Eugenia has starred in the
Martin Scorsese feature at the Toronto Film Festival, Revenge of the
Green Dragons and is wrapping Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon 2.- Actor
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Steve Perry was born on 22 January 1949 in Hanford, California, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for Independent Lens (1999), The Losers (2010) and Tron: Legacy (2010).- Director
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Began her career directing music videos for acts like Tone Loc, Depeche
Mode, Indigo Girls, NWA, Hanson and Sonic Youth and made her first feature in 92 with
Guncrazy starring Drew Barrymore. Ms Barrymore received a Golden Globe
Nomination. She then went on to direct feature films starring Chris
Rock-CB4, Adam Sandler in Billy Madison, Dave Chappelle in Half Baked, Britney Spears in Crossroads and most recently, 13: The Musical for Netflix. She is also known for her documentary work on Jean Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child and The Punk Singer about Kathleen Hanna. After having 2 kids with her husband Mike D of the Beastie Boys she started a career in Television has directed on shows such as Grey's Anatomy, Dead To Me, The Politician and P Valley. She directed the pilot for High School Musical: The Musical: The Series. She continues to work in documentaries, episodic television and feature films.- Rishi Nair was born on 22 January 1991 in Ealing, London, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Treason (2022), Brian and Charles (2022) and Hollyoaks (1995).