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Halle Maria Berry was born Maria Halle Berry on August 14, 1966 in Cleveland, Ohio and raised in Oakwood, Ohio to Judith Ann Berry (née Hawkins), a psychiatric nurse & Jerome Jesse Berry, a hospital attendant. Her father was African-American and her mother is of mostly English and German descent. Halle first came into the spotlight at seventeen years when she won the Miss Teen All-American Pageant, representing the state of Ohio in 1985 and, a year later in 1986, when she was the first runner-up in the Miss U.S.A. Pageant. After participating in the pageant, Halle became a model. It eventually led to her first weekly TV series, 1989's Living Dolls (1989), where she soon gained a reputation for her on-set tenacity, preferring to "live" her roles and remaining in character even when the cameras stopped rolling. It paid off though when she reportedly refused to bathe for several days before starting work on her role as a crack addict in Spike Lee's Jungle Fever (1991) because the role provided her big screen breakthrough. The following year, she was cast as Eddie Murphy's love interest in Boomerang (1992), one of the few times that Murphy was evenly matched on screen. In 1994, Berry gained a youthful following for her performance as sexy secretary "Sharon Stone" in The Flintstones (1994). She next had a highly publicized starring role with Jessica Lange in the adoption drama Losing Isaiah (1995). Though the movie received mixed reviews, Berry didn't let that slow her down, and continued down her path to super-stardom.
In 1998, she received critical success when she starred as a street smart young woman who takes up with a struggling politician in Warren Beatty's Bulworth (1998). The following year, she won even greater acclaim for her role as actress Dorothy Dandridge in made-for-cable's Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999), for which she won a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a TV Movie/Mini-Series. In 2000, she received box office success in X-Men (2000) in which she played "Storm", a mutant who has the ability to control the weather. In 2001, she starred in the thriller Swordfish (2001), and became the first African-American to win Best Actress at the Academy Awards, for her role as a grieving mother in the drama Monster's Ball (2001).- Actress
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Milena Markovna "Mila" Kunis is a Ukrainian-American actress born to a Jewish family in Chernivtsi, Ukraine.
Her mother, Elvira, is a physics teacher, her father, Mark Kunis, is a mechanical engineer, and she has an older brother named Michael. Her family moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1991. After attending one semester of college between gigs, she realized that she wanted to act for the rest of her life. She started acting when she was nine years old, when her father heard about an acting class on the radio and decided to enroll Mila in it. There, she met her future agent. Her first gig was when she played a character named Melinda in Make a Wish, Molly (1995). From there, her career skyrocketed into big-budget films.
Although she is mostly known for playing Jackie Burkhart on That '70s Show (1998), she has shown the world that she can do so much more. Since 1999, she provided the voice of self-conscious daughter Meg Griffin on the animated sitcom Family Guy (1999). Her breakthrough film was Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008), in which she played a free-spirited character named Rachel Jansen. She has since starred or co-starred in the films Max Payne (2008), The Book of Eli (2010), Black Swan (2010), Friends with Benefits (2011), Ted (2012) and Oz the Great and Powerful (2013).
Mila Kunis is married to actor Ashton Kutcher, with whom she has two children.- Actress
- Producer
Marcia Gay Harden was born on August 14, 1959, in La Jolla, California, the third of five children. Her mother, Beverly (Bushfield), was a homemaker, and her father, Thad Harold Harden, was in the military. The family relocated often -- she first became interested in the theatre when the family was living in Greece, and she had attended plays in Athens. Harden began her college education at American universities in Europe and returned to the US to complete her studies at the University of Texas in 1983; went on to earn an MFA at NYU, and, thereafter, embarked on her acting career.
Although she had acted in a movie as early as 1986, in the little-known The Imagemaker (1986), her first mainstream role, coming alongside some TV movie work, was as a sultry femme fatale in the Coen Brothers' cleverly offbeat homage to the gangster movie, Miller's Crossing (1990). Harden received good reviews for her sultry performance as Verna, a seductive, trouble-making moll. Harden thereafter worked steadily in supporting roles, including the portrayal of Ava Gardner in Sinatra (1992), a television biopic about Frank Sinatra. Harden also worked in the theater and, in 1993, was part of the Broadway cast of Tony Kushner's "Angels in America", playing Harper, the alienated wife of a closeted gay man. It was a demanding dramatic role, and Harden won acclaim for her work, including a Tony award nomination. She returned to movie making in the mid-1990s, continuing to turn in superb supporting performances in films and television.
Harden's road to success was a long one, her work generally being overlooked because the productions were either critically panned or ignored by audiences. However, it was just a matter of time before Harden got a chance to truly show her quality on-screen, and that time came in 2000, with Ed Harris's Pollock (2000), in which she played Lee Krasner, artist and long-suffering wife of Jackson Pollock. Harden's performance was deeply moving and unforgettable and earned her the Oscar and New York Film Critic's Circle awards for best supporting actress. Continuing to work prolifically in features and television, she earned another Oscar nomination in 2003 for her supporting role in Clint Eastwood's Mystic River (2003), Harden having earlier worked with Eastwood in 2000's Space Cowboys (2000).
Harden's work often makes otherwise mediocre productions worth watching, fully inhabiting any character she portrays. She was married to Thaddaeus Scheel, with whom she worked on The Spitfire Grill (1996), from 1996 to 2012. The couple have three children, a daughter Eulala Scheel, and twins Julitta and Hudson.- Actress
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- Soundtrack
Brianna Caitlin Hildebrand is an American actress from Texas widely known for portraying Negasonic Teenage Warhead, an X-Man with the best name ever from the Deadpool film series alongside Ryan Reynolds. She also played Aurora Decker-Morningstar in the Netflix series Lucifer, Sadie Cunningham from Tragedy Girls and Brynn from Playing with Fire.- Director
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Wim Wenders is an Oscar-nominated German filmmaker who was born Ernst
Wilhelm Wenders on August 14, 1945 in Düsseldorf, which then was
located in the British Occupation Zone of what became the
Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Federal Republic of Germany, known
colloquially as West Germany until reunification). At university,
Wenders originally studied to become a physician before switching to
philosophy before terminating his studies in 1965. Moving to Paris, he
intended to become a painter.
He fell in love with the cinema but failed to gain admission to the
French national film school. He supported himself as an engraver while
attending movie houses. Upon his return to West Germany in 1967, he was
employed by United Artists at its Düsseldorf office before he was
accepted by the University of Television and Film Munich school for its
autumn 1967 semester, where he remained until 1970. While attending
film school, he worked as a newspaper film critic. In addition to
shorts, he made a feature film as part of his studies,
Summer in the City (1971).
Wenders gained recognition as part of the German New Wave of the 1970s.
Other directors that were part of the New German Cinema were
Rainer Werner Fassbinder and
Werner Herzog. His second feature, a film
made from Peter Handke's novel
The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick (1972),
brought him acclaim, as did
Alice in the Cities (1974)
and Kings of the Road (1976). It
was his 1977 feature
The American Friend (1977)
("The American Friend"), starring
Dennis Hopper as
Patricia Highsmith's anti-hero Tom
Ripley, that represented his international breakthrough. He was
nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 1977 Cannes Film Festival for "The
American Friend", which was cited as Best Foreign Film by the National
Board of Review in the United States.
Francis Ford Coppola, as producer,
gave Wenders the chance to direct in America, but
Hammett (1982) (1982) was a critical and
commercial failure. However, his American-made
Paris, Texas (1984) (1984) received
critical hosannas, winning three awards at Cannes, including the Palme
d'Or, and Wenders won a BAFTA for best director. "Paris, Texas" was a
prelude to his greatest success, 1987's
Wings of Desire (1987)
("Wings of Desire"), which he made back in Germany. The film brought
him the best director award at Cannes and was a solid hit, even
spawning an egregious Hollywood remake.
Wenders followed it up with a critical and commercial flop in 1991,
Until the End of the World (1991)
("Until the End of the World"), though
Faraway, So Close! (1993)
won the Grand Prize of the Jury at Cannes. Still, is reputation as a
feature film director never quite recovered in the United States after
the bomb that was "Until the End of the World." Since the mid-1990s,
Wenders has distinguished himself as a non-fiction filmmaker, directing
several highly acclaimed documentaries, most notably
Buena Vista Social Club (1999)
and Pina (2011), both of which brought him
Oscar nominations.- Writer
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Steve Martin was born on August 14, 1945 in Waco, Texas, USA as Stephen Glenn Martin to Mary Lee (née Stewart; 1913-2002) and Glenn Vernon Martin (1914-1997), a real estate salesman and aspiring actor. He was raised in Inglewood and Garden Grove in California. In 1960, he got a job at the Magic shop of Disney's Fantasyland, and while there he learned magic, juggling, and creating balloon animals. At Santa Ana College, he took classes in drama and English poetry. He also took part in comedies and other productions at the Bird Cage Theatre, and joined a comedy troupe at Knott's Berry Farm. He attended California State University as a philosophy major, but in 1967 transferred to UCLA as a theatre major.
His writing career began on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1967), winning him an Emmy Award. Between 1967 and 1973, he also wrote for many other shows, including The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour (1969) and The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour (1971). He also appeared on talk shows and comedy shows in the late 1960s and early 1970s. In 1972, he first appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962), doing stand-up several times each year, and even guest hosting a few years later. In 1976, he served for the first time as guest-host on Saturday Night Live (1975). By 2016, he has guest-hosted 15 times, which is one less than Alec Baldwin's record, and also appeared 12 other times on SNL.
In 1977, he released his first comedy album, a platinum selling "Let's Get Small". He followed it with "A Wild and Crazy Guy" (1978), which sold more than a million copies. Both albums went on to win Grammys for Best Comedy Recording. This is when he performed in arenas in front of tens of thousands of people, and begun his movie career, which was always his goal. His first major role was in the short film, The Absent-Minded Waiter (1977), which he also wrote. His star value was established in The Jerk (1979), which was co-written by Martin, and directed by Carl Reiner. The film earned more than $100 million on a $4 million budget. He also starred in Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982), The Man with Two Brains (1983), and All of Me (1984), all directed by Reiner. To avoid being typecast as a comedian, he wanted do more dramatic roles, starring in Pennies from Heaven (1981), a film remake of Dennis Potter's 1978 series. Unfortunately, it was a financial failure.
He also starred in John Landis's Three Amigos! (1986), co-written by himself, opposite Martin Short and Chevy Chase. That year, he also appeared in the musical horror comedy, Little Shop of Horrors (1986) opposite Rick Moranis. Next year, he starred in Roxanne (1987), co-written by himself, and in John Hughes' Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987), opposite John Candy. His other films include Parenthood (1989) and My Blue Heaven (1990), both opposite Moranis. In 1991, he wrote and starred in L.A. Story (1991), about a weatherman who searches meaning in his life and love in Los Angeles. It also starred his then-wife, Victoria Tennant. Same year, Father of the Bride (1991) was so successful that a 1995 sequel followed.
During the 1990s, he continued to play more dramatic roles, in Grand Canyon (1991), playing a traumatized movie producer, in Leap of Faith (1992), playing a fake faith healer, in A Simple Twist of Fate (1994), playing a betrayed man adopting a baby, and in David Mamet's thriller The Spanish Prisoner (1997). Other, more comedic roles include in HouseSitter (1992) and The Out-of-Towners (1999), opposite Goldie Hawn, in Nora Ephron's Mixed Nuts (1994), and in Bowfinger (1999), written by himself and co-starring Eddie Murphy. After Bowfinger, he starred in Bringing Down the House (2003) and Cheaper by the Dozen (2003), both earning more than $130 million. He wrote and starred in Shopgirl (2005), and appeared in the sequel of Cheaper by the Dozen. After them, he appeared in The Pink Panther (2006) and The Pink Panther 2 (2009), which he both co-wrote, as Inspector Clouseau.
He continues to do movies, more recently appearing in The Big Year (2011), Home (2015), and Love the Coopers (2015). Besides aforementioned, he has been an avid art collector since 1968, written plays, written for The New Yorker, written a well-received memoir (Born Standing Up), written a novel (An Object of Beauty; 2010), hosted the Academy Awards three times, released a Grammy award winning music album (The Crow: New Songs for the 5-String Banjo; 2009), and another album (Love Has Come For You; 2013) with Edie Brickell. Since 2007, he has been married to Anne Stringfield, with whom he has a daughter.- Actress
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Catherine was born in London, but she moved to California with her Iranian mother at the age of two. Her mother still acts as her personal assistant. As a girl, she acted in various TV advertisements. She went to UCLA to study biology/ pre-medicine, but she dropped out to become a model in Japan. She moved back into acting with a Mexican commercial for American Express, and then she followed that up by being Isabella Rossellini's nude body double in Death Becomes Her (1992), when she also met her future husband,
Adam Beason, who was the director's Robert Zemeckis's assistant. As of 2018, the two reside near Los Angeles with their daughter Gemma Beason and son Ronan Beason.- Actress
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Emmanuelle Béart was born August 14,
1963, in Gassin, France. She lived with her mother, brothers, and
sister on a farm not far from Saint-Tropez in Provence
(southern France), because her father, singer and poet
Guy Béart, did not want his children to be
affected by the glamour world of Paris. When Emmanuelle was thirteen, she saw
Romy Schneider in the movie
Mado (1976). From that time on, she wanted
to be an actress. In Emmanuelle's teens, her parents sent her to
Montreal, Quebec, Canada, for four years, so she could learn English.
There, she was engaged for a
Robert Altman movie that was never
made. After returning to France, she took drama classes and got her
first TV role, in
Raison perdue (1984).
David Hamilton, the
photographer/director, was impressed by her beauty and gave her a role
in First Desires (1983). She
met her spouse-to-be, Daniel Auteuil,
while making
Love on the Quiet (1985). The
film that made her famous in France was
Manon of the Spring (1986), in
which she played the role of a blonde shepherd dancing nude in the
fields. Director Tom McLoughlin
chose her out of 5,000 candidates for her first Hollywood picture,
Date with an Angel (1987).
Emmanuelle is a very sensitive and a perfectionist. For the part of
Camille in the film
A Heart in Winter (1992), she
took violin lessons for a whole year. Her biggest success was as a nude
model in the art film
La Belle Noiseuse (1991),
which starred Michel Piccoli and was
directed by Jacques Rivette.- Actor
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Christopher Gorham was born in Fresno, California, USA. He is an actor and director, known for The Lincoln Lawyer (2022), Insatiable (2018) and Covert Affairs (2010). He has been married to Anel Lopez Gorham since 22 January 2000. They have three children.- Actress
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Susan Saint James was a lovely and slightly loony TV successor to
Shirley MacLaine. Her mildly kooky and
clumsy free spirits came into vogue during the "free love" era of the late
'60s.
Of German, Irish and English ancestry, Saint James was born Susan Jane Miller in Los Angeles on August 14, 1946, to Charles Daniel Miller, a businessman, and Constance Geiger Miller. Both her mother and grandmother were schoolteachers. Raised in Rockford, Illinois, Susan was a model briefly during her teens in both the U.S. and France. She later attended the Connecticut College for Women.
Luck in Hollywood came almost immediately to her when she landed a seven-year contract with Universal Studios. As if that wasn't enough, her very first TV job would be a plum "girl Friday" role on a TV movie pilot starring ultra-cool Anthony Franciosa and sexy femme fatale Jill St. John.
As an eager but awkward amateur sleuth in the whodunnit crime mystery Fame Is the Name of the Game (1966), audiences immediately took to Susan as the editorial assistant to investigative reporter Franciosa who snooped way too much and often found herself in life-threatening circumstances. Saint James would continue her role as Peggy Maxwell when the series was picked up. The Name of the Game (1968), with its revolving trio of stars Anthony Franciosa, Robert Stack and Gene Barry, became a hit and Susan earned three Emmy nominations, copping the trophy on her first try during the 1968-69 season.
Cleverly downplaying her sexy allure and model good looks for a more down-to-earth appeal, Susan also had a fun
recurring role as an equally klutzy thief who complicates things for
Robert Wagner's suave cat burglar
in It Takes a Thief (1968). She hit her TV peak, however, as Police Commissioner
Rock Hudson's plucky wife in
McMillan & Wife (1971) from
1971 to 1976, her character still managing to get into her usual share
of danger and trouble. She earned three more Emmy nominations.
Having gotten her feet wet on the big screen with a few featured/co-star roles in the private eye drama P.J. (1967), the convent comedy Where Angels Go Trouble Follows! (1968), and the crime thriller Jigsaw (1968), Susan earned particular notice in the '70s with the action comedy Outlaw Blues (1977) opposite Peter Fonda, the cult Dracula spoof Love at First Bite (1979) opposite George Hamilton, and the female buddy crime caper How to Beat the High Cost of Living (1980) with Jane Curtin and Jessica Lange. Surprisingly, none of these were the foundation for a lasting movie career.
Wisely, Susan returned to her comfy TV series format co-starring (again) with Jane Curtin in the liberal-minded sitcom Kate & Allie (1984), which lasted five seasons. She earned two additional Emmy nominations playing an adventurous libber versus Curtin's more conservative character. Saint James also thrived on TV movie comedies and dramas with several vehicles, including Magic Carpet (1972), Desperate Women (1978), Night Cries (1978), The Girls in the Office (1979), The Kid from Nowhere (1982) and I Take These Men (1983) coming her way.
Saint James chose to back away from the limelight following the cancellation of Kate & Allie (1984). Moving to Connecticut, she devoted her time to raising a family and dedicating herself to charity work, notably the Special Olympics, for which she served on the board of directors. Since then, she has received several honors as a spokesperson for volunteerism.
In later years, Susan appeared infrequently on talk shows (David Letterman, Oprah Winfrey) and in rare guest star parts on such shows as "M*A*S*H." She went on to grace the first episode of The Drew Carey Show (1995), in which niece Christa Miller was a co-star. More recently, she has been seen on episodes of the TV series "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" and "Suits" and had a recurring role on several 2020 episodes of "Upland." In 2008, Susan received a star on the Walk of Fame for her TV work.
Formerly married to writer/producer Richard Neubert and makeup artist Tom Lucas, Saint James is married to NBC executive Dick Ebersol, best known for his work on Saturday Night Live (1975). She is the mother of five children, two by Lucas and three by Ebersol.- Actor
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Best known for playing Karl Heisenberg in Capcom's RESIDENT EVIL VILLAGE and Elijah Kamski and Gavin Reed in Quantic Dream's DETROIT: BECOME HUMAN, Neil Newbon has been working in Performance Capture and Voice Over in games, television and films for over 14 years, appearing in over 100 properties.
Neil most recently starred as lead companion Astarion in Larian Studios' highly anticipated Dungeons and Dragons based RPG BALDUR'S GATE 3, Isaac Johnson in Frontier Developments DELIVER US MARS, Nicholai and Nemesis in RESIDENT EVIL 3: NEMESIS and lead Ape Bryn in PLANET OF THE APES: LAST FRONTIER. This year Neil can be seen portraying the talking Norg fish "Fibonacci" in Digital Extremes latest WARFRAME update, Whispers In The Walls.
He began his formal training at the internationally acclaimed National Youth Theatre, the company that launched the careers of Daniel Craig, Daniel Day-Lewis and Chiwetel Ejiofor. Neil went on to study Method Acting, the work of Yat Malmgren and many other craft techniques with the renowned Giles Foreman Centre of Acting. His professional career began at the Royal Court, Bloomsbury Theatre and Edinburgh Fringe Festival as well as the Soho Theatre with the National Film and Television School.
In addition to being a Professional Actor, Voice Artist, Martial Arts and Combat/Stunts professional, Neil works as a Performance and Action Director and recently completed his seventh game property, a AAA game which is still under NDA. His Directing credits include: BALDUR'S GATE 3 (Performance Capture), DELIVER US MARS (Performance Director), TOTAL WAR: THREE KINGDOMS (Action Director) and BORDERLANDS 3 'SO HAPPY TOGETHER' Trailer (Performance Director) SECRETS OF CIVILISATION (Action Director and Stunt Coordinator). Neil Produces and Directs through his company Performance Captured Productions, which specializes in Directing, Casting and Performance Capture. The company recently completed its ninth co-production.
Neil is also the Founder of the Performance Captured Academy, which mentors new performers, game development artists and directors for full performance in games, through which he has personally mentored hundreds of students and emerging game talent worldwide over the last nine years.- Actor
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Lamorne Morris is an American actor, comedian and television
personality. He is best known for playing Winston in the Fox sitcom New
Girl. As a game show host, he hosted the Cartoon Network game show
BrainRush. He also worked for BET in the past. He is Originally from
Chicago, before wanting to become an actor, Morris wanted to be a
basketball player. Morris studied at College of DuPage.- Actor
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Jose Coronado was born on 14 August 1957 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain. He is an actor, known for The Body (2012), No Rest for the Wicked (2011) and The Vault (2021).- Actress
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Miranda Rae Mayo is an American actress and singer songwriter originally from Fresno, California. After high school graduation, she relocated to Los Angeles to pursue her career full-time - and it didn't take long for Hollywood to take note.
Shortly after arriving in LA, she starred as Reece Shebani on BET's popular series The Game (2006), and Zoe Browning on Days of Our Lives (1965). She went on to star as Talia Sandoval in ABC Family's hit series Pretty Little Liars (2010). In the summer of 2015, she guest starred as Vera Machiado on the critically acclaimed HBO series, True Detective (2014) and was a series regular on the ABC drama series Blood & Oil (2015) starring Don Johnson and Chace Crawford, where she played Lacey Briggs, Don Johnson's illegitimate daughter. Critics and audiences fell in love with her, praising her fierce character and singling her out, as an actress "you don't want to miss."
She can be seen on Dick Wolf's hit NBC drama series Chicago Fire (2012) as Stella Kidd, a funny, fearless and brazen firefighter who joined Firehouse 51. The inspiration for which was drawn from real-life firehouses that feature two female firefighters.
Her motion picture roles include We Are Your Friends (2015) and a leading role as the sassy model and muse Rose, in Wes Craven's final film (as producer) The Girl in the Photographs (2015), which premiered to a sold-out crowd at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival.
When not working, she stays active by running, cycling and practicing yoga. She is an avid music lover, playing cello, piano, singing and writing her own music. Whenever she finds time can be found at various jazz clubs listening to songs made famous by some of her favorite musicians such as John Coltrane, Herbie Hancock, and Billie Holiday. She is an aspiring philanthropist and donates to the following organizations: Reading for Kids, Peace Action West, Amnesty International, and Angel City Pit Bulls.- Actor
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Elder brother of the director John Ford and himself a screen director
(and John's erstwhile mentor) until the advent of sound. He had also
acted in his own films and those of other directors, but turned to
acting exclusively circa 1929. As actor, he would provide convincing
portrayals of men of authority - men sometimes ruthless if not
downright unsavory. (See him as the Republican judge in his brother
John's The Informer (1935).) But he also had an ample feel for light comedy. (See
him in John's The Quiet Man (1952), as the village elder who - almost in the manner
of slapstick - rouses himself from his very deathbed to witness the
film's donnybrook dénouement.)- Actress
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Cassi Thomson is an Australian-born American actress and singer, known for her recurring role as Cara Lynn Walker in the television series Big Love and for her role as Nikki Papagus on the series Switched at Birth. Thomson was born in Queensland, Australia. She lived on a ranch in Vanuatu until she was 5 years old after which her family moved to New Haven, Missouri, in the United States. She is now living in Los Angeles, California. Thomson works in the music industry, where she is a singer-songwriter.- Actor
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For over 3 decades Scott Michael Campbell has appeared in countless television shows including, (but not limited to): ER*, Nothing Sacred*, House, Boston Legal, Masters of Sex, 24, Criminal Minds, The Shield, Grey's Anatomy, Dexter, CSI, The West Wing, NCIS, Supernatural, Castle, Suits*, Longmire*, Southland, Code Black, Hawaii 5-0, Hell On Wheels, Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac & The Notorious B.I.G*, This Is Us*, Magnum P.I., Shameless*, For All Mankind*, and most recently, the Emmy nominated limited series for Hulu & Disney, 'Under The Banner Of Heaven* as Brigham Young [ * indicating where his character is recurring ].
Scott's extensive repertoire of film credits began with when he debuted onto the big screen in George Lucas' Radioland Murders in 1994. He has also starred in Hart's War, Bulworth, Flubber, the 2004 remake of Flight of the Phoenix, Brokeback Mountain, Brothers Three: An American Gothic, A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, Crazy: The Hank Garland Story, Smell of Success, Push, A Good Day to Die Hard, Small Town Saturday Night, Ticket Out, The Wedding Pact 1 & 2 & most recently Dead Wrong [ only to name a few ].
In addition to delivering numerous memorable performances on screen, Scott has also been recognized & won awards for his work behind scenes directing, producing, and writing. In the community, Scott shares his support for different organizations including Lupus LA, where he continues to advocate as one of their Celebrity Ambassadors. Scott also serves on the Advisory Board for California Police Youth Charities .- Brenda Benet, born Brenda Ann Nelson in Los Angeles, California, on
August 14, 1945, was a classic example of the modern-day Hollywood
tragedy. As a television actress with good dramatic scope, she managed
to piece together a wide and impressive portfolio of guest shots in a
career spanning just over 16 years before taking her life at the age of
36. She spent her childhood and early teenage years feeling awkward and
self-conscious because her complexion was darker than those of her
siblings. Because of this, she felt that she did not fit in with her
family, and often fantasized about being adopted.
Brenda attended UCLA for a brief time, majoring in languages. In 1962
she entered show business; her breakthrough role came in 1964 when she
was selected to play the part of Jill McComb in
The Young Marrieds (1964).
After that came stints on various comedy and drama series in the '60s
and '70s, usually playing ethnic, exotic types. She was probably best
known for her role as the kind-hearted prostitute in
Walking Tall (1973). During this
time she married and divorced actor
Paul Petersen. She began a
relationship with Bill Bixby and moved in
with him in 1969, and they married in 1971. By the late '70s, however,
they were divorced.
Brenda retired from the business in the mid-'70s to raise a family, and
in late 1974 she gave birth to a boy, Christopher Sean Bixby.
Tragically, Christopher died in 1981 during a winter ski vacation in
California. It was believed that this and her divorce from Bixby were
the events which caused Brenda's life to spin out of control. On April
7, 1982, Brenda went into the bathroom of her West Los Angeles home,
lit and arranged some candles in a circle on the floor and lay down.
She then placed a Colt .38-cal. revolver into her mouth and pulled the
trigger. She died instantly. - Actor
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Jamie Sives was born on 14 August 1973 in Lochend, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself (2002), Valhalla Rising (2009) and Mean Machine (2001).- Actor
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Peter Franzén is one of Finland's most accomplished actors and has had a successful career both nationally and internationally.
He was born in Northern Finland, Kemi, close to the Arctic Circle in Lapland.
Peter has been true to his craft as an actor for almost 30 years and he has worked in over 50 movies earning him three Jussi Awards (Finland's national film prize) and a total of seven nominations, also international Awards.
His film credits include for example: "The Gunman" opposite Sean Penn and Javier Bardem,
Finnish controversial films "Heart of a Lion" and "Open Up To Me", which was nominated for the Nordic Council Film prize. Another Feature film "Purge" was Finland's official selection for the Academy Awards.
Peter's most recent feature film is "Meander" (France 2020.)
TV-credits: Franzén enjoyed tremendously working in the "Vikings"-series (2016-2019, History Channel, HBO), portraying king Harald Finehair. "Working and living and in Ireland has been one of the absolute highlights of my career."
His latest TV-work includes the new series "Wheel of Time" (2019-2020 Sony Pictures Television, Amazon Studios)
In 2013 Franzén made his feature directorial debut with his film "Above Dark Waters." The film opened in his native Finland and is based on a semi-autobiographical 2010 novel of the same name. Peter also adapted and wrote the Screenplay. The film was selected as the Finnish entry for the Golden Globes, in 2013.
Franzén recently published his third Novel, "The Broken Wheel Ranch" (Särkyneen pyörän karjatila).
He lives in France.- Jennifer Flavin was born on 14 August 1968 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Rocky V (1990), The No Name Gang and Stallone: Frank, That Is (2021). She has been married to Sylvester Stallone since 17 May 1997. They have three children.
- Carl Lumbly is an actor respected for his steadfast talent, versatility and class. His prolific career includes over 150 credits in theatre, film, television and voiceover, with extensive critical acclaim for his work.
A familiar face on television, Lumbly's most recent memorable appearance was in Marvel's "The Falcon and the Winter Soldier," for Disney+. The veteran actor played Marvel's forgotten super-solider, 'Isaiah Bradley,' arguably, the original Captain America. Most recently, Marvel Studios' President Kevin Feige announced at D23 Expo 2022 that Lumbly will return in the role of 'Isaiah Bradley' in the feature length version, "Captain America: New World Order," which will hit movie theaters on May 3, 2024.
For the big screen, Lumbly played a pivotal role in Warner Bros.' supernatural thriller, Stephen King's "Doctor Sleep," the imaginative continuation of "The Shining" storyline. He starred as 'Dick Hallorann,' the role originally played by Scatman Crothers. The gripping film was directed by Mike Flanagan from his own screenplay based upon King's best-selling novel.
Lumbly has reunited with Mike Flanagan in his highly anticipated upcoming horror miniseries for Netflix, "The Fall of the House of Usher," based on various works from Edgar Allan Poe. In his initial casting announcement for "Usher," Flanagan tweeted: Rounding out our first wave, as Poe's legendary investigator C. Auguste Dupin, we are so honored to welcome back one of my favorite past collaborators, the extraordinary... CARL LUMBLY."
The busy actor has also recently landed a recurring role on Netflix's upcoming one-hour action/comedy series, "Obliterated," from the creators of "Cobra Kai." It follows the story of an elite Special Forces team who thwarts a deadly threat to Las Vegas, only to discover after a wild celebratory party that a bomb they deactivated was a fake. Lumbly plays CIA Director 'James Langdon.'
Lumbly portrayed CIA agent 'Marcus Dixon,' the gentle, mild-mannered field partner to agent 'Sydney Bristow' (Jennifer Garner) for five seasons on ABC's hit drama series, "Alias." He also previously starred in FOX's drama series "M.A.N.T.I.S," playing an independently wealthy paraplegic scientist/crimefighter, marking the first black superhero on series television.
He had a recurring role as classic DC character M'yrnn J'onzz, the father of J'onn J'onzz the Martian Manhunter on The CW television series "Supergirl." He previously voiced action hero J'onn J'onzz/Martian Manhunter in the Cartoon Network's animated series "Justice League." The busy actor also recently had recurring roles on NBC's "This Is Us," CBS' "S.W.A.T.," Showtime's "The Chi" and CBS' "NCIS: Los Angeles," along with guest-starring roles on CBS' "God Friended Me," Netflix's "Altered Carbon" and HISTORY's military action drama, "Six."
Lumbly recently appeared in award-winning filmmaker Stanley Nelson's "Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool," which received a Grammy Award nomination in the category of "Best Music Film." He voiced the iconic jazz musician in this feature-length documentary that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and screened theatrically to wide acclaim. Produced by American Masters, "Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool" made its television debut nationwide on February 2020 on PBS, in honor of Black History Month.
His impressive feature credits include a role opposite Robert De Niro and Cuba Gooding Jr. in "Men of Honor," portraying the father of the first black diver in U.S. Navy history. In "Everybody's All-American" with Jessica Lange and Dennis Quaid, he starred as a former football player affected by the segregated South. Other film credits include "How Stella Got Her Groove Back," "South Central," "Pacific Heights," "To Sleep With Anger," "The Bedroom Window," "The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai," "Caveman," "Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation," and director Gore Verbinski's supernatural horror feature, "A Cure for Wellness."
Lumbly, the son of Jamaican immigrants Carrol and Ida, was raised with three sisters in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Like many immigrants, his parents stressed education and reading, as the gateway to respect, success and achievement. A self-described 'library geek to this day,' Lumbly worked in libraries to earn money and have ready access to the larger worlds of literature, world history and art, which inspired his early appreciation for literature. An English major in college, Lumbly's first love was writing. He worked as a journalist in Minneapolis, early on. Through a series of 'happy accidents,' he took a short break from writing and worked in a political -satire comedy theatre. After a couple of years, Lumbly moved to San Francisco intending to continue his work as a journalist for the Associated Press. Just two days after arriving, he came across a newspaper ad seeking "two black actors for South African political plays." He went to the audition and met the other actor already cast -- an unknown Danny Glover. He landed the part and toured with Glover in productions of Athol Fugard's "Sizwe Bansi is Dead" and "The Island."
The plays brought Lumbly to Los Angeles, where he signed with an agent, followed by a move to New York. He landed his first significant on-screen role in a movie-of-the-week, "Cagney and Lacey," which turned into the hit series. More importantly, CBS cast the beautiful and talented actress, Vonetta McGee, as his wife on the show. They fell in love, married and had a beautiful son, Brandon and a beautiful life together. Lumbly starred as 'Detective Marcus Petrie' for the show's seven-year run.
Lumbly's versatility spans a range of characters, from his NAACP Image Award-nominated work in TNT's "Buffalo Soldiers," produced by Danny Glover, to a wealthy, black entrepreneur in "Oprah Winfrey Presents: The Wedding," starring opposite Halle Berry. He starred in the Showtime telefilm "Just a Dream," directed by Glover. He also starred in the telefilms "Color of Friendship," "Little Richard," "On Promised Land," "The Ditchdigger's Daughters," "Nightjohn" and "Sounder," ABC's telefilm remake of the 1972 classic. Of his critically acclaimed performance in "Sounder," the Houston Chronicle stated, "Carl Lumbly plays 'Father', and his performance is a stunner: Dignity and anguish come together to touch your heart."
His additional television credits include a recurring role on the TNT cop drama, "Southland," where he played old-school, no-nonsense LAPD Captain 'Joel Rucker.' He appeared in the ensemble cast of A&E's suspense series "The Returned" and has made numerous guest-starring appearances on such popular television series as "NCIS," "Criminal Minds," "Chuck," "Grey's Anatomy," "Cold Case," "Battlestar Galactica," "The West Wing," "ER" and "The X-Files."
For the stage, Lumbly received glowing reviews for his 2015 performance of 'Pops Washington' in "Between Riverside and Crazy" at the American Conservatory Theater (ACT) in San Francisco. States the Huffington Post, "Pops is portrayed with torrents of fury and flashes of gentleness by the marvelous Carl Lumbly. He is one of seven characters in Stephen Adly Guirgis's play, which won this year's Pulitzer Prize for drama, but he provides the fuel that energizes all."
In 2013, Lumbly starred Off-Broadway at Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre in New York's Pershing Square Signature Center in "stop. reset," directed by Regina Taylor. "stop. reset." tells the story of 'Alex Ames' (Lumbly), the owner of Chicago's oldest African American book publishing company.
He starred in the Lorraine Hansberry Theatre's (LHT) 2012 production of British playwright Joe Penhall's comedy drama "Blue/Orange" in San Francisco. He was featured in the San Francisco Playhouse's 2010 production of Cormac McCarthy's "Sunset Limited." In 2007, he starred in the SF Playhouse's production of "Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train," directed by Bill English. For his remarkable performance, he was honored with a San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Award for Best Performance by an Actor.
Lumbly works out regularly to keep in shape for his demanding roles. In his free time, he enjoys writing, long walks and playing basketball. Carl is a Leo. That's about all... - Ben Bass was born on 14 August 1968 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He is an actor, known for Rookie Blue (2010), Burden of Truth (2018) and Would Be Kings (2008). He was previously married to Laura Carswell.
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Adrian Lester CBE was born on August 14, 1968 in Birmingham, England. He is a multi award winning actor and director, known for seven seasons of the hit TV show Hustle (2004), The Day After Tomorrow (2004) and Primary Colors (1998) and his extensive classical work in the theatre playing Othello, Henry V, Rosalind and Hamlet to name but a few. He is married to actress and writer Lolita Chakrabarti. They have two children.- Additional Crew
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TERRY NOTARY began taking gymnastics class at the age of eight and by the time he graduated high school was the top collegiate pick with athletic scholarships to Berkeley, West Point, Stanford and UCLA. While at UCLA, Notary was a four-time NCAA All American and captain of the gymnastics team. Upon graduating with a major in theater, he was immediately recruited by the Cirque du Soleil, where he and 10 other performers from around the world assembled to form Cirque's prestigious 'troupe maison'. For 9 months they work-shopped in Montreal and created the show "Mystere'. Notary performed in the acclaimed production for four years, as a lead character and acrobat on the teeter board, Chinese poles and trampoline as well as a musician on the Taiko drums.
Terry and his wife moved to New York where he was cast in eight different productions at the Metropolitan Opera and worked alongside talents such as Placido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti. Simultaneously, Notary formed a circus production where he served as the creative director.
Terry and his wife moved to Los Angeles when he was requested by Ron Howard to help create the world of Whoville for his upcoming film 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas'. Howard then requested Terry to teach the actors movement and thus Terry's career in the film industry began.
Through Terry's seventeen year career, he has become an actor, director, creature performer, animal movement specialist, movement choreographer and stunt coordinator who has worked with the industry's leading directors, including, Ron Howard, James Cameron, Peter Jackson and Steven Spielberg. As a movement choreographer, Notary works extensively with cast to design and develop the signature character that is within a specific actor.
Notary has served as movement choreographer and performed in a slate of films on the cutting edge of performance capture. He will next be seen in The Lion King, Avengers: Infinity War and Jungle Book: Origins. In addition to choreographing and appearing in Jungle Book, Notary also served as its 2nd unit director. Other films in which he appears and served as movement choreographer include Avatar, The Hobbit trilogy, The Incredible Hulk, Rise of the Silver Surfer, The Adventures of Tintin, The BFG, Warcraft and Suicide Squad. Notary recently played the iconic character, Kong in Kong: Skull Island and also previously portrayed the alpha chimp Rocket in Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, and the upcoming War for the Planet of the Apes where he also served as the stunt coordinator and movement choreographer for the ape-playing cast.
Terry also enjoys teaching master class movement workshops around the world.- Actress
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Rising star Marsai Martin, at just 18-years-old, is already on course to be a whirlwind sensation. At the age of five she landed her first national commercial and shortly after relocating to Los Angeles, she was cast as Diane Johnson on the ABC Emmy-nominated hit comedy Black-ish (2014). Alongside an all-star cast, the young starlet has stolen the hearts of viewers who tune in every week to see her hilarious and witty antics on the show. Her work on the show has earned her 9 NAACP Image Awards and 3 BET Awards. At the age of 10 she conceptualized and pitched a movie idea to Will Packer and Universal which became the feature film, Little (2019), which also earned her 2 more NAACP Image Awards. As the star and Executive Producer on the film, she has become a part of Hollywood history as the youngest person to EP a major Hollywood film. With opportunities presenting themselves daily, Marsai's excited about uplifting diverse and young voices through her production company, Genius Productions, who signed an overall deal with Universal. Genius Entertainment has expanded across all platforms including television, digital and live activation's. This past year announced projects include an interior design series for Discovery + called Remix My Space with Marsai Martin (2022) and a feature for Paramount+ partnered with The SpringHill Co and Awesomeness called Fantasy Football (2022). She recently served as an Executive Producer for Girls Inc Virtual Film Festival and co-created and produced a Gen Z financial literacy series for Verizon Media's "In The Know" called Money with Marsai Martin. Most recently you can see Marsai in the Universal/Dreamworks Animation Spirit Untamed (2021), as well as Paramount's feature film PAW Patrol: The Movie (2021).- Actress
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Multi talented Leah Purcell is a Theatre, Film and Television Actress, Singer, Director, Playwright and Author. She is the youngest of seven children of Aboriginal Australian descent. Her father was a butcher and a boxing trainer. After a difficult adolescence, looking after her sick mother who died while Leah was in her late teens, problems with alcohol and teenage motherhood, Purcell left Murgon mission and moved to Brisbane and became involved with community theatre.
In 1996 she moved to Sydney to become presenter on a music video cable television station, RED Music Channel. This was followed by roles in the ABC television series Police Rescue and Fallen Angels and the excellent Australian Drama starring Gabriel Byrne and Laura Linney, Jindabyne. She co-wrote and starred in a play called Box the Pony, which played at Sydney's Belvoir Street Theatre, the Sydney Opera House, the Queensland Performing Arts Complex (QPAC), the 1999 Edinburgh Festival and in 2000 at the Barbican Theatre in London. She then wrote and directed the documentary Black Chicks Talking, which won a 2002 Inside Film (IF) award. She appeared in the acclaimed Australian film Lantana and on stage in The Vagina Monologues. She went on to appear in three 2004 films including Somersault (starring Abbie Cornish) and The Proposition as well as playing the role of Condoleeza Rice in David Hare's play, Stuff Happens in Sydney and Melbourne.- Actress
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Jackée Harry was born in Winston-Salem,
North Carolina, and reared from the age of nine in Harlem, New York, by
her mother, Flossie. At the tender age of fourteen, Jackée landed the
lead role of the King in her school's production of The King and I.
Upon graduation from New York City's High School of Music and Art with
a distinction in Opera, Jackée attended the University of Long Island,
where she earned her B.A. degree in education.
Jackée began her career as a history teacher at Brooklyn Technical High
School but left after two years to pursue a career in acting. She
studied acting at the Henry Street Settlement on the Lower East Side
and made her professional acting debut in 1973 in Richard Wesley's
Goin' Through Changes; not long afterward, she made her Broadway debut
in A Broadway Musical as Melinda Bernard.
In 1983, Jackée made her television debut opposite Morgan Freeman in
the daytime soap opera Another World. A year later, she landed her
iconic role of Sandra Clark on the NBC sitcom 227. As the breakout star
of the series, Jackée became the first African American to win an Emmy
Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series and was
also nominated for a Golden Globe. Her performance on 227 inspired NBC
producers to create a television pilot for her entitled Jackée. After
departing 227 in 1989, she starred opposite Oprah Winfrey in the
critically acclaimed adaptation of Gloria Naylor's novel The Women of
Brewster Place.
In 1991, Jackée joined an all-star cast led by Della Reese when she
played the role of Ruth 'CoCo' Royal in The Royal Family. From
1994-1999, she starred as the adoptive mother of Tia and Tamara Mowr
and y's characters on the ABC/WB sitcom Sister, Sister, winning the
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
for two consecutive years in 1999 and 2000. Jackée also made guest
appearances on Amen, Designing Women, Dave's World, Hollywood Squares,
7th Heaven, and That's So Raven, before joining the cast of Everybody
Hates Chris in 2006.
Hollywood success did not lead Jackée to turn her back on theater; in
1994 she returned to the stage as Billie Holiday in Lady Day at
Emerson's Bar and Grill, and in 2003 she played the role of the Madam
in The Boys From Syracuse on Broadway. More recently, Jackée performed
before sold-out audiences across the nation in the J.D. Lawrence stage
play The Cleanup Woman.
More recently Jackée has starred in The First Family on Centric and has
had a recurring role on BET's Let's Stay Together.- Actor
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Joseph Marcell was born on 14 August 1948 in St. Lucia, Caribbean. He is an actor and director, known for The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990), The Exorcism of God (2021) and The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (2019). He has been married to Joyce T. Walsh since June 1995. They have one child. He was previously married to Judith M Midtby.- Actor
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Raoul Bova was born in a Roman white collar family, his father was an
employee and his mother a housewife. He has two sisters who he is close
to. His passion in his youth was swimming and he became a champion at
16. He performed his military duty in the "Bersaglieri" and he studied
at the ISEF but didn't finish in order to begin an acting career. His
first role was in "Una storia italiana", a TV movie, and his debut in
cinema was in "Piccolo grande amore" by Carlo Vanzina. He quickly
became a star in Italy. But tired of being always considered a sex
symbol unable to play deep roles, he started shooting movies a little
more complex like "Rewind" where he plays a terrorist, "I cavalieri che
fecero l'impresa" where he plays the role of a medieval man whose soul
is possessed by the devil, or "La frontiera" where he plays an Austrian
officer, or Saint Frances in "Francesco". And finally a great
Italian-Turkish director, Ferzan Özpetek, gave him the role of Lorenzo
in "Facing Windows", his most complicated and introverted character
that he portrayed with application and passion, becoming a respected
young actor rather than a sex symbol. In private life Bova is a happy
husband and father, very close to his wife and their children
Alessandro Leon and Francesco.- Actor
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James Buckley was born on 14 August 1987 in Croydon, England, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for The Inbetweeners 2 (2014), The Inbetweeners (2011) and Charlie Countryman (2013). He has been married to Clair Buckley since 2 November 2012. They have two children.- Actress
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Charlotte Nicdao was born on 14 August 1991 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. She is an actress and composer, known for Mythic Quest (2020), Please Like Me (2013) and Camp (2013).- Actress
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Susan Olsen was born on 14 August 1961 in Santa Monica, California, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for The Brady Bunch (1969), The Brady Bunch Variety Hour (1976) and Child of the '70s (2012). She was previously married to Mitch Markwell and Steve Ventimiglia.- Director
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John Hillcoat was born on 14 August 1961 in Queensland, Australia. He is a director and producer, known for The Proposition (2005), The Road (2009) and Lawless (2012).- Music Department
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James Horner began studying piano at the age of five, and trained at the Royal College of Music in London, England, before moving to California in the 1970s. After receiving a bachelor's degree in music at USC, he would go on to earn his master's degree at UCLA and teach music theory there. He later completed his Ph.D. in Music Composition and Theory at UCLA. Horner began scoring student films for the American Film Institute in the late 1970s, which paved the way for scoring assignments on a number of small-scale films. His first large, high-profile project was composing music for Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982), which would lead to numerous other film offers and opportunities to work with world-class performers such as the London Symphony Orchestra. With over 75 projects to his name, and work with people such as George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, James Cameron, Oliver Stone, and Ron Howard, Horner firmly established himself as a strong voice in the world of film scoring. In addition, Horner composed a classical concert piece in the 1980s, called "Spectral Shimmers", which was world premiered by the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. Horner passed away in a plane crash on June 22, 2015, two months short of his 62nd birthday.- Actress
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Lucinda was part of the troupe when Solid Gold's third season began,
and a short biography on her was included in press materials for the
show. However, her stint was very brief -- so brief that most Solid
Gold fans may not realize she actually danced on the show. Born and
raised in Hutchinson, Kansas, Lucinda began dancing at the age of four
and went on to major in dance at Kansas State University for two years.
As a college student, Lucinda competed in the Miss Kansas pageant,
where she won the talent division and finished third runner-up.
Lucinda then moved to Los Angeles and won a dance scholarship with the
Dupree Dance Academy. After 10 months of study at Dupree, she
auditioned for the movie Grease 2 (1982) and won a role as one of film's lead
dancers. Lucinda also appeared in the movie Ninja III: The Domination (1984), where she played a
woman possessed by the evil spirit of a ninja assassin. The movie role
she is most famous for, however, is that of Kelly (aka Special K) in
the 1984 cult film Breakin' (1984) which also featured Solid Gold dancers
Cooley Jackson and Leslie Cook.
Lucinda currently lives in California with her husband, Craig Pilligian
(who is co-executive producer of the TV show "Survivor") and their two
children, according to a July 2000 Hutchinson News article.- Actress
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Alison Thornton was born on 14 August 1999 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She is an actress and producer, known for Dare Me (2019), Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce (2014) and Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (2016).- Actress
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Whether portraying a glum, withering wallflower, a drab and dowdy
housewife, a klutzy maid or a cynical gossip, eccentric character
comedienne Alice Ghostley had the ability to draw laughs from the
skimpiest of material with a simple fret or whine. Making a name for
herself on the Tony-winning Broadway stage, her eternally forlorn looks
later evolved as an amusingly familiar plain-Jane presence on TV
sitcoms and in an occasional film or two during the 50s, 60s and 70s.
Alice was born in a whistle-stop railroad station in the tiny town of
Eve, Missouri, where her father was employed as a telegraph operator.
She grew up in various towns in the Midwest (Arkansas, Oklahoma) and
began performing from the age of 5 where she was called upon to recite
poetry, sing and tap-dance. Spurred on by a high school teacher, she
studied drama at the University of Oklahoma but eventually left in
order to pursue a career in New York with her sister Gladys.
Teaming together in an act called "The Ghostley Sisters", Alice
eventually went solo and developed her own cabaret show as a singer and
comedienne. She also toiled as a secretary to a music teacher in
exchange for singing lessons, worked as a theater usherette in order to
see free stage shows, paid her dues as a waitress, worked once for a
detective agency, and even had a stint as a patch tester for a
detergent company. No glamourpuss by any stretch of the imagination,
she built her reputation as a singing funny lady.
The short-statured, auburn-haired entertainer received her star-making
break singing the satirical ditty "The Boston Beguine" in the Broadway
stage revue "New Faces of 1952", which also showcased up-and-coming
stars Eartha Kitt,
Carol Lawrence, Hogan's Heroes
co-star Robert Clary and
Paul Lynde to whom she would be invariably
compared to what with their similarly comic demeanors. The film version
of New Faces (1954)_ featured pretty
much the same cast. She and "male counterpart" Lynde would appear
together in the same films and/or TV shows over the years.
With this momentum started, she continued on Broadway with the
short-lived musicals "Sandhog" (1954) featuring
Jack Cassidy, "Trouble in Tahiti"
(1955), "Shangri-La" (1956), again starring
Jack Cassidy, and the legit comedy
"Maybe Tuesday" (1958). A reliable sketch artist, she fared much better
on stage in the 1960s playing a number of different characterizations
in both "A Thurber Carnival" (1960), and opposite
Bert Lahr in "The Beauty Part" (1962), for
which she received a Tony nomination. She finally nabbed the Tony
trophy as "featured actress" for her wonderful work as Mavis in the
comedy play "The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window" (1965).
By this time Alice had established herself on TV. She and good friend
Kaye Ballard stole much of the proceedings
as the evil stepsisters in the classic
Julie Andrews version of
Cinderella (1957), and she
also recreated her Broadway role in a small screen adaptation of
_Shangri-La (1960) (TV)_. Although it was mighty hard to take away her
comedy instincts, she did appear in a TV production of "Twelfth Night"
as Maria opposite Maurice Evans'
Malvolio, and graced such dramatic programs as "Perry Mason" and "Naked
City", as well as the film
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962).
She kept herself in the TV limelight as a frequent panelist on such
game shows as "The Hollywood Squares" and "The Match Game".
Enjoying a number of featured roles in such lightweight comedy fare as
My Six Loves (1963) with
Debbie Reynolds,
With Six You Get Eggroll (1968)
starring Doris Day, and the
Joan Rivers starrer
Rabbit Test (1978), she also had a
small teacher role in the popular film version of
Grease (1978). Alice primarily situated
herself, however, on the sitcom circuit and appeared in a number of
recurring 'nervous Nellie" roles, topping it off as the painfully shy,
dematerializing and accident-prone witch nanny Esmeralda in
Bewitched (1964) from 1969-1972
(replacing the late Marion Lorne, who had
played bumbling Aunt Clara), and as the batty friend Bernice in
Designing Women (1986).
In 1978 Alice replaced Dorothy Loudon as
cruel Miss Hannigan in "Annie", her last Broadway stand. Alice would
play the mean-spirited scene-stealer on and off for nearly a decade in
various parts of the country. Other musicals during this time included
"Take Me Along", "Bye, Bye Birdie" (as the overbearing mother), and the
raucous revue "Nunsense".
A series of multiple strokes ended her career come the millennium and
she passed away of colon cancer on September 21, 2007. Her long-time
husband of fifty years, Italian comedic actor
Felice Orlandi died in 2003. The couple
had no children.- Actress
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Olivia Mu Sui is from China. She came to America when she was 2
years old and started dancing ballet when she was 5. As she found her
love for dance, she also found her passion for acting. She competed in
dance competitions throughout Southern California along with taking
numerous acting/improve classes. She now dances for a non-profit dance
company, still acting and working on comedy.- Jessica Sipos is of Croatian decent yet born on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Jessica's career took off with her portrayal of Jackie in the acclaimed SyFy series "Ascension." She continued to make waves in the industry with standout roles such as Tash in "Dark Matter" (SyFy), June in "Slasher" (NBC) and Cassandra in "Legends of Tomorrow" (CW). She also is seen in recurring roles on beloved series like "Wynonna Earp" (Syfy), "Charmed" (CW), "Another Life" (Netflix), Hayley in "UnReal" (Lifetime) and many seasons of the hit family drama "Chesapeake Shores" (Hallmark).
Beyond television, Jessica has made significant contributions to the film industry. Her leading role in Luke Villemaire's emotionally charged film "Goliath" garnered rave reviews. Jessica has also taken on lead roles in Dark Harbour as well as many Hallmark and Lifetime projects. - Writer
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Andrew Kevin Walker was born on 14 August 1964 in Altoona, Pennsylvania, USA. He is a writer and actor, known for The Killer (2023), Se7en (1995) and Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar (2023).- Director
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A 25-year veteran in the Hollywood exploitation field,
writer/producer/director Jim Wynorski is responsible for over 150
varied motion pictures in a myriad of genres. Leaving behind a
successful commercial business in New York, Wynorski relocated to
California in 1980 and soon found himself on the doorstep of his
childhood idol, B-film king Roger Corman.
"The rest was destiny," recounts Wynorski, who soon found himself hired
by the renowned movie mogul to cut "coming attractions" for all of the
company's new action and horror films. "It was like grasshopper
learning from the kung-fu master," says Wynorski, who claims his
six-months internship with Corman taught him more than four years at
film school.
"It wasn't long after that Corman offered me the first of many
writing/directing assignments. Some distributor wanted a flick about a
killer in a shopping mall," recalls Wynorski, "and Roger trusted me
enough to say 'come up with something good, and you can direct it."
Well, a couple days later, the director walked in with the first
treatment to a film called
Chopping Mall (1986), and the rest
was history. From then on, Jim Wynorski turned out an average of three
to five films a year as a director, and even more as a producer/writer.
Throughout the 1980s came a steady stream of wild exploitation titles
like Big Bad Mama II (1987) with
Angie Dickinson,
Not of This Earth (1988) with
Traci Lords and
The Return of Swamp Thing (1989)
with Heather Locklear. On into the
1990s, Wynorski continued to climb to the top of the B-Film mountain
with flicks like Hard Bounty (1995)
starring Kelly LeBrock,
Point of Seduction: Body Chemistry III (1994)
&
Body Chemistry 4: Full Exposure (1995)
with Shannon Tweed and
Morgan Fairchild and
Munchie (1992), which featured the first
film appearance of the then-unknown 12-year-old child actress
Jennifer Love Hewitt.
As the years peeled by and tastes changed, Jim Wynorski kept hip by
innovating new special effects techniques that landed the director no
less than seven world premieres on the Sci-Fi Channel. His credits
there include films like
Gargoyle (2004),
The Curse of the Komodo (2004),
Project Viper and
Cry of the Winged Serpent (2007).
As for the future, the 59-year-old Wynorski feels the audience for
alternative cinema made away from the studio system will continue to
grow thanks to new advances in Internet and Cable technologies. In
fact, he is in post-production on another thriller,
Vampire in Vegas (2009). "And
you can bet I'll be there," he offers with a big smile, "with some
really fun stuff." Jim has a huge following in the MidWest and is
beloved in Franklin, Indiana, Home of The B Movie Celebration.- Actress
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Misty Rosas is a dynamic and incredibly versatile artist. She is best known for her work on, The Mandalorian. She is the Performance Artist for the character, "Kuiil" in Season One (2019) and "Frog Lady" in Season Two (2020). Her performance in Season 2 led to her 2021 Hollywood Critics Association award win for her work on the television series.
She is more than a triple threat! This actress, dancer, stunt woman, motion capture artist, suit performer has created characters in blockbuster movies, television series, commercials, and the theater including: The Mandalorian, Seasons 1 & 2, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Congo, Instinct, The Country Bears, Van Helsing, Boston Legal, Sid The Science Kid, Word Party ...just to name a few!
Misty is also a singer, songwriter, and recording artist. Misty released her first full-length album of original songs entitled, "Life, Lessons, Love" in December, 2017. She received an HMMA Award nomination for the incredible music video she created for her song, "Panic Button." The music video went on to be an official selection in film festivals around the country, including The California Women's Film Festival and The New Hope Film Festival. Misty has won 2 Telly Awards for the "Panic Button" music video, including the People's Choice Award. Her song, "Paper House," released in February, 2019, received great reviews from the Indie Nation publication, as well as, Buzz Music L.A., and it earned a spot on Buzz Music's Spotify playlist. At the end of 2019, "Paper House," landed on the Buzz Music Top 10, Best of 2019, Spotify playlist! In 2021 her song, "Tell Me" from the, "Work In Progress" release landed at #1 on Spotify just a week after the EP's release.
There is a lot more to come from this dynamic artist, so stay tuned!- Actor
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Jamie Parker is an English actor and singer. He is best known for his role as Harry Potter in the original cast of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: London Show (2017), for which he received an Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Play and a WhatsOnStage Award for Best Actor in a Play. He also received a Tony Award Nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Play as a member of the original Broadway version ( The 72nd Annual Tony Awards (2018) ).
Other notable include John Dudley in Becoming Elizabeth (2022) (2022), Lt Richards in 1917 (2019) (2019); Alan Greene QC in Des (2020) (2020); Scripps in The History Boys (2006) (original stage cast and film); Shakespeare's Globe Theatre: Henry V (2013) at Shakespeare's Globe, 2012; and Sky Masterson in Guys & Dolls (Olivier nomination, Best Actor in a Musical, 2015; UK Theatre Award win, Best Performance in a Musical, 2015).
For his performance as Richard Rodgers in Rodgers & Hart & Hammerstein, recorded remotely from his home studio for BBC Radio 3, he has been shortlisted for a BBC Audio Award for Best Actor. He has made numerous other appearances in BBC audio dramas and as a BBC reader for Book at Bedtime and Book of the Week.
He has sung at the Albert Hall in two BBC Proms: Prom 30: The John Wilson Orchestra Performs Frank Sinatra (2015), 2015 singing original Nelson Riddle arrangements with Seth MacFarlane; and 'The Golden Age of Broadway', 2021.
Born in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England, Jamie Parker is an actor and singer, known for Becoming Elizabeth (2022) (2022), 1917 (2019) and Des (2020) (2020). He has been married to Deborah Crowe since 2007. They have one child.- Actor
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Chris Jenks was born on 14 August 1988. He is an actor and producer, known for Sex Education (2019), Karen Pirie (2022) and Miracle Workers (2019).- Actress
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Casey LaBow was born on 14 August 1983 in New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress and director, known for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (2012), Banshee (2013) and Skateland (2010).- Actor
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A tall, lanky and twinkle-eyed African-American actor with wonderful
onscreen charisma, Antonio Fargas has been appearing on stage and
screen for nearly 60 years as of 2021. His film debut was in Shirley Clarke's The Cool World (1963), a
gritty, uncompromising tale about African-American youth growing up in
Harlem, New York. He then made his acting presence felt in many
"blaxploitation" films of the early 1970s, including the classic
Shaft (1971), the Mafia flick Across 110th Street (1972), the ultra-violent Pam Grier vehicle
Foxy Brown (1974) and the classic tale of Huckleberry Finn (1975).
Around this time ABC-TV executives were looking for a capable actor to
play the role of golden-hearted street informant "Huggy Bear" on
Starsky and Hutch (1975), and Fargas scored the role with which he is most closely
identified. His career continued to flourish after "Starsky and Hutch"
wrapped up after four years, and he has appeared in over 50 movies to
date, many TV shows and numerous stage productions. He has played a
90-year-old witch doctor in "The Great White Hope", was in Melvin Van Peebles'
"Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death", and appeared in productions of
"The Rainmaker", "The Emperor Jones" and "Dream on Monkey Mountain". A
strong advocate of the strength and diversity of African-American
culture, Fargas holds positions on the boards of Rhode Island's Langston
Hughes Center for the Arts and The Martin Luther King Center of
Newport.- Actress
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Adrienne C. Moore was born on 14 August 1980 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. She is an actress, known for Orange Is the New Black (2013), Shaft (2019) and Pretty Hard Cases (2021).- Actor
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Olli Haaskivi was born in Cleveland, raised in Florida, schooled in Michigan (University of), and is now a happy Upper West Sider. He has acted on stage -- Off-Broadway and regionally -- in a wide variety of roles: many super geniuses, a lot of sad and sensitive boys, a couple dinosaurs, two major literary figures (Tennessee Williams and Percy Shelley), a playwright having a passionate love affair with Rafael Nadal, and Samuel L. Jackson. On television and in films, he is a member of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, has engaged in exactly one drug deal, represented a teenage murderer in court, hosted a contentious Zoom funeral during the early days of coronavirus pandemic, ran a roller coaster that Lisa Kudrow frequented, founded Nike, and tried to sell Michael Caine's house right out from under him but you can't see that scene because Zach Braff cut it. Also worth noting is that Olli spent two years on Finland's most wanted list after his father messed up his citizenship papers.- Actress
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Best known for playing the perpetually-ditzy blonde bimbo in several installments of the "Carry On" franchise, buxom Liz Fraser (born Elizabeth Joan Winch above a corner shop in south London) studied at RADA on a scholarship and first acted in repertory theatre and television before breaking into films. Her first role of note was Cynthia, the daughter of radical left-wing shop steward Fred Kite in The Boulting Brothers comedy I'm All Right Jack (1959) (the film which made Peter Sellers a star). In a second outing with Sellers, (Two Way Stretch (1960), she played his girlfriend Ethel; up next were eight guest appearances on Hancock's Half Hour (1956). By that time, her screen personae were firmly established as scatterbrained blondes or feisty gum-chewing working-class Cockneys. Though she often managed to rise above her material, the typecasting sadly continued through a series of dreadful low-brow '70s sex comedies in the 'Adventures' and 'Confessions' series, which represented a significant step-down from the "Carry Ons" and did nothing for her reputation.
Liz attempted to change her image by playing straight dramatic roles in The Family Way (1966) and Up the Junction (1968) (as the mother) and her later career prospered as a fine character actress with guest spots on The Professionals (1977), Minder (1979), Foyle's War (2002), and Midsomer Murders (1997), along with a string of successes on the West End stage. In her private life, she was known to be fond of animals, and she loved to play bridge and ladies' bowls at the exclusive Hurlingham club in Fulham. Her financial astuteness brought substantial gains at the stock market, which she in turn developed into a healthy property portfolio. She always spoke fondly of her co-stars, many of whom she regarded as her close 'mates' during the sixties, in particular Sidney James, Joan Sims, Tony Hancock and Tommy Cooper.