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Olivia Colman was born on 30 January 1974 in Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK. She is an actress and producer, known for The Favourite (2018), Tyrannosaur (2011) and The Lost Daughter (2021). She has been married to Ed Sinclair since August 2001. They have three children.- Actor
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Aaron Fors was born in Oregon City, Oregon. He was raised in Southern California, and attended Palmdale High School, graduating 6 years early, at the age of 11. Aaron began his acting career at 8 years old, appearing in guest star and recurring roles in television on Lizzie McGuire, Even Stevens, NYPD Blue, The Agency, Mad TV, The Martin Short Show, The Brothers Garcia, I'm with Her, The Closer, The OC, Zoey 101, Without a Trace, and as a series regular on Disney's U.K. Movie Surfers. He is also a voice over artist and performs on stage. Aaron has always had a passion for dialects and began attending master classes with dialect coaches Joel Goldes and Robert Easton at 10. He practices multiple forms of martial arts, (Tae Kwon Do, boxing, Kung Fu), archery, and stage fighting. Aaron is a self-admitted super geek, takes after his father in his love for biology and genetics, and is rarely seen anywhere without his Rubik's Cube. He is currently busy studying acting and working in indie features and shorts. In June 2014 he performed for the fourth time in The Blank Theatre's 22nd Annual Young Playwrights Festival.- Actor
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Adam Minarovich was born on 30 January 1977 in Houston, Texas, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for The Walking Dead (2010), Pawn Shop Chronicles (2013) and Chop (2011).- Alana has always craved the spotlight. She began her acting career at age 5. In that short time, she has worked on 3 seasons of Halt and Catch Fire for AMC, Allegiant, Dolphin Tale 2 and now Dolly Parton's Christmas of Many Colors. Alana's passion for acting is fueled by her curiosity about "how it's made" and playing someone different for each project.
When Alana's not in front of a camera, she is playing guitar, dancing, singing her heart out, or swimming with her little sister. She is extremely artistic and loves to create art and music. - Alberto Busaid was born in 1938. He was an actor, known for Seré cualquier cosa, pero te quiero (1986), Perdido por perdido (1993) and Qué absurdo es haber crecido (2000). He died on 30 January 2002 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Alejandro Sokol was born on 30 January 1960 in Hurlingham, Buenos Aires, Argentina. He died on 12 January 2009 in Río Cuarto, Córdoba, Argentina.- Actor
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London born, raised in SoCal in Palm Springs. PSHS Alum lettered in baseball, tennis and golf. Attended Georgetown University in Washington, DC for a year when he was 16. Became contract player at Universal Studios, as part of the last group to be under the long-term Hollywood contract. Played Broadway when he was 23. Starred in first film at the age of 25. Highlights of tv career include playing a US Olympic middle-distance runner in the recreation of the First Olympics: Athens 1896, playing Navy flyer aboard the USS JFK, playing Custer, Burnside. Worked with the great Spielberg three times, Garry Marshall, Elaine May, Richard Donner, Delbert Mann, J. Lee Thompson are memorable directors. Played scenes with Beatty, Walken, Hoffman, Gere, Julia Roberts, Virginia Madsen, Peter Cushing, Roddy McDowell, Kate Mulgrew. First son born when he was 31, second son born when he was 42. Played on the Celebrity Players Golf Tour from 1998 until 2006. Produced two films, including personal opus "Three Days (of Hamlet)". Has become an in demand Narrator of Audiobooks, and with his dual cultural UK/US heritage is equally comfortable with American and British accents, voices and characters. Founder/Owner of Punch Audio.- Actress
Ali Marsh was born in New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for Bull (2016), In Plain Sight (2008) and Girls (2012). She has been married to Frederick Weller since 6 September 2003. They have one child.- Producer
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Having grown up with a love for creative, genre bending television and films, such as Doctor Who and Ghostbusters, Andrew Gernhard took his love for fantastical, out-of-the-box storytelling, and turned it into a successful producing career spanning nearly two decades, creating dozens of high concept, yet mainstream accessible films of all genres.
Upon graduating from Southern Connecticut State University with a Communication degree, Andrew immediately began working in the video production field, while also producing his first feature film, Trees. A tongue-in-cheek, loving homage to Steven Spielberg's seminal thriller, Jaws, Trees quickly gained a cult following for its irreverent humor amongst B-movie fans. He followed Trees up with a more ambitious, effects driven sequel, The Root of all Evil, which led to him forming the production company, Synthetic Cinema International, the following year.
Taking advantage of the then burgeoning straight-to-video DVD market, Synthetic Cinema produced a series of economical horror films. During a time when the horror genre was saturated with Eastern inspired ghost films, and bleak torture movies, Synthetic Cinema's brand of fast paced and fun creature features stood out in the crowd, and quickly gained the attention of NBCUniversal's then brand new horror network, Chiller Network.
Sensing the waning interest in the home video market, Andrew began producing original films for Chiller Network through Synthetic Cinema. Partnering with popular comic book writer Steve Niles, best known for 30 Days of Night, he produced an adaptation of Niles' zombie graphic novel, Remains, for the network. Starring Grant Bowler and Lance Reddick, Remains was the flagship film for Chiller, and instant ratings hit. The success led to Synthetic Cinema producing half a dozen original films for the network, including Animal, a co-production with Drew Barrymore's Flower Films starring Joey Lauren Adams and rapper Eve.
In 2014, Andrew reached out to a former teacher from his high school, turned New York Times Best Selling Author, Wally Lamb, to produce a feature film adaptation of his popular novel Wishin' and Hopin' for the Lifetime Network. The project quickly gained momentum as an all-star cast signed on, including Molly Ringwald, Cheri Oteri , Meatloaf, and Chevy Chase amongst others. The film, a nostalgic coming of age Christmas film, was praised by critics and audiences alike, and has become a yearly holiday tradition for many families.
Synthetic Cinema International has continued to grow and thrive, producing numerous feature films a year in Andrew's home state of Connecticut, often employing local crew members and aiding in creating a close-knit film community. Every movie has gone on to secure distribution in numerous territories across the world, making Synthetic Cinema a go-to production house for high quality, universally enjoyable feature films.
Over the recent years, Synthetic Cinema has expanded production to international projects and has created strong working relationships with many prolific executive producers, major studios and networks such as Paramount, Netflix, NBCUniversal, SyFy, Telemundo, Lifetime, Hallmark, Disney, BET and others.- Actor
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Andy Milonakis was born on 30 January 1976 in Katonah, New York, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Waiting... (2005), Mac & Devin Go to High School (2012) and Who's Your Caddy? (2007).- Actress
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Ann Dowd was born on 30 January 1956 in Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA. She is an actress, known for Compliance (2012), Hereditary (2018) and Garden State (2004). She has been married to Lawrence Arancio since 7 November 1984. They have three children.- Anup Soni was born on 30 January 1975 in Pune, Maharashtra, India. He is an actor, known for Child Bride (2008), Tandav (2021) and Crime Patrol (2003). He has been married to Juhi Babbar since 14 March 2011.
- Ashley Buccille was born on 30 January 1986 in Orange County, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Phenomenon (1996), Dusting Cliff 7 (1997) and Baywatch Nights (1995).
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Bambadjan Bamba is an award-winning actor, filmmaker, and immigrant rights advocate. He was born in the Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire) and spent his adolescent years between Abidjan, the south Bronx, and Virginia. He studied at the Conservatory of Film and Dramatic Arts in New York City. He has worked in prominent roles on numerous hit television shows like "The Good Place," and "Grey's Anatomy," and in blockbuster films like "Black Panther," and "Suicide Squad." Bambadjan is also the owner of IvoStar Pictures an independent production company based in Los Angeles that focuses on producing African content.
In 2017 Bambadjan publicly disclosed that he was a recipient of the federal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA). Ever since Bambadjan has used his inspirational story to change the conversation around immigration. His writing was published on Variety, the Washington Post, NBC, CNN and he is a contributor in the New York Times bestseller "American Like Me: Reflections on life between cultures" by award-winning actress America Ferrera.
Bambadjan is also the recipient of the Courageous Advocate Award from the ACLU and the Courageous Luminary award from NILC (National Immigration Law Center). He gives talks at college campuses, events, and media outlets around the country. He serves as a board member for the African Artists Association. Website: Bambadjan.com- Barbara Eda-Young was born on 30 January 1945 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. She is an actress, known for Serpico (1973), The Waltons (1972) and Another World (1964).
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Belén Blanco was born in 1977 in Casbas, Guaminí, Buenos Aires, Argentina. She is an actress and director, known for El puntero (2011), Las manos (2006) and Untiteled5 (2011).- Ben Roy was born on 30 January 1984 in Twin Mountain, New Hampshire, USA. He is a producer, known for 15th Academy of Country Music Honors (2022), The Carol Burnett 50th Anniversary Special (2017) and 2021 Golden Globe Awards (2021).
- Although often seen in the St. Trinian's movies, written by Sidney Gilliat and her husband, Frank Launder, it was her role as Maid Marian in the long-running Robin Hood series that catapulted her to stardom. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955) became one of the first British Television programs to succeed in the United States, having over 30 million viewers. O'Farrell left the series in 1957 despite receiving thousands of letters asking her to stay. She was born in Birr, County Offaly, Ireland, in 1926. Her father was a bank teller, and her mother was an amateur actress. After being educated at a local convent, she was working as a secretary when she was invited to an audition by Sir Carol Reed. Through Reed, she met Frank Launder, who gave her a small part in Captain Boycott (1947) opposite Stewart Granger. After several movies, including Launder's St. Trinian's series, some stage work and Robin Hood, she starred in her last movie, The Bridal Path (1959) in 1959. She retired from acting to spend time with her family on their farm in Buckinghamshire, England, UK. She and Launder were married in 1950 and had two daughters. They would later move to Monaco and become active in local charities and stage productions. While living in Monaco, Frank suffered a serious stroke in 1989 and, finally, a fatal heart attack in 1997. Bernadette O'Farrell died on September 29, 1999, after battling with cancer.
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Bernard Gersten was born on 30 January 1923 in Newark, New Jersey, USA. He was a producer and production manager, known for American Playhouse (1980), One from the Heart (1981) and Great Performances (1971). He was married to Cora Cahan. He died on 27 April 2020 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.- Actor
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Bernard Lloyd was born on 30 January 1934 in Newport, South Wales, UK. He was an actor, known for The Young Victoria (2009), Three Steps Above Heaven (2010) and A Christmas Carol (1999). He died on 12 December 2018 in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, UK.- Boris Spassky was born on 30 January 1937 in Leningrad, USSR.
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Brett Butler (born January 30, 1958) is an American actress, writer, and stand-up comedian. She played the title role in the comedy series Grace Under Fire.
Butler was born Brett Anderson in Montgomery, Alabama, the eldest of five sisters. Before experiencing success as a stand-up comic, she worked as a cocktail waitress.
One of the first notable appearances for Butler was on Dolly Parton's ill-fated 1987 variety series, Dolly. Parton hired Butler as a writer for the remainder of the show's season, but the series was subsequently canceled after one season of lackluster ratings.
She was the star of the ABC television show Grace Under Fire from 1993 to 1998. During the show, she battled a recurring drug addiction and spent time in rehab.
Butler published her memoirs, titled Knee Deep in Paradise, in 1996. The book was started before attaining her celebrity status, and candidly addresses much of this time frame, ending the autobiography before Grace Under Fire's television debut.
In February 1998, due to her erratic behavior stemming from substance abuse, she was dismissed from the show and ABC canceled the series.
After Grace was canceled in 1998, Butler moved out of Los Angeles and onto a farm in Georgia where she lived with 15 pets. In 2008, Butler headlined at an arts fundraiser and spoke freely with a reporter about her depression, past drug addiction, television work, and current life on a farm. She also expressed interest in writing another book.
In October 2011, Butler appeared on The Rosie Show and reported being sober since 1998. A 2011 Hollywood Reporter article said that when the money ran out, she turned to a homeless shelter for cover. By this time Butler was attempting to make a career comeback, and was working on developing a reality TV show about her self-professed psychic abilities and performing at the Downtown Comedy Club in Los Angeles.
Beginning in June 2012, Butler appeared in a recurring role on the CBS soap The Young and the Restless playing ex-psychiatrist Tim Reid's girlfriend.
Butler also had a recurring role as the bartender at the restaurant that Charlie Goodson frequents in the FX show Anger Management starring Charlie Sheen.- Brian Caruso was born on 30 January 1988 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is an actor, known for Cebollitas (1997), Nueve lunas (1994) and Muñeca brava (1998).
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Cameron Brinkman was born on 30 January 1989 in Santa Monica, California, USA. He is an actor and cinematographer, known for La La Land (2016), Shameless (2011) and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015).- Chad Power was born on 30 January 1984 in Ventura County, California, USA. He is an actor, known for 3 Ninjas (1992), 3 Ninjas: Knuckle Up (1995) and Baywatch (1989).
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Charles S. Dutton was born on 30 January 1951 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Gothika (2003), Alien 3 (1992) and A Time to Kill (1996). He was previously married to Debbi Morgan.- Actor
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Born in Chicago, Illinois, Chris Jacobs grew up in the northern suburbs of Chicago with three brothers and two sisters. As a youth, he excelled in sports and theater. Chris moved to California in 1988 where he attended Whitter College, attaining a bachelor's degree in English. He also attended and graduated from Western State University School of Law and was later admitted to the state bar of California in 1995. After much thought, Chris decided to pursue acting as a career instead of law. He has numerous small screen credits, including television roles in The X-Files (1993), CSI, Touched by an Angel (1994) and Two and a Half Men (2003). He has also been seen in several feature-length films, theatre and commercial projects before landing with Overhaulin' (2004). Chris currently resides in Los Angeles and is obsessed with golf and hot rods.- Actor
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Christian Charles Philip Bale was born in Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK on January 30, 1974, to English parents Jennifer "Jenny" (James) and David Bale. His mother was a circus performer and his father, who was born in South Africa, was a commercial pilot. The family lived in different countries throughout Bale's childhood, including England, Portugal, and the United States. Bale acknowledges the constant change was one of the influences on his career choice.
His first acting job was a cereal commercial in 1983; amazingly, the next year, he debuted on the West End stage in "The Nerd". A role in the 1986 NBC mini-series Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna (1986) caught Steven Spielberg's eye, leading to Bale's well-documented role in Empire of the Sun (1987). For the range of emotions he displayed as the star of the war epic, he earned a special award by the National Board of Review for Best Performance by a Juvenile Actor.
Adjusting to fame and his difficulties with attention (he thought about quitting acting early on), Bale appeared in Kenneth Branagh's 1989 adaptation of Shakespeare's Henry V (1989) and starred as Jim Hawkins in a TV movie version of Treasure Island (1990). Bale worked consistently through the 1990s, acting and singing in Newsies (1992), Swing Kids (1993), Little Women (1994), The Portrait of a Lady (1996), The Secret Agent (1996), Metroland (1997), Velvet Goldmine (1998), All the Little Animals (1998), and A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999). Toward the end of the decade, with the rise of the Internet, Bale found himself becoming one of the most popular online celebrities around, though he, with a couple notable exceptions, maintained a private, tabloid-free mystique.
Bale roared into the next decade with a lead role in American Psycho (2000), director Mary Harron's adaptation of the controversial Bret Easton Ellis novel. In the film, Bale played a murderous Wall Street executive obsessed with his own physicality - a trait for which Bale would become a specialist. Subsequently, the 10th Anniversary issue for "Entertainment Weekly" crowned Bale one of the "Top 8 Most Powerful Cult Figures" of the past decade, citing his cult status on the Internet. EW also called Bale one of the "Most Creative People in Entertainment", and "Premiere" lauded him as one of the "Hottest Leading Men Under 30".
Bale was truly on the Hollywood radar at this time, and he turned in a range of performances in the remake Shaft (2000), Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001), the balmy Laurel Canyon (2002), and Reign of Fire (2002), a dragons-and-magic commercial misfire that has its share of defenders.
Two more cult films followed: Equilibrium (2002) and The Machinist (2004), the latter of which gained attention mainly due to Bale's physical transformation - he dropped a reported 60+ pounds for the role of a lathe operator with a secret that causes him to suffer from insomnia for over a year.
Bale's abilities to transform his body and to disappear into a character influenced the decision to cast him in Batman Begins (2005), the first chapter in Christopher Nolan's definitive trilogy that proved a dark-themed narrative could resonate with audiences worldwide. The film also resurrected a character that had been shelved by Warner Bros. after a series of demising returns, capped off by the commercial and critical failure of Batman & Robin (1997). A quiet, personal victory for Bale: he accepted the role after the passing of his father in late 2003, an event that caused him to question whether he would continue performing.
Bale segued into two indie features in the wake of Batman's phenomenal success: The New World (2005) and Harsh Times (2005). He continued working with respected independent directors in 2006's Rescue Dawn (2006), Werner Herzog's feature version of his earlier, Emmy-nominated documentary, Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997). Leading up to the second Batman film, Bale starred in The Prestige (2006), the remake of 3:10 to Yuma (2007), and a reunion with director Todd Haynes in the experimental Bob Dylan biography, I'm Not There (2007).
Anticipation for The Dark Knight (2008) was spun into unexpected heights with the tragic passing of Heath Ledger, whose performance as The Joker became the highlight of the sequel. Bale's graceful statements to the press reminded us of the days of the refined Hollywood star as the second installment exceeded the box-office performance of its predecessor.
Bale's next role was the eyebrow-raising decision to take over the role of John Connor in the Schwarzenegger-less Terminator Salvation (2009), followed by a turn as federal agent Melvin Purvis in Michael Mann's Public Enemies (2009). Both films were hits but not the blockbusters they were expected to be.
For all his acclaim and box-office triumphs, Bale would earn his first Oscar in 2011 in the wake of The Fighter (2010)'s critical and commercial success. Bale earned the Best Supporting Actor award for his portrayal of Dicky Eklund, brother to and trainer of boxer "Irish" Micky Ward, played by Mark Wahlberg. Bale again showed his ability to reshape his body with another gaunt, skeletal transformation.
Bale then turned to another auteur, Yimou Zhang, for the epic The Flowers of War (2011), in which Bale portrayed a priest trapped in the midst of the Rape of Nanking. Bale earned headlines for his attempt to visit with Chinese civil-rights activist Chen Guangcheng, which was blocked by the Chinese government.
Bale capped his role as Bruce Wayne/Batman in The Dark Knight Rises (2012); in the wake of the Aurora, Colorado tragedy, Bale made a quiet pilgrimage to the state to visit with survivors of the attack that left theatergoers dead and injured. He also starred in the thriller Out of the Furnace (2013) with Crazy Heart (2009) writer/director Scott Cooper, and the drama-comedy American Hustle (2013), reuniting with David O. Russell.
Bale will re-team with The New World (2005) director Terrence Malick for two upcoming projects: Knight of Cups (2015) and an as-yet-untitled drama.
In his personal life, he devotes time to charities including Greenpeace and the World Wildlife Foundation. He lives with his wife, Sibi Blazic, and their two children.- Christian Culkin was born on 30 January 1987. He is an actor, known for My Summer Story (1994) and The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy (2024).
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Claudia Drake was born on 30 January 1918 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Detour (1945), Enemy of Women (1944) and The Face of Marble (1946). She died on 19 October 1997 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Damian Le Bas was an actor, known for Sleeping Dogs (2013). He was married to Delaine Le Bas. He died on 9 December 2017 in Worthing, West Sussex, England, UK.
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Daniel Pérez Prada was born on 30 January 1981 in Madrid, Spain. He is an actor and director, known for Some Time Later (2018), The Countryside (2019) and Els encantats (2023).- Danielle Campbell is an American actress best known for her role as Davina Claire On the CW Original series The Originals. She has starred in other works such as the Prison Break, Starstruck, and You Can Change Your Family. She lives in New York City, where she shoots the leading role on CBS All- Access Tell Me A Story.
Campbell is primarily from Chicago, Illinois. Her parents are Georganne and John Campbell, and she has a younger brother, Jay. She was discovered in a hair salon in Chicago at the age of 10. Her first big break was as a guest star on Prison Break, appearing in five episodes. She also played the character of Darla in the 2008 movie The Poker House. In 2010, she appeared in the Disney Channel television series Zeke and Luther, portraying Dani after starring in the television movie StarStruck in the same year. But she never signed a development deal with the company. She starred in the movie Prom, released on April 29, 2011, co-starring with Nicholas Braun and Aimee Teegarden. In 2013, she received a starring role in the television series The Originals, where she portrays the role of a powerful sixteen-year-old witch named Davina. In late 2013, Campbell was announced to star in the 2015 film 16 South, alongside Luke Benward. Campbell has worked in numerous other films leading up to the 2018 SXSW premier of the Ron Howard film You Can Choose Your family.
She lives in New York City and Los Angeles. - Danilo Devizzia was born on 30 January 1948 in Necochea, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor, known for Eva Peron: The True Story (1996), La condena de Gabriel Doyle (1998) and Archivo negro (1997). He died on 19 July 2002 in Mar del Plata, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Daphne Ashbrook was born on 30 January 1963 in Long Beach, California, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Doctor Who: The Movie (1996), Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993) and JAG (1995).- Actor
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Darren Boyd was born on 30 January 1971 in Hastings, East Sussex, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Imagine Me & You (2005), Four Lions (2010) and Spy (2011). He has been married to Amanda Ashy since 24 January 2004.- Actor
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David Opatoshu was born on 30 January 1918 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Exodus (1960), Torn Curtain (1966) and One Spy Too Many (1966). He was married to Nancy Judith Rigler, Peggy O'Shea and Lillian Weinberg. He died on 30 April 1996 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
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His father was an insurance executive; his mother died when he was four. He attended Western Michigan University then worked as a statistician in Cleveland where he joined a Shakespeare repertory company. Two years later he had a minor role in "The American Way" in New York. He was rejected by the army in World War II but volunteered as an ambulance driver in North Africa. He returned to critical acclaim on Broadway (Arthur Miller, Eugene O'Neill). He was the earned a Tony award for acting ("Finian's Rainbow", 1947) for Best Featured Actor in a Musical. He moved to Los Angeles in 1977 though his movie credits go back to Portrait of Jennie (1948) and Adam's Rib (1949). Among his many television roles were a bank official in his own comedy series, Norby (1955), James Merrick, a heart patient in the episode Heartbeat (1957), the part of Inspector Queen in the Manfred Lee's Ellery Queen (1975) series and of "Digger" Barnes in Dallas (1978). In his last feature film, he played an inquisitive but slightly senile train conductor in the irreverent comedy, " Finders Keepers"(1985).- Director
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Delbert Mann, the Oscar-winning film director, was born Delbert Martin Mann Jr. in Lawrence, Kansas, in 1920. His father moved the family to Nashville, Tennesse, after taking a teaching position at Scarritt College. The young Mann graduated from Vanderbilt University, where he met his future wife, Ann Caroline Gillespie. He developed a lifelong friendship with Fred Coe, whom he met at the Nashville Community Playhouse, that would prove critical in his professional life.
After his 1941 graduation from Vanderbilt, Mann joined the Army and was assigned to the Air Corps, eventually becoming a pilot with the 8th Air Force. As a B-24 pilot with the "Mighty Eighth," Mann flew 35 bombing missions in the European Theater of Operations. After being demobilized at the end of the war, his interest changed to another type of theater, and he attended the Yale Drama School. From Yale he moved on to a directing job with the Town Theatre of Columbia, South Carolina.
His old friend Fred Coe, a producer at NBC, offered Mann the opportunity to direct live television drama on the network's The Philco Television Playhouse (1948). Mann accepted the job offer and moved to New York in 1949. For NBC he directed many dramas for the "Philco Playhouse," which later alternated its broadcasting weeks on the network with the Goodyear Playhouse (1951) and Producers' Showcase (1954) (television programs in the early days typically had one major commercial sponsor; thus, many programs from the early days bore the name of that primary sponsor). Mann directed episodes for all three showcases, including "October Story" with Julie Harris and Leslie Nielsen, "Middle of the Night" with Eva Marie Saint and E.G. Marshall, a remake of The Petrified Forest (1936) with the inevitable Humphrey Bogart (who created the role of Duke Mantee on the Broadway stage and played it in the classic 1935 film), and even two productions of William Shakespeare's "Othello" (one of which featured the unlikely Walter Matthau as Iago!).
Mann was one of the best-known graduates of "The Golden Age of Television," when live original drama was a staple of network TV. Other showcases he worked for included NBC Repertory Theatre (1949), Ford Star Jubilee (1955) and Playwrights '56 (1955). In 1953 he directed a live teleplay written by another WWII vet, Paddy Chayefsky. The episode of "Goodyear Television Playhouse" starring another vet, the up-and-coming Method actor Rod Steiger, as a lonely butcher named "Marty."
Delbert Mann's name will always be linked to the extraordinary cultural phenomenon that was "Marty," but it was as a film, not as television program, that Chayevsky's 1953 script became legendary, the first blockbuster hit of independent cinema. However, Mann's first recognition from the culture industry didn't come from Chayevsky's "Marty," either on television or film, but from Thornton Wilder's theatrical warhorse about a small burg in New Hampshire, "Our Town."
In 1954, Mann won a Best Director Emmy nomination for the "Producers' Showcase" episode "Our Town," a musical adaptation featuring the young Paul Newman and the singing talents of swinging Frank Sinatra. Ironically, the TV play of "Marty," considered the summit of TV's Golden Age in retrospect, went unrecognized during the nascent industry's awards season, though it did receive an excellent buzz via word of mouth. (The live "Marty" was captured via kinescope, a method of reproduction that involved shooting a 16-mm copy of the broadcast off of a TV monitor for rebroadcast to the West Coast in the days before coast-to-coast TV hookups, let along videotape; such programs were seldom rebroadcast after the initial showing due to the poor quality of the 'scope.) That situation would change once "Marty" moved from New York to Hollywood.
It's said that superstar Burt Lancaster and his producing partner Ben Hecht were looking for a property to generate a tax write-off for their successful indie production company, Hecht-Lancaster. That property was Marty, shot in B+W in the standard Academy ratio of 4:3 in an era when the blockbuster, like Cecil B. DeMIlle's epic remake of "The Ten Commandments," shot in color in the wide-screen processes of CinemaScope, Cinerama and VistaVision, were all the rage. (The box office gross of the 1956 "Ten Commandments," if adjusted for inflation, would rival the grosses generated by the top block busters of the present era.) Color, widescreens and spectacle were considered to be the necessary ingredients to get people out of the house where they were planted in front of the TV and back into the theaters. And here was a low-budget, B+W film with no production values and no stars based on a TV play that had appeared free on TV (Hollywood's great enemy) just two years before!
Remaking "Marty" seemed an honorable way to generate a tax-write off, so the story goes, while associating the company with quality, but Hecht-Lancaster refused to spend much money on it. The budget was limited to just under $350,000. (It's said that "Marty" was the first Oscar-winning film in which the advertising costs exceeded the budget.) Rod Steiger, who did not want to be bound contractually to Hecht-Lancaster, refused to reprise the eponymous title role, so it was turned over to Burt Lancaster's "From Here to Eternity" co-star, 'Ernest Borginine' . Having assayed Fatso Judson and other screen heavies in his brief cinema career, Borgnine had never played a sympathetic supporting character, let alone a lead, on film before.
Possibly due to its unpromising prospects, Burt Lancaster didn't bother putting his name on the picture as a producer, leaving that honor (and the Oscar that lay in "Marty's future) to Hecht. No wonder the success of "Marty" caught everyone flat-footed! It's perhaps the supreme case in Hollywood's checkered flirtation with "quality" cinema that quality not only won out, but more importantly, paid off (and paid off handsomely at that!).
The movie "Marty" was a critical success before it was a commercial success. Shown at the Cannes Film Festival in 1955, it was the first American film to win the Golden Palm (an award which, in the French manner, is shared by its director). In release, the film returned $3 million in rentals ($21 million in 2005 dollars), which was a considerable amount in the mid-1950s. More importantly for Hecht-Lancaster, its low-budget made "Marty" one of the most profitable movies ever made.
The critical recognition and boffo box office made "Marty" a sleeper at the 1956 Academy Awards, at which Mann won the Oscar as Best Director of 1955 and Chayevsky copped the Best Adapted Screenplay trophy. In addition to the original "auteurs," Ernest Borgnine won the Best Actor Oscar and Harold Hecht picked up the gong for Best Picture. Betsy Blair and Joe Mantell also received nominations in Best Supporting Acting categories, and on the technical side, "Marty" was nominated for Best B+W Cinematography (Joseph LaShelle) and Best B+W Art Direction-Set Decoration ( Ted Haworth, Walter M. Simonds, Robert Priestley). Until Sam Mendes duplicated the feat in 2000, Mann was the only director to win an Oscar for his first film.
Though he could not know it then, "Marty" was the highpoint of Mann's career. While Chayevsky went on to win two more Oscars, Mann never won another Oscar nomination, though he did pick up two more Emmy nominations in 1972 and 1980 during his productive career. More significantly, Delbert Mann had the respect of his peers: in addition to his three subsequent Directors Guild of America nominations to go along with his win for "Marty," the DGA honored him with its Robert B. Aldrich Achievement Award in 1997 and an Honorary Life Membership in 2002.- Denise D'Ascenzo was born on 30 January 1958 in East Hartford, Connecticut, USA. She was married to Wayne Cooke. She died on 7 December 2019 in Branford, Connecticut, USA.
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A Los Angeles native, Devin Sidell graduated cum laude from Princeton University and then moved back to L.A. to pursue a career in film and television, appearing as Teen Lois on "Malcolm in the Middle" and recurring as Abigail Stevens on "The O.C." She won an L.A. Weekly Award for her performance in "Land of the Tigers" at Sacred Fools Theatre and was nominated for both LADCC and Ovation Awards for the musical "The Behavior of Broadus," co-produced by Center Theatre Group. Devin has appeared in shows at the Kirk Douglas Theatre as well as on The Broad Stage opposite Josh Gad and Bryce Dallas Howard.
While attending Princeton, Devin trained in acting with New York director Roger Babb and NY Gorilla Rep Shakespeare Company's Christopher Carter Sanderson. She also trained in modern dance with NY teachers Ze'eva Cohen and Dianne Sichel, taking a masterclass with Bill T. Jones. Since returning to Los Angeles, she has worked with Brian Reise, Risa Bramon Garcia, and Ani Avetyan.
In addition to appearances on "Ray Donovan" opposite Liev Schreiber, the viral singing criminals cold open on "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" (yes, that cold open!), "NCIS," Lena Waithe's "Twenties," and B.J. Novak's "The Premise," Devin appears in Rob Zombie's horror film "31" (Sundance Film Festival) and recurs as a sketch performer on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" A carrier of the BRCA1 gene mutation with a family history of ovarian and breast cancers, Devin decided in 2017 to undergo both a preventative double mastectomy and a preventative hysterectomy/oophorectomy, earning her the label of "previvor." She is in post production on the dark comedy feature film LADY about her experience. She is a proud member of the Television Academy.- Dick Cheney was born on 30 January 1941 in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA. He has been married to Lynne Cheney since 29 August 1964. They have two children.
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Dick Martin, the comedian and television director who achieved TV immortality as the co-host of Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1967) as the comic foil to straight man Dan Rowan, was born on January 30, 1922 in Battle Creek, Michigan. The young Martin was a writer for the popular radio sit-com "Duffy's Tavern" before teaming up with Rowan in the 1950s. The duo achieved success playing the nightclub circuit and Las Vegas, leading to Martin's being cast in a recurring role on The Lucy Show (1962) as series start Lucille Ball's next door neighbor "Harry Conners" when Lucy's new series debuted in 1962, Martin remained as a regular on "Lucy" through the 1963-64 season.
As the success of their act increased, Rowan & Martin began making appearances on TV during the 1960s. In 1966, the duo were cast as the co-hosts for the The Dean Martin Summer Show (1966) on NBC. The following year, when NBC decided it wanted a new comic variety show that would have cross-generational appeal, producers Ed Friendly and George Schlatter hired Rowan & Martin to co-host a one-time special, "Laugh-In", that would serve as a pilot for the potential series. The special was a success, and Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1967) debuted the following year. It was a smash hit, proving to be one of the top-rated shows of the late 1960s, and had a huge impact on American pop culture during the first years of its five-year run. The series was canceled in 1973.
In 1969, Rowan & Martin made an attempt to recapture the small-screen magic of "Laugh-In" on the big screen, but The Maltese Bippy (1969) was a flop. After the cancellation of their series, Rowan & Martin generally parted ways, professionally, as Dan Rowan was a diabetic and limited his work. Like Rowan, Martin became a frequent panelist on game shows such as Match Game (1973). He also hosted the Mindreaders (1979) game show in 1979, but the show was not a success. Martin eventually launched a new career as a TV director, serving as the chief director of the 1980s sitcom, Newhart (1982).
On the personal front, Martin was most known for his two marriages to Playboy Playmate of the Year Dolly Read (1971-75; 1978-present). Martin's first wife was the former Peggy Connelly, by whom he had two sons, Richard Martin, Jr. and Cary Martin.- Actor
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Diego Pérez is known for El sodero de mi vida (2001), Señores Papis (2019) and Only the Strong (1993).- Actress
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Dolores Michaels was born on 30 January 1933 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. She was an actress, known for The Wayward Bus (1957), Warlock (1959) and Fräulein (1958). She was married to Bernard Woolfe and Maurice Martine. She died on 25 September 2001 in West Hollywood, California, USA.- Actor
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Domingo Di Núbila was born in 1924 in Pergamino, Provincia Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor and writer, known for La mano que aprieta (1953), La noche de Venus (1955) and Section des disparus (1956). He died on 7 February 2000 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.- Actor
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Don Brockett was born on 30 January 1930 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Silence of the Lambs (1991), Flashdance (1983) and Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (1968). He was married to Leslie Brockett. He died on 2 May 1995 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.- Producer
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Doug is Chairman of Falconer Pictures, a feature film and TV production company in Los Angeles. Doug's latest film as Producer is the southwestern suspense thriller "Wander" starring Aaron Eckhart, Oscar winner Tommy Lee Jones, Katheryn Winnick and Heather Graham. Wander was released on December 4, 2020. His next film currently shooting in British Columbia, Canada is "Dangerous" starring Scott Eastwood, Mel Gibson, Tyrese Gibson and Famke Janssen. Recent producer credits include the 2019 action thriller "Daughter of the Wolf" starring Gina Carano (Haywire, Deadpool, Fast & Furious 6) and Oscar winner Richard Dreyfuss (Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The Goodbye Girl). "Daughter of the Wolf" was nominated for three 2020 Canadian Screen Award including Best Picture. Doug's other recent producer credits include the 2017 film "Humanity Bureau" starring Oscar winner Nicolas Cage and the 2016 film "Ace the Case" starring Oscar winner Susan Sarandon. In 2019 Doug Co-Produced the feature film "Endless" along with Thunder Road Pictures (A Star is Born, John Wick) and Minds Eye Entertainment (Forsaken, The Tall Man). In 2015 Doug was Executive Producer on critically acclaimed western "Forsaken" starring Kiefer Sutherland, Donald Sutherland, Demi Moore and Brian Cox. Forsaken was an Official Selection at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival TIFF. Forsaken was nominated for five 2016 Canadian Screen Awards.
In 2011 Doug was Executive Producer on the epic film "The Warrior's Way" starring Oscar winner Jeffrey Rush, Kate Bosworth and produced by Oscar winner Barry M Osborne (Lord of the Rings). In 2009 Doug executive produced "My Bollywood Bride" starring Sex and the City's Jason Lewis. Upcoming films include Stan Lee's Annihilator, written by Dan Gilroy (Bourne Legacy), Why Should White Guys Have All the Fun?, the Reginald Lewis biopic starring Jamie Foxx, The 500, written by Angelo Pizzo (Rudy, Hoosiers) and The Magician, the Marlin Briscoe Story, written by Gregory Howard (Ali, Remember the Titans).
Although most articles written about Doug refer to him as a native of Kingston, Ontario, Canada he was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Doug's father was a member of the Canadian Armed Forces. Growing up, Doug was constantly on the move. He attended no less than 5 public schools and 2 high schools across Canada. While attending high school Doug was a 4 sport star. He participated in football, basketball, track & field and soccer. During his senior year at LaSalle Secondary School in Kingston, Ontario, Doug was the city scoring champion in both basketball and football. He was the city long jump and high jump champion that same year.
Following high school Doug went on to play basketball at St. Lawrence College. Doug was a member of the 1971-72 St. Lawrence College O.C.A.A. Eastern Division Championship team.
In 1973 Doug transferred to the University of Ottawa where he starred as a wide receiver and as a defensive back on the football team. Doug was a member of the 1975 National Championship Vanier Cup Team. The 1975 team is considered by many to be the greatest Canadian college football team ever. The 1975 undefeated Gee Gees team (11-0) still holds several team and individual CIS records. 22 players from the 1975 team were drafted into the CFL and twelve players from that 1975 University of Ottawa Gee Gee's team went on to play professional football in the CFL and NFL.
In 1976 the prestigious "Achievement Award" in recognition of Distinguished Performance in the Field of Amateur Sports was presented to Doug by the Government of the Province of Ontario. The award was presented to Doug by the Premier of Ontario, William Davis.
In 2015 Doug was inducted into the City of Ottawa Sports Hall of Fame and into the University of Ottawa Football Hall of Fame as a member of the legendary 1975 National Championship Vanier Cup Team.
Following his college career, Doug went on to play professional football in the Canadian Football League with the Ottawa Rough Riders and the Calgary Stampeders. Doug was a member of the 1976 Grey Cup Champion Ottawa Rough Riders.
Falconer moved to Los Angeles in 1981 where he helped pioneer the sport of inline hockey in California. In 1998 at the age of 47 he was captain of the NHL Breakout World Championship team, competing against teams from around the world including Canada, Sweden and USA. The Championship Trophy was awarded to Falconer and his teammates by Willie O'Ree.
In 2009 Doug established the University of Ottawa football program's first ever entrance scholarship. The scholarship has been named after the three coaches who were an inspiration to Doug while attending High School and University. The entrance bursary and is awarded annually to LaSalle Secondary School and/or a Kingston area high school student athlete planning to attend and play football at the University of Ottawa.- Dwier Brown was born on January 30, 1959 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and grew up in Sharon Center, Ohio. He is an actor best known for playing Kevin Costner's father in Field of Dreams (1989). He recently wrote a critically-acclaimed book, called "If You Build It...", a book about Fathers, Fate and Field of Dreams. He has been married to Laurie Lennon since May 31, 2009.
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Eiza González Reyna is a Mexican actress and singer. She was born on January 30, 1990 in Mexico City, Mexico, to Carlos González and Glenda Reyna. Her mother is a yesteryear Mexican model. She has one elder brother, Yulen. She lost her father in a motorcycle accident when she was just 12. Later in September 2015, she revealed that due to this trauma, she suffered from compulsive overeating and depression from 15 to 20 years of age.
Eiza studied at the 'American School Foundation' and at the 'Edron Academy', both in Mexico City. In 2003, Eiza joined Mexico City based acting school 'M & M Studio', run by renowned actress Patricia Reyes Spíndola. She attended the school till 2004. She was then allowed to take up a three years course at the renowned entertainment educational institution of Televisa, 'Centro de Educación Artística', in Mexico City, when she was 14. It was there that she got noticed by producer-director Pedro Damián.
Her real breakthrough came with an adaptation of Floricienta (2004) titled Lola: Érase una vez (2007), a Televisa produced teen-oriented Mexican melodrama telenovela. Lola: Érase una vez (2007), that premiered in Mexico on February 26, 2007, and ran for two seasons till January 11, 2008, saw her essaying the starring role of Dolores "Lola" Valente, the lead female protagonist. As a result of the huge popularity of the show, it was shown in many other countries across Latin America and the US. In spring 2008, she went to New York City with her mother to take up a three months acting course at the 'Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute' and returned to Mexico City upon its completion. That year, cosmetic brand Avon in Mexico selected her as the new face of 'Color Trend de Avon'. EMI Televisa signed a deal with her in late 2008 that led her to release her debut album 'Contracorriente' on November 24, 2009 in Mexico/Latin America through EMI Televisa Music and on January 26, 2010 in the US through Capitol Latin. The album climbed at #13 on the Mexico Top 100 Albums chart. Meanwhile, she shared screen space with Mexican actress Susana González in April 2009 in the episode Tere, desconfiada (2009) from the popular Mexican drama and psychological thriller television series Mujeres asesinas (2008). She essayed the role of Gaby, a teenage antagonist.
She then landed up with dual roles in the musical tween telenovela Sueña conmigo (2010), as the lead protagonist Clara and her alter-ego Roxy Pop. For filming of the series, she had to stay in Buenos Aires for a year since April 2010, visiting Mexico only during breaks. Produced by Televisa, Illusion Studios and Nickelodeon Latin America, Sueña conmigo (2010) aired on Nickelodeon Latin America from July 20, 2010 to April 1, 2011 covering Mexico, Argentina and other Latin American nations. The popularity of the series led the cast to perform concerts across Argentina between March and July 2011. Her second album 'Te Acordarás de Mí' released digitally on June 5, 2012. It debuted at # 66 on the México Top 100 Albums charts and peaked at #14 on the US Billboard Latin Pop Album chart. The comedy drama flick Almost Thirty (2014) that premiered at different film festivals in 2013 marked her debut on big-screen. The film however released in Mexico much later on 22nd August 2014.
Her next big role on TV was that of Nikki Brizz Balvanera, a female protagonist, in the Mexican telenovela Amores verdaderos (2012) that aired on Canal de las Estrellas from September 3, 2012 to May 12, 2013.
She then went on to play Sheila "Jetta" Burns in the 2015 film Jem and the Holograms (2015). Since 2014 she features in the American horror TV series From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series (2014) essaying the character of Santanico Pandemonium played by Salma Hayek in the original flick. The series that airs on the El Rey network marks her first English-speaking part. In February 2015, Neutrogena announced her as the newest ambassador of their skincare line. She can be seen playing the role of Darling in the action film Baby Driver (2017), released in June 2017.- Ekavali Khanna made her debut with 'Kaun kitne paani mein' directed by national award winner Nila Madhab Panda in the year 2014, the same year she worked with another national award award winning director Dr. Chandra Prakash Dwivedi in the film 'Zed Plus' as the parallel lead opposite Adil Hussein. In 2014 and 2015 she did two more films ; 'Daasdev' by Sudhir Mishra and 'Satra ko Shaadi Hai' directed by Arshad Sayed. She also did a guest appearance in 'Bollywood Diaries' directed by K.D Satyam. Her next release was in 2015, 'Dear Dad' opposite Arvind Swamy, directed by Tanuj Brahmar. In 2017 she acted in a Norwegian film, 'What will people say' directed by Iram Haq, the movie was an official entry in the Oscars 2019. In 2018, she acted in the Hollywood film 'Line of Descent', directed by Rohit Karn Batra. She also played a pivotal role in 'Veere Di Wedding, directed by Shashank Ghosh. In the same year she played a role in 'Chotte Nawab' directed by Kumud Chaudhary. 'Dark Light' directed by Mayur Hardas, 'Yaarjigri' directed by Amit Joshi, 'Anaam' directed by Ganesh Shetty and 'Aadhar' directed by Suman Ghosh. She has also worked in Bangla films, like ' Kathmandu' directed by Raj Chakraborty, 'Dwando' also directed by Suman Ghosh and 'Nirontor' , directed by Chandrashish Ray. She also stars in web shows, 'Out of Love', directed by Tigmangshu Dhuliya and Aijaz Khan which is quite popular on hotstar. 'Bombay Begums' directed by Alankrita Srivastava and Birnila Chatterjee, which is a Netflix series portraying strong women of the society.
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Elsa Martinelli was born in the central Tuscan city of Grosseto into a struggling family, one of eight siblings. She had to earn her keep from the age of twelve, delivering groceries in Rome. Looking older than her years suggested, she then did some part-time work as a barmaid. Aged sixteen and ambitious, she moved on to modeling and was soon promoted by well known designers, and, in particular, by a New York magazine editor who suggested a move to the Big Apple. While employed with the Eileen Ford Agency, she was spotted on a Life magazine cover by none other than Kirk Douglas (or by Douglas' wife, according to another version of the story) who, incidentally, happened to own a fashion company. In any case, Elsa soon found herself in Hollywood to co-star opposite Douglas in The Indian Fighter (1955) (despite some as yet unresolved problems with her command of English). Her sojourn in tinseltown was short-lived, however, and the contract she had signed with Douglas was quietly annulled -- and thus she famously spurned an opportunity to appear in the lucrative blockbuster Spartacus (1960). There were to be no further American pictures at this time. Instead, she returned to Italy, married Count Franco Mancinelli Scotti di San Vito, joined the glitterati, attended lavish parties and created an image for herself which rivaled those of Sophia Loren and Gina Lollobrigida. She counted Aristotle Onassis and Maria Callas among her close friends.
Taken under the wing of Carlo Ponti, Elsa was able to eventually make a success of her screen career not merely because of her exotic good looks, but by deliberately varying the type of parts she took on and thereby avoid typecasting. Those included the titular Stowaway Girl (1957) who bewitches an embittered steamboat captain played by Trevor Howard. In stark contrast, she was also Carmilla, possessed by her vampiric ancestor Millarca in the unsatisfactorily filmed Blood and Roses (1960), an 'arthouse' horror movie, though artlessly directed by Roger Vadim, based on Sheridan Le Fanu's Gothic novella. Encumbered by excessive bathos, neither scary nor original, the only saving grace of the picture was derived from Claude Renoir's evocative camera work.
In Hatari! (1962) -- which might aptly be described as a good-looking travelogue -- Elsa co-starred as a freelance wildlife photographer on a Tanganyika game farm, torn between affections for baby elephants and 'bring-'em-back-alive' trapper John Wayne. With character development sorely lacking, the animals, the scenery (and two exquisitely ornamental ladies -- the other being Michèle Girardon) pretty much stole the show. Likewise, in her next outing, the wartime comedy The Pigeon That Took Rome (1962), Elsa was the romantic (mostly decorative) interest of Charlton Heston's army guy smuggled into Nazi-occupied Rome in 1944 to extract and send back secret military information via carrier pigeon. For the remainder of the '60s, Elsa appeared in a number of international co-productions which included a segment in The Oldest Profession (1967) as a Roman Emperor's wife discovered in a brothel; and as a gangster's daughter helping a bumbling American treasury agent in Rome (played by Dustin Hoffman in his first starring role) to recover Madigan's Millions (1968).
In 1968, Elsa married Paris Match photographer and furniture designer Willy Rizzo. Having already invested some of her earnings from film work into Roman and Parisian real estate, Elsa began to diversify into designing avant garde furniture with apparently mixed success. By the 1980s, she was active as an interior designer in Rome while still making sporadic screen appearances, primarily in TV series. Described by the newspaper La Repubblica as "an icon of style and elegance", Elsa Martinelli died on July 8, 2017 in Rome at the age of 82.- Born in Shaker Heights, Ohio; Erica Michelle Levy Rivera is the daughter of Nancy (née Malevan) and the late Howard Levy (who succumbed to prostate cancer; November 19, 1944 - September 26, 2007). A television producer who worked for NBC Universal, Erica Levy met and married Geraldo Rivera, who is 32 years her senior. The fifth wife of Geraldo, sister-in-law of Craig Rivera, and stepmother to her husband's first four children (sons Gabriel and Cruz, and daughters Isabella and Simone); she gave birth to Solita Liliana Rivera on August 2, 2005, and now lives with her husband and daughter in Edgewater, New Jersey.
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Erick Rubín was born on 30 January 1971 in Puebla, Puebla, Mexico. He is an actor, known for Lazos de amor (1995), Rebelde (2004) and Alcanzar una estrella II (1991). He has been married to Andrea Legarreta since 1 April 2000. They have two children.- Actress
Esom was born on 30 January 1990 in South Korea. She is an actress, known for Microhabitat (2017), Scarlet Innocence (2014) and Samjin Company English Class (2020).- Eva Mozes Kor was born on 30 January 1934 in Portz, Romania. She was a producer, known for C.A.N.D.L.E.S.: The Story of the Mengele Twins (1990), Forgiving Dr. Mengele (2006) and Eva: A-7063 (2018). She was married to Michael Kor. She died on 4 June 2019 in Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland.
- King Felipe VI of Spain was born on 30 January 1968 in Madrid, Spain. He has been married to Queen Letizia of Spain since 22 May 2004. They have two children.
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Frank Randle was born on 30 January 1901 in Wigan, Lancashire, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Somewhere in Civvies (1943), It's a Grand Life (1953) and Somewhere in England (1940). He was married to May Annie Victoria Douglas. He died on 7 July 1957 in Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK.- Writer
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882, in Hyde Park, New York, to James and Sara Roosevelt. His father was 54 at the time of FDR's birth and already had a grown son, nicknamed "Rosy". Sarah was only 27 when FDR was born. Growing up, FDR had a happy but sheltered childhood. His family was very wealthy and FDR had a very privileged upbringing, with trips to Europe and private tutors. Sara Roosevelt was a loving but domineering and overprotective mother. FDR was a devoted son, but found clever and subtle ways to get around his mother's domination. At 14 he was sent to Groton, an exclusive prep school led by the Rev. Endicott Peabody. FDR did not enjoy his time at Groton, often being teased by the other kids for having a formal and stuffy manner. Since he had a nephew who was older than him, kids at Groton called him "Uncle Frank". He graduated from Groton in 1900 and went to Harvard, where he edited the "Crimson" but failed to be accepted into the Porcellian Social Club. He graduated Harvard in 1903. Soon after that he fell madly in love with his sixth cousin, Eleanor Roosevelt. They married in 1905, with President Theodore Roosevelt giving the bride away. However, from the start Franklin and Eleanor's marriage was not a happy one. She was quiet and shy, whereas he was boisterous and outgoing. The fact that his mother moved into the house next door to theirs, and ran things, did not help. Franklin and Eleanor had six children (one child died in infancy). In 1910 Franklin was elected to the New York State Legislature from Duchess County. There he made a name for himself as a crusading reformer who favored the "average guy" over big business and championed for honest government. In 1913 he was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Navy and served under Josephus Daniels and President Woodrow Wilson. In 1918 he began a love affair with his wife's social secretary, Lucy Mercer. When Eleanor discovered the affair, she was understandably devastated and told Franklin she wanted a divorce. At the urging of his mother, Frankilin chose to save the marriage and promised Eleanor that he would never have anything more to do with Lucy. The damage was done, however, and Franklin and Eleanor never again shared the intimacies of marriage, becoming more like political partners. In 1921 FDR was stricken with polio and paralyzed. He permanently lost the use of his legs, but refused to let that thwart his political ambitions. He spoke at the 1924 Democratic Convention for the candidacy of Alfred E. Smith, then the Governor of New York, calling him the "Happy Warrior". In 1928 FDR was elected Governor of New York and was well placed when the stock market crashed in 1929. As governor he took the lead in providing relief and public works projects for the millions of unemployed in the state. His success as New York's governor made him a strong candidate for the Presidency in 1932. He easily beat incumbent President Herbert Hoover.
When Franklin Roosevelt was sworn in as President on March 4, 1933, more than 15 million Americans were unemployed. Millions more had been hard hit by the Depression and the banking system had collapsed. FDR wasted no time in launching a radical economic recovery program, known as the New Deal. He created the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), which made the federal government the guarantor of people's bank deposits - not the banks themselves - and allowed drought-stricken farmers to refinance their mortgages, He created public works programs including the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)--thus making the government the employer of last resort--as well as setting up the Social Security system, instituting a minimum wage, outlawing child labor--a widespread practice at the time, especially in mines, factories and textile mills--and mandating a 40-hour work week with overtime pay. In responding to the Depression, FDR forever changed the role of the federal government in American life. He was easily reelected in 1936, defeating Republican Alf Landon in a landslide. His second term as president was less successful than his first, however. The Supreme Court had ruled a number of New Deal measures unconstitutional. With an electoral mandate in the bank, FDR proposed "packing" the Supreme Court with justices of his political persuasion for every judge over the age of 70 that did not retire. However, Congress refused to pass the Supreme Court packing plan, and from that point on FDR was unable to get Congress to pass much of his legislation. Also, fascism was rising rapidly throughout Europe and Asia. Germany's Adolf Hitler and Italy's Benito Mussolini had both seized power and began to conquer other countries, such as Ethiopia, Austria and Czechoslavakia. FDR was unable to respond to the threats from Europe and Asia, however, because sentiment in the US was strongly isolationist and Congress had passed a series of neutrality laws that gave the President very little power to respond to international aggression. World War II began in September 1939 when Hitler invaded Poland. Nine months later all of Western Europe had fallen to Hitler. The UK and its Commonwealth and Empire was standing alone. FDR wanted to help Britain, but had to move carefully and skillfully. He negotiated a deal in which the US gave Britain 50 old destroyers in exchange for bases in the Western Hemisphere. With World War II underway, FDR took the unprecedented move of seeking a third term as president. He won that term in November 1940, defeating Republican Wendell Willkie. Safely re-elected, he proposed a radical new program for helping Britain, known as Lend-Lease, in which Britain could buy armaments and other supplies from the US but not have to pay for them until after the war. FDR used the analogy of borrowing a neighbor's hose to put out a house fire to sell Lend-Lease. It passed and America became the "arsenal of democracy" as it began to build armaments for Britain and then the Soviet Union, when Hitler invaded it in mid-1941. Roosevelt met Britain's Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, for the first time in August 1941 where they drew up the Atlantic Charter. On December 7, 1941, the Japanese launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, destroying much of America's Pacific fleet. The next day,FDR declared war on Japan, calling December 7 "a date that will live in infamy." America was in the war, and not only against Japan, but also against Germany and Italy. Under FDR's leadership, America quickly transformed itself from a decaying nation of idle factories, impoverished families, abandoned farms and masses of hobos roaming the streets to a nation turning out planes, tanks, guns, military vehicles and other armaments on a scale that quickly dwarfed the capability of Nazi Germany to do the same. World War II also changed American life as blacks got better jobs in the war plants and women began working outside the home in unprecedented numbers. Helped by Eleanor, FDR used the war as a vehicle for social progress, securing better treatment for minorities and women, higher wages and better benefits for workers and a GI bill, which guaranteed a free college education for all American soldiers who fought in the war. In so doing, he created the American middle class of today.
After a series of military defeats, the US and its allies began to win the war. Invasions of North Africa and Italy were launched and the US started retaking islands in the South Pacific it had lost to Japan at the beginning of the war, starting with the Battle of Midway in 1942. FDR met with Churchill several times throughout the war and with Soviet leader Joseph Stalin at Tehran in 1943 and at Yalta in 1945. The Allied invasion of France, known as D-Day, was launched on June 6, 1944. As the war ended, FDR pushed for his dream of a United Nations and for reforms that would ensure that another World War would never happen. The United Nations did come to pass, as well as new global institutions such as the World Bank and IMF. Also, FDR advocated for decolonization of Africa and Asia, leading to the collapse of the old European empires.
Because of the war, FDR felt he had no right to leave the presidency while Americans under his command were still fighting. So he sought a fourth term in 1944. His opponent was the new governor of New York, Thomas E. Dewey, who ran a campaign of innuendo, hinting that FDR was too ill to lead and that his government had gone stale. FDR retaliated with a speech accusing the Republicans of attacking his dog, Fala. FDR won his fourth term in November 1944. In January 1945 he journeyed to Yalta to confer with Churchill and Stalin for the last time, to settle the postwar world and push for Russian participation in the United Nations. By this time FDR was gravely ill. After the Yalta Conference, he traveled to his resort at Warm Springs, Georgia, where he died suddenly of a massive stroke on April 12, 1945. It was revealed that Lucy Mercer, his one-time lover, was with him when he died and that she had secretly visited him in the White House a number of times during his last year.
There was an elaborate funeral for him, with a train procession from Warm Springs to Washington DC, then to Hyde Park, where he was buried.- Actor
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Eugene Allen Hackman was born in San Bernardino, California, the son of Ann Lydia Elizabeth (Gray) and Eugene Ezra Hackman, who operated a newspaper printing press. He is of Pennsylvania Dutch (German), English, and Scottish ancestry, partly by way of Canada, where his mother was born. After several moves, his family settled in Danville, Illinois. Gene grew up in a broken home, which he left at the age of sixteen for a hitch with the US Marines.
Moving to New York after being discharged, he worked in a number of menial jobs before studying journalism and television production on the G.I. Bill at the University of Illinois. Hackman would be over 30 years old when he finally decided to take his chance at acting by enrolling at the Pasadena Playhouse. Legend says that Hackman and friend Dustin Hoffman were voted "least likely to succeed."
Hackman next moved back to New York, where he worked in summer stock and off-Broadway. In 1964 he was cast as the young suitor in the Broadway play "Any Wednesday." This role would lead to him being cast in the small role of Norman in Lilith (1964), starring Warren Beatty. When Beatty was casting for Bonnie and Clyde (1967), he cast Hackman as Buck Barrow, Clyde Barrow's brother. That role earned Hackman a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, an award for which he would again be nominated in I Never Sang for My Father (1970). In 1972 he won the Oscar for his role as Detective Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle in The French Connection (1971). At 40 years old Hackman was a Hollywood star whose work would rise to new heights with Night Moves (1975) and Bite the Bullet (1975), or fall to new depths with The Poseidon Adventure (1972) and Eureka (1983). Hackman is a versatile actor who can play comedy (the blind man in Young Frankenstein (1974)) or villainy (the evil Lex Luthor in Superman (1978)). He is the doctor who puts his work above people in Extreme Measures (1996) and the captain on the edge of nuclear destruction in Crimson Tide (1995). After initially turning down the role of Little Bill Daggett in Clint Eastwood's Unforgiven (1992), Hackman finally accepted it, as its different slant on the western interested him. For his performance he won the Oscar and Golden Globe and decided that he wasn't tired of westerns after all. He has since appeared in Geronimo: An American Legend (1993), Wyatt Earp (1994), and The Quick and the Dead (1995).- Géraldine Bazán was born on 30 January 1983 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. She is an actress, known for Corazón salvaje (1993), Alguien Te Mira (2010) and In the Time of the Butterflies (2001). She was previously married to Gabriel Soto.
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Gino Conforti was born on 30 January 1932 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is an actor, known for Man of La Mancha (1972), Thumbelina (1994) and Monsters, Inc. (2001).- Gisela Dulko has been married to Fernando Gago since 27 July 2011. They have three children.
- Gregory Rozakis was born on 30 January 1943 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for America America (1963), Death Wish (1974) and The Cotton Club (1984). He died on 24 August 1989 in Brooklyn, New York, USA.
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Greta Ruzt-Nissen was born in Oslo, Norway, on January 30, 1905. As a young girl she studied dance and had intended to make a career out of it. For a while she did, but when she was 19 she appeared in her first big-screen production, The Wanderer (1925). Afterwards she made several more films, but she was one of those who lost much work due to the advent of sound films. One setback for her was when she was chosen for the lead in Hell's Angels (1930) by Howard Hughes but then replaced by Jean Harlow because of her heavy Norwegian accent. The film shot Harlow to stardom. Throughout the 1930s Greta stayed fairly busy. Obviously some roles were better than others, but she never got the breakout role she wanted so badly. After Danger in Paris (1937), Greta left the screen forever. On May 17, 1988, she died of Parkinson's disease. She was 83 years old.- Additional Crew
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Harold Prince was born on 30 January 1928 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a director and writer, known for West Side Story (1961), The Phantom of the Opera (2004) and Cabaret (1972). He was married to Judith Arlene Chaplin. He died on 31 July 2019 in Reykjavik, Iceland.- Actress
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Heidi Brühl was born on 30 January 1942 in Gräfelfing, Bavaria, Germany. She was an actress, known for Hochzeit auf Immenhof (1956), Der Zigeunerbaron (1962) and Ferien auf Immenhof (1957). She was married to Brett Halsey. She died on 8 June 1991 in Starnberg, Bavaria, Germany.- Henry Cele was born on 30 January 1949 in Durban, South Africa. He was an actor, known for The Ghost and the Darkness (1996), Shaka Zulu (1986) and Shaka Zulu: The Citadel (2001). He was married to Jenny Hollander and Tozi Duma. He died on 2 November 2007 in Durban, South Africa.
- Marlowe was born Hugh Hipple in Philadelphia, and began his stage career in the 1930s at the Pasadena Playhouse in California. He performed extensively on radio, stage, television and film with credits including off-Broadway productions of "The Deer Park" in 1967 and "All My Sons" in 1974.
- Humberto Ortiz was born in Argentina. He was a writer and actor, known for Alberto Vilar, el indomable (1974), Alberto y Susana (1980) and Santiago querido! (1965). He died on 11 October 1982 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Jake MacDonald was born in 1949 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He was a writer, known for Juliana & the Medicine Fish (2017), Juliana and the Medicine Fish (2007) and Paul Quarrington: Life in Music (2010). He died on 30 January 2020 in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico.
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Jake was on his mother's TV show and his father's radio show when he was very young. In fact, Jake was on the Knoxville Evening News "live" from the nursery of the hospital the day he was born. The TV station where his mother was an anchor covered Jake's first days in depth. As he grew up he was in TV commercials with his parents. When he was six the family moved to Hollywood. One day Jake was in the office of his mother's agent. The agents were very entertained with Jake and asked to represent him. So after six months of auditioning and nothing happening, Jake booked his first national commercial. Then 15 more followed. In the meantime, Jake would perform in plays in Beverly Hills' theaters with his parents. One day after auditioning for over 25 films and numerous TV shows, Jake booked a guest star role on 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996). After that, the TV and movie roles started happening.- Actor
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Jean-Paul Vignon was born on 30 January 1935 in Dire-Daou, French Somaliland [now Dire Dawa, Ethiopia]. He was an actor, known for Robin Hood (2010), The Devil's Brigade (1968) and Shrek (2001). He was married to Brigid Bazlen. He died on 22 March 2024 in Beverly Hills, California, USA.- Producer
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Jemima Khan is a British screenwriter and independent TV, film and documentary producer and founder of Instinct Productions. Her debut screenplay, What's Love Got to Do With It?, a feature film that she produced with Working Title and StudioCanal, premiered at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival. It won Best Comedy at the 2022 Rome Film Festival and was nominated for 9 National Film Awards 2023, of which it won 4 (Best Screenplay, Best British Film, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor). The film stars Lily James, Shazad Latif and Emma Thompson, and was released in UK cinemas on February 24, 2023.
Jemima produced the Emmy and Golden Globe nominated 10-part FX drama series Impeachment: American Crime Story. She also executive produced the Emmy-nominated HBO/Sky Atlantic docuseries The Case Against Adnan Syed, as well as the award-winning A&E docuseries The Clinton Affair and the BAFTA-nominated feature documentary We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks.
In 2022 Jemima executive produced Seemab Gul's multi - award winning short film Sandstorm (Mulaqat) - which premiered at the 78th Venice International Film Festival and at Sundance Film Festival 2022. It won the Grand Prize at the Rhode Island International Film Festival and Best Live Action award at HollyShorts Film Festival. She is also an executive producer on Tanaz Eshaghian's documentary short As Far As They Can Run, which was shortlisted for the 2023 Academy Awards, won Best Documentary Short at the Woodstock Film Festival 2022 and was shortlisted for the Shorts Direction Award at DOC NYC 2022.
She previously worked as a journalist and as European editor-at-large for Vanity Fair, and associate editor for The New Statesman.- Jennifer Churchich was born on 30 January 1986 in the USA. She is an actress, known for Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019), Behemoth (2021) and Together Together (2021).
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Jennifer Hale is a Canadian-American voice actress and singer who voiced Commander Shepard from Mass Effect, Samus Aran from Metroid Prime, Killer Frost from Injustice: Gods Among Us, Gladys from The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Trinity from The Matrix: Path of Neo, Princess Morbucks, Sedusa and Ms. Keane from The Powerpuff Girls, Flora from Tak and the Power of Juju, Cinderella from various Disney projects and Dory from Finding Nemo video games.- Actor
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Jeremy Gittins was born on 30 January 1956 in Manchester, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Doctor Who (1963), Keeping Up Appearances (1990) and As You Like It (2011). He is married to Sara Hollamby.- Actor
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Jerry Sroka was born on 30 January 1946. He is an actor and producer, known for Godspell (1973), Our Almost Completely True Story (2021) and Antz (1998). He has been married to Mariette Hartley since 2005.- Jimmy Fay was born on 30 January 1930 in Portsmouth, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for Princess O'Hara (1935) and Million Dollar Baby (1934). He died on 16 August 2020 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.
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She's an innovative music maker, a style-forging pioneer: since the mid-90s, Grammy-winning multi-talented Jody Watley has led the way as an entrepreneur working in the independent music world as one of the few already-established female best-selling artists to produce, create and own her recordings.
Known for combining beauty and style as integral aspects of her career as a recording artist and dynamic live performer, Jody's list of accomplishments and achievements is indeed impressive: she's received Billboard Magazine's "Lifetime Achievement Award", nominations for the MTV VMA's (where she remains one of MTV's most nominated artists), NAACP Image Awards, American Music Awards, and appearing on Broadway as Rizzo in the hit musical Grease!. She's been featured in Vogue, Italian Vogue (including the Historic "The Black Issue), Harper's Bazaar, Rolling Stone, Essence and has been named one of America's Most Beautiful People by People Magazine. The first black woman to appear on a Japanese fashion magazine cover (specifically Japan's most elite, SPUR), Jody has performed by special invitation at The White House, participated in Bob Geldof's historic "Do They Know It's Christmas" recording session and video, Force of Nature's Tsunami Relief in Malaysia as well as working on one of the first global HIV/AIDS awareness projects, "Red Hot and Blue" for which she performed the 'Cole Porter' jazz classic "After You Who". Watley continues to work with charities promoting tolerance, as well as prevention and care for those living with HIV and AIDS.
Watley, the goddaughter of music legend Jackie Wilson, got her start on the hit TV show Soul Train (1971) at the age of fourteen. As documented by Ebony Magazine in 1977 as a part of "The New Generation", Jody Watley was one of the most popular on the show and recognized as a trendsetter. She was also noted as innovative and influential to teenaged girls all over the United States who copied her hair styles and dance moves. The article states that one of her innovations was to use fans in her dance routines, which were called "freestyle" and "Waack Dancing". Jody Watley is also an original former member of the group Shalamar (1977-1984).
With an amazing 32 Top Ten Singles and 13 No. 1 Singles in the R&B, pop and dance music genres over the past three decades as a solo artist - including such classics as "Looking For A New Love", "Don't You Want Me" and her groundbreaking collaboration with 'Eric B' and Rakim on "Friends" - Jody has consistently broken new ground in music, video and fashion: her 2006 album "The Makeover" benefited from an exclusive collaboration with the Virgin Megastore Music Chain that debuted as the No 1 nationwide store best-seller and No. 3 track on iTunes Electronic Chart.
'Beyonce Knowles' and Destiny's Child recorded one of Jody's compositions "Sweet Sixteen" on their best-selling "Writings on The Wall" album and Jody's special guest appearances have included work with Roy Ayers, 4Hero, Rahsaan Patterson and George Michael. An update of the Shalamar hit "For The Lover In You" by Kenneth 'Babyface' Edmonds featured Jody and LL Cool J.
Entrepreneur, label owner, recording artist, producer, songwriter and performer, actress; Jody Watley celebrates three decades in the world of entertainment carving her own destiny, very much her own woman, truly an inspiration for artists of today and beyond.- Actor
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Born in Canada, John Ireland was raised in New York. Performing as a swimmer in a water carnival, he moved into the legitimate theater, often appearing in minor roles in Broadway plays. His first big break in pictures came in 1945 when he appeared as Windy the introspective letter-writing G.I. in the classic war epic A Walk in the Sun (1945). Ireland was then often featured (mostly as a heavy) in several films. In 1949, he was nominated for best supporting actor for his role as the reporter in All the King's Men (1949). During the early 1950s, Ireland often starred as the emoting, brooding hero, almost exclusively in "B" pictures. In 1953, with his son Peter Ireland and wife, Joanne Dru, Ireland co-produced and co-directed the western mini-classic Hannah Lee: An American Primitive (1953) (aka Outlaw Territory). From the mid-'50s on. he appeared mainly in Italian "quickie" features and showed up occasionally in supporting roles in major pictures (Spartacus (1960)). Occasionally, his name was mentioned in tabloids of the times, in connection with young starlets, namely Natalie Wood and Sue Lyon. He was to play the role of the patriarch on the Ponderosa in Bonanza: The Next Generation (1988) but the series was not picked up. In addition to Hannah Lee: An American Primitive (1953), his best work was in Little Big Horn (1951) and The Bushwhackers (1951). In his later years, he owned and operated a tiny restaurant, Ireland's, in Santa Barbara, California.- John Marriott was born on 30 January 1893 in Boley, Indian Territory, USA [now Oklahoma, USA]. He was an actor, known for The Little Foxes (1941), Dog Day Afternoon (1975) and Omnibus (1952). He was married to Beatrice Smalls. He died on 5 April 1977 in Jamaica, New York, USA.
- Jordan Prentice was born on 30 January 1973 in London, Ontario, Canada. He is an actor, known for In Bruges (2008), Howard the Duck (1986) and Mirror Mirror (2012).
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José María Paolantonio was born on 30 January 1932 in San Cristóbal, Santa Fe, Argentina. He was a writer and director, known for La película (1975), El juguete rabioso (1984) and Quebracho (1974). He died on 1 September 2021 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.- Actor
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Josh Kelley was born on 30 January 1980 in Augusta, Georgia, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for John Tucker Must Die (2006), My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006) and The Ugly Truth (2009). He has been married to Katherine Heigl since 23 December 2007. They have three children.- Juergen Maurer was born on 30 January 1967 in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, Austria. He is an actor, known for Vienna Blood (2019), Vorstadtweiber (2015) and Tatort (1970).
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Julann Griffin was born on 30 January 1929. She is an actress, known for Haunted Honeymoon (1986), The Woman in Red (1984) and Jeopardy! (1964). She was previously married to Merv Griffin.- Actress
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Julie McCullough was born on 30 January 1965 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for The Blob (1988), 2012: Ice Age (2011) and Top of the World (1997). She was previously married to David Sutcliffe.- Actor
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Jussi Vatanen was born on 30 January 1978 in Sonkajärvi, Finland. He is an actor and writer, known for Fallen Leaves (2023), The Unknown Soldier (2017) and The Man Who Died (2022).- Actress
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Karina Tejeda is known for Educando a Nina (2016), Emanero & Karina & J Mena & Angela Torres: Sinvergüenza (2023) and Memoria AMIA: La memoria (2016).Karina, la Princesita- Actor
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Khleo Thomas is multi-talented on and off screen from being an actor, influencer, artist and entrepreneur.
As a veteran in the entertainment industry, Khleo is widely recognized for his role as "Zero" in Holes opposite of Shia LaBeouf, where he was also nominated for a best supporting actor award. He continued to make his mark in Hollywood doing 21 films and 16 television roles including classics such as Walking Tall opposite Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, Roll Bounce opposite Mike Epps and Meagan Good, Hurricane Season opposite Taraji P. Henson and Forrest Whittaker directed by Tim Story, Sons of Anarchy, Being Mary Jane, Major Crimes and Shameless. When he wasn't on set, he was touring alongside Bow Wow, Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, Sean Kingston and Chris Brown.
From behind the scenes to being front and center, Khleo has been able to build a strong following and connection with his fans, who support his lifestyle brand, Slick Living. Slick Living promotes personal growth, positivity, hard work, dedication and more importantly being aware - all traits Khleo represents and lives by. Slick Living became a household brand that later expanded to Goddess Living Amongst Men (GLAM), dedicated to empowering women.
Khleo's success has opened many opportunities outside of the film, tv and music industry thanks to his loyal fanbase and outgoing personality including being the Nike representative in NBA 2k19, hosting on RapTV, All Def Digital and Trivia Mob and doing brand campaigns for Postmates, Mike's Hard Lemonade and more.
Today with over 10.8 billion impressions on Instagram and 8.1 million views on YouTube, Khleo's focus is to take his love for gaming, music and lifestyle on screen with his own show.- Music Artist
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Scott Ramon Seguro Mescudi, known professionally as Kid Cudi, is an American rapper, singer, record producer, and actor. He has widely been recognized as an influence on several contemporary hip hop and alternative acts.His lyrics are often autobiographical and describe his childhood hardships of depression, loneliness and alienation, his struggle with alcohol and drugs into adulthood, as well as themes of spirituality, heartbreak, dissipation and celebration. Cudi began to gain major recognition following the release of his first official full-length project, a mix-tape titled A Kid Named Cudi (2008), which would go on to catch the attention of high-profile music producer Kanye West, who subsequently signed Cudi to his Good Music label imprint by late 2008.- Kim Spradlin Wolfe was born on 30 January 1983 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA. She has been married to Bryan Wolfe since 16 March 2013. They have three children.
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Kristin Erickson was born on 30 January 1984 in San Mateo County, California, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (2016) and Self/less (2015).- Actress
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Bunbury was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, to Kristi Novak and Alex Bunbury, a footballer. Her father is Guyanese-Canadian, and her mother is American, of Polish and Swedish descent. She spent her childhood in Europe (England for two years, and seven years on the island of Madeira, Portugal) and Prior Lake, Minnesota, and it is the latter she considers as home. Bunbury originally worked as a model, but then her agency suggested she try acting. She landed her first role as Kathleen in Episode #1.11388 (2010) for one episode. She also had roles in Prom (2011) and The Sitter (2011). .- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Laila Petrone is an Italian/Dominican filmmaker. Born in the U.K., she was raised between Rome and Los Angeles. As a child of an actress, she spent most of her youth on Italian film sets. Laila went on to study International Affairs (John Cabot University) and Media and Communications (University of Florence). In 2007, she appeared as Pina in Spike Lee's Miracle at St. Anna. The experience inspired her to pursue a career behind the camera. In the following years, Laila worked as an Assistant Director and Producer. In 2014, Laila's directorial debut Your Love premiered at Urban World Film Festival in NYC. The short was awarded "Best of Festival" at the Black Women Film Network Summit in Atlanta, and was selected to screen on Aspire TV as part of the ABFF Independent series' short films program. She recently completed her second short film No me olvidaré de ti - I Will Not Forget You, conceived in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, which has been awarded "Inspirational Short Film" at Rincon International Film Festival in Puerto Rico. Laila is a member of the Alliance of Women Directors, Women in Media & Glass Elevator.- Actress
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Lena Hall (Celina Consuela Gabriella Carvajal) is an American actress, singer, and songwriter. Hall is a Tony Award winner and Grammy nominee who appears opposite Jennifer Connelly in TNT's science-fiction epic Snowpiercer (2020). Following her Tony-winning Broadway run in 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch,' Hall toured North America alongside Josh Groban on his "Stages" tour and portrayed the dual starring roles of Hedwig and Yitzhak in 'Hedwig' in Los Angeles (LA Drama Critics Circle nomination) and San Francisco. She originated the role of Nicola in the Tony-winning musical 'Kinky Boots,' and can be seen on HBO's Girls (2012) and Amazon Prime's Good Girls Revolt (2015), and heard voicing the role of Countess Coloratura in an episode of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (2010) (The Mane Attraction (2015)). Hall's most recent stage appearance was starring with Marisa Tomei in Lincoln Center Theater's 'How to Transcend a Happy Marriage.' In February 2018, Hall received widespread critical acclaim for her performance of the title role in the feature film Becks (2017), which won the U.S. Fiction Award at the LA Film Festival.