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Legendary EastEnders actress and Carry On star Barbara Windsor was born Barbara Ann Deeks in Stepney, London, the daughter of Rose (Ellis), a dressmaker, and John Deeks, a costermonger. She was a bright pupil at school and her parents wanted her to go to university, but after her first taste of show business, when her grandmother took her backstage at a theatre, she decided acting was what she wanted to do.
Her mother spent all her savings on a place at the Aida Foster Acting School, where Barbara made her stage debut in Aida's 1950s pantomime at the Golders Green Hippodrome. Aida's tutors tried to iron out her Cockney accent but luckily they didn't succeed. In 1952, she was cast as one of the orphans in the musical "Love from Judy", which opened at London's Saville Theatre. With the show's star, she made her television debut in "Variety Parade". Two years later in 1954, she made her film debut as a school girl extra in "The Belles of St. Trinians", and by 1957, she was performing at London's Winston's Club with Amanda Barrie. The producer Joan Littlewood, who was committed to working class theatre, spotted her at an audition and in 1960 gave her the role which changed her life - Rose in "Fings Ain't What They Used to Be" at London's Garrick Theatre where it ran for two and a half years, during which she appeared in the sitcom The Rag Trade (1961).
As a result of the success of "Fings", Littlewood cast her in the film Sparrows Can't Sing (1963), which was seen by producer Peter Rogers who offered her roles in "Carry On" films, the first of which was Carry on Spying (1964). In 1964, She appeared in Joan's stage version of 'Oh! What a Lovely War' on Broadway and toured America with it. On her return, she was cast in the West End production of Lionel Bart's ill fated musical "Twang", which closed after a short run allowing her to take a role in "Come Spy with Me" with Danny La Rue at London's Whitehall Theatre. During the run, she had a complete change in playing one of the Ripper's victims in the film A Study in Terror (1965), then it was back to lighthearted roles in such films as Carry on Doctor (1967) and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968), and in 1968, a British tour with Frankie Howerd in "The Wind in the Sasafras Tree". In late 1969, Ned Sherrin cast her as the music hall legend Marie Lloyd in "Sing a Rude Song" which opened at the Greenwich Theatre before transferring to the West End's Garrick Theatre.
Windsor did become well known in the London theatrical scene, but it was the "Carry On" comedies that made her a star. Although she appeared in only nine films in the long-running series (she left because she thought they were getting too risqué), she made such an impression as the basically good-hearted but dizzy sexpot that many of the series' fans believe she was in many more than she actually was. She almost didn't get the role originally, as she and series regular Kenneth Williams took an instant dislike to each other, but that was soon overcome and they became lifelong friends.
After she left the series, she continued her stage and film work, and became a regular in a long-running British soap opera, EastEnders (1985) as the matriarch of The Queen Victoria - Peggy Mitchell, which she played in over 1,500 episodes. She wrote two autobiographies, "Barbara - the Laughter and Tears of a Cockney Sparrow" and "All of Me - My Extraordinary Life". She was awarded Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2000 Queen's New Years Honours for her services to entertainment. She was awarded Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2016 Queen's New Years Honours for her services to entertainment and to charity.
Dame Barbara Windsor died of Alzheimer's disease on December 10, 2020, in London. She is survived by husband Scott Mitchell.- Producer
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After gaining stardom by winning America's Next Top Model at the age of 20, Curry went on to appear on numerous magazine covers, runway shows and advertisements.
She was a regular fixture on reality television shows as a participant, host and producer. She was named one of Maxim's Hot 100, Playboy's 25 Sexiest Celebrities and was even anointed "Queen of the Nerds" by none other than Stan Lee himself.
Despite finding immense success in her career, she grew jaded with the business over time. Adrianne wanted to do something more fulfilling and completely different than the path she had been on in entertainment for over a decade. Now, she's ready to start a new adventure out of the spotlight.
Living in that world was the hardest thing I've ever done. I am proud I chose love and life over the temporary void filler that is fame. Realizing that she doesn't need to live in Hollywood to accomplish this, she-along with husband Matthew Rhode-decided to eschew the big city for the great outdoors and are loving every minute of it.
Shortly after, during some post-surgery downtime, Adrianne watched Edward Scissorhands and signed up to sell Avon while a little loopy on pain killers. When her Avon kit arrived, she began trying out products on Facebook live-streams to pass her recovery time. She instantly fell in love with what she was doing. She realized that she's much happier helping people find frugal fashion and makeup that looks amazing than she was in the entertainment industry. Since then, she has turned down every Hollywood offer that has come her way, focusing on growing her business and living a less stressful life.
Life After Hollywood- Adrianne's official website - follows Adrianne Curry as she leaves the fast-paced world of Hollywood for the serenity of Montana.- Ahmet Mekin was born on 6 August 1932 in Istanbul, Turkey. He is an actor, known for Selvi Boylum Al Yazmalim (1977), Görünmeyen (2011) and Kardes Kani (1964). He is married to Sükran Sabuncu. He was previously married to Sükran Sabuncu.
- Alan Bleviss was a prolific voice actor who provided voiceovers for trailers for movies such as On Golden Pond, Dirty Dancing, and Scarface, as well as for television commercials for Enterprise rental cars, American Express, and Canada Dry. He graduated from the University of Alberta drama school and the National Theater School of Canada.
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Alan Cox was born on 6 August 1970 in London, England, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for Young Sherlock Holmes (1985), The Dictator (2012) and The Auteur Theory (1999).- Alex Avery was born on 6 August 1971 in Bristol, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Rangoon (2017), Coalition (2015) and Last Chance Harvey (2008).
- He initially worked in a shipping company before, thanks to various scholarships, he was able to begin studying medicine at St. Mary's Hospital Medical School in Paddington in 1901. In 1906 Fleming completed his final exams. He then qualified as a surgeon. From 1908 Fleming began to work scientifically, initially in the hospital's vaccination laboratory with the microbiologist Sir Almroth Edward Wright. In 1921 Fleming became deputy head of the institute. In the same year he was able to identify and isolate lysozyme, an enzyme that has strong antibacterial properties. In 1928 he received the chair of bacteriology at the University of London. In September 1928, the discovery that made him world famous was blown directly onto his laboratory workstation: the air was used to transfer a mold spore to one of Fleming's culture dishes in which he was cultivating staphylococci. Actually an annoying event, because the bacterial colony was no longer usable for further investigations.
But Fleming found that the bacteria had, so to speak, dissolved near the mold. He had thus observed the bacteria-destroying power of penicillin. Fleming first used the name "Penicillin" on March 7, 1929. It goes back to the mold that belongs to the genus Penicillium. However, Fleming was not the first to make this significant observation. A number of scientists had previously found that Penicillium fungi inhibit the growth of bacteria. However, no one has investigated the causes of the observed effect or investigated the phenomenon further. Fleming submitted a report on his discovery to the British Journal of Experimental Pathology on May 10, 1929, which was published the following June. Although Fleming had recognized that the bacteria-killing effect of penicillin could effectively combat a number of infections such as suppuration, pneumonia or meningitis, the cure was initially denied a final breakthrough.
The problem was obtaining sufficient quantities to treat patients beyond the experimental phase. In addition, Fleming probably could not fully appreciate the significance of his discovery at the time. It was only shortly before the start of the Second World War that science remembered Fleming's work. From 1940 onwards, attempts were made to produce penicillin in larger quantities on the initiative of the researchers Sir Ernest Boris Chain and Lord Howard Walter Florey. The two traveled to the USA in 1941 to initiate everything necessary there. In 1944, highly concentrated penicillin was finally produced on an industrial scale. Fleming was knighted in 1944, and in 1945 he received the Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine together with Chain and Florey. In 1946, Fleming became director of the Vaccination Institute at St. Mary's Hospital Medical School, which was renamed the Wright-Fleming Institute two years later. He retired in 1948.
Sir Alexander Fleming died on March 11, 1955 in Chelsea (London). - Actress
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An Ontario native, Actress Amy Forsyth's love for performing arts began with ballet at her local dance studio in Stouffville, a small town Northeast of Toronto. She later transitioned to musical theatre and following ten years of performing, signed with an agent to explore film and television.
In 2018, Amy starred in CBS Studios' horror film Hell Fest (2018), directed by Paranormal Activity's Gregory Plotkin. It's a film about a masked serial killer who turns a horror-themed amusement park into his own personal Halloween slaughterhouse. Amy will also be seen in a supporting role alongside Steve Carrell and Timothée Chalamet in the Plan B film Beautiful Boy (2018), in which Amy plays a teenage drug addict who Carrell enlists to help him find his missing son. It is set to premiere October 12th.
Amy's passions for musical theater and television recently merged in the form of a series regular role in NBC's critically-acclaimed series "RISE", playing Gwen Strickland, the queen bee of Stanton High School's theatre department. Amy also starred in the second season of Syfy's "Channel Zero", based on popular creepypastas with self-contained seasons similar to American Horror Story. Until recently she was best known for her role alongside Aaron Paul and Hugh Dancy in Hulu's "The Path" playing Ashley Fields.- Director
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Andrew Warhol's father, Ondrej, came from the Austria-Hungary Empire (now Slovakia) in 1912, and sent for his mother, Julia Zavackyová Warholová, in 1921. His father worked as a construction worker and later as a coal miner. Around some time, the family moved to Pittsburgh. During his teenage years, Andy suffered from several nervous breakdowns. Overcoming this, he graduated from Schenley High School in Pittsburgh in 1945, and enrolled in the Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie-Mellon University), graduating in June 1949. During college, he met Philip Pearlstein, a fellow student.
After graduation, Andy Warhol (having dropped the letter 'a' from his last name) moved to New York City, and shared an apartment with Pearlstein at St. Mark's Place off of Avenue A for a couple months. During this time, he moved in and out of several Manhattan apartments. In New York, he met Tina Fredericks, art editor of Glamour Magazine. Warhol's early jobs were doing drawings for Glamour, such as the Success is a Job in New York, and women's shoes. He also drew advertising for various magazines, including Vogue, Harper's Bazzar, book jackets, and holiday greeting cards.
During the 1950s, he moved to an apartment on East 75th Street. His mother moved in with him, and Fritizie Miller become his agent. In 1952, his first solo exhibition was held at Hugo Gallery, New York, of drawings to illustrate stories by Truman Capote. He started illustrating books, beginning with Amy Vanderbilt's Complete Book of Etiquette. Around 1953-1955, he worked for a theater group on the Lower East Side, and designs sets. It is around that time that he dyed his hair silver. Warhol published several books, including Twenty Five Cats Named Sam, and One Blue Pussy. In 1956, he traveled around the world with Charles Lisanby, a television-set designer. In April of this year, he was included in his first group exhibition, Recent Drawings USA, held at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. He began receiving accolades for his work, with the 35th Annual Art Directors Club Award for Distinctive Merit, for an I.Miller shoe advertisement. He published In The Bottom Of My Garden later that year. In 1957, received 36th Annual Art Directors Club Medal and Award of Distinctive Merit, for the I.Miller show advertisements, and Life Magazine published his illustrations for an article, "Crazy Golden Slippers".
In 1960, Warhol began to make his first paintings. They were based on comic strips in the likes of Dick Tracy, Popeye, Superman, and two of Coca-Cola bottles. In 1961, using the Dick Tracy comic strip, he designed a window display for Lord & Taylor, at this time, major art galleries around the nation begin noticing his work. In 1962, Warhol made paintings of dollar bills and Campbell soup cans, and his work was included in an important exhibition of pop art, The New Realists, held at Sidney Janis Gallery, New York. In November of this year, Elanor Ward showed his paintings at Stable Gallery, and the exhibition began a sensation. In 1963, he rented a studio in a firehouse on East 87th Street. He met his assistant, Gerard Malanga, and started making his first film, Tarzan and Jane Regained... Sort of (1964). Later, he drove to Los Angeles for his second exhibition at the Ferus Gallery. In November of that year, he found a loft at 231 East 47th Street, which became his main studio, The Factory. In December, he began production of Red Jackie, the first of the Jackie series. In 1964, his first solo exhibition in Europe, held at the Galerie Ileana Sonnebend in Paris, featured the Flower series. He received a commission from architect Philip Johnson to make a mural, entitled Thirteen Most Wanted Men for the New York State Pavilion in the New York World's Fair. In April, he received an Independent Film Award from Film Culture magazine. In November, his first solo exhibition in the US was held at Leo Castelli Gallery. And at this time, he began his self portrait series.
In the summer of 1965, Andy Warhol met Paul Morrissey, who became his advisor and collaborator. His first solo museum exhibition was held at the Institute of Contempary Art, at the University of Pennsylvania. During this year, he made a surprise announcement of his retirement from painting, but it was to be short lived. He would resume painting again in 1972. It was around this time that he met Lou Reed, John Cale, Sterling Morrison, and Maureen Tucker (collectively known as The Velvet Underground), and a German-born model turned chanteuse called Nico. He paired Nico with the Velvets, and they developed a close bond with Warhol. This was an alliance that forever changed the face of world culture. Warhol produced the group's first album, The Velvet Underground and Nico, which has been called "the most influential record ever" by many critics. Later, a multimedia show developed (called The Exploding Plastic Inevitable), managed, and produced by Warhol, featuring the Velvet Underground.
In the summer of 1966, Warhol's film Chelsea Girls (1966) became the first underground film to be shown at a commercial theater. In 1967, Chelsea Girls opened in Los Angeles and San Francisco, and six of his Self Portraits were shown at Expo 67 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. In August of this year, he gave a lecture at various colleges in the Los Angeles area, his persona is so popular that some colleges hire Allen Midgette to impersonate him for lectures. Later, Warhol moved The Factory to 33 Union Square West, and met Fred Hughes, who later became President of Enterprises, and Interview Magazine. In 1968, Warhol's first solo European museum exhibition was held at Moderna Museet, Stockholm. But later that year on June 3, 1968, Warhol was shot by Valerie Solanas, an ultra-radical and member of the entourage surrounding Warhol. Solanis was the founder of SCUM (Society for Cutting Up Men) Fortunately, Warhol survived the assassination attempt after spending two months in a hospital. This incident is the subject of the film, I Shot Andy Warhol (1996). Afterwards, Andy Warhol dropped out of the filmmaking business, but now and then continued his contribution to film and art. He never emotionally recovered from his brush with death.
During the 1970s and 80s, Andy Warhol's status as a media icon skyrocketed, and he used his influence to back many younger artists. He began publishing of Interview magazine, with the first issue being released in fall of 1969. In 1971, his play, entitled Pork, opened at London at the Round House Theatre. He resumed painting in 1972, although it was primarily celebrity portraits. The Factory was moved to 860 Broadway, and in 1975, he bought a house on Lexington Street. A major retrospective of his work is held in Zurich. In 1976, he did the Skulls, and Hammer and Sickle series. Throughout the late 70s and 80s, a retrospective exhibition was held, as Warhol began work on the Reversals, Retrospectives, and Shadows series. The Myths series, Endangered Species series, and Ads series followed through the early and mid 1980s. On 22 February 1987, a "day of medical infamy", as quoted by one biographer, Andy Warhol died following complications from gall bladder surgery. He was 58 years old.- Actress
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Ashlie Atkinson is an award-winning theatre, film, and television actress. A 2003 graduate of the Neightborhood Playhouse, in 2005 she received the Theatre World Award for Breakthrough Performance for originating the role of Helen in Neil Labute's "Fat Pig"(opposite Jeremy Piven) - which also garnered her Outer Critics' Circle and Lucille Lortel nominations. She has graced screens both big and small in Denis Leary's critically-acclaimed Rescue Me, 3lbs, Spike Lee's Inside Man, Another Gay Movie, Sex and The City Movie, Margot at The Wedding, Law & Order, Law &Order: Criminal Intent, Puccini for Beginners, and Filthy Gorgeous. MTV fans may recognize Ashlie as her hip-hop alter ego, "Chunky Pam", a plus-size rap diva - and YouTube viral phenomenon. After appearing opposite Debra Jo Rupp in SecondStage's "Butcher of Baraboo", she returned to Broadway in 2007 to play Vivian Proclo in Terrence McNally's The Ritz (starring Rosie Perez). Ashlie is a proud member of both the Bridge Theatre Commpany and Gotham Girls Roller Derby (where she skates under the name Margaret Thrasher, Prime Minister of Your Demise). Ashlie toured the world in Sam Mendes' The Bridge Project and continues to work in film opposite actors such as Jessica Alba, Ryan Gosling, Kirsten Dunst, Ricky Gervais and Julia Roberts.- Actress
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Asia Carrera's stunning curves can be seen in more than 250 hardcore movies. Her looks combine delicate Asian features with voluptuous silicone breasts. Her fans not only admire her mouth-watering body but also her brains--a self-taught web designer, she is also a member of MENSA.
At the tender age of 13 this daughter of a Japanese father and a German mother was already playing music by Johann Sebastian Bach on the piano in Carnegie Hall. Thanks to a federal grant she was able to study Japanese language and Economics at New Jersey's Rutgers University, but this was only after she had run away from home as a teenager because of the pressure her demanding parents put on her. By the age of 17 she was homeless. To get through her studies at the university she turned to stripping. After becoming one of New Jersey's best-paid exotic dancers she decided to devote her life to getting richer and richer; she never wanted to live out on the street again. When she heard about girls making thousands of dollars in the porn biz, she moved to Los Angeles. A mutual friend introduced her to director Bud Lee, who instantly put her in one of his feature films. The rest, as they say, is history.
Asia has retired from making adult movies and only returns to do the occasional big-budget flick. She runs her own website and spends her time chatting with fans via email or day trading shares on the stock exchange.- Composer
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Baden Powell was born on 6 August 1937 in Varre-e-Sai, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was a composer and actor, known for Closer (2004), Eat Pray Love (2010) and The Ice Storm (1997). He was married to Silvia. He died on 26 September 2000 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.- Ballard Berkeley made his professional stage debut in 1928, and performed for many years in London's West End and in New York theatres. He is best remembered as Major Gowen in the British television series "Fawlty Towers" (1975).
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Born in Denver, Co, 6 August, 1925 and originally named Barbara Jane Bates, Barbara was the eldest of 3 daughters born to a postal clerk and RN.
Rather shy, her mother initially sent Barbara to study ballet. By her late teens, the young beauty began to model clothes as a teen out of high school.
Fighting off a life-long paralyzing shyness,she managed to be persuaded to enter a local beauty contest, with the winner receiving 2 round-trip train tickets to Hollywood.
Barbara won the contest, and with that the demure but very troubled young woman was on the first steps of her career.
Once in California, she met Cecil Coan, a United Artists publicist. Coan, a married man with children who was more than two decades older than Barbara, fell hard for the young beauty. He promised to guide her career and make her a star.
He proved his worth and dedication to her when he left his wife and married Barbara.
Groomed in obscure starlet bits, it wasn't until Warner Bros. signed her in 1947 and perpetuated an appealing girl-next-door image when her career started happening. It took some time before the actress started making strides apart from the bobby-soxxer ingénue.
She turned heads and supported herself initially as a pin-up girl, a job she didn't enjoy. She rose in rank after a number of bit parts and, during her peak as a lead and second lead, appeared opposite a number of stars, including Bette Davis in June Bride (1948), Danny Kaye in The Inspector General (1949), Rory Calhoun in I'd Climb the Highest Mountain (1951), and even Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis in their comedy,The Caddy (1953) just to name a few.
Much of Barbara's work in the above films was routine. Barbara's on-and-off-screen life started unraveling not long afterward. Succumbing to extreme mood shifts, insecurity, ill health and chronic depression to the point of being taken off important film assignments. By age 30, the promise she had once shown was no longer considered, and she and her husband Coen, who made all of Barbara's decisions for her, tried to salvage her career in England.
Things looked promising at first, when she was picked up by the Rank Organisation and co-starred with John Mills and Michael Craig in a couple of dramatic suspense films, but the films were mediocre. She again started showing signs of instability to the point where she was dropped from 2 films and the Rank Organisation was forced to drop her.
The couple returned to Hollywood, where old friend Rory Calhoun cast her in a picture he was producing and starring in called Apache Territory (1958).
Emotionally unable to withstand the pressures of Hollywood any more, Barbara abandoned her career, save for an appearance in The Loaded Tourist (1962),starring Roger Moore.
Nothing was heard of Barbara until her March 1969 death. It was learned she'd returned to her hometown of Denver and worked in various jobs, including stints as a secretary, dental assistant and hospital aide. Her much older husband and chief supporter, Cecil Coan, died of cancer in January 1967, and Barbara fell apart.
Although she remarried in December of 1968 to a childhood friend, sportscaster William Reed, she remained increasingly despondent. She committed suicide just 4 months later. She was found dead in her car by her mother in her mother's garage of carbon monoxide poisoning.
Interestingly, the one role she'll always be identified with is also one of the smallest parts given her during her brief tenure as leading lady.
In the very last scene of All About Eve (1950). Barbara turns up in the role of Phoebe, a devious school girl and wannabe actress who shows startling promise as a future schemer along the lines of her equally ruthless idol, Eve Harrington, superbly played by Anne Baxter.
Barbara's image is enshrined in the picture's very last scene - posing in front of a 3-way mirror while clutching Baxter's just-received acting award. It's this brief, moment for which she'll best be remembered.- Bernardino Lombao is known for Escuela del deporte (1999), El sueño olímpico. ADO 2004 (2002) and Tenemos que hablar (2013).
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Stuntman and actor Bobby Bass was born on August 6, 1936 in Jefferson County, Kentucky. Bobby not only was a Judo champion with a third degree black belt, but also was a paratrooper, Green Beret, and a Special Forces instructor in the military prior to being introduced to the stunt business by fellow stuntman and actor Gene LeBell in the mid-1960's. Outside of his extensive work as a stuntman, Bass also taught such people as Mel Gibson, Burt Reynolds, Geena Davis, Susan Sarandon, Danny Glover, Michael Douglas, and Kathleen Turner how to either fight and/or handle weapons (Bass helped popularize the use of the head butt in barroom fights). In addition, Bobby became a staunch advocate of safer working conditions in the stunt industry after stuntwoman and then girlfriend Heidi Von Beltz was paralyzed from the neck down in the wake of an automobile stunt going disastrously awry during the shooting of The Cannonball Run (1981) as well as the tragic helicopter accident that claimed the lives of Vic Morrow and two child actors that occurred during the making of Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983). Bass died at age 65 from Parkinson's disease on November 7, 2001.- Brendan Burke was born on 6 August 1978 in North Bay, Ontario, Canada. He is an actor, known for The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020), Café Society (2016) and The Post (2017).
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Bret Green is an Emmy-nominated actor known for his work on shows like Jane the Virgin, Ratched, and The Inspectors. He earned a degree in public relations and marketing before moving to Los Angeles to pursue acting. He grew up in Michigan with four siblings and has 17 nieces and nephews.- Producer
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Brian Michael Levant is an American filmmaker and producer known for directing many films such as The Flintstones, Jingle All the Way, Snow Dogs, Scooby-Doo: The Mystery Begins, The Flintstones: Viva Rock Vegas, Scooby-Doo: Curse of the Lake Monster, Are We There Yet?, The Spy Next Door and Max 2: White House Hero.- Actress
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Born in New York City and raised in Scottsdale, Arizona, Catherine Mary Hicks was a cheerleader at Gerard Catholic High School in Phoenix, Arizona, and graduated in 1969. Hicks attended Saint Mary's College-Notre Dame University and studied English literature. Moving east from South Bend, Indiana, she began her acting career at Cornell University, where she won a two-year scholarship to the Actor's Conservatory, where she received training in all aspects of the theatre. Leaving Cornell, she went to New York and, within a week, had landed a part on the ABC daytime drama, "Ryan's Hope" (1975). She became a notable actress of the 1980s, in film and television. After appearing on the soap opera, Ryan's Hope (1975) from 1976-78, she won a coveted role, starring with Jack Lemmon, in the Broadway stage production of "Tribute" for eight months. Catherine left Broadway to Hollywood, where, after several television guest appearances, she graduated to a leading role in the television movie Marilyn: The Untold Story (1980), playing Marilyn Monroe, which brought her international attention and an Emmy nomination. She appeared in several high profile films through the early 1980s, in leading and supporting roles whilst also appearing on television. Films included: Death Valley (1982), Garbo Talks (1984), The Razor's Edge (1984) and Peggy Sue Got Married (1986). She played "Dr. Gillian Taylor", opposite lead actor William Shatner, in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986), a cult sequel to the popular Star Trek films. In the late 1980s, she played the lead role of "Karen Barclay" in Child's Play (1988), a film that remains highly regarded in the horror genre. It was on the set of this film that Catherine met her future husband, Kevin Yagher, with whom she had a daughter in 1992. Despite her obvious talent, big movie roles never seemed to find their way to her in the early 1990s. In spite of this, she worked consistently, appearing in Liebestraum (1991), Dillinger and Capone (1995), the Hallmark Hall of Fame movie Redwood Curtain (1995), and a small role in the semi-high profile movie, Turbulence (1997). In 1996, she landed the lead role in the Warner Bros. television series, 7th Heaven (1996), playing "Annie Jackson-Camden". From that point on, her career revolved around the television series and her family, occasionally appearing in films. Her last to-date film was the television movie, For All Time (2000), opposite Mark Harmon. 7th Heaven (1996) was canceled in 2007, after a successful eleven-year run, but it is likely that this attractive and talented actress will remain in films and television for a long time to come.- Composer
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Catulo Castillo was born on 6 August 1906 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was a composer and writer, known for Amalio Reyes, un hombre (1970), Help Me to Live (1936) and La calesita (1963). He died on 19 October 1975 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.- Director
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Director Charles Crichton's film career began as an editor in 1935 with Alexander Korda's London Films, and in that capacity he worked on such productions as Sanders of the River (1935), Things to Come (1936) and Elephant Boy (1937) (which introduced Sabu to movie audiences). He soon left London Films for Ealing Studios, and rose quickly through the ranks, making his directorial debut with For Those in Peril (1944). Meticulous to the point of being referred to as a "perfectionist", Crichton came into his own at Ealing, a studio noted for its comedies, and among his best known are the quirky but charming The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953) and the wildly popular The Lavender Hill Mob (1951). He tried his hand at drama--outside of Ealing--with The Stranger in Between (1952), starring Dirk Bogarde. When Ealing closed its doors in 1959, Crichton's film work petered off, and he turned more and more to television, becoming a prolific director of crime and adventure series. His occasional forays back into feature films were not particularly productive, and for the most part he remained in television, directing episodes of such popular shows as Secret Agent (1964), The Avengers (1961) and Space: 1999 (1975).
At the request of star John Cleese, Crichton agreed to direct Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis and Kevin Kline in the offbeat comedy A Fish Called Wanda (1988), which turned out to be a huge international hit. It was his biggest success, and also his last film. He died in London at 1999, at age 89.- Writer
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Charles Wood was born on 6 August 1932 in St. Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands, UK. He was a writer and actor, known for Iris (2001), The Knack... and How to Get It (1965) and The Bed Sitting Room (1969). He was married to Valerie Newman. He died on 1 February 2020 in England, UK.- Actress
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Charlotte McKinney was born on 6 August 1993 in Orlando, Florida, USA. She is an actress, known for Fantasy Island (2020), Baywatch (2017) and Guest House (2020).- Stunts
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Chelsea Bruland was born on 6 August 1982 in Adelaide, Australia. She is an actress and assistant director, known for Terminator Genisys (2015), Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014) and Where the Crawdads Sing (2022).- Actor
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Edgerly was born in Silver Spring, Maryland and moved at the age of 2 with his mom and two brothers to Savannah, Georgia.
He attended Benedictine Military High School and the University of Georgia later on, where he would entertain his friends with lots of impressions. After a season of rugby at the university, he tried his hand at stand-up comedy at the urging of his roommates. A 10-year career touring the country followed (where his ability to do voices came in handy), punctuated by the occasional TV appearance on Nickelodeon. He relocated to Orlando in his early 20s and then later, he relocated to Los Angeles. Edgerly has since settled into the world of voiceover, in which he provides voices for movies, TV shows, and video games, and he still does the occasional stand-up gig around town.
Edgerly is currently the voice of Gobber the Belch in Dragons: Riders of Berk, taking over from Craig Ferguson.- Camera and Electrical Department
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Claudio Basso was born on 6 August 1977 in Cipoletti, Río Negro, Argentina. He is an actor, known for Paraíso (2021), Amar en tiempos revueltos (2005) and Costumbres argentinas (2003).- Actor
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David Campbell is the son of the legendary Australian rock and roll singer Jimmy Barnes. Jimmy was born on 28 April, 1956, and David was born in 1973, when Jimmy and his mother were still teenagers. Jimmy Barnes was not yet famous, and David's early life was quite difficult. 'Campbell' is the surname of his maternal grandparents, his mothers surname. David was raised by his mother and her parents, and he had no idea from an early age that Jimmy Barnes was his father. When he was a teenager he learned of his heritage, and decided to follow in his fathers footsteps. David played the lead role of Johnny O'keefe in the mega-extravaganza stage musical about O'Keefe's life 'Shout'. David has acted in many theatre roles, and has also released many CDs of his music. His latest single 'Hope' was performed by him on 'Micallef Tonight' and reached the top 10 in Australia.- Stunts
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Dave lea started training in martial arts in his early teens. He traveled the world learning from some of the greatest martial art teachers he could find, including Dan Inosanto who trained under Bruce Lee, and Joseph Cheng of Wing Chun fame. Also studied with Grand Master Leong Swee Lun of Shaolin 5 Animals in Malaysia.
Learning all he could he also started doing TV work where he landed a recurring role on UK #1 TV show EastEnders. (All this before he took an acting class). He then auditioned for 1989 Batman where he stunt/fight doubled Michael Keaton.
His first movie in Los Angeles was Tango & Cash starring Sly Stallone and Kurt Russell where he was hired to train/choreograph and fight Sly Stallone and was awarded Best Fight Sequence. That movie put Dave on the map. Since then he has continued to work with 'A' list actors in preparing them for their action roles and choreographed the action.
Moving up the ladder he became a stunt coordinator/fight choreographer and continues to prepare actors for the complicated action scenes for today's audiences. In front or behind the camera Dave explodes with his passion.
He was called up by Michael Keaton to Train-Choreograph Stunt and Fight double him again in Batman Returns getting him more attention from studio heads at Warner Bros and other main line studios. He's worked with numerous actors including preparing them for Action roles in seemingly impossible timing. Sly Stallone, Ashley Judd, Ben Affleck, Colin Farrell, Tom Cruise, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Ewan Mcgregor, Scarlett Johansson, Will Smith, Sandra Bullock, Michelle Pfeiffer, Famke Janssen, Dennis Quaid, David Boreanaz and many other action stars. Dave continues developing his choreography and action to excite the audiences for today's action genre.
Dave's repertoire of choreography is known by the many styles of fighting he has studied. These include close range tactical, flashy, penitentiary, street fighting, gang fights, period fights and whatever the script calls for. Dave studied dance for many years and adds that into his routines. Dave says: 'Action is like dancing! Turn the music on and dance. The best action moves are the ones that simply appear in the choreography. You don't look for them, you feel them.'
He is also efficient in getting actors ready for their action roles within a tight schedule. For example, when working with Sly Stallone on Demolition Man, one producer, Joel Silver, introduced Dave to Sandra Bullock saying he had only 7 days to get her ready - and he did!
Dave continues to stay motivated and searches for new and innovative ways to enhance the action. No two actors are the same, and Dave creates different styles of action for every film, whether it's a low budget indie or a high end studio budget. Dave said: 'When your passion is in the action, the fights and stunts will be true and real. I have learned from some of the best teachers out there. The least I can do is hold on to what they taught me. Dave added: 'My mother had a tremendous influence on my physical and stretching abilities. She would do the splits and kick above her head, just because she could. She was so amazing. So really she was the greatest inspiration of all, and continues to be.' Dave continues to train himself. He said: 'It becomes a lifestyle and a wonderful challenge to keep the physical ability of kicking, stretching and keeping finely tuned to all that works.' When it comes to movie fighting, he researches and creates the more unusual styles of fighting. He also took up Latin dancing to improve his choreography. Dave develops unique and explosive moves that even the most uncoordinated actor can perform to give a sense of reality to their performance and action scenes. 'I do the impossible! God helps with the 'miracles'. Camera ready, Real 2 Reel! And action!'- Actor
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Dean Andrews was born on 6 August 1963 in Rotherham, Yorkshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Life on Mars (2006), Ashes to Ashes (2008) and United (2011).- Actress
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Dee Booher, better known as "Queenie," first used the stage name of "Queen Kong" while skating for 5 years with such roller derby teams the Chicago Hawks, the New York Bombers, the Detroit Devils and the Texas Outlaws. Her acting career was augmented by a short-lived stint as a rock star. The video to her hit single, "(I Eat) Raw Meat", was played often by Los Angeles sportscaster Fred Rogin for a number of years on KNBC-TV4.
She appeared on numerous games shows such as "Win, Lose or Draw" and "The Gong Show" (where she was a co-host for 14 episodes). She also made a living delivering very physical singing telegrams known as "Slam-A-Grams", where she would take down the victim, errr, guest of honor at a party in various professional wrestling moves, all designed to look extremely painful and brutal, but ultimately harmless. Due to various injuries over the years from wrestling and roller derby, she no longer performed "Slam-A-Grams" for health reasons.
Some of her greatest fans were children. During her "Gorgeous Ladies Of Wrestling" (aka G.L.O.W.) days, her personal appearances were often mobbed by kids. Despite her rough and gruff image, she was in real life a most sweet and gregarious person, treating her friends and fans alike with immense kindness and affection. The "Matilda The Hun" moniker was given to her by G.L.O.W. producers. It wasn't until the show was over for a number of years she discovered they had taken the name directly from a character played by Roberta Collins in Death Race 2000 (1975).
She resided in the Los Angeles area with her husband, Ken. Her website features many photos of herself throughout her career.- Actor
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De'voreaux White was born on 6 August 1965 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Die Hard (1988), Places in the Heart (1984) and The Blues Brothers (1980).- Actress
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Donna Lewis was born in Cardiff, Wales. She is an actor and platinum-selling musician/songwriter/producer best know for her international hit "I Love You Always Forever". She is known for her soundtrack appearances on Isn't It Romantic (2019), Anastasia (1997) and Simply Irresistible (1999). She is still active today and has recorded five studio albums and has been featured as a guest vocalist for Art of Noise, Ryan Farish and Dino Lenny.- Actor
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Dorian Harewood was born on 6 August 1950 in Dayton, Ohio, USA. He is an actor, known for Full Metal Jacket (1987), Space Jam (1996) and Sudden Death (1995). He has been married to Nancy Harewood since 14 February 1979. They have two children.- Edward Jewesbury was born on 6 August 1917 in Marylebone, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Richard III (1995), Much Ado About Nothing (1993) and Henry V (1989). He was married to Christine Roberts. He died on 31 March 2001 in Esher, Surrey, England, UK.
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Ella Raines was born in Snoqualmie Falls, Washington, in 1920. After graduating from high school, she enrolled at the University of Washington as a drama student and participated in many plays. Following graduation, she traveled to New York and the lights of Broadway. She was eventually signed by Howard Hawks and played in Corvette K-225 (1943) as the love interest of Randolph Scott. She appeared in many A pictures very quickly, including Tall in the Saddle (1944) opposite John Wayne. She co-starred in many other films opposite such stars as Vincent Price, William Powell and Brian Donlevy (turning in a good performance as a spunky garage owner in director Arthur Lubin's underrated Impact (1949)). In the early 1950s she had her own TV series, Janet Dean, Registered Nurse (1954), and also had a short-lived recording career during that period. She died in 1988.- Actor
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Elliott Smith was born on 6 August 1969 in Omaha, Nebraska, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for Good Will Hunting (1997), The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) and Up in the Air (2009). He died on 21 October 2003 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Composer
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Probably the most important musician to be born in Cuba, Ernesto Lecuona was already playing piano at age 5. He obtained his master in piano with a gold medal at the National Conservatory when he was barely 17 years old. Among his teachers were Antonio Saavedra (a disciple of Ignacio Cervantes), Joaquin Nin and the Dutch composer Hubert de Blanck who resided in Havana. When his father died, young Lecuona was forced to work playing piano in silent-movie bistros in order to help the family finances. As he became known as a concert pianist he also started composing. In spite of being a classical pianist, early on Lecuona showed interest in popular music and composed "La Comparsita" and other dance pieces which defined Cuban music by uniting the Spanish-European musical tradition with African rhythms. In 1917 he made his first recordings in New York, where he settled for a while, but in 1918 he was back in Cuba to found the Instituto Musical de La Habana. He composed his first operetta in 1919 and became wildly successful in this genre, turning out more than 50 staged musicals. In 1927 he unveiled his "Malaguena" at the Roxy Theater in New York with enormous success (fellow composer Ravel exclaimed, "It is more beautiful and melodic than my 'Bolero!'").
The hit parade success in 1929 of "Siboney" marked another milestone in Lecuona's career and he became known as the "Cuban Gershwin." This encouraged him to form the "Orquestra Cubana", which quickly became a favorite ensemble worldwide. During a tour of Spain, the composer had to leave the orchestra for health reasons and went back to Cuba for a needed rest. The group, now under the direction of Armando Orechife, change its name to "Lecuona Cuban Boys" and continued touring the world for many years, even appearing in films.
In the late 1930s and 1940s Lecuona wrote several soundtracks for films at MGM, 20th Century-Fox and Warner Bros. The love theme for Always in My Heart (1942) became a huge hit, with more than 1,000 versions recorded by vocalists and orchestras. By the end of World War II Lecuona had built an impressive catalog of music, which included 400 songs, 176 pieces for piano, 52 operettas, zarzuelas and musical revues, 31 orchestral works, 11 soundtracks for the cinema, 5 ballets, one trio and an opera. It was obviously time to relax and enjoy the fruit of his labors, so he spaced out his musical commitments and dedicated himself to gardening and the breeding of tropical birds. Although quite wealthy, Lecuona preferred a simple lifestyle and was very proud of his roses and fruit trees. He detested politics but was notoriously generous: he financed, with his own money, various artists' associations including, with maestro Gonzalo Roig, the founding of Sociedad Nacional de Autores, devoted to protecting the copyrights of Cuban musicians.
When 'Fidel Castro (I)' (v) came to power, Lecuona, along with hundreds of thousands of Cubans, went into exile. He settled in Tampa, Florida, and it's possible that he later moved to New York, where he led a quiet life hoping for the end of the communist dictatorship on his beloved island. In 1963 he traveled to the Canary Islands off the coast of Spain to attend a tribute being held in his honor and died there on November 23rd. His body was claimed by the government of Malaga, Spain, which wanted to bury the immortal composer of "Malaguena" in their land; it was also claimed by the Cuban government, which hoped to cover up the fact that its most prestigious artist was in exile. Cuban organizations in Miami protested the move and Lecuona's body rests today at the Westchester Cemetery in New York.- Actress
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Ever Carradine was born on 6 August 1974 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress, known for The Requiem Boogie, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) and Bubble Boy (2001). She has been married to Coby Brown since 1 October 2005. They have two children.- Actress
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For the past four decades, Faith Prince has dazzled audiences on both stage and screen in a variety of memorable comedic and dramatic roles. She quickly rose to Broadway fame after winning a Tony Award, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Award for her performance as Miss Adelaide in Guys and Dolls directed by Jerry Zaks, and has remained one of the most prolific leading ladies working in the American musical theater. For her Broadway debut in Jerome Robbins Broadway, Ms. Prince was nominated for her first Tony Award and Drama Desk Award, and has since starred in over a dozen Broadway shows: Nick & Nora (Outer Critics Circle nomination), Guys and Dolls, What's Wrong With This Picture, The King and I, Little Me, James Joyce's The Dead, Bells Are Ringing (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics nominations), Noises Off, Disney's The Little Mermaid, A Catered Affair (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics nominations), Annie, and Disaster. Also in New York, she originated the role of Trina in William Finn and James Lapine's Falsettoland and can be heard on the cast recording. Equally present on screen, Ms. Prince made her television debut guest starring opposite Pierce Brosnan on the hit series "Remington Steele" followed by playing Angela Virago in the 1985 film The Last Dragon. She has appeared in numerous films including: Dave with Kevin Kline, My Father the Hero with Gerard Depardieu, Picture Perfect with Jennifer Aniston, Our Very Own, It Had to Be You, Material Girls, and Disney's TinkerBell and the Great Fairy Rescue. Faith is perhaps more widely recognized for the many colorful characters she has created on television including recently: Nellie Cantrell on the 2022 Fox series "Monarch" and Judith Robertson in "Emily in Paris", as well as Kristy Swenson in "Scream Queens", Elaine Bingum in "Drop Dead Diva", Claudia in "Spin City", Kelly Knippers in "Huff", "Modern Family", "CSI", "Ugly Betty", "Grey's Anatomy", "Monk", "House", "Now and Again" and television movies including most recently "Dear Christmas" for Lifetime. Audiences can now stream her many live appearances, including performances from The Tony Awards, "My Favorite Broadway" at Carnegie Hall, and An Evening At The Pops: A Tribute to Jerry Herman" (PBS). In addition to the original cast recordings, she has two solo albums "A Leap of Faith" (DRG, 2000) and "Total Faith" (Broadway Records, 2013).Faith can frequently be seen in concert and her symphony appearances include Boston Pops, Utah Symphony, Orlando Philharmonic, Cincinnati Pops, and Philly Pops, and Sydney Opera House and the Adelaide Music Festival with Anthony Warlow. Born in Georgia and raised in Virginia, Faith received a BFA in musical theater from University of Cincinnati Conservatory of Music before moving to New York and making her professional debut in Scrambled Feet. a revue at The Village Gate Theater. She then succeeded Ellen Greene as Audrey in the original New York and Los Angeles productions of Little Shop of Horrors. In 2009, Ms. Prince was honored by her alma mater with an Honorary Doctorate of Performing Arts.- Actor
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Making his big screen debut, Forrest Goodluck appears opposite Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Domnhall Gleeson and Will Poulter in FOX's epic drama, "The Revenant." Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu, the movie centers on legendary hunter, Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio), who is left for dead by his compatriots following a bear mauling. Goodluck plays Hawk, the son of DiCaprio's Hugh Glass.
While "The Revenant" marks his burst onto the scene, Goodluck has several years of acting work under his belt, participating in community theater and short films since the age of ten. Prolific behind the camera, Goodluck is an award-winning youth filmmaker whose work has premiered at the Seattle International Film Festival, Taos Shortz Film Festival, LA Skins Festival, and had made him the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian and SWAIA Santa Fe Indian Market Class X Youth Winner. Goodluck's film work also led to him being chosen as one of Sundance Institute's 2015 Full Circle Fellows.
A member of the Diné, Mandan, Hidatsa and Tsimshian tribes, Goodluck is the son of Laurie and Kevin, a Practice Manager and Internal Medicine Physician, respectively. He is a student at the prestigious Bosque School and studies drama with acclaimed acting teachers Angela Gibbs and Judith Weston in Los Angeles. Born and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Goodluck is currently finishing his high school studies, while pursuing his acting career.- Actor
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One of Britain's finest products of the stage, film and TV, actor Frank Finlay, he with the dark and handsomely serious-to-mordant looks, was born on August 6, 1926, in Farnworth, England, the son of Josiah, a butcher, and Margaret Finlay. Of English, Irish and Scottish descent, Frank attended St. Gregory the Great School and then was actually training to follow in his father's footsteps as a butcher himself when his side interest in acting eventually won out. He became a member of the Farnworth Little Theatre and met his future wife, Doreen Shepherd, a fellow member at the same time. They married in 1954, had three children (two sons, one daughter) and were married for over 50 years until her death in 2005.
Finlay began his professional career on the repertory stage with roles in The Guilford Theatre Company's 1957 productions of "Jessica" and "The Telescope". Graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), he built up a strong and sturdy theatrical reputation at the Royal Court Theatre between 1958 and 1960 where he was seen to good advantage in such plays as "Chicken Soup and Barley", "Sugar in the Morning", "Sergeant Musgrave's Dance", "Roots", "I'm Talking About Jerusalem", "The Happy Haven" and "Platonov". Making his Broadway debut in "The Epitaph of George Dillon" in 1959, he also sparked a noteworthy professional association with Laurence Olivier at the National Theatre, the highlight being his intense but subtle portrayal of "Iago" to Olivier's "Othello" in 1964.
Marking his film debut in a bit role in The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962), Finlay sandwiched in a steady stream of British film parts (including Private Potter (1963), Doctor in Distress (1963), Agent 8 3/4 (1964), The Comedy Man (1964), A Study in Terror (1965) (as "Jack the Ripper" Inspector Lestrade), The Jokers (1967), The Deadly Bees (1966) and Robbery (1967)) in between theatre assignments. His greatest film opportunity occurred when he was given the right by Olivier to recreate his Iago role opposite the legendary actor in the masterful film adaptation of Othello (1965). Finlay, Maggie Smith (as "Desdemona") and Joyce Redman (as "Emilia") all received Oscar and Golden Globe nominations for their illustrious "supporting" work of Olivier (who was also Oscar nominated). Frank went on to nab a "Most Promising Newcomer" nomination from the BAFTA committee as well. To date, this has been the actor's only Oscar recognition.
Frank, who had a dashing role as "Porthos" for director Richard Lester in the ripe Dumas adaptation of The Three Musketeers (1973) (and its sequels The Four Musketeers: Milady's Revenge (1974) and The Return of the Musketeers (1989)), has had primarily an international cinematic career. Films include The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968), Cromwell (1970), The Molly Maguires (1970), Shaft in Africa (1973), The Wild Geese (1978), Murder by Decree (1979) (again as "Inspector Lestrade"), The Return of the Soldier (1982), The Key (1983) [The Key], Lifeforce (1985), La montagna dei diamanti (1991), So This Is Romance? (1997), Silent Cry (2002) and, most notably, the Oscar-winning WWII picture The Pianist (2002), directed by Roman Polanski, in which he portrayed the patriarch of a displaced Jewish family that included "Best Actor" son Adrien Brody.
Classical television notice came in middle age with Frank's strong performances as "Jean Valjean" in the British TV mini-series Les Misérables (1967) and the title role in Casanova (1971). He also went on to win stellar praise and a BAFTA award for his chilling portrayal of "Adolf Hitler" in The Death of Adolf Hitler (1973). Finlay and Susan Penhaligon courted controversy in the drama series Bouquet of Barbed Wire (1976) and were reunited in further controversy the following year with its follow-up Another Bouquet (1977). More plentiful and prestigious BBC-TV work came with his roles as Shakespeare's "Brutus" and "Shylock", not to mention his award-winning performances as "Voltaire" and "Sancho Panza".
In Count Dracula (1977), Finlay played "Van Helsing" to nemesis Louis Jourdan's velvety-voiced vampire; in A Christmas Carol (1984), he was the dour, shackled "Jacob Marley", who pays a ghostly visit to George C. Scott's crusty "Ebenezer Scrooge"; and in Eroica (2003), he portrayed composer "Franz Josef Haydn" alongside Ian Hart's "Beethoven" in the mini-series Eroica (2003). Frank ended his on-camera career gracing such programs as the mini-series Johnny and the Bomb (2006), Prime Suspect 7: The Final Act (2006) and Four Seasons (2008) and the TV series Life Begins (2004).
Throughout his prolific career on TV and film, Frank has maintained on the stage giving sterling performances in classic and contemporary plays as in with "Much Ado About Nothing (as "Dogberry"), "The Crucible", "Saturday Sunday Monday", "Filumena", "Amadeus" (a most affecting Salieri), "Mutiny" (as "Captain Bligh"), "Beyond Reasonable Doubt" and as the rigid father in the 1992 period production of "The Heiress." On January 30, 2016, Finlay died of heart failure in Surrey, England, at the age of 89.- Composer
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Geoff Harvey was born on 6 August 1935 in London, England, UK. He was a composer and producer, known for Spyforce (1971), The Sullivans (1976) and The Bob Monkhouse Show (1972). He was married to Katrina and Penny Spence. He died on 30 March 2019 in Berrima, New South Wales, Australia.- Actress
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Geraldine Estelle Horner (née Halliwell; born 6 August 1972) is an English singer, songwriter, author and actress. She rose to prominence in the 1990s as Ginger Spice, a member of the girl group the Spice Girls. With over 100 million records sold worldwide, the Spice Girls are the best-selling female group of all time. Their slogan "girl power" was most closely associated with Halliwell,and her Union Jack dress from the 1997 Brit Awards also became an enduring symbol.Halliwell left the Spice Girls in 1998, citing exhaustion and creative differences, but rejoined when they reunited in 2007.- Actor
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Grant Aleksander was born on 6 August 1960 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Guiding Light (1952), All My Children (1970) and As the World Turns (1956). He has been married to Sherry Ramsey since 19 September 1987.- Actress
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Harley Graham was born on 6 August 2001 in Florida, USA. She is an actress, known for Chasing Mavericks (2012), Thor (2011) and Hot Pursuit (2015).- Héctor Pellegrini was born on 6 August 1931 in Quiroga, Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor, known for Trampa para un soñador (1980), Llévame contigo (1982) and Pajarito Gómez (1965). He died on 1 November 1999 in Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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A pioneering cowboy star of silent and early talking Westerns, Hoot Gibson was one of the 1920s' most popular children's matinée heroes. In his real life, however, he had a rather painful rags-to-riches-and-back-to-rags career, a problem that seemed to plague a number of big stars who fell victim to their high profile and wound up living too high on the hog.
An unfortunate byproduct of stardom is, of course, the misinformation that is often fed to the public over the years by either overzealous publicity agents or the actor himself. The many variations of just how Gibson earned the name tag "Hoot" is one of them: (1) As a youth, he loved to hunt owls; (2) while a teenager working on a rodeo ranch, other ranch hands called him "Hoot Owl" and that the name was shortened to just "Hoot"; (3) he picked up the nickname while a messenger with the Owl Drug Company; and (4) while touring briefly in vaudeville, he would hoot when the audience cheered and, thus, the nickname.
What facts are known about Hoot is that he was born Edmund Richard Gibson on August 6, 1892, in Tekamah, Nebraska. As a child he grew up among horses and received his first pony at the age of 2-1/2. His family moved to California when he was 7. At age 13 the adventurous youth ran away from home and joined a circus for a time. Later work included punching cows in both Wyoming and Colorado (at the time, a territory and not a state). While working on the Miller 101 Ranch at Fort Bliss, Oklahoma, as a horse wrangler, Hoot developed a strong, active interest in the rodeo scene--in particular, bronco busting. In 1907 he signed a four-year contract with the Dick Stanley-Bud Atkinson Wild West Show, which toured throughout the US and (later) Australia.
By 1910 Hoot had found an "in" to the movie business as one of the industry's first stuntmen (for which he was paid $2.50 for performing stunts or training horses). Director Francis Boggs was looking for experienced cowboys and stunt doubles to appear in his western short Pride of the Range (1910) starring Tom Mix; both Hoot and another future cowboy star, Art Acord, were hired. Hoot lost a solid Hollywood contact in Boggs, however, when the director and his working partner, producer William Nicholas Selig, were both shot in October, 1911, by a mentally disturbed employee (Selig was injured, but Boggs was killed). Gibson managed to find other stunt work in director D.W. Griffith's western short The Two Brothers (1910) and several others for the next few years.
Acting, at this point, was not his bread-and-butter income. Hoot still continued to forge a name for himself on the rodeo circuit with his pal Acord. In 1912, at age 20, he won the title "All-Around Champion Cowboy" at the famed annual Pendleton (Oregon) Round-Up. He also won the steer-roping World Championship at the Calgary Stampede. While on the circuit, he met fellow rodeo rider Rose August ("Helen") Wenger. They eventually married (there is still some question about whether they legally exchanged vows) and she took on the marquee name of Helen Gibson. She even found film stunt work herself and eventually was chosen to replace Helen Holmes as star of the popular movie serial The Hazards of Helen (1914) during mid-filming. Hoot himself had a minor role in the Universal cliffhanger.
Hoot picked up a couple of more strong connections in the film industry with western star Harry Carey and director John Ford. Gibson gained some momentum as a secondary player in a few of their films, including Cheyenne's Pal (1917), Straight Shooting (1917), The Secret Man (1917) and A Marked Man (1917). With the outbreak of World War I, however, Gibson's film career was put on hold. He joined the US Army, eventually attaining the the rank of sergeant while serving with the Tank Corps, and was honorably discharged in 1919. He returned immediately to Universal and was able to restart his career, quickly working his way up to co-star status in a series of short westerns, most of which were directed by his now close friend Ford. The two-reelers usually co-starred either Pete Morrison or Hoor's wife Helen, or sometimes both. Films such as The Fighting Brothers (1919), The Black Horse Bandit (1919), Rustlers (1919), Gun Law (1919), The Gun Packer (1919) and By Indian Post (1919) eventually led to his solo starring success.
During this prolific period, he was frequently directed by George Holt (The Trail of the Holdup Man (1919)), Phil Rosen (The Sheriff's Oath (1920)) and Lee Kohlmar (The Wild Wild West (1921)). It was at this time that he and wife Helen separated and divorced. In the early 1920s, Hoot went on to marry another Helen--Helen Johnson. They had one child, Lois Charlotte Gibson, born in 1923. The couple divorced in 1927.
Superstardom came with the John Ford (I)full-length feature western Action (1921), which was taken from "The Three Godfathers" story. It starred Hoot, Francis Ford and J. Farrell MacDonald as a trio of outlaws on the lam who find a baby. From that point on, both Hoot and Tom Mix began to "rule the west". Gibson's light, comedic, tongue-in-cheek manner only added to his sagebrush appeal, especially to children and women. His vehicles were non-violent for the most part, and he rarely was spotted carrying a gun while riding his palomino horse Goldie. Not a particularly handsome man, his boyish appeal and non-threatening demeanor were his aces in the hole--a major distinction that separated him from the more ascetic cowboy stars of the past.
By 1925 Hoot was making approximately $14,500 a week and spending it about as fast as he was making it. He successfully made the transition to talkies and, in 1930, married popular Jazz-era actress Sally Eilers, a third party to his previous divorce. The couple made three features together: The Long, Long Trail (1929), Trigger Tricks (1930) and Clearing the Range (1931). When she found celluloid success on her own with Bad Girl (1931), Sally decided to split from Hoot professionally and personally. They divorced in 1933.
Hoot lost his Universal contract in 1930, which signified the start of his decline. While he secured contracts with lesser studios during the early 1930s, such as Allied Pictures and First Division Pictures, the quality of his films suffered. By this time Hoot had already begun to feature race cars and airplanes in his pictures. such as The Flyin' Cowboy (1928) and The Winged Horseman (1929). Airplanes in particular became a large, expensive passion of his. In 1933 he crashed his biplane during a National Air Race in Los Angeles, which had pitted him against another cowboy star, Ken Maynard. Fortunately, he survived his injuries.
With the advent of talking films, singing cowboys such as Gene Autry and Roy Rogers were becoming the new rage, and both Hoot and Tom Mix felt the kick. Yet he managed a couple of "comebacks" by pairing up with others stars. He joined old silent film teammate Harry Carey and 'Guinn Big Boy Williams' in the "Three Mesquiteers" western Powdersmoke Range (1935), and was billed second to Ray Corrigan in the Republic serial The Painted Stallion (1937).
Hoot left films and toured with the Robbins Brothers and Russell Brothers circuses during 1938 and 1939 before retiring from show business altogether. His multiple divorces and reckless spending habits had taken their toll on his finances. For a time he found work in real estate before Monogram Pictures offered the stocky-framed actor a chance to return in 1943. Hoot teamed up with cowboy star Ken Maynard in the popular "Trail Blazers" series, and the duo were later joined by Bob Steele. Chief Thundercloud replaced a difficult Maynard on a couple of the films, but by the end of the series Gibson and Steele were riding alone together. The nearly dozen films in the series began with Wild Horse Stampede (1943) and ended with Trigger Law (1944), the latter being his last hurrah in films.
Hoot then returned to real estate. By the time he appeared as a surprise guest on the popular sitcom I Married Joan (1952) starring Joan Davis, his Western features of the 1930s and 1940s, as well as those of Maynard, Steele and others were a large staple of films seen by a TV audience that couldn't get enough Western fare. He did a favor for old friend John Ford by appearing in a cameo role in the director's 1959 film The Horse Soldiers (1959). His last movie spotting was a guest cameo in the "Rat Pack" film Ocean's Eleven (1960).
Hoot married a fourth and final time on July 3, 1942, to one-time radio singer and actress Dorothea Dunstan. This marriage took hold and lasted for 20 years until his death. By the 1960s Gibson was on the verge of financial collapse after a series of bad investments. Diagnosed with cancer in 1960, rising medical costs forced him to find any and all work available. He was relegated at one point to becoming a greeter at a Las Vegas casino and, for a period, worked at carnivals.
It was an unhappy end for a cowboy who brought so much excitement and entertainment to children and adults alike. Gibson died of cancer at the Motion Picture Country Home in Woodland Hills, California, just a couple of weeks after his 70th birthday. He was interred in the Inglewood Park Cemetery in Inglewood, California. In remembrance, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and, in 1979, was inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City.- Actor
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Hopper Penn was born on 6 August 1993 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Puppy Love (2020), War Machine (2017) and The Last Face (2016).- Igor Luchenok was born on 6 August 1938 in Minskaya oblast, USSR. He was a composer, known for Rudobelskaya respublika (1971), Tretyego ne dano (1980) and Din Rid v zhizni i v pesne (1986). He was married to Alexandra Chekanova. He died on 12 November 2018 in Minsk, Belarus.
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Jack Klaff was born on 6 August 1951 in Johannesburg, South Africa. He is an actor and writer, known for Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977), For Your Eyes Only (1981) and King David (1985).- Jack Scanlon was born on 6 August 1998 in Kent, England, UK. He is an actor, known for The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008), Married Single Other (2010) and Runaway (2009).
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Jason O'Mara was born and raised in Dublin, Ireland. Soon after graduating from Trinity College Dublin with a BA in Drama and Theatre he moved to London, England, to further pursue his acting career. Time spent in British repertory theater led to leading roles in acclaimed productions at some of Britain and Ireland's great theaters, including The Royal Shakespeare Company, The Almeida, The Donmar, London's West End (Apollo and Comedy Theatres) and the Gate Theatre, Dublin. Concurrently, he appeared in many British TV series for both the BBC and ITV. A permanent move to the US in 2002 resulted in Jason becoming a major presence on American and international screens, both big and small.
In 2017 Jason won the Irish Film and Television Award (IFTA) for Best Supporting Actor for his role as the real life character of Sgt. Jack Prendergast in the film 'The Siege Of Jadotville'.
Jason is an ambassador for The Lir, Ireland's National Academy of Dramatic Art at Trinity College Dublin and for The Movember Foundation, the global men's health charity organization.
He lives in Los Angeles and visits Ireland as often as possible.
You can follow Jason on Twitter @jason_omara and Instagram @jasonomaraofficial and Facebook.- Director
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Jennifer Lyon Bell was born on 6 August 1969 in the USA. She is a director and producer, known for Adorn (2018).- Jennifer Lyons was born in Pasadena, California to a family of entertainers. Her mother is an inspiring and creative school principal who has brought arts programs to under-served communities, her father was a flamenco guitarist, and her grandparents were a singing and dancing Vaudeville team. Having been inspired by her legendary uncle, Actor James Best, known for his beloved character Rosco P. Coltrane, she went on to study film acting at his school and had the privilege of being taught by musical theater genius Dorothy Best, her Aunt. Her love for performing was apparent from a very young age, when she would dance for her family while her dad played guitar. Jennifer is a classically trained ballet dancer and studied various forms of dance for 17 years. She has performed in the U.S., Europe, and China. Her love for the stage broadened into musical theatre in high school and college. Not too soon after, she landed a recurring role on an NBC show as a Ballet dancer. Her career has continued to broaden into various roles in popular TV shows and feature films. She is best known for her comedic timing but still loves gritty drama when it comes her way.
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Jeremy Ratchford was born on 6 August 1965 in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. He is an actor, known for Cold Case (2003), Fly Away Home (1996) and Angel Eyes (2001).- John Moschitta Jr. was born on 6 August 1954 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for The Transformers: The Movie (1986), Dick Tracy (1990) and Young Doctors in Love (1982).
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Jonathan Aibel was born in Demarest, New Jersey, USA. Jonathan is a producer and writer, known for Kung Fu Panda (2008), King of the Hill (1997) and Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011).- Born JonBenét Patricia Ramsey, at Northside Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia on August 6, 1990 to John Bennett Ramsey and Patricia (Paugh) Ramsey. She moved to Colorado with her family when she was just a year old. Her first name is a combination of her father's first and middle names, John Bennett.
She held a number of child beauty contest titles, including (in alphabetical order) America's Royal Miss, Colorado State All-Star Kids Cover Girl, Little Miss Charlevoix Michigan, Little Miss Colorado, Little Miss Merry Christmas, Little Miss Sunburst, and National Tiny Miss Beauty. She attended High Peaks Elementary School and was a member of St. John's Episcopal Church of Boulder.
Her last pageant was December 17, 1996. She performed "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" and modeled a few outfits. The competition took place at the Southwest Plaza in Denver, Colorado. She was crowned Little Miss Christmas and won a medal for talent.
She was only six years old when she was murdered on Christmas Day, 1996. She is buried in St. James Episcopal Cemetery in Marietta, Georgia, next to the grave of her mother and sister.
Her murder remains unsolved. - Producer
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Josh Schwartz was born on 6 August 1976 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for The O.C. (2003), Runaways (2017) and Looking for Alaska (2019). He has been married to Jill Stonerock since 20 September 2008.- Actress
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Joyce Sims was born on 6 August 1959 in Rochester, New York, USA. She was an actress and composer, known for Species (1995), The Sixth Man (1997) and Joyce Sims: Walk Away (1987). She was married to Errol Sandiford. She died on 13 October 2022 in New Jersey, USA.- Actress
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Juliane Köhler was born on 6 August 1965 in Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany. She is an actress, known for Downfall (2004), Aimee & Jaguar (1999) and Nowhere in Africa (2001). She has been married to Michael Rösch since 1996. They have two children.- Actress
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Kacey Rohl was born on 6 August 1991 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She is an actress and writer, known for White Lie (2019), Red Riding Hood (2011) and Sisters & Brothers (2011).- Karen Randers-Pehrson was born on 6 August 1932 in Oslo, Norway. She was an actress, known for Maksveringar (1973), Barn av solen (1955) and Krypskyttere (1982). She died on 4 February 2019 in Oslo, Norway.
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Karl Davies was born on 6 August 1982 in Manchester, England, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for Happy Valley (2014), Chernobyl (2019) and Game of Thrones (2011).- Ken Riley was born on 6 August 1947 in Bartow, Florida, USA. He died on 7 June 2020 in Bartow, Florida, USA.
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Kevin Jarre was born on August 6, 1954 in Detroit, Michigan, to actress Laura Devon and her second husband, Cleland B. Clark, a photographic illustrator who had combined ranching and fashion photography, and was a lifetime member of the National Rifle Association. After his parents divorced, he lived in Wyoming for a time with his father, whom he referred to as Hemingwayesque. He later went to Los Angeles to live with his mother.
Jarre had gotten small acting parts in the television series "Flipper", which starred Brian Kelly, to whom his mother was married to at that time. She subsequently would divorce Kelly, and later get married to French composer Maurice Jarre, who adopted Kevin.
Initially wanting to become an actor, Jarre was encouraged to try screenwriting. He began writing scripts, his big break came when he was hired to write the story for what would eventually become "Rambo: First Blood Part II" starring Sylvester Stallone. He then worked on "The Tracker", a period Western for HBO starring Kris Kristofferson and directed by John Guillermin. He then wrote the screenplay for the critically acclaimed historical war drama, "Glory" about the 54th Massachusetts regiment, which would go on to win three Oscars. Jarre would get both a Golden Globe nomination for Best Screenplay, and a WGA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
By 1990, two more scripts were written and acquired by producer Larry Gordon: "Judgment Night"(which was later rewritten and released in 1993) and "The Devil's Own"(which was also rewritten and later released in 1997). In early 1991, after his adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula was cancelled, Jarre began work on a script, "Tombstone": his retelling of the O.K. Corral gunfight and the events that followed, it was to have been his directorial debut, however, about a month into production, Jarre had been dismissed from the project and was replaced by George P. Cosmatos. With the exception of the scenes featuring Charlton Heston, and an insert of the food-laden wedding table in the opening scene, most of the footage that Jarre had filmed while he was director was either re-shot, or left on the cutting room floor.
Jarre continued to work, he spent the rest of his career as a uncredited script doctor, working on many films, such as the 1997 film "The Jackal", and earning a few producer credits.
In addition to being a writer and director, Jarre also had a few acting credits, he had appeared in the 1985 short film "A Hero of Our Time", directed by Michael Almereyda and was based on Mikhail Lermontov's novel of the same title, He also appeared in the 1988 thriller film "Gotham", directed by Lloyd Fonvielle, with whom Jarre would later collaborate with on the 1999 remake of "The Mummy". He also played a bit part in "Glory" as a quarrelsome soldier who picks a fight and later, as the 54th regiment heads for battle, yells, "Give 'em hell, 54th!"
He was a mentor and booster to many aspiring writers and directors, including his lovely cousin Abigail, for whom he appeared in her 2009 short film "She Found Them on the Train Tracks".
Jarre died in Santa Monica on April 3, 2011, at the age of 56.- Strikingly tall (5' 9"), slim, and drop-dead gorgeous blonde knockout Kimberley Conrad was born Kimberley Coonradt on August 6, 1962 in Moulton, Alabama. Kimberley's family moved to Reno, Nevada when she was four and moved a second time to British Columbia, Canada when she was twelve. Conrad began modeling at age seventeen: She modeled for John Casablancas Elite as a teenager and worked in the fashion industry in Vancouver, Canada. Local Vancouver photographer Ken Honey talked Kimberley into posing for "Playboy." Conrad was the Playmate of the Month in the January, 1988 issue of "Playboy." She was named Playmate of the Year in 1989. Kimberley married "Playboy" founder/publisher Hugh Hefner on July 1, 1989; the couple had two sons before separating in 1999. Conrad's sole foray into acting was a guest appearance on an episode of TV series "Highway to Heaven." Kimberley has been featured in numerous "Playboy" videos and even had a "Playboy" newsstand special edition completely dedicated to her. A vegetarian and avid snowboarder, Conrad has worked for PETA and various animal rescue groups in Los Angeles, California. She filed a lawsuit against Hugh Hefner in August, 2009.
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Landon Pigg was born on 6 August 1983 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. He is an actor and executive, known for Whip It (2009), The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012) and Shrek Forever After (2010).- Actor
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Lars Bloch was born on 6 August 1938 in Hellerup, Denmark. He was an actor and producer, known for Ecce Homo (1969), Santa Sangre (1989) and Long Live Robin Hood (1971). He died on 27 March 2022 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Actor
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Leland Orser was born on 6 August 1960 in San Francisco, California, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Taken (2008), Se7en (1995) and Alien: Resurrection (1997). He has been married to Jeanne Tripplehorn since 14 October 2000. They have one child. He was previously married to Roma Downey.- Actor
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Leo Carrillo was born on 6 August 1881 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for The Guilty Generation (1931), The Cisco Kid (1950) and Crime, Inc. (1945). He was married to Edith Shakespear Haeselbarth. He died on 10 September 1961 in Santa Monica, California, USA.- Actor
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Leslie Odom Jr. was born on 6 August 1981 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Hamilton (2020), One Night in Miami... (2020) and Murder on the Orient Express (2017). He has been married to Nicolette Robinson since 1 December 2012. They have two children.- Actress
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French character actress Lilyan Chauvin may be one of those actors or actresses whose face you know without knowing their names. Chauvin was a long time veteran of the European stage, and was adept at playing strict, but sometimes loving characters. To horror fans, she might be best known as the sinister Mother Superior in Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984), but her career started back in the 1950s when she was plucked from the stage to appear in small minor roles in motion pictures. One notable film was with John Wayne in North to Alaska (1960). For about thirty years, Chauvin was one of the busiest character actresses in Hollywood, appearing in over forty films as well as on television. Her many film credits include Private Benjamin (1980), Predator 2 (1990), No Place to Hide (1992), Universal Soldier (1992) as Jean-Claude Van Damme's mother, and most recently Steven Spielberg's Catch Me If You Can (2002) with Tom Hanks and Leonardo DiCaprio.- Actress
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Lisa Boyle was born on 6 August 1964 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She is an actress, known for The Nutty Professor (1996), Bad Boys (1995) and Face/Off (1997).- Liza Todd is the daughter of movie superstar Elizabeth Taylor and the late theatrical impresario/movie producer Mike Todd, their only child and the last child born to Taylor. (After going through a difficult premature labor and giving birth to Liza by cesarean section, Mike Todd had the doctors sterilize his wife.) Born on August 6, 1957, Elizabeth Frances Todd never knew her father, who died in a plane crash on March 22, 1958.
Liza Todd's stepfathers were the pop singer Eddie Fisher, the movie actor Richard Burton, U.S. Senator John Warner and Larry Fortensky. Her "real" father, in the sense of the closeness the two shared, was her second stepdad, Richard Burton, who adopted her. - Actress
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Louella Parsons was born on 6 August 1881 in Freeport, Illinois, USA. She was an actress and writer, known for Hollywood Hotel (1937), Without Reservations (1946) and Starlift (1951). She was married to Dr. Henry Watson Martin, John McCaffrey Jr. and John Demont Parsons. She died on 9 December 1972 in Santa Monica, California, USA.- A flashy, aggressive, cold and calculating villainess and eternally hopeless meddler on a number of daytime soap operas, Louise Sorel has given her opulent, show-stopping characters major doses of humor and grit that have allowed her to become one of daytime's more popular figures for over six decades.
Of Jewish heritage, Louise, whose roots are in theatre, was born on August 6, 1940 in Los Angeles to entertainment professionals. Studying at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York, she made her Broadway debut playing a teenager in the 1961 comedy "Take Her, She's Mine" starring Art Carney and also had subsequent roles in "Lorenzo" (1963) and "Man and Boy" (1963). Her initial interest obviously was sparked by her actress/concert pianist mother Jeanne Sorel, and father Albert J. Cohen, who produced films in the 1940s and 1950s. Louise went on to co-star on Broadway with Rita Moreno in "The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window" in 1964 and appeared with George C. Scott and Colleen Dewhurst as Princess Alais in the 1967 Bucks County Playhouse production of "The Lion in Winter."
Given a bit part (billed as Jacqueline Sorel) in the exploitation teen film Eighteen and Anxious (1957), Louise, in 1964, married comic actor Herb Edelman, best known for his recurring role of Bea Arthur's ex husband Stan in The Golden Girls (1985). Around this time, she began setting her sights on TV drama, appearing on various dramatic shows including "Dr. Kildare," "The Defenders," "The Trials of O'Brien," "Route 66," "The Rat Patrol," "The Virginian," "Run for Your Life," "Star Trek," "The Big Valley," "The Fugitive," "Night Gallery," "The Bold Ones," "Banacek," "Hawaii Five-0," "Owen Marshall," "Kojak," "Hart to Hart," "The Incredible Hulk," "Ironside" and several episodes of "Medical Center," as well as a recurring part on the short-lived nighttime soap opera The Survivors (1969) starring Lana Turner and George Hamilton. In a change of pace, Louise turned to comedy as Don Rickles' wife on his poorly-received series The Don Rickles Show (1972).
Though she divorced Edelman in 1972, Louise nevertheless co-starred with him again in the failed sitcom Ladies' Man (1980). She met second husband actor Ken Howard in 1972 while appearing with him in a Philadelphia stage production of "Volpone." They married a year later but divorced a couple of years later in 1975.
Appearing in support in the films Plaza Suite (1971), Every Little Crook and Nanny (1972), Airplane II: The Sequel (1982), Where the Boys Are (1984), and Crimes of Passion (1984), Louise moved quite steadily ahead not only with a regular role in the short-lived comedy series Ladies' Man (1980), but with co-star/featured roles in the TV movies The Girl Who Came Gift-Wrapped (1974), The Mark of Zorro (1974), When Every Day Was the Fourth of July (1978), Mazes and Monsters (1982), Sunset Limousine (1983) and A Masterpiece of Murder (1986).
Various daytime soap operas reinvigorated Louise's career tenfold in the late 1980s. She began her road to sudsy infamy in 1984 as the eccentric archvillainess Augusta Lockridge for the entire run of Santa Barbara (1984). From there she was given recurring roles as Judith Sanders on One Life to Live (1968) and as Donatella Stewart Port Charles (1997). In 1992, Louise joined the cast of Days of Our Lives (1965) as the manipulative Vivian Alamain. By the time she left in 2000, she had won five Soap Opera Digest Awards.
More recently, Louise has had devilish fun in the quirky soap Passions (1999) and in a recurring role on the political drama Beacon Hill (2014). - Producer
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The woman who will always be remembered as the crazy, accident-prone, lovable Lucy Ricardo was born Lucille Desiree Ball on August 6, 1911 in Jamestown, New York, the daughter of Desiree Evelyn "DeDe" (Hunt) and Henry Durrell "Had" Ball. Her father died before she was four, and her mother worked several jobs, so she and her younger brother were raised by their grandparents. Always willing to take responsibility for her brother and young cousins, she was a restless teenager who yearned to "make some noise". She entered a dramatic school in New York City, but while her classmate Bette Davis received all the raves, she was sent home; "too shy". She found some work modeling for Hattie Carnegie's and, in 1933, she was chosen to be a "Goldwyn Girl" and appear in the film Roman Scandals (1933).
She was put under contract to RKO Radio Pictures and several small roles, including one in Top Hat (1935), followed. Eventually, she received starring roles in B-pictures and, occasionally, a good role in an A-picture, like in Stage Door (1937) or The Big Street (1942). While filming Too Many Girls (1940), she met and fell madly in love with a young Cuban actor-musician named Desi Arnaz. Despite different personalities, lifestyles, religions and ages (he was six years younger), he fell hard, too, and after a passionate romance, they eloped and were married in November 1940. Lucy soon switched to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, where she got better roles in films such as Du Barry Was a Lady (1943); Best Foot Forward (1943) and the Katharine Hepburn-Spencer Tracy vehicle Without Love (1945). In 1948, she took a starring role in the radio comedy "My Favorite Husband", in which she played the scatterbrained wife of a Midwestern banker. In 1950, CBS came knocking with the offer of turning it into a television series. After convincing the network brass to let Desi play her husband and to sign over the rights to and creative control over the series to them, work began on the most popular and universally beloved sitcom of all time.
With I Love Lucy (1951), she and Desi promoted the 3-camera technique now the standard in filming sitcoms using 35mm film (the earliest known example of the 3-camera technique is the first Russian feature film, "Defence of Sevastopol" in 1911). Desi syndicated I Love Lucy. Lucille Ball was the first woman to own her own studio as the head of Desilu Productions.
Lucille Ball died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, age 77, of an acute aortic aneurysm on April 26, 1989 in Los Angeles, CA.- Luke Cosgrave was born on 6 August 1862 in Ballaghdreen, County Mayo, Ireland, UK [now Republic of Ireland]. He was an actor, known for Hollywood (1923), The Light That Failed (1923) and Merton of the Movies (1924). He died on 28 June 1949 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Born in Puducherry, India, and raised in the posh suburban Penn Valley area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, M. Night Shyamalan is a film director, screenwriter, producer, and occasional actor, known for making movies with contemporary supernatural plots.
He is the son of Jayalakshmi, a Tamil obstetrician and gynecologist, and Nelliate C. Shyamalan, a Malayali doctor. His passion for filmmaking began when he was given a Super-8 camera at age eight, and even at that young age began to model his career on that of his idol, Steven Spielberg. His first film, Praying with Anger (1992), was based somewhat on his own trip back to visit the India of his birth. He raised all the funds for this project, in addition to directing, producing and starring in it. Wide Awake (1998), his second film, he wrote and directed, and shot it in the Philadelphia-area Catholic school he once attended--even though his family was of a different religion, they sent him to that school because of its strict discipline.
Shyamalan gained international recognition when he wrote and directed 1999's The Sixth Sense (1999), which was a commercial success and later nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay. Shyamalan team up again with Bruce Willis in the film Unbreakable (2000), released in 2000, which he also wrote and directed.
His major films include the science fiction thriller Signs (2002), the psychological thriller The Village (2004), the fantasy thriller Lady in the Water (2006), The Happening (2008), The Last Airbender (2010), After Earth (2013), and the horror films The Visit (2015) and Split (2016).- Madeleine Taylor Holmes was born on 6 August 1914 in Forest Hills, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976), Pumpkinhead (1988) and Fatso (1980). She was married to Victor Osorio. She died on 18 December 1987 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Marc Lavoine was born on 6 August 1962 in Longjumeau, Essonne, France. He is an actor and composer, known for Le coeur des hommes (2003), Crossing Lines (2013) and Hell (1994).- Marcelo Benedetto is known for Botineras (2009), Casados con hijos (2005) and ESPN F Nacional (2021).
- Marisa Miller is a supermodel best known for her work in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue and as a Victoria's Secrets lingerie model. She appeared in three Victoria's Secret Fashion shows from 2007 through 2009 and became a Victoria's Secret Angel in 2007. Miller appeared in seven straight editions of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue from 2002 to 2008. She has been the face of lifestyle brand, Harley-Davidson and the NFL since 2010. Her sex symbol status has been cemented by her 2008's Maxim #1 rank on the Hot 100 and FHM magazine in 2010 dubbing her the sexiest woman in the world. Miller has appeared on the cover or has been featured in many international fashion magazines including Vogue, Cosmopolitan, GQ, Marie Claire, Elle, Vanity Fair among others. She was born Marisa Lee Bertetta on August 6, 1978 in Santa Cruz California, USA. She was married to Jim Miller from 2000 to 2002 and re-married in 2006 music producer Griffin Guess with whom she has two sons, Gavin and Grayson. Miller was discovered at a San Fransisco cafe at age sixteen by Italian modeling agents. Her breakthrough happened in 2001 when she met famed photographer Mario Testino and within months appeared on the pages of Vogue, Sports Illustrated and the Victoria's Secret catalog.
- Megumi Okina was born on 6 August 1979 in Hiroshima, Japan. She is an actress, known for Shutter (2008), Ju-on: The Grudge (2002) and Tengoku ni ichiban chikai otoko (2001). She has been married to Ryô Kimura since 12 March 2016. She was previously married to Susumu Fujita.
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The second of four children, Australian actress Melissa George was born in Perth, Western Australia in 1976. The daughter of Pamela, a nurse, and Glenn George, a construction worker, Melissa initially expressed interest in various forms of dance rather than acting. During her childhood, George studied tap, ballet, and jazz, later transitioning into professional rollerskating - similar to figure skating on ice.
By age 16, George had won several awards at various National Rollerskating Championships in Australia, and subsequently began modeling after dropping out of high school. George met a casting agent while doing modeling work, and was given a role on the popular Australian soap opera Home and Away (1988); George moved to Sydney and worked on the show for three years until deciding to pursue other projects.
In 1996, George left Australia and moved to Los Angeles in search of bigger roles. She garnered various supporting parts in films such as Dark City (1998) and Steven Soderbergh's crime thriller The Limey (1999), before landing a key part in David Lynch's acclaimed neo noir mystery film, Mulholland Drive (2001). While in Bali in 1998, George met future husband, Chilean filmmaker Claudio Dabed; the two were married in late 2000.
The early 2000s would have George playing bit parts in several American television shows, including Friends (1994) and Monk (2002), ultimately landing a recurring role on the hit Alias (2001) alongside Jennifer Garner and Michael Vartan. Through the later part of the decade, George had roles in various horror and thriller films, beginning with the 2005 version of The Amityville Horror (2005), as well as the commercially-successful thriller Derailed (2005) alongside Clive Owen, Jennifer Aniston and Vincent Cassel.
George finished the decade with several more horror films, including Turistas (2006) and 30 Days of Night (2007), as well as independent horror titles such as The Killing Gene (2007), The Betrayed (2008) and Triangle (2009). George was also active in television work, landing a role on the popular medical drama Grey's Anatomy (2005). Her greatest critical success would come with a role on In Treatment (2008), playing the love interest of Gabriel Byrne, which would garner her a Golden Globe nomination in 2009.
Though a veteran of television in both Australia and the United States, George has achieved considerable success in her film career, which has hardly spanned over a decade.- Actress
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Merrin Dungey was born on 6 August 1971 in Sacramento, California, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Alias (2001), The King of Queens (1998) and Big Little Lies (2017). She has been married to Kevin Ryder since 31 December 2023. She was previously married to Matthew Drake.- Actor
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Michael Anderson Jr. was born on 6 August 1943 in Hillingdon, Middlesex, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Logan's Run (1976), The Sons of Katie Elder (1965) and The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965).- Actor
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Michael Sarne was born on 6 August 1940 in London, England, UK. He is an actor and director, known for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), Intimidade (1975) and Les Misérables (2012). He has been married to Anne Musso since 2004. They have two children. He was previously married to Tanya Sarne.- Actress
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Michelle Yeoh was born in Ipoh, Malaysia. She's the daughter of Janet Yeoh & Kian Teik Yeoh. She's of Hokkien descent, speaking English and Malay before Chinese. A ballet dancer since 4, she moved to London to study at the Royal Academy as a teen. After a brief dance career, she won the Miss Malaysia beauty pageant title in and the Miss Moomba beauty pageant title in Melbourne, Australia in the early 1980s. Her first on camera work was a 1984 commercial with martial arts star Jackie Chan. In 1985, she began making action movies with D&B Films of Hong Kong. She was first billed as Michelle Khan, then Michelle Yeoh. Never a trained martial artist, she relied on her dance discipline and on-set trainers to prepare for martial arts action scenes.
She uses many dance moves in her films and does most of her own stunts. In 1988, she married wealthy D&B Films executive Dickson Poon & retired from acting. Even though they divorced in 1992, she's close to Poon's second wife and a godmother to his daughter. When she returned to acting, she became very popular w/ Chinese audiences. She later became known to Western audiences through role in the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) and in the phenomenally successful Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000). She turned down a role in a sequel to The Matrix (1999).
She has her own production company, Mythical Films. She trained with the Shen Yang Acrobatic team for her role in The Touch (2002), an English-language film she both starred in and produced. She hopes to use her company to discover and nurture new film-making talent. She also aspires to act in roles that combine both action and deeper spiritual themes.- Writer
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Mike Greenberg was born on 6 August 1967 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Valentine's Day (2010), Mike & Mike (2006) and #Greeny (2020). He has been married to Stacy Greenberg since 6 September 1997. They have two children.- Moira Lister was born in South Africa and made her stage debut at age 6 with the University Players of Johannesburg in "The Vikings of Helgeland." She appeared on the London stage at age 14 and started working in films in 1943. She was always popular, and she was usually cast as 'posh' ladies.
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Monique Ganderton was born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Monique has always been adventurous. She achieved high levels of track and field, equestrian show jumping and is also a certified snowboard instructor. Monique was involved in diving, gymnastics, softball, figure skating, equestrian and later various Martial Arts. Monique has always been an avid writer and artist and thought about going into journalism prior to performing.
Monique was discovered at a local shopping mall in Edmonton by a modeling agent and agreed to give it a try. Monique relocated to Toronto and began taking acting classes and working as a background performer to learn about film-making. Monique booked her first acting role on TV show Mutant X, which also happened to require a stunt. She was seen as a natural athlete and the stunt coordinators encouraged her to also train to become a stunt performer.
Monique continued to audition and she pursued stunt work adamantly. She landed her first Stunt gig on feature film, "The Recruit". Monique then packed up for the west coast to reunite with family, friends and her love of nature. She booked Stunt roles on Irobot, Xmen 3, Tron, and many other notable films and TV shows. Monique later moved to California to pursue an international career. She proceeded to win stunt awards performing as Charlize Theron's stunt double in Atomic Blonde. This feature also gave Monique her first Stunt coordinating credit. She then went on to Stunt Coordinate Avengers Infinity war and Endgame making her the first female stunt coordinator for Marvel Studios.
Monique supports many charities Dirty Dog Squad, Mustang heritage foundation, Wild Horse Preservation campaign, Wild Horse Freedom Federation, Wild Horses In Need , Southern Conservation Trust and in Canada Alzheimer's society of Alberta, BC Cancer foundation and Wild Horses of Alberta Society. Monique most recently was a part of the Georgia wild mustang TIP training program where she gentled two wild mustangs in Georgia, USA.
You can see Monique Acting in Avengers Infintiy War as Proxima, Zombieland: Double Tap, 'Xmen Apocalypse', Indie film 'The Hunted' and Tv Series 'Unreal'. Monique will also be performing stunts in upcoming 'The coldest City', where she stunt doubles Charlize Theron. Monique's previous acting body of work includes 'American Ultra', 'Smallville', 'The 100', 'Tomorrow people', 'Sleepy Hollow', pilot 'Inseparable' and 'Twilight : Eclipse', 'Hansel and Gretel', among others.
In the future Monique hopes to use her writing and performing experience to create and direct projects.
Monique has stunt doubled Charlize Theron, Sigourney Weaver, Tricia Helfer, Bridget Moynahan, Leelee Sobieski, Darryl Hannah, Famke Jensen, Rebecca Romijn, Karen Cliché, Stacy Keibler, Amanda Tapping, Mandy Moore, Monica Schnarre, Amelia Cooke and Jane Lynch.- Actor
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Moosie Drier was born on 6 August 1964 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is an actor and director, known for The Chronicles of Riddick (2004), Oblivion (2013) and The 'Burbs (1989).