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Proclaimed by many critics as one of the best young actors of his generation, Benjamin John Whishaw was born in Clifton, Bedfordshire, to Linda (Hope), who works in cosmetics, and Jose Whishaw, who works in information technology. He has a twin brother, James. He is of French, German, Russian (father) and English (mother) descent.
Ben attended Samuel Whitbread Community College where his interest in theatre grew and he became a member of the Bancroft Players Youth Theatre at Hitchin's Queen Mother Theatre. During his time there he rose to prominence in many productions, most notably If This Is a Man, based on the book of the same name by Primo Levi, a survivor of Nazi World War II prisoner of war camp. The play was taken to the Edinburgh Festival in 1995 where it garnered five-star reviews and great critical acclaim with Ben Whishaw getting rave reviews for his portrayal of Levi.
Ben then enrolled in, RADA from where he graduated in 2004 and soon landed the role of Hamlet in Trevor Nunn's 2004 production making him one of the youngest actors to portray Hamlet on-stage. Hamlet opened to rave reviews with many critics hailing Ben as the next Laurence Olivier and applauding his portrayal of Hamlet with leading critics haling the birth of a star. Whishaw's film and TV credits include Layer Cake (2004) and Christopher Morris 2005 sitcom Nathan Barley (2005), in which he played a character called Pingu. He was named "Most Promising Newcomer" at the 2001 British Independent Film Awards (for My Brother Tom (2001)) and, in 2005, nominated as best actor in four award ceremonies for his Hamlet. He also played Keith Richards in the Stephen Woolley biopic Stoned (2005). Whishaw played in Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006) as Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, a perfume maker whose craft turns deadly getting raves once again for his stunning portrayal. Whishaw appeared in 2007's I'm Not There (2007) as one of the Bob Dylan reincarnations and in 2008 in Criminal Justice (2008) a TV series. He appears in the forthcoming films The Tempest (2010) and Bright Star (2009).- Cinematographer
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Adam Kimmel was born on 14 October 1960 in New York, USA. He is a cinematographer and actor, known for Jesus' Son (1999), Capote (2005) and Lars and the Real Girl (2007).- Actor
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Alessandro Safina was born on 14 October 1963 in Siena, Tuscany, Italy. He is an actor and producer, known for Tosca e altre due (2003), Un paso adelante (2002) and Great Performances (1971).- Actress
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Alexandra Lamy was born on 14 October 1971 in Villecresnes, Val-de-Marne, France. She is an actress and writer, known for You Choose! (2017), Lucky Luke (2009) and Rolling to You (2018). She was previously married to Jean Dujardin.- Actor
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Allan Jones was born Theodore Allen Jones in Old Forge, Pennsylvania. A coal miner's son, he worked in the mines until 1926. At that point in time, he received a scholarship from Syracuse University, but chose instead to study music at New York University with Claude Warford and then with Felix Leroux in Paris and Sir Henry Wood in London.
Classically trained in opera, the handsome Jones worked on Broadway and in operettas until 1935. At that point, Jones was signed by MGM Grand. He is best remembered for his roles in the two Marx Brothers movies A Night at the Opera (1935) and A Day at the Races (1937), and for his costarring role in Show Boat (1936). The movie The Firefly (1937) produced the song "Donkey Serenade", which became Jones's signature song. Jones was relegated to minor roles at MGM after this. He moved to Universal Studios in 1940, and he starred or appeared in several B musicals there and at Paramount.
During the war years, Jones was one of the first entertainers to volunteer to sing for the troops overseas. In 1945, Jones left Hollywood and toured Great Britain for two years. He returned to the stage and toured with several off-Broadway musicals. Over the next twenty years, he worked the nightclub circuit, appeared in summer-stock and off-Broadway productions, and recorded extensively, including several short "songfests", meant to be fillers in the early days of TV.
In the mid 1960s the busy Jones managed to fit a few appearances on television and in movies into his busy theater, nightclub, and recording career. In 1971, he took on the role of Don Quixote in "Man of La Mancha", a role he would perform off and on for the next eight years. He also was very successful on the lecture circuit.
In 1982, the 75-year-old Jones cut yet another LP, his voice belying his age: as clear and vibrant as singers a third his age.
Jones continued to work for the remainder of his life, finishing a successful tour of Australia a few weeks before his death, at 84, in 1992.- Actress
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Amber Viera was born on 14 October 1992 in San Jose, California, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Dead of Summer (2016), The Creation of Aspen (2015) and The Institute (2017).- Actress
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Andrea Duro was born on 14 October 1991 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain. She is an actress, known for Three Steps Above Heaven (2010), Ghost Graduation (2012) and El Rey (2014).- Actress
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Arleen Sorkin was born on 14 October 1955 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. She was an actress and writer, known for Days of Our Lives (1965), Batman: Arkham Asylum (2009) and Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (2000). She was married to Christopher Lloyd. She died on 24 August 2023 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Bates Wilder was born on 14 October 1961 in Weymouth, Massachusetts, USA. He is an actor, known for Joy (2015), Tater Tot & Patton (2017) and The Great War (2019). He was previously married to Amy Wilder.
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Born in New York City and raised in Sunnyside, Queens and then Westchester County, Benh Zeitlin began his career as a film-maker at the tender age of 6 years when he and a friend made a Batman movie. He continued making films as a child before attending Wesleyan University, where he majored in film. After graduation, Benh spent a summer in Prague working with a prominent animation artist. Returning to the U.S., he worked in a private school in Manhattan helping elementary students create short films.- Actress
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Benita Hume was a British actress whose career began on the stage in London. She was born on October 14, 1906 in London, England. After breaking into cinema in a 1925 British silent film in 1925, she transitioned nicely into sound and made two dozen films in England before travelling to the U.S. By that time she had become a leading lady and top supporting actress. In 1933, she made her first American film with MGM - "Clear All Wires."
Over the next four years, Hume would make a dozen films with MGM and RKO. Most were dramas with a couple mysteries and musicals. Only two were comedies, and although she showed very good talent for comedy and excellent chemistry with Cary Grant in "Gambling Ship" of 1933, she didn't rise to the star status she had reached in England.
In 1938, she married Ronald Colman and except for acting with him, she left her career behind. They had a popular comedy radio program in 1949-1951, "The Halls of Ivy." It was later made into a TV sitcom of the same title and stars, in 1954-55. And she and Colman appeared in some episodes of the Jack Benny Show on radio, as his woeful neighbor couple. She and Colman were also part owners of the San Ysidro Resort in Santa Barbara. Colman died in 1958, and the next year, Hume married another English actor, George Sanders. They remained married until her death in 1967 of bone cancer, with Sanders caring for her.
Among her most memorable films are "The Gay Deception" of 1935, "Looking Forward" of 1933, and "Lord Camber's Ladies" of 1932.- Writer
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Bert V. Royal was born on 14 October 1977 in Aurora, Colorado, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Easy A (2010), Big Hero 6 (2014) and Cruel Summer (2021).- Actress
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Gorgeous and voluptuous 5'2" redhead fetish latex model Bianca Beauchamp was born on October 14, 1977 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Bianca spent most of her childhood climbing trees and playing ball with boys in her neighborhood. She had her first sexual experience with both a man and a woman at age fifteen. Following graduation from high school at age sixteen, Beauchamp moved away from home. Bianca met aspiring photographer and future husband Martin Perreault at age seventeen; she started posing for Perreault and soon discovered her love for latex. Beauchamp and Perreault launched the fetish fashion website The Latex Lair in 1998. Among the notable adult publications Bianca has been featured in are Heavy Rubber, Playboy, Penthouse, Nightlife, Skin Two, and Whiplash. Moreover, Beauchamp has graced the cover of Bizarre magazine nine times altogether (she also writes a column for this particular publication). In 2007 Bianca teamed up with Hype Energy to represent the brand at the Canada F1 Grand Prix in Montreal. Bianca made the Top 99 list of Most Desirable Women at # 31 on the website AskMen.com in 2008. She rose to # 24 on that same list the following year.- Bobby Joe Long was born on 14 October 1953 in Kenova, West Virginia, USA. He was married to Cynthia Bartlett. He died on 23 May 2019 in Florida State Prison, Raiford, Florida, USA.
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Bruce MacVittie was born in Providence, RI in 1956. He began acting in high school, attended Boston University, studied with Jerzy Grotowski in 1976 and moved to New York City to pursue a career in acting in 1979. He began his career at the Ensemble Studio Theatre in 1980 in Edward Allen Baker's "Prairie Avenue", where he worked for many years as a member. He was a founding member of Naked Angels Theater Company. Bruce spent over ten years at the Eugene O'Neill National Playwrights' Conference under Lloyd Richards, 10 seasons at the Williamstown Theatre Festival under Michael Ritchie and Jenny Gersten, and was a member of the Blue Light Theatre Company where he began a collaboration with Joanne Woodward for several years on the plays of Clifford Odets. In 1982, he began as understudy to James Hayden in David Mamet's American Buffalo with Al Pacino and J.J. Johnston at Circle In the Square, eventually replacing Hayden in the subsequent Broadway production, national tour, and West End Productions with Pacino and Johnston. MacVittie, a character actor, had a long tenure playing guest-starring roles in television and film beginning with Barney Miller (1975) in 1981 working on both coasts, but predominantly in New York. In New York, he worked in most off-Broadway theaters including the Public, Playwright's Horizons, Manhattan Theatre Club, Signature Theatre, and the Cherry Lane. He appeared in over 75 film and television productions over 32 years.- Cansu Dere born on October 14, 1980 in Ankara is a Turkish film and television actress, model, and beauty pageant runner-up. After graduation from the department of Archaeology at Istanbul University, she made her debut in TV and movies in the beginning of 2004. Between 2006-2008 she had a leading role as 'Sila' in the Sila series with Mehmet Akif Alakurt. She then starred as 'Defne' with Kenan Imirzalioglu, in the film "the Last Ottoman Yandim Ali". In 2009, she acted in 'black comedy' Aci Ask. In 2011, she played the lead protagonist 'Eysan' in the TV series Ezel. She is now getting ready for her new project with.
- Born to play Tennessee Williams, her harsh beauty, caustic humor and throaty tones were unmistakable and reminiscent of a bygone era that once idolized Tallulah Bankhead and Marlene Dietrich. Her old-fashioned stylings were perhaps too theatrical or indulgent to make a noticeable dent on film or TV (such was the case of Bankhead) but perhaps Hollywood was the one who lost out on what could have been a wonderfully flamboyant character actress. In any event, actress Carrie Nye belonged to the stage and in return it embraced her for four decades.
The smoky seductress was born in Mississippi with the highly untheatrical name of Carolyn Nye McGeoy on October 14, 1936 (some sources indicate 1937), the daughter of a banker and a housewife. She began her adult studies at Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, but wound up at the Yale School of Drama, where she met the equally droll but less acerbic wit Dick Cavett. The couple married in 1964. It was one of those unique, complimentary pairings, like Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft, that withstood the test of time. Cavett was not a comedian then but was actively pursuing a legit acting career. Dick and Carrie subsequently went on to perform together in such plays as "Charley's Aunt," "Auntie Mame," "The Brothers Karamazov," "The Skin of Our Teeth" and "Present Laughter" before he altered the course of his career.
Acting professionally from the age of 14, Carrie played all the cherished Southern belle roles (Maggie in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (1958), Cherie in "Bus Stop" (1958) and Blanche (at age 23!) in "A Streetcar Named Desire" (1959)) before making her Broadway debut in "A Second String" (based on a novel by Colette) at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre in 1960. From there she sank her teeth into the classics. Notable roles included her title character in "Ondine," Celia in "As You Like It," Lady Macduff (and later Lady Macbeth) in "Macbeth," Cressida in "Troilus and Cressida," Regan in "King Lear," Cleopatra in "Antony and Cleopatra" and Cassandra in "The Trojan Women." On the lighter side, she replaced Betsy von Furstenberg in the popular lightweight comedy "Mary, Mary" and played Cecily Cardew in "The Importance of Being Earnest." In addition, she received a Tony nomination for her work in the musical "Half a Sixpence" in 1965.
She didn't make her film debut until age 30 in The Group (1966), then went on to make only a handful more -- The Seduction of Joe Tynan (1979), Creepshow (1982), Too Scared to Scream (1984) and Hello Again (1987). She fared somewhat better in TV-movies, stealing the thunder from under the Richard Burton/Elizabeth Taylor pairing in Divorce His - Divorce Hers (1973), and earning an Emmy nomination for her divine imitation of Bankhead in The Scarlett O'Hara War (1980), which only she could have done true justice.
But for Carrie it was always the theater, particularly regional theater, that took precedence. With a nonconcentric and powerful grandeur, she took on a number of lofty roles over the years, including Eleanor of Aquitaine in "The Lion in Winter," Regina in "The Little Foxes," the title role in "Hedda Gabler" and an encore performance of Blanche DuBois in 1973, this time at age 47. She earned a Drama Desk nomination for "The Man Who Came to Dinner" in 1980 and played alongside Cavett again in a 1985 production of "Nude with Violin." Throughout it all, Carrie was an established presence at the Williamstown Festival, appearing from the late '50s on. Such summer productions there included "Design for Living" (1977) and "Clothes for a Summer Hotel (1989),; she took her final curtain there in the role of Zelda Fitzgerald. She ended her theatrical reign on a bright note in a musical production of "Mame" (1992).
Carrie pretty much left acting by the mid 1990s. In 2003, however, she took on a villainess role written especially for her on Guiding Light (1952). In 1997, the couple's Long Island home (called Tick Hall) went down in flames. They painstakingly rebuilt an exact replica of the beloved 1883 cottage, which was chronicled in the documentary "From the Ashes: The Life and Times of Tick Hall (2003)".
A heavy smoker, Carrie died of lung cancer at age 69 in her Manhattan home. The couple had no children. - Director
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Carroll Ballard was born on 14 October 1937 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is a director and cinematographer, known for Fly Away Home (1996), Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) and The Black Stallion (1979).- Actor
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Chang Chen, an international renowned actor, first earned his attention at the age of 14 when he took the lead role in A Brighter Summer Day. Since then, he was nominated three times at the Golden Horse Awards, and several times for best actor at the Berlinale and the Cannes Film Festival. He won Best Actor at the 3rd Osaka Asia Film Festival for his performance in The Go Master.
Chang's outstanding versatile performance, coupled with his diligent learning attitude, made him the favorite cast of world's renowned directors. His dedication to filmmaking is seen not only in how he strives to improve his acting skills, but also the initiatives he had taken in learning local Uyghur language and horse riding for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, the game of go and meditation for The Go Master, and three years of practice bajiquan (martial arts) for the The Grandmaster which he later won first prize in a recognized competition.
In 2017, Chang's performance in Mr. Long was nominated for the 67th Berlinale international film festival in official competition.
In 2018, Chang was the only Asian actor who served as one of the juries at the 71st Cannes Film Festival.- Hilda González has been married to Eduardo Duhalde since 1971. They have five children.Chiche Duhalde
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Multi-talented Grammy Award-winning blues artist, producer, composer and actor Chris Thomas King was born in 1962. His father, Tabby Thomas is a well-respected blues musician and owner of the famed Baton Rouge blues club Tabby's Blues Box and Heritage Hall.
He grew up among the finest blues musicians in the genre at his father's blues club and began touring with artists like Buddy Guy and B. B. King in his teens. His music was not only influenced by the blues, but by early hip-hop and country music, styles he fuses to create his own unique sound.
He writes, arranges, sings and plays all instruments on most of his recordings and produces them as well in his New Orleans recording studio. Chris is the most successful blues musician of his generation having sold more than ten million records in the United States.
As an entrepreneur, Chris took control of his master recordings in the early 1900s, founding the New Orleans record company 21st Century Blues Records to promote a more authentic image and sound than was promoted at most corporate record labels at the time. He coined and trademarked the phrase "21st. Century Blues" in 1993.
He owns and manages his own recording studio, 21st. Century Blues Studios, where he produces not only his own music but music for motion pictures.
In 2002, 21st. Century Blues Records signed the New Orleans Ninth Ward blues duo the 21CB Boyz (Kipori "Baby Wolf" Woods and spoken word artist Myself) and the London, England based Nublues.
Chris's latest collection is entitled Live on Beale Street, which was released in April, 2008.
As a respected actor and film composer, Chris garnered high praise for his role as Delta blues man Tommy Johnson in his film debut O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) and won several awards, including Country Music and Grammy Awards for his contribution to the score. He followed up this success with a strong supporting role in the Oscar-winning Ray Charles biopic, Ray, playing band leader Lowell Fulson and scoring the music for the movie with Ray Charles. He played the role of Blind Willie Johnson in the award winning Martin Scorsese PBS series The Blues and has been featured in or produced and starred in a number of other films and documentaries. He plays Detective Storm Anderson, Steven Seagal's police partner, in Kill Switch an action thriller which will be released on DVD October 7, 2008.
A record label executive with over fifteen years experience, Chris has not only innovated blues music but the way it is packaged and sold in the new digital record business. Having the vision to see the shift from physical sales to downloading, Chris invested time and money in developing relationships in Los Angeles with Hollywood producers to license music for film and television creating new revenue streams and world wide brand awareness for his 21st. Century Blues label.
Co-founder of a non-profit charity, The Blues Project, Chris has helped to raise thousands of dollars for Louisiana Charities and New Orleans musicians affected by Katrina. He also serves as a board member for the Grammy Foundation in Los Angeles. Chris's Blues Project raised $50,000 at a benefit concert in Las Vegas during the CineVagas Film Festival in June of 2008. His next benefit for the Blues Project will be on October 16, 2008 at the House of Blues in New Orleans during the New Orleans Film Festival.- Actor
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Christopher Timothy was born on 14 October 1940 in Bala, Merionethshire, Wales, UK. He is an actor and director, known for Doctors (2000), Othello (1965) and All Creatures Great and Small (1978). He has been married to Annie Veronica Swatton since 1982. They have one child. He was previously married to Susan Boys.- Actor
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Clarence Muse was born on October 14, 1889 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA as Clarence Edouard Muse. He was an actor, known for Shadow of a Doubt (1943) and The Black Stallion (1979). He was married to Irene Ena Kellman, Willabelle Burch West and Ophelia Belle Labertier. He died on October 13, 1979 in Perris, California, USA- Pop singer who, at 14 years old, became a teen idol in Argentina. Married at 17 to singer Nito Mores and mother of twins at 18, she later continued her career singing tangos beside her husband and her father-in-law (Mariano Mores). In 1984 she became a widower and in 1993 she remarried to a wealthy architect. Retired from show business, now she lives in Rome.
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Cliff Richard burst onto the rock'n'roll world in 1958 with his hit single 'Move It'. He was then known as Britain's answer to Elvis Presley. His first film was Serious Charge (1959) followed by Expresso Bongo (1959), Wonderful to Be Young! (1961) and Summer Holiday (1963).
The latter two films were both massive hits for Cliff in Britain and overseas where Cliff was now a major pop star. His next film, Swingers' Paradise (1964) was not as successful as his other films. His later films were Finders Keepers (1966), Two a Penny (1967) and Take Me High (1973). Cliff has retained his popularity in most parts of the world (except the US) and has had nearly 150 hit singles in the UK charts.- Actor
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Cokey Falkow is an actor, writer, voice artist, and comedian originally from South Africa. His father spoke 12 languages and was a shoe salesman. His mother is an award-winning PR practitioner based in Florida, USA. He is the brother of actor and writer Mike Falkow. In his native South Africa, he began his career in theatre with a small part in Hamlet at the Natal Playhouse. That same year he wrote a play with actor Colin Moss which won "Best new play" at the Adams Playwright festival in Durban, South Africa. He is one of only 30 people in South Africa to be chosen to study under improvisation theatre luminary Augusto Boal. In 2008 he was nominated as best supporting actor in a feature film (South African Film And Television Awards 09) for his role as "Alfonso " the albino serial killer in quirky South African comedy "Big Fellas." Due to his talent with accents he also provided voices for radio and animation series, including 10 characters in hit South African kids show 'Urbo.' Since then he has voiced large video game franchises and done various voices for BBC Radio4.- Actress
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Crystal Gonzales was born on 14 October 1975 in Espanola, New Mexico, USA. She is an actress and director, known for Skids (2016), Calvinball! (2015) and Kitty Kat Jinx (2014).- Producer
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Cyrus Yavneh was born on 14 October 1942. He was a producer and production manager, known for 24 (2001), The Arrival (1996) and Baby (2000). He died on 25 January 2018 in Santa Monica, California, USA.- Actor
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Dan Breitman is known for The Tenth Man (2016), Guapas (2014) and Tu cara me suena - Argentina (2013).- Born in Chicago, Illinois, Daniel's first role was as "Chip" in a stage production of Disney's Beauty and the Beast in 1997. Clark has made a number of appearances on TV series, including Eerie Indiana: The Other Dimension, Goosebumps, Are You Afraid of the Dark? and ER. He also has had featured roles in films like Grizzly Falls and Model Behavior. Clark is perhaps best known for his portrayal of Sean Cameron on Degrassi: The Next Generation which he starred on for six seasons.
An actor, journalist and business owner, Daniel Clark studied political science at New York University. In his junior year, he landed an internship with MSNBC's The Rachel Maddow Show. He graduated with honors and was hired by ABC World News Tonight with Diane Sawyer. He has produced daily news, feature stories, and published dozens of articles for major broadcast networks.
He also made an appearance in the hit feature film Juno and co-starred in a Hallmark movie opposite Amber Tamblyn called The Russell Girl. Clark is the winner of the 2002 Young Artist Award for "Best Ensemble Actor", having been nominated again in 2003 and 2006. He was also nominated in 2000 for "Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series" as "Supporting Young Actor" for his part in I Was a Sixth Grade Alien. He was also nominated in 2002 for the Gemini Award for "Canada's Hottest Star". Clark currently lives in Toronto, Canada. - Actor
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Daniel Roche was born in London on 14th October 1999. He is best known for his role as Ben in the hugely popular sitcom Outnumbered. He has also had minor roles in Casualty and has appeared in an advert for Kingsmill bread. In 2010, he starred as William Brown in Just William. In 2011, he took part in a Newsround special about Internet safety in which he revealed that someone had been impersonating him on a social networking site. Daniel attends the Susi Earnshaw Theatre School. In 2009, he was nominated for Best Newcomer at The British Comedy Awards.- David Kaye's voiceover career began with 'The Great American Hero', General Hawk in the D.I.C. animated series, G.I. Joe in 1989. Working as an on-air talent for radio station C.K.L.G. (L.G.73) quickly became less interesting as both on-camera and behind-the-microphone roles started taking up more time. Over the next decade and a half David's on camera roles burgeoned along with his vocal career. On camera opportunities came in the form of guest roles on numerous TV series and movies such as The X-Files, Battlestar Galactica and Happy Gilmore.
During this time David was being cast in some of the first of hundreds of animated shows and video games. So many, in fact, this now became the main focus of his career and he's never looked back.
David's biggest moment was when he was cast as Megatron in 1994 in the popular series 'Transformers'. As a new animation art form was taking off (bolstered by Mainframe Entertainment's C.G.I. advances), 'Beast Wars' was born ('Beasties' in Canada) and would run for three seasons of "...the most fun you could ever have!". Thus began an almost twenty-year relationship with the 'Transformers' franchise. In 2007, David became the only actor in the history of the franchise to play the lead villain AND the lead hero when he was cast as Optimus Prime for Cartoon Network's 'Transformers: Animated'.
Once again, David finds himself returning to a franchise he first engaged in years before. This time going back to the beginning with G.I. Joe. Not only can he be heard as Scarlett's father, but also introducing every episode as the narrator during the opening titles.
For fans of Anime, David was the voice behind Sesshomaru in the English dub of the original 'InuYasha' series, Treize Khushrenada in 'Mobile Suit Gundam Wing', Recoome in the original English dub of 'Dragon Ball Z', and as the high strung father, Soun Tendo in 'Ranma 1/2'. His anime work still brings fans to conventions to meet him.
After commuting between Vancouver and Los Angeles for almost a decade, a full-time move to L.A. was inevitable. Shortly after the move, David landed a role in Disney/Pixar's Oscar winning movie, 'Up'.
As the work keeps coming in, David's voice can be heard in Insomniac's 'Ratchet & Clank' video game series as the lovable robot Clank. He's also been featured as Mysterio in 'Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions', 'Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes' and 'Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order', Nick Fury and Captain America in 'Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2', Nathan Hale in 'Resistance', Logan Carter in 'Dead Island', Missing Link in 'Monsters vs. Aliens', and many more.
He has continued to work in cartoons, voicing Khyber in 'Ben 10: Omniverse' and Baby Reginald on 'Regular Show', as well as J.A.R.V.I.S., Vision and Baron Zemo on 'Avengers Assemble', Vandal Savage on 'Young Justice', Duckworth on 'DuckTales', and Grandpa Max in the reboot of 'Ben 10'. David also voices segments for the HBO news-satire program 'Last Week Tonight with John Oliver'.
With continuing commitments for movie trailers, network promotions for ABC, Fox, the CW, and a host of radio and television affiliates and a lot of commercial work, the days get a little tight from time to time, but he doesn't mind. - Actor
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David Oakes is a British actor who trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and graduated in 2007. He is represented by Conway Van Gelder Grant Inc.
Before training professionally as an actor he studied at Manchester University where he received a first class degree in English and Drama. David was also on the board of governors for the Conservatoire of Dance and Drama.
He went to school in Salisbury, Wiltshire, where he eventually became the head boy at Bishop Wordsworth's Grammar School.- Actor
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David Strickland was born in Glen Cove, Long Island, New York, on October 14, 1969. Raised in Princeton, New Jersey, he never thought about an acting career until moving to the LA suburb of Pacific Palisades while in high school. Instead of going to college, he joined a theater company and began performing comedy sketches that he wrote along with a friend. To gain some acting experience, Strickland also participated in 64 student films. His stage credits include Biloxi Bluesues, Bye Birdie, Danny and the Deep Blue Sea, Pizza Man, and I Won't Dance. He went on to earn guest-starring roles on Roseanne (1988) and Dave's World (1993), as well as recurring roles on Sister, Sister (1994) and Mad About You (1992) (as Paul Reiser's backstabbing co-worker at the Explorer Channel). When not acting, his pastimes included golf, making fruit smoothies, and playing "a mean game of paddle-tennis." He will best be remembered by TV fans for his co-starring role of Todd, the magazine's music critic, on the NBC sitcom Suddenly Susan (1996) (which stars Brooke Shields). Recent movie achievements, before his untimely death, included a lead role in the independent film Delivered (1998) (a dark comedy directed by Guy Ferland) and the role of 'Steve' in the hit movie Forces of Nature (1999).- Writer
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Dwight D. Eisenhower was born on Tuesday, October 14, 1890, as Dwight David Eisenhower, in Denison, Texas. He was the third of seven sons born to David Jacob Eisenhower and Ida Elizabeth Stover. Both of his parents were of German descent. Eisenhower studied at the West Point Military Academy from 1911-1915. He served with the infantry, became the #3 leader of the tank corps, and rose to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel by the end of the First World War. From 1922-1924 he served in the Panama Canal Zone as executive officer to General, Fox Conner. From 1925-1926 he studied at the Command and General Staff College in Kansas, and from 1928-1933 he served as executive officer to Gen. George V. Moseley: Assistant Secretary of War, in Washington, DC.
Eisenhower was chief military aide to Gen. Douglas MacArthur from 1933-1935. He accompanied MacArthur to the Philippines in 1935, and served there as assistant military adviser to the Philippine government until 1939. Back in Washington, he held various staff positions and was promoted to Brigadier General in September 1941. Shortly after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, on Sunday, December 7th, 1941. Eisenhower was assigned to the General Staff. There he gradually rose to Assistant Chief of Staff under the Chief of Staff, Gen. George C. Marshall. Although Eisenhower had no experience in active military command, Marshall recognized his organizational and administrative strength. It was his association with Marshall that brought Eisenhower to London in June 1942 as Commanding General of the European Theater of Operations. He was also appointed Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces of the North African Theater of Operations, which was renamed the Mediterranean Theater of Operations after the capitulation of the German army in Africa. In September of 1943 Eisenhower oversaw the Allied invasion of Sicily and then of Italy, which led to the immediate surrender of Italian forces in southern Italy. However, the German Winter Line fortifications in Italy, kept fighting even after the fall of Berlin.
Eisenhower was in charge of planning and carrying out the Allied landings in Normandy, France, and the invasion of Germany. The first part of his plan, named Operation Overlord, was the largest seaborne operation in history. Under this plan, 2.8 million Allied troops from 12 nations crossed the English Channel. Starting on Tuesday, June 6th, 1944, known as "D-Day", they landed on the beaches of Normandy, France. After extremely fierce heavy fighting, the Allies breached the fortifications and pushed back the defending German forces. Two months later they reached Paris. Adolf Hitler had ordered the German commander of Paris to destroy the city rather than let it fall into Allied hands, but that officer refused to carry out those orders and eventually surrendered the city to the Allies. After fighting that was not as fierce as was expected, the city of Paris was liberated on Friday, August 25th, 1944. Eisenhower was with French Gen. Charles de Gaulle at the Hotel de Ville, where they greeted the Allied forces and took part in the French victory parade. After liberating Belgium and the Netherlands, the Allied troops crossed into Germany. In 1945 US and Soviet armies linked up on the Elbe River, west of Berlin. Soon Eisenhower met with Russian Gen. Georgi Zhukov and the two made a trip to the Soviet Union; the first (and only) time Eisenhower did so. After the German surrender on Tuesday, May 8th, 1945, Eisenhower was made the Military Governor of the US Occupied Zone in Germany, based in Frankfurt. He ordered the detailed search, documentation, photographing and widespread dissemination of what went on in the Nazi death camps. By actions such as these, Eisenhower began the process of documenting the horrors of the Holocaust.
Although he had never been in action himself, Eisenhower was respected as a brilliant military strategist and skilled political leader during the Second World War. He successfully dealt with conflicting demands from many sides, and managed to mollify such tough and determined personalities as Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin, Gen. Bernard L. Montgomery and Gen. George S. Patton. From 1945 to 1948 Eisenhower was Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, and from 1950-1952 was Supreme Commander of all NATO forces.
Eisenhower won the 1952 US presidential elections, with Richard Nixon as his Vice President, and brought the Republicans back to national power after 20 years. He was President from 1953-1960, becoming the first and only army general to serve as President in the 20th Century, formally becoming a civilian during his term in office. He ended the Korean War and offered peaceful co-existence with the Soviet Union after the death of Stalin in 1953. He authorized the 1953 Iranian coup d'etat and the 1954 Guatemalan coup d'etat. He invited Nikita Khrushchev to his first visit to the US in 1959, and hosted him at his farm at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, where his children and grandchildren met the family of the Soviet leader. Shortly after that, however, the Soviets shot down an American U2 spy plane, captured the pilot and canceled Eisenhower's reciprocal visit to the Soviet Union. Relations between the two superpowers deteriorated very quickly, leading to an increasingly rapid nuclear arms race and a dangerous standoff in the Cold War.
Domestically, Eisenhower began the modernization and integration of American roads into the interstate highway system, modeled after the autobahn, which he saw in Germany. In spite of some serious setbacks with US-Soviet relations, overall his presidency was a successful example of a non-partisan approach to politics.
After his presidential term expired (US Presidents can only serve two terms), Eisenhower was again commissioned a five-star general in the army. He lived in retirement on his farm in Gettysburg, where he wrote his memoirs. He died on Friday, March 28th, 1969, at the Army Hospital in Washington, DC, and was laid to rest in Abilene, Kansas, at the Eisenhower Presidential Library.
The complete lifetime of Dwight D. Eisenhower, was from Tuesday, October 14th, 1890, to Friday, March 28th, 1969. He lived 28,654 days, equaling 4,093 weeks & 3 days.- American actress and performer Dyanne Thorne began her career in show business as a band vocalist and New York stage actress. Before breaking onto the silver screen, she was popular as a comedic sketch artist/talking foil. Comedy albums, with Allen & Rossi, Vaughn Meader and Loman & Barkley earned her appearances on many T.V variety shows such as "The Tonight Show", "Red Skelton", "Steve Allen", "Merv Griffin", and with Tim Conway at Caesar's Palace Hotel in Las Vegas.
Filmed in New York City, Dyanne Thorne's first major film role was in Norman C. Chaitin's Encounter (1965), which was also an early screen credit for Robert De Niro. Moving to Hollywood to appear on T.V.'s Star Trek (1966), and star as yet another villainess in Crown International's thriller Point of Terror (1971), opened the door to several more movie roles.
In 1975, Dyanne married composer, conductor, musician and actor Howard Maurer. She and husband Howard starred in five films together throughout the years. The duo also co-produced and starred in several Las Vegas Strip showroom productions over a span of three decades and their careers took them around the world. Both Dyanne and Howard returned to the screen in 2013 after a 25 year absence to star together in indie horror films House of Forbidden Secrets (2013) and House of the Witchdoctor (2013).
As an actress, Dyanne Thorne was best known for her characterisation of the heinous international dominatrix, soldier of fortune, Ilsa. After her debut as Ilsa in Ilsa: She Wolf of the SS (1975), she reprised the role in sequels Ilsa, Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks (1976), Ilsa the Tigress of Siberia (1977) and unofficial entry Ilsa, the Wicked Warden (1977) by director Jesús Franco. Her performance as Ilsa turned the series into a cult favourite amongst horror and exploitation fans, with Ilsa the Tigress of Siberia (1977) earning a special screening at Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival 2018. Following her film career, Dyanne, alongside husband Howard, served as a church ordained, non-denominational minister In Las Vegas. The husband and wife team created "A Scenic Outdoor Wedding" as an alternative to commercial chapel weddings, with couples travelling from across the globe to be married by "Ilsa". - Edward Kerr was born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri and moved to Los Angeles in 1990 after graduating from Vanderbilt University. His first starring role in a film came in 1994 playing Christopher Reeve's brother in the crime thriller "Above Suspicion" (also starring Joe Mantegna, Kim Cattrall and William H. Macy). He then went on to play Lt. Brody for two seasons on the Steven Spielberg-produced sci-fi series "SeaQuest" on NBC. Following that, Kerr played the lead role in the award-winning romantic comedy "Confessions of a Sexist Pig" opposite Traylor Howard and Lauren Graham. That same year, Kerr received critical praise as the lead in the TNT original feature film "Legalese," with James Garner, Mary-Louise Parker and Kathleen Turner.
He has been a series regular in numerous television pilots and series including David E. Kelley's "Snoops" on ABC and the NBC sitcom "Three Sisters."
Kerr recurred for two seasons in the role of Jennie Garth's love interest (Rick) on the WB sitcom "What I like About You" with Amanda Bynes.
He also recurred opposite Anne Heche on ABC's "Men In Trees" and Brooke Shields in "Lipstick Jungle" (NBC).
Kerr garnered attention as a heartless attorney in the hit web comedy series "Living the Dream" at BitterLawyer.com and received praise for his role opposite Portia di Rossi in Michael Goorjian's film "The Shift."
He has guest-starred on numerous television shows over the years including "Sex and the City" and "House, M.D."
Throughout his career, Kerr has had exclusive talent holding deals with NBC, Paramount and ABC. - Actress
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Raised in Hong Kong, Elizabeth Sung is fluent in Cantonese and Mandarin. She holds a BFA in Dance from The Juilliard School and was a member of The Alvin Ailey Dance Company. Elizabeth studied acting with Sanford Meisner and Milton Katselas. She was in the Directing Workshop for Women at the American Film Institute where she made her first award winning film, Requiem (1995). Her graduate thesis film, The Water Ghost (1998), earned Elizabeth an MFA in directing from the AFI.- Enrique Lafourcade was born on 14 October 1927 in Santiago, Chile. He was a writer, known for Little White Dove (1992), ¿Cuánto vale el show? (1980) and La belleza de pensar (1995). He was married to Rossana Pizarro, Marcela Godoy and María Luisa Senoret Guevara. He died on 29 July 2019 in Santiago de Chile, Chile.
- Fabián O'Neill was born on 14 October 1973 in Paso de los Toros, Uruguay. He died on 25 December 2022 in Montevideo, Uruguay.
- Flora Plumb was born on 14 October 1944 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Then Came Bronson (1969), Mannix (1967) and Quincy M.E. (1976). She was married to Richard Johnson and Phil Mishkin. She died on 18 July 2018 in the USA.
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Frances E. Nealy was born on 14 October 1918 in San Diego, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Ghostbusters (1984), WarGames (1983) and Colors (1988). She died on 23 May 1997 in Hollywood, California, USA.- Frances Helm was born on 14 October 1923 in Panama City, Florida, USA. She was an actress, known for The Story of Mr. Hobbs (1947), Dark Shadows (1966) and Shakedown (1988). She was married to Walter Christopher Wallace and Brian Keith. She died on 30 December 2006 in Manhattan, New York, USA.
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Born on the Island of Mauritius. She was educated in Paris and in London.
Her first film was Loving Feeling (1968), a film by Bashoo Sen. Directed by Norman Warren. Then followed There's a Girl in My Soup (1970) with Peter Sellers playing Paola. Whilst she was having lunch with her then partner Richard Johnson at the White Elephant in Mayfair, Kirk Douglas spotted her and offered her the lead in Skallawag but she turned it down to do a Jean Rollin film, The Iron Rose (1973). Fire broke out at her friend Vivianne Ventura's house in 1971 and she fell from the third floor house, landing on the railings, suffering a broken arm and a dislocated shoulder.
Her 11 tempestuous years with the legendary film actor Richard Johnson ended in 1980, a son Nicholas was born in 1976 during their years together. She broke into television in October 1971 in Coronation Street playing Ray Langton's friend, paved the way for other actresses to act in the soap. Numerous guest star roles followed with Rex Harrison in Don Quixote, Lee Remick in Tennessee Williams' Summer & Smoke, Terry & June, Giants & Ogres for Granada. Whilst working on a sitcom written by Vince Powell called Rule Brittania at Thames TV, that she met Vince Powell and little did she know that he was writing the part of Danielle Favre for her in Mind Your Language (1977). She did 3 years of MYL before she treaded the boards in 'Happy Birthday', reuniting with Fraser Hines and also in the Pantomine Alladin. She left for the USA in 1982 where she acted in Hollywood with a two year contract in The Young & The Restless, Gavillan, My Man Adam, Lightning, the White Stallion (1986), she received rave reviews in Twelfth Night playing Olivia and Rosalind in As you Like It. She returned to London in 1987 because of her son. She has been active in charity work and will be co-starring in her very first film in 20 years in 2011.- Friederike Becht was born on 14 October 1986 in Bad Bergzabern, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. She is an actress, known for The Reader (2008), Hannah Arendt (2012) and Schneller als die Angst (2022).
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Fuyumi Shiraishi was born on 14 October 1936 in Beijing, China. She was an actress, known for Patalliro! (1982), Patalliro: The Stardust Project (1983) and Mobile Suit Gundam (1979). She died on 26 March 2019 in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan.- Gerard Murphy was born on 14 October 1948 in Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland, UK. He was an actor, known for Waterworld (1995), Batman Begins (2005) and The Scarlet Pimpernel (1999). He died on 26 August 2013 in Histon, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.
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Born in South Amboy, New Jersey, Greg Evigan grew up in Sayreville. While in high school he won acclaim as Cornelius Hackl in Hello Dolly, which won the New Jersey High School Musical Contest. One month after graduating from Sayreville War Memorial High School in 1971, Greg auditioned for and won a part in the Broadway show "Jesus Christ Superstar." He also joined the cast of a touring company, playing the lead in the musical "Grease".
Since the mid-1970s, he has amassed over 100 acting credits. His two most famous television roles were, B.J. and the Bear (1978) and My Two Dads (1987). Both series were initially successful but suffered sharp ratings declines and only lasted three seasons. Evigan sang the opening theme on both series. He is also known for TekWar (1994) and Masquerade (1983), which were both short-lived series.
His three children are also in the entertainment industry. His daughters Briana Evigan and Vanessa Evigan are actresses and his son Jason Evigan is a singer/songwriter.- Actor
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Harry Anderson was born on 14 October 1952 in Newport, Rhode Island, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Night Court (1984), It (1990) and Tales from the Crypt (1989). He was married to Elizabeth Morgan and Leslie Pollack. He died on 16 April 2018 in Asheville, North Carolina, USA.- Art Director
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Herbert Strabel was born on 14 October 1927 in Berlin, Germany. He was an art director and production designer, known for Cabaret (1972), Enemy Mine (1985) and The NeverEnding Story (1984). He was married to Bärbel. He died on 21 October 2017 in Holzkirchen, Germany.- Horacio Accavallo was born on 14 October 1934 in Villa Diamante, Lanús, Buenos Aires, Argentina. He died on 14 September 2022 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Isaac Mizrahi has worked extensively in the entertainment industry as an actor, host, writer, designer and producer for over 30 years. He is the subject and co-creator of Unzipped, a documentary following the making of his Fall 1994 collection which received an award at the Sundance Film Festival. He hosted his own television talk show The Isaac Mizrahi Show for seven years, has written two books, and has made countless appearances in movies and on television. He serves as a judge on Project Runway: All-Stars.
Mizrahi directed productions of A Little Night Music and The Magic Flute for the Opera Theatre of St. Louis. Annually, he directs and narrates his production of the children's classic Peter and The Wolf at The Guggenheim Museum in New York.
He has performed cabaret at Café Carlyle, Joe's Pub, West Bank Café and City Winery locations across the country.
Mizrahi has his own production company, Isaac Mizrahi Entertainment, under which he has several projects in development in television, theatre and literature. He is at work on a memoir due out in 2019.- Director
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Jack Arnold reigns supreme as one of the great directors of 1950s science-fiction features. His films are distinguished by moody black and white cinematography, solid acting, smart, thoughtful scripts, snappy pacing, a genuine heartfelt enthusiasm for the genre and plenty of eerie atmosphere.
Arnold was born on October 14, 1912, in New Haven, Connecticut. He began his show business career as an actor in both on- and off-Broadway stage productions in the late 1930s and early 1940s; among the plays he appeared in are "The Time of Your Life," "Juke Box Jenny," "Blind Alibi," "China Passage," and "We're on the Jury." Arnold served in the US Army in the Signal Corps during World War II. He apprenticed under famous documentary filmmaker Robert J. Flaherty. Following his tour of duty Jack started making short films and documentaries. One short, With These Hands (1950), was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Documentary Feature. Arnold made his theatrical movie debut with the B picture Girls in the Night (1953). He then did his first foray into the science-fiction genre: the supremely spooky It Came from Outer Space (1953). Jack achieved his greatest enduring cult popularity with Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954), a scary yet poetic reworking of "Beauty and the Beast". Revenge of the Creature (1955) was a worthy sequel. Tarantula (1955) was likewise a lot of fun. The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) rates highly as Arnold's crowning cinematic achievement; it's an intelligent and entertaining classic that's lost none of its potency throughout the years.
Arnold's final two genre entries were the enjoyable Monster on the Campus (1958) and the offbeat The Space Children (1958). His other movies are a pretty varied and interesting bunch, including the hugely successful The Mouse That Roared (1959) (which helped to establish Peter Sellers as an international star), the teen exploitation gem High School Confidential! (1958), the superior Audie Murphy western No Name on the Bullet (1959), the goofy comedy Hello Down There (1969) and the silly softcore romp The Bunny Caper (1974).
In addition to his film work, Arnold also directed episodes of such TV shows as Science Fiction Theatre (1955), Peter Gunn (1958), Perry Mason (1957), Rawhide (1959), Gilligan's Island (1964), Mod Squad (1968), Wonder Woman (1975), The Love Boat (1977), The Bionic Woman (1976) and Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979).
The father of producer/casting director Susan Arnold, Jack Arnold died at age 79 on March 17, 1992.- Actress
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Auburn-haired, green-eyed, convent-educated Jacqueline Beer succeeded Christiane Martel as Miss France in 1954. Like her predecessor, she travelled to Long Beach, California, to compete for the Miss Universe title. Jacqueline didn't win, but picked up a two-year Paramount studio contract as a consolation prize. A reluctant starlet, she was quoted in an interview, saying "people in the movie and television business think that if you're a beauty contest winner you cannot be a good actress". This view of prevailing attitudes was borne out by her subsequent film assignments which amounted to a succession of stereotypical mademoiselles in films like Screaming Eagles (1956) and Pillow Talk (1959). The Hitchcockian thriller The Prize (1963) saw her in a small role as the mistress of a chemistry laureate.
Better served on the small screen, she had a few solid guest roles in Maverick (1957), Bronco (1958), The Rogues (1964), The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964), Daniel Boone (1964), among other shows, but became ultimately best known for her regular stint as switchboard operator Suzanne Fabray, a.k.a. "Frenchy", in the classic Warner Brothers private detective series 77 Sunset Strip (1958), starring Efrem Zimbalist Jr..
Following a previous marriage to Jean Antoine Garcia Roady (reportedly an accountant and/or French instructor), she became the third wife in 1991 of Norwegian adventurer, explorer and ethnographer Thor Heyerdahl. The couple lived in Tenerife on the Canary Islands and collaborated for several years on archaeological projects, especially in Peru, and in Azov, Russia ("the search for Odin"). Following Heyerdahl's death in 2002, Jacqueline has continued his work as director of the Thor Heyerdahl Research Centre in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, and as chair of the Thor Heyerdahl Institute in Larvik (his birth place), which, in 2020, merged with The Museums of Vestfold.- Actor
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Jason Davis was born on 14 October 1984 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. He was an actor, known for Rush Hour (1998), Beverly Hills Ninja (1997) and Recess (1997). He died on 16 February 2020 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Jason Manuel Olazábal was born in Santa Maria, California, USA. Jason Manuel is an actor, known for Bad Boys II (2003), Dexter (2006) and Inside Man (2006). Jason Manuel has been married to Sunita Param since 6 February 2004.
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Jay Pharoah was born on 14 October 1987 in Chesapeake, Virginia, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Saturday Night Live (1975), Unsane (2018) and White Famous (2017).- Actor
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Jimmy Conlin was born on 14 October 1884 in Camden, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for Sullivan's Travels (1941), Calling Philo Vance (1940) and The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947). He was married to Dorothy Julia Ryan, Myrtle Glass and Lillian Grace Steel (actress). He died on 7 May 1962 in Encino, California, USA.- Actor
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Joey Travolta was born on 14 October 1950 in Englewood, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Beverly Hills Cop III (1994), To the Limit (1995) and Hard Vice (1994). He has been married to Wendy Shawn since 3 May 1980. They have one child.- Jon Seda's first passion was to be a championship boxer. After taking runner-up in the NJ Golden Gloves, the 1992 Olympics was the next goal. That's when fate stepped in; at his first audition, for Gladiator (1992), he was given a co-starring role! Since then he has branched off into numerous television and film roles. He has garnered critical acclaim for his roles in such films as I Like It Like That (1994), The Sunchaser (1996), Selena (1997), Undisputed (2002), and in television for his roles in Homicide: Life on the Street (1993), UC: Undercover (2001), Third Watch (1999), Oz (1997), NBC Chicago PD, and he also starred as Marine Sgt. John "Manila" Basilone in HBO's award-winning mini series The Pacific (2010).
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Jonathan Kerrigan (born 14 October 1972 in Lincolnshire) is an English actor well known for various leading roles on TV including In The Club, Casualty, Heartbeat, Merseybeat, and Reach For The Moon. Films include 55 Steps, Diana, FLiM, The Somnambulists, The Best Possible Taste. He is also a musician and has composed for both television and film.- Jordan Brower was born on 14 October 1981 in Lompoc, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Social Studies (1997), Teen Angel (1997) and Speedway Junky (1999). He has been married to Whitney Taylor since 8 May 2004. They have one child.
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A rising star both in front of the camera and behind the scenes, Actor/Producer, Justin Nesbitt is becoming one of the most versatile talents in Hollywood. Growing up in Maryland as the son of a minister, some of Justin's fondest memories are of family trips to the movies and subsequent quality time spent analyzing the films with his father. These experiences ignited Justin's love for the magic of movies at an early age.
Determined to follow his dreams of becoming a filmmaker, Justin moved to Los Angeles. He got his first introduction to film production at Alliance Group Entertainment where he cut his teeth supervising movie soundtracks, overseeing casting, and eventually becoming the go to producer for the company. The first feature film Nesbitt cast and produced was the "Hotel California" starring supermodel Tyson Beckford, Tatyana Ali, Simon Rex, and Erik Palladino. Next he supervised the soundtrack for "Confessions of a Pit Fighter" starring Armand Assante and Flavor Flav. Nesbitt then cast and produced the psychological thriller "Farmhouse" starring Steven Webber and Kelly Hu, Jamie Allman, and William Lee Scott.
With an ever-growing desire to experience all aspects of the Entertainment Industry, Justin decided to try acting. First landing extra work and non-speaking roles in a dozen television and reality shows. Justin scored his first feature role as Dale, a sloppy DEA informant in Mexico in the 2014 action-thriller, "Misfire" starring Gary Daniels and Vannessa Vasquez. He went on to take the role of Lindy the scene stilling nervous mechanic of the Indianapolis in the feature film, "USS Indianapolis" starring Nicolas Cage, and Tom Sizemore. USS Indianapolis is set to premiere in the Spring of 2016.
Basking in the glow of a growing number of acting opportunities, Justin recently wrapped shooting for the MMA action film, "Rumble" where he co-stars as Marty-the comedic sidekick alongside Gary Daniels and model Sissi Fleitas. Nesbitt will star as Detective Nicholson-a loyal yet sensitive Detective who always look out for his boss in the action-thriller, "Cops and Robbers" starring Tom Berenger, Michael Jai White, Randy Wayne, and Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson. Currently he just finished producing the Psychological Thriller "IF" along side veteran Director Mario Van Peebles.
In an effort to continuously perfect his craft Justin studies with acclaimed acting coach, John Kirby in his free time. He also spends his time networking and learning from Hollywood Heavyweights. Nesbitt's passion, natural talent and charisma make him one to watch in Hollywood.- Actress
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Karyn White was born on 14 October 1965 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress and composer, known for Gale and the Storm (2017), Prisoner of Love (2023) and The Photograph (2020). She was previously married to Bobby Gonzales and Terry Lewis.- Actress
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Katy Manning trained as an actress at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. In 1971, she became known to millions of British television viewers when she joined Doctor Who (1963) as the companion Jo Grant, which she played for three seasons opposite Jon Pertwee as the Doctor until 1973. Straight after, she hosted her own show, entitled Serendipity (1973) about arts and crafts, before appearing in Armchair Theatre (1956), Whodunnit? (1972) - also starring Jon Pertwee - and Target (1977) amongst others.
In 1982, she moved to Australia to live when her twin son and daughter were very young and has been a special guest at many Australian Doctor Who (1963) conventions. She continued her acting career and took part in many Australian stage productions, including "Run For Your Wife" and "Educating Rita", among others. After living in Australia for several years, she moved to the USA, but returned to Australia on a regular basis to take part in stage plays. She became an Australian citizen on 15 September 2004 and hosted her own show called 'Preview with Katy Manning' from 2001 to 2008. In 2010, she reprised her role as Jo Jones (nee Grant) in the Doctor Who spin-off The Sarah Jane Adventures (2007).
Manning has two children, twins born in 1978, with Dean Harris. She also famously appeared in the soft porn magazine "Girl Illustrated" in 1976, posing naked with a Dalek. Barry Crocker has been her partner since 1989. Manning is still most famous for her role in Doctor Who (1963) and has contributed to many documentaries and DVD commentaries connected to her time on the series. After moving back to the UK in 2009, she continues to appear on television and in both feature films and short films.- Kelley Wolf is a globally-recognized certified life & personal development coach, author, public speaker and thought leader. Her unique discovery and integration of her trademarked concept of FLOW - Finding Love Over Worry(TM) has led to her highly-anticipated debut book which breaks down the framework of the self-developmental process, FLOW: Finding Love Over Worry: A Recipe for Living Joyfully.
Kelley grew up as a well-traveled archeologist's daughter in the beautiful hills of Northwest Arkansas and later went to high school in Cambridge, England. After high school, Kelley pursued a degree in Broadcast Journalism until she was presented with an opportunity to be on television. She was cast on the groundbreaking hit MTV series, The Real World: New Orleans and went on to win the Real World/ Road Rules Challenge which led her to New York City, where she met her husband, actor Scott Wolf. Kelley was lucky to find a fellow adventurer in Scott because over the course of their 17-year marriage, the couple has moved more than 20 times to multiple countries.
In 2007, after moving from Los Angeles to Park City, Utah, she followed her natural curiosity of the human condition and pursued a B.S. in Clinical Psychology from Westminster College in Salt Lake City, Utah. Upon graduation, she was clear her passion was in the burgeoning world of personal development coaching. Kelley believed her abilities were better as a coach than a therapist, so she signed up for Martha Beck's program, where she was certified as a life coach. In the decade that followed, Kelley became a sought-after life coach. Her client list included high profile clients such as leaders of Fortune 100 companies, C-level executives, but also small business owners, stay-at-home moms, and nonprofits, among others searching for peace in their life.
After five years of coaching experience under her belt, Kelley turned her awareness to a process commonly referred to by people as their "flow state". As Kelley began tracking the moments people referred to "being in flow", she soon discovered that a pattern emerged. If someone chose love over worry or fear, they entered their 'flow' state. Her theory seemed especially true whenever people would focus on their hobbies such as surfing, cooking or painting. The circumstances didn't matter as long as the mind made the choice to pursue love as the guide, instead of fear as a motivator.
Kelley soon began to incorporate this practice of FLOW into her own life and was amazed to find the practice offered relief to her postpartum depression and in dealing with her diagnosis of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, known as EDS. She spent the next five years of her career teaching, cultivating and examining FLOW as a replicable methodology, which she used in her practice to help hundreds of individuals and companies challenge their own thoughts and change their behavior patterns.
In 2020, Kelley launched her podcast, FLOW: Finding Love Over Worry. The podcast offers strategies and interviews that examine various methods and techniques to teach the mind how to live in a state of FLOW more often. When understood and used properly, it is a technique everyone can use to lessen their suffering through life to live more joyfully. Now, with her debut book release, she hopes to continue to help others through their use of this methodology.
Over the years, together with her husband Scott, Kelley has also committed much of her time to philanthropy. In fact, a huge component of the FLOW method is mapped out in her tool called "The Circles of Service" which is built around a concept that guides you towards the power of a service-driven life. Kelley shares, "All the great teachings came to the same conclusion-when we pursue a life of growth, we must also open ourselves to the power of service." Kelley lives her practice and has visited many nations globally to provide aid and care. However, above all, Kelley has connected deeply to Africa, which inspired her to co-create The Chier Foundation in 2005. The non-profit organization's mission was to fund education for Sudanese refugees, known as the "Lost Boys of Sudan" and the Foundation successfully completed its mission in 2015. Since then, Kelley's charitable efforts have never stopped. She has visited various areas in Africa (Senegal, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Zambia and South Africa) to help with causes around HIV intervention and malaria. Additionally, Kelley has regularly worked with Feeding America, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation and Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation. Kelley believes that being in service is far more impactful and simple than most people think. No matter where she is in the world, she finds a way to give back to that community, and believes that helping a senior neighbor with their groceries and taking soup to a sick friend is not only philanthropic, but a simple way for people to do what they can to give back to others.
Outside of her coaching work, Kelley is also an advocate of the importance of accessible meditation and mindfulness. As one of the core three foundations in her book: Munch, Move, Meditate, she hopes to shift the belief that meditation is costly, difficult, or needs training.
Kelley lives in Vancouver, British Columbia with her husband and three children-Jackson, Miller, and Lucy. - Kitty Menendez was born to a middle-class family in suburban Chicago, where her father owned an air-conditioning business. Her home life was very unhappy, with a cruel, abusive father and a despondent, battered mother. While Kitty was still a child her father abandoned the family to move in with a mistress. Embittered, she turned into a moody and depressed child and had few friends. Eventually she cut off all contact with her father, whom she came to despise. She attended college at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois. There she met her future husband, Jose Menendez, whom she married in 1964. Both of their families were opposed to the marriage, his because her parents were divorced, hers because of Jose's Cuban heritage. In their early married life she was an elementary school teacher, but after giving birth to her children, Lyle Menendez and Erik Menendez, she became a full-time homemaker. As her husband climbed up the corporate ladder, their life looked idyllic on the surface. Intelligent, attractive, charming in public, she appeared to be the ideal wife and mother. However, those who came to know her described her as a high-strung woman who had great difficulty coping with stress, and her husband's repeated extramarital affairs drove her to despair. She coped with her problems by consuming increasing amounts of alcohol and prescription pills and some of her friends feared she had become dependent on them.. In 1987 she attempted suicide, ingesting a bottle of sleeping pills. She recovered, but she and Jose continued to have marital problems, and their relationships with their sons became increasingly strained. On August 20, 1989, she and her husband were shot to death in their living room while watching television together. The killers were their sons.
- Lance Rentzel was born on 14 October 1943 in Queens, New York, USA. He was previously married to Joey Heatherton.
- Lesley Joseph was born on 14 October 1945 in Finsbury Park, London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Birds of a Feather (1989), Night & Day (2001) and Celebrity Juice (2008).
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Lillian Diana Gish was born on October 14, 1893, in Springfield, Ohio. Her father, James Lee Gish, was an alcoholic who caroused, was rarely at home, and left the family to, more or less, fend for themselves. To help make ends meet, Lillian, her sister Dorothy Gish, and their mother, Mary Gish, a.k.a. Mary Robinson McConnell, tried their hand at acting in local productions. Lillian was six years old when she first appeared in front of an audience. For the next 13 years, she and Dorothy appeared before stage audiences with great success. Had she not made her way into films, Lillian quite possibly could have been one of the great stage actresses of all time; however, she found her way onto the big screen when, in 1912, she met famed director D.W. Griffith. Impressed with what he saw, he immediately cast her in her first film, An Unseen Enemy (1912), followed by The One She Loved (1912) and My Baby (1912). She would make 12 films for Griffith in 1912. With 25 films in the next two years, Lillian's exposure to the public was so great that she fast became one of the top stars in the industry, right alongside Mary Pickford, "America's Sweetheart".
In 1915, Lillian starred as Elsie Stoneman in Griffith's most ambitious project to date, The Birth of a Nation (1915). She was not making the large number of films that she had been in the beginning because she was successful and popular enough to be able to pick and choose the right films to appear in. The following year, she appeared in another Griffith classic, Intolerance (1916). By the early 1920s, her career was on its way down. As with anything else, be it sports or politics, new faces appeared on the scene to replace the "old", and Lillian was no different. In fact, she did not appear at all on the screen in 1922, 1925 or 1929. However, 1926 was her busiest year of the decade with roles in La Bohème (1926) and The Scarlet Letter (1926). As the decade wound to a close, "talkies" were replacing silent films. However, Lillian was not idle during her time away from the screen. She appeared in stage productions, to the acclaim of the public and critics alike. In 1933, she filmed His Double Life (1933), but did not make another film for nine years.
When she returned in 1943, she appeared in two big-budget pictures, Commandos Strike at Dawn (1942) and Top Man (1943). Although these roles did not bring her the attention she had had in her early career, Lillian still proved she could hold her own with the best of them. She earned an Oscar nomination as Best Supporting Actress for her role of Laura Belle McCanles in Duel in the Sun (1946), but lost to Anne Baxter in The Razor's Edge (1946).
One of the most critically acclaimed roles of her career came in the thriller The Night of the Hunter (1955), also notable as the only film directed by actor Charles Laughton. In 1969, she published her autobiography, "The Movies, Mr. Griffith, and Me". In 1987, she made what was to be her last motion picture, The Whales of August (1987), a box-office success that exposed her to a new generation of fans. Her 75-year career is almost unbeatable in any field, let alone the film industry. On February 27, 1993, at age 99, Lillian Gish died peacefully in her sleep at her Manhattan apartment in New York City. She never married.- Actress
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Lindsay Taylor was born on 14 October 1989 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. She is an actress, known for 17 Again (2009), Walking the Halls (2012) and Back to the 90's (2017).- Lois Hamilton (Areno) personified a new wave of actresses who built careers on both beauty and brains. Lois attend Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennslyvannia, and the University of Florence in Florence, Italy, where she received degrees in Psychology and Fine Arts. As a top Ford model in the late 1970s, Lois graced the covers and pages of countless magazines, such as "Cosmopolitan", "Fortune", "Mademoiselle", "Italian Vogue", "Prevue", "Neue Revue Illustrierte", "Newsweek", "Paris Match", "Hello", "Redbook", "Ladies' Home Journal", "Glamour", "Time", and many others. Some of her ad campaigns included Chanel, Clarol, Halston, Pucci and Hermes, and she appeared in over 150 commercials worldwide. She was one of the pioneers who made the successful transition from model to actress. When she came to Los Angeles her career immediately took off and she found herself splashed all over the television and movie screens. Within a year she landed more TV stints than any other actress at ICM. She worked with such luminaries as Ivan Reitman, Neil Simon, Sydney Pollack, Robert Redford, Ned Beatty, Burt Reynolds, John Candy, John Larroquette, Dom DeLuise, Roger Moore, Bill Murray, Jane Fonda, Dean Martin, Carl Reiner, David Carradine, Sammy Davis Jr., Steve Guttenberg, Howard W. Koch, Albert S. Ruddy, Hal Needham, and Thomas R. Bond II to name a few. She was one of the privileged few to be photographed by George Hurrell Sr. before his death. When she wasn't involved in a feature film or television project, she took to the skies--she was a licensed private pilot. She logged over 600 hours and was an accomplished aerobatic pilot flying her 1936 German biplane. In addition, Lois was also a titled Italian baroness with a family that lays claim to the most noble of ancestries dating back to 11th-century Naples. Not one to be typecast as just another pretty face, and in keeping with her artistic talents, she was also an accomplished sculptress, painter and writer. She exhibited her bronze sculptures and oil paintings in many one-woman shows in Los Angeles. An author as well, she penned her first novel, "Move Over Tarzan," a woman's guide on how to be as assertive as the most aggressive, successful man using a woman's femininity. Lois Hamilton was definitely a woman ahead of her time.
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After this feisty, highly offbeat actress from Chattanooga, Tennessee, broke into TV in the 1980s, she immediately set herself apart from the norm with a prime role as new owner Bud Cort's female friend in the bizarre mini-movie Bates Motel (1987). This rather inauspicious beginning would also set Lori Petty off on a career as a kinetic fighter and a misfit, types for which she would be best known.
Lori was born on October 14, 1963, and spent her childhood traveling the US with her father, a Pentecostal minister. Her keen talents first lent themselves toward being a graphic artist in Omaha, Nebraska, but an impulsive desire to act quickly took precedence and soon she was off to New York, where she took acting classes and pounded the pavement for jobs.
Going nowhere fast, she eventually headed for Los Angeles and finally found an "in". Following a number of mediocre TV roles, she won a bit of attention on the short-lived series Booker (1989) as a lippy secretary, then hit pay dirt in secondary roles as an outrageous Cyndi Lauper wannabe in Cadillac Man (1990) and as Patrick Swayze's ex-girlfriend/waitress who hooks up with Keanu Reeves in Point Break (1991).
It looked like mainstream stardom might happen for the tomboy actress, especially after getting cast as Geena Davis' bratty baseball-playing sister in the highly successful A League of Their Own (1992). However, while Lori proved to be an intriguing, kooky sort, she also proved more difficult to cast. Such disparate roles as a kind-hearted animal trainer in Free Willy (1993) and the sole female recruit in Pauly Shore's inane comedy In the Army Now (1994) only proved the point.
She seemed bent towards playing scrappy, hard-edged figures alongside the big action guys but started off on the wrong foot when she was replaced by Sandra Bullock in Sylvester Stallone's Demolition Man (1993) due to "artistic differences". She did play a lone female cop in the thriller The Glass Shield (1994), then found her true calling as the bizarre cartoon heroine Tank Girl (1995), which was billed as "a post-apocalyptic comedy." Playing along the same hard lines, Lori portrayed an FBI agent who teams up with a Tokyo policewoman Yûki Amami in the crime thriller Countdown (1996); played a butch lesbian in the social comedy Relax... It's Just Sex (1998); and an aggressive, tough-talking stripper at odds with the Mafia in the potboiler The Arrangement (1999). She ended the decade on TV as Max, a motel clerk, in the crime drama fantasy series Brimstone (1998).
Into the millennium, the crop-haired, tough-as-nails actress continued to take it to the limit. Following roles in the action films Firetrap (2001) and Route 666 (2001), Lori co-starred alongside the similarly tough-styled Gina Gershon in Prey for Rock & Roll (2003) as members of a punk rock band. She later starred in the creature vs. human horror opus Cryptid (2006); had a small part (First Murderer) in a contemporary Hollywood updating of Shakespeare's Richard III (2007); a deputy in the cross-country sports movie Chasing 3000 (2010); a doctor in the horror thriller Dead Awake (2016); a starring role as a lady Marine in Fear, Love, and Agoraphobia (2018); and a campy role in the low-budget horror flick A Deadly Legend (2020).
On TV, Lori would be seen as a guest in such shows as "The Beast," "NYPD Blue," "CSI: NY," "Masters of Horror," "House," "Prison Break," "Hawaii Five-0," and, more notably, in the recurring and amusing role of loony, paranoiac Lolly in the women's prison series Orange Is the New Black (2013). On the other side of the camera, the still-single Lori wrote and directed the film The Poker House (2008) starring Jennifer Lawrence, a re-dramatization of Lori's teenage years in Iowa. The film earned awards at the Los Angeles Film Festival- Actress
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Lourdes Leon was born on 14 October 1996 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress and composer, known for Lolahol: Lock&Key (2022), Lolahol: Spelling (2023) and Madonna: Celebration (2009).- Luis del Llano Palmer was born on 14 October 1918 in Castellón de la Plana, Castellón, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain. He was an actor, known for Alcanzar una estrella (1990). He died on 23 October 2012 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
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Mackenzie Mauzy was born in Greensboro, North Carolina, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Into the Woods (2014), Forever (2014) and Manson's Lost Girls (2016). She was previously married to John Arthur Greene.- Mario Pugliese is known for Una prueba de Cariño (1938) and Por cuatro días locos (1953).
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Matt Ilczuk is the co-founder of Entertainment Lab, a talent management and production company in Beverly Hills, CA.
From 2004 to 2008 he was in charge of sales/marketing and bookkeeping at MGE, Inc. - international film distribution company, Santa Cruz, California. Education: Cabrillo College & San Jose State University. Fluent in Polish and English. Born in Poland.- Actor
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Max Thieriot was born in 1988 in Los Altos Hills, California, and has two siblings. He was raised in Occidental, CA, and graduated from Sonoma Country Day School in 2002 and El Molino High School in 2006. He started acting when he took an improvisation class and modeled for GAP. He was also in two short films before making his big-screen debut in Catch That Kid (2004), opposite Kristen Stewart and Corbin Bleu.
Max had a big role as one of the children protected by Vin Diesel's character in the hit comedy The Pacifier (2005), and played the son of the title character in The Astronaut Farmer (2006). In the summer of 2007, he co-starred opposite Emma Roberts in Nancy Drew (2007), as Nancy's friend Ned Nickerson, and in 2008 played the younger version of Hayden Christensen's lead in Jumper (2008), as well as a 1930s hobo, Will Shepherd, in Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (2008).
Max's early 2010s roles included Michael Stewart, the son of Julianne Moore's character, in the dramatic thriller Chloe (2009), and the lead role in Wes Craven's horror thriller My Soul to Take (2010). He also co-starred as the male lead, opposite Jennifer Lawrence, in another horror film, House at the End of the Street (2012).
Max made his television series debut playing Norman Bates (Freddie Highmore)'s brother, Dylan Massett, on the A&E show Bates Motel (2013), which began its run in 2013. Max also plays Jack Hays in the History Channel mini-series Texas Rising (2015).
In 2013, Max married Lexi Murphy, his long-time girlfriend.
Max is the great-great grandson of Michael Henry de Young, who co-founded the San Francisco Chronicle in 1865. His father is from California and his mother is from Minnesota. Max is of German, English, Norwegian, Danish, Irish, Dutch Jewish, French Jewish, Scottish, and Northern Irish ancestry.- Mekai Curtis was born on 14 October 2000 in New Jersey, USA. He is an actor, known for Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (2014), Milo Murphy's Law (2016) and Arrested Development (2003).
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Melanie Wilson was born on 14 October 1960 in Los Angeles County, California, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Perfect Strangers (1986), Facing the Enemy (2001) and Simon & Simon (1981). She is married to William Bickley. She was previously married to Joe.- Actress
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Mia is an Australian actress, born and raised in the country's capital, Canberra. She is the daughter of photographers Marzena Wasikowska and John Reid. Her mother is Polish and her father is an Australian of British ancestry. She has an older sister, Jess, and a younger brother, Kai. At age eight, her family moved to Poland for a year.
At age nine, Mia took ballet classes with dreams of becoming a professional ballerina. However, an injury prevented this from happening and she quit at age fourteen. Mia turned to acting, having been excited by European and Australian cinema. She was attending Canberra High School, but left to pursue her career as an actor.
She had just turned 15 when she landed the role of Lilya in Suburban Mayhem (2006). Her breakthrough role came when she was cast as Alice in Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland (2010).- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Michael D. Moore was born on 14 October 1914 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He was an assistant director and actor, known for The War of the Worlds (1953), Willow (1988) and Never Say Never Again (1983). He was married to Laurie Abdo and Esther McNeill. He died on 4 March 2013 in Malibu, Los Angeles County, California, USA.- Writer
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Michael Sloan was born on 14 October 1946 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for The Equalizer (2014), The Equalizer 3 (2023) and Quincy M.E. (1976). He has been married to Melissa Sue Anderson since 17 March 1990. They have two children.- Mobutu Sese Seko was born Joseph Mobutu in Lisala, Belgian Congo. His father was a cook, who died when Mobutu was a child, and his mother was a maid in a hotel. She used her earnings to send him to a Christian Brothers Catholic boarding school for his education. In 1949 he joined the Force Publique, an internal security force of Congolese troops but with Belgian officers, and rose to sergeant. He stayed there for seven years, leaving to become a newspaper reporter. It was in that position that he met Congolese nationalist Patrice Lumumba, and Mobutu was so taken with him that he joined Lumumba's political party, the Congolese National Movement (MNC).
When the Congo became independent on June 30, 1960, a coalition government led the country, with Lumumba as Prime Minister and Joseph Kasavubu as President. Mobutu was appointed Army Chief of Staff. Lumumba and Kasavubu then locked horns in a struggle for political supremacy, and on Sept. 14, 1960, a military coup overthrew Lumumba and installed Kasavubu as overall leader. One of the key figures in the coup was none other than Lumumba's old friend, Mobutu. It turned out that both the American CIA and the Belgian government mistrusted Lumumba, who they thought to be a Communist or at least pro-Communist, and wanted Kasavubu in power, as they believed--correctly, as it turned out--that Kasavubu and Mobutu would be more "pliable". Five years later, though, Mobutu led a coup against Kasavubu, who had just managed to oust his rival, popular Prime Minister Moise Tshombe. Upon taking power, Mobutu banned all political parties and declared the equivalent of a state of emergency, taking on almost dictatorial powers. He later formed his own party, the Popular Movement of the Revolution, which all Congolese were obliged to join. He ordered all existing trade unions to form a single union, the National Union of Zairian Workers, and placed it under the control of the government.
Although there were several uprisings and attempted coups, all were swiftly and brutally put down. In 1970 Mobutu held an election in which he was the only candidate and in which voting was mandatory. Not surprisingly, he got 99% of the vote. In 1971 he began a program of "cultural awareness" and renamed the country the Republic of Zaire. He ordered all Congolese with Christian names to drop them and change to African ones, baptism of children was outlawed and Western-style clothing and ties were banned. The next year he renamed himself Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Nbendu Wa Za Banga, although for convenience's sake he allowed others to refer to him as Mobutu Sese Seko. He also fostered a cult of personality in which his picture appeared everywhere, on everything from from postage stamps to the country's paper currency.
His erratic, corrupt and authoritarian rule resulted in several coup attempts and secessions. Mobutu's solution was to stage public executions of those who were real, potential or imagined threats to his regime, but he later found that it was much less trouble--and garnered much less bad publicity worldwide--if he just bought off his enemies, which he proceeded to do. He also nationalized foreign-owned firms and deported their European owners and managers. He handed the firms over to his family members and political allies, most of whom immediately robbed the companies blind, sold off their assets and kept the money. The resulting economic anarchy caused by these actions forced Mobutu in 1977 to bring the Europeans back. In that same year a force of several thousand rebels--followers of the executed Tshombe--invaded the province of Katanga from their bases in neighboring Angola. They were well-trained, motivated and led mainly by professional mercenaries from South Africa and Europe, and they swiftly and decisively routed Mobutu's ill-equipped, poorly trained, undisciplined and disorganized army. He appealed for aid from France, which airlifted several thousand Moroccan paratroopers who eventually defeated the Katangan rebels. However, a year later the rebels attacked again, but this time with more troops than before. Mobutu's ragtag army fared no better this time than it did the year before and was decisively defeated again, with many of its soldiers tearing off their uniforms, throwing away their weapons and fleeing naked into the jungles. Katanga, with its vast mineral, diamond and ore deposits, was on the verge of declaring its independence, and there was nothing Mobutu could do about it. Once more he appealed for international help against the "Communists". France and Belgium dispatched troops to put down the invasion, with the US supplying logistical and material help, and the invading forces were driven back across the border into Angola.
Despite these crises, Mobutu still had time to build up his personal wealth, which by 1984 was estimated to be at least $5 billion. While he amassed a fortune the country was going broke, and in 1989 it defaulted on loans from Belgium--Mobutu and his family and cronies having looted the country for years almost nonstop, the treasury simply ran out of money. This situation resulted in most roads, bridges and other elements of its infrastructure beginning to literally fall apart because there was no money to maintain them. Most government workers were paid sporadically if at all, resulting in tremendous inflation and a level of corruption that was mind-boggling even for Africa. The sheer scope of mismanagement, embezzlement and outright thievery by Mobutu and his cronies resulted in economists coining a new word for his form of government--kleptocracy. The cult of personality fostered by Mobutu and his government was pervasive; pictures and portraits of Mobutu were everywhere, government employees had to wear buttons with his photograph on them, and on TV broadcasts he was seen descending from the sky through clouds. He also awarded himself such titles as "Lion Warrior", "Savior of the Nation" and "Supreme Combatant".
The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989 did not bode well for Mobutu. He had always been able to count on support by Western governments, no matter how much they disliked his domestic policies. Because of the Congo's huge size. vast mineral wealth and strategic location, he was able to paint himself as a bulwark against "the Communist menace" in Africa, and the fact that his country held vast untapped reserves of gold, silver, diamonds, timber, etc., didn't hurt, either. However, now that the Soviet Union no longer existed, Mobutu's claim to be an anti-Communist bastion in the heart of Africa was irrelevant. Under pressure from western governments and because of economic problems and internal disturbances, Mobutu ended the ban on political parties and brought opposition figures into the government. Despite his attempt to co-opt the opposition by playing different factions against each other, however, the main opposition parties joined in one single organization in 1994, forcing him to appoint one of their members as his Prime Minister. In addition, Mobutu's health began to deteriorate, and he started to spend more time in Europe for medical treatment. In 1996 Tutsi rebels took advantage of one of his absences by launching a rebellion and taking control of the western half of the country. Other rebellions were launched from eastern Zaire, and in 1997 the combined rebel forces defeated Mobutu's army and took Kinshasa, the capital. Mobutu fled to neighboring Togo and then to Morocco, where he took permanent residence.
On Sept. 7, 1997, he died of prostate cancer in Rabat, Morocco. - Actress
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Natalie Maines, born in Lubbock, Texas in 1974, began singing at age 3. In high school, she was a cheerleader. During her time in high school, she played in a band. They had three gigs before breaking up. In the 1990s, she attended Berklee College. Soon, after that, she auditioned for a music group. Martie Maguire and Emily Strayer were looking for a lead singer. She won the audition and joined the The Chicks. In 2000, she, along with the other The Chicks had their debut in movies, a made-for-TV movie called Dixie Chicks on the Fly (2000). Also in 2000, Natalie married actor Adrian Pasdar.- Actor
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Nels Lennarson was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Nels is an actor, known for Apex (2021), Horns (2013) and Cold Pursuit (2019).- Actor
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Josip Peruzovic was born on 14 October 1947 in Croatia, Yugoslavia. He was an actor, known for WWF Championship Wrestling (1972), WrestleMania III (1987) and Spectrum Wrestling (1977). He was married to Eleanor Lynn Breidenbaugh. He died on 29 July 2018 in Glen Arm, Maryland, USA.Nikolai Volkoff- Actor
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Orion Acaba was born on 14 October 1980 in Hollywood, California, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Critical Role (2015), Interceptor Force (1999) and Saints Row IV (2013).- Actor
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Owen Joseph Kline is an American filmmaker, actor and cartoonist, best known for his directorial debut Funny Pages (2022) and his performance as Frank Berkman in The Squid and the Whale (2005). Owen Joseph Kline was born and raised in New York City, to theater and film actor Kevin Kline and actress Phoebe Cates. He has one younger sister, Greta Kline, a musician/singer-songwriter. Kline acted in his adolescence in the independent films The Anniversary Party (2001) and Noah Baumbach's The Squid and The Whale (2005), but did not pursue a subsequent career in acting, instead remaining in junior high school. At the age of 7, Kline fell ill, and during a two-week stay in the hospital, he was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes.- Pat Finley was born on 14 October 1938 in Asheville, North Carolina, USA. She is an actress, known for The Rockford Files (1974), The Bob Newhart Show (1972) and The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970).
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Born in New York City and raised in Lynchburg, Virginia, Paul graduated from Northwestern University in 1993 and went on to get his masters at the Old Globe/University of San Diego Drama School.
He and his producing partner, Kelly Miller, formed their company, Pulled Pictures, in 2004 to produce Paul's directorial debut feature, Forgiven, which Paul also wrote and starred in. The film was shot in Wilmington, North Carolina in the fall of 2004 and premiered in dramatic competition at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival.
He splits his time between theatre in New York - notably the 2002 hit Broadway revival of Noises Off (opposite Jane Curtin), and the downtown rock musical Debbie Does Dallas - and work in television and film.
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Vaudevillain, Broadway player and, for one decade from 1929, screen actress often in comedic roles. She also appeared in character parts in a handful of 60s films. She is memorable as the original - and the most believable - Alice Kramden, wife of Ralph Kramden (immortalized by Jackie Gleason), in TV's "The Honeymooners." Kelton's performances took place (ca. 1950-52) when "Honeymooners" had yet to become an independent series but was merely a sporadically scheduled, 10- or 15-minute playlet during Gleason's weekly TV variety show. Although they may yet exist on kinescope only narrowly available, Kelton's wonderful performances as Alice are otherwise essentially lost. She was forced to leave the role after being blacklisted. Audrey Meadows then won the role of Alice Kramden.- Actor
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Peter Stringfellow was born on 14 October 1940 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, UK. He was an actor and producer, known for Dream Team (1997), Footballers' Wives (2002) and Brass Eye (1997). He was married to Bella Wright, Coral and Norma. He died on 7 June 2018 in the UK.- Costume and Wardrobe Department
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Ralph Lauren was born on 14 October 1939 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Annie Hall (1977), Manhattan (1979) and The Wild Party (1975). He has been married to Ricky Lauren since 20 December 1964. They have three children.- Actor
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Rick Aviles was born on 14 October 1952 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Waterworld (1995), Ghost (1990) and The Cannonball Run (1981). He died on 17 March 1995 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Producer
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Robert C. Cooper was born on 14 October 1968 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is a producer and writer, known for Stargate: Atlantis (2004), Stargate SG-1 (1997) and Stargate Universe (2009). He is married to Hillary Cooper. They have one child.