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Lindsay Dee Lohan was born in New York City, on 2 July 1986, to Dina Lohan and
Michael Lohan. She began her career at age three as a Ford model, and also made appearances in over sixty television commercials, including spots for The Gap, Pizza Hut, Wendy's, and Jell-O (opposite
Bill Cosby). Lohan made her acting debut in
1996 as the third actress to play Ali Fowler in the television drama
Another World (1964). Shortly
afterward she was hand-picked by Oscar-nominated writer
Nancy Meyers as estranged twin sisters in
an adaptation by Walt Disney Pictures of a novel by
Erich Kästner, which marked Meyers'
directorial debut. Lohan's first feature film,
The Parent Trap (1998), a remake
of The Parent Trap (1961), was a
modest commercial success, earning her widespread critical acclaim and
a Young Artist award for Best Leading Young Actress in a Feature Film,
as well as Blockbuster Entertainment and YoungStar award nominations.
After signing a three-movie contract with Disney, she returned to the
small screen to star in the made-for-TV movies
Life-Size (2000) (opposite
Tyra Banks) and
Get a Clue (2002) (opposite
Bug Hall). She also appeared as Rose in the
pilot episode of the short-lived comedy series
Bette (2000), which starred
Bette Midler.
In June 2001 Lohan took a brief hiatus from acting. Her music career
was launched over a year later, when Estefan Enterprises made a
five-album production deal with her in September 2002, and she signed a
recording contract with the reactivated Casablanca Records.
However, Lohan was not turning her back on her blossoming acting
career. Just over a month previously she had been cast opposite
Jamie Lee Curtis for another Disney
adaptation of a novel, this time a fantasy comedy by
Mary Rodgers.
Freaky Friday (2003), a remake of
Freaky Friday (1976), was a huge
hit (generating over $160 million in worldwide box office receipts) and
critics were spellbound by delightful performances from Lohan and
Curtis (who went on to receive a Golden Globe nomination for her work).
In addition, Lohan won the 2004 MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough
Female, as well as a Saturn award nomination and another Young Artist
award nomination.
Lohan relocated permanently to Los Angeles between projects and moved
into an apartment with fellow actress
Raven-Symoné. She also dated pop star
Aaron Carter for a short time.
Her next acting role was the title character in the comedy
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (2004),
a Disney adaptation of the novel by
Dyan Sheldon. The film received scathing
reviews upon its release and died a quick death at the box office, but
even the harshest of critics were impressed by Lohan's charming turn as
aspiring actress Lola.
Lohan's next project,
Mean Girls (2004), saw her reunite
with Freaky Friday (2003) director
Mark Waters. Inspired by a
non-fiction book by Rosalind Wiseman
and written by
Saturday Night Live (1975)
scribe Tina Fey, the high-school comedy-drama
opened to glowing reviews and grossed $86 million in the US. This
earned her status as a bankable actress, and a salary of $7.5 million
for the Donald Petrie romantic comedy
Just My Luck (2006).
One of the most sought-after young actresses in the industry, she
starred in Bobby (2006) (opposite
Demi Moore and
Sharon Stone), the Disney fantasy
adventure
Herbie Fully Loaded (2005) (a
pseudo-sequel to
The Love Bug (1969)) and the
critically acclaimed
A Prairie Home Companion (2006).
On top of a thriving film career Lohan also launched a music career,
releasing her debut album, "Speak," which hit shelves in December 2004.
In 2009 Lohan launched her own fashion line titled 6126, mainly
focusing on the production of women's leggings. By spring she launched
a self-tanning spray line titled "Sevin Nyne" and by the end of the
year she became an artistic designer for fashion house Ungaro.
Lindsay continues her career in acting, having played a supporting role
in the action film Machete (2010).- Actress
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Margot Elise Robbie was born on July 2, 1990 in Dalby, Queensland, Australia to Scottish parents. Her mother, Sarie Kessler, is a physiotherapist, and her father, is Doug Robbie. She comes from a family of four children, having two brothers and one sister. She graduated from Somerset College in Mudgeeraba, Queensland, Australia, a suburb in the Gold Coast hinterland of South East Queensland, where she and her siblings were raised by their mother and spent much of her time at the farm belonging to her grandparents. In her late teens, she moved to Melbourne, Victoria, Australia to pursue an acting career.
From 2008-2010, Robbie played the character of Donna Freedman in the long-running Australian soap opera, Neighbours (1985), for which she was nominated for two Logie Awards. She set off to pursue Hollywood opportunities, quickly landing the role of Laura Cameron on the short-lived ABC series, Pan Am (2011). She made her big screen debut in the film, About Time (2013).
Robbie rose to fame co-starring alongside Leonardo DiCaprio, portraying the role of Naomi Lapaglia in Martin Scorsese's Oscar nominated film, The Wolf of Wall Street (2013). She was nominated for a Breakthrough Performance MTV Movie Award, and numerous other awards.
In 2014, Robbie founded her own production company, LuckyChap Entertainment. She also appeared in the World War II romantic-drama film, Suite Française (2014). She starred in Focus (2015) and Z for Zachariah (2015), and made a cameo in The Big Short (2015).
In 2016, she married Tom Ackerley in Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia.
She starred as Jane Porter in The Legend of Tarzan (2016), Tanya Vanderpoel in Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (2016) and as DC comics villain Harley Quinn in Suicide Squad (2016), for which she was nominated for a Teen Choice Award, and many other awards.
She portrayed figure skater Tonya Harding in the biographical film I, Tonya (2017), receiving critical acclaim and a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actress - Motion Picture Comedy or Musical.- Producer
- Writer
- Actor
Lawrence Gene David is an American comedian, writer, actor, director, and television producer. He and Jerry Seinfeld created the television sitcom Seinfeld, on which David was head writer and executive producer for the first seven seasons. He gained further recognition for the HBO series Curb Your Enthusiasm, which he created and stars in as a semi-fictionalized version of himself. He has written or co-written the stories of every episode since its pilot episode in 1999.
David's work on Seinfeld won him two Primetime Emmy Awards in 1993, for Outstanding Comedy Series and Outstanding Individual Achievement in Writing in a Comedy Series. Formerly a comedian, he went into television comedy, writing and starring in ABC's Fridays, and writing briefly for Saturday Night Live. He has been nominated for 27 Primetime Emmy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. He was voted by fellow comedians and comedy insiders as the 23rd greatest comedy star ever in a 2004 British poll to select "The Comedian's Comedian", and received the Laurel Award for TV Writing Achievement by the Writers Guild of America in 2010.
Since 2015, he has made recurring guest appearances on Saturday Night Live, where he impersonates 2016 and 2020 U.S. presidential candidate Bernie Sanders.- Writer
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David Lawrence "Dave" McCary was born on July 2, 1985 in San Diego, California to Diane Lee McCary (née Phillips) & Gary Lee McCary. He works as a segment director for Saturday Night Live (1975). During college he formed a sketch comedy group, Good Neighbor. In 2007, McCary came together with Kyle Mooney, Beck Bennett, and Nick Rutherford to form the sketch comedy group, Good Neighbor. The group received personal acknowledgments from Steven Spielberg and comedian Louis C.K. Prior to landing on SNL, Good Neighbor had just finished filming a Comedy Central pilot, The Good Neighbor Show, that was produced by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay via their company Gary Sanchez. SNL reportedly had to work with Comedy Central to get them out of their contract so they could join the long-running sketch show. During this time, McCary directed the first two seasons of Epic Rap Battles of History. McCary joined Saturday Night Live for its thirty-ninth season as a segment director along with Good Neighbor co-founders, Kyle Mooney and Beck Bennett, who joined as featured players, and Nick Rutherford, who joined as a staff writer.- Actor
- Producer
Andrew Daniel Divoff is a Venezuela-born Russian actor and stuntman, best known for playing the evil Djinn in the first two Wishmaster films and the villains Cherry Ganz in Another 48 Hrs., Ernesto Mendoza in A Low Down Dirty Shame, Boris Bazylev in Air Force One, Ivan Sarnoff in CSI: Miami and Mikhail Bakunin in Lost.
He was born on July 2, 1955 in San Tomé, Venezuela. His father is Russian and his mother, who was born in Venezuela, is of Irish descent. He lived in Vilassar de Mar (in Spain) from 1973-77. He lives in the United States. Divoff can speak eight languages: English, Spanish, Italian, French, German, Catalan, Portuguese, and Russian. He used to speak Romanian but forgot the language when he had no one with whom to speak it. He also acted in The Hunt for Red October, Air Force One and Toy Soldiers.
Divoff has played many villains in film and on television, usually drug cartel leaders, and is best known for having played the nefarious Djinn in the first two films of the Wishmaster series. His other films include Another 48 Hrs., The Hunt for Red October, A Low Down Dirty Shame, Air Force One and Toy Soldiers. Divoff played the lead role in the Midnight Syndicate's Indie horror flick The Dead Matter. His television guest appearances include The A-Team, JAG and Highlander: The Series. He had a recurring role on Lost as Mikhail Bakunin.
He appeared in "The Cost of Living", and later in "Enter 77" and "Par Avion". He later appeared, in flashbacks, in "One of Us," and reappeared in the episodes "D.O.C.", "The Man Behind the Curtain", "Through the Looking Glass" and "The Package". Divoff's latest work was a recurring role as Ivan Sarnoff on CSI: Miami Season 7 (2008-09). He also appeared in Air Force One.
Divoff is an alumnus of Georgetown University, where he honed his skills in the study of languages, the result seeing him speak eight languages fluently. Andrew is a SAG actor and film producer with more than a hundred movies and television appearances to his credit. He has a driving passion for environmental issues, and has used his celebrity status, putting purpose ahead of profit, for several environmental causes. Andrew is a founder of Verdant Resource, Inc., a flexible purpose corporation dedicated to location, retrieval and provision of resources found throughout planet Earth, and promoting their use in a sustainable way of life employing verdant methods. He is also a partner in a private water utility, Alpine Village Water Company, LLC in Pinyon, California. Divoff was married to Russian actress Raissa Danilova in 1992 but they divorced in 1998. Divoff resides in Los Angeles.- Actress
- Producer
- Soundtrack
Ashley Michelle Tisdale (born July 2, 1985) is an American actress, singer, and producer. During her childhood, she appeared in more than 100 TV advertisements and had roles in theatre and television shows. In 2004, she was cast as Maddie Fitzpatrick in Disney Channel's The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, and rose to prominence in 2006 as Sharpay Evans in the television film High School Musical. The High School Musical series included three films and the spin-off Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure (2011). Tisdale's resultant popularity led her to sign a record deal with Warner Bros. Records in 2006. Her debut album, Headstrong (2007), was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and features the single "He Said She Said". Two years later, Tisdale released her second studio album, Guilty Pleasure. In 2013, she announced plans to make music again and confirmed that she has been recording her third studio album.- Elizabeth Ann Reaser was born July 2, 1975 in Bloomfield, Michigan, to Karen (Weidman) and John Reaser. As the middle child in a trio of sisters, she grew up in rural Milford, MI. Her mother, a homemaker, and her father, an attorney turned restaurateur turned substitute teacher, divorced, and her stepfather was businessman Bill Davidson. Through high school, Elizabeth worked several odd jobs, including being a caddie at a country club.
Elizabeth wanted to be an actor from childhood. She began college at Oakland University in Rochester Hills, Michigan, but, after one year, yearned to leave the mid-west and expand her horizons. She applied (with her parent's blessing) to the Drama Division of The Juilliard School and was accepted. At Juilliard, she was awarded a Bachelor's of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) in 1999.
She struggled at first, but soon found adequate representation, and a part on the daytime drama series, Guiding Light (1952). Since then, she has become an accomplished film, television, and stage actor, landing numerous supporting and leading roles, including Esme Cullen in the Twilight series.
In October 2004, Interview magazine hailed her as one of the "14 To Be" emerging creative women. - Actress
- Additional Crew
- Script and Continuity Department
Wendy Schaal is an American actress best known for her work in Joe Dante films such as Innerspace, The 'Burbs, and Small Soldiers. Since 2005, she has primarily worked in cartoon voice acting, most notably voicing Francine Smith in the animated comedy American Dad!
Schaal was born in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Lois (née Treacy) and actor Richard Schaal (1928-2014). She is the former stepdaughter of actress Valerie Harper.
Wendy Schaal is married to Michael P. Hogan.- Actor
- Producer
- Soundtrack
Considering the kind of scruffy, backwoods, uneducated, Deep-South
hillbilly types he played, many people would be surprised to hear that
Ken Curtis wasn't actually born in the south but in the small town of
Las Animas, Colorado, the son of the town sheriff. They would probably
be even more surprised to learn that he began his show business career
as a singer in the big-band era, and was a vocalist in the legendary
Tommy Dorsey orchestra. He entered films in
the late 1940s at the tail-end of the singing-cowboy period in a series
of low-budget Westerns for Columbia Pictures. When that genre died out,
Curtis turned to straight dramatic and comedy parts and became a
regular in the films of director
John Ford (who was his father-in-law).
Curtis branched out into film production in the 1950s with two
extremely low-budget monster films,
The Killer Shrews (1959) and
The Giant Gila Monster (1959),
but he is best known for his long-running role as Festus Hagen, the
scruffy, cantankerous deputy in the long-running TV series
Gunsmoke (1955).- Actor
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- Writer
Saul Rubinek was born in a refugee camp in Germany, where his father ran a Yiddish Repertory Theatre company. Saul started his professional career as a child actor in theater and radio in Canada. By the time he was 20, he was a member of the Stratford Shakespearean Festival company in Stratford, Ontario and, later, was a co-founder, actor and director of Theatre Le Hibou, Theatre Passe-Muraille and Toronto Free Theatre. He got his early training in film and television as an actor for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Saul started working in the United States as an actor at the Public Theater in New York. Rubinek's work on U.S. and Canadian television, film and theater spans four decades.
In 1997, Rubinek directed his first feature for Lionsgate, based on the play he
previously directed, Jerry and Tom (1998). He also was producer on the film in partnership with his wife, Elinor Reid. The film was an official entry in competition at Sundance in 1998. He also directed the features _Club Land (2001) (TV)_ and _Bleacher Bums (2001) (TV)_ for Showtime/Paramount. Rubinek directed, and his wife and partner Elinor Reid produced the award-winning indie film Cruel But Necessary (2005).
Penguin Books published (1987) Rubinek's non-fiction book, "So Many Miracles", an account of his parents' survival growing up in Poland during World War II. He wrote and produced an award-winning documentary (1988) of the same title, So Many Miracles (1987), for CBC and PBS which chronicles his parents' reunion with the people who saved their lives during the Holocaust. The DVD of the documentary is available from The National Center for Jewish Film at Brandeis University.
Rubinek wrote the play "Terrible Advice", which was produced in 2011 in London by The Chocolate Factory, starring Scott Bakula, Andy Nyman, Caroline Quentin, Sharon Horgan, and directed by Frank Oz.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Character actor Kenneth McMillan was born on July 2, 1932 in Brooklyn,
New York. Prior to becoming an actor, McMillan was a manager at Gimbels
Department Store. At age 30, McMillan decided to pursue an acting
career. He attended the LaGuardia High School for Performing Arts and
took acting lessons from Uta Hagen and
Irene Dailey. He made his film debut at age
41 with a small role in Sidney Lumet's
superbly gritty police drama
Serpico (1973). Portly and ruddy-faced,
with an often aggressive and cantankerous demeanor, McMillan was
usually cast as gruff, hostile and unfriendly characters. McMillan's
most notable parts include the borough commander in
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974),
a cowardly small-town sheriff in
Tobe Hooper's excellent miniseries
Salem's Lot (1979),
William Hurt's bitter paraplegic father in
Eyewitness (1981), a racist fire chief
in Ragtime (1981), a wily old safecracker
in
The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984),
the vile and grotesquely obese Baron Vladimir Harkonnen in
Dune (1984),
Aidan Quinn's pathetic drunken
father in Reckless (1984) and a sleazy
high-roller gambler in "The Ledge" episode of the hugely enjoyable
horror anthology Cat's Eye (1985).
Moreover, McMillan was equally adept at comedy, giving especially funny
and engaging performances as a baseball club manager in
Blue Skies Again (1983),
Meg Ryan's corrupt police chief father in
Armed and Dangerous (1986),
and a dotty senile veterinarian in
Three Fugitives (1989). McMillan
had a steady recurring role as
Valerie Harper's irate boss on
the situation comedy Rhoda (1974).
Among the television series McMillan guest-starred on are
Dark Shadows (1966),
Ryan's Hope (1975),
Kojak (1973),
Starsky and Hutch (1975),
The Rockford Files (1974),
Moonlighting (1985),
Magnum, P.I. (1980) and
Murder, She Wrote (1984).
Outside of his substantial film and television credits, McMillan also
frequently performed on stage at the New York Shakespeare Festival. He
acted in the original Broadway productions of "Streamers" and "American
Buffalo". He won an Obie for his performance in the off-Broadway play,
"Weekends Like Other People". Kenneth McMillan died of liver disease at
age 56 on January 8, 1989 in Santa Monica, California.- Actress
Kim Go-eun was born on 2 July 1991 in Seoul, South Korea. She is an actress, known for A Muse (2012), Guardian: The Lonely and Great God (2016) and Cheese in the Trap (2016).- Actress
- Writer
- Producer
After starting her professional acting career at just three years old, Georgia-born Caitlin Carmichael has continued to make her mark on Hollywood as one of the brightest young actors.
Carmichael can be seen in Lionsgate's film "Midnight in the Switchgrass" as 'Tracey Lee.' This thriller revolves around an FBI agent and Florida State officer who team up to investigate a string of unsolved murder cases. The film is directed by prolific film and television producer Randall Emmett, making his directorial debut. Bruce Willis, Megan Fox, Emile Hirsch, Lukas Haas, and singer-rapper Machine Gun Kelly also star. "Midnight in the Switchgrass" premiered theaters on July 23rd, 2021.
Carmichael starred as the female lead 'Gretta' in BYUtv's international hit fantasy show "Dwight in Shining Armor." She also lent her voice to 'Alma' for Disney Junior's award-winning children's show "Doc McStuffins," for which she won Best Performance in a Voice-Over Role at the 2013 Young Artist Awards. Carmichael has appeared in some of the most popular television shows, including ABC's "The Good Doctor," CBS's "Young Sheldon," Nickelodeon's "iCarly," HBO's "True Blood," Showtime's "Dexter," and CBS's "Criminal Minds."
On the film side, Carmichael was seen in the faith-based film "Epiphany" as 'Luka,' where she won Best Actress at both the ICVM Crown Awards and the International Christian Film Festival. She appeared as the younger version of Olivia Wilde's character 'Abby' in Amazon Studios' drama "Life Itself." Carmichael can also be seen in films like "300: Rise of an Empire," "Martyrs," and "Wheelman."
In addition to acting, Carmichael is interested in philanthropy. She is the West Coast Teen Ambassador for the American Cancer Society and is especially passionate about their ResearcHERS campaign, which empowers girls in STEM programs and funds female scientists in cancer research. Carmichael graduated high school at 14-years-old as valedictorian and is a student at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Carmichael currently resides in Los Angeles.- Actor
- Producer
- Writer
Owain Sebastian Yeoman is a Welsh actor born to Michael and Hilary Yeoman. He has one sister Ailsa. An honors English graduate of Brasenose College (1996-99), Oxford University, Yeoman also graduated from the prestigious Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA) in London with the distinction of being the Henry Marshall Shield Winner in 2003. His first audition was for the Warner Bros epic, Troy (2004) starring Brad Pitt in which director Wolfgang Petersen immediately cast Yeoman as Lysander, the Captain of the Trojan army.
A veteran of over a dozen stage plays in London's West End theaters and two Edinburgh international Stage/Film festivals Yeoman re-located to Los Angeles in 2004 where he was cast in TV projects including "The Friendlies", the lead role in Mark Burnett's Commando Nanny (2004) and played the T-888 main terminator in the pilot of the Terminator franchise series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008). Yeoman played leading series regular roles in the 2006 Fox comedy Kitchen Confidential (2005), opposite Bradley Cooper.
In 2008, Yeoman played Sgt. Eric Kocher in the HBO award-winning biopic Generation Kill (2008). He is probably best known to TV audiences for
his leading role as CBI detective Wayne Rigsby in the CBS international hit series The Mentalist (2008) in which he has starred for over 6 years. in
2012, Yeoman was cast as the lead detective KING in the independent horror feature Chromeskull: Laid to Rest 2 (2011) and as the lead in the festival short
movie AbsolutSin (2012). In 2014, Yeoman was reunited with Bradley Cooper when he starred in American Sniper (2014) in which he was cast by Clint Eastwood.
He is an avid animal rights supporter and works closely with PETA and the Humane Society (USA). He lives in Los Angeles with his wife Gigi and their French bulldog, Cash.- Actress
- Producer
Yancy Butler was born and grew up in Greenwich Village, New York City
during the 1970s, so it's not unusual that she chose to be an actor,
being third generation showbiz. Her father is Joe Butler, the lead
singer and drummer for the reunited Lovin' Spoonful; her mother, Leslie
, was a company manager for Broadway shows, and her grandparents
were also involved in various aspects of the theater. At the age of 13,
Butler began studying at the prestigious HB Studios in New York, and
continued to do so until entering Sarah Lawrence College. Ms Butler
made her motion picture starring debut in John Woo's "Hard Target" with
Jean-Claude Van Damme. Yancy's television debut in "Law & Order" landed
her the series lead in "Mann and Machine", which led to the starring
role in "South Beach."- Claire Wilcox was born on 2 July 1955 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She is an actress, known for Ben Casey (1961), Wives and Lovers (1963) and 40 Pounds of Trouble (1962).
- Actress
- Writer
- Composer
Alexa Swinton (aka Alexa Skye Swinton) is an American actress, singer, and writer with Scottish/Canadian and Russian Jewish heritage. She is known for her roles in television, film and theater. She is a member of SAG-AFTRA and Actors Equity.
Alexa is a season regular in And Just Like That in the role of Rock Goldenblatt. She is also in the soon to be released Maestro where Alexa acts opposite Bradley Cooper, Carey Mulligan, Maya Hawke and Sam Nivola. You can see Alexa in M. Night Shyamalan's thriller feature film - Old - released in July 2021. She also stars in the feature, Sometime Other Than Now, acting opposite Donal Logue and Kate Walsh.
Alexa starred as "Piper" in the ABC prime-time series "Emergence" in 2019-2020. Alexa also acts opposite Paul Giamatti and Maggie Siff in all five seasons of Showtime's Billions as Eva Rhoades.
Alexa is a singer, songwriter and recording artist. She debuted her first original single in July of 2020 entitled "You, My and My Purple Docs." She released her second original single "Happy As I Wanna Be" in August 2021. Both songs are available on iTunes, Spotify and other major music platforms.
On the stage, Alexa originated the role of Addie in Make Believe, written by Bess Wohl and directed by Jackson Gay at the Hartford Stage. Alexa also originated the role of Young Inna in the world premiere of Kooky Spook, written by Inna Swinton and directed by Maria Smushkovich, at the New York New Works Theatre Festival. She also appeared in a number of off-Broadway productions including Annie Warbucks and Madeline's Christmas.
Alexa began her professional acting career performing at age three in Matthew Barney's River of Fundament where she performed opposite Paul Giamatti and Elaine Stritch. She made her television debut playing the younger version of the lead character Claire, in Starz's "Flesh and Bone". Alexa has also appeared in a range of broadcast TV shows including Manifest, Saturday Night Live, The Tonight Show,Today, and The View.
Alexa was born in New York City and lives in New Jersey. Her father, Rolfe Swinton, is a technology and data entrepreneur, her mother, Inna Swinton, is an actress, lawyer, and author. She has two siblings, Maxim Swinton who is an actor, stand up comedian and singer, and Ava who is a singer and musician.- Actress
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The normally erudite, soft-spoken and well-mannered Alabama-born
(July 2, 1937) actress Polly Dean Holliday, daughter of a truck driver, accumulated quite an extensive theater
background by the time she hit sassy, blue-collar stardom on 70s TV as gum-cracking waitress Florence Jean Castleberry on the highly popular sitcom
Alice (1976).
Following her studies at Alabama College for Women, where she appeared in such productions as "Medea" and "The Lady's Not for Burning" and at Florida State University, Polly began her professional stage career in outdoor drama in North Carolina before joining the Asolo Repertory Company in Sarasota, Florida, and becoming a long, respected company member. During her initial residency (1962-1972), she appeared in such classic and contemporary productions as "The Way of the World" (1962), "Major Barbara" (1967), "As You Like It" (1967), "Look Back in Anger" (1968), "Joe Egg" (1970), "Candida" (title role, 1971), "The Subject Was Roses" (1971) and "House of Blue Leaves" (1971). Later roles with the company included "Hay Fever" (1974) and "Free and Clear" (2004). Polly worked long and hard to disguise her Alabama drawl while building up a sturdy classical reputation. At the same time, she supplemented her income teaching piano and also music in elementary schools.
Making her off-Broadway debut in "Orphee" back in 1964, she moved to the East Coast in 1972 and appeared in New York productions of "Wedding Bond," and "The Girl Most Likely to Succeed" before taking her first Broadway bow in "All Over Town" directed by Dustin Hoffman in 1974. She then began appearing in small parts in such movies as The Catamount Killing (1974), W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings (1975) and All the President's Men (1976)
Polly won the flashy TV role of Flo in 1976. As the Southern-baked hash slinger who delightfully redefined trailer park trash, the actress gave a no-holds barred performance that earned her two Golden Globes awards and an Emmy nomination. She hit it so big with fans (her character introduced the catch phrase "Kiss mah grits!") that she was given her own spin-off, aptly titled Flo (1980). Surprisingly, the show lasted only one season despite another Emmy-nomination.
To avoid severe typecasting, Polly veered away from the television limelight and returned to her first love, the theatre. She won renewed respect and critical notice on Broadway and in regional theatre for her performances in "A Sense of Humor" (1983), "Black Coffee" (1985), her eccentric Martha Brewster in "Arsenic and Old Lace" (1986), as Amanda Wingfield in "The Glass Menagerie" (1988), her Tony-nominated turn as Big Mama in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (1990), "A Quarrel of Sparrows" (1993), her Veta in "Harvey" (1993), as spinster schoolteacher Flo Owens in "Picnic" (1994) and again off-Broadway in "Marco Polo Sings a Solo" (1998).
From time to time, Polly has taken on feisty roles in both comic and dramatic films, such as the old
crank who meets a freakish end in the box-office critter hit
Gremlins (1984), and on TV wherein she
briefly replaced Eileen Brennan as Captain Amanda Allen
in the series
Private Benjamin (1981)
after Ms. Brennan's near-fatal car accident in 1982.
Though Polly never recaptured the brash success of her
Alice (1976) years, she has continued
at a healthy pace primarily in guest spots. She nominally played wise and
opinionated mothers and grandmothers on such shows as "Stir Crazy," "The Golden Girls," "Amazing Stories," "The Equalizer" and "Homicide: Life on the Streets." She also had recurring roles as Momma Love on the short-lived crime series The Client (1995) and as Patricia Richardson's mom on the hit sitcom Home Improvement (1991).
Broaching the millennium she continued sporadically with featured parts in such films as Mrs. Doubtfire (1993), Mr. Wrong (1996), The Parent Trap (1998), Stick It (2006), The Heartbreak Kid (2007) and Fair Game (2010). She has also been featured on stage in such plays as "The Time of the Cuckoo" (2000), "Dividing the Estate" (2007), "A Christmas Carol" (2013) and "The Old Friends" (2014).- Actor
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- Producer
Ron Silver was born on 2 July 1946 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Timecop (1994), Reversal of Fortune (1990) and Find Me Guilty (2006). He was married to Lynne Miller. He died on 15 March 2009 in New York City, New York, USA.- Actress
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- Art Department
Vanessa Chester was born on 2 July 1984 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997), A Little Princess (1995) and Harriet the Spy (1996).- Actress
- Soundtrack
Lauri played the young, startlingly cute "Mayblossom Haggen", the
sweet, down-home Texas cousin promised to marry "Festus Haggen" in
the 1964 episode
Mayblossom (1964).
She also appeared in a second
Gunsmoke (1955) episode,
Take Her, She's Cheap (1964),
in 1964, where she portrayed "Allie". She acted well, was endearing in
her portrayals, and was cute as a button. She has also appeared
in Circle of Fear (1972), Numbered For Death (1973),
and Ford
Startime (1959). Britishers
remember her mainly for her co-starring role in
Cliff Richard's
Summer Holiday (1963).
She has appeared mostly on Broadway, but can still be seen in
these few TV shows.- Actor
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Robert Ito is a Canadian-born actor and dancer of Japanese parentage (Nisei). At the age of five, he won his first amateur tap dancing contest. As "little Bobby Ito", he performed for several more years in singing competitions and talent revues. In adulthood, Ito spent the first decade of his professional career as a dancer with the National Ballet of Canada. He moved to New York in 1960 to appear on Broadway in the dancing ensemble of Flower Drum Song, and, a decade later, acted several parts in the operetta Candide.
In Hollywood from 1965, Ito has been a prolific supporting player in episodic television, usually playing characters of Asian ethnicity in shows like Ironside (1967), Kung Fu (1972), Mannix (1967) and The X-Files (1993). In the 70's, he became familiar to a wider audience for his regular role as Sam Fujiyama, the clever forensic lab technician and faithful offsider of Quincy M.E. (1976) (played by Jack Klugman). He appeared twice in M*A*S*H (1972), respectively as a North Korean soldier and as a black marketeer. Ito played Lieutenant Chang, an officer at Starfleet Academy, in an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) and Harry Kim's father John in Star Trek: Voyager (1995). On the big screen, he portrayed Commander Minoru Genda (1904-1989) of the Imperial Japanese Navy in the World War II blockbuster Midway (1976). In 1996, Ito was nominated for a Gemini Award as Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the telemovie Trial at Fortitude Bay (1994).
Since 1985, he has been prolific as a voice actor for diverse animated series, covering pretty much anything from Rambo (1986) to the The Smurfs (1981), from The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries (1995) to Justice League (2001) and Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005).- Actress
- Producer
Julia Montgomery was born on 2 July 1960 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Revenge of the Nerds (1984), Anatomy of an Illness (1984) and Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation (1992). She has been married to Jon David Reede since 17 March 1996. They have two children.- Actor
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Nelson Franklin was born on 2 July 1985. He is an actor, known for Veep (2012), New Girl (2011) and The Office (2005). He has been married to Georgia Mischak since 2016.- Actress
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Born July 2, 1956 in Gonzales, Texas, to John Printes Hall (May 11, 1918-June 21, 1977) and Marjorie Nell Hall née Sheffield (October 15,1924-February 5, 2013), she was one of five daughters, including her twin, Terry Jaye, moved with her family to Mesquite, a nearby working-class town, when she was two. She had a turbulent early life, often facing the wrath of her late alcoholic truck driver father, who had longed for a son, which is why he gave his daughters boys' names.
After modeling for Kim Dawson Agency, she got into a car accident and used the insurance money to buy a one-way ticket to Paris when she was 16 where she was discovered by Antonio López. During that time shared an apartment with Grace Jones and Jessica Lange (who at that time were also modeling).
Began dating 'Mick Jagger' (v) in 1977, after first meeting in 1976. The couple held an unofficial wedding on November 21, 1990. The
partnership ended in 1999. They have four children together 'Elizabeth Scarlett Jagger' (born 1984), James Leroy (born 1985), Georgia May
(born 1992) and Gabriel Luke (born 1997).
She married the media magnate Rupert Murdoch in London, England on March 4, 2016.- Actor
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Michael Patrick McGill is the first of two sons born to Anne McGill and
the late Gerald F. McGill, Jr. His brother Patrick was born in 1976.
Mike grew up in the Fox River Valley and graduated from Appleton East
High School in 1991. He attended The University of Wisconsin at Stevens
Point from 1991 to 1993, when he took a break from his studies and
enlisted in the U.S. Army Reserve. He attended Basic Training at Fort
Jackson, South Carolina and A.I.T. at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He
transferred to The University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh upon his return,
where he graduated in 1995 with a degree in Radio/TV/Film.
Mike belonged to the 432nd Civil Affairs Battalion in Green Bay,
Wisconsin. His Army Reserve Unit was one of the first to be activated
for Operation Joint Endeavor after the Dayton Peace Accord was signed.
He spent January through July 1996 stationed overseas in Durdevik,
Bosnia-Herzegovina.
After his tour was over, Mike found work in the production department
for WLUK-TV 11, the FOX affiliate in Green Bay, Wisconsin. His duties
included running the audio board during the newscasts and inserting
local commercial breaks in-between programs. One of the perks that came
along with the job was getting paid to witness The Green Bay Packers
march towards their Super Bowl XXXI victory over the New England
Patriots.
Fittingly, Mike's first full day as a resident of Los Angeles was April
1st, 1998 (April Fool's Day). His first TV program appearance was a
small role as "Babe Ruth" in a flashback on an episode of
Touched by an Angel (1994).
He lives with his wife Amy, their son Jake and their dog Elvis in the
San Fernando Valley, where he continues to further his acting career.- Danny was born on July 2nd 1997 in London and raised in Cornwall and is an highly accomplished rider.
Danny is finishing Season 2 as SKY in the Netflix TV drama "Fate: The Winx Saga" in November 2021. Danny also featured in "Get Even" (2020) as Shane for BBC/Netflix. Danny Griffin features in Guy Ritchie's, "The Gentlemen" as Aslan.
Since making his stage debut at 17 in the much acclaimed (2015) "The Railway Children", an immersive live production at London's King's Cross theatre, Danny changed to film and TV.
He has appeared on screen in (2018) "Surviving Christmas with the Relatives" and BBC "So Awkward".
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Born of African and West Indian ancestry on July 2, 1927 in New York
City, Brock Peters set his sights on a show business career early on,
at age ten. A product of NYC's famed Music and Arts High School, Peters
initially fielded more odd jobs than acting jobs as he worked his way
up from Harlem poverty. Landing a stage role in "Porgy and Bess" in
1949, he quit physical education studies at CCNY and went on tour with
the acclaimed musical. His film debut came in
Carmen Jones (1954), but he really
began to make a name for himself - having dropped his real name, George
Fisher, in 1953 - in such films as
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
and The L-Shaped Room (1962).
He received a Tony Award nomination for his starring stint in
Broadway's "Lost in the Stars" in 1973. He also appeared in
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
and
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991),
two sequels to the popular Star Trek films. Brock Peters died at age 78
of pancreatic cancer on August 23, 2005.- Actor
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Gus Halper was born on 2 July 1992 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Rustin (2023), Cold Pursuit (2019) and Holler (2020).- Actor
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Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu was born on 2 July 1949 in Paris, France. He was an actor and writer, known for The Vanishing (1988), The Tenant (1976) and The Professional (1981). He was married to Claire Gompertz, Catherine Fournier and Andrée Redureau. He died on 27 December 2010 in Le Chesnay, Yvelines, France.- Keith Morrison was born in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan in the 1947. He attended the University of Saskatchewan where he earned his bachelor's degree in history in 1966. Keith started his career in journalism in 1966 as a reporter for The Star Phoenix in Saskatoon.
From there held a number of television anchor and reporting positions across Canada at CFTO-TV, Toronto; CHAN-TV (now BCTV), Vancouver; and CFQC, Saskatoon. He was also news anchor for "Canada A.M.," and a national news-and-information television program produced by CTV. From December 1973 to January 1975. Keith held several positions as a mid-Canada correspondent for CTV News from January 1975 to February 1976. He then served as anchor and reporter for CTV News from February 1976 to July 1979, became national affairs correspondent and anchor for CTV News from July 1979 to June 1982.
Morrison held a variety of correspondent and anchor positions with the Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC) from 1982 to 1986, and was a correspondent and anchor for CBC's "The Journal," a nightly news and current affairs program from November 1984 to July 1985. He was instrumental in the development of "Midday," the network's first daytime news and interview program.
In 1986 Keith was hired as a NBC News Correspondent, based in Los Angeles. Keith has covered a wide range of breaking news stories on the West Coast and in Asia. Morrison was reporting from China in May and June 1989 when the student rebellion in Beijing and the Chinese military reaction occurred.
He is married to Suzanne Perry Morrison, a writer, consultant and, political fundraiser who was also press secretary to then Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. Through marriage, he became stepfather to "Friends" star Matthew Perry. - Actor
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Grey Henson was born on 2 July 1990 in Macon, Georgia, USA. He is an actor, known for The Good Half (2023), A Journal for Jordan (2021) and Girls5eva (2021).- Music Artist
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- Producer
Vince Staples was born on 2 July 1993 in Compton, California, USA. He is a music artist and actor, known for Black Panther (2018), Creed (2015) and 6 Underground (2019).- Actor
- Producer
Lee Boardman was born on 2 July 1972 in Manchester, England, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for Memory (2022), Jack the Giant Slayer (2013) and Enola Holmes 2 (2022). He has been married to Jennifer James since 12 May 2001.- Actor
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Stephen Stucker was a marvelously wild and dynamic free-spirited actor
who specialized in deliciously broad portrayals of memorably outrageous
characters in a handful of comedies made in the 70's and 80's. Stucker
was born on July 2, 1947 in Des Moines, Iowa. He attended Lincoln
School in Alameda, California. During his school days Stephen was known
as both an accomplished pianist and a class clown with a dry wit.
Stucker made his film debut with a funny turn as crazed asylum escapee
Bruce Wilson in the entertainingly lowbrow "Carnal Madness." He was
likewise sidesplitting as a cross-dressing court stenographer in "The
Kentucky Fried Movie." Stephen achieved his greatest enduring
popularity with his gloriously zany and unforgettable performance as
loopy airport control room worker Johnny in the hilarious disaster
picture parody "Airplane!." Stucker reprised this role in "Airplane II:
The Sequel" and had an amusing bit as a train stationmaster in "Trading
Places." Stephen appeared in three episodes of the hit TV series "Mork
& Mindy." Besides "The Kentucky Fried Movie" and "Airplane!," Stucker
also worked with the comedy team of Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and
Jerry Zucker as a member of the theatrical group the Kentucky Fried
Theater. Stephen Stucker died at the tragically young age of 38 from
AIDS on April 13, 1986.- Actress
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Linda Doucett was born on 2 July 1954 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. She is an actress, known for The Larry Sanders Show (1992), Tales from the Crypt (1989) and Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills (1989).- At age 36, actress Barbara Colby was on the brink of TV-character
stardom when the native New Yorker was senselessly shot and killed one
evening on the streets of Los Angeles. The tall, toothy, husky-voiced,
frizzy-haired actress equipped with a keen, Brooklyn-tough sensibility
and dead-on comedy instincts had just started to make a name for
herself on the West Coast when tragedy occurred. Hollywood lost a
wonderful personality and promising talent that summer evening,
someone who was proving to the TV masses that she was a bona fide
contender.
Though born in New York City in 1939, Barbara was raised predominantly
in New Orleans where her interest in acting grew while attending high
school. After her graduation in 1957, she received a scholarship to
Bard College on the Hudson back in New York, followed by a single semester
at the Paris Sorbonne University in France.
While she tried to make a go of it professionally on the New York stage,
her spiritual world also began to open and develop. In contrast to her
tough, streetwise exterior, the gentle, deep-feeling lady avidly pursued
a metaphysical way of life. She didn't touch alcohol, was a strict vegetarian,
and meditated regularly as a devoted follower of the Indian Hindu guru
Swami Muktananda. She also was a firm believer in reincarnation.
Following a solid stage performance in "Six Characters in Search of an
Author" in 1964, Barbara took to the Broadway lights with a debut in
"The Devils" the following year. Throughout the rest of the decade, she
impressed in such plays as "Under Milk Wood", "Murder in the Cathedral"
and "Dear Liar", and also garnered fine notices for her Portia in "Julius
Caesar" in 1966 at the American Shakespeare Theatre Festival in
Stratford, Connecticut.
Marking her first prime TV role on a Columbo (1971) episode in 1971, Barbara
began a bi-coastal career and played a host of support/guest roles on
such established shows as The Odd Couple (1968), McMillan & Wife (1971), The F.B.I. (1965), Medical Center (1969), Kung Fu (1972) and Gunsmoke (1955). But it was MTM
Productions that took strongly to Barbara after she made a hilarious
appearance as worldly prostitute Sherry opposite an impossibly
naive Mary Tyler Moore in a now-classic
1974 jail-cell episode of the Moore comedy series. Producers were so
impressed by Barbara's dead-pan comic timing and appealingly sharp,
cynical edge that they brought her character back in a subsequent
episode.
Never giving up her love for the stage, Barbara continued to gain in
strength in such quirky '70s plays as "Aubrey Beardsley the Neophyte",
"House of Blue Leaves", "Afternoon Tea" and "The Hot L. Baltimore". She
also returned to the classics with an off-Broadway role as Elizabeth in
"Richard III," and was back on Broadway with the plays "Murderous
Angels" in 1971 and a revival of "A Doll's House" starring
Liv Ullmann in the early part of 1975.
Following the close of the latter show, Barbara returned to Los Angeles
with a career-making offer. MTM had just cast her as a regular player
on a spin-off from The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970). The new sitcom, Phyllis (1975),
starred actress Cloris Leachman who had
played one of Mary's self-absorbed, scatterbrained friends to
Emmy-winning effect. Barbara, who appeared earlier with Leachman in the
TV-movie
A Brand New Life (1973),
was now in "second banana" position playing Cloris' boss, Julie
Erskine, the owner of a commercial photography studio. The actress had
officially paid her dues and broken into the top sitcom ranks. With two
films also in the can,
California Split (1974) and
The Memory of Us (1974), Barbara seemed
poised for bigger things.
On July 24, 1975, just weeks after her 36th birthday and only
three episodes into the TV series, Barbara and her acting
colleague/boyfriend,
James Kiernan, were walking to
their car following the teaching of an acting class in Venice,
California, when they were deliberately shot by two gang members inside
a parking garage area. Barbara, who was estranged at the time from
Robert Levitt Jr., the son of legendary entertainer
Ethel Merman, died instantly from her
single gunshot wound; Mr. Kiernan, who had recently appeared in an
episode of MTM's "Rhoda," was able to describe the shooting to police
before he succumbed but could not recognize the two men who shot them,
noting that the shooting had occurred without warning, reason or
provocation. Police noted that there was no attempt to rob the pair and
appeared to be a random act of violence. The killers were never caught
and the homicide remains a "cold case". Barbara was later cremated and
a memorial service held at Will Geer's
Theatricum Botanicum in Topanga Canyon. She was survived by her mother
and younger sister Renee.
Following the tragedy, comedienne
Liz Torres came on board to replace
Barbara in the Julie Erskine part. The role itself lasted for only one
season before they changed the sitcom's setting in order to try and
improve the lackluster ratings. It didn't help. Despite a Golden Globe
win for Leachman, the show was canceled after only one more season. In
retrospect, one can't tell whether Barbara might have made a difference
in the sitcom's ratings or outcome, but the fact remains that a single
inexplicably brutal and senseless act snuffed out the life of a star
comedienne in the making. - Actor
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Jimmy McNichol (A.K.A. James Vincent McNichol, III,) is an actor,
musician, and environmentalist. Additionally, McNichol is co-partner in
the entertainment production company Playground Television, Inc.
McNichol is internationally known; was a top T.V. & Film star; a teen-age
heart-throb; and one of the most popular actors in the entertainment
industry from the late 1970s through the early 90s. He continues to
have an international fan base, with many young people discovering his
old work and becoming new fans. Now, McNichol was just named celebrity
spokesman for the nonprofit 501(c)(3) corporation "Pet Power Kids."
Formerly, McNichol appeared on countless magazine covers and was
consistently the star of top T.V. and film productions. McNichol had
several network T.V. shows and feature films created just for him, and
even co-produced a CBS network variety special with über-producer
Jerry Weintraub. Also, McNichol
worked with numerous Academy Award winners and nominees, including
Jill Clayburgh,
Shirley Knight,
Richard Jaeckel, and
Susan Tyrrell.
In conjunction with the "Pet Power Kids," McNichol and Playground
Television are developing a T.V. series documenting animal rescue and
animal issues, entitled, "Animal Rescue The Rockies" A.K.A. "ARTR."
"Animal Rescue The Rockies" is an animal welfare T.V. show documenting
the process and suspense of rescuing animals in the Colorado Rockies;
with a segment dedicated to the Pet Power Kids' 501(c)(3) corporation
and the nonprofit's mission to save older shelter dogs and older
shelter cats that are unlikely to ever be adopted, and would have been
euthanized.
McNichol is an active philanthropist and successful real estate
developer, who later this year, will be making his return to the
entertainment industry. Previously, he had moved away from Hollywood to
raise his kids, but now that the children are older, he is making his
return to television and film, and his sister
Kristy McNichol is by his side to help
him out whenever necessary.
McNichol's two-decade absence, and much public anticipation, explains why
fans are still selling his autographed photos for $300.
During his absence from California, McNichol has spent time in France
with his wife and children, while continuing to give a rare concert
performance. This year, McNichol is releasing a new C.D. entitled "Eco
Warrior" under Aurora Entertainment's Ecology Music Group label "EMG,"
and donating part of the proceeds to charity. Also, McNichol is
performing at benefit concerts and giving away a free promotional
"video D.V.D. sample" to promote ecological awareness and philanthropy.
Notably, the feature film and cult classic that McNichol starred in
with Oscar nominee Susan Tyrrell, "Night Warning," is about to be
released on D.V.D. Additionally, Jimmy has a new D.V.D. box set, released in
2013, with Producer Roger Corman, which includes "Smokey Bites The
Dust". In 2015, "Escape from El Diablo" was also released on D.V.D.
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Samy Naceri is born in Paris from an Algerian father and a French mother. He grew up in the suburbs of Paris in a modest family of seven siblings.
Since his youngest age, Samy dreamt about making movies. After many years of struggling and hard work, he will finally have a chance to meet a famous casting director (Bruno Delahaye) who will offer him is first big role (Nordine) in the movie « Rai » by Thomas Gilou.
He won the awards of « Léopard de Bronze » in Locarno international film festival (Switzerland) for his interpretation in 1995, and the special mention for that same movie at the Paris Film Festival.
From that moment, his career started.
He won the Palm d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival for his performance in the movie « Indigènes » by Rachid Bouchareb in 2006.
Samy Naceri is now based in Paris, Moscow and Los Angeles.- Dita The Hair Missile Dog was born on 2 July 2014 in Muncie, Indiana, USA. She is an actress, known for SEAL Team (2017), NCIS: Los Angeles (2009) and The Price Is Right at Night (2019).
- John Emmet Tracy is an American theatre, film and television actor. The second of four children, he was born in Chicago and raised in both Chicago and Milwaukee. As a child, he was drawn to acting by an early love for storytelling. He formed his first theatrical partnership at the age of seven with his sister Kristin, and the duo became famous throughout their basement for vaudevillian cabaret shows. John's further theatrical renown came with performances in such roles as a Lactobacillus Acidophilus bacteria in his second grade tooth decay pageant, a riveting turn as Mr. History Book, and eventually as a Tree, for which he was critically acclaimed for his stillness.
Expanding on this early repertoire, John has since worked extensively in theatre, film and television. He has performed on stages throughout the world, including Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London, where he was selected as a company member of the Globe's International Actors' Fellowship, and in Japan, where he toured as the title role in Hamlet. He has appeared in over 100 productions, including the works of William Shakespeare, Anton Chekhov, George Bernard Shaw, Richard B. Sheridan, Arthur Miller, Christopher Fry, John Patrick Shanley, Neil Simon and Conor McPherson among many others. He is the recipient of the 2013 Jessie Richardson Theatre Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Lead Role for his work in Pi Theatre's production of Mark O'Rowe's Terminus. John is also the creator of The 24 Hour Shakespeare Project, for which he performed continuously for 24 straight hours in all 38 of Shakespeare's plays to raise money for British Columbia Children's Hospital.
His film work includes appearances in Fifty Shades Freed (2018), If I Stay (2014), American Mary (2012), Stagecoach: The Texas Jack Story (2016) and Steven Spielberg's The BFG (2016). He portrayed Edgar John Brandon, father of Mary Alice Brandon in The Mary Alice Brandon File (2015), the winning entry into The Storytellers: New Voices Of Twilight Saga, a filmmaking competition created by Twilight Saga author Stephenie Meyer to offer aspiring female filmmakers the opportunity to direct short films based on characters from the Twilight universe.
He has performed lead, recurring and supporting roles in many television shows, including Altered Carbon (2018), iZombie (2015), The Man in the High Castle (2015), Supernatural (2005), Smallville (2001), When Calls the Heart (2014), ReBoot: The Guardian Code (2018), Fringe (2008), Olympus (2015), The Killing (2011), Continuum (2012), Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce (2014), Sanctuary (2008), Psych (2006), Fairly Legal (2011) and The Dead Zone (2002).
He portrayed Thomas Jefferson in both Assassin's Creed III (2012) and Assassin's Creed III: The Tyranny of King Washington (2013), the third installment and DLC respectively, of the multiple award winning and critically acclaimed video game series. He has also appeared in multiple commercials, music videos and voice-overs.
John received his education and training at Rose Bruford College, where he earned a Bachelor's Degree in Theatre, as well as at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London and the National Shakespeare Conservatory in New York. - Actor
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He was taught metal work at school by the actor Steve Coogan's dad, and
like Coogan he was an altar boy. He proposed to his wife Susan on one
knee outside 'Andy's Records', because it was the first place where
they kissed. He's worked everywhere, in a factory packing toilet rolls,
in a supermarket, in a video shop, at a bingo hall, at a cash and
carry, as a mobile disc jockey and at a garage for six years in between
all the other jobs. He claims he lied to get into college, he told them
he'd two 'A' Levels and five GCSEs and apparently they never checked
up.
He won the 1997 So You Think You're Funny contest at Edinburgh and the
North West Comedian of the Year award. In 1998 Peter took his own
hour-long show to the Edinburgh Fringe and was nominated for the
Perrier Award. Peter actually has a qualification in stand up, which he
got as part of his Btec in Media Performance Studies. His childhood
ambition was to be a bin man.- Elisabeth Brooks Luyties was born on July 2, 1951 in Toronto, Ontario,
Canada. Elisabeth Brooks began acting at age five with her career
encompassing both stage and screen. She started appearing in television
roles in the mid-1970s and managed to pursue her acting career as a
single mother while working a variety of jobs to support herself and
her son. She regularly appeared on the daytime soap opera
Days of Our Lives (1965),
and in such popular television series as
The Rockford Files (1974),
Hart to Hart (1979),
Starsky and Hutch (1975),
The Six Million Dollar Man (1974)
and Emergency! (1972). She is
probably best remembered for her role as the villainess Marsha Quist in
the horror film The Howling (1981), a
role that brought her considerable notoriety within the genre.
Brooks was not only a beautiful actress, but also an accomplished
writer, poet and musician. She had a wonderful deep, sultry voice and
can be heard singing briefly in the film
The Forgotten One (1989) - a
horror film she appeared with longtime friend
Kristy McNichol. She and McNichol had
separated, but McNichol came back to care for Brooks on her final days.
Brooks was also known for her spirituality and her encouragement to
others. She created her own production company and became an
established acting coach. She wrote and produced plays that taught
children about the environment, and how they could work with parents to
improve their community. An example of this was "Orphan Dreams", which
she directed first at Calabasas High School and again at Chamber
Theatre in Studio City.
Elisabeth Brooks, after a three-year struggle with cancer, died in a
hospice near her Palm Springs, California home at age 46. As
Gigi Bannister wrote in a
Tribute to Elisabeth Brooks, "let it be said, Elisabeth Brooks was no
quitter. She was a fighter... a true warrior to the end". - Actress
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Of Scottish descent, Catherine McLeod was a self-confessed movie fan as a child of the Depression. Born on July 2, 1921, in Santa Monica, California, she was a convent trained. She became a theater cashier in Dallas for a time before returning to Los Angeles and studying at an acting school. A talent scout discovered her in a play and signed her to an MGM contract in 1944.
She was typically cultivated in small bit roles which culminated in the finest showcase of her career. In the sudsy romancer, I've Always Loved You (1946), which was set to classical music, Catherine has to grow from a naive 18-year-old girl to an embittered 45-year-old woman. In comparison, most of her co-starring "B" roles were not only loanouts but less demanding in scope. She played Elizabeth Taylor older sister in Courage of Lassie (1946); Don Ameche's love interest in the weepie That's My Man (1947); the female lead in a pair of Bill Elliott's western vehicles, The Fabulous Texan (1947) and Old Los Angeles (1948); a nurse opposite psychiatrist Paul Henreid in So Young, So Bad (1950); the second lead in the Anne Baxter starrer My Wife's Best Friend (1952); Robert Clarke's damsel in distress in the swashbuckling adventure Sword of Venus (1953); and another second lead (behind Jean Peters) in the film noir A Blueprint for Murder (1953).
Finding her film career non-fulfilling, she settled into plays and television anthologies ("Lux Theatre," "Schlitz Playhouse," "Alcoa Theatre"), crime programs ("Richard Diamond," "Perry Mason," "77 Sunset Strip") and westerns ("Bronco," "Colt .45," "Maverick") in the mid-1950s and 60's. She also focused more strongly on her second marriage (to actor Don Keefer in 1950, and their three sons, Don (born 1953), John (born
1955) and Tom (born 1962). John and Tom would find work behind the scenes in later years.
Catherine gravitated toward soap operas into the next decade and was seen on such daytime programs as Search for Tomorrow (1951), General Hospital (1963) and Days of Our Lives (1965). In commercials, she is best remembered for her aching headache plug for Anacin in which she is cooking and loses patience over the stove, saying, "Mother, please! I'd rather do it myself!" Her last appearance on film was a bit part in the sordid thriller Lipstick (1976). She died on May 21, 1997, aged 75.- Actress
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Kelly Jean Peters was born on 2 July 1940 in Columbus, Ohio, USA. She is an actress, known for Little Big Man (1970), Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986) and Quincy M.E. (1976). She was previously married to Tim McIntire.- Actress
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Line Renaud was born on 2 July 1928 in Nieppe, Nord, France. She is an actress and writer, known for I Can't Sleep (1994), Driving Madeleine (2022) and Welcome to the Sticks (2008). She was previously married to Louis Gasté.- Actress
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She was just one of a myriad of beautiful, statuesque, bikini-clad
blondes who pranced and romped about the sand and surf of the
California shores in all those nostalgic beach party movies of the
"swinging
'60s". In the great perky tradition of fellow blondes Sandra Dee,
Linda Evans,
Yvette Mimieux, and the late
Sharon Tate, stunning Chris Noel, at the time, did
what she did best: distract male viewers from some of the silliness
around her. However, she has been less remembered than the
aforementioned lovelies, all of whom went on to bigger and better
things in their careers. Chris took an entirely different, and much more meaningful, route,
altogether.
She was born near the water in 1941, albeit a different
beach locale--West Palm Beach, Florida, to be exact. She took the
standard route--cheerleader, model, beauty pageant winner--that most
gorgeous girls take when trying to crash Hollywood. The incredibly
photogenic teen seemed tailor-made for the camera and, sure enough, by
1963, she was appearing in her first film,
Soldier in the Rain (1963),
starring Steve McQueen. After a
few other minor efforts, Chris received her first
"Annette Funicello"-like star billing
in Beach Ball (1965), opposite
Edd Byrnes, in the
Frankie Avalon role. But, it was the
specialty performers--The Supremes,
The Four Seasons and
The Righteous Brothers--who were
noticed in that flick, not the actors.
Wild Wild Winter (1966) provided
Chris a second chance as a lead and she also booked a secondary femme
part in Elvis Presley's
Girl Happy (1965), but nothing much
came out of them, either. Though Chris made appearances in such TV
series as Perry Mason (1957),
Bewitched (1964) and a few
Bob Hope specials, she was not
satisfied with her career...or her life.
A tour of a VA hospital in 1965 altered her destiny, forever. Based on
her minor pin-up celebrity, Chris impulsively auditioned for the Armed
Forces Network (AFN) and started hosting her own radio show for the GIs
in Vietnam, frequently flying to that war-torn country and visiting
remote areas considered too risky for
Bob Hope's USO shows. She became the
GIs' favorite sexy radio and show personality while putting her own
life on the line. As it turned out, Vietnam veterans would become her
prime mission and life's work long after the war. In the 1970s, Chris
began to suffer from postwar trauma. Any attempt to resurrect her
Hollywood career in the 1970s and 1980s would be short-lived due to her
stress, ill health and depression. Moreover, her first husband, a Green
Beret captain (they married in Vietnam) suffering from the same postwar
syndrome as Chris, killed himself during the Christmas holiday season
of 1969. Chris' two subsequent marriages also ended in divorce.
Persevering, she ventured into the operation of shelters for veterans
in Florida during the 1990s, becoming a durable symbol for those who
fought the unpopular fight. Chris Noel--a remarkable, courageous lady
who could have just rested on her laurels as another beautiful
Hollywood face, but didn't. She deserves to be remembered as such.- Actor
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- Writer
Doug Benson was born on 2 July 1962 in San Diego, California, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for The Lego Batman Movie (2017), Trover Saves the Universe (2019) and How I Met Your Mother (2005).- Music Artist
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Saweetie was born Diamonté Quiava Valentin Harper on July 2, 1994 in Santa Clara, California and raised in Sacramento, California to Trinidad Valentin, a former video vixen & Johnny Kenton Harper, a former baseball player. She also has 2 little twin sisters named Milan & Maya. After the release of her debut single: Icy Grl, which earned an RIAA platinum certification, she was signed to Warner Records and her manager Max Gousse's record label Artistry Worldwide. She released her debut extended play, High Maintenance on March 16, 2018. Her second EP, Icy was released in March 2019, and spawned the top 40 single, My Type. Her debut album, Pretty Bitch Music is expected to be released in 2021 and was preceded by the top 20 singles: Tap In and Best Friend (featuring Doja Cat). As of December 2019, Saweetie is managed by music industry veteran Lou Burrell.- Actress
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