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American-born, Canadian-raised professional wrestler, rock singer, actor and author. Debuted in 1990 in Calgary after training in the Hart Family Dungeon. He competed for Stampede Wrestling, for the Canadian National Wrestling Alliance (no connection to the National Wrestling Alliance) and West Fours Wrestling Alliance before jumping to Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling in Japan. He also wrestled for Canadian Rocky Mountain Wrestling, CMLL, UWA and AAA in Mexico, and WAR in Japan before arriving in the U.S. as part of the team the Thrillseekers (renamed from Sudden Impact) with Lance Storm in James E. Cornette's Smoky Mountain Wrestling promotion. He arrived in ECW in February 1996 and feuded with Pit Bull #2 (Anthony Durante) over the ECW World Television Title. Arrived in WCW in August 1996 and eventually made his home in the Cruiserweight Division, winning the title five times. Turned heel at the end of 1997, essentially solidifying his persona for years to come. Went to WWE in 1999, and would become one of the most decorated wrestlers in the company's history. Outside of wrestling, he has been leading his heavy metal band Fozzy since 1999, published three autobiographies (2007's "A Lion's Tale: Around the World in Spandex" [covering his career right up to his WWE debut]; 2011's "Undisputed: How to Become the World Champion in 1,372 Easy Steps"; and 2014's "Best In The World...At What I Have No Idea."), and has done stage acting and hosted a radio show as well as other pursuits. Among his in-ring achievements, he is a former WWE World Heavyweight Champion, an 8x WWE Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion, a former 5x WWE World Tag Team Champion, a former 2x WWE Tag Team Champion, a former WWE European Heavyweight Champion, a former WWE Hardcore Champion, a former ECW World Television Champion, a former WCW World Television Champion, and was inducted into the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame in 2010.- Actor
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In recalling silent movie comedian Harry "Snub" Pollard, his slight frame (5' 6"), bullet-shaped head and dark, droopy mustache are definitive identification badges. Born in Melbourne, Australia as Harold Fraser on November 9, 1889, he started off performing with the Pollard's Lilliputian Opera Company at an early age and was also a church choirboy. Adopting the last name of "Pollard" as his last name moniker in tribute to the company, he went on to perform with other Down Under children's troupes. When a vaudeville company he was touring with in 1910 made it to the United States, Harry decided to stay in the country.
Nicknamed (and billed) "Snub," he started off in bit parts at the Essenay Film Studios in 1911 and briefly worked with the Keystone Kops. Moving up into support roles, often with the Keystone Cops series, Hal Roach took an avid interest in him and, by 1915, had Snub co-starring with Harold Lloyd and Bebe Daniels in the highly successful Lonesome Luke series, which ran for years (86 films in all). In 1919, Snub took a chance and ventured on with his own solo one- and two-reeler's with zany slapstick, sights gags and gimmicks-a-plenty. He performed many of his own stunts and was often seriously injured as a result. Many of them were ably directed by Charley Chase and co-starred Marie Mosquini as his frequent leading lady. Snub's "second banana" status, however, was firmly entrenched, and his starring vehicles were met with only a modicum of interest. One of his most notable is the short comedy It's a Gift (1923) in which he played an eccentric inventor pursued by oil magnates interested in his newest creation.
In between Snub made personal appearances on the farcical stage. His production film company, created in 1926, was forced to fold and found himself relegated to supporting other top comedians again, notably Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy and Andy Clyde. He was further financially strapped when the Depression hit. By the late 1930s, he was appearing in "poverty row" films. One last hurrah would be his playing of Pee Wee, the sidekick to cowboy Tex Ritter, in a series of minor westerns. Relegated now to atmospheric bits, it is noted that in the film Singin' in the Rain (1952), he is the rained-on passerby that Gene Kelly gives his umbrella to toward the end of the title song. Snub continued to work in relative obscurity until his death on January 19, 1962 of cancer. Earning a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his work in silent films, the thrice-married actor was interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills.- Comedic, magical, entertaining! Although Aaron was a NASA high school Aerospace Scholar, he never anticipated traveling to Mars in "Highflight". Besides acting, Aaron has a career in Robotics. Aaron is a graduate from the University of Texas Dallas School of Engineering and Computer Science. Aaron loves outdoor high adventures, Scuba, Flying small planes, backpacking, playing baseball, his guitar, acting and performing magic. As a magician, Aaron volunteers in hospitals and for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. His passion for turning frowns to smiles was always rewarded when he heard people say "Wow!"
- Englishman Alan Lyle-Smythe was born in 1914. The future film and TV writer-actor trained as an actor before serving for four years with the Palestine Police in the 1930s. At the outbreak of World War II, he joined the British Army; part of their Intelligence Corps, he operated behind enemy lines in Libya and Tunisia, escaped a firing squad execution, and worked with guerrillas in Yugoslavia. ("Alan Caillou" was one of Lyle-Smythe's many wartime aliases; thinking it lucky, he took it in real life.) After the war, he was a police chief in Ethiopia, a district officer in Somalia, and the founder of a theatrical company in Africa. Returning to the old professions of acting and writing, Caillou worked in Canadian TV in the 1950s and later relocated to Hollywood, where he became a familiar name in the credits of movies and TV series.
- Alessandro Del Piero, Cavaliere Ufficiale OMRI is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer, generally considered one of the best footballers of all time. He plays for Juventus in Italy. Pelè named Del Piero in the FIFA 100, a list of the 125 greatest living footballers selected by Pelè as a part of FIFA's centenary celebrations while Brazilian star Ronaldinho proclaimed that Del Piero is his idol. Del Piero was also voted in the list of best European players for the past 50 years in the UEFA Golden Jubilee Poll. In the year 2000, Del Piero was the world's best-paid football player from salary, bonuses and advertising revenue. Del Piero is still the highest earning Italian Player. Along with three awards in Italy for gentlemanly conduct he has also won the Golden Foot award, which pertains to personality and playing ability. Del Piero usually plays as a supporting-striker and occasionally between the midfield and the strikers, known in Italy as the "Trequartista" position. Although he is not very tall, Del Piero's playing style is regarded by critics as creative in attacking, assisting many goals as well as scoring himself, as opposed to just "goal poaching." His free-kick and penalty taking is also highly regarded. Del Piero has become famous over the years for scoring from a special " Del Piero Zone", approaching from the left flank and curling a precise lob into the far top corner of the goal. In terms of goalscoring, Del Piero holds the all-time record at Juventus. On April 6th, 2008, Alessandro Del Piero became the all-time highest-capped Juventus player, ahead of Juve legend Gaetano Scirea. He is in sixth place in the UEFA Champions League all-time goalscorer records. Within the Italian national team, he is joint fourth with Roberto Baggio in the all-time scoring records. During the 2008-2009 summer pre-season Del Piero played during Juventus' English tour, in which they played Hamburger SV and Arsenal F.C. in the Emirates Cup, and played a friendly versus Manchester United in Old Trafford. In the match he was substituted and was given a standing ovation by all Manchester United fans. Juventus coach Claudio Ranieri believes Del Piero will have as good of a season,or an even better season than last term. (In August 2008), Del Piero announced that he'll try to keep playing professional football with Juve until he is 40 years old. (On September 17, 2008) Juventus returned to the Champions League with a 1-0 win over Zenit, in which Alessandro scored from a free kick, 38 metres away. Again in the Champions League, he was the match winner for Juventus, (on the 5th of November) he scored both goals at the Santiago Bernabeu against Real Madrid, becoming the first Juve player to have scored two goals in the same match in this ground. Near the end of the match he was substituted and was given a standing ovation by the whole crowd including the Real Madrid fans. Del Piero is married to Sonia Amoruso, the two have been together (since 1999) and married (in 2005). The couple announced in July 2007 that they are expecting their first baby. (On October 22, 2007), Amoruso gave birth to baby boy Tobias Del Piero at 0:20 at Sant'Anna hospital in Turin. Del Piero has used his fame and money to promote and support cancer research; in recognition of this he has received from the Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro a prize of "Believe in Research" (during November 2006). When the Olympic Flame for the (2006) Winter Olympics passed through Turin, Del Piero was a torchbearer. He has an interest in sports outside of football and in turn has gained fans outside of just football, sport icons such as NBA star Steve Nash and cycling legend Eddy Merckx have stated that they are fans of Del Piero. As well as an interest in other sports, Del Piero also has a keen interest in music. He has even recorded some albums of his own. Del Piero is an Oasis fan and is a friend of Noel Gallagher and appeared in the video for the group's single Lord Don't Slow Me Down; Del Piero claimed Gallagher was Italy's lucky mascot in their (2006 World Cup) success and invited him to the final and the team hotel after victory. Along with Marco Materazzi, Del Piero appeared on stage at a Rolling Stones show in Milan shortly after Italy's World Cup win.
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Alex Owens-Sarno was born on 9 November 1988 in San Diego, California, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Titanic (1997), Carma and Con Actors (2020).- Actress
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Alyson Court was born on 9 November 1973 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She is an actress and casting director, known for Resident Evil: Degeneration (2008), X-Men: The Animated Series (1992) and Resident Evil: Code: Veronica (2000). She was previously married to Erik Suzuki.- Actress
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Lio was born in Minnesota, USA, and grew up in Sacramento, California. As a child, they were a competitive ice skater. They gave up competing at age 16, but has taken part in charity skating events.
In 2008, Lio appeared on cycle 11 of America's Next Top Model (2003). They finished third in the competition. In their modeling career, they were signed with Ford Models.
They were very fond of writing and then went on to modeling. They began studying film at Marymount College in Palos Verdes, California. They were writing a zombie movie in their spare time.- She began her career as an intern at Elektra Records and after her graduation from UCLA was hired as a publicity assistant at Atlantic in 1993. There, she rose to senior director, working with Stone Temple Pilots, Kid Rock and Jewel before moving to Columbia Records as a VP in 2001. At that label, she worked closely with such acts as John Mayer, System of a Down and the Offspring, and also developed a strong relationship with a young singer whose album for the label was never released: Katy Perry.
Cob-Baehler moved to Virgin Records as an SVP in 2005 (which merged into the EMI Music Group), where she launched an ultimately successful campaign to bring Perry to the label. She played a large role in the A&R and creative direction of the singer's 2008 breakthrough album, "One of the Boys," as well as the follow-up, "Teenage Dream." She was SVP of media and creative services at the company at the time of her departure in 2011, for an EVP marketing job at Epic.
After less than a year, she left the Sony Music label to join Jeff Kwatinetz at Prospect Park, which morphed into The Firm and later Big3/Prospect Park/Cube Vision, where she worked closely with Ice Cube, his son (and "Straight Outta Compton" star) O'Shea Jackson Jr. and other artists.
She was promoted to the head of music at the company in 2016 but became ill not long afterward and spent much of the past couple of years battling cancer. - Director
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British film director Anthony Asquith was born on November 9, 1902, to H.H. Asquith, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and his second wife. A former home secretary and the future leader of the Liberal Party, H.H. Asquith served as prime minister of the United Kingdom from 1908-1916 and was subsequently elevated to the hereditary peerage. His youngest child, Anthony, was called Puffin by his family, a nickname given him by his mother, who thought he resembled one. Puffin was also the name his friends called him throughout his life.
Asquith was active in the British film industry from the late silent period until the mid-1960s. As a director he was highly respected by his contemporaries and had a long and successful career; by the 1960s he was one of only three British directors (the others being David Lean and Carol Reed) who were directing major international motion picture productions. However, Asquith's proclivity for adapting plays for the screen caused an erosion in his critical reputation as a filmmaker after his death. He was faulted for what was perceived as his failure to focus, like his contemporary Alfred Hitchcock, on the cinematic. Asquith was known as an actor's director, and solicited some of the finest film performances from Britain's greatest actors, including Edith Evans and Michael Redgrave.
Although Asquith's first love was music, he lacked musical talent. He channeled his artistic ambitions toward the nascent motion picture, and was instrumental in the formation of the London Film Society to promote artistic appreciation of film. Asquith traveled to Hollywood in the 1920s to observe American film production techniques, and after returning to England, he became a director.
Among his best-known films is Pygmalion (1938), an adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's stage play, which he co-directed with its star, Leslie Howard. The film was a major critical success, even in the United States, winning multiple Academy Award nominations. Nobel Prize-winner Shaw, who had been a co-founder of the London Film Society along with Asquith, won an Academy Award for best adapted screenplay for the film. Asquith had a long professional association with playwright Terence Rattigan, and two of Asquith's most famous and successful pictures were based on Rattigan plays, The Winslow Boy (1948) and The Browning Version (1951). Asquith directed the screen version of Rattigan's first successful play, French Without Tears (1940), in 1940.
Asquith's most successful postwar film was, arguably, his adaptation of Oscar Wilde's play The Importance of Being Earnest (1952). More than a half-century after it was made, Asquith's film remains the best adaptation of Wilde's work. Ironically, Asquith's father H.H., while serving as Home Secretary, ordered Wilde's arrest for his homosexual behavior. Wilde's arrest, for "indecent behavior", led to his incarceration in the Reading jail and destroyed the great playwright, personally. The Wilde incident stifled gay culture in Britain for the first two-thirds of the 20th century. Another irony of the situation is that H.H.'s youngest son, Anthony, himself was gay.
By the 1960s Asquith was directing Hollywood-style all-star productions, including the episodic The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964), once again from a screenplay by Rattigan, and the Richard Burton-Elizabeth Taylor potboiler The V.I.P.s (1963), also with a screenplay by Rattigan. It is based in an incident in the life of Laurence Olivier, a frequent Asquith collaborator. In 1967 Asquith was tipped to direct the big-screen adaptation of the best-selling novel The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968) set to co-star Olivier and Anthony Quinn, but he had to drop out of the production due to ill heath. He died on February 20, 1968, at the age of 65.
The British Academy Award for best music is named the Anthony Asquith Award in his honor.- Arielle Reitsma was born on 9 November 1989. She is an actress, known for Rock of Ages (2012), Don Jon (2013) and How I Met Your Mother (2005).
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Benny Mardones was born on 9 November 1946 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He was married to Jane Braemer and ???. He died on 29 June 2020 in Menifee, California, USA.- Actor
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Big Pun was born on 9 November 1971 in Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for That Awkward Moment (2014), Vacation (2015) and Life of the Party (2018). He was married to Liza Rios. He died on 7 February 2000 in White Plains, New York, USA.- Director
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Bille August was born on 9 November 1948 in Brede, Denmark. He is a director and writer, known for The House of the Spirits (1993), Pelle the Conqueror (1987) and Les Misérables (1998). He is married to Sara-Marie Maltha. He was previously married to Pernilla August, Masja Dessau and Annie Munksgaard.- Billy Howle was born in Stoke-on-Trent, England, to a schoolteacher mother and a father who teaches at Kent University, the second of four sons. His older brother, Sam, is a graphic designer. Despite his parents' academic backgrounds, Billy has said that he was not interested in further education, and worked instead at the local Stephen Joseph theater, in community-based projects involving dance and acting. After a year at drama school, he enrolled at the prestigious Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, graduating in 2013. Having appeared at Bristol in 'The Little Mermaid,' his next stage appearance was in New York at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, opposite Lesley Manville in Richard Eyre's production of Henrik Ibsen's 'Ghosts' and a year later was reunited with Bristol Old Vic, the director, and Ms. Manville in a scorching production of 'Long Day's Journey Into Night' alongside Jeremy Irons - another Bristol Old Vic alumnus - Hadley Fraser, and Jessica Regan, more than holding his own with his older, more experienced co-stars. After a couple of small roles in television drama, Billy's first substantial lead came in the youth-oriented murder mystery Glue (2014) in 2014, opening the first scene in memorable style as he rolled nude down stacks of grain in a barn. In 2016, he was in another murder mystery, The Witness for the Prosecution (2016), as the defendant accused of killing his wealthy benefactress, by which time he had filmed his first forays into cinema: On Chesil Beach (2017) and Anton Chekhov's The Seagull (2018), both with Saoirse Ronan, and The Sense of an Ending (2017).
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Caitlin Dahl was born on 9 November 1984. She is an actress and director, known for Resident Alien (2021), Grown Ups (2017) and The Get Together (2019).- Writer
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Caloi was born on 9 November 1948 in Salta, Argentina. He was a writer and actor, known for Clemente (1982), Ánima Buenos Aires (2012) and Buenos Aires, la tercera fundación (1980). He was married to María Verónica Ramírez. He died on 8 May 2012 in Adrogué, Almirante Brown, Buenos Aires, Argentina.- Writer
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Astronomer, educator and author Carl Sagan was perhaps the world's greatest popularizer of science, reaching millions of people through newspapers, magazines and television broadcasts. He is well-known for his work on the PBS series Cosmos (1980), the Emmy Award and Peabody Award-winning show that became the most watched series in public-television history. This was seen by more than 500 million people in 60 countries. The accompanying book, "Cosmos" (1980), was on the New York Times bestseller list for 70 weeks and was the best-selling science book ever published in English.
Carl Edward Sagan was born November 9, 1934, in Brooklyn, New York. Having taught at Cornell University since 1968, Sagan received a bachelor's degree (1955) and a master's degree (1956), both in physics, and a doctorate in astronomy and astrophysics (1960), all from the University of Chicago. He taught at Harvard University in the early 1960s before coming to Cornell, where he became a full professor in 1971. Sagan played a leading role in NASA's Mariner, Viking, Voyager and Galileo expeditions to other planets. He received NASA Medals for Exceptional Scientific Achievement and twice for Distinguished Public Service and the NASA Apollo Achievement Award. His research focused on topics such as the greenhouse effect on Venus; windblown dust as an explanation for the seasonal changes on Mars; organic aerosols on Titan, Saturn's moon; the long-term environmental consequences of nuclear war; and the origin of life on Earth. A pioneer in the field of exobiology, he continued to teach graduate and undergraduate students in courses in astronomy and space sciences and in critical thinking at Cornell.
The breadth of his interests were made evident in October 1994, at a Cornell-sponsored symposium in honor of Sagan's 60th birthday. The two-day event featured speakers in areas of planetary exploration, life in the cosmos, science education, public policy and government regulation of science and the environment -- all fields in which Sagan had worked or had a strong interest. Sagan was the recipient of numerous awards in addition to his NASA recognition. He received 22 honorary degrees from American colleges and universities for his contributions to science, literature, education and the preservation of the environment and many awards for his work on the long-term consequences of nuclear war and reversing the nuclear arms race. Among his other awards were: the John F. Kennedy Astronautics Award of the American Astronautical Society; the Explorers Club 75th Anniversary Award; the Konstantin Tsiolkovsky Medal of the Soviet Cosmonauts Federation and the Masursky Award of the American Astronomical Society. He also was the recipient of the Public Welfare Medal, the highest award of the National Academy of Sciences, "for distinguished contributions in the application of science to the public welfare".
Sagan was elected chairman of the Division of Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society, president of the Planetology Section of the American Geophysical Union and chairman of the Astronomy Section of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. For 12 years, he was editor of Icarus, the leading professional journal devoted to planetary research. He was co-founder of the Planetary Society, a 100,000-member organization and the largest space-interest group in the world. The society supports major research programs in the radio search for extraterrestrial intelligence, the investigation of near-Earth asteroids and, with the French and Russian space agencies, the development and testing of balloon and mobile robotic exploration of Mars. Sagan also was Distinguished Visiting Scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California and was contributing editor of Parade magazine, where he published many articles about science and about the disease that he battled for the last two years of his life.
On December 20, 1996, Carl Sagan died at age 62 of pneumonia at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, Washington. He was buried at Lakeview Cemetery in Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York.- Actor
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Carlos Torres Vila was born on 9 November 1946 in Los Toldos, Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor and composer, known for La carpa del amor (1979), The Beach of Love (1980) and Los éxitos del amor (1979). He died on 16 July 2010 in San Miguel, Buenos Aires, Argentina.- Actress
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Caroline Flack was born on 9 November 1979 in London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Bo' Selecta! (2002), Love Advent (2011) and Bo Selecta: Proper Crimbo (2003). She died on 15 February 2020 in London, England, UK.- Actor
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In the late 1960s, Charlie attended, and was enrolled in, Studio 7, an acting school operated by Chris Wilson at the Houston Music Theatre. He stayed with Chris when the school was moved to another location in Southwest Houston where mainly children's theater was presented. Charlie was cast in a made-for-TV production and soon moved to the Hollywood area where his career took off.Charlie Robinson- Born in Bangalore, India. Received her BA in Medieval History with Distinction (Magna Cum Laude) from Yale University. Also studied at the Universite de Paris, Sorbonne. Left the academic life after Yale, and studied acting with Anna Devere Smith at San Francisco's American Conservatory Theatre, before being accepted to The Juilliard School's prestigious Drama Division. After graduating from Juilliard, she acted extensively in regional theatre, including the Williamstown Theatre Festival (MA), Asolo Center (FL), Syracuse Stage (NY), and others. She also appeared off-Broadway with The New Group in Halfway Home.
Christina played the role of "C" in the Pulitzer Prize-winning Three Tall Women, by Edward Albee, both off-Broadway, and in the National Tour with Marian Seldes and Michael Learned.
In the fall of 2001, Christina married actor Matthew Greer (Broadway's Cabaret). The day after returning from their brief honeymoon in England, she flew to Virginia to begin shooting Richard Squires's "Goose Creek Story" with Roger Rees, Mary McDonnell, and Paul Fitzgerald. - Christina Tosi was born on 9 November 1981 in Ohio, USA. She has been married to Will Guidara since 1 August 2016.
- Christine Byrd is known for El cerezo (1992).
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Cliff Bole was born on 9 November 1937 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was a director and producer, known for Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), The Six Million Dollar Man (1974) and V (1984). He was married to Brenda. He died on 15 February 2014 in Palm Desert, California, USA.- Clota Lanzetta was born on 9 November 1961 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He died on 29 October 2001 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Cory Hardrict was born on 9 November 1979 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for American Sniper (2014), Brotherly Love (2015) and November Criminals (2017). He was previously married to Tia Mowry.- Stunts
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Dana Hee is also a television color commentator (local, national, and int'l Taekwondo events). A master of ceremonies (U.S.O.C. Olympic Academy, Olympic Sports Festival, San Francisco-Seoul Sister City Fund raiser, National Educational seminars for CAPHERD and AAHPERD. A motivational speaker (over 86 engagements) IBM, Hewett Packard, United Way, Int'l Olympic Academy in Greece, United Airlines, SunRider Corp., Pros for Kids, No against Drugs, Community programs, Government Shelters, etc. A spokesperson for Olympic Sports festival, Power Foods Inc., Otomix, Pro-Spec, Alacer Corporation, Santa Clara Cherry Growers ASsoc., United States Taekwondo Union, etc.- Actress
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Delta Goodrem is a singer, songwriter, performer, actress, and philanthropist. Born and raised in Sydney, New South Wales, she enrolled in dancing, acting, singing and piano classes at a young age.
At the age of 15, Goodrem signed a record deal with Sony Music Australia. Her first album, Innocent Eyes, was one of the highest-selling debut albums in Australian history. The album spent a record-breaking 29 weeks at #1 in Australia and reached number two on the UK Albums Chart. It topped the Australian Albums Charts and reached 23x platinum in sales. Delta became the first-ever artist to have five #1 singles on the Australian charts from a debut album and was awarded the ARIA Albums Artist of the Decade in 2010 having sold more albums and singles than any other domestic or international artist over the decade. The album won the Highest Selling Album award at the ARIAs two years running, heralded a record seven awards for a female artist in one ARIA year, as well as holding the record for being honored with 16 ARIA #1 Chart Awards.
Since then, Delta has achieved multi-platinum selling status, nine #1 singles, five #1 albums, 17 top 10 hits, 12 ARIA Awards, a Silver Logie Award & three World Music Awards and started her own label imprint with Sony Australia, The House of Oz Records. Her latest album Wings of the Wild debuted at #1 with the platinum hit song "Wings", the singer's 9th #1 single. The album's accompanying sold out arena tour broke records as Delta became the highest-selling female Australian touring artist in 2016. The record setting tour was filmed for a live concert DVD that rocketed to #1 on the ARIA Music DVDs chart.
As an accomplished songwriter, Delta has written and performed songs for Olivia Newton-John, Celine Dion, Tony Bennett, Michael Bolton, LeAnn Rimes and Westlife. Delta also toured with Michael Bolton across the US, joined good friend and renowned maestro tenor Andrea Bocelli on legs of Bocelli's Asian, American and Australian world tours, and toured with Ricky Martin as part of his 2015 Australian tour.
In 2015 & 2016, Goodrem played to critical acclaim in the role of Grizabella in Andrew Lloyd Webber's iconic musical CATS, performing a breathtaking rendition of the powerful ballad "Memory" and bringing legions of her multi-generational fans to experience the joys of musical theatre.
With a television resume that started at the age of seven, appearing in regular prime time shows, Hey Dad..! (1987), A Country Practice (1981) and Police Rescue (1989), at the age of 16, Delta joined the cast of Neighbours (1985) that later earned her a Logie Award for Most Popular New Talent and the lead role in 2005's movie Hating Hating Alison Ashley (2005). In 2005, Delta guest starred on Fox's prime time soap opera North Shore (2004). In 2011, Delta voiced Little Beatrice for the animated film Santa's Apprentice (2010). For 9 years Delta was a Coach on the number one rated, multiple Logie Award winning TV show The Voice (2012) Australia. Goodrem mentored her artists to victory, as the winning coach for the 2016 & 2017 seasons of The Voice (2012). She also won the only edition of The Voice Kids (2014) Australia in 2014. Delta also returned to Australian TV with a special guest role in Nine Network's, House Husbands (2012) and filmed the lead role of her mentor, idol, and good friend, Olivia Newton-John in the superstar's biopic, Olivia Newton-John: Hopelessly Devoted to You (2018) that released in 2018.
In 2017, Goodrem launched her debut fragrance Delta by Delta Goodrem, smashing records as it debuted as the highest selling fragrance in Australian history. In 2018 she released her second fragrance of her collection "Dream" and in November 2019 released her third fragrance "Destiny".
While 2020 saw the world go through unprecedented times, for Delta Goodrem was a year that has saw her release incredibly powerful pieces of music and connect with fans like only she can do.
In January 2020, Delta was inspired to write 'Let It Rain' after seeing the devastation from the bush fires across Australia. She teamed up with Apple Music, Sony Music, and iHeart radio in Australia & the US for the release, with all proceeds going to aid with Red Cross bush fire relief. In February, she took to the stage in front of 70,000 fans at ANZ Stadium as part of the Fire Fight Australia concert which was broadcast nationally. Her incredibly moving performance of 'Let It Rain' was included on the album release of songs from the day, Artists Unite For Fire Fight: Concert For National Bush Fire Relief.
In April 2020, Global Citizen together with Lady Gaga reached out and invited Goodrem to perform as part of the online One World: Together At Home festival in support of the Covid-19 Solidarity Response Fund for the World Health Organization. Delta was the only artist performing in Australia, with the event capturing over 270 million viewers who had tuned in around the world.
Keen to connect with her fans from all over the world, Delta launched The Bunkerdown Sessions via her social media beginning of April 2020. Performing live deep cuts from her extensive catalog, debuting new songs she had recently written, and performing favorite covers, on the seventh week Delta surprised and delighted fans by performing and releasing new music from her upcoming 6th studio album.
Delta launched the Delta Goodrem Foundation in June 2020, which strives to spread kindness, hope and support for those facing illness, hardship and inequality. With a lead collaboration with St Vincent's Hospital in Sydney, to help fund medical research in cellular therapy for blood cancers and auto-immune diseases.
In November Delta released her #1 holiday album Only Santa Knows, which was complimented by the Nine network TV special Christmas with Delta that was produced in conjunction with Delta's production company Atled Productions. Delta performed alongside guests Kylie Minogue, Robbie Williams, Olivia Newton-John, Pentatonix, Morgan Evans, Hugh Sheridan, Sheppard, and Montaigne.
In May 2021, Delta released her 6th studio album, Bridge Over Troubled Dreams and her first book of the same title, published by Simon & Schuster - both her album and book heralded a #1 chart position.
Delta has announced her Bridge Over Troubled Dreams headlining arena tour throughout Australia and New Zealand in September and October 2021. $1+ GST from every ticket purchased for the tour is being donated to the Delta Goodrem Foundation.- Actor
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Denis Reed was born on 9 November 1985 in Prague, Czech Republic. He was an actor. He died on 6 May 2016 in the Czech Republic.- Actress
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Dorothy Jean Dandridge was born on November 9, 1922 in Cleveland, Ohio, to Ruby Dandridge (née Ruby Jean Butler), an entertainer, and Cyril H. Dandridge, a cabinet maker and minister. Under the prodding of her mother, Dorothy and her sister Vivian Dandridge began performing publicly, usually in black Baptist churches throughout the country. Her mother would often join her daughters on stage. As the depression worsened, Dorothy and her family picked up and moved to Los Angeles where they had hopes of finding better work, perhaps in film. Her first film was in the Marx Brothers comedy, A Day at the Races (1937). It was only a bit part but Dandridge hoped it would blossom into something better. She only appeared in another film in 1940, in Four Shall Die (1940).
Meanwhile, she dropped out of high school and became part of a musical trio which performed with the orchestra of Jimmie Lunceford. During the late 30s, she dated music composer Phil Moore, who was instrumental in launching her career as a nightclub singer and big band vocalist.
Her next few screen roles in the early 1940s tended to be small stereotypical roles of black girls or princesses - such as Bahama Passage (1941) and Drums of the Congo (1942), She was the singing star of the western themed all-black-cast "soundie" (short musical) Cow-Cow Boogie (1942) and appeared in movies that showcased her talents as actress and singer, like Hit Parade of 1943 (1943) as the vocalist of Count Basie's Band, and twice as the vocalist of Louis Armstrong's Band in Pillow to Post (1945) and Atlantic City (1944).
Those brought her headline acts in the nation's finest hotel nightclubs in New York, Miami, Chicago and Las Vegas. She may have been allowed to sing in these fine hotels but, because of racism, she couldn't have a room in any of them. It was reported that one hotel drained its swimming pool to keep her from enjoying that amenity.
In 1954, she appeared in the all-black production of Carmen Jones (1954) in the title role. She was so superb in that picture that she garnered an Academy Award nomination but lost to Grace Kelly in The Country Girl (1954). She did not get another movie role until Tamango (1958), an Italian film. She did six more films, including, most notably, Island in the Sun (1957) and Porgy and Bess (1959). The last movie in which she would ever appear was The Murder Men (1962) (1961).
Dandridge faded quickly after that, due to an ill-considered marriage to Jack Dennison (her first husband was Harold Nicholas), poor investments, financial woes, and alcoholism.
She was found dead in her apartment at 8495 Fountain Avenue, West Hollywood, on September 8, 1965, aged 42, from barbiturate poisoning. She left $2.14 in her bank account, and a handwritten letter: "In case of my death - whoever discovers it - Don't remove anything I have on - scarf, gown, or underwear. Cremate me right away - if I have any money, furniture, give it to my mother, Ruby Dandridge - She will know what to do.". She was cremated and her ashes were interred in the Freedom Mausoleum at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.
She was posthumously awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6719 Hollywood Blvd. on January 18, 1983.- Ed Corney was born on 9 November 1933 in Hawaii, USA. He was an actor, known for The Comeback (1980), Pumping Iron (1977) and Schwarzenegger: Total Rebuild (1988). He was married to Jessie J. Eldridge. He died on 1 January 2019 in the USA.
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An old-fashioned comedian, who, by recommendation by his son Keenan Wynn, became one of the world's most beloved clowns, and one of the best actors of his time. He was born on November 9, 1886. He performed in the Ziegfeld Follies, and later had a son Keenan in 1916. He later wrote his own shows, then known as the Perfect Fool. In 1941 at age 54, he became a grandfather. He became popular for roles throughout the 1950s and 1960s, best remembered for The Ed Wynn Show (1949), and for Mary Poppins (1964) as Uncle Albert, who reflects his old style charm. He continued to perform, until he died in 1966 at age 79.- Actress
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She was born Edna May Nutter, a child of solid New England stock, on 9th November 1883 in Malden, Massachusetts. The daughter of Ida May and Charles Edward Nutter, Edna was a descendant of the 2nd American president John Adams and his son, the 6th American president John Quincy Adams. In addition, her father's stepfather, Samuel Oliver, had a mother named Julia Adams who was descended from another John Adams (born 1724). Miss Oliver took an early interest in the stage, and she would quit school at the age of 14 to pursue her ambitions in the theater. Despite abandoning traditional schooling, Edna continued to study the performing arts, including speech and piano. One of her first jobs was as pianist with an all female orchestra which toured America around the turn of the century. By 1917 she had achieved success on Broadway in the hit play "Oh, Boy". By 1923 she had appeared in her first film. Edna May Oliver seems to have been born to play the classics of American and British literature. Some of her most memorable film roles were in adaptations of works of Charles Dickens. Although some have described her as plain or "horse faced", Edna May Oliver's comedic talents lent a beautiful droll warmth to her characters. She was usually called upon to play less glamorous roles such as a spinsters, but she played them with such soul, wit, and depth that to this day she remains one of the best loved of Hollywood's character actresses. A fine example of her comedic talent can be found in Laugh and Get Rich (1931). Here we find her playing a role almost autobiographical in nature, that of a proud woman with Boston roots who has married "down". As the plot unwinds, she is invited to a society gala despite her modest circumstances. At the gala she becomes tipsy. With a frolicsome air Edna May seems to use the role to gently mock her real self. Her slightly drunk character seizes upon a bit of flattery, and alluding to her old New England family, proudly proclaims to each who will listen, "I am a Cranston. That explains everything!". In real life, Edna May Oliver was a Nutter, and perhaps that explains everything. Edna May Oliver married stock broker David Pratt in 1928, but the marriage ended in divorce five years later. In 1939 she received an Oscar nomination for her supporting role as Widow McKlennar in the picture Drums Along the Mohawk (1939). That was to be one of her last films. Miss Oliver was struck ill in August of 1942. Although she seemed to recover briefly, she was re-admitted to Los Angeles's Cedars of Lebanon hospital in October Her dear friend actress Virginia Hammond flew out from New York to stay by her bedside. Edna May Oliver died on her 59th birthday, 9th November 1942. Virginia Hammond was with her and said, "She died without ever being aware of the gravity of her condition. She just went peacefully asleep."- Director
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Eduard Punset was born on 9 November 1936 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. He was a director and actor, known for Redes (1996), Yo, presidenta (2015) and La 2 noticias (1994). He died on 22 May 2019 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.- Eduardo Maicas was born on 9 November 1950 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He died on 2 August 2018 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Elizabeth Hawley was born on 9 November 1923 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She died on 26 January 2018 in Kathmandu, Nepal.
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Elysia Rotaru was born on 9 November 1984 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She is an actress and producer, known for Arrow (2012), Dead Again in Tombstone (2017) and Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (2011).- Enrique Hrabina is known for Loco x vos (2016), Fútbol de Primera (1985) and Locos por el fútbol (1996).
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Eric Dane was born on November 9, 1972, in San Francisco, California, the older of two brothers. His father is an architect and interior designer based in San Francisco. His mother, Leah (Cohn), was a homemaker. His ancestry includes English, German, Finnish, Russian Jewish, and Austrian Jewish, and he had a Bar Mitzvah ceremony.
He was a good athlete in high school. There, he started amateur stage work by playing Joe Keller in Arthur Miller's "All My Sons", and realized that this was all he wanted to do.
He moved to Los Angeles and made his television debut in 1993 on The Wonder Years (1988). In his early career, he also played bit parts on the TV series Married... with Children (1987) (1995), Silk Stalkings (1991) (1996) and Roseanne (1988) (1996). He played medical doctors more than once, first appearing as a Dr. Cooper in Gideon's Crossing (2000). He was also recurring as Jason Dean in the hit show Charmed (1998). From 2006 until 2012, he appeared as handsome Dr. Mark Sloan, the plastic surgeon on the show Grey's Anatomy (2005). He is also starring as Tom Chandler on The Last Ship (2014).
He landed his first leading role on the big screen in the German-made feature, Open Water 2: Adrift (2006). He was also a co-star in Marley & Me (2008) and Valentine's Day (2010). In X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) he played the character of Jamie Madrox, the Multiple Man.
On October 29, 2004, in Las Vegas, Eric Dane married actress Rebecca Gayheart. They have two daughters.- Actor
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Eric Thompson was born on 9 November 1929 in Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Dougal and the Blue Cat (1970), Serjeant Musgrave's Dance (1965) and One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (1970). He was married to Phyllida Law. He died on 30 November 1982 in Camden, London, England, UK.- He was raised in the Muslim faith. At the age of four, he moved to Munich with his mother and sister in 1973. He last spent his school years at a boarding school on Lake Chiemsee. He then studied political science and economics. In 1992 he traveled to Paris, where he began a career as a model. Meanwhile, he's keeping an eye on acting. After his first film projects in 1997, Sander celebrated his television debut in Germany in 1999 with the TV pilot for the series "Sinan Toprak - The Untouchable". In 2000 he married Caroline Godet, a niece of film director Oliver Stone. By 2001, 16 episodes of the series "Sinan Toprak" had been created with Sander. In the same year he appeared in front of the camera for the TV film "Now we're killing our men". With "The Apocalypse" (2002) and "Forever Lost" (2003) he also asserted himself in demanding roles.
He celebrated his breakthrough in 2003 in the role of the Persian ruler Shah in Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi in the two-part TV series "Soraya", which was about the life story of Soraya of Persia. In the same year the TV film "My husband, my life and you" was made. Erol Sander made his film debut in 2004 in a supporting role in "Aexander", directed by Oliver Stone. For the 2007 open-air season he took on the role of Winnetou at the Karl May Festival in Bad Segeberg. At the same time, he starred in the films "A Love in the Sign of the Dragon" and "A Love in Cuba," among others. From 2006 to 2010 he was a Dr. Daniel Guth in front of the camera for the TV series "The Alpine Clinic - Love Heals Wounds" (ARD). This was followed in 2011 by the crime novels "Istanbul Murder Commission - Blood Ties" and "Istanbul Murder Commission - Transit". - Eva Todor was born on 9 November 1919 in Budapest, Hungary. She was an actress, known for Locomotivas (1977), The Thorn and the Rose (2000) and Xuxa in Abracadabra (2003). She was married to Paulo Nolding and Luís Iglesias. She died on 10 December 2017 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Fernando Gaitán was born on 9 November 1960 in Bogotá, Colombia. He was a writer and actor, known for Until Money Do Us Part (2006), I Heart Betty La Fea (2008) and Ugly Betty Thailand (2015). He died on 29 January 2019 in Bogota, Colombia.- Director
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Fernando Meirelles was born in a middle class family in São Paulo City, Brazil.
He studied architecture at the university of São Paulo. At the same time he developed an interest in filmmaking. With a group of friends he started producing experimental videos and video art. They won a huge number of awards in Brazilian video festivals. After that, the group formed a small independent company called Olhar Eletrônico.
After working in independent television during nine years, in the eighties, Meirelles gravitated towards publicity and commercials. He also became the director of a very popular 180 episodes of a children's television show called Ra Tim Bum.
In the early 90s, together with Paulo Morelli and Andrea Barata Ribeiro, he opened the O2 Filmes production company which became the biggest production company in Brasil working from development until distribution, including complete post-production facilities.
His first feature,in 1998, was the family film "Menino Maluquinho 2: A Aventura". His next feature, "Domésticas" (2001), exposed the invisible world of five Brazilian maids in São Paulo and their secret dreams and desires.
In 1997 he read the Brazilian best-seller "Cidade de Deus/City of God", written by Paulo Lins, and decided to turn it into a movie despite an the intimidating story that involves more than 350 characters. Once the the screenplay, written by Bráulio Mantovani, was ready, Meirelles gathered a crew mixed with professional technicians and inexperienced actors chosen between the youngsters living in the favelas surrounding Rio de Janeiro.
The film was a huge success in Brazil and began to attract attention around the world, after it screened at the Cannes Film Festival in 2002. "Cidade de Deus/City of God" (2003) has won nore than 50 awards from film festivals and societies all over the world, as well as four 2004 Oscar nominations, including a Best Director for Fernando Meirelles.
Since 2002 , Meirelles has split his time between international feature and TV series in Brazil. The Constant Gardner (2005,) had four Academy nominations plus four Golden Globes. Blindness (2008) opened Cannes. 360 (2011) opened the LFF. In the same period he directed several series for TV Globo and HBO in Brazil.
In addition to cinema, Meirelles directed Bizet's opera , Pearl Fishers, and was one of the directors of the 2016 Olympic opening ceremony in Rio de Janeiro.
In 2019 Meirelles finished The Two Popes, for Netflix, and start filming a scientific documentary on the soil.
Apart from cinema, Meirelles is also a farmer. He plants sugar cane, coffee, palm heart, avocado, and mahogany. He is developing ways to produce organically n large scale. Agroforest is his bet.
In the next few years, his plan is to be involved in projects related to the environmental crisis and climate emergency. Meirelles is not optimistic about the future of our species and, in a shorter period, neither in the future of his grandchildren, which is very sad. --- Music Artist
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Karim Kharbouch (born November 9, 1984), better known by his stage name French Montana, is an American rapper, singer , songwriter, producer, entrepreneur, and record executive. Born and raised in Morocco, he immigrated to the United States with his family when he was 13. He is the founder of Coke Boys Records, and its predecessor Cocaine City Records. In 2012, he signed a joint-venture recording deal with Bad Boy Records and Maybach Music Group.
Kharbouch released his mix-tape debut in 2007 and in 2010, had a breakthrough with the single "Choppa Choppa Down". He released his debut studio album Excuse My French on May 21, 2013. In July 2017, Montana released his second studio album, Jungle Rules, which peaked at number three on the Billboard 200. The album was supported by the single "Unforgettable", featuring Swae Lee, which became Montana's first song as lead artist to reach the top 10 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.
In 1996, at the age of 13, Kharbouch left Morocco with his parents and younger brother for New York City, where they settled in the South Bronx. Kharbouch spoke only his native languages of Moroccan Darija and French when he first arrived, and learned English in the streets and in the Bronx high schools of Lehman and Roosevelt. After struggling for two years, his father decided they would move back to Casablanca, but his mother opted to stay back with their children citing lack of opportunities back home. His mother was pregnant with his youngest brother at the time, who was born in the United States shortly after his father departed for Morocco. With three children, his mother was dependent on welfare for financial support. Kharbouch eventually found himself the primary breadwinner for the family.- Actress
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Gabrielle Miller is one of Canada's most celebrated performers. A professional actor for over two decades, she is widely recognized for her lead roles on two of Canada's most successful series: the runaway hit CTV series Corner Gas (6 seasons), which inspired a feature film in 2014, as well as an animated series, and the critically acclaimed series Robson Arms (3 seasons).
She was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award for her role in the feature film Moving Day and was a series regular on City TV/Hulu's Mother Up!, a 13-episode, half-hour adult animated comedy series starring Eva Longoria (Desperate Housewives).
Along with her recurring role on Call Me Fitz, opposite Jason Priestley, Gabrielle has also recurred on Hallmark's Good Witch, and guest-starred on CBS's Person of Interest, ABC's Once Upon a Time, and Showtime's popular series Lost Girl. She starred in the feature film Down River alongside Helen Shaver (The Color of Money, Desert Hearts), which won Best Picture at the 2014 Leo Awards.
In the spring of 2012, she starred on stage in New York at the Cherry Lane Theatre in the popular play Psycho Therapy. Combined, Gabrielle has garnered 14 Gemini and Leo Award nominations. In 2005 and 2006 she won a Leo Award for her role as Lacey Burrows on Corner Gas, and in 2007 took home a Gemini Award for best ensemble cast in a comedy. For her portrayal of Bobbi Briggs on Robson Arms, Gabrielle won the 2007 Leo Award and 2009 Gemini Award for Best Dramatic Performance. Most recently Gabrielle took home the Leo Award for Best Supporting Female in a Motion Picture in 2019 for her mesmerizing performance in Rabbit.
Talented and vivacious, Gabrielle has been busy on the big and small screen with a number of projects including a guest star role on Hallmark's Hailey Dean Mysteries, a recurring role on Disney's Puppy Prep Academy, and a guest star on SYFY's The Magicians. Before that, she starred in the feature film Sisters & Brothers and the Hallmark Hall of Fame MOW Trading Christmas. Other film and TV credits include Elijah, Holiday in Handcuffs, Love and Other Dilemmas, Breaking News, Pasadena, Frasier, The X-Files, DaVinci's Inquest, The Outer Limits, NCIS and Cold Case, to name a few. Gabrielle also does extensive charitable work, supporting organizations such as Vela Microboard and World Vision.- Actress
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The first actress to sign a contract with Universal in 1915, Gertrude Astor (born in Ohio as Gertrude Irene Astor) began her career playing trombone and saxophone on a riverboat. Towering over most of her leading men at 5'11", she often played golddiggers, rich socialites or a leading lady's best friend in such one-reeled films and feature length silents as Polly Redhead (1917), The Price of a Good Time (1917), The Girl Who Wouldn't Quit (1918), The Lion Man (1919), Mary Pickford's Through the Back Door (1921), The Wall Flower (1922), Alice Adams (1923), The Ne'er-Do-Well (1923), Stage Struck (1925), The Boy Friend (1926), Kiki (1926), The Strong Man (1926), Shanghaied (1927), The Cat and the Canary (1927) and Uncle Tom's Cabin (1927) (as Little Eva's mother). The popular female stars she bolstered included Pickford, Norma Talmadge, Gloria Swanson, Patsy Ruth Miller, Colleen Moore, Shirley Mason, Olive Borden and Laura La Plante
With the advent of sound, Astor's career continued, landing her in a number of two-reel comedies, mostly with the Hal Roach studio and occasionally with Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, the "Our Gang" gang and Charley Chase. "I've never been so embarrassed in all my life!" seemed to be one of her most used lines in films. Acting until the 1960s and often in bit parts (she once played a corpse in The Scarlet Claw (1944), her last movie bit was for John Ford in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962). Astor often relayed her film memories to friends, fans and historians. At one point in her career she and actress Lilyan Tashman, were known as the most elegant and best dressed women in Hollywood. Astor died following a stroke on her 90th birthday at the Motion Piture Home in Woodland Hills.- Actress
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Beautiful blonde discovered by Hugo del Carril in the film Una cita con la vida. Frequently teamed with Enzo Viena in movies and TV. Married and divorced singer Fernando de Soria in the mid-sixties and actor Ricardo Bauleo from late-sixties to mid-seventies. She died of cancer.- Actress
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Giovanna Mezzogiorno was born on 9 November 1974 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She is an actress and director, known for Vincere (2009), Love in the Time of Cholera (2007) and Facing Windows (2003). She has been married to Alessio Federico Fugolo since 24 October 2009. They have two children.- Actor
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Harshvardhan Kapoor is the youngest son of Bollywood actor Anil Kapoor and costume designer, Sunita Kapoor. He is the brother of Sonam and Rhea Kapoor. He worked as an assistant director in Anurag Kashyap film, Bombay Velvet (2015) . He will make his acting debut in Mirza's Lady (2016). He has a tattoo of Sonam and Rhea on his shoulder signifying 'deep love' for his sisters.- Actress
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Hedy Lamarr, the woman many critics and fans alike regard as the most beautiful ever to appear in films, was born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler in Vienna, Austria. She was the daughter of Gertrud (Lichtwitz), from Budapest, and Emil Kiesler, a banker from Lemberg (now known as Lviv). Her parents were both from Jewish families. Hedwig had a calm childhood, but it was cinema that fascinated her. By the time she was a teenager, she decided to drop out of school and seek fame as an actress, and was a student of theater director Max Reinhardt in Berlin. Her first role was a bit part in the German film Geld auf der Straße (1930) (aka "Money on the Street") in 1930. She was attractive and talented enough to be in three more German productions in 1931, but it would be her fifth film that catapulted her to worldwide fame. In 1932 she appeared in a Czech film called Ekstase (US title: "Ecstasy") and had made the gutsy move to appear nude. It's the story of a young girl who is married to a gentleman much older than she, but she winds up falling in love with a young soldier. The film's nude scenes created a sensation all over the world. The scenes, very tame by today's standards, caused the film to be banned by the U.S. government at the time.
Hedy soon married Fritz Mandl, a munitions manufacturer and a prominent Austrofascist. He attempted to buy up all the prints of "Ecstasy" he could lay his hands on (Italy's dictator, Benito Mussolini, had a copy but refused to sell it to Mandl), but to no avail (there are prints floating around the world today). The notoriety of the film brought Hollywood to her door. She was brought to the attention of MGM mogul Louis B. Mayer, who signed her to a contract (a notorious prude when it came to his studio's films, Mayer signed her against his better judgment, but the money he knew her notoriety would bring in to the studio overrode any moral concerns he may have had). However, he insisted she change her name and make good, wholesome films.
Hedy starred in a series of exotic adventure epics. She made her American film debut as Gaby in Algiers (1938). This was followed a year later by Lady of the Tropics (1939). In 1942, she played the plum role of Tondelayo in the classic White Cargo (1942). After World War II, her career began to decline, and MGM decided it would be in the interest of all concerned if her contract were not renewed. Unfortunately for Hedy, she turned down the leads in both Gaslight (1940) and Casablanca (1942), both of which would have cemented her standing in the minds of the American public. In 1949, she starred as Delilah opposite Victor Mature's Samson in Cecil B. DeMille's epic Samson and Delilah (1949). This proved to be Paramount Pictures' then most profitable movie to date, bringing in $12 million in rental from theaters. The film's success led to more parts, but it was not enough to ease her financial crunch. She made only six more films between 1949 and 1957, the last being The Female Animal (1958).
Hedy retired to Florida. She died there, in the city of Casselberry, on January 19, 2000.- Horacio Pagani is known for Pasión por el fútbol (2017), Bendita TV (2006) and Televisión registrada (1999). He has been married to Cecilia Di Carlo since 2015.
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Ku Hye-Sun was born on 9 November 1984 in Seoul, South Korea. She is an actress and director, known for Boys Over Flowers (2009), Angel Eyes (2014) and Daughter (2014). She was previously married to Ahn Jae-Hyun.- Actor
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Ian Hallard was born on 9 November 1974 in Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Mary Queen of Scots (2018), Doctor Who (2005) and Poirot (1989). He has been married to Mark Gatiss since 2008.- Veteran actress Ion Overman plays Det. Ruiz opposite Jeremy Piven and Richard T. Jones in CBS' "Wisdom of the Crowd."
Ion is best known as Linda, Josh's (Derek Luke) stuck-up and corrupt fiancée in Tyler Perry's most successful movie to date, "Madea Goes to Jail," which generated over $90 million at the box office. Ion is also well-known as fan favorite Candace in Showtime's ground-breaking series, "The L Word."
Ion made her acting debut in the 1995 movie "The Walking Dead," and went on to star in the UPN sitcom "Love, Inc." She has also appeared in numerous films and recurred on hit television shows including "Desperate Housewives," "Secret Life of an American Teenager," and "Ghost Whisperer." Ion has also made guest star appearances on "Two and a Half Men," "NCIS," "Leverage," "CSI: Miami", "Castle," and "Without a Trace," among others.
Ion is a passionate supporter of several non-profit initiatives, including the ASPCA, The World Wildlife Fund, and Project:NOW (founded by actor/producer Dale Godboldo). - Actor
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After growing up in sunny California (Pacific Palisades and Sherman Oaks), he headed for the East in 1990 to attend the country's oldest acting conservatory program Carnegie Mellon University, where he received a BFA in Drama. Straight to New York in 1994, he spent most of his stage life as an understudy, most notably in Steve Martin's "Picasso at the Lapin Agile". His big break came when he got cast in his Broadway debut, the 2000 TONY award-winning musical "Contact". For his performance he received a Drama Desk Nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Musical.- Additional Crew
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Jerry Hopkins was born on 9 November 1935 in Camden, New Jersey, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for King Presley, Shivaree (1965) and The Steve Allen Playhouse (1962). He was married to Lamyai Sakhohlam, Rebecca Erickson Crockett, Jane Hollingsworth and Sara Cordell. He died on 3 June 2018 in Bangkok, Thailand.- Jim Perry is a former television game show host, singer and performer in the 1970s and 1980s. He has had success on both Canadian and American television.
He started out as a singer in special services, working on Armed Forces Radio during the Korean war, and then replaced Eddie Fisher as the staff vocalist at Grossingers in the Catskill Mountains in New York and later did comedy working with Sid Caesar as his straight man for several years (which included a three-year stint with Caesar in Las Vegas and appearing on the short lived TV series "As Caesar Sees It"). These were under his birth name of Jim Dooley. Due to a name conflict with AFTRA, he took his mothers maiden name of Perry when he began his TV work.
Jim Perry became a popular game show host in Canada in the early 1970s after a stint as an overnight announcer and DJ fill in on radio station WABC in New York. His first effort in Canada was the popular game show Fractured Phrases, and afterwords presided over several other game shows, including Eye Bet and Money Makers -- the latter also airing on syndicated television in some markets across the United States.
Jim also served as an announcer for The Joan Rivers Show, a short-lived two month series that aired in 1969 on syndicated television.
In 1973, Perry became host of the CTV game show Definition (replacing original host Bob McLean), a pun based game which was the longest running game show in Canadian Television history, lasting until 1990. (the show was never cancelled - instead, Perry and the Producers agreed it was time to retire the show). Perry also hosted another long-running game show, Headline Hunters, which lasted from 1972 until 1981, with a year of repeats the following year.
In addition, Jim presided as emcee of the annual "Miss Canada" Pageant, a job he held from 1967 until 1990, about the same length of time his U.S. counterpart Bob Barker presided over the Miss USA Pageant on CBS. Like Bert Parks in the United States, Perry would sing the pageant's closing song, The fairest girl in Canada soon after the new Miss Canada was crowned.
In the 1970's, during the filming of the live broadcast of the Miss Canada pageant, a female protester broke into the studio. She threw something at Perry and contestants, while shouting that the pageant was sexist. Perry' instincts were to protect the female contestants and subsequently, he was hit with the flour. Amazingly, he continued on with the broadcast as if nothing happened.
Perry's first major American network hosting tenure came in 1967, with a short-lived charades-type game called "It's Your Move". The series, however, was produced in Canada for ABC television in the United States. Another game show also produced in Canada for syndicated TV in the U.S., "Money Makers" (a game based on Bingo), aired in 1969, originally titled Bingo at Home, in which contestants and home viewers had a chance to win money (albeit less than $100).
His biggest break in his native United States came in 1978 when NBC and Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Productions casted him for their new show Card Sharks. Perry hosted the entire NBC version and the two pilots that preceded the series, airing from April 24, 1978 until October 23, 1981.
Jim also hosted two game show pilots that never made it to television: Casino in 1981 (from Heatter-Quigley Productions), a game show combining elements of High Rollers, Gambit and The Joker's Wild; and Twisters in 1982, which was similar in format to Jackpot and was produced by Bob Stewart Productions.
In 1982, NBC named Perry host of $ale of the Century, a revived version of the 1969 - 1973 series, airing from January 3, 1983 until March 24, 1989 (the same day Super Password ended its run), including the syndicated version which aired from January 1985 until September 1986. For more than six seasons, he presided over the fast-paced Q&A game.
His style and sensational salesmanship helped to make the show a big hit for the network in the last golden era of game shows, and made Perry one of the top game show personalities of the 1980s in the United States. Not forgetting the time he spent with Sid Caesar, Perry would often tell jokes related to some of the questions asked on $ale.
As the result of his successful work in both the United States and Canada, Jim spent over a decade commuting between Southern California and Toronto, Ontario (except between late-1981 and late-1982). By hosting Card Sharks in the United States and Definition and Headline Hunters in Canada, Perry in 1978 became the first game show host in the industry to emcee game shows concurrently on both sides of the U.S.-Canadian border.
Perry and Trebek also hold the distinction of hosting three different game shows simultaneously. As noted before, Perry pulled the Card Sharks/Definition/Headline Hunters triple hosting duty, while Trebek hosting Jeopardy!, Classic Concentration, and the 1990 revival of To Tell the Truth at one point in 1991. Jim also appeared as a celebrity player on Wheel of Fortune, Password Plus and Family Feud and was the guest host of various morning talk shows in Canada (ie The Alan Thicke show)
In total, Jim Perry hosted approximately ten different game shows (including unsold pilots) in a career that spanned about 25 years. He was also involved in charitable causes and was a regular host of the annual Telemiracle telethon in Saskatchewan for many years in support of the Kinsmen Clubs in that province. His daughter Erin also appeared on several of these telethons, and on each occasion, performed a song together.
Jim is retired from the game show industry and lives with his wife, June, in Florida and North Carolina. In recent years he authored two self-awareness books, and hosted one infomercial (produced by his daughter Erin for In-Finn-Ity Productions). His last television appearance was on CNBC in the late-1990s to discuss one of his books.
Perry is attended the University of Pennsylvania and was at one time an outstanding basketball player in high school thanks in part to his height (at 6' 4"). He was often nicknamed Big Jim because of his height. - Actress
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Joanna Riding was born on 9 November 1967 in Lancashire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Into the Woods (2014), Casualty (1986) and Midsomer Murders (1997).- Actor
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Joe C. was born on 9 November 1974 in Taylor, Michigan, USA. He was an actor, known for Osmosis Jones (2001), Kid Rock: Only God Knows Why (1999) and Kid Rock: Bawitdaba (1999). He died on 16 November 2000 in Taylor, Michigan, USA.- John Megna was born on 9 November 1952 in Queens, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), The Cannonball Run (1981) and Police Woman (1974). He died on 5 September 1995 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- John Miljan was born on 9 November 1892 in Lead City, South Dakota, USA. He was an actor, known for The Ten Commandments (1956), Torchy Runs for Mayor (1939) and The Fallen Sparrow (1943). He was married to Victoria Lowe Creighton. He died on 24 January 1960 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Jordan Black was born on 9 November 1970 in Kankakee, Illinois, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Community (2009), Halfway Home (2007) and Ballers (2015).- José Chatruc is known for I Married a Dumbass (2016), Don't Cry for Me England (2018) and Nunca es tarde (2015). He was previously married to Guillermina García Satur.
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Actress Joy (Ann) Page (born Joy Cerrette Paige in Los Angeles on November 9, 1924) received her exotic good looks from her father, actor Don Alvarado (real name Jose Paige), who played dashing Latin-lover types in silent films. Her mother was actress Ann Boyar (1908-1990). Following her parents' divorce, Joy's mother married Warner Bros. studio chief Jack L. Warner.
It was this Warner Bros. association that jump-started Joy's acting career, with a minor role in Casablanca (1942). She played Bulgarian newlywed Annina Brandel, whose virtue is on the line because, if her young husband (Helmut Dantine) keeps losing all their money at Rick's roulette table, it is clearly implied (but never overtly stated, owing to the censorship of the time) that the only way they will get out of Casablanca is if she sleeps with Capt. Renaud (Claude Rains). Despite the meager role, she made quite an impression and it is still considered her best performance of the handful of films in which she's appeared.
Being Warner's stepdaughter should have garnered her many more opportunities than it apparently did. In 1945, she married actor William T. Orr, whose own career was on the wane. Her father made him a producer almost overnight and later put him in charge of Warner Bros. Television. Film roles were few and far between after her auspicious debut and, other than Bullfighter and the Lady (1951) (with Robert Stack, in which she played a sultry vixen whom Stack tries to impress), the films were thoroughly routine. In 1959, she appeared in the first season of Walt Disney's "Swamp Fox" series, then retired.
Divorced from Orr in 1970, their son, Gregory Orr is a screenwriter and documentary producer. Joy died on April 18, 2008, of complications arising from a stroke and pneumonia.[3]- Director
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Juan Luis Buñuel was born on 9 November 1934 in Paris, France. He was a director and assistant director, known for Expulsion of the Devil (1973), Viridiana (1961) and Calanda (1967). He was married to Joyce Buñuel. He died on 6 December 2017 in Paris, France.- Actress
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Karen Dotrice was born on 9 November 1955 in Guernsey, Channel Islands, UK. She is an actress, known for Mary Poppins (1964), Mary Poppins Returns (2018) and The Gnome-Mobile (1967). She has been married to Ned Nalle since 18 June 1994. They have two children. She was previously married to Alex Hyde-White.- Actress
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Sleek, effervescent, gregarious and indefatigable only begins to describe the indescribable Kay Thompson -- a one-of-a-kind author, pianist, actress, comedienne, singer, composer, coach, dancer, choreographer, clothing designer, and arguably one of entertainment's most unique and charismatic personalities of the 20th century. Born in Missouri with the uncharismatic name of Catherine L. Fink, she would reinvent herself as Kay Thompson and become a real-life representation of Auntie Mame, living life to the hilt while sharing with that character an unabashed joie de vivre and "never say die" mantra.
The St. Louis born-and-bred celebrity was the second of four born to Austrian immigrant Leo George Thompson, a jeweler, and Hattie Thompson. Nicknamed Kitty by the time she attended Soldan International Studies High School in St. Louis, and (later) Washington University, she began playing the piano at age 4. Deemed a prodigy, she was performing with the St. Louis Symphony by the time she was 16. While this may have been a strong enough focus for some or most, Kay was not to be confined and decided to instead test her singing talents. Singing with local dance bands, she eventually blossomed into a band vocalist with the Tom Coakley and Fred Waring bands. At this juncture, she met and married one of her band's talented trombone players, Jack Jenney, but the marriage ended quickly. She also took to radio and sang alongside the harmony group The Mills Brothers. Eventually she was handed her own CBS-aired show entitled "Kay Thompson and Company". It was short-lived. Kay and the group did make a special appearance in the film Manhattan Merry-Go-Round (1937).
During the mid-to-late 1930s Kay recorded briefly such songs as "You Hit The Spot", "You Let Me Down", "Don't Mention Love To Me" and "Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind", and toward the end of the decade was cast in "Hooray for What", a political revue, but was fired during the pre-Broadway tour. She never returned to the musical stage arena again as a result of that unhappy experience.
Arthur Freed became her ticket to 1940s Hollywood when he hired her as an arranger, coach and composer at MGM Studios. Such noteworthy films that utilized her multiple skills was I Dood It (1943), The Kid from Brooklyn (1946), in which she had a small role, Ziegfeld Follies (1945), The Harvey Girls (1946), Good News (1947), and The Pirate (1948). While vocal coach to such MGM superstars as Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Lena Horne, Frank Sinatra and June Allyson, Kay forged an extremely tight bond with Garland and was made godmother to first-born, Liza Minnelli. Also during this post-war stage of Kay's life, a second marriage to radio and film writer/producer/director William Spier also came and went. She never had children.
Always on the move, Kay decided to put together her own club act which opened at Ciro's night club in 1947. The singer/comedienne was a sensation with her Coward-esque brand of stylish eccentricity. Her unique, full-throttled blend of sophisticated music, outrageous satire and clever banter made her act a virtual "must see" among the industry's "who's who". Featured with her (in both musical and comedy sketches) was a talented harmony she discovered, the singing Williams Brothers, which featured a young Andy Williams. After a six-year trek the cabaret act was disbanded in the summer of 1953 and Kay spent time designing fashion slacks for long-limbed ladies backed by her clothing line "Kay Thompson Fancy Pants."
The reed-slim, silvery blonde was sadly underused in films, to the detriment of movie lovers alike, appearing in only four films with two of them being specialty cameos. In 1955, however, she nearly stole the thunder from under co-stars Fred Astaire and Audrey Hepburn as fashion editor Maggie Prescott in the musical classic Funny Face (1957). Her character, inspired by real-life editor Diana Vreeland was expertly showcased in the "Think Pink" number, one of the film's many highlights; Kay was a delight as well in other chic numbers in which she appeared with the stars. While this could have been the start of something big (as a top character player), Kay did not return to films until summoned by goddaughter Liza Minnelli for a featured role in Otto Preminger's Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon (1970).
In 1958, Kay introduced another new successful side of her -- as a children's author. The best-selling "Eloise" series, which was sparked from Kay's own escapades and adventures, chronicle the tale of a precocious, pixilated 6-year-old who lives at New York's Plaza Hotel and turns the place upside down with her brazen antics. All four books were top sellers: (Eloise (1956); Eloise in Paris (1957); Eloise at Christmastime (1958); and Eloise in Moscow (1959)). A fifth book, Eloise Takes a Bawth, which came from a 1964 manuscript blocked originally for publication, was published in 2002. Kay's most enduring achievement, Eloise, finally made it to the TV screen after her death
In 1962 Kay served as creative consultant and vocal arranger for Judy Garland's legendary TV special with Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin, and kept busy with various nightclub/TV performances of her own until she decided to leave the limelight. It was fashion icon Halston who lured Kay out of her self-imposed retirement for a time in the 1970s in order to stage his runway shows. She eventually moved, however, into Liza Minnelli's Upper East Side penthouse in New York City and, contrary to her larger-than-life persona, grew quiet and reclusive with the last decade pretty much confined to a wheelchair. She died at the penthouse on July 2, 1998 at age 88.- Actress
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Kelly Harmon was born on 9 November 1948 in Burbank, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Switch (1975), Bay City Blues (1983) and The Incredible Hulk (1978). She has been married to Robert Lyman Miller since 23 June 1984. She was previously married to John DeLorean.- Lorenzo Ferro was born on 9 November 1998 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is an actor, known for El Angel (2018), El marginal (2016) and Perfidious.
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Lori Lively was born on 9 November 1966 in the USA. She is an actress and production designer, known for Palmer (2021), Free Enterprise (1998) and The Bold and the Beautiful (1987).- Actor
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An internationally famous and well respected bodybuilder / actor, Lou Ferrigno first appeared on TV screens in 1977 as the musclebound title character of The Incredible Hulk (1978), the alter ego of meek scientist David Banner. Ferrigno was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1951 and as a child suffered from an ear infection that resulted in permanent partial hearing loss. Undeterred by what some may have perceived as a disadvantage, Lou threw himself into athletics (predominantly weightlifting and body building) and at the age of 21 won his first Mr. Universe title. For good measure, he came back and won it again the following year!
He also played professional football in the Canadian Football League, before coming to the attention of producer Kenneth Johnson, who was seeking just the right person to portray on screen the comic book superhero, The Incredible Hulk. With his 6'5", 285 lbs. frame, Lou was the biggest professional bodybuilder of the time, and had recently starred in the documentary Pumping Iron (1977), about the 1975 Mr. Olympia contest in South Africa. He successfully auditioned for the part of the green-skinned Goliath, and that is the role with which he is most closely identified.
"The Hulk" was a huge ratings success and spawned several telemovies after the initial TV series completed its run. Lou continued to remain busy in films and TV with appearances often centered around his remarkable physique. His films included Hercules (1983), Sinbad of the Seven Seas (1989) and Frogtown II (1992). Lou has additionally guest-starred on several TV shows including The Fall Guy (1981) and The New Mike Hammer (1984) and had a recurring role on The King of Queens (1998). In 1997 he was featured in the dynamic documentary about his sensational return to professional bodybuilding at age 43, Stand Tall (1997). The film detailed how he returned to compete in the Masters category of the Mr. Olympia contest against several familiar bodybuilding foes. In more recent years, he has appeared in several films, including The Misery Brothers (1995), Ping! (2000), From Heaven to Hell (2002) and a cameo as a security guard in the big-budget remake of Hulk (2003).
Big Lou is also a successful author with two books detailing his bodybuilding knowledge, and his life behind the scenes playing the Incredible Hulk on TV in the 1970s, plus he has a popular website frequented by his many fans worldwide.- Actor
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Lou Lubin was born on 9 November 1895 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Lady of Burlesque (1943), Shadow of the Thin Man (1941) and Johnny Eager (1941). He died on 30 January 1973 in Sylmar, California, USA.- Louise Troy was born on 9 November 1933 in New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Ghostbusters II (1989), The Swimmer (1968) and The United States Steel Hour (1953). She was married to Douglas Seale and Werner Klemperer. She died on 5 May 1994 in New York City, New York, USA.
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Lucian Pintilie was born on 9 November 1933 in Tarutino, Bessarabia, Romania [now Tarutyne, Odessa Oblast, Ukraine]. He was a director and writer, known for Next Stop Paradise (1998), Sunday at Six (1966) and The Oak (1992). He was married to Clody Bertola. He died on 16 May 2018 in Bucharest, Romania.- Luiz Felipe Scolari was born on 9 November 1948 in Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. He is married to Olga. They have two children.
- Mae Marsh's father was an auditor for the railroad who died when she was four. Her family moved to San Francisco, where her stepfather was killed in the 1906 earthquake. Her great-aunt then took Mae and her sister to Los Angeles. With her show business background, Mae's aunt took them to the various movie studios for work as extras. Mae was a little freckle-faced girl, who came to work one day as an extra at Biograph to substitute for her sick sister. She had blue eyes and her hair color was indeterminate, but she had definite screen presence. She began her film career working for Mack Sennett and D.W. Griffith. Her first leading role was as the bare-legged prehistoric girl in Man's Genesis (1912). By 1913 Mae was being groomed as the successor to Mary Pickford. Most of her film roles were dramatic or tragic, or a combination of both. She appeared in Griffith's The Birth of a Nation (1915) and Intolerance (1916). After that film, Samuel Goldwyn signed her to a contract at $2500 per week - far exceeding the $35 per week she got in 1915. Goldwyn was at his best when it came to publicity. It was he who gave Mae the title "The Whim Girl". Other than the publicity, her film career with Goldwyn was a disappointment and she retired on the eve of her marriage in 1918. During the 1920s Mae did a few movies in Hollywood and England, but stayed retired for the most part. It was not until the Wall Street "crash" in 1929 that began the Great Depression that she returned full-time to the screen, as she, like many others, was wiped out financially. After her financial situation improved, she returned to films sporadically, usually out of boredom. She worked in a dozen movies during the 1930s and took a number of roles in the 1940s and 1950s. She was a favorite of director John Ford and appeared in many of his films, such as The Grapes of Wrath (1940), How Green Was My Valley (1941), My Darling Clementine (1946) and The Quiet Man (1952), and she had a role in A Star Is Born (1954).
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Marco Bellocchio is one of the most consistent and most adventurous of today's Italian directors-an achievement all the more remarkable given that he made his feature debut almost fifty years ago. Over those years, he has amassed a body of films that encompasses a large number of original screenplays, adaptations of the likes of Pirandello and Kleist and personal, quasi-autobiographical work. What unifies these films is the beauty and originality of Bellocchio's images and his unceasing quest to understand the place of the individual in contemporary Italy and contemporary cinema. After making a few shorts, Bellocchio announced himself with his ferocious first feature, the acclaimed Fists in the Pocket (1965). This caustic and anarchic look at an extremely troubled family launched him instantly to the first ranks of the Italian film scene, alongside Antonioni, Pasolini and Bertolucci. For the next several years, films such as China Is Near (1967) and In the Name of the Father (1971) found Bellocchio examining the turbulent world of leftist politics and revolutionary dreams with an eye both sympathetic and jaundiced. During the 1980s and 1990s, under the spell of unorthodox-and, to some, controversial-psychoanalyst Massimo Fagioli, Bellocchio's emphasis turned to examining the interweaving of family dynamics and sexual desire as they produce and undermine personal identities. Films such as A Leap in the Dark (1980) and Devil in the Flesh (1986) create complex allegories of an audacious originality. More recently, Bellocchio has turned to more straightforward narratives in a number of films that examine Italy's recent past and its present, from The Nanny (1999) to one of his most recent works, Dormant Beauty (2012). Shifting brilliantly from realist fiction to archival footage to the imagery of dream or fantasy, all within a single film, this recent period has returned Bellocchio to the forefront of contemporary cinema, while combining the lessons learned from both the previous political and allegorical work. What has remained constant is Bellocchio's searching critique of the institutions that control individuals and organize the flow of power: the army, political parties, schools, the state and its laws, the Church, and the family.- Actress
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Once you saw her, you would not forget her. Despite her age and weight, she became one of the top box office draws of the sound era. She was 14 when she joined a theater group and she went on to work on stage and in light opera. By 1892, she was on Broadway and she later became a star comedienne on the vaudeville circuit. In 1910, she had a hit with 'Tillie's Nightmare' which Mack Sennett adapted to film as Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914) with Charles Chaplin. Marie took top billing over a young Chaplin, but her film career never took off and by 1918, she was out of films and out of work. Her role in the chorus girls' strike of 1917 had her blacklisted from the theaters. In 1927, MGM screenwriter Frances Marion got her a small part in The Joy Girl (1927) and then a co-starring lead with Polly Moran in The Callahans and the Murphys (1927) (which was abruptly withdrawn from circulation thanks to objections of Irish-American groups over its depiction of gin-guzzling Irish). Her career stalled and the 59-year old actress found herself no longer in demand. In the late 1920s she had been largely forgotten and reduced to near-poverty. Despite her last film being a financial disaster, Irving Thalberg, somewhat incredibly, sensed her potential was determined to re-build her into a star. It was a slow return in films but her popularity continued to grow. But it was sound that made her a star again. Anna Christie (1930) was the movie where Garbo talks, but everyone noticed Marie as Marthy. In an era of Harlow, Garbo and Crawford, it was homely old Marie Dressler that won the coveted exhibitor's poll as the most popular actress for three consecutive years. In another film from the same year, Min and Bill (1930) she received a best actress Oscar for her dramatic performance. She received another Academy Award nomination for Emma (1932). She had more success with Dinner at Eight (1933) and Tugboat Annie (1933). In 1934, cancer claimed her life.- Martin Khor was born on 9 November 1951 in Penang, Malaysia. He died on 1 April 2020 in Penang, Malaysia.
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Mary Allin Travers was born on 7 November 1936 in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. She was a writer, known for Mary: Rhymes and Reasons (1972), Great Performances (1971) and Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal (2004). She was married to Ethan Robbins, Gerald L. Taylor, Barry Feinstein and John Filler. She died on 16 September 2009 in Danbury, Connecticut, USA.- Talent Agent
Beginning at the early age of 10, Maya spent a decade in front of the camera as a principal actor. Even at that age, she was intrigued by the magic of movie-making and regularly sat with crew to observe what it took to create a film. She knew early on that this industry was her true calling and decided to explore other avenues of it in her mid 20's which is what landed her the position as a principal agent alongside Teri, her mother and founder at Ritter Talent Agency. She has a genuine love of the industry, and is deeply connected to the creative aspect of it. Her goal is to create a symbiotic relationship between herself and her talent based on communication and trust. Her focus is to help carve out pathways for her actors and maintain a high performance mindset throughout the process. Maya works with both union and non-union actors and is keenly interested in helping each actor set new metrics for their careers.- Actor
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Mehdi Merali was born in Miami, Florida, USA. He is an actor and executive, known for Shooter (2016), SEAL Team (2017) and The Night Shift (2014).- Actress
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Born in Toronto, Melinda Dahl is an actress, and musician living in Los Angeles. She plays 'Stacie Monroe' on Netflix's hit show 'Virgin River' and is known for her recurring role of 'Annette' in the first three seasons of Peter Farrelly and Bobby Mort's Dramedy 'Loudermilk' Starring Ron Livingston. She also had a recurring role in Hulu's Golden Globe nominated series 'Casual.' She has also appeared in 'American Crime Story - The Assassination of Gianni Versace' and 'The Romanoffs'. The work she speaks of being most proud of are the two short films 'The Get Together' and 'Grown-Ups' she has made with her Writer/Director twin sister, Caitlin Dahl.- Melinda Kinnaman was born on 9 November 1971. She is an actress, known for My Life as a Dog (1985), Vildanden (1989) and Chock (1997).
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Miroslav Táborský was born on 9 November 1959 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He is an actor, known for The Brothers Grimm (2005), Les Misérables (1998) and EuroTrip (2004).- Negro García López was born on 9 November 1959 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He died on 27 September 2014 in Tornquist, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Nick Lachey was born on 9 November 1973 in Harlan, Kentucky, USA. He is a music artist and actor, known for Bewitched (2005), Newlyweds: Nick & Jessica (2003) and Taking the Stage (2009). He has been married to Vanessa Lachey since 15 July 2011. They have three children. He was previously married to Jessica Simpson.- Actress
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Nicole Blonsky (born November 9, 1988) is an American actress, singer, dancer, and Internet personality, who is best known for her breakthrough role as Tracy Turnblad in the film Hairspray (2007), for which she won a Critics' Choice Award and received a nomination for a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. She is also known for her starring role as Willamena Rader in the ABC Family series Huge (2010), for which she received a Teen Choice Award nomination.- Oliver Ackland is an Australian actor best known for his role as Tristan de Martel in the third season of The CW's Vampire Diaries spin-off, The Originals.
With a filmography spanning both the small and silver screens, Ackland solidified his career whilst being heavily involved in a number of television productions including Outriders, Pirate Islands, and Cloudstreet.
Recognized for his talent, he was awarded with the inaugural Heath Ledger Scholarship in 2009 by Australians in film, which soon saw him become much more active within the film industry. In 2010 he starred in Wasted on the Young, a short film that was premiered at both Sydney Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival. Other film credits include 100 Bloody Acres, The Proposition, and Blinder.
In 2015, Ackland was cast as the mysterious vampire Tristan de Martel, in the CW's horror fiction television series, The Originals. The series serves as a spin-off to the widely praised supernatural fantasy, The Vampire Diaries. Tristan was the first sire of Elijah Mikaelson, and acted as the primary villain during season three. - Actor
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Orestes Caviglia was born on 9 November 1893 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor and director, known for The Outlaw (1939), Hay que casar a Ernesto (1941) and Al toque de clarín (1942). He died on 1 April 1971 in Tucumán, Argentina.- Actress
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Pamela McMyler was born on an Army base near Summerville, SC, where her father was a major. When she was 10, her father was transferred to France. She attended school there and became fluent in French. While living there, her mother took her to see Susan Hayward in the film I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955), which she said inspired her to begin studying to become an actress. After her father retired, the family moved to Santa Barbara, where McMyler graduated from Santa Barbara High School in 1962. She had several small parts in television series of the day. In 1968, she appeared in Amblin, a short early feature from director Steven Spielberg that, upon being screened by a Universal executive in 1970, landed him a seven-year contract. McMyler was also signed and soon John Wayne had come across Amblin and gave McMyler a role in his 1970 film, Chisum, her theatrical film debut. Her remaining career was marked by various assorted guest TV roles and a few forgettable films. She decided to retire from acting in 1989. She moved to Ventura in 1992 and was still living there with a pig named Blossom and two dogs, according to a February 2021 interview with the website Noblemania. She had a ten-year marriage in the 1970's but it ended in divorce, and she has no children.- Actress
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Patrice Jennings was born on 9 November 1966 in Van Nuys, California, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Society (1989), What I Like About You (2002) and Untitled Tony Thompson (Drummer) Project. She has been married to Darin Rado since 16 June 2013. She was previously married to Tony Thompson.- Actress
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Paula Kalenberg's TV debut was at the age of fifteen in "Hanna, wo bist du?". Just one year later she appeared in "Tatort - Bermuda". In 2005 Paula was seen in the feature film "The Cloud", starring alongside Franz Dinda and three years later the actress played alongside Daniel Brühl and David Kross in Marco Kreuzpaintner's "Krabat and the Legend of the Satanic Mill". With the leading role in "Systemfehler - wenn Inge tanzt" Paula showed her musical talent and played herself into the hearts of innumerable fans.
Paula Kalenberg has won the "Askania Award", "Lilli Palmer Memorial Camera" and the "New Faces Award". In 2016 the actress was part of the television films "Der weiße Äthiopier" based on a novel by Ferdinand von Schirach, the political thriller "Der Fall Barschel" as well as the two-part film "Das Programm".
Besides acting Paula Kalenberg is the patron of "Mädchenhaus Bielefeld" since 2007. She gives the charitable association her public voice to help them with their goal to increase the living conditions of girls and young women in any areas of their life.- Paulene Myers was born on 9 November 1913 in Ocilla, Georgia, USA. She was an actress, known for My Cousin Vinny (1992), The Sting (1973) and Playhouse 90 (1956). She died on 8 December 1996 in Chester, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA.
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A computer engineer by profession, Payal decided to try her hand in Bollywood after she was chosen in the last nine beauties in an Indian Beauty Pageant. She moved to Bombay thereafter, and since then there has been no looking back for this talented, attractive, young woman. She started her screen career by modeling for popular brands like Amul, Nirma, and Nescape, and was noticed immediately. Now she is spoken of as a Bollywood actress in the same caliber as Neha Dhupia, and Mallika Sherawat.- Rachel Rosenthal was born on 9 November 1926 in Paris, France. She was an actress, known for Games (1967), Combat! (1962) and It Takes a Thief (1968). She was married to King Moody. She died on 10 May 2015 in Los Angeles, California, USA.