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Sabu Dastagir (or Selar Shaik Sabu, depending on your resource) was born on January 27, 1924, in the little town of Mysore, India, which is nestled in the jungles of Karapur. The son of an elephant driver (mahout) in service for the Maharajah of his town, the young stable boy learned responsibility early in life when, at age 9, his father died and Sabu immediately became the ward of the royal elephant stables. As with many Hollywood success stories, good timing, and dumb luck allowed the impoverished youth a chance for a better life. By sheer chance the timid 12-year-old orphan was discovered by a British location crew while searching for a youth to play the title role (an elephant driver!) in their upcoming feature Elephant Boy (1937). Quite taken aback by his earnest looks, engaging naturalness and adaptability to wild animals and their natural habitat, the studio handed the boy a film career on a sterling silver platter and was placed under exclusive contract by the mogul Alexander Korda himself.
Sabu and his older brother (as guardian) were whisked away to England to complete the picture and became subsequent wards of the British government. They were given excellent schooling in the process and Sabu quickly learned the English language in preparation for his upcoming films. Elephant Boy (1937) was an unqualified hit and the young actor was promptly placed front and center once again in the film The Drum (1938) surrounded by an impressive British cast that included Raymond Massey and Valerie Hobson. With the parallel success of the Tarzan jungle movies in America, Hollywood starting taking a keen look at this refreshingly new boy talent when he first arrived in the U.S. for a publicity tour of the film. Again, his second film was given rave reviews, proving that Sabu would not be just a one-hit wonder.
His third film for Korda is considered one of the great true classics. In the Arabian fantasy-adventure The Thief of Bagdad (1940), Sabu plays Abu the Thief and is not only surrounded by superb actors -- notably June Duprez, John Justin, Rex Ingram (as the genie) and Conrad Veidt (as the evil Grand Vizier) -- but exceptional writing and incredible special effects. Sabu's name began stirring international ears. His last pairing with Korda was the excellent adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's classic book The Jungle Book (1942) playing Mowgli, the boy raised by wolves, who must adapt to the ways of mankind after being returned to his mother. The movie was directed by Alexander's brother Zoltan Korda.
Following this triumph, Sabu officially became the exotic commodity of Universal Pictures and he settled in America. Although initially rewarding monetarily, it proved to be undoing. Unfortunately (and too often typical), a haphazard assembly-line of empty-minded features were developed that hardly compared to the quality pictures in England under Korda. Saddled alongside the unexceptional Maria Montez and Jon Hall, his vehicles Arabian Nights (1942), White Savage (1943) and Cobra Woman (1944) were, for the most part, drivel but certainly did fit the bill as colorful, mindless entertainment.
Almost 20 years old by the time he became a citizen of the U.S. in 1944, he enlisted in the Army Air Force and earned WWII distinction in combat missions (Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal, among others) as a tail gunner. By the time Sabu returned to Universal and filming, the charm of his youth had worn off and the boyish stereotype impossible to escape.
Post-war audiences developed new tastes, but Sabu had no choice but to trudge on with retreads of his former glory. Films such as Tangier (1946) again opposite Ms. Montez, Man-Eater of Kumaon (1948) and Song of India (1949) opposite lovely princess Gail Russell did little to advance his career. While filming the last-mentioned movie, Sabu met and married actress Marilyn Cooper who temporarily filled in for an ailing Ms. Russell on the set. The couple went on to have two children.
Sabu actually fared better back in England during the late 40s, starring in the crime drama The End of the River (1947) and appearing fourth-billed as a native general in the exquisitely photographed Black Narcissus (1947). Daring in subject matter, the film had Deborah Kerr heading up a group of Anglican nuns who battle crude traditions, unexpected passions and stark raving madness while setting up a Himalayan order. By the mid-50s Sabu's career was rapidly approaching extinction, seeking work wherever he could find it - in low-budget Europe productions, public appearances, etc. An attempt to conjure up a TV series for himself failed. His life was further aggravated by unpleasant civil and paternity suits brought about against him. His last two pictures were supporting roles in Rampage (1963), which starred Robert Mitchum, and A Tiger Walks (1964), a thoroughly routine Disney picture which was released posthumously.
Sabu died unexpectedly at age 39 of a heart attack on December 2, 1963, at his home in Southern California and was buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery in the Hollywood Hills. Son Paul Sabu developed into an accomplished songwriter and even formed a rock band called Sabu; daughter Jasmine Sabu, who died in 2001, was a noted horse trainer whose skill was utilized occasionally for films. Although he went the way of too many of our former stars, Sabu continues to enchant and excite newer generations with his unmatched athletic skills and magnetic charm in those early adventure fantasies of yesteryear.- Abigail Pereira is known for Neon Bull (2015), El hotel de los famosos (2022) and Bailando por un sueño (2005).
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Adam Carl was born on 27 January 1971 in Fullerton, California, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991), The Monster Squad (1987) and Pieces of Eight (2006).- Actor
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Ajit Khan was born on 27 January 1922 in Golconda, Hyderabad State, British India. He was an actor, known for Zanjeer (1973), Awara Badal (1964) and Shareef Budmaash (1973). He died on 22 October 1998 in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.- Actor
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Al Whiting was born on 27 January 1970 in Tucson, Arizona, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for The Waterboy (1998), Jerry Maguire (1996) and Three Kings (1999).- Actor
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Alan Cumming was born on January 27, 1965, in Aberfeldy, Scotland, to Mary (Darling), an insurance company secretary, and Alex Cumming. His family lived nearby in Dunkeld, where his father was a forester for Atholl Estate. The family (including his brother, Tom) moved to Fassfern near Fort William, before moving to the east coast of Scotland in 1969, where Alan's father took up the position of Head Forester of Panmure Estate; it was there that Alan grew up. He went to Monikie Primary School and Carnoustie High School, where he began appearing in plays, and soon after that began working with with the Carnoustie Theatre Club and Carnoustie Musical Society.
In 1981, he left high school with 8 'O' Grades and 4 Highers, but because he was too young to enter any university or drama school he worked for just over a year as a sub-editor at D.C. Thomson Publishers in Dundee. There he worked on the launch of a new magazine, "Tops", and was also the "Young Alan" who answered readers' letters. In September 1982 he began a three-year course at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow. He graduated in 1985 with a B.A. (Dramatic Studies) and awards for verse speaking and direction. He also had formed a cabaret double act with fellow student Forbes Masson called Victor and Barry, which went on to become hugely successful with tours (including two Perrier Pick of the Fringe seasons in London and a month-long engagement at the Sydney Opera House as part of an Australian tour), records ("Hear Victor and Barry and Faint", "Are We Too Loud?") and many TV appearances throughout the UK. Before graduating Alan made his professional theater and film debuts in "Macbeth" at the Tron Theatre in Glasgow and in Gillies MacKinnon's "Passing Glory". After graduating, Alan worked extensively in Scottish theater and television, including a stint on the soap opera Take the High Road (1980) before moving to London when "Conquest of the South Pole", a play by German playwright Manfred Karge, transferred from the Traverse Theatre in, Edinburgh to the the Royal Court in London, earning him his first Olivier award nomination for Most Promising Newcomer of 1988. Alan performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company and then the Royal National Theatre, where he starred in "Accidental Death of an Anarchist", which he also adapted with director Tim Supple. The production was nominated for Best revival at the 1991 Olivier awards and Alan won for Comedy Performance of the Year.
His film career began with Ian Sellar's Prague (1992), in which he starred with Sandrine Bonnaire and Bruno Ganz. The film premiered at the 1992 Cannes film festival and went on to win him Best Actor award at the Atlantic Film Festival and a Scottish BAFTA Best Actor nomination. In the same year he made two films for the BBC - The Last Romantics (1992) and Bernard and the Genie (1991), the latter winning him the Top Television Newcomer award at 1992 British Comedy Awards. In the 1992 Olivier awards he was also nominated for Comedy Performance of the Year for "La Bete". In 1993 he played Hamlet for the English Touring Theare to great critical acclaim ("An actor knocking on the door of greatness" - Daily Mail; ranked first and second--with his performance in "Cabaret"--in the Daily Telegraph's performances of the year) and then immediately went on to play the Emcee in Sam Mendes' revival of "Cabaret" at the same venue (London's Donmar Warehouse). He received a 1994 Olivier award nomination for Best Actor in a Musical for "Cabaret", and for Hamlet he received the 1994 TMA Best Actor award and a Shakespeare Globe award nomination.
In 1994, he made his first Hollywood film, Circle of Friends (1995), and his performance as the oleaginous Sean Walsh along with those in two films released in quick succession (Emma (1996) and GoldenEye (1995)) brought him to the attention of American producers, and he appeared in several Hollywood films, such as Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997) and Buddy (1997). He returned to the UK in 1997 to work with Stanley Kubrick and the Spice Girls before returning stateside in 1998 to reprise his role in "Cabaret" on Broadway. The show and his portrayal were a sensation, and he received the Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics' Circle, Theatre World, FANY, New York Press and New York Public Advocate's awards for his performance. Since then he has alternated between theater and films, and also between smaller independent films and more mainstream fare. His theater work includes 2001's "Design for Living" on Broadway and the hugely successful off-Broadway "Elle" by Jean Genet, which he adapted and played the lead in 2002. His films include Julie Taymor's Titus (1999), Urbania (2000), the "Spy Kids" trilogy, Josie and the Pussycats (2001), X2 (2003), Nicholas Nickleby (2002), Son of the Mask (2005) and the Showtime movie musical Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical (2005).
He wrote, directed, produced and acted in The Anniversary Party (2001) with Jennifer Jason Leigh, which premiered at the Cannes Film festival in 2002 and went on to win a National Board of Review award and two Independent Spirit award nominations. More recently he has produced the documentary Show People (2004) and the films Sweet Land (2005) and Full Grown Men (2006) (and appears in both) and acted in Gray Matters (2006) opposite Heather Graham and Bam Bam and Celeste (2005), opposite Margaret Cho. In 2006, he returned to Broadway as Macheath in "The Threepenny Opera". He has also found the time to write a novel, "Tommy's Tale", in 2002.- Albina Kelmendi is a Kosovo-Albanian singer and songwriter. She studied clarinet and piano at the Halit Kasapolli music school in her hometown and started performing together with her family under the name Family Band. She rose to fame after placing as the runner-up on the fourth series of The Voice of Albania in 2014. Kelmendi and her family represented Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 with the song "Duje".
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Àlex Monner was born on 27 January 1995 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. He is an actor and director, known for [REC] 3: Genesis (2012), The Next Skin (2016) and The Red Band Society (2011).- Actor
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Alex Norton was born on 27 January 1950 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for The Count of Monte Cristo (2002), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) and Braveheart (1995). He has been married to Sally Kinghorn since 17 December 2001. They have three children.- Alyse Zwick was born on January 27, 1986 in Brant Beach, New Jersey. She is an actress, known for Fugly! (2014), 8 Easy Steps (2009) and The Girl's Guide to Depravity (2012). As a teen she attended Pebblebrook High School, The Cobb County Center for Excellence in Performing Arts where she focused on Drama and Ballet. She received an acting scholarship to Wright State University pursuing acting musical theatre and dance. She later graduated from CUNY: School of Professional Studies in New York City with a degree in Communications & Culture. In 2009, She won the title of Miss New York 2009 for the Miss America Organization and won the Lifestyle and Swimsuit Competition at the Miss America Pageant in Las Vegas. Her title led her to a career in broadcasting and hosting. From 2015-2019 she was the host of the NHL's New York Islanders and Traffic Anchor/Reporter at NY1 News in New York City. She is the host of the WWE Network's This Week in WWE and a Traffic Anchor at Fox 5 NY.
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Amy Hargreaves (born January 27, 1970) is an American actress who has worked in film, television and theater. She has a recurring role on Homeland as Maggie Mathison. In 1994, she starred in Brainscan with Edward Furlong. In 2012 she made an appearance as Dr. Karen Folson in the 2nd season episode "Leap of Faith" on the CBS show Blue Bloods. In 2017 she portrayed the role of Lainie Jensen, mother of protagonist Clay Jensen, in the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why.
Actress known for her role as Maggie Mathison on Homeland. She was also cast as Lainie Jensen on the show 13 Reasons Why and was in the movies Blue Ruin and The Preppie Connection.- Actress
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Andi was born in Stratford, East London and attended Sarah Bonnell Comprehensive School. She studied drama at Barking College of Technology where peers included Razaaq Adoti (Amistad (1997), Black Hawk Down (2001)), Sarah Webb, lead singer of acid jazz group D Influence and Idris Elba (Pacific Rim (2013), The Wire (2002)).
She later went on to study TV production at Ravensbourne College of Design after which she took several roles at TV post production companies. Andi also worked in TV broadcasting at Walt Disney Television International and was the technical ops manager at new media start up, Where-It's-At. After working as a post production supervisor on ITV soap Night & Day (2001) Andi retrained as an actor at The Academy Drama School in London. She made her stage debut in 2003 and went on to appear at several renowned fringe and off-West End venues including The Arts Theatre, Riverside Studios, Kings Head and Liverpool Everyman.
2005 saw her "powerful" (Time Out) performance in Medea and as jazz singer, Dolly Rathebe in Who Killed Mr Drum? Andi ended the year with a No. 1 tour of Dael Orlandersmith's Pulitzer nominated play, Yellowman which received critical praise.
Andi's TV debut was in long-running BBC soap EastEnders (1985).
In 2007 Andi began performing stand up comedy and in July of that year won the coveted Funny Women award at London's Comedy Store. She went on to be runner up at Hackney Empire New Act of The Year and Leicester Mercury Comedian of The Year. This launched a successful television career which saw Andi make regular appearances on popular panel shows including Mock the Week (2005) and Never Mind the Buzzcocks (1996). She has also made two appearances on Jack Dee Live at the Apollo (2004) as well as three sell out tours of her solo stand up shows, All The Single Ladies and Afroblighty.
She performed live, in front of a 15,000 strong audience at London's O2 arena for the Channel 4 Great Ormond Street Comedy Gala.
She made her feature debut in Swinging with the Finkels (2011) opposite Sherlock (2010) and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) star Martin Freeman.
Andi is an accomplished writer (The One Lenny (2011) and Stand Up for the Week (2010) (in which she also appeared). Andi is also developing her own film and television projects.
She has written for Fox US and BBC TV and Radio and for several newspapers including The Times and The I and is a regular blogger.
In 2014 Andi wrote and produced Brit.i.am (2014), a crowd-sourced short film about Britishness which went on to win three awards and was officially selected for ten festivals. She recently completed her second short, The Grid (2015), a sci thriller starring newcomer Stony Blyden and Eastenders alumni Troy Titus-Adams.- Actor
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Arpad Busson was born on 27 January 1963 in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France. He is an actor and producer, known for On the Road (2012), Sweet Lies (1987) and Seduced and Abandoned (2013).- Director
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Ashley Avis is an American director, screenwriter, and producer. She was born in Chicago, Illinois and is married to Edward Winters, who is her partner in their Los Angeles based production company, Winterstone Pictures.
After beginning her career as a journalist in New York City, and directing and producing several independent films in her twenties; in 2020 she wrote, directed, as well as edited Disney's Black Beauty starring Oscar Winner Kate Winslet and Twilight's Mackenize Foy. Inspired by Anna Sewell's timeless classic, the film was an official selection to 2021 Cameraimage and reviewed as a "gorgeous, sweeping epic" by Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun-Times.
Passionate about horses, and working with children through her nonprofit, she next embarked on a four-year documentary in Wild Beauty: Mustang Spirit of the West (2022). The film won "Best Director" and "Best Cinematography" at DOCLA, "Best Documentary" at the Boston Film Festival and "Best Documentary" at the St. Louis International Film Festival; in addition to raising unprecedented awareness for wild horses and public lands protection.
Ashley lives in California with her husband Edward, and is the founder of The Wild Beauty Foundation.- Actor
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Ben Baller was born on 27 January 1973 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor and podcaster, known for Death for Hire: The Origin of Tehk City, The Clinic (2010) and Jin (2011). He has been married to Nicolette Yang since 25 February 2012. They have three children.- Anthony Eric Benjamin Joseph Mitchell was born January 27th in Birmingham, Alabama as the oldest of 2 children. He began acting after moving to Atlanta Georgia at the age of five. He booked his first national McDonald's commercial at age six, soon after booking a national Toys R Us Commercial, then a national Campbell Soup Commercial. B.J. began doing voice work for Cartoon Network in Atlanta and at age seven, he made his first movie debut in the film World Traveler. At age nine BJ's mother moved him and his sister to Los Angels to pursue his acting career. Within months of arriving in Los Angels B.J. landed his first series regular role on the WB series Like Family as "Bobby Ward". B.J. later began booking roles on major network series such as NBC's Harry's Law, Nickelodeon's How to Rock and Instant Mom, CBS's NCIS, ABC's Blackish and Uncle Buck, MTV's Faking It, ABC Family's The Fosters and Bones on Fox. B.J. also stars in Netflix original series Greenhouse Academy as "Parker Grant". B.J. is a talented and passionate artist currently residing in Los Angeles, California.
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Bobby Bland was born on 27 January 1930 in Rosemark, Tennessee, USA. He is known for The Fugitive (1993), The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017) and Fighting (2009). He was married to Willie Mae Bland. He died on 23 June 2013 in Memphis, Tennessee, USA.- Actor
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Bobby Deol (Vijay Singh Deol) is the second son of Bollywood mega-star Dharmendra. His older brother is another Bollywood mega-star, Sunny Deol. Deol began his career as a child artiste in the movie Dharam Veer (1977), playing a young Dharmendra.
He has two step-sisters, namely Bollywood actress Esha Deol and Ahana Deol. His step-mother is the Bollywood "Dreamgirl" Hema Malini. Bobby Deol married Tanya Ahuja and has been blessed with two sons. The second son was born on November 5, 2004 at 5:00 am, and is named "Dharam" after his grandpa. The elder son is named Aryaman.- Actor
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Lemasters was born Braeden Matthew Lemasters in Warren, Ohio on January 27, to Dave and Michelle Lemasters. He and his family then moved to Santa Clarita where they now reside. He has one brother Austin.
Lemasters started acting at the age of 9, where he first starred in Six Feet Under as Frankie. He was a series regular on "Men of a Certain Age" where he was Ray Romano's son on TNT. He later was a series regular on the ABC series " Betrayal" He also has guest starred on several series including NCIS, House, Grey's Anatomy, ER, Criminal Minds,The Closer, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Saving Grace, Cold Case, Saving Grace and Wedding Band. He can also be seen in the films The Stepfather,Easy A and R.L. Stine's Monsterville: The Cabinet of Souls. Look for Lemasters in 2017 in the upcoming series T@gged Also coming soon is are a Blumhouse Production called "Totem" and "Flock of Four" In 2009, he started a band called the Feaver(later renamed The Narwhals) with Dylan Minnette, which includes Zack Mendenhall on bass and Cole Preston on drums Lemasters is the singer and guitarist. In April of 2017 they officially became Wallows and released their first single "Pleaser"- Brian Drebber was born on 27 January 1950 in Guam, Marianas Islands. He was an actor, known for American Flyers (1985), The 1992 Winter Olympics on TNT (1992) and The 1994 Winter Olympics on TNT (1994). He died on 23 August 2018 in Georgia.
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Bridget Jane Fonda was born in Los Angeles, California, to Susan Brewer and actor Peter Fonda. She is the granddaughter of Henry Fonda and niece of Jane Fonda, both famous actors. Bridget made her film debut at age five as an extra in Easy Rider (1969), but first became interested in acting after appearing in a high school production of "Harvey." At age 18, she enrolled at New York University and spent four years there and at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute.
She went on to hone her craft in workshop productions and worked on such stage projects as "Just Horrible," written by Nicholas Kazan, who later cast Bridget in his directorial debut, "Professional Man," an episode for The Edge (1989) series on HBO. She also starred in PBS's Jacob Have I Loved (1989) and in a segment of Aria (1987), a film composed of short works by 10 respected directors. Her film credits include The Godfather Part III (1990), Strapless (1989), Doc Hollywood (1991), Singles (1992), and Single White Female (1992).- Brooke Butler was born in Woodinville, Washington to parents Greg and Sunny Butler. She has one older brother, Bret Butler. She began dancing and singing at age five after falling in love with Phantom of the Opera. Brooke attended the University of Southern California where she was a USC Cheerleader and received a Bachelor's degree in Dramatic Arts.
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Gorgeous, buxom and voluptuous brunette knockout Charlotte Kemp was born on January 21, 1961 in Omaha, Nebraska. Kemp is of mixed French, Welsh, German and Native American descent. A successful athlete during her teen years, Charlotte not only participated in the competitive swimming events 50-meter Butterfly, 400-meter Relay and 400-meter Individual Medley, but also was an AAU state champion for two years and a member of the Junior Olympic team. In addition, Kemp also played tennis in high school and college after breaking both her knees at age fifteen. Charlotte has been an avid skier since the age of four and is even a runner who has completed fifteen marathons. She was approached to pose for "Playboy" magazine while studying biology and psychology at Indiana University. Charlotte was the Playmate of the Month in the December, 1982 issue of "Playboy." Following her Playmate stint Kemp moved to Europe where she lived in Monte Carlo, London and Sweden. While living in Europe she continued to model and acted in several movies. Charlotte eventually moved back to America and settled in New York City. Kemp has acted in a few more films: She had her only lead as perky men's magazine model and aspiring actress Laura Shea in the enjoyably trashy straight-to-video slasher thriller opus "Posed for Murder," portrayed a prostitute in the hilariously outrageous horror comedy "Frankenhooker," popped up in a small part in "Repossessed," and had a co-starring role as Gayle in the goofy golf comedy romp "Fairway to Heaven." Kemp holds the distinction of being the first and only Miss Budweiser girl. In 1990 Charlotte moved to Los Angeles, California and founded the company International Sponsors Limited. She formed the Running Playmates team in 1994. Moreover, Kemp owns and serves as president of CHK Productions, Inc. Charlotte has also become a contractor in California and started an acid staining company called Fauxcrete by Char, which specializes in beautiful acid staining of concrete. Kemp is now working on her masters degree in psychology and attends autograph shows all over America on a regular basis. Charlotte Kemp lives in Houston, Texas with her husband and son.- Chet Grissom was born in Washington D.C. He is the youngest of three children born to F. Dewayne Grissom and Lynn Turner Grissom and lived the first ten years of his life in the D.C. suburbs of Bethesda and Darnestown, MD. It was while he was attending Darnestown Elementary that his choir teacher convinced him to audition for a local dinner theater production of "Bye Bye Birdie" when he was eight years old. He was cast and that experience changed his life. He was hooked. In 1975 his family moved onto a boat (in which he lived until he was 18) in St. Petersburg, FL and he continued doing plays and musicals locally at the St. Petersburg City Theatre (where a young Angela Bassett also performed) and at the (now gone) Showboat Dinner Theatre, where he met such actors as Robert Cummings and Nanette Fabray. He attended three different high schools, graduating from the Visual and Performing Arts Program at Booker High School in Sarasota, FL. Fellow students at the time were Oscar winner Bill Corso and comedian Lynne Koplitz. After graduating he left Florida to attend the Goodman School of Drama (now The Theatre School at DePaul University) in Chicago, IL where he received a BFA in Acting. Fellow students at the time included Kevin J. O'Connor, Oscar nominee John C. Reilly, and Emmy winner Gillian Anderson. As a freshman he volunteered to usher for the final preview of the original production of the play "Glengarry Glen Ross" which was in the intimate space at Chicago's Goodman Theatre. What he witnessed that night changed him on a deep level. After graduation he spent the next ten years immersed in the thriving Chicago theatre scene, working everywhere from tiny storefront black box theaters to the large stage at the Goodman Theatre and everywhere in between. At the Goodman Theatre he was in the cast of Shakespeare's "Richard II" which also included a young Nick Offerman, Chris Bauer, Chicago legend Mike Nussbaum, and future Broadway star Raúl Esparza. In 1997 he made the trip west to Los Angeles in classic Hollywood style with everything that he owned in an old Honda Accord. Knowing nobody (except other unemployed actors), it took some time to gain traction. He started doing theater and going to film and TV auditions, landing a commercial after his first year and small parts in television after his second year. By his third year he finally started working on a consistent basis and hasn't stopped since. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife Lisa Kenner Grissom.
- Chike is a British actor of East Asian extraction. Born in 1974 in Stockport, UK, he was brought up in South Manchester where he attended Parrswood High School. After a break from studying A-Levels he trained at The Arden School of Theatre, graduating in 2000. Chike is conversant in 9 languages.
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Chris Gauthier was born on 27 January 1976 in Luton, Bedfordshire, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Freddy vs. Jason (2003), Watchmen (2009) and 40 Days and 40 Nights (2002). He was married to Erin Gauthier. He died on 23 February 2024 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.- Christina Corigliano moved from Buffalo, New York to Hollywood, California in the summer of 2006 after graduating from high school at Nichols Prep school. She has been very invested in her craft since she was in grade school where she was always involved in school and community theatre. She even wrote and directed her own play at the ripe age of 10. Growing up Christina prided her self on not only being involved in the arts, but also she was a very competitive athlete. She was involved in volleyball, basketball, and softball in school, but traveled on an AAU team for basketball which enabled her to travel around the east coast. But aside from sports, she also was very involved in pageantry. Christina is the title holder for many different pageant systems, and runner up for Miss Teen NY USA. In her Junior year of high school Christina took on the task of creating a benefit pageant in hopes of raising some money for Hall of Famer Jim Kelly's Krabbe's disease foundation. She was very surprised to be so blessed and to pull the community of Buffalo together to not only put on a spectacular show, but to raise over 15,000 dollars. Christina hopes to continue to put her connections to good use, and hopes to inspire others to do the same.
- Cindy Cheung is an award-winning actor across the stage, screen, and series. She thrilled audiences as one of the battling matriarchs in the final season of "The Sinner," and played one of the most memorable moms in "Thirteen Reasons Why." Cheung starred in two of the most high-profile Asian American plays of New York City's 2022 theatrical season, Manhattan Theater Club's "Golden Shield" by Anchuli Felicia King, directed by May Adrales, and Playwrights Horizons' "Catch as Catch Can" by Mia Chung, directed by Daniel Aukin. Cheung also played prominent roles in films including Mistress America, Obvious Child, and Lady in the Water, and in series including "The Flight Attendant," "Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens," "New Amsterdam," "High Maintenance," "Bull," "FBI," "Blue Bloods," "House of Cards," "Homeland," and all 3 iterations of "Law & Order." Her recognitions include The Tony Honor for Excellence in the Theatre-Asian American Performers Action Coalition (AAPAC), The Obie Special Citation for Advocacy in the Field of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (AAPAC) and The Charles Bowden Actor Award from New Dramatists. She received her MFA from the American Conservatory Theatrein San Francisco. Originally from La Palma, CA, and an applied mathematics major at UCLA, Cheung has been a citizen of New York City for 25 years, and lives in Brooklyn with her husband, novelist Ed Lin, and son.
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Cindy Landon was born on 27 January 1957 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is a producer and actress, known for After Kony: Staging Hope (2011), The Game Changers (2018) and Sanctuary (2016). She was previously married to Michael Landon.- Claudio Gioè was born on 27 January 1975 in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. He is an actor, known for Ti racconto una storia (2005), Passato prossimo (2003) and La mafia uccide solo d'estate (2016).
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Clint Ford was born on January 27, 1976 in Fort Worth, Texas, USA. He is a screenwriter, actor, voice actor, producer and novelist.
In his voice acting credits, he is best known for his portrayal as the Klingon M'ven of the Great House of Martok in the video game, Star Trek Online (2010). He is also know for his work in Japanese Anime dubs such as Dragon Ball Z (1996), Yu Yu Hakusho: Ghost Files (1992) and Lupin the Third: The Legend of Twilight Gemini.
He has been married to Sarah L. Kirch since December 19, 2004. They have four children: Sarah, Jackson, Savannah, and Samuel.- Connor Widdows was born on 27 January 1992 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He is an actor, known for Freddy Got Fingered (2001), X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) and X2 (2003).
- Corky was born Janurary 27 1970 in Fresno California. He started singing and tap dancing at the age of 8. At age 10 he was discovered by a Hollywood agent. In 1980 Corky was sent on an audition for a movie called the "Forest". He got the role. He went on to do over two dozen national commercials and television appearances working with such actors as Danny Devito, Bill Paxton, Tim Conway, until landing the role of "Freddy" on the show "Silver Spoons" in 1982. He would appear on the show for four years. Working in between on various projects and also appearing on "The Tonight Show" with Johnny Carson as a guest. He then got the role of "Winslow" on "Party Camp" in 1987. After doing the movie his passion changed. He then went on to plays drums and make countless records in various bands, tour with bands like MXPX and Reel Big Fish for the next ten years. He is now happily married with a beautiful wife and daughter.
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Daisy Lowe was born on 27 January 1989 in London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Sweat (2015), Confine (2013) and Tulip Fever (2017).- Director
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Dan Eckman was born on 27 January 1984 in Manchester, New Hampshire, USA. He is a director and editor, known for Checkout (2006), Mystery Team (2009) and National Spelling Bee (2006).- Actor
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Daniel Donskoy was born on 27 January 1990 in Moscow, USSR. He is an actor and producer, known for Barbarians (2020), A Small Light (2023) and Victoria (2016).- Stunts
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Danny Aiello was an accomplished producer and director with twenty-five years experience in the industry, receiving considerable notice as one of New York's finest up-and-coming filmmakers. He most recently produced and directed: 18 Shades of Dust (1999), a feature film nominated at the London Film Festival; the CBS television series Dellaventura (1997) nominated for the People's Choice Award for Best New Dramatic Series; and has directed episodes of the Paramount television series The Untouchables (1993) and The Watcher (2000), as well as being 2nd Unit Director for both series.
Aiello's resume includes over three hundred films and television shows including Rescue Me (2004), Stateside (2004), and 21 Grams (2003) in the capacity of a stuntman, stunt coordinator, and second unit director. His experience and relationships with the New York unions has been invaluable in past productions. He served on the Screen Actor's Guild of America Stunt and Safety Committee and had participated in the negotiations for the 2005 AFTRA contract negotiations. He was President of Reinvented Films, Inc., a film and television production and development company; and also the President of CMG Talent, Inc.- Actor
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David DeSantos was born and raised in the San Fernando Valley to an industry family. He grew up in the post production world, having a Grandmother who was a film editor on tv's first western, Gunsmoke. He attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, and has been working in the nations top regional theatres for almost a decade, as well as working on Television's highest regarded shows. In 2011, he was honored to be a part of a dramatized version of Shakespeare's Hamlet that was nominated for a Grammy for Best Spoken Word / Audiobook.- Writer
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David Andrew Yallop was born on 27th January 1937 in South London. His mother was Irish and his father English. He was brought up as a Catholic, served as an altar boy in the local church and attended the local school. He was an average student in all subjects but English at which he excelled. His talent was recognised and encouraged by his teacher Mr. Collins.
He left school at the age of 14 as his mother could no longer afford to keep him there, and got work as a tea boy in a newspaper office as he wanted to be a journalist. He did National Service, which was obligatory in those days, and then started to get work in television. Independent television had started on 22nd September 1955. After several jobs along the way David was accepted by Associated Rediffusion which then became Rediffusion as Assistant Floor Manager then Floor Manager. With the change of the companies in 1968 David went to London Weekend Television. He started writing alongside his television work and eventually gave up his television job to write full time.
He started writing for television before he started writing his books because he was there. During the sixties and seventies he wrote for many of the pop groups, some singers and comedians. Names he remembers writing for are the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, James Brown, Elton John, Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, Dusty Springfield, Ingrid Bergman, Lulu, Cilla Black, the Who, Freddie and the Dreamers, Frankie Laine, the Moody Blues, the Monkees, Tom Jones, Diana Ross and the Supremes, Desmond Decker, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Phil Collins, the Righteous Brothers, Sonny and Cher, Noddy Holder and Slade, Gerry and the Pacemakers, Nat King Cole, Billy Daniels, David Whitfield, Englebert Humperdinck, the Four Tops, Stan Getz, Gary Glitter, Hot Chocolate, Jackie Wilson, the Bee Gees, Marianne Faithfull, Georgie Fame, Judy Garland, Julie Covington, Dave Dee Dozey Beaky Mick and Titch, Kiki D, Kenny Lynch, Stevie Wonder, David Barry, Meatloaf, Ike and Tina Turner, Louis Armstrong, the Hollies, Matt Munro, Mary Hopkins. He wrote special material for Charlie Drake, Rolf Harris, David Frost and Spike Milligan.
He is best known for his ten blockbuster books which have just been released on Kindle by Amazon, although some are still in print in book form. Deliver us from Evil: To Encourage the Others: In God's Name - which has never been out of print since it was written and first published in 1984 - Beyond Reasonable Doubt: To the Ends of the Earth: the Day the Laughter Stopped - the story of Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle. This book is very hard to get now, but it is obtainable secondhand. It is of particular interest to film buffs as Roscoe Arbuckle was one of the first Hollywood movie stars. He worked with Mack Sennett and was one of the first Keystone Kopps. Roscoe Arbuckle introduced both Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton to the industry. Indeed the title of the book 'the Day the Laughter Stopped' are words spoken by Buster Keaton. The book is a fascinating description of the beginning of the Hollywood Movie business and the power it achieved. Beyond Belief: Unholy Alliance: How they Stole the Game and the Power and the Glory make up the 10. They have been translated into many languages and have been published all over the world. He has written under the names David A. Yallop which his mother prefered and David Yallop which his publishers prefer.
He was a prolific writer of scripts for television and also wrote screenplays for two movies and a theatre play. Movies he wrote scripts for are 'Chicago Joe and the Showgirl' starring Keifer Sutherland and Emily Lloyd and 'Beyond Reasonable Doubt' - from his novel of the same name. This was commissioned by New Zealand director John Barnett and starred Australian actor John Hargreaves and British actor David Hemmings. In 2014 John Barnett said it is still a film he is proud of.
Minder - George Cole and Dennis Waterman of course - David wrote several scripts including 'The Balance of Power' in Series 5 : two episodes in series 7 'Days of Fines and Closures' and 'The Wrong Goodbye' Series 8 boasted five David Yallop scripts: 'The Loneliness of the Longdistance Entrepreneur' 'Whatever Happened to Her Indoors' 'Three Cons Make a Mountain' 'Guess Who's Coming to Pinner' and 'A bird in the Hand is Worth Two in Shepherds Bush' Series 9 has two David Yallop scripts 'Cars and Pints and Pains' and Looking for Mr. Goodtime.
Television plays include: To Encourage the Others for BBC (SFTA Nominated) The Fruits of Philosophy for Granada They Ran Before the Wind for New Zealand TV Why Not? For ATV Monty Python in the Court of America for BBC Next Time Lucky - BBC Play for Today Are you in the Business for ATV Voices in my Ear for Limehouse Productions Young Man in a Hurry for LWT My Learned Friend for BBC The Marchioness Disaster for Granada/Yorkshire TV.
Television series as well as Minder already listed include:- Crown Court 12 x 3 plays for Granada Orlando - of which he was the Series Creator Eastenders - 105 storylines for BBC An Independent Man - Series Creator and Sole writer - for ITV.
Television Comedy - David has written lot but remembers the following titles. Frost on Sunday for LWT Barker & Corbett for LWT That was the Week that Was for BBC Out of the Trees - co-writer with Graham Chapman for Monty Python French Without Tears for Canadian Broadcasting.
His one Stage Play was 'In Search of a Man' which his great friend Director Alan Clarke asked him to write. It was directed by Alan Clarke for the Questors.
David still does some writing and is just now getting together short pieces he has written for magazines to be published as a collection soon.- Actress
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Deepshikha Nagpal was born on 27 January 1977 in Bombay, Maharashtra, India. She is an actress and writer, known for Yeh Dooriyan (2011), Red Swastik (2007) and Baadshah (1999). She was previously married to Kaishav Arora and Jeet Upendra.- Derek Acorah was born on 27 January 1950 in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Big Fat Gypsy Gangster (2011), Doctor Who (2005) and Crispy's Curse (2017). He was married to Gwen Acorah, Barbara Keeton and Joan Hughes. He died on 3 January 2020 in Bootle, Lancashire, England, UK.
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Devin Druid, a Virginia native, is an up and coming young talent with work that shows a depth seldom seen at his age. He developed a love for performing after receiving a standing ovation at his school talent show, which brought him the opportunity to serve as the front-man for an all-teen rock band. Since then, Devin has performed in a number of films playing: a bully, an urban skater, a witness to a murder, and a cold-blooded killer. The emotional depth and complexity of the character MILO in Disgrace allowed Devin to take his craft to the next level. Devin is now pursuing other film and television projects under the skilled direction of his team at Shirley Grant Management.- Actress
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Better known for her scandalous private life than for her mild film input, the story goes that blonde, extremely well-endowed Dolores Moran was checked out at an annual Sacramento Elks Lodge picnic in 1941 by a Warner Brothers talent scout in the early 40s and a starlet was born.
Born in Stockton, California in 1926, this bombshell looker, a one-time drive-in car hop, had started collecting beauty titles as a teen ("Queen of the Butte County Fair") by the time the major studio took notice of her and signed her up. The studio immediately promoted the darker-haired-now-platinum blonde as a WWII pin-up and her cover-girl appearances on magazines became a favorite with GI soldiers. Beginning in 1942, she would start out as set decoration (including Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)) and would typically be utilized in small, decorative film parts. She achieved a bit of distinction, or perhaps distraction, in a couple of larger roles -- Bette Davis and Miriam Hopkins' tearjerker Old Acquaintance (1943), Bogie and Bacall's To Have and Have Not (1944), and Jack Benny's The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945).
Moran's reputation of having affairs with married film heavyweights had already preceded her by the time the 22-year-old began dating 42-year-old producer Benedict Bogeaus, who was married to starlet Mimi Forsythe at the time. Bogeaus divorced his wife and married Moran in late 1946. Two years later Dolores bore him a son. Sadly, in 1952, Bogeaus' former wife committed suicide.
Secondary roles followed for Moran with Too Young to Know (1945) and the film noir The Man I Love (1946). Dolores first worked with her producer/husband in the film Christmas Eve (1947). Her film career sagged after that as her Svengali-like husband insisted she appear strictly in his pictures from Johnny One-Eye (1950) and Count the Hours! (1953) to her last role as a burlesque queen in Silver Lode (1954), often giving her roles that showed off her "bad girl" image. In between she appeared on TV: "Dangerous Assignment," "My Hero" and Mr. & Mrs. North".
The turbulent marriage of Dolores and Benedict finally came to an end in 1962. Moran decided to lay low after this and, as such, little was heard about her until newspapers reported her death from cancer at age 56 in 1982.- Don Burton was born on 27 January 1962 in Canada.
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Don Dohler was born on January 27, 1946 in Baltimore, Maryland. Dohler became interested in fantastic films at a very young age (Dohler was a longtime reader of the popular horror magazine "Famous Monsters of Filmland"). He began making 8mm shorts at age 12. Dohler also published a "Mad" magazine type spin-off called "Wild" in his teen years. Dohler's initial forays into filmmaking include the stop-motion animation short "Mr. Clay" and the sci-fi effort "Pursued." Both films won awards from the amateur filmmakers club the Washington Society of Cinematographers. In 1972 Dohler launched the movie magazine "Cinemagic," which had an eleven issue run which lasted until 1979. Dohler made his feature length debut with the enjoyably cheap "The Alien Factor." Don's follow-up films were a pretty eclectic bunch: the creepy horror offering "Fiend," the gloriously gaga "Nightbeast," the goofy "Galaxy Invader," and the outrageously gruesome "Blood Massacre." After a regrettably lengthy absence from movie-making, Dohler bounced back with the belated sequel "Alien Factor 2: The Alien Rampage." In addition, Don served as both writer and producer on the straight-to-video fright flicks "Harvesters," "Stakes," "Crawler," and "Vampire Sisters." Moreover, Dohler was managing editor of the newspaper the Times Herald. Don Dohler died at age 60 of cancer on December 2nd, 2006.- Actress
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Donna Reed was born in the midwestern town of Denison, Iowa, on January 27, 1921, as Donna Belle Mullenger. A small town - a population of less than 3,000 people - Denison was located by the Boyer River, and was the county seat of Crawford County. Donna grew up as a farm girl, much like many young girls in western Iowa, except for one thing - Donna was very beautiful. That wasn't to say that others weren't as pretty, it's just that Donna's beauty stood out from all the other local girls, so much so that she won a beauty contest in Denison. Upon graduation from high school Donna left for college in Los Angeles, in the hopes of eventually entering movies. While at Los Angeles City College, she pursued her dream by participating in several college stage productions. In addition to the plays, she also won the title of Campus Queen. At one of those stage plays Donna was spotted by an MGM talent scout and was signed to a contract. Her first film was a minor role in MGM's The Getaway (1941). That was followed by a small part in Babes on Broadway (1941), with Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland as a secretary. She then won her breakthrough role in Shadow of the Thin Man (1941). Afterwards, MGM began giving her better parts, in films such as The Bugle Sounds (1942), The Courtship of Andy Hardy (1942) and The Man from Down Under (1943). In 1944 she received second billing playing Carol Halliday in See Here, Private Hargrove (1944), a comedy about a reporter drafted into the army who eventually meets up with Donna's character as a worker in the canteen. The following year Donna starred in The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945), her best role to date. It was a love story set in London in 1890. It got mixed critical reviews but did well at the box-office. Donna was now one of the leading ladies of Hollywood. In 1946 she starred in what is probably her best-known role, as the wife of James Stewart in the classic It's a Wonderful Life (1946). This timeless story is a holiday staple to this day. The film also starred Lionel Barrymore and Thomas Mitchell. The next year Donna starred as Ann Daniels in Paramount's Beyond Glory (1948) with Alan Ladd, which did well at the box-office. Her next role was the strongest she had had yet--Chicago Deadline (1949), again with Ladd. It was one of the best mystery dramas to come out of Hollywood in a long time, and did very well at the box office. As the 1940s faded out and the 1950s stormed in, Donna's roles got bigger but were mainly of the wholesome, girl-next-door type. In 1953, however, she starred as the hostess Alma in the widely acclaimed From Here to Eternity (1953). She was so good in that film she was nominated for and won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, beating out such veterans as Thelma Ritter and Marjorie Rambeau. The film itself won for Best Picture and remains a classic to this day. Later that year Donna starred in The Caddy (1953), a comedy with Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin. Three years later she landed the role of Sacajawea in The Far Horizons (1955), the story of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, starring Charlton Heston and Fred MacMurray. After finishing The Whole Truth (1958), Donna began her own TV series (produced by her husband), The Donna Reed Show (1958), a hit that ran for eight years. She was so effective in the show that she was nominated for TV's prestigious Emmy Award as Best Actress every year from 1959-1962. She was far more popular in TV than on the screen. After the run of the program, Donna took some time away from show business before coming back in a couple of made-for-TV movies (in 1974, she had made a feature called Welcome to Arrow Beach (1973), but it was never released). She did get the role of Ellie Ewing Farlow in the hit TV series Dallas (1978) during the 1984-85 season. It was to be her final public performance. On January 14, 1986, less than two weeks before her 65th birthday, she died of pancreatic cancer in Beverly Hills, California. Grover Asmus, her husband, created the Donna Reed Foundation for the Performing Arts in her hometown of Denison. The foundation helps others who desire a career in the arts. Donna never forgot her roots. She was still a farm girl at heart.- Ed Schultz was born on 27 January 1954 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. He was an actor, known for The Campaign (2012), Warehouse 13 (2009) and The Ed Show (2009). He was married to Wendy Noack and Maureen Zimmerman. He died on 5 July 2018 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
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Edith Márquez, began her career in mexican TV program, "Jugemos a Cantar", under the stage name "Hedi". Then in 1988, she joined the ranks of the very popular Mexican pop group Timbiriche. She recorded three albums with them. She sang three songs by herself on these albums. The albums names are, "Timbiriche 8/9", which is a double album and "Timbiriche 10". The songs are called, "Lo Quiero", "Pasos" and "Yo No Soy Una Más". Afterwards, she released her solo debut album, titled "Frente a Tí"; singles like "Mi Error, Mi Fantasía" and "Ya Que Voy a estar Sin Tí" quickly grabbed the public's attention. Her second album is called "Caricias del Cielo". "Extravíate" is the title of her third album. She has recently released her fourth album titled "¿Quién te Cantará? Las Canciones de Juan Carlos Calderón." This is a compilation of the great songs of this mexican composer. Her first single from this album is called, "El Primero, El Único, El Último", has quickly topped popularity lists.- Writer
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Emily Carmichael was born and raised in New York City. She was the top-ranked English student in her graduating class at Stuyvesant High School, and shared the second-place ranking in Physics with one other student.
As a teenager, she contributed two essays ("Fight Girl Power" and "Acid Torches of Doom") to Ophelia Speaks, a collection of works by adolescent girls, which spent eighteen weeks on the New York Times Best Seller List. Salon's review of the book singled out her work as the strongest in the collection and she appeared as a featured guest on National Public Radio's Talk of the Nation to discuss issues of girlhood and modernity. In 2000 she won Bertelsmann's World of Expression Award for her short story "Losing It."
At Harvard University, she earned her B.A. with honors in Painting and Literature and continued to distinguish herself as an artist, playwright, and theater director. She wrote and directed two full-length plays -- Stopover and The Passion Sell (co-directed with Geordie Broadwater) -- and three short plays -- Amy's Roadside, The Impossibles, and The Minute Kings. She also co-directed a production of Macbeth: The Puppet Shakespeare for which she designed and sculpted twenty-two clay puppets. Her comic strip, Whiz Kids, which debuted in her high school newspaper, ran in the Harvard Crimson over two years. Seth MacFarlane, writing in Noise magazine, praised its artistry and Doonesbury rhythms. In Cambridge her paintings and sculptures were regularly featured in student exhibitions and she graduated with the David McCord Prize for Excellence in the Arts.
After her graduation in 2004, she moved back to New York City where she began to work professionally as an artist and writer. She assisted with story development on One Rat Short (Short-listed for the 2006 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film), and wrote and workshopped her new play, Madrigal's Dome, at the Manhattan Theater Club. She also served as a graphic designer for several ad and promotional campaigns and as a set designer for the second season of the Babel Theater Project.
In 2006, she entered the MFA film program at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. Her thesis film, The Hunter and the Swan Discuss Their Meeting, premiered at Sundance in 2011. Since then, her short films have screened at Sundance, Tribeca and SXSW, as well as international film festivals around the world.- Actor
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Eric Gustafsson was born on 27 January 1989 in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada. He is an actor and director, known for Helstrom (2020), Heartland (2007) and Bones of Crows: The Series (2023).- Actor
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Cue the Horns from the marauding raiders! Erik is the #VikingofVoice...well, he is a Viking for anything really. He got his start in video games and has garnered success in all areas of acting. Most well-known as the voice of "Draven", "Jax", and "VelKoz" in League of Legends. He has lent his voice to hundreds of games, from Heroes of the Storm and many Blizzard titles to The Walking Dead game for Telltale Games. You can hear him doing Audiobooks like "White Tiger Legend" and Stories like "TransSiberian Railroad" in the Calm app, as well as Commercials and Promos. Pillaging SoundBooths everywhere, here comes the Viking! The Viking of Voiceover!- Actress
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Fann Wong is a Singapore-born actress-singer-model of Chinese origin. Born on 27 January 1971, she derived her artiste name, Fann Wong, from a combination of her father's surname (Fann) and her mother's surname (Wong). With GCE 'A' Levels and a diploma in fashion merchandising from the La Salle International Academy, her break into showbiz was when she was 16, and was crowned champion of a beauty contest in Singapore which she participated in. She stayed in the modelling circuit between 1990 to 1994, occasionally flying to Taiwan to film product endorsements for products such as Oil of Ulan. In 1994, she was discovered in Taipei by a Singapore TV producer who invited her back to Singapore to act in a drama serial, Dreams Come True (1994). Fann's natural acting talent was discovered in the show, and this led to her career transition as a television actress based in Singapore. A slew of television projects soon after - including her third and award-winning serial, Chronicle of Life (1995) - raised her profile, status and popularity such that she became a top name in Singapore by 1995. In 1996, another career transition for her happened when she released her first solo Mandarin pop album, 'Fanntasy' (1996) in Singapore. However, due to a contractual problem which occurred in late 1996 between MediaCorp (her management agency in Singapore) and a Taiwanese artiste management agency, Fann was suspended for half a year. During that period, she attended vocal and drama classes in Shanghai. After she was released from her suspension period in mid-1997, she went over to Taiwan and released a repackaged version of that album, titled 'I Live Alone'. It was an immense success in the Taiwanese music market, achieving four IFPI Platinum awards in sales records and moving over half a million units in the East Asian market. In 1998, Fann's gongfu TV drama, The Return of the Condor Heroes (1998), was a runaway success in Taiwan and China. It immensely increased Fann's popularity in the region and certified her as a credible actress in the Chinese-speaking world. At the same time, the release of her very commercially-successful second solo album, 'Shopping' (1998), won her many fans in the region, including the award-winning Hongkong director, Tung-Shing Yee, who noticed her 'Shopping' MTV on Channel V in Hongkong and invited her to star in her first big-screen Hongkong movie, an art film titled The Truth About Jane and Sam (1999). Her breakthrough role as a delinquent teenager who finally made good introduced her to Hongkong movie audiences and won her a prestigious nomination for the Best New Performer Award at the Hongkong Film Awards (the Hongkong equivalent of the Oscars). The success of the movie led to another Hongkong feminist movie titled When I Fall in Love... with Both (2000), in which Fann had a starring role opposite Michelle Reis and 'Teresa Lee (I)'. In these two years, she also found time to continue her prolific singing career, releasing soundtracks to all her movies and TV serials as well as dueting with the British boyband, 911 in the English classic, 'Private Number'. Hence, in 2000, she became the first Singaporean to stage a large-scale concert ('My Story - Fann Wong In Concert') at Singapore's Indoor Stadium. It was a major media focus and a sell-out gig. Later in the year, Fann returned to her modelling origins again when she was invited to Hongkong to do an artistic pictorial helmed by renowned award-winning Hongkong conceptualists William Chang and Wing Shya. The pictorial, titled 'In +he Mood', found a ready market in Asia. It was noticed that made-in-Singapore serials like Out to Win (1999) and Looking for Stars (2000) won Fann the most critical acclaim and viewership ratings, so in 2001, her focus switched back to being a television actress, with 4 drama serials and one Taiwanese web movie in 2001 alone. She worked with renowned Taiwanese producer Pei-Pei Yang in a blockbuster Taiwanese serial Legend of the Snake Spirits (2001), which showcased her versatility in acting. This serial raised Fann's profile and popularity in Taiwan and later in the year, Fann was invited as a guest presenter for Taiwan's most prestigious movie award event, the Golden Horse Awards. In early 2002, she also appeared in the Ka-Fai Wai-produced China-Singapore collaboration, Brotherhood (2002). During this period, she diversified her career portfolio by actively hosting travelogue shows such as Travel Hunt: Japan (2001) and Fann Adventure (2002). In 2003, she appeared alongside international stars Jackie Chan and 'Owen Wilson' on cinema screens worldwide in her first Hollywood film, Shanghai Knights (2003), which gave her career an international boost. She was nominated in the 2003 MTV Movie Awards (Best Fight category) for her kickfighting role in this movie.- Actor
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Francesco Leonetti was born on 27 January 1924 in Cosenza, Calabria, Italy. He was an actor and writer, known for Oedipus Rex (1967), The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964) and The Year of the Cannibals (1969). He was married to Eleonora Fiorani. He died on 17 December 2017 in Milan, Italy.- Francisco Bass was born on 27 January 1981. He is an actor, known for Rebelde Way (2002), El Regreso de Lucas (2016) and El refugio (de los sueños) (2006).
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Frank Miller was born in Olney, Maryland, to a nurse mother and a carpenter and electrician father, and was raised in Montpelier, Vermont. He is of Irish descent. Miller was a big comics writer/artist in the '70s and '80s. He wrote and penciled the Marvel series "Daredevil" for a long time. His friend, Klaus Janson, inked. He also wrote two spinoffs about the character "Electra" and did a miniseries about the "X-Men" character "Wolverine". His hit miniseries "Ronin" was published by DC in the mid-eighties. His greatest success came with DC's character "Batman". In 1980, he wrote the acclaimed "Batman" story "Wanted - Santa Claus - Dead or Alive!" for DC Comics. In 1986, his most notable comic-book work, the groundbreaking "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns", an alternate history story about Batman in a grim future, was published by DC. Miller wrote and penciled. In 1988, he wrote the acclaimed "Batman: Year One", about Batman's first year on the job, for DC. In 1996, he wrote "Spawn versus Batman", a one-shot issue published by DC and Image Comics. He wrote the major motion pictures RoboCop 2 (1990) and RoboCop 3 (1993) and did the "Robocop" comic series for a little while.
Miller directed The Spirit (2008) and co-directed Sin City (2005) and Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014)_.- Music Department
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G.E. Smith was born on 27 January 1952 in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for Wayne's World (1992), The Departed (2006) and Wayne's World 2 (1993). He has been married to Taylor Barton since November 1990. They have one child. He was previously married to Gilda Radner.- Giacomo Battaglia was born on 27 January 1965 in Reggio Calabria, Calabria, Italy. He was an actor, known for Liberarsi - Figli di una rivoluzione minore (2008), Il matrimonio più sconvolgente della storia (2020) and Gole ruggenti (1992). He died on 31 March 2019 in Crotone, Calabria, Italy.
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Glen Chin was born on January 27, 1948 in San Francisco, California, USA. He is known for his work on 50 First Dates (2004), Natural Born Killers (1994) and The Art of War (2000). Glen was a wonderfully accomplished Bass Violin virtuoso while living in Stockton, California. He was gifted in that profession with the Stockton Symphony and very well respected in his craft. He attended Grover Cleveland Grammar School, Stockton Junior High School, and Amos Alonso Stagg High School predating his entry into the movie industry.- Actor
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Glenn Taranto was born on 27 January 1959 in Hackensack, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for The New Addams Family (1998), Stolen (2009) and Mafia: Definitive Edition (2020).- Guillermo Rodriguez was born on 27 January 1971 in Mexico. He is an actor, known for Rock Slyde (2009), Guardians of the Galaxy: Inferno (2017) and Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003).
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Harry Mok was born in San Jose California of Chinese descent. He began his film career early on performing martial arts fight sequences in independent films. Mr. Mok has worked in the capacity of a stuntman, actor, producer, director and writer. He began directing music video's in 1996 and has directed and produced for such artist as, Master P, Jermaine Dupree, Celly Cell, E40, The Mosse, Silk the Shocker, C-Murder, Stevie B, and Jimmy Hendrix etc. In 1997 Mr. Mok directed the first ever Hendrix music video for Experience Hendrix / Universal MCA.- Music Department
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As 'Harry Ruby', Harry Rubenstein was a 'song plugger' for Gus Edwards and for George Gershwin at Jerome H. Remick's, the Detroit music publishing firm. He had unfulfilled ambitions to become a professional baseball player and had previously worked the vaudeville circuit as a pianist with The Bootblack Trio and The Messenger Boys Trio. Ruby's luck was to change after meeting the lyricist Bert Kalmar at a Tin Pan Alley publishing house. By 1918, the duo had formed a songwriting partnership which was to endure for almost three decades, resulting in numerous popular hits for Broadway shows and movies. Some of their best-known numbers included "I Wanna Be Loved by You", "Who's Sorry Now?", "Three Little Words", "Give Me the Simple Life", "A Kiss to Build a Dream On" and many more. A fictionalised biopic of Kalmar & Ruby, Three Little Words (1950) (in which Ruby was played by Red Skelton), was released by MGM three years after Kalmar's death. Ruby lived on until 1974, but managed just one hit song on his own, the 1949 chart topper "Maybe It's Because".- Actor
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Henry H. Daniels Jr. was born on 27 January 1921 in Plainfield, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), The Burning Cross (1947) and Bewitched (1945). He was married to Carmelita. He died on 21 December 1973 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Hisham Saleh Selim is one of the most recognized actors of his generation in Egypt. Selim was born and raised in Cairo, he is the son of highly acclaimed football manager & actor, the late Saleh Selim. He began his acting journey at a very young age, performing along side the great Faten Hamamah in Imberaturiyyat Mim (1972). Despite studying and graduating from the institute of hospitality management as well as studying the French language, Hisham began to pursue his acting career more seriously. He displays an impeccable and raw talent that is obvious when watching his performances and audiences admire as well as continue their devotion to his roles. Selim participated in a range of television shows, commercials and films throughout his career, with the most significant works being Al Helmeya Nights (1987), "Arabesque", 'Kelmit Sir", 'Alawbash', "AlMaloob" "Alaragoz" and many more. His latest acting experience was during the month of Ramadan where he performed two roles in 'Kelmit Sir' and Al Helmeya Nights (1987).
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Although Los Angeles native Howard McNear had a long career on radio and in films, he will forever be remembered for his memorable - and scene-stealing - portrayal of Floyd the Barber in the long-running The Andy Griffith Show (1960) (actor Don Knotts once said that playing Floyd wasn't much of a stretch for McNear, as his real personality was pretty much like Floyd to begin with). McNear started his career in radio, where he played Doc Adams in "Gunsmoke" for many years. In films he often played congressmen, hotel managers or other such figures, although he did on occasion play villains. While working on the "Andy Griffith Show" he suffered a massive stroke. After he recuperated he had trouble using his arms and legs, and when he returned to work on the show he was always seen either in a close-up or sitting down (often in a chair outside the barber shop while chatting with Barney and Andy). He died in 1969 in Hollywood.- Actor
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Hrothgar Mathews was born on 27 January 1964 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is an actor, known for Reindeer Games (2000), The Core (2003) and Human Cargo (2004). He is married to Gabrielle Rose. They have one child.- A new book, "McColl of the Wild"
McColl, a familiar face in Scottish televsion comedy for more than 20 years, passed away in 2013 following a battle with cancer.
He rose to national prominence during the 1980s and 1990s with roles in sitcoms 'City Lights' and 'Rab C Nesbitt'.
He was cast in Martin Scorsese's blockbuster movie 'Gangs of New York'
Before he died, McColl had begun recording the ups and downs of his colourful career in what was to be his autobiography.
However, although McColl started the process of recording his own life, the onset of his illness meant he was not able to complete the book himself.
As a result, the task fell to his sister, Martha Brindley, who acted as McColl's carer during his final months.
McColl himself chose the title for the book, 'McColl of the Wild', which also deals with some of the difficulties he faced during his life. - Ido Drent was born on 27 January 1987 in Pretoria, South Africa. He is an actor, known for Ash vs Evil Dead (2015), Offspring (2010) and The Gulf (2019).
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Ingrid trained as a ballet dancer and attended Stockholm's Royal Dramatic Theatre. She came to fame thanks to Bergman's "Wild Strawberries". She acted in 9 Ingmar Bergman's films. Her fame allowed her to act in Luchino Visconti's "The Damned" in 1969. Ingrid Thulin lived in Rome since the 1960's. She came back to Sweden for her health treatment recently.- Jake Pavelka was born on 27 January 1978 in Dallas, Texas, USA. He is an actor, known for Walker, Texas Ranger (1993), The Bold and the Beautiful (1987) and The President's Man (2000).
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Born in Los Angeles but raised in Manhattan and educated at Middlebury College and Carnegie-Mellon University, James Cromwell is the son of film director John Cromwell and actress Kay Johnson. He studied acting at Carnegie-Mellon, and went into the theatre (like his parents) doing everything from Shakespeare to experimental plays. He started appearing on television in 1974, gaining some notice in a recurring role as Archie Bunker's friend Stretch Cunningham on All in the Family (1971), made his film debut in 1976, and goes back to the stage periodically. Some of his more noted film roles have been in Revenge of the Nerds (1984), Star Trek: First Contact (1996) and the surprise classic about a charming pig, Babe (1995). He garnered some of the best reviews of his career (many of which said he should have received an Oscar) for his role as a corrupt, conniving police captain in L.A. Confidential (1997).- Stunts
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Jeannie Epper was born on 27 January 1941 in Glendale, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Romancing the Stone (1984), Quarantine (2008) and Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004). She was married to Tim Kimack. She died on 5 May 2024 in Simi Valley, California, USA.- Producer
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Jeff S. Wald was born Jeffrey Sommers in 1944. He is a product of the famous William Morris Agency mailroom, which produced such Hollywood luminaries as David Geffen, Barry Diller, Jerry Weintraub, Ron Meyer, Bernie Brillstein and others. In 1967, Wald moved to Chicago and became the talent buyer for Mister Kelly's, The London House, and the Happy Medium. The following year, he moved to Los Angeles.
In late 1969, Wald and Ron De Blasio formed their own company and added George Carlin to their roster. Two years later, he inked a record deal with Capitol Records for his then-wife, actress and singer Helen Reddy. They wed in 1966 and had two children. During most of the 1970s she was one of the biggest selling female artists, winning a Grammy for "I Am Woman", one of her 14 hits and her first of four number ones. In 1975, he began building his management company and over the years his clients have included Miles Davis, Marvin Gaye, Sylvester Stallone, James Brolin, Paul Rodriguez, Elliott Gould, Donna Summer, Flip Wilson, Clint Black, Gary Morris, Roseanne Barr, and Mike Tyson, among others. In 1986, Wald became President of Barris Industries, which then became Guber Peters. Sony bought the company and Wald stayed on until 1991.
Wald has produced award-winning movies of the week, miniseries, game shows, variety specials, scripted one-hour dramas and talk shows, including Paul Rodriguez's Latin Nights (1995) (ABC), James Brolin's Pensacola: Wings of Gold (1997) (CBS), as well as specials for both Reddy and Donna Summer (NBC & ABC). Wald, Mark Burnett, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and Sylvester Stallone were executive producers of The Contender (2005),, which ran for four years. Wald produced feature films for Orion (Opposing Force (1986)) and for Rhysher/MGM Entertainment (2 Days in the Valley (1996)).
Wald was a Jerry Brown delegate to the 1976 Democratic convention and a Kennedy delegate in 1980. He was appointed to a four-year term by President Jimmy Carter to serve on the board of the USO. Brown appointed him to the Board of Economic Development for the State of California. Wald also served for six years as an appointee of Mayor Bradley to the Organizing Committee for the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. He served on the Board of Governors of Cedars Sinai Hospital, USC and the Betty Ford Center. Wald was an active fundraiser for Jerry Brown as Attorney General and Governor.
In 1997, Wald and Irving Azoff formed AzoffWald to promote George Foreman's last two fights. Wald also promoted Sergio Mora, Peter Manfredo, Steve Forbes, Sakio Bika and K9 Bundrage all of whom have won championship belts. He later produced a musical version of the iconic movie "Casablanca", called "Casablanca The Dance", which debuted in Beijing in front of the President of China as well as most of the Government.
Wald is currently CEO of Aria Multimedia Entertainment and Creston Enterprises, whose company has produced and published 2 coffee table books, the first being the "Official Michael Jackson Book" and the second being "Hip Hop: A Cultural Odyssey", both edited and created by Wald's son, Jordan Sommers, and photo-edited by Wald's wife, Deborah.
Wald has two adult children, Traci Donat and Jordan Sommer, from his marriage to Helen Reddy; he has one grandchild, Lily Donat (Traci's daughter). Wald's wife since 1990, Deborah, is a photographer and photo editor; they have a daughter, Sarah.- Actor
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Jim Antonio was born on 27 January 1931 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA. He is an actor, known for Outbreak (1995), Catch Me If You Can (2002) and Futureworld (1976). He has been married to Hildy Brooks since April 1965.- Actor
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John Bloom is an investigative reporter, essayist and actor who was born in Dallas, raised in Little Rock, Arkansas, and attended Vanderbilt University on a sports-writing scholarship. Bloom began his writing career in Texas, earning two National Magazine Award nominations for his work with Texas Monthly. He was later fired from the Dallas Times-Herald for writing (as "Joe Bob Briggs") a parody of the then-popular song, "We Are The World". Joe Bob Briggs began his television career on The Movie Channel, hosting Joe Bob's Drive-In Theater (1987) for nine years. During this time, it became TMC's highest-rated show, earning two ACE award nominations. He currently hosts TNT's Monstervision (1991) on Saturday nights, and is at work on an autobiographical screenplay.- John Lundvik was born on 27 January 1983 in London, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020), Easy Money (2010) and De Eurovisa (2012).
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John Witherspoon was an African-American actor from Detroit, Michigan known for playing Granddad from The Boondocks and Willie Jones from the Friday trilogy. He also acted in Boomerang, Little Nicky, Soul Plane, Vampire in Brooklyn, Black Jesus and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. He passed away in October 29, 2019 due to a heart attack.- Actor
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Josh Randall was born on 27 January 1972 in Pacific Grove, California, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Quarry (2016), Ozark (2017) and Station 19 (2018). He was previously married to Claire Rankin.- Actress
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Joyce Compton was born on 27 January 1907 in Lexington, Kentucky, USA. She was an actress, known for The Awful Truth (1937), Christmas in Connecticut (1945) and Bedtime Story (1941). She was married to William Francis Kaliher. She died on 13 October 1997 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Julian Fowles was born on 27 January 1946. He was a producer, known for Mark Twain and Me (1991), Butter (1998) and American Playhouse (1980). He was married to Gallena. He died on 5 February 2022 in Miami, Florida, USA.
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Julie Caitlin Brown was born on 27 January 1961 in San Francisco, California, USA. She is an actress and talent agent, known for Babylon 5 (1993), Thoughts of Suicide on an Otherwise Lovely Day (2010) and Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987).- Julius Lester was born on 27 January 1939 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He was married to Milan Sabatini, Alida Carolyn Fechner and Joan Steinau. He died on 18 January 2018 in Palmer, Massachusetts, USA.
- Strikingly buxom, shapely and sensuous well-built brunette knockout Karen Velez was born on January 27, 1961 in Rockville Centre, Long Island, New York. Karen was the Playmate of the Month in the December, 1984 issue of "Playboy." She was named Playmate of the Year in 1985. Velez appeared in several "Playboy" videos and special edition publications (she was the cover model for the first issue of "Playboy's Playmate Review"). Karen married Lee Majors in September, 1988; the couple had three children prior to divorcing in October, 1994. Her daughter Nikki posed for a "Playboy" Cyber Club pictorial called "Playmate Daughters" in March, 2008. Karen Velez now works as a master hypnotist and certified hypnotherapist.
- Katherine Halliday was born on 27 January 1975. She is an actress, known for Heartbreak High (1994), Heaven's Burning (1997) and Blue Heelers (1994).
- Katia Iaros is known for La obertura (1977), Toto Paniagua, el rey de la chatarra (1980) and Hupumorpo (1974).
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Author / sportswriter / radio commentator / TV pundit Keith Olbermann's first book, "The Major League Coaches", was published when he was 14. He began his career as a play-by-play announcer for WHTR while he was still in high school. Beginning college at age 16, he graduated with a Bachelors of Science degree in communications arts from Cornell University at age 20.
He began his career at UPI, and then RKO Radio and New York's WNEW until CNN found him in 1981. In 1984, he became a sports anchor in Boston at WCVB-TV, then went to Los Angeles for KTLA-TV and KCBS-TV. While in California, he received 11 Golden Mike Awards for Best Sportscaster and Best Sportscast, and was voted Sportscaster of the Year three times.
In 1992, he was part of the team that launched ESPN Radio, and then began what was to become his "signature" post at ESPN SportsCenter. He and Dan Patrick worked together until 1997. Keith then went to MSNBC, where he hosted "The Big Show with Keith Olbermann" and "White House in Crisis". However, he despised doing 24-hour-a-day coverage of the Monica Lewinsky scandal involving President Bill Clinton, and his contract was bought out by Fox to become anchor and executive producer of "The Keith Olbermann Evening News" on Fox Sports Net on Sunday nights. He was also host of Fox's Saturday pregame baseball studio show.
In 2001, he left Fox for "other opportunities", and kept a low profile at ABC Radio. The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, on New York's World Trade Center affected him profoundly, saying that they "sobered me up" -- he knew five people who died in attacks. He won an 'Edward R. Murrow' Award for reporting from the site for 40 days for his ABC Radio show.
After September 11, and while contributing to Salon.com, he published a profound, "Mea Culpa", to ESPN and fellow workers and addressed the burned bridges in his career. He attributed most of his "outbursts" to feelings of "insecurity" and "fear of being blamed". What September 11 also taught him was "If you're 44 years old and you're not smarter than you were when you were at 35 years old or 25 years old, just stay in your room".
He is an avid baseball historian and has a collection of at least 35,000 baseball cards. He's received numerous distinguished awards in radio and television broadcasting, including the 1995 Cable Ace Award for Best Sportscaster, 11 Golden Mike Awards for excellence in television and radio, and four Sports Emmy Awards.
He has written for dozens of publications, including The New York Times, USA Today, Newsweek, Time, Sports Illustrated and Playboy, and authored a book with his "tag-team partner", Dan Patrick, entitled "The Big Show: A Tribute to ESPN's SportsCenter". He has his own political commentary show, Countdown w/ Keith Olbermann (2003), on MSNBC--one of the highest-rated shows on that network--and hosted that network's coverage of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.- Actress
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Kendall Yeaman, from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania got her start in 2015 when she was selected to portray Phelia Farrell on the WGN America TV Series Outsiders. Since that time she has been involved in a number of indie feature films, short films, commercials and music videos as well as a Cinematic Book Trailer for The Never Ever Handbook, the fourth book in the New York Times Best Seller List Book Series The School For Good And Evil. Currently in production (2017) are two indie feature films; The Unsung and The Shoes in which Kendall holds a lead and supporting role respectively. Keep an eye on her as an up and coming actress, aspiring model, social media influencer and original YouTube video creator. She can be seen on her most recent (2019) project as the host on REgifter, an unboxing YouTube Channel.- Actor
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Kerrigan Mahan was born on 27 January 1955 in Encino, California, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1995), Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1993) and Doctor Dolittle (1998). He has been married to Melanie Williams-Mahan since 29 October 2003. He was previously married to Joyce Kurtz.- Kim Clifford was born on 27 January 1961 in Islington, North London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Chariots of Fire (1981), Where's Johnny? (1974) and Colin's Sandwich (1988). She was married to Lee Galpin. She died in 2019 in Medway, Kent, England.
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Kylie Sparks was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. Kylie is an actor and producer, known for Pizza (2005), Squaresville (2012) and Weird Loners (2015).- Actor
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Lando Fiorini was born on 27 January 1938 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was an actor, known for Highest Pressure (1965), Storia di fifa e di coltello - Er seguito d'er più (1972) and Sing Sing (1983). He died on 9 December 2017 in Rome, Italy.- Director
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Lech Raczak was born on 27 January 1946 in Poznan, Wielkopolskie, Poland. He was a director and writer, known for Television Theater (1953) and Teater åttonde dagen (1992). He was married to Daria Anfelli. He died on 17 January 2020 in Poznan, Wielkopolskie, Poland.- Composer
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Leonel García was born on 27 January 1975 in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico. He is a composer and actor, known for Widows (2018), Señora Influencer (2023) and Broken Sky (2006).- Writer
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Lewis Carroll was the pen name of Charles L. Dodgson, author of the children's classics "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking-Glass."
Born on January 27, 1832 in Daresbury, Cheshire, England, Charles Dodgson wrote and created games as a child. At age 20 he received a studentship at Christ Church and was appointed a lecturer in mathematics. Dodgson was shy but enjoyed creating stories for children. His books including "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" were published under the pen name Lewis Carroll. Dodgson died in 1898.
Early Life, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, best known by his pseudonym, Lewis Carroll, was born in the village of Daresbury, England, on January 27, 1832. The eldest boy in a family of 11 children, Carroll was rather adept at entertaining himself and his siblings. His father, a clergyman, raised them in the rectory. As a boy, Carroll excelled in mathematics and won many academic prizes. At age 20, he was awarded a studentship (called a scholarship in other colleges) to Christ College. Apart from serving as a lecturer in mathematics, he was an avid photographer and wrote essays, political pamphlets and poetry. "The Hunting of the Snark" displays his wonderful ability in the genre of literary nonsense.
Alice and Literary Success, Carroll suffered from a bad stammer, but he found himself vocally fluent when speaking with children. The relationships he had with young people in his adult years are of great interest, as they undoubtedly inspired his best-known writings and have been a point of disturbed speculation over the years. Carroll loved to entertain children, and it was Alice, the daughter of Henry George Liddell, who can be credited with his pinnacle inspiration. Alice Liddell remembers spending many hours with Carroll, sitting on his couch while he told fantastic tales of dream worlds. During an afternoon picnic with Alice and her two sisters, Carroll told the first iteration of what would later become Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. When Alice arrived home, she exclaimed that he must write the story down for her.
He fulfilled the small girl's request, and through a series of coincidences, the story fell into the hands of the novelist Henry Kingsley, who urged Carroll to publish it. The book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland was released in 1865. It gained steady popularity, and as a result, Carroll wrote the sequel, Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There (1871). By the time of his death, Alice had become the most popular children's book in England, and by 1932 it was one of the most popular in the world.
Photography and Legacy, besides writing, Carroll created a number of fine photographs. His notable portraits include those of the actress Ellen Terry and the poet Alfred Tennyson. He also photographed children in every possible costume and situation, eventually making nude studies of them. Despite conjecture, little real evidence of child abuse can be brought against him. Shortly before his 66th birthday, Lewis Carroll caught a severe case of influenza, which led to pneumonia. He died on January 14, 1898, leaving an enigma behind him.- Lily Donaldson is a fashion model best known for her work as a Victoria's Secrets lingerie model and as the face of Gucci and Burberry. She appeared in six Victoria's Secret Fashion shows from 2010 through 2015. Donaldson appeared on the cover or been featured in many international fashion magazines including Vogue, Elle, Marie Claire, Harper's Bazaar, Glamour Numero, Muse, V and W among others. She has been in campaigns for Gap, Banana Republic, H&M, Fendi, Hugo Boss, Calvin Klein, Aldo, Burberry, Gucci, Doce & Gabbana, Dior among others. She was born Lily Monica Donaldson on January 27, 1987 in Hammersmith, London, England and her great uncle is Fleetwood Mac drummer, Mick Fleetwood. She was discovered at age sixteen while shopping in Camden.
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Lisa Cerasoli left Iron Mountain in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan upon graduating from its one and only school, Iron Mountain High. Michigan State University was her first stop. She tested into Lyman Briggs School of Science, majoring in pre-med. That dream quickly deflated when she realized she's a complete hypochondriac, and the last thing she needed was to feed her neurosis by being around "sick people" all day. Feeling lost, she fled to Arizona for spring break and didn't get back on the plane to return home. Instead, she applied to Arizona State University. Four years and a few beers later, Lisa got a very practical theater degree and transported herself by way of a Honda Accord (that would be stolen twice by year's end) to the City of Angels.
LA was pretty good to the girl. She booked her first series, Acapulco Bay, within nine months, then spent two-plus years as a series regular on General Hospital, playing the quirky role of "V." She then booked a string of guest star roles: Oh, Grow Up, Diagnosis Murder, Pensacola, two recurring roles on The Pretender as "Zoe" and Boomtown. In the fall of 2002, Lisa and her manager, Sandra Siegal, met with Ken Atchity of Atchity Entertainment, International about her screenplay, On the Brink of Bliss and Insanity. He said, "Sounds like a novel." But Lisa had no idea how to begin writing one, so Ken tossed her a book off his shelf with the response, "Here's a novel. Do it like that." She went home, blew out three chapters...and was hooked.
A few weeks later, Lisa's father was diagnosed with advanced lung cancer. She packed a bag, headed back to Iron Mountain, and cared for her dad until his death while completing her first book. Two months later, with her mom as her maid of honor, Lisa married high school friend Peter Weaver. For the next near-decade, together with his son, Brock, and their daughter, Jazz, they took care of Lisa's gram, Nora Jo, who had progressive dementia. During that time, On the Brink of Bliss and Insanity was published in January 2009. It won the Silver for Romance of the Year from ForeWord Magazine. Midwest Book Review chose it as "a top pick for New Fiction in 2009." Her memoir, As Nora Jo Fades Away, about life with her gram was published in 2010, winning the Paris, London, Los Angeles, DIY, and Hollywood Book Festivals. She has also written a pilot based on the memoir entitled Weaverville, which is currently being shopped in Hollywood.
As of 2018, Lisa and Jazz (13) live in Marquette, MI where Lisa runs 529 Books, a full editorial and book design company. Lisa is also a ghostwriter (Lucky Number 9 [w/Rina Tham, 2015], Through Fire and Rain [w/Joseph and MaryAnn Anselmo, 2016], Educating Marston [w/Christine Weiss, coming in 2019]). Additionally, she VPs for Ken Atchity's Story Merchant Books, which is based in Los Angeles. SM Books specializes in publishing books and then selling the movie rights. Lisa and Ken coauthored (mid-2018 release) the how-to book, Tell Your Story to the World and Sell It for Millions, an invaluable, step-by-step guide to the ABCs of writing the next great story (Part I) and then selling it (Part II) to Hollywood.- Lucho Servidio is known for Mire qué lindo es mi país (1981).