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- Mateo was born in Puerto Rico, relocating in 2001 to Orlando, Florida, where he worked as a dancer and performer at Disney World.
He began his drag career in 2006, eventually wining several gay pageants as well as performing at venues and events both locally and throughout the United States.
In addition to his drag career, he is a fashion designer, winning the 2001 'Inter Fashion Award' for Best Fashion Designer, and an AIDS awareness activist, being featured in a biopharmaceutical company's ad titled "Red Ribbon Runway".Alexis Mateo - Actor
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Attractive Hollywood leading man (and sometime villain) from the late 30s until his death following surgery, Alan Curtis (Harry Ueberroth) was born 24 July 1909 in Chicago, Illinois. He grew up in that area and in the early 1930s became a model, appearing in many magazine and newspaper advertisements. His looks did not go unnoticed in Hollywood, and he soon found himself in the movie business. He became a leading man, and was very popular in the 1940s, appearing in at least 26 movies. He died of complications of surgery on 2 February 1953 in New York City and is buried in the Ueberroth family plot in Evanston, Illinois.- Aldo Braga was born on 24 July 1931 in San Lorenzo, Santa Fe, Argentina. He was an actor, known for Por el nombre de Dios (1999), La maestra enamorada (1961) and Lo que vendrá (1988). He died on 14 January 2005 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Alexandra Hay was born on 24 July 1947 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967), Model Shop (1969) and Skidoo (1968). She died on 11 October 1993 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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His paternal grandparents were Marie Cessete Dumas (a Haitian slave) and Marquis Antoine Davy de la Pailleterie. Antoine disapproved of their son, Thomas-Alexandre, joining the French army under the "Davy de la Pailleterie" name, so Thomas-Alexandre used his mother's surname instead. He became a valued general of Napoleon, and after he married the daughter of a local tavern owner, Thomas-Alexandre had a son of his own. This son was Alexandre Dumas, who became world-famous as the author of "The Three Musketeers" and "The Count of Monte Cristo".- Amelia Earhart was born on 24 July 1897 in Atchison, Kansas, USA. She was a writer, known for Xavier Riddle and the Secret Movie: I Am Madam President! (2020). She was married to George Palmer Putnam. She died on 5 January 1939 in Pacific Ocean.
- Born in Minneapolis Minnesota, Amy Buchwald began her training, as an actress at the age of eleven at the nationally renowned Minneapolis Children's Theater Company. She was the first to initiate a program consisting of a half a day of academia and a half a day training in the theater arts, an idea that went on to become known as the Urban Arts Program. Such training included acting; mime; comedia del arte; dance, jazz and ballet; singing and clown training. In addition to appearing in main stage productions Amy also toured around the country with the Children's Theater Company. By age sixteen she was a professional, an equity member and resident ingénue at the famous Cricket and Guthrie Theaters. During this time she received critical acclaim for her performances in such plays as: Blues, The Trip Back Down, Fifth of July, Dark at the Top of the Stairs, Member of the Wedding, King Lear, The Tempest, Getting Out, The House of Bernarda Alba. As a a playwright Ms. Buchwald's one-woman show Glenda from the Heart was excerpted on PBS. Also, in the theater world, Amy has written the book and lyrics for the musical play Touch.
She is a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College with degrees in English and Art History, with focus in theater, dance, playwriting, and directing. Her work and training goes on to include such prestigious theatrical facilities as The Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, Circle In The Square NYC, and Shakespeare LA. - Ana Cristina de Oliveira was born on 24 July 1973 in Lisbon, Portugal. She is an actress, known for Taxi (2004), Miami Vice (2006) and Carga (2018).
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Andrew Ellis was born in Wythenshawe, Manchester. He first found a passion for acting in high school, Where he was spotted by casting director Michelle Smith. Michelle auditioned Andrew for several projects one of which was 2006's Shane Meadows BAFTA winning film 'This is England'. Andrew has since gone on to star in a number of film and television productions, reprising his role as the lovable 'Gadget' in 'This is England' Television series.
As well as success in front of the camera Andrew is a keen writer and director, Andrew was one of the founding members of the award winning UNILAD original video team where he was head of fictional video until 2018 after leaving Andrew has since set up his own production company 'Odd Drawer Digital'.- Actress
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Anna Paquin is the first millennial to have received an Academy Award nomination for acting, and the first to win.
She was born on July 24, 1982 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, to Mary (Brophy), an English teacher from Wellington, New Zealand, and Brian Paquin, a Canadian phys-ed teacher. Anna moved to her mother's native country when she was four years old. Her first acting job ever was at age nine in the movie The Piano (1993), which was shot in New Zealand. At age 16, she relocated to Los Angeles where she completed her last two years of high school (graduating in 2000). She then moved to New York where she attended Columbia University for one year. Between 2001 and 2004, she worked almost exclusively on stage in both New York and London. In 2007, Anna was cast in HBO's True Blood (2008), which concluded shooting its seventh and final season in 2014.- Barry Bonds was born on July 24, 1964 in Riverside, California. He is known for his outstanding abilities on the baseball diamond, where he has won the National League Most Valuable Player Award three times. While playing for the Pittsburgh Pirates he received a cameo appearance in the baseball film "Rookie of the Year". He played for the Pittsburgh Pirates 1986 to 1992 and San Francisco Giants, 1993 to 2007. He was one of the highest paid players in Major League Baseball.
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Basil Ruysdael was born on 24 July 1878 in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for Pinky (1949), Broken Arrow (1950) and Colorado Territory (1949). He was married to Kathleen Dobbyn, Rose Swettenham and Eleanor Mason Manierre. He died on 10 October 1960 in Hollywood, California, USA.- A popular labor, civil rights, and feminist activist, Abzug became the first Jewish woman elected to the U.S. Congress in 1970. She was a 1947 graduate of Columbia Law School and the counsel for several of Sen. Josephy McCarthy's targets in the 1950s.
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Billy Taylor was born on 24 July 1921 in Greenville, North Carolina, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Mr. Church (2016), Film '72 (1971) and The World Unseen (2007). He was married to Theodora Taylor. He died on 28 December 2010 in New York City, New York, USA.- Actress
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Bindi Irwin was born on 24 July 1998 in Buderim, Queensland, Australia. She is an actress, known for Return to Nim's Island (2013), Free Willy: Escape from Pirate's Cove (2010) and Bindi, the Jungle Girl (2007). She has been married to Chandler Powell since 25 March 2020. They have one child.- Carley McCord was a producer, known for NFLVR Live! (2012) and Beyond the Pom Poms (2014). She was married to Steve Ensminger. She died on 28 December 2019 in Lafayette, Louisiana, USA.
- Carlos Scazziotta was born in 1937 in Argentina. He was an actor, known for Los chiflados del batallón (1975), Te necesito tanto, amor (1976) and Estoy hecho un demonio (1972). He died on 6 June 2001 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Chad Christ was born on 24 July 1974 in Pennsylvania, USA. He is an actor, known for Jawbreaker (1999), Gattaca (1997) and Ricky 6 (2000).
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Actor, author, and musician Chief Dan George was born in present-day North Vancouver as Geswanouth Slahoot (later anglicized as 'Dan Slaholt'), the son of a tribal chief on Burrard Indian Reserve Nº. 3. He is the only Aboriginal actor in Canadian history to date with the right to use the title "Chief", serving as leader of the Squamish First Nation of Burrard Inlet from 1951-63, and retained the honorary title after his term ended. His last name was changed to George when at age 5 he entered a mission boarding school where the use of his native language was discouraged, if not forbidden.
Until 1959, he had worked as a longshoreman, logger, bus driver, and itinerant musician. After spending much of his early life as a longshoreman, a construction worker, and a school-bus driver, Chief Dan George auditioned for the role of Ol' Antoine on Cariboo Country (1960), a CBC series, and won the part. He made his screen debut at age 65. On the strength of his performance in the series, and after playing the same part in Smith! (1969), a Disney adaptation of one of the show's episodes based on "Breaking Smith's Quarterhorse", a novella by Paul St. Pierre, and starring Glenn Ford, he was asked to play "Old Lodge Skins" in Little Big Man (1970). This role led to an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor in 1970. He continued to appear in films and became an accomplished stage actor. He died in 1981 on the same Indian reserve where he was born in North Vancouver at age 82.- Actor
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Chris Haywood was born on 24 July 1948 in Billericay, Essex, England, UK. He is an actor and production manager, known for Sleeping Beauty (2011), Muriel's Wedding (1994) and Quigley Down Under (1990).- Actor
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The handsome, weird and worldly-looking Chris Sarandon has shown his versatility in everything from vampires to Jesus Christ in hypnotic performances that have been controversial but irresistible. He was born Christopher Sarandon, Jr. and raised in Beckley, West Virginia of Greek heritage on both sides (family surname originally Sarondonethes). His mother Cliffie (Cardullias) and father Christopher Sarandon, Sr. were restaurateurs.
As a teen, Chris appeared locally on the musical stage and played drums and sang back-up with a local band called The Teen Tones. His band toured following high school and backed up such music legends as Bobby Darin, Gene Vincent and Danny and the Juniors. Chris later attended West Virginia University majoring in speech, but appearing in such musical productions as "The Music Man" as Harold Hill. He went on to attend the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC, where he received his master's degree in theater and met first wife Susan Sarandon. They married in 1967.
Touring with improv companies and in regional theater productions, he made his professional debut in "The Rose Tattoo" in 1965 and later joined the Long Wharf Theatre Company for a season. The Sarandons moved to New York in 1968, wherein the dark and handsome charmer immediately nabbed the role of Dr. Tom Halverson on the daytime soap Guiding Light (1952), a part that would last two years. Throughout the 1970s he would be rewarded with rich theater acting roles. On Broadway he appeared in "The Rothchilds" and replaced Raul Julia in "Two Gentlemen from Verona" while appearing elsewhere in various Shakespeare and Shaw festivals both here and in Canada.
Chris made a phenomenally successful film debut in a huge, career-risking part as bank robber's Al Pacino's tormented, gender-confused lover in Dog Day Afternoon (1975), earning the New York Film Critics award and Oscar and Golden Globe nominations for his supporting turn. He took other sordid roles as well, this time in co-leads, such as opposite Margaux Hemingway in the poorly received exploitative thriller Lipstick (1976) and as a demon in the shocker The Sentinel (1977). To avoid being typed as creepy characters, Chris furthered his range of roles in years to come, including the title role in The Day Christ Died (1980), a critically heralded TV-movie. He then received high marks also for his mesmerizing interpretation of two completely different characters with unique subtlety, intelligence, charisma and profoundness as both Sydney Carton and Charles Darnay in A Tale of Two Cities (1980) and co-starred with Goldie Hawn in the more mainstream Protocol (1984). By the end of the 1970's, he and Susan would divorce and he would remarry (model Lisa Ann Cooper).
Moving into 80s work, Chris endeared himself to a younger generation of film goers with memorable performances in enjoyable roles such as the undeniably sexy, magnetic vampire-next-door in the teen horror classic Fright Night (1985), the cruel, evil-plotting prince in Rob Reiner's The Princess Bride (1987) and as the investigating cop in Child's Play (1988), the first in the "Chucky" series about a murdering doll. In recent years Chris has continued steadily on stage, film and TV but at a lesser pace and in less flashy, high-profiled roles.
In 1991 he co-starred on Broadway in the short-lived musical "Nick and Nora" with Joanna Gleason, the daughter of Monty Hall (Let's Make a Deal (1963)). Again divorced, he and Gleason married in 1994 and reunited on stage in "Thorn & Bloom" in 1998. They have also appeared together in a number of films, including American Perfekt (1997), Edie & Pen (1996) and Let the Devil Wear Black (1999). He found frightful fun and a major cartoon niche as the voice of Jack Skellington in the original Disney movie The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), reprising the role in sequels, video games and Halloween special events.
Into the millennium, Chris' focus has been more on Broadway and off-Broadway theatre with flavorful roles in "The Light in the Piazza," "Cyrano de Bergerac," "Through a Glass Darkly and "The Exonerated." In the 2015 production of "Preludes," he played multiple roles that included Chekhov, Tchaikovsky and Tolstoy. He has also sporadically appeared in films with featured parts in Perfume (2001), Loggerheads (2005), My Sassy Girl (2008), a cameo as a vampire victim in a remake of Fright Night (2011), Safe (2012) and Frank the Bastard (2013), Big Stone Gap (2014) and I Smile Back (2015). He has also uplifted a number of popular TV shows with his presence: "ER," "Charmed," "Cold Case," "Judging Amy," "Law and Order," "The Good Wife," "Orange Is the New Black" and as the voice of Dracula in "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles."- Actress
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Lovely, exotic-looking, hazel-eyed blonde Constance Dowling was born on July 24, 1920, in New York City, and raised there. One of four children, her younger sister, Doris Dowling, followed her into show business; her two brothers, Richard and Robert did not. Following graduation from Wadleigh High School for Girls, she took classes at the New Theatre School. Lying about her age, a teenage Constance started her career off as a New York model, chorus girl, and nightclub dancer.
Appearing in a number of Broadway productions, she made a minor debut in the 1939 play "Quiet City," directed by Elia Kazan with whom she had a major affair. She then went on to appear in "Liliom" "Panama Hattie (with sister Doris), "Hold On to Your Hats" (Al Jolson's last Broadway show) and "The Strings, My Lord, Are False." In 1943, she moved to California test her luck in films. Briefly favored by mogul Samuel Goldwyn as one of his "Goldwyn Girls," he handed her the prime role of sweet nurse and love interest Mary Morgan in Danny Kaye's second musical movie vehicle Up in Arms (1944). Despite Constance's Broadway musical background, co-star/rival Dinah Shore was handed all the female songs in the picture. Handsome Dana Andrews complete the romantic quadrangle.
In the same year, Constance appeared opposite Nelson Eddy (in his post-Jeanette MacDonald film days), starring as a radical journalist, in the 17th century musical comedy Knickerbocker Holiday (1944). As the only female love interest this time, she would also be pursued by crafty colonial governor Charles Coburn. Although the film version watered-down the political satire and scrapped most of Kurt Weill and Maxwell Anderson's Broadway songs in favor of new ones by the pair and by Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn, Constance did manage to impress with her vocals on new tunes "One More Smile" and "Love Has Made This Such a Lovely Day".
When Goldwyn lost interest in Constance, preferring to promote fellow blonde Virginia Mayo instead, Constance moved on and earned a second femme lead in the romantic comedy The Well Groomed Bride (1946) starring Olivia de Havilland and the femme lead in the Universal film noir Black Angel (1946) co-starring Dan Duryea and June Vincent. She was next loaned to Columbia to play a revengeful escaped jailbird and femme fatale in the crime drama Boston Blackie and the Law (1946) starring Chester Morris and then paired up with Morris again in the crimer Blind Spot (1947).
Once she started moving further down the credits list, as she was for the Republic film noir The Flame (1947) which starred studio mogul Herbert J. Yates' wife Vera Ralston, Constance decided to move to Italy and try and maintain her leading lady career there. Younger sister Doris, who had achieved a modest degree of popularity, would make the same exact move. Together they became the first American actresses to work exclusively in Italian films.
Constance appeared in a number of dramatic showcases while there (1947-1950), starting with Mad About Opera (1948) starring Gina Lollobrigida, followed by Escape (1948), Addio Mimí! (1949), Una voce nel tuo cuore (1949) (A Voice in Your Heart) with Vittorio Gassman, her second Lollobrigida film Miss Italia (1950), and Duel Without Honor (1950) (Duel Without Honor) with Raye Girouard. For the most part, her time spent in Italy did little to advance or elevate her international star.
Returning to the states, Constance studied at the Actor's Studio and focused on TV and appeared in a number of anthologies ("Chevron Theatre," "Pulitzer Prize Playhouse," "Cosmopolitan Theatre," "Fireside Theatre") and a couple of films (she was top-billed in the Italian film Stormbound (1950), and played a scientist in the cult robot sci-fi flick Gog (1954) co-starring Richard Egan) written and produced by Ivan Tors .
Constance married Tors in 1953 and retired from acting. They had four sons (Matthew, Steven, David, Peter) and an adopted child from Kenya (Alfred). During the 1960s she worked as a guide at the Dolphin Laboratory in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Little else was heard from her, however, until her sudden and untimely death of a heart attack on October 28, 1969. Only 49 years old, she was buried at the Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California.- Actor
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Dan Hedaya is a familiar face from his work in films and on TV, where he often plays a villain (although he had a good comic turn as the charmingly sleazy Nick Tortelli, Carla's ex-husband, in Cheers (1982) and its short-lived spin-off The Tortellis (1987)). He has also done much stage work, appearing opposite Alien: Resurrection (1997) star Sigourney Weaver in "The Conjuring an Event" at the American Place Theater. Other stage performances include Broadway roles such as "The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel" and many New York Shakespeare Festival productions.- Stunts
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Noted Filipino-American martial arts practitioner, who studied "jeet kune do" from fellow martial artist and actor Bruce Lee. Always seeking to improve his knowledge, Inosanto holds numerous belts in various martial arts including Asian, American & Brazilian disciplines such as Muay Thai, Pentjak Silat & Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. An accomplished weapons practitioner, he has showcased his skills in Game of Death (1978) fighting Bruce Lee, he gave detective Burt Reynolds a grisly "manicure" before being speared to death in Sharky's Machine (1981), appeared in the John Carpenter fantasy - martial arts adventure Big Trouble in Little China (1986), and clashed pool cues with Steven Seagal in the violent Out for Justice (1991).
He currently operates a martial arts school (The Inosanto Academy) in Marina Del Rey, California.- Composer
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Daniel Viglietti was born on 24 July 1939 in Montevideo, Uruguay. He was a composer and actor, known for South of the Border (1988), Me gustan los estudiantes (1968) and Banda sonora (2007). He died on 30 October 2017 in Montevideo, Uruguay.- Actor
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Danny Dyer was born in the Custom House area of east London, England, on 24th July 1977. Danny was spotted at a Sunday Drama School for underprivileged kids, in Kentish Town, by the agent Charlotte Kelly who got him an audition for the part of Martin Fletcher in the Granada Television series Prime Suspect 3 (1993). At the age of 14 he was given the part and found himself working alongside Helen Mirren. Danny went through a quiet patch in terms of work coming in but after a few notable appearances in Thief Takers (1995) and Soldier Soldier (1991), the film, TV and theater work came flooding in making him one of the most sought-after London-based actors. As well as his film and TV work he has also appeared on stage in London and New York.- Actress
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Daveigh Chase was born on July 24, 1990 in Las Vegas, Nevada. She was raised in the small town of Albany, Oregon; where she continues to spend much of her time. She began singing and dancing in her hometown and other local areas at community events and shows starting at age 3. After visiting Los Angeles, she did her first commercial for Campbell's Soup at age 7. At this time, she was also offered a starring role in the Musical Theatre production "Utah!". At age 8, she auditioned for the the voice of "Lilo", and tested at CBS network for her first television series. She continued to test and be cast as a series regular, working on many different television pilots, before finally FOX picked up the show Oliver Beene (2003) in which Daveigh starred as Oliver's quirky best friend "Joyce". In the meantime, she appeared in several movies, including Donnie Darko (2001), in which she played Donnie's youngest sister and was a member of the "Sparkle Motion" dance group; and "R.L. Stines The Haunted Lighthouse" which continues to show at various Busch Garden Theme Parks. In 2003, she won the "Best Villian" award at the MTV Movie Awards for her work as "Samara" in DreamWorks hit, The Ring (2002). She is the voice of "Lilo" from the hit animated and Oscar nominated Disney feature film, Lilo & Stitch (2002), and she continues to voice "Lilo" for the Disney Channel series, as well as various DVD's and video games. Daveigh is also cast as the English voice of the lead heroine "Chihiro" in Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Gibli's Spirited Away (2001) (aka Spirited Away) which won the 2002 Oscar for Best Animated Film.
Daveigh is also a very talented singer. Back in 1999, she had the opportunity to join up as lead singer with a small band and take the stage as an opening act for Reba McEntire and, later on, sang "Holly Jolly Christmas" for the "School's Out! Christmas" album released by Universal Records Hip-O Records, which also features the voices of other child stars, including Mae Whitman, Evan Rachel Wood, Jesse McCartney, and others. She was handpicked by director Steven Spielberg to sing "God Bless America" in his film, A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001); and in the Oliver Beene (2003) episode, entitled Oliver & the Otters (2004), Daveigh was given the opportunity to showcase her talent by singing the hit 60s song, "Tossin' and Turnin'". She has since recorded four original songs.
Outside of the entertainment industry, some of Daveigh's favorite activities are surfing, horseback riding, dancing, reading, and just hanging out with family & friends.- Actor
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David Leon was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and was a talented footballer. When he left school age eighteen he successfully auditioned for the National Youth Theatre and turned down a place at Drama school in order to take a role in Oliver Stone's 'Alexander', though he established himself with British television audiences in the Bafta nominated drama 'Cutting It' and starred as Billy the Kid in a BBC film about the Wild West legend. He played the lead character in renowned photographer Rankin's debut feature 'The Lives of the Saints' written by Toni Grisoni and appeared in Guy Ritchies Empire award-winning Rock'n'Rolla, in which he plays Scottish junkie Malcolm a part initially written for Brad Pitt. He is regarded as one of the UK's brightest up and coming talents.- Actress
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Dawn Jeffory was born in the USA. She is an actress, known for Tourist Trap (1979), What to Expect When You're Expecting (2012) and Mommie Dearest (1981). She is married to Shawn Nelson.- Actor
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Del Henney was born on 24 July 1935 in Anfield, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Straw Dogs (1971), Villain (1971) and Fallen Hero (1978). He died on 14 January 2019 in the UK.- Writer
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Although Delmer Daves obtained a law degree at Stanford University, he never had the opportunity to use it; while still in college, he obtained a job as a prop boy on The Covered Wagon (1923) and after graduation was hired by several film companies as a technical advisor on films with a college background. Soon afterward he entered films as an actor, and after appearing in several pictures he began collaborating on screenplays and original stories. He wrote scripts for many of Hollywood's best films of the 1930s and 1940s, including The Petrified Forest (1936), Love Affair (1939) and You Were Never Lovelier (1942). Turning director with the classic Destination Tokyo (1943), Daves often wrote and produced his own pictures. Of the many films he made, the westerns he did were especially close to his heart--as a youth he had spent much time living on reservations with Hopi and Navajo Indians.- Actor
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Detlef Bothe was born on 24 July 1965 in Brunswick, Lower Saxony, Germany. He is an actor and writer, known for Anthropoid (2016), Feiertag (2002) and Spectre (2015).- Producer
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Douglas Eric Liman is a Jewish-American filmmaker and producer who directed Swingers, The Bourne Identity, Chaos Walking, Jumper, Go, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Fair Game, Locked Down, Edge of Tomorrow, The Wall and American Made. He executive produced the Bourne sequels except The Bourne Legacy, The Phantom and The Killing Floor.- Eduardo Britos was born in 1964 in Montevideo, Uruguay. Eduardo died on 24 July 2017 in Montevideo, Uruguay.
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Elisabeth Moss is an American actress. She is best known for the AMC series Mad Men (2007), Hulu series The Handmaid's Tale (2017) and the films The One I Love (2014) and The Invisible Man (2020).
Initially, Moss had aspirations of becoming a professional dancer. In her adolescence, she traveled to New York City to study ballet at the School of American Ballet. Moss continued to study dance throughout her teenage years, but began obtaining acting roles as well.
Her first screen role was in 1990, when she appeared in the NBC miniseries Lucky Chances (1990).
Moss also starred in Girl, Interrupted (1999), Listen Up Philip (2014), High-Rise (2015), Queen of Earth (2015) and The Square (2017).
She has won two Golden Globes, for BBC miniseries Top of the Lake (2013) and Hulu series The Handmaid's Tale.- Actress
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Emily Arlook was born on 24 July 1990 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for You People (2023), The Good Place (2016) and Just Add Water (2008). She has been married to Will McCormack since 24 September 2013. They have two children.- Canadian actress Emily Bett Rickards was born on July 24, 1991. She attended film school after graduating high school, and also attended Alida Vocal Studio. She played "Felicity Smoak" on the CW network's Arrow (2012) and The Flash (2014), and appears in the upcoming, acclaimed feature film, Brooklyn (2015), alongside Oscar nominees Saoirse Ronan and Julie Walters. Emily currently resides in Vancouver, British Columbia.
- Eric Szmanda is an American actor best known for his role of forensic investigator "Greg Sanders" on "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation". Eric was born and raised in Wisconsin where he was active in school plays and community theatre. He moved to LA at the age of 19 to study acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. While in school, Eric began a marketing internship with music conglomerate BMG. He graduated in 1996 and moved to Chicago to take a full time job in the music business.
One year later, Eric moved back to LA to accept a role in a play at the Odyssey Theatre which garnered him the attention of an agent and manager. Within a few months, he landed the series regular role of "Jacob" on USA's TV series "The Net", which lasted for one season. Soon after, Eric was cast in the central role of "Johnny Dodge" in the UPN pilot "Dodge's City". The show was not picked up by the network, but Eric soon landed a recurring role as a DNA tech on the CBS pilot "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation".
In addition to his work on CSI, Szmanda has continued his involvement in theatre, guest-starred and recurred on several TV shows, and appeared in independent films. He has also produced a variety of internet content ranging from comedy videos to music interviews. In 2008, he helped launch a digital radio station erockster.com. As part of his support for human rights and the US Campaign for Burma, Szmanda traveled to Thailand to witness the conditions of Burmese refugees who have fled their native country. - Director
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Ermanno Olmi was born on 24 July 1931 in Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy. He was a director and writer, known for The Tree of Wooden Clogs (1978), The Legend of the Holy Drinker (1988) and Il posto (1961). He was married to Loredana Detto. He died on 5 May 2018 in Asiago, Veneto, Italy.- Born in England, Reid lived in Germany, Africa, and the United States before settling in Canada in 1964. She first became interested in acting while attending Toronto's Lawrence Park Collegiate. She went on to study theatre at McGill University in Montreal and the Banff Centre for the Arts in Alberta.
- He was a highly successful black actor/director in the 1950s and 1960s who - because of his light-skinned appearance - transcended race and ethnicity in his performances. In motion pictures, Frank Silvera was cast as black, Latino, Polynesian and "white"/racially indeterminate (due to black + white film stock's lack of discernment when rendering light-skinned African-Americans).
He was actively engaged in the Civil Rights Struggles of the 1950s and 1960s and called on all of his associates in the theater and film world to support the efforts of Black Americans during this watershed in American history. The Frank Silvera Writers' Workshop Foundation, Inc. was founded by actor/ director Morgan Freeman, playwright/director Garland Lee Thompson, director/ actress Billie Allen and journalist Clayton Riley in 1973. - Writer
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Gallagher was born on 24 July 1946 in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Gallagher: The Maddest (1983), Gallagher: Over Your Head (1984) and Gallagher: Overboard (1987). He was married to Geralyn Ann Hines and Deedra Kay Higgins. He died on 11 November 2022 in Palm Springs, California, USA.- Gamini Hettiarachchi was an actor, known for Bawathra (2005), Sinhawalokanaya (2011) and Aswesuma (2001). He died on 27 May 2019 in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
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Gülriz Sururi was born on 24 July 1929 in Istanbul, Turkey. She was an actress and producer, known for Disi düsman (1966), Kaldirim Sercesi (1989) and Kesanli Ali Destani (1964). She was married to Engin Cezzar. She died on 31 December 2018 in Istanbul, Turkey.- Director
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Gus Green Van Sant Jr. is an American filmmaker, painter, screenwriter, photographer and musician from Louisville, Kentucky who is known for directing films such as Good Will Hunting, the 1998 remake of Psycho, Gerry, Elephant, My Own Private Idaho, To Die For, Milk, Last Days, Finding Forrester, Promised Land, Drugstore Cowboy and Mala Noche.- Actress
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Iris was born in Haifa, Israel to a Turkish father and Polish/Israeli mother. Her family moved to Montreal, Canada when she was 2 years old. She started acting in stage plays in Montreal at the age of ten and later studied Theatre Arts and Film at Vanier College and Concordia University. In 1989 she moved to Vancouver , British Columbia where she works in Film, Television, Voice Overs, and Commercials.- Jacqueline Brookes was born on 24 July 1930 in Montclair, New Jersey, USA. She was an actress, known for The Good Son (1993), The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991) and Sea of Love (1989). She died on 26 April 2013 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
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Writer/director/producer James Glickenhaus was born on July 24, 1950 in New York City. He grew up in affluent New Rochelle. James first fell in love with movies at age eight. Glickenhaus attended Fieldston School in Riverdale, New York, the University of California, Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio, and Sarah Lawrence College in New York. James began his film career making educational and industrial pictures. He made his theatrical feature debut in the mid 70's with the obscure horror entry "Suicide Cult." Glickenhaus achieved his biggest commercial success with the brutal and controversial urban vigilante opus "The Exterminator." James subsequently directed the violent action item "The Soldier," the fun Jackie Chan vehicle "The Protector," the exciting "Shakedown," the so-so "McBain," the creepy thriller "Slaughter of the Innocents," and the enjoyable sci-fi romp "Timemaster." Glickenhaus served as the chairman for the film company SGE Entertainment from 1987 to 1995; this company specialized in both making and distributing low-budget independent straight-to-video fare. James was the executive producer for the movies "Maniac Cop," "Frankenhooker," both "Basket Case" sequels, "Ring of Steel," and "Tough and Deadly." He quit the film business in the mid 90's and went on to become a Wall Street fund manager as well as a limited partner in the Wall Street firm Glickenhaus and Company. Moreover, James is an avid collector of rare expensive former racing cars. His son Jesse Cameron-Glickenhaus appears in three of his movies: "The Protector," "Slaughter of the Innocents," and "Timemaster." More recently James Glickenhaus popped up in a small role in Frank Henenlotter's typically outrageous "Bad Biology."- Actress
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Jamie Denbo was born on 24 July 1973 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for The Heat (2013), Spy (2015) and Yes Man (2008). She has been married to John Ross Bowie since 5 June 2004. They have two children.- Actress
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Janine Charrat was born on 24 July 1924 in Grenoble, France. She was an actress, known for La mort du cygne (1937), Panorama Musical (1945) and Scorching Sands (1963). She was married to Gérard Bouret and Michel Humbert. She died on 29 August 2017 in Paris, France.- Janit Baldwin had a fleeting, but still memorable and impressive ten year career as an actress. Born in 1955 and raised by her actress mother Dona Baldwin in Kansas City, the diminutive blue-eyed and auburn-haired Janit made her film debut at age 17 in Michael Ritchie's Prime Cut (1972). Among her most notable movie parts are Claudia Jennings' sweet younger sister in the exciting redneck drive-in exploitation classic 'Gator Bait (1973), a groupie in Brian De Palma's delightfully delirious horror rock satire Phantom of the Paradise (1974), a hardened juvenile delinquent in the shocking made-for-TV teenage girls-in-prison feature Born Innocent (1974), and Piper Laurie's mute daughter who becomes possessed by the vengeful spirit of a vicious gangster in Curtis Harrington's immensely enjoyable horror outing Ruby (1977). Moreover, Ms. Baldwin made guest appearances on the television programs Baretta (1975), Gunsmoke (1955), Hawaii Five-O (1968), The Waltons (1972), and Emergency! (1972). Besides her TV and film credits, Janit also acted in stage plays and television commercials. Following her winning portrayal of a spunky young lady in the strictly so-so slasher item Humongous (1982), Janit Baldwin quit acting and has since gone on to have a successful career as a fashion designer.
- Jarred Blakiston was born on 24 July 1991 in Auckland, New Zealand. He is an actor, known for The New Legends of Monkey (2018), The Shannara Chronicles (2016) and Power Rangers Dino Charge (2015).
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Jay McGuiness was born on 24 July 1990 in Newark, Nottinghamshire, England, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for The Wanted Life (2013), The Wanted: I Found You (Fan Version) (2013) and The Wanted: All Time Low (Live) (2013).- Music Artist
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Jennifer Lynn Lopez was born on July 24, 1969 in The Bronx, New York City, New York to teacher Lupe López and computer specialist David López. The two Puerto Ricans were brought to the continental United States during their childhoods and eventually met while living in New York City. Their daughters would have a stable, middle-class upbringing.
Jennifer always dreamed of being a multi-tasking superstar. As a child, she enjoyed a variety of musical genres, mainly Afro-Caribbean rhythms like salsa, merengue, and bachata, and mainstream music like pop, hip-hop, and R&B. Although she loved music, the film industry also intrigued her. Her biggest influence was the Rita Moreno musical, West Side Story (1961). At 5, Jennifer began taking singing and dancing lessons. Aside from being a budding entertainer, Jennifer was also a Catholic schoolgirl, attending eight years at a Catholic elementary school named Holy Family, located in The Bronx, before graduating from all-girls prep school Preston High School after a four-year stay. At school, Jennifer was an amazing athlete and participated in track and field and tennis. She spent most of her upbringing in a two-story house in the Castle Hill neighborhood.
At 18, Jennifer moved out of her parents' home. After high school, she briefly worked in a law office and took dance classes at night. During this time, she continued dance classes at night. Her big break came when she was offered a job as a fly girl on Fox's hit comedy In Living Color (1990). After a two-year stay at In Living Color (1990) where actress Rosie Perez served as choreographer, Lopez then went on to dance for famed singer-actress Janet Jackson. Her first major film was Gregory Nava's My Family/Mi familia (1995), and her career went into overdrive when she portrayed late Tejana singer Selena in Selena (1997).- Producer
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Jim Kouf was born on 24 July 1951 in Hollywood, California, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Grimm (2011), Stakeout (1987) and National Treasure (2004). He is married to Lynn Kouf.- Joan Elan was born on 24 July 1928 in Colombo, Ceylon [now Sri Lanka]. She was an actress, known for Darby's Rangers (1958), Matinee Theatre (1955) and Front Row Center (1955). She was married to Harry Franklin ("Bud") Nye Jr.. She died on 7 January 1981 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Joe McGann was born on 24 July 1958 in Liverpool, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Night & Day (2001), Rockliffe's Babies (1987) and Harry Enfield's Television Programme (1990). He was previously married to Melissa Simmonds.
- Joseph Eugene Kovar, aka "Joey Kovar", is a very courageous, optimistic and positive man. Joey Kovar is a very well-known young talented Chicago actor, model and wrestler, who is extremely popular with today's youth. Joey made his first debut on MTV's The Real World (1992) Hollywood and moved on to VH1's Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew (2008), putting up the ratings, stealing the limelight and spotlight from everyone on the show that stood beside him.. What most don't know is that, as a child, young Joey was mentally and physically abused by his mother. He was introduced, at a very young age, to drugs and alcohol by his own mother and father. His father, an alcoholic, and his mother, a user of cocaine, were bad influences and unfit parents for young Joey Kovar. Joey, at the time raised by these unfit guardians, grew up thinking that alcohol and drugs were acceptable in a household. It was inevitable that Joey Kovar's past would lead him later to a path he never wanted to take. Now, Joey Kovar, himself, who grew up with all the odds against him, is a survivor of drugs and alcohol abuse, still fighting his urges today, because he has a dream of becoming "The Next Generation Action-Star".
- John Aniston was born on 24 July 1933 in Crete, Greece. He was an actor, known for Days of Our Lives (1965), Search for Tomorrow (1951) and Journeyman (2007). He was married to Sherry Rooney and Nancy Dow. He died on 11 November 2022 in the USA.
- John P. Navin Jr. was born on 24 July 1968. He is an actor, known for Vacation (1983), Jennifer Slept Here (1983) and Explorers (1985).
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Musical theatre actor. Trained at Royal Ballet School, Bush Davies; and Performing Arts School Doreen Bird. Began career in the Cats UK national tour as dance captain, playing several roles (Alonzo, Rumpus Cat, u/s Rum Tum Tugger/Mistoffelees. Credits: (West End) The Hunting of the Snark - as 'Butcher', Cats as 'Rum Tum Tugger', Starlight Express - as 'Electra', Grease - as 'Roger', Tommy- as 'The Hawker'/'Captain Walker', The Fix - ensemble, Black Goes with Everything - as 'Performer', Notre Dame de Paris - as 'Gringoire'; (Germany) Cats - as 'Munkustrap', RENT - as 'Roger Davis'. Plus several commercials. Recordings: The New Starlight Express (1993) - as 'Electra'; RENT- Original German Cats Recording (1999) - as 'Roger Davis'.- Actress
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Julie Graham was born on 24 July 1965 in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for The Sarah Jane Adventures (2007), Being Eileen (2011) and Shetland (2013). She has been married to Davy Croket since 11 September 2019. She was previously married to Joseph Bennett.- Actor
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Kadeem Hardison was born on 24 July 1965 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and director, known for A Different World (1987), White Men Can't Jump (1992) and Drive (1997). He was previously married to Chanté Moore.- Actor
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Ken Barnett was born in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Mozart in the Jungle (2014), House of Cards (2013) and Mad Men (2007).- Kendra Santacruz was born on 24 July 1989 in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico. She is an actress, known for Bajo el mismo cielo (2015), Último Año (2012) and Viaje de generación (2012).
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Kristin Chenoweth is an American stage, screen and television actress, though, depending on who you ask, Chenoweth fans may disagree on what her most famous roles are. Since Chenoweth began her career, she has been credited with roles in musicals and plays on and off-Broadway, on various television shows and can be seen in movies on television and the big screen. She has also lent her recognizable voice numerous times to animated features.
Chenoweth was born in the small town of Broken Arrow, OK. Soon after her birth, Chenoweth was adopted by Jerry and Junie Chenoweth. She is very open about her adoption and has been known to support various adoption causes and organizations around the U.S. Although Chenoweth knows the backgrounds of her birth parents, she has commented that she has little interest in meeting them. The Chenoweth family includes older brother Mark. Chenoweth graduated from Broken Arrow High School and went on to study Musical Theater at Oklahoma City University. Under the guidance of Florence Birdwell, Chenoweth flourished in stage and vocal performance. She later received her Master's Degree in Opera Performance at OCU.
An avid fan of all things Oklahoman, Chenoweth was inducted into the 2010 State Hall of Fame. Fans of Kristin Chenoweth, the stage actress, have seen her stealing performances in Steel Pier, Epic Proportions, and The Apple Tree. In 1999, Chenoweth received the Tony Award for her performance as "Sally" in "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown". Chenoweth is well-known as the originator of "Glinda" in the 2003 mega-hit musical "Wicked". The role, written with Chenoweth in mind, earned her a Tony Award Nomination amongst many other accolades. Chenoweth returned to Broadway in 2010, alongside Sean Hayes in the Broadway revival of "Promises, Promises". In January of 2007, Chenoweth became the third musical theater performer in history to have a solo performance at NYC's Metropolitan Opera. She has also performed with various Symphonies around the world. Chenoweth has recorded 3 studio albums. Those who know Kristin best from her various television performances remember her as the quirky, down on love, "Olive Snook" on Pushing Daisies (2007). The role won Ms. Chenoweth an Emmy Award in 2009 for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. The show, ultimately canceled shortly after its 2nd season, is still considered by Kristin to be one of her favorite characters to play.
In 2001, Chenoweth starred in the short-lived NBC comedy Kristin (2001). She has also been seen on The West Wing (1999), Ugly Betty (2006) and has a recurring role on Fox's Glee (2009) as the recovering alcoholic has-been, but lovable "April Rhodes" . Her appearances on "Glee" earned her a 3rd Emmy nomination. Most recently, Ms. Chenoweth had a small part in the 2010 comedy, You Again (2010). She has also had roles in Four Christmases (2008), Deck the Halls (2006), Running with Scissors (2006) and link=tt0420223]. In 2009, Chenoweth took on the challenging role as "Linda" in the film, Into Temptation (2009). Ms. Chenoweth is bi-coastal, spending a good amount of time in both New York and Los Angeles.- Laraine Stephens was born on 24 July 1941 in Oakland, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Police Woman (1974), Hellfighters (1968) and Mission: Impossible (1966). She was previously married to David Gerber.
- Laura Fraser was born on 24th July 1975 and brought up in Glasgow. Her father, Alister, used to run a small building company but is now an aspiring scriptwriter; her mother, Rose, used to be a nurse but is now a college lecturer. She has an older brother who works with computers, a younger sister who is studying philosophy at university, and a younger brother who hasn't yet decided what he wants to do. Laura describes her family as a pretty close bunch.
Alister Fraser was instrumental in getting his daughter into acting when she was at school. He wrote a play for the youth club in which she played the female lead. After completing High School, Laura did a drama foundation course at Glasgow's Langside College, and than went to the prestigious Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.
During her time there, she got a supporting role in Gillies MacKinnon's film Small Faces (1995). This was on top of a couple of other minor roles she had taken (such as 'Big Day for the Bad Guys). The college authorities took a pretty dim view of the amount of professional work she had been taking on, questioning her commitment to the course.
Having not been enjoying her time at the Academy, and encouraged by her parents, she dropped out after a year and moved to London. She landed the starring female role in the BBC adaptation of Neil Gaiman's _"NeverWhere" (1996) (mini)_ series, and then moved to several small or supporting roles in films (Cousin Bette, Man in the Iron Mask), as well as a lead in the short film 'Paris Brixton'. She also appeared as a minor character in single TV dramas, such as 'The Investigator' and 'The Tribe'). Her role in the movie Left Luggage (1998) was more substantial and led to her getting one of the main character roles in the black comedy Divorcing Jack (1998) (at least in the first half). And her highest profile performance as the lead female in the comedy Virtual Sexuality (1999) in 1998.
From here she has appeared in a number of films, mainly in supporting roles, but always noticeable. Her performance as Lavinia in the offbeat version of Titus (1999) has particularly been singled out for praise. All these roles have demonstrated her versatility in characterization and style to the full. From the fantasy of 'Neverwhere', comedy of 'Virtual Sexuality', Shakespearean drama of 'Titus', emotional drama of 'Forgive and Forget' and slapstick of 'Kevin and Perry', Laura cannot be typecast. She effortlessly adapts to all the genres (and accents where needed; she has rarely appeared acting using her own Glasgow accent).
Laura moved to America after completing Coney Island Baby (2002). She landed a role in the well regarded HBO drama Iron Jawed Angels (2004), and also met up with Karl Geary, her co-star in 'Coney Island Baby'. They lived together in Brooklyn, and subsequently married in New York in 2003. They moved to Ireland in mid 2004.
In early 2005, Laura returned to live in Glasgow with her husband and stepdaughter, and a desire to start a family and focus on local work. She found she was pregnant in late 2005, and spent time working as a choreographer on a pantomime written by her father 'Oh Yes He Is!' for the charity Sense Scotland. In May 2006 she and Karl became proud parents of a baby girl. Laura intended to not work for 12 months and be a full-time mum, but by September 2006 she was back making a film for the BBC. - Actress
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Laura Leighton was born on 24 July 1968 in Iowa City, Iowa, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Melrose Place (1992), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) and Skin (2003). She has been married to Doug Savant since 2 May 1998. They have two children.- Lauren Miller is known for The Help (2011).
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Les Reed was born on 24 July 1935 in Woking, Surrey, England, UK. He was a composer, known for Edward Scissorhands (1990), Play Misty for Me (1971) and Lake Placid (1999). He was married to June Williams. He died on 15 April 2019 in Petersfield, Hampshire, England, UK.- Actress
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Lynda Jean Cordova Carter is an American actress, singer, and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss World USA 1972 and finished in the top 15 at the Miss World 1972 pageant. Carter is best known as the star of the live-action television series Wonder Woman, in the role of Diana Prince / Wonder Woman. The role was based on the DC comic book fictional superhero character of the same name, and aired on ABC and later on CBS from 1975 to 1979.- Actress
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When, at 50, Mabel Albertson was given the supporting role of Mrs. Carter, young actress Aileen Stanley Jr.'s mother in a Warner Bros. Technicolor musical romance, little did she know that she was starting out a movie and TV career in which she would shine as "the ultimate haughty judgmental (often wealthy) mother-in-law (or mother, or stepmother, or auntie)" in an impressive series of films, TV films or TV series episodes. Mabel Albertson's comic gifts helped her to make these generally obnoxious characters hilarious. She is indeed memorable as Jerry Lewis' mother-in-law in Don't Give Up the Ship (1959), as George Hamilton's mother in All the Fine Young Cannibals (1960) or the domineering mother-in-law of poor Anthony Franciosa in Period of Adjustment (1962). On television, Tom Ewell, Dick Van Dyke and Dick Sargent, among others, were given the same treatment by their screen mother.
Even at 50 years of age, Mabel Albertson was no newcomer to the business. In fact, she had been a successful vaudeville performer in the 1920s, a radio star in the 1930s and a theater actress and director in the 1940s. She had tried her hand in films twice (in 1928 and 1940) but without much success. Ironically, it was the film business that had previously rejected her which would make her unforgettable from the early 1950s to the late 1970s when Alzheimer's Disease put an and end to a long and fruitful career.- Actress
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Mara Elizabeth Wilson was born on Friday, July 24th, 1987 in Los Angeles, California. She is the oldest daughter of Michael and Suzie Wilson, with three elder brothers - Danny (b. 1979), Jon (b. 1981) and Joel (b. 1983) - and a younger sister Anna (b. 1993). When Mara was 5 years old, her eldest brother Daniel Ben Wilson (Danny) started acting in television commercials and she wanted to follow in his footsteps. Her parents refused to let her act at first. After continuous persistence from Mara Elizabeth, her parents reluctantly agreed to let her give acting a try. She went on to appear in a number of commercials, including those advertising Texaco and the Bank of America. She also appeared in Mrs. Doubtfire (1993), starring Robin Williams and Sally Field, as the divorced parents. In her role, Mara proved herself to be a talented young actress, who was mature for her tender years, and her acting career went from strength-to-strength as she quickly became a favorite among cinema-goers. The following year, Mara played a small girl whose mother had suffered a major stroke in A Time to Heal (1994). But her big break came with the remake of Miracle on 34th Street (1994), as the little, intelligent, cynical girl who learned the magic of Santa Claus. Ironically, Mara was not raised to believe in Santa Claus but this was a bonus in some ways since she was able to empathize with her character's stance that there was no Santa. At the age of nine, Mara was cast in the lead role in the film adaptation of Roald Dahls book, Matilda (1996). Sadly, during filming, Mara lost her beloved mother to breast cancer but she bravely pushed ahead with the film, much to the amazement and admiration of her adult co-stars. Mara starred in three films over the following three years, the last of which was in Thomas and the Magic Railroad (2000). Unfortunately, the film did not do well in the theaters of American box office, but it did very well in the UK box office. This signaled an end to Mara's film career, as she wanted to focus on school and to enjoy her teenage years. In June 2005, Mara graduated from Idyllwild School of Music & Arts and went on to attend New York University. In a March 2012 blog post, she revealed she has no desire to return to acting in films. Today, Mara Wilson is a stage actress, a voice actress, a writer, and a playwright. Mara now lives a quiet life in "The Big Apple", a nickname of New York City, New York.- Actor
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Born Charles Harvey Goddard, Mark Goddard was best known for his role as the feisty, combative Major Don West in the cult TV series Lost in Space (1965). The youngest of five siblings, he was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, but grew up in Scituate, raised as a Catholic. Though excelling in sports, Goddard gave up early ambitions of a professional basketball career. Following advice from the head of the dramatic society of the College of the Holy Cross, he attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Manhattan.
Two years later, he relocated to Los Angeles and, before long, received offers to act in television. His first recurring role on the small screen was as the lead character's deputy in the western series Johnny Ringo (1959). He replaced Lee Farr as one of The Detectives (1959), portraying police officer Chris Ballard in 64 episodes.
Goddard made guest appearances in The Beverly Hillbillies (1962), The Virginian (1962), Gunsmoke (1955) and Perry Mason (1957) and co-starred alongside John McGiver in the short-lived sitcom Many Happy Returns (1964), before signing on as one of the crew in Irwin Allen 's Lost in Space. From season two, his character projected increasing antagonism towards the nefarious Dr. Zachary Smith. After that series had run its course, Goddard remained a frequent guest TV star on popular shows like Mod Squad (1968) and The Streets of San Francisco (1972). He had recurring stints on the soaps One Life to Live (1968) and General Hospital (1963) and made occasional forays into film acting, most notably in the off-beat horror flick Blue Sunshine (1977) (as a drug dealer turned politician).
The following year, he made his sole Broadway appearance in the musical The Act, opposite Liza Minnelli and Barry Nelson. Well-received, it ran for 233 performances between October 1977 and July 1978. Goddard retired from acting in 2015.
In between acting, Goddard often sidelined working with children, including at the Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. Having graduated with a Master's Degree in education from Bridgewater State College in Massachusetts, he eventually pursued a new vocation from 1991 as a special education teacher.
Goddard published his memoirs, "To Space and Back", in 2009. He was married three times. His second wife (divorced) was the actress Susan Anspach. His daughter is the producer Melissa Goddard .
Mark Goddard died of pulmonary fibrosis on October 10, 2023 at the age of 87.- Actress
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Megan Marie Park is a Canadian actress and singer. She is known for her work in the ABC Family television series The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2008), and romantic comedy film What If (2013) and Charlie Bartlett (2007). Her first major roles came with a guest spot on the Lifetime series Angela's Eyes (2006). She has also played Bev in A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song (2011). Megan Park was born in Lindsay, Ontario, Canada as Megan Marie Park. She got chance to grow up with her entire family. Her parents were intellectuals and always insisted her to follow dreams and carry academic career side by side. Megan is no exception. She's fit, blonde, ultra-cool, and uber-talented. She graduated from Oakridge Secondary School in London, Ontario. Megan began her acting career with small parts starting at age 6. The experience only fortified her love of acting, and she thus deepened and expanded her professional resumé in the years. She has won honors for speaking at least seven languages. Actress Megan Park first appeared in the 2003 movie This Time Around and since then, she has worked her way into playing more substantial roles. Megan created a band with singer Codi Caraco called Frank and Derol, in which she formerly sang and played bass guitar. The girl band also includes pop star Miley Cyrus's older half-sister, Brandi Cyrus. As of 2010, Megan has left the band to focus on her acting career in the TV series The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2008), The show ran from 2008 to 2013 and the actress received a lot of praise for her work in it. Megan also appeared, together with Tyler Hilton, in a music video called Gloriana: Kissed You Good Night (2012). Megan was also a part of the Original Kids Theatre program. With wide green eyes, blonde hair and charming look, Megan has chosen as the Rising Star Award by the Toronto International Film Festival in 2013. She loves to spend her spare time with her close friends.- Mel Ramos was married to Leta Alice Helmers. He died in October 2018 in Oakland, California, USA.
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Mela Hudson was an award winning actress from Poughkeepsie, New York known for Split Costs (2016), Hits (2014), and The Sisterhood of Night (2014). She started acting in stage productions at the age of eight when she was cast as the lead in her elementary school's play, and she continued to act on stage up until college.
Progressing to motion picture, she studied acting at Dutchess Community College where she focused her skill in multiple student films. In 2009 she was introduced to the New York Talent Club where she started to obtain professional on-set experience working in independent films, and TV commercials, as well as music videos for Deborah Harry, and Robert Plant. She began training professionally at the John Pallotta Studio of Acting, and Jordan Bayne's Permission Playground in New York City. But above all, Mela is most proud of learning from the great Dustin Hoffman, and Kevin Spacey in their Masterclasses.
Mela is also an avid producer, and screenwriter. She made her producer debut in 2013 for such films as Presence, and Resident Evil: Red Falls, which was highly recognized by CapCom and the Resident Evil franchise. She later worked with Strike to Burn Productions again in 2016 for the film, Rainbow 6, Plan B.
Hudson starred in the multi-award winning short film, Split Costs, written and directed by Jeffrey B. Palmer. The film premiered at the 2016 Bluestocking Film Festival in Portland, Maine, where it received an Audience Choice Award. Since then, the film has received 16 awards, and has 16 nominations, including Hudson's 4 wins, and 3 nominations.
In 2017, she wrote, directed, produced, and starred in the short film , Eight, which centered around bringing awareness to depression, self harm, sexual and physical abuse, domestic violence, mental illness, and suicide. She also starred in the short film, Melancholia, which has similar undertones of domestic violence, depression, and suicide.
Hudson moved to Los Angeles, California in September of 2017, and began working as a production assistant for Geek and Sundry under Legendary Digital Networks, on such shows as Starter Kit, and Painters Guild, starring Will Fridel. She also worked on the music video, Freaky Friday, featuring Chris Brown and Lil' Dicky, as well as the TV shows Peoples Magazine Investigates, Laff Tracks: Laff Mobb, and Kode with Klossy, starring super-model Karlie Kloss.
To add to her talents, Hudson is a singer, dancer, model, and self-taught pianist and drummer. At the age of four, she started professionally training at the Estelle and Alfonso Performing Arts Program, and the Betty Jean Studio, where she performed on stage in various competitions of Ballet, Jazz, and Tap. At the age of 12, she started playing the piano, and began playing the drums at the age of 14.- Actress
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Melissa Cardello Linton was born on 24 July 1979 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. She is an actress, known for X2 (2003), The Dark Knight Rises (2012) and Exposed (2016). She has been married to Gee Malik Linton since 8 January 2000. They have two children.- Actor
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Michael Jones is an American actor, voice actor, Internet and YouTube personality who is known for his work with Rooster Teeth's gameplay division Achievement Hunter. He is the fourth main host at Achievement Hunter since 2012. He is most well known as a member of the Rooster Teeth team and a core part of Achievement Hunter who became the host of the hit series Rage Quit. He does Let's Play videos for Achievement Hunter for games such as Saints Row and Minecraft. He is good friends with Gavin Free and Ray Narvaez, Jr.
Michael was born on July 24, 1987 in Woodbridge, New Jersey. Before fame, He grew up in Woodbridge, New Jersey. After graduating from high school, Jones worked as an electrician for almost five years. He was creating his own Let's Play YouTube community videos as LtMkilla which attracted the attention of Rooster Teeth and Achievement Hunter. Much of his content, including a popular series called Rage Quit, centered on video games. After a short career as a dice inspector, Jones was hired by Rooster Teeth in 2011 and moved to Texas. Jones first came to attention after his video "Crackdown 2 - Orbs = Bullshit" reached the front page of reddit. He received an email from Rooster Teeth asking him to join and make a new show for Achievement Hunter, which became Rage Quit. In September 2011, he co-founded and co-hosted, with Barbara Dunkelman, Ray Narvaez, Jr., Lindsay Jones, Kerry Shawcross, Andrew Blanchard, Mike Kroon, and Dylon Saramago, the triple award-winning Internet Box podcast. He is an occasional guest on the Rooster Teeth Podcast and is currently the main host of the Achievement Hunter podcast Off Topic. He portrays the voice of Sun Wukong on RWBY and Sting in Fairy Tail.
Jones has worked as both an actor and a voice artist in multiple projects, several of which are produced by Rooster Teeth, including roles as Sun Wukong in Rooster Teeth's animated series RWBY, fictionalized versions of himself in both Rooster Teeth Shorts and Ten Little Roosters, Mogar in the animated series X-Ray and Vav, and Zach in the sci-fi comedy film Lazer Team. He has co-starred in the Rooster Teeth series Immersion since season two. His non-Rooster Teeth credits include the animated shows Fairy Tail, as Sting Eucliffe, and World Break: Aria of Curse for a Holy Swordsman, as Gen.
The developers of the video game Surgeon Simulator named the alien character Gworb after a remark made by Jones in a Let's Play video in which Jones was conversing with gaming partner Gavin Free.
He was raised Roman Catholic by his devout parents. He married his girlfriend Lindsay Jones, a fellow Rooster Teeth employee, on May 9, 2014. Michael is best friends with Gavin Free, and they constantly refer to each other as "my boi".
He is continuing his Rage Quit series for the company and stars in their Let's Play videos. Jones has acting roles in the Rooster Teeth shows "Red vs. Blue" and "Rwby", as well as the English dubbed version of "Fairy Tail". He also played Zach in the upcoming film Lazer Team (2015). He lives with his wife, Lindsay Jones in Austin, Texas.
He also started his own podcast along with his RT friends called the Internet Box Podcast.
As LtMkilla, Michael's YouTube fame started mainly from his popular video, "Crackdown 2 - Orbs = Bullshit". This video had him chasing down an agility orb, constantly complaining about the difficulty of getting the orb. People found Michael's rage very entertaining, and the ending of the video had many viewers crying with laughter. This video attracted lots of attention and currently has over 600,000 views.
As LtMkilla, he does mostly his own thirty-minute Let's Play videos on video games such as Dead Space 2, Resident Evil 4, and Portal 2. In an interview, he stated that "one day I got home from work and I noticed I had a thousand views, which is the most I had ever gotten, so I then decided I'm gonna release new videos each week." Eventually, after growing in ratings, he received an email from Rooster Teeth asking him to join and make a new show for Achievement Hunter, which became Rage Quit. Michael describes his job at Achievement Hunter as amazing, since he plays video games for a living.
Michael is a common contributor and member/host of Achievement Hunter. As a member, he regularly releases achievement guides and easter egg videos, along with making his Rage Quit videos. Michael, alongside Gavin, edits the Let's Play videos including Minecraft, along with the "This is..." and "Things to do in" videos, and along with his Rage Quit videos. Michael sometimes introduces new video games in the "This is..." series. It was Michael's idea as well to start Let's Play videos which had become popular, especially the videos for Minecraft. Michael also helps to moderate the Achievement Hunter website.
Michael is also a huge fan of games made by Rareware, a popular games company, more specifically Banjo & Kazooie. This very notable passion, for such a classic, has made him adopt the 'Banjo' skin in Let's Play Minecraft and Banjo-related merchandise which populates his desk.
He is also a fan of The Legend of Zelda, having the game's iconic Triforce tattooed on one of his arms.
Michael's main gamertag is MLP Michael. He, along with Gavin, were featured in Season Two of Immersion, being a test monkey for Burnie Burns's reality video gaming experiments. He currently voices Sun Wukong in RWBY and Sting Eucliffe in Fairy Tail, and voiced Gen in World Break: Aria of a Curse for a Holy Swordsman.- Actor
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Immortalized as Cosmo Kramer on the classic sitcom Seinfeld (1989), West Coast comedy star Michael Richards was born on July 24, 1949, and raised in South Los Angeles, California, to Phyllis (Nardozzi), an Italian-American medical records librarian, and William Richards, an electrical engineer. Michael displayed an early talent for performance as a top Forensic League competitor during grade school. He went on to star in multiple high school and college productions while working as an ambulance attendant and hospital orderly. Michael trained as a medic in the US Army during the Vietnam War, was appointed writer and director of plays on drug abuse and race relations for the Army's V-Corp Training Roadshow. He attended the California Institute of the Arts and was mentored by famed performance art guru Allan Kaprow. He graduated from Evergreen State College in Washington with his BFA in drama.
After first performing with the San Diego Repertory Company, he subsequently returned to L.A. where he was discovered by Budd Friedman, founder of the Improv comedy club and talent manager Charles H. Joffe. Also a trained theater actor under the tutelage of Stella Adler, Michael starred in regional productions, Off-Broadway, and in London's West End. In addition to his comedic roles, Michael performed regularly in comedy clubs during the late 1970s and 1980s while driving a school bus by day.
Inspired by the physical comedy of such legends as Charles Chaplin and Jacques Tati, he paid his dues on the comedy circuit until comedian Billy Crystal noticed him and gave him a break on one of his comedy specials. Michael earned a regular spot on the sketch comedy series Fridays (1980), where he created the character of Battle Boy who liked to blow up army soldiers. He also appeared in such minor slapstick films such as Young Doctors in Love (1982) and Transylvania 6-5000 (1985).
Michael worked regularly as a dramatic "heavy" in television throughout the 1980s in shows such as "Miami Vice," "St. Elsewhere," and "Hill Street Blues." Following a recurring role on the offbeat comedy series Marblehead Manor (1987), everything finally came together for the elastic-faced comedian in 1989, after being cast as Cosmo Kramer, Jerry Seinfeld's wired, convulsive, frizzy-mopped neighbor and pal on Seinfeld (1989). The frenzied character earned him three Emmy awards, SAG awards, and instant cult status. He followed this success with his own short-lived series, the comedy mystery as a private investigator in The Michael Richards Show (2000) and the role of Micawber in a TV version of David Copperfield (2000).
Subsequent film credits include the cult classic UHF (1989), Problem Child (1990), Airheads (1994), Unstrung Heroes (1995) and Trial and Error (1996), a top-billed comedy role. TV work into the millennium has been very sporadic; however, he appeared as himself in several episodes of Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000), and played a regular role in Kirstie Alley's brief comedy series Kirstie (2013) with fellow TV comedy veteran and Rhea Perlman. He also made an isolated film appearance in the romantic comedy Faith, Hope & Love (2019).- Actress
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Miiko Taka came into the world as Betty Miiko Shikata in Seattle, Washington, a Nisei born of Japanese immigrant parentage. She spent much of her upbringing in Los Angeles. In 1942, Betty and her family were removed from their homes and interned in the Gila River War Relocation Centre in Arizona, a concentration camp which had been set up following Japan's attack on Pearl Harbour. One of her fellow detainees was the actor Pat Morita. Betty's internee file described her as a semi-skilled dressmaker and seamstress and suggested stenographer or typist as 'potential occupations'. Little is known of Betty's life prior to her debut in Joshua Logan's Sayonara (1957) , except that she had no prior acting experience and was employed as a clerk at a travel agency in L.A..
The role of Hana-Ogi, the celebrated Matsubayashi dancer who defies tradition by having a secret affair with an American pilot (Marlon Brando), had originally been earmarked for Audrey Hepburn. When Hepburn turned it down, Logan cast the unknown Miiko Taka in the part. Sayonara ultimately grossed $ 10.5 million and won four Oscars, including one for co-star Miyoshi Umeki as Best Supporting Actress. Miiko's performance was lauded by Variety and by Bosley Crowther of the New York Times who described her as "a flute-like beauty - a really lovely, serene and soothing impulse".
In the wake of Sayonara, Miiko was cast as a geisha opposite Glenn Ford in Cry for Happy (1961), a predictable comedy about the assorted romantic affairs of four G.I.'s on leave in Japan during the Korean War. She had further high profile roles in Operation Bottleneck (1961) (as a girl guerrilla), A Global Affair (1964) (with Bob Hope), The Art of Love (1965) (with James Garner) and Walk Don't Run (1966) (with Cary Grant in his last film appearance). On television, she was mostly typecast amid exotic backgrounds in such escapist entertainments as Hawaiian Eye (1959), Adventures in Paradise (1959), I Spy (1965) and The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964). Her penultimate screen appearance was as a Japanese noblewoman in James Clavell's miniseries Shogun (1980).
Miiko Taka was thrice married. Her first husband was the actor Dale Ishimoto with whom she had a son and a daughter.- Actor
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Mitch Grassi was born on 24 July 1992 in Arlington, Texas, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for The Grinch (2018), Pitch Perfect 2 (2015) and Meet Me Next Christmas.- Actor
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Murray Kinnell was born on 24 July 1889 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Public Enemy (1931), The Three Musketeers (1935) and Charlie Chan in Paris (1935). He was married to Henrietta Goodwin. He died on 11 August 1954 in Santa Barbara, California, USA.- Nancy Daly was born on 24 July 1963 in Savannah, Georgia, USA. She is an actress, known for Coming to Terms (2015), GLOW: Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling (1986) and A Nice Quiet Life (2018).
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With a gold and platinum string of highly prolific albums, Pam Tillis has been a formidable force in country music since her first Arista Records release back in 1990, when she paved the way for a new breed of female vocalists to follow.
Pam's incredible career boasts six Number One and seventeen Top Ten hits, in addition to a Grammy Award and two CMA Awards including "Female Vocalist of the Year." The first artist inducted into the Grand 'Ole Opry in the new millennium, Pam also starred on Broadway to rave reviews in the musical "Smokey Joe's Cafe."
Often described as an "innovator," Pam has achieved international success and critical acclaim not only as a performer, but also as a songwriter and producer, carving a path in music history that is uniquely her own.
She is, after all, a superstar as well as a survivor. A child of Music City royalty and a former rebel, she was determined to find her own way as a singer and songwriter - and she succeeded. A CMA Female Vocalist of the Year, she has written songs for some of the top singers in and beyond Nashville, including more than a few of her own hits.
She knows what it's like to break the platinum barrier, to top the singles charts time and again, to bask in an ovation at her induction as a member of the Opry or play in the intimate hush of the Bluebird Cafe. She has bathed in the lights of Broadway, posed for glamor magazine spreads, sung ballads in Bay Area bistros, batted wicked one-liners back to Tom Bergeron on Hollywood Squares, even made cameos in movies.
But no matter where she wandered, Pam Tillis never lost her connection to country music - even when country began to lose touch with itself. Trends came and went, and though she rolled easily with the tides and drew something from every new twist, she was aware that changes come with a cost, even as the business side of country flourished.- Paolo Paoloni was born on 24 July 1929 in Bodio, Ticino, Switzerland. He was an actor, known for Double Team (1997), Cannibal Holocaust (1980) and Fantozzi in Heaven (1993). He died on 9 January 2019 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
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Patricia Palmer was born in Mendoza, Argentina. She started her career in the 80s playing important roles in soap operas and theater. She leaded a soap opera written by Mr. Alberto Migre, Sin Marido. Later on, she also headed "El mago Original" with Carlos Andrés Calvo, "Vendedoras de La Fayette" with Antonio Grimau, "Dulce Ana" with Susana Campos, and" Los Angéles no Lloran" with Susana Campos as well. She has also starred in several theatrical plays. She was one of the favorite actress of Mr. Alejandro Romay who was the president of Canal 9 until the 90s. Moreover, in 1996, she had a very important position in Canal 9 not only as a leading actress, but also as producer and writer for "Los Angeles no Lloran". Patricia Palmer is a close friend of actresses Ana María Campoy and Adriana Gardiazabal with whom she shared several works during her memorable career.- Director
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Patty Jenkins is a writer/director best known for directing Wonder Woman, the Warner Bros./DC Comics blockbuster of 2017, and her debut feature Monster. Patty also works in television where she is best known for the pilot and finale episode of AMC's hit show The Killing.
Patty began her career as a painter at The Cooper Union in New York City. Upon transitioning to filmmaking, she spent eight years as an Assistant Camera Person/Focus Puller on commercials and music videos. After attending the AFI in Los Angeles, she wrote and directed Monster.
Roger Ebert named Monster as The #1 Best Film of 2004 and #3 Best Film of the decade. AFI named it on the Ten Best Films of the Year. Patty also garnered a number of awards and nominations, including winning Best First Feature at the 2004 Independent Spirit Awards. Charlize Theron went on to sweep the awards circuit winning the Oscar, Golden Globe, SAG Award, and numerous critics' awards in the Best Actress category.
Jenkins went on to direct many commercials and TV programs including Fox's Arrested Development and HBO's Entourage and the pilot episodes for ABC's Betrayal and Exposed. She won the DGA award for best directing for The Killing pilot, as well as being nominated for an Emmy. She also received an Emmy nomination for her work on the final segment of FIVE - a series of short films about breast cancer.
In 2017, Jenkins broke the record for Biggest Grossing Live-Action Film Directed by a Woman, Domestic and Worldwide, with Wonder Woman. The film also received critical acclaim, broke several records and went on to become highest grossing film of the summer of 2017.- Actor
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Paul Ben-Victor is an internationally recognized actor whose career spans four decades on stage, film, and television which includes his iconic performance as the Greek mobster Spiros Vondas on the acclaimed HBO series THE WIRE which has been called the greatest series of all-time.
One of the film world's most beloved performer, he has worked with groundbreaking directors including Martin Scorsese, Tony Scott, Antoine Fuqua, Steven Zaillian, and Clint Eastwood. Paul's recent work includes THE IRISHMAN opposite Al Pacino, PLANE with Gerard Butler, and EMANCIPATION opposite Will Smith. His other feature credits include starring alongside Samuel L. Jackson in THE BANKER, with Kevin Hart and Will Ferrell in GET HARD, Robert DeNiro and Sylvester Stallone in GRUDGE MATCH, along with classics like TOMBSTONE and TRUE ROMANCE further showcase his timeless appeal.
In television, Paul Ben-Victor has played a number of roles that have left a lasting cultural impact in many highly acclaimed series, including his portrayal of studio head Alan Gray in HBO's ENTOURAGE and appearing opposite Matthew McConaughey in the award winning TRUE DETECTIVE. Most recently, he was in PAM AND TOMMY with Lily James and Sebastian Stan and can next be seen in significant roles in the new KRISTEN BELL SHOW for Netflix, the LINCOLN LAWYER for Netflix, RAISING KANAN for Starz, BOOKIE for HBO Max and the international hit THE CHOSEN for Lionsgate. His other television credits include VINYL, IN PLAIN SIGHT, JOHN FROM CINCINNATI, NYPD BLUE, WILL & GRACE, THE MICK, EVERYBODY HATES CHRIS, PREACHER, and GOLIATH among many others.
Additionally, Ben-Victor received critical acclaim for his portrayal of iconic comedian 'Moe Howard' in the ABC biopic THE THREE STOOGES.
Paul has worked on stage at the prestigious Longwharf Theater, the Seattle Repertory Theater, and on Broadway at The American Place Theater in New York. He is also a proud lifetime member of the renowned Actors Studio.- Paul McMichael was born as Michael Gallant in West Covina, California, USA. He started his acting career, at the age of seven in 1982, acting in various plays, in Monrovia, California. Later on that same year, he enjoyed the acting bug, so, he decided to try film and TV, along with several other cast members of the playhouse, such as Alitzah he was then working.
Throughout his career, he would land the roles of the child of the principal actors.
He later sought out acting lessons, from well-respected teachers, such as Ann Eldridge and June Chandler. There, he fine-tuned his acting skills, as well as started to develop comedic writing, and excelled in improvisation.
During his teen years, he was greatly inspired by The Beatles, more specifically, Paul McCartney (for whom, he modeled his stage name), and took up learning the guitar and bass. He then was cast as "the guitar player" in many movies and television shows.
While not acting, McMichael has played the role of "Paul McCartney" in various Los Angles-based Beatle tribute bands, including "Imagine", "BackBeat" and the band he formed on his own, "Apple Scruffs" (formerly known as "The WannaBeatles"). He also performs in an original group based in LA called "The Give". Occasionally, he works as a session musician, and has recorded and played with the likes of "Blind Pony", featuring, Tony Award-winning actor, Kent Klineman - Director
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Having seen Robbery (1967) and Bullitt (1968), it comes as no surprise that Peter Yates started out as a professional racing car driver and team manager - albeit briefly - before turning his attention to film. The son of a military man, he was educated at Charterhouse School and trained at RADA, gaining his first experience as an actor with local repertory companies. In the early 1950's, he worked as a dubbing assistant, cutter, stage manager and theatre director (Royal Court), eventually graduating to assistant director on The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958). He cut his teeth, directing many episodes of The Saint (1962) and Secret Agent (1964) for television, before helming his first feature film, the musical Summer Holiday (1963).
"Summer Holiday" did nothing for his career. However, the exhilarating car chase through the streets of London - staged for his next film, "Robbery" - so impressed Steve McQueen that he requested Yates to direct him in "Bullitt". The rest is history: for many years, THAT car chase became the yard stick by which all others were measured. The success of this venture prompted Yates to remain in America, adapting himself to a variety of other genres, though continuing to be preoccupied with action subjects. His best films include the stylish and ingenious caper comedy The Hot Rock (1972); the underwater adventure The Deep (1977), based on the novel and screenplay by Peter Benchley; and the quirky coming-of-age comedy Breaking Away (1979). For the latter, Yates received simultaneous Oscar nominations as Best Director and Best Producer.
He was nominated again for a more cerebral 'actor's piece', The Dresser (1983), starring Albert Finney and Tom Courtenay , based on a play about an ageing stage actor and his long-standing assistant. Never a prolific director, Yates subsequently made only a few more films. Most memorable, perhaps, were the courtroom thriller Suspect (1987), the political drama The House on Carroll Street (1988) and the enjoyably old-fashioned comedy It All Came True (1998), starring Michael Caine and Maggie Smith as a couple of theatrical ghosts.- Born Phyllis Callow in Hollywood -- to Ridgeway Callow, a native of the Isle of Man (UK), and his wife, Peggy Watts, a Ziegfeld Girl and socialite -- at age two Phyllis Douglas played the baby "Bonnie Blue Butler" in Gone with the Wind (1939).
Her father, who had served in the RAF, was hired by Howard Hughes as an accountant in New York. The Callows later moved to Hollywood where their children grew up in Malibu and West Los Angeles. Ridgeway worked in the motion picture industry as an award winning second unit director. - Pierre-Yves Cardinal was born on 24 July 1978 in Québec, Canada. He is an actor, known for Tom at the Farm (2013), Mommy (2014) and Les Jeunes Loups (2014).
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Predrag Ejdus was born on 24 July 1947 in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia. He was an actor, known for Montevideo, Bog te video! (2012), TV teatar (1956) and Svetozar Markovic (1980). He died on 28 September 2018 in Belgrade, Serbia.- Renah Gallagher was born on 24 July 1988 in Orlando, Florida, USA. She is an actress, known for Being Mary Jane (2013), Daytime Divas (2017) and The Haves and the Have Nots (2013). She is married to Corey Gallagher. They have two children.
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Renee Houston was born on 24 July 1902 in Johnstone, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK. She was an actress and writer, known for Repulsion (1965), A Girl Must Live (1939) and Carry on at Your Convenience (1971). She was married to Donald Stewart, Patrick Aherne and George Balharrie. She died on 9 February 1980 in Chertsey, Surrey, England, UK.- Actor
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Born in Toronto, Rick Fox moved to the Bahamas when he was very young. His father is Afro-Bahamian, and his mother, who is Canadian, is of Italian and Scottish descent. Rick went to Warsaw Indiana high school as an exchange student and played basketball there. A complaint was filed about his eligibility and it was ruled one of his earlier years in the Bahamas was equivalent to a year of high school. As a result, he was banned from playing his senior year. To keep himself sharp and in playing shape, he still practiced with the team every day. Majored in radio, television, and motion picture sciences and played college basketball at UNC, where he left as the all-time school steals leader and games played leader. Upon graduating, he was selected 24th overall in the NBA Draft by the Boston Celtics. After several seasons with the Celtics, he signed with the Los Angeles Lakers partly due to its proximity to Hollywood and his interest in acting. While with the Lakers, he helped them win an NBA Championship as a versatile role-player.