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Christopher Crosby Farley was born on February 15, 1964, in Madison, Wisconsin, to Mary Anne (Crosby) and Thomas Farley, who owned an oil company. Among his siblings are actors Kevin P. Farley and John Farley. He was of Irish heritage. Farley studied theatre and communications on Marquette University. After finishing university he was in the cast of the Second City Theatre, where he was discovered by the producer of the great comedy show Saturday Night Live (1975), Lorne Michaels. Farley worked on Saturday Night Live (1975) for five years during which he appeared in movies like Wayne's World (1992), Coneheads (1993), Billy Madison (1995) and finally Tommy Boy (1995), with his comic partner and SNL cast member David Spade. The duo later made one more movie called Black Sheep (1996). From that time on, Farley was one of the big comedy stars, and his fame was growing and growing.
After some more time, he made another "lone" movie, Beverly Hills Ninja (1997), which featured former SNL member Chris Rock. Farley was made even more famous, but with his growing fame, his problems grew bigger as well; he didn't want to be the "fat guy who falls down" any longer. Farley had several other problems, too, with alcohol and drug dependency. On December 18th, 1997, he died from a heroin (opiate) and cocaine overdose in his apartment in Chicago, where his body was found by his brother John the next day. Farley's weight of 296 pounds was a contributing factor in his death, but according to his autopsy the alcohol, marijuana and Prozac that was also found in his body, were not. Less than two months prior to his death, he had appeared alongside Chevy Chase on what would be Farley's only SNL show as host. Not unlike his idol John Belushi, he was credited for one more appearance after having left SNL and died at age 33. His death cause was also the same. In the year after Farley's departing, the movie Almost Heroes (1998), where he plays the leading role alongside Matthew Perry was released. He also makes cameo appearances in Dirty Work (1998)- Actress
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Abigail McKern was born on 15 February 1955 in Islington, London, England, UK. She is an actress and producer, known for Angels (1975), Rumpole of the Bailey (1978) and Twelfth Night, or What You Will (1988).- Actress
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Agustina Cherri was born on 15 February 1983 in Vicente López, Buenos Aires, Argentina. She is an actress and writer, known for Chiquititas (1995), Mis amigos de siempre (2013) and Hombres de honor (2005).- Actress
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Alex Borstein is a Chicago-born American actress, known for her work on the animated sitcom Family Guy (1999), Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story (2005), Bad Santa (2003), and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017). Borstein became a MADtv cast member in 1997, during the sketch comedy show's third season. The following year, Seth MacFarlane cast her as the voice of Lois Griffin in Family Guy, which debuted on Fox in 1999. In 2013, due to her work on Family Guy, Borstein was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance and, in 2018, Borstein won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her portrayal of Susie Myerson on the period dramedy The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.- Actress
Alex ter Avest was born on 15 February 1993 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA. She is an actress, known for Cell (2016), Stuck in Love. (2012) and Logan Lucky (2017).- Actor
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Alexander Caniggia is known for Bañeros 5: Lentos y cargosos (2018), Hoy ganás vos (2016) and El hotel de los famosos (2022).- Alexia Moyano is an Argentinean actress who has worked internationally in film, theatre, and television in London, Paris, and her home city of Buenos Aires. After graduating with a degree in business administration from the University of Buenos Aires, Alexia dedicated herself to her vocation and future profession of acting. Fluent in English, Spanish, and French, she trained with Helena Tritek in Buenos Aires before graduating from both the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) and the Conservatoire National Supérieur d'Art Dramatique in Paris. Alexia had a breakthrough year in 2012 when she starred as Pucca in the television series 'Babylon', and also received the 2012 ACE Award nomination for New Revelation for her role as Pilar opposite Alfredo Alcon and Claudia Lapaco in 'Filosofia de vida' at Teatro Metropolitan in Buenos Aires. She will star in the upcoming feature film 'El prisionero irlandés' (2014), directed by Carlos M. Jaureguialzo and Marcela Silva y Nasute.
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Ali Campbell was born on 15 February 1959 in Birmingham, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Something Wild (1986), Beautiful Creatures (2000) and I May Destroy You (2020). He has been married to Juliet Grace Worth since 23 March 2006. They have two children. He was previously married to Bernadette Virtue.- Actor
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Allan Arbus was born on 15 February 1918 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for M*A*S*H (1972), Coffy (1973) and Damien: Omen II (1978). He was married to Mariclare Costello and Diane Arbus. He died on 19 April 2013 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actress
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Amber Riley was born on 15 February 1986 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Glee (2009), The Wiz Live! (2015) and Glee: Director's Cut Pilot Episode (2009).- Music Department
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Anneli Saaristo was born on 15 February 1949 in Jokioinen, Finland. She is an actress, known for Shadow of the Eagle (2005), Taivaan tulet (2007) and Eurojuorut (1998).- Anson Boon was born on 15 February 2000 in England. He is an actor, known for Crawl (2019), 1917 (2019) and Blackbird (2019).
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Though not as well known as his nearly decade-older brother Barry Fitzgerald, Shields was a talented actor with well over twice the film roles in his career. Fitzgerald was already a well established player at the renowned Dublin Abbey Theater when Shields, also bitten by the acting bug, joined in 1914. He performed but was also out front directing plays. Already he had dabbled in the new medium of Irish film (1910) with two notable examples (1918). There was more to the seemingly mild-mannered Shields than met the eye. His family was Protestant Nationalist and he himself fought in the Easter Uprising of 1916. And he was in fact captured and imprisoned in a camp in North Wales. Late in 1918 he came to the United States and first helped bring Irish comedy and drama to Broadway. He would continue to appear on Broadway for some 24 plays until 1941, especially reviving two Abbey Theater favorites from the hand of Sean O'Casey, "The Plough and the Stars" and "Juno and the Paycock", the latter being produced and staged by him in 1940. Still not settled, Shields was back in Dublin through most of the 1920s but returned to Broadway almost full time in 1932 moving through the repertory of Irish plays. When John Ford finally convinced his brother - and some other Abbey players - to come to Hollywood to do the 1936 film version of "The Plough and the Stars", Broadway veteran Shields was asked to take the pivotal part of Padraic (Patrick) Pearse, perhaps the most important leader of the Easter Rising.
By early 1939 he was finished with his concentration on Broadway and found Ford eager to offer him a part in his Revolutionary period adventure Drums Along the Mohawk (1939) as the matter-of-fact pioneer minister with a good shooting eye Rev. Rosenkrantz. Ministers, reverends, priests, and other assorted clerics would be a Shields staple throughout his career - and he always managed to breath an individual humanity into each and every one. From then on through the 1940s he was in demand as character actor - and not just Irish roles as Fitzgerald with his gravelly, prominent brogue, found himself. Along with the aforementioned men of the cloth, Shields was provided a steady offering of the gamut of Hollywood's character storehouse-Irish and otherwise. And among them were parts for some of Ford's most memorable films: How Green Was My Valley (1941) and especially The Quiet Man (1952). Here again, he was a cleric but a uniquely sympathetic one - the lone Protestant Reverend Dr. Playfair - whom John Wayne affectionately calls "Padre" in the vastly Catholic village of the film. He alone knows the former identity of Wayne and convinces the latter of his final struggle to go on with his new life in Ireland. Enough said - with a wonderful cast of Ford stalwarts and native Irish (including Fizgerald), this was Ford's long awaited crowning achievement.
Though Shields was taking on the occasional film through the 1950s, most of his time was going to television. Along with TV playhouse roles he became a most familiar face of episodic TV with a variety of roles (even the old Mickey Mouse Club Hardy Boy Adventures), especially in the ever-popular TV Western genera. Aside from his numerous appearances in plays throughout his career, all told Arthur Shields screen appearances approached nearly 100 memorable acting endeavors.- Actress
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Ashley Tesoro is a Christian and country music singer. In 2007 she released her self-titled country music debut through Tesoro Records. In 2010 she released a Country-Gospel album titled "Oh You Angel." In 2012 she released a Gospel Hymns album titled "Simply Worship." All of her EP's were produced by Grammy nominated and multi-platinum record producer Ron Aniello, and were met with rave reviews.
In addition to being a talented and accomplished singer, Ashley is also a former Hollywood actress. During her acting career, which spanned over fourteen years, she became known throughout the world due to her starring roles on NBC's "Saved By the Bell: The New Class", and CBS's "The Bold and the Beautiful." During a six year period she portrayed the characters of Liz Miller on Saved by the Bell: The New Class (1993) and Kimberly Fairchild on The Bold and the Beautiful (1987). These characters brought both national and international attention to her acting talent and ability, as well as her beauty and grace. She also starred in eight films during her career.
While on "The Bold and the Beautiful" CBS and Bell-Phillip Productions noticed that in addition to being a talented actress, Ashley was a talented singer as well. This lead to her singing several original Pop songs for the show, as well as performing in full length music videos that aired on the show and around the world. One of these original songs was premiered on KISS FM while Ashley was being interviewed on air about her music.
After exiting Hollywood, Ashley returned to her singing roots which include country and Christian/Gospel music. She was born in Iowa and raised in a rural part of California called Escondido. She grew up riding horses and listening to country artists such as Garth Brooks, Alan Jackson, Reba McEntire, and Martina McBride. She also grew up singing in the Church and believes that her new Country-Gospel music sound is the perfect blend of everything that she is and represents. It blends the country music sound with inspirational and Gospel lyrics.- Actor
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His passion for cinema immediately draws your attention, making you realize that Ashutosh Gowariker would not have been anywhere except behind the camera, however tempting the choice. An actor who took to film direction after almost a decade in front of the camera, Ashutosh has acted in Hindi films, Marathi films, television serials and commercials and although the transition from acting to direction was difficult, it was destined.
His diverse exposure as an actor whetted his appetite to helm a project, taking on the directorial reign for the first time with Pehla Nasha (First Love), a murder mystery in 1993. Though the film did not do very well at the box office, it helped Ashutosh find firm ground as a director. He followed this up with Baazi (The Game), a thriller, in 1995, which enjoyed average success, but led Ashutosh on a journey in search of a better script.
With Lagaan, which released in 2001, Ashutosh veered away from most norms in the making of a mainstream commercial Hindi film - a period drama, set in rural India; it's language a dialect; most of its characters were dressed in loincloths; it included a British cast; it was a musical, and a sports film put together! It was produced by Aamir Khan who also starred in it. Lagaan was nominated at the Academy Awards in the Best Film in a Foreign Language category for 2001 and earned plaudits worldwide for its meticulous execution and evocative performances.
His fourth feature film, Swades, was written, produced and directed by him, starring Shah Rukh Khan. The film released worldwide in 2004 to critical acclaim and attained huge success at the international box office.
February 2008 saw the release of his most ambitious magnum opus Jodhaa Akbar, an epic romance. This brought together two of the most respected actors, Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. The film won the Best Foreign Film in the International Film Festival of Sao Paulo in Brazil, South America and the Grand Prix Best Film and Best Actor in the International Film Festival Golden Minbar in Kazan, Russia, as well as sweeping all of the Indian Film Awards.
His next film saw him take on a new genre with What's Your Raashee?, being Ashutosh's first romantic comedy, based on the Gujarati novel Kimball Ravenswood by Madhu Rye. The film featured Harman Baweja and Priyanka Chopra.
Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey is a period thriller starring Abhishek Bachchan and Deepika Padukone, based on the book 'DO and DIE: The Chittagong Uprising 1930-34' by Manini Chatterjee.
His last release, Mohenjo Daro, set in the Indus Valley Civilization stars Hrithik Roshan and debutant Pooja Hegde along with a stellar supporting cast including Kabir Bedi and Arunoday Singh.
Ashutosh has now engaged in the filming of his newest magnum opus Panipat, which is slated to release on December 6th, 2019. Based on the legendary third battle of Panipat, which took place on 14th January 1761 between the Marathas and King of Afghanistan, Panipat promises to be his grandest outing yet.- Actress
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Bonnie was born in New York City and attended the UN International School and NYU. In addition to guest appearances on NBC's "Law & Order", "Law & Order: SVU", CBS's "The Education of Max Bickford" with Richard Dreyfuss, Sidney Lumet's "100 Centre Street"on A&E and ABC's "Ugly Betty", Bonnie was a member of the cast of NBC's "Third Watch" as well as CBS's "Guiding Light". Her film work has included "Black Irish" with Michael Angarano and "Stake Land" with Connor Paolo, due out in 2010. Off Broadway, Bonnie starred in David Rabe's Hurlyburly and recently made her Broadway debut as Scarlett Johansson's understudy in Arthur Miller's A View From the Bridge. Bonnie's sister is photographer Sally Dennison, also a New York native.- Actor
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Brandon Boyd was born on 15 February 1976 in Van Nuys, California, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Stealth (2005), Spawn (1997) and Little Nicky (2000).- Actress
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Brea Bee is best known for her role as the elusive Nikki in the Academy Award winning film Silver Linings Playbook. She began her theatrical pursuits at the age of ten in Philadelphia, PA, and eventually landed at The Boston Conservatory of Music to study Musical Theatre. Upon graduating, Brea worked on stage with The Philadelphia Theatre Company, The Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, and The Wilma Theatre. She made her feature film debut in Dare, directed by Adam Salky, which premiered at The Sundance Film Festival. Brea relocated to Los Angeles where she has consistently worked in film, theatre and television. Her credits include guest star roles on Grey's Anatomy, General Hospital, Criminal Minds, For The People, and the recurring role of Sylvia Gallagher on the Hulu series Light As A Feather. Brea continues her studies with Deb Aquila and Marjorie Ballentine in Hollywood.- Writer
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Small started learning guitar at 15, and graduated from the Berklee College of Music in 1997. During his music studies he concurrently took several writing and comedy classes at Emerson College. After graduating, he began performing stand-up at The Comedy Studio in Harvard Square, where he was spotted by Loren Bouchard, who at the time was casting for the central character for a UPN pilot produced by Tom Snyder Productions which eventually evolved into Home Movies.
Small was the co-creator, writer, voice actor, composer and musician for Home Movies, a cartoon initially aired on the UPN television network and then moved to Cartoon Network's Adult Swim. The final episode of Home Movies aired on April 4, 2004, after running four seasons, although the show is periodically rerun on Adult Swim. In the series, he voiced the show's protagonist, 8-year-old aspiring filmmaker Brendon Small, as well as a number of other characters.
Small's latest claim to fame is as co-producer, co-writer, composer, and actor for the Adult Swim series Metalocalypse, which premiered on August 6, 2006. The series focuses on a fictional death metal band named Dethklok, and each episode features a song "performed" by the band. In addition to all of the behind-the-scenes work he does for the series, he also provides voice talent for the characters Skwisgaar Skwigelf, Pickles the Drummer, and Nathan Explosion, three of the five members of Dethklok. The song "Thunderhorse" was also featured on the hit video game Guitar Hero II.- Actress
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Brooke Markham was born on 15 February 1988 in Roseburg, Oregon, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for In the Dark (2019), Foursome (2016) and Shaky Shivers (2022).- Actor
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Bud Jamison was born on 15 February 1895 in Vallejo, California, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Three Little Beers (1935), Their First Tintype (1920) and Captain Caution (1940). He was married to Georgia Kathleen Holland. He died on 30 September 1944 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actress
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Caitlin Mehner is an actor, writer, and producer based in New York and Los Angeles.
As a producer, Caitlin has an active slate of independent films in development. She produced the independent feature Donald Cried which premiered at SXSW, screened at Lincoln Center / MoMA's - New Directors / New Films, and was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award. She is also a founding member of The Launch whose film, The Obituary of Tunde Johnson, premiered at last year's Toronto Film Festival.- Carlos Romero was born on 15 February 1927 in Hollywood, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Soylent Green (1973), The Professionals (1966) and Kung Fu (1972). He was married to Alix Fleury Bainbridge and Elizabeth (Betty) Ann Schalow. He died on 21 June 2007 in Ferndale, California, USA.
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Tall, suave and sophisticated Cesar Romero actually had two claims to fame in Hollywood. To one generation, he was the distinguished Latin lover of numerous musicals and romantic comedies, and the rogue bandit The Cisco Kid in a string of low-budget westerns. However, to a younger generation weaned on television, Romero was better known as the white-faced, green-haired, cackling villain The Joker of the camp 1960s TV series Batman (1966), and as a bumbling corporate villain in a spate of Walt Disney comedies, such as chasing a young Kurt Russell in the fun-packed The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1969). Fans and critics alike agreed that Romero was a major talent who proved himself an enduring and versatile star in an overwhelming variety of roles in a career as an actor, dancer and comedian that lasted nearly 60 years.
Cesar Romero was born of Cuban parents in New York City in February 1907. He attended the Collegiate School and Riverdale Country School before working as a ballroom dancer. He first appeared on Broadway in the 1927 production of Lady Do, and then in the stage production of Strictly Dishonorable. His first film role was in The Shadow Laughs (1933), after which he gave strong performances in The Devil Is a Woman (1935) and in the Shirley Temple favorite, Wee Willie Winkie (1937).
Critics and fans generally agree that Romero's best performance was as the Spanish explorer Cortez in Captain from Castile (1947). However, he also shone in the delightful Julia Misbehaves (1948) and several other breezy and lighthearted escapades. In 1953 he starred in the 39-part espionage TV serial Passport to Danger (1954), which earned him a considerable income due to a canny profit-sharing arrangement. Although Romero became quite wealthy and had no need to work, he could not stay away from being in front of the cameras. He continued to appear in a broad variety of film roles, but surprised everyone in Hollywood by taking on the role of "The Joker" in the hugely successful TV series Batman (1966). He refused to shave his trademark mustache for the role, and close observation shows how the white clown makeup went straight on over his much loved mustache! The appearances in Batman were actually only a small part of the enormous amount of work that Romero contributed to television. He guest-starred in dozens of shows, including Rawhide (1959), 77 Sunset Strip (1958), Zorro (1957), Fantasy Island (1977) and Murder, She Wrote (1984). However, it was The Joker for which his TV work was best remembered, and Romero often remarked that for many, many years after Batman ended, fans would stop him and ask him to chuckle and giggle away just like he did as The Joker. Romero always obliged, and both he and the fans just loved it!
With a new appeal to a younger fan base, Romero turned up in three highly popular Disney comedies: The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1969), Now You See Him, Now You Don't (1972) and The Strongest Man in the World (1975) as corrupt but inept villain A.J. Arno. Throughout the remainder of the 1980s Romero remained busy, and even at 78 years of age the ladies still loved his charm, and he was cast as Jane Wyman's love interest in the top-rated prime-time soap opera Falcon Crest (1981), playing Peter Stavros from 1985 to 1987.
Although Romero stopped acting in 1990, he remained busy, regularly hosting classic movie programs on cable television. A talented and much loved Hollywood icon, he passed away on New Year's Day 1994, at the age of 86.- Charlotte Caniggia is known for Bañeros 5: Lentos y cargosos (2018), Beauty Is a Form of Genius (2014) and Acapulco Shore (2014).
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Chris Boucher was best known as a scriptwriter for Doctor Who (1963) during seasons 14 and 15. After grammar school, Boucher spent a year in Australia working on a railway before returning to Britain. His proper working life began as a management trainee for Calor Gas, a key company supplying liquefied petroleum gas to the UK. Boucher's employers were eager for him to attain further qualifications and sent him to Essex University, from where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics. At this juncture, he turned to writing as a means to gain extra income. He began by supplying short stories to women's magazines. His first forays into writing for television were for the series Braden's Week (1968) and as a creator of gags for Dave Allen's show .
As a youngster, Boucher had been fascinated with science fiction, avidly devouring magazines like Amazing Stories and New Worlds. He was thus quick to act on his agent's advice that he submit some of his own ideas to Doctor Who writer/script editor Robert Holmes and producer Philip Hinchcliffe. This resulted in Boucher being commissioned to write the episodes The Face of Evil, The Robots of Death and Image of the Fendahl, in the process bringing to life Tom Baker 's companion character Leela (played by Louise Jameson). Having by now quit his job at Calor Gas, Boucher went on to work as a script editor and writer for Blake's 7 (1978), Juliet Bravo (1980) and Bergerac (1981), as well as devising his own short-lived sci-fi series Star Cops (1987). Boucher attributed the rather brief run of Star Cops on the BBC to a poor time slot. Later in his career, he turned to writing several Doctor Who novelisations which featured the character of Leela.- Actor
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Christopher McDonald was born and raised in New York City, New York, to Patricia, a real estate agent, and James R. McDonald, an educator. His breakout role was in Ridley Scott's Thelma & Louise (1991), followed shortly by his role as Jack Barry in Robert Redford's Quiz Show (1994). Other notable performances include Into Thin Air: Death on Everest (1997) as Jon Krakauer and Requiem for a Dream (2000) as Tappy Tibbons (opposite Oscar winner Ellen Burstyn). He co-starred in Happy Gilmore (1996), American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile (2006), American Pie Presents: Beta House (2007), Flubber (1997), and Leave It to Beaver (1997). His television credits include Harry's Law (2011), Boardwalk Empire (2010), and Family Law (1999).
Trained by legendary acting teacher Stella Adler and at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, McDonald was singled out by the New York Times as one of the most prolific actors in Hollywood. He has performed in over 100 films over more than four decades. His roughly 40 stage credits include Billy Flynn in the long-running Broadway reboot of Chicago and the 2013 hit Lucky Guy (opposite Oscar winner Tom Hanks).
Since the loss of two siblings and a parent to cancer, he has been an active supporter of the Make a Wish foundation along with charities which help cancer research. He participates in celebrity fund-raising events throughout the world. A graduate of Hobart and William Smith college in 1977, he is the principal donor for the building of the school's new Performing Arts Center.- Christopher Rouse was born on 15 February 1949 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He was a composer, known for The Devil and Father Amorth (2017), Sharon Isbin: Troubadour (2014) and Proms Extra (2013). He was married to Natasha Miller, Ann and Ann J. Rouse. He died on 21 September 2019 in Towson, Maryland, USA.
- Age has not taken the flower off this Bloom. The well-known and highly respected stage, screen and television actress Claire Bloom continues to be in demand as an octogenarian actress and looks as beautiful as ever.
She was born Patricia Claire Blume on February 15, 1931, in Finchley, North London, to Elizabeth (Grew) and Edward Max Blume, who worked in sales. Her parents were from Jewish families from Belarus. Educated at Badminton School in Bristol and Fern Hill Manor in New Milton, Claire expressed early interest in the arts and was stage trained as an adolescent at the Guildhall School, under the guidance of Eileen Thorndike, and then at the Central School of Speech and Drama.
Marking her professional debut on BBC radio, she subsequently took her first curtain call with the Oxford Repertory Theatre in 1946 in the production of "It Depends What You Mean". She then received early critical accolades for her Shakespearean ingénues in "King John", "The Winter's Tale" and, notably, her Ophelia in "Hamlet" at age 17 at Stratford-on-Avon opposite alternating Hamlets Paul Scofield and Robert Helpmann. By 1949 Claire was making her West End debut with "The Lady's Not For Burning" with the up-and-coming stage actor Richard Burton.
A most becoming and beguiling dark-haired actress whose photogenic, slightly pinched beauty was accented by an effortless elegance and poise, Claire's inauspicious film debut came with a prime role in the British courtroom film drama The Blind Goddess (1948). It was her second film, when Charles Chaplin himself selected her specifically to be his young leading lady in the classic sentimental drama Limelight (1952), that propelled her to stardom. Her bravura turn as a young suicide-bent ballerina saved from despair by an aging music hall clown (Chaplin) was exquisitely touching and sparked an enviable but surprisingly sporadic career in films.
Despite the sudden film attention, Claire continued her formidable presence on the Shakespearean stage. Joining the Old Vic Company for the 1952-53 and 1953-54 seasons, she appeared as Helena, Viola, Juliet, Jessica, Miranda, Virgilia, Cordelia and (again) Ophelia in a highly successful tenure. Touring Canada and the United States as Juliet, she made her Broadway bow in the star-crossed-lover role in 1956, also playing the Queen in "Richard II". A strong presence on both the London and New York stages over the years, she gave other powerful performances with "The Trojan Women", "Vivat! Vivat! Regina!", "Hedda Gabler", "A Doll's House" and "A Streetcar Named Desire". Much later in life she performed in a superb one-woman show entitled "These Are Women: A Portrait of Shakespeare's Heroines" that included monologues from several of her acclaimed stage performances.
Claire's stylish and regal presence was simply ideal for mature period films, and she appeared opposite a roster of Hollywood's most talented leading men, including Laurence Olivier in the title role of Richard III (1955), Richard Burton and Fredric March in Alexander the Great (1956), Yul Brynner in The Brothers Karamazov (1958), and Brynner and Charlton Heston in the DeMille epic The Buccaneer (1958), in which she had a rare dressed-down role as a spirited pirate girl. On the more contemporary scene, she appeared with Burton in two classic film dramas: the stark "kitchen sink" British stage piece Look Back in Anger (1959) and the Cold War espionage thriller The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965). In addition she courted tinges of controversy, playing a housewife gone bonkers in the offbeat sudser The Chapman Report (1962) and a lesbian in the supernatural chiller The Haunting (1963).
Claire met first husband Rod Steiger while performing with him on stage in 1959's "Rashomon". They married that year and in 1960 had a daughter, Anna, who grew up to become a well-regarded opera singer. Claire and Rod appeared in two lesser films together, The Illustrated Man (1969) and Three Into Two Won't Go (1969), in 1969. That same year, they divorced after 10 tumultuous years.
As with other maturing actresses during the 1970s, Claire looked toward classy film roles in TV movies for sustenance, appearing in Backstairs at the White House (1979) as First Lady Edith Wilson and in Brideshead Revisited (1981), for which she was nominated for an Emmy. Also lauded were the epic miniseries Ellis Island (1984); a remake of Terence Rattigan's Separate Tables (1983); The Ghost Writer (1984), an acclaimed adaption of Philip Roth's novel ; and Shadowlands (1986), the latter earning her a British Television Award. Claire married Roth the writer (her third marriage) in 1990 after a brief second marriage to producer Hillard Elkins (1969-1972). The union with Roth lasted five years.
Claire appeared in several Shakespearean teleplays over the decades while also portraying a choice selection of historical royals, including Czarina Alexandra and Katherine of Aragon. On daytime drama, she delightfully played matriarch and murderess Orlena Grimaldi on the daytime drama As the World Turns (1956) starting in 1993. She left the role in 1995 and was replaced.
Continuing sporadically in films from the 1970s on, Claire graced such films as the stylish British social comedy A Severed Head (1971), the tender coming-of-age drama Red Sky at Morning (1971) as Richard Thomas's mother, and one of that year's versions of Ibsen's A Doll's House (1973) (Jane Fonda starred as Nora in the other). She also movingly played George C. Scott's estranged wife in Islands in the Stream (1977) and had a very brief cameo as Hera in Clash of the Titans (1981), a small part as a manipulative mother in Déjà Vu (1985), and mature parts in the romantic dramedy Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987) and classic Woody Allen drama Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989).
In the new millennium, Claire has been seen in such quality films as and The Book of Eve (2002), Imagining Argentina (2003), The King's Speech (2010) (as Queen Mary), And While We Were Here (2012), Max Rose (2013) starring a dramatic Jerry Lewis, and Miss Dalí (2018). She has also made appearances on such TV miniseries as The Ten Commandments (2005) and Summer of Rockets (2019).
Claire wrote two memoirs. The first was the more career-oriented "Limelight and After: The Education of an Actress," released in 1982. Her more controversial second book, "Leaving a Doll's House: A Memoir," published in 1996, focused on her personal life. - Claire Yarlett was born on 15 February 1965 in England, UK. She is an actress, known for Life as a House (2001), The Colbys (1985) and Frasier (1993). She is married to Lance Kennedy O'Conner.
- Clemens Schick was born on 15 February 1972 in Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. He is an actor, known for DogMan (2023), Andor (2022) and Futuro Beach (2014).
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Conrado Nalé Roxlo was born on 15 January 1896 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was a writer and producer, known for Crazy Dandy (1936), Madame Sans-Gêne (1945) and Delirio (1944). He died on 2 July 1971 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.- Actress
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Corinne grew up in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Connie and Oscar-winning actor Jamie Foxx. In 2016, Corinne graduated from the University of Southern California, with a bachelor's degree in Public Relations. She studied acting at the Howard Fine Acting Studio and American Academy For Dramatic Arts in Los Angeles. Corinne began her modeling career at age 20, signing with LA Models, Select Models in London and One Management in New York. After beginning a successful modeling career, Corinne has shifted her focus on acting, working with LBI Management. Corinne was honored by the HFPA and given the title of Miss Golden Globe in 2016. Corinne appeared in her first television role on Sweet/Vicious, airing November 2016.- Actress
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Cynthia LaMontagne was born on 15 February 1966 in the USA. She is an actress, known for Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008), The Cable Guy (1996) and Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997).- Producer
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David James Gere has amassed a prolific level of credits and important contributions on both sides of the camera since beginning his career in the mid 90's. David grew up in the small town of Cromwell, CT. His mother and sister were tragically killed in a mysterious drowning accident when he was very young. His father, James, an educator, later married Veronica Gere, who raised him. An outstanding student, Gere graduated from Providence College in Rhode Island (1997), receiving a BA in Political Science and a Minor in Film Studies. Early on, David began modeling and working on both sides of the camera in films and commercials. Despite a European print campaign for GUESS Jeans (1997), David was more inspired by acting and filmmaking. He soon began a run of short films, documentaries, and music videos (MTV2) that were critically well-received. He developed a relationship with the emerging Rhode Island directors, Michael Corrente and Peter Farrelly, and got his first acting break in Outside Providence (1999), a film which Peter and his brother Bobby Farrelly produced and Corrente directed. In 2006, David appeared in Rocky Balboa, which he cites as a significant turning point having been directed by his childhood hero, Sylvester Stallone. In 2007, David was cast in The CW Network's hit show Gossip Girl as Frank Meltzer. David is also an experienced stuntman and stunt coordinator, having performed stunts in The Dark Knight (2008) as one of Bane's Mercenaries. After working closely with professional wrestling legend Tommy Dreamer on the horror movie set of Army Of The Damned (2013), David began a career in the squared circle. Under Dreamer's guidance, Gere began performing as the villainous heel manager, DG Haven. The character has a cult level following. David is currently continuing his acting career, and is a producing partner for several major production companies including Verdi Productions and Woodhaven Media. Gere launched his new production company, Shadow Vale Productions in 2018 with partner Chelsea Vale. Notable producing efforts include the boxing biopic Bleed For This (2017) starring Miles Teller, Lionsgate's 1970's crime thriller Vault (2019), Lifetime's highly rated prime time thriller Drowning In Secrets (2022), Johnny & Clyde (2023) starring Megan Fox, Alarmed (2022) and Midnight Hustle (2023) both Tubi Studios Originals, Junction (2023) about the opioid crisis starring Sophia Bush and Heather Graham's directorial debut Chosen Family (2024) starring Graham, Julia Stiles and Andrea Savage of Tulsa King fame. 2023 also brought a significant return to acting, including roles in The Feather Weight, a boxing biopic about famed pugilist Willie Pep, Executive Produced by Leonardo DiCaprio's Appian Way, along with a stand out performance as Sgt. Collins in the John Cusack led WW2 era film, The Fog Of War. Gere turned in a memorable performance as Stephen Mason, a distraught artist in the television feature Secrets At The Museum (2023). The role incorporated an intense car crash stunt sequence which David performed himself. David Gere resides in Connecticut, where he owns several nightlife venues. David is also an accomplished abstract painter, his pieces have appeared in various films, and his work has been commissioned by celebrity peers. David is very devoted to charitable causes for children, ranging from The United Way, to local organizations including an acting program for underprivileged kids, and his own youth mentor program. He often credits his focus for helping young people, along with his drive and desire to create, to the difficult loss he experienced as a boy.- Actor
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Dean Testerman was born on 15 February 1969 in Columbus, Ohio, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for June and John (2024), Attaway General (2020) and Accidental Family (2021).- Doreen Lang was born on 15 February 1915 in Gisborne, New Zealand. She was an actress, known for The Birds (1963), The Wrong Man (1956) and Hawaii Five-O (1968). She was married to Arthur Franz and Richard B. Rudy. She died on 21 April 1999 in Malibu, California, USA.
- Erika Remberg was born on 15 February 1932 in Medan, Oostkust van Sumatra, Dutch East Indies [now Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia]. She was an actress, known for Sehnsucht hat mich verführt (1958), Saturday Night Out (1964) and So viel nackte Zärtlichkeit (1968). She was married to Sidney Hayers, Gustavo Rojo and Walther Reyer. She died on 10 November 2017 in Benidorm, Alicante, Valencia, Spain.
- Florence Giorgetti was born on 15 February 1943 in Paris, France. She was an actress, known for The Lacemaker (1977), The Big Feast (1973) and Nestor Burma, détective de choc (1982). She was married to Robert Cantarella and Pierre Arditi. She died on 31 October 2019 in Paris, France.
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A sensual, versatile legend of arthouse and grindhouse Italian cinema, Florinda Bolkan was born Florinda Soares Bulcão in Uruburetama, Ceará, Brazil, as the youngest of three children from a Brazilian father and an Indios mother. Her father, diplomat José Pedro Soares Bulcão, died when she was 14, and she began working as a secretary to support her family while attending school and learning English and French. Eventually, she began working as a flight inspector for Varig. In 1967, she visited Rome and was introduced by producer Marina Cicogna (who would become her lover over the next 21 years) to Luchino Visconti, who finally persuaded her to pursue modelling and acting. She quickly landed supporting roles in Crime Thief (1969), Candy (1968) (in which she played a sister to Ringo Starr) and Visconti's The Damned (1969). By this time, Florinda had chosen to use "Bolkan" as her last name, believing it to have more international appeal. Despite eventually becoming fluent in the language, she was usually dubbed in Italian due to her thick accent.
Upon beginning her new career, Bolkan quickly received acclaim as an upcoming talent: for her performance in Love Circle (1969), she shared the Golden Plate prize from the David di Donatello Awards alongside Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting. She would win two more David di Donatellos (for Best Actress) during her career, for The Anonymous Venetian (1970) and Cari genitori (1973). Bolkan appeared in two highbrow Italian films that were of considerable importance on an international scale: Elio Petri's Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970) (winner of the 1970 Oscar for Best Foreign-Language Picture) and the penultimate work of Vittorio De Sica, A Brief Vacation (1973). She also appeared in several lower-budget genre films throughout her prime, including Machine Gun McCain (1969), Detective Belli (1969), A Lizard in a Woman's Skin (1971)_, Don't Torture a Duckling (1972), The Master Touch (1972), Flavia, the Heretic (1974), Footprints on the Moon (1975), The Last House on the Beach (1978) and Collector's Item (1985). Aside from a few international productions, such as The Last Valley (1971), Royal Flash (1975), The Day That Shook the World (1975) and Some Girls (1988), Bolkan rarely worked outside of Italy. By the late 1980s, she had largely left cinema in favour of television and stage productions (such as The Word (1978) and La piovra (1984)), although Eu Não Conhecia Tururu (2000) - her only film as actor, writer, producer and director - received favourable coverage in her home country.
By 2006, Bolkan had retired from acting, and now owns and operates the Villa Voltarina in Bracciano. Her other endeavours aside from acting have included serving as a judge in the 1976 Miss Universe pageant, real estate work, publishing a gourmet cookbook and supporting Italian and Brazilian children in financial need.- Francis X. McCarthy was born on 15 February 1942 in the USA. He is an actor and writer, known for The Man with Two Brains (1983), BASEketball (1998) and Interstellar (2014).
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Mr. Fabrizi was Italian actor best known for his performance as the lady-killer among a group of small-town youths in Federico Fellini's 'I Vitelloni'. Starting as a stage and variety revue actor in 1947, he broke into film in 1952 with Francesco De Roberti's 'Carica Eroica'. His role as a tireless philanderer became characteristic of his on-screen and off- screen persona. The actor was linked in the gossip columns of the dolce vita period to a long line of actresses and society doyennes. Though rarely cast in leading roles, Mr. Fabrizi appeared in about 150 films, usually playing superficial opportunistic sidekicks.- Sly, manipulative, dangerously cunning and sinister were the key words that best described the roles that Gale Sondergaard played in motion pictures, making her one of the most talented character actresses ever seen on the screen. She was educated at the University of Minnesota and later married director Herbert J. Biberman. Her husband went to find work in Hollywood and she reluctantly followed him there. Although she had extensive experience in stage work, she had no intention of becoming an actress in film. Her mind was changed after she was discovered by director Mervyn LeRoy, who offered her a key role in his film Anthony Adverse (1936); she accepted the part and was awarded the very first Academy Award as Best Supporting Actress. LeRoy originally cast her as the Wicked Witch in The Wizard of Oz (1939), but she felt she was not right for that role. Instead, she co-starred opposite Paul Muni in The Life of Emile Zola (1937), a film that won Best Picture in 1937. Sondergaard's most-remembered role was that of the sinister and cunning wife of a husband murdered by Bette Davis' character in The Letter (1940). Sondergaard continued her career rise in films such as Juarez (1939), The Mark of Zorro (1940), The Black Cat (1941), and Anna and the King of Siam (1946). Unfortunately, she was blacklisted when she refused to testify during the McCarthy-inspired "Red Scare" hysteria in the 1950s. She eventually returned to films in the 1960s and made her final appearance in the 1983 film Echoes (1982). Gale Sondergaard passed away of an undisclosed illness at the Motion Picture and Television Hospital in Woodland Hills, California, at the age of 86.
- Gerald Harper was born on 15 February 1931 in London, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Paradise Lagoon (1957), The League of Gentlemen (1960) and Gazette (1968).
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Giannis Floriniotis was born on 15 February 1947 in Kato Kleinai, Florina, Greece. He was an actor and writer, known for O tsopanon (1986), O deskalon (1987) and Peninta-peninta (2005). He died on 6 June 2023 in Athens, Greece.- Gina Romand was born on 15 February 1938 in Havana, Cuba. She was an actress, known for Santo vs. Frankenstein's Daughter (1972), Gavilán o paloma (1985) and Grave Robbers (1966). She was married to Salvador Varela. She died on 3 December 2022 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
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Mexican superstar who became a superstar in the 1980s due to her wild personality and hard rock. Similar to Janis Joplin in her recording style, and with a personality like that of Madonna's, Trevi filmed several Mexican films that sealed her fame. However, in the 1990s Trevi's career started to go downhill, and after becoming romantically involved with her manager, Sergio Andrade, Trevi found herself on the run from Mexican police, and later Interpol. Wanted by authorities for child prostitution, child slavery, and child abuse, both Trevi and Andrade were fugitives from the law for about two years before being arrested by Brazilian authorities in Rio de Janiero in April 2000. She was released from jail in 2004 and returned to Mexico where charges of child abuse and endangerment were later dropped. After taking a few years off from the industry, she returned in 2006 with a new album and new look.- Actor
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Grant Chang is a film and stage actor who splits his time between New York City and Los Angeles. He spent two seasons recurring as GRANT on the hit USA series Mr. Robot. His expansive television work includes guest starring roles on Law and Order, The Knick, Deception and much more. He had his directorial debut in 2015 with the short film, Finding You, that garnished him awards for Best Actor and Best Director at the 38th Annual Asian American International Film Festival / AA Film Lab 72 Hour Shootout. He also received the award for Best Performance in the New York Premiere Film Festival in 2017 for it.
On stage, he was most recently seen in the lead role of the co-production of East West Players and Pasadena Playhouse's The Great Leap directed by Tony award winner BD Wong where he received critically acclaimed reviews. Christine Deitner of the Theatre Times wrote, "...it is Grant Chang who utterly shines as Wen Chang; a character he brings to vivid life with humor, clarity of action, and a depth of emotion that took me by surprise." May Ruiz of the Pasadena Independent wrote, "Grant Chang's mesmerizing performance is one that will be remembered for years to come. Chang's heart-rending portrayal of a man who ultimately breaks away from a lifetime of blind obedience to finally claim himself is supremely magnificent." Margaret Gray of the Los Angeles Times declared, "Chang broke my heart."
NOMINATED-Lead Actor in a Play in The Great Leap - Los Angeles Ovation Award 2021.
WINNER- Lead Performance in The Great Leap by the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle 2019.
A graduate of New York University, he majored in East Asian Studies and minored in Educational Theatre. To advance his acting studies, he attended HB Studios and has extensive training in musical theatre throughout the years.- Actress
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Greer Grammer was born on 15 February 1992 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Awkward. (2011), Deadly Illusions (2021) and The Middle (2009).- Actor
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Guildo Horn was born on 14 February 1953 in Trier, Germany. He is an actor and writer, known for Waschen, schneiden, legen (1999), Das erste Semester (1997) and In aller Freundschaft (1998). He has been married to Daniela since 2013. They have one child. He was previously married to Thekla Chabbi.- Gustavo Quinteros is married to Grace García. They have four children.
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Haley Tju's an actress born & raised in California. She was born to Chinese/Indonesian parents. She has 4 siblings. She started acting when she was 4. She has appeared in shows such as Bella and the Bulldogs (2015), Go On (2012), Bones (2005) & The Thundermans (2013). In addition to acting, she enjoys drawing, singing, hanging out w/ friends/family & visiting arboretums.- Hanna Zetterberg did not play in any movies after "Ronja Rövardotter", but continued her education. At age 21, she was elected into the Swedish Parliament with the largest vote count of all candidates. In an interview, she stated that she had no plans on becoming a "professional politician", since there were other things she would like to do with her life. She remained in the parliament, working for Vänsterpartiet ("Left") until the fall of 2000, when she resigned to return to university.
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Tsui Hark recently became the fourth Chinese film director to join the board of judges for the 57th Cannes Film Festival in the feature films category this year.
An internationally acclaimed visionary director, Tsui started making experimental movies with 8mm film when he was only 13. After graduating from the University of Texas in Austin, majoring in film, he returned to Hong Kong in 1977 and landed a job working in television. In 1979 he directed his film debut, The Butterfly Murders (1979). It raised a lot of attention, and was hailed by many as the start of a new wave in Hong Kong cinema. After making numerous critically and successful films, he co-founded his own production house, Film Workshop, with his wife, Nansun Shi, in 1984. Although the company was intended to be contemporary, it went on to become one of the most successful production companies in Hong Kong, having produced such classics of Hong Kong cinema as _Sinnui yauwan (1987)_ and A Better Tomorrow (1986), which was directed by John Woo and starred the amazing Chow Yun-Fat.
Considered the master of kung-fu action films, Tsui Hark's The Swordsman (1990), _Xiao ao jiang hu zhi dong fang bu bai (1991)_, Dragon Inn (1992) and Once Upon a Time in China (1991) created a new era and standard for the "wuxia" genre that has now become a trend in filmmaking.- Music Department
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No American has written more first-rate songs than Arlen. He grew up in a musical family (his father was a cantor), and disappointed but didn't surprise his parents by dropping out of high school to become a musician. A stint as pianist and singer with a dance band, the Buffalodians, allowed him to escape Buffalo for New York City. Arlen stayed on after the band's demise; after some mostly unsuccessful attempts to conquer vaudeville or Broadway, Arlen stumbled onto a tune that, with lyrics by Ted Koehler, became "Get Happy", his first hit. With Koehler as lyricist, Arlen became the staff composer for Harlem's Cotton Club, a premiere showcase for African-American entertainers such as Cab Calloway and Ethel Waters. They wrote "I've Got the World on a String" and "Ill Wind", among dozens of others. Arlen's second important collaborator was E.Y. Harburg, with whom he composed the score for _Wizard of Oz, The (1939)_, celebrated specialty numbers for Bert Lahr and Groucho Marx, and two Broadway musicals. In the 1940s, Arlen reached the peak of his popularity with his third major partner, Johnny Mercer; most of their hits, such as "Blues in the Night", "My Shining Hour" and "One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)", were written for the movies, as Hollywood replaced the stage as the songwriters' most lucrative market. As he aged, Arlen grew increasingly frustrated with Hollywood's waste of material and Broadway's rigmarole; his personal life in this period was also unhappy. His best songs, though, in renditions by performers li ke Judy Garland and Frank Sinatra and later cabaret singers and jazz musicians, have continued to be seen as classics.- Actor
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Harvey Korman was a lanky, popular TV comedy veteran with a flair for broad comic characterizations, who shone for a decade as leading man and second banana par excellence on The Carol Burnett Show (1967).
Harvey Herschel Korman was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Ellen (Blecher) and Cyril Raymond Korman, a salesman. His parents, both immigrants, were from Russian Jewish families. A persistent television presence since the early 1960s, Korman's first break was a stint as a featured performer on The Danny Kaye Show (1963), a lively musical variety series in which Korman began working in the format which he would soon master--providing sturdy support to a multi-talented star in a wide variety of comedy sketches. Boasting large, expressive features and a wonderfully mutable voice, Korman could play a wide assortment of characters. Perhaps his first classic characterization was provided for The Flintstones (1960) wherein he was the distinctively snooty voice of The Great Gazoo, a little helmeted space man from the future consigned to the Earth's past in punishment for his crimes.
Korman garnered four Emmys for his work with Carol Burnett over the years. Ironically Korman would never again find such a successful showcase for his talents though he certainly tried, appearing in several busted pilots and short-lived sitcoms. Almost exclusively a comic actor, he stretched a bit to play straight man Bud Abbott opposite Buddy Hackett's Lou Costello in the disappointing TV biopic Bud and Lou (1978). He directed and/or produced sitcom episodes and TV comedy specials. An occasional actor in films, Korman made his feature debut with a supporting role in The Last of the Secret Agents? (1966). Several film roles followed until he gained his widest exposure with a major supporting role in Mel Brooks' classic Western spoof Blazing Saddles (1974). He fared well in Brooks' High Anxiety (1977) and History of the World: Part I (1981). He acted in two 1994 features: the blockbuster live-action version of The Flintstones (1994) (providing the voice of the Dictabird) and the poorly received but lavishly produced Radioland Murders (1994).- Actress
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Irmelin DiCaprio was born on 15 February 1945 in Oer-Erkenschwick, Germany. She is an actress and producer, known for The 11th Hour (2007). She was previously married to George DiCaprio.- Actor
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James Riordan's Broadway credits include "The Elephant Man" "Jerusalem" "Dance of Death", "Noises Off" and "Present Laughter" Off-Broadway he played Victorian art critic and social reformer John Ruskin for over 500 performances in "The Countess" by Gregory Murphy. Additional selected Off Broadway credits include leading roles in the New York revivals of Brian Friel's "Lovers" Jules Romain's "Donagoo" and Howard Brenton's "Christie In Love" Regionally he played leading roles in many regional theaters around the country most recently, the world premiere of "Safe Home" co-authored by Tom Hanks and based on his collection of short stories "Uncommon Type" Born in Cleveland, Ohio, he was a member of the resident company of the Cleveland Play House acting company early in his career. MFA from Temple University.- Actress
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Jana Kolesárová was born on 15 February 1976 in Kosice, Czechoslovakia [now Slovakia]. She is an actress, known for Flightplan (2005), Blur (2007) and Bonds of Redemption.- Actress
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Jane Child was born on 15 February 1967 in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada. She is an actress and composer, known for Freejack (1992), Married to the Mob (1988) and Jane Child: Don't Wanna Fall in Love (1990). She has been married to Cat Grey since 2004.- Actress
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Jane Seymour was born as Joyce Penelope Wilhelmina Frankenberg in 1951 in Middlesex, England, to a nurse mother and gynaecologist/obstetrician father. She is of Polish Jewish (father) and Dutch (mother) descent. She adopted the acting name of "Jane Seymour" when she entered show business as it was easier for people to remember (and the name of one of King Henry VIII's wives). She attracted the attention of the James Bond film producers when they saw her on British television. She was cast as the main Bond girl, "Solitaire", in Live and Let Die (1973). The role gained her international recognition but she was in danger of losing it all like the previous Bond girls, so she came to the U.S.
A casting director advised her to lose her English accent and acquire an American accent to land roles on American television. She did and started getting roles, earning five Emmy nominations, resulting in one win for Onassis: The Richest Man in the World (1988) for playing Maria Callas. She won Golden Globe awards for both East of Eden (1981) and the American television series Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993), where she played the title role for 5 years. She occasionally appeared in feature films, memorably in Somewhere in Time (1980) and in Wedding Crashers (2005).
Married and divorced four times, she gave birth to four children and is a stepmother to two. They have children of their own, making her a grandmother. As of 2018, she has been acting in television movies and making guest-appearances.- Jeanene Fox grew up on a small island in the Bahamas. Her mother, Diane Gerace, was a Canadian Olympic High Jumper and her father, Ulrick Fox Sr., was the first entrepreneur to manufacture ice in the Bahamas.
Jeanene began her modeling career at the age of 15, when a German photographer discovered her climbing a fruit tree on Paradise Island. Jeanene monopolized the Bahamian market quickly and moved off the island for more international exposure.
She moved to Canada and signed with Elite Models, but shortly monopolized the market and yearned for new career challenges abroad, her mother suggested she visit her older brother (Rick Fox) in Los Angeles for a change of environment where she accepted the new challenge and signed with Elite Models Los Angeles.
She began her modeling career in Los Angeles and also enrolled in University finishing with two Magda Cum Laude Bachelor Degrees in International Business and Apparel Manufacturing .
While making funny comedic gestures amongst her friends in a Beverly Hills restaurant, she was approached by a commercial acting agent. Not having any experience in acting, she accepted the new challenge.
Her first role was an Amazon in the very successful world-wide commercial for AXE/LYX "Billions" (2005). That same year, she drew the eye of Hollywood Producers Louis J. Horvitz and Roger Goodman, who casted her as the exclusive Trophy Model for "The 77th Annual Academy (Oscars) Award" (2005). Her first feature film appearance was a Victoria's Secret Model in Big Momma's House 2 (2006). Thereafter Jeanene booked many global and national commercial campaigns. - Camera and Electrical Department
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Jeffrey G. Hunt was born on 15 February 1973 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. He is a director and producer, known for CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000), Legacies (2018) and Saving Zoë (2019).- Casting Department
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Jenna Morasca was born on 15 February 1981 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. She is an actress, known for End Game (2009), Drive-in Horrorshow (2009) and Hack! (2007).- Captain (Retired) Jerry Yellin is an Army Air Corps veteran who served in WWII between 1941 and 1945. Yellin enlisted two months after the bombing of Pearl Harbor on his 18th Birthday. After graduating from Luke Air Field as a fighter pilot in August of 1943, he spent the remainder of the war flying P-40, P- 47 and P-51 combat missions in the Pacific with the 78th Fighter Squadron. He participated in the first land based fighter mission over Japan on April 7, 1945, and also has the unique distinction of having flown the final combat mission of World War II on August 14, 1945 - the day the war ended. On that mission, his wing-man (Phillip Schlamberg) was the last man killed in a combat mission in WWII. After the war ended, Jerry struggled with severe undiagnosed PTSD. He always wondered why he survived, while so many of his comrades died during the war. Jerry Yellin is the award-winning author of four books, including Of War and Weddings, The Blackened Canteen, The Resilient Warrior, and The Letter.
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Jessica De Gouw is an Australian actress. She is known for her role as Helena Bertinelli/The Huntress in the television series Arrow, as Mina Murray in the NBC TV series Dracula, and as Elizabeth Hawkes in the WGN series Underground.
Jessica grew up in Lesmurdie, an eastern suburb of Perth, Western Australia, where she attended Lesmurdie Senior High School. She appeared in an episode of The Sleepover Club, as well as a short film. In 2010, she graduated from Curtin University at the age of 22, majoring in performance studies. She also appeared in another short film the same year.
De Gouw moved to Sydney in order to have a greater opportunity for acting roles. She appeared in a number of TV series, mostly in guest starring roles. In 2012, she debuted in the film Kath & Kimderella as Isabella, Kath and Kim's maid. She moved to Los Angeles later that year and landed the recurring role of the Helena Bertinelli/The Huntress in the action-adventure series, Arrow. In 2013, De Gouw was cast in the NBC series Dracula as Mina Murray alongside Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Oliver Jackson-Cohen. The series lasted only 10 episodes, and NBC announced on 9 May 2014 that the show would not be renewed for another season. In 2016, De Gouw was cast as fictional abolitionist Elizabeth Hawkes in the WGN series, Underground. She played the lead role Ren Amari in the 2017 feature film OtherLife based on the novel Solitaire by Kelley Eskridge.- When they were casting for the movie The Week Of, a casting call went out for a man without legs. Multiple staff at Gaylord Hospital in Wallingford, Ct pushed for him to try out, and actually submitted his name for consideration. He was known as the funniest guy around already, so they felt he was the natural choice.
- John B. Anderson was born on 15 February 1922 in Rockford, Illinois, USA. He was married to Keke Machakos. He died on 3 December 2017 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
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John Barrymore was born John Sidney Blyth on February 15, 1882 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. An American stage and screen actor whose rise to superstardom and subsequent decline is one of the legendary tragedies of Hollywood. A member of the most famous generation of the most famous theatrical family in America, he was also its most acclaimed star. His father was Maurice Blyth (or Blythe; family spellings vary), a stage success under the name Maurice Barrymore. His mother, Georgie Drew, was the daughter of actor John Drew. Although well known in the theatre, Maurice and Georgie were eclipsed by their three children, John, Lionel Barrymore, and Ethel Barrymore, each of whom became legendary stars. John was handsome and roguish. He made his stage debut at age 18 in one of his father's productions, but was much more interested in becoming an artist.
Briefly educated at King's College, Wimbledon, and at New York's Art Students League, Barrymore worked as a freelance artist and for a while sketched for the New York Evening Journal. Gradually, though, the draw of his family's profession ensnared him, and by 1905, he had given up professional drawing and was touring the country in plays. He survived the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, and in 1909, became a major Broadway star in "The Fortune Hunter". In 1922, Barrymore became his generation's most acclaimed "Hamlet", in New York and London. But by this time, he had become a frequent player in motion pictures. His screen debut supposedly came in An American Citizen (1914), though records of several lost films indicate he may have made appearances as far back as 1912. He became every bit the star of films that he was on stage, eclipsing his siblings in both arenas.
Though his striking matinee-idol looks had garnered him the nickname "The Great Profile", he often buried them under makeup or distortion in order to create memorable characters of degradation or horror. He was a romantic leading man into the early days of sound films, but his heavy drinking (since boyhood) began to take a toll, and he degenerated quickly into a man old before his time. He made a number of memorable appearances in character roles, but these became over time more memorable for the humiliation of a once-great star than for his gifts. His last few films were broad and distasteful caricatures of himself, though in even the worst, such as Playmates (1941), he could rouse himself to a moving soliloquy from "Hamlet". He died on May 29, 1942, mourned as much for the loss of his life as for the loss of grace, wit, and brilliance which had characterized his career at its height.- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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John Gallagher was born on 15 February 1958 in the USA. He was an assistant director and director, known for The Devil's Own (1997), The Siege (1998) and The Specialist (1994). He died on 2 March 2019.- Actor
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Joseph R. Gannascoli (born February 15, 1959) is an American actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Vito Spatafore on the HBO series The Sopranos. Prior to acting, Gannascoli was a professional chef. Gannascoli was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. In the 1980s, he attended St. John's University for two years, majoring in communications. He began his cooking career at Manhattan Market in 1981, before leaving to work at Commander's Palace in New Orleans, and then at various restaurants around the country.- Josh Byrne was born on 15 February 1984 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Step by Step (1991), Who's the Boss? (1984) and The Family Man (1990).
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Juan Antonio Quintana was born in 1939 in Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain. He was an actor, known for Mamá es boba (1997), The Ministry of Time (2015) and El último viaje del Almirante (2006). He was married to Mery Maroto. He died on 15 February 2022 in Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain.- Actor
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Juan Cruz Bordeu was born on 15 February 1970 in Buenos Aires City, Distrito Federal, Argentina. He is an actor and producer, known for Verdad consecuencia (1996), Marco, el candidato (1994) and ¿Sabés nadar? (2002).- Actor
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Kaj-Erik Eriksen (pronounced "kai-erik") began his acting career in Vancouver, British Columbia at the age of six. After only a few jobs as an extra and a couple of small speaking roles, He got his first big break when he landed a part in the independent film "Quarantine." Shortly after, Kaj had his first of two guest stars on the TV show "MacGyver," which was his favorite show as a child.
In 1991, after working on a number of movies, and guest starring on various television series, Kaj-Erik booked the role of David Scali, the son of Michael Chiklis' character on the long-running ABC drama "The Commish". The well-respected show catapulted Eriksen into the mainstream American TV world, earning him nominations for a Hollywood Reporter Youth Star Award, a Youth in Film Award, and two YTV Achievement awards.
During The Commish's five year run, Eriksen worked on numerous other projects including the re-make of the classic film "Captains Courageous", and television shows Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1990) and Goosebumps (1995).
At seventeen, when "The Commish" had ended, Eriksen moved to Los Angeles and continued his career and school there. Appearing in such shows as "Home improvement" and "Walker Texas Ranger." Kaj-Erik was happy to return to Vancouver in 1999 to shoot two seasons of "Beggars and Choosers", a short-lived series that received critical praise as well as a wonderful cult following.
In 2001 after returning to Los Angeles, Kaj-Erik landed the role of Jeremy Peters on David E. Kelley's "Boston Public". What was supposed to be a four episode arc turned into a recurring role that lasted 2 seasons. It also ended up being one of Eriksen's most recognizable roles to date.
Eriksen returned to Vancouver once again in 2004 to shoot the hit USA Network television series "The 4400", one of his favorite projects to work on to date due the the close "family atmosphere" of the cast and crew.
During Eriksen's 25 years in the business, he has guest starred on many popular TV shows including "Tru Calling", "Stephen King's Dead Zone", "Star Trek: Enterprise", "NCIS", Criminal Minds" and "The Closer."
In 2010, Kaj-Erik starred alongside Richard Thomas in the Hallmark movie "Time After Time."
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Katherine Kamhi is the youngest of three children born to Maurice and Barbara Kamhi in New York City. Her parents are both involved in show business. Her mother, Barbara a classical pianist and her father, Maurice an actor and director. As a teenager Katherine attended the prestigious High School of Performing Arts and graduated from the Professional Children's School. Her first film role was in the movie "Fame" set at the school Katherine attended. Her breakthrough role was in "All My Children" as Pamela Kingsley. One of her fondest memories from the soap is the day Oprah made a guest appearance in a scene with Katherine. After "All My Children", she went on to star in "Guiding Light" as Marcy Campbell. Katherine played an unforgettable role (Meg) in the feature film "Sleepaway Camp". Katherine also appeared in numerous stage shows including the lead role of Rose in the off-Broadway production of "A Shayna Maidel". She also reprised her role in "A Shayna Maidel" at the Tiffany Theater in Los Angeles. As well as acting, Katherine loved to dance. She was a ballerina with the Bolshoi Ballet when they visited New York. Since moving to Los Angeles, Katherine has appeared in numerous prime time network television dramas including a recurring role in "Dragnet" as Detective Hubble. In 2008 Katherine traveled to Bogotá, Colombia to guest star in the Fox TV drama "Mental". The same year Katherine guest starred in "Ghost Whisperer" and made a return to soaps in "General Hospital" and "The Young and the Restless". Katherine has also appeared in "Bones", "Without a Trace", "Judging Amy" "The Practice" and "NYPD Blue". She has also appeared in numerous television commercials and sitcoms. Katherine lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two children.- Actress
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Kavita Kaushik, a renowned Indian television and film actress, has left an indelible mark on the entertainment industry with her versatile talent and captivating performances. Born in Delhi, India, Kavita, affectionately known as Mitthu, is the daughter of Dinesh Chandra Kaushik.
Her educational journey took her to All Saints School in Nainital, Uttarakhand, followed by a graduation in philosophy from Indraprastha College for Women in Delhi. Kavita's foray into the world of entertainment began as a model and anchor, showcasing her charisma and natural flair.
Her acting career took off when she embraced the small screen with notable roles in popular serials such as "Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii," "Kutumb," "Kohi Apna Sa," "Kahani Terrii Merrii," "Raat Hone Ko Hai," and "Kumkum - Ek Pyara Sa Bandhan." However, it was her portrayal of Chandramukhi Chautala in the SAB TV show F.I.R. from 2006 to 2015 that catapulted her to widespread acclaim. Kavita's stellar performance in F.I.R. earned her prestigious awards, including the Gold Award, Indian Telly Award, and Indian Television Academy Award.
Beyond the small screen, Kavita Kaushik made a significant impact in Bollywood, with noteworthy roles in films such as "Zanjeer," "Phillum City," "Mumbai Cutting," "Ek Hasina Thi," and more. Her diverse filmography showcases her ability to seamlessly transition between different genres.
In 2020, Kavita Kaushik entered the reality show arena by participating in Bigg Boss 14, adding another dimension to her illustrious career. With each project, Kavita continues to captivate audiences with her talent, earning her a well-deserved place among the leading personalities in the Indian entertainment industry.- Actor
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Keene Curtis was born on 15 February 1923 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. He was an actor, known for Sliver (1993), I.Q. (1994) and Heaven Can Wait (1978). He died on 13 October 2002 in Bountiful, Utah, USA.- Actress
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Kelley Menighan was born on 15 February 1967 in Glenview, Illinois, USA. She is an actress, known for As the World Turns (1956), Tainted Dreams (2014) and The Young and the Restless (1973). She was previously married to Jon Hensley.- Actor
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Handsome, chisel-jawed character actor Kevin McCarthy appeared in nearly 100 movies in a career that spanned seven decades. He also had some starring roles, most notably the horror cult classic Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956). He played the disillusioned son Biff Loman in the 1951 screen adaptation of Arthur Miller's classic Death of a Salesman (1951), for which he was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar and won the Golden Globe Award for most promising newcomer (male).
He is the younger brother of the late author Mary McCarthy and distant cousin of former U.S. Senator and presidential candidate Eugene McCarthy.
McCarthy was orphaned at the age of four when both his parents died in the great flu epidemic of 1918. He was raised by his father's parents in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and later by an uncle and aunt. He graduated from Campion Jesuit High School in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, in 1932. He attended the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, Washington, DC, in 1933, intending to enter into the diplomatic field. He also attended the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, in 1936 and the Actors Studio New York, New York. He had roles in two short-lived TV series: The Survivors (1969), with Lana Turner, and Flamingo Road (1980) as Claude Weldon, the father of the character played by Morgan Fairchild.
The stage-trained McCarthy frequently appeared on Broadway. He starred as Jerry in "Two for the Seesaw" (1959) and as Van Ackerman in "Advise and Consent" (1960). He also played President Harry S. Truman in the one-man show "Give 'Em Hell, Harry!"
McCarthy showed no signs of retiring as late as June 2007. McCarthy acted in the film The Ghastly Love of Johnny X (2012), playing the role of the Grand Inquisitor, at age 93, which was finally released in 2011. He died of pneumonia on September 11, 2010.- Kim Myers was born on 15 February 1966, in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is also credited as Kim Meyers. She got her first major role in film in A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985) as Lisa Webber. Kim made Letters from a Killer (1998) with actor Patrick Swayze.
In 1989, Kim had her first TV role in a series called Studio 5-B (1989) as Samantha Hurley. Then, in 1993, she was in Key West (1993) as Dr. Reilly Clarke. Later she got a recurring role on The Pretender (1996) as Jarod's mother, Margaret. Also, she had notable TV guest appearances in Walker, Texas Ranger (1993) and Six Feet Under (2001). - Actress
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Kim (Kimberly) Quinn, actress, writer, producer and director, stars in the upcoming film American Dreamer opposite Peter Dinklage and Shirley MacLaine. She plays 'Maggie,' the complicated and concerned daughter of 'Astrid,' played by MacLaine. When a stranger, played by Dinklage, moves into her mother's spare room, suspicions arise. American Dreamer comes out in theaters Spring 2024, nationwide.
While Quinn is currently working behind the camera producing The Goat for Netflix, starring Melissa McCarthy and Kevin Hart, written and directed by Ted Melfi, she can be seen in the Humanitas Award Winning film, The Starling on Netflix, which she also produced.
You can find her in the Oscar Nominated film, Hidden Figures, opposite Kevin Costner on Disney Plus, the Golden Globe and Critics Choice nominated film, Saint Vincent, opposite Bill Murray on Netflix and the cult classic holiday film, El Camino Christmas, also on Netflix.
Quinn produces all her films through her production company Goldenlight Films along side her husband, writer/director Ted Melfi.
In television, you can catch her starring in another cult classic, Terriers, opposite Donal Louge which was included in the top 25 comedy series and Gypsy, starring opposite Naomi Watts, both on Netflix.- Kit Thompson is an actor and model, born and raised in the Philippines. Kit first gained recognition as Ping in the movie #Y (2014) . He has worked as a lead in features abroad , amongst many other short films he has shot in the United States. Graduated from the New York Film Academy's Acting for Film program, and took master classes at Susan Batson Studios.
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Kurt McKinney originally hails from Louisville, Kentucky. At the age of 21 he was already a black belt in taekwondo and an amateur kickboxing champion. He decided to become an actor and moved to Hollywood. He would go on to star in the 1985 film No Retreat, No Surrender as the lead. The film, one of the 1st Hong Kong-U.S. crossovers (written and directed by Corey Yuen), also starred the man who would become known as Van Dammage, Jean-Claude Van Damme as the main villain. The film was a sizable hit in the U.S. but Kurt didn't want to be typecast. Kurt went on to star on the soap General Hospital as Ned. This was after he was turned down for American Ninja because he was too young. He was offered to appear in American Ninja III-VI but he didn't like the idea of working on all the films in South Africa (he also turned down "No Retreat No Surrender 2: Raging Thunder" in 1987 possibly due to the film's location). Kurt went on to TV films like Sworn to Vengeance to big-screen films like Blonde Justice with Cynthia Rothrock. He currently appears on Guiding Light as Matt Reardon, but martial arts fans will always remember him from his film debut in 1985 as Jason Stillwell!- Actress
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Laura Eichhorn was born in Portland, Oregon, USA. Laura is an actor and writer, known for Big City Greens (2018), Dwight in Shining Armor (2018) and CollegeHumor Originals (2006). Laura has been married to Michael Cassidy since 27 August 2006. They have one child.- Leonardo Nigro was born on 15 February 1974 in Italy. He is an actor, known for Oro verde (2014), Going Private (2006) and Emilia (2005).
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Les Brown Jr. was born on 15 February 1940 in New York, New York, USA. He was an actor and director, known for High Speed Police Pursuits (1997), Wild Wild Winter (1966) and The Highwayman (1987). He died on 9 January 2023 in Branson, Missouri, USA.- Actor
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Luis Gimeno was born on 15 February 1927 in Montevideo, Uruguay. He was an actor and director, known for Mañana es para siempre (2008), El juego de la vida (2001) and Las locuras de mamá (1996). He was married to Virginia Gutiérrez. He died on 24 July 2017 in Mexico City, Mexico.- Luis Clemente Faustino Posada Carriles was born on 15 February 1928 in Cienfuegos, Cuba. He was married to Nieves. He died on 23 May 2018 in Miramar, Florida, USA.
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Lynette DuPree was born on 15 February 1964 in Rochester, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Desperate Housewives (2004), Zig Zag (2002) and Random Hearts (1999). She was married to Charles Richardson. She died on 6 February 2023 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actress
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With roots leading back to Louisiana southern aristocracy, lovely leading lady Lynn Whitfield was born in 1953, the eldest of four children and a third-generation BFA graduate from Howard University. Her dentist father was instrumental in developing Lynn's initial interest in acting as he was a prime figure in forming community theater in her native Baton Rouge. She is of African American and Native American descent, specifically Cherokee.
First garnering attention on the stage by studying and performing with the Black Repertory Company in Washington, D.C, she married one of the company's co-founders and pioneers of black theatre, playwright/director/actor Vantile Whitfield in 1974. She eventually moved to New York and appeared off-Broadway in such shows as "The Great Macdaddy" and "Showdown" before earning acclaim in the 1977 Los Angeles production of the landmark black play "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide...When the Rainbow Is Enuf" co-starring Alfre Woodard. Lynn eventually became a force to be reckoned with intelligent and principled roles on quality film and TV as well
Lynn's Hollywood career unfolded under a talent development program at Columbia Pictures in 1979. Appearing on such established TV shows as "Hill Street Blues" and in a 1982 PBS version of her "For Colored Girls..." stage hit, she made her film debut with Doctor Detroit (1983) and doled out a number of support roles in other popular films as well such as Silverado (1985), The Slugger's Wife (1985), Jaws: The Revenge (1987), and Dead Aim (1987). It was TV, however, that garnered her the most attention, working her way into top lead and co-star roles. The topical social dramas The George McKenna Story (1986) co-starring Denzel Washington, Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI (1986) opposite Howard E. Rollins Jr. and Oprah Winfrey's historical miniseries The Women of Brewster Place (1989) were her early highlights. In addition, she found some steadier work on series TV playing classy professionals, including two for ABC (a doctor in Heartbeat (1988) and a news anchorwoman in Equal Justice (1990).)
The peak of her acclaimed career arguably came in the form of highly popular but deeply troubled Follies Bergere headliner-turned civil rights activist Josephine Baker. In the HBO biopic The Josephine Baker Story (1991), Lynn played the legendary entertainer with Emmy-winning gusto, a role that stretched her to the limits as she played the role from age 18 to 68. Earning an NAACP Image Award in 1992 for her role in the miniseries Stompin' at the Savoy (1992), she later appeared in Pauly Shore's comedy In the Army Now (1994) and went back to series TV alongside Bill Cosby in the short-lived The Cosby Mysteries (1994).
Lynn had an upsurge in the late 90s with roles in the films A Thin Line Between Love and Hate (1996) with Martin Lawrence and Gone Fishin' (1997) with "Silverado" co-star Danny Glover. She also earned excellent reviews for her supporting work in Eve's Bayou (1997), a role that drew on her Louisiana heritage. More quality TV came her way when she starred as Sophie in Sophie & the Moonhanger (1996), a mini-movie that focused on the relationship of the wife of a Klansman and her longtime black housekeeper. She kept up the momentum with an unsympathetic role in the Oprah Winfrey miniseries The Wedding (1998), where she again had to cover a long life span, this time from 19 to 47.
Into the millennium, Lynn has continued to find prolific work both on film and TV. Big screen credits include a co-starring role as a party advisor in the Chris Rock/Bernie Mac political comedy Head of State (2003), written and directed by Rock; star/writer/director Tyler Perry's romantic comedy Madea's Family Reunion (2006); the urban film Redemption (2004) starring Jamie Foxx that chronicles the turbulent life of (now) imprisoned L.A. Crips gang founder Stan "Tookie" Williams; a featured part in an updated version of Clare Boothe Luce's The Women (2008) headed by Meg Ryan and Annette Bening; a co-starring role opposite singer/songwriter Ciara in the family musical drama Mama I Want to Sing (2011); another co-star role opposite another musical artist, rapper/songwriter 50 Cent, in the sports drama All Things Fall Apart (2011); a starring role as a woman who loses her police officer son and takes in a young parolee Crawford Wilson in the social drama King's Faith (2013); and the Sean Astin action comedy Espionage Tonight (2017).
On the TV front, Lynne has made guest appearances in such regular programs as "Boston Public," "Strong Medicine," a recurring role in "Without a Trace," "Shark," "Flash Forward," How to Get Away with Murder," "Hit the Floor," "Mistresses" and, more recently, as Lady Belle Greenleaf, the matriarch of a rich, unscrupulous Southern Baptist, mega-church family in the dramatic series Greenleaf (2016).
Divorced from Vantile Whitfield in the late 70s, Lynn later married British director Brian Gibson in 1990, by whom she has a daughter, Grace. They parted ways in 1992.- Actress
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Maddie Baillio was born on 15 February 1996 in League City, Texas, USA. She is an actress, known for Dumplin' (2018), Hairspray Live! (2016) and Cinderella (2021).- Additional Crew
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Magdalena Ruiz Guiñazú was born on 15 February 1935 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was an actress and producer, known for Antigua vida mía (2001), Esperando al mesías (2000) and Estela (2008). She died on 6 September 2022 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.- Manuel Lanzini is known for West Ham United 2017 New Kit (2017), Fútbol Permitido (2013) and Fútbol Para Todos (2009). He has been married to Jennifer Reina since 10 June 2021. They have one child.
- Marcos Zucker was born on 15 February 1921 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor, known for The Cheat (1996), De corazón (1997) and Compromiso (1983). He died on 13 May 2003 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- María Susini has been married to Facundo Arana since 20 December 2012. They have three children.