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Brian May is widely acknowledged as one of the most influential, innovative, technically gifted and recognisable guitarists in the history of rock. He is also a prolific songwriter, responsible for writing or co-writing many international hits with Queen. He was educated at Hampton Grammar School in London. He then graduated with a degree in Maths and Physics from one of Britain's top universities, Imperial College London.
As a child, May built his own guitar with his father, partly out of an old fireplace. Unusually, the guitar was designed to feedback. He formed the band Smile while at university with drummer Roger Taylor. They were later joined by flamboyant singer and pianist Freddie Mercury, who renamed the band Queen. The addition of bass player John Deacon completed the line-up of a band which would go on to become one of the most successful in the history of popular music. May's guitar playing would become an integral part of Queen's sound.
May was influenced as a guitarist by the likes of Jimi Hendrix and Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page, who had dazzled audiences with their technical skills and volume, but he was also an admirer of the melodic skills of George Harrison of The Beatles and the original British rock and roll guitar hero, Hank B. Marvin of The Shadows.
What made May stand out as a guitarist was his combination of virtuoso technique but also melodic awareness. Unlike some virtuosos, who only play to showcase their ability, May always played to serve the songs. If a song only required minimal soloing, that's all he would do. His multi-tracking of guitar solos has also made him one of the most unique sounding guitarists in the world. Nowhere was this better exemplified than on Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody", the song which came to define the band more than any other and has become one of the most celebrated recordings in the history of rock music. May's solos are a big part of what gives the track its enduring appeal and emotional power.
May's legacy in music history is assured. He will be remembered along with the likes of George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page as one of the most important and influential guitarists to come out of England. His songs for Queen were often their harder rock tracks, such as "We Will Rock You", "Tie Your Mother Down" and "Hammer to Fall", but he also wrote emotional songs such as "Save Me" and the symphonic "Who Wants to Live Forever", which proved his versatility as a songwriter.- Director
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Born in the Bronx, Ferrara started making amateur films on Super 8 in his teens before making his debut with violent exploitation films such as 'Driller Killer' and 'Ms.45'. Good reviews for the latter helped create his cult reputation, leading to larger budgets, studio funding and 'name' actors (Christopher Walken, Harvey Keitel), but he still likes taking his camera out onto the meanest streets of New York, as the ultra-cheap, highly controversial 'Bad Lieutenant' demonstrates.- Actor
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Adam Nee was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for The Lost City (2022), Masters of the Universe (2026) and Band of Robbers (2015). He was previously married to Allison Miller.- Actress
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Ana Mackenzie is an actor and producer who has worked in entertainment for the last two decades. As an actor, she has worked extensively in television (FOX's The Resident, NBC's Chicago P.D., FreeForm's The Secret Life of the American Teenager), commercials, and film. She produces and casts independent projects of all sizes, most notably the digital series Tough Love (Tribeca N.O.W. 2020), the feature film An American Zealot, and the Revry original series Renée and the Seven Cards. She is a company member at Cool Mischief out of Atlanta, Georgia.- Actress
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Andrea Libman is a Canadian actress from Toronto. She has often worked as a voice actress in animated works. Her best known roles were the regular characters Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie in the long-running fantasy series "My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic" (2010-2019) and most of its spin-offs.
Her major characters were noted for their contradictory traits. Fluttershy was typically depicted as soft-spoken, gentle and caring towards nearly all animals, and extremely loyal towards her relatively few friends. But when acting sternly and assertively, she could intimidate fellow ponies, cockatrices, and giant dragons. Several episodes also explored Fluttershy's anger-management issues, as she had several instances of explosive rage. Pinkie Pie was typically depicted as an excitable and fun-loving baker, party organizer, and entertainer. She considered it her life's goal to bring joy to nearly everyone she met. But several episodes explored Pinkie's insecurities, her fears that her friends did not respect her or that they would eventually abandon her, and her self-doubt when confronted with skilled rivals.
Libman has had several other notable roles in animation. She voiced Ikuko Otonashi in the English dub of "Maison Ikkoku" (1986-1988). The character was depicted as the young niece of the series' female lead, Kyoko Otonashi. Libman voiced the rebellious girl Penny in the animated film "Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies" (1986). Her character sought help to overthrow the tyrannical regime of King Gurumes. Libman also voiced the child version of the regular character Chi-Chi in the Ocean dub of "Dragon Ball" (1986-1989). The character was initially depicted as a tough and temperamental girl, who grew up to become the wife of protagonist Goku. The adult Chi-Chi's main goal was to remind her superhuman husband and son to not neglect the challenges and obligations of normal life while pursuing adventures.
Libman voiced the sentient gynoid (female android) Roll in the OVA series "Mega Man: Upon a Star" (1993-1994). Roll is typically depicted as the sister of the protagonist Mega Man, though her age and personality vary wildly in adaptations of the Mega Man video game series. Libman voiced the Parisian boarding school girl Madeline in the second and third seasons of "The New Adventures of Madeline" (1993-2001). The series was based on a series of children's books by Ludwig Bemelmans. Libman also voiced the female dinosaur LaBrea in "Dino Babies" (1994-1996). Her character was the only female character among the series' 6 co-protagonists.
Libman voiced the younger version of the regular character AndrAIa in "ReBoot" (1994-2001), while Sharon Alexander voiced the adult version of the character. The character was depicted as a sentient Game Sprite from an Atlantis-themed game. AndrAIa's design was mermaid-like and she used a trident in combat. She was initially depicted as the new partner and best friend of Enzo Matrix, while she later became Enzo's long-term romantic partner.
Libman voiced Anita in the OVA series "Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge" (1997-1998), an adaptation of the video game series "Darkstalkers". In this media franchise, Anita was typically depicted as an emotionally detached orphan girl with unexplained psychic powers. She was the young ward and surrogate daughter of the vampire hunter Donovan Baine, who had rescued her life in their first encounter and then decided to become her self-appointed protector.
Libman voiced the co-protagonist Emmy in "Dragon Tales" (1999-2005). Her character was depicted as a 6-year-old human girl who used magic to travel to the fantasy world of Dragon Land, and befriended several young dragons. Her best friend was the female dragon Cassie. Emmy was depicted as athletic and intelligent, but impulsive. Libman voiced the human girl Lemony in "Yakkity Yak" (2002-2003). Her character was the love interest of the anthropomorphic pineapple Keo, and the best friend of the sentient robot Penelope (voiced by Tabitha St. Germain).
Libman was the first voice actress to voice the original character X-23 in a 2003 episode of "X-Men: Evolution". Her character was depicted in the series as a female clone of Wolverine, created by the espionage organization HYDRA. X-23 was depicted as a living weapon, who was "trying to become a real little girl". A new version of the character was soon introduced in Marvel's comic books, and eventually became a popular character in her own right. The comic book version of X-23/Laura Kinney was also initially depicted as a female clone of Wolverine, but she was later revealed to be his biological daughter.
Libman voiced Zipzee, a female Breezie (insect-like pony), in several direct-to video films of the Generation 3 incarnation of "My Little Pony". Libman started depicting the character in 2006. Zipzee was depicted as mainly interested in tending to her flowers, though she was allergic to pollen. Libman voiced the recurring character of Toodles Galore in a few episodes of "Tom and Jerry Tales" (2006-2008). Her character was depicted as an attractive white female cat, and the main love interest for co-protagonist Tom Cat.
Libman voiced the young technician Mileina Vashti in the second and last season of "Mobile Suit Gundam 00" (2007-2009). Mileina was depicted as an expert in electronics, robotics, physics, and mechanical engineering, but was frustrated at having to deal with repetitive tasks. She was romantically interested in the enigmatic Tieria Erde, despite the fact that his disembodied consciousness survived only within a computer.
Libman voiced the candy-maker Harmony Bear in "Care Bears: Adventures in Care-a-lot" (2007-2010). Her character was part of the series' supporting cast. Harmony was also depicted in this series as the lead vocalist of the music group "Care Bear Honeys". Libman voiced the unicorn Sweetie Belle in the animated short films "My Little Pony: Meet the Ponies" (2008), which were created to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the "My Little Pony" franchise. Sweetie Belle was depicted as the only unicorn in Ponyville.
Libman voiced the co-protagonist Cathy Smith in "Monster Buster Club" (2008-2009). Cathy was a humanoid alien who had settled on Earth and had taken a human form. She appeared to be a normal 12-year-old girl, but she was actually 250 years and belonged to a species with long lifespans. She was still an adolescent by the standards of her species. Her superhuman powers included the ability to stretch her limbs and to communicate through telepathy.
Libman voiced the hairstylist and inventor Lemon Meringue in "Strawberry Shortcake's Berry Bitty Adventures" (2010-2015). Lemon was depicted as creative and quick-thinking, but single-minded in the pursuit of her goals and overly competitive . In the 4th season of the series, Libman also voiced the new character of Sweet Grapes. The character was rather optimistic in trying to improve the mood and behavior of her twin sister Sour Grapes, who was perpetually in a foul mood and rarely demonstrated affection for others (including Sweet).
Libman voiced the anthropomorphic bee Maya in "Maya the Bee" (2012-2017). The series was an adaptation of the children's book "The Adventures of Maya the Bee" (1912) by Waldemar Bonsels, which has received several adaptations in the century following its original publication. In the original novel, Maya was exiled from her hive due to her interest in exploration. She remained loyal to her hive, and warned them in advance of a hornet attack on the bees.
Libman voiced the regular character of Cylindria in "Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures" (2013-2015). Cylindria was the bespectacled best friend of the heroic Pac-Man, and the brains behind some of his operations. A subplot of the series was that people assumed that Pac and Cylindria were romantically involved, despite Cylindria's seeming lack of interest in romance. The female ghost Pinky viewed Cylindria as her main rival in winning Pac's affection.
Libman voiced Bramble the Kelpie in a 2018 episode of "DuckTales". Kelpies are shape-shifting water spirits in Scottish folklore, often in horse form. They supposedly carried many riders into the depths of the waters in order to drown them. In the episode, Bramble and her ally Briar tried repeatedly to win the trust of the Duck family and their companions in order to lure them to their death. Since the Ducks were aware of the nature of kelpies, the plan never worked. The design of Bramble was based on the form of Twilight Sparkle, the protagonist of "My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic".
By 2022, Libman was 38-years-old. She has had an active career since the 1990s, and seems to have no interest in retiring yet. She has gained a fan following due to her many memorable characters in animated series, and her connection to several long-running franchises. She seems likely to gain further key roles in animated works.- Actor
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Andrew Kavovit was born on 19 July 1971 in Bronx, New York, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Rat Race (2001), As the World Turns (1956) and The Magnificent Seven (1998). He is married to Jennifer Dodson. They have one child.- Actress
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Angela Griffin was born on 19 July 1976 in Cottingley, Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK. She is an actress and director, known for Waterloo Road (2006), Help (2021) and Crime (2021). She has been married to Jason Milligan since 27 July 2006. They have two children.- Actress
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Angela Trimbur was born on 19 July 1981 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Search Party (2016), The Final Girls (2015) and The Good Place (2016).- Actor
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Anthony Edwards was born in Santa Barbara, California, on July 19, 1962, to a well-blended family. He is the youngest of five children, and the son of Erika Kem (Weber), a landscape painter and artist, and Peter Edwards, an architect. His mother was of German descent, and his father was of English, Irish, Scottish, and Spanish-Mexican ancestry.
Edwards's parents encouraged him to act at age 16, which eventually led him to attending a summer workshop in London before graduating from high school. Returning to the United States, Edwards worked in commercials, jobs that helped him pay his education at The University of Southern California, where he studied acting. However, he dropped out of college and, in that same year, he had a small role in the movie Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), starring Sean Penn. The movie was a box office smash and Edwards was looking forward to doing more films. His first movie role was that of teen-aged "John Muldowney" in Heart Like a Wheel (1983) and his first starring role as nerdy "Gilbert Lowell", in Revenge of the Nerds (1984).
Edwards didn't need to worry about being typecast as a socially-challenged loser. After starring in The Sure Thing (1985) and Gotcha! (1985), he landed another big-time successful movie Top Gun (1986), in which he played Tom Cruise's ill-fated easy-going navigator/best friend, Lt. Nick "Goose" Bradshaw. As Cruise rode Top Gun (1986) into the Hollywood stratosphere, Edwards also found his flight to stardom, at the same time. After Top Gun (1986), he reprised his role as Gilbert in the movie Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise (1987), before he starred in Summer Heat (1987). He also starred in Mr. North (1988), and Miracle Mile (1988), although they weren't too successful.
Edwards began working in TV movies and continued to star in more box office movies such as Hawks (1988), How I Got Into College (1989), Downtown (1990), Pet Sematary II (1992), Landslide (1992) and Delta Heat (1992). The '90s won Edwards his best reviews for his recurring role of the quirky "bubble man" Mike Monroe on the popular television series Northern Exposure (1990). He was nominated for a Cable Ace Award in HBO's Sexual Healing (1993), and the following year, he starred in Charlie's Ghost Story (1995), before he played law clerk "Clint Von Hooser" in the John Grisham movie The Client (1994). This led to his most prominent role, as easy-going charismatic physician "Dr. Mark Greene" on the very popular TV series ER (1994).
For his work on ER (1994), he was nominated for an Emmy Award four times For Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, but has never won. However, he has won a Golden Globe Award For Best Performance by an Actor-in-a-TV-Series, and was nominated four times, and also has two Screen Actor's Guild Awards. Prior to playing Dr. Greene, he also played bank breaker turned cold-blooded killer, "Dick Hickock" in the TV movie remake of Truman Capote's In Cold Blood (1996), which was the best TV movie of the 1996-97 season. During Edwards' hiatus on ER (1994), he went back to the box office circuit to star and to produce the movie Don't Go Breaking My Heart (1999), a complex movie which wasn't a big hit. Edwards, once again, returned to the set of ER (1994), and this time, he signed up for a salary that almost no actor could be paid, so his decision was to stay on the show for 3 more years and possibly to save the money in order to spend a lot of family time and to work on directing later.
His first big roles after ER (1994) were that of "Brains" in the movie Thunderbirds (2004), and as "Jim Paretta" in The Forgotten (2004). In the many years that he starred on ER (1994), that show gave him more success in working on and off the set. Also, it gave him a spiritual blessing that so many popular actors have had over the years.- Actor
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Arron Shiver was born on 19 July 1977 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Boardwalk Empire (2010), The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009) and 3:10 to Yuma (2007).- Director
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Born in Egypt to Armenian parents, he was raised in Western Canada. Both his parents were painters, and he planned to be a playwright, but after making a short film, he became hooked on telling stories visually. Returned to ethnic "homeland" when he filmed Calendar (1993) in Armenia. Won attention at the Sundance Film Festival for earlier work, then broke through critically and commercially with Exotica (1994). Afterwards, The Sweet Hereafter (1997) led him to receive two Academy Award nominations, and then Chloe (2009) became his biggest moneymaker ever (after the film's DVD/Blu-ray release).- Actress
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Becky Boxer was born in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Jarhead (2005), The Sims 3 (2009) and Resident Evil 2 (2019).- Actor
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Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch was born and raised in London, England. His parents, Wanda Ventham and Timothy Carlton (born Timothy Carlton Congdon Cumberbatch), are both actors. He is a grandson of submarine commander Henry Carlton Cumberbatch, and a great-grandson of diplomat Henry Arnold Cumberbatch CMG. Cumberbatch attended Brambletye School and Harrow School. Whilst at Harrow, he had an arts scholarship and painted large oil canvases. It's also where he began acting. After he finished school, he took a year off to volunteer as an English teacher in a Tibetan monastery in Darjeeling, India. On his return, he studied drama at Manchester University. He continued his training as an actor at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art graduating with an M.A. in Classical Acting. By the time he had completed his studies, he already had an agent.
Cumberbatch has worked in theatre, television, film and radio. His breakthrough on the big screen came in 2004 when he portrayed Stephen Hawking in the television movie Hawking (2004). In 2010, he became a household name as Sherlock Holmes on the British television series Sherlock (2010). In 2011, he appeared in two Oscar-nominated films - War Horse (2011) and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011). He followed this with acclaimed roles in the science fiction film Star Trek Into Darkness (2013), the Oscar-winning drama 12 Years a Slave (2013), The Fifth Estate (2013) and August: Osage County (2013). In 2014, he portrayed Alan Turing in The Imitation Game (2014) which earned him a Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild Award, British Academy of Film and Television Arts and an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role.
Cumberbatch was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) by Queen Elizabeth II in the 2015 Birthday Honours for his services to the performing arts and to charity.
Cumberbatch's engagement to theatre and opera director Sophie Hunter, whom he has known for 17 years, was announced in the "Forthcoming Marriages" section of The Times newspaper on November 5, 2014. On February 14, 2015, the couple married at the 12th century Church of St. Peter and St. Paul on the Isle of Wight followed by a reception at Mottistone Manor. They have three sons, Christopher Carlton (born 2015), Hal Auden (born 2017), and Finn (born 2019).- Beth Morris was born on 19 July 1943 in Gorseinon, West Glamorgan, Wales, UK. She was an actress, known for David Copperfield (1974), I, Claudius (1976) and Barlow at Large (1971). She was married to Stephen Moore. She died on 1 March 2018 in Y Garn, Penllergaer, Wales, UK.
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Beverly Archer was born on 19 July 1948 in Oak Park, Illinois, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Mama's Family (1983), ALF (1986) and Project: ALF (1996). She has been married to Robert Bernard since 10 April 1976.- Actor
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Bodhi Elfman was born on 19 July 1969 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Mercury Rising (1998), Enemy of the State (1998) and Collateral (2004). He has been married to Jenna Elfman since 18 February 1995. They have two children.- Actor
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Campbell Scott is an American actor, producer and director. His roles include Steve Dunne in Singles, Mark Usher in House of Cards, Joseph Tobin in Damages, and Richard Parker in The Amazing Spider-Man and The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Scott was born on July 19, 1961, in New York City, the son of American actor George C. Scott (1927-1999) and Canadian-American actor Colleen Dewhurst (1924-1991). He graduated from John Jay High School with friend Stanley Tucci before graduating from Lawrence University in 1983.- Music Artist
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Carla Morrison is known for Carla Morrison: Love Supreme (2017), Ana Maria in Novela Land (2015) and Qué pena tu familia (2012).- Carlos Ávila was born on 19 July 1942 in Asunción, Paraguay. He was a producer, known for Premios Martín Fierro 1999 (1999), Gaviotas blindadas 2 (2007) and Gaviotas blindadas 1 (2006). He died on 23 November 2019 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Cherami Leigh Kuehn (born July 19, 1988) is an American actress and voice artist who has provided voices for a number of English-language versions of Japanese anime series and video games with Funimation, Bang Zoom! Entertainment and Studiopolis.
Leigh began acting at the age of six. She studied Meisner-based Film Acting Technique with Nancy Chartier from the age of nine. As a child she played Gretchen in Finding North, Marcia in Temple Grandin, the young LeAnn Rimes in Holiday in Your Heart (1997), Stacy Anderson in The President's Man (2000), and appeared on on the television series Walker, Texas Ranger (1993) multiple times. On screen, she played Kim in Fast Food Nation (2006). In 2014, she had the lead role in Shane Dawson's Not Cool (2014). As a voice artist, her roles have included Sae Kashiwagi in Peach Girl, Cecily Campbell in The Sacred Blacksmith, Tamaki Kawazoe in Bamboo Blade, Lucy Heartfilia in Fairy Tail, Patty Thompson in Soul Eater, and Asuna Yuuki in Sword Art Online.
Leigh attended Hebron High School in Carrollton, Texas and studied theater at Collin College in Plano. She worked for Radio Disney as a DJ and also voice-over promotions and commercials for ABC Radio for 10 years. In 2013 she moved to Los Angeles, and continued voice acting on video games and anime as well as take on live-action acting roles. She married fellow actor Jon Christie on April 13, 2014, whom she had dated since 2010.- Actress
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Cheyenne Renee Haynes started her career at a very young age. She has an extensive work resume and has become the quintessential Commercial Princess shooting many many commercials, TV shows, feature films and other media. She has extensive training in singing, dancing, acting, improv & hosting. She loves her craft and enjoys being a role model for and inspiring other young people. Her Lifetime Movie, "Lies In Plain Sight" won "Lifetime Movie Network Movie Of The Year".- Actress
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Chiara Zanni was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She is an actress, known for Valley of the Boom (2019), Good Luck Chuck (2007) and X2 (2003).- Writer
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Chris Kratt graduated from Carleton College, Minnesota in 1992 with a B.A. in Biology. In 1990 Chris was the recipient of a prestigious Thomas J. Watson Fellowship for study abroad. Chris is a founder of Kratt Brothers' Creature Heroes, a nonprofit society dedicated to enabling children to help the wild animals of the world. Chris is also the founder of the Carleton Organization for Biodiversity; a group working to increase public awareness about conservation and wildlife. In 1999, Chris was given the Award of Appreciation for his on-going commitment and public service on behalf of conservation and environmental education by US Secretary of the Interior, Bruce Babbitt.- Ciara Baxendale was born on 19 July 1995 in Bury, Lancashire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for My Mad Fat Diary (2013), Inheritance (2024) and Trying (2020).
- Clea Lewis was born on 19 July 1965 in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, USA. She is an actress, known for Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006), Perfect Stranger (2007) and Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009). She has been married to Peter Ackerman since 11 November 2000. They have two children.
- Connie Kurtz was born on 19 July 1936 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Bow 'N' Arrow (2010), Ruthie and Connie: Every Room in the House (2002) and In the Life (1992). She was married to Ruth Berman and Bernard Kurtz. She died on 27 May 2018 in West Palm Beach, Florida, USA.
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Courtenay Taylor is an American actress. She is best known for voicing K.O. in OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes (2017) (aside from the pilot and five other episodes, where he was voiced by Stephanie Nadolny instead), Jack in the Mass Effect series of video games, and the female Sole Survivor in Fallout 4 (2015). Among her other roles include Starla/Muscle Woman in Regular Show (2010) and Ada Wong in the Resident Evil series, alongside live-action appearances in TV shows such as iCarly (2007), Everybody Hates Chris (2005), and Criminal Minds (2005), among others.- Actor
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Dal McKennon was born on 19 July 1919 in La Grande, Oregon, USA. He was an actor, known for Lady and the Tramp (1955), Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971) and Gumby: The Movie (1995). He was married to Betty Warner. He died on 14 July 2009 in Raymond, Washington, USA.- Director
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Damir Salimov was born on 19 July 1937 in Samarkand, Uzbek SSR, USSR [now Samarqand, Uzbekistan]. He was a director and writer, known for Oblava na odichavshikh sobak (1990), The Mischievous Boy (1978) and Leningradtsy, deti moi... (1981). He died on 28 March 2019 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.- Actor
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Dan Hicks was born on 19 July 1951 in Pontiac, Michigan, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for Darkman (1990), Evil Dead II (1987) and Intruder (1989). He died on 30 June 2020 in California, USA.- Actor
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Honduran-born Daniel Zacapa has established himself as one of the most effective character actors working. His varied and diverse film roles include Se7en (1995), Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002), 'The Mexican', 'The Gene Generation', and 'Phenomenon', sharing the screen with such actors as 'Jack Lemmon', Walter Matthau, Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt, Forest Whitaker, Michelle Pfeiffer, Kurt Russell and Mel Gibson, to name a few.
His television credits include starring for three seasons on the highly acclaimed Showtime series, 'Resurrection Blvd.' as Tio Ruben, the heart and soul of the Santiago family. His numerous guest-star appearances include Medium, Alias, Nip/tuck, The West Wing, Criminal Minds, Without a Trace, Six Feet Under, and N.Y.P.D. Blue. He was a recipient of an ALMA Award in 1998 for his work in 'Foto Novelas'.
Raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, his ongoing work with children include the Foundation for Youth Non-Violence in Northern California and Woodcraft Rangers in L.A., he reads regularly in elementary schools throughout the state. Daniel has received numerous awards from the State of California and the City of Los Angeles recognizing him as a pillar of the Latino community.
Daniel is an avid motorcyclist, major San Francisco Giants fan (if you know the significance of the numbers 24 and 44, you now have the combination to his safe). He is also the owner/partner of The Alabama Coach Co. in Montevello, Alabama (where the strip steak is named "The Zacapa") and the proud father of two beautiful daughters. He currently resides in West Los Angeles with his three cats, Jay, Cody, and Liberty.- Danny Roberts was born on 19 July 1977 in Rockmart, Georgia, USA. He is an actor, known for DTLA (2012), Dawson's Creek (1998) and The Real World Homecoming (2021). He was previously married to Wes Pereria.
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David Griffin was born on 19 July 1943 in Richmond, Surrey, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Keeping Up Appearances (1990), Battle of Britain (1969) and The Song of Songs (1973).- Actor
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Born in Copenhagen, Denmark, David Sakurai's Eurasian heritage has taken his acting prowess across continents, from Europe and Asia to the U.S.
His international journey commenced with a standout performance in Károly Ujj Mészáros' "Liza,The Fox-Fairy." As "Tomy Tani", David captivated European and Asian audiences alike.
In the U.S., Sakurai stepped into the spotlight as Marvel Studio's villain, Scythe, in the series "Iron Fist." His notable roles continued with Mutsuhiro 'The Bird' Watanabe in "Unbroken: Path to Redemption," a sequel to the Academy Award-nominated film from 2014.
European audiences have applauded his work in "In Order of Disappearance" opposite Stellan Skarsgård, Netflix's "Lilyhammer," and "Acts of Vengeance" where he shared the screen with Antonio Banderas.
The year 2017 saw Sakurai in the lead for "Housewife," a gripping drama by Can Evrenol. 2018 further amplified his repertoire when he joined J.K. Rowling's universe in "Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald," portraying Krall, a devout acolyte of Johnny Depp's Grindelwald.
His recent film roles span genres and geographies. From "The Doorman" with Jean Reno and Ruby Rose, directed by Ryûhei Kitamura, to "One Ranger" and the Danish cinematic piece "Ripple," Sakurai's versatility shines.
On TV, he's recognized for roles in Ridley Scott's "The Man in The High Castle," "Origin" by Paul WS Anderson, CBS's "S.W.A.T.," and prominent Scandinavian series like "Hvide Sande" & "Alfa."
Beyond acting, David's fervor for storytelling led him to writing and producing. His first foray, "Echoes of a Ronin" in 2014, garnered attention. Consequently, he co- established Bonnaveddda Entertainment with partner Kristina Korsholm, developing several projects and collaborating with Lene Børglum's Space Rocket Nation.
Anticipation builds for 2024 when Sakurai features in the video-game "MindsEye" and in the role of, The Earth Kingdom Spy, in Netflix's adaptation of "Avatar: The Last Airbender."- A virile, beefcake blond of the late 1960s and 1970s small screen, Dennis Cole certainly had it all going for him, but tragic circumstances prevented an all-out successful career. A rugged TV version of Robert Redford, his tan, chiseled, surfer-fit looks were ideally suited for crime action and adventure stories and he gained ground by appearing everywhere -- daytime soaps, prime-time series, mini-movies -- you name it.
The Detroit-born and -raised stunner was the son of Joseph C. Cole, a musician during the 1940s and 1950s. His parents, both alcoholics, divorced when he was young (his father later committed suicide). Dennis was first noticed on the pages of physique magazines serving the likes of Robert Henry Mizer (aka Bob Mizer) and his Athletic Models Guild as well as other photographers. Paying his dues as a motion picture and television stuntman, Cole also appeared in an occasional bit part and in the background of a few movie musicals. His photogenic appeal could not be denied for long and eventually he took a front-and-center position, launching his acting career on the short-lived daytime soap Paradise Bay (1965) as a spoiled rich boy who causes tongues to wag after falling for a Mexican girl. However, it was the subsequent nighttime police series The Felony Squad (1966) alongside veterans Howard Duff and Ben Alexander (of Dragnet (1951) fame) that set Cole's TV career in high gear. As hunky rookie detective Jim Briggs, Dennis was able to ride high on the fame his two-and-a-half season series offered.
With this success came two very short-lived series: the glossy ensemble drama Bracken's World (1969) and opposite Rod Taylor as a trouble-prone stud in the more adventurous Bearcats! (1971). Females couldn't get enough of Cole and his athletic skills had males idolizing from afar. Guest appearances on Medical Center (1969), Barnaby Jones (1973), Police Story (1973), Love, American Style (1969), The Love Boat (1977), The Streets of San Francisco (1972) and Police Woman (1974) kept him highly visible in between series runs. During this career peak, he made his Broadway debut in "All the Girls Came Out to Play" in 1972. He also decided to tap into his musical side and dabbled in his own musical revue, which showcased on the Sunset Strip and in Las Vegas. A guest TV appearance on Charlie's Angels (1976) led to his meeting and, in 1978, marrying "Angel" Jaclyn Smith. As one of Hollywood's more beautiful couples, they kept cameras flashing for a number of years until their breakup and divorce in 1981.
The early 1980s started off well for Cole as replacement "Lance Prentiss" in the soap-opera The Young and the Restless (1973) in 1981. Very much a product of TV, he was unable to permanently transition into films; he appeared occasionally in dismissible low-budget action fare such as Amateur Night (1986), Death House (1988), Pretty Smart (1987), Dead End City (1988) and Fatal Encounter (1990). He continued showing up on all the popular series of the day, including Silk Stalkings (1991), Murder, She Wrote (1984), Pacific Blue (1996) and Baywatch Nights (1995), among others, while appearing in such legit stage plays as "The Tender Trap", "Lovers and Other Strangers", "The Boys in the Band", and the British farces "Run for You Life" and "Out of Order". Very much involved with charity work, his endeavors over the years have included an over-two-decade involvement with the Cancer Society (Honorary Chairman), as well as the Arthritis and Cystic Fibrosis foundations.
Dennis' later personal and professional lives suffered as a result of a chronic alcohol problem, but an even greater setback occurred when his only child, Joey (whom he named after his father), was murdered during a 1991 robbery attempt in Venice, California. He continued to perform on TV and stage (as the "Narrator" in a production of "Blood Brothers" and the James Garner "King Marchan" role in the first national tour of the musical "Victor/Victoria"). Severe injuries suffered while performing in the latter show led to multiple surgeries, a three-year convalescence and a new direction.
Dennis returned to school and started up his own real estate company, setting up an office in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Married for several years to his third wife Marjorie ("Ree"), Dennis filed for divorce in May of 2007, which became final on April 21, 2008. He died at age 69 on November 15, 2009, in a Fort Lauderdale hospital of liver failure. - Actress
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Born in July 19th, 1978, Dolores María Fonzi is the eldest sister of the Fonzi family. She started working as a model in lots of agencies and was the face of lots of pictures. In 1998 she officially started her acting career in Verano del '98 (1998), as Clara Vázquez, with her own brother Tomás Fonzi, who was Benjamín Vázquez in the series, her brother in fiction too. In 1999 she left "Verano del 98" to be part of the main cast of Marcelo Piñeyro film Burnt Money (2000) , and now she is the evil María in Cabecita (1999).- Actor
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Edgar Degas, one of France's most important artists who was an apprentice of Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, became "the most reflecting, the most demanding, the most merciless draftsman in the world," according to his contemporaries. He is regarded as one of the founders of Impressionism.
He was born Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas on July 19, 1834, in Paris, France. He was the eldest of five children in the family of Celestine Musson De Gas and Augustin De Gas, a banker of aristocratic extraction. As a young man he abandoned the pretentious spelling of the family name and called himself Degas. From 1845-1853 he attended Lycee Louis-le-Grand, graduating in 1853 with baccalaureate in literature, then studied law for one year. In 1855 he met Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres. Degas took advise from Ingres and followed by copying the master's drawing technique and style. "Study lines, draw lots of lines" said Ingres to Degas who eventually became a passionate collector of Ingres's art. Drawing became central to Degas's artistic practice from the beginning of his career. He developed a rigorous drawing style inspired by the crisp linearity and graceful forms of works by Ingres, whose draftsmanship was the greatest example for the aspiring artist. At that time he entered Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. In July 1856 he left Paris for Naples, his father's birthplace. From 1856-1859 Degas had his three-year sojourn in Italy, where he visited his father's family. He studied the Old Masters in Naples, Rome, Florence, and Venice, and painted realistic portraits of his relatives there.
Upon his return to Paris, Degas rented a studio and began painting in earnest, creating his own compositions as well as copying objects of art at museums. Degas continued his education by copying paintings at the Louvre Museum. There he met Edouard Manet, whose figural paintings of modern subjects would have a decisive influence on Degas. During the 1850s and 1860s he made over 700 copies of the Renaissance and Classical art by Italian and French masters. He seriously studied drawing and eventually became one of the best draftsmen ever. He also became influenced by photography as well as by Japanese prints. His works of the 1860s and 1870s showed the transformation of his manner from classical and realist styles to Romanticism and Impressionism. At that time Degas emerged as an artist who integrated several styles, old and new, and created his own, he also made his original art filled with subtle allusions to works of the Old Masters. In 1873 he joined with the other artists, including Paul Cezanne, Claude Monet, and Camille Pissarro to form the 'Anonymous Society of Artists'.
In 1874 Degas helped organize the first exhibition of the 'Anonymous Society of Artists' in the Paris studio of photographer Nadar. Monet's painting 'Impression, soleil levant' (Impression, Sunrise 1872) was untitled until the first show in 1874. A title was needed in a hurry for the catalogue. Monet suggested "Impression" as a simple title for his painting. The catalogue editor, Renoir's brother Edouard, added an explanatory 'Sunrise', thus making "Impression: soleil levant" the official title for Monet's work. From the painting's title, art critic Louis Leroy coined the term "Impressionism", which he intended to be derogatory. Monet's title came under criticism which seized upon the first word. His works were exhibited along with the paintings of his friends: Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Alfred Sisley, Paul Cezanne, and Georges Seurat. They became called the Impressionists and continued to exhibit together despite the financial failure of their first show. However, Degas did not follow others in using little brush-strokes and vibrant pure colors. While his friends, the Impressionists, were painting mainly outdoors, 'en plein aire', he often worked from memory, and preferred sketching from nude models who posed in his studio.
Degas considered himself a Realist, not an Impressionist, albeit he used some of the Impressionist techniques and color schemes in his own works. He distinguished himself from the group by exhibiting pictures that considered to be both intellectually and formally rigorous. He was acclaimed by his contemporaries for his pastels which display his mastery of the medium. Dancers are among the most moving of Degas's images of life backstage of the Paris Opera. He made numerous studies of his models, in order to position their heads, arms , and legs so that they projected a sence of effort and movement. He also used the pastel studies to explore the various color effects he wanted to achieve in the final oil painting. He also experimented with technical approach, creating a rough, layered surface, sometimes using his fingers to manipulate the paint. From 1874 until 1886 Degas participated in all of the impressionists exhibitions. After the last impressionist exhibition of 1886, he stopped showing his works to public. He continued making paintings and sculptures for his own joy. At that time Degas was fascinated with the technical and artistic aspects of photography. He embraced the new medium as an artistic activity that he could pursue at night. Degas constantly experimented to achieve a variety of light effects in his photographs by using lamps and moonlight with prolonged exposures to create a special atmosphere. Most of Degas known photographs are portraits.
In the late 1880s, with his eyesight failing, Degas gradually shifted to sculpture. At that time his opulent workshop in Paris was adorned with paintings and sculptures, which he made over the course of his productive life. The subject of the female nude increasingly occupied Degas's work in all media during the last two decades of his career. He abandoned many of his scenes of modern life to concentrate on images of ballet dancers and female bathers. Degas experimented with highly artificial poses in his female bathers, exploring the possibilities of presenting a figure in an interior space. Despite their striking originality and modernity, his bathers are deeply rooted in his studies of the Old Masters, and show that Degas perceived his late bathers as being part of a long artistic tradition. However, his deteriorating eyesight no longer allowed him to sketch in the evenings, and he had to ask others to read to him. During the 1890s he worked only on the large compositions, because of his poor eyesight. In the 1900s he gave up painting and focused on sculpture. He worked until 1912, when blindness forced him into retirement. He died on September 27, 1917, and was laid to rest in the Cimetiere de Montmartre, in Paris, France.
In 2003 the Boston Museum of Fine Arts sold a small Degas's pastel titled 'Danseuse' for 10,648,000 dollars. At the same time a 1922 cast of Degas's famous 1879 bronze Little Dancer was sold for 10,311,500 dollars at Christie's auction.- Elizabeth Kaitan was born on July 19, 1960 in Hungary. She was brought to New York City by her mother at the age of eight.
Kaitan moved to Manhattan at age 18 in order to fulfill her lifelong ambition of being an actress in motion pictures. She studied her craft at the New York Academy of Theatrical Arts and was a member of the repertory company the American Theatre of Arts for several years (Kaitan acted in works by William Shakespeare as well as contemporary dramas). In addition, Kaitan kept herself afloat by doing modeling work for the Bonnie Kay Agency in New York City.
She made her film debut in the raucous comedy Waitress! (1982) and got her SAG card by doing a one-line bit part as a German girl in Woody Allen's Zelig (1983). Elizabeth moved to Los Angeles, California in 1984. She alternated between lead and supporting roles in a bunch of entertainingly trashy low-budget exploitation features in the horror, action, comedy and science fiction genres. Kaitan appeared as Candy in the "Vice Academy" film series. Her other memorable parts include Jennifer Statson in Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 (1987), Daria in Slave Girls from Beyond Infinity (1987), one of the titular airheads in Assault of the Killer Bimbos (1988), Julie Johnson in Necromancer (1988), Robin in Friday the 13th: The New Blood (1988), and Gretchen Hope in Roller Blade Warriors: Taken by Force (1989). Kaitan was particularly impressive in a dual starring role as both frustrated unhappy housewife Beth and more uninhibited fantasy lover Liza in the steamy Night Club (1989). Moreover, she occasionally popped up in minor parts in such mainstream films as The Lonely Guy (1984), Twins (1988), and Spy Hard (1996). Alas, she voluntarily quit acting in the late 1990s and married a Los Angeles sheriff's deputy. Kaitan now works as a secretary for controversial conservative political activist David Horowitz. - Elizabeth Spencer has won many awards in her lifetime. She is a five-time recipient of the O. Henry prize The Voice at the Back Door for short fiction. While considered a Southern writer, Spencer lived in Italy and Canada for many years and many of her stories take place in those countries, including her best-known work, Light in the Piazza. In 1952 she got a recognition award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. In 1953 she received the Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship Award. In 1956-1957 she received the Kenyon Review Fiction Fellowship and the First Rosenthal Award. In 1960 she received the McGraw-Hill Fiction Fellowship Award. In 1962 she received the Donnelly Fellowship, Bryn Mawr College. In 1968 she received the Bellamann Award. In 1983 she received the National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship and the Award of Merit Medal for the Short Story. In 1985 she was elected to the American Institute of Arts and Letters. In 1988 she received the National Endowment for the Arts Senior Fellowship in Literature Grant. Then in 1992 she received the Salem Award for Distinction in Letters from Salem College and the John Dos Passos Award for Literature. In 1994 she received the North Carolina Governor's Award for Literature. She was the Vice-Chancellor for the Charter Member Fellowship of Southern Writers from 1993 to 1997.
More of her many awards include the J. William Corrington Award for fiction and the Richard Wright Literary Excellence Award for fiction in 1997. In 1998 she received the Fortner Award for Literature. In 1999 she received the Mississippi State Library Award for non-fiction. In 2001 she received the Cleanth Brooks Medal for achievement awarded by the Fellowship of Southern Writers. In 2002 she received the Thomas Wolfe Award for Literature given by UNC-Chapel Hill and the Morgan Foundation and was also inducted into the North Carolina Hall of Fame. - Actress
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Erin Cummings was born in Lafayette, LA. She traveled extensively as a child, due to her father's military career, and lived in various cities in the US as well as Seoul, Korea. After graduating from high school in Huntsville, TX, she was a member of the Kilgore College Rangerettes and received her BS in Journalism from the University of North Texas. Her studies continued at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Upon her return to the US, she starred as "Lady Macbeth" and "Queen Gertrude" in the Santa Susana Repertory Theater Company's productions of "Macbeth" and "Hamlet," respectively. Her dedication to her stage work and craft was recognized and led to her first television role: two lines as "Prostitute #1" on "Star Trek: Enterprise."
Cummings lives in Los Angeles with her husband and their collection of stray animals.- Evanne Friedmann was born on 19 July 1993 in La Cañada Flintridge, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Lara (2018), Awkward. (2011) and God of War Ragnarök (2022).
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Freddy Moore was born on 19 July 1950 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. He was an actor, known for Scarred (1983), Parasite (1982) and The Carrie Diaries (2013). He was married to Renee Schyjer, Demi Moore and Lucy Colvin. He died on 25 August 2022 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Gemma Marin was born on 19 July 1986 in Valencia, Spain. She is an actress, known for Tierra de lobos (2010), Drones Don't Fly When the Sky is Grey (2016) and 3am in Hollywood.
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Gennifer Hutchison was born on 19 July 1977 in Concord, Massachusetts, USA. She is a producer, known for Breaking Bad (2008), Better Call Saul (2015) and The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (2022).- Actor
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George Dzundza was born on 19 July 1945 in Rosenheim, Bavaria, Germany. He is an actor and assistant director, known for Crimson Tide (1995), Basic Instinct (1992) and The Deer Hunter (1978). He has been married to Mary Jo Vermeulen since 1982. They have three children.- Actor
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George Hamilton IV was born on 19 July 1937 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA. He was an actor, known for A Perfect World (1993), The Neon Palace (1971) and Praise Band: The Movie (2008). He was married to Adelaide (Tinky) Watson Peyton. He died on 17 September 2014 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.- Ginifer King was born on 19 July 1978 in Texas, USA. She is an actress, known for Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009), Flashforward (2009) and The Thundermans (2013). She has been married to Jason Robert Ruge since 25 September 2004. They have one child.
- Hale Lytle was born on 19 July 2001 in Henrico County, Virginia, USA. He is an actor, known for Don't Come Back from the Moon (2017), Killer (2016) and Young Bodies Heal Quickly (2014).
- Héctor Sinder was born on 19 July 1952 in Argentina. He was an actor, known for Padre Coraje (2004), The Rain Dance (2016) and Hermanos y detectives (2006). He died on 11 May 2017 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Helen Gallagher was born on 19 July 1926 in New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for Ryan's Hope (1975), Strangers When We Meet (1960) and All My Children (1970). She was previously married to Frank Wise.- Director
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Born in Kinko-cho, Asakuchi-gun (present-day Asakuchi City), Okayama Prefecture. He is most familiar to Western audiences for his work on Japanese horror films such as Ring (1998), Ring 2 (1999) and Dark Water (2002). Several of these were remade in English as The Ring (2002), Dark Water (2005), and The Ring Two (directed by himself).
Graduated from Kinko Gakuen High School and, in 1980, entered the Science Department of the University of Tokyo and graduated from the Department of Asian Studies, Faculty of Liberal Arts, although he had been offered a position in the Department of Applied Physics, Faculty of Engineering. While studying, he attended Shigehiko Hasumi's film seminar and was greatly influenced by his work. At his favorite bar during college, an acquaintance of Masato Hara, president of Herald Ace, introduced him to an assistant director from Masahiro Shinoda's team, and he began working as an assistant director on Shinoda's medium-length film "Allusion Reincarnation Tan" and corporate public relations films.
In 1985, he joined Nikkatsu Studios. Soon after, Hiroyuki Nasu, a senior at Tokyo University, decided to shoot Be-Bop High School at Toei, and because Nikkatsu Studios was used for studio shooting, two of the four assistant directors came out of Nikkatsu, including the first three Be-Bop High School films and Love Story for You. He worked as an assistant director on many Central Arts films and trained almost exclusively at Toei as an assistant director, making his directorial debut in 1992 with Curse, Death & Spirit
After which he moved to the UK. After returning to Japan, he made his directorial debut in 1996 with Don't Look Up. Subsequently, his film Ring (1998), an adaptation of Koji Suzuki's best-selling novel about the tragedy caused by a cursed video, was a huge success, and he became known as a leading figure in Japanese horror.
In 1998 he completed "Joseph Losey: The Man with Four Names," a documentary about Joseph Losey, which he began producing while in England.
After returning to Japan, he was told by Mitsuru Kurosawa, head of Central Arts, that he could direct a V-Cinema film, and in 1995 he directed "Diary of a Female Teacher: Forbidden Sex". He is now considered one of the representatives of J-horror (Japanese horror), along with Kurosawa Kiyoshi and Shimizu Takashi.
In 2003, he won the Art Encouragement Prize for New Talent for "The Last Scene".
"The Ring" was a remake in the United States by another director (Gore Verbinski), but he directed the sequel, "The Ring 2," making his long-awaited Hollywood debut. The discomfort he experienced during his stay in Hollywood was later compiled into the documentary film "An Introduction to Hollywood Director Studies. Also, "Dark Water" was a remake too.
In 2010, "Chatroom," directed in the UK, was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the Cannes Film Festival.
Other films he has directed include "Dark Water" , "Sadistic and Masochistic", "Ghost Theather", "Sadako", "Death Note: L Change the World", "Stolen Identity", "The Woman Who Keeps a Murderer" and many more.- Actress
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Isabel Jewell, like other actresses in Hollywood in the 1930s, suffered from chronic typecasting. The diminutive, platinum-haired daughter of a doctor and medical researcher seemed to be often playing hard-boiled, tough-talking broads: gangster's molls, dumb blondes, prostitutes and, of course, poor "white trash" Emmy Slattery in Gone with the Wind (1939). However, she also played ordinary 'nice' next-door girl types, for example in Marked Men. While stardom eluded her for the most part, she nonetheless remained a busy supporting actress with an impressive array of A-budget films to her credit. Signed as an MGM contract player, she reputedly earned up to $3,000 a week -- a small fortune at the time. Isabel was educated at St. Mary's Academy in Minnesota and at Hamilton College in Kentucky. After years in stock companies (including an 87-week stint in Lincoln, Nebraska), she hit the big time after getting a part on Broadway in "Up Pops the Devil" (1930). With just three hours of rehearsal time, she delivered her performance to great critical acclaim and had even better reviews as a fast-talking telephone operator in "Blessed Event". She reprised this role in the screen version of Blessed Event (1932) and her movie career was effectively launched. While her parts were often small, they could also be memorable, as in Ceiling Zero (1936) and Marked Woman (1937). Other acting highlights include her consumptive prostitute finding salvation in Lost Horizon (1937), and her poignant against-type performance as an ill-fated seamstress on her way to the guillotine in A Tale of Two Cities (1935).
In the 1940s and '50s, her roles diminished from small to bits to uncredited and she fell on hard times: in 1959 she got into trouble with the law in Las Vegas for passing bad checks and, two years later, spent five days in jail for drunk driving. She was found dead in her home in April 1972, aged just 64. One of her two former husbands was writer-producer-director Owen Crump (1903-1998). A lasting memory of Isabel Jewell is her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Vine Street.- Ivar Kants was born on 19 July 1949 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. He is an actor, known for Twelfth Night (1986), Silver City (1984) and Heartbreak High (1994). He has been married to Jenny Kants since 1970. They have four children.
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Jared Padalecki was born in San Antonio, Texas, to Sherri (Kammer), a teacher of English, and Gerald Padalecki, a tax accountant. He is of Polish (father) and German, English, Scottish, and French (mother) descent. Jared started to take acting lessons when he was 12. Then, he won the "Claim to Fame" Contest in 1999 and got to appear on the Teen Choice awards. Jared lived in San Antonio, Texas and attended James Madison High School. He was named a candidate for the year 2000 Presidential Scholars Program. After graduating in the year 2000, he moved to Los Angeles, California to pursue an acting career. He played "Dean Forester" on Gilmore Girls (2000) on the WB starting in 2000 and ending in 2005. From 2005 to 2020, he portrayed "Sam Winchester" on the CW's Supernatural (2005). He also has several feature film credits.- Actor
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Jim Norton was born on 19 July 1968 in Bayonne, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Spider-Man (2002), Cop Out (2010) and Top Five (2014).- Actor
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Josh Fadem is an actor and comedian based in Los Angeles. He is from Tulsa, Oklahoma. He trained at venues including The Upright Citizens Brigade LA and The Groundlings.
Josh was named one of Daily Variety's "10 Comics to Watch" for 2011.
Some of his television credits include Better Call Saul, Twin Peaks, and 30 Rock.- Juan Alejandro Macedonio is known for Viva High School Musical (2008), Playground (2013) and High School Musical: La selección (2007).
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Juan José Campanella was born on 19 July 1959 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is a writer and director, known for The Secret in Their Eyes (2009), The Man of Your Dreams (2011) and The Weasel's Tale (2019).- Actress
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Kaitlin Doubleday was born on 19 July 1984 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Catch Me If You Can (2002), Waiting... (2005) and Empire (2015). She has been married to Devin Lucien since 6 May 2016. They have one child.- Katie is the second child of Sir David Amess. She trained at the prestigious Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London whose alumni includes Sir Lawrence Olivier, Dame Judi Dench, Harold Pinter and Vanessa Redgrave. She is a recipient of the Helen Mirren Acting Award and was selected for two consecutive years as one of BAFTAs top British Newcomers.
Katie played Sandy Weeks in Criminal Minds Beyond Borders and Heather in 5th of July opposite Jaleel White. She appeared as Ulcie at The Geffen Playhouse in Rolin Jones & Jackson Gay's These Paper Bullets. She also played Brenda Dixon in Ray Cooney's Cash on Delivery in Los Angeles alongside Ray himself. In 2014, Katie was cast as Lulu in William Friedkin's 'The Birthday Party' at the Geffen Playhouse opposite Tim Roth, Frances Barber and Stephen Berkoff.
Katie competed in several international beauty pageants and won the title of Miss Essex in 2008 for the Miss Earth contest. In the same year she also became a finalist for the Miss England competition. She has appeared in a host of TV commercials including Nintendo, Just Dance 3 & 4, Wen Haircare, Premier Inn and News of the World. - Actress
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Kira Spencer Cook was born on 19 July 1984 in Seattle, Washington, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Matilda (1996), Immobile Home (2014) and Our RoboCop Remake (2014). She has been married to Tyler Cook since 26 April 2015. They have two children.- Director
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Kiyoshi Kurosawa was born on 19 July 1955 in Kobe, Japan. He is a director and writer, known for Tokyo Sonata (2008), Pulse (2001) and Cure (1997).- Actor
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Lampros Kalfuntzos was born in Athens but raised in Larissa, Greece. He is the son of Dimitrios Kalfuntzos and Vassiliki Perogiannaki.
Latest production appears in Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning - Part One. Just finished filming for Back in Action movie coming out on Netflix early 2024. Also, an actor & graphic artist is known for Fast and Furious Spin-Off - Hobbs and Shaw (2019), Mission Impossible: Fallout (2018), The Murder on the Orient Express (2017), Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016). He also starred in the Crown TV episode "Dear Mrs. Kennedy". He was educated at Staffordshire University and Huddersfield University, where he studied Digital Design. From an early age, he had a passion for films, CGI, visual arts, and photography. To date, he has starred in commercials, short and Feature films. He speaks English and Greek language.
He has also worked as a Fashion Photographer and Visual Designer for various campaigns for companies such as Ralph Lauren, Asos, Amazon, Canon and Walt Disney.- Actress
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Lauren Caster was born in Anaheim, California, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Donor Baby (2020), Stitchers (2015) and In Embryo (2016).- Actress
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Lisa Lampenelli is one of the most high-profile insult comics. Though actually born in Connecticut, she is identified as a New Yorker, where she built up her career on the stand-up comic circuit. She is known for her outrageous pot shots at celebrities as well as references to her own weight and sexuality. Her acid wit and boisterous delivery has won many fans, some of whom had gravitated towards Andrew Dice Clay, and has won her the nickname "Comedy's Lovable Queen of Mean." She has been a regular at celebrity roasts on Comedy Central and has made a couple of television and film appearances. She has also been in negotiations for her own sitcom.- Producer
Lluís Oliva was a producer, known for Art Heist (2004), Camí particular (2012) and Crusader (2005). He died on 5 April 2018 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.- Actor
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Louie Torrellas is an Emmy award winning multi-talented performing artist and media personality who has been working professionally in show business for over ten years.
A New York City native, Louie studied musical theatre and drama at the famed Professional Performing Arts School in Manhattan and developed his own method while studying under Susan Batson and Roberta Wallach.
Louie took his first steps on stage at the age of 10 performing stand-up comedy at Caroline's on Broadway. Thereafter, he took his show on the road performing all over North America with the likes of Lewis Black, Louie CK, Ken Jeong and others. His comedy credits include being: a founding member of the "We Got Next" College Comedy Tour; featured talent on "Laffapalooza" and ABC's "New York Comedy Festival"; featured comedian on Noggin's "Laugh Out Loud" hosted by Mike Birbiglia; featured cast in Disney's pilot remake of the Mickey Mouse Club, "A-HA"; and cast as a series regular on the Nickelodeon/Noggin improv comedy show "Sponk".
Louie's motion picture and TV credits include: "Jumper" (principal); "Blood and Bone" (supporting); "It Runs in the Family" (supporting); "One Life To Live" (recurring); "Law & Order" (guest star); "Miracle's Boys"(series regular); "Third Watch"; "Guiding Light"; and "Late night with Conan O'brien" amongst others.
He has appeared in dozens of national commercial advertisements including spots for Wachovia, Levi Dockers Jeans, Reese's Cereal, Verizon, Coca-Cola and many more; and has done extensive voice over work in English and Spanish for brands such as Burger King, Radio Shack, Choose.org and for video games such as Grand Theft Auto, The Warriors and Bully.
As a personality, Louie has emceed countless events, television shows and new media projects. He has interviewed the likes of Whoopi Goldberg, Benjamin Bratt, John Leguizamo, Tommy Hilfiger, Russel Simmons and, in 2010 won an Emmy for his work hosting "Yankees on Deck" during the 2009 championship winning season.
Louie continues to build his craft as a performer. Additionally, in 2011 he co-founded Ambitious Media, an innovative and rapidly expanding integrative entertainment and lifestyle company involved in the production of both new and traditional media content.- Actor
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Luisi Pistilli's most notable stage successes were roles in "The Threepenny Opera", "St. Joan of the Stockyards" and a 1972 production, "Lulu". In 1991 he reprised his role in "Lulu" in the first professional collaboration with actress-singer Milva, his partner in previous plays as well as in a four-year offstage relationship. Pistilli's most memorable roles were in Francesco Rosi's Illustrious Corpses (1976), Lino Del Fra's Antonio Gramsci: i giorni del carcere (1977), Carlo Lizzani's Italo-Bulgarian co-production The Bandit (1969) and Sergio Leone's For a Few Dollars More (1965) and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966), in which he played priest Pablo Ramirez, the brother of Eli Wallach's character Tuco. He also worked frequently in TV, including the Mafia series La piovra (1984), directed by Luigi Perelli.- Marcela Valladolid Rodriguez was born in San Diego, California, to Antonio Valladolid a corporate attorney and a successful businessman in Tijuana, Baja California and to her mother, whom is the daughter of a successful Tijuana entrepreneur.
Marcela has an older brother named Antonio and an older sister named Karina. Marcela is the youngest in her family.
Marcela studied in schools both in Mexico and the U.S., and performed graduate studies in culinary arts in France.
Marcela has become well known in the Mexican media although she has expressed little interest in being involved in Television projects that are distant from her true passion of haute cuisine. - In 2004 Mark teamed up with Ines Wurth to form IMC Productions. Their first show, "I Miss Communism" a solo work featuring Ines Wurth, was directed by Mark and written collaboratively by Ines and Mark. It ran successfully in Los Angeles, then was a hit at the '05 and '06 Edinburgh Fringe Festivals receiving nominations for the Amnesty International Freedom of Expression Award and the Writer's Guild Award; and winning the Best of the Best Fringe Award for Best Touring Show of '06.
This year Mark and Ines are proud to be taking two shows to Edinburgh, "Change: The Upcoming War with Iran" and "An Age of Angels." "Change" written by Mark and produced in collaboration with Spanking Yanks will premiere at Edinburgh while "Angels," a solo performance piece featuring Mark and directed by Ines, ran to rave notices in Los Angeles before making the trip East.
Mark began acting professionally with the Philadelphia Theatre Company, at the Walnut Street Theatre, before graduating from Swarthmore College. Upon graduating he moved to New York City and began a season with the renowned Circle Repertory Theatre then under the direction of Marshall W. Mason and Lanford Wilson. Mark starred in the critically acclaimed, "Feedlot" and also worked in Albert Innaurato's "Ulysse in Traction"; and in the Wedekind, Lulu plays.
Mark next did a season at Joe Papp's Public Theatre. Here he performed in the Obie Award winning production of "Nasty Rumors and Final Remarks" directed by A.J. Antoon; the hit show, "Sunday Runners in the Rain" by Israel Horowitz, and a cabaret show, "A Shining City" based on the writings of Horatio Alger.
In the following years Mark worked on some 20 productions in New York such as, "Bishop Street" at the Actor's Studio; "Warriors of a Long Childhood" at the American Place Theatre; "Candida" at The Roundabout Theatre; Harry Kondoleon's "Fairy Garden" at The Second Stage; "Vieux Carre" and "Big Apple Messenger Service" at The W.P.A. Theatre; "2nd Prize 2 Months in Lenningrad at The Perry Street Theatre; "Streamers" at AMDA; and "Snakes in the Cane" at The West Bank Theatre with the Emmy Award Winning author, John Ford Noonan.
Regionally Mark starred as Chance Wayne in "Sweet Bird Of Youth" at the Alley Theatre, as Romeo in Shakespeare's "Romeo And Juliet" at the Walnut Street Theatre; Colonel Lyttle in "The Emigration of Adam Kurtzig" at the Williamstown Summer Theatre Festival. He also played Donalbain in "Macbeth" at The Longwharf Theater.
Mark reprised his performance of Chance Wayne opposite Lauren Bacall's Princess in the National Tour of Tennessee William's "Sweet Bird of Youth" directed by Michael Blakemore.
On film, Mark will always be remembered as the ill fated "gradual student," Michael Milton, in The World According to Garp (1982). Other roles include, the demented twin brothers, Terry and Todd in 'Nightmare at Shadow Woods' where Mark starred opposite Louise Lasser. _Swordfish(2001)_ "General's Daughter' Phenomenon (1996) Bar Hopping (2000)_ Graveyard Shift II (1989) The in Crowd (1988) and Tempest (1982) directed by Paul Mazursky.
On TV Mark starred in the films _Parole(1982)_ with Ellen Barkin and James Naughton Wilson's Reward (1980) opposite Sandy Dennis "The Mississippi" with Ralph Waite; Marvin Chmpsky's Galactica 1980 (1980) and the Emmy Winning _Kent State_He has Guest Starred on "The Equalizer;" "T.J. Hooker;" and "Judging Amy." He has had reoccurring roles on "Luving" and "One Life to Live;" and was a Season Regular on _Knots Landing_"
As a writer, Mark's solo piece "An Age of Angels" played at the Egyptian Arena Theatre where it received Critic's Choice and Pick of the Weekend by the LA Times. His first solo piece, "Tantra LA" was performed at the Stella Adler Theatre and received The Ticket Holder Award and was Pick of the Weekend for four consecutive weeks in Entertainment Today.
Mark's four play cycle, the Clayton Cycle consists of: "And The Wolf Finally Came", Mentor Prize recipient, The Philadelphia Theatre Company; "Trickle Down," optioned by The Steppenwolf Theatre Company; "High Torque Whine", produced at The West Bank Theatre, screenplay adaptation, finalist, Sundance Film Festival; and "A Place Called Home" produced by the M.W. Entertainment Group a the John Houseman Theatre in New York.
Other plays include, "Ohio," "Communion," "The Harp," "Paradise Fallen," "Peace in the Middle East," "To Know Love and Serve the Lord," and "Rehearsal for the End of the World."
Mark is a founding member of the Grace Player's Theatre Company and a member of the Actor's Studio Directors, Playwriting Unit. - Actor
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Mark Webber has appeared in over 40 films as an actor, working with such notable directors as Jim Jarmusch, Todd Solondz, Lynn Shelton, Thomas Vinterberg, Lars Von Trier, Edgar Wright and Gus Van Sant. His first film as a director, "Explicit Ills" won the audience award and best cinematography award at the 2008 SXSW film festival. He followed with his second film, "The End Of Love" which was nominated for the grand jury prize at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. For his third film, "The Ever After" Webber took a big leap into what he sees as the future of independent film and successfully distributed the film himself after it's world premier at the L.A. Film Festival. "Flesh and Blood" marked his return to SXSW in 2017 where the film was nominated for the Adam Yauch Visionary award. His Latest film "The Place Of No Words" premiered at the 2019 Tribeca film festival and was nominated for best picture, then went to the Munich Film festival and was nominated in the Cinemasters section for best picture, and just recently took home the Best Film award at the 49th Giffoni Film Festival in Italy.- Martin Stephens was the most popular child actor in Britain during the late 1950s and early 1960s. Having lost interest in acting as he became an adult, he moved to Belfast in 1968, where he studied architecture at Queen's University, Belfast. He later returned to England, where he pursued his new career in architecture and as a teacher of Meditation.
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Matthew Libatique is an American cinematographer. He is best known for his work with director Darren Aronofsky on the films Pi (1998), Requiem for a Dream (2000), The Fountain (2006), Black Swan (2010), Noah (2014) and Mother! (2017). He also shot Bradley Cooper's directorial debut film, A Star Is Born (2018).
Libatique also work as an cinematographer in the films Tigerland (2000), Phone Booth (2002), Iron Man (2008), Iron Man 2 (2010) and Venom (2018).
He has received two Academy Awards nominations for Best Achievement in Cinematography, one for Black Swan and the other for A Star Is Born.- Producer
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Max Fleischer was an American animator, inventor, and film producer from Krakow. As an inventor, Fleischer is primarily known for inventing the rotoscope, an animation technique that allowed animators to draw realistic images and movements, based on live-action images. He later co-founded the short-lived animation studio Fleischer Studios (1929-1942), and served as the studio head for its entire history. The studio was primarily known for creating short film featuring the animated characters Koko the Clown, Betty Boop, and Bimbo the Dog. It also introduced the first animated adaptations of both Popeye and Superman. Fleischer lost control over his studio to Paramount Pictures, though he would continue to work in animation for decades.
In 1883, Fleischer was born to a Jewish family in Krakow, Austria-Hungary. His father was the tailor Aaron Fleischer, and his mother was the housewife Malka "Amelia" Palasz. The Fleischer family emigrated to the United States in 1887, settling in New York City. Aaron became an exclusive tailor to high society clients, and the family enjoyed a middle-class life for about a decade. Aaron lost control over his tailor shop in the late 1890s, forcing the family to move to an impoverished section of Brooklyn.
Fleischer received commercial art training at the Cooper Union, a private college located at Cooper Square in New York City. He received formal art training at the Art Students League of New York. His teacher there was the Canadian painter George Bridgman (1864-1943). Fleischer also received further education at "Mechanics and Tradesman's School".
After completing his education, Fleischer was hired as an errand boy by the newspaper "The Brooklyn Daily Eagle" (1841-1955, 1960-1963). He remained there for years, working variously as a photographer, a photoengraver, and a staff cartoonist. He initially drew only single-panel editorial cartoons. He later created the satirical comic strips "Little Algie" and "S.K. Sposher, the Camera Fiend".
Fleischer left the newspaper c. 1905, in order to work as a technical illustrator for the Electro-Light Engraving Company in Boston. In 1909, he was hired as a catalog illustrator for the Crouse-Hinds Company. In 1910, he was hired as an art editor by the magazine "Popular Science". By 1914, the first commercially produced animated short films appeared in movie theaters. The characters; movements were generally "stiff and jerky", and so Fleischer started working on a method to trace images from a live-action film. He worked on his rotoscope from 1914 to 1916, and was granted a patent for the invention in 1917. This allowed the production of realistic animation.
Fleischer partnered up with his brother Dave Fleischer, to produce the animated film series "Out of the Inkwell" (1918-1929). It included 62 animated films, mostly featuring Koko the Clown as the protagonist. The character was inspired by Dave's previous job as a clown at Coney Island. The selling point of the series were the on-screen interactions between live-action artists and their pen and ink creations. The Fleischer brothers were eventually able to hire the experienced animator Dick Huemer, who produced more fluid animation for their films.
In 1924, Fleischer and a number of partners co-founded the film company Red Seal Pictures Corporation, which owned 36 theaters on the East Coast of the United States. One of Fleischer's partners was the inventor Lee de Forest (1873-1961). De Forest was working on a method to produce sound-on-film recordings for films. Fleischer gained access to de Forest's Phonofilm process, and went to work in creating animated short films with sound. The first of them was "My Old Kentucky Home" (1926), which also featured the first use of lip-synch in animation. Fleischer eventually worked on 19 early sound films, but the Red Seal went bankrupt in 1927.
From 1927 to 1929, the Fleischer brothers had a brief business partnership with film producer Alfred Weiss. They agreed to produce animated short films for Paramount Pictures, which would serve as their distributor. The partnership dissolved due to the mismanagement of Weiss, but the Fleischer brothers would maintain a working relationship with Paramount for the following 15 years.
In 1929, Fleischer co-founded the Fleischer studios. The company's staff initially set up operations at the Carpenter-Goldman Laboratories in Queens. Only 8 months later, they moved to a new location in Broadway. This would remain their main headquarters until 1938.Fleischer and his staff started work on the film series "Screen Songs" (1929-1938). It featured sing-along animated shorts, teaching the lyrics of various songs to the audience. The short films featured performances by popular musicians of the 1930s, such as Lillian Roth, Ethel Merman, and Cab Calloway.
The short film "Dizzy Dishes" (1930) introduced the character of Betty Boop, a caricature of a Jazz Age flapper. She quickly became a recurring character, and served initially as an imitation of real-life singer Helen Kane (1904-1966). Betty was a hit with the audience, and she was granted her own film series in 1932. She starred in 90 films between 1932 and 1939, and had guest-star roles in other 36 films between 1930 and 1933. She was the most popular character of the Fleischer Studios, regarded as the first "sex symbol" on the animated screen.
In late 1932, Fleischer licensed the rights to the comic strip character Popeye the Sailor. The character was granted a film series of his own, appearing in 109 short films between 1933 and 1942. The series introduced animated adaptation of several comic strip characters from the series "Thimble Theatre" (1919-1994), such as the damsel-in-distress Olive Oyl, the muscular bully Bluto, and the gluttonous scam artist J. Wellington Wimpy. The characters became household names, with Popeye himself said to surpass Mickey Mouse in popularity by the end of the 1930s.
Due to a business deal, the Fleischer Studios acquired much of its funding from a long-term partnership with Paramount Pictures. At times when Paramount itself was facing financial problems, the studio found itself suffering from a lack of funding. Fleischer was initially unable to secure rights to the innovative three-color Technicolor process in 1932. The studio introduced its first color cartoons in 1934, but had to use the limited two-color processes of Cinecolor (red and blue) and Two-Color Technicolor (red and green). They introduced their first film in three-color Technicolor in 1936. By that point, the rival studio Walt Disney Animation Studios was considered to be more innovative in its uses of color animation.
In the mid-1930s, Fleischer patented the use of three-dimensional effects in animation. He promoted these under the name the "Stereoptical Process". The process was used to great effect in the featurettes "Popeye the Sailor Meets Sinbad the Sailor" (1936) and "Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves" (1937). Max Fleischer started petitioning Paramount to fund an animated feature film, but their executives were doubtful of its commercial value. Following the box office success of the animated feature film "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" (1937), Fleischer received sufficient funding to work on his own feature film.
In 1938, the Fleischer Studios moved its headquarters to Miami, Florida. The studio staff started working on "Gulliver's Travels" (1939), the second American animated feature film to be produced. During its production, the personal relationship between brothers and business partners Max and Dave Fleischer deteriorated. Max reportedly disapproved of Dave's love life, and attempted to end one of Dave's romantic relationships. The film was eventually completed and grossed more than $3 million dollars at the American box office.
To Max Fleischer's disappointment, the Fleischer Studios found itself in debt due to their first feature film. Paramount received a lion's share of the profits from the American box office, and the animation studio had no rights to any profits from the film's releases in foreign markets. In addition, Paramount penalized the animation studio with the debt of 350,000 dollars. The film had exceeded its original budget, and this violated a contract agreement with Paramount. The Fleischer Studios were now indebted to their distributor.
In 1940, Fleischer Studios introduced three new animated series: "Gabby", "Animated Antics", and "Stone Age Cartoons". "Gabby" was a spin-off from "Gulliver's Travels" , featuring the adventures of the film's town crier. "Animated Antics" was an anthology series, often featuring supporting characters from "Gulliver's Travels". "Stone Age Cartoons" featured a surprisingly modern take on Stone Age life, and has been cited as a precursor to "The Flintstones". All three series were regarded as commercial failures, generating little interest from exhibitors.
In search for a more viable series, Fleischer licensed to the superhero character Superman. The studio created a short-lived series for the character, releasing 9 short films between 1941 and 1942. It was the character's first animated adaptation, and featured more technically complex elements than most of its contemporaries in animation. Each episode had a budget of about 50,000 dollars, twice the budget of the typical Popeye cartoon in the same period. Frustrated that they had to animate the character leaping from place to place (as in the comics), the Fleischer brothers came up with the idea that Superman could fly on his own. The high cost of the series turned out to be a problem, but the series was popular.
Meanwhile, the Fleischer brothers were working on their second animated feature, at the request of Paramount. The film in question was "Mr. Bug Goes to Town", a tale of anthropomorphic insects. It was scheduled for release in early December 1941, but its release was postponed for months due to the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Theater owners showed only a limited interest in the film, and it turned out to be a box office bomb.
With the Fleischer Studios heavily in debt to Paramount and Dave Fleischer having already resigned, Paramount decided to claim ownership over the animation studio and its characters. Max Fleischer was forced to resign, while the studio was re-organized into the Paramount subsidiary Famous Studios (1942-1967). The most notable character of the new studio was Casper the Friendly Ghost.
Fleischer was briefly out of work. He subsequently was hired as the head of the animation department for "The Jam Handy Organization", a Detroit-based company owned by film producer (1886-1983). Fleischer primarily worked on animated training films for the Army and Navy during World War II. He continued working for Handy until 1953. His most notable film for this entire period was "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (1948), the first animated adaptation of a 1939 Christmas story by Robert L. May. Fleischer personally directed the film.
In 1953, Fleischer was hired as a production manager by Brayco. It was a company which primarily produced filmstrips from the late 1960s to its closing in 1963. It had formed as a corporate successor to the animation studio Bray Productions (1912-1928), where Fleischer had briefly worked in his early career.
In 1955, Fleischer won a lawsuit against Paramount Pictures. They had the rights to re-release most of his former films, but the court decided that they did not have the right to remove Fleischer's name from the film credits. In 1958, Fleischer and his new partner Hal Seeger (1917-2005) founded the minor animation studio "Out of the Inkwell Films". They had the intention to revive "Out of the Inkwell" as a television series. They eventually produced 100 color episodes of the new series, released from 1960 to 1961. Due to his failing health, Fleischer decided against appearing in person in the live-action segments.
For most of the 1960s, Fleischer made efforts to reclaim ownership over Betty Boop, his most popular character. Paramount had sold its rights to the character in 1958, but the courts were unable to decide which person or company held the exclusive rights to the character.
In 1967, Fleischer and his wife Essie retired to the Motion Picture Country House, a retirement community for film industry people. The retirement community was located at the southwest end of the San Fernando Valley, and had been operational since 1942. In September 1942, Fleischer died there, due to "arterial sclerosis of the brain". He was 89-years-old at the time of his death, having survived several of his former partners and employees.
Fleischer's animated works eventually found a new audience in animation fans who regard them as an alternative to Walt Disney's works, and who often find them to be more appealing to older audiences. Works of the Fleischer Studios have also been popular with animation historians, which regard them highly for their innovations. Fleischer remains one of the most famous animated film producers of the 20th century, but his reputation mostly endures due to the cult following of some of his characters.- Actress
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Nancy Carell was born on 19 July 1966 in Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005), Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012) and Bridesmaids (2011). She has been married to Steve Carell since 5 August 1995. They have two children.- Actress
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Nikki Osborne was born on 19 July 1981 in Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia. She is an actress and writer, known for The Bush Blonde vs. The World, Dinner Traits (2018) and Hoges (2017).- Actor
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Noel Schajris was born on 19 July 1974 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is an actor and composer, known for Widows (2018), Double Life (2011) and Regresa (2010). He has been married to Karla Goudinoff since 21 April 2002.- Stunts
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When Norman Howell was fourteen years old his rodeo career landed him an acting part in the 1971 film The Cowboys. He was taught how to throw his first movie punch by the legendary John Wayne, who along with Yakima Canutt, were the innovators of the modern movie fight. This planted the seed that Norman may prefer stunt work over acting roles. Soon after, his career took off. He doubled John Travolta, Richard Chamberlain, Peter O'Toole, Bruce Willis, Mark Harmon, Dirk Benedict, and was Roger Moore's stunt-double in 007. Norman's stunt coordinator career started with Footloose and then Kevin Costner gave this nominee his first big break as a stunt coordinator on Dances with Wolves and as 2nd unit director in The Bodyguard, Open Range and Mr. Brooks. Norman Howell's professionalism, creativity and execution has earned him a place among the top stunt coordinators and second unit directors in the industry.- Actor
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Pat Hingle (real name: Martin Patterson Hingle) was born in Miami, Florida, the son of a building contractor. His parents divorced when Hingle was still in his infancy (he never knew his father) and his mother supported the family by teaching school in Denver. She then began to travel (with her son in tow) in search of more lucrative work; by age 13 Hingle had lived in a dozen cities. The future Tony Award nominee made his "acting debut" in the third grade, playing a carrot in a school play ("At that time it didn't seem like much of a way to make a living!", he recalled). Hingle attended high school in Texas and in 1941 entered the University of Texas, majoring in advertising. After serving in the Navy during WW II, he went back to the university and got involved with the drama department as a way to meet girls. With his wife Alyce (whom he first met at the university), Hingle moved to New York and began to get jobs on the stage and on TV. The apex of his stage career was "J.B." by poet Archibald Macleish, with Hingle in the title role as a 20th-century Job. It was during the run of "J.B." that Hingle took an accidental plunge down the elevator shaft of his New York apartment building, sustaining near-fatal injuries in the 54-foot fall. He was near death for two weeks (and lost the little finger of his left hand); his recovery took more than a year. In more recent years, Hingle has played Commissioner Gordon in the "Batman" movies.
Just prior to his death, he resided in Carolina Beach, North Carolina, with his wife, Julia.- Actress
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She enjoys snow-boarding, reading, eating veggie-burgers, drinking smoothies, hanging out with her friends, acting, and making creative works such as beading jewelry, painting, writing poetry, sewing funky dresses, and photographing interesting images. Her heritage is Korean, and she speaks some Korean and Spanish. In her late teen years she did some modeling, but otherwise has always been into the performing/entertaining field. U.C.R., B.A. in psychology completed, and C.S.P.P., PhD in psychology. in progress for her education.- Patricia Paz Maria Medina was born on July 19, 1919 in Liverpool, England to a Spanish father and an English mother. She began acting as a teenager in the late 1930s and worked her way up to leading roles in the mid-1940s, then left for Hollywood. Medina teamed up with British actor Louis Hayward and they appeared together in Fortunes of Captain Blood (1950), The Lady and the Bandit (1951), Lady in the Iron Mask (1952) and Captain Pirate (1952). Voluptuous and exotic-looking, Medina was often typecast in period melodramas such as The Black Knight (1954). Two of her more notable films were William Witney's Stranger at My Door (1956) and Orson Welles's Confidential Report (1955), a follow-up of The Third Man (1949), based on the radio series "The Lives of Harry Lime". Although prolific during the early 1950s, her film career faded away by the end of the decade, leading to stage and television roles.
Medina appeared as Margarita Cortazar in four episodes of Walt Disney's Zorro (1957), and as Diana Coulter in two episodes of Richard Boone's Have Gun - Will Travel (1957). She returned to the screen in Robert Aldrich's adaptation of the lesbian-themed drama The Killing of Sister George (1968). She and her husband, American actor Joseph Cotten, toured together in several plays and on Broadway in the murder mystery, "Calculated Risk". Her appearances on television include episodes of Bonanza (1959) titled "The Spanish Grant" and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) titled "See the Monkey Dance". She played Harriet Balfour in an episode of Perry Mason (1957) titled "The Case of the Lucky Loser", and as Lucia Belmont in an episode of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964) titled "The Foxes and Hounds Affair".
Patricia Medina retired from acting in 1978 after 40 years in the motion picture industry. She died at age 92 of natural causes on April 28, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. She was interred at Blandford Cemetery in Petersburg, Virginia, alongside Cotten. - Peter Barton was born on 19 July 1956 in Valley Stream, Long Island, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984), Hell Night (1981) and The Powers of Matthew Star (1982).
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Born in Red Bank, New Jersey, Peter Dobson's illustrious acting career began at the Academy of Dramatic Arts and the Lee Strasberg institute in New York City. Dobson went on to join the summer stock Royal Shakespeare Company in Monterey CA and after found his way to Los Angeles to begin studying with acting coach Sandra Seacat. Within three years of moving to Los Angeles at the age of 21, Dobson landed his first starring role after being chosen from a nation wide search in the Tri-Star Pictures musical, "Sing" from the producers of "Fame" and "Footloose" This was followed by the critically acclaimed adaptation of Hubert Selby's "Last Exit To Brooklyn" opposite Jennifer Jason Leigh and Neil Simon's "The Marrying Man" Director Robert Zemeckis cast Dobson in the title role of the short lived but highly acclaimed comedy TV series CBS's "Johnny Bago" which led to starring roles in numerous TV series and TV movies, including Michael Mann's "Miami Vice" A fan of Dobson's work, Mann then cast Dobson in the original version of "Heat" in the highly acclaimed "LA Takedown" for NBC. Other notable series include CBS's "Lenny" FOX's "Party of Five" HBO's "Tales From The Crypt" and "Norma Jean and Marilyn" .Robert Zemeckis cast Dobson again, this time to portray young Elvis Presley in the Academy Award winning film "Forrest Gump". Following that was Peter Jackson's cult classic "The Frighteners" opposite Michael J. Fox and "Drowning Mona". With his growing popularity, Dobson was then offered the title role in the USA Network series the critically acclaimed "Cover Me: The True Life of an FBI Family". After the series-run of "Cover Me" Dobson moved behind the camera. He wrote and produced the hilarious Sundance Film Festival favorite, his first film, "Choose Life" (A story about two hit men obsessed with the 80's pop group Wham!) He then went on to write and direct his second short film "White Mule" & proved he is a force behind the camera as well and was selected in numerous festivals across the country with multiple wins including best director and best short film at the Atlantic City Film Festival. This has led to his upcoming feature film in development "Asbury Park" & attaching Oscar nominated cinematographer Dean Cundey. Dobson also exec produced and co starred in the feature film "Hotel of the Damned" produced and co-starred in "Dirty Dead Con Men" and recently teamed with world renowned choreographer Travis Payne (Micheal Jackson's This is it, Janet Jackson's Scream, Coyote Ugly) to direct the cinematic the music video "King" recently accepted into The Garden State Film Festival and the Toronto International Short Film Festival.- Actor
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Born in Oakland, CA, in 1931, Preston Epps learned to play various percussion instruments, including the bongos, while he was in the US military during the Korean War, where he was stationed in Okinawa, Japan. After his hitch was over he moved to Southern California and began to make some money playing bongos in coffee houses around the area. He came to the attention of Los Angeles disc jockey Art Laboe, who owned Original Sound Records and signed Epps to that label. In 1959 it released his single "Bongo Rock", which shot to #14 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. His follow-up record, "Bongo Bongo Bongo", sold respectably but didn't reach the heights that "Bongo Rock" did. In 1960 he released an album, but the public's taste for bongo music had begun to ebb. He released a string of bongo music over the next few years, but they didn't go anywhere
In 1957 he appeared (uncredited) as a bongo player in Calypso Heat Wave (1957) and in 1968 he had a small part in Girl in Gold Boots (1968), also as a bongo player. He continued to work as a session musician in the L.A. recording scene in the 1960s and 1970s. He also kept busy playing in various clubs and nightspots into the 1990s.- Producer
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Born and raised in Southern California, RJ Williams is a very active angel investor in the digital ecosystem with dozens of investments in high profile companies over the years.
He is also the Founder and CEO of Young Hollywood. Started in 2007 by Williams, Young Hollywood has become one of the most innovative digital media brands and the leading celebrity and lifestyle network for millennials. YH has rapidly grown to heavily influence today's pop culture by creating and establishing emerging trends both within the industry and throughout the world.
Williams grew up in the entertainment industry as a child actor and began his acting career as a series regular on The Young and the Restless (1973). He went on to star in several movies of the week, numerous television pilots, and guest-starred in over 30 television series, including a recurring role on the hit show Full House (1987) and his portrayal as Rowdy on the daytime hit General Hospital (1963).
His hosting career began when he starred in the syndicated children's series Wake, Rattle & Roll (1990) After completing 130 episodes of "WR&R," R.J. took a break from his on-camera duties to further hone his behind-the-scenes skills by attending the prestigious USC School of Cinema-Television. Upon completion of his studies, R.J. formed his own production company, Arjay Entertainment Group, a television production company, with an impressive client roster that included ABC, FOX, CBS, TV Guide and Showtime. Arjay Entertainment quickly developed a reputation for providing the most compelling celebrity programming, and ultimately helped create a new identity for an industry - Young Hollywood.
in 2015, Williams launched the OTT network Young Hollywood and went on to produce over a dozen series for the network including Backstage Diaries, Food Feed, Pop Culture Underground and Beyond The Athlete.
Williams also has extensive knowledge in the social-media and Influencer space working with some of the most recognizable talent in the world. Williams also works closely with some of the most well-respected brands in the marketing and advertising world, advising them on how to create innovative ways to touch consumers through one-of-a-kind brand integration and social media marketing campaigns. Clients have included brands such as Adidas, Subway, AT&T, H&M, Unilever, Electronic Arts, Samsung, & Coca-Cola.
Williams attended Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences and the prestigious USC Film School and has become one of the country's leading authorities on marketing to today's youth, trend spotting and shaping the culture of Hollywood.
He has been profiled in media such as Wall Street Journal, Forbes, USA Today, AdWeek, AdAge, Fast Company, BBC World News, and chosen for The Hollywood Reporter's Digital Power 50 List, which said, "Everything Young Hollywood CEO and founder R.J. Williams does is counter-intuitive - and effective."- Composer
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Ramin Djawadi is an Iranian-German film score composer known for composing the hit HBO series Game of Thrones and the Marvel films Blade: Trinity, Iron Man and Eternals. He also composed Clash of the Titans, A Wrinkle in Time, Pacific Rim, Westworld, Gears of War 4 and 5, Medal of Honor, Open Season 1 and 2, Jack Ryan and Warcraft. He won two Emmy Awards for Game of Thrones.- René Houseman was born on 19 July 1953 in La Banda, Santiago del Estero, Argentina. He died on 22 March 2018 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Reuben Langdon is an international Stuntman, Actor, Filmmaker and Video Game Star whose work you can see in productions like Pirates of the Caribbean, the Power Rangers series, and the highest grossing film of all time, Avatar, where he was the stunt double of Jake Sully's alien Avatar. Reuben shot to stardom in the video game world with leading roles as Ken Masters in Street Fighter and Dante in the Devil May Cry franchise. His film and television career has given him the opportunity to work with some of the biggest names on the silver screen, from actors Jackie Chan and Andy Serkis, to directors James Cameron, Peter Jackson, and Steven Spielberg.
It was while working on James Cameron's Avatar that Reuben had his first UFO sighting and this sent him in the direction of UFOlogy and the paranormal. For over a decade now Reuben Has been researching the Extra-Terrestrial phenomenon. He is the host of the popular TV show Interview With E.D. (Extra-Dimensionals) on the Gaia Network, and in 2013 he co-produced the five-day event at the National Press Club in Washington DC called the Citizen Hearing on Disclosure. The historical event brought together over 40 witnesses, mostly ex-government and military, to testify in front of 6 former members of Congress in a mock congressional hearing about ETs engaging the human race. To date, it is still the most comprehensive body of evidence and testimony delivered to the public on the ET subject matter.- Actress
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Reymonde Amsellem was born on 19 July 1978 in Jerusalem, Israel. She is an actress and writer, known for Seven Blessings (2023), Rendition (2007) and My Lovely Sister (2011).- Actor
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Harvard-educated stage and screen actor Richard Jordan was born into a socially prominent family on July 19, 1937 in New York City, the grandson of Learned Hand, the greatest American jurist never to have served on the U.S. Supreme Court. Newbold Morris, his stepfather, was a member of the New York City Council during Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia's administration. Young Richard was educated in private Manhattan schools and then at the exclusive Hotchkiss prep school in Lakeville, Connecticut. While at Hotchkiss, he was outstanding as the eponymous lead of the school play "Mr. Roberts", which won him a place in the Sharon, Connecticut summer stock company. Jordan went to England as an exchange student at the Sherbourne School, a college (private school) that was over 1,000 years old. After graduating from Sherbourne, Jordan entered Harvard College and took his degree in three years.
At Harvard, Jordan was a member of the Dramatic Club, both as an actor and as a director. It was while at Harvard that he decided to become a professional actor and began performing with off-campus stage companies. After graduating from Harvard, Jordan launched what was to be a prolific stage career in New York, making his Broadway debut in December 1961 in the play "Take Her, She's Mine" under the direction of the venerable George Abbott in Biltmore Theatre. The play, which starred Art Carney, Elizabeth Ashley in a Tony Award-winning turn, and Heywood Hale Broun, was a hit, playing 404 performances.
Jordan next appeared in a one-night flop, in "Bicycle Ride to Nevada", which opened and closed on September 24, 1963. He was more lucky with his next play, "Generation", a comedy starring Henry Fonda that played for 300 performances in the 1965-66 season. He last appeared on Broadway in a success d'estime, John Osborne's "A Patriot for Me", directed by Peter Glenville and starring Maximilian Schell and Tommy Lee Jones, who was making his Broadway debut. By that time, Jordan had established himself as a leading player Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway, which accounted for the majority of his over 100 New York stage appearances.
Jordan, as actor and director, was a major force in the development of New York's "Off-Off-Broadway" theater that flourished in the 1960s. He was one of the founders of the Gotham Arts Theater, which put on plays in an old funeral parlor on West 43rd Street. Fittingly, the company's first play was about necrophilia. Jordan engaged young New York artists to design the sets, the results of which were not always auspicious. Jordan said of this development, "With our weirdo plays against their far-out sets...it was total insanity!" He made a significant breakthrough, career-wise, with his appearance in the anti-war play "The Trial Of The Catonsville Nine" in both New York and California.
Jordan spent eight years with Joseph Papp's New York Shakespeare Festival. He made his debut with Papp's Shakespeare Festival in 1963, playing "Romeo" opposite the "Juliet" of Kathleen Widdoes, the fellow Papp stock company member who would become his wife, in Papp's Shakespeare in the Park series. The couple married in 1964, and their eight-year marriage produced a daughter, Nina Jordan, born in 1964, who would later co-star with her father in the movie Old Boyfriends (1979).
Although he appeared on television during the 1960s, the tall, handsome and talented Jordan did not make his motion picture debut until 1971, when he appeared in a supporting role in Michael Winner's horse opera Lawman (1971), which featured a first-rate cast, including Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan, Lee J. Cobb and Robert Duvall. However, it was his role as the baby-faced, amoral Treasury agent in The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973) that made him a known commodity on-screen, while it was the monumental mini-series Captains and the Kings (1976) that made his reputation. His performance as the Irish immigrant "Joseph Armagh" brought him an Emmy nomination and a Golden Globe award, and it also brought him his long-time companion, co-star Blair Brown, whom he lived with for many years and by whom he had a son.
An actor rather than a star, Jordan played many unsympathetic roles, including that of Nazi Albert Speer in the TV movie The Bunker (1981). He continued to appear on the stage, Off-Broadway and in stock companies touring the major cities of the U.S., while appearing in films and on TV. Jordan was the manager of the L.A. Actors Theater in Los Angeles during the 1970s, where he produced, directed and wrote his own plays. For the 1983-84 Off-Broadway season, he won an Obie Award for his performance in Czech playwright Václav Havel's "A Private View". He won the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for directing Havel's "Largo Desolato" at the Taper, Too in 1987.
In 1992, Jordan had begun filming The Fugitive (1993) when his fatal illness forced him to leave the production. Thus, Jordan's final role was that of "General Lewis Armistead" in the film Gettysburg (1993), which was a labor of love for him. He was close friends with Michael Shaara, the author of the novel "The Killer Angels", which the movie was based upon, and contributed to the screenplay. Jordan's last appearance as an actor was the death of his on-screen character, "General Armistead".
Richard Jordan died in Los Angeles, California of a brain tumor on August 30, 1993. He was 56 years old.- Actor
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Rik Launspach was born on 19 July 1958 in Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands. He is an actor and writer, known for Oeroeg (1993), Windkracht 10 (1997) and Van Speijk (2006). He is married to Marjolein Beumer.- Actress
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Cute, spunky and appealing brunette actress Robbi Morgan was born on July 19, 1961. Robbi made her movie debut playing the titular character, as a little girl, in the touching drama, Me, Natalie (1969). Morgan did a wickedly funny and dead-on impression of Mae West while singing the hysterically bawdy song, "Oh, You Nasty Man", as part of a talent show in Curtis Harrington's excellent Depression-era horror winner, What's the Matter with Helen? (1971). Robbi achieved her greatest enduring cult cinema popularity with her memorably sweet portrayal of bubbly'n'perky hitch-hiking camp counselor "Annie" in the landmark slasher classic, Friday the 13th (1980). She not only had co-starring roles in the made-for-TV pictures, Forbidden Love (1982) and I Married a Centerfold (1984), but also made a guest appearance on the TV show, The Fall Guy (1981). Morgan performed stunts for the comedy feature, The Great Outdoors (1988). Besides her regrettably sparse film and TV credits, Robbi also acted in a Broadway stage production of the musical comedy, "Barnum", which ran from 1980 to 1982. Robbi Morgan has been married to actor and game show host, Mark L. Walberg, since 1987; the couple are the proud parents of two children.- Actor
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Ryan Keith Dorsey was born on July 19, 1983 in Chesapeake, West Virginia. Ryan was talked into auditioning for Ayn Rand's Night of January 16th during his senior year of high school. Landed one of the leads as middle-aged attorney and the acting bug was caught. Enrolling at Western Carolina University his freshman year, he had plans to walk-onto the football program and major in Theatre. That lasted only a semester and he moved back home and started making more films with his home town friends. This was the beginning of the road to New York City. After one year at West Virginia University and he moved to New York City after he auditioned and was accepted to The New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts.- Actress
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Sabrina Garciarena was born on 19 July 1983 in Ramos Mejía, Buenos Aires, Argentina. She is an actress, known for Felicitas (2009), Se dice amor (2005) and Pagafantas (2009).- Saïd Taghmaoui was born July 19th 1973 in Villepinte, Seine-Saint-Denis, France, to Moroccan immigrant parents. He has 9 siblings. He dropped out of school at a young age and became a boxer; at one point ranking number 2 in France in his category. He met Mathieu Kassovitz with whom he co-wrote the French film La haine (1995) which won the Best Director award in Cannes. Kassovitz directed the movie in which Saïd played one of the leads. Since than Saïd has been a force in French cinema and has made films in Italy, Germany, The United States and Morocco.
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Sam Boxleitner was born in Los Angeles, California, into a show business family. He had dreams of following the family trade from an early age. His parents are actors Bruce Boxleitner and Kathryn Holcomb Ogilvy, and actor Ian Ogilvy is his step-father. His brother Lee Boxleitner, half-brother Michael Boxleitner, and step-brother Dakota Brinkman are actors as well.
Sam attended Chaminade College Preparatory in Los Angeles where he excelled in the arts, especially drama and music. After starring in several plays and small film roles, Sam made the decision to put acting on hold to focus on music. He attended Musicians Institute in Hollywood, California where he attained a commercial certificate for contemporary composition and guitar. Sam spent the better half of a decade composing music and touring with various bands locally and nationally. After a long and tumultuous tour, Sam took a job as a runner that eventually landed him a job as a set production assistant. After approximately fifteen minutes of being on set, Sam was bitten by "the bug" and made the decision he would stop at nothing to be in front of the camera. He has not looked back since.
In 2014, Sam and his brother Lee Boxleitner produced the short film, "Downstairs" which earned them much praise along the horror film festival circuit including screenings at the largest and longest running film festival in the United States, Screamfest Horror Film Festival, the United Kingdom's Dark Scream Film Festival and Eliot Brodsky's Monsterpalooza.
Sam Boxleitner also composes, produces, and performs original music under the moniker, Analog Is Dead. Analog Is Dead can be found on all major streaming sites and online music stores.- Director
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Talented, prolific and versatile writer/director Sergio Martino has made a vast array of often solid and enjoyable films in such diverse genres as horror, comedy, Western and science-fiction in a career that spans over 40 years.
Martino was born on July 19, 1938, in Rome, Italy. His grandfather was noted director Gennaro Righelli. Sergio began his cinematic career in his early 20s as an assistant to his writer/producer brother Luciano Martino and handled second unit director chores on Mario Bava's The Whip and the Body (1963), and made his directorial debut in 1969 with the mondo documentary Wages of Sin (1969). He really hit his stride in the early 1970s with several superior giallo murder mystery thrillers that usually starred popular actress Edwige Fenech (who was married to Martino's brother Luciano at the time): The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh (1971), They're Coming to Get You! (1972), The Case of the Scorpion's Tail (1971) and Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key (1972). Martino subsequently collaborated with Fenech on a handful of other projects, including the bubbly sex comedies Sex with a Smile (1976) and Cream Horn (1981). Other people Sergio has frequently worked with are actors George Hilton, Ivan Rassimov and Claudio Cassinelli and screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi. Sergio's other worthwhile movies are the gritty spaghetti western Arizona Colt, Hired Gun (1970), the terrifically trashy Torso (1973), the rousing crime thriller The Violent Professionals (1973), the entertaining action/adventure romp Slave of the Cannibal God (1978), the fun "The Island of Dr. Moreau" rip-off The Island of the Fishmen (1979) and the funky post-nuke sci-fi/action opus 2019: After the Fall of New York (1983). He has also directed various made-for-TV features and episodes of TV shows for Italian television.- Actor
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Shane Dawson is a young actor from California who started out making videos on YouTube for hobby and eventually became one of the biggest stars of the popular video website. His main videos, small sketches and parodies of popular songs, are seen by millions of people and the most recurrent characters of his works - Shane (himself), Aunt Hilda, S-Deezy, Shananay, Ned, Mom and Paris Hilton - have already become true icons of "fame" thanks to videos like "Fred is Dead!", "Twilight New Moon: Blood Hungry" or "Bad (Bro)mance!