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Humanitarian and actor Richard Gere was born on August 31, 1949, in Philadelphia, the second of five children of Doris Anna (Tiffany), a homemaker, and Homer George Gere, an insurance salesman, both Mayflower descendants. Richard started early as a musician, playing a number of instruments in high school and writing music for high school productions. He graduated from North Syracuse Central High School in 1967, and won a gymnastics scholarship to the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, where he majored in philosophy. He left college after two years to pursue acting, landing a lead role in the London production of the rock musical "Grease" in 1973. The following year he would be in other plays, such as "Taming of the Shrew." Onscreen, he had a few roles, and gained recognition in Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977). Offscreen, he spent 1978 meeting Tibetans when he traveled to Nepal, where he spoke to many monks and lamas. Returning to the US, on Broadway he portrayed a concentration-camp prisoner in "Bent," for which he received the 1980 Theatre World Award. Back in Hollywood, he played the title role in American Gigolo (1980), establishing himself as a major star; this status was reaffirmed by An Officer and a Gentleman (1982). In the early 1980s, Richard went to Honduras, Nicaragua and El Salvador (amidst ongoing wars and political violence); he traveled with a doctor and visited refugee camps. It is said that Richard was romantically linked with Tuesday Weld, Priscilla Presley, Barbra Streisand and Kim Basinger. In 1990 Richard teamed up with Julia Roberts to star in the blockbuster Pretty Woman (1990); his cool reserve was the perfect complement to Julia's bubbling enthusiasm. The film captured the nation's heart, and won the People's Choice award for Best Movie. Fans clamored for years for a sequel, or at least another pairing of Julia and Richard. They got that with Runaway Bride (1999), which was a runaway success (Richard got $12 million, Julia made $17 million, the box office was $152 million, which shows what happens when you give the public what it wants!). Offscreen, Richard and Cindy Crawford got married December 12, 1991 (they were divorced in 1995). Afterwards, Richard started dating actress Carey Lowell. They had a son, Homer James Jigme Gere, on February 6, 2000. Richard was picked by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the world in 1991, and as their Sexiest Man Alive in 1999. He is an accomplished pianist and music writer. Above all, Richard is a humanitarian. He's a founding member of "Tibet House," a nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation of Tibetan culture. He has been an active supporter of "Survival International" for several years, a worldwide organization supporting tribal peoples, affirming their right to decide their own future and helping them protect their lives, lands and human rights (these tribes are global, including the natives of the Amazon, the Maasai of East Africa, the Wichi of Argentina, and others). In 1994 Richard went to London to open Harrods' sale, donating his £50,000 appearance fee to Survival. He has been prominent in their charity advertising campaigns.- Al Haynes was born on 31 August 1931 in Paris, Texas, USA. He was married to Darlene Flora Sumovich. He died on 25 August 2019 in Seattle, Washington, USA.
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Playwright/lyricist Alan Jay Lerner was born into a wealthy New York City retailing family. His professional association with Frederick Loewe started in 1942 when they teamed up to write "Life of the Party". Their first Broadway success was the 1947 musical fantasy "Brigadoon." Lerner adapted work for the screen (Brigadoon (1954)) and earned two Oscars as the screenplay writer for An American in Paris (1951) and Gigi (1958), and a Grammy for On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970). Lerner and Loewe parted company in 1962 following the success of Camelot (1967). Lerner's last musical, "Dance a Little Closer", was written with Charles Strouse in 1983. It closed after one performance.- Aldo Bigatti was born in 1918 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor, known for Gitano (1970), Stay Tuned for Terror (1965) and Los irrompibles (1975). He died on 31 August 2004 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Born in Leningrad in 1951. Son of a well-known documentary film director Yefim Uchitel. Graduated in 1975 from VGIK (The All-Russian State University of Cinematography). Worked as a cameraman and documentary film director at the Leningrad Documentary Film Studio. President and CEO of Rock Films, a production company established in 1991. In 1995, directed his first feature, a critically acclaimed Giselle's Mania (1995). Winner of Nika, Russian Film Academy Award for best feature film in 2000, His Wife's Diary was the Russian submission for Oscar 2000. In 2008 he was awarded with Best Directing Prize in Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. Laureate of a number of international and Russian film festivals.- Andrés Sardà was born on 31 August 1929 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. He died on 15 September 2019 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
- Andrey Medvedev is a Soviet and Ukrainian former professional tennis player. He reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 4.
In the late 1990s, Medvedev unexpectedly reached the final of the 1999 French Open after having defeated Dinu Pescariu, Pete Sampras, Byron Black, Arnaud Di Pasquale, Gustavo Kuerten and Fernando Meligeni en route. Medvedev dominated the first two sets of the final against Andre Agassi before Agassi mounted a come-from-behind victory, which allowed him to complete a career Grand Slam. Afterwards, Medvedev did not score further notable results, and retired from the tour in 2001.
His most successful tournament was the Hamburg Masters (formerly the German Open), which he won three times (1994, 1995 and 1997). Hopman Cup finalist in 1995, partnering his sister Natalya Medvedeva. - An immaculate gent of sober appearance and cultivated presence, Bate was seemingly destined to play spymasters and senior civil servants. Lean, pale-eyed and of deceptively mild intonation, he was capable of unnervingly icy composure, never more effectively displayed than as the chameleon-like Soviet mole Kim Philby in ITV's telemovie Philby, Burgess and Maclean (1977). In similar vein, Bate played the enigmatic, debonair American-born spook, Bret Renssalaer, in Len Deighton's Game, Set, and Match (1988). Most famously, he added an authentic touch to the affable, officious Home Office security undersecretary, Sir Oliver Lacon -- "Whitehall's Head Prefect" - in John le Carré's Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979), and its sequel, Smiley's People (1982).
Anthony Bate began working life behind the bar of a hotel owned by his family on the Isle of Wight. After completing his national service with the Royal Navy Volunteers in 1947, he started dabbling in amateur dramatics and then took the next step to formal training at London's Central School of Speech and Drama, graduating a gold medal winner. After the obligatory sojourn in repertory theatre, he made his West End debut in a 1960 dramatisation of the famous 1925 Scopes Trial, "Inherit the Wind", at St. Martin's Theatre. Over the next three decades, he drew many excellent notices for such classical roles as Don Pedro in "Much Ado About Nothing", for the Royal Shakespeare Company.
In occasional films from 1957, Bate popped up as straight man in minor comedies, like Dentist in the Chair (1960). However, in due course, he found his niche to be on the small screen, where he was increasingly sought-after by producers for a wide variety of characters of, either, furtive, stern, starchy, supercilious or sinister disposition. Besides crime and espionage, Bate was a ubiquitous protagonist in screen adaptations from the classics: the obsessive Inspector Javert on the trail of Frank Finlay's Jean Valjeon, in a 1967 version of Victor Hugo's oft-filmed masterpiece; as the intrepid Dr. Livesey of Treasure Island (1977); and as the Knight's Templar, Sir Brian de Bois Guilbert, chief nemesis of Ivanhoe (1970). Another of his outright villains was treacherous London gangster Eddie Edwards, taking advantage of his boss's (Ray McAnally) incarceration to usurp his criminal empire. In Intimate Strangers (1974), Bate was given a rare starring role, as a middle-aged family man, re-evaluating his life after a heart attack. This introspective and nuanced performance was, arguably, one of his best. The cool, unflappable Mr. Bate also portrayed such historical personae as Joseph Stalin, Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt and Eduard Shevardnadze -- all with equal vigour and conviction. One of the unsung heroes of British television, Anthony Bate passed away in June 2012 at the age of 84. - Graduate of Pomfret School, Pomfret, Connecticut, 1958, where Tony not only acted on the school's stage, but was, also, the star quarterback on the football team. Among his fellow classmates was Jeffrey Paul Hopkins, who went on to learn the Tibetan language while following severe Buddhist monastic training. He later became a translator for the Dalai Lama.
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Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on August 31, 1907, Argentina Brunetti began her show business career at the age of three with a walk-on role in the opera "Cavelaria Rusticana," and followed her famous mother Mimi Aguglia's footsteps in the theater, performing supporting roles on stages throughout Europe and South America. In 1937 she was placed under contract to MGM Pictures and began dubbing the voices of Jeanette MacDonald and Norma Shearer into Italian. Next she became a narrator for the Voice of America, interviewing American movie stars for broadcast in Italy. At the same time she began her movie career, debuting in the classic It's a Wonderful Life (1946), as "Mrs. Martini." Throughout her career she also wrote and performed in daily radio shows, became a member of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association--writing numerous articles on Hollywood personalities--authored books, wrote music and acted in over 57 television programs and 68 movies in which she mainly played multi- ethnic roles.- Actor
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Arthur Godfrey was born in New York City on August 31, 1903. Mr. Godfrey was a radio and TV host and had his own television show The Arthur Godfrey Show, (1948-1959). During his career, he discovered and show cased many new talents including Pat Boone, Julius LaRosa, Marion Marlowe, and many others. Known affectionately as "The Old Redhead," Arthur piloted his own plane and was an early pioneer and promoter of civil aviation. He died in New York City, March 16, 1983.- Actress
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Bella Lotz was born on 31 August 2008 in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. She is an actress, known for Forever My Girl (2018), The Vampire Diaries (2009) and Star (2016).- Actor
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Bob Welch, a native of Los Angeles, California, was a guitarist and vocalist for Fleetwood Mac from 1971 to 1974. He formed the British rock group Paris in 1976 and scored his biggest hit with "Sentimental Lady", which reached No. 8 on the Billboard chart in 1977 and his second biggest was "Ebony Eyes" in 1978. His other singles included "Precious Love" in 1979 and "Hot Love, Cold World" in 1978. When Fleetwood Mac was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998, Welch was not included in the group. As a songwriter, Welch had his songs recorded by Kenny Rogers, Sammy Hagar, the Pointer Sisters and others. In 1999, he released a CD, "Bob Welch Looks at Bop", a salute to bebop music in the 1940s. He had lived in Nashville, Tennessee since the 1990s. Bart Herbison, executive director of the Nashville Songwriters Association, quoted his wife Wendy as saying Welch had spinal surgery three months ago and doctors told him he would not get better. He did not want her to have to care for an invalid. He was found with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest; a suicide note was found.- Actor
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Brent Morin was born on 31 August 1986 in South Windsor, Connecticut, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for How to Be Single (2016), Yes Day (2021) and Crunch Time (2016).- Actor
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Brooklyn-born Buddy Hackett was known mainly as a nightclub comic, especially in Las Vegas, where he first performed in 1952 and wound up being one of the biggest headliners in that city's history. Hackett always referred to himself as a "saloon comic" and preferred the intimacy of his stage act--where he would often bring members of the audience up on stage with him--to films and television. He, along with Lenny Bruce, pioneered "blue" comedy, although Hackett's career did not suffer nearly as much as Bruce's did because of it. Hackett's act was noted for its, at the time, "adult" content, and at one point he was sued by a woman who attended one of his shows and said she was "shocked and offended" at the language (she lost the suit). However, contrary to his nightclub image, Hackett's appearances in films were mostly of the family type, such as his roles in the "Herbie" series of comedies for Disney about a Volkswagen Bug with a mind of its own and as Robert Preston's sidekick in The Music Man (1962). In 1954, Hackett was paired by Universal Pictures with Hugh O'Brian as a potential comedy team to replace the studio's reigning team of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, They actually did replace the famous team in the film Fireman Save My Child (1954), due to Costello's illness (Bud and Lou can still be glimpsed in long shots). Hackett took the part that Costello was playing (an eerie coincidence considering that more than 20 years later he would actually play Costello in the movie Bud and Lou (1978)) and O'Brian took Abbott's place, but the film was not successful and Universal dropped its plans to make a team out of the two. Hackett also had a showy part in the ensemble comedy It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963), partnered with Mickey Rooney. However, despite his success in movies, he still preferred his nightclub work and played Las Vegas and clubs in other cities whenever possible. He had a reputation among his fellow comics as a brilliant ad-libber and someone who knew exactly how far to take a joke before it ran its course, something not all comedians managed to do.
Buddy Hackett died at age 78 of natural causes at his beach house in Malibu, CA, on June 30, 2003.- Actress
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Candis was born in Maui, Hawaii. Candis Cayne has become one of the United States' most popular and sought-after transgender actresses. Candis first made a name for herself at the famed NYC gay hot-spot "Boy Bar", where her performances drew raves. A classically trained dancer, Candis has thrilled audiences from coast-to-coast with her amazing gift for dance, choreography and glamour.
Candis can be seen in the hit ABC series Dirty Sexy Money where she played actor Billy Baldwin's (Patrick) transgender love interest Carmelita. Candis was the first transgender actress to have a recurring role on a prime-time series. Recently, Candis has had guest-starring spots in various shows and a recurring role in The Magicians. Also, check out the 2020 Netflix documentary "Disclosure" for a more in-depth understanding of transgender representation in media and society where Candis speaks candidly about her experiences as a transgender actress.- Carlos Ginés was born on 31 August 1909. He was an actor, known for Con el más puro amor (1966), Dieciséis años (1943) and Captura recomendada (1950). He died on 31 December 1965.
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Carole started working in television and motion pictures at the age of 12. Her first commercial was Dial Soap, then cast on the "Eddie Fisher Coke Time". She played a young "Lizzy" in her first film by the same name. She continued to co-star in most of the television shows in the late fifties, sixties and seventies. She co-starred in the TV series, National Velvet (1960) and Pistols 'n' Petticoats (1966). She has appeared in over one hundred television shows, both live and taped. She co-starred in ten motion pictures. Her last was film was The Cheap Detective in 1978. Carole is a coloratura soprano, having performed opera and light opera all over the US stages and in many other countries. Carole is a pianist, loves writing music and has written several books and poetry. She taught writing classes at UCLA. Carole has always been interested in medicine and studied metaphysics and healing. Her passion is traveling and meeting people of all cultures and their techniques of healing. Carole went to Hollywood High School and is active in the Hollywood High Alumni Association, where she is the vice-president and curator of the HHS Celebrity Museum. She majored in English and Music, attended USC and UCLA and UCSB. She has been involved with many charities helping children for forty years. She was president of Las Floristas and won, twice, the Humanitatian Award from Los Angeles. She has three sons, one daughter and five grandchildren.- Born on 31st August 1965 in Lévis, a suburb to the south of Quebec City, Céline Bonnier was the youngest of eight children, six boys and two girls. The family was brought up in an exceptionally liberal, cultured environment by mother Raymonde and father Irénée, a public sector administrator and serving politician in the mid-1970s. Encouraged by her parents to develop her imaginative side, she was entertaining the neighbors to impromptu routines in the local playground from the age of seven, which is how she discovered the 'high' that persuaded her to become an actor. Music featured largely in family life; she studied it at high school in Sainte-Foy, and can play several instruments, including the transverse flute and the accordion. She and some of her brothers had a flair for art, and she still sketches as a form of self-expression and particularly appreciates the work of the great painters. But her talent for acting led her high school drama teacher to recommend that she audition for the Conservatoire de théâtre in Quebec.
Graduating in 1987, she joined Jacques Lessard's Théâtre Repère, where she met Robert Lepage who invited her to play the part of Konstanz in his 1991 production of Les Plaques tectoniques in both Montreal and the UK. She settled in Montreal, joining the theatre group Momentum under artistic director Jean-Frédéric Messier, with whom she has worked steadily to the present day, lately graduating to her own productions (Cholestérol gratuit, La Fête des morts). This theatrical output is interspersed with work at home and abroad for renowned stage directors such as Denis Marleau and Brigitte Haentjens. Meanwhile her film career, commencing with a screen version of Plaques tectoniques, Les, comprises a dozen films ranging in style from art-house to popular, under directors such as Louis Saïa, Charles Binamé, Éric Canuel and Marc-André Forcier.
In contrast to many of her peers, her TV career is not saturated with long-running series and soaps, as she is critical of a lot of TV output, but her recent choices of TV drama (Tag, Le dernier chapitre) have earned her several awards. She has the ability to tackle difficult and uncompromising roles and remains determinedly indifferent to the star system, frequently changing her appearance for them.
Céline Bonnier has worked with Roy Dupuis as an actor on several projects, from Million Dollar Babies (1994) to, more recently, Séraphin: Heart of Stone (2002), Le dernier chapitre (2002), Monica la mitraille (2004), and Les états-Unis d'Albert (2005). - Actor
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Chad Brannon was born on 31 August 1979 in Tomball, Texas, USA. He is an actor and director, known for General Hospital (1963), The Bling Ring (2013) and Friday Night Lights (2006). He has been married to Carly since 28 May 2006. They have three children.- Director
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Chad Hartigan was born on 31 August 1982 in Nicosia, Cyprus. He is a director and writer, known for Little Fish (2020), Morris from America (2016) and This Is Martin Bonner (2013).- Charles Kay was born on 31 August 1930 in Coventry, West Midlands, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Amadeus (1984), Henry V (1989) and Fall of Eagles (1974).
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Cheryl Pollak was born on 31 August 1967 in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Pump Up the Volume (1990), My Best Friend Is a Vampire (1987) and Art House (1998). She has been married to Richard Murphy since 1999.- Actor
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At one point in time, Chris Tucker was the highest-paid actor in Hollywood.
Tucker was born in Atlanta, Georgia, to Mary Louise (Bryant) and Norris Tucker, who owned a janitorial service. After graduating from high school, Tucker made a change to move to Hollywood from Georgia to pursue a career in show business. He found himself a frequent guest on the Def Comedy Jam (1992). Tucker was noted for doing exceptionally "clean", non-vulgar stand-up comedy routines. Tucker states his inspirations for comedy are Eddie Murphy and Richard Pryor.
Tucker made his film debut in House Party 3 (1994), along side stars such as Bernie Mac, Marques Houston, and Khandi Alexander. In 1995 Tucker appeared in one of his most notable and hilarious films, Friday (1995), alongside Ice Cube. Tucker's character, Smokey, was a drug addict who was an energetic and outlandish person. Films such as Friday (1995) showed Tucker's television-comedy styling was very different from his stand-up. In 1995, Tucker also appeared in in another film, Dead Presidents (1995).
In 1997 was the busiest year of Tucker's career. He starred in three hit movies all in the same year: The Fifth Element (1997), Money Talks (1997), and Jackie Brown (1997).
In 1998, Tucker got a role to star along-side Jackie Chan. The movie was Rush Hour (1998) and it grossed more than $200 million worldwide. This resulted in two additional sequels, Rush Hour 2 (2001) and Rush Hour 3 (2007). In 2006, Tucker got a deal on his Rush Hour 3 (2007) contract that paid $25 million, making him the highest-paid actor in Hollywood at that time.
In 2001, Tucker also was in a music video with friend, pop legend Michael Jackson, in the music video, "You Rock My World."- Actress
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Lovely brown-eyed, brunette Claire Du Brey enjoyed a rich, four-decade film career in all. Born Clara Violet Dubrey on August 31, 1892, in Bonner's Ferry Idaho, her family traveled the rugged Sierra Madre terrain by covered wagon in their move to California when she was 13.
Educated in a convent setting and once trained to be a nurse, Claire responded to an newspaper ad and found employment working part time in motion pictures. From there, she found herself in front of the camera, making her movie debut as star Billie Burke's friend in the Triangle release Peggy (1916). Universal saw a leading lady vamp in her, however, and from 1917 she enjoyed star billing in such silent short and feature-length vehicles as Princess Dione in the Rex Ingram-directed The Reward of the Faithless (1917); The Fighting Gringo (1917), opposite Harry Carey; Anything Once (1917) and The Winged Mystery (1917) both co-starring Franklyn Farnum; Brace Up (1918) with Herbert Rawlinson; the family drama The Magic Eye (1918); and A Man in the Open (1919) with Dustin Farnum. She also appeared in a number of Lon Chaney's early Universal vehicles such as The Rescue (1917) Pay Me! (1917) and Triumph (1917).
A versatile player whether asked to portray royalty, servants, temptresses or prairie flowers, Claire turned to Los Angeles stage plays during an early 1920s lull in film offers and graced such vehicles as "Madame X," "Spring Cleaning" and "The Youngest". Later "jazz age" film roles included The Sea Hawk (1924), Drusilla with a Million (1925) Exquisite Sinner (1926), and The Devil Dancer (1927).
During the declining period of her career (1928), Claire met actress Marie Dressler and they became close friends. Claire wound up serving as Dressler's secretary, fan mail handler and travel companion. In reward, Dressler arranged for Claire to get small roles a few of her talking films Politics (1931) and Prosperity (1932). She also served as Dressler's nurse in 1933 when the elder woman was dying of cancer.
As a character actress, Claire became much in demand throughout the late 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, appearing in general purpose roles as secretaries, nurses, salesladies, housekeepers, matrons, spinsters, relatives, etc. On a rare occasion she managed to stand out, none more so than in her mad scene as Bertha Rochester in a "B"-level version of Jane Eyre (1934) starring Colin Clive and Virginia Bruce. Seen sporadically on TV into the 1950s, she retired by the end of the decade. Her last film roles were in Girls Town (1959) and The Miracle (1959), both unbilled.
An early marriage to a doctor, Mark Gorman, ended in divorce. She lived another four decades after leaving the limelight. In her final years she grew deaf and her health quite fragile, dying at the age of 100 on August 1, 1993.- Additional Crew
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Claudio Rodríguez was born on 31 August 1933 in Zamora, Castilla y León, Spain. He was an actor, known for Catarsis (2004), Tristana (1970) and El invierno en Lisboa (1991). He died on 4 December 2019 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain.- Actor
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Daniel Bernhardt was born on the 31st August 1965 in Worblaufen, Bern in Switzerland.
After finishing high school, he studied architectural design for four years and graduated in Bern. At the same time he opened a martial arts school with his brother. After completing his studies, Daniel moved to Paris and started to work as model. He worked for such designers as Montana, Mugler, Boss,Cerruti, Versace, Jaene Barnes and was published in the magazines Vogue, Elle, Max, Interview, Cosmopolitan and later, he established himself as a international Top Model.
Later, Bernhardt moved to New York where he was cast to co-star with Jean-Claude Van Damme in Bruce Weber's TV spot "Looking for Kicks" for Gianni Versace. Producer Marc Di Salle who launched Van Damme's carrier with Bloodsport and Kickboxer, discovered Daniel Bernhardt and cast him to star in the sequel Bloodsport II (1996) which was his debut, opposite such actors as Pat Morita and James Hong, including comic relief big guy Donald Gibb and Taekwondo champion Philip Tan.
The same year, a sequel Bloodsport III (1996) was released, again with Morita and James Hong, including John-Rhys Davies, and 9th degree black belt Taekwondo master Hee II Cho. From that point, Daniel began his career as action star on low budget films. His next films were Future War (1997), opposite Robert Z'Dar, Black Sea Raid (1997), True Vengance (1997), with Miles O'Keeffe and Beverly Johnson and Perfect Target (1997) with Robert Englund and Brian Thompson.
After these films, Daniel's interest in acting became bigger and he started to study acting in Los Angeles under Harry Mastrogeorge. So, he continued with G2 (1998), again with James Hong, Bloodsport 4: The Dark Kumite (1999), the last one in the series, this time against Brazilian JuJutsu champion Stefanos Miltsakakis. He appeared on TV series "Mortal Kombat: Conquest", as Siro, and it was followed by Global Effect (2002) and a mega hit "Matrix" sequel Matrix Reloaded (2003), where he appeared as upgraded agent Johnson, where he had an awesome fighting scene with Laurence Fishburne on the large truck, he has worked with other great names in this film, such as Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, Monica Bellucci, Lambert Willson and Jada Pinket Smith.
He also lent his voice to agent Johnson in Enter The Matrix video game. The same year he filmed an action independent film, titled The Librarians (2003), where he co-starred with William Forsythe, Burt Reynolds, Erika Eleniak, Andrew Divoff, Amaury Nolasco, Christopher Atkins, Ed Lauter and Matthias Hues (whom he had a fight in the film). He worked on Children of Wax (2005), The Cutter (2005), opposite Chuck Norris and Joana Pacula, Ultimate Champion (2009) and Foodfight! (2009).
Bernhardt is married to Lisa Stothard. He became a father to his first daughter, with Lisa, on May 15, 2003, the night after the premiere of The Matrix Reloaded (2003), and said in a TV interview that it is no question what has been more important in his life: The birth of his daughter changed his attitude towards responsibility and love forever.- Colombian professional soccer goalkeeper who plays in Series A for the Italian Napoli Club and for the Colombian national team. Born in Medellin, Antioquia, he is married to Jesica Sterling, and they have two kids. Ospina began his career as a striker due to his ability to kick the ball with both legs, but then he decided to try as a goalkeeper. In 2005, he starts his professional career with the Atlético Nacional Colombian team with which he won 2 titles. When he turned 20, he was transferred to Nice team in France and played there for four years. After the 2014 World Cup, in which Colombia National team came in fifth place, Ospina received offers from different clubs, but decided to play for Arsenal. In 2018, to increase his playing time, he requested his loan to the Napoli team. Napoli agrees to 1-year loan with an option to buy. On July 4, 2019, Napoli permanently signed him from Arsenal. On September 6, 2019, Ospina played his 100th international match against Brazil becoming the first Colombian goalkeeper to reach this milestone.
- Dawn Roddenberry was born on 31 August 1953 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971). She was previously married to Richard Hubert (Meilicke) Compton.
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For more than 30 years, Debbie Gibson has proven she's an entertainer of immeasurable talent. From singer, songwriter and musician to actress and dancer, she embodies what it truly means to be an entertainer. A music prodigy, Gibson burst on the Billboard Pop Charts at the tender age of 16 with the self-penned "Only In My Dreams." The "Original Pop Princess" quickly became the youngest artist ever to write, produce and perform a No. 1 hit song, "Foolish Beat," and entered the Guinness Book of World Records. To date, she is still the youngest female to hold that record and has sold more than 16 million albums worldwide.
After conquering the pop world with three consecutive albums and world tours, she set her sights on the theater and starred in 17 musicals in 17 years. Gibson made her mark in the Broadway production of Les Miserables as Eponine. She broke box office records in the London West End production of Grease as Sandy. She then took the stage in the U.S. Broadway tours of Grease as Rizzo and Funny Girl as Fanny Brice. Gibson also wowed critics as Belle in Disney's Beauty and the Beast, Gypsy Rose Lee in Gypsy, The Narrator in the national tour of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Cinderella in the national production of Cinderella with Eartha Kitt, Velma Kelly in Chicago, and, Sally Bowles in the Broadway revival of Cabaret with Neil Patrick Harris.
In 2016, Gibson created, executive produced and starred in Hallmark Channel's "Summer of Dreams," which featured her new, original song "Wonderland" and a new acoustic version of her self-penned, debut, hit single "Only In My Dreams." The original movie was the highest-rated and most-watched movie premiere in the network's "Summer Nights" franchise with 2.5 Million total viewers, becoming the No. 1 rated program and telecast on August 27. "Summer of Dreams" was also the week's most social original movie premiere across broadcast and cable, attracting the most Unique and Interactions on Facebook and Twitter combined than any other original movie premiere. She reunited with Robert Gant to walk down the aisle in the sequel, "Wedding of Dreams," that premiered September 8, 2018 on Hallmark Channel.
She celebrated the 30-year anniversary of her pop career, including her mega-hit album Electric Youth and biggest single "Lost In Your Eyes," with her commemorative, retrospective 10 CD / 3 DVD box set We Could Be Together. In 2019, Gibson launched her bi-weekly radio show, "Debbie Gibson's Mixtape," on SiriusXM The Blend Channel 16 and performed 55 shows on the mega successful 53-city North American Mixtape Tour that sold 600,000 tickets with New Kids On The Block, Tiffany, Naughty by Nature and Salt-N-Pepa. She also served as a celebrity judge on Nickelodeon's first ever competition show "America's Most Musical Family."
Gibson shows no signs of slowing down. On January 10, 2020, "Girls Night Out" (Tracy Young Remixes) were digitally released. The #VegasVibe remix was the most added record and No. 1 breakout hit making its debut on the Billboard Dance Club Songs Chart at No. 44. The song soared to No. 4 on the U.S. Billboard and U.K. MusicWeek charts. The official music video for the song was released February 13, 2020 and subsequent remixes were released from Dirty Werk, John Hohman, Dave Matthias, Kevsi, and Until Dawn. In fall of 2020, Gibson's debut album Out of the Blue was reissued on blue vinyl as an exclusive to Barnes & Noble and skyrocketed to #1 in SALES during its preorder run. She has two original Broadway musicals in the works, one with Jimmy Van Patten entitled "Flunkytown" and the other entitled "Skirts" as composer and lyricist with Hilary Carlip and Katie Ford. In 2021, she will appear in the musical episode of "Lucifer" on Netflix. From No. 1 hits and platinum albums to starring roles on stage and screen, Gibson is a true entertainer with timeless talent and charisma.- Actor
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Dee Bradley Baker is an American voice actor from Indiana. He first became known for voicing Olmec in Legends of the Hidden Temple before voicing Daffy Duck in Space Jam. He is well-known for voicing Klaus in American Dad, the Clone Troopers in several Star Wars media, Ra's al Ghul in Batman: Arkham City, Momo and Appa in Avatar: The Last Airbender, Perry the Platypus in Phineas & Ferb, Sunny Jim in Lobo, Kevin the Sea Cucumber in SpongeBob SquarePants, Numbuh Four in Codename: Kids Next Door and Gravemind in Halo 2.- Writer
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Isadore Schary had a long and checkered history in motion pictures. He was first employed as a screenwriter at then-lowly Columbia after a story editor was struck by the crispness of a writing sample. The editor also happened to think that the writer was a woman, mistaking Dore for Dora. By 1933 he'd been lured away to the first of a number of writing stints at MGM at $200 per week working under producer Harry Rapf. Schary and Rapf (known as "the anteater," he'd prove to be his lifelong nemesis), then in charge of MGM's B-productions (although Louis B. Mayer frowned on the term), didn't see eye to eye on a number of issues and fought continually. Schary soon left for work as a hired gun with a typewriter but found himself back at MGM writing a Spencer Tracy vehicle, Big City (1937), when he became intrigued in the story of Father Flanagan's Nebraska Boy's Town, envisioning Tracy for the role. But Tracy was weary at playing a series of priests and the script was shelved. On top of that he was unable to escape the irritating presence of Harry Rapf and he quit again. Boys Town (1938) was resurrected after Tracy reconsidered, becoming one of it's biggest hits of the year and co-writer Schary nailed an Oscar for best original screenplay. E.J. Mannix dangled more money at the now-hot property and he was back again at MGM developing Joe Smith, American (1942) with Mayer offering him a dream job as a producer, except that he'd be back working for Rapf. Sensing he could do more as a producer across a wide range of projects and undoubtedly drawn to a whopping salary increase, Schary accepted. He definitely favored scripts with liberal allegories, which represented the very antithesis of the ultra-right-wing Mayer. But even Mayer was impressed by the man's versatility and ability to deliver hits such as Lassie Come Home (1943) and Journey for Margaret (1942) which introduced the biggest box-office draw the studio ever had in a child: Margaret O'Brien. But a planned return to liberal allegory with a proposed project with Nobel prize winner Sinclair Lewis called "Storm of the West" failed to win Mayer's final approval and he quit once again in protest. At the end of 1943 Schary accepted an offer with David O. Selznick's new independent division, Vanguard. He soon moved to RKO where he enjoyed a brief period of total autonomy prior to it's purchase and ultimate ruination by eccentric millionaire Howard Hughes. Schary's textbook liberalism was called into question after he made a vigorous appeal on the behalf of the brilliant writer Edward Dmytryk and producer Adrian Scott, both RKO employees, before HUAC in 1947, but seemed to back pedal after helping draft the so-called Waldorf-Astoria declaration (the result of which, ironically would affect writer Maurice Rapf, his nemesis' son, profoundly), denouncing employment of known Communists. Coincidentally, it was during the HUAC hearings that he ran into Loew's Inc. (and MGM's parent) chief Nicholas Schenck on a train bound for New York. MGM itself had begun to feel the financial effects of changing public tastes by 1947, which could rightly be laid on the lap of the Victorian-minded Louis B. Mayer. While other studios were booming in the immediate post-war era, MGM's releases were rapidly losing their appeal. It truly was a dismal period for the studio, highlighted by the recent flops The Sea of Grass (1947), Lady in the Lake (1946) and what many film historians consider the nadir of big-budget MGM releases, Desire Me (1947), a film so awful it was released without a directorial credit (the two assigned directors disowned the film). The Tiffany of Studios had fallen into 4th place in profitability and the prospects for 1948 were decidedly mediocre (and would prove to be so, suffering a whopping $13.8 million slide from their peak in 1946). Schenck, who had ascended to his position after founder Marcus Loew's death in 1926 never enjoyed an ideal relationship with Mayer but tolerated their rancor in light the studio's enviable financial record. As a reward for its remarkable profitability during the Great Depression, Mayer became the highest paid executive in the country year after year. Schenck may not have initially envisioned Schary as Mayer's replacement, but he wanted to reinvigorate the studio with new (or at least, recycled) blood. Mayer first proposed his son-in-law, Selznick, who flatly refused to work for him. Schary, by then at RKO, was having his own troubles. His latest pet project, Battleground (1949) had been rejected by an increasingly invasive and erratic Howard Hughes, who felt the public was weary of war pictures. Schary, sensed his career had hit another brick wall and opted to jump back to MGM as production chief and took the project with him, purchasing the rights from RKO. Mayer's position at MGM by this time was considerably weakened but he counseled Schary against producing the picture, reiterating the opinion of the public's distaste for war stories, predicting it was doomed to failure. Mayer's veto of the project was overridden by Schenck, irritating Mayer to no end. Battleground came in under budget, largely thanks to casting numerous then-unknown contract players and became a huge hit. Schary's stock grew enormously in Schenck's eyes and undoubtedly further infuriated the aging Mayer. Schary announced a huge increase in MGM's 1949-50 production schedule, detailing some 67 projects, compared to it's meager 24 the previous season (many of which proved to be outright flops). With this new sense of vitality, the studio's profits rose 50% in 1949 but faced the looming threat of television. Like nearly every major studio in Hollywood (with the exception of Columbia and Paramount) MGM chose to fight TV's burgeoning popularity--- MGM reverted to what the box couldn't: provide spectacle. The result would become Mayer's last greenlighted hit, Quo Vadis (1951) and the cause of another one of many fissures in his relationship with Schary, who wanted to interject an anti-fascism allegory into the biblical plot. Innumerable production delays would mean it's success would be an empty victory for Mayer; he was ousted prior to it's release. One of the final straws would involve the production of The Red Badge of Courage (1951), when Mayer appealed to Schenck regarding his disapproval of the picture (Mayer's instincts here proved correct; the picture, although now considered a minor classic, failed financially). Inevitably Schary was played as a pawn by both Mayer and Schenck in a power gambit. Mayer, in a repeat of his 1934 falling out with Irving Thalberg, was irate over Schary being awarded 100,000 shares of stock without his consultation and threatened to quit. Schenck called his bluff and accepted his resignation on June 22, 1951 and the 46-year old Schary found himself in charge of MGM. At this point Schenck sought to solidify his position of overall control by reviving the old executive committee, his early concept of centralizing corporate management. But he oddly chose to retain Mayer loyalists within the command structure, who considered themselves higher up the Loew's corporate ladder than their new studio chief. This committee held MGM's purse strings and many of Schary's requests for production funding would be nixed by Benjamin Thau, whose office dealt with all of the studio's contracts. Athough MGM would appear to again thrive in 1952, the actions of the executive committee, the impending Supreme Court ruling demanding theater divestment (a subject worthy of a book itself), and the external threat of TV would ultimately threaten MGM's future. MGM/Loew's had fought theatrical divestment for over a decade but failed to take advantage of this temporary reprieve by corporate political in-fighting and a severe lack of industry vision. In retrospect, it should have embraced television production and re-invented itself as a media conglomerate in the later mold of Warner Brothers. Instead, austerity measures were enacted, UK production was increased (due to lower labor costs) at the expense of it's Hollywood operations and the studio drastically cut its roster of talent. The undeniable fact was that MGM was in irreversible decline, based primarily on the actions of Mayer, Schenck and Rapf in the preceding decade. But even Schary failed to grasp both the threat and promise of television and backed the board's decision to withhold it's massive film library from broadcast licensing. Schenck himself rebuffed NBC chief David Sarnoff's repeated offer of a MGM-NBC alliance. The studio finally approved a foray into television with MGM Parade (1955) on ABC, then an also-ran network. The series, featuring the somewhat bland career MGM contract star, George Murphy and largely consisting of old film clips, and gratuitously promoting upcoming MGM releases, was no great success. Another power struggle occurred within Loew's in late 1955 when Arthur Loew opted to assert familial control over his father's company. Schenck was kicked upstairs and the film library was finally made available to TV, bringing in an infusion of cash that glossed over worsening problems within the film industry and MGM in particular. Arthur Loew's tenure proved brief; he held no particular fondness for corporate politics and abruptly quit, reverting to his previous position as head of Loew's International and chairman of the board. Schenck's tenure as President of Loew's Inc. was marked by one pronounced gross oversight: he never groomed a replacement. A search for a new company president resulted in the ascendancy of career company man Joseph Vogel, who viewed Dore Schary as a plausible scapegoat for the under performance of MGM in the mid-1950's (among other things, the disappointing performance of the $1.9 million Forbidden Planet (1956)---originally conceived as a modest B-picture--- rankled the board). Vogel asked for Schary's resignation, which was refused; he wanted to be fired. Schary left his 20+ year on-again, off-again employment at MGM for the final time, pocketing $100,000 in cash and another $900,000 in a deferred salary package. In retrospect, Schary was probably ill suited for corporate world; too creative to effectively macro-manage and possessing a genuine desire to be liked even by those he disagreed with. Unlike Mayer, Schary had a second career after life at MGM. He'd wind down his career as a successful Broadway producer, director and playwright focusing much of his attention on the life of his personal hero, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (see "Other Works"). He died in 1980.- Cinematographer
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Eagle Egilsson was born on 31 August 1966 in Reykjavik, Iceland. He is a cinematographer and director, known for Hightown (2020), The Wire (2002) and TURN: Washington's Spies (2014).- Ed Grady was born on 31 August 1923 in Kinston, North Carolina, USA. He was an actor, known for The Notebook (2004), Lolita (1997) and A Simple Twist of Fate (1994). He was married to Carolyn Frances Ramsay and Diana Jayne Elliott. He died on 10 December 2012 in Columbia, South Carolina, USA.
- Ella Leyers moved to New York in 2007 where she studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. After returning to Belgium, she landed roles in several TV shows, such as Zuidflank, Vermist and Spitsbroers. She was Koen De Bouws sidekick in the crime drama Professor T (één) and tech wizard Paulien in the internationally acclaimed series 13 Commandments (vtm). More recently she was in the feature film All Of Us by Willem Wallyn. For five seasons, Ella was a cast member of the sketch comedy and variety show Tegen De Sterren Op (vtm). She recently had small parts in the French films Ma Mère Est Folle (Diane Kurys) and Annette (Léos Carax) and the UK series The Window. She also sings, plays theatre and is a correspondent in the satirical news show The Ideal World (canvas).
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Eric Koch was born on 31 August 1919 in Frankfurt, Germany. He was a writer and producer, known for It's the Law (1956), A Choice of Futures (1967) and Reluctant Nation (1966). He was married to Sonia. He died on 28 April 2018 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.- Actor
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Espen Klouman Høiner was born on 31 August 1981. He is an actor, known for Oslo, August 31st (2011), Must Have Been Love (2012) and Reprise (2006).- Eve Smith was born on 31 August 1905 in DeLand, Florida, USA. She was an actress, known for Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986), Romancing the Stone (1984) and Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988). She died on 28 August 1997 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA.
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Fredric March began a career in banking but in 1920 found himself cast as an extra in films being produced in New York. He starred on the Broadway stage first in 1926 and would return there between screen appearances later on. He won plaudits (and an Academy Award nomination) for his send-up of John Barrymore in The Royal Family of Broadway (1930). Four more Academy Award nominations would come his way, and he would win the Oscar for Best Actor twice: for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) and The Best Years of Our Lives (1946). He could play roles varying from heavy drama to light comedy, and was often best portraying men in anguish, such as Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman (1951). As his career advanced he progressed from leading man to character actor.- Actor
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G.D. Spradlin was born on 31 August 1920 in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Ed Wood (1994), Apocalypse Now (1979) and The Godfather Part II (1974). He was married to Frances Hewitt Hendrickson and Nell Ethelyn Hulsizer. He died on 24 July 2011 in San Luis Obispo, California, USA.- Actor
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British leading actor whose tough, pockmarked features belied a soft voice and cultivated manner. Sewell was born in East London, the son of a printer. His father was a boxer known as "The Cobblestone Kid". After brief service in the RAF during the closing stages of World War II, he held down a wide variety of short-lived jobs, including as carpenter, photographer, drummer and assistant roadie for a rumba band, steward on Cunard liners Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth, and, for six years, as motor coach courier for a holiday travel agency.
Not until a chance conversation in 1959 with actor Dudley Sutton in a pub did Sewell seriously contemplate an acting career. A successful audition with Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop, led to him being cast in several cockney comedies and he ended up playing Field Marshal Haig in "Oh, What a Lovely War" in 1963. Motion pictures saw him in gritty social dramas like This Sporting Life (1963) and tough crime films like Underworld Informers (1963) and Get Carter (1971), often alternating villainy with law enforcement. He also had a small role in the science fiction thriller Journey to the Far Side of the Sun (1969). This was something of a precursor to the cult series UFO (1970), in which he played the cool-headed second-in-command, Colonel Alec Freeman.
More typically, his television characters tended to be hard-nosed, cynical cops, like his DI Brogan in Z Cars (1962) or DCI Alan Craven in Special Branch (1969). A former Littlewood alumnus, the writer Robin Chapman, picked Sewell for another plum role as a London gangster in Spindoe (1968). He was also on hand as Smiley's reliable, 'sharp-eyed' ex-Special Branch minder Mendel in the original miniseries Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979).
After 2000, Sewell scaled down his television appearances and spent more time at his holiday home in the south of France. He occasionally came out of semi-retirement, most notably for a well-received production of a play by Tudor Gates, "Who Killed Agatha Christie?", in which he starred as a playwright intent on exacting revenge against a waspish critic. Sewell died in April 2007 at the age of 82, survived by a daughter and a stepson.- Actress
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Gina Schock was born on 31 August 1957 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. She is an actress and composer, known for Bull Durham (1988), The Accused (1988) and Superstar (1999).- Composer
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Glenn Tilbrook was born on 31 August 1957 in Dulwich, London, England, UK. He is a composer and actor, known for The Truth About Cats & Dogs (1996), Reality Bites (1994) and Hackers (1995). He is married to Suzanne Hunt. They have two children. He was previously married to Jane Tilbrook.- Actress
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Hilary Farr was born on 31 August 1951 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She is an actress, known for The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) and The Return (1980). She was previously married to Gordon Farr.- Holly Earl was born on 31 August 1992 in London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Humans (2015), Erica (2019) and Loving Vincent (2017).
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Probably the pre-eminent violinist of our time, Itzhak Perlman is known for his brilliant technique, direct interpretation and precision. Mr. Perlman's recordings include not only all standard violin repertoires but those of contemporary composers. He has appeared with every major orchestra in the world, showcasing his talent at music festivals, recitals, and concerts around the world. The man who plays sitting down has never ceased to bring audiences and truly, the world, to its feet in appreciation of his gifts. Mr. Perlman was born to a barber in Israel in 1945. He contracted polio and lost the use of his legs at the age of four. Shortly after, he began to study the violin. After learning the violin at Shulamit High School in Tel-Aviv, he was performing with the Israel Broadcasting Orchestra. He toured with Ed Sullivan's Caravan of Stars, a showcase of talented children. He emigrated to the US in 1958 and under scholarship, Mr. Perlman went on to study at the prestigious Juilliard School of Music in New York with Ivan Galamian. Mr. Perlman made his professional debut playing Wienawski F-sharp minor Concerto at Carnegie Hall in 1963. He won the Leventritt Memorial Competition in 1964, which helped paved the way to his illustrious international career. Mr. Perlman returned to Israel in 1965 with a stunning eight concert and in 1968, made his British debut at Festival Hall with the London Symphony Orchestra. On the 4th of July in 1986, Mr. Perlman was one of 12 first-generation US citizens to be honored with the Medal of Liberty by President Ronald Reagan, in recognition and appreciation of his contributions to America. In December 2000, President Clinton awarded Mr. Perlman the "National Medal of Arts." With the Israel Philharmonic, Mr. Perlman performed several notable recitals in countries previously closed off. In November of 1987, the Philharmonic and Mr. Perlman performed in Warsaw and Budapest. It was the first time the Philharmonic and the violinist had performed in the Eastern Bloc. In April and May of 1990, the Philharmonic and Mr. Perlman journeyed to Russia for the first time, performing recitals in Moscow and Leningrad. The timing of this tour coincided with the 150th anniversary of Tchaikovsky's birth and Mr. Perlman honored the composer. In December 1994, Mr. Perlman and the Israel Philharmonic performed in China and India, marking the first time the Philharmonic played in either nation. Perhaps one of his greatest moments as an artist came when he collaborated with legendary composer John Williams. The film score that was created, with Mr. Perlman as a soloist, was used in the film _Schindler's List (1993)_ which won an Academy Award. Ever a teacher and holder of many teaching posts, Mr. Perlman participated in London South Bank Summer Music Series in 1968 and 1969. He created a master class in violin in 1970, at the Meadowbrooks Festival in the US. Mr. Perlman and his wife founded the Perlman Music Program in 1998 to nurture young musicians, ages 11-18. The program is costly but three quarters of the children receive some sort of financial aid. It includes year-round instruction and mentoring, a six-week summer residency on Shelter Island, New York and an annual international study/performance tour. In Mr. Perlman's 50th birthday year, he performed the major violin repertoire in a special concert series in London. That year was the launch of the Perlman Edition to commemorate his birth. The 20 CD set was released in May 1995. It was chosen by Mr. Perlman himself and included some of his favorite pieces by Sarasate, Wieniawski, Kreisler and Tchaikovsky. Later that year, EMI released a live recording of Beethoven's Triple Concerto with Yo-Yo Ma and the Berlin Philharmonic. The holder of honorary degrees from Harvard, Yale, and Yeshiva Universities, among others, it's Itzhak Perlman's passion for music that recommends him to the world. The joy of making music has seldom been translated so well and it is this combination of talent and personal charm which makes him such an outstanding violinist and the greatest violin virtuoso of our time.- Actor
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Australian actor Jack Thompson was born John Hadley Payne on August 31, 1940 in Manly, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney. Outside of Oz, he is best known for his appearances in The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978), Breaker Morant (1980), The Man from Snowy River (1982), Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997) and Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002). 'Breaker' Morant in which he played a military defense attorney defending three soldiers accused of murder during the Boer War, won him internationally renown. Thompson was cited as Best Supporting Actor at the Cannes Film Festival and won the Australian Film Institute's Best Actor award for the role.
In the early part of his career, Thompson balanced a career with the United Nations with his acting: The acting won out. At 65 years old, his career has been recognized by the Critics Circle of Australia, which awarded him its Lifetime Achievement Award, and by the Cinema Owners Association of Australia, which gave him its Award for Outstanding Contribution to Australian Film Entertainment. Thompson lived for a while in a menage a trois with his wife Leona King, by whom he has a son, and her sister Bunkie. Though the living arrangement came to an end after several years, Thompson has no regrets, saying "I wouldn't have missed it for quids." He was awarded Member of the Order of Australia in the 1986 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to the film industry.- Actor
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Jaime Gomez was born and raised in the Southern California sunshine. College was for the studying of art history and literature as well the history of the world and his personal favorite, philosophy. Jaime has had a successful acting career spanning 20 years. He's best known for his role in the hit CBS series Nash Bridges playing young super cop Evan Cortez. Jaime has worked with major stars the likes of Denzel Washington, twice, (Training Day, Crimson Tide) to Harrison Ford (Clear and Present Danger) to Gene Hackman to Willem Dafoe. In addition to acting, Jaime has branched out into the producing/writing/directing side of the entertainment business, having completed his own feature film "In the Blink of an Eye", the documentary "Quincy Coleman: It's All in the Song" and other projects, many having screened in film festivals around the world.- Actor
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Lanky, charismatic and versatile actor with an amazing grin that put everyone at ease, James Coburn studied acting at UCLA, and then moved to New York to study under noted acting coach Stella Adler. After being noticed in several stage productions, Coburn appeared in a handful of minor westerns before being cast as the knife-throwing, quick-shooting Britt in the John Sturges mega-hit The Magnificent Seven (1960). Sturges remembered Coburn's talents when he cast his next major film project, The Great Escape (1963), where Coburn played the Australian POW Sedgwick. Regular work now came thick and fast for Coburn, including appearing in Major Dundee (1965), the first of several films he appeared in directed by Hollywood enfant terrible Sam Peckinpah.
Coburn was then cast, and gave an especially fine performance as Lt. Commander Paul Cummings in Arthur Hiller's The Americanization of Emily, where he demonstrated a flair for writer Paddy Chayefsky's subtle, ironic comedy that would define his performances for the rest of his career.
The next two years were a key period for Coburn, with his performances in the wonderful 007 spy spoof Our Man Flint (1966) and the eerie Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round (1966). Coburn followed up in 1967 with a Flint sequel, In Like Flint (1967), and the much underrated political satire The President's Analyst (1967). The remainder of the 1960s was rather uneventful for Coburn. However, he became associated with martial arts legend Bruce Lee and the two trained together, traveled extensively and even visited India scouting locations for a proposed film project, but Lee's untimely death (Coburn, along with Steve McQueen, was a pallbearer at Lee's funeral) put an end to that.
The 1970s saw Coburn appearing again in several strong roles, starting off in Peckinpah's Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973), alongside Charles Bronson in the Depression-era Hard Times (1975) and as a disenchanted German soldier on the Russian front in Peckinpah's superb Cross of Iron (1977). Towards the end of the decade, however, Coburn was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, which severely hampered his health and work output for many years. After conventional treatments failed, Coburn turned to a holistic therapist, and through a restructured diet program, made a definite improvement. By the 1990s he was once again appearing regularly in both film and TV productions.
No one was probably more surprised than Coburn himself when he was both nominated for, and then won, the Best Supporting Actor Award in 1997 for playing Nick Nolte's abusive and alcoholic father in Affliction (1997). At 70 years of age, Coburn's career received another shot in the arm, and he appeared in another 14 films, including Snow Dogs (2002) and The Man from Elysian Fields (2001), before his death from a heart attack in November of 2002. Coburn's passions in life included martial arts, card-playing and enjoying Cuban cigars (which may have contributed to his fatal heart attack).- Actor
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James Lanphier was born on 31 August 1920 in Hempstead, Long Island, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Pink Panther (1963), The Party (1968) and The Green Hornet (1966). He died on 11 February 1969 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
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Jason Presson was born on 31 August 1971 in Encino, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Lady in White (1988), The Stone Boy (1984) and Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990).- Actor
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Jeffrey Nero Hardy is an American professional wrestler and musician. Born and raised in Cameron, North Carolina, Hardy started his career as a youth performing in the Trampoline Wrestling Federation, which he started alongside his brother Matt Hardy. Hardy is widely considered one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all-time and is regarded as one of the most daring high fliers and risk-takers throughout his career. Together with his brother Matt Hardy, the tag team The Hardy Boyz are now widely regarded as one of the greatest tag teams in professional wrestling history.
Hardy has had great success in his singles career, capturing his first of six world championships, the WWE Championship in 2008 and going on to hold WWE's World Heavyweight Championship twice and the TNA World Heavyweight Championship three times. Within WWF/WWE, he has also won the Intercontinental Championship five times, the Hardcore Championship three times and the European, Light Heavyweight, and United States Championships once each. Having won the required championships, he is the 18th Triple Crown Champion and 9th Grand Slam Champion in WWE history (one of five men to complete both WWE Grand Slam formats, and one of two to win all original Grand Slam titles). He has headlined numerous pay-per-view events for WWE and TNA, including TNA's flagship event, Bound for Glory, on two occasions. Readers of Pro Wrestling Illustrated named him "Most Popular Wrestler of the Year" on two occasions.
Hardy is involved in motocross, music, painting and other artistic endeavors. He is a member of the band PeroxWhy?Gen, with whom he tours and has released three studio albums and four extended plays. In 2003, Hardy, along with his brother Matt, co-wrote an autobiographical book of memoirs titled The Hardy Boyz. Their book was a New York Times Best Seller.- Composer
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Jeff Russo was born on 31 August 1969. He is a composer and actor, known for Fargo (2014), Ripley (2024) and Lucy in the Sky (2019).- Actress
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Jelynn Sophia (also credited as Jelynn Rodriguez) is a TV/Film actress, TV host, dancer and singer. Born and raised in San Diego, California, Jelynn knew she wanted to pursue an entertainment career after singing to a large audience on her very first stage in a local cultural festival at the age of three.
Jelynn spent the majority of her life dancing, ranging from hip hop, tap, ballet, modern and jazz. She then discovered her true passion of Hip-hop and this is what launched her growing journey through Hollywood. Jelynn auditioned against 300 applicants for one of the fifteen slots open to dancers at a Los Angeles talent agency. She left the audition with a contract.
Her first year in Los Angeles was spent as a professional dancer. Shortly after that she began to acquire hosting and acting roles that lead her to host the Imagen Award nominated show "The Drop" on the cable network SiTV, for 5 seasons. Jelynn is now known for hosting on numerous networks such as the TV Guide Channel, AMC, Altitude TV and Disney/ABC's Soapnet.com. She has interviewed some of the biggest names in Hollywood such as Tyra Banks, Rachel Ray, Ellen Degeneres, Lindsay Lohan, Katy Perry, Justin Long, Mario Lopez, and many more. Jelynn has also expanded into the sports world hosting the 2011 NBA All Star Week as Nike's official host interviewing Kobe Bryant, Blake Griffin and more. Also, her dream of hosting a cooking show came to life and she went on to host and judge, "Kitchen Cookoff" for MSN.com and Hillshire Farms. Jelynn was then cast as the brand new host of the TV show, Beats Per Mnet (BPM) on cable network, MNET! BPM showcases the latests in pop culture, fashion, art, food, music and entertainment.
As an actress, Jelynn has been featured on shows such as NBC's "Las Vegas" and "Days of our Lives", ABC's "Samantha Who?" and "Caveman", the FOX sitcom," Brothers" and has been featured on MTV, VH1 and Nickelodeon. Most recently, she played a lead role in the new popular web-based show "Acts of Love and Sex".
Jelynn has held lead roles in the films Bar Starz, Grizzly Park, Facade, Tooth List, and Men, Interrupted, along with supporting roles in Jack Rio and How to Make Love to a Woman. Jelynn is continuously working hard to represent Asian Americans in Hollywood.- Actor
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Joe Swanberg was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1981. He moved around quite a bit growing up, even spending two years on an island in the Pacific Ocean named Kwajalein. He studied film production at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, where he developed an interest in emerging video technology and the creative possibilities of the Internet. He became an avid web designer in school, and did this to make money while he financed his first film, Kissing on the Mouth (2005). He also worked for the Chicago International Film Festival as "Travel Coordinator," though he had no formal experience with this prior to accepting the job.- Producer
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John Cameron was born in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He is a producer and director, known for Severance (2022), Fargo (2014) and Lars and the Real Girl (2007). He has been married to Hallie Singleton since 17 April 1998. They have two children.- Actor
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John Eric Bentley is an African-American actor known for voicing Nick Fury in various Marvel video games and animated series whenever Samuel L. Jackson isn't available. He also acted and voiced in several works including Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, MultiVersus as LeBron James, Barrett Wallace from Final Fantasy VII Remake and Whiplash from Turbo F.A.S.T.- Actor
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Jonathan Cake was born on 31 August 1967 in Worthing, Sussex, England, UK. He is an actor and director, known for First Knight (1995), Chuck (2007) and Krews (2010). He has been married to Julianne Nicholson since 5 September 2004. They have two children.- Actor
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Jonathan is the youngest of three brothers. Older brother, Anthony LaPaglia, is also an actor. Middle brother, Michael, is a car wholesaler in Los Angeles. His parents are, Eddie LaPaglia, an Australian auto dealership owner, and Maria, a secretary. He initially wanted to pursue fine arts as a career, but had doubts about his talent. He graduated from the University of Adelaide, Australia with a degree in medicine. He worked three years as a physician in Adelaide, Sydney and London. Feeling restricted, he decided to follow his brother into acting.In 1994, he moved to New York City where he joined the Circle In The Square Theatre School. He got his first break in 1996, when he joined the cast of the TV series New York Undercover (1994).- Writer
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Joseph Cedar was born on 31 August 1968 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a writer and director, known for Footnote (2011), Our Boys (2019) and Campfire (2004). He is married to Vered Kelner.- Actor
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Grew up outside Toronto, Canada. First role was Viktor Bokov in Kathryn Bigelow's film "K:19: The Widowmaker" opposite Harrison Ford. Starred in many TV series and films and won Gemini for his performance in "Thorne: Sleepyhead." He has worked with some of the industry's top directors like P.T. Anderson and Steven Spielberg. He has also been on stage, most recently in Geffen's hit production of "The Lonely Few." Joshua also has written and directed films and had his work appear in Internationally recognized festivals. He splits his time between Los Angeles and Toronto. His brother Justin Tyler Close is also a filmmaker. He has been married to Alex McKenna since 2016.- Actress
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Julie Brown is an American actress, comedian, screen/television writer, singer-songwriter, and director. After moving away from her hometown of Van Nuys (aka "The Valley"), Julie began her career as a comedian in the clubs of San Francisco. After returning to Los Angeles, she immediately started working as an actress and writer.
After guest-starring in sitcoms, like "Laverne & Shirley," "The Jeffersons," "Newhart," and "Quantum Leap," Julie added singing to her act, producing her own EP with the hit songs "The Homecoming Queen's Got a Gone" and "Earth Girls Are Easy"- which through a stroke of show business luck became a movie she co-wrote and starred in (along with Geena Davis, Jeff Goldblum, and Jim Carrey). She also starred in and wrote the comedy show "Just Say Julie" for MTV and created a satire Madonna mockumentary for Showtime called "Medusa: Dare to be Truthful," which won her the Writers Guild award for Best Comedy Special. During this same time, Julie also co-created the FOX sketch comedy series, "The Edge," starring herself and Jennifer Aniston.
Julie was then cast as Ms. Stoeger in the movie "Clueless" and went on to write, direct, and star on the series version of "Clueless," which ran for three seasons. Julie also starred in and created "Strip Mall" for Comedy Central for two seasons. In addition, Julie co-wrote the Disney Channel original movie mega-hit "Camp Rock," which launched the careers of Demi Lovato and The Jonas Brothers. Julie was later a writer on the Kevin Hart series "The Big House." Julie also wrote multiple episodes of "Melissa and Joey," where she recurred as a guest star. Julie also had a recurring role on ABC's "The Middle" and was a guest judge on "RuPaul's Drag Race."
Julie has voiced many fan-favorite animated characters for TV and film, including "Animaniacs," "Batman," "Pinky and the Brain," and "A Goofy Movie."
Currently, Julie is working on a sequel to "Medusa," as well as "Earth Girls are Easy: The Musical," and her first Young Adult novel.- Kay Young was born on 31 August 1915 in London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for In Which We Serve (1942), Woman to Woman (1947) and Hitchhike to Hell (1941). She was married to Douglass Montgomery and Michael Wilding. She died on 24 February 1994 in Ridgefield, Connecticut, USA.
- After growing up on the back of a horse and hoping for a career in baseball, Kevin Bash received his Masters Degree in Acting from the respected actor training program at UC San Diego in 1980.
Following his graduation, he appeared in dozens of theatre productions across the United States and as far away as Australia before settling in Los Angeles in 1983.
Kevin was an inaugural acting member of the Los Angeles Theatre Center in 1986 and later founder of the award winning Theatre of Gravity. Along the way, he appeared in well over 100 commercials and not a few television guest spots.
Aikido has been a passion for almost thirty years and has been the chief instructor at UC Riverside since 1998.
Together with his wife, Kevin started a successful documentary and educational film company in 1999.
Kevin in 2006 began a campaign to save the once magnificent Norconian Resort and produced several events and documentaries to bring attention to this National Historic Landmark. In 2007, his wife and Kevin collaborated on a book detailing the history of this endangered historical resource.
A relentless campaigner for various candidates and environmental causes, Kevin has been awarded multiple honors and served on several community commissions and task force committees. - Actress
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Kinga Preis was born on 31 August 1971 in Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland. She is an actress, known for The Lure (2015), Cisza (2001) and In Darkness (2011).- Kirstie Allsopp was born on 31 August 1971 in Hampshire, England, UK.
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Jung Kyung-ho, born August 31, 1983, is a South Korean actor and singer. Jung passed the KBS audition, and was soon signed by leading talent agency SidusHQ. Along with four other newcomers from the agency, he made his acting debut in 5 Stars, a mobile drama produced by SidusHQ and broadcast over SK Telecom, followed by a few minor roles on KBS. Jung's first major break came in 2004 melodrama series I'm Sorry, I Love You, playing the supporting role of an actor who belatedly falls for his childhood friend (Im Soo-jung) and has an unusually close relationship with his mother. It was a critical and commercial hit, which led to his being cast in two films in 2005: he played the pop singer crush of a novice nun (Yoon Jin-seo) in the ensemble romantic comedy All for Love, and the more proactive assistant of a shy photographer (Kim Joo-hyuk) in When Romance Meets Destiny. After playing his first leading role in the little-seen Gangster High (2006), Jung returned to television in the well-received action drama Time Between Dog and Wolf (2007), in which he and Lee Joon-gi played NIS agents. Back on the big screen, his turn as a policeman who unknowingly becomes interested in an autistic young woman (Kang Hye-jung) in Herb netted him a Best New Actor award at the Chunsa Film Art Awards. Jung then played a 1980s-era college student tutoring a high school girl (Cha Soo-yeon) in surreal romance For Eternal Hearts, the opening film of the 2007 Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival. Director Lee Joon-ik then cast Jung in Sunny (2008) as a double bassist in a "consolatory band" who helps the heroine (Soo Ae) find her husband during the Vietnam War. The year after, he played a fugitive who faces off against a small town detective (Kim Yoon-seok) in Running Turtle (2009).
For his first role in a historical drama, Jung played a Goguryeo prince torn between love and duty in Ja Myung Go (2009), based on the folktale Prince Hodong and the Princess of Nakrang (Princess Jamyung was played by Jung Ryeo-won). After Ja Myung Go's lackluster ratings, Jung bounced back with popular family drama Smile, You, in which he and Lee Min-jung stars as a couple from different backgrounds. Of playing an endearing "beta male," Jung said, "I am glad to be able to play a fun character and work on a fun script."
After that, Jung chose the low-key The Great Gye Choon-bin (2010), a one-act Drama Special episode where he played an art therapist who meets a quirky kindergarten teacher who helps him get over his fear of the dark.
Cable series Heartless City (2013) was Jung's first acting project post-army, a noir crime drama. He received the best reviews of his career yet for playing the dark, conflicted antihero.
He next starred as an arrogant Hallyu star on a rough flight from Tokyo to Seoul in the comedy Rollercoaster (released internationally as Fasten Your Seatbelt). It was the directorial debut of actor Ha Jung-woo, Jung's friend and fellow college alumni/agency mate in Fantagio. In 2014, he appeared in the 1970s-set period drama Endless Love, followed by the role of a psychopathic serial killer in Manhole. Jung next starred in Beating Again, a romantic drama about cellular memory after a heart transplant. In 2018, Jung was cast as the lead role in Korean remake of British crime drama Life on Mars.The series received acclaim from viewers, and Jung was praised for his convincing portrayal of a dazed detective.- Born William White in 1923 to unmarried parents, Grayson was adopted into a coal mining family in Nuneaton.
By the age of 14, he was working under the name of Billy Breen as a supporting drag act on the comedy club circuit, and over the next thirty years he toured the UK not only in male revues and drag shows, but also in variety shows.
After touring and presenting further variety shows in the 70s, including his own TV series 'Shut That Door', his catchphrase, he took over presenting 'The Generation Game' from Bruce Forsyth.
He retired from television in 1981, but continued to perform in the theatre, particularly in pantomime. He died in 1995, aged 71. - Actor
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Born in New York, Larry Hankin took an industrial design degree from the University of Syracuse; multifaceted artist, in addition to being an actor, he is also a screenwriter, producer, director and singer. He began his career as an illustrator in the entertainment world, and studied acting at Syracuse University. He was in the same class with Frank Langella and Carl Gottlieb. He was also a member of two comedy improvisation groups, Second City (Chicago) and The Committee (San Francisco). Hankin continues today his work in Hollywood.- Actress
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Lee Bryant was born on 31 August 1945 in New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for Airplane! (1980), Airplane II: The Sequel (1982) and Friends with Kids (2011). She has been married to Norman Stanley Schwartz since 1982. They have two children. She was previously married to Myles Harmon.- Actor
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Leo Bill was born on 31 August 1980 in Warwickshire, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for 28 Days Later (2002), Becoming Jane (2007) and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011).- Actor
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It was the casting of Spike Lee's "School Daze" when Leonard answered the call of duty in the role of
"Big Brother General Patton"! Landing this role created a whirlwind of success, with the garnering of
seven additional starring roles in a series of Spike Lee Joints! Continuing in this vein, Mr. Thomas has
appeared in over forty films - including such notable films as: "Malcolm X", "King of New York", "The
Negotiator" and "Star Wars" - to name a few. In addition to Leonard's multi-faceted repertoire, Leonard
has been immortalized, (as one of only three African Americans have), as a "Star Wars" action figure,
figurine - sold worldwide. Embodying the name: "Roth-del Masona", can be found worldwide. From
the beginnings - working with the renowned NEC (Negro Ensemble Company) under the prolific
Douglas Turner Ward, this Howard University alumnus knows that: "The Best is Yet to Come", with
God on his side!- Lisa Waltz was born on 31 August 1961 in Limerick, Pennsylvania, USA. She is an actress, known for Brighton Beach Memoirs (1986), Fear the Walking Dead: Flight 462 (2015) and 2016 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards (2016). She has been married to Mark Morocco since 1986.
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Lowell Ganz was born on 31 August 1948 in Glen Oaks, Queens, New York City, New York, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Splash (1983), Robots (2005) and Parenthood (1989). He has been married to Jeanne Russo since 26 December 1976. They have three children.- Lucy Speed was born on 31 August 1976 in Croydon, Surrey, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Shakespeare in Love (1998), The Bill (1984) and EastEnders (1985). She has been married to Spencer Austin since 12 September 2009. They have two children.
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Marc Webb is an American film and music video director. He directed over 100 music videos before he made his film directorial debut with 500 Days of Summer, a romantic comedy. He later directed The Amazing Spider-Man and its 2014 sequel starring Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone. He also directed Gifted and The Only Living Boy in New York.- Writer
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Marcia Clark was born on 31 August 1953 in Berkeley, California, USA. She is a writer and producer, known for The Fix (2019), O.J.: Made in America (2016) and Pretty Little Liars (2010). She was previously married to Gordon Tolls Clark and Gabriel Horowitz.- Maria Montessori was born on 31 August 1870 in Chiaravalle, Marche, Italy. She was a writer, known for Let the Child Be the Guide (2017) and The Children's House (1915). She died on 6 May 1952 in Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
- Mark L. Walberg was born on 31 August 1962 in Florence, South Carolina, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Buried History with Mark Walberg (2015), Son of the Beach (2000) and I Want to Marry Ryan Banks (2004). He has been married to Robbi Morgan since 16 August 1987. They have two children.
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Maurice Pialat was a French film director. Film critics have noted the naturalist style of his films, and their autobiographical elements.
Pialat obtained his first camera when only 16-years-old, but his early career involved creating documentary short films. His ambition was to become a painter and not a filmmaker. He made his feature film debut at the age of 43 with the drama film "Naked Childhood" (1968), concerning a child of the French foster care system who is moved through a series of foster families. The film also explored aspects of French working-class life in the 1960s, while being apolitical.
Pialat's second feature film was "We Won't Grow Old Together" (1972),concerning a loveless marriage. Lead actor Jean Yanne won the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival for his role in the film. Pialat's third feature film was the "The Mouth Agape" (1974), depicting in realistic fashion a woman struggling with a terminal illness. The film also dealt with the escapades of the woman's husband and son in their attempts to find new sexual partners. The film was noted for its lack of sentimentality, and incorporated experiences that Pialat had from the death of his own mother.
Pialat's fourth feature film was the teen drama "Graduate First" (1978). It dealt with teenagers from working class families dealing with the end of their school lives, with their limited prospects of passing their final exams and gaining a Baccalauréat academic qualification, and with the ominous specter of high unemployment in northern France in their immediate future.
Pialat's fifth film was "Loulou" (1980), concerning the self-destructive affair between a married woman and a lower-class criminal (the eponymous Loulou) who has just been released from prison. The film dealt with the issues of pregnancy and abortion in a realistic manner. The film was nominated for the Golden Palm award at the Cannes Film Festival.
Pialat's sixth film was "To Our Loves" (1983), and concerned the sexuality of a 15-year-old girl. The film's protagonist Suzanne (played by Sandrine Bonnaire) becomes increasingly promiscuous, as sex is the only pleasure in her life. But at the same time struggles with an inability to feel genuine love for any of her sexual partners, struggles with growing feelings of boredom and frustration about other aspects of her life, and even struggles with suicidal thoughts. The film won the César Award for Best Film, while film critics noted that the film's message was that happiness was rare and sorrow last forever.
Pialat's seventh film was the crime drama "Police" (1985). It concerned a jaded police detective investigating a drug smuggling ring, while being romantically attracted to the girlfriend of a drug smuggler. The film's lead actor Gérard Depardieu won the Best Actor of the Venice Film Festival for this role.
Pialat's eighth film was the romantic drama "Under the Sun of Satan" (1986), an adaptation of the 1926 novel by Georges Bernanos (1888-1948). The film dealt with a Catholic priest who falls in love with a female murderer. The film won the Palme d'Or award at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival, despite being seen as controversial due to its subject matter. It was the first time in 21 years that a French film won the Palme d'Or.
Pialat's ninth film was the biographical film "Van Gogh" (1991), concerning the last months in the life of painter Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) and dealing with van Gogh's relationship with his few close associates. The film dealt primarily with van Gogh's "difficult personal relationships and declining mental state", and not with his paintings. Film critics commented that it successfully covered the artist's humanity, without being either melodramatic or sensationalist.
Pialat's tenth was "The Son Of..." (1995), concerning the family life of a 4-year-old boy. The titular boy's parents are divorced, and the boy is raised by a single father who has an unsteady love life. The film was poorly received compared to Pialat's previous works, and Pialat had plans to re-edit the film to achieve better results. Pialat's increasingly poor health aborted these plans, and Pialat retired from filmmaking in 1995, at the age of 70.
Pialat died in January, 2003, at the age of 77. His work is considered unique among the French directors, but he has had few imitators. Film critic Kent Jones has commented that Pialat always marched to the beat of a different drummer, and never cared whether anyone marched beside or behind him.- Manager
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You may know Melissa Prophet as an actress in Goodfellas and Casino. She was a show biz natural having grown up in the music business with her father, singer Johnny Prophet. She launched her career working for three years on Kojak with actor Telly Savalas. The former Miss Hollywood, Miss California, and runner up in Miss USA Miss World pageant, worked as an actress until she decided the other side of the camera was her strongest suit. She joined Ashser/Krost Management in 1987 as a film and television manager. She then joined Guber/Peters with Jeff Wald Entertainment. In 1990 Prophet formed Baumgarten/Prophet Entertainment with Craig Baumgarten, a production and management company.
Throughout Prophet has represented successfully many highly acclaimed actors: Academy Award winner Joe Pesci, (Goodfellas); Emmy award winner Kim Delaney, ("NYPD Blue"); Frank Vincent, ("Sopranos", Casino, and Goodfellas); Lynda Carter, ("Wonder Woman"); Golden Globe winner Barry Bostwick, ("War And Remembrance", "Spin City"); Colleen Camp, (American Hustle), Peter Greene, (Pulp Fiction, Usual Suspects); Peter Dobson, (The Marrying Man, Forest Gump); Emmy winner Marlo Thomas ("That Girl"), Emmy nominee Cynthia Geary, ("Northern Exposure"), Brian Whimmer, ("China Beach"); Erika Eleniak ("Baywatch", Under Seige), just to name a few.
Prophet produced with Baumgarten many film and television movie projects and was Associate Producer on Robert Evans' and Francis Ford Copolla's Cotton Club.
Melissa Prophet, d.b.a. Melissa Prophet Management, continues to work with select clients in management and consulting for legendary movie producer Robert Evans of Godfather, Chinatown, The Kid Stays in the Picture fame.
Prophet is Executive Director of Development of The Robert Evans Company, Paramount Pictures.- Actress
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Mickie James was born on 31 August 1979 in Richmond, Virginia, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for WWE Smackdown! (1999), TNA iMPACT! Wrestling (2004) and WWE Raw (1993). She has been married to Nick Aldis since 31 December 2015. They have one child.- Actor
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Mike Erwin is an American actor from Georgia who is known for providing the voice of Jak from the Jak and Daxter video game franchise for the PlayStation, Colin Hart from Everwood, a teenage Bruce Banner from Ang Lee's Hulk, Speedy from Teen Titans and Justice League Unlimited and Kevin Graham from Ghost Whisperer.- Actress
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Mona Marshall was born on 31 August 1947 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Blue Exorcist (2011), Digimon Adventure tri. Part 1: Reunion (2015) and .hack//Mutation (2002). She was previously married to Sal Iannotti.- Producer
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Narvel Blackstock was born on 31 August 1956 in Tarrant County, Texas, USA. He is a producer and manager, known for Malibu Country (2012), Reba: Video Gold II (2006) and God's Country. He was previously married to Reba McEntire and Elisa Gayle Ritter.- Actor
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Nick Reding was born on 31 August 1962 in London, England, UK. He is an actor and director, known for It's Us (2013), The Dreams of Elibidi (2010) and The Constant Gardener (2005).- Nicolás Tagliafico was born on 31 August 1992 in Rafael Calzada, Argentina. He has been married to Carolina Calvagni since 27 December 2021.
- Noble Willingham appeared in more than 30 feature films, including Up Close & Personal (1996), Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994), Chinatown (1974), City Slickers (1991), and The Distinguished Gentleman (1992).
He was born in the small town of Mineola, Texas, east of Dallas. After graduating from North Texas State College in 1953, he earned a master's degree in educational psychology from Baylor University. Willingham was a teacher before following his long-time dream of becoming an actor. Willingham auditioned for a part in the Academy Award-winning film The Last Picture Show (1971), which was filmed in Texas. He won the role, which led to another, in the Academy Award-winning comedy Paper Moon (1973).
On television, he had recurring roles on Home Improvement (1991) and Walker, Texas Ranger (1993), and appeared as a guest star on other television series, including Matlock (1986), L.A. Law (1986), Quantum Leap (1989), Murder, She Wrote (1984), and Northern Exposure (1990), as well as such films and made-for-television movies as Men Don't Tell (1993), Woman with a Past (1992), The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory (1987), and Unconquered (1989). - Actress
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Pretty Noel Francis came to Hollywood after attracting the attention of Fox talent scouts and was signed to a contract in 1929. Born in Temple, Texas, she grew up in Dallas and had studied at Southern Methodist University and Columbia. Like so many other hopefuls who had little theatrical background, she thought to get by on good looks alone. As it turned out, Noel had quite a bit of talent, but perhaps not quite enough to propel her to stardom. She did have a stint back in 1925 in the Ziegfeld Follies and made a minor splash with Wheeler and Woolsey in "Rio Rita". Alas, musicals were briefly out of vogue in the early 30s and Noel was dropped by Fox. Luckily for her, she was contracted by Warner Brothers in 1932 for an entirely different genre and ended up as a street-wise gangsters moll in the company of James Cagney (Blonde Crazy (1931)), Edward G. Robinson (Smart Money (1931)), Humphrey Bogart (Up the River (1930)), Edmund Lowe (Guilty as Hell (1932)), George Raft (Under-Cover Man (1932)) and Paul Muni (I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)). Though Noel turned out to be very much at home as a minor wisecracking blonde in supporting roles, her tenure at Warners was sadly short-lived and she was eventually dumped by the studio and relegated to (what at least amounted to starring) in low-budget Poverty Row productions like Reform Girl (1933) and What's Your Racket? (1934). She made one final attempt to resuscitate her stage career on Broadway with a lead in "Satellite", a farce which closed miserably after a solitary showing in November 1935. Thereafter, it was all downhill for poor Noel. Her looks now fading, her last three films were all second feature westerns at Universal -- courtesy of her close friend, Buck Jones, -- and she left the movie business for good in 1937.- Actress
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Noelia is a Sophisticated beauty, a true artist with her own recipe for glamour. Not afraid to show the world she is open about her sensuality, and also not afraid to dare or take any risk that could change life forever.
Noelia Lorenzo born in Puerto Rico and raised in Miami, Florida), mostly known as Noelia, is a Pop-Dance singer who rose to fame in 1999. Her self-titled debut album was certified as a gold album in the United States. During her career she has had 10 Latin Billboard Top 40 music hits, and 5 Top 40 Billboard Club Dance Music, she has eighteen worldwide gold and nine worldwide multi-platinum-certified albums, along with one RIAA-certified Gold (500,000) record in the United States.
Noelia has sold more than 6 million Albums worldwide, won multiple awards, and has won Latin Billboard's Award Album of the year as well. She has crossed borders to Europe to be acknowledged as the "International Singer of the Year" in Italy, at the prestigious Festival Bar. Her record, "40 Grados" (Forty Degrees), was infused with the myriad of mixed feelings that invaded Noelia with her auspicious return to the world of music and granted many awards again in 2007.
The single "Cómo Duele" (How does it hurt), quickly climbed last year 2007 to the first top ten in popularity on the radio in the United States, according to Billboard Magazine, and during 38 consecutive weeks was perched among the Top 20 of Latin pop, also according to that prestigious international music publication, she was also nominated again in 2007 to the Latin Billboard Awards for the third time.
The single, "Tú" (You), was awarded "Song of the Year" and Album of the Year by Billboard, projecting her image speedily, towards Spain , Italy and Grece. And so she infused the Iberian peninsula, with the contagious rhythms of her "Candela" (Hot Stuff), which was then named "The Song of the Summer."
Several Magazine's covers have Feature Noelia, such as: People en Espanol, Maxim Espanol USA, Maxim Mexico, H for Man. The prestigious People Magazine en Espanol has named Noelia on of the most beautiful 50 people in the Latin Music Industry. She also was Fetatured on the Playboy Cover of their International Edition in 2010 supporting the Fight Against Breast Cancer and donating all proceeds to fight this disease.
In 2009 Actress and Top Model Elisabetta Canalis released in Italy a compilation Album called "TOP HITS by Hollywood-Milano" 2009 (Sony-BMG) this album included the most successful singers from America in Europe, Including Noelia's Caribbean Queen Reloaded Version, Katy Perry, Pink, Lady Gaga, The compilation was awarded with Platinum status on the first week of sales.
Recently in mid 2011 Noelia have made history on the Hispanic Market in the United States by breaking a record for online audience with her intimate online Concert produced by Hispanic Media Giant Univision, the concert achieved more than 3.5 million Viewers. It is a record with no precedent in History of Hispanic or Spanish online events.
April 2012, Noelia's single "Kiss Me" appeared in the Billboard Charts both in the Dance and Latin Hot Track categories during this double "Hot Shoot Debut" on the Billboard Charts Noelia was featured on the cover of Billboard Magazine April 2012. The Song " Kiss Me" consolidates Noelia in the American Dance Billboard Charts Reaching number 14 on the Chart.
August 2012 Noelia gets ready to launch her first Full English Single for the Mainstream Market, produced by Music Legend TIMBALAND who's production for International Music Stars like Madona ,Justin Timaberlake, and many more making him one of the Most Powerful Producers of the world.
London Summer Olympics 2012 Noelia's Music Reaches GOLD at the Summer Olympics in London, her Hit Single Song "Candela" serves as the Main Music Performance for the Russian Team at the Rhythmic Gymnastics Finals and the Amazing Performance along the Rhythm of Noelia's Music crowns the Team with The Gold Medal.
During September and October 2012 Noelia stormed the Billboard Dance Charts and with 11 weeks at the Top 20 , by November 10 Billboard had reported Noelia at Number 2 for two consecutive weeks. Making "My Everything" one of the Most Successful Club songs in the World for 2012.
In March 2013 Noelia signed a contract with concert promoter LIVE NATION to tour in 2013 starting June 15, 2013 at the World Famous "HOB" House of Blues on Sunset in West Hollywood, California and going on to forty more dates.
On May 15, 2013, after a success on the Billboard Dance Charts and on many other charts around the world with her single "My Everything", Noelia released a new single, "Mind Blown"; this new music track was also produced by Timbaland and is set also to be featured on the VH1 Original Television Series "Hit The Floor" that will premier on Memorial weekend 2013 on VH1.
On July 16, 2013 Noelia got to Number #1 in Sales in Italy (Electronic Music ITunes Charts) with her recently released Song Single "Mind Blown" Noelia Peak Number # 1 in that European Country after a week of the release of the song Produced by Timbaland.
2014 - "Spell" Was another Dance hit for Noelia featuring also "Timbaland" The song Peak at the TOP40 of the Billboard Dance Charts and fetuared in more than 40 Compilation Albums Worlwide.
2015 NYE at the Famous Genesis Party in Miami Beach Noelia gets Heralded by the Media and Music Critics Including the Hufftington as the New Princess of EDM.
Mid 2015 Her New Single "Explode" Produced by Seand Garret and Featuring Timbaland makes it again to the TOP 20 Billboard Dance Charts. The Single gets Mixed by Several Djs Worlwide and its featured in more than 50 Compilations Albums Worldwide, turning Noelia is one of the most Popular Artist on new emerging EDM movement.
Noelia is Described by Music Critics as a true Hit Maker and a Sensacional Show Girl.
Noelia discography
. 1999: Noelia
. 2000: Golpeando Fuerte (Hitting Hard)
. 2001: Natural (Natural)
. 2003: Greatest Hits
. 2004: Melao (Molasses)
. 2005: 40 Grados (Forty Degrees)
. 2007: Volverte A Ver (Seeing You Again)
* 2010: Caribean Queen Relaoded ( Italy only )
* 2010-2011: English Single Here I go Again ( Soft release in Europe)
* 2012: Kiss Me! and My Everything is Released.
* 2013-2014: Mind Blown is Released.
* 2014-2015: Spell is Released.
* 2015: Explode is Released.
Noelia is an Active supporter and Donor of The Boys and Girls Club of East Los Angeles- Actress
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As a younger child, Olivia Oguma was a Ford Model who was predominately featured in national print campaigns for Chanel, Vogue, Saks Fifth Avenue, Earnshaws, Motorola, and the Gap, among others. She soon branched out into the commercial world, appearing in over 62 commercials including ones for Tide, Jell-o, IBM Computers, Triaminic and Life Cereal. On the heels of working steadily as a model and commercial actress, she then booked the role of Pearl in the NBC pilot "Magic Music Hall" with Eric Clapton. Directly following the pilot, Olivia became a regular on the PBS favorite children's show Sesame Street (1969), on which she played herself and she also secured a small role on the NBC soap Another World (1964). After that Olivia branched out into theater appearing on Broadway and national tours, including "Les Miserables" and "A Christmas Carol." As a singer she has lent her vocal talents to several films including Stepmom (1998) and Fallen (1998). In addition, she has sung on ten albums. Her mother is Karen Oguma, a retired professional ballet dancer who danced with such companies as the Boston Ballet, Joffrey 2nd Company and American Ballet Theater, while her father is one of New York City's top chefs. Her brother Oliver Oguma, is also an actor and singer who has extensive credits in theater, opera, film and television.- Paulie Giganti was born on 31 August 1980 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He died on 20 April 2017 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
- Pepe Reina was born on 31 August 1982 in Madrid, Spain. He is an actor, known for Invictus: El correo del César (2013), El círculo de los famosos (2023) and LaLiga (1954). He has been married to Yolanda Ruiz since 19 May 2006. They have five children.
- Completed shooting Taken Down a six part drama for RTE in Dublin. playing the role of dastardly Marvellous which garnered critical acclaim. Her one woman show called Identity Crisis debuted at International Edinburgh Festival and NYC Soho's Fringe festival garnered great five star reviews. She played all NINE Characters, she is a very versatile character actress. She is best known for Liberty Baker a supermodel on the fifth and final series of "Footballers Wives" shot simultaneously alongside a very different role that of Heather Lees, a solicitor on "The Bill." The role of Liberty won her a Favorite TV star award from the prestigious Screen Nations and brought her full circle, back to the UK. Multifaceted in her career, she also is TV Presenter and producer just finished pilot for 'Phi and Dee" a ten minute talk show looking at life in the middle shot May this year. She featured as the celebrity bedtime story reader reading a story a day for children the week of the Queens Diamond jubilee. Also featured as a special correspondent on North West tonight reporting on the 30 year anniversary of the Toxteth riots. Phina now lives in her native Liverpool where she presented and produced the Saturday night radio programme Upfront on BBC Radio. Phina has produced and hosted six Upfront Live shows for the BBC in Liverpool, featuring up and coming artists at The Brink a non alcoholic bar in Liverpool, that she is in support of. She was cast to play a mother of a new family in teen soap Hollyoaks. She started her career in London and Paris as a fashion model, then onto New York where she worked extensively in American fashion magazines. Representing the Gap for 5 seasons. Until her desire to become an actress took her to the famed Actor's Studio where she became a lifetime member. In Los Angeles at the studio she was blessed to be instructed by Martin Landau, Mark Rydell and Barbara Bain. She started her Film and TV career in the United States. She published her first book "Liberating Character." and has now started a podcast called "Am A Tell It"
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Rachel Parton George was born on 31 August 1959 in Franklin, Tennessee, USA. She is an actress, known for Nine to Five (1982), Dolly Parton's Mountain Magic Christmas (2022) and Sunset Music Festival (1993). She is married to Eric Wilson George. She was previously married to Richard Dennison.- Queen Rania was born on 31 August 1970 in Kuwait City, Kuwait. She is an actress, known for Djalil Palermo: Remontada (2021), Cité de la Réussite (1989) and How'd That Get Here? (2008). She has been married to Abdullah II King Of Jordan since 10 June 1993. They have four children.Rania of Jordan