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Sam Worthington Actor, Avatar Sam Worthington was born on August 2, 1976 in Surrey, England. His parents, Jeanne and Ronald Worthington, moved the family to Australia when he was six months old, and raised him and his sister Lucinda in Warnbro, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia. Worthington graduated from NIDA (Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Art) in 1998 at the age of 22... | |
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Edward Furlong Actor, American History X Born in Glendale, California, Edward Furlong had no acting ambitions until he was approached by casting agent Mali Finn, who was looking for a young actor to play the role of John Conner in what turned out to be one of the the biggest box-office hits of the 1990s, Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Finn instantly recognized his ability... | |
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Mary-Louise Parker Actress, You Can't Miss the Bear Southern-bred Mary-Louise Parker, from Fort Jackson, South Carolina, was born on August 2, 1964, the youngest of the family's brood. She showed potential in her teens and majored in acting in her college years, graduating from the North Carolina School of the Arts. She decided to test the waters in New York... | |
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Kevin Smith Writer, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back Born and raised in New Jersey and very proud of it; this fact can be seen in all of his movies. His first movie, Clerks., was filmed in the convenience store in which Smith worked. He was only allowed to shoot at night after the store closed. This movie won the highest award at the Sundance film festival and was brought to theaters by Miramax... | |
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Peter O'Toole Actor, Lawrence of Arabia A leading man of prodigious talents, Irish-born Peter O'Toole was raised in Leeds, England, the son of a bookie. As a boy, he decided to become a journalist, beginning as a newspaper copy boy. Although he succeeded in becoming a reporter, he discovered the theater and made his stage debut at 17. He served as a radioman in the Royal Navy for two years... | |
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Jacinda Barrett Actress, Poseidon Although Jacinda Barrett was born in Australia, her convincing accent has paved the way for numerous acting roles in the USA. Barrett was first introduced to American audiences via MTV's The Real World during its fourth season which was set in London. Tall and slim, with long honey blonde hair and a freckled... | |
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Nadia Bjorlin Actress, Redline | |
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Joanna Cassidy Actress, Blade Runner Lovely, vivacious, smart-looking Joanna Cassidy was born in Camden, New Jersey, and raised in nearby Haddonfield, a borough located in Camden County. She grew up in a creative environment as the daughter and granddaughter of artists. At an early age she engaged in painting and sculpture and went on to major in art at Syracuse University in New York... | |
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Wes Craven Writer, A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors Rising out of the mid-western suburbs of Cleveland, Ohio, Wes Craven has become synonymous with genre bending and innovative horror, challenging audiences with his bold visions since the release of his first feature film, The Last House of the Left, which he wrote, directed, and edited in 1972. Craven reinvented the youth horror genre again in 1984 with the classic A Nightmare on Elm Street... | |
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Alice Evans Actress, 102 Dalmatians Alice Jane Evans was born in 1971 to David Evans, a professor of Applied Mathematics at Bristol University and Janet Evans, a teacher of English literature. Alice gained a degree in French and Italian from University College, London, and then moved to Paris where she studied acting at the Cours Florent... | |
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Sara Foster Actress, D.E.B.S. She is a former fashion model who briefly hosted the short-lived Entertainment Tonight spin-off ET on MTV. Based on that breakthrough she was cast as the lead femme fatale in The Big Bounce, which was a remake of a previous movie adaptation of the same Elmore Leonard novel. | |
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Hallie Kate Eisenberg Actress, The Insider A welcome and popular guest on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Hallie Kate Eisenberg was born August 2, 1992, in East Brunswick, NJ. She starred in a popular series of TV commercials. Hallie is one of America's most successful child actors; she has already starred in nine movies, including The Insider with Al Pacino and Bicentennial Man with Robin Williams... | |
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Carroll O'Connor Actor, Kelly's Heroes Carroll was born in Manhattan and raised in Forest Hills, a community of Queens, New York. After high school in 1942, he joined the Merchant Marines and worked on ships in the Atlantic. In 1946, he enrolled at the University of Montana to study English. While there, he became interested in theater. During one of the amateur productions... | |
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Myrna Loy Actress, The Best Years of Our Lives Myrna Williams, later to become Myrna Loy, was born on August 2, 1905 in Radersburg, Montana. Her father was the youngest person ever elected to the Montana State legislature. Later on her family moved to Helena where she spent her youth. At the age of 13, Myrna's father died of influenza and the rest of the family moved to Los Angeles... | |
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Max Wright Actor, All That Jazz | |
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Cynthia Stevenson Actress, Happiness Cynthia was born in Piedmont, California. She moved north with her mother and brother, Gregory, to Bellevue, Washington and then to Vancouver, British Columbia, where she spent most of her childhood. Cynthia took her first step toward an acting career in the University of Victoria's Phoenix Theatre Program... | |
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Regina Russell Actress, Hook Regina Russell is an actress who became a producer/director/creator in 2008, creating and developing TV shows and films. She is directing/producing a feature length documentary film on the band, Quiet Riot. An avid animal lover, she dedicated her talents and available time recruiting celebrities to appear in commercials and shorts that she directs... | |
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Matthew Del Negro Actor, Mass Effect 3 Growing up in Westchester County and graduating from Boston College, Matthew Del Negro suddenly went from Division I lacrosse player to playing opposite Vincent D'Onofrio and Uma Thurman in Chelsea Walls, directed by Ethan Hawke. Two years ago he found himself in the enviable position of being Claudia Schiffer's fiancé in the Luis Mandoki (Message in a Bottle) short film Meeting Genevieve... | |
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Butch Patrick Actor, The Phantom Tollbooth As a youngster, Patrick played "Eddie Munster" on The Munsters and starred in the Krofft Saturday morning series Lidsville. He tried retiring from show business, but when money ran short, he returned with a musical group called "Eddie and the Monsters". He also worked with MTV to create "The Basement Tapes", a program designed to give exposure to unsigned musical acts. | |
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Kara Hoffman Actress, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events | |
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Beatrice Straight Actress, Poltergeist In her long career, Beatrice Straight actually did very little work in the movies, plying her trade mostly on stage. But, when she did grace the silver screen, she did it with great skill. Her first love was theatre, having debuted on Broadway in the 1935 "Bitter Oleander". Her work garnered her much acclaim... | |
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Gary Merrill Actor, All About Eve Gary Merrill was born August 2, 1915, in Hartford, Connecticut. He began his career acting in summer stock plays. He married Barbara Leeds, an actress, and then served a brief stint in the army. After the army, he landed in New York, where he was chosen to join the already popular play "Born Yesterday"... | |
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Angell Conwell Actress, Baby Boy Born in the tiny town of Orangeburg, South Carolina, Angell Conwell began her journey at a very young age. After winning countless pageants locally, she signed with Wilhelmina's Kids Division in New York at the age of 10. Angell enjoyed modeling but yearned for more of a challenge. She begged for her parents permission to audition for a role in August Wilson's highly acclaimed... | |
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Skyler Day Actress, The Adventures of Ociee Nash Skyler Day was born in Atlanta, GA in 1991. Her start in the Entertainment Industry began after a chance meeting with a talent agent in the DMV at the age of 6. She began her career with print work, commercials, voice over and eventually it lead to her first film opportunity. Skyler was 10 years old... | |
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Ruben Maria Soriquez Director, Le Oasi urbane del WWF Born in Bologna, he started to teach himself guitar when he was 12. He got a diploma in information technology in 1990, but never worked in that field. In the 90's, he played in several rock bands in Italy and published - as musician, author and composer- two LP : Per un vecchio pazzo (Dedicated to an old man)... | |
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Zuleyka Silver Actress, In Time | |
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Nehemiah Persoff Actor, Some Like It Hot Born in 1919 (some sources say 1920) in Jerusalem, Nehemiah Persoff emigrated with his family to America in 1929. Following schooling at the Hebrew Technical Institute of New York, he found a job as a subway electrician doing signal maintenance until an interest in the theater altered the direction of his life... | |
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Krzysztof Soszynski Actor, Here Comes the Boom Krzysztof Soszynski is mixed martial arts fighter, actor, stuntman, DJ and creator of the KSOS Conditioning System. He was born in Stalowa Wola Poland and moved to Canada with his family when he was 10. Soszynski, former TKO Heavyweight Champion, is a UFC veteran and MMA coach at the UFC Gym in Torrance California... | |
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Helen Morgan Soundtrack, Applause Before the tragic legacies of songbird icons Édith Piaf, Billie Holiday and Judy Garland took hold, there was the one...the original...lady who sang the blues and started the whole "bawl" rolling. Like her successors, Helen Morgan lived the sad songs she sang...and more. She started her life fittingly enough on August 2... | |
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Chiara Mastalli Actress, Notte prima degli esami | |
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Sandra Ellis Lafferty Actress, The Hunger Games Sandra Ellis Laffety was a respected Colorado theater actress prior to beginning her Hollywood career, which has consisted mainly of small but memorable parts in horror movies. Former member of the company of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts and OpenStage Theatre & Company in Fort Collins. | |
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Marcel Iures Actor, Mission: Impossible Marcel Iures is one of Romania's most acclaimed stage and screen actors, having starred in more than two dozen features in his native country and twice being named its best actor. His American film credits include The Peacemaker starring George Clooney, Mission: Impossible starring Tom Cruise, and Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles starring Cruise and Brad Pitt... | |
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Olivier Gruner Actor, Nemesis Olivier Gruner was born on August 2nd, 1960 in Paris. His father is a successful surgeon with his own surgery. His two brothers also made academic careers. When Olivier was 18, he went to an elite force of the french army, where he stayed 4 years. Most of this time he was in Senegal, Africa. At this time he already trained karate... | |
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Shelby Hoffman Actress, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events | |
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Kathryn Harrold Actress, Raw Deal | |
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Bridgid Coulter Actress, Always Outnumbered | |
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Apollonia Kotero Actress, Purple Rain Patricia Kotero initially pursued fame and fortune via work as an actress, singer and a model. After winning the Miss San Pedro beauty competition and a stint cheerleader for the Los Angeles Rams in the 1980's, Kotero began acting in roles both in film and television such as CHiPs, Tales of the Gold Monkey, Fantasy Island, Matt Houston and _Knight Rider_... | |
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Simon Kinberg Writer, Sherlock Holmes | |
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Kerry James Actor, The Music Teacher | |
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Angie Cepeda Actress, Captain Pantoja and the Special Services Angélica María Cepeda Jiménez was born in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia on August 2nd 1974. Nevertheless she grew up in Barranquilla. Her parents are José Cepeda and Yadhira Jiménez (both lawyers) and after their divorce Angie went to live with her mother and two sisters, Lorna (actress) and Ivette... | |
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Victoria Jackson Actress, UHF Victoria was raised in a Bible-believing, piano-playing, gymnastic home with no TV. Her dad was a gym coach so she competed in gymnastics from age 5 to age l8. Was a cheerleader, and a homecoming queen. Attended Florida Bible College; received gymnastic scholarship to Furman Univ., attended Auburn Univ... | |
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Angel Boris Reed Actress, General Hospital Angel, an exotic combination of Spanish, Irish, English and Italian, knew she wanted to perform from the age of five. At that young age, her lofty goals included modeling, singing and acting. She appeared in a few local television commercials in her hometown of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, and also did the beauty pageant circuit... | |
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Damian Harris Director, Gardens of the Night | |
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Tom Bell Actor, Prime Suspect Tom Bell was one of the UK's finest actors but he never achieved the star billing or recognition he so richly deserved. His career spanned some 50 years. Time and time again, Bell gave memorable performances. From the able seaman ordered to be flogged by a sadistic officer, played by Dirk Bogarde, in the film... | |
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Natashia Williams Actress, Two Can Play That Game | |
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Richard Fancy Actor, General Hospital | |
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Cassidy Gifford Self, Episode #4.405 | |
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Ann Dvorak Actress, Scarface Ann Dvorak was the daughter of silent film star Anna Lehr and silents director Edwin McKim. She entered films at the start of sound, as a dance instructor for the lavish MGM musicals. She came to international prominence in Scarface with Paul Muni, but often complained about the lack of quality of her films... | |
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Madeline Smith Actress, Live and Let Die Shapely, dark haired British actress who appeared in a number of sensual film and TV roles that showcased her beauty. She is probably best recognizable as Miss Caruso, the beautiful young Italian agent sleeping with James Bond in the opening of Live and Let Die whose blue dress zipper meets its match in Bond's magnetic watch... | |
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Aline Brosh McKenna Writer, The Devil Wears Prada | |
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