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Laura Pausini is one of the most successful and admired Italian artist around the world, with over 70 million albums sold, several songs performed in six languages, and multiple awards under her belt including a GRAMMY - becoming the first Italian female artist to win this award - four Latin Grammys, a Golden Globe for "Best Original Song", and an Oscar nomination in 2021, to name a few. The award-winning international recording artist, singer-songwriter, and producer made her debut in Italy when winning the prestigious Sanremo Festival in 1993 at the age of 18. She went on to successfully release thirteen studio albums worldwide, both in Italian and Spanish versions, with songs performed in six languages, including English. Throughout her career, Laura Pausini has performed and collaborated with some of the most recognized music artists in the world such as Luciano Pavarotti, Andrea Bocelli, Michael Bublé, Ray Charles, Phil Collins, Shakira, Mariah Carey, Charles Aznavour, Marc Anthony, Ricky Martin, Kylie Minogue, Alejandro Sanz, Céline Dion and Michael Jackson, among others. In addition, Madonna wrote a song for her in 2004. She has toured and performed in some of the most prestigious stages in the world, such as Madison Square Garden and City Music Hall in New York, the Royal Albert Hall in London, the San Siro Stadium in Milan (she was the first female artist to have performed a sold-out concert at this venue), the Circus Maximus in Rome and the Olympia in Paris. Her massive success in music crossed over TV as well when she became one of the coaches and winner of Spain's and Mexico's edition of La Voz (The Voice). She was also one of the judges responsible for forming the band CNCO for La Banda, the Latin talent show created by Simon Cowell, which earned her an Emmy Award nomination. In addition, she won Spain's "XFactor" with her pupil Pol Granch, and also created and co-wrote two shows for Italian TV: "Stasera Laura" and "Laura e Paola". Laura has dedicated her life to helping others especially when it comes to children in need. She became a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN World Food Programme, and contributed to fundraising events, concerts, and projects in support of various causes. Among the causes are Chime For Change, Save the Children, Croce Rossa Italiana, ILoveBeirut, OHM Live, One Humanity Live, and International Peace Honors - a global event created by Peace Tech Lab, to recognize and celebrate the commitment of the most influential international activist of our period that were on the front line to transmit messages of peace for a better future - are included. Further fundraising events are the Music Against Child Labour Competition, Amiche per l'Abruzzo, which was a fundraising concert for the victims of the earthquake in the Abruzzo Italian region, and Voices Unidas for Chile. Moreover, she participated in the recording of "Todo para ti", a song written and performed by Michael Jackson for the families of the victims of the September 11th attacks in New York. Laura's latest collaboration in 2020 was with the acclaimed singer-songwriter Diane Warren with the song "Io Sì (Seen)", the main track of Netflix's film "The Life Ahead", which marked the return to the screen of the beloved Italian actress Sophia Loren. "Io Si" went on to receive several awards in 2021 including a Golden Globe in the Best Original Song category, a Hollywood Music in Media Awards in the Best Outstanding Song - Feature Film category, a Satellite Award, a Nastri d'argento, and a nomination to the Oscars, Laura's first-ever nomination to the prestigious award.- Actor
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Adam MacDonald is a writer/director, born in Montreal, now residing in Toronto. His directorial works include three short films: Sombre Zombie (2005) and In the Dominican (2010) His feature length debut, Backcountry (2015). -- had its World Premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, where it was represented by Cinetic Media and bought by IFC. At TIFF TheGlobe and Mail named Adam one of the "Top Ten Canadians to Watch." His second feature Pyewacket (2017) also had its world premier at the Toronto international film festival, where it was represented by Seville international and bought by IFC. NOW magazine proclaimed Adam one of the 10 Canadians to watch at TIFF 2017.
His first television credit was successfully helming the entire third season (8 EPS) of Aaron Martin's SLASHER ( SOLSTICE) for NETFLIX. Adam wrote both his feature films. He recently completed the commissioned writing assignment of the epic thriller the BLACK DONNELYS ( a Canadian/Irish co- production). He's also attached to direct. He's been hired to rewrite HOLLYWOOD horror scripts such as the THE FORGOTTEN as well as the upcoming UK/INDIA horror SAMSARA
His first short, Sombre Zombie was produced with a grant from the Bravo! Network . Canada's renowned filmmaker Bruce McDonald, (Hard Core Logo) mentored Adam during his creative process. Upon completion the film aired on Bravo! and also screened in several festivals, including the very popular Fantasia and Nashville Film Festivals.
Building upon his shorts, Adam wrote and directed Backcountry. Upon its TIFF World Premiere, the film received rave reviews. Backcountry has been "Certified Fresh" by Rotten Tomatoes, with an 88% Fresh Rating. . Among the outlets praising it were The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, RogerEbert.com, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, Vulture, and Salon. Fangoria proclaimed it "The best Canadian horror film in ages" . Backcountry reached #1 on iTunes Horror in the United States, Canada , Australia, Germany, Italy, Austria, Denmark, Switzerland, Spain, Saudi Arabia and #3 in the UK. The film held most of these positions for weeks. As of now it is one of IFC's top grossing films of 2015.
BACKCOUNTRY has been featured in over 25 BEST OF HORROR lists including AIN'T IT COOL NEWS, THE DALLAS OBSERVER, DREAD CENTRAL, BLOODY DISGUSTING AND FANGORIA.
Besides his filmmaking Adam is also an accomplished actor, with over 40 credits to him name. This experience has become a vital tool in his directing efforts. Currently, Adam's favourite film is Hong-jin Na's The Chaser. He continues to love boxing as well as pop culture and music from the eighties.- Producer
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Adam Richman was born on 16 May 1974 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He is a producer and actor, known for All My Children (1970), Stalking the Bogeyman (2023) and Guiding Light (1952).- Actress
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Agnes Mayasari is an Asian American actress, model, beauty pageant winner, and stunt performer. Her last name, Mayasari, means "the most beautiful flower". She is trained in Meisner, Chubbuck, and improv techniques in Los Angeles and Atlanta. She has gotten booked for action films and tv shows, but has recently been doing more dramatic roles. Her hometown is Atlanta, GA, but she auditions and travels for work all around the U.S.
Her background is Vietnamese and Chinese, and grew up speaking fluent Vietnamese and English. She also grew up learning basic Chinese and French. She was born in a refugee camp in Indonesia, to parents who escaped Vietnam after the Vietnam War. She has played Vietnamese, Chinese, Korean, Thai, and Hmong characters, some having to speak the language on camera. She is extremely hardworking. She has won many competitions; she has been featured on Maxim winning one of the top Maxim's Finest for the South East, she won Miss Photogenic in the Vietnamese Beauty pageant, and she won first place in a photo competition for Refinery29.
Most recently, she has just finished working on a few films out of state: Karate Princess (2024), in which she play a successful businesswoman that returns home to take over her father's Dojo, which she plays lead in and acted with Dean Cain; Conceivable, in which she plays a young Korean mom getting over an abusive relationship, the best friend of the lead character played by Jana Lee Hamblin; Time Boys 2, in which she plays one of the leads, three girls that ends up time traveling back to 1914. She also played the lead in Oxygen's Snapped: Killer Couples (2013) Jennifer Pan & Daniel Wong (2015), as killer Jennifer Pan. She recently worked on a short film, titled Mermaid, written and produced by Ginger Gonzaga. A fun character she got to play recently was Buttercup from The Powerpuff Girl's short pilot Townsville (2022), in which she got to travel to a few conventions to speak for the project, like DragonCon and BlerDCon. She also has a small role on DMZ (2022) on HBO Max and A Family Affair (2024) with Nicole Kidman and Zac Efron.
She also does her own stunts on Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019), Townsville (2022), Time Boys 2, Karate Princess (2024), The DUFF (2015), and many more. She has talents in martial arts, weapons, drawing, computers, programs, art, and some musical background (singing and piano) that makes her a fast learner and diverse artist.- Actor
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Allan Wasserman was born on 16 May 1952 in The Bronx, New York, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Big (1988), Suburbicon (2017) and Lucky Lopez (2022).- Actress
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Amara Carmona was born on 16 May 1977 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain. She is an actress, known for Alma gitana (1996), Cachito (1996) and Hospital Central (2000).- Actor
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Andrew Keenan-Bolger is an actor, director, author and filmmaker. He recently starred as "Jesse Tuck" in Tuck Everlasting on Broadway (Drama League Award nominee). He created the role of "Crutchie" in the Original Broadway Cast of Newsies (Outer Critics Circle nominee). Other Broadway: Mary Poppins, Seussical, Beauty and the Beast, A Christmas Carol. Film: "Billy Frazier" in The Rewrite starring Hugh Grant, Marci X, Are You Joking? TV: "Nurse Jackie" (Showtime), "Looking" (HBO), "Naked Brothers Band" (Nickelodeon), "One Life to Live." B.F.A. from the University of Michigan. His work as a filmmaker has been profiled in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Entertainment Weekly, Rolling Stone, The Associated Press and New York Magazine. Director of the award winning short films Sign and The Ceiling Fan Along with collaborator, Kate Wetherhead, he is the co-creator the critically acclaimed webseries, "Submissions Only" (www.submissionsonly.com) and co-author of the new children's series "Jack & Louisa" (Penguin Random House).- Actor
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Atticus is an actor and musician born and based in Toronto, Canada. Starting out on kids and teen shows such as "How To Be Indie" and "My Babysitter's a Vampire", he quickly transitioned to more adult fare, with roles in "The Colony", "Stonewall" and "Fargo (TV Series)". Nominated for a Canadian Screen Award for his work in "Young Drunk Punk" and the winner of a Canadian Film Festival award for Best Actor in a Short Film for "Iris".- At the age of 26, the astoundingly beautiful Slovakian actress and model Barbara Nedeljakova achieved cult fame and a large following among male horror fans with the release of Hostel (2005). She studied acting in Prague in the Czech Republic, where she performed at several theaters and also worked regularly in the famed Czech marionette theater, often operating 3-4 roles per show. She also worked as professional model in Prague and appeared in several international commercials for company like T-Mobile, Hasbro, Samsung, Woolite and plenty others. Since she started her acting career, Barbara has lived the dream by working with the likes Quentin Tarantino and Billy Boyd. After causing a minor sensation with her topless scenes as the sexy Natalya in Hostel (2005), she was sought to appear in further horror movies such as The Hike (2011), Ashes (2010) and Strippers vs Werewolves (2012).
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Barry Atwater was born on 16 May 1918 in Denver, Colorado, USA. He was an actor, known for Star Trek (1966), One Step Beyond (1959) and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964). He died on 24 May 1978 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Behati Prinsloo was born on May 16, 1988 in Vanderbijlpark, South Africa. She was discovered at 16 by modeling agency head, Sarah Doukas while on holiday in Cape Town. She's best known for her work as a Victoria's Secret lingerie model. She appeared in nine Victoria's Secret fashion shows from 2007 through 2015, becoming the face of Victoria's Secret PINK line in 2008 & an Angel in 2009. She has been a brand ambassador for Seafolly since 2012 & Pepe Jeans since 2014. She has appeared on the covers of international fashion magazines such as Vogue, GQ & Elle. She has been married to Adam Levine since July 19, 2014. They have 1 child.
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Belle Shouse is an actress and writer, known for Queen America (2018) and Secrets and Lies (2015).- Composer
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Betty Carter was born on 16 May 1929 in Flint, Michigan, USA. She was a composer and actress, known for American Beauty (1999), Casino (1995) and The Parent Trap (1998). She was married to James Redding. She died on 26 September 1998 in New York City, New York, USA.- Big George Brock was born on 16 May 1932 in Grenada, Mississippi, USA. He was a composer, known for M for Mississippi: A Road Trip through the Birthplace of the Blues (2008), Hard Times (2006) and America's Blues (2015). He died on 10 April 2020 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
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Connecticut-born actor Bill Smitrovich (on May 16, 1947) started his acting career rather late. A Masters degree holder from Smith College and a former acting teacher at the University of Massachusetts, the hefty actor earned his big break in an understudy role in the world premiere of Arthur Miller's "The American Clock" at the Spoleto Festival, a production that went to Broadway. Other stage parts have included "Food from Trash," "Requiem for a Heavyweight," "Far East" and "Frankie & Johnny at the Claire de Lune." Bill was a founding member of the No Theatre Company, now in association with the Wooster Group, whose members included Willem Dafoe and the late Spalding Gray. Bill made his 1978 New York debut in the company's production of "The Elephant Man."
In the early 1980s he started tackling film and TV roles, often playing good cops and assorted villainous types. He made his film debut in a small role in A Little Sex (1982) and went on to play a prime part in the TV-movie pilot of Miami Vice (1984). A co-starring detective part on the series Crime Story (1986) led to more visibility. He finally became a household face (if not quite a name) as former construction worker-turned-restaurateur Drew Thatcher, the father of three on the critically acclaimed dramatic series Life Goes On (1989). Co-starring with Patti LuPone (of "Evita" fame), they played parents to a son born with Down Syndrome (portrayed by Chris Burke). The much-admired family-oriented show, which went on to deal with other topical themes such as AIDS, lasted four seasons.
Since then Bill has involved himself in raising public consciousness and sensitivity of Down Syndrome. He has hosted the annual "Life Goes On Celebrity Golf Classic" for the Down Syndrome Association of Los Angeles. Following this TV success, Bill co-starred on the A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2001) with Timothy Hutton and Maury Chaykin, had a recurring chief prosecutor role on The Practice (1997) and played a lieutenant in the Fox hit series Millennium (1996). His many film roles include Key Exchange (1985), Renegades (1989), The Trigger Effect (1996) with Dermot Mulroney, Independence Day (1996) with Will Smith, a strong role as a public defender in Rob Reiner's Ghosts of Mississippi (1996), Air Force One (1997) and, more recently, as a general in Kevin Costner's Cuban Missile Crisis drama Thirteen Days (2000). He also played Alexander Haig in the TV-movie biopic on Ronald Reagan starring James Brolin and Judy Davis.
Married to Shaw Purnell and the father of two, he has played a number of high-ranking officials, both good or corrupt, over the years. Most of Bill's recent work into the millennium has been on the small screen with guest appearances on such popular shows as "Nash Bridges," "NYPD Blue," "24," "Numb3rs," "Law and Order," "Criminal Minds," "Brothers & Sisters," "Desperate Housewives," "Boston Legal," "Castle," "Californication," "Two and a Half Men" and "Grey's Anatomy," with regular/recurring roles on such series as The Practice (1997), Without a Trace (2002), The Event (2010), The Last Ship (2014) Dynasty (2017). Occasional big screen supports include Thirteen Days (2000), Iron Man (2008), The Rum Diary (2011),Eagle Eye (2008), Ted (2012) and its sequel Ted 2 (2015), The November Man (2014), Bitch (2017) and Valley of Bones (2017)- Blair St. Clair was born on 16 May 1995 in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. He is an actor, known for Bollywood and Vine: The Original B-Movie Musical, Lipstick Heels and a 45 and Palm Springs Confidential.
- Brandi Passante was born on 16 May 1980 in Harris County, Texas, USA. She is married to Jarrod Schulz. They have two children.
- Brían F. O'Byrne was born on 16 May 1967 in Mullagh, County Cavan, Ireland. He is an actor, known for Million Dollar Baby (2004), Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007) and Bug (2006). He is married to Heather Goldenhersh. They have two children.
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Bruce Norris was born on 16 May 1960 in Houston, Texas, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for The Sixth Sense (1999), A Civil Action (1998) and All Good Things (2010).- Carlos Perciavalle is known for Un viaje de locos (1974), Blood Brothers (2012) and The Sky of the Centaur (2015).
- Carolan Daniels was born on 16 May 1940 in Fullerton, California, USA. She is an actress, known for That Girl (1966), An Eye for an Eye (1973) and The Confession (1964).
- Carolyn Conwell was born on 16 May 1930 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for Torn Curtain (1966), The Boston Strangler (1968) and The Young and the Restless (1973). She died on 22 October 2012 in Long Beach, California, USA.
- Celia Ireland is an Australian TV actress, who was born in Newcastle in New South Wales. Celia is best known for her roles on long running Australian Medical Drama All Saints (1998), and as the character of Liz Birdsworth in the Australian award winning drama Wentworth (2013), portraying the character since the series beginning, Celia in 2016 awarded a Silver Logie for best supporting actress in a drama series. Celia has also made guest appearances in many shows including Home and Away (1988), Monster House (2008), Supernova (2005) and many more.
Celia would also be nominated for a Logie Award numerous times for her time on Wentworth receiving a Logie win in 2016 for Most Outstanding Support Actress. - Additional Crew
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Charles Santore was born on 16 May 1935 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a writer, known for The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True (1995), Charles Santore Illustrates the Wizard of Oz (1997) and Articulate with Jim Cotter (2015). He was married to Olenka Litynski. He died on 11 August 2019 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.- Chingmy Yau was born on 16 May 1968 in Hong Kong. She is an actress, known for Naked Killer (1992), Hold You Tight (1998) and The New Legend of Shaolin (1994). She has been married to Karwai Shum since 31 October 1999. They have three children.
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Christopher Owen Ayres was an American actor, director and scriptwriter who is known for his work in English-dubbed anime and video games by Funimation. He voiced Frieza in Dragon Ball Z Kai, Prince Soma from Black Butler, Kei Kurono from Gantz and Mayor Corset in Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt. He passed away in October 2021 due to COPD.- Costume Designer
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Christian Lacroix was born on 16 May 1951 in Arles, France. He is a costume designer and actor, known for Face (2009), Romance (1999) and I Capuleti e i Montecchi (2014).- Christie Abbott's acting & television commercial experience helped her in front of the camera as Samantha Kepler in the hit PBS television series Wishbone (1995). She has appeared in numerous Television commercials for Ford Motor company, Mattel's Barbie, Venture department stores, Radio Shack, Michael's M.J. Design, The Black-Eyed Pea restaurants and McDonald's, among others, and radio spots for Wyatt's Cafeteria and the Dallas Arboretum, Radio Shack, Michaels M.J. Design. She was also an extra in Oliver Stone's "JFK." Christie has great dancing ability & has taken ballet, Toe, tap, Jazz, hip hop for 13 years along with gymnastics. She loves tennis & golf & all outside activity as biking, hiking, swimming & is a runner. Christie was a cheerleader for 6 years & has played piano & is an avid singer. She has also been a model since age 3 with national & international credits.
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Chuti Tiu was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Yellowstone (2018), How to Get Away with Murder (2014) and Expats (2023). She is married to Oscar Torre.- Claudia Albertario was born on 16 May 1977 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She is an actress, known for Poné a Francella (2001), 2 ilusiones (2004) and Cruzadas (2011). She has been married to Jerónimo Valdivia since 20 May 2014. They have one child.
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Danielle Spencer was born on 16 May 1969. She is an actress, known for View from the Top (2003), Minder (1979) and Hampton Court (1991). She was previously married to Russell Crowe.- Actor
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Danny Trejo was born Dan Trejo in Echo Park, Los Angeles, to Alice (Rivera) and Dan Trejo, a construction worker. A child drug addict and criminal, Trejo was in and out of jail for 11 years. While serving time in San Quentin, he won the lightweight and welterweight boxing titles. Imprisoned for armed robbery and drug offenses, he successfully completed a 12-step rehabilitation program that changed his life. While speaking at a Cocaine Anonymous meeting in 1985, Trejo met a young man who later called him for support. Trejo went to meet him at what turned out to be the set of Runaway Train (1985). Trejo was immediately offered a role as a convict extra, probably because of his tough tattooed appearance. Also on the set was a screenwriter who did time with Trejo in San Quentin. Remembering Trejo's boxing skills, the screenwriter offered him $320 per day to train the actors for a boxing match. Director Andrey Konchalovskiy saw Trejo training Eric Roberts and immediately offered him a featured role as Roberts' opponent in the film. Trejo has subsequently appeared in many other films, usually as a tough criminal or villain.
Trejo is of Mexican descent.- Darío Cvitanich has been married to Chechu Bonelli since 26 December 2014. They have two children.
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David was born in Buffalo, New York and grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is the son of Patti, a travel agent, and weatherman Dave Roberts (Boreanaz). His father is of Italian descent and his mother is of half Slovak ancestry. At the age of seven he decide to be an actor, which eventually led him to study cinema and photography at Ithaca College in New York. After graduating from college, David moved to Los Angeles in order to pursue a career in the movies. After some uncredited roles he received his first important role as Kelly's boyfriend in the series Married... with Children (1987). After three seasons of playing Angel in the hit series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997), he received his own spin-off show titled Angel (1999).- Producer
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David Hollander was raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He attended Mount Lebanon High School and Sewickley Academy before going to Northwestern University. He began his career as a playwright before turning his attention to film and television. He has served on the faculty of the USC Graduate Screenwriting Program.- Deane Cameron was born in 1954 in Canada. He died on 16 May 2019 in Eagle Lake, Northern Ontario, Canada.
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Mary Debra Winger was born May 16, 1955 in Cleveland, Ohio, to Ruth (Felder), an office manager, and Robert Jack Winger, a meat packer. She is from a Jewish family (originally from Austria-Hungary and the Russian Empire). Her maternal grandparents called her Mary, while her parents called her Debra (her father named her Debra after his favorite actress, Debra Paget). The family moved to California when Debra was five. She fell in love with acting in high school but kept it a secret from her family. She was a precocious teenager, having graduated high school at an early age of 15. She enrolled in college, majoring in criminology. She worked part-time in the local amusement park when she got thrown from a truck and suffered serious injuries and went temporarily blind for several months. She was in the hospital when she vowed to pursue her passion for acting.
After she recovered, she abandoned college and studied acting. Like any struggling actor, she did commercials and guest-starred on 70s TV shows like Task Force: Part I (1976) and Wonder Woman (1975), where she performed as Diana's little sister, Wonder Girl. She also made her feature film debut in the embarrassing soft-core porn film, Slumber Party '57 (1976). (Years later on Inside the Actors Studio (1994), host James Lipton asked her to name her first film, and she refused to answer him.) Her next two films, French Postcards (1979) and Thank God It's Friday (1978), did absolutely nothing for her career. When Sissy Spacek said no to playing the character Sissy in Urban Cowboy (1980), almost every young actress in Hollywood pursued the role. Debra won the role over a then-unknown Michelle Pfeiffer and gave a star-making performance as John Travolta's wife. Her handling of the mechanical bull made her a new kind of sex symbol. She would always remain grateful to her director James Bridges for threatening to quit the film if the studio didn't cast her. However, she followed it up with a flop, Cannery Row (1982). But, she became part of one of the top-grossing films of all time by providing her deep, throaty voice to the title character of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) as a favor to the film's director Steven Spielberg (Note: IMDB cast list for E.T. indicates Pat Welsh as the voice for that character.). She also appeared in the film for a few seconds in the Halloween scene, where she is wearing a zombie mask and carrying a poodle. She received her first Academy Award nomination as Best Actress for the huge hit, An Officer and a Gentleman (1982), where her on-screen love scenes with Richard Gere became just as legendary as her off-screen fights with him and with director Taylor Hackford.
Debra's reputation as a great talent, as well as her reputation as a difficult actress grew with her next film, Terms of Endearment (1983), which not only earned her a second Oscar nomination as Best Actress but also won the Best Picture as well. She also earned the Best Actress Award from the National Society of Film Critics. Debra was at the top of her game and was the most sought-after actress in Hollywood, but she turned down quality roles and lucrative offers for three years. Some speculated that the reason was her romantic involvement with Bob Kerrey, then-governor of Nebraska, while others have stated it was her back problems. Whatever her reasons were, her career lost its heat. Her long-delayed film Mike's Murder (1984), reuniting her with her "Urban Cowboy" director James Bridges, didn't help matters either when it became a critical and financial flop. Debra tried to revive her career by starring in the big-budget comedy Legal Eagles (1986), but she disliked the film so much that she publicly stated that the director, Ivan Reitman, was one of the two worst directors she worked with, the other director being Taylor Hackford (An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)). She also walked out on her agency, CAA, but returned several years later.
Her personal life made headlines when she left Bob Kerrey and eloped with Oscar-winning actor Timothy Hutton in 1986. In 1987, she gave birth to their son, Noah Hutton. She also starred in Black Widow (1987), which wasn't a hit, and acted alongside Hutton as a male angel in Made in Heaven (1987) which flopped. She followed that up by starring in another flop, Betrayed (1988), which featured a fleeting cameo by Hutton. She separated from Hutton in 1988 and they divorced in 1990, at which time she had two more bombs, Everybody Wins (1990) and The Sheltering Sky (1990). However, she relished the experience on The Sheltering Sky (1990) so much that she stayed in the Sahara desert long after filming wrapped. She came back to US and filmed a Steve Martin vehicle, Leap of Faith (1992), which did nothing for her career. But, she found love on the set of her next film, Wilder Napalm (1993) when she co-starred opposite Arliss Howard, who became her next husband. The film flopped but their marriage lasted. She received good notices for A Dangerous Woman (1993), but it was Shadowlands (1993) which finally brought her renewed respectability and her third Academy Award nomination as Best Actress. She followed that up with a forgettable comedy, Forget Paris (1995). Then, she signed to do "Divine Rapture" with Marlon Brando and Johnny Depp in a small village in Ireland, but two weeks into filming, financing fell apart, and the film was never completed. Winger was never paid for her work, and neither were the poor villagers, and Winger said she was devastated for them. Now 40, Debra felt that there were no good roles for her and she concentrated on motherhood by having a second son, Babe Howard, in 1997. Her six-year absence from films inspired a documentary by Rosanna Arquette titled Searching for Debra Winger (2002), which is about sexism and ageism in Hollywood. In 2001, she returned to acting in her husband's film, Big Bad Love (2001), which she also co-produced. It renewed her love for acting, and she has ventured out into television as well by earning her first Emmy nomination as Best Actress for Dawn Anna (2005), directed by her husband. In 2008, she wrote a well-written book, based on her personal recollections, titled "Undiscovered". And she followed that up by winning rave reviews as Anne Hathaway's mother in Jonathan Demme's Rachel Getting Married (2008). However, it wasn't enough to reignite her feature film career, so she ventured towards television in 2010 with a guest-starring role on "Law and Order" titled Boy on Fire (2010), to a seven-episode stint on In Treatment (2008), to a two-part miniseries The Red Tent (2014), to a regular role on The Ranch (2016) . Her television exposure reignited her feature film career, and she was cast in her first romantic lead in 22 years in The Lovers (2017). And she had also mellowed with age, presenting an award to Richard Gere in 2011 and saying kind things about director Taylor Hackford in 2017, after having fought with both of them during An Officer and a Gentleman (1982). Nobody can deny that Debra Winger is one of the best American actresses ever. Her fans hope that Hollywood will finally reward her talent with a long-overdue Academy Award.- Music Department
Derek Holman was born on 16 May 1931 in Cornwall, England, UK. He is known for The Wars (1983). He was married to Margaret. He died on 20 May 2019 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.- Drew Roy was born on 16 May 1986 in Clanton, Alabama, USA. He is an actor, known for Secretariat (2010), Falling Skies (2011) and Costa Rican Summer (2010). He has been married to Renee Gardner since 2015. They have one child.
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Eunetta T. Boone was born on 16 May 1955. She was a producer and writer, known for Lush Life (1996), Who Is Doris Payne? and The Hughleys (1998). She died on 20 March 2019 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Gabriela Sabatini is an Argentine former professional tennis player.
She was one of the leading players on the women's pro circuit in the late-1980s and early-1990s. She won one Grand Slam singles title at the US Open in 1990, and the women's doubles title at Wimbledon in 1988, two WTA Finals in 1988 and 1994, and a silver medal at the Seoul 1988: Games of the XXIV Olympiad (1988). Sabatini won most of the highest level regular events on the women's tour including Miami and Rome (four times).
In the late 1980s, she launched a line of fragrances after partnering with the German perfume company Muelhens. Her signature scent debuted in 1989.
Sabatini was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame on 15 July 2006. - Gisela Bernal has been married to Eros Medaglia since 19 December 2019.
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Harry Carey, Jr., had been reliable character actor for decades, mostly in Westerns, before he retired. He is the son of the actor Harry Carey and the actress Olive Carey. He was born on his parents' 1000-acre ranch near Saugus, in the northwestern part of Los Angeles County, which is now next door to Santa Clarita, a large town that certainly did not exist in 1947 or for decades longer. Thus, the young Harry Carey, Jr., grew up among cattle and horses at the ranch. Because of a large group of Navajo Indians who worked on his parents' ranch, he learned to speak the Navajo language at the same time that he was learning to speak English.
During World War II, Carey enlisted in the U.S. Navy, and he served in the Pacific Theater first as a Navy medical corpsman. However, he was transferred back to the United States (against his wishes) to serve under his father's good friend, the director John Ford, in making movies for the Navy (training films)and the O.S.S. (propaganda films).
After World War II ended, Carey tried to make a career in singing, but he was not successful at this. Hence, he moved into acting, and after a couple of small acting parts, he was given a chance to work in a motion picture with his father, the John Wayne film Red River (1948). (However, the father and the son did not have any scenes with one another). After the death of Harry Carey, Sr., in 1946, Mr. Ford gave the younger Carey a leading role in the movie that Ford dedicated to the memory of Harry Carey, Sr., in 1948, 3 Godfathers (1948).
As a full-fledged member of the noted John Ford Stock Company, Carey, Jr., appeared in many of Mr. Ford's epic Westerns during the following two decades. Carey also starred in a series-within-a-series on TV, The Adventures of Spin and Marty (1955), which was shown as a part of The Mickey Mouse Club (1955). Very boyish looks characterized Carey's early years, but he matured into a strong and familiar character actor over the following four decades, and he acted in scores of films and TV programs in his long career. Carey, Jr., is married to Marilyn Fix Carey, the daughter of the actor Paul Fix.- Actor
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This remarkable, soft-spoken American began in films as a diffident juvenile. With passing years, he matured into a star character actor who exemplified not only integrity and strength, but an ideal of the common man fighting against social injustice and oppression. He was born in Grand Island, Hall, Nebraska, the son of Herberta Elma (Jaynes) and William Brace Fonda, who was a commercial printer, and proprietor of the W. B. Fonda Printing Company in Omaha, Nebraska. His distant ancestors were Italians who had fled their country and moved to Holland, presumably because of political or religious persecution. In the mid-1600s, they crossed the Atlantic and settled in upstate New York where they founded a community with the Fonda name.
Growing up, Henry developed an early interest in journalism after having a story published in a local newspaper. At the age of twelve, he helped in his father's printing business for $2 a week. Following graduation from high school in 1923, he got a part-time job in Minneapolis with the Northwestern Bell Telephone Company which allowed him at first to pursue journalistic studies at the University of Minnesota. As it became difficult to juggle his working hours with his academic roster, he obtained another position as a physical education instructor at $30 a week, including room and board. By this time, he had grown to a height of six foot one and was a natural for basketball.
In 1925, having returned to Omaha, Henry reevaluated his options and came to the conclusion that journalism was not his forte, after all. For a while, he tried his hand at several temporary jobs, including as a mechanic and a window dresser. Then, despite opposition from his parents, Henry accepted an offer from Gregory Foley, director of the Omaha Playhouse, to play the title role in 'Merton of the Movies'. His father would not speak to him for a month. The play and its star received fairly good notices in the local press. It ran for a week, after which Henry observed "the idea of being Merton and not myself taught me that I could hide behind a mask". For the rest of the repertory season, Henry advanced to assistant director which enabled him to design and paint sets as well as act. A casual trip to New York, however, had already made him set his sights on Broadway.
In 1928, he headed east and briefly played in summer stock before joining the University Players, a group of talented Princeton and Harvard graduates among whose number were such future luminaries as James Stewart (who would remain his closest lifelong friend), Joshua Logan and Kent Smith. Before long, Henry played leads opposite Margaret Sullavan, soon to become the first of his five wives. Both marriage and the players broke up four years later. In 1932, Henry found himself sharing a two-room New York apartment with Jimmy Stewart and Joshua Logan. For the next two years, he alternated scenic design with acting at various repertory companies. In 1934, he got a break of sorts, when he was given the chance to present a comedy sketch with Imogene Coca in the Broadway revue New Faces. That year, he also hired Leland Hayward as his personal management agent and this was to pay off handsomely.
It was Hayward who persuaded the 29-year old to become a motion picture actor, despite initial misgivings and reluctance on Henry's part. Independent producer Walter Wanger, whose growing stock company was birthed at United Artists, needed a star for The Farmer Takes a Wife (1935). With both first choice actors Gary Cooper and Joel McCrea otherwise engaged, Henry was the next available option. After all, he had just completed a successful run on Broadway in the stage version. The cheesy publicity tag line for the picture was "you'll be fonder of Fonda", but the film was an undeniable hit. Wanger, realizing he had a good thing going, next cast Henry in a succession of A-grade pictures which capitalized on his image as the sincere, unaffected country boy. Pick of the bunch were the Technicolor outdoor western The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936), the gritty Depression-era drama You Only Live Once (1937) (with Henry as a back-to-the-wall good guy forced into becoming a fugitive from the law by circumstance), the screwball comedy The Moon's Our Home (1936) (with ex-wife Sullavan), the excellent pre-civil war-era romantic drama Jezebel (1938) and the equally superb Young Mr. Lincoln (1939), in which Henry gave his best screen performance to date as the 'jackleg lawyer from Springfield'. Henry made two more films with director John Ford: the pioneering drama Drums Along the Mohawk (1939) and The Grapes of Wrath (1940), with Henry as Tom Joad, often regarded his career-defining role as the archetypal grassroots American trying to stand up against oppression. It also set the tone for his subsequent career. Whether he played a lawman (Wyatt Earp in My Darling Clementine (1946)), a reluctant posse member (The Ox-Bow Incident (1942), a juror committed to the ideal of total justice in (12 Angry Men (1957)) or a nightclub musician wrongly accused of murder (The Wrong Man (1956)), his characters were alike in projecting integrity and quiet authority. In this vein, he also gave a totally convincing (though historically inaccurate) portrayal in the titular role of The Return of Frank James (1940), a rare example of a sequel improving upon the original.
Henry rarely featured in comedy, except for a couple of good turns opposite Barbara Stanwyck -- with whom he shared an excellent on-screen chemistry -- in The Mad Miss Manton (1938) and The Lady Eve (1941). He was also good value as a poker-playing grifter in the western comedy A Big Hand for the Little Lady (1966). Finally, just to confound those who would typecast him, he gave a chilling performance as one of the coldest, meanest stone killers ever to roam the West, in Sergio Leone's classic Once Upon a Time in the West (1968). Illness curtailed his work in the 1970s. His final screen role was as an octogenarian in On Golden Pond (1981), in which he was joined by his daughter Jane. It finally won him an Oscar on the heels of an earlier Honorary Academy Award. Too ill to attend the ceremony, he died soon after at the age of 77, having left a lasting legacy matched by few of his peers.- Jack Dodson was arguably best known for playing "Howard Sprague," the somewhat geeky county clerk on The Andy Griffith Show (1960). This amazingly funny character actor endeared himself to 60s and 70s audiences as the straight-laced "straight man" to the "comic idiot" character "Goober." He brought laughs throughout the end of the run of The Andy Griffith Show (1960) (Ugh!!!)- and its spin-off, the ever popular (he said facetiously), Mayberry R.F.D. (1968) (alongside Ken Berry in the "Andy" knock-off role). Dodson got his start on Broadway, later coming to Hollywood and "The Andy Griffith Show" (1960) in 1967. In fact, Andy Griffith saw Jack on Broadway in 1964's, "Hughie," and hired him for "The Andy Griffith Show" straight away.
In 1971, Mayberry R.F.D. (1968) fizzled, but Jack remained busy with television and film appearances. From his first effort in Munster, Go Home! (1966) to the Griffith film Angel in My Pocket (1969) and even a nod as "Dr. Douglas" in the very scary Disney (Ray Bradbury) film Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983). Believe it or not, Howard (Jack) did it "all, working with some of the great directors and actors of his time. From Andy Griffith to Sam Peckinpah, Bea Arthur and Jonathan Pryce; Jack Dodson made friends and history.
Dodson returned to Broadway in the revival of "You Can't Take It With You" in 1985. Jack was married to television actress Mary Dodson (the sister of actor Fritz Weaver) from 1959 until his death. In his personal life, Jack was very much "Howard". The actor was a boxing fan, and was also an outdoors man; loving to fish and camp. Jack left us all too soon, at the age of 63, from heart failure. He will be missed. - Jacob was raised in Chicago and began his career in the Chicagoland theater scene. His first project was on screen with Drunkboat, starring alongside John Malkovich, John Goodman, and Dana Delaney, which spurred him to move to Los Angeles. Within six months of being in Los Angeles he booked the lead in his first pilot audition for Greek, which ran for four years with syndication on Netflix. Since the finale of the show, Jacob continued his showcase across a wide range of projects. He recorded voice overs on King of the Hill and Surf's Up, guest starred on CSI, House, and Transformers: The Last Knight, worked on a variety of new media projects, including Legendary Digital's first acquired film The Hive, and booked six national commercials last year, a highlight being Subaru, directed by BAFTA award winner Lance Acord. In his free time, he has gone behind the camera to produce the short film Hidden America about homelessness in Sacramento and comedic pilots, Scrappers and Action Dan.
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Jade was born in Salt Lake City, UT and raised in Santa Fe, NM. At the age of 18 she moved to Los Angeles to study marine biology as well as pursue a career in film and television. She then spent the next 7 years studying with many reputable acting coaches, exploring many different facets and techniques, and ultimately focusing most of her energy on acting.- Music Artist
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Janet Damita Jo Jackson was born on May 16, 1966 in Gary, Indiana, to Katherine Jackson (née Katherine Esther Scruse) and Joe Jackson, a musician. She is the youngest of ten children. Before her birth, her brothers formed a band later called The Jackson 5. She lived at home with her sisters, while her brothers and father lived an extravagant life in Los Angeles. She later moved in with them while her brothers were making a name for themselves, and signed a deal with Motown. Janet was in the shadow but later also made a name for herself.
As she was touring, and making appearances with her brothers, and the rest of the family, she co-starred with the rest of them in "The Jacksons". In 1977, she got the part of Penny Gordon on "Good Times". That showed her acting abilities early on. She also made a few memorable appearances on the hit TV show "Diff'rent Strokes" as Charlene Dupree. Soon afterwards came her role on "Fame".
She married boyfriend James Debarge, but they divorced just months later. She signed with A&M Records, and recorded her first solo album titled "Janet Jackson". The album did poorly on the music charts. Two years later she recorded "Dream Street" which turned out to be another disaster. A year later she signed on Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis to record a third album, this time called "Control". It was a hit, selling 5 million copies in the U.S. alone, spawning six hits, and the #1 "When I Think of You". Afterwards, she fired her father, her manager to truly gain control.
Janet was determined to make this happen again. She then recorded "Rhythm Nation 1814". This time it sold 9 million copies in the U.S. - a bigger hit than "Control"! She happened to fall in love with a dancer named René Elizondo, Jr. from one of her sister's, LaToya Jackson's music video and later secretly married him in March of 1991. The year before she got a star on the Hollywood walk of fame. Janet went to work on her fifth album simply called "Janet.". It was her biggest hit to date selling over 10 million copies in the U.S. alone and includes her biggest hit single to date, "That's The Way Love Goes". Two years later she released a Greatest Hits album "Design of a Decade" which included two new hits "Runaway", and "Twenty-Foreplay". Her sixth album "The Velvet Rope" clarified her pop culture status.
In the midst of the release of "Nutty Professor II", René Elizondo filed for divorce, which is when it emerged they had been secretly married. Janet recorded her seventh album "All For You". Another hit. She was honored by MTV as an MTV Icon. In 2003, Janet went to work on her next album "Damita Jo" - it was another hit.- Actor
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Jason 'Wee Man' Acuña was born on 16 May 1973 in Pisa, Tuscany, Italy. He is an actor and writer, known for Jackass 3D (2010), Elf-Man (2011) and Jackass Number Two (2006).- Actor
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Jason is an Irish / American actor born May 16th 1986 as Jason Michael Matthewson in Donegal, Ireland. He made his Theatre debut at the age of 10, By the age of 16 he was staring in leading roles in Theatre, Film and TV in Ireland and the UK. Jason is best known for Black Ice (2013), The Dark Return Of Time (2016), Hunter Killer (2016), Transformers: The Last Knight (2017), Karmaa (2017).
Actor Jason Matthewson was born in Donegal Ireland on May 16th 1986 to parents Shaun and Vera Matthewson. He is the eldest of his siblings, with two brothers Shane and Christopher making up the family. Jason started his acting career in school plays and other amateur theatrics in his home town of Rathmullan at the tender age of 10, and moved on to take part in local stage productions, which would be held in the local venues.
Jason continued acting in stage productions for the next number of years and took part in acting lessons at school while also building on his acting experience by acting in school plays and musicals. As Jason became more and more comfortable acting on stage it became clear to him that acting was the path he wanted to follow. After completing high school in 2005 Jason studied at the world famous Stella Adler conservatory in LA whose alumni boasts some familiar names such as Marlon Brando, Robert De Niro, Sydney Pollack and Martin Sheen to name but a few.
After training in LA, Jason moved back to Irelands capital city Dublin to study in the famous Gaiety School of Acting, Dublin whose alumni boasts some familiar names such as Colin Farrell, Olivia Wilde, Aidan Turner. While studying in Dublin Jason joined the local production companies in Ireland and the UK where he continued to work in Theatre, TV and Film in both Ireland and the UK, receiving great reviews from national media and press.
In 2009 after gaining notoriety and a wealth of experience over a slew of film and TV projects Jason decided it was time to take the next step to further his acting career. Jason took the decision to return to Los Angeles California where he had spent much of his youth to continue his acting career and open up more opportunity. Jason now resides between Los Angeles and London but London has been his base in recent years. Since his return to LA Jason has consistently worked in TV and Film. In 2009 Jason landed the supporting role of 'Jose' in Threaten Too Kill opposite Massi Fullan (The Dark Knight Rises, Star Trek), The lead character of Joe McKelvey in Irish TV mini-series Execution (2012) Declan O'Riley in Black Ice (2013) opposite Love/Hate's Killian Scott, Harmonics of Solitude (2013) and a whole host of short films with some of the best up and coming film makers.
Jason's most recent credits and current projects include the lead in his forthcoming film 21 Files alongside Oscar winning actor Giancarlo Giannini, E4's Glue, E TV's The Royals and ITV's Mr Selfridge, Episode 3 of a new Sky series and the lead in a TV pilot called Private Detectives. Jason also recently completed Beautiful Devils with Game of Thrones Ian Glenn, Modern Life Is Rubbish and Allied Starring Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard. Jason will be seen guest starring on season 5 of Showtime's episodes with Matt LeBlanc the latest Jason Bourne film directed by Paul Greengrass, The Mummy with Tom Cruise and Russell Crow Hunter Killer alongside Gerard Butler and Gary Oldman and most recently the fifth instalment of Michael Bay's Transformers franchise and with other project that can't be mentioned just yet Jason's slate will have him very busy for the foreseeable future.
To find out the most up to date information on Jason, please see Jason's official Website, Blog IMDB and Fan Pages.- Jeannette Rodríguez was born on 16 May 1961 in Caracas, Venezuela. She is an actress, known for La dama de rosa (1986), Cristal (1985) and Topacio (1984).
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Born 1948 in central Copenhagen. Lived there ever since. Did 25 years of theatre, - like Alceste in the Misanthropist, Richard in Richard lll (solo), Faust in Faust, Astrov in Vanja, a lot of worried men,- stopped doing it in 1998. Since then only worried men on film. Worked on more than 100 films by Per Fly, Marc Forster, John Madden, Lone Scherfig, Sydney Pollack, Jan Troell, Martin Campbell, Anette K Olesen, Pernille Fischer Christensen, and others. Since 2000 lives with Tove Bornhoeft, wonderful Danish theatre manager/director/actress. Two grown up daughters. No animals. Dogs, pigs, chickens, cats, birds, horses, fish, rabbits - all gone now.- Actress
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Known for her portrayal of series regular Jennifer Rappaport on ABC's "One Life to Live", Jessica has cultivated her career as the leading lady in various television shows and independent films. Jessica starred in Lifetime TV's hit movie "Secret Lives Of Housewives" and has also had strong guest starring roles on popular primetime shows, including Fox's "Rosewood" and TNT's "Perception". Jessica recently recurred in Freeform's "Party of Five" remake and "The Upshaws" on Netflix. Jessica has also discovered her passion for screenwriting.- Jim Langer was born on 16 May 1948 in Little Falls, Minnesota, USA. He was married to Linda. He died on 29 August 2019 in Coon Rapids, Minnesota, USA.
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Jim was born in London, the son of Jane O. (Martin) and Peter J. S. Sturgess. He was raised in Surrey. First and foremost his interest was music. However, he began to develop a secret passion for acting, at age 8, when he auditioned for local theatre to get out of class. Whilst music appeared cool, he felt being in school plays wasn't. So he stuck with small parts, despite a yearning to be in the lead role. At age 15, he joined a band and they began lying about their ages to play gigs in pubs. At school, he received mostly low grades with the exception of music and drama.
For college, he moved to Salford because there was a lot of good music coming out of the Manchester scene. In the hopes of joining a new band, he undertook a Higher National Diploma in Media Performance at Salford University. It was here that he met people that were really interested in filmmaking, and it suddenly felt like a possible career move. He began making short films with his friends and as well as doing theater. He wrote and performed a one-man show, which led an actor in the audience to suggest Jim to his agent. The agent signed him without even meeting him.
Jim moved back to London in 2000, where he joined the band 'Saint Faith'. He had moved to Manchester to join a band, and instead fell into acting. He moved back to London for acting, and ended up joining a band. He took small roles on television to fund his life as a musician.
Problems began in the band in 2006, and Jim heard of an audition for the musical film Across the Universe (2007). He won the leading male role of Jude. He followed this film with The Other Boleyn Girl (2008) with Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson. His breakthrough role came with Dexter in One Day (2011), based on the bestselling book by David Nicholls. Before his audition, Jim hadn't read the book.- Jing Lusi was born in Shanghai and moved to England with her parents at the age of five. After graduating law from University College London, Lusi went on to become one of the most prominent Asian actresses in the UK. She has appeared across TV (Lucky Man (2016), Scott & Bailey (2011)), film (Survivor (2015), Crazy Rich Asians (2018)) and theatre, as well as presenting a number of documentaries for UK and Chinese broadcasters.
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Jocelyn Lane is one of the most stunningly beautiful, and overlooked, actresses to grace the screen. Born Jocelyn Bolton in Austria to British parents in 1937, she was the younger sister of Mara Lane, who was considered one of the most beautiful models in the UK during the early 1950s. Either because, or in spite of, her glamorous older sister, Jocelyn had established herself as a popular model and cover girl by the time she was 18, using the stage name Jackie Lane. During this period she kept extremely busy as a cover girl, appearing on hundreds of magazine covers around the world. Jackie was not above fibbing about her age; in a 1957 photo pictorial by Russ Meyer in "Modern Man", the 20-year-old Jackie is referred to as "Mara's 18-year-old sister". Soon Mara became yesterday's news and Jackie's extraordinary beauty found her heralded as the "British Bardot". Her movie roles during this period are international, and often confused with those of Jackie Lane, who played Dorothea "Dodo" Chaplet opposite William Hartnell's Doctor Who during part of 1966. Our Jackie moved to Hollywood in the mid-1960s, and began using her birth name, perhaps to avoid confusion with the "other" Jackie Lane who remained in England. There seems to have been some trouble getting the new name to stick. In the October 4, 1964, "Life" magazine, where she was the feature model in the article "The End of [Hollywood's] Great Girl Drought", she is already billed as Jocelyn Lane. Yet early publicity for the Elvis Presley musical Tickle Me (1965) still refers to her as Jackie, as does her January 1966 cover photo on "Popular Photography" magazine. Although Jocelyn feigned a convincing American accent, her aloof, haughty screen persona did not endear her to US audiences, despite several showy leading roles in popular B-films. She retired from the screen in the early 1970s, ultimately marrying Spanish royalty. However, she remains in the memory, literally becoming a fixture of her cinematic times. One image of her, used on the poster of her film Hell's Belles (1969), features a ground-level shot of the 32-year old-Jocelyn (looking all of 22) in a black leather miniskirt and boots, staring haughtily at the camera, has become an icon of 1960s pop culture.- Actor
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Joey Graceffa is a Streamy Award-winning actor, top Internet personality, and two-time Amazing Race contestant with over 8 million YouTube subscribers. Joey grew up in Boston, moving to Los Angeles at the age of 19 to pursue a career in entertainment. He has an upcoming book deal with Simon & Schuster.- Actor
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John Salley is an American retired professional basketball player, and talk show host. He was the first player in NBA history to win championships with three franchises, as well as the first player (and only one of two, the other being Tim Duncan) in the NBA to win a championship in three decades.
After being drafted in the first round out of Georgia Tech in 1986, the 6'11 (2.11 m) Salley played both power forward and center for the Detroit Pistons, Miami Heat, Toronto Raptors, Chicago Bulls, Panathinaikos B.C. and Los Angeles Lakers. He was a long-time host of the former Fox Sports Net show The Best Damn Sports Show Period (2001). He is a vegan activist, chef, and wellness entrepreneur.
John Salley had a role in Bad Boys (1995) and Bad Boys II (2003) as a thick-glassed computer hacking nerd who gets out of jail because he helps crack files for the Miami Police Department. In 1996, Salley appeared as a veteran basketball player alongside Whoopi Goldberg in the film Eddie (1996), about a fan who takes over as coach of the New York Knicks.- Animation Department
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Jon Schnepp was born on 16 May 1967 in the USA. He was a producer and director, known for The ABCs of Death (2012), The Removers (2001) and The Death of Superman Lives: What Happened? (2015). He died on 19 July 2018 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Composer
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Massachusetts native Jonathan Richman first gained fame as the frontman for the legendary The Velvet Underground-influenced proto-punk band "The Modern Lovers", who recorded their first and only album in 1973. The self-titled record included such classics as "Roadrunner", "Pablo Picasso" and "She Cracked". Yet despite his punk rock notoriety - "Roadrunner" was famously covered by Sex Pistols - Richman had a musical change of heart and resurfaced in 1977 with a new incarnation of his band on the album "Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers", and a new sound typified by simple, acoustic songs with sweet and often childlike lyrics. He gained a loyal cult following and has continued to release albums and tour. Richman made his first film appearance with a brief cameo in the Farelly brothers' 1996 film, Kingpin (1996), and later received some of his most notable mainstream exposure when he sang tunes such as "True Love is Not Nice" in 1998's Farelly smash-hit There's Something About Mary (1998).- Turu Flores is known for Videomatch (1990), Showbol Internacional (2007) and El partido del sábado (1997).
- José María Calleja was born on 16 May 1955 in León, Spain. He died on 21 April 2020 in Madrid, Spain.
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Joseph Morgan was born in London and spent his childhood with his family in Swansea, Wales. Morgan moved back to London in his late teens to study acting at the Central School of Speech and Drama. While there he continued to write and experiment with filmmaking, participating in student films and work-shopping scenes from his favorite movies. Upon graduation from Central School, Morgan was hired by acclaimed film director Peter Weir to costar opposite Russell Crowe in 'Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World.' Soon after completion of that film, director Oliver Stone hired Morgan for a strong supporting role in the feature film 'Alexander.' After 'Alexander', Morgan spent time working on stage in the West End of London, as well as starring in numerous British television dramas including BBC miniseries 'The Line of Beauty', 'Henry VIII' opposite Emily Blunt, 'Doc Martin' and 'Mansfield Park'. Morgan was also hired by Harmony Korine to play a James Dean impersonator in his film 'Mister Lonely' His big break came in 2009, when Morgan was cast in the leading role in the miniseries 'Ben Hur'. Based on the classic novel and film, 'Ben Hur' was directed by Emmy winner Steve Shill. In 2010, Morgan's film projects included the independent drama 'Angels Crest', and the big-budget film 'Immortals', in which he co-starred with Mickey Rourke. Later that year he was cast as "Klaus" a series regular in the CW hit series 'The Vampire Diaries' After two short years as "Klaus" Morgan was offered a spin-off show called 'The Originals' and centered around his character. 'The Originals' ran for five seasons earning Morgan numerous nominations as well as The People's Choice award for favorite actor in a new show. During his time on the show Morgan spent his hiatus' shooting indie films 'Open Grave' opposite Shalto Copley and 'Desiree' opposite Walton Goggins and and Ron Perlman. He went on to direct three episodes of 'The Originals' bringing his unique style to an established show, garnering a very positive response from colleagues and critics alike. In 2015 Joseph Morgan started a production Company - Night Owl Productions - with his wife and creative partner Persia White. Under that banner they wrote and produced two short films which Morgan directed. The first 'Revelation' went on to play at eight film festivals, winning the best fantasy film award at Flickers. The second 'Carousel' was filmed over seven hard days with a crew of over fifty passionate people striving to achieve maximum production value. It went on to play at numerous film festivals and win Best Drama Short at the London Independent Film Awards August 2018.- Writer
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Mexican writer who was important in the development of the "magic realism" school of Latin-American fiction. As a child growing up in the rural countryside, he witnessed the horrors of the later Cristero uprisings of 1926-29. His family of prosperous landowners lost a considerable fortune. When moved to Mexico City, Rulfo worked for a rubber company and as a film script writer. Many of the short stories that were later published in "El llano en llamas" (1953) first appeared in the review "Pan"; they depict the violence of the rural environment and the moral stagnation of its people. In them Rulfo first used narrative techniques thet later would be incorporated into the Latin-American new novel, such as the use of interior monologue, stream of consciousness, flashbacks, and shifting points of view. "Pedro Páramo" (1955) treats the physical and moral disintegration of a laconic 'cacique' (boss) and is set in a mythical hell on earth inhabited by dead individuals who are constantly haunted by their past transgressions. From 1933 Rulfo lived in Mexico City. He became director of the editorial department of the National Institute for Indigenous Studies and advised young writers at the 'Centro Mexicano de Escritores'.- Actress
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Julia Anne Voth (born May 16, 1985) is a Canadian actress and model. She is best known for her roles in the 2009 film Bitch Slap and the TV series Package Deal, as well as for being the character model for Jill Valentine from the Resident Evil video games.
Voth's modeling career has included photo shoots and commercials for brands such as Calvin Klein and Shiseido. She served as the character model for Jill Valentine of the 2002 Resident Evil video game. Her likeness was also used in several other video games in the Resident Evil franchise. After receiving a custom made Resident Evil beret from a fan, Voth was inspired to do a photo-shoot cos-playing as Valentine.
Voth starred alongside America Olivo and Erin Cummings in the action film Bitch Slap, playing the down-on-her-luck stripper named Trixie. She has also appeared on episodes of the TV series' Castle, Supernatural and Huge. Voth had a main role in the comedy sitcom Package Deal, which ran for two seasons from 2013 to 2014.
Voth is married to talent manager/film producer David Henry Zonshine.- Christopher Wilson was an actor, known for CZW: Scarred (2004), PWU Power Surge TV (2007) and CZW: Best of 2007 (2008). He died on 24 January 2020 in Yonkers, New York, USA.Justice Pain
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Kaila was born on May 16th on a cold night in Taipei, Taiwan. She moved to California when she was three years old and grew up in the Sunshine State, California.
Kaila was lucky enough to recognize her talents as a performer at an early age. She enjoyed using her vivid imagination to entertain her family by putting on shows for them. Kaila also organized singing musicals and plays for the neighborhood with her cousins and the neighborhood children.
Career driven at such a young age along with the full support of her family, Kaila's parents kept her busy with piano classes, ballet lessons, tap dancing classes, Chinese folk dancing classes, cello lessons, speed contests, SAT classes and Chinese school. All of that and she still had time to participate in extracurricular activities in high school, was on swim team and the cross country team in high school.
Kaila was a confident kid but suddenly became shy when she skipped a grade in elementary school. Kaila was suddenly out of her element and became painfully shy. No longer a confident kid in school, she had few close friends and studied hard in all her classes. She became a nerd throughout junior high and into high school. Like many, high school was the least favorite part of her life. She was a nerd with no sense of style, was painfully shy, and had strict parents that never let her out.
The biggest change in her life came the second she graduated high school and went to attend college at UCSD. She originally majored in biology because she had an interest in becoming a plastic surgeon. She ended up with an economics degree because it was the closest thing to a business degree that UCLA has just to have a generic degree to fall back on. She never intends to use that degree. Its more of a backup plan incase her career didn't go though. For the first time in her life, she felt free and far away from her strict parents! She finally overcame her shyness and partied like crazy. She always had a desire to pursue a career in the entertainment business. She realized that she needed to be in Los Angeles to pursue modeling and singing so she immediately transferred to UCLA. It was hard breaking into the industry. Kaila met lots of shady characters and con artists along the way. Kaila, being a self motivated individual had to learn to build her website on her own by reading HTML for Dummies!! She eventually got her website up and running. She got noticed by the Import industry and Playboy Magazine and finally got to follow her dream. She gained popularity through modeling in import car shows and became a full time model, working the Import Car show scene and won the title of "Most Searched Import Model.". Kaila has been featured in several magazines including Import Tuner, Playboy, and FHM. Kaila has achieved everything that she hoped for in modeling, now her heart is completely focused on music now. She knows the road is going to be a lot tougher than the modeling industry but that's not enough to stop her from pursuing her dreams.
She has a site up dedicated to her music and released her first self-titled album, "Kaila" in 2003.
With her supermodel looks, Kaila would also seem that she wouldn't leave the house unless she looked like she just stepped off the pages of Vogue. However, she chooses not to view herself as a model. As a "triple-threat" model, actress, and singer, her work includes gracing the pages of Playboy, as well as being in fashion spreads and calendars like the "Pacific USA 2001 Calendar," and even releasing her own calendar in 2003. She's made appearances in such TV shows as "MTV's House if Style," and "The Man Show," and on major networks like E!, USA, Playboy TV. Kaila Yu can also be seen in music videos, international television and films, such as "Three Sisters" and "Toilet Stories."- Director
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Coming from a lower class family Mizoguchi entered the production company Nikkatsu as an actor specialized in female roles. Later he became an assistant director and made his first film in 1922. Although he filmed almost 90 movies in the silent era, only his last 12 productions are really known outside of Japan because they were especially produced for Venice (e.g The Life of Oharu (1952) or Sansho the Bailiff (1954). He only filmed two productions in color: Yôkihi (1955) and Taira Clan Saga (1955).- Actor
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Born in Montreal Canada. Drama major at Humber College, but kicked out for only being good at comedy. Enrolled in an improv class and met David Foley. They began working as a comedy team while employed as movie ushers. In 1984 they merged with another comedy team and formed The Kids in the Hall.- Actor
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Khary Payton (born May 16, 1972) is an American actor and voice actor best known for his voice role of the DC Comics character Cyborg across various films, cartoons and video games. He is also known for his live action performances on General Hospital and The Walking Dead.
In 1986, Payton was a winner in Showtime's 1st annual Kid Talent Quest, and a recording exists of him introducing the animated film Sherlock Holmes in the Baskerville Curse.
Payton appeared on a recurring basis as Dr. Terrell Jackson on the ABC daytime soap opera General Hospital. He portrays King Ezekiel on AMC's The Walking Dead.
Payton has portrayed Cyborg in the Teen Titans animated series and Aqualad in Young Justice. In the cartoon series Justice League, Payton provided the voice of the villain Ten from the Royal Flush Gang. He also provided the voice of Drebin in the game Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, Ripcord in G.I. Joe: Renegades, Blade in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, Grimlock in Transformers: Robots in Disguise and Killer Croc in Batman: Arkham Underworld and is voicing Wasabi on the Disney XD original series Big Hero 6 based on the Marvel Comics by Man of Action and the film of the same name.- Actress
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Kirstin Taylor Maldonado is best known for winning season 3 of NBC's The Sing-Off (2009), with her group, Pentatonix.
Her roots as a performer stem back to her early days as a musical theatre aficionado. Prior to moving to Los Angeles in 2011 after she attended the University of Oklahoma on a full-ride scholarship as a National Hispanic Scholar.
Kirstin prides herself as an advocate for youth and continues to inspire adolescents to never give up on their dreams. While not on tour with Pentatonix, Kirstin's solo career includes appearances in concerts and charity galas alongside some of the industry's most respected performers and composers.- Actor
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Krist Novoselic is an American musician, political activist, best known as the bassist and a founding member of the rock band Nirvana. Nirvana achieved massive success, earning multiple gold and platinum awards and touring around the world at sold-out shows.
After Nirvana disbanded following the death of its frontman Kurt Cobain in 1994, Novoselic formed Sweet 75 in 1995 and Eyes Adrift in 2002, releasing one album with each band. From 2006 to 2009, he played in the punk rock band Flipper, and in 2011, he contributed bass and accordion to the song "I Should Have Known" on the Foo Fighters' studio album Wasting Light. He is playing bass and accordion in the band Giants in the Trees since June 2017.
Apart from his musical endeavors, Novoselic has been active politically, including the creation of Joint Artists and Musicians Political Action Committee. From 2007 through 2010, he wrote a weekly column on music and politics for the Seattle Weekly website. Since 2008, Novoselic has been board chair of the electoral reform organization FairVote.- Larry Olsen was born on 16 May 1938 in Marshalltown, Iowa, USA. He was an actor, known for Casanova Brown (1944), Curley (1947) and Room for One More (1952). He died on 24 November 2015.
- Laurette Spang was born in Buffalo, New York but raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She grew up as the middle child of a chemist father and housewife mother. She has an older brother, Richard and a younger sister, Marilyn. As a dramatic major in college, she made a college trip to New York where a chance encounter with a soap opera producer led to an audition the following summer (after graduation), and a place at the Williamtown summer theatre. That led to a scholarship at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York. Spotted by a Universal talent scout, she signed a contract and arrived in Hollywood in 1972.
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Most remembered for his extravagant costumes and trademark candelabra placed on the lids of his flashy pianos, Liberace was loved by his audiences for his music talent and unique showmanship. He was born as Wladziu Valentino Liberace on May 16, 1919, into a musical family, in Wisconsin. His mother, Frances Liberace (née Zuchowski), whose parents were Polish, played the piano. His father, Salvatore Liberace, an immigrant from Formia, Italy, played the French horn for the Milwaukee Symphony. His siblings, George Liberace, Angie Liberace and Rudy Liberace, also had musical ability. Liberace's own extraordinary natural talent became evident when he learned to play the piano, by ear, at the age of four. Although Salvatore tried to discourage his son's interest in the piano, praises from Ignacy Jan Paderewski, a famous Polish pianist, helped the young musician follow his musical career.
As a teenager, Liberace earned wages playing popular tunes at movie theaters and speakeasies. Despite being proud of his son's accomplishments, Salvatore strictly opposed Liberace's preference for popular music over the classics. Pianist Florence Bettray Kelly took control of Liberace's classical training when he was 14.
He debuted as a soloist with the Chicago Symphony, under the direction of Dr. Frederick Stock. At age 17, Liberace joined the Works Progress Administration Symphony Orchestra. He received a scholarship to attend the Wisconsin College of Music. In 1939, after a classical recital, Liberace's audience requested the popular tune, "Three Little Fishes". Liberace seized the opportunity and performed the tune with a semi-classical style which the audience loved. Soon, this unique style of playing the piano got Liberace bookings in large nightclubs.
By 1940, Liberace was traveling with his custom-made piano, on top of which he would place his candelabrum. He then took Paderewski's advice and dropped Wladziu and Valentino to become simply Liberace. South Sea Sinner (1950), a movie with Shelley Winters, was Liberace's film debut. He played a honky tonk pianist in the movie, which opened in 1950.
In 1952, The Liberace Show (1952), a syndicated television program, turned Liberace into a musical symbol. It began as a summertime replacement for The Dinah Shore Show (1951), but after two years, the show was one of the most popular on TV. It was carried by 217 American stations and could be seen in 20 foreign countries. Sold-out live appearances at Madison Square Garden enhanced the pianist's popularity even more. Soon, Liberace added flamboyant costumes and expensive ornaments to his already unique performances. His second movie, Sincerely Yours (1955), opened in 1955, and Liberace wrote his best-selling autobiography, "Liberace", in 1972. His first book, "Liberace Cooks", went into seven printings.
In 1977, Liberace founded the non-profit "Liberace Foundation for the Performing and Creative Arts". The year 1978 brought the opening of "The Liberace Museum" in Las Vegas, Nevada, which serves as key funding for the Liberace Foundation. The profits from the museum provide scholarship money for financially needy college musicians. He continued performing until the fall of 1986, despite suffering from heart disease and emphysema during most of the 1980s. A closeted homosexual his entire life, Liberace was secretly diagnosed with AIDS sometime in August 1985, which he also kept secret from the public until the day he died. His last concert performance was at Radio City Music Hall on November 2, 1986. He passed away in his Palm Springs home on February 4, 1987 at age 67.
Liberace was bestowed with many awards during his lifetime including: Instrumentalist of the Year, Best Dressed Entertainer, Entertainer of the Year, two Emmy Awards, six gold albums, and two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In The Guinness Book of World Records, he has been listed as the world's highest paid musician and pianist. Liberace was an extremely talented and versatile man. He not only played the piano, but sang, danced and joked during his performances. In fact, one of Liberace's biggest accomplishments was his ability to turn a recital into a show full of music, glitter and personality.- Lionel Scaloni was born on 16 May 1978 in Pujato, Santa Fe Province, Argentina. He is an actor, known for Aerolíneas Argentinas: Video de Seguridad 2023 (2023), Banco Macro: Pensá en Macro (2023) and LaLiga (1954). He is married to Elisa Montero. They have two children.
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Lovebug Starski, born Kevin Smith in New York City, was a well-known DJ and rapper in the South Bronx in the 1970s and 1980s. He is regarded as having coined the term "hip-hop" with a member of the rap collective the Furious Five. He died on Feb. 8, 2018, in Las Vegas.- Viola Lynn Collins was born in Houston, Texas, to Patricia Lynn (Campbell) and Phillip Dean Collins. She attended the Juilliard School for Drama and had a great deal of Shakespearean training before being cast as "Portia" in "The Merchant of Venice". She also played "Ophelia" in a production of "Hamlet" in New York, and was "Juliet" in Peter Hall's "Romeo and Juliet" at the Ahmanson theatre in Los Angeles.
- Magda Guzmán was born on 16 May 1928 in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. She was an actress, known for In the Name of Love (2008), La duda (1954) and La vida no vale nada (1955). She was married to Federico Falcón and Julian Dupre. She died on 12 March 2015 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
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Marc John Jefferies was born on 16 May 1990 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for City on a Hill (2019), Nerve (2016) and Power (2014).- Marco Aurelio Denegri was born on 16 May 1938 in Lima, Peru. He died on 27 July 2018 in Lima, Peru.
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Mary 'Mare' Megan Winningham is an actress and songwriter who has appeared in nearly 100 TV shows and feature films. She began her career in 1976 as a singer, and starred in numerous and diverse film roles before hitting it big as one of the original Brat Pack in Joel Schumacher's St. Elmo's Fire (1985) with Emilio Estevez, Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, and Ally Sheedy.
Mare attended Chatsworth High School with Val Kilmer, James Rekart and Kevin Spacey, but she was bitten by the acting bug much earlier on. She had enjoyed drama and music since primary school, taking a particular interest in the guitar and drums.
Since St. Elmo's Fire (1985), Mare has played some outstanding roles in a number of big films. She starred in the Tom Hanks comedy Turner & Hooch (1989). She has also starred in two feature films with Kevin Costner, The War (1994) and the western Wyatt Earp (1994), the latter directed by Lawrence Kasdan and co-starring Gene Hackman. Mare won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for her role opposite Jennifer Jason Leigh in Georgia (1995).
Bad Day on the Block (1997) saw her starring opposite Charlie Sheen and she put in a superb performance in Brothers (2009), a war drama co-starring Tobey Maguire and Natalie Portman.
Her myriad TV roles include ER (1994), Grey's Anatomy (2005), and 24 (2001) with Kiefer Sutherland.- Actress
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Born in Norfolk, Virginia to wealthy stockbroker Cornelius Hancock Sullavan and heiress Garland Council Sullavan, Margaret Brooke overcame a muscle weakness in her childhood to go on to become a rebellious teenager at posh private schools. She went on to perform with the University Players at Harvard and made her Broadway debut in Hello, Lola in 1926. Her Christmas Day marriage in 1931 to Henry Fonda lasted only 15 months, and her later marriages to director William Wyler and agent Leland Hayward were also tempestuous. Two of her three children, Bridget and Bill, would spend some time in mental institutions, and commit suicide. Friends noted that the collapse of her family life led to her breakdown. Her condition worsened over time, until she was discovered unconscious from barbiturate poisoning in a hotel room. Her death was ruled accidental by the county coroner.- Writer
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Mario Monicelli was born on 16 May 1915 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was a writer and director, known for The Organizer (1963), Speriamo che sia femmina (1986) and Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958). He was married to Chiara Rapaccini and Antonella Salerni. He died on 29 November 2010 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Soundtrack
Mark Fosson was born on 16 May 1950 in Ashland, Kentucky, USA. Mark died on 2 November 2018 in the USA.- Actress
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France's major sex siren of the early 50s, this lesser-remembered post-war French dish pre-dated bombshell Brigitte Bardot by a few years. Martine was born Marie-Louise (Maryse) Jeanne Nicholle Mourer on May 16, 1920, but little is known of her childhood. A chance meeting with comedian André Luguet steered her towards a career in the theatre. Trained by René Simon, she made her 1940 stage debut with "Phedre" billed as Maryse Arley.
In unbilled film parts from 1941, she subsequently caught the eye of Henri-Georges Clouzot who hired her for an upcoming film with the working title of "The Cat," based on the novel by Colette, but the project was scrapped. Nevertheless, she did attract attention in the movie La ferme aux loups (1943) (Wolf Farm), which takes advantage of her photogenic beauty and ease in front of the camera despite a limited acting ability.
A pin-up goddess and support actress throughout the 40s, Martine also appeared on the stage of the Theater of the Renaissance. A torrid affair with actor Georges Marchal, who was married to actress Dany Robin at the time, ended disastrously and she attempted suicide by taking an alcohol/drug overdose and throwing herself into the Seine River. She was saved by a taxi driver who accompanied her there. Ironically, the unhappy details surrounding her suicide attempt renewed the fascination audiences had with Martine up until that time. In 1949, she married her first husband, former American actor-turned-restaurateur Stephen Crane, who was once married to Lana Turner.
Continuing on with post-war French filming, she co-starred in such movies as Bifur 3 (1945), L'extravagante mission (1945), Trente et quarante (1946), Voyage surprise (1947), Sextette (1948), Je n'aime que toi... (1949), Une nuit de noces (1950), the title role in Dear Caroline (1951) and Adorable Creatures (1952). She scored her first box office blockbuster hit with the French Revolution epic Caroline Cherie (1953). Without a doubt, the success was prompted by her semi-nude scenes and taunting, kittenish sexuality.
From there she was off and running. Her film romps were done tastefully with an erotic twinge of innocence and gentle sexuality plus an occasional bubble bath thrown in as male bait. Her array of costumed teasers included the title role in Lucrèce Borgia (1953), as Lysistrata Daughters of Destiny (1954), Riviera (1954), the title role in Madame du Barry (1954), the title role in Nana (1955), The French, They Are a Funny Race (1955), the title role in Lola Montès (1955) and Defend My Love (1956). Several of the above-mentioned films were guided and directed by her second husband Christian-Jaque, her husband from 1954 to 1959. They later divorced due to professional conflicts and long separations.
A true feast for the eyes and one of the most beautiful actresses of her time, Martine tried to branch out internationally in films in the late 1950s. Unfortunately, Bardot had already taken over the top French sex goddess pedestal and Martine's fan base diminished. She co-starred with Van Johnson in the crime drama Action of the Tiger (1957), but it was met with indifference. She immediately returned to French/Italian films The Foxiest Girl in Paris (1957), The Stowaway (1958), La prima notte (1959), Ten Seconds to Hell (1959) and Atomic Agent (1959).
Problems with substance abuse and a severe accident severely curtailed her career in the 1960's. She continued with such films as The Battle of Austerlitz (1960) (as Empress Josephine), plus Un soir sur la plage (1961), The Counterfeiters of Paris (1961) and Beach Casanova (1962). She made her last film in 1963, which was released four years later as Hell Is Empty (1967).
Depressed, Martine turned alarmingly reclusive as a third marriage to French doctor Andre Rouveix also soured by 1962. One last marriage to fourth husband Mike Eland, an English businessman and friend of first hubby Steve Crane, seemed hopeful, but on February 6, 1967, Martine died of cardiac arrest at age 46 in the bathroom of a hotel in Monaco. Her husband discovered her. Newspapers hinted at a possible drug overdose but nothing was ever proven. She was buried in the cemetery of Cannes.- Actress
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Scots actress, long in the United States, who specialized in housekeepers and mothers, most notably the housekeeper Mrs. Hudson in the Sherlock Holmes series of movies of the Thirties and Forties. She was born Mary Gilmour, the daughter of a Glasgow wire weaver. She worked as a dressmaker before finding work on the stage. Joining a company bound for an American tour, she came to the U.S. in her twenties, apparently making a few appearances on Broadway in small roles, but primarily touring in stock. With her mother Mary and daughter (also named Mary), she arrived in Los Angeles in the mid-Twenties and began playing variations on the roles she would spend her career doing. She became friends with John Ford while making Hangman's House (1928) and made seven more films for him. In 1939, she took on her most famous role as Sherlock Holmes's housekeeper and played the role in ten films and numerous radio plays. She was a charter member of the Hollywood Canteen, entertaining servicemen throughout the Second World War. On the radio show "Those We Love," she played the regular role of Mrs. Emmett. She entered retirement just as television reshaped the entertainment industry, making only a single appearance in that medium. Very active in the Daughters of Scotia auxiliary of the Order of Scottish Clans, she lived out her final years in Pasadena, California with her daughter and grandson. She died after a long illness on August 23, 1963.- Actress
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Megan Denise Fox was born on May 16, 1986 in Oak Ridge, Tennessee and raised in Rockwood, Tennessee to Gloria Darlene Tonachio (née Cisson), a real estate manager and Franklin Thomas Fox, a parole officer. She began her drama and dance training at age 5 and at age 10, she moved to Port St. Lucie, Florida where she continued her training and finished school. Megan began acting and modeling at age 13 after winning several awards at the 1999 American Modeling and Talent Convention in Hilton Head, South Carolina. At age 17, she tested out of school using correspondence and eventually moved to Los Angeles, California. Megan made her film debut as Brianna Wallace in the Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen film, Holiday in the Sun (2001). Her best-known roles are as Sam Witwicky's love interest, Mikaela Banes in Transformers (2007) and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009), as April O'Neil in the remake Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014) and its sequel Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016), and as Jennifer Check in the horror comedy Jennifer's Body (2009).- Actress
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At sixteen years old, Melanie Lynskey dazzled the film world with an audacious debut in Peter Jackson's revered psychological crime picture, Heavenly Creatures (1994). Her electrifying portrait of Pauline Parker - high school misfit whose fierce rapport with her only friend (a pre-fame Kate Winslet) spirals dangerously out of control - was deemed "perfect" (Richard Corliss, TIME) and secured the humble New Zealander a Best Actress trophy in her motherland. Following a three-year interval spent studying at university and relocating to Los Angeles, Lynskey made a welcome return to the silver screen when she was cast as Drew Barrymore's sweet-natured stepsister in Andy Tennant's 'girl power' twist on the Brothers Grimm fairy tale, Ever After: A Cinderella Story (1998). Parts in But I'm a Cheerleader (1999), Coyote Ugly (2000), Snakeskin (2001), Sweet Home Alabama (2002), Shattered Glass (2003), and Clint Eastwood's Oscar-nominated war epic Flags of Our Fathers (2006) came next.
In the consequent years, Lynskey emerged as one of the industry's most celebrated character actors, picking up plaudits for a host of appearances in prestige vehicles such as Sam Mendes's Away We Go (2009), Jason Reitman's Up in the Air (2009), Steven Soderbergh's The Informant! (2009), Tom McCarthy's Win Win (2011), Stephen Chbosky's The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012), and Adam McKay's Don't Look Up (2021). Prolific supporting roles - opposite the calibre of George Clooney, Matt Damon and Leonardo DiCaprio - aside, spotlight turns in Hello I Must Be Going (2012), Happy Christmas (2014), The Intervention (2016) - for which she scored a Special Jury Prize at Sundance - and the genre-bending I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore (2017) have equally proved her mettle as a dynamite leading lady.
Since entering the annals of 21st century popular culture with her riotous embodiment of Rose - on the toweringly successful Two and a Half Men (2003), where she appeared for over a decade as Charlie Sheen's duplicitous admirer - Lynskey has injected her scene-stealing prowess into a multitude of small-screen gigs: among them, HBO's exalted tragicomedy Togetherness (2015), which showcased her "sublime" (Vanity Fair) depiction of a dissatisfied stay-at-home mom; macabre Stephen King spookfest Castle Rock (2018), where she headlined as pill-popping psychic Molly Strand; and all-star political period piece Mrs. America (2020), in which she joined forces with Cate Blanchett. For her spellbinding work on Showtime's Yellowjackets (2021) - where she's front-and-centre as Shauna, a suburban housewife consumed by horrific secrets - Lynskey collected the coveted Critics' Choice Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series (2022), with Rolling Stone's Alan Sepinwall describing her turn in the runaway cult smash as the "dark, messy, charismatic part she's been waiting her whole career to play".- Director
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Mike McCutchen was born on 16 May 1986 in Houston, Texas, USA. He is a director, known for A Game in the Woods, Alita: Battle Angel (2019) and The Next Kill (2018).- Actor
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Miles Heizer was born on 16 May 1994 in Greenville, Kentucky, USA. He is an actor, known for Nerve (2016), Rails & Ties (2007) and Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017).- Writer
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Nicôle Lecky was born in England, UK. She is a writer and actress, known for Sense8 (2015), Doctors (2000) and Death in Paradise (2011).- Nilton Santos was born on 16 May 1925 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He died on 27 November 2013 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- Mostly remembered today as the father of Anthony Perkins, Osgood Perkins enjoyed a successful career on Broadway, appearing in 22 major productions from 1924-36, often produced by Brock Pemberton. The highlight of his stage career was starring in the hit "The Front Page" as Walter Burns at the Times Square Theatre in 1928. Despite his status on Broadway, he was considered merely a character actor in Hollywood and died far too young of a heart attack at age 45.
- Owen de Lancie was born on 16 May 1987 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Star Trek World Tour (1998), Burl's (2003) and Journey to the Center of the Earth (1997).