Harry Carey, Jr.
Harry Carey Jr. was an American actor, who attempted a singing career to avoid acting but was unsuccessful. He began acting in the John Ford Stock Company with his father. Carey collaborated frequently with director John Ford, who was a close friend. He appeared in such notable Ford films as 3 Godfathers, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, The Searchers, and Cheyenne Autumn. Both of his parents had appearances in Ford's films as well. He became a respected character actor like his father. Carey appeared in many Westerns. He made four films with director Howard Hawks. The first was Red River, which featured both Carey and his father in separate scenes, followed by Monkey Business, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, and Rio Bravo. Carey is credited in Rio Bravo, but his scenes were cut. Carey speculated that Hawks either did not like Carey's outfit or cut the scene because Carey addressed Hawks as "Howard" instead of "Mr. Hawks".Carey also collaborated with John Wayne with whom he made nine films. He got to work with Wayne first in Red River and last in Cahill U.S. Marshal. He also starred in nine films alongside Ben Johnson, including Rio Grande and Cherry 2000. Between 1955 -1957, Carey appeared as ranch counselor Bill Burnett in the serial Spin and Marty, seen on Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Club. In the 1960s, Carey appeared on such western series as Have Gun - Will Travel and The Legend of Jesse James.In 1980, Carey portrayed George Arthur in the movie The Long Riders, a film about the exploits of Jesse James. In 1985, Carey played aging biker, Red, in the movie Mask. In 1987, Carey was a featured actor in the film, The Whales of August, with Bette Davis, Lillian Gish, Vincent Price, and Ann Sothern. In 1990, Carey appeared in the film Back to the Future Part III in a saloon scene set in 1885. In 1993, he made a cameo in the film Tombstone as Marshal Fred White.Carey appeared in Tales from the Set, a series of video interviews in which he discussed various individuals with whom he worked. In 2009, Carey and his partner Clyde Lucas completed Trader Horn: The Journey Back, a remembrance of the 1931 adventure film featuring the elder Carey. Carey attempted to produce a feature film called Comanche Stallion, a project which John Ford had considered making in the early 1960s, based on the 1958 book by Tom Millstead.He appeared in more than ninety films including several John Ford westerns as well as numerous television series.
Patty Duke
Patty Duke was born Anna Marie Duke on December 14, 1946 in Elmhurst, New York, to Frances Margaret (McMahon), a cashier, and John Patrick Duke, a cab driver and handyman. She is of Irish, and one eighth German, descent. Her acting career began when she was introduced to her brother Ray Duke's managers, John and Ethel Ross. Soon after, Anna Marie became Patty, the actress. Patty started off in commercials, a few movies and some bit parts. Her first big, memorable role came when she was chosen to portray the blind and deaf Helen Keller in the Broadway version of "The Miracle Worker". The play lasted almost two years, from October 19, 1959-July 1, 1961 (Patty left in May, 1961). In 1962, The Miracle Worker (1962) became a movie and Patty won an Academy Award for best supporting actress. She was 16 years old, making her the youngest person ever to win an Oscar. She then starred in her own sitcom titled The Patty Duke Show (1963). It lasted for three seasons, and Patty was nominated for an Emmy. In 1965, she starred in the movie Billie (1965). It was a success and was the first movie ever sold to a television network. That same year, she married director Harry Falk. Their marriage lasted four years. She then starred in Valley of the Dolls (1967), which was a financial but not a critical success. In 1969, she secured a part in an independent film called Me, Natalie (1969). The film was a box-office flop, but she won her second Golden Globe Award for her performance in it. In the early 1970s, she became a mother to actors Sean Astin (with writer Michael Tell) and Mackenzie Astin (with actor John Astin). In 1976, she won her second Emmy award for the highly successful mini-series, Captains and the Kings (1976). Other successful TV films followed. She received two Emmy nominations in 1978 for A Family Upside Down (1978) and Having Babies III (1978). She then won her third Emmy in the 1979 TV movie version of The Miracle Worker (1979), this time portraying "Annie Sullivan". In 1982, she was diagnosed with manic-depressive illness. In 1984, she became President of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG). In 1986, she married Michael Pierce, a drill sergeant whom she met while preparing for a role in the TV movie, A Time to Triumph (1986). In 1987, she wrote her autobiography, "Call Me Anna". In 1989, she and Mike adopted a baby, whom they named "Kevin". Her autobiography became a TV movie in 1990, with Patty playing herself, from her 30s onward. In 1992, she wrote her second book, "A Brilliant Madness: Living with Manic Depression Illness".Anna Marie Duke had a long and successful career, winning three Emmys. She was a mother and a political advocate for issues such as the ERA (Equal Rights Amendment), AIDS and nuclear disarmament, all despite having Manic-Depression. She died on March 29, 2016, in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, of sepsis from a ruptured intestine. Patty had proved her strength as an actress and as a person.
Fulvio Cecere
Fulvio Cecere is an American actor. Born to Italian parents, he attended Southwestern University School of Law in Los Angeles, but after one year he realized that acting, not law, was his true calling Cecere works in a variety of places, moving around between Vancouver, Toronto, Los Angeles and New York all year. He played the part of freelance detective Fred Durkin in the A&E Network's original film The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery(2000) and the series A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2001–2002). He also portrayed Lt. Thorne in Battlestar Galactica, Agent Sandoval in Dark Angel (2000–2002), and had recurring roles in TV series including Tarzan, Tilt, Blade and Intelligence. His work in feature films includes roles in Paycheck, Assault on Precinct 13, Cinderella Man, The Tortured, and Watchmen.
Nina van Pallandt
Born Nina Magdelena Møller in Copenhagen, Denmark, she was first a celebrated folk singer in Europe, together with her husband, Baron Frederik van Pallandt. They split up in 1969 and after a brief solo carrier as singer she ended up in Hollywood, appearing in several Robert Altman movies, as well as various TV series. She is also famous as the mistress of hoaxer Clifford Irving, who went to jail when his biography of Howard Hughes proved to be a fake.
Katelyn Nacon
Katelyn Nacon is an American actress.
Patrick Marber
Patrick Marber is an English writer, comedian, actor and director. He is best known for his screenplays "Closer" and "Notes On A Scandal" as well as his comedic work on Alan Partridge and The Day Today.
Vincent D'Onofrio
Vincent D'Onofrio é um ator, produtor de cinema e cantor americano. Ele primeiro ganhou atenção por seu papel em Full Metal Jacket e por seu papel em Law & Order: Criminal Intent.D'Onofrio, interpretou Wilson Fisk / Rei do Crime em Demolidor (2015 - 2018) na Netflix.
Laurence Fishburne
Ator americano de cinema e teatro, além de dramaturgo, diretor e produtor. Ele é talvez mais conhecido por seus papéis como Morpheus na trilogia de filmes de ficção científica Matrix e como o cantor e músico Ike Turner no filme biográfico de Tina Turner, O que o amor tem a ver com isso. Ele se tornou o primeiro afro-americano a retratar Otelo em um filme de um grande estúdio quando apareceu na adaptação cinematográfica de Oliver Parker de 1995 da peça de Shakespeare. Fishburne ganhou um Tony Award de Melhor Ator em Peça por sua atuação em Two Trains Running (1992) e um Prêmio Emmy por Ator Convidado de Série Dramática por sua atuação em TriBeCa (1993). O primeiro casamento de Fishburne foi com a atriz Hajna O. Moss. Eles tiveram dois filhos juntos: um filho, Langston e uma filha, Montana. Fishburne também foi casado (2002-2018) com a atriz Gina Torres. Eles tiveram uma filha juntos, Delilah.Foi indicado ao Oscar de melhor ator pelo filme What's Love Got to Do with It. De 2008 a 2011, integrou o elenco fixo da série CSI: Investigação Criminal como o perito criminal Ray Langston, e na aclamada série Hannibal como o agente do FBI Jack Crawford.
Rachel Weisz
Rachel Hannah Weisz (Londres, 7 de março de 1970) é uma atriz e modelo britânica. Weisz começou sua carreira no Trinity Hall, Cambridge no início de 1990, ela fez sua estreia no cinema no filme Death Machine (1994), mas seu primeiro papel de destaque foi no filme Chain Reaction (1996), levando a um papel de alto perfil como Evelyn Carnahan-O'Connell nos filmes de The Mummy (1999) e The Mummy Returns (2001). Outros filmes notáveis apresentando Weisz foram Enemy at the Gates, About a Boy, Constantine, e The Constant Gardener, pelo qual recebeu um Oscar, um Globo de Ouro por seu papel coadjuvante como Tessa Quayle.
Kevin Bacon
Kevin Norwood Bacon (born July 8, 1958) is an American film and theater actor whose notable roles include Animal House, Diner, Footloose, Flatliners, A Few Good Men, Apollo 13, Mystic River, The Woodsman, Friday the 13th, Hollow Man, Tremors and Frost/Nixon.Bacon has won Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Awards, was nominated for an Emmy Award, and was named by The Guardian as one of the best actors never to have received an Academy Award nomination.In 2003, Bacon received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kevin Bacon, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Kanna Hashimoto
Kanna Hashimoto (born 3 February 1999) is a Japanese idol singer and an actress managed by Yoshimoto R&C. She began her career as a member of the all-female pop group Rev. from DVL. When Hashimoto was in third grade, she signed with the agency Active Hakata in her hometown, Fukuoka. She became a member of the all-female pop group Rev. from DVL. In 2011, Hashimoto appeared in the movie I Wish. In 2013, Hashimoto gained national attention when a photo of her taken at one of Rev. from DVL's live performances went viral on 2channel and Twitter. Praised for her natural beauty, she was given titles such as "beyond cute local idol", "beyond angelic idol", and "a talent appearing once in a millennium."
Nia Vardalos
Antonia Eugenia "Nia" Vardalos (born September 24, 1962) is a Canadian-American actress, screenwriter, director, and producer. Her most notable work is the 2002 film My Big Fat Greek Wedding, which garnered her nominations for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical. She's also known for starring in the sequel My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2, and the TV series My Big Fat Greek Life.She starred in the films Connie and Carla, My Life in Ruins, I Hate Valentine's Day, and Helicopter Mom. She starred on TV as Domino in Team Knight Rider and as Annie Spiro in Graves. She hosted The Great American Baking Show along with her then husband, actor Ian Gómez.
Wesley Snipes
Wesley Trent Snipes (nascido em 31 de julho de 1962) é um ator americano, produtor de filmes e artista marcial. Ele estrelou inúmeras aventuras de ação, thrillers e filmes dramáticos e é bem conhecido por seu papel como Blade in the Blade trilogy. Snipes formou uma empresa de produção intitulada Amen-Ra Films em 1991 e uma subsidiária, a Black Dot Media, para desenvolver projetos para cinema e televisão. Snipes vem treinando em artes marciais desde a idade de doze anos, ganhando um cinto negro do 5º dan do ranking em Karate Shotokan e cinto preto do Dan Dan em Hapkido. Ele também treinou como aluno da Capoeira sob o Mestre Jelon Vieira e em várias outras disciplinas, incluindo vários estilos de kung fu. Aos 23 anos, Snipes foi descoberto por um agente durante a realização de uma competição. Ele estreou no cinema no 1986 Goldie Hawn Wildcats. Mais tarde, naquele ano, ele apareceu na moda do programa de TV de 1980, Miami Vice, como um proxeneta de drogas no episódio 'Streetwise' (primeiro a ser exibido em 5 de dezembro de 1986). Em 1987, ele apareceu como o némesis de Michael Jackson no video musical "Bad" de Martin Scorsese (ele é visto apenas na versão longa do video) e o filme Streets of Gold. No mesmo ano, Snipes também foi considerado pelo papel de Geordi La Forge na série de TV Star Trek: The Next Generation. O desempenho de Snipes no video de música "Bad" chamou a atenção do diretor Spike Lee. Snipes recusou um pequeno papel em Lee's Right Thing para a maior parte de Willie Mays Hayes na Major League, começando uma sucessão de hits de bilheteria para Snipes. Lee, mais tarde, lançou Snipes como o saxofonista de jazz Shadow Henderson em Mo 'Better Blues e como protagonista do drama romance interracial Jungle Fever. Outro papel importante para Snipes foi o poderoso senhor da droga Nino Brown em New Jack City, que foi escrito especificamente para ele por Barry Michael Cooper. Outro filme em que seu personagem estava envolvido em drogas foi o sombrio filme Sugar Hill. Embora Snipes seja mais conhecida por seus papéis em filmes de ação como Passenger 57, Demolition Man (com Sylvester Stallone), Money Train, US Marshals (uma sequela de The Fugitive) e Rising Sun (com Sean Connery), ele também teve sucesso em comedias como White Men Can not Jump e Wong Foo, obrigado por tudo! Julie Newmar, onde interpretou uma rainha drag com Patrick Swayze e John Leguizamo. Snipes também foi aclamado pela crítica por seus papéis em dramas como The Waterdance e Disappearing Acts. Snipes se casou duas vezes; primeiro, a April Snipes de 1985-1990 com quem ele tem um filho, Jelani Asar Snipes, nascido em 1988. Jelani teve um papel cameo no filme 1990 de Snipes Mo 'Better Blues. Em 2003, Snipes convidou o pintor Nakyung 'Nikki' Park, que é a mãe de seus quatro filhos mais novos: o filho Akhenaten Kihwa-T Snipes; filha Iset Jua-T Snipes (nascida em 31 de julho de 2001); filho Alaafia Jehu-T Snipes (nascido em 26 de maio de 2004); e filho Alimayu Moa-T Snipes (nascido em 26 de março de 2007). Snipes gasta muito tempo no país de origem do parque da Coréia do Sul, que ele chama de "segunda casa".
Ursula Andress
Ursula Andress is a Swiss-American actress and former sex symbol. She is best known for her role as Bond girl Honey Ryder in the first James Bond film, Dr. No, for which she won a Golden Globe. She later starred as Vesper Lynd in the Bond-parody Casino Royale.
Fisher Stevens
Fisher Stevens is an American stage and screen actor, director, writer and producer. In 2010, he was honoured with an Academy Award in the category "Best Documentary Feature" for his movie "The Cove".
Anson Mount
Anson Adams Mount IV (born February 25, 1973) is an American actor who has appeared in both movies and television shows. Mount has also played Jim Steele on the short-lived NBC series Conviction and appeared in the independent movie Tully with Julianne Nicholson, as the title character Tully Coates, a playboy whose ways are changed when he meets Ella Smalley (Nicholson), a friend of his brother.Mount is from the small town of White Bluff, Tennessee. His father, Anson Adams Mount II, was one of the original contributing editors to Playboy magazine, and his mother was a professional golfer.Mount attended Dickson County Senior High School in Dickson, Tennessee, The University of the South and Columbia University.
Debby Ryan
Deborah Ann Ryan (born May 13, 1993) is an American actress and singer. Ryan started acting in professional theatres at the age of seven; in 2007 she appeared in the Barney & Friends straight-to-DVD film Barney: Let's Go to the Firehouse and then was discovered in a nationwide search by Disney. She is also known for appearing in the 2008 feature film The Longshots as Edith. From 2008 to 2011, she starred as Bailey Pickett in The Suite Life on Deck. In 2010, she starred in the film 16 Wishes, which was the most watched cable program on the day of its premiere on the Disney Channel. 16 Wishes introduced Ryan to new audiences; the movie received high viewership in the adults demographic (18–34). Soon after that, Ryan starred in the independent theatrical film, What If..., which premiered on August 20, 2010.From 2011–2015 Ryan starred as the titular nanny on the Disney Channel original series Jessie; she also directed an episode of the series that aired on May 15, 2015. She starred in the 2012 Disney Channel Original Movie Radio Rebel, in which she portrayed Tara Adams, a shy high school student who adopts the radio persona of Radio Rebel.Description above from the Wikipedia article Debby Ryan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.