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Dorothy Lamour (December 10, 1914 – September 22, 1996) was an American film actress. She is probably best-remembered for appearing in the Road to.... movies, a series of successful comedies co-starring Bob Hope and Bing Crosby. Early lifeLamour was born Mary Leta Dorothy Slaton in New Orleans, Louisiana, the daughter of Carmen Louise (née LaPorte) and John Watson Slaton, both of whom were waiters.[1] Lamour had French Louisianan, Spanish and Irish descent.[2] Her parents' marriage lasted only a few years, with her mother re-marrying to Clarence Lambour, and Dorothy took his last name. The marriage also ended in divorce when Dorothy was a teenager. The family finances wer…
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Annette Joanne Funicello (born October 22, 1942) is an American singer and actress. She was Walt Disney's most popular cast member of The Mickey Mouse Club,[1] and went on to appear in a series of beach party films. Biography and career Early life and early stardom Born in Utica, New York to Italian-Americans Joseph and Virginia Funicello, she took dancing and music lessons as a child to try to overcome shyness. Her family moved to Southern California when she was four years old.[2] In 1955, the 12-year-old was discovered by Walt Disney as she performed as the Swan Queen in Swan Lake at a dance recital in Burbank, California. On the basis of this appearance, Disney cast h…
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Debbie Reynolds (born April 1, 1932) is an American actress, singer, and dancer who was an MGM contract star. She is also a collector of movie memorabilia Early lifeReynolds was born in El Paso, Texas, the second child of Maxine N. (née Harmon; 1913…quot;1999) and Raymond Francis Reynolds (1903…quot;1986), who was a carpenter for the Southern Pacific Railroad.[1][2] Reynolds was a Girl Scout and a troop leader (a scholarship in her name is offered to high-school age Girl Scouts). Her family moved to Burbank, California, in 1939, and she was raised in a strict Nazarene faith. At age 16, while a student at Burbank's John Burroughs High School, Reynolds won the Miss Burbank…
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Shay Mitchell is a Canadian actress and model. Shay Mitchell stars in "Pretty Little Liars" on ABC Family as Emily Fields, an athletic girl who is struggling with her sexuality and the loss of her best friend.
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Annette Vadim (born Annette Strøyberg, 7 December 1936 - 12 December 2005) was a Danish actress who was the second wife of the French film director Roger Vadim. Her films included Vadim's Les Liaisons Dangereuses (1959). Annette Strøyberg was born on 7 December 1936 on Funen Island in Denmark. In 1958, at the age of 21, she played in the film Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Roger Vadim with Gérard Philipe and Jeanne Moreau. During this production, she and Roger Vadim, who had just divorced Brigitte Bardot in December 1957, fell in love and married on 17 June 1958. They had a daughter, Nathalie Vadim, who was born in Denmark and herself became an actress. They divorced in 19…
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April 12, 1923 – January 22, 2004 Early life Miller was born in Chireno, Texas to Clara Emma (née Birdwell) and John Alfred Collier, a criminal lawyer who represented the Barrow Gang, Machine Gun Kelly, and Baby Face Nelson, among others. Miller's maternal grandmother was Cherokee. Miller's father insisted on the name Johnnie because he had wanted a boy, but she was often called Annie. She took up dancing to exercise her legs to help her rickets. She was considered a child dance prodigy. In an interview featured in a "behind the scenes" documentary on the making of the compilation That's Entertainment III, she said that Eleanor Powell was an early inspiratio…
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December 18, 1916 – July 2, 1973 Her iconic bathing suit photo made her the number-one pin-up girl of the World War II era. It was later included in the Life magazine project "100 Photos that Changed the World". Grable was particularly noted for having the most beautiful legs in Hollywood and studio publicity widely dispersed photos featuring them. Hosiery specialists of the era often noted the ideal proportions of her legs as: thigh (18.5") calf (12"), and ankle (7.5"). Grable's legs were famously insured by her studio for $1,000,000 with Lloyds of London. Early Life She was born Elizabeth Ruth Grable in St. Louis, Missouri to John Conn Grable (1883…
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Biography (from Wikipedia) Sônia Maria Campos Braga (born June 8, 1950) is a Brazilian actress. She has been nominated for both a Golden Globe Award and an Emmy Award. She was born in Maringá, Paraná, Brazil, the daughter of Maria José "Zeze" Braga, a seamstress, and a realtor father.[1] In 1975, she became famous in Brazil with the telenovela Gabriela (based on the book Gabriela, Cravo e Canela by Jorge Amado). She made another notable Jorge Amado adaptation, when she played the lead role in the film Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands ("Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos") in 1976. She made appearances in several Brazilian blockbuster films such as Lady on the Bus ("A Dama do Lot…
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Joanne Gignilliat Trimmier Woodward (born February 27, 1930) is an Academy Award winning, American actress. Woodward is also a television and theatrical producer. Early life Woodward was born in Thomasville, Georgia, daughter of Elinor Gignilliat and Wade Woodward, Jr., who at one point was vice president of publisher Charles Scribner's Sons. Her middle name, "Gignilliat", originates from distant Huguenot ancestry.She was influenced to become an actress by her mother's love of movies. Her mother named her after Joan Crawford, using the Southern pronunciation of the name - "Joanne". Attending the premiere of Gone with the Wind in Atlanta, nine-year-old Woodward rushed o…
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I don't know much about her really besides what I just found on the net but she looks alot like Aishwarya Rai. Uploaded with ImageShack.us Date of Birth (Birthday): 1987 Hair Color: Black Birth Place: Muscat, Sultanate of Oman Education: Podar College Marital Status: Single Occupation: bollywood actress Languages: Hindi, English Family Background Mother's Name: Usha Sister(s): Soumya Film Background (Filmography) Debut Film: Lucky: No Time for Love Famous Movies: Aryan, Lucky: No Time for Love Latest Movies: Aryan Other Facts: She was a TV news reader before she joined the cinema Sneha Ullal - BOLLYWOOD"I was eight years old when Aishwarya Rai was crow…
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Popular Telugu actress Genelia D'Souza got her first break in the movie 'Boys' directed by Shankar. The film was a box-office hit and soon Genelia started getting more roles. Genelia has so far acted in over a dozen Telugu, Tamil and Hindi movies. Genelia's success rate in Tollywood has been pretty good. Her movies Satyam, Masti, Samba, Sye and Happy have all fared pretty well at the box office. Despite getting good roles and her movies doing average business commercially, Genelia was still waiting for that one big hit that could change her career. The wait was not long as her most recent movie 'Bommarillu' has had a huge positive impact on Genelia�s career. Bommarillu, …
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Shirley Temple, or Shirley Jane Temple (born April 23, 1928) is a former American film and television actress, autobiographer, and public servant. She began her screen career in 1932 at the age of three, and, in 1934, skyrocketed to superstardom in Bright Eyes, a feature film designed specifically for her talents. She received a special Academy Award in February 1935, and blockbusting super hits such as Curly Top and Heidi followed year after year during the mid to late 1930s. Licensed merchandise that capitalized on her wholesome image included dolls, dishes, and clothing. Temple's box office popularity waned as she reached adolescence and she left the film industry at t…
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After recovering from polio as a child, and studying ballet, Charisse entered films in the 1940s. Her roles usually focussed on her abilities as a dancer, and she was paired with Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly; her films include Singin' in the Rain (1952), The Band Wagon (1953) and Silk Stockings (1957). She stopped dancing in films in the late 1950s, but continued acting in film and television, and in 1992 made her Broadway debut. In her later years, she discussed the history of the Hollywood musical in documentaries, and participated in That's Entertainment! III in 1994. She was awarded the National Medal of the Arts and Humanities in 2006 and died two years later as a re…
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Clara Gordon Bow (July 29, 1905 – September 27, 1965) was an American actress who rose to stardom in the silent film era of the 1920s. Her acting artistry and high spirits made her the premier flapper and the film It (1927) made her world famous. Bow came to personify the "roaring twenties" and is described as its leading sex symbol. Early life Bow was born in a tenement in Brooklyn, New York. She was the third child; the first two, also daughters, born in 1903 and 1904, died in infancy. Her mother Sarah Bow (1880-1923) was told by a doctor not to become pregnant again, because this time she might die as well. Despite this, Bow was conceived in fall of 1904. According…
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María Fernanda Yépes (born December 23, 1980 in Medellín, Colombia) is a Colombian actress and model, who is mostly known for playing Yésica "La Diabla", a crude and manipulative girl who worked recruiting, selecting, and leading groups of women for whom drug dealers would pay in advance to receive sexual services in return in the Telemundo hit series Sin Senos no hay Paraíso. Personal life María Fernanda Yepés started modeling in her country Colombia at the age of 14. As a model she has been part of important national and international campaigns including one of Colombia's top female intimates apparel. Most recently she was seen as a print model for the Swimwear line…
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Natalia Mart�ƒnez Streignard (born 9 September 1970) is a famous Venezuelan actress who is working in telenovelas and soap operas. Biography Streignard was born in Madrid, Spain. Her mother was Argentine, and her father was German. When she was 3, the whole family emigrated to Venezuela. Before becoming an actress, Streignard was a contestant in the Miss Venezuela pageant, where she was a finalist. Her acting career started shortly after (in 1992), with starring and supporting roles in several Venezuelan telenovelas. Some of her most memorable productions have been Pedacito de cielo (Marte TV, 1993), Sol de tentaci�ƒ³n (Venevisi�ƒ³n, 1996), Mi destino eres t�ƒº (Te…
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Olivia Mary de Havilland (born July 1, 1916) is an American film and stage actress. She is the elder sister of actress Joan Fontaine. Along with her sister, de Havilland is one of the last surviving female stars from 1930s Hollywood. She is also the last living lead cast member from Gone with the Wind. Early lifeOlivia de Havilland was born in Tokyo, Japan to English parents. Her mother, Lilian Augusta Ruse (1886–1975), was an actress known professionally as Lillian Fontaine, and her father, Walter Augustus de Havilland (1872–1968), was a patent attorney with a practice in Japan.[1][2] Her parents married in 1914 and divorced in 1919. Her younger sister is actress Joan F…
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Lucille Désirée Ball (August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989) was an American comedienne, film, television, stage and radio actress, model, film and television executive, and star of the sitcoms I Love Lucy, The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour, The Lucy Show and Here's Lucy. One of the most popular and influential stars in America during her lifetime, with one of Hollywood's longest careers,[2] especially on television, Ball was acting in the 1930s, becoming a B-movie star in the 1940s and a television star in the 1950s. She was still making films in the 1960s and 1970s. She was a radio actress during the 1940s, as well. Ball received thirteen Emmy Award nominations and four wins.[3] She…
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Tallulah Brockman Bankhead (January 31, 1902 – December 12, 1968) was an American actress, talk-show host, and bon vivant. Early life and family Bankhead was born in Huntsville, Alabama to William Brockman Bankhead and Adelaide Eugenia Bankhead. She was named after her paternal grandmother. Her mother died as a result of blood poisoning on February 23, 1902, shortly after Bankhead's birth. Bankhead has been described as "an extremely homely child", overweight and with a deep, husky voice resulting from chronic bronchitis. However, others described her as an exhibitionist, performer, personality, and star from the very beginning. Bankhead came from the powerful Bankhead…
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The beautiful Kirsten Johnston, the great and funny star from 3rd Rock From the Sun. Kristen Johnston (born September 20, 1967) is an American stage, film, and television actress. She may be most famous for her role as Sally Solomon in the television series 3rd Rock from the Sun. She also starred as Wilma Flintstone in The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas. Johnston is 6'1". Johnston was born in Washington, D.C., the daughter of a real estate agent and a Republican state senator from Wisconsin. Johnston was raised mostly in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, a suburb of Milwaukee, where she attended St. Eugene's Catholic Grade School and Whitefish Bay High School. She spent some …
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Bridget Kathryn Regan (born February 3, 1982; San Diego County, California) is an American film, television and theater actress currently portraying lead character Kahlan Amnell in the television series Legend of the Seeker. Career Since 2006, she has appeared in several movies and television shows. Her filmography includes The Wedding Album, Blinders, Supreme Courtships, The Babysitters and the Sex and the City movie. She also had guest appearances on the TV shows Love Monkey, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, American Experience, Six Degrees, The Black Donnellys and New Amsterdam. In 2008, Regan began filming Legend of the Seeker, a television show based on Terry Goo…
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Barbara Payton (November 16, 1927 – May 8, 1967) was an American film actress. Early life and careerBorn Barbara Lee Redfield, in Cloquet, Minnesota, she was the daughter of restaurateurs, and raised in Odessa, Texas. In 1945, at age seventeen, she headed for Hollywood in search of a career in movies and was eventually placed under contract by Universal Studios where she began appearing in bit parts. After being discovered by James Cagney and his producer brother William, Payton starred in Cagney’s Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye in 1950. She signed a contract with Cagney’s production company. Personal life In 1951, while engaged to movie actor Franchot Tone, Payton proposed mar…
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