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  1. Started by knockturnal,

    Date of Birth 2 August 1964, Fort Jackson, South Carolina, USA Height 5' 8" (1.73 m) Mini Biography Southern-bred Mary-Louise Parker, from Fort Jackson, South Carolina, was born on August 2, 1964, the youngest of the family's brood. She showed potential in her teens and majored in acting in her college years, graduating from the North Carolina School of the Arts. She decided to test the waters in New York, and after work on the off-Broadway stage in the late 1980s, made her Broadway debut with "Prelude to a Kiss" in 1990, where she won the Theatre World Award, the Clarence Derwent Award and a Tony nomination. Films and TV quickly followed. She provided both poignant and a…

  2. Started by Shepherd,

    Mary Lynn Rajskub is an American actress and comedian, best known for portraying Chloe O'Brian in the Fox action thriller series ''24''. Born: June 22, 1971, Detroit, Mich. ''Kong: Skull Island'' premiere, Hollywood, Mar 8 '17

  3. Started by Shepherd,

    Oscar-nominated actress Mary McDonnell was born on April 28, 1952 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. She was raised in Ithaca, New York, and eventually studied at the Statue University of New York’s branch in Fredonia. She then attended drama school, and joined the Long Wharf Theatre Company, which is known for its performances in several venues in the East Coast. McDonnell initially made a name for herself on stage, appearing in several Broadway productions—including "The Heidi Chronicles", "Summer and Smoke" and "Execution of Justice"—and eventually winning an Obie Award in 1980 for her role in the play "Still Life". She also made several appearances on television, first i…

  4. Started by DarkOmenKnight,

    Mary Matilyn Mouser is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Samantha LaRusso in the Netflix series Cobra Kai, and Lacey Fleming on the ABC series Body of Proof. She also took over the role of Karen Grant, Fitz & Mellie's daughter on Scandal in Season 5. Wikipedia Born: May 9, 1996 (age 25 years), Pine Bluff, AR Height: 5′ 3″ Siblings: Laura Ashley Mouser, Aaron Parker Mouser

  5. Started by srepac,

    Actress, producer and screenwriter Gladys Mary Smith was born on April 8, 1892, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Known as "America’s Sweetheart," Mary Pickford was a legendary film actress during the age of silent pictures. She often appeared on screen in young girl roles, even when she was an adult. Pickford began performing at the age of five on the stage and was known for a time as "Baby Gladys." After touring in different shows and productions for more than nine years, she went to New York to conquer Broadway. Taking the stage name, Mary Pickford, she made her Broadway debut in The Warrens of Virginia. Soon after the show’s run, Mary Pickford …

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  6. Started by Twinkle,

    No woman in the history of the movies has ever experienced the popularity or power Mary Pickford enjoyed during the movies silent era. Her face was known throughout the world when the silence of movies produced a universal language. Mary was mobbed by huge crowds in Paris, London and Moscow, she was the first female movie star to have complete creative control over the production of her movies. Mary Pickford (April 8, 1892 – May 29, 1979) was an Academy Award-winning Canadian motion picture star, as well as a co-founder of the film studio United Artists and one of the original 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Known as "America's Sweetheart…

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  7. Started by srepac,

    Mary Pickford was born Gladys Louise Smith in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to Elsie Charlotte (Hennessy) and John Charles Smith. She was of English and Irish descent. Pickford began in the theater at age seven. Then known as "Baby Gladys Smith", she toured with her family in a number of theater companies. In 1907, she adopted a family name Pickford and joined the David Belasco troupe, appearing in the long-running The Warrens of Virginia". She began in films in 1909 with the 'American Mutoscope & Biograph [us]', working with director D.W. Griffith. For a short time in 1911, to earn more money, she joined the IMP Film Co. under Carl Laemmle. She returned to Biograph in 19…

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    Mary Tyler Moore (born December 29, 1936) is an American actress, primarily known for her roles in television sitcoms. Moore is best known for The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970–1977), in which she starred as Mary Richards, a 30-something single woman who worked as a local news producer in Minneapolis, and for her earlier role as Dick Van Dyke's wife on The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961–1966). She also appeared in a number of films, most notably 1980's Ordinary People, in which she played a role that was the polar opposite of the television characters she had portrayed, and for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress.

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  10. Maryam D'Abo is a British model and actress best known for being a Bond girl. She is first cousin with actress Olivia D'Abo.

  11. Started by FashionDream,

    Masiela Lusha Masiela Lusha (pronounced /ˌmɑːsiˈɛlə ˈluːʃə/; born October 23, 1985)[1] is an American author, actress and humanitarian. Born in Tirana, Albania, Lusha spent her childhood chiefly in Albania, Hungary and Austria. She studied ballet in Vienna, and then moved to Michigan in 1993, where she continued to train in various forms of dance.[2] After starring in local productions and television commercials in her childhood, Lusha and her family moved to Los Angeles at the suggestion of a Hollywood talent agent.[2] Lusha rose to fame when she portrayed the passionate and rebellious character, Carmen Lopez, on the globally syndicated Warner Brothers series,…

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    Have i made a bad search ? I have not found a thread on her.

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    Matilda Anna Ingrid Lutz (born January 28, 1991) is an Italian model and actress. She starred in the 2017 horror film Rings.

  16. Started by COP11,

    Maud Solveig Christina Wikström (born February 12, 1945), known professionally as Maud Adams, is a Swedish actress, known for her roles as two different Bond girls in The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) and as the title character in Octopussy (1983). Life and career Early life Adams was born Maud Solveig Christina Wikström in Luleå, Sweden, the daughter of Thyra, a government tax inspector, and Gustav Wikström, a comptroller. She had once wanted to work as an interpreter as she is fluent in five languages. She was discovered in 1963 in a shop by a photographer who asked to take her picture, a picture he submitted to the Miss Sweden contest arranged by the magazine Aller…

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  17. Started by Shepherd,

    Maude Apatow is an American actress. She is the elder daughter of director Judd Apatow and actress Leslie Mann and is known for her roles as the daughter to her real-life mother's characters in Knocked Up, Funny People, and This Is 40. Born: Dec. 15, 1997 ''The Late Show With Stephen Colbert'', NYC, Jul 29 '19

  18. Started by COP11,

    Maude Fealy (March 4, 1883 – November 9, 1971) was an American stage and film actress. Early life Born Maude Mary Hawk in 1883 in Memphis, Tennessee, the daughter of actress and acting coach, Margaret Fealy. Her mother remarried to Rafaello Cavallo, the first conductor of the Pueblo, Colorado Symphony Orchestra, and Fealy lived in Colorado off and on for most of her life. At the age of three, she performed on stage with her mother and went on to make her Broadway debut in the 1900 production of Quo Vadis, again with her mother Fealy toured England with William Gillette in Sherlock Holmes from 1901 to 1902. Between 1902 and 1905, she frequently toured with Sir Henry Irv…

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  19. Started by srepac,

    Maureen O'Hara (born Maureen FitzSimons; 17 August 1920 – 24 October 2015) was an Irish and American actress and singer. O'Hara was a famous redhead who was known for playing fiercely passionate but sensible heroines, often in westerns and adventure films. On numerous occasions, she worked with director John Ford and longtime friend John Wayne. O'Hara was one of the last surviving stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood. O'Hara grew up in Dublin in a Catholic family and aspired to become an actress from a very young age. She trained with the Rathmines Theatre Company from the age of 10 and at the Abbey Theatre from the age of 14. She was given a screen test, which was…

  20. Started by LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE,

    Maureen O'Hara (born August 17, 1920) is an Irish film actress and singer. The famously red-headed O'Hara has been noted for playing fiercely passionate heroines with a highly sensible attitude. She often worked with director John Ford and longtime friend John Wayne. She published her autobiography, Tis Herself, in 2004. Early life and careerO'Hara was born Maureen FitzSimons on the Lower Churchtown Rd in the Dublin suburb of Churchtown, Dublin 14, Ireland.[1] She was the second oldest of six children by Charles Stewart Parnell FitzSimons and Marguerita Lilburn FitzSimons. Her father was a Dublin businessman and part owner of Shamrock Rovers Football Club.,[2] whom she ha…

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  21. Started by COP11,

    May Allison (June 14, 1890 – March 27, 1989) was an American stage and film actress whose greatest success was achieved in the early part of the 20th century in the medium of silent film. Life and career Allison was born in Rising Fawn, Georgia, the youngest of five children born to Dr. John Simon (Sam) Allison and Nannie Virginia (Wise) Allison. Violet eyed, Allison made her Broadway stage debut in the 1914 production of Apartment 12-K before settling in Hollywood, California in the early days of motion pictures. Allison's screen debut was as an ingenue in the 1915 star-making Theda Bara vehicle A Fool There Was. When Allison was cast that same year opposite actor Har…

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    May Britt (born 22 March 1933) is a Swedish actress who had a brief career in the 1950s in Italy and later in the United States. She retired from the screen after she married Sammy Davis, Jr. in 1960. Career Maybritt Wilkens, as she was known originally, was discovered by Italian film-makers Carlo Ponti and Mario Soldati in 1951. She was an assistant to a Stockholm photographer. The two Italians were in Sweden to cast a young blonde woman for the title role in Jolanda, the Daughter of the Black Corsair. They came to the studio where she worked to view photographs of models. After meeting her, they offered her the part. May Britt, as she was renamed professionally, immed…

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    Maya Hawke Actress,model She is the Daughter of actors Uma Thurman & Ethan Hawke Date of Birth:8 July 1998 Place of Birth:New Your City Height:1.74 cm She made her screen debut as Jo March in the 2017 BBC adaptation of Little Women and is set to star as Robin in the upcoming third season of Stranger Things. Little Women ... Jo March (2017) Stranger Things ... Robin (2016-...)

  24. Name: Maya Stojan Born: June 28, 1986 Birthplace: Genova (Swiss) Domicile: Los Angeles Maya Stojan was born and raised in 1986 in Geneva, Switzerland, where she was educated at the International School of Geneva. Her mother originates from Sri Lanka and her father from the Czech Republic. Stojan has a sister, speaks English and French at an advanced level, plays golf and runs Yoga and Transcendental Meditation. In 2008 was she awarded a Bachelor of Fine Arts in acting at the Hartt School of Theatre and Music, West Hartford, Connecticut. Then she moved to Los Angeles where Stojan premiered in the short films Chasing Forever and I Kill To Live. St…

  25. Started by JDoe,

    Mayim Hoya Bialik (born December 12, 1975) is an American actress best known for her roles as Blossom Russo on NBC's Blossom and as Amy Farrah Fowler on CBS's The Big Bang Theory, for which she is currently nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. Source : Wikipedia

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