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Marjorie Main (February 24, 1890 – April 10, 1975) was an American character actress, mainly at MGM, perhaps best known for her role as Ma Kettle in a series of ten Ma and Pa Kettle movies. Early life and career Born Mary Tomlinson in Boggstown, Indiana, Main attended Franklin College in Franklin, Indiana, and adopted a stage name to avoid embarrassing her father, Samuel J. Tomlinson (married to Jennie L. McGaughey), who was a minister. She worked in vaudeville on the Chautauqua and Orpheum circuits, and debuted on Broadway in 1916. Her first film was A House Divided in 1931. Main began playing upper class dowagers, but was ultimately typecast in abrasive, domineering,…
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Allie Gonino is an American actress and singer. She is known for her regular role as Laurel Mercer in The Lying Game and her recurring role as Michelle in 10 Things I Hate About You, both of which were ABC Family series. Gonino was a member of the American girl group the Stunners between 2007 and 2011. Wikipedia Born: March 30, 1990 (age 31 years), Rockwall, TX Associated acts: The Stunners; The Good Mad Parents: John Gonino, Linda Gonino
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Elyse Knox (born December 14, 1917) is an American actress. Early life Born Elsie Lillian Kornbrath to Frederick and Elizabeth Kornbrath in Hartford, Connecticut, she is not the daughter of U.S. Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox, despite many sources suggesting she is. She studied at the Traphagen School of Fashion in Manhattan then embarked on a career in fashion design. Her good looks enabled her to model some of her own creations for Vogue magazine that led to a contract offer from Twentieth Century Fox film studio in 1937. Career Knox performed mainly in minor or secondary roles until 1942 when she had a leading role with Lon Chaney, Jr. in The Mummy's Tomb, one of…
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Fiona Palomo Fiona Alexa Palomo Ricco (born 12 October 1998) is a Mexican actress.
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Pauline Garon (September 9, 1900 – August 30, 1965) was a Canadian-born American silent film, feature film and stage actress. Early life Born in Montreal, Quebec as Marie Pauline Garon, Garon was the daughter of Pierre and Victoria Garon. Pierre was of French descent and Victoria's heritage was Irish. Her father first worked for the Canadian postal department, then worked at an insurance agency, where he managed to gain enough money to send his youngest child (out of eleven children) to the Couvent Sacre-Coeur (Sacred Heart Convent) in Montreal, one of the most prestigious schools in the city. Garon attended this school for seven years. She was the first graduate of the…
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Hijiri Kojima IMDbHijiri Kojima | ActressKnown for: Atsumono, Mandei, Naito heddo
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Helena Barlow (born 1998) is an English actress best known for her role as Rose Weasley in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2. In 2012, she starred as Estella, in Mike Newell's Great Expectations alongside Helena Bonham Carter and Ralph Fiennes.
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Carla Gallo - 2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards, Feb 25 '12 9HQ
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Stephanie Kay Panabaker (born May 2, 1990 in Orange, Texas), better known as Kay Panabaker, is a film and television actress now working as a zoologist She is the younger sister of fellow actress Danielle Panabaker. Following in sister Danielle Panabaker's footsteps, she started acting at various community theatres in Chicago, Illinois; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Atlanta, Georgia. In Naperville, Illinois, Kay attended Crone Middle School for sixth grade, and moved to Los Angeles, California, at the start of seventh grade. In between projects, Kay focuses on her academics. She graduated from high school as valedictorian when she was 13 years old and received h…
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Alice Joyce (born October 1, 1890 – October 9, 1955) was an American actress, who appeared in more than 200 movies during the 1910s and 1920s, perhaps best known for her roles in the 1923 silent and 1930 talking versions of The Green Goddess. Personal life Alice Joyce was born in Kansas City, Missouri to John Edward and Vallie Olive McIntyre Joyce (1873-1938). She had a brother, Francis "Frank" Joyce (1893-1935), who was 2 years younger who later became an entertainment manager. By 1900, her parent's marriage fell apart, and her father, John, took custody of little Alice and Frank and moved to Falls Church, Virginia, where Joyce spent most of her childhood. According t…
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Ramsay Ames (born Phillips Ames, March 30, 1919 – March 30, 1998) was a leading 1940s American B movie actress, model, dancer, comediene, pin-up girl and host of a television show. She was married to and later divorced Dale Wasserman, award-winning musical writer. She died of lung cancer.
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Shirley Eaton (born 12 January 1937) is an English actress. Eaton appeared regularly in British films throughout the 1950s and 1960s, and achieved notability for her performance as Bond Girl Jill Masterson in the 1964 James Bond film Goldfinger. Preferring to devote herself to raising a family, Eaton retired from acting in 1969. Life and career Early life Eaton was born on 12 January 1937 in Edgware, then in Middlesex although subsequently in London and brought up in the suburb of Harrow Weald. She attended Roe Green Junior School, on Prince's Avenue. Although close to Kingsbury Secondary Modern School, Eaton won a place at the Aida Foster School, a specialist drama …
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Peggy Knudsen (April 22, 1923 - July 11, 1980) was an American character actress. Biography Born Margaret Ann Knudsen in Duluth, Minnesota, she made her Broadway debut in My Sister Eileen. She began her film career in 1946 in A Stolen Life opposite Bette Davis. That same year, she appeared in bit parts in several films including The Big Sleep and Humoresque with Joan Crawford. Despite appearing in big budget features with established stars, Knudsen's career never took off and she was relegated to smaller roles in B movies. Her last film role was in the 1957 film Istanbul with Errol Flynn. In the 1950s and '60s, Knudsen appeared in guest starring roles on several telev…
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Anita Stewart (February 7, 1895 – May 4, 1961) was an American actress and film producer of the early silent film era. Early life and career Born in Brooklyn, New York as Anna May Stewart, she began her acting career in 1911 while still attending Erasmus High School in extra and bit parts for the Vitagraph film studios at their New York City location. Stewart was one of the earliest film actresses to achieve public recognition in the nascent medium of motion pictures and achieved a great deal of acclaim early in her acting career. Among her earlier popular roles were 1911's enormous box office hit adaptation of A Tale of Two Cities, directed by William J.Humphrey, and …
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Ashley Newbrough She was born in Rhode Island, USA, on October 13, 1987 as Ashley Elizabeth Ann Newbrough She is an actress know for Privileged (2008), Snowmance (2017) and Love under the stars (2015). and she has the most beautiful eyesfor a long time...
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Asta Nielsen (11 September 1881 - 24 May 1972), was a Danish silent film actress who was one of the most popular leading ladies of the 1910s and one of the first international movie stars. Seventy of Nielsen's 74 films were made in Germany where she was known simply as Die Asta (The Asta). Noted for her large dark eyes, mask-like face and boyish figure, Nielsen most often portrayed strong-willed passionate women trapped by tragic consequences. Due to the erotic nature of her performances, Nielsen's films were heavily censored in the United States and her work remained relatively obscure to American audiences. She is credited with transforming movie acting from overt theat…
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