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Joan Dixon (June 6, 1930, Norfolk, Virginia - February 20, 1992, Los Angeles) was an American film and television actress in the 1950s. She is known for her role in the film noir, Roadblock (1951). Biography Dixon's career, while under contract at RKO Pictures, was in the hands of Howard Hughes. He attempted but failed to make her into the star he made of Jane Russell (whom Dixon resembled). Hughes had personal contracts with Dixon, Russell, and Janis Carter. In September 1952, it was revealed that Hughes had an agreement with the Ralph E. Stolkin syndicate to lend RKO Pictures the sum of $8,000,000. The loan commitment was made as part of a sales accord following loss…
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Gloria Dickson (August 13, 1917 – April 10, 1945) was an American stage and screen actress of the 1930s and 1940s. Life and career Born in Pocatello, Idaho, Dickson began acting during high school in amateur theater productions. Encouraged by her acting coaches, she moonlighted doing dramatic readings at social clubs and on KFOX radio station in Long Beach, California. In April 1936, she was spotted by Warner Brothers talent scout Max Arnow who signed her to a Warner contract. Her auspicious film debut in 1937's They Won't Forget landed her on the top of Hollywood's short list of important up and comers, a distinction which allotted her enormous publicity. In the fall …
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Yolande Donlan (born June 2, 1920 in Jersey City, New Jersey) is an American actress who has worked extensively in the United Kingdom. She is the daughter of James Donlan, who was a hard working character actor in Hollywood films of the 1930s. It is thought that she had some uncredited roles in films including Pennies From Heaven and Love Finds Andy Hardy immediately following her father's death in 1938, but these have not been confirmed. Her early credited roles include Frenchy the maid in the horror film The Devil Bat in 1940 and she followed this up with several small roles, generally as similar French-accented maid characters. A notable stage success as Billie Dawn…
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Jill Dorothy Ireland (April 24, 1936 – May 18, 1990) was an English actress, best known for her many films with her second husband, Charles Bronson. Life and career Born in London, England, Ireland was the daughter of a wine importer. She began acting in the mid-1950s with bit parts in films including Simon and Laura (1955) and Three Men in a Boat (1956). In 1957, Ireland married actor David McCallum. The couple starred opposite each other in The Man From U.N.C.L.E. episode "The Quadripartite Affair" (season 1, episode 3 - 1964) and again four weeks later in episode 7, "The Giuoco Piano Affair". She came back a third time in "The Tigers Are Coming Affair" (episode 37 i…
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Name: 賈靜雯 (贾静雯) / Chia Ching Wen (Jia Jing Wen) English name: Alyssa Chia Also known as: 妞紐 / Niu Niu Profession: Actress, model and singer Birthdate: 1974-Oct-07 Birthplace: Taipei, Taiwan Height: 160cm Weight: 46kg Star sign: Libra Chinese zodiac: Tiger Blood type: A Family: Daughter Talent agency: Ye He Xing Guang TV Series Entangling Love in Shanghai (侬本多情) (2010) Infernal Lover as Yuan Shi Kai's daughter (SETV, 2010, guest) Bei Shang Shi Chang Shou Ge as Guan Liang Pei (2007) The 100th Bride as Yi Fan (2005) Turn Left, Turn Right / A Chance of Sunshine (向左走,向右走) (2004) Qin Wang Li Shi Min as Yan Zhi (2004) Miracle Healer as Ti Ying (2004) You Jia…
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Charlene Choi (born 22 November 1982) is a Hong Kong based actress and singer. She is a member of Cantopop group Twins, along with Gillian Chung. Biography Choi was born in Vancouver, Canada. She moved with her family to Hong Kong a few years later. She is fluent in Cantonese and Mandarin. Choi was educated at a number of institutions. After graduating from Rosaryhill School, where many other pop stars had attended, she started working full-time as a model in Hong Kong. She was scouted by Emperor Entertainment Group (EEG), and was then linked with Gillian Chung to form the Cantopop group Twins. Solo acting career Early years Aside from her musical career, Choi has be…
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Name: 舒畅 / Shu Chang Profession: Actress Birthdate: 1987-Dec-01 Birthplace: Baishan, Jilin, China Height: 163cm Weight: 42kg Star sign: Sagittarius Chinese zodiac: Rabbit Blood type: AB Family: Younger half brother TV Series Chun Qiu Yan Cheng as Luo Fu (2009) Royal Tramp as Princess Jian Ning (2008) Magic Mobile Phone as Sha Niu (CCTV, 2008) Cuo Ai Tian Shi as Zhou Jing Yi / Su Ya (2007) Lotus Lantern as Xiao Yu (CCTV, 2005) Shao Nian Da Qin Chai 少年大钦差 as Xu Lian (2004) Li Wei Dang Guan 2 as Shi Liu (2004) Huang Tai Zi Mi Shi as Princess Yun (CTV, 2004) Xiao Zhuang Mi Shi as Dong E Fei (CTV, 2003) Secret of the Linked Cities as Shui Sheng (2003) Tian…
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Name: Cecilia Cheung Chinese Name: Zhang Bai Zhi / Cheung Pak Zhi Birthday: May 24, 1980 Birthplace: Hong Kong Height: 5'5 163dm Weight: 100 lbs Education: Rmit Holmes College Hobbies: Tennis, Squash, Swimmming Family: 1 Elder Sister, 2 Younger brothers Favorite Singers: Jacky Cheung, A-mei Zhang, Shunza, Anita Mui Favorite Colors: Violet, Red, Pink, Black Favorite Food: Chocolate Favorite Drink: Chocolate Milkshake Favorite Actor/Actress: Chow Yun Fat, Dodo Cheng Favorite Animals: Dog, Tiger, Lion Traits: Fast learner, smiles a lot. Cecilia Cheung was born in Hong Kong and educated in Australia. She speaks Cantonese, Mandarin, and English. Her…
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Tina Caspary (born December 28, 1970) is an American actress, dancer and choreographer. She gained moderate attention in the late 1980s with Can't Buy Me Love. Early life Caspary grew in Southern California and has worked in every facet of the entertainment industry. She developed a vivid interest in dancing at a very young age, influenced by her mother, Brenda. She is the older sister of choreographer/dancer Dee Caspary and is now married to Ryan Cyphert. Career In the mid to late 1980s she had many minor roles in teen movies. Her first role was as a dancer in the 1982 movie Annie. In Combat Academy (also known as Combat High), Caspary starred alongside George Cloone…
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Ok, so I see there is no thread for Zuzanna, so I decided to make one Because Dorota is the such a great character It's just impossible not to love her, so if you don't, don't even dare to call yourself a real Gossip Girl fan! Date of Birth 9 August 1978, Poland Mini Biography Zuzanna Szadkowski, who went by Susan at that time, graduated in 1997 from R. Nelson Snider High School in Fort Wayne, Indiana. She also attended Blackhawk Middle School. Zuzanna was a member of the Speech team and was the national champion in the Poetry reading category in 1997. She was voted "Most Likely To Be Famous" her senior year. source: imdb
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Zoë Lister (born 12 May 1982) is an English actress from Redditch, Worcestershire, England. Her début professional rôle is as Zoe Carpenter in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks. Lister previously worked as a dancer and singer before landing her first acting job on the programme. Zoe recently revealed in a Hollyoaks Backstage official video that she shares a flat with co-star Gerard McCarthy, who plays Kris Fisher in the long-running soap Hollyoaks.
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Erin Daniels (born 9 October 1973) is an American actress. Daniels was born Erin Cohen in St. Louis, Missouri, where she grew up. Her father was an architect and her mother was a clinical social worker. She grew up in a Jewish family (her mother co-founded the Central Reform Congregation in St. Louis and her grandmother received an award from the National Conference of Christians and Jews) and attended Clayton High School. She graduated from Vassar College with her A.B. degree Art History and Architecture. Daniels changed her surname from "Cohen" to "Daniels" at the age of 22. In 2002, The St. Louis Film Festival awarded Daniels the Emerging Star Award. She has appeare…
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Lydia Cornell (born July 23, 1962) is an American actress, writer, novelist, comedienne, blogger, and talk-radio host. Early life and acting career Born in El Paso, Texas, Cornell began acting in the early 1980s. Her first role was as Ted Knight's daughter Sara on the ABC television situation comedy Too Close for Comfort from 1980 to 1985. She has also appeared on numerous television programs over the years, including Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Drew Carey Show, Quantum Leap, Full House, Knight Rider, The Dukes of Hazzard, The A-Team, T. J. Hooker, Simon & Simon, Hunter, Hardball, Black Scorpion, Love Boat (5 episodes), Hotel (2 episodes), Fantasy Island, Charlies Ang…
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Jill Curzon is a British actress most famous for her film and television appearances during the 1960s. Her television appearances include The Champions (1969), Adam Adamant Lives! (1967), The Saint (1965), Hugh and I and Disneyland (1963). Curzon's film roles include Louise, the niece of Doctor Who (Peter Cushing) in the 1966 film Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D., and an appearance in Smokescreen (1964). More recently she was interviewed about her role as Louise in Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. in the 1995 Dalekmania documentary.
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Ashton Swinford* 2011 I Am Julia (short) - Ms. Smith 2010 Psychobabble (short) - Sheila 2010 Love Requiem (short) - Meagan 2010 Casting - Amy Toro 2010 Land Without Shadows (short) - City Girl 1 (as Ashton Giaume) 2010 Mary's Journal: Episode 1 - Connected (short) - Amelia 2009 Love Simple - Amanda (as Ashton Giaume) 2008 How to Lose Friends & Alienate People - Glamorati (as Ashton Giaume) Official Site IMDB Profile
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Jill Clayburgh (April 30, 1944 – November 5, 2010) was an American actress. She received Academy Award nominations for her roles in An Unmarried Woman and Starting Over. Personal life Clayburgh was born in New York City, the daughter of Julia Louise , a theatrical production secretary for producer David Merrick, and Albert Henry "Bill" Clayburgh, a manufacturing executive. Her paternal grandmother was concert and opera singer Alma Lachenbruch Clayburgh. Clayburgh's father's family was Jewish and wealthy. She was raised in a "fashionable" neighborhood on Manhattan's Upper East Side, where she attended the prestigious Brearley School. She then attended Sarah Lawrence Col…
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Leonora Corbett (1908–1960) was a British film actress. On leaving school she studied art but later decided that she would prefer the stage. She made her debut at Cambridge and later appeared on the London stage before appearing on the screen, with Love on Wheels her film debut. Selected filmography Love on Wheels (1932) The Constant Nymph (1933) Friday the Thirteenth (1933) Lady in Danger (1935) Royal Cavalcade (1935) The Price of Folly (1937) I, Claudius (1937) Farewell Again (1938) Anything to Declare? (1938)
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Date of Birth 18 July 1920, Los Angeles County, California, USA Date of Death 31 August 1995, Paradise, Butte County, California, USA Birth Name Mildred Blanche Coles Mini Biography Mildred Coles was a former beauty queen and a Western character actress. Her favorite film was - Oklahoma Badlands (1948) which starred Alan "Rocky" Lane. An RKO starlet of the early 1940s, Mildred Coles ran the gamut from playing such "fallen" girls as the title role in Play Girl (1940) and a dysfunctional wife in the exploitation classic Bob and Sally (1948), to appearing as Allan "Rocky" Lane's leading lady in three Republic Westerns (1948). A typical road-show spectacular in whi…
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Edith Madeleine Carroll (26 February 1906 – 2 October 1987) was an English actress, popular in the 1930s and 1940s. Early life Carroll was born at 32 Herbert Street (now number 44) in West Bromwich, England. She graduated from the University of Birmingham, England with a B.A. degree. She once taught in a girl's public school. Acting career Carroll made her stage debut with a touring company in The Lash. Widely recognized as one of the most beautiful women in films (she won a film beauty competition to start herself off in the business), Carroll's aristocratic blonde allure and sophisticated style were first glimpsed by British movie audiences in The Guns of Loos in 1…
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Marguerite Churchill (December 25, 1910 – January 9, 2000) was an American movie actress with a film career spanning from 1929 to 1952. She was daughter of a producer who owned a chain of theaters but he died when she was ten years old. She was educated in New York at the Professional Children's School and the Theatre Guild Dramatic School. She appeared on stage and was applauded on Broadway as a leading lady when just sixteen years old. An official of the Fox Company saw her acting and gave her a contract which shortly afterwards led her to debut on screen in The Diplomats. Career She played leading lady to John Wayne in The Big Trail (1930), an early widescreen epic …
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Joan Caulfield (June 1, 1922 - June 18, 1991) was an American actress and former fashion model. After being discovered by Broadway producers, she began a stage career in 1943 that eventually led to signing as an actress with Paramount Pictures. Life and career Born while her family resided in East Orange, New Jersey, she moved to West Orange during childhood but continued attending Miss Beard's School in Orange, New Jersey. During her teenage years, the family moved to New York City where Joan eventually attended Columbia University. One of her most memorable roles was when she was lent out to Warner Bros. to appear in The Unsuspected (1947) alongside Claude Rains and…
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Alicia Coppola (born April 12, 1968) is an American television actress. Career Coppola started her TV career as a hostess on the MTV game show Remote Control. In 1991, she was hired to play vixen Lorna Devon on the soap opera Another World; she played the role until 1994. Her better-known TV jobs include a recurring role on Trinity (1998–1999), a starring role on the American remake of the British comedy Cold Feet (1999), and top billing on the TNT drama Bull (2000). She appeared briefly as Lt. Stadi in the pilot episode of Star Trek: Voyager, played a murderer on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and a widow who marries her late husband's killer on Law & Order: Crimin…
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American actress born in Richmond, Virginia Filmography Vengeance (1918) [Actress .... Hindu Wife] Stolen Hours (1918) [Actress .... Lady Hermione] A Self-Made Widow (1917) [Actress .... Della] The Page Mystery (1917) [Actress .... Kathleen Lorraine] Miss Petticoats (1916) [Actress .... Mrs. Worth Courtleigh] The Unpardonable Sin (1916/I) [Actress .... Mae Forsythe] (as Lila Hayward Chester) The Sins of Society (1915) [Actress .... Madame D'Orville] (as Lila Hayward Chester) The Little Mademoiselle (1915) [Actress .... Gabrielle D'Ornay] A Plugged Nickel (1915) [Actress .... Lila Christopher - Wife] (as Lila Hayward Chester) The Bridal Bouquet (1915) [Actress] …
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