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    Pamela Suzette Grier (born May 26, 1949) is an iconic American actress. She came to fame in the early 1970s, after starring in a string of moderately successful women-in-prison and blaxploitation films, and has generally remained in the public eye, starring in B-movies such as 1974's Foxy Brown, and in mainstream films such as Quentin Tarantino's 1997 film, Jackie Brown. But due to her box office smash films, Pam Grier has became the Queen Of 70's films. Grier moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1967, where she was initially hired as a receptionist at the American International Pictures company. She was discovered by director Roger Corman, who cast her in his women in p…

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    Kathryn Crosby (born November 25, 1933) is an American actress and singer who performed her most memorable roles under the stage-name Kathryn Grant. Born Olive Kathryn Grandstaff in Houston, Texas, she graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1955. Two years later she became Bing Crosby's second wife after converting to Roman Catholicism for the marriage. She was 30 years younger than Crosby. The couple had three children, Harry, Mary Frances, and Nathaniel. She appeared as a guest star on her husband's 1964–1965 ABC sitcom The Bing Crosby Show. She largely retired after their marriage, but did have a featured role in one of the m…

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    Athena Chu (born 25 October 1971) is a Hong Kong actress and singer. Biography Chu attended The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts from 1990 to 1992, during which time she hosted children's shows on the television station TVB.[1] After graduating in 1992, she started working on films, and dated actor Stephen Chow for several years, co-starring with him in A Chinese Odyssey.Her roles with Chow kick-started her film career, and she is considered one of the Sing girls. Later, she moved on to work on television dramas produced by TVB. After leaving TVB, Chu worked as a model and continued acting in films during the 1990s. In 2000, she started working on Mainland Chines…

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    Huang Yi (born September 13, 1979) is a Chinese actress and singer. She graduated from the TV Film Department of the Shanghai Institute of Oriental Culture. Filmography 1999 Be Crazy for You 为你疯狂 Reporter 2000 X Roads 新十字街头 Xie Lingling 2000 Crash Landing 紧急迫降 Air hostess 2003 Gewuji Ting'an Neiren 歌舞伎町案内人 Lili 2004 Six Strong Guys 六壮士 Baobei 2005 Everlasting Regret 长恨歌 Wang Weiwei 2006 Go Master, TheThe Go Master 吳清源 Wu Qingyuan's sister 2006 Valiant Ones New, TheThe Valiant Ones New 新忠烈圖 A'zhu 2007 Brothers 兄弟 Chong Ching 2008 Almost Perfect 十全九美 Tang Xiaodie 2008 Plastic City 荡寇 Ocho 2009 Radish Warrior 倔强萝卜 Zhao Yue 2010 Road Less Traveled, T…

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    Name: 马苏 (馬蘇) / Ma Su Profession: Actress Birthdate: 1981-Feb-17 Birthplace: Harbin, Heilongjiang, China Height: 166cm Weight: 45kg Star sign: Aquarius Chinese zodiac: Rooster Blood type: B TV Series Youth Melody (CCTV, in production) Shan Liang Bei Hou as Lan Xin (2009) Wu Cheng En Yu Xi You Ji 吴承恩与西游记 as Niu Yu Feng (2008) Qing Feng Ming Yue Jia Ren 清风明月佳人 as Li Shi Shi (2008) Sword Stained with Royal Blood as An Xiao Hui (CTV, 2007) My Kung Fu Girlfriend 我的功夫女友 as Yao Kai Xin (2005) Love in a Miracle as Sun Xiu Dong (ATV, 2004) Si Lu Hao Xia 丝路豪侠 as Tian Qin (2004) Da Tang Ge Fei as Xu He Zi (2003) Movies Tian Shang Diao Xian Bing …

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    Liu Tao (simplified Chinese: 刘涛; traditional Chinese: 劉濤; born 12 July 1978), is a Chinese actress. Her major works include Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, The Last Concubine, Princess Pearl and Dali Princess alongside popular Taiwanese actress Ruby Lin. Her performance as A'zhu in Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils won her much acclaim from viewers and critics alike. Biography Born in Nanchang, Jiangxi, China, Liu served in the entertainment division-part of a performance troop in the People's Liberation Army. TV commercials led Liu into professional acting. Because of her spunk, and her never-give up personality that resembles the typical Shanghainese girl-Xing Zi, Liu was awarded …

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    Gillian Chung Yan-tung (born 21 January 1981) is a Hong Kong-based actress and singer. She is best known as a member of the Cantopop group Twins, alongside Charlene Choi. Biography Chung was born in Hong Kong as Chung Dik-saan. It was later changed since the character Dik (狄) was believed to be too strong. So her family renamed her as Chung Ka-lai. At the age of 1, her father died. She initially grew up in a single parent family until her mother later remarried when Chung herself was in high school. Chung is a graduate of Kowloon True Light Middle School and briefly attended William Angliss in Melbourne, Australia.[6] She was given the English name Gillian while in high…

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    Annie Yi (Chinese: 伊能静; pinyin: Yī Néngjìng; Japanese: Inō Shizuka) is a singer, a writer and an actress from Republic of China (Taiwan). Born on March 4, 1969 in Taipei with the birthname of Wu Jingyi (吳靜怡), she changed her name after her mother remarried, to a Japanese man and then simplified it to Yi Neng Jing upon returning to Taiwan in 1988 to launch her singing career. She speaks Mandarin, Cantonese, Taiwanese, Japanese, and a little English. In 2010, she was selected as a judge for the television series China's Got Talent. Filmography 1995: Good Men, Good Women, Haonan haonu 1996: Goodbye South, Goodbye, Nanguo zaijan, nanguo 1997: Wolves Cry Under the Moon, G…

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    Michèle Girardon (August 9, 1938 – March 25, 1975), sometimes credited as Michele Girardon, was a French actress. Born in Lyon, France, Girardon began acting as early as 1956, and had a small but noticeable role as a deaf-mute beauty in director Luis Buñuel's La mort en ce jardin (Death In The Garden) (1956). She soon became prominent in a host of films, including those of notable directors of the French New Wave. She is probably best known as an actress for her work in director Louis Malle's Les Amants (The Lovers) in 1958, and the 1961 Howard Hawks production of Hatari! starring John Wayne and Hardy Krüger. 1963 proved to be her most active year, with several avante ga…

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    (Stephene Griffin) 1934 is born in Valley City, Medina County, Ohio July 1953 posing for photographer Andre de Dienes, she is heralded a 19-year-old actress model of Cleveland, Ohio August 1954 competes in the "Miss Rheingold of 1955" contest, the "second largest election in the United States. Lined up with her are Grace Brown of New York, Susan Alexander of North Hollywood, Nancy Woodruff of New York, Jean Moorehead of Santa Monica, and Barbara Wilson of Pasadena. "In a few months one of these lovely models will be $50,000 richer after the polls close." 3 June 1955 marries theatrical agent David L. March in Santa Barbara, California April 1956 replaces Terry Moore …

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    Eunice Gayson is a British actress born in Croydon on 17 March 1928. She is best known for playing Sylvia Trench, James Bond's girlfriend in the first two Bond films (Dr. No and From Russia with Love). Originally, Gayson was going to be cast as Miss Moneypenny, but the part went to Lois Maxwell instead. Gayson was originally to have been a regular in the Bond film series, but her character was dropped. Like nearly all of the actresses who appeared in the first two Bond films, Gayson's voice in Dr. No and From Russia with Love was overdubbed by voice actress Nikki van der Zyl, though Gayson's real voice can still be heard in original trailers for Dr. No. As the first fem…

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  12. Started by Fergetta,

    Ambra Angiolini (source: wikipedia) Ambra Angiolini (born in Rome, 22 April 1977) has been an Italian showgirl and singer in the '90s. Nowadays she mainly works as an actress. Her career began in 1992, at the age of 15, when she took part in the second edition of Non è la Rai. Her first album T'appartengo was recorded in 1994. It included 10 songs. This album was also recorded in Spanish and contained a new song called "Nel cuore, nell'anima". The Spanish production was titled "Te pertenezco". As often happens with Italian singers, the main song "'Te pertenezco' (T'appartengo)" was a success in Spain and other countries such as Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela and Chile. …

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    Monica Bârladeanu (also known as Monica Dean; b. December 12, 1978) is a Romanian actress and model. Height: 1.70 Bust: 88 Waist: 60 Hips: 90 Eyes: Green Hair: Brown Born in Iasi, Bârladeanu was a popular television host before accepting her first film role in 2004. In 2005 she played a nurse in the award-winning feature The Death of Mr. Lazarescu. In 2006 she guest starred in the hit United States television show Lost as Gabriela, a wealthy Italian woman and in Nip/Tuck as a beautiful lesbian. Filmography: # Living & Dying (2007) (as Monica Dean) .... Det. Lascar # Fall Down Dead (2007) .... Helen # "Nip/Tuck" .... Attractive Organ Thief (1 ep…

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  14. Started by UltraLoveMoon7,

    Profile * Stage name: Eugene * Real name: 김유진 / Kim Yoo Jin (Gim Yu Jin) * Nickname: Panda * Profession: Singer and actress * Birthdate: 1981-Mar-03 * Birthplace: Seoul, South Korea * Height: 160cm * Weight: 47kg * Star sign: Pisces * Blood type: A * Family: One younger sister

  15. Started by Fergetta,

    Source: IMDb Natalya Seleznyova Date of Birth: 19 June 1945, Moscow, Russia Filmography Aferisty (2008) (TV) Vy ne ostavite menya (2006) Sin neudachnika (2002) (TV) "The Smile of Melometa" (2002) TV series ... aka "Ulybka Melomety" - Russia (original title) Impotent (2001) Starye pesni o glavnom 3 (1998) (TV) .... Zinaida Mikhailovna ... aka "Old Songs of the Main Things 3" - International (English title) (informal title) Yubiley prokurora (1998) Starye pesni o glavnom 2 (1997) (TV) ... aka "Old Songs of the Main Things 2" - International (English title) (informal title) "Dom" (1995) TV series Love-Service (1995) ... aka "Lov-servis" - Russia (original title) …

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    Esther Schweins (born 18 April 1970 in Oberhausen) is a German actress and comedienne who became famous through her appearances on the RTL Samstag Nacht show for which she won the Bayerischer Fernsehpreis in 1994.

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    Nadja Tiller (born March 16, 1929, Vienna) is an Austrian actress. She won the Miss Austria election in 1949, a national beauty pageant for unmarried women in Austria. In 1955, she acted opposite O.W. Fischer in the film, Ich suche Dich, which is based on a play by A.J. Cronin. Her international breakthrough role was that of Rosemarie Nitribitt in the 1958 German movie, Das Mädchen Rosemarie. Tiller has been married since 1956 to actor Walter Giller. They have a son and a daughter.

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    Fabiana Udenio (born December 21, 1964) is an Argentine character actress and sex symbol who has appeared in film and on television. She is best known for her role as Alotta Fagina, a Bond girl parody in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery. Udenio was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina and moved to Italy where at the age of 13 was crowned "Miss Teen Italy". Fabiana's film roles include Italian foreign-exchange student Anna-Maria Mazarelli in Summer School (1987), the sunbather in the "Sunblock 5000" commercial within RoboCop 2 (1990), Dan Cain's only living girlfriend Francesca in Bride of Re-Animator (1990), as "Alotta Fagina" in Austin Powers: International Man of …

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    Italian actress Date of birth: 05.05.1985 Napoli

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    JoBeth Williams Date of Birth 6 December 1948, Houston, Texas, USA Birth Name Margaret Jobeth Williams Height 5' 7¼" (1.71 m) Mini Biography The product of a musical family, Houston-born Jobeth Williams was the daughter of an opera-singing father who encouraged her early interest in theater during high school. She made her professional debut at age 18 in a Houston-based musical production, then studied at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, with the intentions of becoming a child psychologist. The acting bug hit her again, however, and she decided to pursue theater after receiving her B.A. in English in 1970. Working intensely to lose her Texas twang,…

  21. Started by amber69,

    Dayanara Torres Dayanara Torres Delgado was born on October 28, 1974, in the small Puerto Rican town of Toa Alta. As a small town girl, Dayanara had small-town dreams, and for a while they included becoming an orthodontist. Her distinctive looks, however, soon led Dayanara on a different career path, and she began entering beauty pageants as a teenager. In 1992, she competed against the best her hometown had to offer and was crowned Miss Toa Alta. This title allowed her entry in another pageant, competing against the most attractive women in Puerto Rico. She emerged victorious, as Miss Puerto Rico. dayanara is crowned miss universe In May of 1993, Dayanara arrived in…

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    Scarlett Noelle Pomers (born November 28, 1988) is an American actress who works in television, film, theatre and music. Her most recognizable roles have been as Naomi Wildman on Star Trek: Voyager (1998-2001), and "Kyra Hart" on the television series Reba. Biography Scarlett Noelle Pomers was born in Riverside, California. When she was three years old, an agent at a local mall suggested to her mother, Michelle, that Scarlett should get in to the acting business. Scarlett began doing small jobs until they found an agent they both liked. Since then, she has been a guest star on several popular television shows, appeared in several feature films, and is now starring in th…

  23. Started by Fergetta,

    Source: IMDb Natalya Varley Date of birth: 22 June 1947, Constanta, Romania. In the late 50-ies Varley family settled in Moscow. Filmography Volkodav iz roda Serykh Psov (2007) .... Mat Kendarat ... aka "Wolfhound" - International (English title) (short title) ... aka "Wolfhound from the Tribe of Grey Dogs" - International (English title) (informal literal title) ... aka "Wolfhound of the Grey Dog Clan" - International (English title) (long title) Starye pesni o glavnom 2 (1997) (TV) .... Nina ... aka "Old Songs of the Main Things 2" - International (English title) (informal title) Volshebnik izumrudnogo goroda (1994) .... Bastinda/Gingema ... aka "The Wizard of the Ci…

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    Source: IMDb Tatiana Samoilova (Tatyana Samojlova) is a Russian film actress known for the leading roles in The Cranes Are Flying (1957) and Anna Karenina (1967). She was born on May 4, 1934, in Leningrad (St. Petersburg), Russia. Her father, Yevgeni Samojlov, was a notable Russian actor, Her mother, Zinaida Ilyinichna, was Jewish. Young Samojlova studied music under the tutelage of her mother. During the Second World War, she escaped from the siege of Leningrad with her parents, and moved to Moscow. There she studied ballet and graduated from the Ballet School of Stanislavsky Theatre. She was invited by Maya Plisetskaya to join the ballet school of Bolshoi Theatre, but s…

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    Source: wikipedia Natalya Gundareva (August 28, 1948 - May 15, 2005) - Soviet and Russian film and stage actress. One of the leading and popular actresses of the Soviet cinema. Awards and prizes Best actress of the year in the polls of the journal "Soviet Screen" (1977, 1981, 1985, 1990) Lenin Komsomol Award (1978) State Prize of the RSFSR (1980) Prize of the IX International Festival in Bulgaria (1981) USSR State Prize (1984) People's Artist of Russia (1986) Russian Union of Cinematographers Award "Nika" in the category "Actress of the Year" (1990) Prize "Diamond Crown" Russian Festival "Constellation" (1990) Prize at the International Film Festival in Montreal …

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