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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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Louise Fletcher (born July 22, 1934) is an American actress best known for her role as Nurse Ratched in One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress and as Kai Winn Adami in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. She also guest starred on the science fiction television series Heroes. She also received Emmy nominations for her guest starring roles in Picket Fences and Joan of Arcadia. Early life Fletcher, the second of four children, was born in Birmingham, Alabama, the daughter of Estelle Caldwell and the Reverend Robert Capers Fletcher, who was an Episcopal priest from Arab, Alabama. Both of her parents were deaf and worked with the deaf an…
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Lynn Fontanne (pronounced /fɒnˈtæn/; 6 December 1887 — 30 July 1983) was a British actress and major stage star in the United States for over 40 years. She teamed with her husband Alfred Lunt. She lived in the United States for more than 60 years but never relinquished her British citizenship. Lunt and Fontanne shared a special Tony Award in 1970. They both won Emmy Awards in 1965, and Fontanne was a Kennedy Center honoree in 1980. Career Born Lillie Louise Fontanne in Woodford, London, Fontanne first drew popular acclaim in 1921 playing the cliché-spouting title role in the George S. Kaufman-Marc Connelly's farce, Dulcy. Dorothy Parker memorialized her performance in …
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Pauline Frederick (August 12, 1883, Boston, Massachusetts — September 19, 1938, Beverly Hills, California) was a leading Broadway actress who later became known for her Hollywood films. Early years Pauline Frederick was born Beatrice Pauline Libby in 1883. “My birthday is – or rather was, for I have had my last – August 12,” she later stated in an interview in Motion Picture Magazine (December 1918). “On that date, according to records, I joined the other little beans in Boston. I had four nationalities from which to choose my temperament – first my good old United States; second my mother’s ancestors, who were Scotch; and third, my father’s who were French and English.…
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Elsie Louise Ferguson (August 19, 1883 – November 15, 1961) was an American stage and film actress. Early life Born in New York City, Elsie Ferguson was the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Benson Ferguson, a successful attorney. Raised and educated in Manhattan, she became interested in the theater at a young age and made her stage debut at seventeen as a chorus girl in a musical comedy. She quickly became known as one of the most beautiful women to ever set foot on the American stage. For almost two years from 1903-05 she was a cast member in The Girl from Kays which despite its title starred Sam Bernard. In 1908 she was leading lady to Edgar Selwyn in Pierre of the P…
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Renée Jeanne Falconetti (July 21, 1892 – December 12, 1946), sometimes credited as Maria Falconetti, Marie Falconetti, Renée Maria Falconetti, or, simply, Falconetti, was a French stage and film actress, notable for her role as Joan of Arc in Carl Theodor Dreyer's 1928 silent film, La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc. Born in Pantin, Seine-Saint-Denis, Falconetti became a stage actress in Paris in 1918. By the time Dreyer watched her act in an amateur theater and selected her as his leading lady in his up-and-coming production La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc, she was already a celebrated stage artiste, and had appeared in one film, La Comtesse de Somerive (1917), directed by Georges D…
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Louise Fazenda (June 17, 1895 - April 17, 1962) was an American film actress, appearing chiefly in silent comedy films. Early life Of Portuguese ancestry, she was born in Lafayette, Indiana. Her father, Joseph Fazenda, was a merchandise broker. After moving west Louise attended Los Angeles High School and St. Mary's Convent. Before trying motion pictures, she worked for a dentist, a candy store owner, and a tax collector and on stage. Career Fazenda got her start in comedy shorts as early as 1913 with Joker Studios, frequently appearing with Max Asher and Bobby Vernon. She was soon recruited for Mack Sennett's troupe at Keystone Studios. As with many Keystone actors,…
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Geraldine Farrar (February 28, 1882 – March 11, 1967) was an American soprano opera singer and film actress, noted for her beauty, acting ability, and "the intimate timbre of her voice." She had a large following among young women, who were nicknamed "Gerry-flappers". Early life and opera career Farrar was born in Melrose, Massachusetts, the daughter of baseball player Sidney Farrar and his wife Henrietta Barnes. At 5 she began studying music in Boston and by 14 was giving recitals. Later she studied voice with the American soprano Emma Thursby in New York, in Paris, and finally with the Italian baritone Francesco Graziani in Berlin. Farrar created a sensation at the Be…
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Sally Margaret Field (born November 6, 1946) is an American actress, singer, producer, director, and screenwriter. In each decade of her career, she has been known for major roles in American TV/film culture, including: in the 1960s, for Gidget (1965–66) or Sister Bertrille on The Flying Nun (1967–70); in the 1970s, for Sybil (1976), Smokey and the Bandit (1977) and Norma Rae (1979); in the 1980s, for Absence of Malice, Places in the Heart (1984) and Steel Magnolias; in the 1990s, for Not Without My Daughter, Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) and Forrest Gump (1994); and in the 2000s, on the TV shows ER and Brothers & Sisters. She has also performed in numerous other roles. Fiel…
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Accola grew up in Edgewood.[1] Her father, Kevin, is a cardiothoracic surgeon[2] and her mother, Carolyn, was formerly an environmental engineer before becoming a homemaker. Both her parents are active members of the local Republican political party.[3][4] She has one younger brother.[1] Then, in the middle of her junior year at Lake Highland Preparatory School, she moved to Los Angeles.[1] Six months later, she had a deal for a CD titled It’s Always the Innocent Ones. She finished high school through correspondence and graduated with her class in 2005.[1] Accola appeared in her first movie, Pirate Camp, in 2007. Accola has guest-starred on popular TV series How I Met Yo…
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Born in Patricia Leftwich Birmingham, Alabama, Ellis began her stage career on leaving school. Given a film test while appearing on stage in New York, she was put under contract by Warner Bros. In 1932 she had two small parts, both uncredited, in the films Three on a Match and Central Park. That same year she was one of fourteen girls chosen as WAMPAS Baby Stars. Ellis, at 16, was the youngest. Among the others selected that year were future Hollywood legends Ginger Rogers and Gloria Stuart. Ellis's first credited role was the following year, in the 1933 film, The King's Vacation, starring George Arliss and Marjorie Gateson. With that film, her career took off, with her …
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Stone's break came when she was cast as Martha in New Line Cinema's Secondhand Lions. She received a Young Artist Award nomination for her role in Secondhand Lions[2] as well as a nomination for her 2005 guest appearance on House M.D.[3] She guest appeared on Line of Fire and Without a Trace. In February 2007, she joined the main cast of Disney's Wizards of Waverly Place as Harper. She has made YouTube videos with Wizards co-stars Selena Gomez and David Henrie, and created her own YouTube channel. In 2009, she had a voice role in the Disney Channel Original Movie Dadnapped. She also lent her voice to Phineas and Ferb as the voice of Amanda, Candace's daughter in the futu…
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Oscar nominated American actress, from movies such as "The 40 Year Old Virgin", and "Being John Malcovich"...
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Vera-Ellen (February 16, 1921 – August 30, 1981) was an American actress and dancer, principally celebrated for her filmed dance partnerships with Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Danny Kaye and Donald O'Connor. Early life She was born Vera Ellen Westmeier Rohe in Norwood, Ohio, an enclave within Cincinnati, to Martin Rohe and Alma Catherine Westmeier, both descended from German immigrants. She began dancing at age 10 and quickly became very proficient. At 16 she was a winner on the Major Bowes Amateur Hour, and embarked upon a professional career. Career In 1939 Vera-Ellen made her Broadway theatre debut in the Jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein musical Very Warm for May at age …
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Dale Evans was the stage name of Frances Octavia Smith (October 31, 1912 – February 7, 2001), an American writer, movie star, and singer-songwriter. She was the third wife (after the death of his second wife) of singing cowboy Roy Rogers. Biography Early life Born Lucille Wood Smith in Uvalde, Texas, her name was changed in infancy to Frances Octavia Smith. She had a tumultuous early life. At age 14, she eloped with her first husband, Thomas F. Fox. She bore one son, Thomas F. Fox, Jr., when she was 15. Divorced in 1929 at age 17, she married August Wayne Johns that same year, a union that ended in divorce in 1935. She took the name Dale Evans in the early 1930s to pr…
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Name: Carla Diaz DoB: 28 November, 1990 Height: 153cm Occupation: Actress From: Sao Paolo, Brazil Carla Diaz - VIP (Brazil) July 2011
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Date of Birth 3 February 1982, San Diego County, California, USA Birth Name Bridget Catherine Regan Height 5' 9" (1.75 m) The Best and the Brightest Robin 2008-2010 Legend of the Seeker (TV series) Kahlan Amnell / Kahlan – Tears (2010) … Kahlan Amnell – Unbroken (2010) … Kahlan Amnell – Eternity (2010) … Kahlan Amnell – Extinction (2010) … Kahlan Amnell – Walter (2010) … Kahlan Amnell See all 44 episodes » 2008 Sex and the City Hostess 2008 New Amsterdam (TV series) Daphne Tucker – Keep the Change (2008) … Daphne Tucker 2007 The Black Donnellys (TV series) Trish Hughes – Wasn't That Enough? (2007) … Trish Hughes – When the Door Opens (2007) … Tris…
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Alison Haislip - Stepping Out Magazine June 2011
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Ana Isabel Serradilla García (born August 9, 1978) is a Mexican actress. She studied acting at the Centro de Formación Actoral. (wikipedia) Ana Serradilla poses for GQ Mexico February 2011 "Blood Lust" Kristen Stewart for GQ UK, November 2011. Heide Lindgren for GQ South Africa September 2011. Mila Kunis for GQ Spain October 2011.
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Jeanne Eagels (June 26, 1890 – October 3, 1929) was an American actress on Broadway and in several motion pictures. She was a former Ziegfeld Follies Girl who went on to greater fame on Broadway and in the emerging medium of sound films. She was posthumously considered for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her 1929 role in The Letter after dying suddenly that year at the age of 39. That nomination was the first ever posthumous Oscar consideration for any actor, male or female. Early life Jeanne Eagels was born in Kansas City, Missouri to Edward and Julia Sullivan Eagles (1865–1945) on June 26, 1890 of German and Irish descent. Her parents were married on April 26,…
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'And God Created Woman' Hailey Gates for Jalouse July August 2011
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Amy Ryan Date of Birth: November 30,1969 Place of Birth: Queens,New York Height: 1.64 cm Years active: 1987-present All Movie: 55 The Office (2005-) War of the Worlds (2005) Gone Baby Gone (2007) Changeling (2008) Capote (2005) Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007) The Wire (2002-2008) Quantum Leap (1989-1993) ER (1994-2009) Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999..-) Amy Ryan is an American actress.She has been nominated for an Academy Award and Golden Globe for her perfomance in Gone Baby Gone (2007) and is also known for her roles in the HBO series The Wire,playing Port Authority Officer Beadie Russell;In Treatment,playing psychiatrist Adele…
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= http://www.filesonic.com/file/1318613474 [300 Mo ; 18 min 30 ; 640x384 ; avi] >>> Xena ~ Warrior Princess
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Lindsay Vere Duncan, CBE (born 7 November 1950) is a Scottish stage, television and film actress. On stage she won two Olivier Awards and a Tony Award for her performance in Les Liaisons dangereuses (1985–1986) and Private Lives (2001–2002), and she starred in several plays by Harold Pinter. Her most famous roles on television include: Servilia of the Junii in the HBO/BBC/RAI series Rome (2005–2007), and Adelaide Brooke in the Doctor Who special ‘The Waters of Mars’. On film she voiced the android TC-14 in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999), and she played Alice's mother in Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland (2010). She was awarded a CBE in 1999 for services to …
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Career the Actress Date of birth on July, 26th, 1982 • a lion • 28 years The birthplace Poona, India
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