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URSULA ANDRESS Date of Birth: 19 March 1936, Ostermundigen, Bern, Switzerland BIO It's probably unsurprising that one of the most famous sequences in movie history features a woman who spent most of her time faking being an actress. When Swiss bombshell Ursula Andress emerges from the sea in Dr. No (1962) in the famed white bikini, she's living proof that what's truly unique about the movies is their unsurpassed visual power. The quintessential jet-set Euro starlet, Ursula Andress was born in the Swiss canton of Berne on March 19, 1936, one of seven children in a German Protestant family. Although often seeming icily aloof, a restless streak early demonstrated itself in her personality, and she had a desire from an early age to explore the world outside Switzerland. For instance, she ran away with an Italian actor at the tender age of 17, then returned home after her parents intervened. The stunning young woman started her movie career with small roles in Italian farces which invariably focused on her impressive physical attributes. Eventually, due in part to the patronage of her paramour Marlon Brando, she signed a contract to make movies for Columbia Pictures and came to the US, but met rising star John Derek and married him in 1957, dropping out of movie-making for several years thereafter. The year 1962 saw the relatively unknown Swiss beauty back on the set, co-starring with Sean Connery in the first movie version of Ian Fleming's fanciful "James Bond" espionage novels - in Dr. No (1962), Andress' smoldering-yet-aloof screen presence immediately established her as one of the most desired women in the world, helped to start the James Bond franchise that continues to this day, and set the "Bond Girl" standard beside which all future Bond actresses would be judged (notwithstanding the fact that her Swiss/German accent was so strong that her voice had to dubbed in the movie). The success of Dr. No (1962) established her as a spectacular ornament to put on-screen alongside the most bankable talent of the 1960s, and she was cast in vehicles for such icons as Elvis Presley, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr.. In 1965, she was one of several European starlets to co-star in What's New Pussycat (1965), a movie that perhaps sums up mid-'60s pop culture better than any other - written by Woody Allen, starring Allen and Peter Sellers, with music by Burt Bacharach and a title song performed by Tom Jones, and much on-screen sexual romping. Andress made many more movies in the US and Europe from the mid-'60s to the mid-'70s, including Decima vittima, La (1965), in which she wears a famously ballistic bra, The Blue Max (1966), in which she is aptly cast as the sultry, sexually insatiable wife of an aristocratic German general in World War I, and Casino Royale (1967), another foray into the world of James Bond. Her charms seemingly undiminished by age, at 40 she could still easily play a bombshell nurse hired to titillate a doddering millionaire to death in the slight Italian sex comedy Infermiera, L' (1975). Having been divorced by Derek is 1966 so he could pursue younger lookalike Linda Evans, Andress played the field for years, reportedly involved at various times with Jean-Paul Belmondo, 'Ryan O'Neal (I)' and Warren Beatty. In 1979, she began what would be a long-term romance with Harry Hamlin, her handsome young co-star from Clash of the Titans (1981) (in which she was cast, predictably, as Aphrodite). While subsequently traveling in India, Andress' belly began to swell out of her clothing, and she felt very nauseous. What at first seemed a severe case of "Delhi Belly" turned out to be pregnancy, her first and only, at the age of 43. She and Hamlin named the child, who was born in 1980, Dimitri Hamlin. After the her son's birth, Andress scaled back her career, which now focused mostly on European TV and films, as she was raising Dimitri in Rome. She last worked on film in 1997. Her relationship with Hamlin having ended in 1982, she has lived with Lorenzo Rispoli since 1983. IMDb Mini Biography By: Larry-115

KRISTIAN ALFONSO Birth Name: Kristian-Joy Alfonso Date of Birth: 5 September 1963, Brockton, Massachusetts, USA FILMOGRAPHY "Days of Our Lives" .... Hope Brady / ... (432 episodes, 1983-2008) Day of Redemption (2004) .... Mary Everly "Secret Lives" (2003) TV series .... Host (unknown episodes) Days of Our Lives' 35th Anniversary (2000) (TV) .... Hope Williams "Friends" .... Hope (1 episode, 2000) - The One That Could Have Been: Part 1 (2000) TV episode .... Hope What Happened to Bobby Earl? (1997) (TV) .... Chelsea Coals In the Kingdom of the Blind, the Man with One Eye Is King (1995) .... Jeanna Blindfold: Acts of Obsession (1994) (TV) .... Chris Madigan "Melrose Place" .... Lauren Ethridge (7 episodes, 1993-1994) - Devil with the G-String On (1994) TV episode .... Lauren Ethridge - Imperfect Strangers (1994) TV episode .... Lauren Ethridge - In Bed with the Enemy (1994) TV episode .... Lauren Ethridge - Under the Mistletoe (1993) TV episode .... Lauren Ethridge - Duet for One (1993) TV episode .... Lauren Ethridge (2 more) "Burke's Law" .... Susan Bell (1 episode, 1994) "Baywatch" .... Debra Harris (2 episodes, 1993) ... aka Baywatch Hawaii (USA: new title) - Tentacles: Part 2 (1993) TV episode .... Debra Harris - Tentacles: Part 1 (1993) TV episode .... Debra Harris Joshua Tree (1993) .... Rita Marek "Love Stories" (1991) TV series .... Host "Falcon Crest" .... Pilar Cumson / ... (44 episodes, 1988-1990) "Full House" .... Judge / ... (2 episodes, 1988-1989) - Star Search (1989) TV episode (uncredited) .... Judge - Half a Love Story (1988) TV episode .... Robin Winslow "MacGyver" .... Deborah (2 episodes, 1988-1989) - Unfinished Business (1989) TV episode .... Deborah - The Negotiator (1988) TV episode .... Deborah Out of Time (1988) (TV) .... Cassandra Barber "Murder, She Wrote" .... Michele Gambini (1 episode, 1988) "Who's the Boss?" .... Frankie (1 episode, 1987) "Amazing Stories" (1 episode, 1985) ... aka Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories (USA: complete title) - Remote Control Man (1985) TV episode The Star Maker (1981) (TV) .... Kelly Blake

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KARTIKA LUYET Nationality: Brazilian Ethnicity: Indonesian/Swiss Hair Color: Dark brown Eye Color: Green Date of Birth: 1976 Place of Birth: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Height: 5' 10" ; 1' 78 cm Measurements: 35-24-36 ; 89-61-91

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LARA FABIAN Birth Name: Lara Crokaert Date of Birth: 9 January 1970, Etterbeek, Belgium Height: 5' 4¼" (1.63 m) BIO Raised in north Belgium and Italy by her Flemish father and Sicilian mother, the French, English, Italian and Spanish speaking Lara Fabian knew that she wanted to be a performer at an early age. With singing, dancing, piano, and music lessons to boot, Lara had already begun taking lessons at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels by the age of 8 and continued taking them for the next 10 years. By age 14, Lara Fabian had begun performing and writing songs, while her father, a former guitarist and backup vocalist, would accompany her on the guitar. All the music lessons in the world cannot take all the credit for Lara Fabian's musical formation. Lara listened to the radio and was fascinated by such artists as Barbra Streisand and the late Freddie Mercury of Queen. Listening to this diversity of music influenced Lara's style, who claims that although she is a pop singer, her music is not purely pop -- it varies from classical and rock, to country. In the years that followed, Lara Fabian entered European singing competitions, winning several prizes. Lara Fabian won fourth prize in a prestigious European competition for singing her single "Croire". Beginning to achieve success and fame in Europe with the release of several hit singles on a French label, Lara felt that she had to leave what she refers to as "conservative" Europe, so that she could be herself and explore who she really is. When Lara Fabian crossed the Atlantic and moved to Montreal, Quebec right after high school, she simply fell in love with the city and knew that this was to be her next home. Now motivated to work and start her career in North America, Lara Fabian established an independent record label and publishing company. Under the umbrella of an existing production company, and with the help of her old friend, producer/songwriter Rick Allison, Lara was ready to begin her creative process. In 1991, Lara Fabian released her first album, co-written by Rick Allison and featuring Lara singing in French, and it was a hit. Selling 100,000 copies, it led to Lara touring Quebec in support of her album. 3 years later, Lara followed up her debut album with a second musical effort, entitled Carpe Diem. This album equally did not disappoint. It has sold more than 800,000 copies and was a hit in both Quebec and France. Lara's 2 previous albums were only an inkling of the success that Lara Fabian was yet to achieve. Her third album, 1997's Pure, sold 2 million copies in France alone, and spawned several hit singles. Among them was the song "La Difference", which was an attempt to end intolerance of other's differences, specifically an end to homophobia. In Europe, the song became an anthem for tolerance. After extensive touring following the release of each album, Lara Fabian released a compilation of her live performances in Quebec and Europe, entitled Lara Fabian Live. The double album landed the number one spot on the French album chart the week it was released. Disney also asked Lara to sing as the voice of Esmerelda in the French version of The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Other recognition she has received includes: a wax effigy of Lara Fabian at the Grevin Wax Museum of Paris and the Best Selling Benelux Artist at the 1999 World Music Awards. Sony Music, who got word of Lara's tremendous success in Europe and Quebec, wanted to sign the singer/songwriter to their record label. Lara Fabian headed for the United States, and recorded her first English album, working with big league producers such as Walter Afanadieff (who has worked with Mariah Carey), Pat Leonard (Madonna) and Brian Rawling (Cher). Lara doesn't consider herself to be a singer, nor a diva -- she refers to herself as "a songwriter with a voice" -- and with her soulful voice and diverse style, Lara Fabian has definitely proven to have crossed many international boundaries. source:netglimse.com Lara Fabian - I will love again Lara Fabian - Adagio

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