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Ronald Colman
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About: Born Richmond, Surrey, England on February 9, 1891. Height 5 feet 11 inches; dark brown hair and eyes; weight 158 pounds. Father: Charles Colman, not in the business. Educated at Littlehampton, Sussex, England. Hobbies: Tennis, motoring, reading and swiming. He was in the British Army during World War I. Two years on stage in England, UK... Birth day: 9 February 1891 Link: Ronald Colman |
Basil Rathbone
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About: Rathbone was born in Singapore and has lived from places ranging from Indonesia to Midland, Texas. He started out in local theatre, The Pickwick Players. In high school, he went to Interlochen Arts Academy, a private school for the arts in Michigan. After graduation, he had planned to go to the Royal Scottish Academy but went to LA to experiment with the big screen. He immediately signed onto Disney's 411. He had a leading role in the ABC Family show Beautiful People, which premiered in fall 200... Birth day: 21 December 1984 Link: Basil Rathbone |
H.B. Warner
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About: Henry Byron Warner was the definitive cinematic Jesus Christ in Cecil B. DeMille's The King of Kings (1927). He was born into a prominent theatrical family on October 26, 1875 in London. His father was Charles Warner, and his grandfather was James Warner, both prominent English actors. He replaced J.B. Warner as Jesus in The King of Kings (1927) when J.B. died of tuberculosis at age 29. (J.B. was not Henry's brother. J.B. had taken the professional last name "Warner" because Henry's family took ... Birth day: 26 October 1875 Link: H.B. Warner |
Sally Field
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About: Born in Pasadena, Calif., on Nov. 6, 1946, Sally Field began her career while she was still a teenager, starring in the popular TV series "Gidget" (1965). After a string of forgettable TV movies, Field won an Emmy for her work in the TV movie Sybil (1976).A year later, she starred with Burt Reynolds in her first hit movie, Smokey and the Bandit. But it wasn't until her 1979 titular role in Norma Rae that Field earned her first Best Actress Oscar and a reputation as an A-list player. Her second O... Link: Sally Field |
Ron Silver
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About: Born July 2, 1946, New York City native Ron Silver was an activist and scholar in addition to being one of the most well-regarded character actors of his generation. With a master's degree in Chinese history, Silver taught high school before turning his attention full time to acting.After studying drama at the Actors Studio, Silver made his film debut in 1976's Tunnel Vision, the same year he landed a role on the sitcom "Rhoda." Splitting his time between stage and screen, Silver won a Tony Awar... Link: Ron Silver |
Richard Gere
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About: Actor, sex symbol and noted humanitarian for his work in pursuit of Tibet's freedom, Richard Gere was born August 31, 1949, in Philadelphia, Pa. After a successful stint as a stage actor on Broadway and a few minor film roles, Gere broke through in Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977) as a predatory swinger opposite Diane Keaton.He quickly followed this with a string of high-profile roles in Days of Heaven (with director Terrence Malick), American Gigolo and An Officer and a Gentleman (opposite Debra ... Link: Richard Gere |
Joan Allen
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About: Born August 20, 1956, in Rochelle, Ill., Joan Allen launched her acting career with Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company in 1977, later moving to New York. She won a Tony Award in 1987 for her Broadway debut in "Burn This."Allen shifted her talents to the screen in such films as Manhunter (1986) and Peggy Sue Got Married (1986). She caught critics' attention in 1995's Nixon, playing First Lady Pat Nixon, for which she received a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination. The following year, she ... Link: Joan Allen |
Jason Alexander
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About: A Tony Award winner who found his niche in situation comedy, Jason Alexander was born Jay Scott Greenspan in Newark, N.J., Sept. 23, 1959. He got his showbiz start in theater before moving on to small roles in television and film.In 1989, the balding actor joined the cast of "Seinfeld" and quickly became a household name by delivering endlessly quotable dialogue with a neuroticism that was pure George Costanza. During Alexander's nine-year stint on the popular sitcom -- a fruitful period that br... Link: Jason Alexander |
Simon Yam
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About: Born March 19, 1955, as Yam Tat-Wah in Hong Kong, Simon Yam began appearing in commercials at age 16 and studied acting at the prestigious Shaw Brothers School. It was there he met another future superstar of Asian cinema, Chow Yun-Fat; the two would become fast friends and co-star many times.In the late '80s, Yam moved into feature films, playing so many gangster roles that he acquired the nickname "The Robert De Niro of Hong Kong." One of his most important early films was John Woo's Vietnam e... Link: Simon Yam |
David Schwimmer
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About: Best known for his 10-year run as Ross Geller on the hit television series "Friends," David Schwimmer was born November 2, 1966, in Queens, N.Y. He grew up in Los Angeles and graduated from Northwestern University in Chicago, where he went on to co-found the Lookingglass Theatre Company.Guest spots on a number of television shows followed, but it was his role on "Friends" that made the puppy-faced actor a star and earned him an Emmy nomination in 1995. He has appeared in several films, including... Link: David Schwimmer |