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Debra Winger biography  Debra Winger (Mary Debra Winger) was born in 1955. She is an American film actress. Debra Winger showed her talent for playing very different types in, e.g., Cannery Row (1982) and one of the successful romantic dramas of the 1980s, An Officer and a Gentleman (1982), in collaboration with Richard Gere . She has since shown her versatile characterization skills, among other things. Terms of Endearment (1983), The Sheltering Sky (1990), and Shadowlands (1993). After a break from acting in the mid-1990s, she has, among other things, seen again in Rachel Getting Married (2008) and the TV series In Treatment (2010). last updated October 2022

Dorothy Dandridge biography Dorothy Dandridge (Dorothy Jean Dandrige) was born November 9, 1922, and was an American film actress. As a child, Dorothy Dandridge performed with her sister Vivian (1921-91) in song and dance. An ambitious, profit-oriented mother pulled the strings and cut the daughters off from regular schooling. Later, the trio The Dandridge Sisters, which also featured the later jazz singer Etta Jones (1928-2001), became one of many famous acts at the Cotton Club and the Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York. Alone and with the other two, Dorothy is seen in minor roles as a nimble and cute dancing girl in musicals on films that were primarily intended for a black audience. Some tracks with Jimmie Lunceford and Louis Armstrong were released on record. After several alternative candidates and many misgivings, Otto Preminger chose to cast Dorothy Dandridge in the title role of Carmen Jones (1954), originally a 1943 theater musical by Oscar Hammerstein II, updating the Spanish

Deborah Kerr biography Deborah Kerr, 1921-2007, British actress. After young girl roles in British films, she came to Hollywood in 1947. She played a beautiful heroine with British nobility in adventure and equipment films such as King Solomon's Mines (1950) and The Prisoner of Zenda (1952). With From Here To Eternity (1953,) she had a breakthrough as a character actor; it was followed up in i.a. The King and I (1956) and The Night of the Iguana (1964). last updated October 2022

Claudette Colbert biography Claudette Colbert (Claudette Lily Chauchoin) 1905-1996, American actress, born in France. She made her debut in 1927 in Frank Capra's For the Love of Mike and had her breakthrough in the same director's It Happened One Night (1934), which won her an Oscar. Her style was elegant and pointed, and she was both a film and theater actress on Broadway. last updated October 2022

Clara Bow biography Clara Bow, 1905-1965, American film star. Clara Bow was Hollywood's sweet and witty girl in the 1920s, a real so-called flapper, full of courage for life and appetite for men; not vulgar, just a little bold and free with a discreet, telling glance at the nearest cavalier. She starred in countless cheerful, slightly erotic comedies. She was nicknamed The "It" Girl for the film It (1927), in which she is the epitome of the girl who has the "it" everyone dreams of. Scandals, failing health, and the introduction of the sound film ended her career. last updated October 2022

Martin Sheen biography Martin Sheen, e.g., Ramon Antonio Gerard Estevez, born 3.8.1940, American actor; father of i.a. Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estevez (b. 12.5.1962). After several roles in TV series, Martin Sheen had a film breakthrough in the James Dean tradition in Terrence Malick's epic escape drama Badlands (1973). He has since made his mark in television productions, for example, in the roles of Robert F. Kennedy in Missiles of October (1974), John F. Kennedy in the miniseries Kennedy (1983), and the fictional president in the series The West Wing (1999-2006), which he i.a. was awarded a Golden Globe Award for in 2001. On film, Martin Sheen has been dependable in many Hollywood productions. He had a significant and demanding leading role in Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now (1979) about the Vietnam War and has also been seen in, among other things, Gandhi (1982), Oliver Stone's Wall Street (1987), Gettysburg (1993) and after the turn of the millennium, for examp

Jennifer Lawrence biography Jennifer Lawrence was born on August 15, 1990, in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. At a young age, Jennifer Lawrence was one of her generation's most talented actresses when she was nominated for an Oscar for her lead performance in Winter's Bone . The independent film was not her first; however, at age 14, she was discovered by film agents in New York City. She then worked as a model in commercials (including for H&M), and in 2006 she made her film debut in the TV film 'Company Town.' From here, the journey went to Los Angeles and a role in the TV series 'The Bill Engvall Show, but it was in the role of the energetic Ree Dolly in Winter's Bone that Jennifer Lawrence broke through widely, but she is also prominent in films such as The Beaver and X-Men: First Class. She scored the lead role of Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games with sequels, and she received an Oscar for her performance as Tiffany in 'Silver Linings Playbook.'

Carole Lombard biography Carole Lombard (Jane Alice Peters), 1908-1942, American actress; married Clark Gable in 1939. After many farce roles in the 1920s, Carole Lombard became one of the leading heroines of 1930s screwball comedies. Her sophisticated nature, self-irony, and quick repartee gilded classics such as Twentieth Century (1934) and My Man Godfrey (1936). Carole Lombard was at the height of her popularity shortly before the To Be or Not to Be (1942) premiere when she was killed in a plane crash. last updated October 2022

Jana Havlickova biography Jana Havlickova was born January 1, 1979, Bernolákovo, Slovakia. She played the receptionist Vala in the horror movie Hostel (2005). last updated October 2022

Julie Andrews biography Julie Andrews, born in 1935, was an English actress and singer. She was Eliza in the original production of My Fair Lady in 1956 on Broadway. Became world famous with two musical roles in film, partly as the lovable governess in Mary Poppins (1964) and partly as the sweet and more down-to-earth governess in The Sound of Music (1965). After several unsuccessful attempts to change her beautiful image, in the 1980s, she won a particular reputation as a comedienne, among other things, in her husband Blake Edwards' film about gender confusion and entanglements, Victor/Victoria (1982). last updated October 2022

Gina Lollobrigida biography Gina Lollobrigida (Luigina Lollobrigida) was born July 4, 1927, Italian actress. After breakthroughs in Fanfan la Tulipe (1951) and Les belles de Nuit (1952), Gina Lollobrigida became one of the most popular stars of European cinema as a temperamental and sexy nature child. She had a character-like role as Esmeralda in Notre Dame de Paris (1956) and a few parts in American films, e.g., Come September (1961). In the 1970s, she began a career as an art photographer. In 1984, she starred in the American television series Falcon Crest. last updated October 2022

Mira Sorvino biography Mira Sorvino was born September 28, 1967, in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. She is an American actress. For her role as Linda in Aphrodite and Me, she won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. last updated October 2022

Alicia Silverstone biography Alicia Silverstone was born October 4, 1976, in San Francisco, California, USA. She is an American actress, author, and former fashion model. She became world-famous after participating in several of Aerosmith's music videos and Hollywood film roles in films such as Clueless and Batman & Robin.  last updated October 2022

Sarah Polley biography Sarah Polley (Sarah Ellen Polley OC) was born January 8, 1979 (age 43), in Toronto, Canada. She is a Canadian actress, writer, director, producer, and political activist. Polley first gained attention as a child actress for her role as Ramona Quimby in the television series Ramona, based on the books by Beverly Cleary. last updated October 2022

Tara Reid biography Tara Reid was born November 8, 1975, in Wyckoff, New Jersey, USA. She is an American actress who has appeared in films such as the teen comedy American Pie, American Pie 2, National Lampoon's Van Wilder, and Dr. T & the Women. In 2005, she had the lead role in the film Alone in the Dark, a film adaptation of the computer game of the same name.  last updated October 2022

Janeane Garofalo biography Janeane Garofalo (Jane Anne "Janeane" Garofalo) was born September 28, 1964, in Newton, New Jersey, USA. She is an American actress, stand-up comedian, and political activist. She joined Ben Stiller in 1990, and her first television appearance was on his short-lived program The Ben Stiller Show in 1992. last updated October 2022

Courtney Love biography Courtney Love was born on 9 July 1964 in San Francisco, California, USA. She is an American rock musician and actress. In 1991, her grunge band, Hole, debuted with their first album. Towards the end of the 1990s, however, Hole went their separate ways, and Courtney Love began a solo career after some time.  last updated October 2022

Debby Ryan biography Debby Ryan was born May 13, 1993, in Huntsville, Alabama, USA. She is an American actress best known for her role in the American Disney Channel sitcom The Suite Life on Deck as Bailey Pickett and 16 Wishes as Abby Jensen. She has been with Josh Dun since May 2013.  last updated October 2022

Juliette Lewis biography Juliette Lewis, born June 21, 1973, is an American actress. After child roles on television, Juliette Lewis had her breakthrough in the TV movie Too Young to Die (1990) and then made a name for herself in Martin Scorsese's drama Cape Fear (1991) and Woody Allen 's Husbands and Wives (1992).  Among her other significant achievements, where she is often seen in the role profession as a challenging type on the edge of the law, are, for example, Romeo Is Bleeding (1993) and Kalifornia (1993), Lasse Hallström's What's Eating Gilbert Grape? (1993), Oliver Stone's Natural Born Killers (1994), Kathryn Bigelow's futuristic fable Strange Days (1995), The Other Sister (1999), and Blueberry (2004). Juliette Lewis has also pursued a music career, where she has released three albums with the rock band Juliette and the Licks. In 2009 she formed a new band, The New Romantics. last updated October 2022

Minnie Driver biography Minnie Driver was born on January 31, 1970, and is an English actress and singer-songwriter. She was born in Finsbury Park, London, the daughter of Gaynor Churchward, a designer and former couture model, and Ronnie Driver, a businessman. Driver's sister, Katie Driver, is a model and producer. Minnie has Irish, French, Italian, and Scottish blood in his veins. Driver's mother was Driver's father's mistress, and her father's wife had no idea about his other life. Driver grew up in Barbados and went to school in Petersfield, Hampshire, England.