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Bill Cosby biography Bill Cosby (William Henry Cosby jr.) was born July 12, 1937, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. The main character in the long-running television comedy series The Cosby Show (1984-92). The show's points were clearly inspired by Bill Cosby's university degree in education and his past as a stand-up comedian. It had only colored actors but was also cleansed of racial and political problems. The series provided a humorous depiction of everyday life in an upper-middle-class family with Bill Cosby. In the 2010s, many women accused Bill Cosby of sexual assault in several cases after drugging them. The assaults must have taken place from the mid-1960s onwards. Bill Cosby has been charged with multiple assaults but pleads not guilty. Several cases are being processed in the courts (2017). last updated September 2022

Bette Davis biography Bette Davis was born on April 5, 1908, an American actress. Bette Davis was among Hollywood's leading female stars in the 1930s and 1940s. Bette Davis showed her distinctive character in hard-boiled roles, where her protruding eyes and mocking smile. Ice-cold line treatment made her famous as an alternative to the glamor women of the time, for example, in Of Human Bondage (1934), Dangerous (1935), and The Little Foxes (1941). Drawing parallels to her dangerous position, she gave one of her best performances as the aging theater star threatened by a new talent in All About Eve (1950). With What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962), Bette Davis began a comeback in a series of outlandish horror roles. Her last film, however, was the wistful sister portrait The Whales of August (1987), in which she co-starred with Lillian Gish. In 1977, Bette Davis was the first woman to receive the American Film Institute's Lifetime Achievement Award. Died 6. October 1989 last

Ben Stiller biography Ben Stiller was born on November 30, 1965. Ben is an American film actor, the son of comedy actors Anne Meara (1929-2015) and Jerry Stiller (1927-2020). Ben Stiller followed in his parent's footsteps and, with a background in the theatre, distinguished himself as a comedian in, There's Something About Mary (1998), which gave him a significant breakthrough, Keeping The Faith (2000), The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) and Night at the Museum (2006). In the famous Meet the Parents (2000), Meet the Fockers (2004) and Meet the Parents: Little Fockers (2010), Ben Stiller plays a husband who comes into conflict with Robert De Niro 's grumpy father-in-law. Ben Stiller has also directed films, including Reality Bites (1994), The Cable Guy (1996), Tropic Thunder (2008), and The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013). He plays in the latter two. last updated October 2022

Bela Lugosi biography Bela Lugosi (Béla Blasko) was born okcober 20, 1882, Lugoj, Romania. Hungarian actor. After a theater and film career in Hungary and Germany, Lugosi came to the USA in 1921. His name is inextricably linked with the role of Dracula, which he played in the theater 1927-29 and in Tod Browning's film Dracula (1931). With his distinctive accent, Lugosi also appeared as a vampire or madman in horror films, some of the latter directed by Ed Wood. Died August 16, 1956, in Los Angeles, California, USA. He let himself be buried in his Dracula costume. last updated October 2022

Barbra Streisand biography Barbra Streisand was born April 24, 1942, in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA, American actress, singer, and director. After her breakthrough in the Broadway musical I Can Get It for You Wholesale (1962), Barbra Streisand had a meteoric career. She starred as Fanny Brice in the Broadway musical Funny Girl (1963-64) and won a Grammy for the lead song People. She won an Oscar for her film debut in 1968 in the same role and subsequently had film roles in, among others, the musical Hello Dolly (1969), the comedies The Owl and the Pussycat (1970), and What's Up Doc? (1972) as well as in the love story The Way We Were (1973). She influenced the remake of A Star Is Born (1976) and won an Oscar for the theme Evergreen. She topped the charts with duets such as You Don't Bring Me Flowers (1978) with Neil Diamond and No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) (1979) with Donna Summer, as well as the solo ballad Woman In Love (1980). With humor and insight into her J

Barbara Stanwyck biography Barbara Stanwyck was born July 16, 1907, in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. American film actress Barbara Stanwyck established herself as a star in comedies and melodramas. Peaking in Stella Dallas (1937), but is best remembered for hard-boiled femme fatale roles in film noir classics such as Double Indemnity (1944) and The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946, The enigmatic Martha Ivers) as well as from crime films such as Sorry, Wrong Number (1948). From the 1960s, she was mostly seen in TV productions, in 1985-86 in the TV series Dynasty (1981-89). Died: January 20, 1990, Providence Saint John's Health Center - Santa Monica Emergency Room, Santa Monica, California, USA last updated October 2022

Ava Gardner biography Ava Gardner was born on December 24, 1922-, an American actress. Ava Gardner had her breakthrough as the femme fatale in The Killers (1946) and, for the next decade, was the epitome of a beautiful and glamorous movie star in romantic stories. Later, she filmed scattered and had some good character roles, e.g., in John Huston's The Night of the Iguana (1964). Died January 25, 1990. last updated October 2022