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Hugh Jackman biography Hugh Jackman was born in Sydney, Australia, on October 12, 1968. He is a big Hollywood star, but before that, he had an acting career in his native Australia, where he trained in communication and acting. He became world-famous after delivering the portrayal of the superhero Wolverine that fans of the comic book 'X-Men' could only hope for. He has played the fantastic and brutal mutant eight times in 17 years until he ended his superhero career in 2017 with the film Logan. After his breakthrough in 2000, he played the title role in the action flop 'Van Helsing' (2004). Then followed Darren Aronofsky's 'The Fountain' (2005), Woody Allen 's 'Scoop' (2006), and Christopher Nolan's The Prestige (2006). In 2008 he returned to his Australian roots when he starred opposite compatriot Nicole Kidman in 'Australia.' In 2012, he starred as Jean Valjean in the epic film adaptation of the musical 'Les Miserables, a role

Joan Crawford biography Joan Crawford, 1904-1977, American actress. Joan Crawford managed to maintain a position as one of Hollywood's great stars in a career that included more than 80 films. She became especially famous for her roles as a strong, dominant, and passionate woman who could not conform to traditional femininity. Crawford broke through in the 1920s and had her most famous roles in the 1940s and early 1950s, including in Michael Curtiz's Mildred Pierce (1945), which won her an Oscar, as well as Possessed (1947) and Sudden Fear (1952). In 1962, she gave one of the most outstanding performances of her career in Robert Aldrich's What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?. In Mommie Dearest (1981), Crawford is portrayed as a self-absorbed career woman and an inadequate mother. last updated October 2022

Fred Astaire biography Fred Astaire (Frederick Austerlitz) was born on May 10, 1899. He was an American dancer, singer, and actor. From Broadway to Hollywood In the 1920s, he appeared with his sister Adele Astaire (1896-1981) in major Broadway hits such as Lady Be Good (1924) and Funny Face (1927), but when she retired in 1932, he applied to Hollywood. Here, in the 1930s, together with Ginger Rogers, he recorded a series of musicals, short, simple comedies that are carried by his choreographic genius, his witty, personal radiance, and his voice's crisp interpretation of songs written for him by the biggest names of the time: Jerome Kern, George Gershwin, Irving Berlin, Cole Porter. Fred Astaire created, among other things, together with the choreographer Hermes Pan (1910-90) a perfectly worked-out film dance whose most distinguishing mark is the combination of strict professional precision and effortless poetic elegance, such as in Mark Sandrich's Top Hat (1935) and Shall We Da

Gary Cooper biography Gary Cooper, 1901-1961, American actor. Gary Cooper was one of Hollywood's most beloved stars for over 20 years. He exuded manly charm and boyish shyness and had a perfect naturalness in his playing. His honesty and likable stubbornness were excellent in films like Frank Capra's Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936), Sam Woods (1883-1949) For Whom The Bell Tolls (1941), as well as Howard Hawks' Sergeant York (1941), and Fred Zinnemann's High Noon ( 1952). He received an Oscar for his role in the latter two films. His lanky awkwardness was used successfully in comedies such as Ernst Lubitsch's Design For Living (1933) and Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938). Shortly before his death, Gary Cooper received another Oscar for his overall career. last updated October 2022

Jerry Lewis biography Jerry Lewis (Joseph Levitch) was born on march 16, 1926, in Newark, New Jersey, USA. He was an American actor and film director. In the late 1940s, Jerry Lewis established his name as a crazy comedian in partnership with Dean Martin on stage, TV shows, and film, first with My Friend Irma (1949). From 1956 he acted alone and directed his own, often visually competent and original films, of which The Nutty Professor (1963) is the best known. After 1970, his career almost came to a standstill, and Jerry Lewis became involved in, among other things, charitable work. The tired cynicism traced in his characters from the late 1960s was skillfully exploited by Martin Scorsese in the film King of Comedy (1983). Died on August 20, 2017. last updated October 2022

Frank Tashlin biography Frank Tashlin, 1913-1972, American film director. Tashlin began as a cartoon director and later became mainly known for several inventive farces with Dean Martin and/or Jerry Lewis , including Artists and Models (1955) and The Disorderly Orderly (1964), as well as the satire Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957) with Jayne Mansfield. last updated October 2022

Frances McDormand biography Frances McDormand (Frances Louise McDormand) was born June 23, 1957; she is an American actress; who married Joel Coen. Frances McDormand has been a supporting force in several of her husband's and Ethan Coen's films, including their debut film, the film noir thriller Blood Simple (1984), the crime comedy Fargo (1996), in which she won an Oscar for her role as a pregnant Swedish-born police chief who quietly solves all the world's problems, and Burn After Reading (2008). Frances McDormand's other films include the Southern drama Mississippi Burning (1988), Wonder Boys (2000), and This Must Be The Place (2011). last updated October 2022