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Brittany Murphy biography

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Brittany Murphy biography Brittany Murphy (Brittany Anne Murphy) was born November 10, 1977, in Atlanta, Georgia, USA; she was an American actress and musician. Brittany Murphy's Career When she was nine years old, she got a singing role in the musical Les Misérables, and by the time Brittany was thirteen, she had a contract with a manager. Murphy got her first job in Hollywood when she was fourteen years old, playing the role of "Brenda Drexell" in the TV series Drexell's Class. She later got the "Molly Morgan" part in the short-lived series Almost Home. She was also a vocalist in the band Blessed With Soul in the early 1990s. Since then, she has starred in several successful films, including Clueless (1995), 8 Mile (2002), and Uptown Girls (2003). She has also appeared in several series, including Sister, Sister, Boy Meets World, and as the voice of "Luanne Platter" in the popular animated television series King of the Hill. Her most recent roles

Jenna Kanell biography

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Jenna Kanell biography Jenna Kanell was born on November 12, 1991 in Brookline, Massachusetts, USA. Jenna Kanell is an American actress, director, writer, and stunt performer. She gained recognition for her portrayals of Tara Heyes in Terrifier (2016) and Kim Hansen in The Bye Bye Man (2017) - both horror movies. Her film career has since expanded to a variety of genres such as the political drama The Front Runner (2018) and the horror-comedy Renfield (2023).

Samantha Scaffidi biography

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Samantha Scaffidi biography Samantha Scaffidi is an American actress. She began her career in short films before becoming known for her role as Victoria Heyes in Terrifier (2016) and Terrifier 2 (2022), and Luce in Demon Hole (2017) - all three horror movies. In addition to acting, Scaffidi is known for directing the RAINN public service announcement Wait.

Lauren Bacall biography

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Lauren Bacall biography Lauren Bacall, 1924-2014, American actress. Lauren Bacall made her debut in Howard Hawks' To Have and Have Not (1944). In the first film, she established her star image of sensual ambiguity and sharp rapping in her interaction with Humphrey Bogart . They married in 1945 and since then recorded several films together, including the film noir films The Big Sleep (1946), Dark Passage (1947), and Key Largo (1948). Lauren Bacall then played theater and television roles but also appeared in films such as Douglas Sirk's melodrama Written on the Wind (1956), Sidney Lumet's crime film Murder on the Orient Express (1974), and Stephen King's film adaptation Misery (1990 ). She published 1979 the autobiography Lauren Bacall, By Myself. In her older years, Lauren Bacall can be seen in several significant supporting roles, for example, in Lars von Trier's Dogville (2003) and Manderlay (2005). last updated October 2022

Laurence Fishburne biography

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Laurence Fishburne biography Laurence Fishburne (Laurence J. Fishburne III) was born on July 30, 1961, in Augusta, Georgia, USA. He moved with his mother to New York after his parents divorced. With a background in the theater, he already got to play in a soap opera in 1973. It led to a role as a very young soldier in Francis Ford Coppola's great Vietnam War epic Apocalypse Now (1979), several appearances in television series, and further participation in Francis Ford Coppola's Rumble Fish (1983) and Cotton Club (1984) as well as Steven Spielberg's The Color Purple (1985) based on Alice Walker's novel. In the following years, Laurence Fishburne played a host of roles, both major and minor, on television and in film, while continuing to appear in the theatre before making a significant breakthrough in John Singleton's (1968-2019) ghetto portrayal of Boyz n the Hood (1991). It was set aside for substantial roles in, among other things, The Tina Turner portrait What&#

Kirk Douglas biography

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Kirk Douglas biography Kirk Douglas (Issur Danielovich Demsky) was born on December 9, 1916. He was an American actor and the father of Michael Douglas. Kirk Douglas had a long career in Hollywood with his edgy and aggressive acting style, for example, in the boxer film Champion (1949), westerns such as Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1956), and the war film Paths of Glory (1957). Among his more nuanced portraits can be mentioned the title role in Lust for Life (1956), The film about Vincent van Gogh. As a producer, Kirk Douglas was behind his own star role in Spartacus (1960). Died on February 5, 2020 (aged 103) last updated October 2022

Katharine Hepburn biography

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Katharine Hepburn biography Katharine Hepburn, on May 12, 1907, American actress with one of the longest leading role careers in film history. Katharine Hepburn's specialty was strong and eccentric personalities, especially in comedies opposite her partner Spencer Tracy, e.g., Woman of the Year (1942) and Adam's Rib (1949), and Cary Grant in Bringing Up Baby (1938) and The Philadelphia Story (1940). Among her more severe character roles, Sudden Last Summer (1959) and Long Day's Journey into Night (1962) must be highlighted. She was also very successful in The African Queen (1951), and the nostalgic chamber play Love Among the Ruins (1975), which was shaped as a tribute to Katharine Hepburn then and now. She is the only actress to have been awarded an Oscar four times, which she got for Morning Glory (1933), Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967), The Lion in Winter (1968), and On Golden Pond (1981). Katharine Hepburn also played regularly at the theater from 1928 and, in