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CASEY AFFLECK

He is an American film actor.

He was born August 12, 1975 in Falmouth, Massachusetts, USA.

Casey Affleck is the younger brother of Ben Affleck.

On June 3, 2006, he married after a six-year relationship to Summer Phoenix (born December 10, 1978), the sister of actors Rivera Phoenix and Joaquin Phoenix. The family has two sons: Indiana August, born May 31, 2004, and Atticus, who was born in November 2007.

Casey Affleck is a committed vegetarian and is involved with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. His best friend is Joaquin Phoenix. He speaks Spanish. In 2008, he was nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in the movie How the Cowardly Robert Ford Killed Jesse James.

PRIZES AND AWARDS

Academy Award (2016):

Best Actor ("Manchester by the Sea")

Golden Globe Award (2016):

Best Actor, Drama ("Manchester by the Sea")

MISCHA AUER

November 17, 1905 (St. Petersburg, Russia) - March 5, 1967 (Rome, Italy)

Hollywood comic actor.

His real name was Mikhail Semenovich Unkovsky.

After the death of his grandfather, the great violinist Leopold Auer, he took his last name.

Misha's mother Zoya was Leopold Auer's elder daughter, and she married a naval officer Semyon Ivanovich Unkovsky. But in 1903 they divorced.

Misha was the youngest in the family (with two other brothers) and... illegitimate. Who his father was remained unknown.

In 1918 Misha and his mother ended up in Constantinople. Helping to care for the sick in a Russian hospital, Zoya contracted typhus and died. Thirteen-year-old Misha was left alone in a foreign country. He began wandering and ended up in Italy, where he was accidentally met by a former student of Auer's. She took the boy to the Russian embassy, they contacted Auer from across the ocean (Leopold Auer was already living in America at the time) and Misha was sent to his grandfather.

Misha grew up in his grandfather's family. Leopold Auer encouraged the boy to study music and to please his grandfather, Misha entered the musical institute in New York, but the penchant for acting manifested every year more and more clearly.

In 1928, Auer made his debut in the film "Something Always Happens. During his career he played in more than 170 films. Auer did not play major roles, but always starred with the brightest stars of the era.

Auer had a passion for photography. He was married four times, from these marriages he had three children.

At the end of his life, shooting considerably less, Auer moved to Italy, where he died of heart failure.

PRIZES AND AWARDS

Oscar nomination (1936):

Best Supporting Actor ("My Servant Godfrey").

MARY ASTOR

Oscar-winning American actress, also known as the author of five short stories.

Lucille Vasconcellos Langhenk was born on May 3, 1906 in Quincy (Illinois, USA).

The daughter of German immigrants.

Took acting lessons and participated in beauty contests.

At the age of fourteen, signed a contract with a film studio. In 1921 she made her film debut, and in 1930-1940 years became a real star.

In life, as well as in career, the actress had ups and downs - she visited four times married, she was followed by endless scandals. She suffered from a nervous breakdown after her first husband, director Kenneth Hawks, died in a plane crash in 1930. In 1934 her parents sued her, demanding financial support. Her court wars continued until the mid-1930s, when she decided to divorce her second husband, Dr. Franklin Thorpe. She was treated in rehab, embraced Catholicism, and wrote five novels and an autobiography.

She died on September 25, 1987, in Los Angeles, California, USA, of pulmonary emphysema. She is buried in Culver City Cemetery.

For her contribution to the art of film, the actress was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

PRIZES AND AWARDS

Academy Award:

1941 - Best Supporting Actress ("The Great Lies")

FREDERICK AUSTERLITZ

His real name is Frederick Austerlitz.

Outstanding American dancer, singer, movie actor and choreographer.

He was born May 10, 1899 in Omaha (Nebraska, USA) in a family of Austrian emigrant.

Together with his sister, the dancer Adele Austerlitz, he began performing on stage as a dancer, from 1915 - in musical comedies. The pair were seen, followed by invitations - first in London, then on Broadway (1923).

He made his film debut, having already gained fame as a dancer of "The Dancing Lady" (1933).

In 1933, the Fred Astaire - Ginger Rogers pair was formed: they starred together until 1939, with the resounding success of The Merry Divorce, The Cylinder, Swing Time, Let's Dance, Carefree.

Once again they appeared together in 1949 in "Barkley of Broadway." At the same time, Astaire received an honorary Oscar award.

In 1940-1950-ies Astaire continued dizzying career of the actor of musical comedy, often changing the partners, young Hollywood movie stars, starring in the tapes of the masters of American commercial cinema - W. Minnelli, S. Donen, J. Negulesko, R. Mamulyana.

In 1959 he played a dramatic role in the political pamphlet Stanley Kramer "Last Bank.

In 1960-1970-ies acted in movies rarely - aged Astaire preferred to perform dramatic roles, sometimes outside the United States ("Lilac Taxi" I. Boisset, 1977; "Ghost Story" J. Erwin, 1981).

Astaire danced with almost all of Hollywood's "first ladies" - Rita Hayworth, Sid Charisse ("The Bandwagon", 1953), Leslie Kuron's "Long Leg Daddy" (1955), Ann Miller and Judy Garland's "Easter Parade", 1948).

Astaire had a keen sense of the specifics of filmmaking, which allowed him to build his numbers in front of the camera with precision and effect.

Astaire was revered as an outstanding singer, second only to Bing Crosby (they starred together in Holiday Inn, 1942).

He proved himself an able actor, but Astaire's worldwide fame came from his giant contribution to the genre of musical film comedy.

He talked about his work in this genre in his memoir book Steps in Time, published in the USA in 1960.

Astaire's theatrical and film career spanned a period of 76 years, during which he starred in 31 musical films. With Ginger Rogers, he starred in 10 films that turned the musical comedy genre upside down.

Balanchine and Nureyev called him the greatest dancer of the twentieth century. In addition, Fred Astaire is considered the dancer with the greatest influence on the musical genre, particularly in film and television. The American Motion Picture Institute named him the fifth greatest actor of all time.

Fred Astaire died in Los Angeles on June 22, 1987 of pneumonia.

PRIZES AND AWARDS

Academy Award (1949):

Honorary Award for services to the development of musical film

Oscar nomination (1974):

Best Supporting Actor ("Hell in the Sky")

Golden Globe Award:

1950 - Best Actor, Comedy/Musical ("Three Short Words")

1974 - Best Supporting Actor (Hell in the Sky).

BAFTA Award (1975):

Best Supporting Actor ("Hell in the Sky")

ARMAND ASSANTE

He was born on October 4, 1949, in New York, USA.

Graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York.

His first screen appearance was as a wedding guest in The Lords of Flatbush (1974) with Henry Winkler and Sylvester Stallone, then after several appearances in TV soap operas he returned to the big screen with Sylvester Stallone in Paradise Alley (1978).

He played a rich Frenchman who seduced Goldie Hawn's heroine in Private Benjamin (1980), portrayed tough detective Mike Hammer in Me, Trial by Jury (1982) and was great as Napoleon in Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story (1987).

In the '90s Assante gained momentum and appeared in stronger roles, such as playing a drug lord in Sidney Lumet's "Questions and Answers" (1990), created a sensational duet with Antonio Banderas in "Kings of Mambo," was very effective in the drama "Hoffa" (1992). Assante reappeared on screen with Sylvester Stallone in the adaptation of the futuristic comic book series "Judge Dredd" (1995), starred with Demi Moore in "Stripes" (1996), and brilliantly played the lead role in Andrei Konchalovsky's acclaimed film Odyssey.

He shoots not only in the U.S., if he likes the script, he did not mind to come to Russia (where he has already played in the film "Mirror Wars: Episode One"), and in Romania ...

His last films with his participation are "The Third Wish", where he played a small role of the main character's father, but the film itself is a kind fairy tale, complete with the music from "The Nutcracker", and "Surveillance", where he plays a maniac guard, fanatically devoted to his job, keeping all the employees in the "iron gauntlets", but at the same time being under surveillance himself ...

LEO ASCHKENAZY

September 18, 1907 (Vienna, Austria) - June 3, 2005 (Vienna, Austria).

Born into a modest Orthodox Jewish family, born Leo Ashkenazi.

In 1927 he entered Vienna's New School for Dramatic Art.

Persecuted by the Nazis, he was forced to leave for the United States. When the United States entered World War II, Leon Askin enlisted in the U.S. Army, where he learned that his parents had been exterminated at the Treblinka concentration camp.

After the war, Askin was filmed in Hollywood, where he played mostly foreigners. The greatest success accompanied Leon Askin on television, where he plays roles in the famous series of those years. Also continues his activities in the theater as a director and actor.

In 1994 Leon Askin returned to Vienna and till the end of his life worked in theaters and cabarets of the Austrian capital. He was married three times.

PRIZES AND AWARDS

Awarded the Gold Medal of Honor of Vienna.

ANNE ARCHER

Родилась 24 августа 1947 года в Лос-Анджелесе, Калифорния, США в творческой семье.

Мать актрисы Марджори Лорд и отец Джон Арчер были известными голливудскими актерами. С детства мечтала стать актрисой. Изучала драматическое искусство в Клермонт-колледже.

Играла в бродвейских мюзиклах. В кино и на ТВ с 1972 года: сериалы "ФБР", "Айронсайд", "Элис Смит и Джонс", "Маленький домик в прериях", фильмы "Спасатель" (1976), "Аллея рая" (1978), "Черные тигры"(1978), "Зеленый лед" (1981).

Исполнение роли Бэт Галахер в триллере "Роковое влечение" (1987, реж. Эдриан Лайн) в дуэте с Майклом Дугласом принесло Энн Арчер премию "Оскар" за роль второго плана.

Энн Арчер создала яркие характеры в фильмах середины 90-х годов -Клэр Кейн в драме Роберта Олтмена "Короткий монтаж" (1993, "Золотой глобус", Кубок Вольпи), доктор Райан в фильме

"Игры патриотов" (1992), Кэти в ленте "Прямая и явная угроза (1994).

Энн Арчер продолжает играть в театре, сниматься в телесериалах и кино: телесериалы - "Говорящая с призраками", "Всегда солнечно в Филадельфии" (оба 2005-08), кинофильмы - "Ноябрь", "Изгнанник" - (оба 2004).

ADRIA ARJONA

American actress of Guatemalan-Puerto Rican origin.

She was born on April 25, 1992 in Puerto Rico, in the family of the famous Latin American singer Ricardo Arjona.

At the age of 12, she moved to Miami. When she turned 18, made the decision to move to New York.

She studied at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Studio and the Film Institute, working as a hostess and waitress to pay her tuition.

She made her film debut in 2014, starring in an episode of Remember Everything. In 2015, she got the role of Emily in the TV series True Detective.

SIEGFRIED ARON

German and American comic actor.

He was born on December 27, 1895, in Hamburg, Germany.

In the cinema from 1920 to 1957. Since 1933 in the USA. Played on Broadway. Engaged in painting. The most famous films are "Jeanne Ney's Love" 1927, "The Great Dictator" 1940, "His Butler's Sister" 1943, "A Sample Talk" 1945. He was married three times, including to actresses Leah Dames and Kitty Maitrene.

Passed away (Parkinson's Disease)August 17, 1975 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.

CORNELIUS RICHARD VAN MATTIMORE

September 1, 1899 (Virginia, USA) - March 28, 1976 (California, USA).

During World War I, he served as a pilot. After the war he worked as a courier at Paramount Studios film lab. Once, while working, he fell off his motorcycle and broke his legs. Social Security of the studio engaged in his hospitalization and during a visit to Richard one of the heads of the studio, his good looks noticed and invited him to continue as an actor.

Richard Arlen's film debut was in 1921.

ROSANNA ARQUETTE

American film actress.

She was born August 10, 1959 in New York (USA).

Rosanna Arquette of the actor's family, the eldest of the five children of actor Lewis Arquette.

Her grandfather, Cliff Arquette, is a television comedian; her father is an actor and one of the founders of the satirical improv theater, The Committee.

Because of these family influences, Roseanne showed an early interest in acting work. She grew up in a liberal family. At the age of 15, Roseanne decided to hitchhike around the country, and at 17 she successfully starred in small roles on television and played in the theater.

Roseanne's first big break, when she was still a teenager, was her role in the weekly series "The End of the Harvest," starring Bette Davis.

Several television roles followed, including part of the series "James at Fifteen," before she starred in her debut motion picture, "The Grub."

Since then, she has starred continuously, including John Sayles' "It's You, Baby," "Fathers and Sons" (1986) with Jeff Goldblum, an episode of "New York Stories" directed by Martin Scorsese, "Flight of the Intruder," "Son of a Bitch," "Amazons on the Moon," "Eight Million Ways to Die" and "New American Graffiti."

In the 1980s and 1990s, Roseanne Arquette gained recognition in film circles and received many offers for roles. Often she got roles as unusual, crazy and eccentric women who deny societal norms.

She was especially proud of her unconventional roles in films made by independent studios: "After Work," "No Fools," and "Susan's Desperate Quest" (1985).

For the latter film, the actress won the British Film Academy Award and she has come to real popularity.

Roseanne Arquette continues to work on television, starring on ABC in the soon to be released weekly series "State of Terror.

On NBC, along with Anthony Perkins, she starred in the series "Into the Deep Woods" as well as "Son of the Morning Star", "The Long Road Home", "Class of 65", "Finding Patty Hearst" as well as "The Wrong Man" where she played with John Lithgow and Kevin Anderson.

Arquette was nominated for an Emmy Award for her work in the controversial The Hangman's Song.

Famous actors include Roseanne's sister Patricia and brother David. Roseanne Arquette has a daughter, Zoe Sidel, from her marriage to John Sidel.

Roseanne Arquette is dedicated to the American band Toto's song "Rosanna," which David Pach wrote while Roseanne Arquette was friends with Toto musician Steve Porcaro.

PRIZES AND AWARDS

BAFTA Award (1985):

Best Supporting Actress ("Looking for Susan").

PATRICIA ARQUETTE

She is an American film actress.

She was born April 8, 1968, in Chicago.

She is the youngest daughter in a great acting dynasty. Her great-grandfather played in vaudeville, her grandfather, Cliff Arquette - screenwriter and actor, her father, Lewis Arquette - the famous actor, starring mainly in supporting roles, her brothers - actors: Alex, David, Raymond, older sister - the famous actress Rosanna Arquette.

Patricia left home at 15 and went to California to try her hand at acting.

The textured appearance and the type of face, bright blue eyes and a soft accent southerner attracted the attention of the girl to the television producers and filmmakers, as well as suitors, actors.

At first she got roles in movies for teenagers, sometimes - in horror movies, such as the third part of the legendary "A Nightmare on Elm Street 3" (1987).

Fame came to her four years after her film debut and the release of a series of colorful roles in pictures: "Running Indian" (1991), "True Love" (1993) and "Ed Wood" (1994).

Actors potential Patricia showed fully in the film by David Lynch's "Highway to Nowhere" (1997), where her character is "bifurcated", taking the form of a helpless brunette Renee, a fatal blonde Alice.

1999 brought Patricia roles in two mystical thrillers.

The new turn in his career has Patricia participation in filming the fantastic series "Medium" (2005-2007), where she is involved in sixty episodes as Allison Dubois, psychic medium, who has the gift of seeing the dead and hearing their voices. For this film she was nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Actress in a Series.

PRIZES AND AWARDS

Academy Award (2014):

Best Supporting Actress ("Adolescence")

Golden Globe Award:

2014 - Best Supporting Actress ("Adolescence")

2019 - Best Supporting Actress in a Mini-Series or Movie on TV ("Pretend")

BAFTA Award (2014):

Best Supporting Actress ("Adolescence")

DAVID ARQUETTE

He was born on September 8, 1971 in Winchester, Virginia, USA.

In the famous Arquette family of actors, David was the youngest. Following sisters Patricia and Roseanne and brothers Alexis and Richmond, David also went into acting. Unlike his relatives, who could charm everyone from directors to cab drivers, David was shy to sell themselves. The first role with the fateful title "Outsiders" came to him by miracle, and five years later David finally got a promising movie "Scream" for a minor police role, and that thanks to the protection of the producer, an old acquaintance of his father.

During the filming of "Scream" met Courtney Cox, star of the television series "Friends. In June 1999, the couple married. A daughter, Coco, was born into the marriage.

GEORGES-HENRI DENYS ARCAND

Canadian Quebec director, screenwriter, actor.

He was born on June 25, 1941 in Deschambault (Quebec, Canada).

In his youth he dreamed of becoming a professional tennis player, but while studying at the History Department of the University of Montreal he became interested in cinema and decided to devote himself to directing.

In 1963 he became a member of the Canadian State Film Service and directed several documentaries on acute social issues.

His feature film debut was Damned Money (1972).

He became world famous with Sunset of the American Empire (1986), which won the FIPRESCI Prize at the Cannes Film Festival and the first Oscar nomination for the director.

Among his most famous films are the drama Jesus of Montreal (1989), awarded at international film festivals and nominated once again for Oscar, and Invasion of the Barbarians (2003), which won the long-awaited statuette of the American Academy Prize and three Cesar Awards (France).

Denis Arcane's younger brother is the Canadian Quebec actor Gabriel Arcane.

PRIZES AND AWARDS

Cannes Film Festival:

1986 - International Association of Film Critics Prize (FIPRESCI) ("The Sunset of the American Empire").

1989 - Jury Prize ("Jesus of Montreal").

1989 - Jury Prize Ecumenical (Christian) ("Jesus of Montreal").

2003 - Best Screenplay for "Barbarian Invasion".

Cesar Award:

2004 - Best Film ("Barbarian Invasion")

2004 - Best Director (Barbarian Invasion)

2004 - Best Adapted or Original Screenplay ("Barbarian Invasion")

Academy Award:

2004 - Best Foreign Language Film ("Barbarian Invasion")

EVE ARDEN

April 30, 1908, Mill Valley, California - November 12, 1990, Los Angeles, USA.

American actress, Emmy Award winner, and Oscar nominee in 1945.

Her active film career began in 1937, after her role as Eve in the film Door to Stage. This role was quite successful, after which she was offered new film roles. In the following years she starred in such popular films as The Ziegfield Girls (1941) and Cover Girl (1941), starring Rita Hayworth. In 1945, Arden played one of her most famous roles, Ida Corwin in Mildred Pierce, for which she was nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.

Eve also had a successful career in radio, where she was a performer as schoolteacher Connie Brooks in the radio show Our Miss Brooks from 1948 to 1957. Then, from 1952 to 1956, she played the same role in a television series, for which she won an Emmy Award, and in the film version in 1956. This character of hers was so popular that in 1952 Eve became an honorary member of the American Education Association.

Arden did a lot of television work as well. She had roles in the television series The Witch, Great Performances, Alice, and The Love Boat. At the same time, she continued to act on the theatrical stage as well, starring in productions of "Hello, Dolly!" and "Auntie Mame," and in 1967 she was awarded the Sarah Siddons Award for her work in Chicago theaters.

MAUDE APATOW

American actress.

She was born December 15, 1997 in Los Banos (California, USA) in the family of the director Judd Apatow and actress Leslie Mann. Has Jewish and Anglo-Saxon roots.

She first appeared on the screen as Sadie in the romantic comedy "A Little Pregnant" (2007), which was directed by her father. In 2012, she returned to the role of Sadie in the sequel to the film "Love as an Adult.

Her successful role was as Lexie Howard in the teen television series Euphoria (2019).

Her younger sister is actress Iris Apatow.

ANNA MARIA PIERANGELI

Italian and American actress. Movie star of the 1950s.

June 19, 1932 (Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy) - September 10, 1971 (Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA).

Her real first and last name is Anna Maria Pierangeli.

She made her film debut in 1948. Actor's luck - the main role of Teresa Russo in the film "Teresa" (1951, the prize "Silver Ribbon", 1951).

In 1954, the actress was invited to star in Hollywood.

The actress was in love with the idol of the 1950s, actor James Dean. However, in 1954, under pressure from her mother, she married actor Wike Damone, the marriage lasted only four years. In 1961 she married Armando Trovaioli. Had two children.

In the 1960s and 1970s worked both in Europe and in Hollywood.

Ana Maria Pierangeli's twin sister is Italian actress Marisa Pavan.

She committed suicide on September 10, 1971.

She is buried in the French town of Rueil-Malmaison.

PRIZES AND AWARDS

Silver Ribbon Award (1951):

Best Actress ("Tomorrow Is Too Late").

Golden Globe Award (1951):

Most Promising Newcomer Among Women ("Theresa")

BAFTA Nomination (1960):

Best Foreign Actress ("Angry Silence")

ERIC SAMUEL ANDRÉ

He is an American comedian and television host.

He was born April 4, 1983 in Boca Raton (Florida, USA).

Actor father comes from Haiti, a psychiatrist by profession, his mother - a Jew.

In 2005, he graduated from Berklee College of Music in the class of double bass.

His first big work on television was the role of Max Ross in the movie "The Next Level" (2011).

He became widely known as a scriptwriter and host of his own comedy program The Eric Andre Show, which has been on TV since 2012.

He is best known for his roles in the TV series Don't Believe the Bitch from Apartment 23 (Mark Reynolds, 2012-2013) and Man Looking for a Woman (Mike, 2015-2017).

BARBARA WARREN

American and Mexican actress, athlete (triathlon, swimming), psychologist, Ph.

April 9, 1943 (Kitzbühel, St. Johann, Tyrol, Austria) - August 26, 2008 (Santa Barbara, California, USA).

She was born Barbara Müeller.

She spent her childhood years in Austria and Italy. Her mother was a member of the Italian Olympic ski team. In the early 1960s she was a model for Dior and Oscar de la Renta.

Under the artistic pseudonym of Barbara Angeli from 1967 to 1975 performed more than 25 roles in Mexican movies, starred in American TV series.

From the middle of the 1970s she devoted herself to sports. World champion and record holder in triathlon. In the world of sports she is known as Barbara Warren (in 1995 she married Tom Warren - a famous athlete). Had two daughters. Twin sister Angelica Drake-Castaneda, also a famous athlete.

Passed away three days after a serious bicycle racing accident in a biathlon competition in Santa Barbara, USA.