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- A.J. Balaban was born on 18 August 1889 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. A.J. was married to Carrie Strump. A.J. died on 1 November 1962 in New York, New York, USA.
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Aaron Conners was born on 18 August 1963 in Bucksport, Maine, USA. He is a writer and actor, known for Untitled Tex Murphy Project, The Pandora Directive (1996) and Tex Murphy Radio Theater (2001).- Additional Crew
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A southern boy at heart, Aaron Glaize grew up in Atlanta, Georgia. He graduated with a B.A. degree in Communications and Theater from Wake Forest University. He has also studied acting at Stonestreet Studios, The Meisner Studio and Guildhall School of Drama in London. He has a strong passion for acting and consistently works on his craft.
His gifts are not only limited to acting but he has been singing since a young age and has studied ballet for 8+ years at Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Mark Morris Dance Group and has performed in over 20 dance productions throughout North Carolina, New York and Atlanta. He has sang with the legendary Maya Angelou at Wake Forest University, the International Jazz Sensation, Antoinette Montague, at the International Women in Jazz Festival, and has done back up vocals for Danny Boy from Deathrow Records.
He has had the opportunity to perform at different theaters along the east coast. He took on his first shakespearean role as Richard III and the The Brick Theater in Brooklyn, NY He has performed in Rhode Island at the Lederer Theater Center in two productions as the leading man, the McConnell Theater in Massachusetts in the original production of Word Vomit. His travels abroad and state side has
He just recently relocated to Atlanta from New York, where he studied under Tony Award Winning Actress, Faith Prince, and performed in two successful Off-Broadway productions ( And then: A Sci-Fi Folk Event and The Last question). Since relocating back to Atlanta, he has been very active in his acting classes at Get Scene Studio, The Alliance theater and private lessons. He is currently seeking representation and would love to set up any meetings with agents.- Actor
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Aaron Leddick was born on 18 August 1982. He is an actor and producer, known for American Skin (2019), Heartland (2016) and Alienators (2017).- Actress
Aayira was born on 18 August 1996 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. She is an actress, known for Pubgoa (2020), Thalainagaram 2 (2023) and Kutty Story (2021).- Director
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Abhinav Dwivedi was born on (August 18, 2004) in Ranchi, Jharkhand, India.
Abhinav Dwivedi is the dynamic CEO of Famesroot Celebrity Management, he directed the popular web series "We Are Earners." Blending business prowess with a passion for acting, he gained recognition in both fields. With a dynamic on-screen presence, Abhinav captivates audiences, making a mark as a versatile talent transcending traditional boundaries.- Achille Starace was born on 18 August 1889 in Sannicola, Lecce, Apulia, Italy. He died on 29 April 1945 in Milan, Lombardia, Italy.
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Adam Bertocci was born on August 18th, 1982 to Danielle and Rick Bertocci in New York City. He began attending the Bronxville Public School system in Kindergarten, where he first met Guy in his Basement co-founder Kent Sanderson. By the time he graduated in 2001, he and the "GIHB" crew had shot a short - "Young Jedi: High School Student" and a short feature - "The Cellar Dwellers", both of which Adam wrote. He graduated Northwestern University's Television/Film department in 2005.- Adam Granger was born in 1949 in Madison, Wisconsin, the son of Bruce and Rosemary Granger and the brother of the late playwright Percy Granger (1945-1997). Adam has been a regular performer on the Prairie Home Companion radio program for over 30 years and was a founding member of its house band the Powdermilk Biscuit Band. Granger is the author of the book and CD set Granger's Fiddle Tunes for Guitar, the world's largest collection of guitar tablature fiddle tunes, and also a columnist for Flatpicking Guitar Magazine.
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Adam Levy was born on 18 August 1986 in Mission Viejo, California, USA. He is known for Flutter (2023), Frozen (2013) and Encanto (2021).- Adam Sharif was born on 18 August 2000 in uk preston. He is an actor, known for Space Dogz (2016).
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Adam Sheehan was born on 18 August 1977. He is an actor and producer, known for Fullmetal Alchemist (2003), Yu Yu Hakusho Trading Card Game 2003 DVD Demo (2003) and A Very Special FUNimation Christmas (2008). He has been married to Charlene Ingram since 23 May 2018.- Actor
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Adam Storke was born on 18 August 1962 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for Mystic Pizza (1988), Death Becomes Her (1992) and The Phantom of the Opera (1990).- Actor
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Adam began his career in the Acting for the Camera Program at Capilano University in 2003. He began to book roles in several films, TV and voice productions while continuing to train with some of the best instructors Vancouver has to offer. In 2015 Adam wrote, directed and produced a 5 time, award winning science-fiction short film called "Seeing Red" which was featured in festivals around the world. His knowledge and love for the arts led him to the stage as well. Adam starred in many productions with theatre companies in Vancouver and won the Best Supporting Actor Award at MainStage BC in 2016. In 2019, Adam moved back to his hometown of Victoria BC and began instructing actors of all skill levels at The Victoria Academy of Dramatic Arts. He actively continues to work on productions based in Victoria and Vancouver.- Adam Ward was born on 18 August 1982 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. He is an actor, known for Grumpier Old Men (1995), Kill a Kitten (2009) and Algo's Factory (1998).
- Afonso Araújo was born on 18 August 1991 in Lisbon, Portugal. He is an actor, known for Lua Vermelha (2010), Destinos Cruzados (2013) and Mulheres (2014).
- Agapito Leal was born on 18 August 1938 in Hidalgo, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for American Family (2002), Real Women Have Curves (2002) and George Lopez (2002). He died on 29 October 2023 in Palm Springs, California, USA.
- Agata Khlushchevskaya was born on 18 August 1982 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She is an actress, known for Svakha (2007), Artefakt (2009) and Nevalyashka (2007).
- Agnes Brand Leahy was born on 18 August 1893 in Portland, Oregon, USA. She was a writer, known for The Spoilers (1930), The Social Lion (1930) and Only the Brave (1930). She was married to Frederic Leahy. She died on 31 March 1934 in San Francisco, California, USA.
- Ahmad Khaled Saleh was born on 18 August 1992 in Egypt. He is an actor, known for Diamond Dust (2018), Under Guardianship (2023) and The Blue Elephant 2 (2019). He has been married to Hanadi mhana since 6 November 2020.
- Airi Arimura was born on 18 August 1990 in Kashiba, Japan.
- Al Espinosa was born on 18 August 1968 in Oriente, Cuba. He is an actor, known for Mob Rules (2010), Che: Part One (2008) and NCIS (2003).
- Al Hayter was born on 18 August 1956 in Pasadena, Texas, USA. He is an actor, known for Lost in the Sun (2015), The Man Who Came Back (2008) and The Texas Triangle (2011).
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Al Marineau was born on 18 August 1902 in Minnesota, USA. Al died on 8 August 1984 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
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Al was born in Chicago, and received three degrees in Theatre Arts: Loyola University of Chicago (BA), University of Kansas (MA), and University of Minnesota (PH.D.).
Joined Actors' Equity at age of 20, working with Charlton Heston, Bert Lahr, and Barbra Britton at The Hinsdale Summer Theatre. Has acted in over 200 professional productions, and has directed over 100 others.
Notable stage and film performances have been with many major actors including Jessica Tandy, Hume Cronyn, Zoe Caldwell,Linda Darnell, Jack Carson, Margaret O'Brien, Joan Van Ark, Marge Champion, Wendell Corey, Leo G. Carroll,Lillian Roth,Dean Martin, Donald Pleasance, Lynn Redgrave, Wayne Rogers,Alan Alda, Mike Farrell, Blair Underwood, Delroy Lindo, Danny Glover, Sean Cassidy, Paul Winfield, John Ritter, Karen Morrow, John Kerr, Walter Abel,Nina Foch, Tony Plana, Diana Canova, Cindy Williams, Ed Asner, Hugh O'Brien, Tyne Daley, and Steve Allen, among many others.
He has been directed by and/or studied with Sir Tyrone Guthrie, Harold Clurman, Kristin Linklater, Douglas Campbell, Martin Esslin, Gordon Davidson, Bill Bushnell,Ron Sossi,Carlo Mazzone-Clementi, John Hough, Roger Rees,and Ray Danton, among others.
He is a published author of two books about his most influential mentor, Tyrone Guthrie: Minneapolis Rehearsals: Tyrone Guthrie Directs Hamlet, which chronicles the rehearsals of the premiere production of The Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis, and Astonish Us in the Morning: Tyrone Guthrie Remembered, which is a series of interviews with many distinguished actors and others who worked with Sir Tyrone. Some of them are Lord Laurence Olivier, Sir John Gielgud, Sir Alec Guinness, Dame Sybil Thorndike, Sir Alec McCowen, Sir Anthony Quayle,Sir Robert Morley, Sir John Mills, Jessica Tandy, Hume Cronyn, Stella Adler,Tanya Moiseiwitsch,Coral Browne, Paul Rogers, Arthur Hill, George Grizzard, and Len Cariou.
Al is the Head of Acting at LACC's Theatre Academy in Hollywood: the oldest continuous professional training program West of the Mississippi.- Writer
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Born in Brest, France, in 1922, Alain Robbe-Grillet initially studied mathematics and biology. He graduated from the Paris-based Institut National Agronomique (National Institute of Agronomy) in 1945 and embarked on a career of scientific research in the tropics and in France. Then at age 30 he decided to change the direction of his career and concentrate on the thorny problem of literature. His novels were at first panned by the fashionable critics of the time, but he succeeded in winning (along with such now famous friends as Samuel Beckett, Nathalie Sarraute, Claude Simon and Marguerite Duras) worldwide recognition and wide readership for the last literary movement in France known as "Le Nouveau Roman". or "New Novel". His books have been translated in some 30 languages and include "Le Voyeur: (1955), "La jalousie" (1965), "La maison de rendez-vous" (1965), "Project pour une révolution à New York e Djinn" (1981), "Le miroir qui revient" (1985) and "Les Derniers jours de Corinth" (1994). At 40 he emabarked on a parallel career as screenwriter and film director, venturing once again into unorthodox narrative structures. With Alain Resnais he won the "Golden Lion" in Venice in 1961 for Last Year at Marienbad (1961) ("Last Year at Marienbad") and won the Louis Delluc Prize two years later for L'Immortelle (1963), the first film which he wrote and directed himself. This was followed by Trans-Europ-Express (1966), The Man Who Lies (1968) ("The Man who Lies"), Eden and After (1970) ("Eden and Afterwards"), Successive Slidings of Pleasure (1974) ("The Slow Slidings of Pleasure"), Playing with Fire (1975) ("Playing with Fire"), )La belle captive (1983)_ ("The Beautiful Captive") and Un bruit qui rend fou (1995) ("The Blue Villa"). He lives in seclusion in the countryside in Normandy, where he tends to his collection of cacti. He continues to travel the world, and to teach modern literature and film to graduate students in several American universities.- Actor
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Alan Mowbray, the American film actor who was one of the founding members of the Screen Actors Guild, was born Ernest Allen on August 18, 1896, in London, England, to a non-theatrical family. He served in the British army during World War I and received the Military Medal and the French Croix De Guerre for bravery in action. He began as a stage actor in England, and in some accounts he gave of his life, claimed he was a provincial actor in England before his naval service. In other versions, he claimed he turned to acting after The Great War, as World War I was then known, as he was broke and had no other skills.
After acting in London's West End, Mowbray came to the United States, where he toured the country with the Theater Guild from 1923 to 1929. On the road with the Guild, he most enjoyed acting in the plays of Noël Coward and George Bernard Shaw. He made his Broadway debut in the play "Sport of Kings" at the Lyceum Theatre on May 4, 1926. He also appeared on Broadway in "These Modern Women" in February 1928 and in "The Amorous Antic" in December 1929.
On August 25, 1929, Mowbray's own play, "Dinner is Served," an original comedy he wrote, directed and starred in, made its debut at the Cort Theatre. The play was not a success, closing after just four performances. After "The Amorous Antic," Mowbray did not appear again on Broadway until 1963, when he was featured in "Enter Laughing," the hit stage adaptation of Carl Reiner's novel.
His relative lack of success on Broadway during the "Roaring Twenties" did not matter, as sound had come to Hollywood and the studios were looking for stage actors who could appear in the talkies. Blessed with excellent diction, and tall with a stiff posture and a patrician air, he was ideal for character parts in sound pictures. A member of the "stiff-upper lip" school of British acting, he was often cast as a British, European or upper-class American gentleman, or as an aristocrat or royalty. As he aged, roles as doctors or butlers were his forte.
Mowbray was praised by the critics for limning George Washington in the 1931 biopic Alexander Hamilton (1931) (he would once again play the Father of His Country, this time in a comic vein, in the 1945 musical Where Do We Go from Here? (1945)). He had a romantic lead role opposite Miriam Hopkins in Pioneer Films' Becky Sharp (1935), which was the first feature film made in three-strip Technicolor.
Mowbray had the distinction of appearing in movies with three screen Sherlock Holmeses: Clive Brook in Sherlock Holmes (1932), Reginald Owen in A Study in Scarlet (1933) and Basil Rathbone in Terror by Night (1946). He played the butler in the first two "Topper" films, and as a character actor had memorable turns in two John Ford pictures, My Darling Clementine (1946) and Wagon Master (1950). In the area of typecasting, Mowbray could be counted on as a "pompous blowhard" in such movies as My Man Godfrey (1936), or as "the surprise killer" in B-movie murder mysteries. One of his favorite roles was the con man in the television series Colonel Humphrey Flack (1953), which ran on the Dumont network in 1953.
Mowbray occasionally was a screenwriter, but mostly concentrated on acting. In his personal life he was a member of the Royal Geographic Society and was active in several acting fraternities. He also was one of the founding members of the Screen Actors Guild. The Guild was formed in 1933, in the wake of the formation of the Screen Writers Guild, in reaction to a proposed 50% across-the-board pay cut implemented by the studios.
Actors Equity, the theatrical actors union, had tried to organize Hollywood after winning a contract and a closed shop on Broadway after World War I, but it had failed. Screen actors angered over the lack of contracts and the grueling work hours at the Hollywood studios founded the Masquers club in 1925 in a move towards unionization. After studio technicians won a collective bargaining agreement from the studios in 1926, MGM studio chief Louis B. Mayer had the idea of heading off collective bargaining by the "talent" branches--the actors, writers and directors--by creating a company union. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences was created to serve as an intermediary between the studios and the talent branches and technicians, negotiating contract disputes. Proto-unions, such as the original Screen Writers Guild, folded in 1927 after the creation of the Academy.
By the announcement of the across-the-board cut in 1933, two previous rounds of cutbacks and lay-offs caused by the Great Depression had alienated most of the talent in Hollywood and had led to a strike by the technicians which had closed down the studios for a day. Losing faith in the company union that was the Academy, the talent began organizing their own guilds. In addition to the lack of contracts for many actors and the concerns over wages and hours, one of the new Screen Actors Guild's grievances was that Academy membership was by invitation-only.
In March 1933, SAG was founded by six actors: Berton Churchill, Charles B. Miller, Grant Mitchell, Ralph Morgan, Alden Gay and Kenneth Thomson. Three months later Mowbray was named to SAG's board of directors. He personally funded SAG when it was first founded. While many high-profile actors, already signed to seven-year contracts, refused initially to join SAG, they began to flock to the new union once the studios initiated an anti-raiding provision in the new National Industrial Relations Act code the industry had implemented after Franklin D. Roosevelt became US President and oversaw the enactment of his New Deal legislation in the first 100 days of his administration.
The NRA code the movie industry adopted created a situation for the talent similar to baseball's reserve clause, in which another studio was prevented from offering a contract to an actor, writer or director whose contract had lapsed until their old studio had finished with them and not picked up their option. The NRA code contained a pay ceiling for the talent and technicians, but not for executives. The talent was further enraged when it found out that the Academy, the "company union," had created a committee to investigate the feasibility of long-term contracts. Long-term contracts were the only island of stability in an industry that enhanced its profitability by cutting the wages of its employees and by working them long hours.
At a pivotal meeting at the home of Frank Morgan (the future "Wizard of Oz" and the brother of first SAG president Ralph Morgan), Eddie Cantor insisted that SAG's response to the new code--a collective bargaining agreement--should be in the interests of all actors, not just the already established ones. In the three weeks after the critical meeting, SAG membership rose from approximately 80 members to more than 4,000. Actors resigned from the Academy en masse to join SAG.
Cantor, a friend of President Roosevelt, took the occasion of his being invited to spend the 1933 Thanksgiving holiday with the Roosevelt family to point out the inequities in the new code that SAG found particularly noxious. By executive order, F.D.R. struck them down.
Finally, in 1937, after a long period of resistance, the studios recognized SAG as a collective bargaining agent for actors. Recognition of the Screen Writers Guild and the Screen Directors Guild eventually followed. Mowbray's financial support, in the crucial early days of the guild, had helped make a collective bargaining agreement for actors a reality.
Alan Mowbray married Lorayne Carpenter in 1927, and they had two children. He died on March 25, 1969, of a heart attack.- Special Effects
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Alan Potts was born on 18 August 1977 in Portland, Oregon, USA. He is an actor, known for Conquest of Area 53: Part I and The Curse of Blanchard Hill (2006).- Actor
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Alan Tan was born on 18 August 1974 in Singapore City, Singapore. He is an actor and casting director, known for 1400 (2015), Siew Lup (2016) and Circle Line (2023).- Additional Crew
Albert Aghazarian was born on 18 August 1950 in Jerusalem. Albert is known for Last Supper: Abu Dis (2005) and The Shape of the Future (2005). Albert died on 30 January 2020 in Jerusalem.- Art Director
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Albert Hogsett was born on 18 August 1899 in Las Vegas, New Mexico, USA. He was an art director and set decorator, known for The Enemy Below (1957), Battle of Broadway (1938) and Anne of the Indies (1951). He died on 18 December 1980 in San Diego, California, USA.- Albie Lopez was born on 18 August 1971 in Mesa, Arizona, USA.
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Albina Shulgina was born on 18 August 1936 in RSFSR, USSR. She was a writer, known for Tayozhnaya povest (1979), Braslet-2 (1968) and Virineya (1969). She died on 4 August 2009 in St. Petersburg, Russia.- Alda Garrido was born on 18 August 1896 in São Paulo, SP, Brazil. She was an actress, known for Dona Xepa (1959), E o Circo Chegou (1940) and Grande Teatro Tupi (1951). She died on 8 December 1970 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- Aleksander Vzmetnev was born on 18 August 1993 in Ryazan, Russian. He is an actor, known for Lyubov Sovetskogo Soyuza (2024), The Sober Cab (2019) and Trudnye podrostki (2019).
- Aleksandr Anikeyenko was born on 18 August 1953 in Riga, Latvia. He was an actor, known for Ubitye molniey (2002), Pryamokhozhdenie (2005) and Traktoristy II (1992). He died on 6 August 2015 in Russia.
- Aleksandr Bakharevsky was born on 18 August 1951 in Novosibirsk, RSFSR, USSR. He is an actor, known for Plyvut morzhi (1980), Chelyuskintsy (1985) and Probuzhdenie (2007).
- Aleksandr Korol was born on 18 August 1949. He is an actor, known for Preferans po Pyatnitsam (1984), Posylka dlya Svetlany (1974) and Duenya (1978).
- Aleksandr Koval was born on 18 August 1982 in Former USSR. He is an actor, known for The Photographer (2014), The Lightkeeper (2019) and Under Military Law 3 (2019).
- Aleksandr Ratnikov was born on 18 August 1979 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He is an actor, known for Ottsy i deti (2008), Salyut-7 (2017) and Union of Salvation (2019). He has been married to Anna Taratorkina since 2009. They have one child.
- Aleksandr Usachyov was born on 18 August 1863. He was an actor, known for Za vlast Sovetov! (1923) and House of Greed (1934). He died on 21 January 1937 in Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia].
- Aleksandra Posielezna was born on 18 August 1990 in Katowice, Slaskie, Poland. She is an actress, known for Varia (2017), Drowsiness (2008) and Komisarz Alex (2012).
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Aleksandra Sviridova was born on 18 August 1951 in Kherson, Ukrainian SSR, USSR. She is a writer and actress, known for Ispoved soderzhanki (1992), V nebe 'Nochnye vedmy' (1981) and A Boy and a Frog (1989).- Aleksei Arashtayev was born on 18 August 1949 in Chaa-Khol, Tuvinskiy ASSR, USSR. He was an actor, known for Protiv techeniya (1981), Potomok belogo barsa (1985) and Posledniy god Berkuta (1978). He died on 1 April 2000.
- Alena Murray was born on 18 August 1926 in Humboldt, Nevada, USA. She was an actress, known for Say One for Me (1959), The Three Faces of Eve (1957) and Crossroads (1955). She died on 10 February 2009 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Alex Katunich was born on 18 August 1976 in Calabasas, California, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for Stealth (2005), Spawn (1997) and Little Nicky (2000).- Actress
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Alex Spencer was born on 18 August 1988 in Berkeley, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Winter Nights (2009), United States of Tara (2009) and Four Guys (2009).- Actress
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Alexa Davies was born on 18 August 1995 in Rhuddlan, County Denbighshire, Wales, UK. She is an actress, known for The Murders at White House Farm (2020), Dead Pixels (2019) and Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018).- Alexander Frank Zieglarski was born on 18 August 1977 in Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany. He is an actor, known for 18 Bilder/Sek (2010), Push (2024) and Von jemandem der auszog das Fürchten zu verlernen (2007).
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Alexander Kontoleon was born on 18 August 1974 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He is a director and actor, known for Lonely Dragon (2006).