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Albert Basserman

photo: http://www.nndb.com/people/420/000029333/albert-basserman.jpg Biography Albert Bassermann (September 7, 1867–May 15, 1952) was a stage and screen actor. He was born in Mannheim, Germany. His illustrious career was acknowledged when he received the Iffland-Ring from the respected classics scholar Friedrich Haase....

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Alfie Bass

Biography Alfred Bass (April 10, 1916 – July 15, 1987) was a diminutive cockney-accented Jewish actor, born in London's Bethnal Green. Among his most often seen films (by modern audiences), are The Lavender Hill Mob and A Tale Of Two Cities. He continued working until the turn of the 1980s and had roles in the T.V. series...

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Richard Basehart

photo: http://imagecache6.allposters.com/LRG/27/2770/1MXTD00Z.jpg Biography Richard Basehart (August 31, 1914 - September 17, 1984) was an American actor. He starred in the 1960s television science fiction drama Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, as the character of Admiral Harriman Nelson. One of his most notable film roles...

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Billy Barty

photo: http://www.tvparty.com/vgifs11/Barty1.jpg Biography Billy Barty (born William John Bertanzetti) (October 25, 1924–December 23, 2000) was an Italian-American film actor. Barty was born in Millsboro, Pennsylvania. He was one of the most famous 20th century people with dwarfism, having prominent roles in popular movies...

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Freddie Bartholomew

photo: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZXro2g7Uw6E/S0I3LZGom9I/ Biography For the non-alcoholic beverage, see Freddie Bartholomew (cocktail) promotional photo for Captains Courageous (1937) Freddie Bartholomew (March 28, 1924 – January 23, 1992) was a British child actor, director and producer popular in 1930s Hollywood films....

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Richard Barthelmess

photo: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OOSQcnq8EeA/SYYluYrz7jI/AAAAAAAAB8s/tejeM8UHalA/s400/Richard+Barthelmess.jpg Biography Richard (Dick) Barthelmess (May 9, 1895 - August 17, 1963) was a silent film star. The son of an actress, Barthelmess began acting in college, doing amateur productions. Convinced by a family friend, actress...

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Lionel Barrymore

Biography Lionel Barrymore (born Lionel Blythe on April 28, 1878 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). He was an American actor of stage, radio and film. He was the elder brother of Ethel and John Barrymore. Barrymore made a name for himself on stage before going to Hollywood in 1924. He won an Oscar in 1931 for best actor in A Free...

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John Barrymore

photo: http://www.nndb.com/people/744/000043615/john-barrymore.jpg Biography Barrymore was born in Philadelphia into an extremely illustrious theatrical family. He was expelled from Georgetown Preparatory School in 1898 after being caught attending a bordello. His classic nose and distinguished features won him the nickname...

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Gene Barry

Biography Gene Barry (born June 14, 1919) is an American actor. Actor Gene Barry Born Eugene Klass to a Jewish family in New York City, New York, he exhibited early skills with his singing and violin playing. He adopted his professional name in honor of John Barrymore. He appeared on Broadway in Catherine was Great in...

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Lex Barker

photo: http://www.lex-barker.com/pic/Ta-titel.jpg Biography Lex Barker as "Tarzan" Lex Barker (May 8, 1919 - May 11, 1973) was born Alexander Crichlow Barker, Jr. in Rye, New York and graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in 1938. He is best known as the tenth actor to play Tarzan in the movies, starred in...

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Javier Bardem

Biography Academy Awards 2001 - nominated Best Actor in a Leading Role - Before Night Falls Donostia-San Sebastián International Film Festival 1994 - won Silver Seashell Best Actor - Días contados and El Detective y la muerte European Film Awards 2004 - won Best Actor - Mar adentro 2002 - nominated Best...

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John Banner

photo: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_szMrFn4tHE8/SB-VKCVnm7I/AAAAAAAAAjs/VF1wMjaqaGY/s320/7708_113797605293.jpg Biography John Banner (January 28, 1910–January 28, 1973) was an Jewish Austrian actor. Ironically, he is best known for his role as a Nazi, the comedic Sgt. Schultz on the television sitcom Hogan's Heroes. Banner...

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Ian Bannen

Biography Ian Bannen (June 29, 1928 - November 3, 1999) was a Scottish character actor and occasional leading man. Ian Bannen was born in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Scotland, the son of a lawyer. Bannen served in the army and attended Ratcliffe College, Leicestershire. His first acting role came in a 1947 Dublin production of...

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Antonio Banderas

Foto: 1 Biography Banderas as Zorro in The Legend of Zorro José Antonio Domínguez Bandera, better known as Antonio Banderas, (born August 10, 1960) is a Spanish film actor. Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Private life 4 Selected filmography 5 External links 5.1 Interviews 5.2 Web sites...

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Eric Bana

Biography Bana was born Eric Banadinovich in Melbourne, Australia to Ivan Banadinovich (a Croatian who worked for the Caterpillar Inc. tractor company) and Eleanor (a German-born hairdresser). He has an older brother, Anthony, who was born in 1965. Bana originally dreamed of becoming a car mechanic and tried his hand in odd jobs,...

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Martin Balsam

Biography Martin Balsam (November 4, 1919 – February 13, 1996) was an American actor. Born to a Jewish family in the Bronx, New York, he studied dramatics at The New School in New York City and then served in the Army Air Corps during World War II. In 1947 he was selected by Elia Kazan and Lee Strasberg to be a...

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Christian Bale

Biography Bale was born in Wales to the English parents late businessman David Bale and Jenny James, a circus performer. Bale spent his childhood in a variety of countries including the United Kingdom, Portugal and the United States. On January 29, 2000, he married independent film producer Sibi Blazic (an ex-model, ex-makeup...

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William Baldwin

photo: http://www.insidesocal.com/outinhollywood Biography For the Upper Canada political figure, see William Warren Baldwin. William Baldwin (born February 21, 1963 in Massapequa, New York) is an American actor. He is best known for his early starring roles in such films as Backdraft and Flatliners. He also starred alongside...

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Stephen Baldwin

photo: http://www.fimho.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Stephen-Baldwin.jpg Biography Stephen Baldwin (born May 12, 1966) is an American actor. He is one of the "Baldwin brothers", with brothers Daniel, William and the most famous Alec. In 2001 and 2002 he was a frequent caller into "The Ron and Fez Show" before...

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Daniel Baldwin

Biography Daniel was divorced from Cheryl Baldwin with whom he had a daughter by the name of Kahlea who was born in 1985, and actress Elizabeth Baldwin (1990 - 1996) with whom he had two daughters. He is presently married to actress Isabella Hofmann, and they have one child, a son by the name of Atticus who was born on 13 July 1996....

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Alec Baldwin

photo: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_pLmMug9YFkw/TLhFWUB1hfI/AAAAAAAACo0/arVMk_-ieF0/s1600/alec-baldwin.jpg Biography Politics Baldwin was widely criticized for his appearance on Late Night with Conan O'Brien on December 11th, 1998, eight days before President Bill Clinton was impeached. In a skit that Baldwin later referred to as...

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Stanley Baker

Biography Sir Stanley Baker KBE (February 8, 1927 - June 28, 1976) was a Welsh actor and film producer.. Baker was born in Ferndale, Rhondda Valley, Wales, United Kingdom. He was an actor and film producer who came to prominence in the 1950s; although he made his film debut in 1943 as a teenager in the film "Undercover",...

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King Baggot

Biography King Baggot (born November 7, 1879 - died July 11, 1948) was an American motion picture pioneer actor, screenwriter and director. Born in St Louis, Missouri, he went to New York City with the intention of becoming a Broadway actor. In nearby Fort Lee, New Jersey he began a film career in 1909 as an actor in silent...

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Max Baer Jr

photo: http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/e6769fc584.jpg Biography Max Baer Jr. starring as Jethro Bodine Max Baer, Jr. (born December 4, 1937) is an American actor, screen writer, producer and director. He was born Maximilian Adalbert Baer, Jr. in Oakland, California, the son of legendary boxing...

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Kevin Bacon

Biography In the game Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, players are challenged to link any actor to Kevin Bacon through roles in movies common to both. The number of such links that must be followed between an actor and Kevin Bacon is known as that actor's Bacon number. The name is derived from and the game conceptually inspired by, a play called Six...

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David Bacon

Biography David Bacon (March 24, 1914 – September 13, 1943) was an American film actor. Born Gaspar Griswold Bacon, Jr. in Barnstable, Massachusetts, his family were one of the prominent Brahmin families and active in politics. His father Gaspar G. Bacon was on the board of Harvard University, and would be elected...

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Jim Backus

photo: http://imagecache6.allposters.com/LRG/27/2770/FMXTD00Z.jpg Biography Born: 25 February 1913 Cleveland, Ohio, USA Died: 3 July 1989 Los Angeles, California USA Radio, television, film actor and voice actor James Gilmore Backus (February 25, 1913 in Cleveland Ohio - July 3, 1989 In Los Angeles,...

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Amitabh Bachchan

Biography Bachchan was born to Teji and Harivansh Rai 'Bachchan'. Harivansh Rai was a well-known Hindi poet. He attended Boys' High School in Allahabad followed by Sherwood College in Nainital and went on to Delhi University to earn a degree in science. He gave up his job as a freight broker for the shipping firm...

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Abhishek Bachchan

Biography Abhishek is the son of Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan (BBC Actor of the Millennium) and renowned actress Jaya Bachchan. His sister is Delhi-based Shweta Bachchan-Nanda. Although he made a strong debut in J.P. Dutta's Refugee alongwith Kareena Kapoor in 2000, the movie was not considered a success. In a span of four...

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Charles Aznavour

photo: http://www2.pictures.gi.zimbio.com/Cannes+Film+Festival+2009+Disney+Presents+1I9qnI6xT27l.jpg Biography Aznavour was born Chahnour Varinag Aznavourian in Paris, the son of Armenian immigrants. At an early age his artistic parents introduced him to the world of theatre. He began to perform at age nine and soon took the...

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