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Ron Glass – American actor

Ron Glass – American actor

Ron Glass – American actor

Ron Glass was an American actor known for his role in the TV comedy Barney Miller (1975-1982) and as a pastor Derrial Beech in the sci-fi series Firefly and its sequel, the film Mission Serenity.
Ronald Earle Glass was born on July 10, 1945 in Evansville, Indiana into the family of Lethia and Crump Glass. In 1964 he graduated from the Saint Francis Seminary. Later Glass studied at the University of Evansville, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree. Years later, he dedicated himself to work on television.
His stage debut took place in Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis before he came to Hollywood. He appeared in episodes of the show Sanford and Son in 1972, an episode of All in the Family in 1973 and the episode Good Times in 1974. In 1975 he got the role of Ron Harris in the show Barney Miller, which lasted until 1982. In the next season Glass also starred with Demond Wilson in the short-lived remake of Odd Couple, titled The New Odd Couple.
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Ariana Grande – beautiful actress and singer

Ariana Grande – beautiful actress and singer

Ariana Grande – beautiful actress and singer

Ariana Grande is an American film and television actress, singer, composer, songwriter and model.
She began her career with the Broadway musical 13, even before she received the main role in the television series Victorious in 2009 and Sam & Cat in 2013. Grande also participated in the recording of soundtracks and dubbing of cartoons, such as Winx Club. In 2015 she played in the TV series Scream Queens.
Ariana’s musical career began in 2011 with the recording of the soundtrack for the TV series Victorious. In the same year the singer signed a contract with Republic Records. In 2013, Grande released her debut album Yours Truly, which debuted at number one in the US charts Billboard 200. The first single from the album The Way was among top ten of the Billboard Hot 100.
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David Hamilton – scandalous photographer

David Hamilton – scandalous photographer

David Hamilton – scandalous photographer

David Hamilton was a British and French photographer, film director, screenwriter and producer, who became famous for pictures of naked girls.
David Hamilton was born on April 15, 1933 in London, where he spent his childhood. When the Second World War began he stopped his studies at school. His family moved to Dorset, which was the source of his inspiration for life. After the war, Hamilton’s family returned to London, and after school, David moved to France.
At first Hamilton worked as an architect. At the age of 20 he went to Paris, where he worked as a graphic designer in ELLE magazine. Then he moved to London and got the job of an artistic director of Queen magazine. Some time later he returned to Paris and became Printemps art director. David started doing commercial photography, and his unique style quickly earned him success.
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Scarlett Johansson – American actress and singer

Scarlett Johansson - American actress and singer

Scarlett Johansson – American actress and singer

Scarlett Johansson is an American actress and singer. The role of Natasha Romanova / Black Widow brought her the greatest popularity. In 2004 she was a winner of BAFTA Award in the category Best Actress for her role in the film Lost in Translation. In 2010 Scarlett received Tony award as Best Supporting Actress in the play View from the Bridge. In 2012 she was awarded Honorary Cesar Award.
Scarlett Johansson was born on November 22, 1984 in New York, USA. Her father, Karsten Johansson, is an architect, a native of Denmark, son of the writer, screenwriter and director Ejner Bainkamp Johansson. Scarlett’s mother, Melanie Sloan, comes from a Jewish family. Scarlett has an elder brother Adrian (born in 1976), an elder sister, actress Vanessa (born in 1980), twin brother Hunter (born in 1984), as well as elder half-brother Christian from a previous marriage of her father. After her parents’ divorce, Scarlett lived in two cities – New York and Los Angeles.
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Eva Longoria – actress, model and restaurateur

Eva Longoria – actress, model and restaurateur

Eva Longoria – actress, model and restaurateur

Eva Longoria is an American actress, model, restaurateur and television producer, best known for her role as Gabrielle Solis in the television series Desperate Housewives (2004 -2012).
Eva Jacqueline Longoria was born on March 15, 1975 in Corpus Christi, Texas. Her parents, Enrique Longoria and Ella Eva Mireles, are of Mexican origin. Eva has three elder sisters and she is the only child with dark hair, brown eyes and dark skin. Because of this she thought that she was adopted. As a child, Eve lived at the ranch. She remembered that they had 19 cats. The sisters often brought homeless kittens.
Longoria studied at Marvin P. Baker Middle School and later at Roy Miller High School in her hometown. She received a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology from the University of Texas A & M University-Kingsville. During her studies she won Miss Corpus Christi in 1998. Longoria participated in a talent contest that brought her to Los Angeles. The girl was noticed and soon had her own agent.
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Alicia Silverstone – American actress

Alicia Silverstone - American actress

Alicia Silverstone – American actress

Alicia Silverstone is an American actress, former fashion model. At the beginning of her career, the actress starred in the music videos of the American rock band Aerosmith.
Alicia Silverstone was born on October 4, 1976 in San Francisco, California. Silverstone’s father is a Jew, a native of East London, and her mother was born in Scotland and converted to Judaism before her marriage. Alicia is the youngest of three children. Alicia has a half-sister, rock singer Kezi Silverstone, and a half-brother, David Silverstone, both from her father’s previous marriage.
Silverstone studied at San Mateo High School in California. At the age of six she began working as a model. Then Silverstone was invited to take part in various TV commercials, the first of which was Domino’s Pizza project. Aspiring model became known as Dream Girl in the American television series The Wonder Years.
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Rebecca Ferguson – Swedish actress

Rebecca Ferguson - Swedish actress

Rebecca Ferguson – Swedish actress

Rebecca Ferguson is a Swedish actress.
Rebecca Louise Ferguson Sundström was born on October 19, 1983 in Stockholm, Sweden. Her mother Rosemary is an Englishwoman who moved to Sweden at the age of 25; her father is Swede. Rebecca has three brothers and sisters.
In 1999, she graduated from Adolf Fredrik’s Music School.
At the age of 13 Rebecca began her work as a model for magazines and she also starred in commercials. At the age of eighteen the Swedish actress lived in Miami where she went surfing and diving.
After the success of her series, and her son’s birth, Rebecca and her boyfriend moved to Simrishamn on the south coast of Sweden. There she launched the Argentine dance studio and worked in several short films.
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