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Mike Leigh Mike Leigh
LEIGH, Mike Nationality:British. Born:Salford, Lancashire, 20 February 1943. Education:Attended North Grecian Street County Primary School, Salford, and Salford Grammar School; studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London, 1960–62, Camberwell School... Read more
Marianne Jean-Baptiste Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Marianne Jean-Baptiste 1967– Actress At a Glance… Selected works Sources In 1997 Marianne Jean-Baptiste became the first black British actor nominated for an Academy Award. Her performance in 1996’s Secrets and Lies earned her the nomination for best supporting actress, and... Read more
Mike Epps Mike Epps
Mike Epps1970— Comedian, actor Among comedians there once were Bill Cosby, Richard Pryor, and a bunch of struggling unknowns. Everything changed in the 1990s when a new generation of young African-American comedians emerged, with the help of national exposure offered by HBO's Def Comedy Jam and... Read more
Haile Gerima Haile Gerima
Haile Gerima 1946– Filmmaker Embraced America, Shunned Ethiopia Turned to Film to Reclaim His Culture Chose Howard University Over Hollywood Struggled to Make Sankofa Works Continued to Reclaim History Sources Filmmaker Haile Gerima Read more
Masaki Kobayashi Masaki Kobayashi
Masaki Kobayashi Masaki Kobayashi (1916-1996) was a Japanese film director best known for injecting social criticism of Japanese traditions and norms into his chosen art form. He made each of his films carefully, meticulously. As a result, his body of work is not large in comparison with that of... Read more
Leigh Leigh
Leigh , town (1991 pop. 42,627), Wigan metropolitan district, NW England, in the Greater Manchester metropolitan area. Industries include cotton and rayon mills, metalworks, and machinery and electrical goods plants.... Read more
Julie Andrews Julie Andrews
Andrews, Julie 1935- (Dame Julie Andrews, Julie Edwards, Julie Andrews Edwards)PERSONALOriginal name, Julia Elizabeth Wells; born October 1, 1935, in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England; daughter of Edward C. (a teacher) and Barbara (a pianist; maiden name, Ward) Wells; stepdaughter of Edward "Ted"... Read more
Geraldine Chaplin Geraldine Chaplin
Chaplin, Geraldine 1944-PERSONALFull name, Geraldine Leigh Chaplin; born July 31, 1944, in Santa Monica, CA; daughter of Charlie (an actor and director) and Oona (maiden name, O'Neill) Chaplin; companion of Carlos Saura (a director), c.1970s; married Patricio Castilla (a cinematographer), August 18,... Read more
Vivien Leigh Vivien Leigh
Vivien Leigh To legions of movie fans, Vivien Leigh (1913-1967) will best be remembered as the defiant and beautiful Scarlett O'Hara, heroine of the 1939 movie classic Gone With the Wind. Leigh had only a brief career on the British stage and screen when she was plucked out of relative... Read more
Mike Nichols Mike Nichols
Mike Nichols 1931-, American actor and director, b. Berlin, Germany, as Michael Igor Peschkowsky. He and his family emigrated to the United States in 1939, and he studied (1950-53) at the Univ. of Chicago. A founder of The Second City, the comedic and improvisational group, he and fellow member... Read more

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