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| 1946 The year 1946 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*November 21 - William Wyler's The Best Years of Our Lives premieres in New York featuring an ensemble cast including Fredric March, Myrna Loy, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright, and Harold Russell.*December 20 - Frank Capra's It's a...
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La Symphonie Pastorale La Symphonie Pastorale is a French novel written by André Gide published in 1919.-Plot summary:It is about a pastor who adopts a young blind girl whom his daughter, Charlotte, names "Gertrude". The title refers to Beethoven's Sixth Symphony which the pastor takes Gertrude to hear. It also refers...
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France Michèle MorganMichèle Morgan is a French film actress, who was a leading lady for three decades.- Career :Morgan was born Simone Renée Roussel in Neuilly-sur-Seine, a western suburb of Paris....
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| 1947 The year 1947 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*May 22 - Great Expectations is premiered in New York.*November 24 : The United States House of Representatives of the 80th Congress voted 346 to 17 to approve citations for contempt of Congress against the "Hollywood Ten."*November 25...
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| 1948 The year 1948 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* Laurence Olivier's Hamlet becomes the first British film to win the American Academy Award for Best Picture.-Top grossing films : After theatrical re-issue
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| 1949 The year 1949 in film involved some significant events.-Top grossing films :source: http://www.boxofficereport.com/database/1949.shtml- Awards :Academy Awards:*Adam's Rib*The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr...
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The Walls of Malapaga The Walls of Malapaga , is a 1949 Franco-Italian film co-production made by Francinex and Italia Produzione. It was directed by René Clément and produced by Alfredo Guarini from a screenplay by Cesare Zavattini, Suso Cecchi d'Amico and Alfredo Guarini adapted by Jean Aurenche and Pierre Bost...
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Italy Isa MirandaIsa Miranda was an Italian actress with an international film career.A native of Milan, Isa Miranda worked as a typist whilst attending the drama academy in Milan and training as a stage actress. She went on to play bit parts in Italian films in Rome...
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| 1950 The year 1950 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* February 15 - Walt Disney Studios' animated film Cinderella debuts.-Top grossing films : After theatrical re-issue
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| 1951 The year 1951 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* Sweden - May Britt is scouted by Italian film-makers Carlo Ponti and Mario Soldati-Top grossing films : After theatrical re-issue
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All About EveAll About Eve is a 1950 American drama film, written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, based on the short story "The Wisdom of Eve," by Mary Orr.The film stars Bette Davis as Margo Channing, a highly regarded but aging Broadway star...
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United States Bette DavisRuth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis was an American actress of film, television and theatre. Noted for her willingness to play unsympathetic characters, she was highly regarded for her performances in a range of film genres; from contemporary crime melodramas to historical and period films and occasional...
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| 1952 The year 1952 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* January 10 - Cecil B. DeMille's circus epic, The Greatest Show on Earth, premieres at Radio City Music Hall in New York City....
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Detective Story Detective Story is a film noir which tells the story of one day in the lives of the various people who populate a police detective squad. It features Kirk Douglas, Eleanor Parker, William Bendix, Cathy O'Donnell, Lee Grant, among others. The movie was adapted by Robert Wyler and Philip Yordan...
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United States Lee Grant Lee Grant is an American theater, film and television actress, and film director who was blacklisted by the Hollywood movie studio bosses in the 1950s.-Early life:...
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| 1953 The year 1953 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*September 16 — The Robe debuts as the first anamorphic, widescreen CinemaScope film.-Top grossing films : After theatrical re-issue
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Come Back, Little Sheba Come Back, Little Sheba is a 1952 drama film made by Paramount Pictures which tells the story of a loveless marriage that is rocked when a young woman rents a room in the couple's house...
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United States Shirley BoothShirley Booth was an American actress.Primarily a theatre actress, Booth's Broadway career began in 1925. Her most significant success was as Lola Delaney, in the drama Come Back, Little Sheba, for which she received a Tony Award in 1950...
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| 1954 The year 1954 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*May 12 - The Marx Brothers' Zeppo Marx divorces wife Marion Benda. The two were married in 1927.* A reproduction of "America's First Movie Studio", Thomas Edison's Black Maria, is constructed...
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| 1955 The year 1955 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* November 3 - The musical Guys and Dolls, starring Marlon Brando and Frank Sinatra, debuts.* June 27 - The last ever Republic serial, King of the Carnival, is released....
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| 1956 The year 1956 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* August 4 - The last film serial, Blazing the Overland Trail from Columbia Pictures, is released.* November 15 - Elvis Presley's first film, Love Me Tender, opens....
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I'll Cry TomorrowI'll Cry Tomorrow is a 1955 MGM biographical film which tells the story of Lillian Roth, a Broadway star who rebels against the pressure of her domineering mother and reacts to the death of her fiancé by becoming an alcoholic...
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United States Susan HaywardSusan Hayward was an American actress.After working as a fashion model in New York, Hayward travelled to Hollywood in 1937 in the hope of playing the role of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With the Wind . Although she was not selected, she secured a film contract, and played several small supporting...
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| 1957 The year 1957 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* October 21 - The movie Jailhouse Rock, starring Elvis Presley, opens.-Top grossing films : After theatrical re-issue
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Nights of CabiriaNights of Cabiria is an Italian film directed by Federico Fellini. Fellini's wife, Giulietta Masina, plays Cabiria Ceccarelli, a feisty but naive prostitute in Ostia, then a seedy section of Rome...
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Italy Giulietta MasinaGiulia Anna Masina was a Italian film actress. She starred in La strada and Nights of Cabiria, both winners of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, in 1956 and 1957, respectively...
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| 1958 The year 1958 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* February 16- "In the Money" by William Beaudine is released on this date...
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Brink of Life Brink of Life, is a 1958 Swedish film directed by Ingmar Bergman. Bergman won the Best Director Award and Anderson, Dahlbeck, Ornäs and Thulin won the Best Actress Award at the 1958 Cannes Film Festival....
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Sweden Bibi Andersson Birgitta "Bibi" Andersson is a Swedish actress.- Early life :Andersson was born in Kungsholmen, Stockholm, the daughter of Karin , a social worker, and Josef Andersson, a businessman. She studied acting at the Terserus Drama School and at the legendary Royal Dramatic Theatre School in Stockholm...
, Eva DahlbeckEva Dahlbeck was a Swedish actress and author.Eva Dahlbeck was born in Saltsjö-Duvnäs near Stockholm. She attended the prestigious acting school of the Royal Dramatic Theatre from 1941 to 1944, and acted on the Theatre's stage from 1944 to 1964...
, Barbro Hiort af OrnäsBarbro Hiort af Ornäs is a Swedish film actress.She was born in Gothenburg, Sweden.-Selected filmography:* While the City Sleeps * Barabbas * Brink of Life * All These Women...
and Ingrid ThulinIngrid Thulin was a Swedish film actress.-Biography:Thulin was born in Sollefteå, Ångermanland, northern Sweden, the daughter of Nanna and Adam Thulin, a fisherman...
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| 1959 The year 1959 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* The Three Stooges make their 190th and last short film, Sappy Bullfighters.*September 18 - The Marx Brothers' Zeppo Marx marries his second wife, Barbara Blakely....
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France Simone SignoretSimone Signoret was a French cinema actress often hailed as one of France's greatest movie stars. She became the first French person to win an Academy Award, for her role in Room at the Top...
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| 1960 The year 1960 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* April 20 - for the first time since coming home from military service in Germany, Elvis Presley returns to Hollywood, California to film G.I...
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Never on Sunday Never on Sunday is a 1960 Greek black-and-white film which tells the story of Ilya, a prostitute who lives in the port of Piraeus in Greece, and Homer, an American tourist — a classical scholar enamored with all things Greek. Ilya is a character close to the "hooker with a heart of gold"...
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Greece Melina MercouriMelina Mercouri , born Maria Amalia Mercouri , was a Greek actress, singer and politician. She is considered one of the greatest female figures of modern era in Greece, being an actress of international fame and a politician who left her mark on Greek culture.As an actress she made her film debut...
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| Moderato Cantabile Seven Days... Seven Nights is a 1960 French drama film directed by Peter Brook. It was entered into the 1960 Cannes Film Festival, where Jeanne Moreau won the award for Best Actress. It is based on the novel Moderato cantabile by Marguerite Duras....
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France Jeanne MoreauJeanne Moreau is a French actress, screenwriter and director.Moreau made her theatrical debut in 1947, and established herself as one of the leading actresses of the Comédie-Française...
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| 1961 The year 1961 in film involved some significant events.-Top grossing films : After theatrical re-issue
source: http://www.boxofficereport.com/database/1961.shtml- Awards :Academy Awards:*Bridge to the Sun...
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Two Women Two Women is a 1960 Italian film directed by Vittorio De Sica. It tells the story of a woman trying to protect her teenaged daughter from the horrors of war. The film stars Sophia Loren, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Eleonora Brown, Carlo Ninchi and Andrea Checchi...
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Italy Sophia LorenSophia Loren is an Italian film actress and an international sex symbol. In 1961, she won an Academy Award for Best Actress for Two Women, becoming the first actor to win an Academy Award for a non-English-speaking performance....
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| 1962 The year 1962 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* Dr. No launches the James Bond film series, the second longest-running motion picture franchise of all time , running more than 40 years.-Top grossing films :...
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Long Day's Journey into Night Long Day's Journey Into Night is a 1962 film adaptation of the Eugene O'Neill play. It was directed by Sidney Lumet and produced by Ely Landau with Joseph E. Levine and Jack J. Dreyfus, Jr. as executive producers...
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United States Katharine HepburnKatharine Houghton Hepburn was an American actress of film, television and stage.Hepburn holds the record for the most Best Actress Oscar wins with four, from 12 nominations. Hepburn won an Emmy Award in 1976 for her lead role in Love Among the Ruins, and was nominated for four other Emmys, two...
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| 1963 The year 1963 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* June 12 - Cleopatra starring Elizabeth Taylor, Rex Harrison and Richard Burton premieres at the Rivoli Theatre in New York City....
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The Conjugal Bed The Conjugal Bed is a 1963 Italian comedy film directed by Marco Ferreri. It was entered into the 1963 Cannes Film Festival where Marina Vlady won the award for Best Actress...
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France Marina Vlady Marina Vlady is a French actress.She won the Best Actress Award at the 1963 Cannes Film Festival for The Conjugal Bed. She was married to Russian poet and song-writer Vladimir Vysotsky from 1970 until his death in 1980...
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| 1964 The year 1964 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* January 29 - The film Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb is released....
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The Pumpkin Eater The Pumpkin Eater is a 1964 British film which tells the story of a woman who finds herself with an unfaithful husband and pregnant with her seventh child, unsure of where life is taking her...
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United States Anne BancroftAnne Bancroft was an American actress associated with the method school of acting.-Early life:Bancroft was born Anna Maria Louisa Italiano in the Bronx, New York, the daughter of Mildred , a telephone operator, and Michael Italiano, a dress pattern maker...
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| One Potato, Two Potato |
United States Barbara Barrie Barbara Barrie is an American actress and author of children's books.-Personal life:Barrie was born as Barbara Ann Berman in Chicago, Illinois, of Jewish heritage, the daughter of Frances Rose and Louis Berman. She was raised in Texas. Barrie is a widow and the mother of two children, Aaron and...
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| 1965 The year 1965 in film involved some significant events.-Top grossing films : After theatrical re-issue
source: http://www.boxofficereport.com/database/1965.shtml- Awards :Academy Awards:*Boeing Boeing*Brainstorm...
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The Collector The Collector is a film based on the 1963 novel The Collector by John Fowles. The film was adapted by Stanley Mann and John Kohn and was directed by William Wyler, who turned down The Sound of Music to do it. It starred Terence Stamp and Samantha Eggar.-Plot summary:Freddie Clegg is a London bank...
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United Kingdom Samantha Eggar Victoria Louise Samantha Marie Elizabeth Therese Eggar is an English actress.-Early life:She was born to an English father and a mother of Dutch and Portuguese descent and was educated at a convent.-Career:She began her acting career in several Shakespearean companies, and debuted on film in 1962...
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| 1966 The year 1966 in film involved some significant events.-Events:Walt Disney, well known for his creation of Mickey Mouse, died on December 15,1966 of acute circulatory collapse following a diagnosis of, and surgery for, lung cancer...
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Morgan! Morgan! is a 1966 comedy film made by the British Lion Films Corporation...
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United Kingdom Vanessa Redgrave Vanessa Redgrave CBE is an Oscar winning English actress of stage, film and television. She is a member of the Redgrave family, the world-renowned theatrical dynasty. A former Trotskyist and leading member of the Workers' Revolutionary Party, She is also a social activist for human rights and has...
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| 1967 The year 1967 in film involved some significant events. It is widely considered as one of the most ground-breaking years in film.-Events:*December 26 - The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour airs on British television....
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Elvira Madigan Elvira Madigan is a 1967 Swedish film directed by Bo Widerberg, based on the tragedy of the Danish tightrope dancer Hedvig Jensen , working under the stage name of Elvira Madigan at her stepfather's travelling circus, who runs away with the deserter Swedish lieutenant Sixten Sparre .-Plot:Elvira...
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Sweden Pia Degermark Pia Charlotte Caminneci Degermark is a Swedish former actress.Degermark came to international notice as the lead in Elvira Madigan , directed by Bo Widerberg, for which she won the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival in 1967...
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| 1968 The year 1968 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* October 30 - The film The Lion in Winter, starring Katharine Hepburn, debuts.* November 1 - The MPAA's film rating system is introduced.-Top grossing films :...
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| 1969 The year 1969 in film involved some significant events.-Top grossing films : After theatrical re-issue
source: http://www.boxofficereport.com/database/1969.shtml- Awards :Academy Awards:*Anne of the Thousand Days...
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Isadora Isadora is a 1968 biographical film which tells the story of celebrated American dancer Isadora Duncan. It stars Vanessa Redgrave, James Fox and Jason Robards....
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United Kingdom Vanessa Redgrave Vanessa Redgrave CBE is an Oscar winning English actress of stage, film and television. She is a member of the Redgrave family, the world-renowned theatrical dynasty. A former Trotskyist and leading member of the Workers' Revolutionary Party, She is also a social activist for human rights and has...
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| 1970 The year 1970 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* February 11 - The film The Magic Christian, starring Peter Sellers and Ringo Starr premieres in New York City...
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Metello Metello is a 1970 Italian drama film directed by Mauro Bolognini. It was entered into the 1970 Cannes Film Festival. It starred Massimo Ranieri as the title character.-Plot:...
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Italy Ottavia Piccolo Ottavia Piccolo is an Italian film actress. She has appeared in 45 films since 1962. She won the award for Best Actress at the 1970 Cannes Film Festival for the film Metello.-External links:...
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| 1971 The year 1971 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*February 8 - Bob Dylan's hour long documentary film, Eat the Document, premieres at New York's Academy of Music...
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The Panic in Needle Park The Panic in Needle Park is a 1971 American film directed by Jerry Schatzberg and starring Al Pacino in his second film appearance. The screenplay was written by Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne, adapted from the book by James Mills....
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United States Kitty Winn Kitty Michelle Winn is an American actress.Winn was born in Washington, D.C. She spent much of her childhood time traveling to China, India and Japan. She made her Broadway debut in 1969 in The Three Sisters, and won Best Actress at the 1971 Cannes Film Festival for her role opposite Al Pacino in...
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| 1972 The year 1972 in film involved some significant events.-Top grossing films :source: http://www.boxofficereport.com/database/1972.shtml- Awards :Academy Awards:*Ben*The Big Bird Cage*Blacula*Bone...
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ImagesImages is a 1972 English language psychological thriller directed by Robert Altman.-Synopsis:As the film begins, wealthy housewife and children's author Cathryn receives a series of disturbing and eerie phone calls in her home in London one dreary night...
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United Kingdom Susannah York Susannah York is an English film, stage and television actress.-Early life:York was born as Susannah Yolande Fletcher in Chelsea, London in 1939. The daughter of businessman Simon William Peel Vickers Fletcher and his wife Joan Nita Mary Bowrig, York was raised in Scotland where she attended Marr...
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| 1973 The year 1973 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*The Marx Brothers' Zeppo Marx divorces his second wife, Barbara Blakely. Blakely would later marry actor/singer Frank Sinatra....
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The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds is a 1964 play written by Paul Zindel, a playwright and science teacher. Zindel received the 1971 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the work. The play's world premiere was staged in 1964 at the Alley Theatre in Houston, after which it premiered in...
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United States Joanne WoodwardJoanne Gignilliat Trimmier Woodward is an American actress. Woodward is also a television and theatrical producer.-Early life:...
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| 1974 The year 1974 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*February 7 - Blazing Saddles is released in USA*May 1 - George Lucas creates the first draft of what would eventually become Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope....
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France Marie-José Nat Marie-José Nat is a French film and television actress.Born Mary-José Benhalassa in Bonifacio, Corse-du-Sud. She was married to film director Michel Drach, and starred in his 1970 film Elise, or Real Life and his 1974 film Les violons du bal, concerning his childhood experiences during World War...
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| 1975 The year 1975 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*January 28 - George Lucas creates the second draft of what would eventually become Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope...
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Lenny Lenny is a 1974 film about the life of the comedian Lenny Bruce, starring Dustin Hoffman. Directed by Bob Fosse. The screenplay by Julian Barry is based on his play Lenny.-Plot summary:...
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United States Valérie Perrine -Early life:Perrine was born in Galveston, Texas, the daughter of Winifred , a dancer who appeared in George White's Scandals, and Kenneth Perrine, a Lieutenant Colonel in the US Army. Owing to her father's career, Perrine lived in many locations as the family moved to different...
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| 1976 The year 1976 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*March 22 - Filming begins on George Lucas' Star Wars science fiction film...
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L'eredità Ferramonti |
France Dominique SandaDominique Sanda is a French actress and former fashion model.Sanda was born as Dominique Marie-Françoise Renée Varaigne in Paris to Lucienne and Gérard Sanda...
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| Déryné hol van? Mrs. Dery Where Are You? is a 1975 Hungarian drama film directed by Gyula Maár. It was entered into the 1976 Cannes Film Festival, where Mari Töröcsik won the award for Best Actress.-Cast:* Mari Töröcsik - Déryné* Ferenc Kállai - Déry...
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Hungary Mari Töröcsik Mari Töröcsik is a Hungarian film actress. She has appeared in over 120 films since 1956. She won the award for Best Actress at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival for the film Mrs...
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| 1977 The year 1977 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*In the Academy Awards, Peter Finch, Faye Dunaway and Beatrice Straight win Best Actor and Actress and Supporting Actress awards for Network....
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3 Women3 Women is a 1977 film directed by Robert Altman, starring Shelley Duvall, Sissy Spacek, and Janice Rule. The story came directly from a dream Altman had, which he did not fully understand, but nonetheless adapted into a treatment, intending to film without a script...
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United States Shelley Duvall Shelley Alexis Duvall is an American film and television actress. She began her career in the 1970s films of Robert Altman, followed by roles in movies by Woody Allen, Stanley Kubrick, Terry Gilliam and Tim Burton.-Early career:...
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Canada Monique Mercure Monique Mercure, CC is a Canadian actress. She was born in Montreal, Quebec.At the 1977 Cannes Film Festival she won the award for Best Actress for the film J.A...
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| 1978 The year 1978 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*February 1 - Bob Dylan's film Renaldo and Clara, a documentary of the "Rolling Thunder Revue" tour premieres in Los Angeles, California....
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An Unmarried Woman An Unmarried Woman is a 1978 American drama film that tells the story of the wealthy New York wife Erica whose “perfect” life is shattered when her stockbroker husband Martin leaves her for a younger woman. The film documents Erica's attempts at being single again, where she suffers with...
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United States Jill Clayburgh -Early life:Clayburgh was born in New York City to Julia , a theatrical production secretary for David Merrick, and Albert Henry "Bill" Clayburgh, a manufacturing executive. Clayburgh's family was Jewish and upper class; she was raised in a "fashionable" neighborhood on Manhattan's Upper East Side,...
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Violette NozièreViolette Nozière is a 1978 French crime film directed by Claude Chabrol and starring Isabelle Huppert and Stéphane Audran. The film, based on a true French murder case in 1934, is about a fourteen-year-old girl named Violette and her encounters with a number of older men.-Plot:Violette Noziere is...
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France Isabelle Huppert Isabelle Anne Madeleine Huppert is a French actress, who has appeared in about 80 films including a few Hollywood movies. She won the César Award for Best Actress in 1996 for her performance in La Cérémonie.-Early career:...
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| 1979 The year 1979 in film involved some significant events.- Major Events :* March 5 - Production begins on Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.* May 25 - Alien, a landmark of the science fiction genre, is released....
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Norma Rae Norma Rae is a 1979 film that tells the story of a factory worker from a small town in the Southern United States , who becomes involved in the labor union activities at the textile factory where she works. It stars Sally Field, Beau Bridges, Ron Leibman, Pat Hingle, Barbara Baxley, Gail...
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United States Sally FieldSally Margaret Field is a 2x Academy Award, 2x Golden Globe, 3x Emmy Award and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress winner, American actress. She became a household name at the age of 20 as Sister Bertrille in the 1960s sitcom The Flying Nun. She has won two Oscars: one for Norma Rae in...
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| 1980 The year 1980 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*May 21 - The Empire Strikes Back is released and is the biggest grosser of the year just as its precessdor, Star Wars did three years before....
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A Leap in the Dark A Leap in the Dark is a 1980 Italian film written and directed by Marco Bellocchio. It stars Michel Piccoli and Anouk Aimée, who won the Best Actor and Best Actress prizes respectively at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival...
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France Anouk AiméeAnouk Aimée is a French film actress. Aimée has appeared in 70 films since 1947.Aimée was born Françoise Sorya Dreyfus in Paris, France, the daughter of actors Geneviève Sorya and Henri Murray ....
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| 1981 -Events:*January 19 - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquires beleaguered concurrent United Artists. UA was humiliated by the astronomical losses on the $40,000,000 movie Heaven's Gate, a major factor in the decision of owner Transamerica to sell it....
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QuartetQuartet is a 1981 Merchant Ivory Film, starring Isabelle Adjani, Maggie Smith and Alan Bates set in 1924 Paris. It premiered at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival and was an entry for the Selection Officiel .-Credit:...
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France Isabelle Adjani Isabelle Yasmine Adjani is a French film actress and singer. Adjani has appeared in 30 films since 1970. She won four César Awards in Possession , One Deadly Summer , Camille Claudel , and Queen Margot . Also she received two Academy Award nominations for Best Actress...
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| Possession Possession is a 1981 cult movie directed by Andrzej Żuławski.-Plot:Mark returns home to Berlin to find his wife Anna is leaving him for unclear reasons. He initially suspects an affair and hires detectives to track her, but gradually discovers clues that something far stranger is afoot...
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| 1982 -Events:*June 10 = Steven Spielberg's science fiction PG-rating film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, becomes one of the highest-grossing box-office success until Jurassic Park,...
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Another Way Another Way , is a 1982 Hungarian film directed by Károly Makk about an affair between two women. It is based on a semi-autobiographical novella Another Love by Erzsébet Galgóczi , who co-wrote the screenplay with Makk...
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Poland Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieślak Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieślak is a Polish film actress. She has appeared in 33 films since 1972. She won the award for Best Actress at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival for her role in the film Another Way.-Selected filmography:...
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| 1983 -Events:*February 11 - The Rolling Stones concert film Let's Spend the Night Together opens in New York-Top grossing films :source: http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=1983&p=.htm- Awards :Academy Awards:...
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Storia di Piera |
West Germany Hanna SchygullaHanna Schygulla is a German actress and chanson singer. She is generally considered the most prominent German actress of the New German Cinema....
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| 1984 -Events:* The Walt Disney Company founds Touchstone Pictures to release movies with subject matter deemed inappropriate for the Disney name.*Tri-Star Pictures, a joint venture of Columbia Pictures, HBO, and CBS, releases its first film....
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Cal Cal is a 1984 film based on the novella Cal written by Bernard MacLaverty who also wrote the script. The film was directed by Pat O'Connor. The film was entered into the 1984 Cannes Film Festival, where Helen Mirren won the award for Best Actress....
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United Kingdom Helen MirrenDame Helen Mirren, DBE is an English actor. She has won an Academy Award, four SAG Awards, four BAFTAs, three Golden Globes and four Emmy Awards during her career.-Family:...
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| 1985 -Events:* 3 December - Roger Moore steps down from the role of James Bond after twelve years and seven films. He is replaced by Timothy Dalton.* The Academy Award for Best Picture was won by Out of Africa, while the highest grossing film was Back to the Future.-Top grossing films :source:...
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The Official StoryThe Official Story is an Argentine drama film directed by Luis Puenzo and written by Puenzo and Aída Bortnik. It has also been released as The Official Version in the United Kingdom and elsewhere....
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Argentina Norma AleandroNorma Aleandro Robledo is an Argentine actress, born in Buenos Aires to Pedro Aleandro and María Luisa Robledo, both actors. Her sister, María Vaner, was a famous actress in Argentina.-Biography:...
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| Mask Mask is a 1985 drama film directed by Peter Bogdanovich, and starring Cher and Eric Stoltz. Sam Elliott, Dennis Burkley, and Laura Dern are featured in supporting roles. Cher received the 1985 Cannes Film Festival award for Best Actress....
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United States CherCher is an American pop singer-songwriter, actor, director and record producer. She has won an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, three Golden Globe Awards and a People's Choice Award for her work in film, music and television.Cher began her career at the age of seventeen and came to...
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| 1986 -Events:*April 12 - Actor Morgan Mason marries The Go-Go's Belinda Carlisle*Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger marries television journalist Maria Shriver.*Actress Heather Locklear marries Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee....
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Rosa Luxemburg Rosa Luxemburg is a 1986 German drama film directed by Margarethe von Trotta. It was entered into the 1986 Cannes Film Festival where Barbara Sukowa won the award for Best Actress.-Cast:* Barbara Sukowa - Rosa Luxemburg...
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West Germany Barbara Sukowa Barbara Sukowa is a German theatre and film actress.- Work :Sukowa's stage debut was in Berlin in 1971, in a production of Peter Handke's Der Ritt über den Bodensee. Günter Beelitz invited her to join the ensemble of the Darmstädt National Theatre in the same year...
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| Eu Sei Que Vou Te Amar |
Brazil Fernanda Torres Fernanda Pinheiro Monteiro Torres is a Brazilian movie, theatre and television actress. She is the daughter of the Oscar-nominated actress Fernanda Montenegro and the actor Fernando Torres....
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| 1987 -Events:*January 31 - The Cure for Insomnia premieres at The School of the Art Institute in Chicago, Illinois, to officially become the world's longest film according to Guinness World Records.*May 9 - Actor Tom Cruise marries actress Mimi Rogers....
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Shy PeopleShy People is a critically-acclaimed 1987 American drama about two branches of a family that reunite with tragic results, starring Barbara Hershey, Jill Clayburgh, and Martha Plimpton. It was directed by Andrei Konchalovsky, written by Konchalovsky, Marjorie David and Gerard Brach, and features...
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United States Barbara Hershey Barbara Hershey is an American actress and activist.-Personal life:...
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| 1988 -Top grossing films :source: http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=1988&p=.htm- Awards :Academy Awards:* Alice * Alien Nation, starring James Caan and Mandy Patinkin* Amsterdamned...
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A World Apart A World Apart is a 1988 anti-Apartheid drama, written by Shawn Slovo and directed by Chris Menges. It is based on the lives of Slovo's parents, Ruth First and Joe Slovo. The film was a co-production between companies from the UK and Zimbabwe, where the movie was filmed...
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United States Barbara Hershey Barbara Hershey is an American actress and activist.-Personal life:...
, United Kingdom Jodhi May-Early life and career:Born in Camden Town, London, May first acted at the age of 12 in 1988's A World Apart. The role earned her a best actress award at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival, shared with her co-stars Barbara Hershey and Linda Mvusi...
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| 1989 -Events:* "Batman" is released on June 23, and went on to become the biggest blockbuster of the year; Grossing over $250 million at the box office.* Actress Kim Basinger and her brother Mick purchase Braselton, Georgia, for $20 million...
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A Cry in the Dark A Cry in the Dark is a 1988 Australian docudrama film directed by Fred Schepisi. The screenplay by Schepisi and Robert Caswell is based on John Bryson's 1985 book Evil Angels, the title under which the film was released in Australia...
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United States Meryl StreepMary Louise "Meryl" Streep is an American actress who has worked in theatre, television, and film. She is widely regarded as one of the most talented and respected movie actors of the modern era....
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| 1990 The year 1990 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* CGI technique is expanded with motion capture for CGI characters, used in Total Recall .* The first digitally-manipulated matte painting is used, in Die Hard 2....
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Poland Krystyna JandaKrystyna Janda is a Polish film and theater actress best known in the West for playing leading roles in several films by Polish director Andrzej Wajda, including Man of Marble and Man of Iron .In 1982, she played the lead character in Ryszard Bugajski's film...
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| 1991 The year 1991 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*April 28 - Bonnie Raitt marries actor Michael O'Keefe in New York*Terminator 2: Judgment Day, became one of the landmarks for sci-fi action films.-Top grossing films :...
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The Double Life of Véronique The Double Life of Véronique is a 1991 French- and Polish-language film directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski, co-written by Kieślowski and Krzysztof Piesiewicz, starring Irène Jacob, with music by Zbigniew Preisner. The film was Kieślowski's first to be produced partly outside Poland.A Criterion...
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Switzerland Irène Jacob Irène Marie Jacob is a French-born Swiss actress considered one of the preeminent French actresses of her generation. Jacob gained international recognition and acclaim through her work with Polish film director Krzysztof Kieslowski, who cast her in the lead role of The Double Life of Véronique...
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| 1992 The year 1992 in film involved many significant films. -Top grossing films :source: - Awards :Academy Awards:*Article 99B...
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The Best Intentions The Best Intentions is a 1992 Swedish drama film directed by Bille August and written by Ingmar Bergman. It is semi-autobiographical and tells the story of the complex courtship of Bergman's parents, Erik and Karin , and the unhappy early years of their marriage up to the point where Anna is...
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Sweden Pernilla August Pernilla August is a Swedish actress.August was born Mia Pernilla Wallgren in Stockholm, Sweden. She started acting during her childhood in theater and at school. Her professional acting career started in 1975 when she began studying acting. She attracted the attention of Ingmar Bergman, who...
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The Piano The Piano is a 1993 film about a mute female pianist and her daughter, set during the mid-19th century in a rainy, muddy frontier New Zealand backwater. The film was written and directed by Jane Campion, and stars Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill and Anna Paquin. It features a score for the...
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United States Holly HunterHolly P. Hunter is an American actress. Her films include Raising Arizona, Broadcast News, Always, and The Piano for which she won several acting awards, including an Academy Award for Best Actress...
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| 1994 The year 1994 in film involved some significant events.-Top grossing films :*This was the Highest Grossing film of 1994 Worldwidesource: - Awards :Academy Awards:* Andre...
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La Reine MargotLa Reine Margot is a 1994 French film based on the 1845 historical novel of the same name by Alexandre Dumas, père. An abridged version of the film was released as Queen Margot in North America, and in the UK under its original French title...
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Italy Virna Lisi Virna Lisi is a Cannes and César award-winning Italian film actress.Lisi was born in Ancona, Marche, as Virna Lisa Pieralisi.-Early career:...
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| 1995 The year 1995 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* March 22 - The Dogme 95 movement is officially announced in Paris by Danish directors Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg....
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The Madness of King George The Madness of King George is a 1994 film directed by Nicholas Hytner and adapted by Alan Bennett from his own play, The Madness of George III. It tells the true story of George III's deteriorating mental health, and his equally declining relationship with his son, the Prince of Wales, particularly...
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United Kingdom Helen MirrenDame Helen Mirren, DBE is an English actor. She has won an Academy Award, four SAG Awards, four BAFTAs, three Golden Globes and four Emmy Awards during her career.-Family:...
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| 1996 The year 1996 in film involved some significant events. Major releases this year included Fargo, Trainspotting, The English Patient, Independence Day, Twister, Scream, Jerry Maguire and Madonna's Evita.-Events:...
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Secrets & Lies Secrets & Lies is a 1996 British film directed by Mike Leigh and starring Brenda Blethyn, who won the award for Best Actress at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival. The film won numerous other awards and received several Academy Award nominations.-Storyline:...
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United Kingdom Brenda BlethynBrenda Blethyn OBE is an English actress and author. Blethyn began her career on stage as a member of the National Theatre company, and made her first television appearance in 1980...
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| 1997 The year 1997 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*The Star Wars original trilogy's 20th Anniversary Special Editions are released.*Production begins on Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace....
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Nil by Mouth Nil by Mouth is a 1997 British film surrounding the life of a family of characters living in South East London. It was Gary Oldman's debut as writer, director; he also produced the film in partnership with Douglas Urbanski and Luc Besson. It stars Ray Winstone as Raymond, the abusive husband of...
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United Kingdom Kathy Burke Katherine Lucy Bridget Burke is an English actress, comedienne, playwright and theatre director.-Family and upbringing:...
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| 1998 The year 1998 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* February 14 - Sharon Stone marries Phil Bronstein.* Former child star Gary Coleman is charged with assaulting a young female bus driver at a California shopping mall.-Top grossing films:...
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The Dreamlife of Angels The Dreamlife of Angels is a 1998 French drama film directed by Erick Zonca.-Story:The film is about two working class women, Isa and Marie, who live in a small French town near Lille. They both have been treated harshly by life and are living from day to day in short-time jobs, such as working in...
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France Élodie Bouchez Élodie Bouchez-Bangalter is a French actress. Today she currently resides in Beverly Hills, California with her husband Thomas Bangalter...
and Belgium Natacha RégnierNatacha Régnier is a Belgian actress.Born on 11 April 1974 in the Ixelles section of Brussels, she was attracted to theatre from early adolescence. Her first screen role was in The Motorcycle Girl , a short film by Stéphan Carpiaux...
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| 1999 The year 1999 in film involved some significant events and was arguably the most successful year for films released in the 1990s. Several new feature films, including Star Wars Episode I, The Sixth Sense, The Green Mile, new sequel Toy Story 2, first of The Matrix, Disney's animated Tarzan,...
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Humanité Humanité is a 1999 film directed by Bruno Dumont. It tells the story of a detective who has lost touch with his emotions, and who investigates the murder of a little girl.-Plot:...
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Belgium Séverine Caneele Séverine Caneele is a Belgian film actress. She won the award for Best Actress at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival for the film L'humanité.-Filmography:* L'humanité * Une part du ciel...
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| Rosetta Rosetta is a 1999 French-Belgian film written and directed by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. It is about a seventeen year old girl who lives in a trailer park with her alcoholic mother...
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Belgium Émilie DequenneÉmilie Dequenne is an actress. She won the Best Actress award at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival for her debut film performance in the Palme d'Or-winning film Rosetta...
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| 2000 The year 2000 in film involved some significant events.-Top-grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the United States and Canada in 2000...
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Dancer in the Dark Dancer in the Dark is a Danish musical drama film released in 2000. It was directed by Lars von Trier and stars Icelandic singer Björk, Catherine Deneuve, David Morse, Vladica Kostic, Cara Seymour and Peter Stormare...
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Iceland Björk Björk Guðmundsdóttir is a critically acclaimed Icelandic avant-garde singer-songwriter, composer, actress and music producer, whose work includes seven solo albums and two film soundtracks....
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| 2001 The year 2001 in film involved some significant events. -Top-grossing films:...
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The Piano TeacherThe Piano Teacher is a 2001 film directed by Michael Haneke, starring Isabelle Huppert and Benoît Magimel. It is based on the novel Die Klavierspielerin by Elfriede Jelinek, Nobel Prize for Literature winner in 2004.- Plot :...
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France Isabelle Huppert Isabelle Anne Madeleine Huppert is a French actress, who has appeared in about 80 films including a few Hollywood movies. She won the César Award for Best Actress in 1996 for her performance in La Cérémonie.-Early career:...
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| 2002 The year 2002 in film involved some significant events. The first significant releases of sequels took place between Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Men in Black II, Analyze That, Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost...
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The Man Without a Past The Man Without a Past is a 2002 Finnish comedy-drama film directed by Aki Kaurismäki and starring Markku Peltola, Kati Outinen and Juhani Niemelä. It is the second installment in Kaurismäki's Finland trilogy, the other two films being Drifting Clouds and Lights in the Dusk...
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Finland Kati Outinen Anna Katriina Outinen is a Finnish actress who has often played leading female roles in Aki Kaurismäki's films....
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| 2003 The year 2003 in film involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with movies like The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Pokémon Heroes, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines,...
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Canada Marie-Josée Croze Marie-Josée Croze is a Canadian actress.Croze was born in Montreal, QC. She won the Cannes Film Festival award for Best Actress in 2003 for her performance in The Barbarian Invasions. She was cast by prominent Hollywood director Steven Spielberg for his film Munich which was released in December...
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| 2004 The year 2004 in film involved some significant events. Major releases of sequels took place. It included blockbuster films like Shrek 2, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, The Passion of the Christ, Meet the Fockers, Blade: Trinity, Spider-Man 2, Alien vs. Predator, Kill Bill Vol...
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Hong Kong Maggie CheungMaggie Cheung Man-yuk is a Cannes Best Actress, Berlin Best Actress, five-time Hong Kong Film Award and five-time Taiwan Golden Horse winning Chinese actress from Hong Kong. Raised in England, she has over 70 films to her credit since starting her career in 1983...
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| 2005 The year 2005 in film saw many new films released worldwide, including several major mainstream sequels, prequels, and remakes as well as original films.-Top–grossing films:...
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Free Zone Free Zone is a 2005 film directed by Amos Gitai. Shot in Israel and Jordan, the Israel-Belgium-French-Spain production stars Israeli Jewish actress Hanna Laslo, Israeli Arab actress Hiam Abbass, and Israeli-American actress Natalie Portman....
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Israel Hanna Laslo Hanna Laslo is an Israeli actress and comedian.-Biography:Hana Laszlo was born on June 14, 1953 in Jaffa, Israel. Her parents were both Holocaust survivors. In 1972-1973, she served in the Israel Defense Forces Southern Command musical troupe...
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| 2006 The year 2006 in film saw many new films released worldwide, including several major mainstream sequels, prequels, and remakes as well as original films.-Top grossing films:...
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Volver Volver is a 2006 Spanish film by director Pedro Almodóvar.Volver was one of the films competing for the Palme d'Or at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. It eventually won two awards: Best Actress and Best Screenplay...
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Spain Penélope CruzPenélope Cruz Sánchez , better known as Penélope Cruz, is a Spanish actress. She gathered critical acclaim as a young actress for films such as Jamón, Jamón, La Niña de tus ojos, and Belle époque. She has also starred in several American films such as Blow, Vanilla Sky, and Vicky Cristina Barcelona...
, Carmen MauraCarmen García Maura is a Spanish actress. In a career that has spanned several decades, Maura is best known for her collaborations with noted Spanish film director Pedro Almodóvar.-Early life:...
, Lola Dueñas Lola Dueñas is a Spanish actress.She is the daughter of Nicolás Dueñas and studied in the Institut del Teatre of Barcelona.- Selected filmography :*Fuera de Carta Lola Dueñas (October 6, 1971) is a Spanish actress.She is the daughter of Nicolás Dueñas and studied in the Institut del Teatre of...
, Chus Lampreave Chus Lampreave is a Spanish actress.She started in movies in 1958, but she became internationally known thanks to her roles in films by Pedro Almodóvar, where she plays old ladies with maternal or pastoral traits....
, Blanca PortilloBlanca Portillo is a Spanish actress.-Career:Portillo started as an actress in several small theater productions before graduating in drama from the Real Escuela Superior de Arte Dramatico....
and Yohana Cobo Yohana Cobo is a Spanish film and television actress. She is best known for her role as Penélope Cruz's daughter in Pedro Almodóvar's's Volver.-Films:* 2006 - Arena en los bolsillos * 2006 - Volver...
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| 2007 The year 2007 in film saw many new films released worldwide, including several major mainstream sequels, prequels, and remakes as well as original films.-Top grossing films:...
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Secret SunshineSecret Sunshine is a 2007 South Korean film directed by Special Director's Prize and Asian Film Award winner Lee Chang-dong. The story centers around a lady that copes with the death of her husband and child. The Korean title, 밀양 is given after the city that served as the film's setting and...
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South Korea Jeon Do-yeon Jeon Do-yeon is a highly-acclaimed South Korean actress who has won many awards including best actress at Cannes Film Festival in 2007...
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| 2008 The year 2008 in film saw many new films released worldwide, including several major mainstream sequels, prequels, and remakes as well as original films.-Top grossing films:...
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Linha de Passe Linha de Passe is a 2008 Brazilian film directed by Walter Salles and Daniela Thomas. Written by Salles, Thomas and Bráulio Mantovani, the film stars Vinícius de Oliveira and Sandra Corveloni, who won the Best Actress Award at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival for her role, which was her first in a...
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Brazil Sandra Corveloni Sandra Corveloni , is a Brazilian actress of film and stage.Born and raised in São Paulo, Corveloni graduated in performing arts in the Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo , one of the largest and most prestigious private universities in Brazil.In 2008, she won the Best Actress Award in...
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| 2009 The year 2009 has many new films to be released worldwide, including several major mainstream sequels, prequels, and remakes as well as original films.-Top-grossing films:...
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Antichrist Antichrist is a 2009 horror film written and directed by Lars von Trier, about a couple who, after the death of their child, retreat to a cabin in the woods where they encounter strange and terrifying occurrences. The film stars only two actors, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Willem Dafoe...
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France Charlotte Gainsbourg Charlotte Gainsbourg is a French actress and singer-songwriter.-Personal life:Gainsbourg was born in London, but was raised in Paris. She is the daughter of British actress and singer Jane Birkin and French actor/singer Serge Gainsbourg...
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