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Cinderella
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Cinderella, or The Little Glass Slipper, is a folk tale embodying a myth-element of unjust oppression/triumphant reward. Thousands of variants are known throughout the world, the title character is a young woman living in unfortunate circumstances, that are suddenly changed to remarkable fortune. The oldest documented version comes from China, and the oldest European version from Italy, the most popular version was first published by Charles Perrault in Histoires ou contes du temps passé in 1697, and later by the Brothers Grimm in their folk tale collection Grimms Fairy Tales. Although the storys title and main characters change in different languages. The word Cinderella has, by analogy, come to one whose attributes were unrecognized, or one who unexpectedly achieves recognition or success after a period of obscurity. The still-popular story of Cinderella continues to influence popular culture internationally, lending plot elements, allusions, the Aarne–Thompson system classifies Cinderella as the persecuted heroine. The story of Rhodopis, about a Greek slave girl who marries the king of Egypt, is considered the earliest known variant of the Cinderella story, a version of the story, Ye Xian, appeared in Miscellaneous Morsels from Youyang by Duan Chengshi around 860. Here, the hardworking and lovely girl befriends a fish, the rebirth of her mother, the fish is later killed by her stepmother and sister. Ye Xian saves the bones, which are magic, and they help her dress appropriately for the New Year Festival, when she loses her slipper after being recognized by her stepfamily, the king finds her slipper and falls in love with her. The Indonesian and Malaysian story Bawang Merah Bawang Putih, are two girls named Bawang Putih and Bawang Merah. While the two countrys respective versions differ in the relationship of the girls and the identity of the protagonist. Both have a fish as the fairy godmother to her daughter. The heroine then finds the bones and buries them, and over the grave a magical swing appears, the protagonist sits on the swing and sings to make it sway, her song reaching the ears of a passing Prince. The swing is akin to the slipper test, which distinguishes the heroine from her sister. In Indonesia, Bawang Putih is the girl, who suffers at the hands of her evil stepmother and stepsister, Bawang Merah. When the Prince enquires after the singer on the swing, Bawang Merah lies, the angry prince forces Bawang Merah and her mother to tell the truth. They then admit that there is another daughter in the house, Bawang Putih comes out and moves the magical swing by her singing. In the end, she and her prince marry and live happily ever after, in the Malaysian version, it is Bawang Merah and her mother Mak Labu who are good, while her half sister Bawang Putih and her mother Mak Kundur are evil
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Kathleen Turner
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Mary Kathleen Turner, better known as Kathleen Turner, is an American film and stage actress and director. Known for her raspy voice, Turner has won two Golden Globe Awards and has been nominated for an Academy Award. Turner came to fame during the 1980s, after roles in Body Heat, Crimes of Passion, Romancing the Stone, and Prizzis Honor, the latter two earning her a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress. Turner has also done work as a voice actress, namely as Jessica Rabbit in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, as well as Monster House. Turner has also taught acting classes at New York University, Turner was born June 19,1954, in Springfield, Missouri, the daughter of Patsy and Allen Richard Turner, a U. S. Foreign Service officer who grew up in China and she has a sister, Susan, and two brothers. So when I was performing in school, he would drive my mom, shed come out at intermissions and tell him, Shes doing very well. Owing to her fathers employment in the Foreign Service, Turner grew up abroad and her father died of a coronary thrombosis that same year, and then the family moved back to the United States. At age 19, Turner began volunteering at a local Planned Parenthood office and she attended Missouri State University in Springfield for two years, then studied theater at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, where she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1977. During that period, Turner acted in productions directed by the film. In 1977, Turner made her debut in the NBC daytime soap The Doctors as the second Nola Dancy Aldrich. She made her debut in 1981 as the ruthless Matty Walker in the thriller Body Heat. Empire Magazine cited the film in 1995 when it named her one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in Film History, the New York Times wrote in 2005 that, propelled by her jaw-dropping movie debut Body Heat. She built a career on adventurousness and frank sexuality born of robust physicality, Turner ultimately became one of the top box office draws, and most sought-after actresses of the 1980s and early 1990s. The brazen quality of Turners screen roles was reflected in her public life, with her deep voice, Turner was often compared to a young Lauren Bacall. When the two met, Turner reportedly introduced herself by saying, Hi, Im the young you. In the 1980s, she boasted that on a night when I feel really good about myself, I can walk into a room, and if a man doesnt look at me, hes probably gay. Several months after moving to New York City in 1977, Turner took over the lead in Michael Zetters play Mister T
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Jane Birkin
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Jane Mallory Birkin, OBE is an English actress, singer, and songwriter based in France. She is best known for her relationship and musical partnership with Serge Gainsbourg in the 1970s, in recent years she has written her own album and directed a film. Jane Mallory Birkin was born on 14 December 1946, in Marylebone and her mother, Judy Campbell, was an English actress, best known for her work on stage. Her father, David Birkin, was a Royal Navy lieutenant-commander and her brother is the screenwriter and director Andrew Birkin. She was educated at Upper Chine School, Isle of Wight, Birkin emerged in the Swinging London scene of the 1960s, appearing briefly in the counterculture era film Blowup and as the fantasy-like model in the psychedelic film Wonderwall. That same year, she auditioned in France for the female role in the film Slogan. In 1969, she and Gainsbourg released the duet Je taime, Gainsbourg originally wrote the song for Brigitte Bardot. The song caused a scandal for its explicitness, and was banned by radio stations in Italy, Spain. The only difference was that they were on different record labels and it was originally released on the Fontana label, but due to its controversy, Fontana withdrew the record which was then released on the Major Minor label. Because there were Fontana singles still in the shops along with the Major Minor release, on 4 October 1969 the Major Minor release was at number 3, also at that time it was the biggest ever selling single for a completely foreign language record. She appeared on Gainsbourgs 1971 album Histoire de Melody Nelson, portraying the Lolita-like protagonist in song and she took a break from acting in 1971–72, but returned as Brigitte Bardots lover in Don Juan, or If Don Juan Were a Woman. The same year, she had a role in the horror film Dark Places with Christopher Lee. In 1975, she appeared in Gainsbourgs first film, Je taime, moi non plus, which created a stir for frank examination of sexual ambiguity and was banned in the UK by the BBFC. For this performance she was nominated for a Best Actress César Award and she won Female Artist of the Year in the 1992 Victoires de la Musique. She starred in two films directed by Jacques Doillon – as Anne in La fille prodigue and as Alma in La pirate and this work led to an invitation from Patrice Chéreau to star on stage in La Fausse suivante by Marivaux at Nanterre. She worked with director Herbert Vesely on Egon Schiele Exzess und Bestrafung in 1980, appearing as the mistress of Austrian artist Egon Schiele, Jacques Rivette collaborated with her in Love on the Ground and La Belle Noiseuse. In 1985, she co-starred with John Gielgud, who was Katherine Mansfields husband and she appeared in Merchant Ivorys A Soldiers Daughter Never Cries and in Merci Docteur Rey. The end title song for Le Divorce featured her singing LAnamour, in 2006, she played the title role in Elektra, directed by Philippe Calvario in France
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David Warner (actor)
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He has a worldwide following for his many appearances in the Star Trek TV and feature-film franchise. In 1981, he won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Special for his portrayal of Pomponius Falco in the television miniseries Masada. Warner was born in Manchester, England, the son of Ada Doreen and Herbert Simon Warner and he was born out of wedlock and frequently taken to be brought up by each of his parents, eventually settling with his Russian Jewish father and his stepmother. He was educated at Feldon School, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire and trained for the stage at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London. In March 1962 at the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry, he played Conrad in Much Ado About Nothing, following which in June he appeared as Jim in Afore Night Come at the New Arts Theatre in London. At the Aldwych Theatre, London, in January 1964, he again played Henry VI in the complete The Wars of the Roses history cycle. Returning to Stratford in April, he performed the role in Richard II, Mouldy in Henry IV, Part 1. At the Aldwych in October 1964, he was cast as Valentine Brose in the play Eh. by Henry Livings and he first played the title role in Hamlet at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in 1965. This production was transferred to the Aldwych Theatre in December of that year, in the 1966 Stratford season, his Hamlet was revived and he also played Sir Andrew Aguecheek in Twelfth Night. Finally at the Aldwych in January 1970, he played Julian in Tiny Alice, another early television role came when he starred alongside Bob Dylan in the 1963 play Madhouse on Castle Street. A major step in his career was the role in Morgan, A Suitable Case for Treatment opposite Vanessa Redgrave. In horror films, he appeared in one of the stories of From Beyond the Grave, opposite Gregory Peck in The Omen as the ill-fated photojournalist Keith Jennings, and he also starred in cult classic Waxwork, and featured alongside a young Viggo Mortensen in the 1990 film Tripwire. He was also cast against type as Henry Niles in Straw Dogs, in 1981, Warner received an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Special for Masada as Pomponius Falco. In 1988, he appeared in the Danny Huston film Mr. North, in 2001, he played Captain James Sawyer in two episodes of A&Es adaptation of C. S. Foresters Hornblower series. He appeared in three episodes of the season of Twin Peaks as Thomas Eckhardt. He also continues to play classical roles, in Chain of Command, a 6th-season episode of Star Trek, The Next Generation, he was a Cardassian interrogator. He based his portrayal on the evil re-educator from 1984 and his less-spectacular roles included a double-role in the low-budget fantasy Quest of the Delta Knights which was eventually spoofed on Mystery Science Theater 3000. He also played Admiral Tolwyn in the version of Wing Commander
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Leslie Phillips
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Leslie Samuel Phillips, CBE is an English actor who came to prominence in films in the 1950s, acting as a suave charmer with an exaggerated upper-class accent, in the style of Terry-Thomas. After a notable success in the Carry On films and the Doctor series, he moved away from comedy into character roles in the Harry Potter series and many TV sitcoms, contrary to the impression given by his public persona, Phillips came from a background of poverty. In 1931, the moved to Chingford, then in Essex, now part of Greater London. It was his mother who decided that Phillips should be sent to the Italia Conti Academy to receive elocution lessons to lose his natural cockney accent, at that time a strong regional accent was a major impediment to an aspiring actor. It proved to be a move and by the age of 14 Phillips was the familys main breadwinner. Phillips made his first film appearances as a child in the 1930s and he is the only actor still alive who performed at Pinewood Studios in its first week of opening in 1936. He also understudied for Binkie Beaumont and H. M. Tennent in the West End, in 1938, 14-year-old Leslie Phillips appeared with Graeme Muir in the West End play Dear Octopus where Muir was the juvenile lead. During the Second World War shows were frequently interrupted by air-raid sirens and Phillips recalls in his autobiography that audiences would evaporate, at 16, Phillips played an uncredited market street urchin in 1940s The Thief of Bagdad. Called up to the Army in 1942 Phillips rose to the rank of Lance-Bombardier in the Royal Artillery, due to his acquired upper class accent, Phillips was selected for officer training at Catterick and duly commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery in 1943. In his autobiography he would recall that his anti-aircraft battery destroyed numerous German V1 flying bombs launched against the UK during the period. He was transferred to the Durham Light Infantry in 1944 but was declared unfit for service after being diagnosed with a neurological condition that caused partial paralysis. He was initially sent to a hospital in error but was then sent to the correct facility for treatment. Demobbed as a lieutenant in December 1944, Phillips acting career took in the murkiest rat-infested old playhouses. It was during the 1950s that he became known for playing amusing English stereotypes and his first lead role in a television serial was in the 1952 sitcom My Wife Jacqueline. His seductive voice is his trademark as well as his catchphrases, I say, Ding Dong, Hello and Lumme. which were partly, if not wholly, the two appeared together in the pilot of Nawks Ahoy. A show very much of its time all recordings are now lost and he appeared in three of the early Carry On films. After Constable he told producer Peter Rogers that he did not wish to do any more Carry Ons, in the 1960s he took over from Dirk Bogarde in several of the Doctor film comedies. Between 1959 and 1977 Phillips became familiar on radio with a role in The Navy Lark
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Lucy Punch
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Lucy Punch is an English actress. She has appeared in such as Hot Fuzz, Bad Teacher, You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger, Dinner for Schmucks. Punch was born in London, the daughter of Johanna and Michael Punch and she was educated privately at Godolphin School in Salisbury, Wiltshire and Latymer Upper School in Hammersmith, London. She performed with the National Youth Theatre from 1993 to 1997, Punch made her acting debut in a 1998 episode of The New Adventures of Robin Hood. Her other TV credits include the naive daughter of Alison Steadmans character in the short-lived series Let Them Eat Cake which starred French and Saunders. She starred as a player in the kids TV show Renford Rejects. In 2000, Punch appeared in the film Greenfingers, Punch made her stage debut as Elaine in Terry Johnsons West End adaptation of The Graduate. She has worked at the Royal Court and Bush theatres, both in London, in 2004, Punch played receptionist Elaine Denham on Doc Martin. She left the television show The Class after appearing in 11 of the first 12 episodes, in 2006 she won the Best Actress award at the Monaco International Film Festival for her performance in Are You Ready For Love. Punch starred in Woody Allens 2010 film You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger, in August 2010, she appeared in BBC Twos three part police comedy-drama Vexed. In 2011, Punch appeared in Bad Teacher, portraying sanctimonious school teacher Amy Squirrel, Punch was cast as Deena Pilgrim, the female lead in the TV pilot Powers, but the role was recast. Punch resides in West Hollywood, California and her first child, a son named Rex, was born in July 2015. Lucy Punch at the Internet Movie Database
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