Michael Edward Lonsdale-Crouch 24 May 1931 – 21 September 2020, commonly known as Michael Lonsdale and sometimes billed as Michel Lonsdale, was a British-French actor who appeared in over 180 films and television shows. He is best known in the English-speaking world for his roles as the villain Hugo Drax in the 1979 James Bond film Moonraker, the detective Claude Lebel in The Day of the
Creighton Tull Chaney February 10, 1906 – July 12, 1973 , known by his stage name Lon Chaney Jr., was an American actor known for playing Larry Talbot in the film The Wolf Man (1941) and its various crossovers, Count Alucard (Dracula spelled backward) in Son of Dracula, Frankenstein’s monster in The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942), the Mummy in three pictures, and various other roles in many Universal horror films. He also
Emmanuelle Béart born 14 August 1963 is a French film actress, who has appeared in over 60 film and television productions since 1972. An eight-time César Award nominee, she won the César Award for Best Supporting Actress for the 1986 film Manon des Sources. Her other film roles include La Belle Noiseuse (1991), A Heart in Winter (1992), Nelly and Mr. Arnaud (1995), Mission: Impossible (1996) and 8 Women (2002). Contents
Jacques Daniel Michel Piccoli 27 December 1925 – 12 May 2020 was a French actor, producer and film director with a career spanning 70 years. He was lauded as one of the greatest French character actors of his generation who played a wide variety of roles and worked with many acclaimed directors, being awarded with
René Murat Auberjonois June 1, 1940 – December 8, 2019 was an American actor and director best known for playing Odo on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993–1999). He first achieved fame as a stage actor, winning the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical in 1970 for his portrayal of Sebastian Baye opposite Katharine Hepburn in the André Previn-Alan
Tchéky Karyo born 4 October 1953 is a French actor and musician of Turkish origin, who is known for playing police investigator Julien Baptiste in the British drama The Missing (2014–2016) and its spin-off series Baptiste (2019). Beginning his career as an actor on stage in classical and contemporary works, he began to work as a character actor
Romy Schneider born Rosemarie Magdalena Albach; 23 September 1938 – 29 May 1982 was a German-French actress. She began her career in the German Heimatfilm genre in the early 1950s when she was 15. From 1955 to 1957, she played the central character of Empress Elisabeth of Austria in the Austrian Sissi trilogy, and later reprised the role in a
Jojo, JoJo or Jo Jo is a given name, surname, nickname or stage name used by several people and fictional characters, including: Contents 1People with the given name, nickname or stage name 1.1Musicians 1.2Sports people 1.3Other people 2People with the surname 3Fictional characters with the name People with the given name, nickname or stage name Musicians Jojo (Bengali
Clémence Guichard born 30 October 1982, known professionally as Clémence Poésy (French: ), is a French actress and fashion model. After starting on the stage as a child, Poésy studied drama and has been active in both film and television since 1999, including some English-language productions. She is known for the roles of Fleur Delacour in the Harry Potter film series, Chloë
Vincent Cassel born Vincent Crochon, 23 November 1966 is a French actor. He first achieved recognition for his performance as a troubled French Jewish youth, in Mathieu Kassovitz’s 1995 film La Haine (Hate), for which he received two César Award nominations. He garnered wide recognition with English-speaking audiences for his performances in Ocean’s Twelve (2004) and Ocean’s Thirteen (2007), as well as Eastern Promises (2007), Black Swan (2010), and Jason