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George Sanders was born of English parents in St. Petersburg, Russia. He worked in a Birmingham textile mill, in the tobacco business and as a writer in advertising. He entered show business in London as a chorus boy, going from there to cabaret, radio and theatrical understudy. His film debut, in 1936, was as Curly Randall in Find the Lady (1936). His U.S. debut, the same year, with Twentieth Century-Fox, was as Lord Everett Stacy in Lloyd's of London (1936). During the late 1930s and early 1940s he made a number of movies as Simon Templar--the Saint--and as Gay Lawrence, the Falcon. He played Nazis (Maj. Quive-Smith in Fritz Lang's Man Hunt (1941)), royalty (Charles II in Otto Preminger's Forever Amber (1947)), and biblical roles (Saran of Gaza in Cecil B. DeMille's Samson and Delilah (1949)). He won the 1950 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor as theatre critic Addison De Witt in Joseph L. Mankiewicz's All About Eve (1950). In 1957 he hosted a TV series, The George Sanders Mystery Theater (1957). He continued to play mostly villains and charming heels until his suicide in 1972.- Henry Beckman was born on 26 November 1921 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. He was an actor, known for Marnie (1964), Blood & Guts (1978) and The Brood (1979). He was married to Hillary Beckman and Cheryl Maxwell. He died on 17 June 2008 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
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Craig Hill was born on 5 March 1926 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for The Black Shield of Falworth (1954), All About Eve (1950) and Flight That Disappeared (1961). He was married to Teresa Gimpera. He died on 21 April 2014 in Barcelona, Spain.- Actress
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Silvia Tortosa was born on 8 March 1947 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. She was an actress and director, known for La senyora (1987), Horror Express (1972) and Novela (1963). She was married to David Harper, Charles Davis and Hermann Bonnín. She died on 23 March 2024 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.- Actress
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Andrea Albani was born on 13 October 1960 in Catalonia, Spain. She was an actress and writer, known for El pico (1983), Mad Foxes (1981) and La desnuda chica del relax (1981). She died on 18 January 1994 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.- Actor
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Born in Spain, Xavier Cugat's family moved to Havana, Cuba, when he was three. Always musically inclined, he packed up and moved to Los Angeles, where he worked as a cartoonist for the Los Angeles Times newspaper during the day and labored to put together a band at night. After a few years of playing smaller clubs in the L.A. area, Cugat finally got his break when he and his band secured a job at the prestigious Coconut Grove nightclub in 1928. His style of music caught on, and Cugat was instrumental in bringing Latin music to the attention of the US public. In the '30s and '40s he was nicknamed "The Rumba King" because of his popularization of that Latin dance. In Cugat's film appearances he usually played himself, even if the character had a name other than Xavier Cugat, and he and his band appeared in several memorable MGM musicals in the '40s. After suffering a stroke in 1971, Xavier Cugat retired.- Director
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Agustí Villaronga was born on 4 March 1953 in Palma, Balearic Islands, Spain. He was a director and writer, known for Moon Child (1989), Black Bread (2010) and The Belly of the Sea (2021). He died on 22 January 2023 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.- Actor
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Pedrito Rico was born on 7 September 1932 in Elda, Alicante, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain. He was an actor, known for Feria en Sevilla (1962), Vestida de novia (1967) and El ángel de España (1957). He died on 21 June 1988 in Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain.- Conxita Bardem was born on 3 March 1918 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. She was an actress, known for Estudio 1 (1965), Lletres catalanes (1974) and Arsènic i puntes de coixí (1995). She died on 16 April 2008 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
- María Martín was born on 14 July 1923 in Marbella, Spain. She was an actress, known for Dawn of America (1951), A Candidate for a Killing (1969) and Murders in the Rue Morgue (1971). She died on 10 June 2014 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
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Antonio Molino Rojo was born on 14 September 1926 in Valencia, Spain. He was an actor and producer, known for The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) and Hola... señor Dios (1970). He died on 2 November 2011 in Barcelona, Spain.- Director
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Ventura Pons was born on 25 July 1945 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. He was a director and producer, known for Anita no perd el tren (2001), To Die (or Not) (2000) and What's It All About (1995). He died on 8 January 2024 in Barcelona, Spain.- Writer
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Ignacio F. Iquino was born on 25 October 1910 in Valls, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. He was a writer and director, known for Fuego en la sangre (1953), El obstáculo (1945) and Noche sin cielo (1947). He was married to Juliana San José de la Fuente. He died on 29 April 1994 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.- Johan Cruyff (or Cruijffie) is voted the best European soccer player of the twentieth century (and the second best worldplayer). He started his career with AJAX Amsterdam and led them to 4 European finals of which 3 were won (1971/1972/1973). In 1973 Cruyff joined Barcelona (for a the then record-fee of 6 million guilders), He became a very popular player
- also known as el salvador - and gave Barcelona (and Catalonia) their
After a few years he became involved again with his first love, Ajax. He coached them for a few years, winning the European cup winners cup, before he got fired after arguing with the president of the club. But he has not only a first love, but maybe he has an even greater second love, Barcelona. He coached them for a few years, winning the European Champions league for the first time and four times the Spanish league. - Producer
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Luciano Ercoli was born on 19 October 1929 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was a producer and director, known for The Magnificent Dare Devil (1973), The Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion (1970) and La polizia ha le mani legate (1975). He was married to Nieves Navarro. He died on 15 March 2015 in Barcelona, Spain.- Actress
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Rosa Maria Sardà was born on 30 July 1941 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. She was an actress and writer, known for All About My Mother (1999), Les nits de la tieta Rosa (1980) and Anita no perd el tren (2001). She was married to Josep Maria Mainat. She died on 11 June 2020 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.- Actress
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Concha Valero was born on 8 December 1958 in Barcelona, Spain. She was an actress. She died on 9 October 2006 in Barcelona, Spain.- Actor
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Alejandro García Ulloa was born in Madrid on October 22nd. 1910. As a 12-year old child he attended the play "Don Álvaro o la fuerza del sino" at the Teatro Español, where renowned actor Ricardo Calvo Ricardo Calvo played the lead. He was so impressed that went to the National Library, got the play and learned a monologue by heart, expressing to his startled family his desire to become an actor. He got his first bit role as meritorio (extra) at the Teatro Lara in Madrid, and at 18 entered Enric Borràs stage company, from where he went to his admired Ricardo Calvo company, already as young leading man (galán joven). Then he entered film industry, both as actor and director. As actor he played in Se ha perdido un cadáver (1942), Cuarenta y ocho horas (1943) and Es peligroso asomarse al exterior (1946) which he starred and also also directed, as five more films (see Director Credits). He moved to Barcelona where he would settle. There he became for seven years dubbing director to Spanish for MGM. He had dubbed Robert Taylor and James Stewart since 1935, also often offered his voice to Robert Montgomery and Amedeo Nazzari. In 1942 he returned to the stage playing Don Juan Tenorio in Barcelona at the Teatro Romea, an ever-present play in Spain during those times around 1st. November (All Saints day) -and still is, to a point. Two years later he started his own stage company and opened at the Teatro Calderón in Barcelona with Hamlet and later Cyrano, to great acclaim. His Max Estrella in Valle-Inclán's "Luces de Bohemia" also became famous. From then on he staged many classical plays both Spanish and foreign, classical and modern. In 1953 he played "El alcalde de Zalamea" at the Teatre Borràs in Barcelona and then toured America for five years, including a Broadway season of Spanish theatre. He received several theatre awards and Barcelona's city gold medal. He recorded verse and poetry for Columbia records. He went on working both in theatre and television (where he played for example Richelieu in The Three Musketeers) until his retirement in 2003 (in his nineties !). He died in Barcelona on April 27th. 2004 at 93 years of age, a few months after a bad fall.
To listen to him recite (in Andalusian style) see related Youtube link at External Sites section.- Actor
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Florin Opritescu was an actor known for Mar de plástico (2016),Plan de fuga (2016), Sara's notebook (2018) , El desentierro (2018), Snatch (2018) . Born in Timisoara, Romania on 21/09/1979 he was one of many Romanian people who lived under the communist system with whom he disagreed. He practiced several sports: kick-boxing, football, badminton,pool/snooker. He is passionate about Romanian, Brasilian and Spanish cuisine.
Florin is based in Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain) where he lives with his wife and his two kids (a boy and a girl).- Actress
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Amparo Soler Leal was born on 23 August 1933 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain. She was an actress, known for La gran familia (1962), The Cuenca Crime (1980) and The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972). She was married to Alfredo Matas and Adolfo Marsillach. She died on 25 October 2013 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.- Actor
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José María Caffarel was born on 10 November 1919 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. He was an actor, known for Supersonic Man (1979), Tristana (1970) and Los gozos y las sombras (1982). He died on 6 November 1999 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.- Kim Le Mesurier was born on 12 October 1956 in Kensington, London, England, UK. He died on 6 October 1991 in Barcelona, Spain.
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Joan Potau was born in 1945 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. He was a writer and actor, known for El rey pasmado (1991), Belle Epoque (1992) and No respires: El amor está en el aire (1999). He was married to Carme Elias. He died on 3 February 2015 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.- Director
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Francisco Rovira Beleta was born on 25 September 1912 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. He was a director and writer, known for Los Tarantos (1963), Los atracadores (1962) and Bewitched Love (1967). He died on 23 June 1999 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.- Enrique Rubio was born in 1920 in Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. He was a writer, known for Escape (2024), Investigación en marcha (1970) and Adelante el inventor (1965). He died on 9 December 2005 in Barcelona, Spain.