Brian Bonsall

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He is best known for playing Andrew “Andy” Keaton, the youngest child on the NBC sitcom Family Ties from 1986 through 1989. He also had the recurring role of Alexander Rozhenko, the 3/4 Klingon – 1/4 human son of Worf, on Star Trek: The Next Generation from 1992-1994.

Last news on: June 26, 2013
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Bananarama

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Bananarama are an English female pop band who have had success on the pop and dance charts since 1982. Rather than relying on harmony, the band generally sings in unison, as do their background vocalists. In the 1980s, Bananarama were listed in the Guinness World Records as the all-female group with the most chart entries […]

Last news on: June 26, 2013
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Gates McFadden

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In 1987, McFadden was cast as Dr. Beverly Crusher on Star Trek: The Next Generation. The Crusher character was slated to be Captain Jean-Luc Picard’s love interest, and this aspect of the character is what attracted McFadden to the role. Before Star Trek: The Next Generation, McFadden often worked for Jim Henson productions, including the […]

Last news on: June 26, 2013
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Nell Carter

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Nell is best known for her role as ‘Nel Harper’ on the sitcom ‘Gimme a Break!’ Within a couple of a years after ‘Gimme a Break!’, Carter pursued new TV series projects. In 1989, she shot a pilot for NBC entitled Morton’s By the Bay, which aired as a one-time special in May of that […]

Last news on: June 26, 2013
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John Larroquette

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Larroquette is perhaps best known for his role as boorish, sex-obsessed attorney Dan Fielding on Night Court; the character was initially rather conservative but changed after the show’s creator Reinhold Weege came to learn more about Larroquette’s sense of humor.

Last news on: June 26, 2013
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Heather Thomas

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Thomas started acting at age 14, when she was one of the hosts of a series on NBC called ‘Talking with a Giant’, where she interviewed celebrities. She is best known for the part of ‘Jody Banks’ from the television series ‘The Fall Guy’.

Last news on: June 25, 2013
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Jonathan Frakes

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For a time in the 1970s, Frakes worked for Marvel Comics, appearing at conventions in costume as Captain America. Although Frakes has had numerous roles throughout his career, he is probably best known for his role as ‘Commander William T. Riker’ on ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’

Last news on: June 25, 2013
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Frank Oz

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Frank Oz is an English-born American voice actor, film director and puppeteer who is known for creating and performing the characters Miss Piggy and Fozzie Bear along with Jim Henson in The Muppet Show, as well as Cookie Monster, Bert, and Grover in Sesame Street. His work as a film director includes 1986’s Little Shop […]

Last news on: June 25, 2013
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Alec Guinness

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Alec Guinness has had many roles throughout his career, however his most notable was as ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ in the original Star Wars trilogy, beginning in 1977, for which he received Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations. In letters to his friends, Guinness described the film as “fairy tale rubbish,” but the film’s sense of moral […]

Last news on: June 25, 2013
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Marina Sirtis

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Sirtis started her career as a member of the repertory company at the Connaught Theatre, Worthing, West Sussex in 1976. Directed by Nic Young, she appeared in Joe Orton’s What the Butler Saw and as Ophelia in Hamlet. Marina is best known for her role as ‘Deanna Troi’ on ‘Star Trek – The next generation’ […]

Last news on: June 25, 2013
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