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John Polonia was born on 30 September 1968 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a director and actor, known for Feeders (1996), Forest Primeval (2008) and Peter Rottentail (2004). He died on 25 February 2008 in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, USA.- Actor
- Producer
Charles Chan was born on 18 December 1915 in Anhui, China. He was an actor and producer, known for Saints and Soldiers (2003), Police Story 2 (1988) and 6th March (2011). He died on 25 February 2008.- Actor
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Notis Pitsilos was born in 1935 in Athens, Greece. He was an actor and writer. He died on 25 February 2008.- Actor
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Vladimir Troshin was a Russian singer and actor known for his lyrical interpretation of the popular song 'Moscow nights'.
He was born Vladimir Konstantinovich Troshin on May 15, 1926, in Mikhailovsky, Sverdlovsk province, Russia, USSR. He was the tenth child in a working class family. Young Troshin was fond of music and singing, he played balalaika and harmonica. In 1943 Troshin was accepted to acting school of the Moscow Art Theatre, where his classmates were Vladimir Druzhnikov, Mikhail Pugovkin, Vladlen Davydov, and Yevgeniya Khanayeva among others. He studied acting under Maria Knebel and Vasili Toporkov, and singing under Natalia M. Kupriyanova, graduating in 1947 as actor.
From 1947 to 1988 Troshin was a permanent member of the troupe at Moscow Art Theatre (MKhAT). There his stage partners were such renown Russian actors as Anatoli Ktorov, Olga Androvskaya, Angelina Stepanova, Irina Gosheva, Dmitri Orlov, Mikhail Yanshin, Aleksey Gribov, Boris Livanov, Mikhail Kedrov, Mark Prudkin, Anastasiya Georgievskaya, Vasili Toporkov, Mikhail Bolduman, Pavel Massalsky, Sergei Blinnikov, and the next generation of MKhAT actors - Oleg Efremov, Evgeniy Evstigneev, Tatyana Doronina, Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy, Oleg Tabakov, Alla Pokrovskaya, Kira Golovko, Tatyana Lavrova, Iya Savvina, Nina Gulyaeva, Anastasiya Voznesenskaya, Irina Miroshnichenko, Andrey Myagkov, Stanislav Lyubshin, Viktor Sergachyov, Vyacheslav Nevinnyy, Evgeniy Kindinov, Sergey Sazontev, Avangard Leontev, and Igor Vasilev, among others.
In 1955 Troshin appeared as jester Feste in Dvenadtsataya Noch (aka.. Twelfth Night), a Soviet adaptation of the eponymous play by William Shakespeare. In that show Troshin sang nine songs by composer Eduard Kolmanovskiy. In 1956 he became the first performer of 'Podmoskovnye vechera' by composer Vasiliy Solovev-Sedoy to the lyrics of Mikhail Matusovsky. The song became known to the world as 'Moscow Nights' after the 1957 Festival of Youth and Students in Moscow. Eventually Troshin swapped acting for singing, and became one of the most recognized singers in the Soviet Union. He performed songs by such composers as Vasiliy Solovev-Sedoy, Aleksandra Pakhmutova, Nikita Bogoslovskiy, Oskar Feltsman, Aleksandr Tsfasman, Mark Fradkin, Matvey Blanter, and Arno Babadzhanyan among others. Troshin's song list included over two thousand song titles that he performed in over 700 live and studio recordings. His singing career in the USSR and Russia spanned over 50 years.
Troshin also had a film career as a character actor in Soviet and Russian film and television productions. He portrayed such figures as Sir Winston Churchill, Marshall Klim Voroshilov, and Mikhail Gorbachev. Troshin made a reputation for dubbing numerous international stars in more than 70 films released on the Soviet and Russian market, such as Gérard Philippe in the popular film 'Fan-Fan the Tulip' (1952). He also performed for Marlene Dietrich during her visit to Moscow.
Vladimir Troshin received numerous awards and decorations from the Soviet State including the State Stalin's Prize (1950), and was designated People's Actor of Russia (1984). He was married to ballerina Raisa Troshina, and the couple had one son. Vladimir Troshin died of a heart failure on February 25, 2008, and was laid to rest in Troekurovskoe cemetery in Moscow, Russia.- Composer
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Stephen Garrett was a Grammy Award-winning American recording artist and record producer from Louisville, Kentucky. He was a member of the R&B trio Playa. Stephen Garrett gained posthumous fame for writing and appearing on Lil' Wayne's 2008 album Tha Carter III on the song "Lollipop". He was a songwriter for several artists, including Aaliyah, Ginuwine, Pretty Ricky, and Destiny's Child.
Stephen Garrett wrote most of the lyrics on Aaliyah's self-titled 2001 album. He earned Aaliyah four top 25 Billboard Hot 100 singles during his time working with the late R&B star. He was frequently a collaborator with R&B group Pretty Ricky, working with them on several songs, including "Juicy", from their 2005 album Bluestars. A YouTube video featuring Stephen alongside Smoke E. Digglera of Playa was also heavily sampled on Drake's song "Look What You've Done" from his 2011 album Take Care.- The late Egyptian actor participated in a large number of theatrical and television, radio and movies works. Cooperated with the great theater director "Samir Al-Asfory" in a number of theatrical works, including the play "The king Maaroof" in 1974 and play "Alabanda"1998, He was famous in the help roles ,and he was proved talent in a lot of roles, can be seen well especially with "Sheriff Arafa" in "Elarhab we el kabab".
- Alan Ledesma was born on 26 November 1977 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. He was an actor, known for The Outsider (2001), Clap!... El lugar de tus sueños (2003) and Código postal (2006). He died on 25 February 2008 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
- Fred Berhoff was born on 23 August 1936 in Munich, Germany. He was an actor, known for The Long Swift Sword of Siegfried (1971), Verbotene Liebe (1995) and Tanze mit mir in den Morgen (1962). He died on 25 February 2008 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.
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Françoise Javet was born on 17 February 1922 in Paris, France. She was an editor, known for La balance (1982), Purple Noon (1960) and That Man from Rio (1964). She died on 25 February 2008 in Colombes, Hauts-de-Seine, France.- Nikolai Borisenko was born on 29 December 1919 in Russia. He was an actor, known for The Living Corpse (1969), Vsyo pobezhdayet lyubov' (1987) and Kotorogo lyubili vse (1982). He died on 25 February 2008 in Ukraine.