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Roberta Brown (swordmaster)
Roberta Brown is an American swordmaster and actress. She is known for her work on ''Queen of Swords'' where she worked as a sword coach and onscreen as a sword double for female characters played by Tessie Santiago, Bo Derek, and Paulina Galvez. She has choreographed numerous fights and sword fights for other television series, theatre, and motion pictures. Career Brown took up fencing at college and continued her studies as an actress and stage combatant at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art (London), where she received a Master of Fine Arts equivalency. She became one of a limited number of female swordmasters who worked in theatre, film and television. She acted as fencing double for Lucy Liu in the film Charlie's Angels, and choreographed a scene in a TV episode of '' ER'' between Noah Wyle and Goran Visnjic. She worked on the syndicated TV series ''Queen of Swords'' and as fight director on the TV film '' Boudica'' with Alex Kingston. She was a theatre stude ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shakespeare In Styria
300px, upright=1.25, '' Julius Caesar'' by William Shakespeare performed in Murau, 2014 Shakespeare in Styria was an annual Shakespeare festival in the Upper Styrian town of Murau in Austria. The festival was founded in 2002 by British-born theatre manager Nicholas Allen and Austrian writer Rudolph J. Wojta. Since September 2015, the festival (re-branded as "Shakespeare im Park") is being managed by Paul Elsbacher (Executive Director) und Eric Lomas (Artistic Director). The 2016 summer show was an acclaimed production of ''The Comedy of Errors'', performed at St. Lambrecht Abbey, followed by a series of performances in the gardens of Palais Pötzleinsdorf in Vienna. No further performances are planned for Murau. History Each summer, ''Shakespeare in Styria'' staged an open-air Shakespeare production in the Styrian Alps, together with concerts, lectures and readings. From modest beginnings as a teacher student-training program, the project developed into a small annual festi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boudica (2003 Film)
''Boudica'' (released in the United States as ''Warrior Queen'') is a 2003 British biographical- historical television film about the queen of the Iceni tribe, Boudica. It stars Alex Kingston, Steven Waddington and Emily Blunt in her film debut. Premise Boudica, the Warrior Queen of Britain, leads her tribe into rebellion against the Roman Empire and the mad Emperor of Rome Nero. Production The film used locations in the United Kingdom and Romania. The Boudica statue by Thomas Thornycroft near Westminster Pier, London, was used for the film's closing scenes in modern-day London. In Romania, the MediaPro Studios, Bucharest, were used. The film has been released as ''A Rainha da Era do Bronze'' in Brazil, as ''La Reina de los guerreros'' in Argentina (video title) and as ''Warrior Queen'' in the United States. According to the movie, King Prasutagus of the Icenii died at about the same time as the Roman emperor Claudius. However, the latter died in 54 AD, while the former ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Strasburg Institute
The Actors Studio is a membership organization for professional actors, theatre directors and playwrights at 432 West 44th Street between Ninth and Tenth avenues in the Hell's Kitchen Hell's Kitchen, also known as Clinton, is a neighborhood on the West Side of Midtown Manhattan in New York City. It is considered to be bordered by 34th Street (or 41st Street) to the south, 59th Street to the north, Eighth Avenue to the ea ... neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. It was founded on October 5, 1947, by Elia Kazan, Cheryl Crawford, and Robert Lewis (actor), Robert Lewis, who provided training for actors who were members. Lee Strasberg joined later and took the helm in 1951 until his death on February 17, 1982. The Studio is best known for its work refining and teaching method acting. The approach was originally developed by the Group Theatre (New York), Group Theatre in the 1930s based on the innovations of Konstantin Stanislavski. While at the Studio, actors work t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howard Fine
Howard Fine is an American acting teacher, celebrity acting coach, Broadway theater director, and author. He is the founder of the Howard Fine Acting Studio in Hollywood and in Melbourne, Australia. Early life Fine was born in Providence, Rhode Island, he is the youngest of five children. His parents, Max, an American GI, and Nelly, a Holocaust survivor, were married in Shanghai before returning to the U.S. Due to a fluke scheduling conflict between French and German classes, Fine ended up taking his first theater class in high school. Fine's drama teacher spotted his directing talent and entrusted him with his first play to direct, Edward Albee's ''The Sandbox'', at the age of 16. He was first introduced to the work of his mentor, Uta Hagen, while in high school. Fine's high school drama teacher taught from Hagen's first book, ''Respect for Acting'', and would eventually take his class to New York City to watch classes at Hagen's studio. Howard never studied with Uta as an actor, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theatrical Combat
Stage combat, fight craft or fight choreography is a specialised technique in theatre designed to create the illusion of physical combat without causing harm to the performers. It is employed in live stage plays as well as operatic and ballet productions. With the advent of cinema and television the term has widened to also include the choreography of filmed fighting sequences, as opposed to the earlier live performances on stage. It is closely related to the practice of stunts and is a common field of study for actors. Actors famous for their stage fighting skills frequently have backgrounds in dance, gymnastics or martial arts training. History Ancient The history of stage fighting and mock combat can be traced to antiquity, with Aristotle quoted as noting that tragedy is conflict between people or indeed it may be traced to the origins of the human species and primate display behaviour. Display of martial aptitude is a natural occurrence in warrior societies, and ritualize ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Fabian
Patrick Fabian (born December 7, 1964) is an American film, stage, and television actor. He is known for his role as attorney Howard Hamlin in ''Better Call Saul'' (2015–2022). His film roles include '' End Game'' (2006), ''The Last Exorcism'' (2010), ''Pig'' (2011) and '' Jimmy'' (2013). Career Patrick Fabian is the son of Tom and Mary Lou Fabian. He was born in Pittsburgh, and grew up in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania. His father worked for the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA). He attended Penn State University and received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Performance. He moved to California, where he earned a master's degree from California State University, Long Beach. One of Fabian's earliest prominent roles was as Professor Jeremiah Lasky on NBC's '' Saved by the Bell: The College Years'' (1993–1994). He was in the main cast of the short-lived television series '' Valentine'' (2008–2009), ''Working Class'' (2011), and ''Special'' (2019–2021). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Gracen
Elizabeth Ward Gracen (born Elizabeth Grace Ward, April 3, 1961) is an American actress and beauty pageant contestant who won the title of Miss America in 1982. Early life and education Elizabeth Grace Ward was born on April 3, 1961, in Ozark, Arkansas, the daughter of Patricia Hampe, a nurse, and Jimmy Young Ward, a poultry worker. She was raised in Booneville, Arkansas. The family later moved to Russellville, Arkansas, where Ward dated University of Arkansas trainer Mike Walker and graduated from Russellville High School in 1979. She was a junior accounting major at Arkansas Tech University at the time she entered the Miss America contest. Instead of returning to Arkansas Tech, she used her Miss America scholarship money to study acting at HB Studios in New York City. Career Pageants and modeling Gracen won the titles of Miss Arkansas in 1981 and Miss America in 1982. After her yearlong work as Miss America, she enrolled in acting classes then relocated to California ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patricia Arquette
Patricia Tiffany Arquette (born April 8, 1968) is an American actress. She made her feature film debut as Kristen Parker in '' A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors'' (1987). Her other notable films include ''True Romance'' (1993), ''Ed Wood'' (1994), '' Flirting with Disaster'' (1996), '' Lost Highway'' (1997), ''The Hi-Lo Country'' (1998), ''Bringing Out the Dead'' (1999), ''Stigmata'' (1999), ''Holes'' (2003), ''Fast Food Nation'' (2006), ''The Wannabe'' (2015), and ''Toy Story 4'' (2019). For playing a single mother in the coming-of-age film '' Boyhood'' (2014), which was filmed from 2002 until 2014, Arquette won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. On television, she played the character Allison DuBois—based on the author and medium Allison DuBois, who claims to have psychic abilities—in the supernatural drama series ''Medium'' (2005–2011). She won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 2005, from two nominations she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Lemke
Roger Anthony Lemke (born October 7, 1970) is a Canadian television and film actor, best known for portraying Three (Marcus Boone / Titch) on Syfy's science-fiction drama ''Dark Matter.'' In French Canada, Lemke is best known for playing David Rothstein on Radio Canada's comedy-drama ''Les Hauts et les bas de Sophie Paquin''. Early life and education Anthony Lemke was born in Ottawa, Ontario. He is the child of immigrants, his parents having arrived from the Netherlands and East Prussia in the early 1960s. Lemke attended elementary and high school in French under the immersion programs at Knoxdale Public School, Greenbank Middle School, and Sir Robert Borden High School in Nepean. Upon graduation, Lemke moved to Waterloo, Ontario to study theatre at the University of Waterloo. Lemke also holds degrees in both common law and civil law, having graduated from the McGill University Faculty of Law with Distinction. Career Lemke landed his first professional role in a production o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valentine Pelka
Valentine Pelka (born 23 February 1956) is an English actor who has starred in film and on television. Biography Pelka was born in Dewsbury, West Riding of Yorkshire, to a Polish civil engineer father and an Irish actress mother, and attended St Michael's College, Leeds (now part of Mount St Mary's Catholic High School, Leeds). His sister, Kazia, is an actress who starred on ''Brookside'', among other television programmes. He has made guest appearances on '' Highlander: The Series'' as Kronos, an enemy of Duncan MacLeod (Adrian Paul) and former acolyte of Methos (Peter Wingfield) in the episodes "Comes a Horseman", " Revelations 6:8", "Archangel" and " Not To Be". He starred in the 1986 TV series ''Crossbow'' (UK, William Tell) as Roland. He also guest starred in the 1990 TV series ''Zorro'' in the episode "All that Glitters" which preceded his starring role as the military governor, Colonel Montoya, in the 2000 syndicated TV series ''Queen of Swords''. Peter Wingfield als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Wingfield
Dr Peter Wingfield (born 5 September 1962) is a Welsh-born television actor, well known for his television roles as Dan Clifford in '' Holby City'', Dr. Robert Helm in ''Queen of Swords'' and Inspector Simon Ross in ''Cold Squad'' but he is internationally best known for his role as the 5000-year-old Immortal Methos in the hit syndicated series '' Highlander: The Series''. He also portrayed Dr. James Watson in ''Sanctuary''. Wingfield studied medicine before becoming a successful actor, and later returned to medicine as an anesthesiologist. Acting career Wingfield has appeared in numerous North American television productions for both Canadian and U.S. companies, including the portrayal of Dr Robert Helm in ''Queen of Swords'' filmed in Spain at Texas Hollywood, Almeria, and the surrounding Tabernas Desert. Executive producer, David Abramowitz, met Peter Wingfield at a Highlander convention in November 1999 and offered him the parts of Doctor Helm or Captain Grisham. Wingf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Campbell
William Oliver Campbell (born July 7, 1959) is an American film and television actor. He first gained recognition for his recurring role as Luke Fuller in the TV series ''Dynasty''. Then he became known for playing Rick Sammler on '' Once and Again'', Det. Joey Indelli on '' Crime Story'', Jordan Collier on ''The 4400'', and Dr. Jon Fielding on the ''Tales of the City'' miniseries. His most notable films include ''The Rocketeer'', '' Bram Stoker's Dracula'' and ''Enough.'' He portrayed Darren Richmond on the AMC television series '' The Killing'', Dr. Alan Farragut in the SYFY series ''Helix'' and Det. John Cardinal on CTV's ''Cardinal''. Early life Campbell was born in Charlottesville, Virginia. He attended Fork Union Military Academy and Western Albemarle High School. His parents divorced when he was two years old. Career After an appearance in an episode of the hit 1980s sitcom ''Family Ties'', Campbell's first prominent role was that of Luke Fuller, Steven Carrington' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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