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Actor
Egypt
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was born on April 10, 1932, in Alexandria, Egypt,
to Joseph and Claire Shalhoub as Michel Demitri
Shalhoub. He is an Egyptian-born actor (of Lebanese
and Syrian origin) who has starred in many Hollywood
films.
He has acted in Arabic, French, and English.
He, once among the world's best known contract
bridge players, co-wrote a syndicated newspaper
bridge column for the Chicago Tribune for several
years.
He has also been a regular in casinos in France,
where he once assaulted a casino employee after
losing thousands of dollars on a single roulette
bet.
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Fashion
Designer
Japan
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He was born on February 27,1939 in Himeji, Japan.
He is a Japanese fashion designer who love for
fashion developed at an early age, particularly
through reading his sisters' magazines. He shortly
attended the University of Kobe, where he felt
bored and eventually withdrew, against the will
of his family . In 1958, he joined a fashion
school, Tokyo's Bunka Fashion College, which
had then just opened its doors to male students.
After earning his diploma, he settled in Paris
in 1964, not without adaptation problems. He
was trying to gain a place in the fashion environment;
attending shows, making contacts with the media
and selling sketches. His success started in
1970: during this year he presented his first
show at the Vivienne Gallery; his first store,
"Jungle Jap" was opened; and one of his models
appeared in the cover of ELLE. He announced
his retirement in 1999, leaving his assistants
in charge of his fashion house.
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Singer
USA
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She
was born on April 24, 1942 to a Jewish family
in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York. She became
a nightclub singer while in her teens. In 1962
Streisand appeared on Broadway, first in a small
but star-making role in the musical I Can Get
It for You Wholesale (1962), and she signed
her first recording contract with Columbia Records
in 1962. Her first film was a reprise of her
Broadway hit, Funny Girl (1968), a stunning
artistic and commercial success, for which she
won the 1968 Academy Award for Best Actress.
She is a two-time Academy Award-winning American
singer, theatre and film actress, composer,
film producer and director.
Many consider her the most successful female
performer in modern entertainment history.
She has won Oscars for Best Actress and Best
Original Song as well as multiple Emmy Awards,
Grammy Awards, Golden Globe awards and the Tony.
She will be inducted into the Long Island Music
Hall of Fame in 2007.
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Actress
France

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She
was born on August 14, 1965 in Gassin, Var (not
far from St. Tropez), on the French Riviera.
As an eleven-year-old she obtained an acting
role in the 1976 film 'Demain les mômes'. In
her teens she appeared in bit parts in television
then went to Montreal, Quebec, Canada to work
as a nanny before returning to France the following
year to attend drama school in Paris. A short
time later she was cast in her first adult role
in a film, and in 1986 she skyrocketed to fame
with her role opposite Yves Montand, in the
film 'Manon des Sources'. For her performance,
she won the 1987 Cesar Award for "Best Supporting
Actress." She also won a "Best Actress" award
at the Moscow International Film Festival for
her starring role in the 1995 film, 'Une Femme
française'.
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