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1401839 | Marek Grechuta | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marek%20Grechuta | Marek Grechuta
for "Exodus" (written by L. A. Moczulski) at the STU Theatre in Kraków (1974), and co-wrote the musical adaptation of Stanisław Witkiewicz's "Szalona lokomotywa" ("The Crazy Locomotive") with K. Jasiński and J. K. Pawluśkiewicz in 1977.
In 2003, Grechuta collaborated with the group Myslovitz and re-recorded their older song "Kraków". His song "Dni, których nie znamy" ("The Days We Don't Know Yet") is the anthem of the football club Korona Kielce.
# Personal life.
In 1970, Grechuta married his wife, Danuta. His son was named Łukasz.
He died on October 9, 2006 in Kraków and was buried in the Rakowicki Cemetery.
# See also.
- Sung poetry
# External links.
- Marek Grechuta at culture.pl | 16,900 |
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Heckler & Koch USP
The USP ("Universelle Selbstladepistole" or "universal self-loading pistol") is a semi-automatic pistol developed in Germany by Heckler & Koch GmbH (H&K) of Oberndorf am Neckar as a replacement for the P7 series of handguns.
# History.
Design work on a new family of pistols commenced in September 1989 focused primarily on the United States commercial and law enforcement markets. USP prototypes participated in rigorous testing alongside H&K's entry in the Offensive Handgun Weapon System (OHWS) program requested by the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) and which would later result in the Mk 23 Mod 0. The USP prototypes were then refined in 1992, based on input | 16,901 |
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from the OHWS trials, and the design was finalized in December of the same year. The USP was formally introduced in January 1993 with the USP40 model (the base version) chambered for the increasingly popular .40 S&W cartridge, followed soon by the USP9 (using the 9×19mm Parabellum cartridge), and in May 1995—the USP45 (caliber .45 ACP).
In contrast to the ambitious and innovative P7, P9S, and VP70Z designs, the USP uses a more conventional Browning-style cam-locked action, similar to that used in the Hi-Power - but with a polymer frame.
# Design details.
The USP is a semi-automatic pistol with a mechanically locked breech using the short recoil method of operation. This rather conventional | 16,902 |
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lock-up system has a large rectangular lug over the barrel’s chamber that rides into and engages the ejection port cut-out in the slide. When a cartridge is fired, pressures generated by the ignited powder drive the cartridge casing back against the breech face on the slide, driving back both the barrel and slide as they remain locked together in the manner described above. After of unrestricted rearward travel, the projectile has left the barrel and gas pressures have dropped to a safe level. A shaped lug on the underside of the barrel chamber comes into contact with a hooked locking block at the end of the steel recoil spring guide rod, lowering the rear end of the barrel and stopping the | 16,903 |
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barrel's rearward movement. The recoil spring assembly is held in place by the slide stop lever’s axis pin and a round cut-out at the front of the slide. For enhanced reliability in high-dust environments, the locking surface on the front top of the barrel’s locking lug is tapered with a forward slope. This tapered surface produces a camming action which assists in positive lock-up in the presence of heavy fouling and debris. In this way, the USP shares many design features with the M1911 pistol, although apparently updated for easier operation.
One of the most significant features of the USP is the mechanical recoil reduction system. This system is incorporated into the recoil spring assembly, | 16,904 |
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located below the barrel and consists of a heavy, captive coil spring around the guide rod. Designed primarily to buffer the slide and barrel and reduce recoil effects on the pistol components, the system also lowers the recoil forces felt by the shooter up to 30%. The USP recoil reduction system is insensitive to ammunition types and does not require adjustment or maintenance. It functions effectively in all USP models. Using this same recoil reduction system, one of the related H&K Mk 23 .45 ACP pistols fired more than 30,000 high pressure +P cartridges and 6,000 proof loads without damage or excessive wear to any major components. Abuse and function-testing of USPs have seen more than 20,000 | 16,905 |
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rounds of .40 S&W fired without a component failure. Milspec environmental tests were conducted in high and low temperatures, in mud, immersed in water and in salt spray. In one particular test, a bullet was deliberately lodged in the barrel and another bullet was fired to clear the obstruction. The barrel was successfully cleared with only minor structural deformation and continued to produce consistent groups when test fired for accuracy.
Major metal components on both the USP and Special Operations Pistol are corrosion-resistant. Outside metal surfaces, such as the steel slide are protected by a proprietary "Hostile Environment" nitride finish. Internal metal parts, such as springs, are | 16,906 |
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coated with a Dow Corning anti-corrosion chemical to reduce friction and wear.
The USP is composed of a total of 54 parts and is broken down into 7 major components for maintenance and cleaning: the barrel, slide, recoil spring, recoil spring guide rod, the frame, slide stop and magazine. This is done by retracting the slide back to align the slide stop axis pin with the disassembly notch on the left side of the slide and withdrawing the axis pin.
# Variants.
The USP was originally built around the .40 S&W cartridge, but a 9×19mm Parabellum was introduced at the same time. In May 1995, Heckler & Koch introduced a .45 ACP variant. The USP Compact series was introduced in 1996 and is available | 16,907 |
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in 9 mm Parabellum, .40 S&W, .45 ACP, and, exclusively to the Compact model, .357 SIG. Other variants of the standard USP include the USP Tactical, USP Expert, USP Match, USP Elite and the standard sidearm of the German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr)—the P8.
One of the unique features of the USP is the wide variety of the trigger styles available, which may be quickly swapped. There are nine commercially available modifications (called "variants" by HK).
By using a modular approach to the internal components, the control functions of the USP can be switched from the left to the right side of the pistol for left-handed shooters. The USP can also be converted from one type of trigger/firing mode | 16,908 |
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to another. This includes combination of double-action and single-action (DA/SA) and double-action only (DAO) modes.
In addition to a wide selection of trigger/firing modes, the USP has an ambidextrous magazine release lever that is shielded by the trigger guard from inadvertent actuation. The rear of the USP grip is stepped, and combines well with the tapered magazine to allow for rapid reloading. Finger recesses in the grip frame also aid in magazine removal. On 9 mm and .40 caliber USPs, magazines are constructed of polymer reinforced with stainless steel. Magazines on the USP .45 are all-metal. All USP magazines will drop free of the pistol frame when the magazine release is depressed. | 16,909 |
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Also, the USP does not have a magazine lockout feature (also known as a magazine disconnector). Thus, it is possible to fire a chambered round even with the magazine removed. An extended slide release lever is positioned to allow easy operation without changing the grip of the shooting hand.
- Variants 1 and 2 (double action/single action, decocking and safety lever)
- Variants 3 and 4 (double action/single action, decocking lever, but no safety)
- Variants 5 and 6 (double action only, with safety lever)
- Variant 7 (double-action only, no control lever)
- Variant 8 Never produced.
- Variants 9 and 10 (double-action/single-action, safety lever, but no decocking)
- LEM (Law Enforcement | 16,910 |
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Modification) Trigger (aka Combat Defense Action)
## USP Custom Sport.
Almost identical to the standard USP, the Custom sport is aimed at target- and practical shooting users. The Custom Sport has a match grade barrel, match trigger and adjustable sights.
## USP Compact.
The first USP Compact models appeared in 1996. These are scaled-down USPs, and are available in all the same cartridges as the full size version, and additionally the .357 SIG. Due to the smaller size of the frame, magazines for the Compact variant may have a handgrip extension to better accommodate the shooter's hand. Standard flat floorplates are also available for the USP Compact magazines. The USP Compact comes standard | 16,911 |
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with a bobbed hammer equipped with a flat rubber external thumb grip. This reduces possible snag from the hammer on a holster or clothing while the pistol is being drawn, but still allows the USP Compact to be cocked from a decocked position even in the absence of a spurred hammer. This can be done since decocking the weapon does not fully drop the hammer, leaving it in a somewhat "half-cocked" state. The USP Compact cannot be cocked from a dry-fired position as the hammer will be flush to the back of the slide. However, the operator could pull the trigger approximately halfway back in a dry-fired position to put the hammer in a half-cocked state, allowing the hammer to be fully cocked with | 16,912 |
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the thumb. A spurred hammer, similar to the one that comes as standard on the P10, can be installed onto the USP Compact. USP Compact models lack the mechanical recoil reduction system of the larger full sized USP pistols. Instead, a more compact recoil buffering system is composed of a polymer bushing, around the captive recoil spring, which is designed to absorb energy at the end of the slide's travel rearward. This polymer bushing, with an estimated lifespan of around 20,000 rounds, is used instead of the double spring/captive recoil spring/guide rod found in the full sized USP.
In addition to the variants previously described for the full size USP, an ambidextrous safety is available from | 16,913 |
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the manufacturer as a separate part. After installation, the USP Compact effectively becomes a right or left-handed firearm with respect to the decocker and manual safety functions.
Heckler & Koch do not authorise caliber conversions, but a separate barrel for a .357 SIG or .40 S&W can be purchased from HK or from aftermarket companies.
## USP Tactical.
The USP Tactical (9mm Parabellum, .40 S&W, .45 ACP) incorporates a fully adjustable rear sight, a higher-profile front sight (as to be visible above the suppressor), an extended threaded barrel and O-ring, a match grade trigger, and an adjustable trigger stop (the 9mm model, referred to by HK as the "USP9SD (tactical)" does not have the match | 16,914 |
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trigger with adjustable trigger stop, O-ring, and does not carry the "Tactical" marking on the slide that the USP40 and USP45 Tactical models do, making it essentially a full size USP9 with threaded barrel and raised & adjustable target sights, but those features were added to it in 2015). Sound suppressors designed for the USP Tactical are available from Brügger & Thomet and Knight's Armament. A unique feature of the USP Tactical is that the barrel is left-hand threaded (counter-clockwise to tighten), which makes the pistol incompatible with suppressors designed for the MK23 Mod 0.
The KSK of the German Army and the German Navy Kampfschwimmer use the USP Tactical under the designation "P12".
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USP Compact Tactical.
The USP45CT Compact Tactical is a .45 caliber handgun developed for U.S. special operations use that combines features of the full-size USP45 Tactical pistol in a smaller, more concealable package. Features include an extended threaded o-ring barrel with polygonal bore profile and taller sights enabling use of sound suppressors. These two features may hinder the use of holsters designed for standard USPC pistols. Standard USPC barrels do not feature the o-ring. The USP CT is .45 caliber only and is not offered in 9mm, .40 or .357 SIG.
## USP Expert.
The USP Expert (9 mm Parabellum, .40 S&W, .45 ACP), was introduced in 1998 and includes all the features of the Tactical, | 16,916 |
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with the exception of the threaded barrel. The USP Expert also retains the USP match trigger. It also features an extended steel slide, which mostly hides the longer O-ring barrel and adds weight to help reduce muzzle flip and felt recoil even further. The Expert has adjustable target sights similar to the USP Match, Elite, and Tactical, however the slide differs in that the rear sight seat has been milled lower. The Expert may be used with an extended magazine well, or jet funnel, in 9 mm and .40 S&W calibers, which is intended for use in conjunction with larger-capacity magazines. The Jet Funnel magazines are clear plastic and hold 18 rounds for 9mm, and 16 rounds for .40 S&W. The jet funnel | 16,917 |
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magazine can be used without the jet funnel installed and will protrude slightly from the bottom of the magazine well. However, once the jet funnel is installed, only jet funnel magazines can be used. The standard USP magazines will not work as the funnel will impede them from fully inserting in the grip and locking into place. The bobbed hammer was a factory option for the Expert if it was to be used in IPSC for the Standard Division, as the original version "in its ready condition" did not fit the box for Standard division in IPSC.
## USP Match.
The USP Match (9 mm Parabellum, .40 S&W, .45 ACP) has the same features offered on the Expert, except for a barrel weight that replaces the elongated | 16,918 |
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slide found on the Expert. This weight is said to provide a recoil counterbalance to aid in target tracking.
It was discontinued in 1999.
## USP Elite.
The USP Elite (9 mm Parabellum, .45 ACP) takes features found on the Tactical, Expert, and Match models, and combines them with a 6.02 in (153 mm) barrel and hand-fitted 9.25 in (235 mm) extended slide. The Elite also includes higher-profile fully adjustable front and rear sights. Certain models of this gun also have a slightly longer slide release, or have the mechanism itself moved further toward the grip, for increased comfort. The Elite is slightly more accurate, but longer and somewhat hard to carry for uniformed personnel. Most USP Elite | 16,919 |
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models are used as target pistols and can be found in many competitions.
# Equipment.
The USP has an accessory rail at the front of the frame that allows for attachments of aftermarket equipment like laser sights and weapon lights. The rail is of proprietary design (versus the more common picatinny rail) so equipment options are limited when compared to other tactical pistols. For instance, one of the few weapon lights compatible with the USP is the UTL (Universal Tactical Light) made by Insight Technology and is only available through H&K dealers. As a workaround, some companies have offered adapters that convert the USP's rail for use with attachment that mount to picatinny rails. SureFire | 16,920 |
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makes adapters for both the USP and USP Compact that are compatible with their accessories, and GG&G makes the two similar adapters for compatibility with Streamlight's TLR range of weapon lights and lasers. In theory, since both companies' adapters use the semi-standard picatinny design, the adapters should accept any standard pistol mounted weapon light, but because the USP has such a large trigger guard and since there is no strict standard for rail placement, some lights may not be within finger reach of the operator.
Attachment of specialty equipment to the USP requires a specialized gunsmith to complete the work.
# Testing.
As the USP was developed at the same time as the SOCOM MK23, | 16,921 |
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the pistol underwent much of the same rigorous testing. The barrel is cold-forged from chromium steel for increased life. USP barrels post November of 1994 use a polygonal profile, whereas 1994 and earlier models utilize traditional 'land and grooves' rifling. During testing, a bullet was deliberately lodged in a USP barrel. Another cartridge was then fired into the obstructing bullet. The second bullet cleared the barrel, resulting in a barely noticeable bulge. The pistol was then fired for accuracy and the resulting group measured less than 4 inches at 25 meters.
Temperature testing required the USP be frozen to −42 °C and fired, frozen again, and then be heated up to 67 °C and fired. These | 16,922 |
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temperature tests were continually repeated with no adverse effects on the USP.
The gun was also subjected to NATO MIL-SPEC mud and rain tests, which were passed without difficulty. Water immersion and salt spray also presented no problems. German Navy combat divers have used the USP for two years without any signs of corrosion.
Safety testing exceeded the ANSI/SAAMI requirements adopted in May 1990. These included dropping a USP with a primed cartridge and decocked hammer on a variety of hard surfaces without discharging. The USP surpassed these commercial requirements, as well as German Army and police tests, including repeated drop tests from six feet (1.8 m), hammer first, onto a steel | 16,923 |
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backed concrete slab. Proof round firing resulted in no cracks, deformations, or increase in head space. Attempts to fire the USP pistol with an unlocked breech proved unsuccessful.
Testing with a variety of ammunition proved the USP meets these high standards. During the USP testing phase, it was shown the recoil-reduction system reduces the force on the USP grip to approximately 300 newtons (67 pounds-force). Peak force shock on competing .40 caliber polymer and metal framed pistols was around 5,000 newtons (1,100 pounds-force). The primary benefit of low peak shock is a decrease in wear and tear on pistol components, a great concern with the +P cartridge in 9 mm, .40 S&W, and .45 ACP. Reduction | 16,924 |
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of peak shock forces also contributes to softer recoil for the shooter, although these "felt recoil" values are much more subjective.
# Service.
The USP was adopted in Germany by the "Bundeswehr" (German armed forces) as the P8 in 1994. The P8 has only minor differences from the standard USP model, these being translucent magazines, a reversed safety/decocker lever (on the P8, down indicates 'safe', and up indicates 'fire' — this is the opposite of the standard USP), and the 'S' and 'F' letters being printed onto the frame instead of onto the lever itself. The P8 has a traditional lands-and-grooves barrel instead of a polygonal barrel.
The P10, adopted by many German State Police forces, | 16,925 |
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is in fact a USP Compact with the addition of a spurred hammer. Both P8 and P10 are chambered in 9×19mm Parabellum (9mm NATO) only.
In 1998, the H&K USP Compact with the LEM trigger action, in .40 Caliber Smith & Wesson, was adopted by the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service as the duty sidearm for its Special Agents and plain clothes officers. In 2004, when the I&NS's criminal investigations branch was merged with the U.S. Customs Service's Office of Investigations, into the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Homeland Security Investigations, the former I&NS Special Agents continued to carry the USP Compact. New duty pistols, the SIG Sauer Model P229 DAK, in .40 Caliber | 16,926 |
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Smith & Wesson, were eventually issued to the HSI Special Agents when the new pistol contracts were awarded by DHS.
On August 24, 2004, SIG Sauer and Heckler & Koch/HK Defense won major pistol contracts with the United States Department of Homeland Security. The contract was valued at $26.2 million. The HK pistol models chosen were the HK P2000 US, HK P2000 SK Subcompact, and the USP Compact/LEM (Law Enforcement Modification). The LEM trigger is basically HK's version of SIG's DAK trigger and vice versa. According to the company, the LEM trigger allows for faster follow-up shots (repeat shots) on target than a standard double-action-only system, due to a lighter trigger pull (7.3–8.5 lbf) and | 16,927 |
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shorter trigger reset than standard DAO trigger systems. The LEM trigger utilizes a two-piece "pre-cocked hammer" composed of a cocking piece and an external hammer. The hammer is pre-cocked when a round is chambered (slide is cycled). The LEM system supposedly also provides for more reliable primer ignition, since it utilizes a stronger hammer spring.
The LEM trigger can be installed on existing USP Compact pistols that were purchased before the LEM trigger came on the market—either by a certified gunsmith or by sending the pistol directly to Heckler & Koch. In addition, the USP Compact pistol can retain its external safety even with the LEM trigger—making it the only modified double-action | 16,928 |
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ered (slide is cycled). The LEM system supposedly also provides for more reliable primer ignition, since it utilizes a stronger hammer spring.
The LEM trigger can be installed on existing USP Compact pistols that were purchased before the LEM trigger came on the market—either by a certified gunsmith or by sending the pistol directly to Heckler & Koch. In addition, the USP Compact pistol can retain its external safety even with the LEM trigger—making it the only modified double-action pistol with an external safety.
# External links.
- Manufacturer's website
- Operator's manual
- Modern Firearms
- HKPro.com
- H&K USP .45 pictorial
- Internet Movie Firearms Database: Heckler & Koch USP | 16,929 |
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Hiroko Yakushimaru
# Biography.
After passing the audition for the film produced by Haruki Kadokawa, she began her acting career. Along with teen idols Tomoyo Harada and Noriko Watanabe who debuted from Kadokawa Haruki Corporation, she was often dubbed as one of "Kadokawa Sannin-musume" in her early career.
Yakushimaru made her acting debut in the 1978 movie "Never Give Up". In 1981, she came into prominence with "Sailor Suit and Machine Gun", the film where she played the leading role and recorded the same-titled theme song. The song hit #1 on Oricon in late 1981 and stayed there until January 18, 1982.
Since rising to fame, Yakushimaru has gained success as both an actress and a pop singer, | 16,930 |
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t in the 1978 movie "Never Give Up". In 1981, she came into prominence with "Sailor Suit and Machine Gun", the film where she played the leading role and recorded the same-titled theme song. The song hit #1 on Oricon in late 1981 and stayed there until January 18, 1982.
Since rising to fame, Yakushimaru has gained success as both an actress and a pop singer, mainly during the 1980s. She had also worked as a prolific recording artist until her marriage with Kōji Tamaki, the leader of the band Anzen Chitai. According to the Japanese Oricon chart, combined sales of her singles and albums have been estimated approximately 5.9 million copies to date.
# External links.
- at Victor Entertainment | 16,931 |
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Tomoko Yamaguchi
She has been married to Toshiaki Karasawa since 1995.
# Filmography.
## Television.
- Asadora "Jun-chan no ōenka" (1988–89), Junko Ono
- Christmas at the Age of 29 (1994), Yabuki Noriko
- "Furuhata Ninzaburō" (1996), Hōyō Futaba
- "Long Vacation" (1996), Minami Hayama
- "Leaders" (2014), Haruko Aichi
- "Leaders 2" (2017), Haruko Aichi
- "Hello, Detective Hedgehog" (2017), Kaoru Kaze
- "Natsuzora" (2019), Ayami Kishikawa
- "Medical Examiner Asagao" (2019)
## Films.
- "Tōi Umi kara Kita Coo" (1993), Catherine "Cathy" Ono (voice)
- "Ghost Pub" (1994), Satoko
- "The Golden Compass" (2007), Mrs. Coulter (Japanese dub)
- "Ponyo" (2008), Lisa (voice)
# External links.
- | 16,932 |
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married to Toshiaki Karasawa since 1995.
# Filmography.
## Television.
- Asadora "Jun-chan no ōenka" (1988–89), Junko Ono
- Christmas at the Age of 29 (1994), Yabuki Noriko
- "Furuhata Ninzaburō" (1996), Hōyō Futaba
- "Long Vacation" (1996), Minami Hayama
- "Leaders" (2014), Haruko Aichi
- "Leaders 2" (2017), Haruko Aichi
- "Hello, Detective Hedgehog" (2017), Kaoru Kaze
- "Natsuzora" (2019), Ayami Kishikawa
- "Medical Examiner Asagao" (2019)
## Films.
- "Tōi Umi kara Kita Coo" (1993), Catherine "Cathy" Ono (voice)
- "Ghost Pub" (1994), Satoko
- "The Golden Compass" (2007), Mrs. Coulter (Japanese dub)
- "Ponyo" (2008), Lisa (voice)
# External links.
- Profile at Ken-on Group | 16,933 |
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Lauro Cavazos
Lauro Fred Cavazos Jr. (born January 4, 1927) is an American educator and politician. He served as the US Secretary of Education, and was the first Hispanic to serve in the United States Cabinet.
# Early life and education.
A sixth-generation Texan, he was born on the King Ranch near Kingsville, Texas, where his father served as foreman of the showcase Santa Gertrudis cattle division. He was the son of Lauro F. Cavazos, Sr., and the former Tomasa Quintanilla. Through his maternal ancestry, he is a descendant of Texas Revolution heroine Francita Alavez, the "Angel of Goliad".
He earned B.A. and M.A. degrees in zoology from Texas Tech University, and a Ph.D. in physiology in 1954 | 16,934 |
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from Iowa State University (ISU) in Ames, Iowa. While in college, he was a member of Kappa Kappa Psi. Following a stint on the faculties of Tufts University and the Medical College of Virginia.
# Career.
From 1975-80, he served as Dean of the Tufts University School of Medicine. From April 15, 1980, to 1988, he served as President of Texas Tech University. He was both the first alumnus and the first Hispanic to serve as Texas Tech president.
A Democrat, Cavazos served as Secretary of Education from August 1988 to December 1990 during the Republican Reagan and George H. W. Bush administrations. He was forced to resign amid an investigation into improper use of frequent flyer miles in December | 16,935 |
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requent flyer miles in December 1990.
Following his resignation, he returned to the faculty of Tufts University where he has served as Professor of Public Health and Family Medicine since then. He is married to the former Peggy Ann Murdock. The couple has ten children and currently reside in Boston, Massachusetts. He is the brother of U.S. Army General Richard E. Cavazos.
## Awards.
In 2006, his alma mater Iowa State University awarded him with the Distinguished Achievement Award, their highest honors.
# External links.
- Lauro F. Cavazos papers (Texas Tech Archives)
- Answers.com-Lauro Cavazos
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Loulan Kingdom
Loulan, also called Krorän or Kroraina (; ) was an ancient kingdom based around an important oasis city along the Silk Road already known in the 2nd century BCE on the northeastern edge of the Lop Desert. The term Loulan is the Chinese transcription of the native name Krorän and is used to refer to the city near Lop Nur as well as the kingdom.
The kingdom was renamed Shanshan (鄯善) after its king was assassinated by an envoy of the Han dynasty in 77 BCE; however, the town at the northwestern corner of the brackish desert lake Lop Nur retained the name of Loulan. The kingdom included at various times settlements such as Niya, Charklik, Miran, and Qiemo. It was intermittently under | 16,937 |
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Chinese control from the early Han dynasty onward until its abandonment centuries later. The ruins of Loulan are near the now-desiccated Lop Nur in the Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, and they are now completely surrounded by desert.
# History.
A number of mummies, now known as the Tarim mummies, have been found in Loulan and in its surrounding areas. One female mummy has been dated to c. 1800 BCE (3,800-year-old), indicating very early settlement of the region.
Loulan was on the main route from Dunhuang to Korla, where it joined the so-called "northern route," and was also connected by a route southwest to the kingdom’s seat of government in the town of Wuni in the Charkhlik/Ruoqiang | 16,938 |
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oasis, and from thence to Khotan and Yarkand.
## Early Han Dynasty.
Interactions between Loulan and the Han court (206 BCE – 220 CE) were described in some detail in the "Book of Han" (completed in 111 CE).
The first contemporaneous mention of Loulan, in Chinese records, are from 126 BCE. A letter from the "Chanyu" of the Xiongnu to the Chinese emperor, in which the Chanyu boasted of conquering Loulan, as well as the Yuezhi, Wusun, Hujie (呼揭) and another "26 states nearby". In the same year, the Chinese envoy Zhang Qian described Loulan as a fortified city near Lop Nur.
During the late 2nd century BCE, Emperor Wu of Han (r. 141 BCE – 87 BCE) was interested in extending contact with Dayuan | 16,939 |
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(Fergana), following the reports of it by Zhang Qian. However, according to Chinese sources, Han envoys to Fergana were harassed by Loulan and the kingdom of Gushi (or Jushi). Consequently, in 108 BCE, Loulan was attacked by a Han force led by Zhao Ponu (趙破奴) and its king captured, after which Loulan agreed to pay a tribute to Han China. The Xiongnu, on hearing of these events, also attacked Loulan. The king of Loulan therefore elected to send one of his sons as a hostage to the Xiongnu, and another to the Han court. The Han emperor was satisfied with the statement and released the king, but retained his son as hostage. When this particular king of Loulan died, in 92 BCE, his court requested | 16,940 |
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that the Han court release the king's son and heir be returned to Loulan. In the meantime, however, this prince from Loulan had been castrated for infringing Han law, without the knowledge of Loulan. In an attempt to avoid antagonising Loulan, the Han court replied that its Emperor had grown too fond of the prince to release him. Instead another candidate was enthroned in Loulan and his son was also sent to the Han court as a hostage, in accordance with the established practice. After the death of this king of Loulan, the Xiongnu returned the hostage sent previously by Loulan – a prince named Chang Gui or An Gui (嘗歸 or 安歸), who became king of Loulan. When the Han court heard of this, it demanded | 16,941 |
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that the new king present himself to the Han court. Chang Gui refused, on his wife's advice – because the Han court had previously failed to return hostages.
In 77 BCE, after several Han envoys had been intercepted and killed in or near Loulan, a Chinese delegation was sent, including an envoy named Fu Jiezi – who had been ordered to kill the king of Loulan. Fu Jiezi gained entry to Loulan by claiming to carry gold and valuables as gifts for the king. After the king of Loulan became drunk, Fu Jiezi stabbed him to death, severed his head and had it hung from a tower above the northern gate of Loulan. While the king's younger brother Weituqi (尉屠耆) succeeded him as king, the Han court apparently | 16,942 |
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tightened its grip on Loulan from this point – a step symbolized by the Han court obliging Loulan to adopt a new official name, the non-native exonym Shanshan.
Because of its strategic position on what became the main route from China to the West, during the Han dynasty, control of it was regularly contested between the Chinese and the Xiongnu until well into the 2nd century CE.
## Shanshan.
After the Han dynasty had gained control of Loulan, the renamed kingdom of Shanshan became a Chinese puppet state. The newly installed king, fearing retribution from the sons of the assassinated king, requested that a contingent of Han forces be established in Yixun (伊循, variously identified as Charklik | 16,943 |
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or Miran). Chinese army officers were sent to colonize the area, and an office of commandant was established at Yixun. A number of settlements in the Tarim Basin such as Qiemo and Niya were described in the "Book of Han" as independent states, but these later became part of Shanshan. While the name of the kingdom was changed to Shanshan by the Chinese, the Loulan region continued to be known as Kroran by the locals.
The region remained under Chinese control intermittently, and when China was weak in the Western Regions, Loulan was essentially independent. In 25 CE it was recorded that Loulan was in league with the Xiongnu. In 73 CE, the Han army officer Ban Chao went with a small group of followers | 16,944 |
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to Shanshan, which was also receiving a delegation from the Xiongnu at the same time. Ban Chao killed the Xiongnu envoys and presented their heads to the King, after which King Guang of Shanshan submitted to Han. Around 119, Ban Yong recommended that a Chinese colony of 500 men be established in Loulan. A later military colony was established at Loulan by General Suo Man. It was recorded that in 222 CE, Shanshan sent tribute to China, and that in 283, the son of the king was sent as a hostage to the Chinese court during the reign of Emperor Wu of Jin. Loulan was also recorded as a dependent kingdom of Shanshan in the 3rd century "Book of Wei".
The town of Loulan was abandoned in 330 CE due | 16,945 |
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to lack of water when the Tarim River, which supported the settlement, changed course; the military garrison was moved south to Haitou (海頭). The fort of Yingpan to the northwest remained under Chinese control until the Tang dynasty. According to the "Book of Wei", King Bilong of Shanshan fled to Qiemo together with half of his countrymen after an attack by Juqu Anzhou in 442 CE so Shanshan came to be ruled by Qiemo. In 445 Shanshan submitted to the Northern Wei. At the end of the 6th century, the Sui dynasty reestablished the city state of Shanshan.
After the 5th century, however, the land was frequently invaded by nomadic states such as Tuyuhun, the Rouran Khaganate, and the Dingling and the | 16,946 |
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area gradually was abandoned. Circa 630, at the beginning of the Tang period, Shanfutuo (鄯伏陁) led the remaining Shanshan people to Hami.
The Buddhist pilgrim Xuanzang passed through this region in 644 on his return from India to China, visited a town called Nafubo (納縛波, thought to be Charklik) of Loulan, and wrote of Qiemo, "A fortress exists, but not a trace of man".
# Descriptions in historical accounts.
According to the "Book of Han", Han envoys described the troops of Loulan as weak and easy to attack. Shanshan was said to have 1,570 households and 14,000 individuals, with 2,912 persons able to bear arms. It further described the region thus:
According to the "Commentary on the Water | 16,947 |
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Classic", General Suo Mai (索勱, also Suo Man) of Dunhuang introduced irrigation techniques to the region by damming the Zhubin (possibly the Kaidu River) to irrigate the fields and produced bumper harvests for the next three years.
The Buddhist pilgrim Faxian who stayed in Shanshan in 399 on the way to India, described the country:
# Ethnolinguistic identity.
The earliest known residents in Loulan are thought to be a subgroup of the Tocharians, an Indo-European people of the Tarim Basin. Excavations in Loulan and the surrounding areas have found mummies believed to be remains of these people, for example the so-called "Beauty of Loulan" which was found by Chinese archaeologists in 1979–1980 | 16,948 |
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at Qäwrighul (Gumugou), around 70 km west-north-west of Loulan. The mummies have been dated to as early as 1800 BCE.
The official language found in 3rd century CE documents in this region is Gandhari Prakrit written in Kharosthi script; their use in Loulan and elsewhere in the Tarim Basin was most likely due to the cultural legacy of the Kushan Empire, and introduced by Gandharan migrants from the Kushan Empire. These Gandharan migrants are also believed to have introduced Buddhism to Loulan. Although Gandhari was used as the administrative language, some words generally thought to be of Tocharian origin are found in the documents, suggesting that the locals spoke a language that belongs to | 16,949 |
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the Tocharian group of languages. This original language of Loulan is referred to as Krorainic or "Tocharian C", due to its relatedness to the two other Tocharian languages. It has been partially reconstructed from around 100 loanwords and over a thousand proper names used in these Prakrit documents that cannot be ascribed to Indic. In 2018, documents from Loulan written in Tocharian C were published, confirming the relationship to Tocharian A and B.
The native name of Loulan was "Kroraina" or "Krorän", written in Chinese as Loulan 樓蘭 ("*glu-glân" in reconstructed Han dynasty pronunciation, an approximation of Krorän). Centuries later in 664 CE the Tang Chinese Buddhist monk Xuanzang mentioned | 16,950 |
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a place in Loulan named "Nafupo" (納縛溥), which according to Dr. Hisao Matsuda is a transliteration of the Sogdian word "Navapa" meaning "new water." Sogdians, an Eastern Iranian people, maintained minority communities in various places in China at the time, especially Dunhuang in Gansu and Turfan in the Tarim Basin. Documents found in Loulan showed that Sogdians were present in the area in 313 CE, as well as Han Chinese and Tibetan tribesmen, indicating an ethnically diverse population in Loulan.
# Archaeology.
## Sven Hedin.
The ruined city of Loulan was discovered by Sven Hedin, who excavated some houses and found a wooden Kharosthi tablet and many Chinese manuscripts from the Western Jin | 16,951 |
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Dynasty (265–420), which recorded that the area was called "Krorän" by the locals in Kharosthi but was rendered as "Lou-lan" in Chinese. Hedin also proposed that a change in the course of the Tarim river resulted in Lop Nur drying up may be the reason why Loulan had perished.
## Aurel Stein.
Aurel Stein made further excavations in 1906 and 1914 around the old lake of Lop Nur and identified many sites in the area. He designated these sites with the letter L (for Loulan), followed by a letter of the alphabet (A to T) allocated in the chronological order the sites were visited. Stein recovered many artifacts, including various documents, a wool-pile carpet fragment, some yellow silk, and Gandharan | 16,952 |
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architectural wood carvings.
L.A. - A walled settlement lying to the north of the lake. The thick wall is made of packed earth and straw and was over on each side and thick at the base. It contains a large stupa and some administrative buildings and was occupied for a long time. It is usually thought to be the city of Loulan.
L.B. - A site with stupas at 13 km to the northwest of the L.A.
L.E. - A fortified town lying 30 km to the northeast of L.A. It is the only known city in the region with a northern gate. Since a northern gate was mentioned in the Han Chinese text about the assassination of the king of Loulan, it has therefore been suggested to be the capital of Loulan in the 1st century | 16,953 |
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BCE, before the Han Chinese gained control the region. Others, however, argue that the northern gate does not refer to Loulan but Chang'an. The site was occupied until the late 3rd century CE.
L.F. - 10 km to the northwest of L.A., containing building foundations and a cemetery. Archaeologists discovered the body of a young man in a wooden coffin, wearing a felt hat and leather boots and lying under a woolen blanket. A bunch of ephedra twigs was placed beside him in a similar fashion to many much older burials found in the region.
L.K. - A walled city to the west of the lake with only a gateway in the city wall. It has been identified as Haitou by some archaeologists.
L.L. - A fortress lying | 16,954 |
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5 km northwest of L.K., similar in construction but smaller.
## Chinese archaeological expedition, 1979-1980.
In 1979 and 1980, three archaeological expeditions sponsored by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Xinjiang Branch performed excavations in Loulan. They discovered a canal deep and wide running through Loulan from northwest to southeast, a high earthen dome-shaped Buddhist stupa; and home long by wide, apparently for a Chinese official, housing 3 rooms and supported by wooden pillars. They also collected 797 objects from the area, including vessels of wood, bronze objects, jewellery and coins, and Mesolithic stone tools Other reported (2003) finds in the area include additional | 16,955 |
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mummies and burial grounds, ephedra sticks, a string bracelet that holds a hollowed jade stone, a leather pouch, a woolen loincloth, a wooden mask painted red and with large nose and teeth, boat-shaped coffins, a bow with arrows and a straw basket.
# See also.
- Charklik
- Cherchen
- Endere
- Gushi culture
- Lop Nur
- Miran
- Niya
- Xiaohe Tomb complex
# References.
- Hill, John E. (2009). "Through the Jade Gate to Rome: A Study of the Silk Routes during the Later Han, 1st to 2nd Centuries CE". BookSurge, Charleston, South Carolina. .
- Hulsewé, A. F. P. (1979). "China in Central Asia: The Early Stage 125 BC – AD 23: an annotated translation of chapters 61 and 96 of the History of | 16,956 |
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the Former Han Dynasty". E. Brill, Leiden. .
- Mallory, J. P. and Mair, Victor H. (2000). "The Tarim Mummies: Ancient China and the Mystery of the Earliest Peoples from the West". Thames & Hudson. London. .
- Watson, Burton, trans. (1993). "Records of the Grand Historian: Han Dynasty II - Revised Edition". Columbia University Press, New York. and .
# Further reading.
- Ma Dazheng. 2003. The Tarim Basin. Ch. 7 in: History of Civilizations of Central Asia. Volume 5: Development in contrast: from the sixteenth to the mid-nineteenth century. Edited by Chahryar Adle and Irfan Habib. UNESCO Publications.
# External links.
- Downloadable article: "Evidence that a West-East admixed population | 16,957 |
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na and the Mystery of the Earliest Peoples from the West". Thames & Hudson. London. .
- Watson, Burton, trans. (1993). "Records of the Grand Historian: Han Dynasty II - Revised Edition". Columbia University Press, New York. and .
# Further reading.
- Ma Dazheng. 2003. The Tarim Basin. Ch. 7 in: History of Civilizations of Central Asia. Volume 5: Development in contrast: from the sixteenth to the mid-nineteenth century. Edited by Chahryar Adle and Irfan Habib. UNESCO Publications.
# External links.
- Downloadable article: "Evidence that a West-East admixed population lived in the Tarim Basin as early as the early Bronze Age" Li et al. "BMC Biology" 2010, 8:15.
- Loulan, vanished in sand | 16,958 |
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Mayumi Wakamura
Mayumi Wakamura (若村麻由美 "Wakamura Mayumi", born on January 3, 1967 in Nerima, Tokyo) is a Japanese actress. She decided to be an actress at age sixteen when she saw a stage production by Tatsuya Nakadai's troupe. Later she joined his stage production to be an actress. She debuted in the six-month Asadora TV series "Hassai Sensei" in 1987 (produced by NHK) when was twenty one. After the show, she started appearing on other TV shows including several TV movies and series. In 1988 she was cast in a drama "Kigakaikyo".
In February, 2004, she married Kanehiro Ono, the leader of the religious group Shakusonkai (釈尊会). She appeared in another Asadora "Jun to Ai" in 2012.
# Filmography.
## | 16,959 |
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Films.
- "" (1993)
- "Spellbound" (1999) - Wada
- "" (2007) - Hoelun
- "God's Puzzle" (2008) - Saraka's mother
- "Tenshi no Koi" (2009) - Ayako Ozawa
- "Hitotsubu no Mugi" (2019) - Ogino Ginko
## Television.
- "Hassai Sensei" (1987) - Midori Saotome
- "Gokenin Zankurō" (1995) - Tsutakichi
- "Shiroi Kyotō" (2003) - Kyoko Zaizen
- "Atsuhime" (2008) - Kangyoin (Tsuneko Hashimoto)
- "Rebound" (2011) - Ran Morinaka
- "Jun to Ai" (2012) - Taeko Machida
- "Murder at Mt. Fuji" (2012) - Yoshie Watsuji
- "Hana Moyu" (2015) - Mitsuru Mukunashi
- "Shizumanu Taiyō" (2016)
- "Princess Jellyfish" (2018, Fuji TV) - Rina
- "Hanbun, Aoi" (2018)
## Dubbing roles.
- Calista Flockhart
- "Pictures | 16,960 |
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- Kyoko Zaizen
- "Atsuhime" (2008) - Kangyoin (Tsuneko Hashimoto)
- "Rebound" (2011) - Ran Morinaka
- "Jun to Ai" (2012) - Taeko Machida
- "Murder at Mt. Fuji" (2012) - Yoshie Watsuji
- "Hana Moyu" (2015) - Mitsuru Mukunashi
- "Shizumanu Taiyō" (2016)
- "Princess Jellyfish" (2018, Fuji TV) - Rina
- "Hanbun, Aoi" (2018)
## Dubbing roles.
- Calista Flockhart
- "Pictures of Baby Jane Doe" (Jane)
- "Ally McBeal" (Ally McBeal)
- "Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her" (Christine Taylor)
- "Bedtime Stories" (Jill Hastings (Keri Russell))
- "Janice Beard" (Janice Beard (Eileen Walsh))
## Video games.
- "Grandia III" (Miranda)
# External links.
- JMDb Profile
- Official Site | 16,961 |
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atanabe
, known professionally as and previously known as , is a Japanese actress. She won the award for Best Supporting Actress at the 21st Hochi Film Awards for "Shall We Dance?".
# Filmography.
## Films.
- "Comic Magazine" (1986)
- "Crest of Betrayal" (1994)
- "Shall We Dance?" (1996)
- "Swing Girls" (2004) - Sanae Suzuki
- "Memories of Tomorrow" (2006)
- "Ichi" (2008)
- "Lady Maiko" (2014)
- "My Dad and Mr. Ito" (2016)
- "Survival Family" (2017)
- "Mary and the Witch's Flower" (2017) - Banks (voice)
- "Katsuben!" (2019)
- "Tezuka's Barbara" (2019)
- "Romance Doll" (2019)
## Television.
- "Oshin" (1983)
- "Amachan" (2013)
# External links.
- JMDb Profile (in Japanese) | 16,962 |
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Sarah Thomas (actress)
Sarah Jane Thomas (born 5 June 1952) is a British actress, born in London, best known for her television appearances as Enid Simmons in "Worzel Gummidge" (1980), and as Glenda Wilkinson in "Last of the Summer Wine" (1985–2010).
# Career.
Sarah Thomas began her television career with an episode of the drama "Special Branch" in 1970. Other TV appearances include "Within These Walls" (1974-75), The Velvet Glove (1977), "Together" (1980), "Worzel Gummidge" (1979–81), in which she played the recurring role of Enid, "The Black Adder" (1983), "Miracles Take Longer" (1984), "Shroud for a Nightingale" (1984), and "Happy Families" (1985).
In 1985 she joined the cast of the internationally | 16,963 |
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successful BBC television sitcom "Last Of The Summer Wine" as Glenda, the daughter of Thora Hird's character. She stayed with the series for 25 years, until it came to an end in 2010.
Her most recent television guest star roles were in episodes of "Heartbeat", "The Bill" and "Doctors".
In theatre she has starred in many productions, most notably as Mrs. Danvers in "Rebecca" and as Miss Marple in Agatha Christie's "A Murder is Announced".
# Pantomine appearances.
In December 2007, Thomas starred in "Cinderella" at the Assembly Hall Theatre as the Fairy Godmother, appearing with Tom Vaughan, from Hollyoaks, and Barney Harwood. In 2008/09, she again starred as the Fairy Godmother in "Cinderella", | 16,964 |
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ebecca" and as Miss Marple in Agatha Christie's "A Murder is Announced".
# Pantomine appearances.
In December 2007, Thomas starred in "Cinderella" at the Assembly Hall Theatre as the Fairy Godmother, appearing with Tom Vaughan, from Hollyoaks, and Barney Harwood. In 2008/09, she again starred as the Fairy Godmother in "Cinderella", at the Grand Theatre in Swansea, alongside Su Pollard and Chris Jarvis.
From December 2009 to January 2010 she appeared in "Jack and the Beanstalk" at the Malvern Theatre, alongside Mike Fischetti and Colin Baker.
# External links.
- Profile at SuperiorPics.com "(good career résumé, but incorrect picture)"
- Article in "Thurrock Gazette" "(includes picture)" | 16,965 |
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Nino D'Angelo
Gaetano "Nino" d'Angelo (born 21 June 1957) is an Italian pop/folk singer.
He was born to a poor family in San Pietro a Patierno, a suburb of Naples, and dropped out of school, taking jobs like ice cream vendor and wedding singer.
His first album, "A storia mia" (Neapolitan: "My Story") was received very well, especially in Sicily. In 1979 he married Annamaria with whom he would have two sons. He started a career as an actor in "sceneggiate" musical dramas, a genre native to Naples, and later as a cinema actor. His first film was "Celebrità", released in 1981, a star vehicle written around his singing and the first of five films he acted in that was directed or produced by Ninì | 16,966 |
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Grassia.
In 1982 he released the album "Un jeans e una maglietta" ("Jeans and a T-shirt") and a film with the same title. The album sold over one million copies and the film surpassed the Hollywood movie "Flashdance" at the box office. He participated in the Sanremo Music Festival in 1986 with the song "Vai" ("Go"). His album "Cantautore" was the best seller at the time, although it was not listed in the official "Hit Parade". He performed in Australia, Germany, Switzerland, United States, and France—where he debuted 15 December 1987 at the Olympia in Paris.
In 1990, following the deaths of both his parents, he released the album "Tiempo" (Neapolitan for "Time"), which was championed by Italian | 16,967 |
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music critic Goffredo Fofi.
In 1997 he wrote his first musical, "Core pazzo" ("Mad Heart"), and co-hosted the Dopofestival show that aired immediately after each night of the Sanremo Music Festival with Piero Chiambretti. He also won the David Di Donatello Award for Best Music for his soundtrack to the film "To Die for Tano". In 2000, he also starred, directed, wrote and performed the music for "Aitanic", a "Titanic" parody and starring fellow Italian actors Sabina Began and Giacomo Rizzo.
The following year he competed in the Sanremo Festival, singing "Senza giacca e cravatta" ("Without Suit and Tie") and reaching 8th place. He also took part in Sanremo in 2002 and 2003 with the songs "Mari'" | 16,968 |
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and "'A Storia 'E Nisciuno" (Neapolitan for "Nobody's Story"). In 2003 he sang in Brașov, Romania, and appeared in the film Incantato directed by Pupi Avati, which he won a Flaiano Prize for Best Supporting Actor. He was popular with teenagers in the 1970s and into the 1980s, charting "Billboard" several times. In 2008, he also starred in a film directed and written by his son, Toni.
In 2013, he was one of the protesters after the mafia dumped toxic waste across the country including Naples.
# Filmography.
- Una notte (2007) regia di Toni D'Angelo
- 4-4-2 - Il gioco più bello del mondo (2006)
- Il cuore altrove (2003)
- Aitanic (2000)
- Vacanze di Natale 2000 (1999)
- Tifosi Film (1999)
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Ama il tuo nemico (1999)
- Paparazzi (1998)
- To Die for Tano (1997)
- Attenti a noi due (1994)
- Fatalità (1991)
- La ragazza del metrò (1988)
- Quel ragazzo della curva B (1987)
- Fotoromanzo (1986)
- Giuro che ti amo (1986)
- Popcorn e patatine (1985)
- Uno scugnizzo a New York (1984)
- L'ammiratrice (1983)
- La discoteca (1983)
- Un jeans e una maglietta (1983)
- Lo studente (1983)
- L'Ave Maria (1982)
- Giuramento (1982)
- Tradimento (1982)
- Celebrità (1981)
# Discography.
- "Tra terra e stelle" (2012)
- "Jammo jà" (2010)
- "D'Angelo cantabruni" (2008)
- "Gioia Nova" (2007)
- "Il ragu' con la guerra" (2005)
- "Senza giacca e cravatta" (2004) - Romanian only release
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"'O schiavo 'e 'o rre" (2003)
- "La festa" (2002)
- "Terranera" (2001)
- "Stella 'e matina" (1999)
- "A 'nu passo d"a città" (1997)
- "A neve 'e 'o sole" (1995)
- "Musicammore" (1994)
- "...Tiempo" (1993)
- "Bravo ragazzo" (1992)
- "...e la vita continua" (1991)
- "Amo l'estate" (1990)
- "Inseparabili" (1989)
- "Il cammino dell'amore" (1988)
- "Le canzoni che cantava mammà" (1988)
- "Cose di cuore" (1987)
- "Fotografando l'amore" (1986)
- "Cantautore" (1986)
- "Eccomi qua" (1985)
- "Nino D'Angelo" (1984)
- "Forza campione" (1983)
- "Sotto 'e stelle" (1983)
- "Un jeans 'e 'na maglietta" (1982)
- "Le due facce di Nino D'Angelo:Storia - Core 'e papà" (1982)
- "'A discoteca" | 16,971 |
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(1995)
- "Musicammore" (1994)
- "...Tiempo" (1993)
- "Bravo ragazzo" (1992)
- "...e la vita continua" (1991)
- "Amo l'estate" (1990)
- "Inseparabili" (1989)
- "Il cammino dell'amore" (1988)
- "Le canzoni che cantava mammà" (1988)
- "Cose di cuore" (1987)
- "Fotografando l'amore" (1986)
- "Cantautore" (1986)
- "Eccomi qua" (1985)
- "Nino D'Angelo" (1984)
- "Forza campione" (1983)
- "Sotto 'e stelle" (1983)
- "Un jeans 'e 'na maglietta" (1982)
- "Le due facce di Nino D'Angelo:Storia - Core 'e papà" (1982)
- "'A discoteca" (1981)
- "Celebrità" (1980)
- "'A parturente" (1979)
- "Nino D'Angelo vol.3" (1978)
- "Nino D'Angelo vol.2" (1977)
- "'A storia mia ('O Scippo)" (1976) | 16,972 |
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Bill Swerski's Superfans
"Bill Swerski's Superfans" was a recurring sketch about Chicago sports fans on the American sketch comedy program "Saturday Night Live". It was a prominent feature from 1991 to 1992, and its characters have made various other appearances since its inception. The sketch is notable as a media portrayal of the Inland North dialect of American English that predominates in Chicago, most famously through the distinctive pronunciation of the phrase "Da Bears" (IPA: ).
# Background.
Shortly after Robert Smigel moved from New York to Chicago in 1983 to start his career in comedy, he made his first visit to Wrigley Field to see the Cubs play. He noticed a prevalence of large | 16,973 |
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men who wore walrus mustaches and large sunglasses, a look similar to Mike Ditka, who had been hired to coach the city's NFL team, the Chicago Bears, the year before. "There was just a swagger among these very virile-looking men", he recalled. "All sports fans kind of have it."
In the following years, that swagger was rewarded as the fortunes of the city's teams improved. The Cubs and the White Sox both made the playoffs for the first time in decades, the National Basketball Association's Bulls drafted Michael Jordan and in 1985 the Bears capped a 15-1 regular season with victory in Super Bowl XX. Smigel began conceiving of characters based on that sort of fan, and the line "Da Bears!", but | 16,974 |
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could not imagine a setting that would work. He told an improv classmate, Bob Odenkirk, a native of nearby Naperville, about his idea, and Odenkirk reminded him to include the slight hiss the word ends with when pronounced with a strong enough Chicago accent, something only natives of the area would appreciate.
Smigel and Odenkirk eventually joined the writing staff of "Saturday Night Live" (SNL), but did not write the sketch until the 1988 writers' strike, when they returned to Chicago to stage the improvisational "Happy Happy Good Show", as "Chicago Superfans". At that time, played by Smigel, Odenkirk and Dave Reynolds (with an occasional appearance by Conan O'Brien as one of the fan's sons), | 16,975 |
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they were simply sitting on lawn chairs and drinking beer, but making the wild imaginative leaps by which they could assume the Bears would handily win another Super Bowl. The sketch drew considerable laughter, but when it came time to stage the show in Los Angeles, Smigel cut it, believing audiences there would not understand it. 'I'd never thought of it as something that could work on national television,' he said, 'because it just felt so regional."
In January 1991, Chicago native Joe Mantegna hosted "SNL". Odenkirk suggested to Smigel that they pitch the fan characters to him, and after the host liked it the writers finally came up with a setting, parodying "The Sports Writers on TV", a | 16,976 |
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long-running Chicago-area radio show which had been adapted for television by local UHF channel WFLD-TV in 1985, featuring three veteran local sportswriters, including Bill Gleason, known for his thick Chicago accent, and Rick Telander, a relative newcomer, sitting around a table and discussing Chicago sports. Odenkirk imagined what the show would be like if its panelists were average fans rather than sportswriters. "The key was that table", said "Sports Writers" producer John Roach. "Men gathered at a table talking about the shit in an unscripted way that lets you eavesdrop on it." The name "Bill Swerski" was a play on the name of Chuck Swirsky, the radio voice of the Bulls.
# History.
## | 16,977 |
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1991–1997.
The sketch premiered on January 12, 1991, hours before the Bears were to play the New York Giants in a divisional playoff game at Giants Stadium, a few miles from NBC's Studio 8H in Rockefeller Center. Mantegna starred as Bill Swerski, along with Chris Farley as Todd O'Connor, Mike Myers as Pat Arnold, and Robert Smigel as Carl Wollarski, a part the writer had intended for Phil Hartman but was assigned by the show's head writer, James Downey, because Downey believed Smigel's accent sounded sufficiently authentic. Smigel said it was easy to play, as the sunglasses allowed him to read the cue cards without anyone noticing, and he could eat during the sketch, which helped him relax.
Kevin | 16,978 |
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Nealon also made a brief appearance as oddsmaker Danny Sheridan in the first sketch—he is promptly sent away by Swerski after giving the Superfans an honest assessment regarding the prospect of Mike Ditka single-handedly defeating the Giants. Subsequent sketches starred George Wendt as Bill's brother Bob, with occasional appearances by Beth Cahill as Bob's daughter Denise. Macaulay Culkin appeared as Tommy Arnold, Pat's young nephew, who played a Pilgrim in a short school program about Thanksgiving, in which an Indian (played by Culkin's brother Kieran) predicted the Bears would lead the Detroit Lions 96-14 at the half. John Goodman played Pat Arnold upon Myers' departure from SNL; the change | 16,979 |
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in Pat Arnold's appearance was attributed to "massive weight gain." Mantegna's absence was invariably explained away by Wendt, saying his "brudder Bill" had just "had anudder heart attack."
The characters were typically shown in Mike Ditka's sports bar, drinking large amounts of beer, smoking, and gorging themselves on ribs, Polish sausage, and similar foods. All of the characters wore dark sunglasses and thick mustaches to resemble Ditka, the popular coach of the Bears at the time, and who was the idol of all the Superfans. In addition to discussing Ditka and the Bears, another frequent topic of discussion was the Chicago Bulls basketball team, and their star player, Michael Jordan, who were | 16,980 |
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winning their first three NBA Championships at the time. Both Ditka and Jordan would make appearances (playing themselves) in episodes of the sketch.
SNL alumnus Dan Aykroyd also appeared on the sketch as Todd's cousin, Irwin Mainway, who originated in the "Consumer Probe" and "On the Spot" sketches.
Early sketches had posters in the background with the call letters WBBM, the CBS O&O TV, AM and FM stations in Chicago, though later sketches changed the call letters to WCBM.
The group would discuss upcoming sporting events and inevitably predict a huge victory for the Chicago team, using an exaggerated Chicago accent—a variety of Inland Northern American English—normally culminating in a uniform | 16,981 |
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toast to "Da Bearss" and "Da Bullss", although "Da Cubss" was heard on at least one occasion. Their predictions were likewise exaggerated and their topics of conversation often ludicrous. Typical debates involved Mike Ditka versus a hurricane—in this particular debate, the Superfans believed that Ditka could defeat the hurricane, until it was revealed that the name of the hurricane was Hurricane Ditka, at which point Todd O'Connor had a heart attack out of confusion; who would win in a competition for World Domination—"Da Bearss" or "Da Bullss"; Mike Ditka winning the Indianapolis 500 driving the Bears' team bus; or how many points Michael Jordan could score if he played an entire game by himself | 16,982 |
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while lounging in a recliner.
One episode asked the outcome of the Bulls/Pistons game where Todd said the Bulls would win 402–0—but Jordan would be held to under 200 points. Todd usually predicted shutouts. During the first episode, he predicted that the Bears would defeat the Giants by a score of 79–0, claiming that "the Bears' defense is like a wall. You can't go t'rough it." (The Giants won the actual game, 31–3.) Pat once predicted the Bears would win their game by a score of 31 to negative-7. When asked how a team could end up with negative points, Todd replied, "Ditka'll find a way." One episode featured a "Jeopardy!"-like game show, pre-empting the Bearless, and therefore unimportant, | 16,983 |
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Super Bowl, starring Bob Swerski as host and the other Superfans as contestants. All the questions dealt with the Chicago Bears, Chicago, or Mike Ditka. The Final Jeopardy! question was "Bears vs. Bulls," which produced hilarious responses from the contestants. The correct answer was revealed to be that such a match-up would tear the fabric of the space-time continuum and destroy the planet, meaning the United Nations would have to step in prior to the match to prevent the mass destruction.
The characters appeared in nine episodes in two years. With Ditka's departure from the Bears in 1993 and significant cast changes on SNL, the sketch and characters all but disappeared. They did, however, | 16,984 |
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make a special appearance at the celebration of the Chicago Bulls' 1991–1993 "Three-peat" championship victory. The NBC television network interrupted daytime television to broadcast the short speeches made by the Superfans. Bob Swerski and Carl Wollarski also made a special appearance during Michael Jordan's original jersey retirement ceremony at the United Center in 1994. The final sketch (actually a taped segment narrated by Bill Kurtis, ostensibly a TV documentary piece) featuring the original Superfans was on October 25, 1997 in an episode hosted by Farley. This featured the second appearance by their idol Mike Ditka (he had appeared on an episode of SNL after his firing by the Bears); | 16,985 |
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although, he was at the time coaching the New Orleans Saints, which resulted in a schism amongst the Superfans (Carl had taken up with the Saints, Bob had moved to Jackson, Tennessee—halfway between Chicago and New Orleans—and Todd believed it was 1986 (And had a heart attack if told otherwise). Farley's death two months later seemed to preclude the possibility of any future Superfan sketches.
## Later appearances.
- In 2003, Bart Swerski (Bob's nephew, played by Horatio Sanz) was introduced on a "Weekend Update" segment with his uncle, discussing the recent playoff failure of the Chicago Cubs. Instead of referring to the team as "Da Cubs," Bart said "De Cubs," but it was learned that this | 16,986 |
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was due to a speech impediment. This same year, sports journalist Jay Mariotti decried the negative reactions of Chicago Cubs fans to the Steve Bartman incident, which went as far as sending Bartman and his family death threats, and commented that they were making Cubs fans look like "those mopes from the Superfans skits on "Saturday Night Live"." (The Superfans themselves could be considered part of that group: Bart Swerski claimed during the "Update" segment that the desire to exact retribution on Bartman had united the people of Chicago as never before, and Uncle Bob said he arrived late because he had been at church, praying for divine assistance in hunting him down.)
- In 2006, George | 16,987 |
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Wendt returned in Superfan garb alongside Ditka for a sketch prior to Super Bowl XL.
- In a 2007 SNL sketch, Donatella Versace said to David and Victoria Beckham, "If you guys were a football team, you would be Da Bores." The episode aired the night before Super Bowl XLI, in which the Indianapolis Colts beat the Chicago Bears. Following the Bears' loss, the Superfans Bill Swerski, Bob Swerski, and Carl Wollarski returned in a TV commercial for Reebok, alongside Colts kicker Adam Vinatieri; this was the first time the Swerski brothers appeared together. A variety of Superfan-themed fan sites also sprung up during this time, including DaSuperfans.com, which gained significant media attention | 16,988 |
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in Chicago and beyond.
- In November 2008, ESPN ran a segment featuring Bill Swerski discussing Mike Ditka's real-life possible run for a U.S. Senate seat in 2004, against Barack Obama. (Ditka decided not to run, and Obama ended up winning the seat.)
- On September 11, 2011, ESPN ran a segment featuring Bob Swerski discussing Chicago Bears Quarterback Jay Cutler and his image after the 2010 NFC Championship game.
- The GEICO Gecko performed an impersonation of the Superfans in a March 2012 commercial (complete with "Da Bears"), in which the gecko, who is in Chicago, demonstrates his efforts to make his cockney accent more understandable to the populace.
- In 2012, Old Navy introduced a commercial | 16,989 |
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rts to make his cockney accent more understandable to the populace.
- In 2012, Old Navy introduced a commercial with the Superfans, including coach Mike Ditka.
- In 2013, State Farm Insurance introduced a commercial with Superfans Bob Swerski and Carl Wollarski interacting with Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, though they recognize him only as the "Discount DAAA-ble Check" guy—a reference to a series of commercials Rodgers made for State Farm (The Green Bay Packers are the Chicago Bears' biggest rivals). This has led to a series of short weekly State Farm ads featuring the Superfans during the NFL regular season that features "Double Down Challenge" wagers for fantasy football. | 16,990 |
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Communication skill
Communication skill or communication skills may refer to:
- Rhetoric, the facility of speakers or writers to inform, persuade, or motivate particular audiences
- Communication, the activity of conveying information through speech, writing, or other behavior
- English studies, an academic discipline that studies the English language | 16,991 |
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Keiko Toda
# Career.
She first became an actress in fifth grade and then relocated to Tokyo in 1973 to become an idol singer. She then later joined Nachi Nozawa's theatre company. Also a musical theatre actress, she has appeared in musicals like "Sweet Charity" and "Dance of the Fleet Lady".
Toda has dubbed over actresses like Jodie Foster, Linda Hamilton, Sigourney Weaver, Sandra Bullock, Michelle Pfeiffer and Carrie Anne Moss for dubs of American live-action movies. She's voiced Rui Kisugi for the new animated City Hunter movie, taking over from fellow voice actress Toshiko Fujita, whom she had a sister-like relationship with. Her hobbies include dancing, singing, driving, watching Broadway | 16,992 |
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musicals and poem chanting.
# Filmography.
## Film.
- "Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald" (1997), Nokko Senbon
- "Minna no Ie" (2001), customer
- "Nin x Nin" (2004), Taeko Mitsuba
- "The Uchōten Hotel" (2006), Tokiko Yabe
- "Into the White Night" (2011), Yaiko Kirihara
- "A Ghost of a Chance" (2011), Landlady
- "The Kiyosu Conference" (2013), Naka
- "Hoshikuzu no Machi" (2020)
## Television.
- "Shomuni" (1998), Azusa Tokunaga
- "Hero" (2001), Kanako Moriwaki
- "Shinsengumi!" (2004), Otose
- "Densha Otoko" (2005), Kasumi Yamada
- "" (2007), The Nurse
- "Taiyo to Umi no Kyoshitsu" (2008), Kyoka Hasebe
- "Wagaya no Rekishi" (2010), Shizuko Kasagi
- "" (2015), Keiko Kakuraba
- "Natsuzora" | 16,993 |
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(2019), Kasumi Kemuri
## Television animation.
- "Mobile Suit Gundam" (1979), Matilda Ajan
- "Space Runaway Ideon" (1980), Karala Ajiba
- "Queen Millennia" (1981), Hajime Amamori
- "Maya the Honey Bee" (1982), Alexander the Mouse (Maushii)
- "Cat's Eye" (1983), Hitomi Kisugi
- "GeGeGe no Kitarō (3rd Series)" (1985), Kitarō
- "Anpanman" (1988), Anpanman
- "Oniisama e..." (1991), Kaoru Orihara
- "Lupin III: The Columbus Files" (1999), Rosalia
- "Requiem from the Darkness" (2004), Tatsuta
## Original video animation (OVA).
- "Fight! Iczer One" (1985), Icier Two
- "Vampire Hunter D" (1985), Dan
- "Yōtōden" (1987), Ayanosuke
- "Iczer Reborn" (1990), Iczer Two
## Theatrical animation.
- | 16,994 |
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"Mobile Suit Gundam" (1981), Matilda Ajan
- "Mobile Suit Gundam: Soldiers of Sorrow" (1981), Matilda Ajan
- "Bio Booster Armor Guyver" (1986), Valcuria
- "Toki no Tabibito -Time Stranger-" (1986), Agino Jiro
- "Kiki's Delivery Service" (1989), Osono
- "A Wind Named Amnesia" (1990), Sophia
- "Pokémon 4Ever" (2001), Yukinari
- "Code Geass: Lelouch of the Re;surrection" (2019)
- "City Hunter the Movie: Shinjuku Private Eyes" (2019), Hitomi Kisugi and Rui Kisugi
## Video games.
- "Popful Mail" (1994), Tatto
- "Gulliver Boy" (1995), Nikita
- "Everybody's Golf 5" (2007), Teana
## Puppetry.
- "The Three Musketeers" (2009), Milady de Winter
- "Sherlock Holmes" (2014), Isadora Klein
## | 16,995 |
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Dubbing.
### Live-action.
- Jodie Foster
- "The Accused" (1998 TV Asahi version), Sarah Tobias
- "The Silence of the Lambs" (1995 TV Asahi version), Clarice Starling
- "Maverick" (1997 NTV version), Annabelle Bransford
- "Nell", Nell Kellty
- "Contact" (2001 TV Tokyo version), Dr. Eleanor Arroway
- "Anna and the King" (2007 TV Tokyo version), Anna Leonowens
- "Flightplan", Kyle Pratt
- "Elysium", Defense Secretary Delacourt
- Julia Roberts
- "Pretty Woman", Vivian Ward
- "Dying Young", Hilary O'Neil
- "My Best Friend's Wedding", Julianne Potter
- "Notting Hill", Anna Scott
- "Erin Brockovich" (2003 TV Asahi version), Erin Brockovich
- "Full Frontal", Catherine/Francesca
- "Larry | 16,996 |
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Crowne", Mercedes Tainot
- Sigourney Weaver
- "Alien" (1992 TV Asahi version), Ellen Ripley
- "Aliens" (1989 TV Asahi version), Ellen Ripley
- "Alien 3" (1998 TV Asahi version), Ellen Ripley
- "" (1997 Fuji TV version), Ellen Ripley
- "Political Animals", Elaine Barrish
- "12 Monkeys", Kathryn Railly (Madeleine Stowe)
- "American Graffiti" (1984 TBS version), Laurie Henderson (Cindy Williams)
- "Back to the Future Part III" (2018 BS Japan version), Clara Clayton (Mary Steenburgen)
- "Beauty and the Beast", Agathe (Hattie Morahan)
- "", Chow Ying-kit (Anita Mui)
- "The Big C", Cathy Jamison (Laura Linney)
- "Blade Runner" (1986 TBS version), Rachael (Sean Young)
- "Charlie's Angels", | 16,997 |
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Julie Rogers (Tanya Roberts)
- "Conan the Barbarian" (1989 TV Asahi version), Valeria (Sandahl Bergman)
- "Days of Thunder" (1993 TBS version), Dr. Claire Lewicki (Nicole Kidman)
- "The English Patient", Katharine Clifton (Kristin Scott Thomas)
- "Flashdance", Alexandra "Alex" Owens (Jennifer Beals)
- "Gone with the Wind" (1988 NTV version), Scarlett O'Hara (Vivien Leigh)
- "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle", Mrs. Mott (Rebecca De Mornay)
- "I Am Sam", Rita Harrison Williams (Michelle Pfeiffer)
- "Never Talk to Strangers" (Dr. Sarah Taylor (Rebecca De Mornay))
- "The NeverEnding Story" (Atreyu (Noah Hathaway)
- "Nine Months", Rebecca Taylor-Faulkner (Julianne Moore)
- "The Matrix trilogy" | 16,998 |
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(Fuji TV version), Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss)
- "Medicine Man", Dr. Rae Crane (Lorraine Bracco)
- "The Others", Grace Stewart (Nicole Kidman)
- "Predator 2", Detective Leona Cantrell (María Conchita Alonso)
- "Red Sonja", Red Sonja (Brigitte Nielsen)
- "Rumble in the Bronx", Elaine (Anita Mui)
- "Scarface" (1989 TV Asahi version), Elvira Hancock (Michelle Pfeiffer)
- "Speed", Annie Porter (Sandra Bullock)
- "", Annie Porter (Sandra Bullock)
- "The Terminator" (1987 TV Asahi version), Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton)
- "Thomas and the Magic Railroad", Lily's Mother (Lori Hallier)
- "True Lies", Helen Tasker (Jamie Lee Curtis)
- "Trust the Man", Rebecca (Julianne Moore)
- "The X-Files" | 16,999 |
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