The famous actress, Jami Gertz, who is known for her role as Debbie Weaver for The Neighbors, and another role for The Lost Boys in the 80s, continues to acquire success for her shows. In the 90s, she starred in the Square Pegs, which is next to the Sarah Jessica Parker and NBC’s Still Standing, where she is portraying a character of Judy.
Children of the 70s and 80s grew up watching LeVar Burton in Roots, Star Trek: The Next Generation, and Reading Rainbow. These days, Burton is still acting; one of his most recent roles was in the 2016 remake of Roots. In 2014, his Kickstarter campaign to fund a new Reading Rainbow series was one of the site’s most successful fundraising campaigns. Burton is also active in the AIDS Research Alliance of America.
Sean Connery the first actor to play the iconic character of James Bond. He is the proud winner of two BAFTA Awards, three Golden Globe awards and an Academy award. Apart from his phenomenal acting abilities in James Bond Series, he has earned positive reviews from the critics and masses alike in some of the other movies such as Marnie, The Name of the Rose, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade etc. If it weren’t for his iconic eyebrow arches and the famous, slightly tilted head pose, the actor would practically be unrecognizable.
Tina Turner’s powerful voice and electrifying stage presence make an impression even on those young enough only to know her from biopics and YouTube. Although a street in Nutbush, Tennessee, the town where she was born, has been named after her, she was granted Swiss citizenship in 2013. She has spoken publicly about her Buddhist spirituality, having first been introduced to Tibetan Buddhism in 1973; she met the Dalai Lama in 2005.
