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Alyssa Sutherland stars on History's breakout historical drama series, Vikings (2013), as "Princess Aslaug." A native of Brisbane, Australia, Alyssa began modeling at the age 15 and soon after appeared on her first of multiple Vogue Australia covers. Alyssa then moved to New York, where she continued modeling and appeared in campaigns for Calvin Klein, Coco Chanel, Ralph Lauren and Bulgari, among others. She has been photographed by some of the world's leading photographers, including Herb Ritts, Steven Miesel, Bruce Weber and Ellen Von Unwerth. In addition, Alyssa has appeared in dozens of international magazines, including Vogue, Elle, Marie Claire, Harper's Bazaar and Glamour.
Before joining the cast of "Vikings," Alyssa appeared in several independent films, including The Fortune Theory (2013), Don't Look Up (2009), and Day on Fire (2006) with Olympia Dukakis, which screened at the Toronto and Berlin Film Festivals. On the small screen, Aly
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Mia May
Austrian actress
Mia May | |
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| Born | Hermine Pfleger (1884-06-02)2 June 1884 Vienna, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 28 November 1980(1980-11-28) (aged 96) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Other names | Herma Angelot |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1889–1924 |
| Spouse | Joe May (m. 1902; died 1954) |
| Children | Eva May |
Mia May (born Hermine Pfleger; 2 June 1884 – 28 November 1980) was an Austrian actress.[1] She was married to the Austrian film producer and director Joe May[2] and appeared in 44 films between 1912 and 1924. Her daughter was the actress Eva May.
Biography
[edit]Mia May was born Hermine Pfleger on 2 June 1884 in Vienna, the daughter of Johann Pfleger, a baker, and Albine Pfleger (née. Steinfelder). Her older sister, Maria (1879–1958), who acted under the stage name Mitzi Telmont, was the second wife of the comedian Heinrich
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Hedy Lamarr, the woman many critics and fans alike regard as the most beautiful ever to appear in films, was born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler in Vienna, Austria. She was the daughter of Gertrud (Lichtwitz), from Budapest, and Emil Kiesler, a banker from Lemberg (now known as Lviv). Her parents were both from Jewish families. Hedwig had a calm childhood, but it was cinema that fascinated her. By the time she was a teenager, she decided to drop out of school and seek fame as an actress, and was a student of theater director Max Reinhardt in Berlin. Her first role was a bit part in the German film Geld auf der Straße (1930) (aka "Money on the Street") in 1930. She was attractive and talented enough to be in three more German productions in 1931, but it would be her fifth film that catapulted her to worldwide fame. In 1932 she appeared in a Czech film called Ekstase (US title: "Ecstasy") and had made the gutsy move to appear nude. It's the story of a young girl wh