Miriam Hopkins

Actress Miriam Hopkins appeared in thirty-six full-length films over a four-decade career that reached its height in the 1930s. Her performance in the title role of Becky Sharp (1935), the first full-length color film, earned her an Oscar nomination for best actress.

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Kim Basinger

Best known as an Academy Award–winning actress, Kim Basinger has also been recognized as a fashion model, businesswoman, animal activist, and to a lesser extent, recording artist.

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Dr Izzet Orujova

Initially a film actress, Izzet Khanim Mirzaaga Orujova (1909-1983) graduated from the Azerbaijan State Oil and Industry University in Baku as a petrochemical technologist (1932).

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