Maria Brink was born on December 17, 1977 in Schenectady, New York, USA. She is an actress and director, known for In This Moment: Roots (2017), In This Moment: Black Wedding (2018) and In This Moment: Oh Lord (2017).
Maria Broom is an actress, known for Homicide: Life on the Street (1993), The Wire (2002) and Fishbowl (2018).
Maria Bukhonina is known for Skywalkers: A Love Story (2024), Booze Traveler (2014) and Why We Fight (2017).
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Maria Burton, named by Variety as "talent to watch," is in post on her latest feature, For the Love of George, starring Nadia Jordan, Rex Lee, Tate Donovan, Rosanna Arquette, and Kristen Johnston. Her feature film, A Sort of Homecoming, starring Laura Marano (Austin & Ally), Katherine McNamara (Shadowhunters), Parker Mack (Chasing Life), Michelle Clunie (Queer as Folk, Teen Wolf) and Kathleen Wilhoite (Gilmore Girls), was distributed by Mar Vista in 2016. She also recently completed the web series, Old Guy, starring Peri Gilpin (Frasier) and Roger Burton. Director on the feature films, Just Friends (AMC/WE), Temps (Netflix), and Manna From Heaven (MGM/Sony), she also co-directed Sign My Snarling Movie -- a documentary about the popular a cappella singing group, The Bobs; and produced The Happiest Day of His Life (MTV/Logo) and Julia Sweeney's Letting Go of God (Showtime). Burton helms her production company, Five Sisters Productions, with her real-life siblings, and also works on social and political campaigns, such as the recent "MarchingForward" video for The Representation Project and Global Girl Media; commercials for the Massachusetts General Hospital's ALS Multidisciplinary Clinic; the "Mamas for Obama" Campaign; and the Campaign for the Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking, featuring Julia Ormond. Other directing work includes Stephen Kanner: A Retrospective, a short film about visionary architect Stephen Kanner for the A+D Museum, "ACT I" for the USA Pavilion for the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai, and commercials for the "Faces of Ford" Campaign for Ford Motor Company. Burton is an Emeritus Board Member of The Alliance of Women Directors, as well as Global Girl Media, an organization which celebrates and connects the voices of young women around the world through new media technologies to support social change. Burton is developing the TV pilot MidLife as well as her next feature film, a drama inspired by the "Mercury 13" women who were tested for the original astronaut program in 1961. The Burton sisters' script has been selected for the inaugural Athena List, named to the BitchList/Bechdel List 2015 and the CineStory Fellowship 2015.
Maria Caballero is an actress, known for El ministerio del tiempo (2015), La noche más larga (2022) and Alma (2022).
Maria Caggianelli Villani is an actress, known for Anime e sangue (2017) and Show Home (2017).
Maria Caleffi is known for Il signore delle formiche (2022).
This volatile opera diva was born Sophie Cecilia Kalos in New York City to Greek émigrés on December 2, 1923. Her father set up a pharmacy and changed the family name from Kalogeropoulos to Callas. As a child Maria studied the piano. When her parents separated (she was 14 at the time), her mother returned to Athens with Maria and her sister. The budding singer was quickly accepted into the National Conservatoire where she was taught singing lessons by Maria Trivella. She performed her first recital within the year and in 1939 won a prize for her stage debut in the Conservatoire's production of "Cavalleria Rusticana." In 1941, the soprano dramatico d'agilita made her professional debut in "Boccaccio" with the Lyric Theatre Company. While there she made a semi-name for herself with performances of "Tosca" and "Fidelio." Impending war led her back to the United States in 1944 where she reclaimed the name of Maria Callas. She was offered a contract from the Met which she turned down because among the three roles she was offered to sing there was Butterfly and she believed that she was too obese to sing the fragile 14 year-old Butterfly, her friends considered her to be crazy turning down the Met while she was so unknown. Maria performed elsewhere (Chicago, etc.) before returning to Europe in the post-war years where she met Giovanni Battista Meneghini, a wealthy industrialist and avid opera fan. They married in 1949 and he immediately took control of her career. She reached her zenith at La Scala (1951-1958), also recording during that time. In 1956, she finally made her debut at the Met as "Norma" with performances of "Tosca" and "Lucia" following. Within a couple of years her temperamental outbursts and excessive demands began to rise full force, resulting in a number of dismissals and walkouts. After meeting Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis through her husband, a torrid affair erupted and her marriage ended. Maria gave up the stage in the early 1960s for the jet-set life with Onassis, but continued with occasional concerts. Despite experiencing vocal problems, she made one unforgettable comeback on stage in 1964-1965 when she toured with her personal favorites ("Norma" in Paris and "Tosca" at the Met). Weak and tired, her final curtain on stage rang down in July of 1965 in Covent Garden. With her career over, she renounced her American citizenship and expected to marry Onassis. But their relationship was a stormy one and it eventually tapered off with Onassis instead marrying Jacqueline Kennedy in 1968. Maria was completely devastated and those around her say she never recovered. The following year she filmed an unsuccessful production of Medea (1969) and eventually set up master classes at Juilliard. In one last comeback, she attempted a European tour of recitals but her voice completely failed her. Her last public performance was on November 11, 1975. Riddled by sadness and despair, and by now firmly addicted to sleeping pills, Maria turned reclusive in her last year and died of a heart attack in 1977 at age 53. Despite a career that flourished less than two decades, Callas must be respected as one of the more important and recognizable opera legends. She was certainly one of the most emotive and visually dramatic. What also carries her today is, of course, her grandly turbulent and tragic image -- an Édith Piaf of opera.
Maria Calú is known for Um Ano Inesquecível: Outono (2023).