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- Yelena Obleukhova was born on 8 April 1956. She is an actress, known for Trizhdy o lyubvi (1981) and Poputchik (1987).
- Carla van Weelie was born on 8 April 1960 in Indonesia.
- Actor
- Composer
Max Winding was born on 8 April 1987 in Gentofte, Denmark. He is an actor and composer, known for Villads fra Valby (2015) and Into the Darkness (2020).- Producer
Born in East Harlem, NY, Ms. Maria Hernandez dreamed of being a story-teller. Her first novel, Trapped was self-published by her in 2016, along with her second book, Trapped 2.
In 2016, she formed her production company, NY Rican Productions and executive produced her first film, based on her book. Trapped film will be available in streaming services in 2024.- Donna Flinn was born on 8 April 1949 in Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Shades of Bad (2015) and The Usual Children (1997).
- Director
- Writer
- Cinematographer
Born in London, Jerome was raised in Quebec, lived 11 years in Japan and now resides in Los Angeles. He graduated from Montreal Concordia University with a BFA in Filmmaking and got his start as a Motion-Graphics artist in Japan. In 2001, Jerome opened up his own motion-graphics design studio - Speaking Pictures. In 2005, he began work on the short film "Missing Pages."- Mario Pestano was born on 8 April 1978 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.
- Trond Kårikstad was born on 8 April 1980 in Kristiansand, Norway. He is a producer, known for Star Trek: Deception (2013).
- Director
- Producer
- Writer
Alejandro Díaz San Vicente was born on 8 April 1984 in Ciudad de México, México. Alejandro is a director and producer, known for El Apóstol (2023), Cocino cuando te extraño (2022) and A six dollar cup of coffee (2018).- Robin Freeman was born on 8 April 1934 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. He was married to Bonnie Drummond. He died on 23 September 2014 in Columbus, Ohio, USA.
- Florian Vogel was born on 8 April 1972 in Ludwigshafen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. He is an editor and director, known for Verspiegelte Zeit - Erinnerungen von Angelika Schrobsdorff (1998), Jenseits der Ferne (2002) and Irgendwo in Bayern (2003).
- Peter voor de Wind was born on 8 April 1990 in Sneek, Friesland, Netherlands. He is an actor, known for Bit (2008).
- David Bröckelmann was born on 8 April 1972 in Basel, Switzerland. He is an actor, known for Die Beschatter (2022), Der Club (1985) and Giacobbo/Müller (2008).
- Timm McCoy was born on 8 April 1958 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He is an actor, known for Bill's Gun Shop (2001) and The Ghost of Ghoulardi (2005). He has been married to Joan T. Lisi - McCoy since 14 February 2005.
- Dave Hanley was born on 8 April 1980 in Camrose, Alberta, Canada. He is an actor, known for Girl/Girl Scene (2010) and Intercessor: Another Rock 'N' Roll Nightmare (2005).
- Director
- Producer
- Writer
Alfred Lehner was born on 8 April 1913 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. He was a director and producer, known for Die große Schuld (1953), Die Magd von Heiligenblut (1956) and Das letzte Aufgebot (1953). He died on 25 December 1997.- Actress
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Mariya Mykolaychuk was born on 8 April 1941 in Vytylivka, Kitsman Rayon, Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukrainian SSR [now Ukraine]. She was an actress, known for Propala hramota (1972), Bilyy ptakh z chornoyu oznakoyu (1971) and Tronka (1971). She was married to Ivan Mikolaychuk. She died on 1 February 2023 in Kyiv, Ukraine.- Michel Gillibert was born on 8 April 1945 in La Chapelle-Le-Guinchay, Saône-et-Loire, France.
- Editor
- Additional Crew
Lars Hagström was born on 8 April 1937. He was an editor, known for The Gladiators (1969), 1958 (1980) and One Swedish Summer (1968). He died on 13 March 1986.- Camera and Electrical Department
Charles Ferguson was born on 8 April 1886 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.- Camera and Electrical Department
- Editor
- Actor
Conor Jackson was born on 8 April 1996 in London, England, UK. He is an editor and actor, known for Paddy and Peggy, Janet (2018) and Sink (2017).- Petr Stuchlík was born on 8 April 1977 in Zlín, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].
- Director
- Producer
- Writer
Federico Cagnoni was born on 8 April 1962 in Ancona, Marche, Italy. He is a director and producer, known for Il bambino con la pistola (1999), Corti stellari (1997) and Effetto (1994).- Actress
Zita Horváth was born on 8 April 1988. She is an actress, known for Mab (2010).- Francesco Merlo was born on 8 April 1951 in Catania, Sicily, Italy.
- Director
- Writer
- Actor
Ben Robins is a writer and filmmaker from Billericay, Essex. He studied at Mayflower High School and the University of Southampton, previously working as an entertainment journalist before moving on to work on his own short films.
His first film was funded and created through Creative England and Sky's #shortFLIX scheme, premiering on Sky Arts in the UK, before going on to screen at festivals around the world.- Ralph Kaiser was born on 8 April 1966 in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. He is an actor, known for Ein todsicherer Plan (2014).
- Cliff Avril was born on 8 April 1986 in Jacksonville, Florida, USA. He is an actor, known for Why Don't We & Macklemore: I Don't Belong in This Club (2019), The NFL on CBS (1956) and NFL on FOX (1994).
- Fredrik Sanabria was born on 8 April 1961 in Sweden. He is an actor, known for Lilla Jönssonligan och cornflakeskuppen (1996).
- Timo Perez was born on 8 April 1975 in Bani, Dominican Republic. He is married to Yencis. They have one child.
- Pascal Lamy was born on 8 April 1947 in Levallois-Perret, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
- Joachim Barckhausen was born on 8 April 1906 in Egeln, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. He was a writer, known for Das Fräulein von Scuderi (1955), Karriere in Paris (1952) and Grube Morgenrot (1948). He was married to Elfriede Brüning. He died in 1978 in West Berlin, West Germany.
- Damian Coyle was born on 8 April 1965 in Belfast, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK. He is an actor, known for Garden of Love (2003).
- Additional Crew
Alberto Sánchez was born on 8 April 1895 in Toledo, Spain. He is known for Don Kikhot (1957). He died on 12 October 1962 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].- Casting Director
- Actor
William H. Vaux is best known as a dancer in wartime musical comedies on film and Broadway (1939-1949), and as the talent coordinator, advertising agent, and on-air lead of the Arthur Murray Dancers for the The Arthur Murray Party (1950) television show (1950-1960).
William H. Vaux was born on April 8, 1917 in Doylestown, Pennsylvania as the youngest of four children of Howard Craven Vaux, a telephone company foreman, and restaurateur Anne E. (Ridge) Vaux. The Vaux family raised spaniels and Billy developed a lifetime love of animals. Billy spent his adolescence on Diamond Street in Philadelphia and attended high school in Hatboro, Pennsylvania. He took dance lessons from Kathryn Heger Jockers of The Heger Academy of Dancing in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania and had his first recital at age 12 at the Keswick Theatre in Glenside, Pennsylvania. His father passed soon afterwards, but his stepfather G.W. Flavell -- a Philadelphia manufacturer of medical trusses - continued to support his interest in dance. The Keswick was part of the Vaudeville circuit, and upon graduation from high school in 1935 he joined traveling productions.
Billy was discovered by agents for the Schubert theaters while performing in a 1939 summer production of "Vote for Youth" at the Spring Lake Community Playhouse in Spring Lake, New Jersey. By December of that same year he was dancing on Broadway in Du Barry was a Lady (1939 - 1940) starring Bert Lahr, Ethel Merman, and Gypsy Rose Lee as Merman's replacement. Robert Alton was the choreographer. Billy continued to dance for Robert Alton as a replacement dancer in Pal Joey (1940-1941) and as original cast in By Jupiter with Ray Bolger (June 1942 - June 1943). In doing so, Billy worked with both the Cowardly Lion and Scarecrow from the The Wizard of Oz (1939). In January 1943 Billy once again joined Ethel Merman in "Something for the Boys" through January 1944 and working with another great Broadway choreographer, Jack Cole. (See the February 8, 1943 edition of "Life" magazine (p. 79) for a photo of Billy standing to the right of Ethel Merman).
Billy had a short career in Hollywood, and danced in Where Do We Go from Here? (1945) Returning to Broadway in November 1944, his next performance was in "Sadie Thompson" with June Havoc and choreographer Charles Weidman. The show only ran for two months, but Billy met a fellow dancer Fred Bernaski (Franklin Frederick Bernaski 1921-1989) and the two became partners for the next two decades. Billy and Fred shared a love of dance and animals. The couple raised Brussels Griffons, poodles and numerous cats. Billy and Fred kept an apartment at 70 W. 82nd street which had as many as six performers living there at anyone time.
Billy only title role on Broadway was as "Dottore" in large cast of "Firebrand of Florence" (1945). After a brief stint in the 1945 U.S.O. show of "Up in Central Park" in Stuttgart, Germany, Billy was the dancing attendant in "If the Shoe Fits," and a year-long run as a replacement in the 1946 revival of "Show Boat." Billy and Fred's final performance was an overseas production of "Starlight Roof" at the London Hippodrome with the prop comic Wally Boag and the premiere of Julie Andrews, age 12. Retiring from the stage, Billy, Fred, three dogs, and two cats settled down again in Manhattan.
Between productions Billy Vaux worked as a dance instructor at the Arthur Murray Dance Studios in New York and became an integral part of the The Arthur Murray Party (1950) television show. Billy shared _Murray, Kathryn_'s comedic sensibilities, and could draw on talent from Vaudeville, Broadway and East Coast clubs. Arthur Murray, Arthur was a demanding boss, but also someone who created opportunities for talented people. Billy served as the lead of the Arthur Murray Dancers, casting director, advertising executive, and on-air performer. The Arthur Murray Dancers were a collection of instructors and advanced students who put on demonstration and participated in the show's contests. Very tall and older than the other dancers, Billy can be seen in surviving episodes giving subtle directions to other dancers and serving as a target for the cameraman and Kathryn Murray during on-air commercials.
Billy drew on his years in show business to cast Vaudevillians he has known since childhood, like folksinger Burl Ives and numerous comics. From Broadway, Bert Lahr became a regular on the show with appearances by Ethel Merman, sisters June Havoc and Gypsy Rose Lee to name just a few. Billy would scout East Coast Clubs for dancing acts. Arthur Murray's studios often provided instruction to film stars in support of their roles. The stars would then be offered to demonstrate their skills on the show. Once on the show, Billy and the Murrays would encourage them to return week after week. Much like they did for their dance studio customers.
Arthur Murray farmed his instructors out to train actors in dance, in supporting roles for films and stage, and provided sound work for numerous Hollywood films. Billy Vaux's family maintains that he provided sound work for Gene Kelly's performance in Singin' in the Rain (1952). If true, the post-production sound work was likely to have taken place during an hiatus of the "Arthur Murray Party" in July and August of 1951. The issue is complicated by Gwen Verdon's claim on an 1977 episode of the _The Dick Cavett Show (TV Series 1975-1991)_ that she and Kelly's assistants, Carol Haney and Jeanne Coyne, had provided the sound work. Perhaps both are true. The music editor Lela Simone insisted on high quality sound since a theme of the film was the introduction of sound to film. She may have had work redone. Billy Vaux certainly knew Carol Haney, and he cast her as a guest on the Arthur Murray Party, but definitive evidence has been elusive. The author has heard the story of Billy Vaux's involvement in "Singin' in the Rain" consistently told by his family since the 1970s. If they survive, the records of the Arthur Murray Studios may provide a wealth of information concerning its involvement in 20th century stage and film.
Fred worked as a design manager for a major department store. The couple maintained a country house in New Rochelle, Westchester, NY in the early 1950s, and then in 1955 Billy and Fred purchased a Wilton, Connecticut home at 3 Pond Road. Soon after neighbors like Martha Raye, Gabor sisters, and June Havoc began to appear on the show. By 1959 they had also moved their Manhattan residence to 202 East 52nd Street on the edge of the Turtle Bay neighborhood.
As Billy and Fred's dancing careers ended with Julie Andrews, her young co-stars in the Sound of Music were guests on the last episode of the The Arthur Murray Party (1950) in June 1960. Critics often pointed to the show's amateurishness in comparison to similar talent shows, but it ran for eleven seasons and created more than 300 episodes.
The 1960s were a difficult time for Billy. Within months of the close of the show Billy and Fred's Connecticut house and Billy's beloved Alfa Romeo were consumed in two separate fires. Billy continued to live in Manhattan in semi-retirement, but struggled with legal troubles. His relationship with Fred Bernaski may have also ended about that time. His family last saw him in 1972 or 1973 when Billy visited his elder sister to retrieve a copy of his birth certificate for a planned trip to France. Efforts to locate him have not been successful.- Yolanda Zorio was born on 8 April 1969 in Capital Federal, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Robert Kraut was born on 8 April 1999 in the USA.
- Drew MacMillan was born on 8 April 1981 in Toronto, Canada. He is an actor, known for Militia II (2002) and The Squeeze Box (2005).
- Arthur B. Allen was born on 8 April 1881 in Gowanda, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Our Town (1940) and Rangers of Fortune (1940). He died on 25 August 1947 in Hempstead, Long Island, New York, USA.
- Andrew Madoff was born on 8 April 1966 in Roslyn, New York, USA. He was married to Deborah West. He died on 3 September 2014 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- Actress
- Make-Up Department
- Producer
Kara Gray was born on 8 April 1989 in Evansville, Indiana, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Morbid Colors (2021), Payton's Burden (2015) and Compression (2024).- Composer
- Music Department
Award winning composer, artist of great imagination and fullness of musical expression, was first fascinated by music in early childhood and has been mostly inspired by the music written for Star Wars and therefore created a vision - to be is to compose. His scores range from the grand classic symphonic settings to smaller, more intimate chamber music. Perfectly capable of managing various styles and injecting his own personality into each, Milan is committed to capturing the unique soul of the story. With his broad musical understanding, he is able to reflect the visual experience in a music score filled with dramatic subtext and emotional sophistication. He is also experienced as a producer, programmer, musical assistant and orchestrator.
Born in 1977 in Belgrade, Serbia, where he made his first steps in music, by learning to play violin, trombone and piano, Milan pursued his dream towards a career in film composing. He graduated composition at Faculty of Music Arts, Department of Composition & Orchestration at Belgrade University, Serbia, where he also gained his MA degree in Music Composition and Orchestration. While still at the faculty, Milan caught the attention of several directors from Spain (Horacio Alcala "Le Fil" 2007 short film, Enrique Ruiz documentary "Grissi Siknis" 2008). Since then, he scored for numerous shorts and documentaries. Documentary "Kosma" 2013 by Sonja Blagojevic, for which he got an award at ACAMPADOC for best music, "Jet Set" 2011 first animated series in Serbia by Nenad Mitic, documentary road movie "Milan Tarot" 2010, by Ivan Ikic.
Sensing that formal music education does not offer enough practice to students interested in composing, Milan spent two years teaching Composing & Orchestration, as well as other related subjects at two musical high schools in Belgrade - "Stankovic" and "Mokranjac"(2009-2010). Teacher's position gave him a new insight and priceless educational and social experience in communicating with young people.
He works as a artistic director at Cultural Centre "Students' City". This position offers him various professional challenges and opportunity to gain valuable experience in culture events management. He is committed to constantly building connections with young people, organizing musical events in the Cultural Centre for the population of 4,000 university students. Organizing performances of Serbian and foreign music bands, monthly programs, liaising with clients, planning budget, briefing papers, reports and presentations, organizing workshops and lectures is a part of his everyday work, which resulted in music program being most attended at the Cultural Centre "Students' City".
Nevertheless, Milan is actively pursuing his career as film composer. He scored original soundtrack for documentary "Chasing a Dream" directed by Mladen Mitrovic (joint co-production of Serbia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia and Council of Europe). Documentary is listed by the Council of Europe as one of the Millennium projects. Winner of the HT Eronet Audience Award as a Best Documentary Film @ Sarajevo Film Festival 2015. In 2016 he won FIPRESCI award for best music in Serbian film for motion picture "Panama", directed by prominent Serbian author Pavle Vuckovic, which was premiered @ Cannes Film Festival 2015.- Frank Lockhart was born on 8 April 1903 in Dayton, Ohio, USA. He died on 25 April 1928 in Daytona Beach, Florida, USA.
- Maiiek Collins was born on 8 April 1995 in Kansas City, Kansas, USA.
- Additional Crew
Ernest Nives was born on 8 April 1925 in Vienna, Austria. He is known for It All Came True (1998) and Doom Asylum (1987). He died on 25 June 2006 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.- Richard Neutra was born on 8 April 1892 in Vienna, Austria. He was married to Dione Niedermann. He died on 16 April 1970 in Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Christopher Rickerby was born on 8 April 1981 in Frankston, Victoria, Australia. He is an actor, known for Blue Heelers (1994), Neighbours (1985) and All Saints (1998).
- Edward Sherry was born on 8 April 1930 in Hackensack, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor, known for Horrorween (2011).
- Actor
- Director
Xiaofeng Guo was born on 8 April 1971 in Shandong, China. He is an actor and director, known for Lie tu (2022), The Disguiser (2015) and Under the Power (2019).- Actor
- Producer
Dominic Heinzl was born on 8 April 1964 in Hollabrunn, Austria. He is an actor and producer, known for Hi Society Backstage (2007), Tohuwabohu (1990) and Österreich wählt (2011).