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For Michèle Mercier, the role of Angélique, "the Marquise of the Angels," was both a blessing and a curse. It catapulted her to almost instant stardom, rivaling Brigitte Bardot in her celebrity and popularity, but ruined her acting career. The character of Angélique made to forget the other aspects of the career of Mercier, but it is true that general public discovered her only in "Angélique," and made her a real star of the French cinema of that time. By the end of the 1960s, the names Angélique and Michèle Mercier were synonymous, and to escape type-casting, Mercier was compelled to leave France and try to re-start her career in United States, unfortunately without any success.
Daughter of Nice's pharmacists, born on January 1, 1939 and named as Jocelyne Yvonne Renée, she initially wanted to be a dancer. Wartime, no money to buy food, but little Jocelyne wept all week, cadging father, well-known pharmacist in Nice, to buy her ballet skirts and points. In return she promised to work in drug-store. Father took this only as childish whim. But little girl got her wish through: of "small ballet-rat," as they call little dancers, who participate in stage shows, she grew up to soloist in Opera of Nice. Then came Paris. First she was engaged to the troupe of Roland Petit, then she danced in the company of the "Ballets of the Eiffel tower." At 15, she met Maurice Chevalier, who predicted her success and glory. They did arrive, but by another way that the dance. Parallel to her career as dancer, Jocelyne followed courses of dramatic art in the class of Solange Sicard. Her debut in French cinema was for Mercier another compromise: her birth name seemed too long and too old-fashioned for movie credits. What, if she'll take a name Michèle? She winced - this was name of her little sister, who died at the age of five by the fever typhoid, but she agreed. And it was also as in testimony of admiration for her partner Michèle Morgan, as she borrowed her name to her. After some romantic comedies and a small role in François Truffaut's "Shoot the pianist" (1960; her favorite role), she approaches the Sixties mainly in the cinema of district. She also worked in England and made then mainly small-budget films in Italy, always in the same register of easy girl. To this moment Michèle already competed with Sophia Loren and Gina Lollobrigida, continuously shooting in Italy. She needed a role, which could make her a star. Only in 1963, when was decided to make movie by sensational novel "Angélique," Michèle got this kind of chance.
Many actresses were approached to play the role of Angélique. The Producer Francis Cosne absolutely wanted Brigitte Bardot for the part. She refused, but later judged Michèle Mercier to be fantastic in it. Annette Stroyberg was considered next, but judged not to be sufficiently well-known. Catherine Deneuve was too pale, Jane Fonda spoke French with an American accent, and Virna Lisi was busy in Hollywood. The most serious actress considered was Marina Vlady. She almost sign a contract, but Michèle Mercier won the role after trying out for it - which she did not appreciate very much since she was being treated like a beginner while she was already a big star in Italy. At the time she was contacted to play Angélique, she had already acted in over twenty movies. During four years she made five Angélique-movies, enjoying the real success. Nevertheless the moment came, when she finally wanted to interrupt with this aggravating character. Michèle played with Jean Gabin in "The Thunder of God" of Denys de la Patellière. Then with Robert Hossein in "La second vérité" of Christian-Jaque... But the time has gone. That was also confirmed by Mercier's flop in Hollywood... What life didn't taught her, that's the skill how to dominate men. Every time Michèle captivated regardlessly. She was deceived, betrayed. She suffered. "Men in their way, shattered my life. What I wanted from them? Real, mutual love. What they wanted - no hard to guess," candidly confessed Michèle after sensational story with a shah, who overwhelmed actress with diamonds and bouquets of flowers, and then tryed to rape her. Press enjoyed Michèle's love affairs and divorces. For some reason or other, in real life this beautiful and kind woman met only rascals, without exception. First husband turned out to be alcoholic. With well known racer Claude Bourillot she lived together 12 years. And she was shocked, when in one day she found out that he vanished with her jewels. Full of dramatism was story of her romance with Italian prince N., who after many years of courtship got intimate with Michèle and at the end betrayed her, refusing to marry her. Incidentally, all these failures even more hardened the character of Michèle Mercier. After a very long eclipse, she decided to return to the cinema. In 1998, the actress made in Cuba and in Italy "La Rumbera," a feature film by Italian director Piero Vivarelli. In 1999, swindled of several million francs in a business venture, Mercier had serious financial problems. She even planned to sell famous wedding gown of the Marquise of the Angels. The actress confessed in Nice Matin: "I am ruined, I'll be obliged to sell part of my paintings, my furnitures, my properties, my jewels and the costumes of Angélique." In 2002, she presented at the Cannes Film Festival her second book of memories in which she affirms in the cover that "she's not Angélique!," entrusting her irritation to be summarized to this glamour-image of the Sixties. In this book Mercier also tells about how Italian actor Vittorio Gassman tried to take her by force, but remembers also the gentility of Marcello Mastroianni and the suppers of Bettino Craxi, former Prime Minister, and Silvio Berlusconi. In the end she admits: "All the men who have made the court of me, tried to seduce Angélique... not me. But then one day I understood that Angelique could not make more harm to me, therefore I have learned to consider she's like a little sister, with whom I had to live hand in hand."- Harlan Jordan was born on 1 January 1939 in Kaufman, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Local Hero (1983), Talk Radio (1988) and Tender Mercies (1983). He died on 3 November 2001 in Terrell, Texas, USA.
- Masako Ikeda was born on 1 January 1939 in Tokyo, Japan. She is an actress, known for Silent Möbius (1998), 1000nen Jo'ou (1982) and Sayônara, ginga tetsudô Surî-Nain: Andromeda shûchakueki (1981).
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Antonio Carlos da Fontoura was born on 1 January 1939 in São Paulo, Brazil. He is a writer and director, known for Espelho de Carne (1985), We Are So Young (2013) and Copacabana Me Engana (1968).- Animation Department
- Art Department
- Producer
Graduated in Aichi Prefecture. Semi-professional debut as a cartoonist in the "Machi" adult comic magazine in 1955. Joined Mushi Production as animator in 1965. Founded Studio Jaguar in 1966. Debuted as animation director in 1970 with the TV Series "Joe of Tomorrow". Met for the first time also animation director and future collaborator Michi Himeno in 1973. Founded Araki Production in 1975. Debuted in a long-feature film as animation director in 1978's "Goodbye Battleship Yamato: Warriors of Love". Celebrated the enormous success for duet Araki-Himeno with the TV series and later three animated films "Saint Seiya" (1986-89), followed by new film of the saga "Saint Seiya Overture" from 2004. Illustrated the novel "Burai". Did tasks of Creative Consultor of Video Games' Brey saga.- Additional Crew
- Producer
Yoram Kahana was born on 1 January 1939 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Yoram was a producer, known for Eggs to Market (1964), Janis (1974) and Zappa (2020). Yoram was married to Peggy. Yoram died on 14 June 2021 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Atsushi Ii was born on 1 January 1939 in Tokyo, Japan. He was an actor, known for Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep (2010), Sword of the Stranger (2007) and Berserk (1997). He died on 21 March 2020 in Japan.
- Ali Mahdi Muhammad was born on 1 January 1939 in Jowhar, Italian Somaliland, Reign of Italy [now Somalia]. He died on 10 March 2021 in Nairobi, Kenya.
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Director
- Writer
Ugur Duru was born on 1 January 1939 in Istanbul, Turkey. He is an assistant director and director, known for Avanta Kemal Torpido Yilmaza karsi (1968), Misafir (1990) and Silaha Yeminliydim (1987).- Ivan Samardzhiev was born on 1 January 1939 in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria. Ivan was a cinematographer, known for Po diryata na bezsledno izcheznalite (1979), Byalata odiseya (1973) and Dnevna svetlina (1974). Ivan died in August 2009 in Sofia, Bulgaria.
- Actress
- Writer
Svetlana Makarovic was born on 1 January 1939 in Maribor, Slovenia. She is an actress and writer, known for Coprnica Zofka (1989), Haus am Meer (1973) and Tatjana in Motherland (2014).- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
Ali Marok was born on 1 January 1939 in Hadjout, Algeria. He is a cinematographer, known for The Battle of Algiers (1966), Tahia ya didou! (1971) and First Step (1980).- Editor
- Editorial Department
- Script and Continuity Department
Christiane Lack was born on 1 January 1939. She is an editor, known for That Most Important Thing: Love (1975), Puisque tu ne travailles pas ce matin (1991) and Oriana (1985).- Pierre Cornette de Saint Cyr was born on 1 January 1939 in Meknès, Morocco. He was an actor, known for Achtung Zoll! (1980), Cinématon (1972) and Seriez-vous un bon expert? (2011). He died on 20 August 2023 in Saint-Tropez, Var, France.
- Myles Burnyeat was born on 1 January 1939 in London, England, UK. He was married to Heda Segvic, Ruth Padel and Jane Elizabeth Buckley. He died on 20 September 2019 in the UK.
- Gil Bodin (real name Gilles Bodin) is one of those mountain dwellers whose eloquence brings us back to the epics of the 1960s. Originally from Indre-et-Loire, it was during his adolescence in Paris that Gil Bodin discovered the joys from the vertical, awake on the blocks of Fontainebleau. A classic "Bleausard" adventurer's route which was to lead him with his brother, Patrice, to the Chamonix valley where he will pass his guide diploma to live from his passion at the foot of Mont Blanc.
In 1966, he was part of the band of snipers who, in front of the guides of Chamonix, the soldiers of the EMHM and the teachers of the national school of ski and mountaineering, succeeded in extirpating these two German prisoners of the Drus in their narrow bends. With Gary Hemming, François Guillot, Lothar Mauch, René Desmaison and others, Bodin had ignored institutions to bring the two castaways back to life. The happy epilogue against a background of controversy was to contribute to the evolution of rescue in the Mont-Blanc massif.
In 1968, he was at the foot of the Shroud in the Grandes Jorasses, with Desmaison and Flematti, when the latter made his first winter broadcast live on RTL. A great guide with gypsy blood boiling in his veins, Bodin was the first to take a client to climb the terrible Nose in the 900m wall of El Capitan in Yosemite (USA). Basically, he had the look and the free spirit of Californian climbers.
A form of independence that led him to create the independent society at the end of the 1970s, breaking the monopoly of the venerable Chamonix society, with statutes dating from 1821. Today the international association of Mont-Blanc guides, rue des Moulins, has in turn become an institution.
This love of the summits, he had passed on to one of his three sons, Kim, who had become a guide like him, when Grégory, a computer scientist, and Titouan, an actor, had opened up other professional paths to him of which he was proud. Also a four-time grandfather, his children were the other passion that occupied and thrilled his heart.
He died on October 7, 2019 in Lyon, at the age of 80, from cancer. A family ceremony bringing together his friends took place the following Saturday at the Maison de la Montagne in Chamonix. - Actress
- Music Department
Güler Gürses was born on 1 January 1939 in Giresun, Turkey. She is an actress, known for Güzeller resmigeçidi (1960), Sonbahar (1959) and Meryem (1960).- Franz Viehmann was born on 1 January 1939 in Tetschen-Bodenbach, Germany. He was an actor, known for A.S. (1995), Motzki (1993) and Das unsichtbare Visier (1973). He died on 11 May 2016 in Berlin, Germany.
- Director
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Yuri Lyashenko was born on 1 January 1939 in Khatsapetovka, Stalino Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Vuhlehirsk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine]. Yuri is a director and assistant director, known for Mersedes ukhodit ot pogoni (1980), Den pervyy, den posledniy (1978) and Idu k tebe... (1971).- Rudolf Zollner was born on 1 January 1939. He is an actor, known for Der Willi-Busch-Report (1979), Two Women, Two Men (1998) and Marienhof (1992).
- Richard Whittingham was born on 1 January 1939 in Des Plaines, Illinois, USA. He died on 21 February 2005 in Wilmette, Illinois, USA.
- Lionel Ferbos was born on 1 January 1939 in the USA. He was an actor, known for The Baltimore Bullet (1980), Tightrope (1984) and Storyville (1992). He died on 30 December 2006.
- Phil Read was born on 1 January 1939 in Luton, England, UK. He died on 6 October 2022 in Canterbury, Kent, England, UK.
- Costume and Wardrobe Department
- Actress
- Costume Designer
Gina Trikonis was born on 2 January 1939 in New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress and costume designer, known for West Side Story (1961), 13 Frightened Girls (1963) and Family Matters (1989).- Jim Bakker was born on 2 January 1939 in Muskegon, Michigan, USA. He has been married to Lori Bakker since 4 September 1998. He was previously married to Tammy Faye Bakker.
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Producer
- Production Manager
Ron Purdie was born on 2 January 1939. He is an assistant director and producer, known for Death on the Nile (1978), The Avengers (1961) and Death Wish 3 (1985).- Composer
- Actor
Franz Hummel was born on 2 January 1939 in Altmannstein, Germany. He was a composer and actor, known for Kreutzer (1977), Der Eheberater (1986) and Komplizinnen (1987). He died on 20 August 2022 in Germany.- István Fonyó was born on 2 January 1939 in Dunakeszi, Hungary. He was an actor, known for Sunshine (1999), Makra (1974) and Ki beszél itt szerelemröl?! (1980). He died on 8 April 2003 in Budapest, Hungary.
- Ute Blaich was born on 2 January 1939 in Nuremberg, Germany. She was married to Gert Haucke. She died on 22 February 2004 in Germany.
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Actor
- Director
Yusup Daniyalov was born on 2 January 1939 in Moscow, USSR. He was an assistant director and actor, known for Ne bylo pechali (1983), Poka bezumstvuyet mechta (1978) and Afonya (1975). He died on 24 May 2015.- Elio Pietrini was born on 2 January 1939 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor, known for Pura sangre (1994), Ilusiones (1995) and La viuda joven (2011). He was married to Marta Beatriz Stark. He died on 18 January 2022 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA.
- Actor
- Writer
Pertti Kelkka was born on 2 January 1939 in Kotka, Finland. He was an actor and writer, known for Punatukka (1969), Solveigin laulu (1974) and Varttitunti Enkelin Seurassa (1979). He died on 5 January 2007 in Kokkola, Finland.- Yuriy Perov was born on 2 January 1939 in Vypolzovo-2, Kalinin Oblast, RSFSR, USSR. He was an actor, known for Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears (1980), Yolanta (1963) and Insan mäskän salir (1967). He died on 17 May 2015.
- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Location Management
Jan Wojciechowski was born on 2 January 1939 in Nakwasin, Mazowieckie, Poland. Jan was a cinematographer, known for Droga w kosmos (1978), Szesnastu (1989) and Dno piekla (1989). Jan died on 5 April 2015 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.- Oleg Korchikov was born on 2 January 1939 in Pogranichny, Primorsky Krai, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He was an actor, known for 72 gradusa nizhe nulya (1977), Blokada: Luzhskiy rubezh, Pulkovskiy meredian (1974) and Stervyatniki na dorogakh (1990). He died on 12 July 2017 in Minsk, Belarus.
- Constanze Vernon was born on 2 January 1939 in Berlin, Germany. She was an actress, known for Café Oriental (1962), Der Traum von Lieschen Müller (1961) and Das waren noch Zeiten (1963). She was married to Fred Hoffmann. She died on 21 January 2013 in Munich, Germany.
- Sam Hough was born on 2 January 1939 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He died on 4 March 2019 in Rhode Island, USA.
- Tamás Aján was born on 2 January 1939 in Gherla, Romania.
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- Writer
- Composer
Arik Einstein was born on 3 January 1939 in Tel Aviv, Palestine [now Israel]. He was an actor and writer, known for Florentine (1997), Metzitzim (1972) and Lo Kolel Sherut (1990). He was married to Sima Eliyahu and Alona Einstein. He died on 26 November 2013 in Tel Aviv, Israel.- Director
- Editor
- Editorial Department
Michael Rabiger has directed or edited over 35 films, founded the Documentary Center at Columbia College, Chicago, and was Chair of its Film/Video Department. Now Professor Emeritus, Rabiger has also been presented with the Preservation and Scholarship Award by the International Documentary Association. He has given workshops in many countries, led a multinational European documentary workshop for CILECT, the international association of film schools. As Visiting Professor at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, he taught idea development, directing, and advanced production. When he retired 2001 to write full-time, Columbia renamed its documentary center 'The Michael Rabiger Center for Documentary'. In 2002 he was made Honorary Professor at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina; in 2003 awarded the 2003 Preservation and Scholarship Award by the International Documentary Association in Los Angeles; in 2005 the Genius Career Achievement Award by the Chicago International Documentary Festival, and also in 2005 was made Professor Emeritus by Columbia College Chicago. He is the author of the enormously successful, "Directing: Film Techniques and Aesthetics" (Focal Press), and "Directing the Documentary" (Focal Press) and "Developing Story Ideas" (Focal Press).- Actress
- Soundtrack
Shiho Fujimura was born in Kanagawa, Japan on January 3rd 1939. Throughout most of her career, she usually appeared in "Jidaigeki" dramas. She started her career in 1962 by debuting in The Outcast (1962) directed by Kon Ichikawa and Kiru (1962) directed by Kenji Kisumi and both starring Ichikawa Raizo. Again, she appeared with Ichikawa Raizo in some of "Shinobi no Mono" (Ninja Story) film series (1962 - 1966) and "Nemuri Kyoshiro" (Sleepy Eyes of Death) film series (1962 - 1969).
Other well-known works on film include: Zatoichi on the Road (1963), Boss Takeshi (1965), The Betrayal (1966), Zatoichi's Cane Sword (1967), Prison Break (1969), The Falcon Fighters (1969), Doctor's Wish (2014) and others. Since early 2010s she often worked on television.- Bobby Hull is a Canadian former ice hockey player who is regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. His blonde hair, legendary skating speed, end-to-end rushes, and ability to shoot the puck at very high velocity together earned him the name "The Golden Jet".
In his 23 years in the National Hockey League (NHL) and World Hockey Association (WHA), Hull played for the Chicago Black Hawks, Winnipeg Jets, and Hartford Whalers. He won the Hart Memorial Trophy as the NHL's most valuable player twice and the Art Ross Trophy as the NHL's leading point scorer three times, while helping the Black Hawks win the Stanley Cup in 1961. He also led the WHA's Winnipeg Jets to Avco Cup championships in 1976 and 1978. He led the NHL in goals seven times, the second most of any player in history, and led the WHA in goals one additional time while being the WHA's most valuable player two times. He was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1983, the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in 1997, and received the Wayne Gretzky International Award in 2003. In 2017 Hull was named one of the '100 Greatest NHL Players' in history.
Hull ended his career having played in 1,063 NHL games, accumulating 610 goals, 560 assists, 1,170 points, 640 penalty minutes, three Art Ross Trophies, two Hart Memorial Trophies, a Lady Byng Memorial Trophy, a Stanley Cup Championship and adding 102 penalty minutes, 62 goals and 67 assists for 129 points in 119 playoff games. He played in 411 WHA games, scoring 303 goals, 335 assists and 638 points, adding 43 goals and 37 assists in 60 playoff games.
Hull joined many WHA stars (including Gordie Howe) in a second series against the Soviet national team. The WHA lost the series four games to one (three ending in a tie), despite Hull's seven goals. He was a key member of the Canadian squad that won the 1976 Canada Cup, though, scoring five goals and three assists in seven games. - Writer
- Producer
- Script and Continuity Department
Mark Rothman is a noted and credited writer best known for having been involved with the creation and production of the ABC-TV sitcom series "Laverne and Shirley". He was also the head writer and show runner of numerous other shows including the ABC-TV sitcoms "Happy Days" and "The Odd Couple". He was co-creator, co-executive producer, and a writer for the 1977 situation comedy Busting Loose and the 1978 CBS-TV sitcom "The Ted Knight Show". He also composed the theme song for the CBS-TV sitcom series "Busting Loose".
Mark also has written many screenplays and several plays, two of them, The Wearing of the Greens, and Who Wants Fame?, are very popular and have been well received by audiences and critics from coast-to-coast. He currently lives in Chicago. He enjoys producing and directing his work. In the spring of 2008, he appeared in the title role of a new musical, The Brain From Planet X in Los Angeles, where he and the show received unanimous raves.
He has two books which can be found at Amazon Kindle: "Show Runner", and "Show Runner Two". Both are collections of autobiographical essays.
In 2013, Mark had his first novel, "I'm Not Garbo," published. It is a fable about Hollywood in the 1930s.- Director
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- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Diethard Klante was born on 3 January 1939 in Oeslau, Coburg, Bavaria, Germany. He is a director and writer, known for Ich will laufen! Der Fall Dieter Baumann (2004), Ohne einander (2007) and Achtung Zoll! (1980).- Actor
- Writer
József Sas was born on 3 January 1939 in Békéscsaba, Hungary. He was an actor and writer, known for Szeszélyes évszakok (1981), Mindenért fizetni kell (1982) and Tiszta idegbaj (1982). He died on 17 January 2021 in Hungary.- Boris Dmitriev was born on 3 January 1939 in Saratov, USSR. He was an actor, known for Bez prava na poshchadu (1970). He died on 9 December 2022.
- Production Designer
- Animation Department
Günter Walbeck was born on 3 January 1939 in Dresden, Germany. Günter was a production designer, known for Balko (1995), Kinderstunde (1951) and Das Interview (1969). Günter died on 21 April 2014 in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.- Allel Bachali was born on 3 January 1939 in Mostaganem, Algeria. He was an actor, known for Rupture (1982) and La voie (1967). He died on 13 June 1995 in Mostaganem, Algeria.
- Ed Lucas was born on 3 January 1939 in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA. He was married to Allison Pfeifle and Margaret Geraghty. He died on 10 November 2021 in Livingston, New Jersey, USA.
- Nikos Alefantos was born on 3 January 1939 in Athens, Greece. He was an actor, known for The Republic (2015), Otan thymasai... hairesai (1988) and Viva SKAI (1996). He died on 23 June 2020 in Athens, Greece.