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- 'Indian' Jack Jacobs was born on 7 August 1919 in Holdenville, Oklahoma, USA. He was an actor, known for Triple Threat (1948). He died on 12 January 1974 in Greensboro, North Carolina, USA.
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
A.R. Hamm was born on 8 October 1885 in Iowa, USA. He was an assistant director, known for Don't Tell Everything (1921), Beyond the Rocks (1922) and Under the Lash (1921). He died on 6 September 1974 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Aaf Bouber was born on 17 October 1885 in Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. She was an actress, known for Bleeke Bet (1934), De Jantjes (1934) and Vadertje Langbeen (1938). She was married to Herman Bouber. She died on 23 May 1974 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
- Actor
- Art Director
- Writer
Aarne Orri was born on 15 June 1892 in Pieksämäki, Finland. He was an actor and art director, known for Punahousut (1939), Salainen ase (1943) and Rosvo Roope (1949). He died on 20 August 1974 in Helsinki, Finland.- Abbas Bakirov was born on 16 May 1910 in Andijan, Fergana Oblast, Russian Empire [now Andijan District, Andijan region, Uzbekistan]. He was an actor, known for Delighted by You (1958), Poema dvukh serdets (1968) and Krushenie emirata (1955). He died on 29 January 1974 in Andijan, Andijan region, Uzbek SSR, USSR [now Andijan District, Andijan region, Uzbekistan].
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Abdul Alim was born on 27 July 1931 in Murshidabad, West Bengal, British India. He is known for Sujon Sokhi (1975), Lathial (1975) and Mukh O Mukhosh (1956). He died on 5 September 1974 in Dhaka, Bangladesh.- Adalyn Doyle was born on 27 September 1913 in Hollywood, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Finishing School (1934). She died on 19 September 1974 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Adelaide Heilbron was born on 25 June 1892 in Seattle, Washington, USA. She was a writer, known for The Dressmaker from Paris (1925), Syncopating Sue (1926) and No Place to Go (1927). She died on 6 March 1974 in Seattle, Washington, USA.
- Known for her eccentricities, in 1913 Adele Ray attempted to start fashion trends--once, by promoting the wearing of long split skirts in the winter, protecting the legs by wearing fur anklets; it failed to catch on. She moved to Nyack, New York after her first marriage ended, and scandalized the locals by building a house constructed of glass, where she undertook what she called "the sun cure," in the belief that a massive bombardment of ultra-violet rays would lead her to a healthy life. She also went about barefoot, wearing "perforated clothing" in order to let the sun in. She also had the local tailor outfit her carriage horse with trousers, to "keep the flies off." The horse repaid its mistress's kindness and concern by running away with the carriage, with Adele in it; the carriage was wrecked, and Adele was thrown clear, but without physical injury. After her second marriage ended, her house was vandalized, and her long-suffering horse was rescued by the local chapter of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Mrs. Evelyn Word Leigh, as she called herself, after complaining that she would request the services of President Franklin D. Roosevelt to find the culprits because she wasn't convinced of the effectiveness of the Nyack Police Department, left for Miami, where, among other things, she headed a religious cult devoted to moon worship.
- Actress
- Director
- Writer
Adelheid van der Most was born on 20 February 1936 in Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands. She was an actress and director, known for De overval (1962), Het onvruchtbare huwelijk (1965) and The Last Blitzkrieg (1959). She died on 12 April 1974 in Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.- Adelle Davis was born on 25 February 1904 in Lizton, Indiana, USA. She died on 31 May 1974 in Palos Verdes Estates, California, USA.
- Adge Cutler was born on 19 November 1931 in Portishead, Somerset, England, UK. He was married to Yvonne. He died on 5 May 1974 in Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK.
- Writer
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Adolf Schütz was born on 22 September 1895 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary. He was a writer and actor, known for Harald Handfaste (1946), Lass mich am Sonntag nicht allein (1959) and Dansa, min docka... (1953). He died on 11 November 1974 in Stockholm, Sweden.- Adriana Prieto was born in 1950 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was an actress, known for Um Anjo Mau (1971), Ainda Agarro Esta Vizinha... (1974) and Uma Mulher Para Sábado (1970). She died on 23 December 1974 in Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
- Actress
- Additional Crew
- Soundtrack
Agnes was born of Anglo-Irish ancestry near Boston, the daughter of a Presbyterian minister (her mother was a mezzo-soprano) who encouraged her to perform in church pageants. Aged three, she sang 'The Lord is my Shepherd' on a public stage and seven years later joined the St. Louis Municipal Opera as a dancer and singer for four years. In keeping with her father's dictum of finishing her education first (then being permitted to do whatever she wished with her career), Agnes attended Muskingum College (Ohio), and, subsequently, the University of Wisconsin. She graduated with an M.A. in English and public speaking and later added a doctorate in literature from Bradley University to her resume. When her family moved to Reedsburg, Wisconsin, where her father had a pastorate, Agnes taught public school English and drama for five years. In between, she went to Paris to study pantomime with Marcel Marceau.
In 1928, she began training at the American Academy for Dramatic Arts and graduated with honors the following year. In order to supplement her income , Agnes had turned to radio early on. She had her first job in 1923 as a singer for a St. Louis radio station. Her love for that medium remained with her all her life. From the 1930s to the 50s, she appeared on numerous serials, dramas and children's programs. She was Min Gump in "The Gumps" (1934), the 'dragon lady' in "Terry and the Pirates" (1937), Margot Lane of classic comic strip fame in "The Shadow", Mrs.Danvers in "Rebecca" and the bed-ridden woman about to meet her end in "Sorry, Wrong Number". Acting on the airwaves was so important to her that she would insist on its continuation as a precondition of a later contract with MGM. Significantly, through her radio work on "The Shadow"and "March of Time" in 1937, she met and befriended fellow actor Orson Welles. Welles soon invited her to join him and Joseph Cotten as charter members of his Mercury Theatre on the Air. Agnes was involved in the famous "War of the Worlds" broadcast of 1938 which attracted nationwide attention and resulted in a lucrative $100,000 per picture deal with RKO in Hollywood. The Mercury players (the other principals were Ray Collins, Everett Sloane, Paul Stewart and George Coulouris) packed up and went west.
An ebullient and versatile character actress, Agnes was impossible to typecast: she could play years older than her age, appear as heroine or villainess, tragedienne or comedienne. In her first film, the iconic Citizen Kane (1941), she played the titular character's mother. She received her greatest critical acclaim for her emotive second screen performance as Aunt Fanny Minafer in The Magnificent Ambersons (1942). In addition to being voted the year's best female performer by the New York Film Critics she was also nominated for an Academy Award. Through the years, Agnes would be nominated three more times: for her touching portrayal of the jaded but sympathetic Baroness Conti in Mrs. Parkington (1944); for her role as the title character's Aunt Aggie in Johnny Belinda (1948) and for playing Velma, the hard-boiled, suspicious housekeeper of Bette Davis in Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964), co-starring her old friend Joseph Cotten. Other notable film appearances included Jane Eyre (1943), with Orson Welles, The Woman in White (1948) as Countess Fusco), The Lost Moment (1947) (as a 105-year old woman) and Dark Passage (1947), a classic film noir in which she had third billing behind Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall as the treacherous , malevolent Madge Rapf. She had a rare starring role in the campy horror flick The Bat (1959), giving (according to the New York Times of December 17) 'a good, snappy performance'.
On Broadway, she appeared in such acclaimed plays as "All the King's Men" and "Candlelight". She enjoyed success with "Don Juan in Hell", touring nationally: the first time (1951-2) with Charles Laughton and Cedric Hardwicke, the second time (though receiving fewer critical plaudits) with Ricardo Montalban and Paul Henreid in 1973. She also starred with Joseph Cotten in "Prescription Murder" (1962). While not a great critical success, this was much liked by audiences and it introduced a famous detective named Lieutenant Columbo. From 1954, she also toured the U.S. and Europe with her own a one-woman show entitled "The Fabulous Redhead". Agnes performed numerous times on television before landing the role of Endora on Bewitched (1964). One particularly interesting part came her way through the director Douglas Heyes who remembered her from "Sorry, Wrong Number". He cast her in the starring - and indeed, only role in The Invaders (1961). As the lonely old woman confronted by tiny alien invaders in her remote farmhouse, Agnes never utters a single word and cleverly acts her scenes as a pantomime of unspoken terror.
Of course, the genial Agnes Moorehead has been immortalized as Elizabeth Montgomery's flamboyant witch-mother, Endora, although that was not a role the actress wished to be remembered for (in spite of several Emmy Award nominations). Indeed, she had thought this whole witchcraft theme to be rather far-fetched and was somewhat taken aback by the show's huge popularity. Agnes had a special clause inserted in her contract which limited her appearances to eight out of twelve episodes which gave her the opportunity to also work on other projects. Commenting on the acting profession in one of her many interviews (New York Times, May 1, 1974), she found the key to success in being " sincere in your work " and to "just go right on whether audiences or critics are taking your scalp off or not".- Aharon Meskin was born on 22 March 1898 in Russia. He was an actor, known for Pioneers of Palestine (1933), Two Kuni Lemel (1966) and Shabbat Hamalka (1965). He died on 11 November 1974 in Tel Aviv, Israel.
- Actor
- Writer
- Director
Ahindra Choudhury was born on 6 August 1896 in Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India. He was an actor and writer, known for Vipranarayana (1937), Krishna Sakha (1927) and Krishna Sudama (1936). He died on 4 November 1974 in Calcutta, West Bengal, India.- Morgan also served in the Army in WWII. By the end of the war he had earned the following medals: Legion of Merit; Bronze Star; WWI Victory medal; Polish Golden Cross of Merit, with crossed swords; Croix de Guerre, with star; and Order of Ouissam Alaouite, from French Morocco. He also wore the pilot's wings that he had earned in WWI.
- Al Corporal was born on 21 April 1897 in Kansas, USA. He was an actor, known for Next Week-End (1934). He died on 14 March 1974 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Actor
- Writer
Al King was born on 28 June 1905 in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Tales of Adventure (1952), Encounter (1952) and Playbill (1953). He died on 5 January 1974 in Wairarapa, New Zealand.- Al Morgan was born on 19 August 1908 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He was an actor, known for The 50/50 Club (1949). He died on 14 April 1974 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Alain Saint-Ogan was born on 7 August 1895 in Colombes, Hauts-de-Seine, France. He was a writer and director, known for Prosper et le concours de beauté (1932), Zig et Puce sauvent Nénette (1955) and L'invité du dimanche (1968). He died on 22 June 1974 in Paris, France.
- Alan Guttmacher was born on 19 May 1898 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He died on 18 March 1974 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- Alan Hynd was born on 3 May 1903 in Trenton, New Jersey, USA. He was a writer, known for Betrayal from the East (1945) and TV Reader's Digest (1955). He died on 10 January 1974 in Westport, Connecticut, USA.
- Albert Bolender was born on 6 November 1883 in Ohio, USA. He was married to Ida Bolender. He died on 3 May 1974 in Hawthorne, California, USA.
- Cinematographer
Albert Kihn was born on 25 May 1932. He was a cinematographer, known for THX 1138 (1971), Up from the Ape (1975) and Fillmore (1972). He died on 13 March 1974 in Inyo County, California, USA.- Director
- Producer
- Actor
Albert Parker was born on 11 May 1885 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a director and producer, known for Blind Man's Bluff (1936), The Branded Woman (1920) and The Black Pirate (1926). He was married to Margaret Greene and Margaret Johnston. He died on 10 August 1974 in London, England, UK.- Alberto Bachelet was married to Ángela Jeria. He died on 13 March 1974 in Santiago de Chile, Metropolitan Region, Chile.
- Alberto Rabagliati was born on 26 June 1906 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy. He was an actor, known for The Christmas That Almost Wasn't (1966), The Barefoot Contessa (1954) and Tea with Mussolini (1999). He was married to Maria Antonietta Tonnini. He died on 7 March 1974 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
- Aldo Palazzeschi was born on 2 February 1885 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. He was a writer, known for Lieutenant Craig: Missing (1949), The Materassi Sisters (1944) and Sorelle Materassi (1972). He died on 17 August 1974 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
- Aldona Pawlowska was born on 8 February 1892 in Vilna, Russian Empire [now Vilnius, Lithuania]. She was an actress, known for Zbrodniarz i panna (1963), Dancing w kwaterze Hitlera (1968) and Seksolatki (1972). She died on 22 May 1974 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Director
- Writer
Alec Geiss was born on 12 October 1896 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a director and writer, known for Nursery Crimes (1943), Tangled Travels (1944) and Cinderella Goes to a Party (1942). He was married to Marjorie Thirer. He died on 13 July 1974.- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Producer
Aleksandar Sekulovic was born on 25 September 1918 in Herceg Novi, Crna Gora, Yugoslavia. He was a cinematographer and producer, known for Siberian Lady Macbeth (1962), Saturday Night (1957) and Veliki i mali (1956). He died on 28 August 1974 in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia.- Aleksander Iwaniec was born on 16 March 1940 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland. He was an actor, known for Agent nr 1 (1972), Pulapka (1971) and Zywot Mateusza (1968). He died on 9 March 1974 in Seroki-Parcela, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Aleksander Sewruk was born on 17 January 1912 in Kornin, Volhynian Governorate, Russian Empire [now Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Orzel (1959), Rachunek sumienia (1964) and Ashes and Diamonds (1958). He died on 23 November 1974 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Production Manager
- Producer
- Writer
Aleksandr Kuznetsov was born on 9 June 1900 in Moscow, Russian Empire [now Russia]. Aleksandr was a production manager and producer, known for The City That Stopped Hitler: Heroic Stalingrad (1943), The Fall of Berlin (1945) and This is How We Live (1958). Aleksandr died on 25 September 1974 in Moscow, Soviet Union [now Russia].- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Director
Aleksandr Lemberg was a Russian-Jewish cinematographer and film actor active in Moscow, Russia and in Riga, Latvia. He was born Aleksandr Grigorievich Lemberg on October 22, 1898, in Russia. His father, Grigori Moiseevich Lemberg, was a photographer and cinematographer of early silent cinema. Young Aleksandr Lemberg made his debut at age 18, in 1916, as his father's assistant. During the Russian Civil War of 1917 - 1922, Aleksandr Lemberg made documentaries that later became part of Fortress on the Volga (1942) and also worked in other early Soviet films. During 1919-1920 Aleksandr Lemberg was cinematographer with "agitpokhod" and "agitpoezd."
From 1918 to 1924 he was officially assigned to make documentaries about Vladimir Lenin, including Lenin's public appearances on the Red Square, his work in Kremlin, and his funeral in Moscow. At that time Lemberg joined the group "kinokov" organized by Dziga Vertov. In 1926 he made his first (and only) feature film, Mashinist Ukhtomskiy (1926). However, in 1938 - 1941 he became a photographer for the Exhibition of People's Achievements in Moscow. During the Second World War, he was photo-correspondent with the Red Army. After 1946 he returned as photographer for the Exhibition of People's Achievements in Moscow. In the 1960s, Lemberg played supporting roles in several Soviet films. He died on June 9, 1974, in Moscow, Russia.- Actor
- Additional Crew
Aleksandr Orlov was born on 25 October 1889 in Rostov-on-Don, Don Voisko Oblast, Russian Empire [now Rostov Oblast, Russia]. He was an actor, known for Spring Song (1941), Tiger Girl (1955) and Korol-olen (1970). He died on 23 October 1974 in Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia].- Aleksey Krivchenya was born on 30 July 1910 in Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Boris Godunov (1954), Khovanschina (1959) and Anna Snegina (1969). He died on 10 March 1974 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
- Alessandro Momo was one of the promising young Italian actors. He began his acting career when he was very young, starring as a protagonist in the soap operas along with Valerio Fioravanti.
He became famous for his sexual exploitation of the maid played by the Italian sex bomb, Laura Antonelli in Malicious (1973) directed by Salvatore Samperi. In an eerie parallelism with James Dean and his final film, Giant (1956), Alessandro starred in his final film, Scent of a Woman (1974) (Profumo di Donna), along with Vittorio Gassman and Agostina Belli.
Alessandro was killed in the motorcycle accident shortly after the shooting was wrapped up. Eleonora Giorgi, an actress and his friend, had given him a motorcycle, Honda CB750 Four, in spite of Italian traffic regulations at that time prohibiting the riders under 21 from operating the powerful motorcycles. The actress was under the investigation for reckless endangerment of the youth by supplying him the motorcycle in question.
Patrizio Sandrelli dedicated a song, 'Brother in Love', to Alessandro Momo in his memory.
He is buried in Verano cemetery together with his father, Gabriel, who died in 2000. - Alexander Papendiek was born on 12 February 1928 in Dresden, Germany. He was an actor, known for Emilia Galotti (1958), Blaulicht (1959) and Der Traum des Hauptmann Loy (1961). He was married to Brigitte Papendiek-Plotzki. He died on 27 August 1974 in East Berlin, East Germany.
- Alexander Wright was born on 8 June 1896 in Hove, East Sussex, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Vengeance Is Mine (1949), It Happened Like This (1962) and No Hiding Place (1959). He died on 29 March 1974 in Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK.
- Alexander de Seversky was born on 7 June 1894 in Tiflis, Russian Empire [now Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia]. He was a writer, known for Victory Through Air Power (1943), The Mike Wallace Interview (1957) and We, the People (1948). He died on 24 August 1974.
- Composer
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Alexandre Derevitsky was born on 18 September 1909 in Naples, Campania, Italy. He was a composer, known for Goliath and the Dragon (1960), Tharus figlio di Attila (1962) and Toto in the Moon (1958). He died on 5 October 1974 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Alexandre Mihalesco was born on 19 October 1883 in Bucharest, Romania. He was an actor, known for The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928), Marius (1931) and Méphisto (1931). He died on 28 December 1974 in Paris, France.
- Actor
- Writer
- Soundtrack
Alf Östlund was born on 20 January 1901. He was an actor and writer, known for På heder och skoj (1956), Nattens ljus (1957) and Ådalens poesi (1947). He died on 4 January 1974 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden.- Alfhild Stormoen was born on 30 January 1883 in Kristiania, Norway. She was an actress, known for The Bride of Glomdal (1926), A Gentleman with Mustache (1942) and Skadeskutt (1951). She was married to Harald Stormoen. She died on 11 February 1974 in Oslo, Norway.
- Alfonso Leng was born on 11 February 1884 in Santiago, Chile. He was a composer, known for Days in the Country (2004) and Cofralandes, rapsodia chilena (2002). He died on 7 November 1974 in Santiago, Chile.
- Alfred Lodzinski was born on 5 January 1903 in Vilna, Russian Empire [now Vilnius, Lithuania]. He was an actor, known for Knights of the Teutonic Order (1960), Pharaoh (1966) and Jak byc kochana (1963). He died on 14 July 1974 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Alfred Vetter was born on 10 February 1884 in Russia. He was an actor, known for Two Bachelor Girls (1912). He died on 10 August 1974 in Kensington, London, England, UK.