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- A. Philip Randolph was born on 15 April 1889 in Crescent City, Florida, USA. He was married to Lucille Green. He died on 16 May 1979 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Producer
- Director
A.V. Meiyappan was born on 28 June 1907 in Karaikkudi, Tamil Nadu, India. He was a producer and director, known for Vedhala Ulagam (1948), En Manaivi (1942) and Veera Thirumagan (1962). He died on 12 August 1979 in Madras, Tamil Nadu, India.- Aalam Lohar was born in 1927 in Aach Goach, Punjab, British India. He was an actor, known for Hathiar (1979). He died on 3 July 1979 in Lalamusa, Punjab, Pakistan.
- Sound Department
- Art Department
Aaro Helmisalo was born on 6 July 1911 in Turku, Finland. He is known for Kuisma ja Helinä (1932), Kärlek och landstorm (1931) and Aktören (1943). He died on 15 June 1979 in Täby, Stockholms län, Sweden.- Aaron Douglas was born on 26 May 1899 in Topeka, Kansas, USA. He died on 2 February 1979 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
- Producer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Actor
Aaron Rosenberg was born on 26 August 1912 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer and assistant director, known for Winchester '73 (1950), Bend of the River (1952) and Morituri (1965). He was married to Victoria Ann Astlett and Eleanor Rudolph. He died on 1 September 1979 in Torrance, California, USA.- Producer
Abdülkerim Uzun was born in 1928 in Hatay, Turkey. Abdülkerim was a producer, known for Kelebek (1970), Hayatlarini kanla yazdilar (1966) and Rüzgar gibi geçti (1968). Abdülkerim died on 22 April 1979 in Hatay, Turkey.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Abe Dinovitch was born on 5 June 1909 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Dr. Broadway (1942), Hitler: Beast of Berlin (1939) and Fireside Theatre (1949). He was married to Nadjy. He died on 8 July 1979 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Adrianna Galvez was born on 10 March 1907 in Muskogee, Indian Territory, USA [now Oklahoma, USA]. She was an actress, known for The Gentleman from Arizona (1939). She died on 1 March 1979 in El Paso, Texas, USA.- Costume Designer
Aenne Willkomm was born on 17 June 1902 in Shanghai, China. She was a costume designer, known for Metropolis (1927), Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (1924) and Mein Leopold (1924). She died on 20 June 1979 in Hamburg, Germany.- Agostinho Neto was born on 17 September 1922 in Bengo, Angola, Portuguese Africa (now Bengo, Angola). He died on 10 September 1979 in Moscow, Russian SFR, USSR [now Moscow, Russia].
- Actor
- Writer
- Composer
Ahmad Zahir was born on 14 June 1946 in Laghman province, Afghanistan. He was an actor and writer, known for Battle Me (2012), United States of Al (2021) and Afghanistan (2010). He died on 14 June 1979 in Kabul, Afghanistan.- Additional Crew
Aimee Alexander was born on 26 February 1893 in Nebraska, USA. Aimee is known for The Winning Team (1952). Aimee was married to Grover Cleveland Alexander. Aimee died on 22 December 1979 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actress
- Costume Designer
- Art Department
Aino Mantsas was born on 29 November 1922 in Helsinki, Finland. She was an actress and costume designer, known for Inspector Palmu's Error (1960), Radio tekee murron (1951) and Kultainen vasikka (1961). She was married to Matti Kassila. She died on 24 January 1979 in Helsinki, Finland.- Aino Pihlamagi was born on 8 March 1923 in Valga, Estonia. She was an actress, known for Risk (1971), Vozvrashchenie k zhizni (1972) and Adres vashego doma (1973). She died on 14 October 1979.
- Airey Neave was born on 23 January 1916 in 24 De Vere Gardens, Knightsbridge, London, England, UK. He was married to Diana Josceline Barbara Giffard. He died on 30 March 1979 in Westminster, England, UK.
- Sound Department
Al Blodgett was born on 18 February 1904 in California, USA. Al died on 8 November 1979 in San Diego, California, USA.- Writer
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Al Capp (born Alfred Gerald Caplin) was an American cartoonist and humorist from New Haven, Connecticut. He is primarily known for creating the comic strip "Li'l Abner" (1934-1977), which depicted the lives of a fictional clan of hillbillies in an impoverished mountain village. At its prime the strip had 60 million readers in more than 900 American newspapers, and was also reprinted in 28 foreign countries. Capp won the National Cartoonists Society's Reuben Award in 1947 for Cartoonist of the Year. He posthumously won their 1979 Elzie Segar Award, for his "unique and outstanding contribution to the profession of cartooning".
In 1909, Capp was born in New Haven, Connecticut to a family of Latvian Jews. His parents were Otto Philip Caplin (1885-1964) and his wife Matilda Davidson (1884-1948). Their respective families had migrated from Latvia to the United States in the 1880s, in order to escape pogroms in the Russian Empire. Capp grew up in poverty, and had several younger siblings. His brothers Elliot and Jerome went on their own careers as cartoonists, while his sister Madeline became a publicist.
In August 1919, Capp was run down by a trolley car. He had his left leg amputated above the knee, and awoke from a days-long coma to discover that he was missing a limb. Capp was eventually given a prosthetic leg, and adopted a slow way of walking. His childhood tragedy reportedly led him to develop a darker worldview, and a more sardonic sense of humor than other cartoonists of his time. Capp's father was an amateur cartoonist, and introduced his son to drawing as a form of therapy. Capp studied the art styles of the illustrator Phil May, and the then-popular comic strip cartoonists Billy DeBeck, Rudolph Dirks, Tad Dorgan, Rube Goldberg, Milt Gross, George McManus, Fred Opper, and Cliff Sterrett.
Capp attended Bridgeport High School in Bridgeport, Connecticut, but never gained a high school diploma. In adult life, he claimed that he kept failing his geometry class. Capp subsequently wished to become a professional cartoonist, and took classes in three different art schools: the Boston Museum School of Fine Arts, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and the Designers Art School (located in Boston). He was kicked out of all three for nonpayment of tuition. Due to his impoverished background, Capp had trouble in financing his education.
In early 1932, Capp hitchhiked his way to New York City. He settled himself in Greenwich Village, and supported himself by drawing advertising strips for a meager fee. By March 1932, Capp had been hired as a cartoonist by the Associated Press. He was disappointed that they wanted him to take over "Colonel Gilfeather", a comic strip created by Dick Dorgan, instead of allowing him to create his own strip. He revamped the strip, but eventually grew fed up with the task. Capp left the Associated Press in September 1932, and left New York City as well. He temporarily moved back to Boston, in order to marry his girlfriend Catherine Wingate Cameron. They had met as classmates in an art class.
In 1933, Capp moved back to New York City in search of a job. He reportedly only had about 5 dollars in his pocket during his return. He was hired as a ghost writer and ghost artist for the boxing-theme comic strip "Joe Palooka", while Ham Fisher remained the strip's sole credited writer. In an early story arc for this strip, Capp introduced a new character. He was Big Leviticus, an oafish mountaineer. He turned out be a crude prototype for Lil'Abner.
While still working as a ghost writer, Capp had started developing ideas about a comic strip focused on depicting mountain-dwellers. During his teen years, Capp had hitchhiked his way through rural West Virginia and the Cumberland Valley. He believed that the locals could inspire a decent strip. Capp sold "Li'l Abner" (the new strip) to the United Feature Syndicate, and was hired as its main artist. The strip was launched on August 13, 1934, printed on only 8 different newspapers. The strip soon became much more successful, because Capp had a talent for creating outlandish characters and bizarre situations. He also included both black humor and social commentary into his stories.
Until 1934, Capp still used his real name when signing a strip. His syndicate asked him to start using a simpler name which could fir into fit into a cartoon frame. He chose Al Capp as his professional name, and had his name changed legally in 1949. Capp eventually created sub-series for his comic strip, which satirized other comic strip. The most successful of these parodies was Fearless Fosdick (1942-1977), a parody version of "Dick Tracy".
Besides the popular "Li'l Abner", Capp went on to create two other comic strips. He co-created "Abbie an' Slats" (1937-1971). The strip's protagonist duo were the spinster Abigail "Abbie" Scrapple and her orphaned cousin Aubrey Eustace "Slats" Scrapple, sharing a household. Capp remained the strip's main writer from 1937 to 1945, but was then replaced by his brother Elliot Caplin. The strip was syndicated to about 400 newspapers, but never became the major hit that Capp had hoped for. Capp then went on to co-create "Long Sam" (1954-1962), featuring a tall and attractive mountain girl as a protagonist. The strip is considered an example of "good girl art" in comics, art focusing on attractive young women in skimpy or form-fitting clothing. While briefly popular in its own right, this strip faced frequent changes in writing staff which led to an early cancellation.
During the 1950s, Capp was an outspoken liberal, and satirized politician Joseph McCarthy for (in his words) "terrifying the helpless and naive". During the 1960s, Capp's favorite targets for satire included campus radicals, hippies, and counterculture icons. He harshly criticized militant antiwar demonstrators and student political groups. Capp started being viewed as reactionary by the public at large, though he vocally supported struggles for racial equality and gay rights.
In 1972, Capp was arrested in Wisconsin on charges of "attempted adultery", as adultery was a felony in this state. He was accused of propositioning a married woman. The resulting negative publicity led to hundreds of newspapers dropping his comic strip. The popularity of "Li'l Abner" further declined over the following years, largely due to a perceived decline in Capp's own humor. Capp was in poor health at the time, and he was not as inventive as he once was. Capp announced his retirement on November 13, 1977, publicly admitting that he had stayed on longer than he should have.
In November 1979, Capp died from emphysema at his home in South Hampton, New Hampshire. His illness was caused by a lifetime of chain smoking, and he was 70-years-old at the time of his death. Capp was buried in Mount Prospect Cemetery in Amesbury, Massachusetts. Capp was posthumously inducted into the Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame in 2004. Since his death in 1979, Al Capp and his work have been the subject of more than 40 books, including three biographies.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Hodge starred on radio as "The Green Hornet" in the 1940s. In the 1950s he was popular to TV fans as Captain Video. By the time of his death however, he had become an alcoholic and was living on $63 a week social security checks. He died alone and forgotten.- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Al Stillman was born on 26 June 1906 in New York City, New York, USA. He is known for Zodiac (2007), Goodfellas (1990) and Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977). He died on 17 February 1979 in New York City, New York, USA.- Al Torrieri was born on 19 September 1914 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was an actor, known for The Lucy Show (1962). He died on 8 December 1979 in Kenwood, California, USA.
- Born in Sunderland he worked his way up from copy boy to journalist on the local paper then after doing his national service returned to Newcastle before moving to London to work for a news agency and spent 3 years in Cairo .Returning to London his wife, knowing his real love was the theatre told him to try it and despite having no experience got a job at his first audition and straight away joined Equiity, With two babies and no regular wage things were tough but as a precaution he kept up his union subscriptions and did some holiday relief work at the news agency then came a regular part in The Newcomers which he had for some time but left because for him the part had lost its challenge, He then got a part in Coronation Street thanks to Patricia Phoenix (Elsie Tanner} who suggested him for a strong love interest story line
- Alan Crofoot was born on 2 June 1929 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was an actor, known for Welcome to Blood City (1977), High-Ballin' (1978) and A Cool Sound from Hell (1959). He was married to Dodi Protero. He died on 5 March 1979 in Dayton, Ohio, USA.
- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Director
Albert Benitz was born on 17 November 1904 in Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Das Fräulein und der Vagabund (1949), Man on a String (1960) and The Rebel (1933). He died on 11 March 1979 in Hamburg, West Germany.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Albert Modley was born on 3 March 1901 in Liverpool, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Bob's Your Uncle (1942), Up for the Cup (1950) and Take Me to Paris (1951). He was married to Doris Readshaw. He died on 23 February 1979 in Morecambe, Lancashire, England, UK.- Actor
- Additional Crew
Albert Pollet was born on 15 February 1889 in Paris, France. He was an actor, known for Fifteen Wives (1934), The Mysterious Lady (1928) and Two-Fisted Gentleman (1936). He died on 24 July 1979 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
- Director
- Stunts
Albert Préjean was born on 27 October 1894 in Pantin, Seine-Saint-Denis, France. He was an actor and director, known for Under the Roofs of Paris (1930), The Threepenny Opera (1931) and Cécile est morte! (1944). He was married to Jeanne Poché, Lysiane Rey and Augusta Favas. He died on 1 November 1979 in Paris, France.- Albert Venohr was born on 4 September 1902 in Magdeburg, Germany. He was an actor, known for Nosferatu (1922), Bürgerkrieg in Russland (1967) and Irrtum des Herzens (1939). He was married to Maria Griem. He died on 22 June 1979 in West Berlin, West Germany.
- Alden Gay was born on 23 March 1899 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. She was an actress, known for The Big Bluff (1933). She was married to Kenneth Thomson. She died on 1 April 1979 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.
- Actor
- Composer
Aleksandr Lebedev was born on 20 August 1914 in Moscow, Russian Empire. He was an actor and composer, known for Vsyo dlya vas (1965), Gorkie zyorna (1967) and Kogda uletayut aisty (1964). He died on 20 November 1979 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR.- Director
- Writer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Aleksandr Macheret was born on 28 December 1896 in Baku, Russian Empire [now Azerbaijan]. He was a director and writer, known for Men and Jobs (1932), Oshibka inzhenera Kochina (1939) and Tsvetnye kinonovelly (1941). He died on 12 September 1979 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].- Director
- Writer
- Art Department
Aleksandr Stolper was born on 12 August 1907 in Dvinsk, Dvinsk uyezd, Vitebsk Governorate, Russian Empire [now Daugavpils, Latvia]. He was a director and writer, known for Zhivye i myortvye (1964), Povest o nastoyashchem cheloveke (1948) and Far from Moscow (1950). He died on 11 January 1979 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].- Aleksandr Voinov was born on 3 March 1915. He was a writer, known for Znak Vechnosti (1978), Inostranka (1965) and Port (1976). He died on 21 July 1979.
- Writer
- Director
- Actor
Aleksei Kapler was born on 28 September 1904 in Kiev, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]. He was a writer and director, known for Lenin in October (1937), Lenin in 1918 (1939) and Shakhta 12-28 (1931). He was married to Valentina Tokarskaya. He died on 11 September 1979 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].- Aleksey Smirnov is a Soviet theater and film actor.
In 1940 he graduated from the theater studio at the Leningrad Theater of Musical Comedy and was accepted into the troupe of the same theater. In 1946, he was accepted into the troupe of the Leningrad Theater of Musical Comedy. In the early 1950s, he had several notable roles in the repertoire of the Musical Comedy Theater. By the end of the 1950s, he became famous among filmmakers. In 1961, when he became an actor in the Lenfilm film studio, two films with his participation were released on the screens of the country. All-Union fame for the actor brought the role in the films of Leonid Gayday. In all these films, he performed in comedic roles. - Aleksey Bakhar was born on 13 April 1928 in village Abakanskoe, Minusinsk Okrug, Siberian Krai, RSFSR, USSR [now Algashtyk, Krasnoturansky District, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia]. He was an actor, known for Paytyun kesgisherits heto (1969), Barev, yes em (1966) and Golubaya strela (1959). He died on 17 November 1979 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
- Aleksey Stroev was born on 11 July 1914. He was an actor, known for Kidnapping, Caucasian Style (1967), Zhenikh s togo sveta (1958) and Predsedatel (1964). He died on 2 April 1979.
- Writer
- Producer
- Additional Crew
Alexander Jacobs was born on 16 November 1927 in London, England, UK. He was a writer and producer, known for French Connection II (1975), Point Blank (1967) and The Seven-Ups (1973). He was married to Sally Jacobs. He died on 26 October 1979 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Alexander Key was born on 21 September 1904 in La Plata, Maryland, USA. He was a writer, known for Race to Witch Mountain (2009), Escape to Witch Mountain (1975) and Flight to the Lonesome Place. He was married to Alice Towle. He died on 25 July 1979 in Eufaula, Alabama, USA.
- Alexander Orfaly was born on 10 October 1935 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Blood Bath (1975) and Damien's Island (1976). He died on 21 January 1979 in Broward County, Florida, USA.
- Countess Alexandra Lvovna Tolstoy (Aleksandra Tolstaya) was the youngest daughter of the famous Russian writer Count Lev Tolstoy. She was born in 1884, in Yasnaya Polyana, the ancestral estate of the Tolstoy family. Her mother, named Sofia Andreevna Bers, was the literary secretary for Leo Tolstoy, and made Alexandra an assistant to her writer father. Alexandra managed most of the secretarial work for Leo Tolstoy during his later years. She became the keeper of the Tolstoy archive after the writer's death in 1910.
Alexandra shared the "Tolstoyan" ideas and was the follower her father's position of non-violence, but she felt a duty call at the beginning of the First World War. She participated in action by helping the wounded, and became one of the leading organizers of hospitals for the wounded soldiers. Alexandra Tolstoy was decorated for her courage with three Medals of the Order of St. George, rising to the rank of Colonel.
After the Russian Revolution of 1917, Countess Alexandra Tolstoy was arrested five times by the Communists. She was sentenced for supporting the right of free speech and assembly. After release she worked as a keeper of her father's estate in Yasnaya Polyana, which was turned into a Tolstoy's National Museum. She left Russia in 1929, and settled in the United States. There she co-founded the Tolstoy Foundation in 1939, with the sponsorship from such prominent intellectuals as Sergei Rachmaninoff, Igor Sikorsky, Tatiana Schaufuss, Boris Bakhmeteff, and Boris Sergievsky. Former President Herbert Hoover became the first Honorary Chairman from 1939-1964.
Under the leadership of Alexandra Tolstoy, the Tolstoy Foundation assisted more than 500,000 people to escape from political persecution and the horrors of war. In 1948, she testified before the government on behalf of the Displaced Persons Act and was instrumental in its passage. In 1941, on a generous private donation the Tolstoy Foundation acquired Reed Farm north of New York City. She provided the 70-acre Farm for a resettlement center for over 30,000 refugees directly sponsored by the Foundation during the Second World War and after. She organized English classes and occupational therapy for the immigrants, as well, as a summer camp for needy children.
Countess Alexandra Tolstoy was known for her remarkable calmness and dignity. She died in 1979, at age 96, and was laid to rest in the Russian cemetery of Spring Valley, New York, USA. - Alexandre Blanc was an actor, known for Jim et Jo détectives (1943), Pierrette (1929) and Françoise (1939). He died on 9 August 1979 in Genève, Canton de Genève, Switzerland.
- Alexandre Parodi was born in 1901. He was married to Anne-Marie Vautier. He died on 15 March 1979 in Paris, France.
- Director
- Producer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Alexis Thurn-Taxis was born on 27 May 1892 in Massachusetts, USA. Alexis was a director and producer, known for The Yanks Are Coming (1942), Prison Ship (1945) and A Night for Crime (1943). Alexis died on 26 July 1979 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.- Alf Hallgren was born on 30 June 1932 in Oslo, Norway. He was an actor, known for Operasjon V for vanvidd (1970), Det største spillet (1967) and Sus og dus på by'n (1968). He died on 3 May 1979 in Oslo, Norway.
- Alfonas Radzyavichus was born on 19 March 1905 in Yekaterinoslav, Russian Empire. He was an actor, known for Tadas Blinda (1972), Visa teisybe apie Kolumba (1970) and Suaugusiu zmoniu zaidimai (1967). He died on 31 March 1979 in Vilnius, USSR.
- Production Manager
- Producer
- Actor
Alfonso Sánchez Tello was born on 8 March 1905 in Mexico. He was a production manager and producer, known for Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970), Cara sucia (1949) and Si Adelita se fuera con otro (1948). He died on 18 April 1979 in La Jolla, California, USA.- Alfred Deller was born on 31 May 1912 in Margate, Kent, England, UK. He was married to Margaret Lowe. He died on 16 July 1979 in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
- Alfred Hinckley was born on 22 September 1920 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA. He was an actor, known for The Doctors (1963), Dark Shadows (1966) and Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963). He died on 4 February 1979 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Alfred Hirst was an actor, known for The Secret Kingdom (1960), The Sullavan Brothers (1964) and No Hiding Place (1959). He died on 11 December 1979 in Hampstead, London, England, UK.