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- Haidee Clayton was born on 7 December 1881 in Iowa, USA. She was an actress, known for Polygamy (1936). She died on 13 May 1983 in North Hollywood, California, USA.
- Elna Panduro was born on 11 May 1882 in Copenhagen, Denmark. She was an actress, known for Bryggerens datter (1912), Hjertedoktoren (1913) and Naar man kun er ung (1943). She died on 6 April 1983.
- Ida Forsyne was born on 1 January 1883 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for The Green Pastures (1936), A Daughter of the Congo (1930) and Birthright (1938). She was married to Arthur Belton Hubbard, ? Forsyne, Usher Henry Watts and James Frank Dougherty. She died on 19 August 1983 in Brooklyn, New York, USA.
- Scott Nearing was born on 6 August 1883 in Kittanning, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Reds (1981) and McLean and Company (1970). He was married to Helen Knothe and Nellie Marguerite Seeds. He died on 24 August 1983 in Harborside, Maine, USA.
- Actress
Bertha Warnack was born on 16 February 1884 in Louisiana, USA. She was an actress. She died on 23 June 1983 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actress
- Writer
Often compared in looks and ability to Mabel Normand, lively, dark-haired comedienne Fay Tincher began as a vaudeville and musical comedy actress. Though she had operatic aspirations at the outset, Fay settled on an acting career. She first appeared on the Chicago stage while still finishing her studies. In 1913, she moved to the West Coast where she was discovered for film by D.W. Griffith. After a few short films she was cast as a vamp in The Battle of the Sexes (1914). However, it was soon realised that comedy, not drama, was her forte. No romantic or vixenish leads for this gal. Fay just wanted to make people laugh. She made sure that her appearance gave her a head start. Already rather short (at 5 feet 2 inches), she adopted as her trademark a purposefully unglamorous look: wearing essentially no makeup, she styled her hair with a distinctive big curl plastered to her forehead and dressed either in masculine clothes or in a black and white striped outfit which would not have looked out of place in a barber's shop.
At Reliance-Mutual, Fay was featured in the 'Komic Comedies' (1914-15), and successfully created her own regular character, a feisty stenographer named 'Ethel'. Publicity at the time touted her as 'the female Chaplin'. She gained further public notice by winning a bathing suit contest at Venice, California which led to further job offers. Between 1916 and 1919, Fay starred in two-reelers for Arts-Triangle, Keystone and Al Christie. She even briefly, and unsuccessfully, fronted her own production company. In 1923, she settled at Universal, adopting the character 'Min Gump' in the long-running 'Andy Gump' series, based on the comic strip. The coming of sound, coinciding with the end of the series in 1928, prompted Fay's sudden and permanent departure from the screen.- Paul Géraldy was born on 6 March 1885 in Paris, France. He was a writer, known for The Nest (1926), L'homme de joie (1950) and Television Theater (1953). He was married to Germaine Lubin. He died on 10 March 1983 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France.
- Helen Kapp was born on 24 May 1885. She died on 31 July 1983 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Helen Dickson was born on 20 July 1885 in Wakefield, Massachusetts, USA. She was an actress, known for Honolulu Lu (1941), Mr. Wright Goes Wrong (1946) and It's a Great Life (1954). She was married to Lawrence A. Williams. She died on 17 November 1983 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Producer
- Actor
Jamison Handy was born on 6 March 1886 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a producer and actor, known for Holiday for Bill (1951), Of Men and Menus (1941) and Hired! (1940). He died on 13 November 1983 in Detroit, Michigan, USA.- Production Designer
Clemens Holzmeister was born on 27 March 1886 in Fulpmes, Tyrol, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. He was a production designer, known for Mozart's Don Giovanni (1955) and Von Reinhardt bis Karajan - 50 Jahre Salzburger Festspiele (1970). He died on 12 June 1983 in Hallein, Austria.- Additional Crew
James Van DerZee was born on 29 June 1886 in Lenox, Massachusetts, USA. He is known for Who Gets to Call It Art? (2006) and Black Has Always Been Beautiful (1971). He was married to Donna Mussenden, Katie Lee Brown and Gaynelle O' Brien Greenlee. He died on 13 June 1983 in New York City, New York, USA.- Actor
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Director
Henri Debain was born on 3 August 1886 in Paris, France. He was an actor and assistant director, known for Monte Cristo (1929), Le costaud des Épinettes (1923) and Chantage (1927). He died on 15 January 1983 in Paris, France.- Costume and Wardrobe Department
- Costume Designer
Barbara Karinska was born on 3 October 1886 in Kharkov, Russian Empire [now Kharkiv, Ukraine]. She was a costume designer, known for Joan of Arc (1948), Hans Christian Andersen (1952) and The Pirate (1948). She was married to Vladimir Mamontov, Alexander Moïssenko and N. S. Karinsky. She died on 19 October 1983 in New York City, New York, USA.- Composer
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Songwriter ("I'm Just Wild About Harry", "You Were Meant For Me", "Memories of You"), pianist and arranger, Eubie Blake was educated at New York University. He studied the Schillinger System, and studied with Margaret Marshall and Llewellyn Wilson. He was a pianist and organist in cafés and in vaudeville and theatres.
In 1915 he joined a vaudeville team with Noble Sissle, and in 1917 he became assistant conductor to Jim Europe at the Clef Club, then he toured in a musical show organized by Europe from musicians of the US Army's 369th Infantry Regiment. During World War II he toured with the USO for five years.
He joined ASCAP in 1922, and his chief musical collaborators included Sissle and Andy Razaf. His other song compositions include "Love Will Find a Way", "Shuffle Along", "Bandana Days", "Gypsy Blues", "Goodnight, Angeline", "Slave of Love", "Lowdown Blues", "You're Lucky to Me", "Lindy Hop", "Lovin' You the Way I Do", "Green Pastures" and "Handy Man".- Anthony van Hoboken was born on 23 March 1887 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. He was married to Eva Hommel and Annemarie Seidel. He died on 1 November 1983 in Zürich, Switzerland.
- Alan Cunningham was born on 1 May 1887 in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. He was married to Margery Agnes Slater Snagge. He died on 30 January 1983 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, UK.
- Editor
- Music Department
- Writer
Bert Jordan was born on 5 May 1887 in Liverpool, England, UK. He was an editor and writer, known for 711 Ocean Drive (1950), The Devil's Brother (1933) and Jungle Patrol (1948). He was married to Lily Catherine Little. He died on 10 September 1983 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Outstanding Danish character actor Elith Pio was active for more than 65 years on stage, screen, radio and TV. Both his parents were in the theatre and Pio made his stage debut in 1907 with a touring company. With his wife he settled down in Copenhagen with various theaters and from 1931 with The Royal Theatre. Film debut in 1908 with Nordisk Film where he continued working with Benjamin Christensen and Carl Theodor Dreyer in numerous silent films. Being very short of stature Pio never acted as a leading man but was quite contended as a supporting actor. Compared with his prolific acting in silents he only appeared in about 30 talkies - but always with distinction. Never the comedian Pio preferred the darker, sinister even devious characters - and succeeded. Married to actress Soffy Pio for almost 70 years there were never any scandals just a diligent eye on the job in hand.
- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Born in Bolton, Lancashire, Aubrey was the son of US born gymnast Robert Aubrey. Later a member of the Fred Karno variety troupe, he first traveled to New York in 1900, then settled permanently after emigrating from London, on August 29, 1908. An early understudy of Charlie Chaplin, he later achieved leading status during the silents era (Oliver Hardy once providing support). Following his career decline as a starring performer, he was initially given work by Laurel & Hardy, before embarking on a career as a bit-part player in over 300 features.- Lynn Fontanne was a British actress of French and Irish descent. She spend most of her acting career in the United States, and she is considered among the great leading ladies of American theatre. She formed an acting duo with her husband Alfred Lunt (1892-1977). Fontanne had few film roles, but was once nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress.
Fontanne was born in Woodford, Essex in 1887, which was at the time a suburb of London with an ever-growing population. Woodford was annexed to Greater London in 1965 as part of an administrative reform. It is currently part of the London Borough of Redbridge. Fontanne's parents were Jules Fontanne (of French descent) and Frances Ellen Thornley (of Irish descent).
Fontanne first gained fame in 1921, at the age of 34. She portrayed the protagonist character Dulcy in the farce play "Dulcy" by George Simon Kaufman (1889-1961) and Marc Connelly (1890-1980), and won acclaim as a comedy actress. She became known for her witty roles, and had roles specifically written for her by Samuel Nathaniel Behrman (1893-1973), Robert Emmet Sherwood (1896-1955), and Noël Coward (1899-1973).
Fontanne enjoyed further success with a leading dramatic role in "Strange Interlude" (1928) by Eugene O'Neill (1888-1953). Fontanne portrayed protagonist Nina Leeds, a woman who lost her original fiance in World War play. The grieving Nina then engages in a series of affairs, before marrying "amiable fool" Sam Evans. She is aware that madness runs in the Evans family, so she has a child with a lover and has Sam acknowledge it as his own. She then maintains secret affairs for the next twenty years, while still posing as a loving wife. Due to its content, the play was considered controversial in the 1920s, but it was a hit.
Fontanne made her film debut in the romantic comedy "Second Youth". She had her greatest success in the medium with the comedy "The Guardsman" (1931). In the film, a jealous husband creates a second identity to seduce his wife. Fontanne played the wife, who recognizes her husband but decides to play along. Fontanne was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for this role, but the Award was instead won by rival actress Helen Hayes (1900-1993).
Fontanne's most notable theatrical success in the 1930s was the risque play "Design for Living" (1933), involving bisexuality and a ménage à trois. Fontanne continued performing as a stage actress until her official retirement in 1958. During her last year as a stage actress, Fontanne and Lunt introduced their new theatrical house, Lunt-Fontanne Theatre.
Fontanne continued appearing regularly in television until the mid-1960s. She received an Emmy Award for her role in "The Magnificent Yankee" (1965), and was nominated for a second one for her role as Maria Feodorovna (1847-1928) in "Anastasia" (1967). Fontanne received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1964.
Fontane continued living in retirement until 1983, residing in her summer home "Ten Chimneys" in Genesee Depot, Wisconsin. She was 95-years-old at the time of her death, one of the oldest living actresses. Following her death, Ten chimneys was converted to a house museum and social center for American theater. - Cinematographer
Walter Pritchard was born on 11 February 1888 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a cinematographer, known for The Drifter (1916), Home-Keeping Hearts (1921) and His Temporary Wife (1920). He died on 26 April 1983 in Sterling, Wayne, Ohio, USA.- Music Department
J. Spencer Cornwall was born on 23 February 1888 in Millcreek [now in Salt Lake City], Utah, USA. He is known for Monumental Utah (1944) and City of Brigham Young (1944). He was married to Mary Alice Haigh. He died on 26 February 1983 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Wilho Ilmari was born on 24 April 1888 in Kymi, Finland. He was an actor and director, known for Yli rajan (1942), Nummisuutarit (1938) and Tukkijoella (1928). He was married to Helena Kulovaara and Litja Ilmari. He died on 18 August 1983 in Turku, Finland.- Writer
- Actor
Ton Satomi was born on 14 July 1888 in Yokohama, Japan. He was a writer and actor, known for Kotoshidake (1929), Late Autumn (1960) and Tajobushin (1957). He died on 21 January 1983 in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan.- Juliusz Kalinowski was born on 7 November 1888 in Warsaw, Poland, Russian Empire [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for The Deluge (1974), The War of the Worlds: Next Century (1981) and Skarb (1949). He died on 27 June 1983 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Adrian Boult was born on 8 April 1889 in Chester, Cheshire, England, UK. He is known for Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Scoop (2006) and Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle (2018). He died on 23 February 1983 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, UK.- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
Four-time Oscar-winning cinematographer Joseph Ruttenberg was born in St. Petersburg, Russia. In 1893, at the age of four, his family moved to the United States, eventually settling in Boston. After schooling, he got his first job in 1907 working as a newsboy and personal runner for William Randolph Hearst's 'Boston American'. He was trained in reporting and as a still photographer and dark room technician. By 1914, he produced his own weekly newsreels for a local Loew's theatre, and, within another year, was employed as a cameraman with the Fox Film Corporation in New York. There, he perfected his craft over the next eleven years, rising from assistant cameraman to full cinematographer with a weekly salary of $175. He then moved over to Paramount's Kaufman Astoria Studios, where he worked under the supervision of the experienced George J. Folsey on several short features.
In 1933, Ruttenberg decided to ply his trade in Hollywood, now that the transition to sound pictures had been successfully made. He had brief spells with RKO and Warners, before putting up his tent at MGM for the greater part of his long and distinguished career (1934-1963). He became an innovator in his use of cranes and dolly devices, often designed to capture scenes in a single take. Another distinguishing aspect of his camerawork was to keep the performers in sharp focus, while softening the background, thus highlighting the actors almost three-dimensionally, while also creating a sense of immediacy. Ruttenberg shot some of MGM's finest black-and-white films of the 30's and 40's, his lighting (which he often took charge of personally, rather than assigning assistants) providing the exact ingredients required to create the right atmosphere in each instance: Fury (1936), Three Comrades (1938), Waterloo Bridge (1940), The Philadelphia Story (1940), Mrs. Miniver (1942) and Random Harvest (1942), to name but a few.
During the 1950's, Ruttenberg proved just as adept at colour photography, winning a Golden Globe award for his work on Brigadoon (1954), and his fourth Academy Award for the musical Gigi (1958). Among his six unsuccessful nominations, he received the last for BUtterfield 8 (1960), creating some of the most enduring images of Elizabeth Taylor at her peak. He free-lanced for a few years after leaving MGM and finally retired in 1968. He was honoured by the American Society of Cinematographers Milestone award.- Leslie Kimmell was born on 18 September 1889 in Hand County, South Dakota, USA. He was an actor, known for Cavalcade of America (1952), The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1956) and House by the River (1950). He died on 3 June 1983 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Actor
- Director
- Writer
American actor of silent films who focused primarily on Westerns. A native of Ontario, Iowa, Church attended school in his father's home state of Michigan and later lived in Denver, Colorado. He became a vaudeville performer and stage actor and spent several years traveling the country in various stock productions. The Essanay studio hired him and he appeared with Essanay's star and co-founder Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson in numerous films. Starring roles in films for other studios made him popular, especially in action films, particularly Westerns. With the arrival of sound, he began to withdraw from pictures, ultimately retiring completely by the mid-Thirties. Church lived nearly another half century in retirement in Quartzite, Arizona. He died at 93 a few miles from Quartzite, in a Blythe, California nursing home, of heart failure.- Axel Hambræus was born on 1 January 1890 in Sweden. He was a writer, known for The Minister of Uddarbo (1957). He died on 22 February 1983.
- Grace DeCarlton was born on 26 January 1890 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. She was an actress, known for Betrayed (1916), The Vicar of Wakefield (1917) and An Amateur Orphan (1917). She was married to Edmund C. Ross, Albert Alphin Jr. and George De Carlton. She died on 22 December 1983 in Portland, Maine, USA.
- Lola Hunt was born on 22 February 1890 in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Never Trouble Trouble (1931) and No Lady (1931). She died on 2 July 1983 in King's Cross, London, England, UK.
- Rachel Devirys was born on 28 February 1890 in Simferopol, Taurida Governorate, Russian Empire [now Crimea, Ukraine]. She was an actress, known for Le berceau de dieu (1926), Mother (1925) and Para toda la vida (1923). She died on 16 May 1983 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France.
- Cinematographer
- Producer
- Production Manager
Eduard Hoesch was born on 15 March 1890 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. He was a cinematographer and producer, known for Der weite Weg (1946), Der fidele Bauer (1951) and A Certain Mr. Gran (1933). He died on 5 November 1983 in Vienna, Austria.- Make-Up Department
Edith Hubner was born on 17 March 1890 in Steinitz, Germany. She died on 12 January 1983 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Maude Wayne was born on 26 March 1890 in Beatrice, Nebraska, USA. She was an actress, known for Moran of the Lady Letty (1922), Prodigal Daughters (1923) and Leap Year (1924). She was married to Johnnie Walker. She died on 10 October 1983 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Editor
- Additional Crew
- Editorial Department
Jane Loring was born on 6 June 1890 in Denver, Colorado, USA. She was an editor, known for The Light of Western Stars (1930), Avalanche (1928) and Anybody's Woman (1930). She was married to Dale Hanshaw. She died on 15 March 1983 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Osceola Archer was born on 13 June 1890 in Albany, Georgia, USA. She was an actress, known for The Best of Broadway (1954), An Affair of the Skin (1963) and Play of the Week (1959). She was married to Numa Pompilius Garfield Adams. She died on 20 November 1983 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Arnold Kübler was born on 2 August 1890 in Wiesendangen, Switzerland. He was a writer, known for Der 10. Mai (1957), Schuster Aiolos (1970) and Hans Staub, Fotoreporter (1978). He was married to Alva Carolina Fredrika Gierzt. He died on 27 December 1983 in Zürich, Switzerland.
- Writer
- Actress
- Script and Continuity Department
Beatrice Van was born on 8 August 1890 in Omaha, Nebraska, USA. She was a writer and actress, known for The Black Box (1915), Modern Love (1929) and Boy Crazy (1922). She was married to Charles Pearce Collman, James Gruen and Cornelius Vander-Pluym . She died on 4 July 1983 in Long Beach, California, USA.- Della Gould Emmons is a member of the Gould family who pioneered in the jewelry and theatrical businesses in Glencoe, Minnesota. A University of Minnesota graduate, she taught in high school at Sisseton, South Dakota. Marrying a train dispatcher, Allen B. Emmons, she went westward until finally Seattle and Tacoma became her home. She satisfied her urge for theatrical work by writing plays and pageants for radio, schools and churches. This led to her novel, "Sacajawea of the Shoshones," which was filmed as "The Far Horizons" by Paramount.
Della's brother, showman Jay Gould and his family of nine performing children traveled summers in mid-America with a fleet of white buses as the Jay Gould Million-Dollar Circus, which is described in her fourth book, "Jay Gould's Million-Dollar Gems." As a young man in the early 1900s, Jay bought a motion-picture projector for two gold watches and five dollars, started the Crystal Theatre in 1909, then traveled to small towns playing films, selling musical instruments and giving music lessons to mid-western schoolchildren. It is believed Jay may have inspired Meredith Willson's character, "The Music Man."
In her second book, "Nothing in Life is Free," an Indiana couple join the famous Naches Pass wagon train lured by the offer of free land in Washington Territory. Her third book "Leschi of the Nisquallies" served as the source for the Indian fishing rights in their court trials.
Della was adopted by the Lummi tribe and given the name "Selequal" (Maiden of the Great Calm). She served as curator for the Washington State Historical Society and was an International Honorary member of Beta Sigma Phi. - Marguerite Guérau was born on 15 August 1890 in Paris, France. She was an actress, known for Mam'zelle Nitouche (1931) and L'enfant du miracle (1932). She was married to Fernand Fabre. She died on 27 November 1983 in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
- Writer
- Additional Crew
- Soundtrack
Grace Kahn was born on 22 September 1890 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. She was a writer, known for The Tonight Show (1953) and The Ed Sullivan Show (1948). She was married to Gus Kahn. She died on 24 May 1983 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Albertine Pickens was born on 30 September 1890 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for The Law of Nature (1917). She was married to Royal Edward Spurlark, William W. Glenn and William J. Pierce. She died on 7 December 1983 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Production Manager
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Frederic Leahy was born on 11 November 1890 in Ellensburg, Washington, USA. He was a production manager and assistant director, known for Courage (1921). He was married to Agnes Brand Leahy. He died on 1 October 1983 in Sun City, Arizona, USA.- Soundtrack
Gladys Rice was born on 27 November 1890 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. She died on 17 September 1983 in New Rochelle, New York, USA.- Ida Russka was born on 5 December 1890 in Budapest, Hungary. She was an actress, known for Wir haben eben geheiratet (1949), Die Czardasfürstin (1919) and Der Prozeß (1948). She died on 13 December 1983 in Baden bei Wien, Austria.
- Ethel O'Shea was born on 21 February 1891 in Cork, County Cork, Ireland. She was an actress, known for BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950), Theatre Royal (1952) and Katy's Love Affair (1947). She died on 17 August 1983 in St John's Wood, London, England, UK.
- Actress
Judit Carlborg was born on 3 March 1891 in Norrköping, Östergötlands län, Sweden. She was an actress. She died on 17 February 1983 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden.