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- Costume Designer
Madame Simon was born on 3 April 1877 in Paris, France. She was a costume designer, known for Mandarin's Gold (1919). She died on 18 October 1985 in France.- Georgia Burke was born on 27 February 1878 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. She was an actress, known for Anna Lucasta (1958), Play of the Week (1959) and If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band (1972). She died on 28 November 1985 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Robert Mayer was born on 5 June 1879 in Mannheim, Germany. He was an actor, known for The Bremen Town Musicians (1959), Face the Music (1967) and Omnibus (1967). He was married to Jacqueline Noble and Dorothy Moulton. He died on 9 January 1985 in London, England, UK.
- Actress
Alice Cooke was born on 12 July 1882. She was an actress. She was married to Baldwin Cooke. She died on 6 June 1985 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Pauline Perry was born on 13 August 1882 in Kansas, USA. She was an actress, known for A Kiss for Susie (1917). She died on 7 September 1985 in San Diego, California, USA.
- Michel-Georges Michel was born on 3 November 1883 in Paris, France. He was a writer, known for Montparnasse 19 (1958) and Le prince Bouboule (1939). He died on 31 March 1985 in Paris, France.
- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Director
Paul Kerschner was born on 20 July 1884 in Findlay, Ohio, USA. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Island Captives (1937), The Strong Man (1926) and Meet the Wife (1931). He was married to Eva M. Richardson. He died on 9 May 1985 in Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, USA.- Yaeko Nogami was born on 6 May 1885 in Usuki, Oita, Japan. She was a writer, known for A Flower Blooms (1948), Human (1962) and Rikyu (1989). She died on 30 March 1985.
- Madge Snell was born on 10 July 1885 in Purley, Surrey, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Last Waltz (1936), The Eternal Feminine (1931) and Above Rubies (1932). She died on 7 November 1985 in Brighton, Sussex, England, UK.
- Director
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Writer
Eugene De Rue was born on 21 August 1885 in Pueblo, Colorado, USA. He was a director and assistant director, known for The Squaw Man (1914), The Thrill Hunter (1926) and Our Alley (1923). He was married to Irene and Grace. He died on 29 September 1985 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.- James L. Dale was born on 27 February 1886 in Kensington, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Mystery of a Hansom Cab (1915), Strategy (1915) and The Suicide Club (1914). He died on 2 March 1985 in Denville Hall, Northwood, London, England, UK.
- Set Decorator
- Art Department
Thomas Little was born on 27 August 1886 in Ogden, Utah, USA. He was a set decorator, known for How Green Was My Valley (1941), Laura (1944) and All About Eve (1950). He was married to Eliza. He died on 5 March 1985 in Santa Monica, California, USA.- Writer Susan Ertz was born in England in 1887 to American parents. When she was still quite young her parents moved back to the US, settling in New York, but when Susan was seven they returned to England. They stayed there until Susan was 12, when they returned to the US, this time moving to a cabin in northern California's Sierra Nevada Mountains, where she lived until she was 18 (on a trip to San Francisco in 1906 she was caught in the earthquake that almost destroyed the city). At age 18 she traveled to New York City, staying there for a short while, then moved to England in 1914, shortly before the outbreak of World War I.
Her first novel, "Marie Claire", was published in 1922. It wasn't particularly successful at first, but eventually became quite popular. Many of her subsequent novels were about women's domestic issues--"Nina" is about a wife's love for her cheating husband, "After Noon" focuses on the problems of a married middle-aged man and "The Story of Julian" is about the difficulties a couple has with an adolescent son. Her novel "Now East, Now West" is a comparison of the differences between Britons and Americans, and "The Proselyte" details the hardships of the infamous Mormon journey westward. In 1932 she married a British army officer, Maj. J.R. McCrinkle.
Susan Ertz died in Kent, England, in 1985 at age 98. - Vivian Tremayne was born on 23 February 1887 in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Little Women (1917). She died on 19 November 1985 in Lymington, Hampshire, England, UK.
- James Dale was born on 27 February 1887 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Victoria the Great (1937), BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950) and Hour of Glory (1949). He was married to Marguerite Adamson. He died on 2 March 1985 in London, England, UK.
- Frank Libuse was born on 1 March 1887 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for The Ed Sullivan Show (1948). He died on 15 May 1985 in Cicero, Illinois, USA.
- Marc Chagall was a Russian-Jewish artist and writer in Yiddish who moved to France and developed his highly original style by blending elements of traditional Jewish culture with cutting-edge innovations in modern art.
He was born Moishe Segal (Russified: Marc Zakharovich Shagalov) on July 7, 1887, in Liozno, a suburb of Vitebsk, Russia (now in Belarus). He was the first-born of nine children in the traditional close-knit Russian-Jewish family. Chagall's father and mother were cousins. His father, Khatskel Segal, was a herring merchant. His mother, Feiga-Ita, was a housewife. Chagall studied Torah and Talmud in Hebrew with Rabbi Ochre, and then with Rabbi Jatkin for basic education at home. At that time Jews were not admitted to schools in Russia, but Chagall's parents managed to get him admitted by bribing a school principal. Chagall's favorite classes were drawing and geometry.
Young Chagall made his first artwork for the Haggadah for his family on Passover. Then he did a copy of the portrait of composer Anton Rubinstein from the magazine "Niva". His first job was as a photo-retoucher at the photo studio of Meshchaninov in Vitebsk. Chagall briefly studied in the cheder of the Zarechenskaya synagogue, the biggest temple in Vitebsk. There he also sang as a cantor's assistant and studied violin. He later took painting lessons from Yehuda Pen in Vitebsk for two months. In 1907 Chagall went to St. Petersburg. There he studied art under Nikolai Roerich at the Imperial Society of Art Supporters; then under Leon Bakst and Mstislav Doboujinsky at Zviagintseva School of Art.
From 1910-1914 he lived in Paris on a stipend of 125 francs a month from a notable Russian-Jewish lawyer, Maxim Vinaver. Chagall settled in the Montparnasse community of La Ruche. There he associated with Guillaume Apollinaire, M. Jakob, A. Salmon, Robert Delaunay, Fernand Léger and others. During those four years in Paris he witnessed the emerging new styles of Fauvism, Cubism, Surrealism and various avant-garde currents being created by Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Amedeo Modigliani and Giorgio De Chirico, as well as other leading artists of the time. In May of 1914 Chagall went to Germany. There he became acquainted with the artistic experiments of Wassily Kandinsky. Chagall had his first solo show at the Sturm gallery in Berlin. Then, after the onset of World War I, he went back to Russia.
In May of 1915 Chagall married his first love, Bella Rosenfeld, the daughter of a wealthy jeweler in Vitebsk. She was the inspirational model for his famous series of paintings with passionate flying figures. In 1916 the Chagalls had a daughter, Ida. At that time he created his most vibrant and youthful paintings depicting his wife Bella flying with him in the skies above their hometown of Vitebsk.
Chagall was appointed the Commissar of Arts in Vitebsk Province after the Russian Revolution of 1917. He organized the new Vitebsk Art School and also taught there. He moved to Moscow in 1920. There he took an active part in the stage productions of the newly formed Moscow Jewish Theatre, of which he was the Art Director from 1920-1922. Chagall designed the stage decoration for the production of "Fiddler on the Roof", based on the story by Sholom Aleichem. Chagall's work was marked by surrealistic inventiveness and continued his emergence as a cross-cultural artist.
In 1922 the Chagalls fled the troubled Russia and moved to Berlin, then to Paris in 1923, as did many Russian intellectuals. He published his book of memoirs with illustrations in 1923. Then he made illustrations for "Dead Souls" by Nikolay Gogol, and began illustrating the Bible in 1930. In 1937 Chagall became a naturalized French citizen. In 1941, however, the Chagalls fled the German occupation of Paris and lived in New York until 1947. There Chagall designed decorations for the production of "Firebird" with the music of Igor Stravinsky and choreography by George Balanchine. Chagall also made a stage set for "Aleko" with the music of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. In September of 1944 his beloved wife and inspirational muse Bella died.
Back in Europe, Chagall settled in Provence, France. His creativity was now inspired by his new love, Valentina (Vava) Brodsky, whom he married in 1952. His works during this period are marked with energetic and joyful feelings, expressed by vibrant lines and vivid colors. He expanded his creativity into sculpture, ceramics and stained glass, making stained glass windows for several Catholic and Protestant cathedrals in France, Switzerland and Germany. In 1960 Chagall created remarkable stained glass windows for the Synagogue of the Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital in Jerusalem. In the 1960s and 1970s he decorated the new Parliament in Jerusalem, the ceiling of the Grand Opera in Paris, the lobby of the Metropolitan Opera House in New York and the National Bank Building in Chicago with a series of large-scale mosaic murals that define the language of 20th-century monumental art.
Mark Chagall died at the age of 97, on March 28, 1985, in Saint-Paul de Vence, France, and was laid to rest in Saint-Paul Town Cemetery, Provence, France.
Chagall's art is the pride of museum collections across the world. In 1973, the Musee National Message Biblique Marc Chagall (The Chagall Museum) opened in Nice, France. The Chagall family home on Pokrovskaia street in Vitebsk was turned into a memorial museum in 1992 and decorated with copies of his works in 1997. - Art Department
Walter Decker was born on 18 August 1887 in Texas, USA. Walter died on 18 April 1985 in Riverside, California, USA.- Actress
Lillian McMurray was born on 22 January 1888 in California, USA. She was an actress. She died on 22 April 1985 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Pat Aza was born on 25 April 1888 in Mile End Old Town, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Pinwright's Progress (1946) and Youth at the Helm (1946). He died on 16 May 1985 in Wandsworth, London, England, UK.
- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Visual Effects
Harry Perry was born on 2 May 1888. He was a cinematographer, known for Hell's Angels (1930), Wings (1927) and The Crimson Challenge (1922). He died on 9 February 1985 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.- Jacques de Lacretelle was born on 14 July 1888 in Cormatin, Saône-et-Loire, France. He was a writer, known for Silbermann (1971), La Boniface (1968) and Deux coeurs simples (1972). He was married to Yolande Jacobé de Naurois. He died on 2 January 1985 in Paris, France.
- Robert Cotton Money was born on 21 July 1888. He died on 16 April 1985.
- Costume and Wardrobe Department
Edna Shotwell was born on 9 August 1888 in Kansas, USA. She died on 14 April 1985 in Sacramento, California, USA.- Theresa Chappell was born in Houston, Texas, the daughter of a barber and a domestic worker, who divorced when she was a child. Her mother, Alice Vinney Chappell, soon remarried, and Theresa went by her stepfather's surname, Neely. The Neelys moved to Chicago where Theresa went through the school system, becoming a trained seamstress and dressmaker. A short-lived marriage didn't work out, so Theresa and her mother (now Mrs. Baker) went west to Los Angeles, where she was employed in the movie studios as a dressmaker until she met Sidney P. Dones, real estate salesman, entrepreneur, and budding movie magnate. When Dones went about getting together a cast for his 1919 movie "Injustice," he put Theresa in the lead role, renaming her as "Princess Thais Nehli-Kalani," and claiming that she was a niece of HRH Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii. After the picture was completed, Theresa, with Fred Cannon, her mother's fourth and last husband, went into business as the owner of the nightclub and cafe the "Panama Inn" at 14th & Central Avenues in the Watts section of Los Angeles, and stayed in business for several years. She also invested heavily in Los Angeles real estate. In her later years, Theresa Felton-Edwards was one of the leaders of Los Angeles black society, active in many social and charitable activities, as well as a member of progressive organizations including the NAACP and the National Council of Negro Women.
- Writer
- Actress
Evadne Price was born on 28 August 1888 in Merewether, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. She was a writer and actress, known for The Phantom Light (1935), Silver Top (1938) and Blondes for Danger (1938). She was married to Kenneth Andrew Attiwill, Charles A. Fletcher and Henry A. Dabelstein. She died on 17 April 1985 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Composer, violinist and educator, educated at first by his father and then the Imperial School at St. Petersburg with Auer. He made his violin debut at Berlin in 1907, followed by a tour of Europe. His American debut was with the Boston Symphony in 1911. Thereafter, he joined the faculty at the Curtis Institute in 1929 and became a director there in 1941. Conflicting sources give his date of birth as April 9th or April 21st, but because he was born in Russia prior to the 1917 Revolution, both dates can be considered as correct; one date is in the Old Style Calendar (pre-1917) while the other is within the New Style Calendar adopted with the revolution in 1917. His first wife was famed soprano Alma Gluck, one of the first sopranos to make best-selling recordings. He was the half-brother of author Marcia Davenport, the grandfather of Stephanie Zimbalist, and the father of Efrem Zimbalist Jr..- Beryl Beresford was born on 29 April 1889 in West Derby, Liverpool, England, UK. She was married to Leslie Hinton. She died on 25 November 1985 in Twickenham, Middlesex, England, UK.
- The daughter of an American living abroad, Aedita Stuart grew up in France and was known as a great beauty. First married to a French nobleman who died in World War I, the widowed Countess de Beaumont went on the stage as a dancer and actress, using the name "Gypsy Norman", performing both on Broadway and in vaudeville from 1921. She was married to her second husband, cartoonist Bud Fisher, by the captain of the ocean liner "Leviathan"; although the marriage lasted only a few months, she was Fisher's sole heir and after his death, owned the copyright to his comic strip "Mutt and Jeff", which afforded her a comfortable retirement.
- Writer
- Additional Crew
Mildred Cram was born on 17 October 1889 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. She was a writer, known for An Affair to Remember (1957), Love Affair (1939) and Subway Sadie (1926). She was married to Clyde Stanley McDowell. She died on 4 April 1985 in Santa Barbara, California, USA.- Smokey Joe Wood was born on 25 October 1889 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. He died on 27 July 1985 in West Haven, Connecticut, USA.
- Stunts
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Garland Lincoln was born on 28 October 1889 in California, USA. He was an actor, known for Forced Landing (1941). He died on 21 October 1985 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Camera and Electrical Department
- Cinematographer
- Additional Crew
Richard W. Maedler was born on 20 February 1890 in Pegau, Germany. He was a cinematographer, known for The Devil Tiger (1934), Checkers (1919) and Kathleen Mavourneen (1919). He died on 6 December 1985 in Pinellas, Florida, USA.- Robert Kleinert was born on 30 March 1890. He was an actor, known for William Tell (1924), Ein Volksfeind (1955) and Staatsanwältin Corda (1953). He died on 3 November 1985 in Germany.
- Jean Ransome was born on 4 April 1890. She was an actress, known for One Step Beyond (1959) and Passport to Danger (1954). She died on 13 June 1985 in Dana Point, California, USA.
- Isabella Riva was born on 27 April 1890 in Nizza Monferrato, Piedmont, Italy. She was an actress, known for The Mill on the Po (1949), L'importanza d'essere Franco (1958) and L'ultima carta (1938). She was married to Guido Riva. She died on 10 August 1985 in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
- Director
- Actress
- Writer
Rose Pansini was born on 7 June 1890 in Orthez, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France. She was a director and actress, known for Le Sang des Finoël (1922), Chantelouve (1921) and Judith (1922). She died on 23 March 1985 in Paris, France.- Vladimir Voronov was born on 14 July 1890 in Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Odessa Oblast, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Chelovek v futlyare (1939), Aero NT-54 (1925) and Neokonchennaya povest (1955). He died on 2 June 1985 in Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia].
- Sound Department
Herbert Kuchenbuch was born on 20 July 1890 in Aussig, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary. He is known for Storm Over Mont Blanc (1930). He was married to Ellen Widmann. He died on 18 April 1985 in Marburg, Hesse, Germany.- Producer
- Writer
Maurice Revnes was born on 28 September 1890 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for Paris Bound (1929), Suzy (1936) and The Awful Truth (1929). He was married to Sybil Carmen and Sibyl Carmen. He died on 10 October 1985 in Florida, USA.- Actress
- Music Department
Dale Winter was born on 19 November 1890 in Paulding, Ohio, USA. She was an actress, known for Careful, Soft Shoulders (1942), Back Street (1941) and Fishing for Love (2022). She was married to Henry Duffy (actor, producer), James Colosimo (gangster) and Edward Sansom Perot (industrialist). She died on 28 November 1985 in Santa Barbara, California, USA.- Kathe Oswald was born on 27 December 1890 in Germany. She was an actress, known for Around the World in 80 Days (1919), Und wandern sollst Du ruhelos (1915) and Der chinesische Götze - Das unheimliche Haus, 3. Teil (1916). She was married to Richard Oswald. She died on 19 August 1985 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Dorothy Gordon was born on 24 February 1891 in Narrabri, New South Wales, Australia. She was an actress, known for Clarence (1922), First Love (1921) and The Price of Silence (1920). She died on 24 March 1985 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- Lola D. Moore was born on 28 March 1891 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Lola D. was a writer, known for The Clean-Up Man (1928), The Danger Line (1929) and Dodging Danger (1929). Lola D. died on 26 January 1985 in Burbank, California, USA.
- Writer
- Script and Continuity Department
Riccardo Bacchelli was born on 19 April 1891 in Bologna, Italy. He was a writer, known for Il brigante di Tacca del Lupo (1952), The Mill on the Po (1949) and I promessi sposi (1967). He died on 8 October 1985 in Monza, Italy.- Music Department
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Prolific composer, conductor, arranger, orchestrator, clarinetist and educator, educated at the Conservatory of Dijon and the Philadelphia Musical Academy. He studied with Paul Fauchet, Georges Caussades, and Gabriel Pares. In 1935: Officier d'Academie, in France. He arrived in the United States in 1918 and became an American citizen in 1923. He arranged for the Philadelphia Orchestra (where he was a bass clarinetist), and conducted the orchestras at Interlochen, Michigan, where he served as professor of music. Also, USC conductor, the Balle Russe de Monte Carlo. He was later associated with the musical-instrument manufacturer G. Leblanc Company while residing in Kenosha, Wisconsin, where he conducted the Kenosha Symphony Orchestra through 1960. Cailliet was a personal friend and at one time a neighbor in Beverly Hills, California of José Iturbi, who appeared with Cailliet in symphony concerts.- Robert S. Young was born on 28 May 1891 in Lancashire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Avengers (1961), Sergeant Cork (1963) and Born Free (1966). He was married to Doris Littel. He died on 20 March 1985 in London, England, UK.
- Betty Shale was born on 6 July 1891 in Hampstead, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Looking on the Bright Side (1932), Evergreen (1934) and The Crouching Beast (1935). She was married to Eliot Makeham. She died on 11 January 1985 in Westminster, London, England, UK.
- Although Dutch-born silent screen femme fatale Jetta Goudal (pronounced Zhett-eh Goo-doll) may be pretty much forgotten today, she was, in her glorious Hollywood heyday, a star rivaling that of Gloria Swanson and fellow vamps Barbara La Marr and Nita Naldi. The daughter of a Jewish orthodox diamond cutter in Amsterdam, she began her career on stage in Europe, traveling with various theater companies. Arriving in America (New York City) following the WWI armistice (1918), Juliette (Julie) Henriette Goudeket purposely disguised her Dutch and Jewish ancestry and her age, passing herself off as "Jetta Goudal," a Parisienne born in Versailles in 1901 and the daughter of a lawyer.
She first appeared on Broadway in the drama "The Hero" in March of 1921; that September she returned with the melodrama "The Elton Charm". Eventually testing for film. She attracted immediate attention with her first two small film roles and caught the eye of legendary producer/director Cecil B. DeMille. He hired her for what turned out to be some of her (and his) greatest critical successes, including her emotional roles in The Coming of Amos (1925), The Road to Yesterday (1925), White Gold (1927) and The Forbidden Woman (1927). Unfortunately, the exotic allure and element of mystery that made Goudal so popular on-screen came with a price. She was an unrepentant theatrical "grand dame" and possessed a fierce temper well known to the film community.
Her extreme difficulty on the set led to DeMille breaking her contract, which in turn led Goudal to file a landmark lawsuit against him. She charged him with breach of contract, while he claimed her diva-like tirades over every detail of production, from costumes and scenery to mere entrances, caused a multitude of delays and severe financial setbacks for the studio. Goudal, however, won the suit--one reason being that neither DeMille nor the studio could furnish financial records to back up their claims that she cost them untold thousands of dollars--and it set a precedent regarding actors' rights vs. studios' rights. The damage to her career and reputation, however, was sealed and she never recaptured her former glory. Moreover, with the arrival of sound her very thick French accent left her with limited offers.
Goudal married art director Harold Grieve in 1930 and retired from the screen permanently three years later. Along with her husband, she went into interior design and faded from the Hollywood scene. They had no children. Plagued by health problems (heart condition) in the 1960s, she suffered a serious fall in 1973 which left her an invalid. She died in 1985 and was interred in a private room at the Great Mausoleum, Sanctuary of the Angels, at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California. Her devoted husband was interred next to her upon his death in 1993. - Dorita Curtis-Hayward was born on 12 July 1891 in Sydenham, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Strangers' Meeting (1957). She died on 20 October 1985 in Warminster, Wiltshire, England, UK.