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Jack Berle is another one of the sad tells of Hollywood. He was the older brother of Milton Berle and this turned into a blessing and a curse. As he was growing up, Jack's mother determined her son Milton was going to be the star and so she turned most of her attention on Milton. When Milton was doing his act, Jack often times was relegated to playing an audience member that Milton would use to set up his jokes. He would continue to work with his brother throughout most of the 1940s and early 1950s.
By the late 1950s, Jack started working occasionally with his brother but he tried to establish himself as a dependable background actor. He would occasionally work as a stand-in for his brother but more often than not, he found work as an extra and doing bit roles through his connections at Desi-Lu studios. Jack would be called upon to appear in anything he could. It wasn't uncommon for him to do a western one day, then appear in one of his famous friends' shows the next day.
During the late 1960s, Berle started to work as the stand-in for his brother though they never really had a good relationship. It wasn't uncommon for Berle to be upgraded to a silent bit part during these films but preferred to be one of the guys instead of working with his brother. He eventually left his brother and continued to establish himself as a dependable person that was willing to work any scene.
Like many other background actors, Berle worked until he couldn't work anymore. Jack could frequently be seen on some of the most popular shows and movies of that era. He would constantly joke around with other extras and he always felt at home on the film set. He rarely talked about his brother but anybody who knew Jack could never say a negative word about him.- Actress
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Louise Ullrich was born in Vienna, the daughter of a major in the Austro/Hungarian Army. She studied at the Kunstakademie, and, while still a teenager, was contracted for two years by the Wiener Volkstheater where she enjoyed her first success on the stage. In late 1932, Louise received an engagement from the Lessing Theater in Berlin to co-star opposite Werner Krauss in 'Rauhnacht'. During one of her performances she was spotted by actor and film-maker Luis Trenker who cast her in the leading role of Erika in Der Rebell (1932). While Louise was inevitably secondary to both star and scenery, the picture did provide a stepping stone to further opportunities. In the Max Ophüls-directed Playing at Love (1933) she had second billing behind established star Magda Schneider (mother of Romy) and the following year appeared in the title role of Erich Waschneck's Regine (1935).
Other prestigious films with budding star Louise were to come: Viktoria (1935), a romance based on a novel by Knut Hamsun; and Annelie (1941), a family movie which earned the film studio Ufa the then record sum of six and a half million Reichsmark and garnered Ullrich the Coppa Volpi award in Venice. Her films also established her as an actress of stature - not of the conventional leading lady variety, not particularly ornamental or even especially beautiful - but of the ideal 'girl next door' type: tomboyish, spirited, charming and witty. Alternatively -- as in 'Annelie' -- she would embody the archetypal mother figure (resonating significantly with wartime filmgoers) or a weak-willed , sad wife (as in the title role of Henrik Ibsen's Nora (1944)). Audiences and critics alike applauded her performances and Louis B. Mayer even offered her a contract at MGM in 1938 which Louise declined. Instead, she traveled to South America where she met her future husband, Count Wulf Dietrich zu Castell, director of Munich-Riem airport.
After the war, Louise Ullrich made a seamless transition to character roles, dividing her time between stage and screen. One of her notable film appearances during this time was as Cornelie in Harald Braun's Keepers of the Night (1949). Though she had misgivings about the maudlin sentimentality and melodramatics of the screenplay (stating in her autobiography that it wouldn't have mattered to her whether she got the part or not!), the critic Gunter Groll praised her performance as more mature and defined while always retaining her distinguishing genuine qualities. In the 1960's, she made a number of television appearances (including a series by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, in which she played a strong-willed grandmother) and in 1973 published her memoirs. Louise Ullrich spent most of her remaining years writing and painting. One of her last works was an Australian travel memoir, published in 1985. The popular actress died of cancer in January that year.- Eddie Graham was born on 15 January 1930 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA. He died on 21 January 1985 in Tampa, Florida, USA.
- Oktay Arayici was born on 12 February 1936 in Rize, Turkey. He was a writer, known for Rumuz Goncagül (1987) and At Gözlügü (1978). He died on 21 January 1985 in Istanbul, Turkey.
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William Lasky was born on 24 March 1921 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an assistant director and director, known for Boy and the Eagle (1949), Rage (1972) and Americathon (1979). He died on 21 January 1985 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Joel Berglund was born on 4 June 1903 in Torsåker, Gävleborgs län, Sweden. He died on 21 January 1985 in Stockholm, Sweden.