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- Margaretta Scott was born on 13 February 1912 in Westminster, London, England, UK. She was an actress and writer, known for All Creatures Great and Small (1978), Things to Come (1936) and Dirty Work (1934). She was married to John Wooldridge. She died on 15 April 2005 in Marylebone, London, England, UK.
- Actor
- Director
Jaime Fernandez, the Mexican movie star, director, and union leader, was born in Monterrey, Mexico, the youngest of the three Fernandez brothers. His half-brother Emilio "El Indio" Fernandez was Mexico's greatest native-born movie director, as well as a greate movie star himself, while his brother Fernando Fernández was a famous singer and movie actor.
Fernandez began acting when he was 10 years old, making his credited screen debut in director Fernando de Fuentes's Allá en el Rancho Grande (1949). His second credited role, in La malquerida (1949), was directed by his brother, Emilio Fernández. Jaime Fernandez worked with the great El Indio on seven other films, and won the Ariel Award (the Mexican equivalent of the Oscar) for Best Actor in a Minor Role (Mejor Papel de Cuadro Masculino) under his brother's direction for La rebelión de los colgados (1954) (Rebellion of the hanged). Jamie had won his first Ariel award for Best Young Actor (Mejor Actuación Juvenil) for El rebozo de Soledad (1952) ("Soledad's Shawl"), and would win a third as Best Supporting Actor (Mejor Coactuación Masculina) playing Friday in 'Luis Bunuel' 's English-language _Aventuras de Robinson Crusoe, Las (1954)_ .
Fernandez eventually appeared in over 180 films and a number of television mini-series, as well as acted on the stage. The height of his career came in the 1950s and '60s, but he continued to work as a movie actor into the 21st century.
In 1979, he directed himself in La mafia de la frontera (1979), the first of the six films he would helm, five of them in the period 1979-82. He also directed himself in La cosecha de mujeres (1981) and San Juan de Dios es Jalisco (1982). The last film he directed was Las paradas de don Roque (1992), which was released in 1992.
Fernandez also was heavily involved in the National Actors Association (ANDA), Mexico's largest and most influential actors union. He was elected general secretary of ANDA, the union's highest position, in 1966, and served in the post for 11 years.
As a union boss, Fernandez established his reputation as a strong defender of actors' rights. The union underwent a crisis when some actors formed their own, competing union, but his strong leadership during the schism won him the nickname "Chief White Feather."
After stepping down as ANDA boss, Fernandez remained active in the union. On April 16, 2005, he was attending a meeting of union representatives with television broadcaster Televisa in Mexico City when he suffered a fatal heart attack linked to his chronic diabetes.
Jaime Fernandez was survived by his widow, Glenda, and four children.- Actor
- Additional Crew
- Director
Born Carlos Muñoz Arosa in Vigo, Spain on April 3, 1919. His career began to dawn after the Spanish Civil War. Making his stage debut in 1936, appearing on plays such as "Las Ranas" and "El Testamento." At which time he was involved in numerous warlike and patriotic films, fashionable at the time.
From that time his collaborations date in Sin novedad in the Alcázar (1940), Escuadrilla (1941), Los últimos de Filipinas (1945) or El santuario no se rinde (1949). However, he combined war films with other genres and participated in the drama Marianela (1940), by Benito Perojo , starring Mary Carrillo and based on the homonymous work Benito Perez Galdós as well as Cristina Guzman , where he met later Would be his wife, The actress protagonist of the film, Marta Santaolalla (n. 1922). 2
During three decades he worked assiduously in the Spanish cinema like actor of distribution, while also worked in theater:
Canción de cuna , 1946, by Gregorio Martínez Sierra ; Seis personajes en busca de autor , 1955, by Pirandello ; El Amor Tiene Su Aquel , 1955, by Carlos Llopis ; La Estrella de Sevilla , 1958, by Felix Lope de Vega ; Donde Vas Alfonso XII? , 1958, by Torcuato Luca de Tena ; La Encantadora Familia Bliss , 1959, by Noel Coward ; 3 Medea , 1959; Don Juan Tenorio , 1964, by José Zorrilla ; From Paris Viene Mamá , 1960, by Victor Ruiz Iriarte ; Los Derechos de la Mujer , 1962; Los Palomos , 1964; Y Nero-Paso , 1969 the three of Alfonso Paso . In 1967 reached its stage of greater professional success when interpreting the paper of head of family in the famous television series the La Casa de Los Martinez , that remained in screen until 1971 .
Subsequent to the end of the series, he would return to the cinema, playing supporting roles in films such as Mariano Ozores's La Graduada (1971) and Lina Morgan .- Gloria Morel was born on 16 September 1918 in Mexico. She was an actress, known for Don Juan Tenorio (1937), Triangulo (1972) and The Blessed Rosebush (1936). She was married to Federico Santibáñez García. She died on 15 April 2005 in Mexico D.F., Mexico.
- Jimmy Vincent was born on 30 June 1923 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was married to Claire Courtney Faraci. He died on 15 April 2005 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
- Tom Willett was born on 6 February 1938 in Warren County, Mississippi, USA. He died on 15 April 2005 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
- Art Cross was born on 24 January 1918 in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA. He died on 15 April 2005 in LaPorte, Indiana, USA.
- Ted Pavelec was born on 4 November 1918 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA. He was an actor, known for Million Dollar Pursuit (1951), Four Star Playhouse (1952) and Man with a Camera (1958). He died on 15 April 2005 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Songwriter ("Any Way the Wind Blows"), composer, author and singer, educated in both public and private schools and later (1934 to 1944) a singer with the Ted Weems orchestra. She also sang on Steve Allen radio shows, and in films and on records. Joining ASCAP in 1954, her chief musical collaborators included her husband Joseph Hooven, Inez James, and By Dunham, and her other popular-song compositions include "It'll Be a Merry Christmas", "Jesse James", "Lucky Duck", "Oh, What a Beautiful Dream", "Baby, Baby, Wait for Me", amd "La-bou-laya".- Kazimierz Kozniewski was born on 26 July 1919 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland. He was a writer, known for Sto koni do stu brzegów (1979), Drugi czlowiek (1961) and Five from Barska Street (1954). He died on 15 April 2005 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Cinematographer
David Dans was born on 5 July 1920 in Illinois, USA. He was a cinematographer, known for B.S. I Love You (1971), Deliver Us from Evil (1975) and The Swinging Cheerleaders (1974). He died on 15 April 2005 in Redway, California, USA.- Composer
- Music Department
- Sound Department
Amjad Bobby was born in 1942 in Amritsar, Punjab, British India. He was a composer, known for Ghunghat (1996), Toofani Bijlian (1989) and Chief Sahib (1996). He died on 15 April 2005 in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.- Jean-Paul Kingsley was born in 1914 in Canada. He was an actor, known for Coeur de maman (1953), Semi-détaché (1987) and Les Brillant (1979). He died on 15 April 2005 in Montréal, Québec, Canada.
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Inga-Lilly Forsström was born on 2 June 1925 in Stockholm, Sweden. She was an actress, known for The Heavenly Play (1942), Det sägs på stan (1941) and The Southsiders (1932). She died on 15 April 2005.- Rudolf Kutilek was born on 8 July 1923 in Munich, Germany. He was an actor, known for Vanoce s Alzbetou (1968), Karhanova parta (1951) and Slovo delá zenu (1953). He died on 15 April 2005 in Plzen, Czech Republic.
- Barrett Graves was born on 21 August 1977 in North Carolina, USA. He was an actor, known for A Gathering (2002). He died on 15 April 2005 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.