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- Costume Designer
- Costume and Wardrobe Department
Anna Anni was born in 1926 in Marradi, Tuscany, Italy. She was a costume designer, known for Tea with Mussolini (1999), Otello (1986) and Callas Forever (2002). She died on 1 January 2011 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy.- Myriam Gibril was born on 1 July 1945 in Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-De-Dome, France. She was an actress, known for Feedback (1979), The Argument (1999) and Donald Cammell: The Ultimate Performance (1998). She died on 1 January 2011 in Paris, France.
- Make-Up Department
- Additional Crew
- Composer
Verne Langdon's never-ending quest for perfection has afforded him successful pursuits as a makeup artist, radio personality, voice-over artist, writer, producer, actor, makeup artist, mask maker, professional wrestler, puppeteer, magician, comic, musician, singer and songwriter, with no less than a dozen albums to his credit. Whether performing romantic abstract excursions on keyboards or interpreting his own often melancholy lyrics, his gentle artistry is a never-ending expedition into the romantic corners of his fertile and most remarkable Imagination. His life and career can best be described as varied; Verne Langdon is, truly, a Renaissance man.- Barbara Gallauner was born on 26 September 1912 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. She was an actress, known for Hansel and Gretel (1954), Schön ist die Welt (1957) and Das Tor zum Paradies (1949). She died on 1 January 2011 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.
- Jack Baugh was born on 11 April 1936 in Alameda County, California, USA. He was a writer, known for They've Taken Our Children: The Chowchilla Kidnapping (1993). He was married to Marcia. He died on 1 January 2011 in Sonora, California, USA.
- Writer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Additional Crew
Leszek Plazewski was born on 28 June 1936 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland. He was a writer and assistant director, known for Róg Brzeskiej i Capri (1979), Antyki (1978) and Historia pewnej milosci (1974). He died on 1 January 2011 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.- Faizal Yusup was born in 1978. He was an actor, known for Gong (2006). He died on 1 January 2011 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
- Charles Fambrough was born on 25 August 1950 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He died on 1 January 2011 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA.
- David Gurland was born in 1967 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Cabbage Boy (2000). He died on 1 January 2011 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- Editor
- Editorial Department
David Marriner was born on 11 October 1984 in the USA. David was an editor, known for Heaven & Hell: Live from Radio City Music Hall (2007), Jeff Beck Honors Les Paul (2010) and Mergers & Acquisitions (2009). David died on 1 January 2011 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Music Department
- Actor
- Composer
Gil Garfield was born on 20 May 1933 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for Plan 9 (2015), Adam's Rib (1973) and Wildwood Days (2008). He died on 1 January 2011 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
- Additional Crew
Gerd Michael Henneberg was born on 14 July 1922 in Magdeburg, Germany. He was an actor, known for The Crucible (1957), Nakovalnya ili chuk (1972) and Die gefrorenen Blitze (1967). He was married to Maria Kühne. He died on 1 January 2011 in Berlin, Germany.- John Olguin was born on 18 February 1921 in San Pedro, California, USA. He was married to Muriel. He died on 1 January 2011 in San Pedro, California, USA.
- Fulbert Janin was born on 12 June 1926 in Paris, France. He was an actor and writer, known for Au théâtre ce soir (1966), Pouchkine (1972) and Le retour d'Arsène Lupin (1989). He died on 1 January 2011 in Mantes-la-Jolie, Yvelines, France.
- Actor
- Composer
- Music Department
Flemming Jørgensen was born on 7 February 1947 in Randers, Denmark. He was an actor and composer, known for Ofelia kommer til byen (1985), Aftenlandet (1977) and 17 op (1989). He died on 1 January 2011 in Ega, Aarhus, Denmark.- Composer
- Music Department
- Actor
Albert Raisner was born on 30 September 1922 in Apolda, Germany. He was a composer and actor, known for Two Men in Manhattan (1959), Nuits de Pigalle (1959) and Printemps à Paris (1957). He was married to Brigitte Konjovic. He died on 1 January 2011 in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France.- John Rice was born on 27 April 1918 in Homestead, Pennsylvania, USA. He was married to Isabelle Wigmore. He died on 1 January 2011 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Anne Francis got into show business quite early in life. She was born on September 16, 1930 in Ossining, New York (which is near Sing Sing prison), the only child of Phillip Ward Francis, a businessman/salesman, and the former Edith Albertson. A natural little beauty, she became a John Robert Powers model at age 6(!) and swiftly moved into radio soap work and television in New York. By age 11, she was making her stage debut on Broadway playing the child version of Gertrude Lawrence in the star's 1941 hit vehicle "Lady in the Dark". During this productive time, she attended New York's Professional Children's School.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer put the lovely, blue-eyed, wavy-blonde hopeful under contract during the post-war World War II years. While Anne appeared in a couple of obscure bobbysoxer bits, nothing much came of it. Frustrated at the standard cheesecake treatment she was receiving in Hollywood, the serious-minded actress trekked back to New York where she appeared to good notice on television's "Golden Age" drama and found some summer stock work on the sly ("My Sister Eileen").
Discovered and signed by 20th Century-Fox's Darryl F. Zanuck after playing a seductive, child-bearing juvenile delinquent in the low budget film So Young, So Bad (1950), Anne soon starred in a number of promising ingénue roles, including Elopement (1951), Lydia Bailey (1952), and Dreamboat (1952) but she still could not seem to rise above the starlet typecast. At MGM, she found promising leading lady work in a few noteworthy 1950s classics: Bad Day at Black Rock (1955); Blackboard Jungle (1955); and the science fiction cult classic Forbidden Planet (1956). While co-starring with Hollywood's hunkiest best, including Paul Newman, Dale Robertson, Glenn Ford and Cornel Wilde, her roles still emphasized more her glam appeal than her acting capabilities. In the 1960s, Anne began refocusing strongly on the smaller screen, finding a comfortable niche on television series. She found a most appreciative audience in two classic The Twilight Zone (1959) episodes and then as a self-sufficient, Emma Peel-like detective in Aaron Spelling's short-lived cult series Honey West (1965), where she combined glamour and a sexy veneer with judo throws, karate chops and trendy fashions. The role earned her a Golden Globe Award and Emmy Award nomination.
The actress returned to films only on occasion, the most controversial being Funny Girl (1968), in which her co-starring role as Barbra Streisand's pal was heartlessly reduced to a glorified cameo. Her gratuitous co-star parts opposite some of filmdom's top comics' in their lesser vehicles -- Jerry Lewis' Hook, Line and Sinker (1969) and Don Knotts' The Love God? (1969) -- did little to show off her talents or upgrade her career. For the next couple of decades, Anne remained a welcome and steadfast presence in a slew of television movies (The Intruders (1970), Haunts of the Very Rich (1972), Little Mo (1978), A Masterpiece of Murder (1986)), usually providing colorful, wisecracking support. She billed herself as Anne Lloyd Francis on occasion in later years.
For such a promising start and with such amazing stamina and longevity, the girl with the sexy beauty mark probably deserved better. Yet in reflection, her output, especially in her character years, has been strong and varied, and her realistic take on the whole Hollywood industry quite balanced. Twice divorced with one daughter from her second marriage, Anne adopted (as a single mother) a girl back in 1970 in California. She has long been involved with a metaphysical-based church, channeling her own thoughts and feelings into the inspirational 1982 book "Voices from Home: An Inner Journey". Later, she has spent more time off-camera and involved in such charitable programs as "Direct Relief", "Angel View" and the "Desert AIDS Project", among others. Her health declined sharply in the final years. Diagnosed with lung cancer in 2007, the actress died on January 2, 2011, from complications of pancreatic cancer in a Santa Barbara (California) retirement home.- Actor
- Producer
An oddly fascinating bloke with prominent bony cheeks and rawboned figure, Peter William (Pete) Postlethwaite was born on February 16, 1946 and was a distinguished character actor on stage, TV and film. Growing up the youngest of four siblings in a Catholic family in Warrington, Lancashire (near Liverpool) in middle-class surroundings to working-class parents, he attended St Mary's University (London). However, while completing his studies, he developed an interest in theatre, to the chagrin of his father, who wanted his children to find secure positions in life.
A drama teacher initially at a Catholic girls convent school, he decided to follow his acting instincts full-time and gradually built up an impressive array of classical stage credits via repertory, including the Bristol Old Vic Drama School, and in stints with Liverpool Everyman, Manchester Royal Exchange and the Royal Shakespeare Company. By the 1980s he was ready to branch out into film and TV, giving a startling performance as a wife abuser in the Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988).
By 1993 he had crossed over into Hollywood parts and earned his first Oscar nomination for his superb role as Daniel Day-Lewis' father in In the Name of the Father (1993). Other quality roles came his way with The Usual Suspects (1995), Brassed Off (1996), and Amistad (1997). He did fine work on television in Sharpe's Company (1994), Lost for Words (1999), and The Sins (2000). Postlethwaite worked equally both in the UK and abroad, and avoided the public limelight for the most part, except for occasional displays of political activism.
Postlethwaite lived quietly out of the spotlight in England and continued on in films with roles in The Shipping News (2001), The Limit (2004), Dark Water (2005), The Omen (2006), Ghost Son (2007) and Solomon Kane (2009). In 2010, he was seen in Clash of the Titans (2010), Inception (2010) and The Town (2010).
Postlewaite died on January 2, 2011, at age 64, of pancreatic cancer. He was surrounded by his wife and son, and by his daughter from a prior relationship.- Peter Hobbs was born on 18 January 1918 in Etretat, France. He was an actor, known for The Man with Two Brains (1983), The Andromeda Strain (1971) and Sleeper (1973). He was married to Carolyn Adams, Patience Cleveland, Parker McCormick and Ruth Margaret Davis. He died on 2 January 2011 in Santa Monica, California, USA.
- Patricia Smith was born on 20 February 1930 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. She was an actress, known for The Spirit of St. Louis (1957), The Debbie Reynolds Show (1969) and Helen Keller and Her Teacher (1970). She was married to John Lasell. She died on 2 January 2011 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Additional Crew
Richard D. Winters was born on 21 January 1918 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA. He is known for Band of Brothers (2001), Dick Winters: Hang Tough (2012) and The Last Days of World War II (2005). He was married to Ethel. He died on 2 January 2011 in Palmyra, Pennsylvania, USA.- Margot Stevenson was born on 8 February 1912 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Calling Philo Vance (1940), Granny Get Your Gun (1940) and Flight Angels (1940). She was married to Val Avery and Robert Russell. She died on 2 January 2011 in New York, New York, USA.
- Writer
- Director
Fadil Hadzic was born on 23 April 1922 in Bileca, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Yugoslavia. He was a writer and director, known for Sluzbeni polozaj (1964), Novinar (1979) and Druga strana medalje (1965). He was married to Elizabeta Kukic. He died on 2 January 2011 in Zagreb, Croatia.- Miriam Seegar was born on September 1, 1907, to Frank and Carrie (née Wall) Seegar, both teachers. Raised in Greentown, Indiana, in the Seegar-Sewell home on 404 S. Main Street, she was the fourth of five daughters. Her sisters, known around town as the Seegar Sisters, were educator Helen Seegar-Stone (1895-1976) stage actress and opera singer Dorothy Seegar-Hatch (1897-1999) Mildred Seegar (1905-1913) and actress Sara Seegar (1914-1990.)
Seegar viewed her first movies in Kokomo, Indiana at the age of eight. As the sisters started acting and singing, Frank Seegar left teaching to open a hardware store in efforts to support his daughters' growing singing and acting pursuits. After his death at Seegar's age of 14, her two older sisters invited her to spend summers with them in their bedbug-laden Upper West Side apartment in New York City. Helen, working in a theatrical producer's office and Dorothy, acting and singing on Broadway, sent Miriam to an agent, and she began appearing on stage in minor, uncredited roles. She would return to Greentown in the winter upon her mother's insistence to complete her schooling with her younger sister, Sara.
After finishing school, Seegar acted in her first Broadway production as a Spanish blonde in a now-forgotten play at the 48th Street Theatre, followed by five more stage stints. While playing the part of the ingenue in The Squall (1926-1927) prolific producer Albert H. Woods took notice, and offered Seegar to star with Ernest Truex in the London West End production of his hit show Crime (1928.) At the age of 18, Seegar accepted Woods' offer and moved to London, soon followed by her mother and sister Sara to live with her in the Park Lane Hotel: "All my life I had wanted to go to England. I was just beginning to get a start in New York, but I was glad to be transferred to England." Between Stage engagements with multiple productions in London, she acted in her first two films The Price of Divorce and The Valley of Ghosts (film), both released in 1928. Next Miriam was chosen to co-star with Nelson Keyes in When Knights Were Bold (1929 film), as her figure of just under 5'1 and 100lbs would make her shorter and smaller than Keyes. The film was being directed by American director Tim Whelan, whom Miriam had just met. After the film's release she and Whelan, 14 years her senior, moved to Hollwood in 1929 and started dating. She quickly went to work making three pictures in 1929, signing with Paramount for Fashions in Love and the love doctor then making Seven Keys to Baldpate for RKO. For the next three years, Seegar made 11 more films, most being B-movies.
Blonde haired, blue eyed Miriam was one of the tiniest women in pictures, standing at just under 5'1 tall and weighing 100lbs. From a 1930 Photoplay magazine: "The question of clothes is a problem to her. Everything must be specially made, since she has no desire to step out in twelve-year-old dimities from a department store. She sees a gown model she likes and has it duplicated in a more miniature form. She likes frocks of rich material, but made without fuss and furbelows." Miriam didn't consider her name good for screen purposes as she said people were inclined to accent the last syllable, as if it were "cigar." However, she refused to change it unlike some Hollywood actresses, even after being asked by Albert H. Woods while offering to send her to London for "Crime." Also from Photoplay in 1930: "Miriam has had no very serious love affairs, although she does admit that she has been in love. In fact, several times. The only trouble is that she falls out of love so easily. She says that she believes married men are far more interesting than the young eligibles, but she's an old-fashioned girl and does not care to be the "heavy" in a real life triangle drama.
Seegar married Tim Whelan in 1931, and the couple had two sons, Tim Junior and Michael(1935-1997,) born with down's syndrome. Miriam's last film, false faces, was made in 1932. It played the Times Square Paramount, where her first American picture had been premiered just three and a half years earlier. Seegar retired from acting to raise her first child, Tim Whelan Jr, and found her career at odds with her husband's: "The sort of roles I got latterly were not becoming for a woman whose husband was then a major force in motion pictures. Selznick and Cukor offered me work, but after a while I just said no."
In 1953, she received her ASID certification and began working as an interior decorator, first with Harriet Shellenberger and later on her own. She did not retire until 1995. Her husband died in 1957, and decades later, both sons died within a span of nine months. Tim Whelan, Jr. died from cancer in 1997, and son Michael, who was born with Down syndrome, died in 1998. In 2000, at the age of 93, Seegar appeared in the documentary I Used to Be in Pictures, which featured commentary from many of her contemporaries. Thereafter she made a series of guest appearances at film festivals which culminated in an award for her screen work from the Memphis Film Festival when she was 95. On her 102nd birthday she sailed from Southampton to New York on the RMS Queen Mary 2 and back again.
Miriam Seegar had two grandchildren and four great-grandchildren at the time of her death on January 2, 2011. No specific cause of death was given, but her daughter-in-law Harriet Whelan stated that Seegar was very frail and had died from "age-related causes". - Writer
- Actor
- Director
Ernst Bruun Olsen was born on 12 February 1923 in Nakskov, Denmark. He was a writer and actor, known for Hitler Superstar (1974), Second City Firsts (1973) and Kys det hele fra mig (1974). He died on 2 January 2011.- Wah Szeto was born on 28 February 1931 in Hong Kong. He died on 2 January 2011 in Hong Kong, China.
- Writer
- Director
- Editor
Jack Milton was born in 1939 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He was a writer and director, known for Please Stand By (1972), Virgin Cowboy (1975) and Caged Women II (1996). He was married to Joanna. He died on 2 January 2011 in Daytona Beach, Florida, USA.- Arnulf Borchers died on 2 January 2011 in Grünwald, Bavaria, Germany.
- Renee Duke was born on 20 August 1927 in New York City, New York, USA. She was married to Tener Eckelberry. She died on 2 January 2011 in Clearwater, Florida, USA.
- Robert McElrath was born on 26 April 1973 in Susanville, California, USA. He died on 2 January 2011 in Susanville, California, USA.
- Srecko Nedeljkovic was born on 4 December 1923 in Dragacevo, Serbia, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He died on 2 January 2011 in Belgrade, Serbia, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
- Actress
- Soundtrack
A slim, stunning, stylish-looking actress, British Jill Haworth (born Valerie Jill Haworth on August 15, 1945 in Sussex) was a free-spirited product of the 1960s. Her father was a textile magnate and sometime race car driver and mother an aspiring ballerina. Trained in dance herself, she attended the Corona Stage School and appeared, unbilled, as a schoolgirl in a couple of movies, before fame came knocking at her door.
The diminutive (5'2") Jill was discovered by ever-formidable director Otto Preminger after he happened upon her photo from her acting school. Looking for a new face to play the refugee role of Karen in his monumental Oscar-winning film Exodus (1960), Jill made a touching impression as Sal Mineo's ill-fated Jewish girlfriend. An impressed Preminger went on to cast the actress in two other of his other important epics that same decade -- The Cardinal (1963) and In Harm's Way (1965). Both, however, were received with much less fanfare.
At this juncture, Jill had gained a sympathy vote in Hollywood as many of her ingénues seemed to meet untimely ends. Despite a dusky, untrained singing voice, the lovely blonde went to Broadway in 1966 and fashioned the role of the capricious Britisher Sally Bowles (played with a dark wig) in the musical "Cabaret," which co-starred Bert Convy as her naive American boyfriend and the irrepressible Joel Grey as the seedy Master of Ceremonies. The Kander/Ebb musical, which took place in decadent pre-Nazi Berlin, was based on Christopher Isherwood's popular "Berlin Stories". A huge hit, it won numerous Tony awards, including best musical of the 1966-67 season. Although Jill received mixed reviews, she played the role for two years.
Interestingly, it was veterans Lotte Lenya and Jack Gilford who received Tony nominations for their elderly roles in the production and not the young leads Haworth and Convy. Later on, while Grey was asked to recreate his magnetic Tony-winning part for the 1972 film Cabaret (1972), Jill and Bert were snubbed again when the leads went to others. It should be noted that by the time Bob Fosse's screen version was ready to go, Jill's star had dimmed considerably. The movie was now geared as a showcase for the fast-rising Liza Minnelli. As such, the Bowles character was Americanized and her boyfriend, played now by Michael York, served as her British counterpart. Both Minnelli and Grey won well-deserved Oscars for their dazzling performances.
After the "Cabaret" success, things died down and Jill returned to England, relegated to a few horror films here and there, including It! (1967), Horror House (1969) and Tower of Evil (1972). She also appeared on several American TV series from time to time, including Mission: Impossible (1966), The F.B.I. (1965), Baretta (1975) and Vega$ (1978). By the 1980s, however, Jill was pretty much out of sight.
In 2001 she appeared out of nowhere in a support role for the America film Mergers & Acquisitions (2001). She was living in New York and reportedly had just finished working on a voiceover YMCA spot in 2011 when she died suddenly in her Manhattan home of "natural causes" at age 65.- Actor
- Writer
- Producer
Yosef Shiloach was born on 9 July 1941 in Kurdistan, Iran. He was an actor and writer, known for Rambo III (1988), Desperado Square (2001) and Private Popsicle (1982). He died on 3 January 2011 in Tel Aviv, Israel.- Arlyne Varden was born on 9 June 1928. She was an actress, known for The Rifleman (1958). She was married to George Michael Welch and Stan Lampshire. She died on 3 January 2011 in Coronado, California, USA.
- Georges Staquet was born on 15 September 1932 in Bruille-lez-Marchiennes, Nord, France. He was an actor, known for Band of Outsiders (1964), Ogro (1979) and IP5: The Island of Pachyderms (1992). He died on 3 January 2011 in Paris, France.
- Actress
- Writer
Nine-Christine Jönsson was born on 8 June 1926 in Stockholm, Sweden. She was an actress and writer, known for Port of Call (1948), Livet i Finnskogarna (1947) and Kvinnor i väntrum (1946). She died on 3 January 2011.- Director
- Producer
Ian Bolt was born on 14 March 1944 in Essex, England, UK. He was a director and producer, known for The Book Tower (1979), Roy Chubby Brown (1990) and 3-2-1 (1978). He died on 3 January 2011 in Leeds, England, UK.- Paul Soldner was born on 24 April 1921 in Summerfield, Illinois, USA. He was married to Ginger. He died on 3 January 2011 in Claremont, California, USA.
- Producer
- Writer
Oliver Hunkin was born on 7 April 1916 in Beckenham, Kent, England, UK. He was a producer and writer, known for Distant Trumpet (1952), Meeting Point (1957) and The Power of the Witch: Real or Imaginary? (1971). He died on 3 January 2011 in London, England, UK.- Todd Lasswell was born on 20 April 1928 in Republic, Washington, USA. He was an actor, known for Women of the Prehistoric Planet (1966), Combat! (1962) and The Street Is My Beat (1966). He died on 3 January 2011 in North Hollywood, California, USA.
- Judy Bonds was born on 27 August 1952 in Marfork Hollow, West Virginia, USA. She died on 3 January 2011 in Whitesville, West Virginia, USA.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Calvin Russell was born on 1 November 1948 in Austin, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Scary Movie (1991), The Lost Platoon (1990) and A Seduction in Travis County (1991). He was married to Angela D. Williams, Loretta A., Elizabeth A. Soto and Cynthia. He died on 3 January 2011 in Garfield, Texas, USA.- Charles W. Bailey II was born on 28 April 1929 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was a writer, known for Seven Days in May (1964) and The Enemy Within (1994). He was married to Ann Card Bushnell. He died on 3 January 2011 in Englewood, New Jersey, USA.
- Music Department
- Actress
Suchitra Mitra was born on 19 September 1924 in Gujhandi, Bihar and Orissa Province, British India. She was an actress, known for Dahan (1998), Silpantar (2003) and Bhalobasa (1955). She died on 3 January 2011 in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.- Eva Strittmatter was born on 8 February 1930 in Neuruppin, Mark Brandenburg, Germany. She was a writer, known for Tinko (1957) and Lebensläufe (1995). She was married to Erwin Strittmatter and ???. She died on 3 January 2011 in Berlin, Germany.
- Additional Crew
- Actor
Jenõ Farkas was born on 21 December 1926 in Budapest, Hungary. He was an actor, known for Gyalog a mennyországba (1959), Patyolat akció (1965) and Madárkák (1971). He died on 3 January 2011 in Budapest, Hungary.- Harry Van Keuren is known for Musical Magic: Gilbert and Sullivan in Stratford (1984). Harry died on 3 January 2011 in Stratford, Ontario, Canada.
- Erich Nussbaum was born on 18 April 1934 in Baia de Cris, Romania. He was a director, known for Albume de arta populara (1959), Ciucurencu (1964) and Scoarte populare (1965). He died on 3 January 2011 in Bucuresti, Romania.
- Sylvie Neyraut was born on 26 March 1956 in Paris, France. She was an actress, known for The Names of Love (2010). She died on 3 January 2011 in Meudon, Hauts-de-Seine, France.