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Jake Worden was born on 16 March 1974 in Glendale, California, USA. He was an assistant director, known for The Sessions (2012), The Game Plan (2007) and Kaboom (2010). He died on 2 October 2012 in California, USA.- Music Department
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- Soundtrack
Petite, auburn-haired, Kansas-born beauty Marjorie Lane (her real name) is best remembered as the singing voice of dancing icon Eleanor Powell in late 1930s Hollywood, but she actually garnered more personal attention at the time as a popular singing attraction in Los Angeles niteries. While she eventually gave up her modest career to become Mrs. Brian Donlevy and a mother, Marjorie still deserves more than just a footnote in the Hollywood annals.
Born on February 21, 1912 in Manhattan, Kansas, Marjorie was the daughter of Charles W. Lane, head of a Santa Fe public relations department. With no prior vocal training, she arrived in Hollywood with her mother in the mid-1930s and first earned notice at the popular Trocadero Club on Sunset Boulevard. While there she caught the eye of none other than Louis B. Mayer who quickly signed her to an MGM contract. While working for MGM, Marjorie continued her busy schedule of performing studio assignments by day and showing up nightly at the Trocadero. In 1935 she recorded "What a Wonderful World" for Tommy Dorsey's outfit.
Mayer primarily signed up the pretty hopeful for her voice. One of her first jobs was to dub the voice of Isabel Jewell in Shadow of Doubt (1935). However, once she provided the singing voice for dancing legend Eleanor Powell in Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935) on the songs "You Are My Lucky Star" and "Sing Before Breakfast," Marjorie found a Marni Nixon-like cushy spot that would provide steady employment for the next few years--even if she was more heard than seen. The singer followed Powell into her next picture Born to Dance (1936) and dubbed the songs "Easy to Love," "Rap Tap on Wood" and "Hey Babe Hey" for the dancer.
Actor Brian Donlevy met Marjorie in 1935 while she was performing at the Trocadero. They married at Christmas time in 1936, and settled in Beverly Hills. Marjorie continued her behind-the-camera singing career by once again giving good voice to Eleanor Powell in the films Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937), covering the songs "Yours and Mine," "I'm Feelin' Like a Million" and "Follow in My Footsteps," and Rosalie (1937), with "I've Got a Strange New Rhythm in My Heart".
Donlevy's cinematic career on the rise during this time, with superior work in Beau Geste (1939) (Oscar nomination), The Great McGinty (1940), The Glass Key (1942) and Wake Island (1942). As a result, Marjorie's career quickly took a back seat. Daughter Judith Ann Donlevy was born on February 20, 1943. The marriage fell apart, however, and the couple divorced in 1947.
Instead of returning after her divorce, Marjorie withdrew from the limelight completely. Her second marriage in 1952 to a Los Angeles-area doctor also ended in divorce. Her third marriage to Sumner Bates, an ice cream manufacturer, was by far the happiest and only ended with his death. At age 99, Marjorie continues to live healthily in Santa Monica, California.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Hideji Ôtaki was born on 6 June 1925 in Tokyo, Japan. He was an actor, known for Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior (1980), Older Brother, Younger Sister (1976) and Fumô chitai (1976). He died on 2 October 2012 in Tokyo, Japan.- Maribel del Prado was born in 1972 in Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. She was an actress, known for Hospital Central (2000), Al salir de clase (1997) and 7 vidas (1999). She died on 2 October 2012 in Spain.
- Actor
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Big Jim Sullivan was born on 14 February 1941 in Uxbridge, Hillingdon, Middlesex, England, UK. He was an actor, known for In Concert (1970), Shang-a-Lang (1975) and Thank Your Lucky Stars (1961). He was married to Norma. He died on 2 October 2012 in Surrey, England, UK.- Herb Cheyette died on 2 October 2012 in La Jolla, California, USA.
- Douglas Laurence was born on 16 December 1918 in Totowa, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a producer and actor, known for Live a Little, Love a Little (1968), Speedway (1968) and Stay Away, Joe (1968). He was married to Frances Laurence. He died on 2 October 2012 in San Rafael, California, USA.
- Zan Barker was born on 25 March 1947 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He died on 2 October 2012 in Marla Bay, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, USA.
- Marc Desormeaux was born on 13 February 1962 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He was an actor, known for A Year in the Death of Jack Richards (2004). He died on 2 October 2012 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Bernard Hunter was born on 10 February 1920 in County Durham, England, UK. He was an actor, known for BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950), Girls of the Latin Quarter (1960) and Rock Around the World (1957). He died on 2 October 2012 in England, UK.- Music Department
Aditi was the younger of the two daughters of Kshitindra Kumar Nag and Provabati Nag. Family sources say that Kshitindra Kumar, then a young man and "Foreign retuned" was a pucca sahib and he chose Prova as his wife only for her singing talents and always lent active support to Prova to develop her as a powerful singer. Kshitindra Kumar was professor in Chicago University and served The Indian Aluminium after returning to India. Prova was winner of first position in several examinations conducted by The Bengal Music Board. However she never took up singing as her profession and her renditions were restricted to private audiences, Ramkrishna Mission functions and the like. Aditi was born on the seventh day of November, 1936 in Cooch Behar of undivided Bengal. She started training in pure classical music from a very early age of four to five. About the same time she had lessons in Bharat Natyam at Bani Bidyabithi but soon gave up dancing in favor of singing. Contrary to the common happening of being trained primarily by a very able parent, Aditi's first GURU was Pandit Ramkrishna Mishra of Vishnupur Gharana. She switched over to Tagore music at a later date after the demise of the Pandit around 1949 and took lessons at Geetabitan, Dakshinee and other renowned institutions. In 1958 her position in Geetabitan changed from that of a student to that of a teacher. Satyajit Ray made a documentary on Gurudev Rabindra Nath Tagore in 1961 at the request of the then Prime Minister Pandit Nehru. Ray utilized the services of Geetabitan artistes including Aditi for this film and here she sang Amar Mukti Aloy Aloy solo for this documentary. Ray chose Aditi again for his 1962 release Kanchanjangha. None other than Bijaya Ray trained Aditi for the famous E Parabase Rabe Ke. However, her voice was not used ultimately. Her first 78 r.p.m. disc, from Hindustan Musical Products, was published in the mid six-tees and she sang two duets SEI TO Basanta Phire Elo and Eki Gabhir Bani with Debabrata Biswas, who was her teacher at the time. Later she came to be associated with the His Master's Voice where Santosh Sengupta, Prasad Sen gave her lessons. She cut several discs in the two companies and for duets her co singers included Debabrata Biswas, Prasad Sen, Gautam Mitra. Along with her basic discs, she was a regular Tagore song artiste with Akashbani and with the advent of television, with Doordarshan. All India Radio classified her in the Hi B grade but listeners always felt she was a class by herself. Her association with Geetabitan came to an end in 2003. As a rule she chose songs with a classical touch and those which were not already made popular by other artistes. She got married to Sukamal Sengupta when she was only eighteen. Her son is Debashish Sengupta and her daughter's name is Tublu. Tragedy stuck around 2005 when she started to forget lyrics of her songs. That was a terrible thing to realize. Soon she was forgetting other things as well and ended up with total loss of memory. She was looked after by her son and daughter in law Sharmishtha very well but she could not sing any more. Her last days were physically painful and she breathed her last on the second day of October, 2012.- John Olson was born on 27 November 1917 in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, USA. He died on 2 October 2012 in Kansas City, Kansas, USA.
- Valery Tsikalov was born on 12 January 1958. He was an actor, known for Russkie strashilki (2001), Anekdoty (1990) and Wedding Kisses (1998). He died on 2 October 2012.