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- David D'Amato was born on 4 July 1961. He died on 13 March 2017 in Garden City, Long Island, New York, USA.
- Annabelle Lee was born on 24 July 1930 in Brentford, Middlesex, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Moonstone (1959), Good Wives (1958) and Jo's Boys (1959). She was married to Richard Carpenter. She died on 5 March 2018 in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, UK.
- Lucy Landau was born on 28 January 1905 in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Thrill of It All (1963), The DuPont Show of the Month (1957) and The Edge of Night (1956). She died on 23 July 1990 in Kew Gardens, Queens, New York City, New York, USA.
- Actor
- Cinematographer
British actor David Tree was a promising talent who came from prime theatre stock as the son of drama critic Alan Leonard Romaine Parsons and stage actress Viola Tree. His mother, in turn, was the daughter of one of England's most heralded classical stage actors of the late 19th century and early 20th century, Herbert Beerbohm Tree, and his actress/wife who, as Helen Maude Holt, billed herself as Lady Tree. His younger sister, Virginia (1917-2003) would grow up to become the Marchioness of Bath. Born on July 15, 1915, Tree took his first acting bow at age six alongside his mother with a small role in "The Tempest." Educated at Eton, he gained repertory experience at the Old Vic, the Playhouse and the Oxford theatre companies, among others, and attained good notices for his portrayals of Ferdinand in "The Tempest" and Feste in "Twelfth Night."
He began his film career in 1937 with Knight Without Armor (1937) and quickly found a future with major parts in The Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1937) and The Drum (1938). Pygmalion (1938) proved to be his star-in-making role as the ever-dapper Freddy Eynsford-Hill, the suitor who briefly comes between Wendy Hiller's Eliza Doolittle and Leslie Howard's Professor Henry Higgins. His mother had a minor part in the film as well. Progressing beautifully, he played a co-lead in French Without Tears (1940), a U.S. film with Ray Milland (replacing a then untested Rex Harrison who had played the lead earlier on stage). Tree displayed a strong, stalwart gait in war films as well, with a top role in Q Planes (1939). With WWII approaching and following his work in Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939) and Major Barbara (1941), he left to serve his country in the Royal Artillery. Tragedy occurred when he lost his arm during duty. Following his discharge, Tree abandoned acting and retired to become a farmer. Although he was seen on stage, including a role in "Billy Budd" in 1951, he was little heard from until his director/friend Nicolas Roeg persuaded him to take a role in Don't Look Now (1973) after more than 30 years. It was to be his one and only reappearance.- Kitty Genovese was the oldest of five children, a 28-year-old daughter of working-class Italian-American parents. Her father owned a coat and apron supply business. Kitty was an attractive, outgoing woman, and graduated from Brooklyn's Prospect Heights High School in 1954. She moved to Queens, rented an apartment with a girlfriend, and worked as a manager at a local tavern. Kitty left work around 3 a.m. on March 13, 1964. As she parked her car and walked the 20 feet to her apartment door, a man approached and began to stab her. Kitty screamed loudly, pleaded for help, and though apartment lights went on in nearby buildings, and neighbors peered out at the scene, no one notified the police.
Her attack lasted over half an hour, during which time at least 38 neighborhood residents observed the assault but did nothing. Though Kitty tried to crawl away from her attacker, he pursued her, eventually stabbing her 17 times and taking $49 from her wallet. Not until 3:50 a.m. did one neighbor finally call the police. (Before he did, he called a friend.) By the time police arrived, Kitty had bled to death.
As the details of the killing emerged, it became plain that Kitty would probably have survived if she had received medical attention sooner. The murder made national headlines after dozens of witnesses were interviewed and said they declined to help because they thought it was a "lover's quarrel" and "didn't want to get involved." One even coldly declared, "I was tired and went back to bed." The brutal murder and the disturbing lack of action by her neighbors became emblematic in what many perceived as an evolving culture of violence and apathy in the United States. While some saw the unwillingness to help as representative of the times, the Genovese murder sparked national debate about bystander apathy and its psychological causes, particularly in urban settings. Forty years later, her name has become synonymous with a dark side of an urban character that, for many people, represents a harsh and disturbing reality of big city life. In fact, psychologists now dub unwillingness to help those in trouble "Kitty Genovese Syndrome."
The man arrested for the crime was a 29-year-old petty criminal who confessed to the murders of three women, including Kitty Genovese, as well as numerous burglaries and rapes. He chose his victims at random. Though the jury recommended the death penalty, his sentence was commuted to life in prison. Having been denied parole several times, he remained incarcerated in a maximum security prison in upstate New York until his death on March 28, 2016, at the age of 81. - Sound Department
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Dennis Berry was involved in music from the age of 14. He played bass, guitar and saxophone. In 1939 he joined Francis Day and Hunter as a copyist before going on to Boosey and Hawkes as a staff arranger, then to Lawrence Wright and Paxton and finally Peer-Southern. He arranged for Caroll Gibbons, the Squadronaires and Ted Heath. As Paxton's representative, he was based in Amsterdam and became staff arranger for the Skymasters Dance Orchestra and freelanced for the Ramblers and the Metropole. He was a correspondent for Variety and Melody Maker. In 1949 he returned to Paxton's offices in England, where he worked in their Music Library, producing background music for films, TV, radio and world-wide distribution. He was also the representative of the Dutch Songwriter's Guild.
He had started composing some years earlier, and his early works included "Apple Honey", "Boston Bounce" and "You Couldn't Be Sweeter". As well as using his own name, he composed under other names, including Frank Sterling (in collaboration with Stuart Crombie), Jack Sharp and (more commonly) Peter Dennis.
Whilst working at Paxton's library and later as manager of the SoutherN Music Library, he was responsible for including compositions by Dolf Van Den Linden, Johnny Scott and Barry Forgie on their library records, as well as his own. He produced many of the recordings, an activity which he continues on a free-lance basis after he retired. This included a number of sessions in Germany, working on films such as "The Beastmaster" (1982) and "The Never-Ending Story" and also arrangements of classics for the de Wolfe library.
He also worked on the first Monty Python film "And Now for Something Completely Different", and collaborated with artists such as Johnny Dankworth and Roger Roger.
His work was often heard on BBC test cards, and is more frequently used as incidental music in television - most recently in BBC's "Little Britain" and "Dick and Dom in da Bungalow", MTV's "The Osbournes" and the Nickelodeon cartoons "Rocko's Modern Life" and "Spongebob Squarepants".- Actor
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Mick Tucker was born on 17 July 1947 in Harlesden, London, England, UK. He was an actor and composer, known for Lords of Dogtown (2005), Dazed and Confused (1993) and Detroit Rock City (1999). He was married to Janet and Pauline. He died on 14 February 2002 in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, UK.- Actor
- Producer
- Writer
Warwick Ward was born on 5 May 1889 in St. Ives, Huntingdonshire, England, UK. He was an actor and producer, known for Bulldog Drummond (1922), The Man from Morocco (1945) and The Dancing Years (1950). He died on 7 December 1967 in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, UK.- Wanda Rogers was born on 9 August 1943 in Eloise, Michigan, USA. She was an actress, known for Don't Forget the Motorcity (2008), Unsung (2008) and Backstory: Kenny Rogers (2012). She was married to Bobby Rogers. She died on 15 December 2021 in Garden City, Michigan, USA.
- Lewis Grassic Gibbon was born on 13 February 1901 in Auchterless, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK. He was a writer, known for Play for Today (1970), Sunset Song (2015) and Sunset Song (1971). He died on 7 February 1935 in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, UK.
- Bobby Van was born on 1 August 1943 in Baldwin, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Comeback (2000). He was married to Marina Barone. He died on 27 November 2007 in Garden City, Long Island, New York, USA.
- Rich Caster was born on 16 October 1948 in Mobile, Alabama, USA. He died on 2 February 2024 in Garden City, New York, USA.
- Russ Gibb was born on 15 June 1931 in Dearborn, Michigan, USA. He died on 30 April 2019 in Garden City, Michigan, USA.
- Anita Aylott was born on 28 January 1886 in Bethnal Green, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Muggins VC: The Defence of Khuma Hospital, India (1912) and Through Death's Valley (1912). She died in 1966 in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, UK.
- B. Marsh Dunn was born on 13 August 1881 in Dublin, Ireland. He was an actor, known for When We Are Married (1938). He died on 17 November 1962 in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, UK.
- Music Department
- Actor
Bobby Graham was born on 11 March 1940 in Edmonton, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Gonks Go Beat (1964) and A Life in the Death of Joe Meek (2013). He was married to June Day and Belinda. He died on 14 September 2009 in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, UK.