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Born in Houston, Texas on August 21, 1938, Grammy-winning singer, songwriter, actor, record producer and entrepreneur Kenneth Ray Rogers was the fourth of eight children born to a carpenter father who worked in a shipyard and a mother who was a hospital nurse's assistant. Of humble Irish and Native American heritage, the boy grew up in the poorer section of Houston, but would become the first member of his family to graduate from high school.
Kenny took an early interest in singing and, as a teenager, joined a doo-wop recording group called "The Scholars". The group recorded the song "Poor Little Doggie," and Kenny, age 19, recorded his first solo song, "That Crazy Feeling," for a small Houston label, Carlton Records, and his career was off and running. He subsequently joined the "New Christy Minstrels" 1966 as a singer and double bass/bass guitar player, then splintered off with others from the popular folk music group a year later to form the rock group "The First Edition," an eclectic-styled rock band whose repertoire included rock and roll, R&B, folk and country.
The First Edition's first Billboard hit, "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)" (1968) was a psychedelic rock song which peaked at #5, and was followed by the more popular soft-rock hit "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town" (1969) which hit #6 on the US charts and made them a star attraction. Other successes would include "Reuben James" (1969, #26), "Something's Burning" (1970, #11) and "Tell It All Brother" (1970, #17). By this time, the dark-haired, husky-framed, ear-pierced singer's ingratiating personality and sensual gravel tones, affectionately dubbed "Hippie Kenny," had taken center stage and the group changed their name to "Kenny Rogers and the First Edition" in 1969. The First Edition enjoyed worldwide success, appeared on such popular shows as "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour," had featured roles in the TV movie The Dream Makers (1975) and went on to host the syndicated TV variety series Rollin' on the River (1971).
Sadly, the pressures of taping a weekly show caused extreme friction within the group and eventually took its toll. After a couple more years of producing songs that couldn't reach the "Top 20," the group decided to disband in 1976 and, inevitable as it was, Kenny went solo. It didn't take long before he started chalking up a string of country-tinged 'Top 20' pop hits with "Lucille" (#5), "Don't Fall in Love With a Dreamer" (#4, with Kim Carnes), "Through the Years" (#13), "We've Got Tonight" (#6, with Sheena Easton) and his two #1 hit sellers "Islands in the Stream" (with Dolly Parton) and "Lady." By the late 1970s, the (now) silver fox had sold over $100 million worth of records. He also made popular hit duets with both country female stars (Parton and Dottie West) as well as the distaff pop elite (Kim Carnes and Sheena Easton).
Into the 1980's Kenny began to feel a downswing in his singing career. After charting lower and lower, he wisely branched off into other successful areas. In 1980, he touched off a modest, lightweight, but highly appealing acting career starting with the Southern-styled TV-movie The Gambler (1980), based on his #1 1979 Grammy-winning song hit. The feature had Kenny starring as poker-playing card shark Brady Hawkes, who attempts to unite with a son he never knew. This led to four equally popular sequels -- Kenny Rogers as The Gambler: The Adventure Continues (1983), Kenny Rogers as The Gambler, Part III: The Legend Continues (1987), The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw (1991) and Gambler V: Playing for Keeps (1994). Two other old-fashioned western TV movies followed. The first was also based on a hit Kenny Rogers song, Coward of the County (1981), (Country, #3) in which he played a town preacher who tries to mentor his young "cowardly" nephew. The second, Wild Horses (1985), had him starring as a has-been rodeo champion looking for personal fulfillment herding wild mustangs.
Kenny also tried to parlay his popularity as a major country singer into a conservative film career. There would only be one starring role. In Six Pack (1982), Kenny stars as a race car driver who tangles with six roughhouse orphans. Instead, he was back to TV-movies where he went on to appear as himself in two TV country-flavored biopics -- Big Dreams & Broken Hearts: The Dottie West Story (1995) and Get to the Heart: The Barbara Mandrell Story (1997). He also put out the folksy yuletide offering Christmas in America (1990) which had his real-life son Kenneth Rogers co-starring in a father-son strained relationship; and the western Rio Diablo (1993) in which he he essays the role of a nice-guy bounty hunter assisting a revengeful groom country singer Travis Tritt in a search for of kidnapped bride. Another then-reigning country star, Naomi Judd, was featured as a colorful madam.
In addition to a few acting appearances on TV with "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman," "Touched by an Angel" and "How I Met Your Mother," Kenny also became a perennial star or guest of TV specials and seasonal events over the years, including Kenny Rogers and the First Edition: Rollin' on the River (1971), A Christmas Special... With Love, Mac Davis (1979), Kenny Rogers Live in Concert (1983), Kenny & Dolly: A Christmas to Remember (1984), Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton Together (1985), Kenny, Dolly and Willie: Something Inside So Strong (1989), Kenny Rogers Going Home (1995), Live by Request: Kenny Rogers (1999) and Consequence (2007). He also hosted two TV documentary series: The Real West (1992) and High Point Casinos of the World (2003).
In addition, Kenny published several books on photography and opened a rotisserie-chicken fast-food franchise (Kenny Rogers Roasters). Less and less visible in the ensuing years, Kenny produced the 1999 album "She Rides Wild Horses", which peaked at #6 on the country charts, his highest in 15 years, and included the #1 single "Buy Me a Rose."
Spending much of his free time over the years breeding Arabian horses and cattle on a 1,200-acre Georgia farm, Kenny's seemed to settle with his fifth wife Wanda Miller, whom he married in 1997. He had five children altogether and his namesake, son, Kenneth Rogers, left acting and briefly launched his own singing career in 1989 with "Take Another Step Closer". He now is on the business end of entertainment providing music for TV and movies.
Kenny made one last concert tour, "The Gambler's Last Deal," in 2015 and it was running worldwide, with visits including Australia, Scotland, Ireland, England, The Netherlands and Switzerland, as well as the U.S., until his health, plagued by bouts of bladder cancer and hepatitis C, failed him and he was forced to retire in 2018. The 81-year-old legend died on March 20, 2020, under hospice care at his home in Sandy Springs, Georgia.- Actor
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Alan Gifford was born on March 11, 1911 in Taunton, Massachusetts, USA as John Lennox. He was an actor, known for 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), The Saint (1962), and Phase IV (1974). He was married to Blanch. He later remarried to Beatrix Gifford, taking her surname as his stage name. Together they had one daughter. He died on March 20, 1989 in Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland.- Amadeo Carrizo was born on 12 June 1926 in Rufino, Santa Fe, Argentina. He was an actor, known for Cinco grandes y una chica (1950), Esos colores que llevás (2013) and River, El Más Grande Siempre (2019). He died on 20 March 2020 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Ana Piñeres was a screenwriter, executive, and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of CMO Group (CMO Producciones and CMO Internacional), a creative producer of such successful television series worldwide as "The Market Heart" (2022), "Pasión de Gavilanes" Season 2 (2022), "Her Mother's Killer" (2021), "La Niña" (2016), among others. Her films included "Siempreviva" (2015), "Of Love and Other Demons" (2010), "Esto Huele Mal" (2007) and "A Ton of Luck" (2006), among others.
She was a founding member of ASOCINDE (Colombian Association of Independent Film Producers) and founder and former representative of the Colombian Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and producers' representative in Proimagenes Colombia.
She served as president of EGEDA Colombia and audiovisual industry leader in Colombia. She was awarded the PRODU 2021 Award for Pillar of the Audiovisual Industry.- Anatoliy Adoskin was born on 23 November 1927 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He was an actor, known for The Brothers Karamazov (1969), Tri rasskaza Chekhova (1960) and House of Fools (2002). He was married to Olga Georgievna Tarasova. He died on 20 March 2019 in Moscow, Russia.
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Anita Thallaug was born on 14 February 1938 in Baerum, Norway. She was an actress, known for Anything Goes (1962), Bells in the Moonlight (1964) and I moralens navn (1954). She died on 20 March 2023 in Norway.- Ariel Bybee was born on 9 January 1943 in the USA. She was an actress, known for The Metropolitan Opera Presents (1977), La Traviata (1982) and Lucia di Lammermoor (1983). She was married to James Ford. She died on 20 March 2018 in the USA.
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Avery Crounse, an award winning director and photographer has written three theatrical feature films that have played worldwide. Avery, who also owns his own production company, Elysian Pictures, directed and wrote his first film in 1983, a western/horror film entitled "Eyes of Fire" starring Dennis Lipscomb and Guy Boyd. The film, which went on to become one of the most acclaimed films of 1984, was called by The New York Times as a "bizarrely fascinating story" and that "Crounse's visual imagination is extraordinary". Crounse's next film, "The Invisible Kid" starring Oscar nominee Karen Black, also received some critical acclaim. His most recent film, "Cries of Silence", also starring Karen Black, and Kathleen York and Ed Nelson was quoted by The Los Angeles Times as "an exquisite drama". "Cries of Silence" went on to win numerous awards including Best Picture and Best Actress for his daughter Erin Buchanan at the Giffoni International Film Festival. Besides Crounse's work in motion pictures, he is also an acclaimed photographer, his works have been published in American Photographer and is the subject of television documentary with his prints seen in over twenty countries. Crounse has most recently relocated to his home town of Paducah, Kentucky.- Beverley Cross was born on 13 April 1931 in London, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Clash of the Titans (1981), Jason and the Argonauts (1963) and Clash of the Titans (2010). He was married to Maggie Smith, Gayden Collins and Elizabeth Clunies-Ross. He died on 20 March 1998 in London, England, UK.
- Borislav Stankovic was born on 9 July 1925 in Bihac, Bosnia-Herzegovina. He died on 20 March 2020 in Belgrade, Serbia.
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Brian Wilde was born on 13 June 1927 in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Doing Time (1979), Last of the Summer Wine (1973) and Porridge (1974). He was married to Eva Stuart. He died on 20 March 2008 in Ware, Hertfordshire, England, UK.- Buck Hill was born on 13 February 1927 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. He was married to Helen. He died on 20 March 2017 in Greenbelt, Maryland, USA.
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The illegitimate son of a Danish farmer and his Swedish housekeeper, Carl Theodor Dreyer was born in Copenhagen on the 3th of February, 1889. He spent his early years in various foster homes before being adopted by the Dreyers at the age of two. Contrary to popular belief (perhaps nourished by the fact that his films often deal with religious themes) Dreyer did not receive a strict Lutheran upbringing, but was raised in a household that embraced modern ideas: in his spare time the adoptive father was an avid photographer, and the Dreyers voted for The Danish Social Democrates. When he was baptized the reasoning was culturally, not religiously motivated. Dreyer's childhood was an unhappy one. He did not feel his adoptive parents' love (especially the mother), and longed for his biological mother, whom he never knew.
After working as a journalist, he entered the film industry, and advanced from reading scripts to directing films himself. In the silent era his output was large, but it quickly diminished with the arrival of the talkie. In his lifetime he was recognized as being a fanatical perfectionist amongst producers, and thus difficult to work with. His career was dogged by problems with the financing of his films, which led to large gaps in his output - and after the critics, too, denounced Vampyr (1932), he returned to journalism in 1932, and became a cinema manager in 1952 - though he still made features up to the mid- 1960s, a few years before his death. His films are typically slow, intense studies of human psychology, usually of people undergoing extreme personal or religious crises. He is now regarded as the greatest director ever to emerge from Denmark.- David Rockefeller is an American banker who served as chairman and chief executive of Chase Manhattan Corporation. He was the oldest living member of the third generation of the Rockefeller family, and family patriarch from August 2004 until his death in March 2017. Rockefeller was the youngest child of John D. Rockefeller Jr. and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, and a grandson of John D. Rockefeller and Laura Spelman Rockefeller.
David Rockefeller was noted for his wide-ranging political connections and foreign travel, in which he met with many foreign leaders. His fortune was estimated at $3.3 billion at the time of his death in March 2017. - Enrique del Portal was born on 3 July 1932 in Madrid, Spain. He was an actor, known for La revoltosa (1969), El caserío (1972) and Bohemios (1969). He was married to Nieves Fernandez de Sevilla and Natividad Ruiz Cambronero. He died on 20 March 2020 in Madrid, Spain.
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Eunetta T. Boone was born on 16 May 1955. She was a producer and writer, known for Lush Life (1996), Who Is Doris Payne? and The Hughleys (1998). She died on 20 March 2019 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
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Fernando Heredia was born on 10 October 1923 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor and director, known for Amada (1983), Navidad en el año 2000 (1981) and Noche estelar (1982). He died on 20 March 2018 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.- Composer
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Georges Delerue was born on 12 March 1925 in Roubaix, Nord, France. He was a composer and actor, known for Platoon (1986), Twins (1988) and The Day of the Dolphin (1973). He was married to Micheline Gautron. He died on 20 March 1992 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Giovanni Romanini was born on 27 December 1945 in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. He was an actor, known for Ho conosciuto Magnus (2016). He died on 20 March 2020 in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
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Gregory Walcott grew up in North Carolina and went into the Army just after the end of World War II. After leaving the service, he grew restless on the East Coast and, with $100 in his pocket, thumbed his way west to pursue an acting career. An agent who spotted him in a little theater play helped Walcott land his debut movie role in Red Skies of Montana (1952). Two years later, on the strength of his performance as a drill instructor in the Marine Corps movie Battle Cry (1955), he was placed under contract at Warner Brothers. He co-starred (as a drill instructor again) in another Marine Corps story, The Outsider (1961), which earned him a Universal contract and his own TV series, 87th Precinct (1961) (1961-62) with Robert Lansing.- Hans Günter Nöcker was born on 22 January 1927 in Hagen, Germany. He was an actor, known for Hoffmanns Erzählungen (1970), Die Schelminnen (1961) and Der Prinz von Homburg (1994). He died on 20 March 2019 in Germany.
- Horacio Dener was born on 27 November 1938 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor, known for Latin Love (2000), Cops and Robbers (1994) and Balabasadas (1968). He died on 20 March 2011 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Jacques Maury was born on 25 June 1937 in Berchem, Flanders, Belgium. He was an actor, known for Love and Death (1975), National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985) and Lady Oscar (1979). He died on 20 March 1985 in Mahé Island, Seychelles.
- James Herbert was born on 8 April 1943 in East End, London, England, UK. He was a writer, known for The Unholy (2021), The Survivor (1981) and Deadly Eyes (1982). He was married to Eileen O'Donnell. He died on 20 March 2013 in Woodmancote, Henfield, West Sussex, England, UK.
- Jean Engstrom was born on 25 July 1920 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. She was an actress, known for Voodoo Island (1957), Medic (1954) and Telephone Time (1956). She was married to Elliott Erwin Engstrom and Richard Harold Moon. She died on 20 March 1997 in Riverside, California, USA.
- John Dennis was born on 3 May 1925 in Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Soylent Green (1973), Young Frankenstein (1974) and Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972). He was married to Carolinda Brophy. He died on 20 March 2004 in Apple Valley, California, USA.
- Character actor John P. Ryan was born on July 30, 1936 in New York City. The son of Irish immigrant parents, Ryan graduated from Rice High School and studied English at the City College of New York, where he first developed an interest in acting. He served six years in the US Army and worked as a welfare investigator prior to pursuing an acting career. John made his film debut in the comedy The Tiger Makes Out (1967). He appeared in five pictures for Jack Nicholson; he's especially memorable as male nurse Spicer in Five Easy Pieces (1970). Manic, pale-eyed and craggy-faced, with an often intense and explosive screen presence, Ryan was frequently cast as nasty villains, hard-boiled police officers, and strict military men. John gave a strong and touching performance in a rare change-of-pace sympathetic role as Frank Davis, the bitter and regretful father of a murderous monster mutant baby in Larry Cohen's excellent It's Alive (1974). He also portrayed Davis in the okay sequel It Lives Again (1978). Other notable movie parts include the fanatical Colonel Hardcore in Shamus (1973), shrewd mob capo Patsy O'Neill in the witty Cops and Robbers (1973), evil scientist Schneider in Futureworld (1976), the dogged Lt. Parmental in Breathless (1983), vicious Irish mobster Joe Flynn in The Cotton Club (1984), at his ferocious best as sadistic prison Warden Ranken in the powerful Runaway Train (1985), hateful fascist lunatic Glastenbury in the exciting Avenging Force (1986), ruthless drug kingpin Nathan White in the cruddy Death Wish 4: The Crackdown (1987), ramrod high school principal Mr. O'Rourke in the amusing Three O'Clock High (1987), and lethal robot history teacher Mr. Hardin in Class of 1999 (1990). Among the TV shows Ryan did guest spots on are M*A*S*H (1972), The Rockford Files (1974), Hawaii Five-O (1968), Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979), Starsky and Hutch (1975), Kojak (1973), Hart to Hart (1979), The F.B.I. (1965), and Miami Vice (1984). John had a recurring role on the TV series Archer (1975). In addition to his film and TV credits, Ryan also appeared in over 90 stage plays. Following his final film appearance in "Bound," John spent his later years giving acting lessons and was an advocate of spiritual healing. John P. Ryan died from a stroke at age 70 on March 20, 2007 in Los Angeles, California; he's survived by two daughters.
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Johnny Harris was born in Edinburgh, Scotland 1932 (of Welsh parentage) and is a graduate of the Guildhall School of Music in London. He originally played trumpet with English big bands in the 50's and started freelance writing and arranging in the early 60's before he was hired by Tony Hatch for Pye Records in 1965. He became well known for his wild style of conducting which was inspired by touring with Tom Jones and he went on to win Eurovision 1969 with Lulu and 'Boom Bang-a-Bang'. Director Richard C. Sarafian had heard his 1969 space-age easy listening hit single 'Footprints On The Moon' and offered him his first British film score for the psycho-thriller 'Fragment Of Fear' because he liked 'the spiky sounds' that Johnny created on the 45. Johnny would score a number of cult British films with mates like Sarafian and Richard Harris before he left for the US in 1972 to work with Paul Anka. He continued his film/tv work in America on such legendary shows like Wonder Woman, Buck Rogers In The 25th Century and award winning specials with Lynda Carter who remained his greatest supporter in the US. Johnny died on March 20th, 2020 peacefully in his sleep.- Katie was born in Florence, Italy, the daughter of an Italian Marquis and a Yorkshire born mother and came to England when 19 and married Viscount Boyle when 20. She was buying hats when she met Beverly Nicholls, who was writing a story on buying hats. He asked her to model for him and she started her career. She lived down the fact that she was a Marchesa and a lady and became accepted for herself and never advertises anything she doesn't use herself. She married a second time on August 26 1955 to Lloyds underwriter Greville Bayliss who was born in 1920 and died February1976 of a massive coronary, She then married Peter Saunders in 1980, he died February 6th 2006
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Luis Saslavsky was born on 21 April 1903 in Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina. He was a writer and director, known for La corona negra (1951), La dama duende (1945) and Las ratas (1963). He died on 20 March 1995 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.- Actress
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The less famous, but still undeniably talented, of the "Marilyn" sex symbols of the 1940s/'50s was born Marvel Marilyn Maxwell in Clarinda, Iowa on August 3, 1920 (she later began using her middle name professionally at the suggestion of Louis B. Mayer). As a teenager, she worked as an usher at the Rialto Theater in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and later as a radio singer.
In 1942, Maxwell signed a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, appearing on such radio shows as "The Abbott and Costello Show", "Beat the Band", and "Stars Over Hollywood". That same year, she made her movie debut in the star-studded World War II propaganda film Stand by for Action (1942). She went on to star in such popular movies of the 1940s/50s as Thousands Cheer (1943), Lost in a Harem (1944), Champion (1949), Key to the City (1950), The Lemon Drop Kid (1951) (in which she introduced the carol "Silver Bells"), and Rock-a-Bye Baby (1958). Throughout World War II, and later the Korean War, she accompanied three-time co-star (and off-screen lover) Bob Hope on USO tours to entertain troops.
Throughout the 1950s, Maxwell directed her focus to television, with guest appearances on such series as The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950), General Electric Theater (1953), The Red Skelton Hour (1951), The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (1956), and Playhouse 90 (1956). This continued into the '60s, as Maxwell appeared on Wagon Train (1957), The Danny Thomas Show (1953), Burke's Law (1963), The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962), and The Bob Hope Show (1950), and even game shows such as I've Got a Secret (1952) and Stump the Stars (1947). Her most prominent part in this period was that of diner owner Grace Sherwood on Bus Stop (1961), a series she left after one season after becoming bored of "doing nothing but pour a second cup of coffee and point the way to the men's room".
Maxwell was married three times - to actor John Conte, restaurateur Anders Nylund McIntyre, and producer Jerry Davis - each marriage ending in divorce. She had one son with Davis, Matthew (b. 1956). On March 20, 1972, 15 year-old Matthew returned home from school, only to find his mother dead from an apparent heart attack. Maxwell was 51 at the time of her death.- Michael Goodliffe was born on 1 October 1914 in Bebington, Cheshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for A Night to Remember (1958), Peeping Tom (1960) and The One That Got Away (1957). He was married to Dorothy Margaret Tyndale. He died on 20 March 1976 in Wimbledon, London, England, UK.
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Michael Reaves was born on 14 September 1950 in San Bernardino, California, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Batman: The Animated Series (1992), Star Trek Phase II (2004) and Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993). He was married to Brynne Chandler. He died on 20 March 2023 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actress
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Muhterem Nur was born on 31 December 1932 in Bitolj, Yugoslavia. She was an actress, known for Kara Gün (1971), Askin acilari (1959) and Son sarki (1954). She was married to Müslüm Gürses, Müslim Gürses and Isin Kaan. She died on 20 March 2020 in Istanbul, Turkey.- Actor
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Paul Grant was born on 3 February 1967 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK. He was an actor and producer, known for Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983), Willow (1988) and Legend (1985). He was married to Janet Crowson. He died on 20 March 2023 in St. Pancras, London, England, UK.- Ralph Riach was born on 26 January 1936 in Elgin, Scotland, UK. He was an actor, known for Cloud Atlas (2012), Braveheart (1995) and Death Defying Acts (2007). He died on 20 March 2022 in Scotland, UK.
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One of the great voices of the Metropolitan Opera, New York-born mezzo-soprano Rise (pronounced REE-za) Stevens made her debut with the company in 1939 as Octavian in Richard Strauss's "Der Rosenkavalier" in a tour performance in Philadelphia. Her other notable roles in 21 years with the company included the two characterizations most associated with her, the title role in Bizet's "Carmen" and Dalila in Saint-Saens's "Samson et Dalila," Laura in Ponchielli's "La Gioconda," Marfa in Mussorgsky's "Khovanschina," Prince Orlofsky in Johann Strauss's "Die Fledermaus," and Hansel in Humperdinck's "Hansel und Gretel." A great beauty as well as a great singer, she enjoyed one of the more successful careers of the many opera singers who made films, most notably in "The Chocolate Soldier" opposite Nelson Eddy and "Going My Way" with Bing Crosby and Barry Fitzgerald. She was also something of a fixture on early TV, appearing frequently on such programs as "The Bell Telephone Hour" and "The Voice of Firestone," where she sang both operatic arias and popular songs. She also appeared on one of the first telecasts from the Met, in 1954, singing Carmen opposite one of her most frequent Don Joses, Richard Tucker.
Since her retirement from opera in 1960, she has continued to play a very active role in the New York fine arts scene. In 1964, she inaugurated the Music Theater of Lincoln Center as Anna Leonowens in a well-received revival of "The King and I," produced by Richard Rodgers, opposite Darren McGavin 's King. Also that year, she became director of the Metropolitan Opera National Company, a touring company which served as a training ground for promising young singers and conductors, many of whom (Marilyn Niska, Ron Boettcher) became members of the regular company. She held this job for three years, until the company ceased operations when the Met could no longer afford to finance it. Since then, she has remained active with the Met as a long-time official of the Metropolitan Opera Guild.
Married to actor Walter Szurovy from 1939 until his death in 2001, their only child is the actor Nicolas Surovy. She continues to live in New York, as active and charming as ever.- Actor
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Terry is well known to many Australians for the roles of 'Joe Turner' on the long running TV series Bellbird and as 'Snr. Sgt. Eric O'Reilly' on the police drama Cop Shop. Terry left the TV show Cop Shop in 1982 to pursue a political career. He was the Labor party member for Noble Park from 1982 to 1985 and then for Dandenong from 1985 to 1992. During his time in Parliament Terry held the positions of Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Parliamentary Committee.- Tom Griffin was born on 14 February 1946 in Rhode Island, USA. He was a writer, known for The Boys Next Door (1996) and Dinner at Eight (1989). He died on 20 March 2018 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
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Walter Grauman was born on 17 March 1922 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. He was a director and producer, known for The Old Man Who Cried Wolf (1970), Blue Light (1966) and I Deal in Danger (1966). He was married to Margaret (Peggy) Buckley Parker, Joan Taylor and Suzanne Carla Greenstone. He died on 20 March 2015 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Willigis Jäger was born on 7 March 1925 in Hösbach, Bavaria, Germany. He died on 20 March 2020 in Holzkirchen, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany.