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- Actress
- Director
Katsiaryna Shulha started working in theater in 2008 and in television a few years after. After starring in the short movie "Academy Girl", in 2011 she portrayed a young Angelica, Vasco's mother, in "La ragazza americana". She guest starred in many productions, such as "Immaturi - Il viaggio", "I Cesaroni", "Un passo dal cielo" and "Che Dio ci aiuti". She got her first main role in the TV series "Talent High School - Il sogno di Sofia", where she was Marion, the conceited daughter of the school principal.
Shulha also worked as a model, posing in 2012 for "Shampa Love" collection.- Polish-born Meyer Lansky emigrated to New York with his family and grew up in the Lower East Side. It was there that he ran into Bugsy Siegel, at the time a teenaged neighborhood gangster, and the two would remain lifelong friends. When Lansky saw the kinds of money Siegel was making from his various illegal activities--mainly gambling--he decided that this was the line of work for him. His specialty was the floating crap game, and he was so successful at that and other gambling schemes that he and Siegel soon controlled a large gang that was known as the Bugs and Meyer Mob. The gang's size, and Lansky's business acumen, attracted the attention of another local gangster, Lucky Luciano, who approached Lansky and invited him to participate in his idea of forming a national criminal syndicate. The Prohibition Era was a goldmine for Lansky and other gangsters, and he, Siegel and Luciano became incredibly wealthy from bootlegging, prostitution, drug smuggling, gambling and other rackets. In the 1930s Luciano's dream of a national crime commission became a reality, and Lansky was appointed to a seat on its board of directors. Lansky's specialty was financial matters and he proved to be a genius at laundering the mob's illegal profits and squeezing every last penny from its legal and illegal investments. When his friend Luciano was sent to prison, Lansky managed to get him an early release by ensuring his cooperation with the U.S. government in its preparation for the invasion of Sicily. After Luciano was deported to Italy, Lansky took over the management of his empire. Friendship only went so far in the mob, however. His good friend Siegel got into trouble by wasting millions of dollars of "wiseguy" money building Las Vegas, and when the decision was made to have him killed, Lansky went along with it.
In the 1950s Lansky formed a friendship with Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista, and the mob was given basically a blank check to run all the rackets in Cuba, especially the gambling casinos, prostitution and drug smuggling, with a large cut of the profits going to Batista. From Cuba Lansky spread his gambling and prostitution rackets to other South American countries, and even had a hand--although not a public one--in the casinos in Hong Kong and Macao. Lansky's fortunes began to wane, however, in the late 1960s when the U.S. government went after him for income tax evasion. He fled to Israel, and claimed citizenship there as a returning Jew. However, after legal wrangling with the Israeli government, Lansky's visa was revoked and he was deported back to the U.S. He stood trial, but managed to avoid conviction, reportedly because of his extensive political connections. He settled into a comfortable life in Miami, Florida, where he died of a heart attack in 1983. - Kurt Katch was born on 28 January 1896 in Grodno, Poland, Russian Empire [now Hrodna, Belarus]. He was an actor, known for The Seventh Cross (1944), The Mask of Dimitrios (1944) and The Mummy's Curse (1944). He was married to Hinda Ryfka Kleinlerer. He died on 14 August 1958 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Olga Korbut was born on 16 May 1955 in Grodno, Byelorussian SSR, USSR [now Hrodna, Belarus]. She is an actress, known for The Bronze (2015), When the Trees Fall (2018) and ABC's Wide World of Sports (1961). She has been married to Alex Voinich since 2001. She was previously married to Leonid Bortkevich.
- Actor
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
David Rubinoff was born on 13 September 1897 in Grodno, Poland, Russian Empire [now Hrodna, Belarus]. He was an actor, known for Thanks a Million (1935), You Can't Have Everything (1937) and Rubinoff and His Violin (1939). He was married to Darlene Azar. He died on 6 October 1986 in Columbus, Ohio, USA.- Phil Diskin was born on 22 November 1928 in Grodno, Poland [now Hrodna, Belarus]. He is an actor, known for Permanent Record (1988), The Bernie Mac Show (2001) and It Came from the Desert (1992).
- Semyon Semyonov was born in 1895 in Grodno, Russian Empire [now Hrodna, Belarus]. Semyon is known for The Adventures of the Three Reporters (1926), The Girl with the Hat Box (1927) and Vratar (1936). Semyon died in 1982 in Moscow, Soviet Union.
- Production Designer
- Art Department
- Actor
Ryszard Potocki was born in 1915 in Grodno, Poland, Russian Empire [now Hrodna, Belarus]. He was a production designer and actor, known for 5 i 1/2 Bladego Józka (1970), Night Train (1959) and Adventure in Marienstadt (1954). He died on 28 September 1975 in Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland.- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Writer
Maciej Kijowski was born on 1 January 1935 in Berezno, Nowogródzkie, Poland [now Berazhna, Hrodna Oblast, Belarus]. He was a cinematographer and writer, known for Drzwi w murze (1974), Orzel i reszka (1975) and Smarkula (1963). He died on 30 November 2017 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.- Director
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Writer
Viktor Eysymont was born on 20 December 1904 in Grodno, Poland, Russian Empire [now Hrodna, Belarus]. Viktor was a director and assistant director, known for Kreyser 'Varyag' (1947), The Girl from Leningrad (1941) and Aleksandr Popov (1949). Viktor died on 31 January 1964 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].- Aleksandr Dedyushko was a popular Russian actor also known as TV anchor, as member of the Russian show 'Dancing with the stars', as well as for his numerous roles in Russian war dramas.
He was born Aleksandr Viktorovich Dedyushko on May 20, 1962, in Volkovysk, Grodno province, Belorussia, Soviet Union (now Belarus). Young Dedyushko was fond of acting and dancing, he was member of a dancing ensemble at his school in Belorussia. From 1980 - 1983 he served as a Navy Marine in the Soviet Baltic Fleet. From 1984 - 1988 he studied acting at Nizhny Novgorod (Gorky City), graduating from Gorky Theatrical School in 1988 as an actor. From 1989 - 1995 he was member of the troupe at Vladimir City Theatre. There he married actress Svetlana Chernyshkova and the couple had one son.
From 1995 - 2000 Aleksandr Dedyushko was member of the troupe at Moscow art Theatre (MKhAT). During the 2000s Dedyushko was a popular TV anchor who led his own show, and also performed as a dancer in 'Dancing with the stars'. Besides being a professional actor, dancer and singer, he was skilled at horseback riding, fencing, martial arts, and boxing. Aleksandr Dedyushko with his wife and son were killed in a car accident on a slippery ice-covered road on November 3, 2007, in Petushki, Vladimir province, East of Moscow, Russia. - Jerzy Gniewkowski was born on 6 May 1938 in Grodno, Bialostockie, Poland [now Hrodna, Belarus]. He was an actor, known for The Beads of One Rosary (1980), Blisko, coraz blizej (1983) and Podróz Luizy (1981). He died on 20 February 2012 in Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland.
- Music Department
Walerian Bierdiajew was born on 7 March 1885 in Grodno, Poland, Russian Empire [now Hrodna, Belarus]. Walerian is known for Warszawska premiera (1951). Walerian died on 28 November 1956 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.- Ivan Edeshko was born on 25 March 1945 in Stetski, Grodno Oblast, Byelorussian SSR, USSR [now Hrodna Voblast, Belarus].
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Karol Rómmel was born on 23 May 1888 in Grodno, Poland, Russian Empire [now Hrodna, Belarus]. He was an actor, known for Knights of the Teutonic Order (1960), Tarpany (1962) and Milczenie (1963). He died on 7 March 1967 in Sopot, Pomorskie, Poland.- Writer
- Music Department
Leszek Mech was born on 4 October 1933 in Grodno, Bialostockie, Poland [now Hrodna, Belarus]. He was a writer, known for Noworoczna noc (1965), Bolek i Lolek na Dzikim Zachodzie (1986) and Bolek i Lolek (1963). He died on 25 July 2004 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Actor
- Director
Romuald Drobaczynski was born on 12 November 1930 in Mir, Nowogródzkie, Poland [now Mir, Hrodna Voblast, Belarus]. He was an assistant director and actor, known for Miasteczko (1960), Guests Are Coming (1962) and Kazimierz Wielki (1976). He died on 19 June 2012 in Gdansk, Pomorskie, Poland.- Raphael Klatchkin was born on 15 January 1905 in Grodno, Poland, Russian Empire [now Hrodna, Belarus]. He was an actor, known for Zot Hi Ha'aretz (1935), Pioneers of Palestine (1933) and Tel Aviv Taxi (1956). He died on 27 May 1987 in Tel Aviv, Israel.
- Director
- Actor
Nikolai Lukyanov was born on 5 September 1949 in Volkovysk, Grodno Oblast, Byelorussian SSR, USSR [now Vawkavysk, Hrodna Oblast, Belarus]. He was a director and actor, known for V profil i anfas (1977), Chelovek iz chyornoi Volgi (1990) and Yurka - syn komandira (1985). He died on 21 September 2008 in Minsk, Belarus.- Myron Cohen was born on 1 July 1902 in Grodno, Poland, Russian Empire [now Hrodna, Belarus]. He was an actor and writer, known for On Location: Myron Cohen Revisited (1978), On Location: Myron Cohen (1976) and When Nature Calls (1985). He was married to Miriam Hyman. He died on 10 March 1986 in Nyack, New York, USA.
- Cinematographer
Romuald Farat was born on 11 May 1937 in Grodno, Bialostockie, Poland [now Hrodna, Belarus]. Romuald was a cinematographer, known for Maailman paras paikka (1979), Henryk I (1995) and Polacy w bitwie o Anglie (2005). Romuald died on 9 March 1999 in Poland.- Composer
- Music Department
- Actor
Jerzy Maksymiuk was born in 1936 in the Polish city of Grodno, which after World War II became part of Belarus. His family moved to Bialystok during the war in order to escape from the Russians. The parents, who got divorced when he was 15, were uneducated farmers. Jerzy started his musical education in Bialystok and then moved to Warsaw, where he graduated from the State Academy of Music. He took classes in playing the piano, composing and conducting. Maksymiuk was introduced into the world of films by his cousin, director Czeslaw Petelski, who gave him his first job in the business. For over 30 years Jerzy Maksymiuk was the composer and/or conductor of nearly 100 Polish films. Today Maksymiuk is best known in Poland as well as abroad as an extremely gifted and hard-working conductor. He was responsible for creating the world-famous Polish Chamber Orchestra (Polska Orkiestra Kameralna). After working as its conductor for 13 years, he became the conductor of the prestigious BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. His successful work in Glasgow took him another 13 years.- Jolanta Wollejko was born on 15 September 1942 in Grodno, Bialostockie, Poland [now Hrodna, Belarus]. She is an actress, known for Nowy (1970), Love at Twenty (1962) and Punkty za pochodzenie (1983).
- Writer
- Music Department
Wiktor Woroszylski was born on 8 June 1927 in Grodno, Bialostockie, Poland [now Hrodna, Belarus]. He was a writer, known for I ty zostaniesz Indianinem (1962), Television Theater (1953) and Mniejszy szuka Duzego (1976). He died on 13 September 1996 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.- Composer
- Soundtrack
Shaul Berezowski was born in 1908 in Grodno, Poland, Russian Empire [now Hrodna, Belarus]. He was a composer, known for Two Kuni Lemel (1966), It Will Never Happen Again (1951) and The Jewish People Live (1947). He died in 1976 in Tel Aviv, Israel.- Director
- Writer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Wadim Berestowski was born on 25 December 1917 in Grodno, Poland [now Hrodna, Belarus]. He was a director and writer, known for Dzieci z naszej szkoly (1968), Rancho Texas (1959) and Tajemnica dzikiego szybu (1956). He died on 24 December 1992 in Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland.- Additional Crew
- Production Manager
Oscar Serlin was born on 30 January 1901 in Yalovka, Belarus, Russian Empire [now Hrodna Voblast, Belarus]. He was a production manager, known for I Walk Alone (1947), Life with Father (1947) and The City (1939). He was married to Jane Fortune, Jane Udell and Babette Block. He died on 27 February 1971 in New York City, New York, USA.- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Producer
Jolanta Rodziewicz was born on 23 April 1939 in Grodno, Bialostockie, Poland [now Hrodna, Belarus]. She is an assistant director and producer, known for Theatre Macabre (1971), Czerwone i zlote (1969) and Gra (1969).