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- Early in her career, in 1938, Joan Tompkins played opposite Henry Fonda in a run of plays in White Plains, New York. She later became well known on radio in the role of Nora Drake. During her long years in radio, she also acted on Broadway in "Pride and Prejudice", "My Sister Eileen" and many other plays. Joan met the actor Karl Swenson, "the man of a thousand voices", in the radio studio and later married him. Later, they moved to southern California and founded an acting company in Beverly Hills, with Karl directing and Joan acting. After Karl's death in 1978, Joan retired into a new career. She established a writing group. She wrote several books, herself, and was an insightful critic and a voice of encouragement to the group members, who themselves published many books. She died on January 29, 2005, at her home in Orange County, California, at the age of 89, and was survived by four stepsons, their children and grandchildren.
- Ron Feinberg was born on 10 October 1932 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Defenders of the Earth (1986), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987) and Thunder and Lightning (1977). He was married to Diana Frothingham. He died on 29 January 2005 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Toni Berger was born on 27 March 1921 in Munich, Germany. He was an actor, known for Zwei Münchner in Hamburg (1989), Zur Freiheit (1987) and Unsere Schule ist die Beste (1994). He was married to Gertraud. He died on 29 January 2005 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.- Director
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Zivorad 'Zika' Mitrovic was born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, in 1921. He belongs to the first generation of post-WW2 directors, and began directing in 1946. His first film was a documentary about the National Army rally named Nove pobede (1946). After this feature, he made a series of shorts (Prve svetlosti (1949), Zemlja je cekala traktor (1951), Prizrenski motivi (1952) and Pozari u gradu (1953)).
Mitrovic was one of the most productive directors in the history of Yugoslav cinema, and by 1986 he had made 20 feature films, including _Esalon doktora M (1953)_ and Captain Lechi (1960). This latter film lead to great success and popularity for both Mitrovic and the star Aleksandar Gavric, and spawned a sequel, Obracun (1962).
Mitrovic made several historic films but also tackled contemporary subjects within the crime genre. His famous urban crime films are Poslednji kolosek (1956), Noz (1967) and Murder Commited in a Sly and Cruel Manner and from Low Motives (1969). He also made two spectacular war epics Mars na Drinu (1964) and _Uzicka republika (1974)_. The first film is considered noteworthy because it portrays the heroics of the Serbian Royal Army in WW1; communist authorities used to forbid even faint mentions of the subject, so even the production of this film remains a secret to this day. One of the rare non-action films in his opus is Savamala (1982), an acclaimed period piece about life in Belgrade in 1936. Mitrovic's work won many national and international awards.- Ron Tomme was born on 24 October 1931 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Dallas (1978), Love of Life (1951) and Ryan's Hope (1975). He was married to Jennifer Ann Dumanois. He died on 29 January 2005 in New York City, New York, USA.
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Darryl Armstrong was born on 6 May 1982 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. He was an actor, known for Queer as Folk (2000), The Cafe (2007) and Degrassi: The Next Generation (2001). He died on 29 January 2005 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.- Writer
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His father was the director of a bank. After graduating from high school, Hoffmann began studying art history and sculpture in Budapest. During the Nazi occupation of Hungary he was deported to Poland. From there he managed to escape and return to his homeland in an adventurous way before the end of the war in 1945. In 1949 he fled again, this time from Hungary to Israel. There he initially lived in a kibbutz, where he became familiar with the new language and developed his first literary activities, some of which already appeared in the daily press. Following the kibbutz experience, Kishon moved to Tel Aviv, where he continued writing and running a cabaret.
Kishon moved to Switzerland in the spring of 1981, where he lived for a short time in the canton of Appenzell and wrote his autobiography there. The writer's work consists primarily of satires that have been translated worldwide and have found an audience of millions in Germany since the beginning of the 1960s. His satirical plays "Der Blaumilchkanal" (1974) and "Es war die Lerche" (1977) were outstanding. Kishon also wrote the scripts for popular radio and television plays and occasionally directed them. In 1992, the German premiere of his comedy "Kein Wort zu Morgenstern" took place in St. Pölten under his direction. He also wrote and directed the comedy series "Sarah and Ephraim - Kishon's best family stories", which was shown on the private broadcaster Super-RTL in 1998. Kishon's other films included "Ervinka" and "Sleep Well, Sergeant".
There are also numerous film adaptations of the satirist's literary works. In political terms, Kishon repeatedly spoke out against anti-Israel campaigns and also against communism, which he took issue with in 1990 in "Ingratitude is the World's Wages". In 1997, his satirical novel "My Comb" conquered the international bestseller lists. After Kishon's second wife Sara Lipovitz died in 2002, he married the Austrian Lisa Witasek a year later for his third marriage. The writer had three children from his marriage to Sara. Kishon's literary life's work consisted of over 50 books that were translated into 37 languages. The worldwide circulation of his writings has already reached 43 million copies, with the German-language editions taking a top spot at 32 million.
The "Family Stories" are now considered the best-selling Hebrew book in the world - next to the Bible. Kishon was honored with numerous prizes such as the Order Against Animal Seriousness (1978), the Nobel Prize for Humor (1981) and the Karl Valentin Order (1984). In 1985 he received the Golden Camera. He went on to win three Golden Globes. A collection of political satires followed under the title Whoever believes it will be blessed (2000). In 2002, the State of Israel honored the writer with the Israel Prize, the country's highest honor, for his life's work. In the summer of 2004, on the occasion of Kishon's 80th birthday, the German publisher Langen Müller published the anniversary edition "All Novels", which includes Kishon's prose works.
Ephraim Kishon died on January 29, 2005 in Appenzell. He was buried in Tel Aviv.- Editor
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Hélène Viard was an editor and assistant director, known for Queen Margot (1994), Van Gogh (1991) and Police (1985). She died on 29 January 2005.- Olga Yukina was born on 23 October 1953 in Moscow, USSR. She was an actress, known for Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors (1963) and Frosty (1965). She died on 29 January 2005 in Moscow, Russia.
- Sheryl Hackett was born on 4 May 1959 in Bridgetown, Barbados. She died on 29 January 2005 in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
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Tricia Goken was born on 16 November 1969 in Minnesota, USA. She is known for Alias (2001), Dischord (2001) and Second to Die (2002). She died on 29 January 2005 in Hollywood, Maryland, USA.- Harold Heifetz was born on 13 April 1919. He was an actor, known for Wagon Train (1957). He died on 29 January 2005 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.
- Chad Matz was born on 10 January 1973 in Reading, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Laurel Avenue (1993). He died on 29 January 2005 in Grapevine, Texas, USA.
- Eric Griffiths was born on 31 October 1940 in Denbigh, Wales, UK. He was a writer, known for Saturday Review (1986) and The Beatles: A Long and Winding Road (2003). He was married to Relda ?. He died on 29 January 2005 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, UK.
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Brian Russell was born on 8 October 1925 in Harrison, New Jersey, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for The Annihilators (1985), Claws (1977) and Beyond Death's Door (1979). He died on 29 January 2005.- Bill Shadel was born on 31 July 1908 in Milton, Wisconsin, USA. He was married to Julie Strouse and Marion Kocher. He died on 29 January 2005 in Renton, Washington, USA.
- Pertti Pesonen was born on 22 April 1930 in Tampere, Finland. He died on 29 January 2005.
- Uli Märkle was born in 1938 in Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Uli was a producer, known for Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker (1959), Gala from Berlin (1977) and Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3 'Eroica' (1984). Uli died on 29 January 2005 in Vienna, Austria.
- Ernst Muller was born on 3 November 1933 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for New York Stories (1989) and For Our Man (2002). He died on 29 January 2005 in Long Island, New York, USA.