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Roy Barraclough began his career as a draughtsman, taking time off to work as an entertainer in a holiday camp on the Isle of Wight. Combining his day job with local amateur theatre for several years, he was eventually offered a full-time acting contract by repertory theatre producer Nita Valerie with her company in Huddersfield. Barraclough regularly appeared on stage and at times played piano in the pit, including for comedian Hylda Baker.
Barraclough later joined the repertory company at Stoke (appearing alongside Ben Kingsley) and then Oldham in 1966, appearing alongside Barbara Knox and Anne Kirkbride, who later both became colleagues on Coronation Street (1960). Whilst at Oldham he made his first TV appearances for Granada Television, including Coronation Street in 1964.
In 1969, he was cast as Harry Everitt in Yorkshire Television's first soap opera Castle Haven with Kathy Staff as his on-screen wife. Although the soap only lasted a year, Barraclough became a regular guest actor on YTV shows. It was whilst having lunch in the canteen there that he was asked to stand in for a missing actor on the first series of The Les Dawson Show. It was the start of a working relationship which would last many years both at YTV and the BBC. Barraclough appeared in the Jack Rosenthal sitcom The Lovers (1970) playing a grumpy barman. He played a similar role in the Rising Damp episode ("Pink Carnations", 1978) and also appeared in ITV's sitcom George & Mildred (1976).
Throughout the 1970s, he formed a partnership with comedian Les Dawson. They played two grotesque old ladies '...of a certain age...', Dawson playing Ada Shufflebotham, Barraclough playing Cissie Braithwaite, the more 'refined' of the two. In 1972 he gained a legion of young fans in the memorable children's series Pardon My Genie (1972-73) as ironmonger Mr Cobbledick, Hal Adden was played by Ellis Jones.
Barraclough made occasional appearances in Coronation Street in 1972 and 1975, playing the rather sleazy Alec Gilroy, theatrical agent to night club singer Rita Littlewood. He returned permanently in 1986 and a marriage to Bet Lynch was included in his character's narrative. After several departures and comebacks, Barraclough finally left Coronation Street at the end of 1998.
Barraclough was later to appear in a sitcom, Mother's Ruin (1994), in which he played a bachelor dominated by his belligerent mother (Dora Bryan). He made a guest appearance in Last of the Summer Wine ("Has Anyone Seen A Peruvian Wart? 2005) playing opposite his friend Kathy Staff and appeared in a variety of TV shows including _Casualty_, Peak Practice (1994, 2001) and Funland (2005).
In 2009, he played the vicar in the BBC1 drama All the Small Things and from 2012 to 2013 he played Maurice in Last Tango in Halifax. In 2016 he played Mr Grainger in a reboot of Are You Being Served?. In 2001, he appeared on Lily Savage's Blankety Blank.
On stage, Barraclough appeared in everything from musicals (The Boy Friend and Gypsy) to high drama (Death of a Salesman and A Different Way Home) and Christmas shows and pantomimes. He created the role of Santa in the lavish stage musical Santa Claus, which he reprised for several Christmases.- Proficient in Greek and Latin and self-taught in classic literature, Sonja Sutter was a captivating actress who achieved dramatic depths on both stage and screen during a career which commenced in 1951. A banker's daughter, she had completed a rudimentary education in her home town (Freiburg) where she also made her theatrical debut. She was 'discovered' for the screen by Luis Trenker during an audition for a Heimatfilm and passed along to the director Slatan Dudow who gave her a pivotal role in his post-war drama Frauenschicksale (1952). Affiliated with both East and West German cinema, Sutter then appeared in several prestige pictures, including Das Schweigen im Walde (1955) and Die Barrings (1955). Not until five years later did she get another opportunity to demonstrate her talent as the titular star of Lissy (1957), directed by Konrad Wolf. This anti-fascist drama, chronicling the lives of a working class family in 1930's Berlin under the Nazis, became one of Wolf's most famous films and was also the high point of Sutter's film career. Perhaps too closely identified with a particular type of character, she received fewer film offers from the West in the 60's. The creation of the Berlin Wall effectively ended her association with DEFA. Returning to the stage, Sutter became an ensemble member of the iconic Vienna Burgtheater in 1959. Her tenure with the company lasted four decades, with as many as seventy leading roles to her repertoire. She also regularly performed at the Salzburg Festival, her roles ranging from Strindberg's "Queen Christina" and Schiller's "Intrigue and Love" (Kabale und Liebe) to Gute Werke in Hugo von Hofmannsthal's medieval play "Everyman". Towards the end of her career, she concentrated increasingly on TV work, often guesting as genteel ladies in popular crime shows like Tatort (1970), Derrick (1974) and The Old Fox (1977).
- In 1958, at the age of just seventeen, the beautiful Jose' Greci was chosen by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to play the role of the Virgin Mary in "Ben-Hur" which was to be filmed at Cinecitta Studios in Rome, thus assuring her of a great deal of publicity in newsreels and magazines of the day. Although international stardom surprisingly eluded her, she remained busy throughout the 1960s starring in low-budget Italian sword n' sandal epics, spy and crime thrillers and Television work. (See filmography below). Also used the pseudonym Carolyn Davys.
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John Peacock was born in 1945. He was a writer, known for Fox Mystery Theater (1984), Straight on Till Morning (1972) and School for Unclaimed Girls (1969). He died on 1 June 2017 in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, UK.- Bradley Metcalfe was born on 25 January 1924 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Barefoot Boy (1938), Westward Ho (1935) and The Millionaire Kid (1936). He died on 1 June 2017 in Rancho Santa Margarita, California, USA.
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- Actor
- Director
Tankred Dorst was born on 19 December 1925 in Oberlind, Thuringia, Germany. He was a writer and actor, known for Der Pott (1971), Eisenhans (1983) and Mosch (1980). He was married to Ursula Ehler. He died on 1 June 2017 in Berlin, Germany.- Hank Arredondo was born on 5 November 1937 in Tempe, Arizona, USA. He died on 1 June 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
- Jack McCloskey was born on 19 September 1925 in Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania, USA. He was married to Leslie. He died on 1 June 2017 in Savannah, Georgia, USA.
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Rose-Marie Taikon was born on 30 July 1926 in Tibro, Sweden. She was an actress, known for Smeder på luffen (1949) and Motorkavaljerer (1950). She died on 1 June 2017 in Härjedalen, Sweden.- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Kusum Gajmer is known for Deuta (1993), Kusume Rumal (1985) and Lahure (1989). Kusum was married to Ranjeet Gazmer. Kusum died on 1 June 2017 in Mumbai, India.- Director
- Writer
- Actor
Carles Capdevila was born on 13 August 1965 in Els Hostalets de Balenyà, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. He was a director and writer, known for Alguna pregunta més? (2004), Algunes imatges més (2004) and 7 de notícies (2001). He was married to Eva Piquer. He died on 1 June 2017 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.- David P. Goldstein was born on 13 December 1931 in Buffalo, New York, USA. David P. was married to Judy Anderson and Mariamne (Mimi) Lebeson Goldstein. David P. died on 1 June 2017 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
- Alois Mock was born on 10 June 1934 in Euratsfeld, Lower Austria, Austria. He was married to Edith. He died on 1 June 2017 in Vienna, Austria.
- Viviane Gauthier was born on 17 March 1918 in Haiti. She was an actress, known for Port-au-Prince, dimanche 4 janvier (2015) and 6 femmes d'exception (2011). She died on 1 June 2017 in Haiti.
- Rosa Taikon was born on 30 July 1926 in Tibro, Sweden. She was married to Bernd Janusch and Allan Widegren. She died on 1 June 2017 in Ytterhogdal, Hälsingland, Sweden.
- Roberto De Vicenzo was born on 14 April 1923 in Villa Ballester, San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was married to Delia. He died on 1 June 2017 in Ranelagh, Berazategui, Buenos Aires, Argentina.