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John Gavin, the American film and TV actor, businessman and diplomat who was Ronald Reagan's first Ambassador to Mexico, was born Juan Vincent Apablasa in Los Angeles, California.
The future "Jack" Gavin was a fifth-generation Angeleno, the son of Delia Diana Pablos and Juan Vincent Apablasa, and was of Mexican, Chilean, and Spanish ancestry, a descendant of early landowners in Spanish California and the powerful Pablos family of the Mexican state of Sonora. His stepfather was Herald Ray Golenor. John had a fluency in Spanish that aided him in his career in diplomacy. He graduated with honors from Stanford University, majoring in Latin American economic history. "Law, Latin America and diplomacy were my early interests," Gavin later remembered. Too young to participate in World War II, he did serve in the military during the Korean Conflict. He was commissioned an officer in the U.S. Navy in 1952, where he served in naval air intelligence until his 1955 discharge. After his hitch in the Navy, Universal -- the home studio of 6'5" heartthrob Rock Hudson, who was on his way to becoming the top box office star in America -- offered the 6'4" Gavin a screen-test and a contract with the studio. Studio bosses always liked internal competition to keep the pressure on their major stars; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer signed Robert Taylor as a young backup to the King of Hollywood Clark Gable, and similarly, Gavin was positioned as the "next Rock Hudson".
Tall, dark and handsome, Gavin debuted in Behind the High Wall (1956), and three years later, in 1959, he had his first major lead in Douglas Sirk's remake of Imitation of Life (1959) opposite Lana Turner. Sirk, whose Ross Hunter-produced melodramas of the mid-1950's made Hudson a superstar, first directed Gavin in the role of a German soldier in his adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque's A Time to Love and a Time to Die (1958) the year before. Imitation of Life (1959), which was produced by Ross Hunter in his typical lavish style, was a huge hit. Gavin was on the road to becoming a major Hudson-style heart-throb, it seemed.
The following year, Gavin achieved cinematic immortality by appearing in two classics in supporting roles, as Sam Loomis in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960) and as Julius Caesar in Stanley Kubrick's Spartacus (1960). Of Psycho (1960) and Spartacus (1960), he has said, "I didn't have an inkling they would be classics. Had I realized that, perhaps I would have paid more attention." The momentum of his cinema career petered out after appearing opposite Susan Hayward in the 1961 remake of Fannie Hurst's Back Street (1961), though he did move on to star in two television series during the 1960s, Destry (1964) and Convoy (1965). Both series were produced by companies that were subsidiaries of the Universal-M.C.A., Revue Studios and Universal TV, created by the legendary agent and studio boss Lew Wasserman, the éminence grise behind Ronald Reagan's movie, TV and political careers. More importantly, in 1961, he was appointed special adviser to the secretary general of the Organization of American States, a position he held until 1973. He also performed task-group work for the Department of State and the Executive Office of the President. From 1966 to 1973, he also served on the board of the Screen Actors Guild and was guild president from 1971-1973. For the next eight years, he was engaged in business activities, many of which took him to Mexico and other Latin American countries. The producers of the James Bond series signed him to replace George Lazenby as James Bond in Diamonds Are Forever (1971), until they convinced Sean Connery to reprise the role with a $1 million charitable contribution and a $1 million salary. Thus, Gavin lost out on what could have been his career break into the big-time. However, he did not lament the loss of the role. If he had been a more successful actor, it "might have prevented me from fulfilling my real childhood dream: to be U.S. ambassador to Mexico."
During the 1970s, Gavin made some more movies, toured in summer stock in a production of The Fantasticks (Gavin has a fine baritone voice), and appeared on Broadway and in the touring show of the musical Seesaw (1973). He ended the decade by starring in TV mini-series Doctors' Private Lives (1979); he left show business to pursue business interests. The 1980s brought America a new president, and on May 7, 1981, Republican Gavin was appointed Ambassador to Mexico by President Reagan, serving until June 10, 1986. The American diplomatic mission in Mexico, one of the largest in the world, employed more than 1,000 American and Mexican employees tasked by over a dozen U.S. government agencies in consulates and offices throughout Mexico.
Gavin married the former stage and television actress Constance Towers in 1974. Each partner had two children from previous marriages. Gavin's daughter, Christina Gavin, followed in his footsteps and became an actress.
Since leaving government service, Gavin has become a successful businessman and civic leader, co-founding and managing successful ventures in the U.S. and Latin America. In 1986, Gavin was named president of Univisa Satellite Communications, a subsidiary of Univisa, Inc. He is founder/chairman of Gamma Holdings and serves on the boards of Apex Mortgage Capital, International Wire Holdings, and KKFC. Inc, and is a trustee and director of certain Merrill Lynch mutual funds. He is also a member of the Latin America Strategy Board of Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst. Previously he was a managing director and partner of Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst (Latin America) as well as a director of Atlantic Richfield (where he had served as vice president of federal and international relations). He also served on the boards of Dresser Industries, Claxson and several other major corporations. Gavin also serves on the boards of several non-profit corporations, pro bono, including The Anderson Graduate School of Management at UCLA, Loyola Marymount University, and the California Community Foundation. Gavin also is a member of the Congressional Policy Advisory Board as a defense and foreign policy expert.
Gavin served as founding Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Century Council's from May 1991 until December 1994, then served on the Council's Advisory Board until 1996. The Century Council, a non-profit organization dedicated to fighting alcohol abuse, focuses on drunk driving and underage drinking problems and is supported by America's leading distillers.
John died on February 9, 2018 in Beverly Hills.- Actress
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Alicia Hermida was born on 26 September 1932 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain. She was an actress and writer, known for Cuéntame cómo pasó (2001), El hombre de la nevera (1993) and The Enchanted Forest (1987). She was married to Jaime Losada. She died on 9 February 2022 in Villanueva de la Cañada, Madrid, Spain.- Ana María Cachito was born in 1933 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was an actress, known for La mujer de tu prójimo (1966), Ahorro y préstamo... para el amor (1965) and Villa Cariño (1967). She died on 9 February 2023.
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André Wilms was born on 29 April 1947 in Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, France. He was an actor, known for Le Havre (2011), The Bohemian Life (1992) and Auntie Danielle (1990). He was married to Evelyne Didi. He died on 9 February 2022 in Paris, France.- Actress
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Angela Greene was born on 24 February 1921 in Dublin, Ireland. She was an actress, known for Night of the Blood Beast (1958), The Time, the Place and the Girl (1946) and King of the Bandits (1947). She was married to Stuart Warren Martin. She died on 9 February 1978 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Bentong was born on 12 January 1964 in Tabaco, Albay, Philippines. He was an actor, known for Ikaw lamang hanggang ngayon (2002), Jologs (2002) and Yes, It's Loved If Loved (1999). He was married to Cecille Bernal. He died on 9 February 2019 in Quezon City, Philippines.
- Betty Davis was born on 26 July 1944 in Durham, North Carolina, USA. She was married to Miles Davis. She died on 9 February 2022 in Homestead, Pennsylvania, USA.
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William John Clifton Haley - better known as Bill Haley, leader of the first-ever rock & roll band The Comets - is probably the greatest musical pioneer of the 20th century. He was the first white artist to record a rhythm & blues hit - the 1951 "Rocket 88" for Dave Miller's subsidiary label Holiday - and scored a rockabilly hit in 1952 with "Rock The Joint" (Essex) long before the term was known and the style was adopted by Sam Phillips on Sun Records, when Phillips recorded artists like Elvis Presley and Charlie Feathers. In 1953 Haley entered the Billboard & Cashbox Top 20 with his composition "Crazy Man Crazy". Some historians believe this song is the first rock & roll record, and other historians disagree, but there's no doubt that it was definitely the first to enter the pop charts. In 1954 Haley enjoyed two million-sellers with "Dim Dim The Lights" and "Shake, Rattle & Roll" for the major label Decca (now MCA). His recording of "Rock Around The Clock" was used in the MGM movie Blackboard Jungle (1955) starring Glenn Ford and a young Sidney Poitier, as well as the underrated Vic Morrow, who was heavily criticized for his allegedly Marlon Brando-like performance, but who was just doing what most every young actor in the US--including James Dean, who oddly enough was never criticized for it--did, which was display Brando's at the time refreshing rebelliousness. It gave Haley his first #1 hit, which at this writing is the greatest-selling single record of all time. From 1955 to 1960 Haley enjoyed 22 Top 30 Hits and appeared in four movies - a short called Round Up of Rhythm (1954), then Rock Around the Clock (1956) and Don't Knock the Rock (1956), and in a German film, Hier bin ich - hier bleib' ich (1959) alongside Caterina Valente, with whom he sang the duet "Viva La Rock & Roll".
In 1960 Haley, embroiled in major legal problems relating to his divorce, fled to Mexico, where he became known as the "Spanish King Of Twist" and had a best-selling record in Latin America with "Florida Twist". He also starred in three movies there, before having a major worldwide comeback in 1968, when "Rock Around The Clock" made the international charts again, scoring #1 in England and the UK. In 1970 he recorded an artistically highly successful album in Nashville entitled "Rock Around The Country" (Sonet), and starred in the Peter Clifton-directed The London Rock and Roll Show (1973) along with Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley and Little Richard. He appeared in Let the Good Times Roll (1973) and toured extensively with the Richard Nader Revival Package Shows. He also recorded the theme song for the hit TV series Happy Days (1974) starring Henry Winkler and Ron Howard. In 1976 his saxophonist for 25 years, Rudy Pompilli, died of lung cancer; after that Haley retired for three years. "I was out of the business for the past three years," he explained, "because my saxophone player died. We were together for 25 years, and we had a pact--if he died first I would stop playing, and if I died first he would not play. But now I feel the mourning period is over, and I'm about 80% ready to go back on the road." In 1979 he toured the UK and Germany, also playing a command performance for the Queen. It was at this time that he was diagnosed with a brain tumor, and a few years later, on February 9 1981, he passed away after a tour of South Africa. Currently there are four bands playing under "The Comets" banner, one being the official one led by Al Rappa, who is the only musician of this lineup who has any Haley connection, having played bass for him between 1959 and 1969. Another band is led by Joe E. Rand, who once fronted a Comet lineup consisting of musicians who actually played with Haley. A third band feature drummer John "Bam Bam" Lane, who worked for Haley between 1962 and 1969. The "original" band, however, is still playing, and consists of Englishman Jacko Buddin doing a nice job on the Haley vocals and featuring all the original Comets: Franny Beecher (lead guitar), Joey Ambrose (sax), Dick Richards (drums) and Marshall Lytle (double bass), and they recently recorded an outstanding album for the Las Vegas based Rollin Rock label of Ronny Weiser. They're still rocking around the clock !!!- Actor
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Cadet was born on 2 March 1990 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Support Me (2020), Shiro's Story Part 2 (2018) and Shiro's Story Part 3 (2018). He died on 9 February 2019 in Staffordshire, England, UK.- Candace Maria Rummel was born in 1959 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. She was an actress, known for AWA: WrestleRock (1986), Circle of Champions the History of Woman's Pro Wrestling and SuperClash '85 (1985). She was married to Tom Peters. She died on 9 February 2022 in the USA.
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Chick Corea was born Armando Anthony Corea on June 12, 1941, in Chelsea, Massachussetts, USA. He began studying piano at the age of four. He started professional career with Cab Calloway, then continued with the bands of Mongo Santamaria, trumpeter Blue Mitchell, flutist Herbie Mann and saxophonist Stan Getz. Chick Corea made his recording debut as a leader with 'Tones for Joan's Bones' (1966). In 1967, he accompanied 'Sarah Vaughan' and also performed with Dizzy Gillespie. From 1968-1970, he played piano and keyboards with Miles Davis on five albums and numerous live performances, including the August 1970 appearance at the Isle of White Festival in England, captured by director Murray Lerner in his documentary, Miles Electric: A Different Kind of Blue (2004).
Chick Corea is regarded as one of the most prolific composers and recording artists of the 20th century. His albums 'Return to Forever' (1972), 'Light as a Feather' (1972), 'Hymn to the Seventh Galaxy' (1973), and Grammy-winning 'Romantic Warrior' (1976), are among the recordings that defined the style of jazz-rock. Mr. Corea has been a multi-faceted performer with a hand in every music style, ranging from the classical piano concertos by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to acoustic and electronic experiments with fusion, cross-style, and cross-genre performances. During the 1980's and 1990's, he performed and recorded with his Akoustic Band and Elektric Band. He also wrote several film scores and other music commissions. Chick Corea is widely-acclaimed for his virtuosity on the piano as well as for his highly original music compositions.
Chick Corea was awarded nine Grammy Awards for his recordings. His most popular composition "Spain" has been performed and recorded by many other musicians across the world. Chick Corea is a leader of his own band and performs over a 100 live concerts a year.- Additional Crew
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Craig MacGregor is known for The Gift (1991), A Question of Sport (1970) and The Play on One (1988).- David Gistau was born on 19 June 1970 in Madrid, Spain. He died on 9 February 2020 in Madrid, Spain.
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His father was an insurance executive; his mother died when he was four. He attended Western Michigan University then worked as a statistician in Cleveland where he joined a Shakespeare repertory company. Two years later he had a minor role in "The American Way" in New York. He was rejected by the army in World War II but volunteered as an ambulance driver in North Africa. He returned to critical acclaim on Broadway (Arthur Miller, Eugene O'Neill). He was the earned a Tony award for acting ("Finian's Rainbow", 1947) for Best Featured Actor in a Musical. He moved to Los Angeles in 1977 though his movie credits go back to Portrait of Jennie (1948) and Adam's Rib (1949). Among his many television roles were a bank official in his own comedy series, Norby (1955), James Merrick, a heart patient in the episode Heartbeat (1957), the part of Inspector Queen in the Manfred Lee's Ellery Queen (1975) series and of "Digger" Barnes in Dallas (1978). In his last feature film, he played an inquisitive but slightly senile train conductor in the irreverent comedy, " Finders Keepers"(1985).- Delizia Adamo was born on 23 June 1952 in Mons, Belgium. She died on 9 February 2020.
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Ed Sabol was born on 11 September 1916 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA. He was a producer and director, known for NFL Monday Night Matchup (1985), The Football Follies (1968) and The Son of the Football Follies (1976). He was married to Audrey Sabol. He died on 9 February 2015 in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA.- Edwin McDonough was born in 1943 in Milton, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for Kinsey (2004), Hanky Panky (1982) and Reversal of Fortune (1990). He was married to Patricia Shannon McNally. He died on 9 February 2016 in Needham, Massachusetts, USA.
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Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky was born on November 11, 1821, in Moscow, Russia. He was the second of seven children of Mikhail Andreevich and Maria Dostoevsky. His father, a doctor, was a member of the Russian nobility, owned serfs and had a considerable estate near Moscow where he lived with his family. It's believed that he was murdered by his own serfs in revenge for the violence he would commit against them while in drunken rages. As a child Fyodor was traumatized when he witnessed the rape of a young female serf and suffered from epileptic seizures. He was sent to a boarding school, where he studied sciences, languages and literature. He was devastated when his favorite writer, Alexander Pushkin, was killed in a duel in St. Petersburg in 1837. That same year Dostoevsky's mother died, and he moved to St. Petersburg. There he graduated from the Military Engineering Academy, and served in the Tsar's government for a year.
Dostoevsky was active in St. Petersburg literary life; he grew out of his early influence by Nikolay Gogol, translated "Eugenia Grande" by Honoré de Balzac in 1844 and published his own first novel, "Poor Folk", in 1845, and became friends with Ivan Turgenev and Nikolai A. Nekrasov, but it ended abruptly after they criticized his writing. At that time he became indirectly involved in a revolutionary movement, for which he was arrested in 1849, convicted of treason and sentenced to death. His execution was scheduled for a freezing winter day in St. Petersburg, and at the appointed hour he was blindfolded and ordered to stand before the firing squad, waiting to be shot. The execution was called off at the last minute, however, and his sentence was commuted to a prison term and exile in Siberia, where his health declined amid increased epileptic seizures. After serving ten years in prison and exile, he regained his title in the nobility and returned to St. Petersburg with permission from the Tsar. He abandoned his formerly liberal views and became increasingly conservative and religious. That, however, didn't stop him from developing an acute gambling problem, and he accumulated massive gambling debts.
In 1862, after returning from his first major tour of Western Europe, Dostoevsky wrote that "Russia needs to be reformed, by learning the new ideas that are developing in Europe." On his next trip to Europe, in 1863, he spent all of his money on a manipulative woman, A. Suslova, went on a losing gambling spree, returned home flat broke and sank into a depression. At that time he wrote "Notes from Underground" (1864), preceding existentialism in literature. His first wife died in 1864, after six years of a childless marriage, and he adopted her son from her previous marriage. Painful experiences caused him to fall further into depression, but it was during this period that he wrote what many consider his finest work: "Crime and Punishment" (1866).
After completion of "The Gambler" (1867), the 47-year-old Dostoevsky married his loyal friend and literary secretary, 20-year-old Anna Snitkina, and they had four children. His first baby died at three months of age, causing him to sink further into depression and triggering more epileptic seizures. At that time Dostoevsky expressed his disillusionment with the Utopian ideas in his novels "The Idiot" (1868) and "The Devils" (aka "The Possessed") (1871), where the "devils" are destructive people, such as revolutionaries and terrorists. Dostoevsky was the main speaker at the opening of the monument to Alexander Pushkin in 1880, calling Pushkin a "wandering Russian, searching for universal happiness". In his final great novel, "The Brothers Karamazov" (1880), Dostoevsky revealed the components of his own split personality, depicted in four main characters; humble monk Alyosha, compulsive gambler Dmitri, rebellious intellectual Ivan, and their cynical father Fyodor Karamazov.
Dostoevsky died on February 9, 1881, of a lung hemorrhage caused by emphysema and epileptic seizures. He lived his entire life under the pall of epilepsy, much like the mythical "Sword of Damocles", and was fearless in telling the truth. His writings are an uncanny reflection on his own life - the fate of a genius in Russia.- Actor
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American character actor, the most famous of Western-movie sidekicks of the 1930s and 1940s. He was born May 7, 1885, the third of seven children, in the Hayes Hotel (owned by his father) in the tiny hamlet of Stannards, New York, on the outskirts of Wellsville, New York. Hayes was the son of hotelier and oil-production manager Clark Hayes, and grew up in Stannards. As a young man, George Hayes worked in a circus and played semi-pro baseball while a teenager. He ran away from home at 17, in 1902, and joined a touring stock company. He married Olive Ireland in 1914 and the pair became quite successful on the vaudeville circuit. Retired in his 40s, he lost much of his money in the 1929 stock market crash and was forced to return to work. Although he had made his film debut in a single appearance prior to the crash, it was not until his wife convinced him to move to California and he met producer Trem Carr that he began working steadily in the medium. He played scores of roles in Westerns and non-Westerns alike, finally in the mid-1930s settling in to an almost exclusively Western career. He gained fame as Hopalong Cassidy's sidekick Windy Halliday in many films between 1936-39. Leaving the Cassidy films in a salary dispute, he was legally precluded from using the "Windy" nickname, and so took on the sobriquet "Gabby", and was so billed from about 1940. One of the few sidekicks to land on the annual list of Top Ten Western Boxoffice Stars, he did so repeatedly. In his early films, he alternated between whiskered comic-relief sidekicks and clean-shaven bad guys, but by the later 1930s, he worked almost exclusively as a Western sidekick to stars such as John Wayne, Roy Rogers, and Randolph Scott. After his last film, in 1950, he starred as the host of a network television show devoted to stories of the Old West for children, The Gabby Hayes Show (1950). Offstage an elegant and well-appointed connoisseur and man-about-town, Hayes devoted the final years of his life to his investments. He died of cardiovascular disease in Burbank, California, on February 9, 1969.- Composer
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Ian McDonald was born on 25 June 1946 in London, England, UK. He was a composer and actor, known for Children of Men (2006), Power Rangers (2017) and Buffalo '66 (1998). He died on 9 February 2022 in New York City, New York, USA.- Actor
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A classical actor (and founding member in 1960 of the Royal Shakespeare Company), Richardson earned international fame as the villainous Francis Urquart in the BBC television trilogy, "House of Cards." Uttered in a cut-glass accent, the Machiavellian Prime Minister's sly "You might well think that ... I couldn't possibly comment" became a catchphrase when the series was broadcast in the 1990s. Richardson's contributions to his art were honored in 1989 when he was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE.) Fittingly, his family had his ashes buried beneath the auditorium of the new Royal Shakespeare theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon.
Born the son of John and Margaret (Drummond) Richardson on April 7, 1934, he was educated at Tynecastle School in Edinburgh, and studied for the stage at the College of Dramatic Art in Glasgow, where he was awarded the James Bridie Gold Medal in 1957. He joined the Birmingham Repertory Theatre Company a year later where he played Hamlet as well as John Worthing in "The Importance of being Earnest." In 1960 he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company (then called the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre) and drew excellent notices for his work in "The Merchant of Venice," "Twelfth Night," "The Winter's Tale," "Much Ado About Nothing," "A Midsummer Night's Dream," "The Taming of the Shrew," "The Comedy of Errors" and "King Lear", among others. In 1964 Richardson played the role of the Herald before advancing to the title role of Jean-Paul Marat in the stunning, avant-garde RSC production of "Marat-Sade". In addition, he made his Broadway debut in said role at the very end of 1965, and recreated it to critical acclaim in Peter Brooks' film adaptation with Glenda Jackson as murderess Charlotte Corday. Richardson also went on to replay Oberon in a lukewarm film version of RSC's A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968) that nevertheless bore an elite company of Britain's finest pre-Dames -- Judi Dench, Helen Mirren and Diana Rigg. One of his lower film points during that time period, however, was appearing in the huge musical movie misfire Man of La Mancha (1972) in the role of the Padre opposite Peter O'Toole and Sophia Loren.
Richardson was never far from the Shakespearean stage after his induction into films with majestic portraits of Coriolanus, Pericles, Richard II, Richard III, Cassius ("Julius Caesar"), Malcolm ("Macbeth"), Angelo ("Measure for Measure"), Prospero ("The Tempest") and Mercutio ("Romeo and "Juliet") paving the way. Elsewhere on Broadway he received a Drama Desk Award and Tony nomination for his splendid Henry Higgins in a revival of "My Fair Lady" in 1976, and was part of the cast of the short-lived (12 performances) production of "Lolita" (1981), written by Edward Albee and starring Donald Sutherland as Humbert Humbert.
Customary of many talented Scots, Richardson would find his best on-camera roles in plush, intelligent TV mini-series. On the Shakespearean front he appeared in TV adaptations of As You Like It (1963), All's Well That Ends Well (1968) and Much Ado About Nothing (1978). After delivering highly capable performances as Field-Marshal Montgomery in both Churchill and the Generals (1979) and Ike: The War Years (1979), Sherlock Holmes in The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983), and Indian Prime Minister Nehru in Masterpiece Theatre: Lord Mountbatten - The Last Viceroy (1986), he capped his small-screen career in the role of the immoral politician Francis Urquhart in a trio of dramatic satires: House of Cards (1990), To Play the King (1993) and The Final Cut (1995). His impeccably finely-tuned villain became one his best remembered roles.
Filmwise, Richardson's stature did not grow despite polished work in Brazil (1985), Cry Freedom (1987), Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990), M. Butterfly (1993), Dark City (1998), and the lightweight mainstream fare B*A*P*S (1997) and 102 Dalmatians (2000). He appeared less and less on stage in his later years. He took his final stage bows in 2006 with West End productions of "The Creeper" and "The Alchemist".
The urbane 72-year-old actor died unexpectedly in his sleep at his London abode on February 9, 2007, survived by his widow Maroussia Frank (his wife from 1961 and an RSC actress who played an asylum inmate alongside him in "Marat-Sade") and two sons, one of whom, Miles Richardson, has been a resident performer with the RSC.- Jeremy Giambi was born on 30 September 1974 in San Jose, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Arli$$ (1996) and Sunday Night Baseball (1990). He died on 9 February 2022 in Claremont, California, USA.
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Jóhann Jóhannsson was born on 19 September 1969 in Reykjavík, Iceland. He was a composer and writer, known for Last and First Men (2020), The Theory of Everything (2014) and Sicario (2015). He died on 9 February 2018 in Berlin, Germany.- Cinematographer
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John Hora was born on 16 February 1940 in Pasadena, California, USA. He was a cinematographer and actor, known for Innerspace (1987), Starship Troopers (1997) and The 'Burbs (1989). He died on 9 February 2021 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Jorge Sassi was born on 17 November 1950 in Rafaela, Santa Fe, Argentina. He was an actor, known for La búsqueda (1985), En retirada (1984) and Al filo de la ley (1992). He was married to María José Demare. He died on 9 February 2015 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Joseph Horovitz was born on 26 May 1926 in Vienna, Austria. He was a composer, known for Lillie (1978), Tarzan's Three Challenges (1963) and Seven Dials Mystery (1981). He was married to Anna Landau. He died on 9 February 2022 in London, England, UK.- Judson Pratt was born on 6 December 1916 in Hingham, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for The Horse Soldiers (1959), Vigilante Force (1976) and Kid Galahad (1962). He was married to Roberta Jonay. He died on 9 February 2002 in Northridge, California, USA.
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Jun'ya Satô was born on 6 November 1932 in Tokyo, Japan. He was a director and writer, known for Bullet Train (1975), Lost in the Wilderness (1986) and Tonkô (1988). He died on 9 February 2019.- Set Decorator
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Kathleen Dolan was born on 10 August 1960 in Hackensack, New Jersey, USA. She was a set decorator and art director, known for Hudson Hawk (1991), Jacob's Ladder (1990) and Whatever Works (2009). She died on 9 February 2016 in the USA.- Actress
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Margareta Hallin was born on 20 February 1931 in Karlskoga, Örebro län, Sweden. She was an actress, known for Läderlappen (1958), Bohème (1961) and Aniara (1960). She was married to Bengt Ekerot and Inge Boström. She died on 9 February 2020 in Stockholm, Sweden.- Actress
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Mary LaRoche was born on 20 July 1920 in Rochester, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Bye Bye Birdie (1963), Gidget (1959) and Run Silent Run Deep (1958). She was married to Sherwood Price and John Hudson. She died on 9 February 1999 in Rochester, New York, USA.- Actress
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Mirella Freni was born on 27 February 1935 in Modena, Italy. She was an actress, known for Fatal Attraction (1987), Copycat (1995) and Awakenings (1990). She was married to Nicolai Ghiaurov and Leone Magiera. She died on 9 February 2020 in Modena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.- Actor
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Nebojsa Glogovac was born on 30 August 1969 in Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. He was an actor and producer, known for South Wind (2018), Huddersfield (2007) and Sky Hook (2000). He was married to Milica Scepanovic and Mina Glogovac. He died on 9 February 2018 in Belgrade, Serbia.- Actress
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Nora Nova was born on 8 May 1928 in Sofia, Bulgaria. She was an actress, known for Schwarz Rot Gold (1982), Schlager von morgen? (1961) and Musik erklingt... (1962). She was married to Toni Otto and Pascal. She died on 9 February 2022 in Bulgaria(undisclosed).- Actor
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Orlando 'Cachaíto' López was born on 2 February 1933 in Havana, Cuba. He was an actor and composer, known for Hancock (2008), Song to Song (2017) and Six Feet Under (2001). He died on 9 February 2009 in Havana, Cuba.- Oscar Nuñez was born in 1928 in Argentina. He was an actor, known for Nine Queens (2000), Glory Road (2006) and Buena vida (Delivery) (2004). He died on 9 February 2012 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Patricia Nell Warren was born on 15 June 1936 in Helena, Montana, USA. She was a writer, known for The Front Runner, The Beauty Queen and The Front Runner. She was married to Yuriy Tarnawsky. She died on 9 February 2019 in Santa Monica, California, USA.
- Paulina Singerman was born in 1911 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was an actress, known for Caprichosa y millonaria (1940), Isabelita (1940) and ¡Qué viudita es mi mamá (1974). She died on 9 February 1984 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Percy Faith was a child piano prodigy, but his hands were burned in a fire at age 18. Switching to conducting and arranging, his unique orchestral 'sound', with strong emphasis on creative string work, soon became familiar to listeners everywhere. He recorded 85 albums for Columbia Records, and three hit singles: "Delicado" (1952), "Theme from 'Moulin Rouge'" (1953), and "Theme from 'A Summer Place'" (1960). Johnny Mathis, Doris Day and Tony Bennett all considered Percy Faith among their favorite accompanists.- Actor
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Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Phil Brown was the son of a doctor whose work took the family all around the country. After majoring in dramatics at Stanford University, Brown played some of his earliest stage roles as part of New York's Group Theatre. When it folded, he and other Group Theatre vets headed to Hollywood, where Brown worked in motion pictures and helped found the fabled Actors' Laboratory. His association with the Lab came back to haunt him later in the decade, when its members fell under the scrutiny of the House Un-American Activities Committee, and Brown was eventually compelled to relocate with his family to England, UK. Overseas he was able to resume acting on stage, TV and films; he also directed for the stage and TV. He returned to the U.S. in the 1990s and made the rounds of autograph shows.- Phil Harris was born on 19 December 1956 in Bothell, Washington, USA. He was married to Mary Harris. He died on 9 February 2010 in Anchorage, Alaska, USA.
- Princess Margaret was born on 21 August 1930 in Glamis Castle, Glamis, Tayside, Scotland, UK. She was married to Antony Armstrong-Jones Snowdon. She died on 9 February 2002 in King Edward VII's Hospital Sister Agnes, City of Westminster, London, England, UK.
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Virgoan Rajiv is the third, and the least known, son of showman Raj Kapoor, and the grandson of Prithviraj Kapoor. He was born on August 25, 1962 in Bombay, and is the brother of Randhir, Ritu, Rima, and Rishi. His nickname is Chimpu.
His sister-in-laws are Bollywood actresses Babita and Neetu Singh. His paternal uncles are Shammi Kapoor and Shashi Kapoor, cousin to Karan, Sanjana, and Kunal, and he is uncle to karisma and kareena. His aunt's name is Jennifer, the wife of Shashi Kapoor, who has also acted in some movies.
He began his career as a leading man in 1983 with 'Ek Jaan Hai Hum', and went on to act in 'Aasman', Zabardast', 'Mera Saathi', 'Lava', Ram Teri Ganga Maili', 'Lover Boy', 'Preeti', 'Zalzala', 'Shukriya', 'Hum To Chale Pardes', Naag Nagin', and 'Zimmedar' in 1990 which was his last known appearance as an Actor.
Thereafter he was involved in productions of 'Henna', 'Prem Granth', & 'Aa Ab Laut Chalen'; He also directed 'Prem Granth'; has been the editor of 'Prem Granth' 'Prem Rog', 'Aa Ab Laut Chalen'; and was also involved in the direction of 'Biwi O Biwi'.
He has co-starred with Mandakini, Kimi Katkar, Amrita Singh, Vijayata Pandit, Padmini Kolhapure, Meenakshi Sheshadhiri, Dimple Kapadia, Divya Rana, Rati Agnihotri, Tina Munim amongst others.
In 1998 he was awarded 'Filmfare Award' which he accepted on behalf of the RK banner.
This handsome young man is remembered for his remarkable performance in award-winning 'Ram Teri Ganga Maili' which was directed by his dad, produced by his brother, Randhir, co-starring débutante Mandakini.- Raúl Aubel was born in 1938 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor, known for Profesión, ama de casa (1979), Vendedoras de Lafayette (1990) and Estación terminal (1980). He was married to Mercedes Harris and Clara Veretilme. He died on 9 February 1997 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Born into a military family in Huntsville, Alabama -- his father was an army vet who had served in World War II, Korea and Vietnam, while his mother held a somewhat mysterious job in the Department of Defence -- Reg E. Cathey spent much of his early childhood living on a rural farmhouse in Germany. There, he watched American TV shows dubbed into German and first became theatre-struck at the age of nine after attending a USO performance of "Guys and Dolls". That same year, he also took up playing the saxophone. That he became an actor and not a jazz musician was happenstance, but, as he once admitted "he was no Lester Young". An incisive and eloquent personality with a uniquely expressive baritone voice, Cathey was to bring a soulful dignity and often unexpected sense of humour to a wide variety of roles on both stage and screen.
Cathey attended the University of Michigan and later studied acting at the Yale School of Drama. The theatre remained his lifelong passion and New York his preferred place of residence. As he later explained: "I learned how to act at Yale but learned how to be an actor in NYC. I escaped wandering lost in the desert that is Los Angeles after a decade (which I'll never get back) and being psychically traumatized, I didn't audition for film and television, immersing myself in the 'Classics.'" And so, Cathey went on to tackle diverse (non-stereotypical) roles, ranging from Prospero in a musical version of Shakespeare's 'The Tempest' to 'Red' Redding in a British production of 'The Shawshank Redemption' (a part made famous by Morgan Freeman in the film version).
Though performing more often than not in New York, Cathey did ultimately return to Hollywood. His formidable screen characters have often been marked by a uniquely erudite fierceness. They have included powerful authority figures, scientists and occasional villains in films (The Mask (1994), Tank Girl (1995), Se7en (1995), Fantastic Four (2015)) and shows like The Wire (2002), Outcast (2016) and House of Cards (2013) (his recurring role as Freddy Hayes, owner of Frank Underwood's favourite BBQ joint and secret hangout, which won him an Emmy Award in 2015 as Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series). In keeping with his credo that "the dark stuff is fun", he also proved excellent value as a shadowy keeper of secrets ('The Caretaker') in an episode of The Blacklist (2013) and as the top-hatted zombie master Baron Samedi, in an episode of Grimm (2011). One of his most poignant roles came near the end as the estranged father of Luke Cage (2016). Not long after, Reg E. Cathey passed away as a result of lung cancer in February 2018 at the untimely age of just 59, never having had the chance of fulfilling his longstanding ambition to play a baritone saxophonist.- Director
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Reinhard Schwabenitzky was born on 23 April 1947 in Rauris, Salzburg, Austria. He was a director and writer, known for Ilona und Kurti (1991), Eine fast perfekte Scheidung (1998) and Die Bloggerin. He was married to Elfi Eschke and NN. He died on 9 February 2022 in Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria.- Composer
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Remo Usai was born on 13 May 1928 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was a composer, known for Lana, Queen of the Amazons (1964). He died on 9 February 2022 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.- Actress
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Renee Houston was born on 24 July 1902 in Johnstone, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK. She was an actress and writer, known for Repulsion (1965), A Girl Must Live (1939) and Carry on at Your Convenience (1971). She was married to Donald Stewart, Patrick Aherne and George Balharrie. She died on 9 February 1980 in Chertsey, Surrey, England, UK.- Actor
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Excellent, prolific and versatile character actor Robert DoQui was born in 1934 in Stillwater, Oklahoma. He attended Langston University on a music scholarship and was a member of the popular singing group, "The Langstonaires". Following a four-year stint in the U.S. Air Force, DoQui went to New York to pursue a career in show business. He began appearing in films and TV shows in the mid 60s and soon amassed a long, diverse and impressive list of credits. DoQui frequently portrayed tough, hard-nosed, say-it-like-you-see-it characters with a great deal of fiery brio and steely conviction. Arguably best-known as the huffy, no-nonsense "Sergeant Warren Reed" in all three Robocop films, DoQui's other noteworthy film roles include the flamboyant pimp, "King George", in Jack Hill's terrifically trashy blaxploitation classic Coffy (1973), a former slave in the charming Disney outing Treasure of Matecumbe (1976), a fanatical religious cult member in the outrageously sleazy Guyana: Cult of the Damned (1979) and a hot-tempered short order cook in Miracle Mile (1988). Moreover, DoQui appeared in three movies for acclaimed director Robert Altman: Nashville (1975), Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976) and Short Cuts (1993). He supplied the voice of "Pablo Robertson" on the animated Harlem Globe Trotters (1970) TV series.
Among the many television programs DoQui has done guest spots on are NYPD Blue (1993), as a Klingon on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993), Picket Fences (1992), Starman (1986), Webster (1983), The Fall Guy (1981), Punky Brewster (1984), Hill Street Blues (1981), The Jeffersons (1975), Maude (1972), The Streets of San Francisco (1972), Sanford and Son (1972) Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974) Mod Squad (1968), The Fugitive (1963), The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964), I Dream of Jeannie (1965) and The Outer Limits (1963).
In addition to his substantial acting credits, DoQui served ten years on the board of directors of the Screen Actors Guild, during which time he encouraged both women and minority groups to participate more in the media.- Producer
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Robert F. Colesberry was born on 7 March 1946 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a producer and actor, known for After Hours (1985), The Wire (2002) and Mississippi Burning (1988). He was married to Karen L. Thorson. He died on 9 February 2004 in New York City, New York, USA.- Tall, lovely and spirited actress Robin Rochelle Stille was born on November 24, 1961 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her parents were Jere Stille and Sarah Bridge. Stille had two sisters and one brother. She moved with her family to Los Angeles, California. Robin graduated from Garden Grove High School in Garden Grove, California in 1979. Stille gave a delightfully lively and engaging performance as the spunky and likable Valerie 'Val' Bates in the wonderfully trashy tongue-in-cheek slasher cult classic "The Slumber Party Massacre." Robin was deliciously nasty and hateful as wicked and venomous head sorority sister Babs Peterson in the amusingly silly "Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-A-Rama." She made a guest appearance on an episode of the TV series "Jake and the Fatman." Stille's last movie role was as Peace Corps nurse Sarah in "American Ninja 4: The Annihilation." Robin was the mother of twin sons Justin and Joshua Creadick. Stille reportedly had a serious drinking problem which might have contributed to her untimely death by suicide on February 9, 1996 in Burbank, California. Robin was only 34 years old. Robin Stille was buried at Rose Hill Cemetery in Los Angeles, California.
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Ron Miller was born on 17 April 1933 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was a producer and assistant director, known for The Magical World of Disney (1954), Tron (1982) and The Black Hole (1979). He was married to Diane Disney. He died on 9 February 2019 in Napa, California, USA.- Salvatore Bellomo was born on 18 June 1951 in Belgium. He was an actor and director, known for WWF Championship Wrestling (1972), Spectrum Wrestling (1977) and BCWF Wrestling (2007). He died on 9 February 2019 in Belgium.
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Sergei Slonimsky was born on 12 August 1932 in Leningrad, Russian SFSR, USSR. He was a composer and actor, known for Tainstvennaya stena (1968), Interventsiya (1968) and Ivan i Kolombina (1975). He was married to Raisa Nikolaevna Slonimskaya. He died on 9 February 2020 in St. Petersburg, Russia.- Shelley Lubben was born on 18 May 1968 in Pasadena, California, USA. She was an actress. She was married to Garrett Lubben. She died on 9 February 2019 in Springville, California, USA.
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What becomes a legend most? For the beloved Russian-born entertainer Sophie Tucker, it was most definitely the live stage. The stage was her home. She fed off a live audience and it's what made her the sensation she was. Seeing her up close and personal was to get the very best of her. Movies and TV were too restrictive to capture the true essence of Sophie Tucker. For well over five decades, she performed everywhere -- Broadway, vaudeville, cabaret, clubs and burlesque.
This gutsy, irrepressible "Jazz Age Hot Mamma" was born Sonya Kalish in Russia in 1884 just as her family was about to emigrate to the United States. They left when she was a mere three months old, settling in Hartford, Connecticut. She started performing as a youngster in her parent's small restaurant, occasionally singing and playing the piano for tips. Marrying in her teens to a ne'er-do-well, she was forced to continue at the restaurant to support a family of three (including baby boy Bert). Within a short time, however, she divorced, left her child with her parents, and headed to nearby New York with visions of stardom. Changing her name to the more suitable marquee moniker of "Sophie Tucker" (her ex-husband's name was Louis Tuck), she proceeded to take the town by storm.
Sophie started out in amateur shows. Not a beauty by any stretch, she was grossly overweight and quickly found that self parody and racy comedy, punctuated by her jazzy musical style, would become the backbone of her popularity. Playing at various dives, she earned a minor break in 1906 after earning a singing/piano-playing gig on the vaudeville circuit. Disguised in blackface, she played ragtime music. Her humor, of course, came at the expense of her weight but, with such ditties as "Nobody Loves a Fat Girl, But Oh How a Fat Girl Can Love," she had audiences eating out of the palm of her hand. They were laughing with her, not at her. One night her makeup kit was stolen and she was forced to stand in front of the curtain and entertain without it. The audience went crazy for her and the rest is history. She never wore blackface again.
Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. caught her act and started her off in his Follies shows in 1909. She proved to be such a scene-stealer, however, that other top female headliners refused to be on the same billing with her. She went on instead to headline her own shows. A cross between the sex-minded Mae West and the homely, self-effacing Fanny Brice, Sophie relied on aggressive sexual innuendo to win over her crowds. She had a faux confidence about her sexuality, dressing up with opulent, come-hither costumes. She gave advice to both women and married men in such songs as "You've Got to Make It Legal, Mr. Siegel." Sophie played The Palace -- vaudeville's "A" No. 1 showcase. She made huge hits out of such naughty novelty songs as "Who Paid the Rent for Mrs. Rip van Winkle When Rip Van Winkle Went Away?" These songs stayed with her act for decades. Sophie was also a pioneer recording artist, recording her famous signature song "Some of These Days" for the Edison Company on February 24, 1911. She re-recorded the song in 1926. Other big hits would include "After You've Gone," "Cheatin' On Me" and "My Yiddishe Mama."
Her blockbuster success in America aggressively spread into Europe. Upon returning from her first trip to Berlin in 1925, however, things had changed. Vaudeville was dying and she started looking into radio and films as a viable means of livelihood. Radio, yes, but films were a major disappointment. She was too bawdy and larger-than-life for the small lens. Besides, she really couldn't act. Nevertheless, in 1929, Sophie made her film debut as an night club singer in Honky Tonk (1929) in which she sang her ever-popular "Some of These Days" in addition to "I Never Want to Get Thin" and "I'm the Last of the Red Hot Mamas." She went on to share the spotlight with Judy Garland in Thoroughbreds Don't Cry (1937), in which she played a non-singing boarding house owner. She would showcase her signature tune "Some of These Days" twice more in movies, in Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937) and Follow the Boys (1944).
In the 1930s Tucker brought a wave of burlesque-styled nostalgia into her show, now billing herself as "The Last of the Red Hot Mamas." She had a hit Broadway musical comedy with "Leave It to Me" in 1938-1939 which co-starred the comedy team of William Gaxton and Victor Moore, along with a debuting Mary Martin. With her financial success, she started the Sophie Tucker foundation in 1945.
In the 1950s and early 1960s the woman, hailed as "The First Lady of Show Business," made frequent TV appearances on the popular variety and talk shows of the day. She remained a favorite both here and abroad, especially in London music halls where she once greeted King George with an earthy "Hiya, King!" On April 13, 1963, a Broadway musical entitled "Sophie" opened with Libi Staiger in the title role, based on Sophie's early life (until 1922). It closed after eight performances.
Sophie went on doing her thing until the very end, playing the Latin Quarter only months before her death. She had developed lung cancer and died at age 82 of lung and kidney complications in 1966. She was interred at Emanuel Cemetery in Wethersfield, Connecticut, her home state. For Sophie Tucker, a true legend, it was either her way or the highway, and the audiences embraced her for it.- Writer
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Tomi Ungerer was born on 28 November 1931 in Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, France. He was a writer and actor, known for The Hat (1982), Jackanory (1965) and Far Out Isn't Far Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story (2012). He was married to Yvonne Wright, Miriam Strandquest and Nancy White. He died on 9 February 2019 in Cork, Ireland.- Actor
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Tyrone Davis was born on 4 May 1938 in Greenville, Mississippi, USA. He was an actor, known for Boss Level (2020), Hit and Run (2012) and Barbershop (2002). He was married to Ann. He died on 9 February 2005 in Hinsdale, Illinois, USA.- Actress
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After achieving modest fame as an ice skater in her native Czechoslovakia, Vera Hruba was brought to the United States by Republic Pictures head Herbert J. Yates, who hoped to turn her into the next Sonja Henie. After featuring her in two "Ice Capades" movies, he added "Ralston" to her name and tried to pass her off as a leading lady. Hruba's English was so limited, she was forced to learn her lines phonetically. Her English improved, and directors said she tried hard to learn her craft, but bad acting and a thick accent made it difficult for audiences to accept her.