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A. Minervin was born on 19 May 1884 in Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Empire [now Russia]. He was a director and writer, known for Pod vlasyu kurdov (1915). He died on 2 August 1959 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].- Producer
- Additional Crew
A.W. Hackel was born on 18 December 1882 in Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. He was a producer, known for Borrowed Hero (1941), Phantom Killer (1942) and Murder by Invitation (1941). He was married to Beckie Samelson. He died on 22 October 1959 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Composer
- Music Department
Abbasuddin Ahmed was born on 27 October 1901 in Cooch Behar, British India. Abbasuddin was a composer, known for Prohor (2002) and Asiya (1960). Abbasuddin died on 30 December 1959 in Dacca, East Pakistan.- Abner "Longy" Zwillman was an organized crime boss, known as "the Al Capone of New Jersey", and a member of the "Big Six" Mafia Ruling Commission.
Born in 1899 to a poor family in Newark, NJ, Zwillman had to leave school after his father died in 1918 to contribute to the support of his family. After a series of low-paying jobs in a restaurant and selling fruits and vegetables in his neighborhood from a rented horse and wagon, he hit on a moneymaker--selling lottery tickets (aka the "numbers" racket) to housewives in the upper-scale neighborhood of Clinton Hill. He soon realized how much money could be made in the numbers game, and it wasn't long before he--with the help of some hired muscle--was running the numbers racket in Newark all by himself.
When Prohibition began, Zwillman--always on the lookout for new opportunities--began smuggling whiskey into the US from Canada, using several Army-surplus armored trucks he bought. This proved so profitable that he was able to expand into other criminal activities, such as gambling, prostitution and labor racketeering, in addition to buying into--whether the owners wanted to or not--legitimate businesses such as restaurants and nightclubs. New Jersey authorities estimated that by the late 1920s Zwillman was raking in approximately $2 million a year.
In 1929 Zwillman helped organize what became known as the Cleveland Conference, which was one of the first meetings between Italian and Jewish organized-crime gangs. He also helped to establish the Mafia's Ruling Commission and eventually aided in putting together the National Crime Syndicate, and in fact was admitted to the commission in 1930.
When mobster Dutch Schultz was murdered in Newark in 1935, Zwillman took over his territory and operations, and it was then that he was given the name "The Al Capone of New Jersey" by local crime reporters. Zwillman was probably one of the earliest gangsters to recognize the value of good publicity--he offered a reward for the return of the kidnapped baby of aviator Charles Lindbergh and contributed $250,000 to a project to clean out the Newark slums. He started to gain political power, and would became a force to be reckoned with in New Jersey politics for the next 20 years.
In 1959 the McClellan Senate Committee investigating organized crime subpoenaed Zwillman to testify before them about his activities in organized crime and politics in New Jersey. However, not long before he was to appear in front of Congress, Zwillman was found hanged in his home in West Orange, NJ, on Feb. 2, 1959. Although police ruled it a suicide, there were some major discrepancies--for example, a series of unexplained bruises on his wrists--that led some to think he had been killed by the mob to prevent him from testifying and/or becoming a government informant. - Adele St. Maur was born on 15 March 1881 in France. She was an actress, known for The Melody Lingers On (1935), The Gay Deception (1935) and The Worst Woman in Paris? (1933). She was married to Cecil L. Seymour. She died on 16 April 1959 in Sunnyvale, California, USA.
- Adolf Bouwmeester was born on 19 October 1889 in Gent, Belgium. He was an actor, known for De vier mullers (1935). He died on 15 December 1959 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
- Costume Designer
- Costume and Wardrobe Department
- Additional Crew
Adrian Adolph Greenburg, born in Naugatuck, Connecticut, March 3, 1903, to Gilbert and Helena (Pollack) Greenburg. He began his professional career while still attending the New York School for Fine and Applied Arts by contributing to the costumes for "George White's Scandals" in 1921. He is credited for that production by his created name of Gilbert Adrian, a combination of his father's first name and his own. He transferred to NYSFAA's Paris campus in 1922 and while there was hired by Irving Berlin. In the fall of 1922 he returned to New York and began work on Berlin's 1922-1923 edition of "The Music Box Revue". Adrian continued to work on the Berlin reviews as well as other theatrical and film projects.
His big film break was designing costumes for Mae Murray in her first M.G.M. film, The Merry Widow (1925). He was then hired by Natacha Rambova to design for the independent films of her husband, Rudolph Valentino. In mid-1925, after designing costumes for the prologue of "The Gold Rush" at Grauman's Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, Adrian was hired by Cecil B. DeMille to become head of the wardrobe department at his new studio. When DeMille moved to M.G.M. in 1928, Adrian moved there also. When his DeMille contract expired, Adrian signed with M.G.M. and remained with that studio until 1942.
He opened his own very successful couture business and continued to do some films until such time as his business expanded, with a salon in New York as well as Beverly Hills. His fashions were sold in department stores around the U.S. and he was the recipient of the 1944 Coty Award for Fashion. He also received a Lord & Taylor award for his work on Marie Antoinette (1938) in 1938 and a special award from Parsons, the successor to NYSFAA. His last film was Lovely to Look At (1952). He retired from the fashion industry in 1952 after a heart attack. He relocated to Brazil with his wife (since 1938) actress Janet Gaynor and their son, Robin. He returned to the U.S. to do "Grand Hotel", a musical with Viveca Lindfors and Paul Muni and his last career credit was the costume design for the Broadway musical "Camelot". He was working on this production when he died of a heart attack on September 13, 1959. Adrian never received an Oscar.- Ahmed El Ouafi Boughéra was born on 15 October 1898 in Ouled Djellal, Algeria. He died on 18 October 1959 in Saint-Denis, France.
- Aimé Clariond was born on 10 May 1894 in Périgueux, Dordogne, France. He was an actor, known for Loves of Casanova (1947), Le capitan (1946) and Le prince Jean (1934). He was married to Irène Morozov and Marie Louise Marthe Richard. He died on 31 December 1959 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
- Al Stewart was born on 18 November 1885 in New York, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Girl from Nowhere (1921), The Fifth Horseman (1924) and The Battler (1919). He died on 2 August 1959 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Writer
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Alan Stranks was born on 7 August 1903 in Brunswick, Victoria, Australia. He was a writer, known for The Adventures of P.C. 49: Investigating the Case of the Guardian Angel (1949), Dick Barton, Detective (1948) and A Case for PC 49 (1951). He died on 18 June 1959 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.- Albert Chevalier was born in June 1897 in Brentford, Middlesex, England. He was an actor, known for The Missing Million (1942), Our Miss Pemberton (1957) and Armchair Theatre (1956). He died on 11 November 1959 in London, England, UK.
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Albert W. Ketèlbey was born on 9 August 1875 in Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK. He was a composer, known for The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001), New York Stories (1989) and Som du vill ha mej (1943). He was married to Mabel Maud Pritchett and Charlotte Siegenberg. He died on 26 November 1959 in Cowes, Isle of Wight, England, UK.- Composer
- Music Department
- Actor
Alberto Castellanos was a composer and actor, known for Melodía de arrabal (1933), Cuesta abajo (1934) and El tango en Broadway (1934). He died on 23 September 1959 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.- Alberto Colantuoni was born on 25 April 1874 in Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. He was a writer, known for Il destino in tasca (1938), I fratelli Castiglioni (1937) and The Castiglioni Brothers (1958). He died on 26 December 1959 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy.
- Writer
- Composer
Alberto Vacarezza was born on 1 April 1886 in Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina. He was a writer and composer, known for Sendas cruzadas (1942), El cabo Rivero (1938) and El conventillo de la paloma (1936). He died on 6 August 1959 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.- Director
- Editor
- Actor
Albrecht Viktor Blum was born in 1888 in Brünn, Moravia, Austria-Hungary [now Brno, Czech Republic]. He was a director and editor, known for Sprengt die Ketten! (1930), Tatsachen - Das zeigt Euch seit 10 Jahren die AIZ (1930) and Der große Strom (1930). He died on 16 May 1959 in Mexico City, Mexico.- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Alden Willey was born on 27 July 1891 in Athol, Massachusetts, USA. He was an assistant director, known for The Shrine of Happiness (1916), Comrade John (1915) and Beulah (1915). He died on 15 March 1959 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.- Director
- Cinematographer
- Art Director
Aldo Molinari was born in 1885 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was a director and cinematographer, known for Her Life for Liberty (1913), Il falco (1915) and Un duello nell'ombra (1916). He died on 31 May 1959 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Aleksandr Rakhlenko was born on 3 October 1918. He was an actor, known for V dni oktyabrya (1958). He died on 8 August 1959 in Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia].
- Aleksandr Shchagin was born on 19 August 1898 in village Polyanki, Zaraysk uyezd, Ryazan Governorate, Russian Empire [now don't exist]. He was an actor, known for The Golden Key (1939), Marriage (1944) and Boyevoy kinosbornik 11 (1942). He died on 28 April 1959 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
- Director
- Writer
- Animation Department
Aleksandr Vasilyevich Ivanov was born on 5 May 1899 in Russia. He was a director and writer, known for A Forest Tale (1956), The Quartet (1947) and Vor (1934). He died on 13 March 1959 in Russia.- Aleksei Zinovyev was born on 10 February 1896 in Dmitrovka, Voronezh province, Russia. He was a writer, known for Men of the Sea (1938) and Baltiyskaya slava (1958). He died on 11 January 1959 in Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia].
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Poet, author of many popular songs, actor. Born into a wealthy family. But in the 1930s, the new government nationalized all property. In 1935 he entered the theatrical studio of Alexei Dikoy at the VTsSPS theater. In 1937 he was admitted to the theater school of the acting troupe of the Central Theater of the Red Army, Alexei Popov. He played in performances, toured with the theater on the remote garrisons of the Far East. In the period from 1937 to 1940, according to colleagues from the Central Theater of the Red Army, he was one of the best actors. In May 1940 he was drafted into the army service, where he actively participated in the amateur art activities of the regiment, and three months later he was appointed director of the District Ensemble of the Oryol Military District. At this time, published his first poems and essays. The beginning of the war was found by the ensemble in the Seshcha airborne garrison near Bryansk. In the first months, Alexei Fatyanov toured the positions of the Bryansk Front with concerts and wrote a report demanding that he be sent to the army, but the ensemble leadership refused. In February 1942, the ensemble was assigned to the rear city of Chkalov (now Orenburg). At this time, Fatyanov met with the composer Vasily Solovyov-Sedym, the creative union with which played a big role in the life of the poet. Their collaboration "Talyanka" ("On a Sunny Meadow ...") became truly popular among soldiers. In June 1944 he was seconded to the Red Banner Song and Dance Ensemble of the USSR to the post of head of the literary and dramatic section. Since September 1944 - front-line correspondent of the army newspaper "To defeat the enemy." In December 1944, during the assault on the city of Szekesfehervara (Hungary), he was wounded (secondly), awarded the medal "For Courage". In April 1945, he was seconded to Tallinn at the disposal of the ensemble of Baltic sailors. He performed in dramatization, read poetry, and was engaged in directing. In February 1946, he was demobilized from the army. After 1946, 18 films were released with songs on the verses of Fatyanov. Post-war songs, such as "Nightingales", "Where are you, my garden?", "First thing, first thing airplanes", "A brass band plays in the city garden", "Silence behind Rogozhskaya Zastava", "We haven't been home for a long time were "," Where are you now, fellow friends? ", artless and melodic, based on folklore traditions, they sound in all popular films (" Wedding with a Dowry "," Soldier Ivan Brovkin "," Ivan Brovkin on the virgin lands "," The house I live in ") and gained great popularity. Suddenly died of a ruptured aortic aneurysm. He was buried in Moscow at the Vagankovsky cemetery.- Aleksey Sokolov-Kamin was born on 20 April 1907 in the Russian Empire. Aleksey was a composer, known for A Quiet Glade (1946), Mukha-Tsokotukha - The Clatter Fly (1960) and Dyadya Styopa (1939). Aleksey died on 5 August 1959 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
- Additional Crew
- Actor
Alexander Saxelin was born on 29 August 1899 in Viipuri, Finland. He was an actor, known for Aktivistit (1939), Kuisma ja Helinä (1951) and 'Herra ja ylhäisyys' (1944). He was married to Marina Pronin. He died on 9 October 1959.- Alf Blütecher was born on 7 February 1880 in Lårdal, Norway. He was an actor, known for A Trip to Mars (1918), The End of the World (1916) and Manden med de ni Fingre II (1915). He died on 5 March 1959 in Oslo, Norway.
- Alfons Godard was born on 2 January 1886 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. He was an actor, known for Madonna in Ketten (1949). He died on 8 April 1959 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Camera and Electrical Department
Alfred E. Gold was a top cameraman with United Press Movietone News for a number of years. He was one of three cameramen to capture on film the Hindenburg dirigible as it burst into flames while attempting to land at the Lakehurst Naval Air Station in Manchester Township, New Jersey.
Upon returning from his European vacation in July of 1956, former President Harry S. Truman stopped to shake Gold's hand as he was filming the event from atop his car. Truman had just learned, probably from another cameraman, that Gold was planning to retire.- Alfred Kubin was born on 10 April 1877 in Leitmeritz, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Litomerice, Czech Republic]. He was a writer, known for Dream City (1973) and Cineficción Radio (2019). He was married to Hedwig. He died on 19 August 1959 in Zwickledt, Austria.
- Director
- Cinematographer
- Writer
Alfred Lind was born on 27 March 1879 in Helsingør, Denmark. He was a director and cinematographer, known for Le Cirque de la Mort (1916), Brændemærket (1913) and The Flying Circus (1912). He died on 29 April 1959 in Copenhagen, Denmark.- Alfred Steele was born on 24 April 1901 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. He was married to Joan Crawford, Marjorie Garvey and Lillian Nelson. He died on 19 April 1959 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- Alfred Szymanski was born on 29 November 1896 in Kraków, Galicia, Austro-Hungarian Empire [now Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland]. He was married to Jadwiga Zmijewska . He died on 22 October 1959 in Kraków, Krakowskie, Polish People's Republic [now Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland].
- Alfred Tonkel was born on 6 August 1919 in Bolivar County, Mississippi, USA. He was an actor, known for Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955). He died on 11 May 1959 in North Hollywood, California, USA.
- Allan Aynesworth was born on 14 April 1864 in Camberley, Surrey, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Iron Duke (1934), Love, Life & Laughter (1934) and Brewster's Millions (1935). He was married to Edith Margaret Liddell. He died on 21 August 1959 in Camberley, Surrey, England, UK.
- Allan Bohlin was born on 5 November 1907 in Stockholm, Sweden. He was an actor, known for Valfångare (1939), Prästen som slog knockout (1943) and Se opp för spioner! (1944). He was married to Ulla Sorbon. He died on 23 January 1959.
- Allan Bourne was born on 10 June 1907 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Pilgrim's Progress (1939), Magyar Melody (1939) and Lady Audley's Secret (1949). He was married to Stella Gibbons. He died on 22 July 1959 in Highgate, London, England, UK.
- Allan Maclaren was born on 14 December 1915 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was an actor, known for Escape from Terror (1955). He died on 30 April 1959.
- Alma Giusi was born on 14 March 1926 in Piovene Rocchette, Italy. She was an actress, known for Gli eroi della domenica (1952) and I figli non si vendono (1952). She died on 10 February 1959 in Milan, Italy.
- Alma Lagoni was born on 10 December 1873 in Kristiania [now Oslo], Norway. She was an actress, known for Den kvindelige Spion fra Balkan (1912), Kun en tigger (1912) and Storstadens Hyæne (1912). She was married to Otto Lagoni. She died on 31 July 1959.
- Aloisio Castro was born on 14 June 1881 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was a writer, known for Cassiopeia (1996). He died on 7 October 1959 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- Alonzo Bozan was born on 7 October 1886 in Shelbyville, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for Our Virgin Island (1958), Junction 88 (1947) and The Motorola Television Hour (1953). He was married to Rose Hensley. He died on 24 June 1959 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Alta Faulkner was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. She lived in Los Angeles, California while pursuing an acting career in the late 1920s and 1930s. She married U.S. Army Corporal Robert L. Tucker on February 19, 1944, in St. Thomas Church in Hollywood. After Robert returned from Okinawa in 1945, their son Courtney was born and they moved to Santa Barbara, California. Alta died of cancer in 1959.
- Composer
- Music Department
- Actor
Alvar Kraft was born on 19 September 1901. He was a composer and actor, known for Blyge Anton (1940), Turn of the Century (1944) and Stinsen på Lyckås (1942). He was married to Bullan Weijden. He died on 28 September 1959.- Actor
- Producer
Anderson Lawler was born on 5 May 1902 in Russellville, Alabama, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for The River of Romance (1929), Somewhere in the Night (1946) and Accidents Will Happen (1938). He died on 6 April 1959 in New York City, New York, USA.- Andrew Bishop was born on 16 August 1894 in Armonk, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Temptation (1935), A Son of Satan (1924) and Murder in Harlem (1935). He died on 10 September 1959 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
- Andrew Higginson was born on 29 September 1876 in Liverpool, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Splendid Fellows (1934) and The Magic Shoes (1935). He died on 1 August 1959 in Woy Woy, New South Wales, Australia.
- Andrey Puntus was born on 23 February 1921. He was an actor, known for Urvakannere heranum en lernerits (1955), Zhukovsky (1950) and The Young Guard (1948). He died on 18 January 1959.
- Actor
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Additional Crew
André Roanne was born on 22 September 1896 in Paris, France. He was an actor and assistant director, known for Violettes impériales (1924), Le berceau de dieu (1926) and The Letter (1931). He was married to Marie-Louise Iribe, Fernande Albany and Geneviève Callix. He died on 6 September 1959 in Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, France.- Anna Demetrio was born on 8 November 1892 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She was an actress, known for Miss V from Moscow (1942), Escape to Paradise (1939) and Call of the South Seas (1944). She died on 8 November 1959 in San Mateo, California, USA.