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- Lovely and busty brunette knockout Ashlyn Martin was born as Laura Lynn Hale on March 20, 1946 in Dayton, Ohio where she grew up. She worked as a Bunny at the Playboy Chicago Club. Martin first appeared in "Playboy" in a pictorial called "The Bunnies" in the July, 1963 issue. Ashlyn was the Playmate of the Month in the April, 1964 issue of the famous men's magazine. Moreover, Martin also acted in a few movies: Best known as Marcy, the ill-fated girl on the beach in Herschell Gordon Lewis' notorious horror splatter cult classic "Blood Feast," Ashlyn also popped up in small roles in the lightweight AIP comedy musical romps "Beach Party" and "Muscle Beach Party."
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Aleka Stratigou was born in 1926 in Athens, Greece. She was an actress, known for Fortune Hunters (1964), To louna park (1974) and Tsakitzis: Protector of the Poor (1960). She was married to Tolis Voskopoulos and Andreas Barkoulis. She died on 1 January 1989 in Greece.- Irvin Shapiro was born on 6 August 1906. He was a producer, known for Evil Dead II (1987) and Crimewave (1985). He died on 1 January 1989 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Actress
Zena Savine was born on 6 February 1900 in Warsaw, Poland, Russian Empire [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland]. She was an actress. She died on 1 January 1989 in Mobile, Alabama, USA.- Pyotr Lobanov was born on 21 June 1905 in Tarasova Gora, St. Petersburg Governorate, Russian Empire [now Leningrad Oblast, Russia]. He was an actor, known for Na ostrove dalnem (1957), Tiger Girl (1955) and The Rumyantsev Case (1956). He died on 1 January 1989 in Leningrad Oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Eddie Heywood was born on 4 December 1915 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. He was an actor, known for Out of Sight (1998), The Irishman (2019) and I Sell Anything (1934). He was married to Evelyn Heywood. He died on 2 January 1989 in Miami Beach, Florida, USA.- Actress
Cecilia García was born on 23 February 1956 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Nuts (1987), Hill Street Blues (1981) and L.A. Law (1986). She died on 2 January 1989 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Cenair Maica was born on 3 May 1947 in Tucunduva, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. He was a composer, known for Mixtura de vida (2002) and Brazilian Beats (1981). He died on 2 January 1989 in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
- Gilbert Anstruther was born in 1909 in Carcoar, New South Wales, Australia. Gilbert was a writer, known for The Greater Illustrated History of the Glorious Antipodes Show (1969). Gilbert died on 2 January 1989 in Nambucca Heads, New South Wales, Australia.
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- Director
János Czipauer was born on 13 May 1926 in Budapest, Hungary. He was an editor and director, known for Fablio le magicien (1969), Legacy from the Future - Fantastic Adventures of Family Mézga (1970) and Suli-buli (1982). He died on 2 January 1989 in Budapest, Hungary.- Dante Troisi was born on 21 April 1920 in Tufo, Campania, Italy. He was a writer, known for The Eye of the Needle (1963), La mano sugli occhi (1979) and A torto e a ragione (1978). He died on 2 January 1989 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
- Jinglu Sun was born on 22 March 1923 in Hubei, China. She was an actress, known for Caravans with Ring (1954), Master Qiao Mounts the Sedan (1959) and Romance of a Calligrapher (1982). She died on 2 January 1989 in Shanghai, China.
- Jean Willes is best known for her roles in a number of B-movies in the 1950s and 1960s, as well as on the small screen. Lovely and curvaceous, she usually played hard-boiled gold-diggers, party girls, gun molls, and saloon girls. She came off as a wily, smarter version of Barbara Nichols or Iris Adrian, and although she was versatile, she never rose to the first tier of stardom; in retrospect, she seems to have been capable of much more than she was given during her three-decade-plus career.
Born in Los Angeles on April 15, 1923, she was raised in Utah and in Seattle. Interested in an acting career, she returned to the town of her birth and in 1942 started showing up in comedy film shorts for Columbia under her birth name. She was a smart and sexy foil to, among others, such enjoyable comics as Harry Langdon, Andy Clyde, Eddie Foy Jr., Joe DeRita, Sterling Holloway, and Hugh Herbert. After bit parts in such feature-length films as So Proudly We Hail! (1943), Here Come the Waves (1944), and Salty O'Rourke (1945), she began earning co-star status in such post-war feature-length programs as Revenue Agent (1950) opposite Douglas Kennedy, in A Yank in Indo-China (1952), and in one of Johnny Weissmuller's "Jungle Jim" outings.
Willes became a cheesecake fixture in Hollywood, and film and TV work was steady. But when she was lucky enough to score a role in an "A" film, she was barely glimpsed, as in the Bob Hope comedy Son of Paleface (1952) and the "Best Picture" war epic From Here to Eternity (1953). She had the most screen time in an "A" film as Dr. Miles Bennell (Kevin McCarthy)'s beautiful nurse and, reading between the lines, former paramour, in the sci-fi cult classic, Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956). (SPOILER: She succumbs to the aliens, like everyone else aside from Bennell, in the fictional California town of Santa Mira.) She was one of the four women vying for an aging Clark Gable's attentions in The King and Four Queens (1956), one of his lesser efforts. Guest spots on TV gave her greater visibility, and she frequently was seen in westerns (The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955), Maverick (1957)) and crime dramas (Perry Mason (1957)), usually playing unsympathetic women although occasionally playing more agreeable or respectable characters. Her last feature films roles were in McHale's Navy (1964), The Cheyenne Social Club (1970), and Bite the Bullet (1975). After a few more TV roles, she retired in 1976.
Willes died of liver cancer on January 3, 1989 at the age of 65. Her second husband, NFL football player Gerard Cowhig, died at their Van Nuys, California, home in 1995. They had one son, Gerry. - Actress
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Born in Prairie Hill, Texas, in 1909, lovely Nell O'Day had the obvious breeding credentials to become a leading lady of westerns. She began as a child dancer in the early 1920s, later performing with the Tommy Atkins Sextet. This led to a part in the early musical King of Jazz (1930) and the stage play "Fine and Dandy" with dancer Eleanor Powell. This was impetus enough to make her stay and try her luck at a film career. A string of comedy shorts with Harry Langdon began things off, along with a few secondary parts in feature films, including This Side of Heaven (1934) with Lionel Barrymore, Woman in the Dark (1934) with Fay Wray and a juicy part in an interesting exploitation film for low-rent producer Willis Kent, The Road to Ruin (1934). In the 1940s she joined Universal's roster of western players and, thanks to her experience as a horsewoman, won a recurring cowgirl role in a series of hoss operas opposite star Johnny Mack Brown and his sidekick Fuzzy Knight. She was "second lead" in the horror film Mystery of Marie Roget (1942) with Maria Montez and went on to appear in westerns for other studios, including Republic and Monogram. She returned to the stage on occasion, and retired in 1945 after performing in the Broadway play "Many Happy Returns." She then turned full-time to writing; one success was the play "The Bride of Denmark Hill," which was later turned into a BBC-TV production in England. Interspersed were a couple of marriages and divorces. She died in 1989.- Writer
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Robert Thomas was born on 28 September 1927 in Gap, Hautes-Alpes, France. He was a writer and actor, known for 8 Women (2002), Mon curé chez les Thaïlandaises (1983) and La bonne soupe (1964). He died on 3 January 1989 in Paris, France.- Murad Kostanyan was born on 25 August 1902 in Haftvan, Salmas, Persia. He was an actor, known for Sevani dzknorsnere (1939), Sirtn e yergum (1957) and Svet i teni (1933). He died on 3 January 1989 in Yerevan, Armenian SSR, USSR [now Armenia].
- Marguerite Warner was born on 4 January 1911 in Austin, Texas, USA. She was an actress, known for One Rainy Afternoon (1936), Confessions of a Co-Ed (1931) and Young Sinners (1931). She died on 3 January 1989 in Mission Hills, California, USA.
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- Art Department
- Director
Errol Le Cain was born on 5 March 1941 in Singapore. He was a director, known for Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness? (1969), Prudence and the Pill (1968) and The Thief and the Cobbler (1993). He was married to Dean Alison Thomson. He died on 3 January 1989.- Bahgat Kamar was born on 27 July 1937 in Egypt. He was a writer and actor, known for The Most Dangerous Man in the World (1967), El-Raqesah wa el-Tabbal (1984) and El mughammerun el talata (1966). He died on 3 January 1989 in Cairo, Egypt.
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Director
- Art Department
Maria Olejniczak was born on 4 July 1923 in Poddebice, Lódzkie, Poland. Maria was an assistant director and director, known for Dwie brygady (1950), Trudna milosc (1954) and Zaloga (1952). Maria died on 3 January 1989 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.- Actor
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Johannes Knittel was born on 11 August 1910 in Waltrop, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He was an actor and director, known for Musterknaben (1959), Der Fackelträger (1957) and Der Arzt von Bothenow (1961). He died on 3 January 1989 in Berlin, Germany.- D.R. Nanayakkara was born on 15 March 1915 in Kolonnawa, Colombo District, Ceylan [now Sri Lanka]. He was an actor, known for Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), Seedevi (1951) and Amma (1949). He died on 4 January 1989.
- Liisa Tuomi was born on 17 June 1924 in Viipuri, Finland. She was an actress, known for Annie, mestariampuja (1957), Naimisiin päiväksi (1946) and Pikajuna pohjoiseen (1947). She was married to Kauko Kalervo Ahlström. She died on 4 January 1989 in Helsinki, Finland.
- Thanasis Mylonas was born in 1938. He was an actor, known for The Bitter Beloved (1965), Horismos (1966) and Den poulao tin kardia mou (1966). He was married to Katerina Vasilakou. He died on 4 January 1989.
- Paul Barrett was born on 24 November 1912 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Border Flight (1936), The Singing Cowgirl (1938) and Under Strange Flags (1937). He was married to Gladys V Marzullo. He died on 4 January 1989 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Kazimierz Brusikiewicz was born on 16 February 1926 in Wilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania]. He was an actor, known for Skarb (1949), Skradziona kolekcja (1979) and Klub kawalerów (1962). He was married to Lidia Korsakówna. He died on 4 January 1989 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
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- Additional Crew
Jack Gage was born on 26 December 1912 in Paris, France. He was a director, known for The Velvet Touch (1948), Foreign Intrigue (1951) and New York Confidential (1959). He died on 4 January 1989 in Santa Barbara, California, USA.- Composer
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Pino Calvi was born on 12 January 1930 in Voghera, Lombardy, Italy. He was a composer, known for Tunis Top Secret (1959), Sandra (1965) and The Comfort of Strangers (1990). He died on 4 January 1989 in Castana, Lombardy, Italy.- Franka Bacic was born on 11 January 1914. She was an actress, known for Nase malo misto (1969), Devetnaest djevojaka i jedan mornar (1971) and Prosjaci i sinovi (1971). She died on 4 January 1989.
- Michael Ingham was born on 3 July 1922 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Blackmailed (1951), Swizzlewick (1964) and United! (1965). He was married to Phillida Caryl Pantlin, Hilary Tawse (actress) and Joanna Duncan. He died on 4 January 1989 in Hastings, Sussex, England, UK.
- Isolde Cazelet, nee Hughes, was the eldest child of Isa Lawler and Hector Hughes. Her mother spent 15 yrs as secretary and manager of The Gate, Dublin. Isolde's father was a noted barrister, Queen's Counsel and Labour MP for Aberdeen, Scotland.
Cazelet was educated at Alexandra College, Dublin and Bouffémont, Paris, followed by RADA, London. Isolde had one other sibling, Fionnuala, a pharmacist who had her own dispensary on Dublin's Dawson Street.
Isolde's early acting work included a critically successful tour of Egypt with The Gate in the late 1930s. Around the same time, she married Sgt. John 'Jack' Byrne, with whom she had two children, Sylvia and Denise.
Widowed at the age of 25, following the sudden death of her husband, Isolde spent much of the late 40s and 50s in repertory, touring every part of Ireland, where she met her second husband, Billy Quinn, of Dungarvan, Co. Waterford. Three further children followed, Mark, Clement and Benita. Cazelet's marriage to Billy Quinn ended in divorce and from the 1960s onward, Isolde was based more-or-less full time in London.
Her acting work ranged across stage, film, readings and pop videos.
While filming Neil Jordan's High Spirits, it was discovered she had cervical cancer. She died not long after. - Director
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- Actor
Yanko Yankov Zahariev was born on November 1, 1924 in Etropole, Bulgaria. He studied mechanical engineering (1945-1946) and theater directing in the class of Professor Boyan Danovski in State theater Institute (1947-1948). He graduated film directing in State Cinema Institute in Moscow (1952). He was a Member of the Union of Bulgarian Filmmakers. He received the title "Honored Artist" (1981) and the Order "Cyril and Methodius" (1963), the Order "People Republic of Bulgaria"(1984). He was a Professor in National Academy for Theatre and Film Art, Sofia, Bulgaria. He died on January 5, 1989 in Sofia, Bulgaria.- John Boddington was born on 18 January 1906 in Hampstead, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for ITV Play of the Week (1955), Roses for the Oueen (1954) and Chance of a Lifetime (1950). He died on 5 January 1989 in Wandsworth, London, England, UK.
- Janusz Cywinski was born on 15 September 1931 in Bereza Kartuska, Poleskie, Poland [now Biaroza, Belarus]. He was an actor, known for Tulipan (1986), Hubal (1973) and Cien juz niedaleko (1985). He died on 5 January 1989 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Evald Tordik was born on 26 September 1923 in Saru, Estonia. He was an actor, known for Spring (1969). He died on 5 January 1989 in Tartu, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia].
- Paul Hinckley was born on 31 December 1955 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for The Krofft Supershow (1976), Magic Mongo (1977) and The Secrets of Isis (1975). He died on 6 January 1989 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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- Stunts
Robert Locke Lorraine was born on 7 November 1902 in Joplin, Missouri, USA. He was an actor, known for Clown Alley (1966). He died on 6 January 1989 in Riverside, California, USA.- Kyômi Sakura was born on 3 June 1930. She was an actress, known for Jirokichi the Rat (1965), A Woman's Gamble (1966) and Yoru no wana (1967). She died on 6 January 1989 in Chiba, Japan.
- Pilar Franco Bahamonde was born on 27 February 1895 in Ferrol, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. She died on 6 January 1989 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
- Mario Galento was a professional wrestler from the 1950s thru the 1980s. Well known to all was his propensity to make fans nearly riot over his 'bad guy' image. Many stories are told by others who knew him. Some can be read in Scott Teal's professional wrestling publication, 'Whatever Happened To..?' Additional information about Mario's career can be found on Kayfabe Memories' website, maintained by Vince Fahey.
- Jim Hurtubise was born on 5 December 1932 in North Tonawanda, New York, USA. He died on 6 January 1989 in Port Arthur, Texas, USA.
- Actress
- Art Director
Ruth Brande was born in 1914 in California, USA. She was an actress and art director, known for Stranger in Hollywood (1968). She was married to Bruno Bernard. She died on 6 January 1989 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Emperor Showa (29 April 1901 - 7 January 1989), commonly known in English-speaking countries by his personal name Hirohito, was the 124th emperor of Japan, ruling from 25 December 1926 until his death in 1989. Hirohito and his wife, Empress Kojun, had two sons and five daughters; he was succeeded by his fifth child and eldest son, Akihito. By 1979, Hirohito was the only monarch in the world with the title "emperor". He was the longest-reigning historical Japanese emperor and one of the longest-reigning monarchs in the world.
- Jacques Zouvi was born on 23 May 1931 in Paris, France. He was an actor, known for L'initiation (1970), Peau de chagrins (1982) and Le frère André (1987). He was married to Amulette Garneau. He died on 7 January 1989 in Longueuil, Québec, Canada.
- Dorothy Casey was born on 1 January 1892 in Rathdown, County Dublin, Ireland. She was an actress, known for Dixon of Dock Green (1955), BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950) and A Christmas Night with the Stars (1958). She died on 7 January 1989 in Wimbledon, Surrey, England, UK.
- Zoltán Hegedûs was born on 18 July 1912 in Kolozsvár, Hungary. He was a writer, known for Szombattól hétföig (1959) and Az ígéret földje (1961). He died on 7 January 1989 in Budapest, Hungary.
- Karen Winther was born on 1 January 1900. She was an actress, known for Københavns Sherlock Holmes (1925), Kärlekens ögon (1922) and Brændt a' (1919). She was married to Benjamin Christensen. She died on 7 January 1989.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Character actor Kenneth McMillan was born on July 2, 1932 in Brooklyn, New York. Prior to becoming an actor, McMillan was a manager at Gimbels Department Store. At age 30, McMillan decided to pursue an acting career. He attended the LaGuardia High School for Performing Arts and took acting lessons from Uta Hagen and Irene Dailey. He made his film debut at age 41 with a small role in Sidney Lumet's superbly gritty police drama Serpico (1973). Portly and ruddy-faced, with an often aggressive and cantankerous demeanor, McMillan was usually cast as gruff, hostile and unfriendly characters. McMillan's most notable parts include the borough commander in The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974), a cowardly small-town sheriff in Tobe Hooper's excellent miniseries Salem's Lot (1979), William Hurt's bitter paraplegic father in Eyewitness (1981), a racist fire chief in Ragtime (1981), a wily old safecracker in The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984), the vile and grotesquely obese Baron Vladimir Harkonnen in Dune (1984), Aidan Quinn's pathetic drunken father in Reckless (1984) and a sleazy high-roller gambler in "The Ledge" episode of the hugely enjoyable horror anthology Cat's Eye (1985).
Moreover, McMillan was equally adept at comedy, giving especially funny and engaging performances as a baseball club manager in Blue Skies Again (1983), Meg Ryan's corrupt police chief father in Armed and Dangerous (1986), and a dotty senile veterinarian in Three Fugitives (1989). McMillan had a steady recurring role as Valerie Harper's irate boss on the situation comedy Rhoda (1974). Among the television series McMillan guest-starred on are Dark Shadows (1966), Ryan's Hope (1975), Kojak (1973), Starsky and Hutch (1975), The Rockford Files (1974), Moonlighting (1985), Magnum, P.I. (1980) and Murder, She Wrote (1984). Outside of his substantial film and television credits, McMillan also frequently performed on stage at the New York Shakespeare Festival. He acted in the original Broadway productions of "Streamers" and "American Buffalo". He won an Obie for his performance in the off-Broadway play, "Weekends Like Other People". Kenneth McMillan died of liver disease at age 56 on January 8, 1989 in Santa Monica, California.- Andreas Filippides was born in January 1919 in Athens, Greece. He was an actor and director, known for To theatro tis Defteras (1970), The Shepherdess' Lover (1956) and Loafing and Camouflage (1984). He was married to Lili Papayanni and Despo Diamantidou. He died on 8 January 1989 in Athens, Greece.
- Actor
- Music Department
Jørgen Pedersen was born on 7 September 1928 in Sjørring, Denmakr. He was an actor, known for Forskellen er ens (1962), Under paraplyen med Raquel Rastenni, Blue Boys og Max Leths kvartet (1966) and Musiksalon (1980). He died on 8 January 1989.