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Geraldine Fitzgerald was the only actress to appear as both Laurence Olivier's wife and Rodney Dangerfield's mother-in-law, which surely qualifies her as running the gamut (if not the gauntlet, in the latter case) of A to Z for co-starring with cinema immortals. The Irish lass appeared in many masterpieces of Hollywood's Golden Age, including Wuthering Heights (1939) and Dark Victory (1939), to say nothing of her late-career screen work in the blue-collar white-trash classic, Easy Money (1983).
She was born in Dublin, Ireland, on November 24, 1913, and made her theatrical debut at her hometown's Gate Theater in 1932. She appeared in English films from 1934 to 1937 before emigrating to New York City, where she acted with Orson Welles (who had appeared at the Gate when he was all of 16 years old as a protégé of Micheál MacLiammóir). In 1938 she made her Broadway debut with Welles' Mercury Theater in their production of George Bernard Shaw's "Heartbreak House," but her connection with Welles was sundered when she was signed by a Warner Bros. talent scout and decamped to Hollywood. Her first American film turned out to be a masterpiece. Her portrayal of Isabella, the wife of Olivier's Heathcliff in William Wyler's "Wuthering Heights" brought her a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination in her very first role in Tinseltown. She followed that up with a supporting turn in the Bette Davis three-hankie tearjerker "Dark Victory." Other major films she appeared in at Warner Bros. were Shining Victory (1941), The Gay Sisters (1942) and Watch on the Rhine (1943), but her career was stymied by a rebellious streak. Like Warner Bros. divas Davis and Olivia de Havilland, Fitzgerald refused roles she disliked and was put on suspension by the studio. Unlike Davis and de Havilland, however, she never won an Oscar, nor did she ever become a star. She matured into a character actress, appearing in a wide variety of quality movies, including Ten North Frederick (1958), The Pawnbroker (1964), Rachel, Rachel (1968) and Harry and Tonto (1974). In later years she appeared in several hit comedies, among them Arthur (1981).
Fitzgerald appeared on Broadway and off-Broadway in many plays, including revivals of the works of Irish-American playwright Eugene O'Neill (I)'; she was Mary Tyrone in a 1971 off-Broadway production of "Long Day's Journey into Night" opposite Robert Ryan and was in the 1977 Broadway revival of "A Touch of the Poet" with Jason Robards. She also appeared earlier that year on Broadway in the Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning play "The Shadow Box." The previous year she had performed in her own cabaret act for a one-week engagement on Broadway, which she then revived in New York nightclubs as "Streetsongs." In addition to singing, she would reminisce about her life. Later, she received Tony Award and Drama Desk nominations for directing "Mass Appeal," a play about Catholic priests.
Geraldine Fitzgerald died in New York City on July 19, 2005, of complications from Alzheimer's disease. She was 91 years old.- Tommy Johnson was born on 5 December 1931 in Stockholm, Sweden. He was an actor, known for Någonstans i Sverige (1973), Tjocka släkten (1975) and Kråsnålen (1988). He was married to Marie-Louise Moell and Irma Erixon Hjort. He died on 17 July 2005 in Stockholm, Sweden.
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Educated at St. George's Windsor and Cheltenham College in the United Kingdom, where he first met and befriended Lindsay Anderson. Studied English Literature for one year at Oxford, but left on hearing that he would have to learn mediaeval English to get his degree. Editor of Sight & Sound magazine from 1950-1956. Moved to Los Angeles in 1956 to work as personal assistant for Nicholas Ray on _Bigger than Life (1956)_. Published his first book, The Slide Area, in 1959. The rest of his working life was spent writing novels (including Inside Daisy Clover (1965) which he himself adapted for the film of the same name), and biographies (Norma Shearer, 1990 and Nazimova, 1997) and screenwriting. His screenwriting work was nominated for two Oscars: Sons and Lovers (1960) and I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977).
From 1973 to 1990 he shared his time between Tangier, Morocco and Los Angeles, USA. He moved back to Los Angeles in 1990, where he lived until his death in 2005. Lambert became a US citizen in 1964. An account of his experiences with Krishnamurti, who he said had been the most single important influence on his life, can be read in his biographical memoir, Mainly About Lindsay Anderson (2000).- Actor
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Michael Burkett was born on 29 December 1969 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He was an actor, known for The Strange Game of Hyde and Seek (2004), Nancy Nancy (2006) and Blue Heelers (1994). He was married to Becky Russell. He died on 17 July 2005 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.- Actress
- Additional Crew
Alev Koral was born on 18 June 1931 in Istanbul, Turkey. She was an actress, known for The Message (1976), Kadin severse (1955) and Ask ve ölüm (1955). She was married to Orhan Elmas. She died on 17 July 2005 in Istanbul, Turkey.- Actor
- Additional Crew
Mario Valgoi was born on 6 August 1939 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy. He was an actor, known for The Italian Job (1969), Anna Karenina (1974) and Una coccarda per il re (1970). He died on 17 July 2005 in Feltre, Veneto, Italy.- Actor
- Director
Spartak Mishulin was born on 22 October 1926 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He was an actor and director, known for White Sun of the Desert (1970), Master i Margarita (2006) and Verbovshchik (1991). He died on 17 July 2005 in Moscow, Russia.- Ljiljana Kontic was born on 7 September 1931 in Savinac near Gornji Milanovac, Serbia, Yugoslavia. She was an actress, known for Djekna jos nije umrla, a ka' ce ne znamo (1988), Massacre at Noon (1975) and Days to Remember (1987). She was married to Dragomir Bojanic-Gidra. She died on 17 July 2005 in Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro.
- Edward Heath was born in 1916 in Broadstairs, Kent. His father was a carpenter, his mother was a maid and his background was very modest. He attended Balliol College at Oxford, where he earned a second-class degree in philosophy, politics and economics. He got active in Conservative Party politics while at Oxford, but opposed Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's policy of appeasement.
He served in the military during World War II, in the Royal Artillery. After the war, he entered the Civil Service in the Ministry of Aviation. In 1950, he was elected Conservative MP for Bexley. He would represent that constituency for more than fifty years. His rise through the ranks was rapid, being appointed a junior whip in 1951 and was promoted to Chief Whip in 1955. He was appointed Minister of Labour in 1959. He was also appointed Lord Privy Seal in 1960 and President of the Board of Trade in 1963.
The Conservative Party lost the 1964 election and its leader, Alec Douglas Home, stepped down shortly thereafter, but not after changing the leadership election rules, which made it easier for the rank and file to win the leadership. Edward Heath was elected leader of the Conservative Party in 1965, being the first commoner to lead the party. Edward Heath then went on to unexpectedly win the 1970 General Election for the Conservative Party on the 'Selsdon Platform', calling for more aggressive pro-growth economic policies.
Edward Heath's tenure as Prime Minister was very turbulent. His main accomplishment was to admit Britain into the European Community, which it joined in 1973. That was about his only major accomplishment as Prime Minister. The rest of Heath's time in office was not so happy. His Chancellor of the Exchequer, Iain McLeod, died within a month of winning the election and his successor, Tony Barber, was not nearly as capable. His Minister for Education, Margaret Thatcher, proved extremely capable, but attracted controversy when she abolished free milk in the schools, earning her the name 'Margaret Thatcher, the Milk Snatcher.'
Edward Heath's efforts to tame the power of trade unions did not match the rhetoric. The Industrial Relations Act did not deliver on its promises to curb trade union abuses. Northern Ireland was a source of continuing trouble. British soldiers fired on unarmed civilians in the Londonderry Massacre in 1972. The violence and disorder in Northern Ireland got so bad that Heath was forced to suspend the local government there and impose direct rule from London.
Back in Britain, the government caved before a miner's strike in 1972, after especially violent clashes between striking miners and police at Saltley Coke Depot; the police were withdrawn 'for their own protection' but it was a victory for the Miners' Union and thereafter, they had the power to make or break governments in Britain. Britain, like the rest of the Western World, was badly affected by the Arab Oil Embargo of 1973, but Britain was especially hard-hit as the miners struck again. Heath put the country on a three-day workweek to conserve energy, and break the will of striking miners. This backfired and hurt Heath's government more.
In early 1974, Heath called an election on the question of 'Who Governs Britain?' The electorate had lost confidence in Heath and it showed. The election of February 1974 was inconclusive. The Conservative Party lost its majority in Parliament. The Labour Party won the most seats, but not a majority--therefore, it could not really form a government. But Ted Heath was no longer Prime Minister and he handed power over to Harold Wilson in March 1974. Because the result of the February 1974 election was so inconclusive, another election was soon called for October.
Labour won the October 1974 election by a tiny majority. This did not make Heath look good; he had lost three out of four elections. The mood of the Conservative Party was intense rage. Yet none of the Conservative Party establishment dared to cross him. However, Margaret Thatcher, his Minister of Education did challenge Heath for the party leadership in the next party election. On February 4, 1975, she defeated him in the party leadership election. Heath won only 119 votes to Margaret Thatcher's 130, but he had lost his grip on the party. He resigned as Leader of the Conservative Party on February 11, 1975, having handed it over to Margaret Thatcher.
From that point on, Heath refused to serve in the Shadow Cabinet or the front benches. Heath never recovered from his defeat, settling for being a glowering presence on the back benches of Parliament. He remained in Parliament for another twenty-five years. In late-1990, he flew to Iraq in an effort to bring about a diplomatic solution to the Invasion of Kuwait and met with Saddam Hussein; he was unable to persuade Saddam Hussein to pull out of Kuwait, though he did return home with a handful of British hostages.
In 1992, Edward Heath became the longest-serving MP in Parliament and thus became Father of the House, a position he held until he retired from Parliament in 2001 at the ripe old age of 85. Edward Heath was a lifelong bachelor. He never married. Politics was his main interest, but he had other hobbies which included sailing yachts and music. His favorite instruments to play were the piano and the organ. Edward Heath died at age 89 in 2005. - Animation Department
- Writer
Ruben Apodaca was a writer, known for Popeye the Sailor (1960), The Mouse and His Child (1977) and Happily Ever After (1989). Ruben died on 17 July 2005.- Composer
- Soundtrack
Laurel Aitken was born on 22 April 1927 in Santiago, Cuba. He was a composer, known for Absolute Beginners (1986), Call the Midwife (2012) and Skinhead Attitude (2003). He was married to Sandra Olga. He died on 17 July 2005 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK.- Composer
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Frank Deniz was born on 31 July 1912 in Cardiff, Wales, UK. He was a composer, known for Our Man in Havana (1959) and Our Virgin Island (1958). He died on 17 July 2005 in Stanstead Abbots, Hertfordshire, England, UK.- Gina Lagorio was born on 18 June 1922 in Bra, Piedmont, Italy. Gina was a writer, known for Fuori scena (1986). Gina was married to Livio Garzanti and Emilio Lagorio. Gina died on 17 July 2005 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy.
- Fausti Turban was born on 19 September 1914 in Narva, Estonia. She was an actress, known for Karge meri (1981). She died on 17 July 2005 in Tallinn, Estonia.
- Camera and Electrical Department
Al Windrow was born on 16 July 1921 in Oklahoma. Al is known for Shivaree (1965), The King Family Show (1965) and Shindig! (1964). Al died on 17 July 2005.