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Nick Ashford was born on 4 May 1942 in Fairfield, South Carolina, USA. He was a composer and actor, known for The Bodyguard (1992), Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) and Crazy Rich Asians (2018). He was married to Valerie Simpson. He died on 22 August 2011 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.- Director
- Writer
Alain Berbérian was born on 2 July 1953 in Beyrouth, Lebanon. He was a director and writer, known for Six-Pack (2000), Paparazzi (1998) and Dead Weight (2002). He died on 22 August 2017 in Paris, France.- Actor
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Charles Stevens was born on 26 May 1893 in Solomonsville, Arizona, USA. He was an actor and assistant director, known for The Three Musketeers (1921), The Americano (1916) and Ebb Tide (1937). He was married to Lila Ethel Berry. He died on 22 August 1964 in Hollywood, California, USA.- Christopher Ashford-Smith was born on 17 February 1961 in Tampa, Florida, USA. He died on 22 August 2018 in Tampa, Florida, USA.Chris Champion
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Tall, luminous and leonine, the legendary Colleen Dewhurst must go down as one of the theater's finest contemporary tragediennes of the late 1900s. With trademark dusky tones and a majestically careworn appearance, she possessed an inimitable down-to-earth fierceness that not only earned her the title "Queen of Off-Broadway" but allowed her to put a fiery and formidable stamp on a number of Eugene O'Neill's heroines. She was no slouch in the on-camera department, either, reaping trophies for a host of wryly comedic and electrifying dramatic turns on TV. While most of her towering achievements occurred in mid- to late career, she quickly made up for lost time. In addition, she and two-time actor/husband George C. Scott became an acting force together throughout much of the 1960s and early 1970s.
Colleen Rose Dewhurst was born on June 3, 1924, in Montreal, Quebec, the only child of Ferdinand Augustus "Fred" Dewhurst, a hockey and football player who later became sales manager of a lighting concern to support his family. Her mother, Frances Marie (nee Woods), a homemaker, was a Christian Science practitioner. Raised in the United States from the age of 13 (mostly in a suburb of Milwaukee, Wisconsin), she graduated from Riverside High School in Milwaukee in 1942 and then enrolled at Milwaukee's Downer College for Young Ladies. Working such odd jobs as a receptionist and elevator operator in between summer-stock engagements, she prepared for the stage in New York at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, where she met and later married fellow acting student James Vickery in 1947. She also took up studies with such illustrious teachers as Harold Clurman and Tyrone Guthrie.
Dewhurst played Julia Cavendish in "The Royal Family" while a student at Carnegie Lyceum in 1946. However, it took six years for her to make her professional debut at the ANTA in New York with a small dancing role in O'Neill's "Desire Under the Elms" (1952). In 1963, she won an Obie Award in the same play's leading role, Abbie. She built up her esteemed resumé gradually. In 1956 Joseph Papp featured her strongly at his New York Shakespeare Festival with roles in "Tamburlaine the Great", "Titus Andronicus", "Camille" (title part), "The Taming of the Shrew" (as Kate), and "The Eagle Has Two Heads". She won another Obie Award for her combined performances in the last three productions mentioned. The following year she portrayed Lady Macbeth in "Macbeth" and Mrs. Squeamish in "The Country Wife".
Dewhurst divorced her first husband, actor James Vickery in 1959 after meeting George C. Scott during the 1958 run of Broadway's "Children of Darkness", for which she won a Theatre World Award. Scott divorced his wife to marry Dewhurst in 1960 (ex-husband Vickery later married actress Diana Muldaur). Scott and Dewhurst had two children, Alexander Robert Scott ("Alex") and Campbell Scott.
Dewhurst's signature O'Neill role was that of Irish-American Josie Hogan in "The Moon for the Misbegotten". She first played the part in 1958 in Italy, then tackled the role again in 1965 in a production in Buffalo, New York. The third time was the charm when she recreated the role on Broadway in December of 1973 at age 49, not only earning the coveted Tony Award (her second), but the Los Angeles Drama Critics and Sarah Siddons awards as well. Over the years, O'Neill's plays would benefit greatly from her searing, impassioned performances, which included Sara in "More Stately Mansions," Christine Mannon in "Mourning Becomes Electra," Mary Tyrone in "Long Day's Journey Into Night," Essie Miller in "Ah, Wilderness!" and, of course, Abbie Putnam in "Desire Under the Elms". In 1987, she portrayed Carlotta Monterey O'Neill (Eugene's wife) in an acclaimed one-woman show, "My Gene", in New York.
Throughout the 1960s and early 1970s, Dewhurst became a frequent contender at the Tony Awards ceremonies. She won her first Tony for James Agee's "All the Way Home" in 1960, and went on to be nominated for "Great Day in the Morning" (1962), "The Ballad of the Sad Café" (1963), "More Stately Mansions" (1967), "All Over" (1971), "Mourning Becomes Electra" (1972) and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" (1976). One of her few career failures was directing the Broadway production of "Ned & Jack", which opened and closed the same night on November 8, 1981. Very much a theater activist, she joined several advisory boards in her time and became president of the Actor's Equity Association in 1985, serving until her death six years later.
While Dewhurst and then-husband Scott were heralded for their explosive appearances together on stage ("Desire Under the Elms" [both won Obies], "Antony and Cleopatra," "The Lion in Winter"), film (The Last Run (1971)) and TV (The Crucible (1967)), the couple's personal relationship was equally turbulent. Separated in 1963 and divorced in 1965, they remarried two years later. After appearing together in "The Last Run", Scott and Dewhurst parted ways again when he took up with another actress from the movie, Trish Van Devere, whom he later married. Scott and Dewhurst had two sons together and remained amicable.
Preferring the stage, Dewhurst was vastly underused on the big screen. Despite showing Hollywood her potential on film with a small but spectacular, spine-tingling role as an asylum patient who nearly does in poor Audrey Hepburn in The Nun's Story (1959), she offered only a sprinkling of film roles over the years--Man on a String (1960), A Fine Madness (1966), The Cowboys (1972), McQ (1974), Ice Castles (1978), When a Stranger Calls (1979), Tribute (1980), The Dead Zone (1983), The Boy Who Could Fly (1986), Termini Station (1989) and Dying Young (1991).
Better utilized on TV, the multiple Emmy Award winner appeared delightfully as Candice Bergen's brash worldly mother on the popular Murphy Brown (1988), earning two of her Emmy statuettes. The other two came for her strong supporting performances in the mini-movies Between Two Women (1986) and Those She Left Behind (1989). In 1985, she played Marilla Cuthbert in Kevin Sullivan's strong adaptation of Anne of Green Gables (1985) and continued her role in the mini-movie Anne of Avonlea (1987). She graced Sullivan's series Avonlea (1990) with the same character in a recurring format. Sadly, Dewhurst died before her role could be written out of the show properly. A touching death scene was edited into one episode as a tribute.
Diagnosed with cervical cancer, Colleen's fervent Christian Science beliefs led her to refuse any kind of surgical treatment. She died at age 67 at the pet-friendly South Salem, New York, farmhouse she shared with her companion (since 1974), producer Ken Marsolais on August 22, 1991. Two months later, her ex-husband George C. Scott starred in and directed a production of "On Borrowed Time", dedicating the show to her memory. Both of their sons, Alexander Robert Scott ("Alex") and Campbell Scott entered the entertainment field. Alex became a theatrical manager and writer, while Campbell has appeared on stage and in films. He appeared with his mother on Broadway in "Long Day's Journey Into Night" and "Ah, Wilderness!" (both by Eugene O'Neill) in the late 1980s, and in the film "Dying Young (1991)" (one of her last performances).
Her autobiography, incomplete at the time of her death (she had been working on it for nearly 15 years), finally arrived in bookstores in 1997, six years after her death.- Director
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Daniel Petrie was born on 26 November 1920 in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada. He was a director and producer, known for The Bay Boy (1984), A Raisin in the Sun (1961) and The Assistant (1997). He was married to Dorothea G. Petrie. He died on 22 August 2004 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Soundtrack
Edward King was born on 14 September 1949 in Glendale, California, USA. He was married to Sharon Brock, Janet Lynn Hand and Patricia A Pettit. He died on 22 August 2018 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.- Floyd Tillman was born on 8 December 1914 in Ryan, Oklahoma, USA. He was married to Margaret Hartis (remarried), Frances Woods and Margaret Hartis. He died on 22 August 2003 in Bacliff, Texas, USA.
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Gerard O'Neill was born on 1 September 1942 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Black Mass (2015), Internalised (2011) and Former Irish Mobster Breaks Down 7 Irish Mob Scenes in Movies and TV (2021). He was married to Janet Reardon. He died on 22 August 2019 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.- Director
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He studied Law. He also directed theatre pieces, wrote movie criticisms and took part in the creation and development of the 'cinema novo' movement in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, becoming its theoretical leader and first embassador in Europe. After "Barravento (1962)", a trilogy of films and "Antonio das Mortes (1969)" he won various international prizes. As he symbolized the feelings of the ideology of the May of 1968, he became very popular in Europe and America. But when he started to film in Africa and Spain his followers were distracted and this marked the beginning of the decline of his fame. Thus, he only made a couple of films of minor interest later on.- Actress
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Spanish actress. Parents: Antonio Nile (guitar player) and Rosario del Río. She was born during an artistic tournee of her parents in Argentina. She lived in Málaga till she the age of 12. There she studied dance. When she was 12 years old, she debuted in the comedy theatre of Buenos Aires with the help of Pastora Imperio who calls her Petite Imperio. That was her artistic name during the next years, when she had a great success in several countries in southAmerica. In 1926 she came back to Spain and adopted the artistic name of Imperio Argentina, singing in the main theaters of the country. The film director Florián Rey discovered her in the Romea theater in Madrid and then she played La hermana San Sulpicio (1927).- Actor
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Jeff MacKay was born on 20 October 1948 in Dallas, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Magnum, P.I. (1980), All the President's Men (1976) and JAG (1995). He died on 22 August 2008 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA.- Actor
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Jeffrey Stone spent 14 years in the film industry in Hollywood, Italy, and Spain. His career began as the model for "Prince Charming" in Disney's "Cinderella". He went on to play D'Artagnan in the The Three Musketeers (1956) (aka The Three Musketeers). He appeared in numerous movies and guest appearances on TV. He was under contract to David O. Selznick, Leonard Goldstein of 20th Century-Fox and Universal Studios. He also wrote for the commercial film industry and wrote the story for Unearthly Stranger (1963) - now a cult film. In 1955, he married Corinne Calvet and they spent the next few years filming in France, Italy and Spain. In 1960, they divorced. He went to Hong Kong in 1961 and wrote and directed Strange Portrait (1966), starring Jeffrey Hunter and Mai Tai Sing.
Stone spent the next 40 years traveling throughout India, Nepal, Burma, Thailand, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan, The Philippines, Singapore, and Malaysia, after beginning his Asian travels and experiences from Tahiti. In his travels in Borneo, he visited the Penan and Dyak tribes (former headhunters) and explored prehistoric forests, living in the long houses, and traveling with the tribes. He was one of the very few foreigners to shoot the famous Barum River rapids, learned to use the blow pipe and was an honorary member of the Dyak Tribe. He wrote one Khmer Bronze reference book and one Romantic Adventure novel, both published. He spent spends his time writing adventure novels using Southeast Asia as a background. He died at age 85 in Penang, Malaysia.- Manager
Jeremy Geffen was born on 29 December 1972 in New York City, New York, USA. Jeremy was a manager. Jeremy died on 22 August 2018 in Beverly Hills, California, USA.- Composer
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Half of the songwriting team of Leiber and Stoller, Jerry Leiber wrote many hit songs with his partner Mike Stoller, including many for Elvis Presley and The Coasters. Leiber was born on April 25, 1933 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA as Jerome Leiber. He was married to Gaby Rodgers. He died on August 22, 2011 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- John Abercrombie was born on 16 December 1944 in Port Chester, New York, USA. He was married to Lisa. He died on 22 August 2017 in Cortland, New York, USA.
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John Howard Davies was born on 9 March 1939 in Paddington, London, England, UK. He was a producer and director, known for Oliver Twist (1948), Fawlty Towers (1975) and Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969). He was married to Linda Patricia, Dale Mackenzie Tillotson and Leonie Taylor. He died on 22 August 2011 in Blewbury, Oxfordshire, England, UK.- Actor
- Producer
Keith Knight was born on 20 January 1956 in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada. He was an actor and producer, known for My Bloody Valentine (1981), Meatballs (1979) and The Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland (1987). He was married to Jennifer McCullough. He died on 22 August 2007 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.- Composer
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Lazy Lester was born on 20 June 1933 in Torras, Louisiana, USA. He was a composer, known for Alchemy of the Oracles (2008), Family Meeting (2007) and Lightning in a Bottle (2004). He died on 22 August 2018 in Paradise, California, USA.- Louise Huff was born on 14 November 1895 in Columbus, Georgia, USA. She was an actress, known for Seventeen (1916), T'Other Dear Charmer (1918) and Heart of Gold (1919). She was married to Edwin A. Stillman. She died on 22 August 1973 in New York City, New York, USA.
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Morton Tubor was born on 29 April 1917 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an editor, known for Vigilante Force (1976), Cannonball! (1976) and Daddy-O (1958). He died on 22 August 2019 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
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Sebastian Cabot was an English actor, often working as a voice actor in animation.
On 6 July, 1918, Cabot was born in London. He dropped out of school in 1932, to work in an automotive garage. He was eventually hired as both a chauffeur and a valet for actor Frank Pettingell (1891-1966). He learned to speak smoothly to fit his new profession, and became acquainted with several actors.
Cabot became interested in starting an acting career of his own, and started appearing regularly in theatre. His film debut was the gambling-themed comedy film "Foreign Affaires " (1935), where he was an uncredited extra. His first credited role was in the spy film "Secret Agent" (1936).
Cabot primarily worked in his native United Kingdom until the 1950s, when he moved to the United States. There he had roles in such films as "Westward Ho, the Wagons! " (1956), "Johnny Tremain" (1957), and "The Time Machine" (1960).
Cabot appeared mostly in guest star roles in television throughout the 1960s. His first major role in the medium was that of college professor Dr. Carl Hyatt in the detective television series "Checkmate" (1960-1962). Hyatt was depicted as a member of a detective agency which works to prevent crimes before they can take place. The series lasted for 70 episodes.
His voice acting credits started in radio, before he became a regular voice actor for the Disney studio. He voiced Sir Ector (King Arthur's adoptive father) in "The Sword in the Stone" (1963) and Baghreera the black panther (one of Mowgli's mentors) in "The Jungle Book". He was the original narrator of the Winnie the Pooh film series, serving in this role in "Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree" (1966), "Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day" (1968), "Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too" (1974), and "The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh" (1977).
Cabot had another major television role as traditional "gentleman's gentleman" (valet) Giles French in the sitcom "Family Affair" (1966-1971). The series lasted for 138 episodes, and several members of the cast were nominated for Emmy Awards. Cabot himself was nominated for a 1968 Emmy Award for "Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series". The award was instead won by rival actor Don Adams (1923-2005).
Cabot's next significant television role was that of hotel owner Winston Essex, the host of the anthology horror television series "Ghost Story" (1972-1973). His last notable live-action roles were in two television films. He played Kris Kringle in "Miracle on 34th Street" (1973), and appeared in "The City That Forgot About Christmas" (1974).
Cabot survived his first stroke in 1974, and then mostly retired for show business. He lived his final years in Deep Cove, British Columbia, a suburb of Victoria. In 1977, he was hospitalized following a second stroke. He never recovered, dying in the Victoria hospital. He was 59 years old. He was cremated, and his ashes were buried in Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles.- Music Department
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Toots Thielemans was born on 29 April 1922 in Brussels, Belgium. He was a composer and actor, known for The Getaway (1972), French Kiss (1995) and Midnight Cowboy (1969). He was married to Huguette Tuytschaever and Netty de Greef. He died on 22 August 2016 in Brussels, Belgium.- Built like the proverbial Patton tank, Professor Toru Tanaka was arguably the successor to Harold Sakata as the archetypal Asian henchman who possessed incredible strength, and clobbered those foolish enough to tangle with him. Born Charles Kalani, he was a successful wrestler and served for over ten years in the US Armed Forces attaining the rank of sergeant. Tanaka first appeared playing a Japanese sumo wrestler on the TV series Little House on the Prairie, however his first film role pitched him as an insidious villain in the chop socky An Eye for an Eye (1981) in which he faces down Chuck Norris before being kicked through a large table. In total, Tanaka appeared in only 23 films including appearing alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger twice in The Running Man (1987) and Last Action Hero (1993).
Appearing in The Perfect Weapon (1991) with 6th degree Kempo black belt, Jeff Speakman, Tanaka comes to a fiery end courtesy of an LPG tank!! In reality, Tanaka was far removed from his own screen persona, and was known to be a kind & generous man to all who knew him. He passed away in August, 2000 from heart failure. - Vitali Logvinovskiy was born on 17 March 1941 in Shevchenko Village, Poltava Oblast, USSR. He was an actor, known for The Rifleman of the Voroshilov Regiment (1999). He was married to Nadezhda Kosenovich. He died on 22 August 2019 in Kaluga, Russia.