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He was an ethnic Tatar. He was educated at the Leningrad Ballet School and starred with Kirov Ballet. His first film was a USSR short Le Corsaire (1958). While performing in Paris in 1961 he defected to the West. He then performed internationally, becoming an Austrian citizen in 1982. The English/French documentary I Am a Dancer (1972), directed by Pierre Jourdan featured him and his long-time partner Margot Fonteyn. He played Rudolph Valentino in the film Valentino (1977) and Daniel Jelline in Exposed (1983), his last film. In 1982, he starred in the US stage revival of "The King and I".- Music Department
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John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie, along with Charlie Parker, ushered in the era of Be-Bop in the American jazz tradition. He was born in Cheraw, South Carolina, and was the youngest of nine children. He began playing piano at the age of four and received a music scholarship to the Laurinburg Institute in North Carolina. Most noted for his trademark "swollen cheeks", Gillespie admitted to copying the style of trumpeter Roy Eldridge early in his career. He replaced Eldridge in the 'Teddy Hill' Band after Eldridge's departure. He eventually began experimenting and creating his own style which would eventually come to the attention of Mario Bauza , the Godfather of Afro-Cuban jazz who was then a member of the Cab Calloway Orchestra. Though Calloway disliked Gillespie's style, calling it "Chinese music", he hired him to his band in 1939. Gillespie was later fired after two years when he cut a portion of Calloway's buttocks with a knife after Calloway accused him of throwing spitballs (the two men later became lifelong friends and often retold this story with great relish until both of their deaths). Although noted for his on- and off-stage clowning, Gillespie endured as one of the founding fathers of the Afro-Cuban &/or Latin Jazz tradition. Influenced by Mario Bauza, known as Gillespie's musical father, he was able to fuse Afro-American jazz and Afro-Cuban rhythms to form a burgeoning CuBop sound. Always a musical ambassador, he toured Africa, the Middle East and Latin America under the sponsorship of the US State Department. Quite often he returned, not only with fresh musical ideas, but with musicians who would eventually go on to achieve world renown. Among his proteges and collaborators are 'Chano Pozo', the great Afro-Cuban percussionist; Danilo Pérez, a master pianist and composer originally from Panama; Arturo Sandoval, trumpeter, composer and music educator originally from Cuba; Mongo Santamaria, an Afro-Cuban conguero, bonguero and composer; David Sanchez, saxophonist and composer; Chucho Valdés, an Afro-Cuban virtuoso pianist and composer; and Bobby Sanabria, a Bronx, NY-born Nuyorican percussionist, composer, educator, bandleader and expert in the Afro-Cuban musical tradition. Indeed, many Latin jazz classics such as "Manteca", "A Night in Tunisia" and "Guachi Guaro [Soul Sauce]" were composed by Gillespie and his musical collaborators. With a strong sense of pride in his Afro-American heritage, he left a legacy of musical excellence that embraced and fused all musical forms, but particularly those forms with roots deep in Africa such as the music of Cuba, other Latin American countries and the Caribbean. Additionally, he left a legacy of goodwill and good humor that infused jazz musicians and fans throughout the world with a genuine sense of jazz's ability to transcend national and ethnic boundaries--for this reason, Gillespie was and is an international treasure.- Director
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Served in the Polish underground during WWII; was captured and interred in a German workcamp until rescued by Patton's forces; studied acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in post-WWII London; started the Professional Actors Workshop in New York City, Los Angeles, and Provo, UT; former students include James Earl Jones, Martin Sheen, Sigourney Weaver, Mercedes Ruehl and Ralph Waite.- Sumner Arthur Long was born on 31 March 1921 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Sumner Arthur was a writer, known for Never Too Late (1965), The Mickey Rooney Show (1954) and Going Steady (1958). Sumner Arthur died on 6 January 1993 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Dries Wieme was born on 4 December 1927 in Gent, Flanders, Belgium. He was an actor and director, known for Kom toch eens kijken (1955), Tussen Water en Wind (1959) and De dwaling (1987). He died on 6 January 1993.- Elke Kast was born in 1946 in Schmalkalden, Thuringia, Germany. She was an actress, known for Die Supernasen (1983), Der Apfel fällt nicht weit vom Stamm (1984) and Ein Wort aus Musik (1981). She was married to Manfred Kast. She died on 6 January 1993 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.
- Joseph Cantley was born on 8 August 1910 in Salford, Greater Manchester, England, UK. He was married to Hilda Goodwin Gerrard. He died on 6 January 1993 in London, England, UK.
- Zoltán Csányi was born on 26 December 1912 in Esztergom, Austria-Hungary. He died on 6 January 1993 in Budapest, Hungary.