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Dancer, choreographer and actor Geoffrey Holder was born on August 1, 1930, in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, into a middle-class family. One of four children, he was taught painting and dancing by his older brother Boscoe Holder, whose dance troupe, the Holder Dance Company, the young Geoffrey joined when he was seven years old. Geoffrey assumed direction of the company in the late 1940s after Boscoe moved to London.
Holder moved to the US in 1954, two years after being "discovered" by Agnes de Mille, the choreographer daughter of director-producer Cecil B. DeMille, after she saw the Holder Dance Company perform in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. Holder, a talented painter, sold a score of his paintings to raise the funds to bring the Holder Dance Company to New York City in 1954 (in 1957 Holder won a Guggenheim Fellowship to study painting). He would appear with his dance company, now titled Geoffrey Holder and Company, in New York through 1960.
On December 30, 1954, Holder made his Broadway debut (as did Diahann Carroll) at the Alvin Theatre in the Caribbean-themed original musical "House of Flowers", with music by Harold Arlen, who also co-wrote the book with Truman Capote. The cast included Pearl Bailey and Alvin Ailey, and the show was directed by Peter Brook. Herbert Ross did the choreography but the "Banda Dance" was choreographed by Holder. The show ran for 165 total performances but, more importantly, Holder met and married fellow cast member 'Carmen DeLavallade', a dancer, and the two had a son together. From 1955 through 1956 Holder was a principal dancer with the Metropolitan Opera Ballet.
Holder played the role of Lucky in a revival of Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot" directed by Herbert Berghof on Broadway in January 1957. The all-black cast also included Geoff Searle as Vladimir, Rex Ingram as Pozzo and Mantan Moreland as Estragon. The show only lasted six performances, but it established Holder as an actor, and he made his film debut four years later in All Night Long (1962), a modern gloss on William Shakespeare's "Othello". His most famous role was as the heavy "Baron Samedi" in the James Bond movie Live and Let Die (1973), Roger Moore's first turn as 007.
Holder won the 1975 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical for his staging of the Broadway musical "The Wiz" (1975), the all-African American retelling of "The Wizard of Oz." He also won the Tony for best costume design (he would be nominated again for a Tony for best costume design for the original 1978 Broadway musical "Timbuktu!", which he also directed and choreographed). As a choreographer he has created dance pieces for many companies, including the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
Holder has written two books, one on folklore and one on Caribbean cuisine. In the 1970s and 1980s, he put his striking 6'6" presence and bass voice to good use hawking various products in TV commercials, including soft drinks.- Actor
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David Watson was born on 10 March 1940 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970), The Time Tunnel (1966) and The Legend of Robin Hood (1968). He died on 5 October 2014 in New York, USA.- Actor
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Ike Jones was a producer, actor, screenwriter and second-unit director best known as being the "secret" husband of movie star Inger Stevens, whom he claimed he had married in Mexico in 1961 after Stevens' apparent suicide in 1970. The marriage supposedly was kept secret in order not to damage Stevens career, as she was white and he was black.
Sammy Davis Jr.'s romance with Kim Novak in the late 1950s had been terminated by the intervention of Columbia Pictures production chief Harry Cohn (Novak's boss), who used his mob connections to threaten Davis. When Davis married May Britt in 1960, her once promising career stalled, so such concerns were legitimate. Since the marriage had been secret, Jones had to battle in court for his rights to Stevens' estate (worth an estimated $110,000 (approximately $800,000 in 2022 dollars). His claim was supported by Stevens' brother.
Born Isaac Lolette Jones in Santa Monica, California, on December 23, 1929 he was the first African American graduate from the UCLA film school when he took his diploma in 1952. He also became the first African American to produce an A-List Hollywood movie when he produced A Man Called Adam (1966) in 1966. He would also be the first person to receive the Oscar Micheaux Award, named after the trail-blazing African American producer, director and writer, by the Producers Guild of America in 1995.
Ike had played college football at UCLA and was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in 1953, but he was set on making a career in the movies. He made his debut as an actor in '53 in The Kid from Left Field (1953) and also appeared in The Joe Louis Story (1953), on which he also toiled as an assistant director. His acting career was over by 1960 (though it revived briefly in the period 1973-75), as he became the head of Nat 'King' Cole's Kell-Cole Productions. He has made his bones as an executive working at the Hill-Hecht-Lancaster production company in the 1950s and then as vice president of Harry Belafonte's Harbel Productions.[5]
He made cinema history when Sammy Davis, Jr. hired him to produce A Man Called Adam (1966). He only produced one more production, the 1978 TV movie A Woman Called Moses (1978) starring Cicely Tyson as Harriet Tubman, and served as an executive producer on the 1981 TV movie The Oklahoma City Dolls (1981).- Misty Anne Upham, born in Kallispell, Montana, grew up in south Seattle, the fourth of five children. She began her career at the age of thirteen when she joined a community theater group, Red Eagle Soaring. What began as a summer workshop soon turned into a full-time job. By the age of fourteen she was writing and directing short skits and performing on tours throughout the northwest. In the next four years she would be accepted to several Seattle theater companies, all while attending high school. Her first break came in 2001 when she landed the role of Mrs. Blue Cloud in Chris Eyre's sophmore project Skins (2002), where she portrayed a victim of domestic abuse on the Pine Ridge reservation. She also had a large role in the family drama August: Osage County (2013), playing Johnna Monevata, a live-in housekeeper.
Misty died in 2014, in Auburn, Washington, of blunt-force trauma. - Actress
Anna Przybylska was born on 26 December 1978 in Gdynia, Pomorskie, Poland. She was an actress, known for Rh+ (2005), Day of the Wacko (2002) and Sezon na leszcza (2001). She was married to Dominik Zygra. She died on 5 October 2014 in Gdynia, Pomorskie, Poland.- Actress
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Anna Maria Gherardi was born on 21 March 1939 in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. She was an actress, known for Stealing Beauty (1996), 1900 (1976) and La donna in bianco (1980). She died on 5 October 2014 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Actor
- Director
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Yuri Lyubimov is a Russian actor and director best known as the founder and leader of the legendary Taganka Theatre company in Moscow, Soviet Union.
He was born Yurii Petrovich Lyubimov on September 30, 1917, in Yaroslavl, Russia. His father, Petr Lyubimov, was a grocer, his paternal ancestors were Russian peasants. Lyubimov's mother was a music teacher, and his maternal ancestors were Gypsies. Lyubimov's parents were arrested during the dictatorship of Joseph Stalin, and young Lyubimov was deprived of his civil rights. However, he later reunited with his parents in Moscow. Young Lyubimov was fond of reading, acting and singing. In 1934 he entered the acting Studio of Moscow Art Theatre (MKhAT - 2) in Moscow; there he made his acting debut appearing in stage play 'Molba o zhizni' (aka.. Prayor for life). From 1936 - 1940 he studied acting at the Theatrical School (now Shchukin Theatrical School) of Vakhtangov Theatre, graduating in 1940 as an actor and director. In 1941 Lyubimov was drafted in the Red Army and served at the NKVD (the Soviet Commissariat for Secret Service) as a stand-up comedian and announcer with the NKVD Choir and Dance Ensemble.
From 1936 to 1940 and from 1946 to 1964 Yuri Lyubimov was a member of the troupe at Vakhtangov Theatre in Moscow. There his stage partners were such actors as Boris Shchukin, Mikhail Ulyanov, Ruben Simonov, Boris Zakhava, Mikhail Astangov, Vladimir Etush, Varvara Popova, Alla Kazanskaya, Yuliya Borisova, Lyudmila Maksakova, Lyudmila Tselikovskaya, Nikolai Plotnikov, Vasiliy Lanovoy, Yuriy Yakovlev, Vyacheslav Shalevich, Andrei Abrikosov, Grigori Abrikosov, Boris Babochkin, Aleksandr Grave, Nikolai Gritsenko, and Nikolai Timofeyev, among others. In 1938, Lyubimov made his stage acting debut at Vakhtangov Theatre opposite Boris Shchukin in 'Chelovek s ruzhyem'. In 1959, Lyubimov made his directing debut at Vakhtangov Theatre wit his staging of 'Mnogo li cheloveku nado' (aka.. How much does a man need) by playwright Aleksandr Galich.
In 1963 Yuri Lyubimov directed the play that changed his career forever- 'Dobry chelovek is Sezuana' (aka.. Good man from Sechuan), based on
Lyubimov's productions at Taganka represented a new type of art and contributed to awaking the public conscience in the Soviet Union. Lyubimov created the Artistic Counsil of Taganka where members were the leading writers (known as the "60s generation"), such as Yevgeniy Yevtushenko, Fazil Iskander, Andrei Voznesensky, Aleksandr Tvardovsky, Bulat Okudzhava, and Bella Akhmadulina among others; some famous Russians, such as the Nobel Prize-winning physicist Pyotr Kapitsa and composer Alfred Schnittke were also members of the Artistic Counsil of Taganka. The Lyubimov's Taganka was called "the island of freedom in the non-free nation" of the USSR.
From 1964 to the early 1980s at the Taganka Theatre Lyubimov worked with such actors as Vladimir Vysotskiy, Valeriy Zolotukhin, Leonid Filatov, Alla Demidova, Venyamin Smekhov Ivan Bortnik, Zhanna Bolotova, Natalya Sayko, Nikolay Gubenko, and others. Lyubimov's staging of the Shakespeare's "Hamlet" starring Vladimir Vysotskiy in the title role, was awarded the Grand Prix at the 1976 International Theatre Festival BITEF. However, during the 1980s Lyubimov was censored by the Soviet authorities and many of his stage productions were banned. In the early 1980s, after the death of the legendary actor Vladimir Vysotskiy, Taganka's play titled "Vladimir Vysotsky" was banned, and Lyubimov's staging of Pushkin's 'Boris Godunov' was also banned. Yuri Lyubimov was forced to leave and work outside of the Soviet Union. He was stripped of his Soviet citizenship by a special order from the Supreme Soviet of the USSR signed by the Communist Party leader K. Chernenko.
During his involuntary emigration, Yuri Lyubimov directed successful stage productions in Austria, Britain, Italy, Israel, United States, Sweden and many other nations across the world. Upon the invitation from Ingmar Bergman, Lyubimov directed such plays as "Master and Margarita" by Mikhail A. Bulgakov and "Pir vo vremya chumy" (aka. Fiest during the plaque) at the Royal Drama Theatre of Stockholm. Upon the invitation from Giorgio Strehler, Lyubimov's London staging of the Dostoyevsky's "Besy" (aka.. The possessed) made several successful tours in Europe, including a stint at the Theatre of Europe in Paris.
In 1988, during the openness of "perestroika" by Mikhail Gorbachev, Yuri Lyubimov returned to the Soviet Union and re-gained his directorial position at the Taganka Theatre. However, in 1989, part of the Taganka troupe led by his rival, Nikolay Gubenko, had split from Lyubimov, and formed their own company known as Community of Taganka Actors. Meanwhile, Lyubimov renewed several of his earlier productions which were previously banned by the Soviet censorship. At that time, Lyubimov was again forced into a power struggle, but he prevailed. Lyubimov canceled all other plans and invitations and focused entirely on re-building the troupe and the legacy of the Taganka Theatre, and eventually succeeded in restoring the popular image of the Taganka Theatre.
In 1998 Yuri Lyubimov and his Taganka celebrated the 80 birthday of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn by staging his autobiographical play, 'Sharashka', which Lyubimov directed and also appeared in the role as Joseph Stalin. In 2001 Lyubimov renewed the production of 'Doctor Zhivago' based on the eponymous book by Boris Pasternak. In 2002 he directed the Goethe's 'Faust' at the Taganka. The 60's generation, and thousands of long-time Taganka patrons are now bringing their grandchildren to enjoy the art of Lyubimov's Taganka Theatre.
Since 1978 Yuri Lyubimov has been married to Hungarian theatre critic Katalin Koncz, and the couple has one son, Peter Lyubimov, born in 1983. Yuri Lyubimov is living and working in Moscow, Russia.- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Xavier Romero was an assistant director and director, known for Amar sin límites (2006), Como dice el dicho (2011) and Cachito de cielo (2012). He died on 5 October 2014 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico.- Shavkat Gaziyev was born on 7 June 1944 in Dushanbe, Tadzhikskaya SSR, USSR. He was an actor, known for Posrednik (1990), Zolotoye runo (1982) and Ruslan and Ludmila (1972). He died on 5 October 2014 in Moscow, Russia.
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Katsumi Ohyama was born on 5 February 1932 in Shenyang, Liaoning, China. He was a producer and director, known for Aniki (1977), The Devil's Path (2013) and Omoide zukuri. (1981). He was married to Misako Watanabe. He died on 5 October 2014 in Tokyo, Japan.- Actor
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Barry Summerford was born in 1943 in Surrey, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Beau Geste (1982), Mystery!: Campion (1989) and Charters & Caldicott (1985). He died on 5 October 2014 in Lambeth, London, England, UK.- Actor
- Animation Department
Bernard Dumaine was born on 15 March 1926 in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. He was an actor, known for Les compagnons d'Eleusis (1975), Association of Wrongdoers (1987) and The Hatter's Ghost (1982). He died on 5 October 2014 in Paris, France.- David Chavchavadze was born on 20 May 1924 in London, England, UK. He was married to Eugenie de Smitt, Judith Clippinger and Helen Husted. He died on 5 October 2014 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
- Alexandra Hartmann was born on 20 August 1969 in Germany. She was an actress, known for 23 (1998), Tatort (1970) and Das Kreuz mit der Schrift (2005). She died on 5 October 2014 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.
- Vivi Haug was born on 13 October 1936 in Fredrikstad, Norway. She was an actress, known for Lange flate ballær (2006), Lange flate ballær II (2008) and Jubalong (2006). She died on 5 October 2014 in Fredrikstad, Norway.
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- Writer
Bernd Schaarmann was born on 26 August 1968. Bernd was a director and producer, known for Flashback (2002), Leben und Sterben in Castrop-Rauxel (2006) and Ein bißchen Mord muß sein (2000). Bernd died on 5 October 2014 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.- Andrea de Cesaris was born on 31 May 1958 in Rome, Italy. He died on 5 October 2014 in Rome, Italy.
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Steven R. Smith was a composer, known for Death Sentence (2007), The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999) and Ashby (2015). He died on 5 October 2014.