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- Ignacio López Tarso was born on 15 January 1925 in Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico. He was an actor, known for Macario (1960), El Pantera (2007) and Rosa blanca (1961). He was married to Clara Aranda. He died on 11 March 2023 in Mexico City, Mexico.
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Alba Arnova was born on 15 March 1930 in Bernal, Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was an actress, known for La Gioconda (1958), Loves of Three Queens (1954) and A Lady with Camelias (1953). She was married to Gianni Ferrio. She died on 11 March 2018 in Rome, Italy.- He initially worked in a shipping company before, thanks to various scholarships, he was able to begin studying medicine at St. Mary's Hospital Medical School in Paddington in 1901. In 1906 Fleming completed his final exams. He then qualified as a surgeon. From 1908 Fleming began to work scientifically, initially in the hospital's vaccination laboratory with the microbiologist Sir Almroth Edward Wright. In 1921 Fleming became deputy head of the institute. In the same year he was able to identify and isolate lysozyme, an enzyme that has strong antibacterial properties. In 1928 he received the chair of bacteriology at the University of London. In September 1928, the discovery that made him world famous was blown directly onto his laboratory workstation: the air was used to transfer a mold spore to one of Fleming's culture dishes in which he was cultivating staphylococci. Actually an annoying event, because the bacterial colony was no longer usable for further investigations.
But Fleming found that the bacteria had, so to speak, dissolved near the mold. He had thus observed the bacteria-destroying power of penicillin. Fleming first used the name "Penicillin" on March 7, 1929. It goes back to the mold that belongs to the genus Penicillium. However, Fleming was not the first to make this significant observation. A number of scientists had previously found that Penicillium fungi inhibit the growth of bacteria. However, no one has investigated the causes of the observed effect or investigated the phenomenon further. Fleming submitted a report on his discovery to the British Journal of Experimental Pathology on May 10, 1929, which was published the following June. Although Fleming had recognized that the bacteria-killing effect of penicillin could effectively combat a number of infections such as suppuration, pneumonia or meningitis, the cure was initially denied a final breakthrough.
The problem was obtaining sufficient quantities to treat patients beyond the experimental phase. In addition, Fleming probably could not fully appreciate the significance of his discovery at the time. It was only shortly before the start of the Second World War that science remembered Fleming's work. From 1940 onwards, attempts were made to produce penicillin in larger quantities on the initiative of the researchers Sir Ernest Boris Chain and Lord Howard Walter Florey. The two traveled to the USA in 1941 to initiate everything necessary there. In 1944, highly concentrated penicillin was finally produced on an industrial scale. Fleming was knighted in 1944, and in 1945 he received the Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine together with Chain and Florey. In 1946, Fleming became director of the Vaccination Institute at St. Mary's Hospital Medical School, which was renamed the Wright-Fleming Institute two years later. He retired in 1948.
Sir Alexander Fleming died on March 11, 1955 in Chelsea (London). - Composer
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Ángel Parra was born on 27 June 1943 in Valparaiso, Chile. He was a composer and actor, known for Violeta Went to Heaven (2011), Raíces de odio (1997) and The Promised Land (1973). He was married to Marta Orrego. He died on 11 March 2017 in Paris, France.- Actress
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Betty Hutton was born Elizabeth June Thornburg on February 26, 1921, in Battle Creek, Michigan. Two years later, Betty's father decided that the family way of life wasn't for him, so he left (he committed suicide 16 years later). Having to fend for themselves, Mrs. Thornburg moved the family to Detroit to find work in the numerous auto factories there, but times were hard and she decided to take advantage of Prohibition and opened a small tavern, at the time called a speakeasy. The police were always looking for those types of operation, both big and small, and when they detected one, they swooped in and closed it down. Mrs. Thornburg was no different from the other owners, they simply moved elsewhere. Poverty was a constant companion. In addition to that, Mrs. Thornburg was an alcoholic.
At nine years old, Betty began singing publicly for the first time in a school production. Realizing the voice Betty had, her mother took her around Detroit to have her sing to any group that would listen. This was a small way of getting some money for the poor family. When she was 13, Betty got a few singing jobs with local bands in the area. Thinking she was good enough to make the big time, she left for New York two years later to try a professional career. Unfortunately, it didn't work out and Betty headed back to Detroit.
In 1937, Betty was hired by Vincent Lopez who had a popular band that appeared on the local radio. Later, she would return to New York and it was here that her career took off. Betty found herself on Broadway in 1940, and it was only a matter of time before her career took off to bigger heights. The following year, she left New York for Hollywood, where she was to find new life in films. She was signed by Paramount Pictures and made her debut, at 21, in The Fleet's In (1942), along with Eddie Bracken, William Holden and Dorothy Lamour. Reviews were better than expected, with critics looking favorably upon her work. She had previously appeared in a few musical shorts, which no doubt helped her in her first feature film. She made one more musical in 1942 and two more in 1943.
In 1944, she tried to break away from musicals and try her hand in a screwball comedy, The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1943). She proved - to herself, the public and the critics - that she was marketable outside musicals. In subsequent films, Betty was able to show her comedic side as well as her singing. In 1948, she appeared in her first big box-office bomb, Dream Girl (1948), which was ripped to shreds by critics, as was Betty's acting, and the movie flopped at the box office. It wasn't long before Betty became unhappy with her career. In truth, she had the acting talent, but the parts she got weren't the types to showcase that. Though she did appear in three well-received films later, Red, Hot and Blue (1949), Annie Get Your Gun (1950) and The Greatest Show on Earth (1952), her career was winding down.
Later, after filming Somebody Loves Me (1952), Betty was all but finished. She had married Charles O'Curran that year and he wanted to direct her in an upcoming film. Paramount didn't like the idea and the temper tantrum-prone Betty walked out of her contract and movies. She did concentrate on the relatively new medium of television and the stage, but she never recovered her previous form. Her final film was a minor one, Spring Reunion (1956). Her TV series, The Betty Hutton Show (1959), didn't fare too well at all. Betty lived in quiet retirement in Palm Springs, California until her death on March 11, 2007. She was 86 years old.- Bud Grant was born on 20 May 1927 in Superior, Wisconsin, USA. He was married to Patricia Nelson. He died on 11 March 2023 in Bloomington, Minnesota, USA.
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Charles Wuorinen was born on 9 April 1938 in Upper West Side, New York City, New York, USA. Charles was a composer, known for Brokeback Mountain (2014). Charles was married to Howard Stokar. Charles died on 11 March 2020 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.- Chen Kenichi was born on 5 January 1956 in Tokyo, Japan. He was an actor, known for Toto Nêchan (2016), Iron Chef (1993) and Tetsuko no heya (1976). He died on 11 March 2023 in Japan.
- Antônio Wilson Honório was born on 11 June 1943 in Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil. He died on 11 March 2019 in Santos, São Paulo, Brazil.Coutinho
- Dave Aron is known for I Can Make You Dance and Hyacinth (2014).
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Didier Bezace was born on 10 February 1946 in Paris, France. He was an actor, known for L.627 (1992), Low Profile (1993) and Les Thibault (2003). He died on 11 March 2020 in Paris, France.- Actor
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Don Warden was born on 27 March 1929 in Mt. Grove, Missouri, USA. He was an actor, known for Sweet Dreams (1985), The Porter Wagoner Show (1961) and Rhinestone (1984). He was married to Lois Ann Bybee. He died on 11 March 2017 in Brentwood, Tennessee, USA.- Dragan Nikolic's movie debut was in 1964 Pravo stanje stvari (1964), but he started his career with role Dzimi Barka in movie When I Am Dead and Gone (1967), directed by Zivojin Pavlovic and for this role, he was awarded with Diploma at Pula Film Festival in 1968. He appeared in more than 90 feature films. In 1985 he received the "October award" of Belgrade. He was married to Milena Dravic.
He lived in Belgrade, worked in theatre and acted in TV series like A Better Life (1987) and Porodicno blago (1998). He was regular member of famous Belgrade theatre "Atelje 212" (1969-2009) where he realized more than 50 roles, such as Berger in "Hair" by Gerome Ragni and James Rado, Djenka Djavo in "The Marathon Family" by Dusan Kovacevic, Gavrilo in "St. George Kills The Dragon" by Dusan Kovacevic and The Unknown in "The Visitor" by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt. - Erica Andrews was born on 30 September 1969 in Allende, Nuevo León, Mexico. She was an actress, known for Ticked-Off Trannies with Knives (2010), Jennifer Lopez: Do It Well (2007) and Misperceptions (2013). She died on 11 March 2013 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
- Evan Johns is known for Trepanation (2016).
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F.W. Murnau was a German film director. He was greatly influenced by Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Shakespeare and Ibsen plays he had seen at the age of 12, and became a friend of director Max Reinhardt. During World War I he served as a company commander at the eastern front and was in the German air force, surviving several crashes without any severe injuries.
One of Murnau's acclaimed works is the 1922 film Nosferatu, an adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula. Although not a commercial success due to copyright issues with Stoker's novel, the film is considered a masterpiece of Expressionist film.
He later emigrated to Hollywood in 1926, where he joined the Fox Studio and made three films: Sunrise (1927), 4 Devils (1928) and City Girl (1930). The first of these three is widely regarded as one of the greatest films ever made.
In 1931 Murnau travelled to Bora Bora to make the film Tabu (1931) with documentary film pioneer Robert J. Flaherty, who left after artistic disputes with Murnau, who had to finish the movie on his own. A week prior to the opening of the film Tabu, Murnau died in a Santa Barbara hospital from injuries he had received in an automobile accident that occurred along the Pacific Coast Highway near Rincon Beach, southeast of Santa Barbara. Only 11 people attended his funeral. Among them were Robert J. Flaherty, Emil Jannings, Greta Garbo and Fritz Lang, who delivered the eulogy.
Of the 21 films Murnau directed, eight are considered to be completely lost.
In July 2015 Murnau's grave was broken into, the remains disturbed and the skull removed by persons unknown. Wax residue was reportedly found at the site, leading some to speculate that candles had been lit, perhaps with an occult or ceremonial significance. As this disturbance was not an isolated incident, the cemetery managers are considering sealing the grave.- Faith Brook was born on 16 February 1922 in York, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Eye of the Needle (1981), North Sea Hijack (1980) and The Razor's Edge (1984). She was married to Michael Horowitz and Dr. Charles Moffett. She died on 11 March 2012 in London, England, UK.
- Francisco Petrone was born on 14 August 1902 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor, known for Todo un hombre (1943), La fuga (1937) and Águila blanca (1941). He died on 11 March 1967 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Gerard Du Prie was born on 23 May 1937 in Egmond aan Zee, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. He died on 13 March 2020 in Netherlands.
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Gerardo Rozín was born on 18 June 1970 in Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina. He was a producer and actor, known for Official Competition (2021), Georgina y Vos (2003) and The Tenth Man (2016). He was married to Carmela Bárbaro and Mariana Basualdo . He died on 11 March 2022 in Argentina.- Music Department
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Hal Blaine was an American drummer and session musician of Jewish descent, with a career that lasted about 70 years. He was born in 1929 as "Harold Simon Belsky", son to Meyer Belsky and Rose Silverman. Both of his parents were immigrants from Eastern Europe.
Blaine was born in Holyoke, Massachusetts, a planned city that was once famed for its paper mills. He became interested in music as a child, and started playing drums as a hobby when 8-years-old. In 1943, the 14-year-old Blaine and his family moved to California. From 1949 to 1952, received lessons in drumming by Roy Knapp, the same music teacher who had trained the famed jazz drummer Gene Krupa (1909-1973). Meanwhile, Blaine started performing professionally in Chicago strip clubs. He worked on improving his sight-reading skills, reading and performing of pieces of music or songs in music notation that the performer has not seen before.
He started out as a jazz musician. He served for a while in the big band of Count Basie (1904-1984), and went on music tours with Patti Page (1927-2013) and Tommy Sands (1937-). But he also enjoyed the emerging "rock and roll" of the 1950s, and performed as a session musician in rock recordings.
In the 1960s, Blaine served as a core member of "the Wrecking Crew", a loose collective of session musicians working in Los Angeles. Most of them had formal training in both jazz and classical music, and provided their music skills to record companies producing various rock, pop, and rhythm and blues recording of this era. While relatively unknown to the music audience, the Wrecking Crew were viewed with reverence by industry insiders.
From 1962 to 1976, Blaine played drums for 40 recordings that hit number 1 in the Billboard Hot 100, in what was probably the most memorable period of his career. These recordings included "Johnny Angel" (1962, by Shelley Fabares), "He's a Rebel" (1962, by The Crystals), "Surf City" (1963, by Jan & Dean), "I Get Around" (1964, by The Beach Boys ), "Everybody Loves Somebody" (1964, by Dean Martin), "Ringo" (1964, by Lorne Greene), "This Diamond Ring" (1965, by Gary Lewis & the Playboys), "Help Me, Rhonda" (1965, by The Beach Boys), "Mr Tambourine Man" (1965, by The Byrds), "I Got You Babe" (1965, by Sonny & Cher), "Eve of Destruction" (1965, by Barry McGuire), "My Love" (1966, Petula Clark), "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" (1966, by Nancy Sinatra), "Monday, Monday" (1966, by The Mamas & the Papas), "Strangers in the Night" (1966, by Frank Sinatra), "Poor Side of Town" (1966, by Johnny Rivers), "Good Vibrations" (1966, by The Beach Boys), "Somethin' Stupid" (1967, by Frank & Nancy Sinatra), "The Happening" (1967, by The Supremes), "Windy" (1967, by The Association), "Mrs. Robinson" (1968, by Simon & Garfunkel), "Dizzy" (1969, by Tommy Roe), "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" (1969, by The 5th Dimension), "Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet" (1969, by Henry Mancini), "Wedding Bell Blues" (1969, by The 5th Dimension), "Bridge Over Troubled Water" (1970, by Simon & Garfunkel), "(They Long to Be) Close to You" (1970, by The Carpenters), "Cracklin' Rosie" (1970, by Neil Diamond), "I Think I Love You" (1970, by The Partridge Family), "Indian Reservation" (1971, by The Raiders), "Song Sung Blue" (1972, by Neil Diamond), "Half Breed" (1973, by Cher), "Top of the World" (1973, by The Carpenters), "The Way We Were" (1974, by Barbra Streisand), "Annie's Song" (1974, by John Denver), "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" (1975, by John Denver), "Love Will Keep Us Together" (1975, by Captain & Tennille), "I'm Sorry"/"Calypso" (1975, by John Denver), and "Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" (1976, by Diana Ross).
Blaine's career declined considerably in the 1980s. The drum machine, an electronic musical instrument that creates percussion, became popular in the music industry. This largely eliminated the recording studios' demand for session drummers. Blaine found himself competing for work with musicians much younger than himself. He kept on working, by performing music for advertising jingles. Due to the decline in his personal finances, he took various odd jobs to supplement his income. At one point, he worked as a security guard.
Late in life, Blaine received some music industry recognition for his decades of solid work. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a sideman in 2000, inducted into the the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 2010, and received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018.
In 2019, Blaine died in Palm Desert, California, due to unspecified "natural causes". He was 90-years-old. His former colleague Brian Wilson (1942-) commemorated his death with statements of praise for Blaine's music skills.- Actor
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Joe Gladwin was born on 22 January 1906 in Salford, Lancashire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Last of the Summer Wine (1973), Nearest and Dearest (1972) and Nearest and Dearest (1968). He was married to Lily Anne Wynne. He died on 11 March 1987 in Manchester, England, UK.- Writer
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Internationally acclaimed author John Jakes was born and raised in Chicago. He graduated from DePauw University with a degree in creative writing and later also added an M.A. in literature from Ohio State to his résumé. Jakes worked as a copywriter for advertising agencies for sixteen years before making the decision to become a full-time author of fiction. His first published work in 1950 was for pulp magazines like Amazing Stories. His made his breakthrough in 1973 when he received a $15,000 advance payment from a paperback publisher to begin work on The Kent Family Chronicles, a series of eight novels detailing the lives of a fictional American family through 200 years of history. By the time the final volume hit the shelves, more than 30 million copies had been sold. Jakes wrote all of his manuscripts on a typewriter he had purchased for $35 in 1955.
By the late 70s, Jakes had published more than 200 stories of science fiction, fantasy, crime and the Wild West, in addition to 50 novels, of which six (set during the Roman/Biblical era) appeared under the pseudonym Jay Scotland (his other frequent aliases were Robert Hart Davis and J. X. Williams). Ultimately his best known work has been the epic, bestselling North and South trilogy. This Pulitzer-prize nominated saga of two families, the Hazards (pioneering Yankee industrialists) and the Mains (traditional Southern plantation owners) and their relationship during the Civil War and its aftermath was adapted by ABC-TV as a miniseries. An all-star cast was headed by Patrick Swayze (as Orry Main) and James Read (as George Hazard). Sadly, the superior production values so evident in the filming of Book One rather diminished in the subsequent instalments. Script and most of the acting, however, were excellent throughout. Both books and series also benefitted greatly from the author's meticulous research and his adherence to the historical record and his uncanny ability to make his characters believably human, be it for good or bad. Jakes has been popularly dubbed "America's history teacher" and "the people's author".
John Jakes lived and worked for many years in Hilton Head, South Carolina, before relocating to Bird Key in Sarasota, Florida. His wife Rachel briefly appeared as Mary Todd Lincoln in North & South: Book 1, North & South (1985). They had four children. Jakes died at the age of 90 on March 11 2023.- Joyce Vanderveen was born on 27 April 1927 in Netherlands. She was an actress, known for The Ten Commandments (1956), Peter Gunn (1958) and Combat! (1962). She was married to Louis Blaine. She died on 11 March 2008 in Los Angeles, California, USA.