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- Actor
- Writer
- Director
Allan Edwall was born in a working class home in Jämtland, Sweden in 1924. His father was a trade-union man and a communist. 1949-52 he attended Stockholm's Royal Daramatic Theatre School. Through the years he made more than 400 parts in theater, film, television and radio. He was also a director, an author, a composer and a singer. On records he sang his own songs where he attacked the injustices in our society. From 1986 and for the remaining years he ran his own theater 'Brunnsgatan 4' in Stockholm, where he did everything by himself, from acting to selling tickets.- Costume Designer
- Costume and Wardrobe Department
- Make-Up Department
Oscar-winning costume designer Mary Lillian Wills studied at universities in New Mexico and Arizona before graduating with an M.A. from the Yale School of Drama. She worked in Hollywood for forty years, mostly free-lancing, except for a spell between 1948 and 1952, when she was under contract at RKO (for Samuel Goldwyn). She became known as 'the fabulous Miss Wills' for her excellence in creating authentic-looking period, dance and folk costumes for prestige films like Hans Christian Andersen (1952) and The Virgin Queen (1955). Her intricate pencil sketches often included subtle backgrounds, which provided a measure of additional context. Wills won an Academy Award for Best Costume Design for The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962). In addition to her film work, she also designed for ice revues and Wild West shows.- Sam DeCavalcante was born on 3 March 1912 in Newark, New Jersey, USA. He died on 7 February 1997 in Miami, Florida, USA.
- Ingeborg Sassen-Haase was born in 1919. She was an actress, known for Peters Bastelstunde (1973), Tatort (1970) and Die Vertreibung aus dem Paradies (1977). She died on 7 February 1997 in Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany.
- Music Department
- Composer
- Sound Department
John Baker was born on 12 October 1937 in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, England, UK. He was a composer, known for He Who Rides a Tiger (1965), Out of the Unknown (1965) and Dial M for Murder (1974). He died on 7 February 1997 in Freshwater, Isle of Wight, England, UK.- Janice Nugent was born in 1950. She died on 7 February 1997 in Tampa, Florida, USA.
- Art Department
William George Walter (Bill) Beavis - Scenic Artist was born is Suffolk UK on the 9th August 1914. His interest in painting brought him to the attention of Alfred Blundell who introduced him to the Royal Academy. Bill presented a version of a self portrait of VanDyke with sunflower and on 11th December 1935 was accepted into the Academy. He was beginning to get known as a portrait artist in Cambridge when war broke out. He was called up and posted to Singapore and unhappily interned for the duration.
Following demobilization, on the 15th April 1947 started to work as a Scenic Artist at Shepperton Studios. His first film was Anna Karena a Korda Brothers film. He worked at all the main studios around London UK including Borham Wood, Elstree, Pinewood, Twickenham, Ealing, Denham. He retired on the 10th July 1979 after 32 years in the industry.- Producer
- Production Manager
Hans Klap was born in 1942. He was a producer and production manager, known for De mannetjesmaker (1983), De verwording van Herman Dürer (1979) and De laatste trein (1975). He died on 7 February 1997 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.