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A distinguished actor, director and composer in Sweden; Stig Olin made his success in many areas of the Swedish entertainment business in the 1940s and 50s. As an actor, he claimed success when he played boyish characters and naive students on film. He was the actor who eventually took the claim of playing Ingmar Bergman's alter-ego in many of his early films, including; Torment (1944) (Bergman's script debut), Crisis (1946), Woman Without a Face (1947) (Bergman wrote the script), Port of Call (1948), Prison (1949), To Joy (1950) and Summer Interlude (1951). Stig Olin then went on to directing some films himself in the 1950s: he not only wrote film scripts but also directed these films himself, as well. As a director, his best film is probably his on-screen adaption of children-novelist Astrid Lindgren's Rasmus, Pontus och Toker (1956); a wonderful classic children's film (very beloved in Sweden) to which Olin also composed the music score and also acted the substantial supporting part as the suspicious antique dealer "Ernst", that the kids in the film come across. Stig Olin then suddenly - quite surprisingly, actually - (as he'd never been trained specifically in music) showed his talent as a composer when he came to write many songs (both the music and the lyrics) that today are considered to be classic evergreens/tunes/schlagers in Sweden: "På söndag" (On Sunday), "Karusellvisan" (recorded by himself), "En gång jag seglar i hamn" (recorded by himself), "Jag tror på sommaren" (recorded by son Mats Olin) and "Människors glädje" (recorded, a.o., by his daughter; actress Lena Olin in the 1970s). Stig Olin sang and performed a lot with his wife at that time; Britta Holmberg, both on stage and on the radio (where the Olin-family had their own radio show for many years in the 1950s and 60s).
On top of this, he also frequently worked at the Swedish Radio with various other shows/programmes and became a very appreciated director for the Swedish Radio Theatre (Radioteatern). In 1970, he became Director of Programmes at Swedish Radio and, from there on, came to work almost exclusively in the radio business in the 1970s and 1980s. Still, he directed several plays and musicals at various private theatres in Stockholm in the 1950s-1980s (including the original Swedish staging of the Stephen Sondheim musical, "A Little Night Music", based on the Ingmar Bergman comedy, "Smiles of a Summer Night") and he has written numerous theatre sketches for all kinds of revues and made the music arrangements for many musicals throughout his life. His best on-screen performances in films include: Torment (1944), Woman Without a Face (1947), To Joy (1950), Summer Interlude (1951), En fästman i taget (1952), Klasskamrater (1952), The Yellow Squadron (1954), Sceningång (1956), Rasmus, Pontus och Toker (1956) and Jim & Piraterna Blom (1987).- Writer
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Dick Beebe was born on 11 October 1954. He was a writer and producer, known for Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000), House on Haunted Hill (1999) and Tales from the Crypt (1989). He died on 28 June 2008 in Saugerties, New York, USA.- Actress
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Irina Baronova was born on 13 March 1919 in Petrograd, Russia [now St. Petersburg, Russia]. She was an actress, known for Toast to Love (1951), Florian (1940) and Toast of Love (1943). She was married to Cecil Tennant and German 'Jerry' Sevastianov. She died on 28 June 2008 in Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia.- Doane R. Hoag was born on 25 August 1908 in California, USA. Doane R. was a writer, known for Count the Hours! (1953), The Hideous Sun Demon (1958) and Beyond Our Own (1947). Doane R. died on 28 June 2008 in Detroit, Michigan, USA.
- Giuseppe Ianigro was born on 13 May 1898. He was an actor, known for Amarcord (1973), The Last Judgment (1961) and Gli anni ruggenti (1962). He died on 28 June 2008 in Torino, Piemonte, Italy.
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- Director
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Robert Lewis Shayon was born on 15 August 1912 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer and director, known for The Big Story (1949), Goodyear Playhouse (1951) and The Mail Story (1954). He was married to Nash Cox and Sheila Russell. He died on 28 June 2008 in Frankfort, Kentucky, USA.- Josie Woods was born on 16 May 1912 in Canning Town, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Nitwits on Parade (1949). She died on 28 June 2008 in the USA.
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Gamble Bresee was born on 4 August 1965 in Burbank, California, USA. Gamble is known for Get Ready for School, Charlie Brown! (1995) and Snoopy's Campfire Stories (1996). Gamble died on 28 June 2008 in California, USA.- K.C. Haywood was born on 3 August 1978 in McPherson, Kansas, USA. He was an actor, known for AgAu (2014) and Left Field (2009). He died on 28 June 2008 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
- Terry Fields was born on 8 March 1937 in Bootle, Merseyside, England, UK. He died on 28 June 2008 in Netherton, Sefton, Merseyside, England, UK.
- René Rekand was born on 28 March 1925. He was an actor, known for Keskea rõõmud (1987), Arabella, mereröövli tütar (1982) and Lurich (1984). He died on 28 June 2008.
- Robert Seamans was born on 30 October 1918 in Salem, Massachusetts, USA. He was married to Eugenia Merrill. He died on 28 June 2008 in Beverly Farms, Massachusetts, USA.