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- Actress
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Cathryn Harrison was born on 25 May 1959 in London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Black Moon (1975), Images (1972) and The Dresser (1983). She was married to Paul Laing. She died on 1 October 2018 in Plymouth, Devon, England, UK.- Actor
- Music Department
- Composer
Beloved French chanson entertainer Charles Aznavour, who wrote more than 800 songs, recorded more than 1,000 of them in French, English, Italian, German and Spanish and sold over 100 million records in all, was born Shahnour Vaghinag Aznavourian on May 22, 1924, in Paris, the younger of two children born to Armenian immigrants who fled to France. His mother was a seamstress as well as an actress and his father was a baritone who sang in restaurants. Both Charles and his elder sister waited on tables and he performed, as well. He delivered his first poetic recital while just a toddler. Within a few years later he had developed such a passion for singing/dancing, that he sold newspapers to earn money for lessons.
He took his first theatrical bow in the play "Emil and the Detectives" at age 9 and within a few years was working as a movie extra. He eventually quit school and toured France and Belgium as a boy singer/dancer with a traveling theatrical troupe while living the bohemian lifestyle. A popular performer at the Paris' Club de la Chanson, it was there that he was introduced in 1941 to the songwriter Pierre Roche. Together they developed names for themselves as a singing/writing cabaret and concert duo ("Roche and Aznamour"). A Parisian favorite, they became developed successful tours outside of France, including Canada. In the post WWII years Charles began appearing in films again, one of them as a singing croupier in Adieu... Chérie (1946).
Eventually Aznavour earned a sturdy reputation composing street-styled songs for other established musicians and singers, notably Édith Piaf, for whom he wrote the French version of the American hit "Jezebel". Heavily encouraged by her, he toured with her as both an opening act and lighting man. He lived with Piaf out of need for a time not as one of her many paramours. His mentor eventually persuaded him to perform solo (without Roche) and he made several successful tours while scoring breakaway hits with the somber chanson songs "Sur ma vie" and "Parce que" and the notable and controversial "Après l'amour." In 1950, he gave the bittersweet song "Je Hais Les Dimanches" ["I Hate Sundays"] to chanteuse Juliette Gréco, which became a huge hit for her.
In the late 50s, Aznavour began to infiltrate films with more relish. Short and stubby in stature and excessively brash and brooding in nature, he was hardly leading man material but embraced his shortcomings nevertheless. Unwilling to let these faults deter him, he made a strong impressions with the comedy Une gosse 'sensass' (1957) and with Paris Music Hall (1957). He was also deeply affecting as the benevolent but despondent and ill-fated mental patient Heurtevent in Head Against the Wall (1959). A year later, Aznavour starred as piano player Charlie Kohler/Edouard Saroyan in Francois Truffaut's adaptation of the David Goodis' novel Shoot the Piano Player (1960) [Shoot the Piano Player], which earned box-office kudos both in France and the United States. This sudden notoriety sparked an extensive tour abroad in the 1960s. Dubbed the "Frank Sinatra of France" and singing in many languages (French, English, Italian, Spanish, German, Russian, Armenian, Portuguese), his touring would include sold-out performances at Carnegie Hall (1964) and London's Albert Hall (1967).
Aznavour served as actor and composer/music arranger for many films, including Gosse de Paris (1961), which he also co-wrote with director Marcel Martin, and the dramas Three Fables of Love (1962) [Three Fables of Love") and Caroline chérie (1968) [Dear Caroline]. The actor also embraced the title role in the TV series "Les Fables de la Fontaine" (1964), then starred in the popular musical "Monsieur Carnaval" (1965), in which he performed his hit song "La bohême".
His continental star continued to shine and Aznavour acted in films outside of France with more dubious results. While the satirical Candy (1968), with an international cast that included Marlon Brando, Richard Burton and Ringo Starr, and epic adventure The Adventurers (1970) were considered huge misfires upon release, it still showed Aznavour off as a world-wide attraction. While he was also seen in The Games (1970) (1970), The Blockhouse (1973) (1973) and an umpteenth film version of Agatha Christie's Ten Little Indians (1974), it was his music that kept him in the international limelight. Later films included Yiddish Connection (1986), which he co-wrote and provided music; Il maestro (1990) with Malcolm McDowell; the Canadian-French production Ararat (2002) for which he received special kudos; cameos as himself in The Truth About Charlie (2002) and Emmenez-moi (2005); and his final feature film, Mon colonel (2006)
Films aside, his chart-busting single "She" (1972-1974) went platinum in Great Britain. He also received thirty-seven gold albums in all. His most popular song in America, "Yesterday When I Was Young" has had renditions covered by everyone from Shirley Bassey to Julio Iglesias. In 1997, Aznavour received an honorary César Award. He has written three books, the memoirs "Aznavour By Aznavour" (1972), the song lyrics collection "Des mots à l'affiche" (1991) and a second memoir "Le temps des avants" (2003). A "Farewell Tour" was instigated in 2006 at age 82. He died
Married at least three times (some claim five) to Micheline Rugel, Evelyne Plessis and Ulla Thorsell, he fathered six children (daughters Katia, Patricia and Seda Aznavour, and sons Misha, Nicholas, and Patrick Aznavour). He died on October 1, 2018, in France.- Composer
- Music Department
- Actor
He studied piano and harmony at Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome. In 1957 he started playing light music, being the pianist of important singers such as Rita Pavone. In USA he studied jazz with Dave Brubeck. In 1966 he was called by Cam to compose his first soundtrack: The Bounty Killer, a film directed by Tomas Milian. After the good success, he was asked to compose other soundtracks, among which was A Man, A Horse And A Gun in 1967, which was recorded in the same year by Henry Mancini. Worldwide fame, however, came in 1970, when he composed the score for Anonymous Venetian. This score was a hit all over the world, receiving all the major awards, and is still considered one of the most famous Italian soundtracks. Another very important soundtrack is Tentacles, an American film interpreted by John Huston, Shelley Winters and Henry Fonda. Stelvio Cipriani has composed over 200 film scores, still continuing his activity.- Carlos Ezquerra was born on 12 November 1947 in Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain. He was a writer, known for Judge Dredd (1995), Dredd (2012) and Judge Dredd: Mega City One. He died on 1 October 2018.
- Juan Romero struggled for decades with a memory he could not escape. Still haunted by what happened just after midnight on June 5, 1968, when he was on duty as a busboy at the Ambassador Hotel on Wilshire Boulevard near Koreatown. That was the night an assassin took aim at Robert F. Kennedy, a candidate for president of the United States. Romero, just 17 at the time, squatted next to the fallen U.S. senator, cradled Kennedy's head, and tried to help him up before realizing how gravely wounded Kennedy was.
Romero, who had moved to Los Angeles from Mexico seven years earlier. He became an Ambassador busboy on the advice of his strict stepfather, who worked at the hotel and wanted Romero to be sure to stay out of trouble on the streets of East Los Angeles. The next night, after Kennedy won California's Democratic primary and made a victory speech, he retreated through the kitchen pantry area and Romero pushed through the crowd to congratulate him. He said that just as he shook Kennedy's hand, the shots were fired.
News photographers captured pictures of Romero next to the bloodied Kennedy - images that would be seen all over the world. "Is everybody OK?" Kennedy asked. Yes, he said. "Everything will be OK," Kennedy said before losing consciousness. Romero put a rosary in Kennedy's hand. - Transportation Department
- Actor
John Bernard Martin was born on 12 March 1957 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He was an actor, known for Self/less (2015), Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) and Safe (2012). He died on 1 October 2018 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.- Edith Teichmann was born on 22 March 1921 in Leipzig, Germany. She was an actress, known for Der grüne Bogenschütze (1961), Sechs Personen suchen einen Autor (1964) and Er und Sie - Fernsehkurs für das Leben zu zweit (1957). She was married to Cedo Zarkovic. She died on 1 October 2018 in Berlin, Germany.
- Graciano Rocchigiani was born on 29 December 1963 in Rheinhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany [now Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany]. He was an actor, known for TNT Boxerstory (2018), Die Niels Ruf Show (2006) and Der Tag der Ehre - Entscheidung im Boxring (2004). He was married to Christine. He died on 1 October 2018 in Belpasso, Italy.
- Gerhard Bott was born on 28 September 1930 in Elmshorn, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for Der Mann muß hinaus ins feindliche Leben - Warum es mit der Emanzipation der Frau nicht getan ist (1971), Aufstieg und Fall des Uwe Barschel (1988) and Unter deutschen Dächern (1979). He died on 1 October 2018.
- Peggy Sue Gerron was born on 15 June 1940 in Olton, Texas, USA. She was married to Lynn Bryant Rackham and Jerry Allison. She died on 1 October 2018 in Lubbock, Texas, USA.
- Producer
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Michael Freedland was born on 18 December 1934 in London, England, UK. He was a producer and actor, known for Bob Hope: The Road to the Top (1998), Pantoland (1997) and See Me (2009). He was married to Sara Hockerman. He died on 1 October 2018 in Aberdeen, South Dakota, USA.- Yau King Eng died on 1 October 2018 in Massachusetts, USA.
- Composer
- Music Department
- Additional Crew
Ben Daglish was a composer, known for 60 Days of Honesty, The Last Ninja (1987) and Cobra (1986). He was married to Sarah. He died on 1 October 2018 in Derbyshire, England, UK.- Camera and Electrical Department
Keith Norval Rose was born in Johannesburg, South Africa on March 24, 1955, the son of gold miner Dennis Bomber Rozsavolgyi and his wife Rita Louise Dupont. Rose was raised on West Rand Consolidated Mines in Krugersdorp, which are home to the deepest and, despite today's rocky prices, some of the richest gold mines in the world..
Rose graduated Randfontein High School in 1973, and the next year, he served in the South African Army; that same year, Barbara Osterloh and Keith had a baby girl named Kerry.
In 1975, after he left the military, Keith took up his father's business and began working as a gold miner. He also studied for a ventilation certificate, and worked in Randfontein, Carletonville, and Westonaria. While working at Carltonville Gold Mine, he noticed a live broadcast of the Nasa space odyssey playing in the window of Bradlows Furniture Store, and decided to take up a career in television.
After his father died in 1976, Rose began his career at the SABC as a sound technician, but he quickly gravitated to cameraman, which was his first love. In 1977, he began freelancing and spent several years traveling abroad and working on feature films. In 1980, he switched to commercials where his technical expertise and superb talent of visualizing and manipulating concepts put him in the directors' chair. In 1987, he started Velocity Films, and rose to the top worldwide. Keith was named as one of the '100 top creative minds of all time'.
Rose had worked with most major international agencies on location in North America, Europe, and the Far East and won many awards, including five Gold Lions at Cannes.
Rose was associated with many great commercials, from the mid-1980s Volkswagen campaigns of O&M's Brian Searle-Tripp to BMW advertisements featuring John Hunt.
Rose co-founded Velocity Films in 1990 with Barry Munchick, who came to Johannesburg because it offered excitement.
Rose shot the Chapman's Peak advertisement for Willie Sonnenberg. Anticipating failure, Rose bought five cheap on-board cameras, three of which worked; Rose's anticipation paid off, as the first day of shooting, a Mercedes Benz had plunged over a cliff and the onboard camera had failed. Rose has also worked on a Lindsay Smithers advertisement for Toyota, a soap box ride on a mine dump in Krugersdorp using barefoot kids cast off the street from the rough end of town.
Rose met his precious wife Marie-Louise Brown in 1997 and instantaneously became a father figure to his stepson Roland. Keith and Marie-Louise's first son Sean was born in January 1999, and their second son Luke was born in August 2000.
In 2000, Rose was admitted to South African advertising's Hall of Fame.
On October 1, 2018, Rose died in Cape Town, South Africa, at the age of 63.- Dmitri Mikhleyev was born on 18 January 1942 in Novoye Ilmovo, Tatarskoy ASSR, USSR. He was a director, known for Volya vselennoy (1988), Po sekretu vsemu svetu (1977) and Tri vesyolye smeny (1977). He died on 1 October 2018.
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Jerry González was born on 5 June 1949 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He is known for Crossover Dreams (1985), The Other Barrio (2015) and Harlem's Last Poet. He was married to Andrea Zapata-Girau and Betty Luciano. He died on 1 October 2018 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain.- Art Department
- Visual Effects
Jim Wheelock was born on 14 November 1960 in Guatemala. He is known for Virtuosity (1995), Blink (1993) and The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers (1986). He died on 1 October 2018 in Sonoma County, California, USA.- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Additional Crew
Antal Abonyi was born on 20 January 1938 in Baglyasalja, Hungary. He was a cinematographer, known for Pirx kalandjai (1973), Az özvegy és a százados (1967) and Musical TV Theater (1970). He died on 1 October 2018 in Budapest, Hungary.- Caroline Charrière was a composer, known for Thérèse Raquin, histoire d'une tournée (2005). She died on 1 October 2018 in Freiburg im Üechtland, Freiburg, Switzerland.
- Actor
- Music Department
Ronnie Leitch was born in 1953 in Sri Lanka. He was an actor, known for Leader (2009), Les mystères de Sadjurah (1997) and Ninja Sri Lanka (1997). He died on 1 October 2018 in Perth, Australia.- Antoine Sfeir was born on 25 November 1948 in Beirut, Lebanon. He was an actor, known for Secret Defense (2008), Face à l'image (2003) and C dans l'air (2001). He died on 1 October 2018 in Paris, France.