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- Producer
Paul Wendkos was born on 20 September 1925 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a director and producer, known for The Brotherhood of the Bell (1970), Battle of the Coral Sea (1959) and The Burglar (1957). He was married to Ruth Burnat and Lin Bolen. He died on 12 November 2009 in Malibu, Los Angeles County, California, USA.- Beautiful and distinguished, exceptionally gifted (she could play the piano, dance, practice skiing and underwater fishing, and of course... act!), Danielle Godet had everything for a great career. Everything but luck, since for want of opportunities, she failed to live up to her (numerous) capacities. Born in Paris on 30-1927, the daughter of an industrialist and a stay-at-home mother, passionate about piano and classical music, Danielle inherited her artistic flair from the latter. Thanks to Mrs. Godet, the little girl studied and piano and dance, going as far as to win a first prize at the Léopold Belland dance contest. But it was the call of the movies she was actually going to heed. Her first contact with the seventh art was due to chance, as the small village in which Danielle and her parents spent their Summer holidays of 1943 harbored the shooting of L'homme sans nom (1943), directed by Léon Mathot. Extras were needed and the pretty sixteen-year old was noticed and hired as one. Some time later, she took drama lessons with Maria Ventura and Jean Martinelli. Her first break came with René Clair who tested her for Man About Town (1947) but all she was given was a bit as a spectator, the great French director having preferred Marcelle Derrien instead. The same mishap occurred to her two years later when, after being considered by Henri-Georges Clouzot for Manon (1949), she was replaced by Cécile Aubry. In 1947, though, she starred alongside a beginner named Yves Montand but it was in an indifferent and now forgotten boxing movie, The Idol (1948). Where she really made an impression was in Henri Calef's La souricière (1950), also a forgotten (but much better) film. Danielle Godet showed in this noir thriller (not unworthy of I Confess (1953)) that she could be given other roles than the ingénues she had played until then. It was also nice to see her, like other Gallic beauties such as Anne Vernon and Odile Versois, appear in an English movie The Fighting Pimpernel (1949). But from then on, Danielle Godet's artistic fall started and despite her efforts to find worthwhile roles, never ended. In the batch, there are a few unpretentious but entertaining French or Spanish B movies (Votre dévoué Blake (1954), The Versailles Affair (1960), Cuatro en la frontera (1958), Autopsy of a Criminal (1963)...) but what a lot of turkeys signed Maurice de Canonge, Henri Lepage, Walter Kapps, Georges Jaffé or Gianfranco Parolini. A few collaborations with Jean-Pierre Mocky, Jean Dewever, Mauro Bolognini, Juan Luis Buñuel, barely save her honor. What a pity Danielle Godet's path did cross that of Jean Renoir, Jean-Pierre Melville, Claude Autant-Lara, Louis Malle, Jacques Becker and other such high caliber names of French cinema. This comment would for sure have been quite different.
- Alla Parfanyak was born on 9 August 1923 in Moscow, USSR. She was an actress, known for Gorod na zare (1959), Nebesnyy tikhokhod (1946) and Esli vrag ne sdayotsya... (1983). She was married to Mikhail Ulyanov and Nikolay Kryuchkov. She died on 12 November 2009 in Moscow, Russia.
- Jack Kissell was born on 24 September 1930 in South Bend, Indiana, USA. He was an actor, known for Extreme Honor (2001), Quincy M.E. (1976) and Wonder Woman (1975). He was married to Jean. He died on 12 November 2009 in Torrance, California, USA.
- Actor
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Additional Crew
Jamshid Layegh was born in 1931 in Tehran, Iran. He was an actor and assistant director, known for Nightingales (1988), The Accused (1996) and Killing Mad Dogs (2001). He died on 12 November 2009 in Tehran, Iran.- Writer
- Actor
- Director
Agustín Póveda was born in 1954 in Spain. He was a writer and actor, known for Cosa de brujas (2003), Mi teniente (2001) and Almejas y mejillones (2000). He died on 12 November 2009 in Valladolid, Spain.- Robert Kendall was born on 26 June 1927 in Stephenson, Michigan, USA. He was an actor, known for Ma Barker's Killer Brood (1960), Gang Busters (1952) and The Women of Pitcairn Island (1956). He died on 12 November 2009 in Seattle, Washington, USA.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Stefan Feierbach was born on 1 May 1955 in Stockholm, Sweden. He was an actor, known for Adalen 31 (1969), Vindingevals (1968) and Kråkguldet (1969). He died on 12 November 2009 in Stockholm, Sweden.- A Lebanese actor, born in Tripoli in 1920. He joined the Al-Zahraa theater group, and also participated in the founding of the Al-Talia group. In addition to his theatrical work, Ahmed Badea worked in television dramas, his series include Adventures of Nader, Samra and The Adventure. He passed away in 2009.
- Vagrich Bakhchanyan was born on 23 May 1938 in Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, USSR. He was an actor, known for The Theft (1970) and Vagrich and the Black Square (2015). He died on 12 November 2009 in New York City, New York, USA.
- James Lilley was born on 15 January 1928 in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China. He was married to Sally Booth. He died on 12 November 2009 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
- Greg Lyttle died on 12 November 2009 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK.
- Rais Galyamov was born on 3 June 1939. He was an actor, known for The Plane Flies to Russia (1994), Vverkh tormashkami (1992) and Vstretimsya u fontana (1977). He died on 12 November 2009.
- Producer
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Winter D. Horton Jr. was born on 2 June 1929 in San Gabriel, California, USA. He was a producer and actor, known for Day at Night (1973), The Story of Eric (1972) and Life with Elizabeth (1952). He was married to Carol Horton. He died on 12 November 2009 in Pasadena, California, USA.- Inge Meyer was born on 18 January 1929 in Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. She was a writer, known for Vernehmung der Zeugen (1987) and Der Staatsanwalt hat das Wort (1965). She died on 12 November 2009 in Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.