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- Olive Dunbar was born on 30 March 1925 in Wellesley, Massachusetts, USA. She was an actress, known for The Lottery (1969), Girls Just Want to Have Fun (1985) and The Streets of San Francisco (1972). She was married to William Keene. She died on 8 February 2017 in Ithaca, New York, USA.
- Gustav Hasford was born in 1947, in Russellville, Alabama. He joined the Marines right out of school in 1967 and used his experiences as a Combat Correspondent in Vietnam to write his first novel, The Short-Timers, which Stanley Kubrick turned into Full Metal Jacket (1987). Hasford's second novel, published in 1990, was a sequel to The Short-Timers titled The Phantom Blooper. It detailed Private Joker's transformation after living in a Vietnamese village. Hasford's final novel, A Gypsy Good Time, was a dialogue-rich detective story. When he died of a heart attack in 1993 he was living on the island of Ithaca in Greece.
- Lee Kheel was born on 24 October 1918 in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA. She was an actress, known for Jersey Guy (2003) and Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993). She was married to Julian Kheel. She died on 6 August 2009 in Ithaca, New York, USA.
- Music Department
Gene Feldman was born on 22 September 1921 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is known for Silverado (1985), Le Mans (1971) and Darker Than Amber (1970). He died on 14 February 2014 in Ithaca, New York, USA.- Thomas Eisner was born on 25 June 1929 in Berlin, Germany. He was married to Maria Lobell. He died on 25 March 2011 in Ithaca, New York, USA.
- Murray began her professional life as a court reporter, then becoming a secretary in the Press Department of CBS-TV in New York City, and a secretary to Allen Funt of 'Candid Camera (1960)'. She also worked as a writer for "Women on the Move," an NBC daytime program hosted by television personality Kitty Carlisle.
In April 1965, she became the first African-American newswomen employed by a major television station - WCBS (Channel 2, New York City). She co-hosted "Two at One", with legendary news anchor Jim Jensen, a midday news-oriented program that ran from 1965 to 1968.
In 1966, Murray became a pilot so the TV station could tell the story of someone learning to fly a small airplane. 'The Small Plane Boom' documentary aired on CBS's series 'Eye on New York (1956)'. In its sequence, CBS enrolled her as the first African-American woman pilot to participate in the 20th-year edition of the famed 'Powder Puff Derby', an annual transcontinental air race for women pilots. With the derby starting in Seattle that year, Murray and co-pilot Merle Starer (née Chalow) flew the cross-country race with another plane tagging along to film their flight, a B-25 with 16 mm cameras on the nose and side turrets. They landed at Clearwater Airpark in Florida the day before any of the other 87 competing planes arrived.
After leaving the TV industry in 1969, Murray founded an advertising and marketing firm geared toward minorities, the Zebra Agency, worked for the U.S. State Department to distribute films to African nations, and helped open a hospital and ran a boutique in Los Angeles.
After retiring, she donated her archival materials to the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, in Harlem, New York City. - Hans Bethe was born on 2 July 1906 in Straßburg, Alsace, Germany [now Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, France]. He was married to Rose Ewald. He died on 6 March 2005 in Ithaca, New York, USA.
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Irene Delroy was born on 21 July 1900 in Bloomington, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for The Life of the Party (1930), Oh, Sailor Behave! (1930) and Men of the Sky (1931). She was married to William L. Austin and Girard F. Oberrender. She died on 14 June 1985 in Ithaca, New York, USA.- Art Director
- Set Decorator
Archelaus D. Chadwick (known as "Arch) was born in Ovid, New York and spent his early childhood years in Rochester, New York. He owned and operated his own photography studio starting in 1889, making thousands of glass plate portraits and landscape photos.
Chadwick settled in Interlaken, New York, where he had a photographic studio. Chadwick was also active in the Interlaken Fire Department, even serving as Fire Chief in 1910.
Also an accomplished landscape and mural painter, Chadwick exhibited around the East Coast, including in New York City and Baltimore.
Chadwick began painting scenery and landscapes for stage sets and segued into motion picture set design and production design.
Between 1914 and the early 1920s, Chadwick was the production designer and set designer for the Wharton motion picture studio based in Ithaca, New York.
From 1925 until his retirement less than one month before his death in 1939, Chadwick was a Professor in the Theater Department at Ithaca College in Ithaca, New York.- Alison Lurie was born on 3 September 1926 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She was a writer, known for Imaginary Friends (1987), The War Between the Tates (1977) and Foreign Affairs (1993). She was married to Jonathan Peale Bishop and Edward Hower. She died on 3 December 2020 in Ithaca, New York, USA.
- Writer
- Additional Crew
Linda Salzman was born on 16 July 1940 in New York City, New York, USA. Linda was a writer, known for General Hospital (1963), Island Son (1989) and Knots Landing (1979). Linda was married to Carl Sagan. Linda died on 22 November 2023 in Ithaca, New York, USA.- Actress
- Writer
- Soundtrack
Helen Wheels was born on 6 May 1949 in Queens, New York, USA. She was an actress and writer, known for The Toxic Avenger Part II (1989), The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie (1989) and Abductees (1995). She died on 17 January 2000 in Ithaca, New York, USA.- Director
- Cinematographer
- Producer
Vincent Grenier was born on 24 February 1948 in Québec, Québec, Canada. Vincent was a director and cinematographer, known for Watercolor (Fall Creek) (2013), Burning Bush (2010) and De-icing (2014). Vincent was married to Mary Zebell and Ann Knutson. Vincent died on 2 November 2023 in Ithaca, New York, USA.- Additional Crew
William Strunk Jr. was born on 1 July 1869 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. He is known for Romeo and Juliet (1936). He was married to Olivia Emilie Locke. He died on 26 September 1946 in Ithaca, New York, USA.- Lynn Stout was born on 14 September 1957 in Albany, New York, USA. She died on 16 April 2018 in Ithaca, New York, USA.
- John B. Babcock was born in 1922 in Ithaca, New York, USA. He was married to Nancy Keyes. He died on 12 April 2008 in Ithaca, New York, USA.
- Boyce McDaniel was born on 11 June 1917 in Brevard, North Carolina, USA. He was married to Jane. He died on 8 May 2002 in Ithaca, New York, USA.
- Ernest J. Sternglass was born on 24 September 1923 in Berlin, Germany. He was married to Marilyn Seiner and Lisa Jane Hoexter. He died on 12 February 2015 in Ithaca, New York, USA.
- Maxie Baughan was born on 3 August 1938 in Forkland, Alabama, USA. He was married to Diane. He died on 19 August 2023 in Ithaca, New York, USA.
- Director
- Actor
- Composer
Bryan VanCampen was born on 13 April 1963 in Ithaca, New York, USA. He was a director and actor, known for The Passion of the Crust (2005). He died on 18 September 2023 in Ithaca, New York, USA.- Cinematographer
Levi Bacon was born on 10 March 1897 in Chemung, New York, USA. He was a cinematographer, known for Beatrice Fairfax (1916), Patria (1917) and The New Adventures of J. Rufus Wallingford (1915). He died on 21 November 1963 in Ithaca, New York, USA.- Robert Earle was born on 5 January 1926 in Baldwin, New York, USA. He was married to Marion Hanna. He died on 5 June 2019 in Ithaca, New York, USA.
- A.R. Ammons was born on 18 February 1926 in Whiteville, North Carolina, USA. He was married to Phyllis Plumbo. He died on 25 February 2001 in Ithaca, New York, USA.
- Dorothy Cotton was born on 9 June 1930 in Goldsboro, North Carolina, USA. She was married to George Cotton. She died on 10 June 2018 in Ithaca, New York, USA.
- David H. Gluck died on 31 March 2003 in Ithaca, New York, USA.