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- Karl Dönitz (16 September 1891 - 24 December 1980) was a German admiral who briefly succeeded Adolf Hitler as head of state in May 1945, holding the position until the dissolution of the Flensburg Government following Germany's unconditional surrender to the Allies days later. As Supreme Commander of the Navy beginning in 1943, he played a major role in the naval history of World War II.
- Lenore Shanewise was born on 12 October 1887 in Waterloo, Iowa, USA. She was an actress, known for Matinee Theatre (1955), The Twilight Zone (1959) and Tales of Tomorrow (1951). She died on 22 December 1980 in San Diego, California, USA.
- Writer
- Producer
Lesser Samuels was born on 26 July 1894 in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Ace in the Hole (1951), No Way Out (1950) and The Silver Chalice (1954). He died on 22 December 1980 in Winchester, Massachusetts, USA.- Ruth Yorke was born on 10 September 1909 in New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for The Man Behind the Badge (1953), Kraft Theatre (1947) and The Goldbergs (1949). She was married to Paul Lindenberg. She died on 22 December 1980 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Music Department
- Composer
Willard Jones was born on 20 January 1919 in Rochester, New York, USA. Willard was a composer, known for The Magic Sword (1962), One Man's Way (1964) and Barnaby Jones (1973). Willard died on 22 December 1980 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Almirante was born on 19 February 1908 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was an actor and composer, known for Alô, Alô, Brasil (1935), Banana-da-Terra (1939) and Alô Alô Carnaval (1936). He died on 22 December 1980 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.- Victor Guyau was born on 29 July 1910 in Liège, Belgium. He was an actor, known for Prisoners of Honour - We Lived Through Buchenwald (1946), L'amour est quelque part (1956) and La prostitution (1963). He died on 22 December 1980 in Liège, Belgium.
- Miriam Battista was born in New York City on July 14, 1912, the youngest of three children, to immigrant parents from Italy. Her father was Raphael Battista from Oliveto Citra, Italy, and her mother was Cleonice (Clara) Rufolo. Clara was related to many old Neapolitan families of noble blood, and Raphael's grandfather was an archbishop. Miriam captivated audiences at age 4 when she made her stage debut in 1916 with legendary stage star Maude Adams (1872-1953) in "A Kiss for Cinderella." She was first seen on film in Blazing Love (1916) starring Virginia Pearson. Her eyes lit up the screen, though she received no credit for being in the film. Several years of stage work followed, including roles in "Daddy Long Legs" with Ruth Chatterton (1917), the Henrik Ibsen classic "A Doll's House" with Alla Nazimova (1918), "Freedom" with her eldest brother William (1918), "Red Dawn" (1919), and "Daddies" with Jeanne Eagles (1919).
In 1919, she returned to film in Nazimova's Eye for Eye (1918), playing Hassouna's little sister. The following year, she played Minnie Ginsberg as a child in Humoresque (1920), the first film to receive the Photoplay Magazine Medal of Honor (the first significant annual film award); in Miriam's most memorable scene, she sobs over her dead kitten and tries to bring it back to life by warming it against her body. Roles in many more films followed, including At the Stage Door (1921) with Billie Dove, Smilin' Through (1922) with Norma Talmadge, Boomerang Bill (1922) with Lionel Barrymore in which she played a Chinese girl, and The Man Who Played God (1922) with George Arliss. Her mother, who had managed her career, died in 1924, and Miriam didn't return to the stage until 1930, at the age of 18. She played the ingénue lead in "The Honor Code" (1931) and after joining Florenz Ziegfield Jr.'s "Follies" as a dancer, she landed a singing role in "Hot Cha!" (1932) with Bert Lahr. She continued performing on the stage, including starring with Humphrey Bogart in "Our Wife" (1933), and making films, mostly in Italian. In 1934, she married dancer Paul Pierce; the marriage lasted only one year. In 1938, she married Russell Maloney, an author who worked as a staff writer on the New Yorker. Their only child, Amelia, was born in 1945. In 1948, they collaborated on an ill-fated musical titled "Sleepy Hollow" that lasted only 12 performances. Russell died a few months later, and in 1949 Miriam married Lloyd Rosamond, a radio and TV producer who had been a friend since childhood. Lloyd died in 1964. Miriam died on December 22, 1980, of complications from emphysema. - Thomas Valentin was born on 13 January 1922 in Weilburg, Hesse, Germany. He was a writer, known for I'm an Elephant, Madame (1969), Die Unberatenen (1966) and Eine Jugendliebe (1977). He died on 22 December 1980 in Lippstadt, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Producer
- Additional Crew
Samuel Rheiner was born on 8 September 1899 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer, known for On the Waterfront (1954), The Prowler (1951) and Inner Sanctum (1948). He died on 22 December 1980 in New York City, New York, USA.- Camera and Electrical Department
William Strong was born on 23 August 1901 in Sheldon, Iowa, USA. He died on 22 December 1980 in Los Angeles, California, USA.