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- Actor
- Music Department
Frankie Ortega was born on 27 November 1927 in Alhambra, California, USA. He was an actor, known for King of Diamonds (1961), The Long Rope (1961) and Surfside 6 (1960). He died on 7 February 1994 in Anaheim, California, USA.- Composer
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Witold Lutoslawski was born on 25 January 1913 in Warsaw, Poland, Russian Empire [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland]. He was a composer, known for Inland Empire (2006), Granatowy zeszyt (2014) and Reformatório das Depravadas (1978). He was married to Danuta Boguslawska. He died on 7 February 1994 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.- Lindsay Hardy was born on 17 September 1914 in Australia. Lindsay was a writer, known for World for Ransom (1954), Million Dollar Manhunt (1956) and Love Is a Ball (1963). Lindsay died on 7 February 1994 in London, England, UK.
- Director
- Actor
Nour El-Demerdash was born on 12 November 1925 in Egypt. He was a director and actor, known for The Cost of Freedom (1964), Unfulfilled Crime (1972) and El dakhil (1967). He died on 7 February 1994 in Cairo, Egypt.- Richard Bissell was born on 18 September 1909 in Hartford, Connecticut, USA. He died on 7 February 1994 in Farmington, Connecticut, USA.
- Director
- Writer
- Actor
Jorge Brum do Canto was born on 10 February 1910 in Lisbon, Portugal. He was a director and writer, known for Retalhos da Vida de Um Médico (1963), A Canção da Terra (1938) and Chaimite (1952). He died on 7 February 1994.- Handsome Norman Astwood was a talented actor and singer from the 1920s to the early 1940s. He also became a leading actor of the race film genre (Black Cinema) in the late 1930s and early 1940s.
Norman Astwood was born in the British West Indies and was educated at Wolmer's. He was a Jamaican who grew up in Kingston, Jamaica, and in 1912, he and his family was one of millions who immigrated to America through the legendary Ellis Island. Norman was furthered educated at the City College in New York. When the first world war broke out Norman enlisted and served as an aviator in the British Army, being commissioned as Leuitantant. In the 1920s, Norman returned to the United States after the war and launched his career as an actor, singer, and overall entertainer on stage, radio, and later screen. Norman earned his first success in one of the first popular black Broadway musical comedies "Blackbirds of 1926." In 1929, Norman went to England with the Lew Leslie Blackbirds revue which had a highly successful run in London.
Singing was another one of Norman's talents, he sung at various popular venues and on the radio in the 1930s, awing audiences with his dynamic and heartfelt singing. In 1935, Norman appeared as master of ceremonies in the Universal film short "Harlem Bound" and he sung the emotional "Machinery." Norman attained screen success as an actor (when he was in his late 30's) in race films a.k.a Black Cinema films, "Paradise In Harlem," "Sunday Sinners" and "Murder on Lenox Avenue": these were the best films of the genre partly because of Norman's dominating presence and talent. Race films were the only films Norman could display his talent since he was too light and not the Stepin Fetchit type to appear in Hollywood films. In only three films Norman showed more acting skills then most in numerous films; his naturalness, convincingness, great knack for timing, and powerful presence and strong voice brought his characters alive always giving a pleasing, complimentary performance. Norman usually portrayed tough, intimidating, macho types and played them perfectly. He played men you love to hate but he added charm, magnetic appeal, and his rugged good looks that drew audiences to him and made him attractive. He was the Clark Gable of race films. To add to his image he had a distinct accented voice that he became very known for. When not acting, throughout the 1930s and 1940s, Norman entertained at various premier nightclubs and theaters like the famed Apollo theater.
In World War II, Norman served as a captain in the U.S. Army and he still performed during the war but retired from show business before the war ended. - Nada Hejna was born on 6 October 1906 in Martin, Austria-Hungary [now Slovakia]. She was an actress, known for Dangerous Liaisons (1980), Marketa Lazarová (1967) and Ruzové sny (1977). She died on 7 February 1994 in Stiavnicka, Slovakia.