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- Bill Masi was born on 23 June 1955 in Middletown, Orange County, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Just Tell Me What You Want (1980). He died on 2 October 1995 in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania, USA.
- Grigori Gaj was a Russian actor of a special talent for playing sophisticated characters in stage and in film. During the 1950s-1970s he was a permanent member of the legendary troupe of Bolshoi Drama Theatre (BDT) in St. Petersburg (Leningrad). Gaj made a stage career under directorship of Georgi Tovstonogov at the BDT. There his stage partners were such stars as Oleg Basilashvili, Tatyana Doronina, Kirill Lavrov, Alisa Freyndlikh, Lyudmila Makarova, Svetlana Kryuchkova, Zinaida Sharko, Natalya Tenyakova, Emma Popova, Elena Popova, Olga Volkova, Valentina Kovel, Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy, Oleg Borisov, Vladislav Strzhelchik, Yefim Kopelyan, Sergey Yurskiy, Evgeniy Lebedev, Ivan Palmu, Pavel Luspekayev, Nikolay Trofimov, Georgiy Shtil, Pavel Pankov, Mikhail Volkov, Leonid Nevedomsky, Vsevolod Kuznetsov, Vadim Medvedev, Yuriy Demich, Gennadiy Bogachyov, Andrey Tolubeev, and many other remarkable Russian actors.
- Actress
Born in Illinois, Avis Adair's mother, Louise (1879-1967), worked as a costumer for various theatrical productions. Perhaps it was this early connection to show business that interested Adair in performing. She showed early talent as a dancer and was performing in amateur shows while still a child. By the age of 20, she was starring in a vaudeville act, The Avis Novelty Dancers. Comprised of Adair, two singers, and two musicians, she managed and designed the act herself. Also noted as a toe dancer of "exceptional ability" and a musician who played multiple instruments, it was only a matter of time before the talented young Adair landed in Hollywood. Her only known screen appearance came as a chorus girl in "Footlight Parade" (1933) (she was also active on radio and the Los Angeles stage), but I suspect she was likely in other films, as well. Having worked steadily in the entertainment industry for many years, by the late 1930s it appears she was burned out. Though the specific reasons are unknown, Adair was confined to a state mental hospital in 1940. The duration of her stay is unknown, but there is no evidence that she ever returned to performing - which perhaps for the sake of her mental health was what was best. She continued to live with her mother, whom she called her "best friend" until her mother's 1967 death. She then lived in a series of various apartments and worked as an "operator". Retiring in the 1970s, Avis Adair passed away in 1995 at the age of 89.- John Ayers was born on 14 April 1953 in Carrizo Springs, Texas, USA. He died on 2 October 1995 in Canyon, Texas, USA.
- Helmut Degen was born on 14 January 1911 in Aglasterhausen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. He was a composer, known for Willi Baumeister (1955). He died on 2 October 1995 in Trossingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
- Larry Crowhurst was born on 24 November 1916 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He was an actor, known for The Glenrowan Affair (1951) and Kitty and the Bagman (1982). He died on 2 October 1995 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.