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Born in Oaxaca, Mexico, Lupita Tovar appeared first in silent Fox films before making the move to Universal and co-starring in the Spanish-language version of 1930's "The Cat Creeps" (La voluntad del muerto (1930)). For the same producer, Czech-born Paul Kohner, she appeared as Eva Seward (the Spanish-language counterpart of Helen Chandler's Mina) in Universal's Spanish Dracula (1931). In 1932, she married Kohner, who later became one of the top agents in Hollywood. (Their actress-daughter, Susan Kohner, was Oscar-nominated for her performance in Universal's 1959 Imitation of Life (1959); their son, Pancho Kohner, is a producer). Tovar gave up films in the 1940s and has been widowed since 1988.- Actor
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Mahmoud Abdel Aziz was born in Alexandria, Egypt to a middle class family. He studied Agricultural Sciences and during his college days he practiced acting through the university theatre.
He started his acting career by taking a role in "Al Dawama" TV show in the mid 70s with Nelly and Mahmoud Yassin after which he entered the cinema world for the first time through "Al Hafeed" an all time Egyptian film classic. Mahmoud Abdel Aziz starred in over 25 movies during the late 70s and early 80s while his popularity was increasing dramatically, most of his movies at the time were categorized as romantic drama.
His acting path has matured when he started taking different roles which really exposed his talent. He was known to be equally adept at comedy and drama.
The 1980s marked Mahmoud Abdel Aziz as a superstar when he starred in very successful movies like "El Aar", "El Keef" and "Rafat El Haggan" TV Series which is one of the most popular works of Egyptian television based on the true story of the renowned Egyptian spy who was planted in Israel for over 20 years before the 6 days war.
Mahmoud Abdel Aziz has starred in over 100 movies and he can still surprise his audience with great work such as Bab El Khalk (2012) TV Series after 7 years of absence from the Egyptian TV.
He has two children Mohamed Mahmoud Abdel Aziz a film producer and director; and Kareem Mahmoud Abdel Aziz.- Oscar Alegre was born on 10 January 1939 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor, known for The Motorcycle Diaries (2004), Tocá para mí (2001) and Chile 672 (2006). He died on 12 November 2016 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Producer
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Frank Konigsberg is the most respected talent management and television producers in the world. He was born in 1933. He graduated from various law schools.
He started his career as a lawyer for CBS, and later for the International Famous Agency and become Bing Crosby's agent. In 1975, he joined ICM Partners, and then subsequently formed his own production company The Konigsberg Company, with its main target being focused on specials, TV series, TV movies and miniseries. He started his producing career with the special "Bing... A 50th Anniversary Gala" in 1977, followed by his first TV movie "Calling Doctor Storm, M.D.".
In 1980, The Konigsberg Company signed a three-year contract with 20th Century-Fox whereas they supervised many of its productions Konigsberg handled to Fox, like "Breaking Away", "Hardcase", "Divorce Wars: A Love Story", "Coming Out of the Ice" and "It's Not Easy". It was also produced the feature films "Joy of Sex" and "9 1/2 Weeks".
In 1983, The Konigsberg Company was sold to Telepictures, whereas Konigsberg became president of production. Larry Sanitsky, who has just finished his career at Highgate Pictures, joined Telepictures as vice president of creative affairs, and later served as producing partner. During his time at Telepictures, he produced long-form television pictures "Wet Gold", "The Glitter Dome", "Surviving", "Right to Kill", "Act of a Vengeance", "As Summers Die" and "Strong Medicine", as well as the miniseries "Ellis Island" and the soap opera "Rituals". Both Konigsberg and Sanitsky bought the rights to the Stephen King novel "It", and it was optioned for producers Jim Green and Allen Epstein.
In 1986, after the merger of Lorimar and Telepictures, both Konigsberg and Sanitsky broke away and launched its own independent production company The Konigsberg/Sanitsky Company. There the duo produced long-form television pictures "Casanova", "Onassis: The Richest Man in the World", "Dance 'Til Dawn", "Where's the Hell That Gold?!?", "Babycakes", "Rock Hudson", "Paris Trout" and "Oldest Living Conference: Widow Tells It All", as well as two Stephen King miniseries "It" and "The Tommyknockers". In 1993, they tried making its foray into TV shows with "Angel Falls", but it flopped suddenly after a few episodes.
In 1989, The Konigsberg/Sanitsky Company, along with rival telemovie producers Von Zerneck/Sertner Films, Leonard Hill Films, The Steve Tisch Company, The Avnet/Kerner Company, Michael Jaffe/Spectacor Films, Steve White Productions and Robert Greenwald Productions launched Allied Communications Inc. whereas they want to distribute its product on its own, produced by these respective companies. It was sold to Pearson plc. in 1995 becoming part of its Pearson Television division.
In 1994, both Konigsberg and Sanitsky part ways, with the former launching The Konigsberg Company, and the latter is heading to CBS as executive vice president. There, The Konigsberg Company produced the miniseries "Children in the Dust", as well as the long-form television productions "Shadows of Desire", "Deadly Pursuits", "Sweet Temptation" and "A Face to Die For". Following Sanitsky's exit from CBS in 1995, Konigsberg and Sanitsky resumed their working relationships, working on the long-form production "A Loss of Innocence", as well as the miniseries "Titanic", "The Last Don" and "The Last Don II". In addition, Frank Konigsberg via The Konigsberg Company solely produced long-form television movies "The Price of Heaven", "Belle Mafia" "Deep in the Heart".
Shortly afterwards in 2000, he partnered with agency employee Drew Smith, in order to re-brand it to Konigsberg/Smith Productions. There both Konigsberg and Smith produced "Like Mother Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny Kimes" and "Caught in the Act". In addition, Konigsberg was listed as a producer of "Living in Fear". After Konigsberg and Smith part ways in the mid-2000s, he reverted it back to its old name The Konigsberg Company to produce long-form television movies "Sex and Lies in Sin City", "Lies in Plain Sight", "William & Kate", "Of Two Minds", 'Meddling Mom" and "Away and Back" as well as the mini-series "Ben Hur" and the feature films "Hard Times" and "All Roads Lead to Home".
On November 14, 2016, he was died of a heart attack. Three years after his death, both Konigsberg and Sanitsky were hit by a lawsuit against Warner Bros. which they asserted they both claimed the rights to the book "It" when both Konigsberg and Sanitsky were running Telepictures in the mid 1980s.- János Gönczöl was born on 8 March 1922 in Budapest, Hungary. He was an actor, known for Wie eine Träne im Ozean (1970), Härte 10 (1974) and Felfelé a lejtön (1959). He died on 12 November 2016.
- Bob Francis was born on 11 March 1939 in Cairo, Egypt. He was married to Anna Von Berg. He died on 12 November 2016 in North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
- Transportation Department
Kevin Chabonier was born on 18 November 1971 in Malden, Massachusetts, USA. Kevin is known for The Human Stain (2003), Fever Pitch (2005) and Stronger (2017). Kevin died on 12 November 2016 in Melrose, Massachusetts, USA.- Spencer Atkinson was born on 22 June 1985 in Canada. He was an actor, known for Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010) and How It Lives (2013). He died on 12 November 2016 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
- Producer
Roni Weisberg was born on 30 June 1952 in Queens, New York, USA. He was a producer, known for No Alibi (2000), Night Partners (1983) and Death Dreams (1991). He died on 12 November 2016 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
- Writer
Malek Chebel was born on 23 April 1953 in Philippeville, French Algeria, now Skikda, Algeria. He was an actor and writer, known for Secret Defense (2008), Three Religions of the Book (1998) and Les dents de ma mère (1991). He was married to ???. He died on 12 November 2016 in Paris, France.- Director
- Writer
Xuewei Gan was born in January 1917 in Ningbo, Zhejiang province, China. Xuewei was a director and writer, known for Xiao er hei jie hun (1964), V yedinom stroyu (1959) and Nèiméng rénmín de shènglì (1951). Xuewei died on 12 November 2016.- Writer
- Actor
Jacques Werup was born on 14 January 1945 in Malmö, Sweden. He was a writer and actor, known for Så vit som en snö (2001), N.P. Möller, fastighetsskötare (1972) and Villa Thalassa - Helgen v. 48 (2012). He died on 12 November 2016 in Malmö, Sweden.