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- Born in South London on Sept 5, 1935, to Ernest and Rose Briggs, Johnny had a younger sister, Barbara, who died in 1955 at age 15. As a boy, he sang soprano in a church choir and during World War II he was evacuated to the safety of the English countryside. Back in London he won a scholarship, at age 12, to the Italia Conti Stage Academy. Among his classmates were Nanette Newman and Anthony Newley. A scattering of parts followed in movies, stage plays and TV shows. In 1953 Johnny began two years of service in Germany with the Royal Tank Regiment. He then resumed his acting career.
In 1961 he married Caroline Sinclair and they had two children, Mark and Karen, before divorcing in 1975. In 1975 Johnny married schoolteacher Christine Allsop and they've had four children: Jennifer, Michael, Stephanie, and Anthony. British audiences know him best as 'Mike Baldwin', the part he played on the Coronation Street (1960) TV series for almost 30 years beginning in 1976. American audiences are more likely to remember him as the young sailor who was stripped to the waist and flogged in 1962's Damn the Defiant! (1962)! Though working less frequently these days, Johnny remains an avid golfer. - Theona Bryant was born Theona Irene Pearce in Salisbury, Maryland, and spent her high school years in Greensboro, North Carolina. In 1952, after a brief marriage which produced a daughter, she moved to Raleigh and began working as a receptionist for Governor William B. Umstead. While there, she had many people tell her she should try to get work on television. This furthered her already present ambition to be a model, so Bryant took a bus to New York and was able to begin a modeling career. After personally meeting with John Robert Powers, he began booking her through his modeling agency, which led to her first television work on the Jackie Gleason Show as a Portrette and Away We Go Girl. After this, she notified her grandmother in East Norwalk, Connecticut, and was able to move in with her to have a home base while she built her career. In 1954, Bryant was hired by Twentieth Century Fox to tour the country in a mobile unit to promote the Cinemascope film The Egyptian (1954). Bryant was dressed in a jeweled costume and appeared with a cheetah named Flo while clips from the film were projected inside the unit. In 1956, she had moved to Los Angeles and appeared as a Carson Cutie on The Johnny Carson Show. That same year, she was signed to a short-term contract by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. She found herself romantically pursued by the likes of Rod Taylor and Robert Evans, among others. After several television roles and minor film appearances, she returned to Raleigh for a surgical procedure, planning to return to Hollywood afterwards. Instead, she never returned, leaving show business and marrying for a second time in 1967. She remained there until her death in February 2021, age 89. She asked that any memorial contributions be made to the Screen Actors Guild in Los Angeles.
- Anna Kast was an actress, known for Little Big: We Will Push the Button (2013), Little Big: We Will Push the Button (2013) and Little Big: Life in Da Trash (2013). She died on 28 February 2021 in St. Petersburg, Russia.
- Egyptian actor, born Youssef Sha'baan Shemeis in Cairo has studied acting. Played several stage roles and caught many an eye. Great cinema director Hassan al-Emaam gave him a leading role in "Al-mo'geza i.e. The miracle" and several roles; "Zokaak al-madakk i.e. Madakk alley"and "Baae'at al-garaaed i.e. The newsgirl". Sha'baan excelled in TV series like "Raafat al-Haggaan", "Haala wal-daraweesh i.e. Haala and the Dervishes", "Eilet al-Doghry i.e. Doghry's family" and "Al-taw'am i.e. The twins". Youssef married actress Laila Taaher, actress Sihaam Fat-hy and her Highness Princess Nadia Sherine mother of his daughter Sainaa. In his early life, Youssef Sha'ban was the racehorse in cinema especially in "Miramar" and "Hammaam al-Malateely" then gradually went to TV. Starting 1997, Sha'ban was elected Chairman of Egypt's Actor' Union for two consecutive periods.
- Amy Howard Wilson was born on 15 May 1955 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. She was an actress, known for Star Blazers (1979), The Irresponsible Captain Tylor (1993) and The Irresponsible Captain Tylor (1994). She was married to David G. Wilson III and Lawrence Krenkel. She died on 28 February 2021 in Virginia, USA.
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Born in O'Porto, Portugal, in 1944, his interest for films led him to be a member of Cine-Clube do Porto at 15-years-old. He knew how to make films in theory when he was conscripted to the Army, at 18; he was sent to Angola, then a Portuguese province, to serve in the colonial war, where he learned cinematography and the practical side of making low-budget war documentaries at the Departamento de Foto-cine dos Serviços Cartográficos do Exército.
In 1967, having served his conscript time, he stayed in Luanda, working at a photography shop, and kept seeing more of the light Portuguese comedies which he disliked, and some American movies that he liked. He made the acquaintance of local poets such as Viriato da Cruz and António Jacinto. He discovered and adopted the concept of engaged art, where film contents and aesthetics would service the political aim of liberation for all men and the humanization of the working conditions of the work force. He wrote the pages of aesthetic and film review for the magazine "Noite e Dia" of Luanda, defending the trends of Italian neo-realism, French "nouvelle vague", and Brazilean Cinema Novo.
Still in Luanda, Angola, he wrote and directed the super 8mm short O Regresso (1970), the dramatized biography of a young black amateur painter. One may see in it an echo of Mozambican artist Malangatana Valente Ngwenya, a painter and sculptor who had been arrested in 1966 by the secret police for political activities against the regime.
In 1970, he was invited by Eurico Ferreira to join the film industry that was starting in Mozambique, and he moved to the other coast of Africa, into that other Portuguese province, more exposed to trade and cultural influences from neighbour English countries, namely Ian Smith's Republic of Rodesia (now Zimbabwe) and Afrikaner-dominated Union of South Africa.
He started working for Somar Filmes, owned by the more independent producer Courinha Ramos who - backed by Shell funds and advertising - was keeping the weekly documentary series Visor Moçambicano since the late 1950s as a 10 minute journal on tourism, agricultural and industrial development, sports and social events, and enough coverage of the regime's political agenda to be on the good side of the censors.
It is then that he starts his life project of a movie based on colonial relations and the start of a guerrilla movement. He did not ask for film permits, filming with interruptions over a year and a half under the cover of the documentaries he made for Somar Filmes. The producer was happy with the documentaries and did not ask to be shown the screenplay of the fiction film. All African actors and extras were chosen by Malangatana including convicts doing agricultural labour in a state farm, and no one was paid. Thus, Barbosa managed to conclude the film without pressures, and at a very low budget.
Early 1972, interviewed by Plateia, a Lisbon film magazine, he summed his ideas thus: "The seventh art is a form of expression of materialism, the reality as I see it, and the films should be delivered like stomach punches to the viewers. Nowadays my definition of cinema is that it should be a guerrilla front, working in the most positive manner possible against tabu, devious morals, and the dominant but outdated, anachronistic ideas."
The authorities (PIDE, the secret police of the regime) had been suspicious of the film project from early on, and even took in Lopes Barbosa and Malangatana Valente Ngwenya for questioning when they began filming. When the film negative left Filmlab (an associate company of Somar Filmes), the authorities advised Courinha Ramos that he should not dare present the film to the censors office. The menace seems to have been enough, for the producer would not risk his business based on the weekly documentaries. With all references to the film banned from the press, the producer Courinha Ramos dismissed the director from his company, and Lopes Barbosa returned immediately to Lisbon, fearing to be arrested. He found all doors closed to him in the film industry, survived on odd jobs, contracted tuberculosis and returned to his mother's home in O'Porto, for treatment.
As late as December 8, 1973, the producer may have attempted to make good on his investment; that Saturday, Lisbon's weekly Expresso tried to publish a small news - illustrated with a photo of the young writer Luís Bernardo Honwana, who may have been their source - quoting the producer as having taken the decision "not to show the film in Mozambique, ever," which means he may have tried again to distribute the film. The piece was totally cut by the censors, and was published in a documentary book in 2009.
The Portuguese coup of April 25, 1974, changed the political regime and talks in view of decolonization started. Lopes Barbosa fought again for the film of his life, and convinces Courinha Ramos to bring the film negative to Lisbon. In August 1974, two copies are developed at Tobis: a 35mm copy, that the producer took back with him to Mozambique, and is considered lost (as of February 2012); and a 16mm copy that remained with the director.
Lopes Barbosa immediately promoted the film's showing at the Cine-Club do Porto. and the first public screening at the Escola Superior das Belas Artes do Porto.
Finally, the producer announced the Mozambique avant-premiere to the Wednesday September 4, 1974, in one of the best theatre houses of Lourenço Marques, but fearing the film would set fire to an already unstable political situation, he canceled the showing - which did not prevent the right-wing attempt to take power in Mozambique the next Saturday, September 7, 1974. The director wanted his film to be shown in Mozambique, and went there shortly before Mozambique's independence day (June 25, 1975) to promote exhibitions at the Cine-Club de Lourenço Marques and at the Machava Prison (Matola, Maputo) with his own 16mm copy. His health deteriorated suddenly, and he returned to his home at O'Porto for psychoanalysis, in May 1975.
For the school year 1976-1977 Lopes Barbosa works as camera operator for the RTP program Telescola, a daily TV educational and instructional show. After that he remains jobless, and his health keeps him from accepting a project in Mozambique when he is at last contacted by the new government of Mozambique. He ceded free of his charge his 16mm copy to the Instituto Nacional de Cinema de Moçambique, that showed the film widely across the new independent country. The 35mm copy, with Portuguese subtitles, is considered lost (as of February 2012).- Additional Crew
Pal Kepenyes was born on 8 December 1926 in Kondoros, Hungary. Pal is known for Dr. Tarr's Torture Dungeon (1973). Pal died on 28 February 2021 in Acapulco, Mexico.- Director
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Ivan Terziev was born on 11 February 1934 in Lovech. He graduated in Acting from National Academy for Theatre and Film Art, Sofia in 1958 and in Film Directing from the State Institute of Cinematography, Moscow (1966). He had taught Film Editing at National Academy for Theatre and Film Art, Sofia , Assoc. Prof. He has made feature, documentary and TV films with, among others, Mr. Nobody (1969); Meetings with Indifference (doc., 1970); Men without Work (1973); Strong Water (1975); The Village (TV series, 1978); Good Luck, Inspector! (TV, 1984); The Rules of the Game (TV, 1985).- Ahlam Al Greetly was born on 20 February 1948 in Egypt. She was an actress, known for Wad' Amny (2017), Cairo: Kabul (2021) and 8% (2013). She was married to Sharin Mohammed Hussein. She died on 28 February 2021 in Cairo, Egypt.
- Tom Green was born on 9 June 1948 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. He died on 28 February 2021 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
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Christopher Butturff was born on September 25, 1969 in Lima, Ohio. Chris is a life long film fanatic with an eclectic taste in movies, some of his favorites being "Star Wars," "Reservoir Dogs," "A Christmas Story," and "The Devil's Rejects." He attributes his love of movies to his passion for acting, and started acting in community theatre in 1996. In 2006, Director Trent Cox announced he would be filming his original screenplay "Love Leaves by the Foot" locally in Lima. Christopher auditioned and won the role of 'Mark.' He has gone on to appear in several local commercials and also in area student and independent films in supporting and starring roles. His own fan film, the parody "Sling Bat," was released in 2015. Chris is a contributing movie reviewer for Pazz Magazine, has written three full length plays, and operates his own independent film company, Phedora Philms, with many projects in development. He holds an Associate Bachelor degree in Marketing from the University of Northwestern Ohio and is interested in medieval culture, collecting comic related action figures and is a huge fan of Harrison Ford and Marilyn Monroe.- Milan Bandic was a Croatian politician who served as mayor of Zagreb from 2000 to 2002 and again from 2005 until his death in 2021.
He was both a prominent force within and one of the most popular members of the Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP), who gained further notoriety for a number of statements he made as mayor. In 2007 he unsuccessfully ran for the party president. However, he remained one of the main rivals of the former party president Zoran Milanovic. In 2009 he was expelled from the SDP party due to his violation of the party's bylaws. He then ran on a populist platform to become Croatian president in the 2010 election in which he lost to the SDP candidate Ivo Josipovic. Bandic is viewed as having been a hands-on mayor because of his ambition and the number of projects related to Zagreb that he undertook. During his term as mayor he worked on the Arena Zagreb and Homeland Bridge which opened during his third term, and the Ljubljanska Avenue (now Zagrebacka Avenue) was renovated.
Bandic was arrested in the evening hours of 19 October 2014, along with 18 other officials, under the suspicion of malfeasance related to Zagreb Holding. In his absence, his deputy Sandra Svaljek took the duties of mayor from 19 October 2014 until 26 March 2015. Bandic canceled the authorization that he granted to her because of some disagreements between them.[8][9] Consequently, Svaljek resigned all of her duties in city. Bandic's second deputy Vesna Kusin took the duties of mayor on 26 March 2015. On 10 April 2015, the Zagreb County Court ruled that Bandic had to be released from prison while his trial was pending trial. Consequently, he returned to the position of mayor. - Costume Designer
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Jasmina Sanader was born on 14 April 1956 in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia. She was a costume designer, known for A Serbian Film (2010), District 13: Ultimatum (2009) and Forbidden Sun (1988). She died on 28 February 2021 in Belgrade, Serbia.- Tony Barbario was an actor, known for At Long Last Love (1975) and The Chicago Teddy Bears (1971). He died on 28 February 2021.
- Roger Kibbe was born on 21 May 1939 in San Diego, California, USA. He died on 28 February 2021 in Ione, California, USA.
- Irv Cross was born on 27 July 1939 in Hammond, Indiana, USA. He was married to Yvonne Hawkins and Elizabeth Tucker. He died on 28 February 2021 in North Oaks, Minnesota, USA.
- Victor Barchenko was born on 12 November 1959. He was an actor, known for Nebo padshikh (2014), Za kulisami (2019) and House Arrest (2018). He died on 28 February 2021.